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      Uvjkb 28, 1845. - - The Northern Star. 7

      UvJKB 28 , 1845 . - - THE NORTHERN STAR . 7

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      -L «And 1 Will War, »T Least In Words, (...

      -l « And 1 will war , » t least in words , ( A ( And—should my chance so happen—desds ) , yf , -frith all who war with Thoughtl " « 1 « I think I hear a little bird , who sings II The people by and by will be tha stronger . "—Bteon

      #( Monte Video And Buenos Atres. }Ir. ]U...

      # ( MONTE VIDEO AND BUENOS ATRES . } Ir . ] Ur . Coke Ocselet appears to be rery tardv in his loveimov enients ^ at the Litest accounts from Brazil he id bTsd been at Rio , fom which , port hesailed for Buenos vreuvres on the 22 nd of A ^ ril . So tliat to the beginning Fii 3 nf M » ^ miscreantRoiAs had been allowed to conunetinoe ' h 3 s atrocious war ; against Monte Video unkAcked and undisturbed . Tliat city yet defied its eacaeacgers , but ite champion Riveka had experienced deft defeat at the hands ol the Buenos Ayrean Central oprajnw- . TLe as f > nnts of the battle which have switched &« ec-ujibyare so conflicting that no deendpendence can be placed upon them . According to be me U"f , "e ^ 3 ™ ° version the defeat of Rivera was

      wnlI ^»»] p h'tc : uM , roostsanginnarv , 800 of his followers haviijavin g hecn slaughtered and 350 taken prisoners . The The opposite version represents the defeat of Riveca 55333 a m ere " check , of no great importance . By soniteonie accounts Rivera js stated to have taken refus e witiiwithin tiie Brazilian territory , where himself and folio followers were immediately disarmed by the authorities , lies . By other accounts it is stated that a few onlv rfhi ^ fhis followers have sought that refuge , Rivera him-« df <^ f remaining at the head of a considerable force vitl « thm the Banda Oriental . One thing is certainthis this unnatural and fatal war yet continues . Blood is win poured out in torrents , commerce is destroved , and ovi ovili ^ ion is retarded , because the British and Tv French sovernmeuts wifl not say " stop" to the

      miscrc crcant Rosasj Jn the articles which appeared m this paper of Ap Ap riI 26 tIiamI May 3 rd , we urged the intervention cf i ofthe Brit sh Government fa > pnt a stop to the war m JBtii tTiVCr Plate , On the grounds of Lnnianitv am . iis icstice . Wc demanded this intervention that an end Bfl Bflghtbeput to the effusion of blood in the Monte Ti Yiiean territory , and Monte Video be saved from the ho horrors which would certainly be its doom should if fa ] fall into the hands of Rosas , and that the treatv sees wrin g the independence of Monte Video should be en ^ forced and maintained , seeing that England was a jo jartr to that treaty , indeed , its principal author , a aitt ' tkcrefove hound in honour and justice to gua-2 a lauice its integrity .

      ] n the articles to which wc allude we said nothing 3 ! about the commercial view ofthe question , the great ii injury done to the British trade by the continuance el tif ilus desolating war : this is a view of the question v which is , however , much more likely to interest a h large and influential class in this country than anv e consideration of political right or moral justice . We a arc sorry this should be the case , but we believe it to I lc so . To alL then , disposed to inquire into the effects 0 of the La Plata war oa British commerce , we reconix jaend a perusal of aa able pamphlet by the Editor of t the Liverpool Times , published at the office of that ti uaper , Castlc-strc : t , Liverpool , which cannot fail to s satisfy them that a regard for the interests of British i commerce should of itself he sufficient inducement to 1 tkm to insist on the intervention of the Government rfthisconntry .

      The onlv extract from this pamphlet wo can afford twin for , Is the following description of the capabilities of the rivers La Plata , Uruguay , Parana , and tlieir tributary streams , which are at present block nued , or access denied to them by Rosas ;—"It is not generally known , although it is very important that it should he , that this trade amounted is ISii , including both imports and exports , to upwards of three jnulions sterling , at the port of Monte Video alone . It is still , however , in its iutiucy , and requires nothing but » ietr years of peace , wiili the introduction of steam navigation on the Parana , the Uruguay , and their tributaries , to pre an extension which will render it of vital importance to the merchants aud manufacturers of England . The Parana and the Paraguay , together , are known to be

      mviraWt to Assumption , which is fifteen hundred miles above lfm-iios Ayres , to vessels drawing nine feet water , and there is every reason to believe that both those rivers might be navigated a thousand miles higher by iron steaiu-. Ts , such as those recently bnilt at Birkenhsatl , by order of the East India Company , for the narration of the Indus and the Sutlej , the former of Tihich , when carryiug guns and troops , draw only four feet water , the latter of which , when loaded in the same manner , not more than two and a half . The Vropiay is equally navi gable for several hundred miles to the Salto Ohico ( the little leap ) , and if a short canal was cut , to tarn that rapid , aad the much more formidable one of the Salto Grande , it would be navigable for many Imndretl wiles above the Palls . Several of the tributaries o : these gigantic streams are larger than the Rhine , the Qbe , or the Tagus , and great numbers of them than the Thames or the Hersey , and the whole of this vast :

      network of waters la connected with the still more stupendous river of the Amazons , by a short portage to the Madeira , one of the principal tributaries of that king of rivers . The natural products which these unrivalled lines of river communication might be made the means of bringing to the ports on the rivers Plate and Amazons are varied aud inexhaustible . In addition to the large snpjilies of hides , wool , tallow , and provisions , which these countries now furnish , Paraguay and Corrientes are capable of supplying the fittest timtver for sUip-IraUdiog purposes , sugar the growth of free labour , tllC best kind * of tobacco , cotton-wool , dyewoods , drugs , the lea of Paraguay , and the precious metals from Bolivia and the back provinces of Brazil . It is now only twenty er thirty years since steam navigation was introduced on the JEssissinpi , and the consequence of ita introduction his been an extension of cultivation aud population , such -as the world never before saw . The natural resources of

      ihe great valleys ofthe Parana , Paraguay , and Uruguay , 3 nert £ y require to be developed by the some means to make y . < mie Video and Buenos Ayres as flourishing as Sew ' rleaas , and to make the commerce of the River Plate airal tistt of the . Mississippi .- It is perhaps vain to hope feit nothing will induce the present Governorof Uuenos Ayrtsle abandon the suicidal policy which is at once impeding tie intercourse with the interior , and depriving that dty « f the principal benefits cf its unrivalled position ; hit tliis vuly renders it the more accessary to keep open the only other course , namely , that through the Uruguay , by which the resources of these vast countries can be Brought into activity .

      "W 1 hat may be Mr . Gobe Ocselet s instructions vrc know not , but we do know that two years and a haif a ^ o hi s predecessor , Mr- Masdetimx , solemnly Iihsk'Cd the assistance and interference of his Government to aid the Monte Videans from being trashed , and to put an end to the war ; and that flat pknlje , op to this time , has never been fulfilled . Thetcasuu civen by Sir Robebt l ' £ Ei , forthcnonfalfihuent of Mr . Masdeville ' s promises is , that he had exceeded his orders in giving them . Be that as it may , those promises were most influential in stimulating - the Monte A'ideans to protract the war , aud encounter the sufferings they have since endured ; and wc fully asree with the author of the pamphlet before us , that " " It is no longer a question of whether an independent Government , formed

      nailer the mediation of England , shall be sacrificed , and along with it the peace which it has so long been the means of preserving between two of the most Snportantsfcitcsof South America ( Braziland Buenos Ayres ); neither is it a mere question of whether the OBBniercial intercourse with the finest regions of that great continent shall be carried on without impedi ment ; it is » ot now even a question of whether a friendly Government shall be destroyed and all con-Heetedwitli it ruined : these considerations , great as Iber are , yield to the consideration that tlm honour *> f this country has been pledged by its authorised representative , and that promises have been oven which cannot be violated without deep disgrace to the hitherto unsullied honour of the English aaae . "

      IWITED STATES .-THE AKTI-B . ENT MOVEMENT . VTc have received No . 8 , of the AWany Freeholder , for May 20 th : by-thc-b ye Kos . 4 , 5 , 6 , and 7 , of the irrtW-ftr have not been received at this office . Ihe Anti-Kent Movement is bv no means put down . At a place called Livingstonville , fhe sheriff of Schoharie omntv , attended by a force of sixty or seventy persons , had " weeded out" a Mr . D . L . Sternberg , an -AmXRcnter , depriving him of house and home . At * w « her place—Tflghcanick , Columbia county , ( A . i . ) lie sheriff and his men trying on the same system , *«* , whilst encased in tearing down the house ,

      Suddenlv irarrouuded by a body of Indians l-Antifoniers in Indian disguises ) and driven away : the sheriff and his men getting a taste of buck-shot by *** quickening their retreat ! These things reac s ^ arre as takin" place in Kepnblican America . One misdu fanev tliat we was reading of Ireland , or the ? Wttfeh IlisWamls , rather than the hud of TVaalirngton and Jefferson . The Anti-Renters are , how-^ . SauM ! -, ' municipal and legislative power , aw-^ hy ana by bring landlordism to the dust . Antit khters seem to exist in other places than JSew J ° * state . We find in the same number of the " ( duller the following para graph : —

      M « K Tbocble is Iowa . —There is trouble on the ball •^ dlaadin iowa . Agrratexcitement prevails among « e wtUers . Thejhave repeatedly met under arms to Jj ^ ai t the sale ofthe lands by the Sheriff , nnder a I ^ in fa vour of the Sew York Company . More than ***** taken arms at the last accounts . Those lands TfM » tl , southern paits of Iowa , very valuable , andinr ^ S ^ uck , a placa probably destined to be larger r ^ saj o ther on the Mississippi north of St . Louis . — * M « 4 ie £ ent , Jfoifl 3 ft . - V ? the same paper is an able editorial article in * h 3 Atlii . irr ;^ ., n < m « w that " nohuman conclave ,

      ]?« tnw assembled in the palace of the Czars , or in 5 » e wi ^ waai ef ^ jj , dian _ whether met togeUier ^ We stminster Hall or in the capital of W ashington * -have ri"ht to make conditions of government at "nance with the simple principles of justice tncnl-**«! Ire God and natjn 4 . " That Jaws founded on B'Wpation are " ntterlvToid . " ThatttSB iiosoroLT » so founded , and that" this thins , this land mono-WJ , whether Con « ress-created or " King-created , or S ^^ l by l » th , must , fall throughout this whole ^ KpttbkV

      " Ithat Monopoly Inflicts Evils Of Such ...

      " IThat monopoly inflicts evils of such magnitude ns that of land ! Ms ( he sole barrier lo wttioaiil prosjxrity The people , tho only creators of wealth , possess knowled ge ; they possess industry ; and if they possessed land , they could set all other monopolies at defiance ; they would then be enabled to employ machinery for their own benefit , and the world woald b ? ho ! d with deli » ht and astonishment the beneficial effects of this mighty engine , when properly directed . "—Author of the "Reproof of Brutus . "

      If man has a right to light , air . and water , which no one trill attempt to question , lie has a right also to the Until , which is just as necessary for the maintenance of his subsistence . If every person had an equal share of the soil , poverty would be unknown in the world , and crime would disappear with wanV—Uike Walsh . " As the nature and wants of all men arc alike , the wants of all must be equal ; aud as human existence is dependent on the same contingencies , it follows that the great field for all exertion , and the raw material of all wealth , fhe earth , is the common property of all its inhabitants . "—Joi ;; i Francis Bray .

      My reason teaches mc that land cannot 6 c sold . The fereat ijunt gars it to his children to live upon , and cultivate , as far as is necessary for their subsistence- and so long as they occupy and cuhivateit , they lwvsettie ri » httn the soil-but if they voluntarily leave it , then anv other people have a right to settle upon it . Kothiug can he sold , but sucn things as can be carried awav . "—i'focfc Hawk . 'Every laiHvidual possesses , legitimately , the thing wlucll Ins labour , his intelligence ( or more generally ) , irliicli Ills activity has created , " This principle Is incontestn > le , and itis well to remark that it contains expressl y an acknowled gment ofthe right of ail ttt the soil . For as the soil has not been created bv man , it follows from the fundamental principle of proper ty , that it cannot belong to any small portion of the human race , who have creatcdit by their activity , let us then conclude that the true theorv of property is founded on the ' creation ofthe thing possessed . '"—Fourier

      orSfv C V ^ , no su ^ « ' «? as lauded prope r * fcSrtl' J ? a . . d , d not m & e 'e earth , and , though he tad a iiaturalnght to occupg it , lie had no right to locate as ^ proper * i , « perjvetm ^ nvpartof h ; neitherTd the ureator of the eu-th open a land office , from whence the first tide deeds should iHue » _ TWu P « U , e . « wl Sl ' aU im bB B 0 , d for eMr—Jfaaa . ..-1 . 1 J / o , uudati 0 Ilin nature w i >» natural law ttiy a set of words upon parchment should convey the domimon of land . " -ia ** rtoiic . * lv Thei ? . ^ or . eartM » in any country or neighbourhood , tithevcrvthmg in or on the sam ^ orpertidmng Uiewto belongs at all times to the living inhabitants of the said country or neighbourhood in an equal manner For there is no living but oulaudandits productions ; couse-. menfiy . what tve cannot live tiithout , we have the same propertyiiias m our lives . " -rAoaw Sjvnce . The landisthepeoplc ' sinhcritanee ; andkings , princes , peers nobles , priests , and commoners who have sfoI « n it . rom them , hold it upon ihe title of popular ignorance , raoior than upon any right , human or divine . " -Feargus O Lotutor . *

      * . v . £ uwui . — * tiiey . THE LAND ! Within that land was many a malcontent , W ho curs'dthe tyranny to which he bent ; The soU fall many a wringing despot saw , « iio work'd his wantonness in form of law . « . , B ' J ™*' sess etSlfi . ^ * ^ Ua 1 it ^ * ncd w » "M possess e » entiling they wanted where they possessed the SitST j W ffdiouMttajp & SSS & S wealth or territory ? ^ man can cultivate more than a certain portion of Iand . " -

      The Scotch Poor Law System. Tle Csrjtoss...

      THE SCOTCH POOR LAW SYSTEM . TLe csrjtoss of his lord-godship the Duke of Suther land , given ia our last , will , we doubt not , have fully satisfied our readers—supposing them to have had any doubts on the matter—as to the utter heartlessness , unmitigated selfishness , and grinding tyranny ofthe "order" of which "his grace" is so eminent a member . It is , therefore , not necessary that wc should travel from Dan to Bersheba—from Johno ' -Groat ' s to the Lizard point—exposing the mal-adniinistration ofthe soil on the estateof each particular landlord . To attempt this would be to engage in an endless task , compared with which all the labours of IIeuccies combined were a joke and a pastime . We shall probably , therefore , content ourselves with exposing any new atrocities that may arise from time to time , similar to the " weeding" at Glen Calvie , and

      the " evictions" in Ireland : to which we may occasionally add some facts illustrative of the condition ofthe peasantry on the southern side ofthe border . In setting down the Duke of Sutherland as a representative of his class , it would , however , be unfair were wetolcave the reader to infer that all landlords have pursued aud do pursue the same course of " extermination" which characterises the rule of the northern autocrat and his deputy-dictator , Locn . On the contrary , there are execptionary instances highly honourable to the character ofthe parties concerned . For instance , the Duke of Si / Therul \ d ' s neighbour , Sir George Sixclhr , by acting on a system the reverse of that . acted on by "hisgrace , " has proved himself—so far as the system will admit—a worthy steward of a public trust : the portion of the land of which heis tiie holder . The Times' " Commissioner " savs : — " Instead ofthe wretched bothies crowded

      in clusters , and then some twenty miles without a cottage , which is the characteristic of Suthcrlandshirc , and scarcely a man to be seen employed , throughout Caithness , a dozen miles from Sutheriandshire , there is scarcely a bothic to be seen , but every 500 or 600 yards there is a good stone cottage , often with a little garden to it , and evidences of comfort about it . The whole land is cultivated , and there is scarcely a field without men and horses in it labouring , and women weeding and stone picking : the women get wages of Cd . to Sd . a day . The two chief towns of Caithness are large and populous and town-like ; and , besides the herring-fishing , there is rope-making , flag-cutting , stave-sawing , tub making , and boat and ship-building to a small extent , carried on . " The writer then gives some

      tabular statements , showing the progression of Caithness as compared with Sutherland since the year 1801 , proving that Suttierlandshirc under sheep-farminsrand clearances has remained stationary for twenty-seven years in its rental , and , for forty vears , in its population ; while Caithness , under agriculture and small farms , has more than donh ] cH its rental , and its population has increased above onethird during the same periods . "This , " adds the writer , " is conclusive enough as to Suthcrlandshirc 'improvements , ' without taking into account the vast mass of misery and the wretched population they have crested . " The Times " commissioner " adduces numcros * instances sf the warm-hearted and active benevolence of Sir Ghorgb Sixcijib ; and thomih in Caithness , as elsewhere , the aged , infirm ,

      and helnless suffer from the want of an efficient system of Poor Laws , yet it Is cheering to know that the " good landlord ' , Sir George , " does his part in alleviating what any one individual must be power less to altogether remedy . The conduct of Sir Geohge Sisctiia is the more conspicuously admirable from the aristocratica ! selfishness which characterises the greater number of his " order : ]' and that , too , in Ids own neighbourhood . When Sir George Sixclur was a member of the House of Commons , we judged him by his acts and speeches to be one of the best men sitting there : and glad we are to learn that his public was but the index of his private conduct—that the just principles he advocated in the senate he acts upon in bis social relations with those committed to his care . Would that there

      were more Sixcums . ' And there are more—we cannot doubt it : aud to them be all honour . We certainly have no veneration , no love , for the present system of land-holding no matter what the character of the landlords : but where good men are found at the head of a bad system—a svstem which was not framed by themfar be it from ns to write one word derogatory to their "ood name . Wc , of course , do not consider women working in the fields for fid . 0 / 8 d . a-day a very admirable state of things , even with the superintendent benevolence of a Sir George Si ' sclaiu ; still we fear whilst the present system of land-holding lasts , such a state of things is likely to last too : and consequcntlr the more necessary and the more grateful is the kindliness and benevolence of such men as the Caithness laronct .

      Having done justice to Sir George Sisciaib and the minoritv— "few and far between "—of landholders—not landowner *—of whom he may be considered the representative , we would now desire to forthwith address ourselves to the great inquiry of thes > articles— "To whom does the Land belong , and who are its rightful lords ? " But another subject ( connected therewith ) presses for immediate consideration—v « . the Scotch Toor Law svstem and its proposed amendment . The projected amendment of the present laws providing for the relief of the Scottish poor is now nnder the consideration ofthe Legislature ; and in afew weeks , for good or evil , may become the law of the land . This is a subject that cannot bo delayed . The Lord Advocate ' s Bill once law , may cost years ol wearisome agitation to procure its amendment—and

      « Jod knows it will need no little amendment if it pass in its present shape : it isthcrcforelndispensable that we devote to it as much attention as possible while .. assing through the Legislature . Thisquestion once disposed of , we shall pursue our inquiry into the ri " hts (?) of theland plunderers : in the meantime the nublicatioHof the facts relativeioibetreatmentofthc Scottish poor , will show how wickedly our northern aristocrats have abused their power and privileges . The Scottish Poor Law Amendment Bill should have gone into committee on Monday night , but on that evening , " on the motion ofthe Lord . Advocate the Poor Law Amendment ( Scotland ) Bui was committed pro forma . , and ordered to be recommitted Z Thursday sknight . " So that the discussion of gn ~ o *™

      the measure , clause by clause , ^ a " » Thursdav next , the 3 rd of July . This delay is of value to the people of Scotland , if they will but take advantage of it . Again , therefore , we must-urge upon them the necessity of moving in the matter tor the obtainment of as good a law as they possibly can induce the Legislature to adopt , provided the Government is bent upon forcing tho Lord Advocate s bill through Parliament this session . To us it appears most desirable that no Act on the subject should be made law this session . The Lord Advocates bill is not understood—is not known ; and it is most nccessarv that it should be fully comprehended bv the Scottish people before it . or any version of it , is made law . It is a repulsive task for us to advise delay , when we know tnc

      The Scotch Poor Law System. Tle Csrjtoss...

      amount of wretehtdness unrelieved in Scotland , and ^ hichmust remain unrelieved until the present system be altered , together with fe * fad of another I l i „ S ^ ^"""" S before that system can £ « S ! - f th « blJIjMW before Parliament is not made law dnnng the present session . But , however $% * ** » ** $ the present system , bettei ' that svstem should continue tor another year than that the Lord Advocates deforming scheme should become aw-a scheme calculated to iwskebad worse , if worse bepossibe . We would advise , then , that the Scottish constituencies should instruct their representatives to do their utmost to delay legislation on this question until next session . If this be done , the public mind will , no doubt , by . Iebraary , 18-10 , be so tuny informed on the defects of the £ ord Advocate ' s bill , and so fully enlightened as to what ought to be the amendments to take the place of fhose defects .

      unit something like a decent measure may be obtained from the Legislature . But , as tl » bill may pa « s this session , we must add to the above advice what wc insisted on last week , the necessity of immo cliatel y getting up petitions to the Commons and l . ords , pointing out the defects of the Lord Advocate s bill , and praying for such amendments as the petitioners may deem to be in accordance with the principles of justice , aad necessary to meet the wants ot the Scottish poor . We now request the attention of our readers to a Inrther consiueration of the existing system . During the sitting of the General Asscmblv of the Uiurchof Scotland ( before the Free Church secession ) in 1 S-J 3 , the Lord High Commissioner

      communicated a letter from the Home Secretary ; having for its object to obtain returns in regard to the maintcnance of the poor in Scotland for the vear 1835-30-37 . lms could not be resisted , and accordingly the returns were made , compiled in a report given in to the General Assembly in the year 1839 , the returns being made by the ministers of all the parishes in Scotland , though furnished in every instance by interested parties—no poor man , no labourer , no Dissenting minister , no schoolmaster , no medical man haviii " been cxamincd-yet this report , furnished of itself , to every impartial mind , a body of evidence most damnatory to the character of the landlords and clergv , the self-appointed " guardians of the poor , " and most convincing as to the wretched state of the "

      nanpensed" portion of the population . The Report proved , in the words of Captain Tiiouso . v , treasurer to the Edinburgh House of Refuge , that" the grand object kept in view , by almost even- parish , is the possibility of evading the duty of relieving the poor . Ihe point most earnestly sought after by them ( the kirk Session ) , is not whether there is a certain amount of pauperism , calling for an equal amount of uefinite relief , but what is the smallest practicable amount whicli they can possibly be obliged to give . " Wc cannot afford space to extract from this report ; but as a specimen of ita general contents , taking the extreme south and the extreme north of Scotland , we may notice the returns from Uuthwell , in Dumfriesshire , and Criecli , in Sutherlandshire . In the

      returns from the former parish we find it stated that a woman eighty-one years of age , and feeble , received £ 1 5 s . a year . A woman of eighty-five , with no means of support , £ 1 2 s . a year . An old blind woman , £ 1 19 s . a . year . A feeble woman of seventy-four , with a daughter deaf and dumb , £ 1 9 s . a year . A paralytic woman of sixty-one , £ i 9 s . a year , a woman of eighty-nine , feeble and blind , £ 1 os . This is in one of the parishes where the poor are best treated—a parish situated in one of the richest agricultural counties in Scotland , and which was the first in that country to enjoy the benefits (?) of slhjaving banks , introduced bv the parish minister , Dr . Dd . ncax . So much for one of the " model parishes . " Come wc now to the opposite

      extreme , Orach , where , according to the return made to the General Assembly , 137 " paupers" had [ 1835-36-37 ] divided amongst them £ 17 4 s . l 0 d . ycarlu . The sums paid to each were not all alike : some got asm ' oA a sum as three shillings yearly ( 1 ) , but some received only one shilling yearly (!) . ' That is , the best provided for had allotted to them less than threefourtlts ofapennyiveekhj , and the worst had less than onefart / dng . The English reader may rub his eyes , and refuse to believe what he reads . We cannot help it ; we merely repeat what the General Assembly unblushingly proclaimed : themselves proposing ns remedy for this monstrous scandal on tlieir country and creed . This picture of one of the best and one of the worst—we should think the very worst—parishes in

      Scotland , will give the reader a pretty correct idea of what was the general character of the returns on which the General Assembly ' s report was founded . Preceding and following this " report , the publications of Dr . Ausox tended much to rouse public attention to the subject , and make known the wretched condition of the Scottish poor . Seeing that the Whig Government gave no sign of legislating on the General Assembly ' s report , some time in 1810 an association was formed in Edinburgh to promote a further inquiry into the causes and extent of the alleged suffering , and generally into the management of the poor of Scotland . At this the Scottish heritors took alarm ; a meeting caUed by circulars , issued to all parts of the kingdom , was held in Edinburgh , of

      which the Earl of Lacdeiuwle was chairman , and at which as many of the nobility and gentry as could bo mustered attended , to protest against any further inquiry that should not be conducted by themselves . The Earl of Lauderdale opened the meeting in a "decided" speech ; the Eai'l of Dalhousie "followed on the same side , " and the Marquis of Twecdsde , who could not attend tlic meeting , " cordially approved of its object . " Speeches were made by other landlords , and resolutions passed denouncing the threatened inquiry . Amongst other worthies who were present was a Mr . DujirsTun , one of the principal heritors of the unhappy parish of Criecli , who made a furious speech , denouncing all inquiry ,

      and declaring there was no necessity for it ; impudently adding , that there might be some distress iu the country , but that it waa much " exaggerated . " Next the Tories came into power , and the public opinion in Scotland in favour of some change and amendment in the existing Poor Laws gaining ground , the Ministry at length consented to institute an official inquiry : accordingly , in January , 1843 , a commission was appointed to institute " a diligcat and full inquiry into the practical operation of the laws which provide for the relief of the poor in Scotland . " The report of that commission , dated May 2 , 1841 , was presented to Parliament last session . On two or three " points" of that report we beg to make afew observations .

      The commissioners state the following as to the class of persons entitled to relief . These persons " are those who are either wholly or partially disahlcd on account of age or infirmity , cruiked folk , sick folk , impotent folk , and weak folk ; those who arc broken down or disabled by old nge , those who are afflicted with any disease of a permanent nature which incapacitates them from work j those who are insane or fatuous , and children , whether orphacs or foundlings , arc considered proper objects of relief . There is great reywgnaTice to afford relief for illegitimate children ; the burden of maintaining suchchildr «\ being , in the opinion of many , properly thrown on the authorities ; at the same time relief on account of illegitimate children , is not anywhere denied in case of necessity . Such persons may bo called permanent poor , and are placed ou the parish

      roll , but , to the able-bodied poor , cxeeyt in cases of fever or other epidemics , " relief is seldom afforded ; and when given , is rather , expielatc than ex lege , —more a matter of compassion than of right . It lias been laid down that such persons cannot have recourse to any compulsory means to enforce their claims , and that they depend entirely on the voluntary charity ofthe public . In Eum . burgh , Glasgow , and some of the larger towns , this principle seems not to have been so rigidly observed , and ablebodied persons , labouring under temporary sickness , arc not unfrcquently relieved . The recent depression m trade caused the question as to the right of able bodied persons to demand relief , to he frequently agitated ; but we find that the nniversal practice , with a few exceptions in on J or two country parishes , has been to refuse relief in such cases , and the pressing wants of the able-bodied have been nut by other means , such as subscriptions , Ac . "

      The commissioners were forced to acknowledge that in some places the relief given to the poor was inadequate for their support ; this , however , is very cautiously expressed : — AV ' e are of opinion , ( Sot the funds raised for the relief ofthe poor , and the provision made for them out of the funds raised for their relief , is , in many parishes throughout Scotland , insufficient . Tho relief "in many parishes is insufficient !" Such are the terms in which the commissioners express their sense ofthe wretchedness ofthe poor , and the grinding cruelty ot the poor ' s " natural guardians . " But they qualify even this ; in the very next sentence they say : —

      It is undoubtedly true that , without referring to the Border parishes , in which the allowances made arc Well known to be high , there are many other parishes in various parts of Scotland , iu which , on examining the actual state of the paupers on the roll , and comparing their condition with that of independent labourers , wo have found it little inferior . The amount of the money allowance inade by the administrators of the poor fund gives , in most cases , but a very imperfect notion of a pauper ' s resources and actual means of livelihood . There are very few of those receiving relief in the country parishes who are not able , in some way or other , to cam a little towards their own subsistence : besides which , the standard of living varies so much in different parts of Scotland , that with one shilling a week in one parish a pauper may be in fully as good a condition , compared with the independent labourer , as he would be with two shiUings a week iu another .

      Let our readers-imagine how well a " pauper must be able to livo on Is . or 2 s . a week , under any circumstance *! Tho "high allowances" in "the Border .-parishes , " onr readers will understand by , such ' sums as that paid to the woman of eighty-nine , "feeble and blind , " in Dr . Duncan ' s " model parish" of liuthwell— £ 1 os . 0 year ! Ofceurse everybody knows that the " paupers" have other " resources" than the parochial allowance to subsist on . No one imagines that the Criecli " pauper- " exists on his one farthing , or even three farthings a iveek ? hc , of course has other means of living— -those-means being le 2 g ; ng > vagrancy , and , perhaps . ( ia sojuc- cases ) ,

      The Scotch Poor Law System. Tle Csrjtoss...

      thieving , By begging § thieving the pauper manages somehow to live , and we are told his conditi on m many plsces is but " little inferior to' that of th « independent labourer : " if this be true , what a pic : turc does it disclose of the state of the " independent labourer . Ifow truly pauperised , how wretched must be the lot of the industrious toiler when his condition is scarcely one degree superior to that of the law-made " vagrant ! " What a commentary on the svstem which robs the wealth producer of the fruits of his industry to- pamper the useless drones of the community ! Of the law , as ' applied to- the rural population of the Lowlands , tho commissioners say ¦ . — This law worl-s admirably at ike present time , nor can we foresee the likelihood of any such change of circumstances iu the agricultural districts-as-should render its material modification necessary , orcven desirable .

      Now , against this , we will content ourselves with quoting evidence given before the dtoinmissioners as to the state of the poor in Dunbar and Haddington , towns in the highly fiivourcd county of East Lothiana district described as a place of "fertile plains , well manured , and teeming with produce ,, where cattle , sheep , and horses are equally IHi ; everything , in short , is well-fed and well-housed , " except worn-out ploughmen , widows , and orphans . " In the evidence the Provost of Dunbar states that he Has been connected with the council for si ?; ty years . The magistrates have not taken any charge of the poor funds for many years . Tiie whole management is left to the Kirk Session . Witness considers that the poor of Hie town are very scantily provided for . He cannot think that 2 s . or 3 s . a month can be sufficient for them . Manv of those who have onl y 2 s . or 3 s . a month hare nothing to depend upon except tho charity ofthe public . Jit * opinion would not be altered if he knew that some of tktm . bad $ s . or 0 s . a month .

      What is tho provision for the sick poor , wc hear from Mr . Turnbull , surgeon , who Is paid indeed , but at the rate of six guineas a year for attendance and medicine : — Has been a medical practitioner in Dunbar since Sep . tember , 1832 . Has been employed by the session of Bun . bar to attend the paupers upon the poor-roll ever since he commenced practice . Is p : iid a salary of £ fi Us . a-yeur for so doing , which includes medicine , as well as attendance . Sometimes there is a good deal of fever among the poorer classes . Last year there were about fifty eases of fever , but only two of them wore fatal . In visiting the houses of the poor , lie finds them in many cases very insufficiently provided with the necessaries of life . They have always beds , hut the bedding is always insuffi .

      cient . Witness considers that the poor are more liable to disease on account of the insufficiency of their food . Typhus fever is the most frequent disorder amongst them . Witness can hardly distinguish the poor on the roll from the other classes of poor . There is no dispensary in the town , and they all come to him alike . There is one thing whicli tends greatly to aggravate disease amongst the poorer classes generally—that ivhon they are ill , there is great difficulty in procuring for them tiie necessary quantity of coiiiwon food . A certitie-. ite . is required for every loaf of bread that is given out by the session in cases of iilness . There is also the greatest difficulty in procuring wine or cordials . In the fever with which the town was visited last year , wine and cordials wore more necessary for the cure even than nvyliuiue .

      Come WC now to Haddington , the Provost of which states that he Has been seven years Provost of Haddington , and has been forty-five years resident in the town . He is in the habit of attending the meetings of tho heritors and Kirk Session relative to the management of the poor . lie has always been of opinion that the allowances to the poor have been too small . When the poor have no friends , their livelihood is generally eked out by begging . Dr . Cook , the minister of Haddington , shows that The crdiuary allowance to a single old person is one shilling and sixpence u week . An old man and his wife would get about two shillings and sixpence a week . A widow with four children under twelve would get . two shillings and sixpence or three shillings a week ..

      These are the "high allowances" of the "Border parishes' . " With regard to the neighbourhood , Mr . Gkakam , minister of North Berwick , shows the same neglect of the sick poor ; and though the place is famous for its fanning , there is great distress even among the able-bodied labourers : — Nothing is paid by the session for medical attendance on the paupers . Witness has proposed to the heritors that this should be done , but it has never been adopted . There is a doctor resident in the parish ; he supplies botli medicines and attendance out of Ids own pocket . There were a good number of men unemployed in the parish last winter during two or three months . No relief was given them , except by private charity . They were very eager to work , but could not jind employment . They were persons of good character , and had been provident when in the receipt of wages .

      So much for the districts where we arc told the law " works admirably , " and any interference with which the commissioners denounce as the " veriest wantonness of innovation . " The further examination of this report wc must defer till next week .

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      unanimously adopted ; in which petition numerous amendments in the bill pending are prayed for . The most prominent were—that all property , bath in towns and country , should bo equally assessed ^ without respect to the number of poor in cither , or in any district ; aud the amount deposited as a central fund from which all the poor may be equally supported , according to their necessities , wherever located ; the rate-payers to elect the local boards from time to time , each rate-payer having an equal voice , without regard to the amount of his assessment ; the local boards to report the number and circumstances ofthe applicants to the general board of commissioners of the "cneral fund , wiionroto order payments aecordinclv . hut failing their orders not giving

      satisfaction the sheriffs of the counties to be empowered to decide , both as to the right to support and the amount of that support , and failing his awards not givin" satisfaction , that an appeal lie to the supreme courts ( Court of Session ); and that a lawyer or lawyers be appointed , of high standing as to honour , ta-J » nt aud practice , with a salary from Government , to plead the cause of the poor , not as at present , where , in each district , one of the youngest , and consequently of least practice , without salary or fees , is generally selected for that purpose . A general asscssment would require no parish settlement , as it would not matter where the applicants resided , whothcr in towns or country . It would also do away the . despicable and expensive process of hurling them

      from parish to parish , as if they were unclean beasts ; and also stop litigation betwixt parish and parish , wasting the poor ' s funds , and filling the pockets of lawyers instead of the bellies of the poor . It would also be a means of putting a stop to the cold-blooded and inhuman practice of sweeping the poor , aged , and infirm from the face of God ' s earth—which has been and is still prevalent in the rural districts ; and it would also save to the country the expense of erectating those bnstilcs called workhouses , with their cruel and expensive devil-commissioners and managers , where many die , unseen , from starvation and ill usage , and as many from self-destruction , rather than be immured in them , as is proved by the verdicts of the coroners'juries in England . You will be at no losstojutlsc the class that got up this meeting , when I tell von that our petition is consigned to the careol

      Mr . Buncombe . Would to God we had a score like him in that unholy house called St . Stephen ' s , where the doxology is—" Gold is the God we adore !" The conductors of the Northern Star and the Times newspapers deserve all praise for the interest-they have taken in the cause of suffering humanity , in exposing the cruelty practised in Scotland and her Glen-Calvies . If you have not received a more detailed account of our meeting , I hope you will give this a place in vaur first impression of the Star , it being read from Jolm-o' -Groat ' s to Maiden lurk ; embracing a larger circle in Scotland than any of our local papers . It will be the means of arousing many other districts to examine the subject , and you will receive the thanks of all classes—except dukes , lords , & c ., who , if they could see you and the editor ofthe Times dangling on the gallows tree , would danco your '' dairgy" at the foot of it . —Correspondent ,

      The ahove article was already in type when wc received the following report of a highly important meeting held at Aberdeen , to consider the Lord Advocate's Poor Law Bill . We beg our Scottish friends to carefully read the report , and weigh wel the " amendments" which are demanded by the people of Aberdeen . To us it appears that these " amendments" arc admirably designed to make any law that may be passed containing them , just in its objects and efficient in its practice . From this meeting wc begin to hope that our northern friends , though late iu the day , really mean to do something . To the people of . every other town in Scotland we a ly , look to the example set by the men of Aberdeen , and go ye and do likewise . Abeudees . —Tub New Scotch Pooit Law . —A public meeting was held on Tuesday last , in the large square called Castle-street , in this city , which was numerously ' attended , although it rained heavily , to take into consideration the Scotch Poor Law Amendment Bill now pending . Mr . James Mae Fherson was called to the chair , who , with Mr . A . B . Henry and Mr . It . Louvie , were the principal speakers . They acquitted themselves admirably , noing over the history of the management of the poor , prior to and since the enactment of Poor Laws , both in England and Scotland : contrasting the first enactments of Poor Laws with tho amended English law and the intended new Scotch one . The resolutions moved , and the petition founded thereon , were

      The English Peasantry. The Fouonving Acc...

      THE ENGLISH PEASANTRY . The foUoNving account of the . condition of part , at feast , of the labouring classes in the county of Wilts was given by two farm labouross at a meeting ot 1000 persons held at Uphavon ,. in that county , the week before last : — William Perry , a labourer ,. living-. ^ t Charlton , said he had come forward to- sps . uk to . fellow-labourers , and he had no reason to , be asha ' mcd-to . speakbeforo any man . He had fi . v chii'Veu , the . eldest ten years of age , tlic

      others of the age of eight , six , four , and three . He had 7 s . a week to maintain this family . If any person present could tell him how to manage this for all-to have enough he should be glad . There were twenty-one meals to bs provided out of 7 s ., leaving no provision for clothes , t ring , caudles , and soap ! When lie came home two or th , -ce of the children were generally gone to bed , but nlie " cnn , c in tIie 7 be « " crying , " Father , bring me up a , ,, iecc of bread . " He had often heard this cry during the wi . ' , ter > ana cvcn within the last week . What could he do ? - -,, ° '' ad no bread to give them . Then there was rent nnd slloos t 0 uc P iw Michaelmas . How could lie do thU in an honest manner ? His desire was to live honestly , in a Gl , ti ty wav > but lie could not do it . Perhaps he * met a n " ln t 0 , v ) l 01 " , 1 C owed money ; of course he did not liki ' t 0 , nCe ' "im . These were not the feelings of an honest rn . in uut what cou ] d he do ? If there were

      not some good i ' " charitable people in the country he should be stan td—[ voices— " The same here , " and " 'Tis too true . " ] IIe , vas thankful God had spared him and his family to ft ' P ^ sent moment . This day hc hud walked tliree and a . ' li ,, f milcs *<> his work . He took a bit of bread with bin . '» and llad a drink of water ; and had a little when he gk '' home . [ " We all know that ' s true . " A voice— " Win ' l makes you tremble so V ] If 1 had been home to a good supper and a quart of g . iod ale , I should not tremble . Ih wished every labouring man to liace three or four acres oflin '•' ' the same rent as the farmers gave . They would pay this * aml be gkd . ( Loud cheers , and cries of " Yes , yes ; and we would give a little more than that . " ] Yes , said Perry , , yc don ' t mind 10 s . an acre more . This speech was receive- d with loud marks of applause , and repeated contirmafc * o" of the truth of tlic statements contained in it .

      Ozias Sealcy , a labourer , also em nc forward , nnd began by saying he was going to speak tin ' truth . He bad eight children , and his wages were " s . a n 'celt f he had laid out 50 s . during the past winter in potatoi "S ; tV . at was enough to pay for an acre of land it" lie couh 1 set it ., the ehil ^ drai would jump across tho house if tl iey saw a- eoupls of potatoes , and quarrel which should ha ve t & ein . It 5 ?» s enough to drive a man mad . When lis eaifto home at night , and found them crying for food , mid he- ha & uon * to give them , it almost drove him mayl ; lie sould not stand it another winter . ll'Aat would ( At * < KHtfcw « rtf » i ) ifc of this , filled as they were with the roast beef and shen-f'icine ? When the poor man was happy in heaven , he taw not where the rich would be . [ Several people exclaimed that every one with families was in the same state , and ? nany others would have come forward to speak , but wcre-kept back by fear . ]

      Here is the disease , the cause , and tho remeijp , clearly pointed out by the victims . The disease is misery—almost unparalleled miser ? , as evidenced % men tilling the earth for 7 s . a week—aWc-uodie-i labourers "trcniblimr" with hunger—Englishmen " almost driven mad " by the cries of their hungry children for bread ! The cause is as plainly evidentthe monopoly of the soil in the hands of a few to the exclusion of the many , which , preventing the working man toiling in the " sweat of his brow" for bread , raised on Ms oivn plot of land , compels him to pay 50 s . for bought potatoes . The remedy is equally plain —the restoration of the land to the labourer . All William Pkiuiy wishes for is "three or four acres of land . " for which he is wiilinir to srivc " the same rent

      as the farmers give ; " ami others in the meeting added tliey " would give a little more than that . " Ozias Sbalky would gladly pay 50 s , ( rent ) for an acre of land if ho could get it , but hc cannot get it . Here are the fruits of the large farm system , the commons i-. closures , and the other agricultural " improvements" of the last 'fifty year ? , so much lauded by the political economists ! But is this a state of things safe for the community ? Is it not , on the contrary , highly dangerous that a class should exist even for one day in a state rendering them careless of aiiy change—nay , ready to welcome any convulsion , believing ( and ' rightly so ) that whatever may happen they might bo benefitted , but could not possibly be injured ?

      Let us further ask tho landlords , whether the speeches of such men as Pkhby and Skaley are not most significant to them ? . They know that they are hated in the manufacturing districts—that Chartist and Leaguer ( through with very different motives and objects ) arc alike banded together to destroy their power . Their only safety—their onl y hope of maintaining their existence as a class lies m the attachment of the agricultural body—or at least the indifference of that body to political discussions and political reforms . Any love for the aristocracy on tho part of the agricultural labourers has , wc fancy , for some time ceased to exist . The ignorance of the agricultural masses was therefore the aristocracy ' s onlv remaining safeguard . That ignorance , thank

      God , is fast being dispelled , l ' uitav and Skaley speak out . T . ey care little for what the " roast beef and sherry wine" gorged gentry think—they will be heard . Applauding hundreds ratify the truth of their assertions ; and though many are not so bold as to speak out like Ferry aud Sealky , yet they cherish the like feelings—they- feel the like misery , and they protest against the like injustice . There is more meaning in one of these simple speeches ofthe downtrodden peasantry of England , than in three fourths of the florid harangues ever uttered on the election . hustings , or on the platform of the lecture hall . Lords of England , high and haughty aristocrats , beware ! If you will break up the monopoly of your farms ; if you will think less of your game , and more

      of your labourers ; if you will let the peasant have a bit of laud , even at ail exorbitant rent , you may perhaps , stave off the evil day—you may for yet a little while maintain your gigantic usurpationthough not for ever , nor for long : for tho handwriting is on the wall , predicting your doom . But if you will not do this , swift will be your destruction , and signal your fall . At present the labourer , in all probability , dreams not that the land , for a little bit of which he supplicates on which to grow food for his children , belongs to all , and not to you lords and gentlemen only . The labourer has been brought up to believe in the " right divine" of landlords ; that the earth was made for the privileged few , lie being merely placed thereon to till it and pay rent for it to the born aristocrat : a comfortable belief for you ,

      lords and gentlemen—but which you are taking most effectual means to disabuse the labourer of . If you will not grant him the little hit of land , for which he is now desirous of paying you an enormous rent , may not the question at length break in upon him whether God and nature could possibly have intended the land to he monopolised by a few , that few condemning their brethren to unrequited toil and lingering starvation ? Yes , the day is coining when the labourer will make tho inquiry ; when , scorning to beg for land—when , denying your right to rent , he will demand the restitution of what you have impiously and wickedly defrauded him . Instead of then asking for four acres at an exhovbitant" rent , " lie will say : —The land was made for all—the land must and shall be restored to all .

      Fcxeral Of The Late Mr. Bamiam.—The Rema...

      Fcxeral of the late Mr . BAmiAM . —The remains of the late Minor Canon of St . Paul's , tho Rev . R . II . Barham , were interred on Saturday in the Rcctnr ' s vault of the church oi St . Mary Magdalen , Old Fish-strcet-hill , and St . Gregory by St . Paul's , by the side of his four children . His disease . was a tumour in the larynx , which Sir Benjamin Brodie pronounced fatal as soon as the case was submitted to him . Exorcism Extraordinary . —A Spanish journal states that the cure of Ministrol de Cahles , in Data-Ionia , in exorcising a woman possessed by a legion of devils , succeeded lately in forcing out of her tho trifling number of 79 , 91 ) 1 . Unfortunately , the last devil of all , more cunning than his comrades , was able to resist all the attacks ofthe cure , who always recommenced his operations every fete day . The civil and ecclesiastical authorities at last put an end to his proceedings .

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      BANKRUPTS . ( From Tttcsday ' s Gazette , June 2-Ufc , 1845 . J William Morton , Railway-place , Fenchurch-stvect , gasfitter—William Hickman Lejeune , Southampton , cornmerchant-William Wossman , Clarke ' s-place , Islington , fancy-stationer—George Bowles and Joseph Pain l'ocklington , Newgate-street , meat-salesmen—James Walker , jun ., Leeds , butcher— Francis llidd , Nether Stowey , Bridl'ewater , Somersetshire , surgeon—William Hilditch , Fachwen , Flintshire , grocer—Matthew Cottedge , Mnklow ,. Warwickshire , coal-merchant . MVlulLVnS . July 15 , W . Williams , Goudhurst , Kent ,

      wheelwright-July 21 . 6 . Barron , Davies-street , Berkeley-square , buiuler .-—July 21 , J . Stevens , ilile-cnd , road-contractor—July M ,. J . and T . Hill , Isle of Ely , merchants-July 16 , J . ami T .. Lamb , Kidderminster , Worcestershire , engineers—July 18 ,. W . 15 . lli-iddiek , Durham , denier in iron—Jul ; iu ,. J . Briddick , jun ., Durham , bookseller—July 16 , W . aiul . Ji . C : Sarr , Sunderland , m : rcliants—July IG , C , Mtlrtya , Dun liain , Hiiendraper—July 17 , J . llisdon , Exeter , bookseller—July IS , U . 1 'ritcliard , Liverpool , wine-merchant—July 13 , It . Abrain , Liverpool . merchant-July 18 , E . B . Eobinsor ,, Wolverhampton , Staffordshire , grocer .

      DECLilUTIOSS OV DIVIDENDS . L . C . Lecesne , Fenchuveh-uuildhiss , J ' cviRhareh-stroat ,. City , merchant , first dividend of Is l < tfd *»*» " » pound ,. any Wednesday , at tho office of Mr . Grahsan Colerasm-11 . Almond , Orrell , Lancashire , coal-deabrcj , scconft dividend of 4 d in . the pound , any Thursday , at Ihcoftca of . Jlti . Cazenove , Liverpool . , * , * , •** ' * ohj \ J . Johnson , Liverpool , merchant , fir At d ^ dee * of Sfci in the pound , any Thursday , at tho ofiuaof Mr . eazenove-, T Wilson , Liverpool , merchant , dswdsud of 4 s 2 ^ 11 ft the pound , any Wednesday , at the y fl & e of Mr . Moargan , j . Blake , Sunderland , edge-Soot -TOawofactoww , first dividend of lOdin the pound , next ^ cdnosday , or any subsequent Saturday , at the office ofCJJ ^ . Wakley , Hewcastla upon-Tyne . - . . :. ¦> .. I . Hagg , Colchester , " Essex , first dividendpf 4 s 6 dm . tha pound , any Wednesday , nt tn $ office of Mr . Belcher , King ' s Anns-yard , Colcmar ,. street .

      W . Attwater , Devonshire-street , Qucen-square ,. /? yer » first dividend of \ s in tbo pounds any' Wednesday ,, at the office of y , " . JJelchor , King ' s Arms . ynrd , Colemaiu , street , T . PearsoT , T ^ verpool-roaa , builder , first and final division of 1 jd m ' the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Folle' ^ panibrook-court , Basinghall-strcet . . M . Ot . Ul ) rrow , Stockport , Cheshire , pawnbroker , divijdend 0 '; 20 s in the pound , any Wednesday , at the ofSceof 1 yr- olictt , Sambrook-couvt , Dasiiighallstreet .

      Bankrupts. (From Tttcsday's Gazette, Jun...

      Certificates to be granted , unless causo be shown to tho contrary on the day of meeting . JulylG , W . J . . Toylor ,. iligli-strce ! i ,., C < uuden Town , gsocer — Julv id ; J . Brain , Winchesfer : pTace , Fentonville , copper-plato dealer-July IS , T . M . Cockscdgo , Shadwell , miller-July IB , T ; Johnson , sen ., and W . Johnson , Kom . ford , Essex , bankers-July 15 , A . II . Chambers , sen ., New Bond-street , banker-Ju / y 16 , 11 . Barker , Manchester , druggist-July 10 , J . Gcrrard , Marsden , Yorkshire , cottonspinner—July 17 , M . Humphries , Iluline , Lancashire , joiner—July IS , J . Livingstone and T . ilutt : i ») ,, Muiid ) cstin ; plumbers—July 1-5 , T . . Miln-.-u-d . EjipiTstune ,. Nottinghamshire , miller—July 15 , ii . Webb , Higli-sfVecf , Soiithwavk , cheesemonger—July 15 , It . G . Ward and J . Perry , Newgate-market , meat-salesmen—July IS , J . Weightman , Northampton , wharfinger—July 13 , T . S . Dodd , Liverpool , innkeeper—July 15 , E , 15 . Uobiiison , Wolverhampton , grocer—July It , If . Fan-ami ,, Ahnondbui'v , Yorkshire , t ' anc . v cloth manufacturers—Jul y IS , W . Gai ' sby , juiii , CllUCtll . Ml ) , Lancashire , joiner—July 15 , J . W . Sjirague , 1 'uole , grocer .

      PAETSKHSHIPS DISSOLVED . A ., J . S ., II . 11 . Willis , and A . Willis , inn ., Crosbysquare , City , merchants-A ., J . S ., and 11 . 11 . Willis , Crosby-square , City , insuranee-brukers-J . Leach , sen ., J . Leach , and J . Leach , jun ., Binglev , Yorkshire , worstedmanufacturers ; as far as regards John Leach-W . 'EIston and J . Lidstonc , Old Bailey , builders-J . Buries and J . fallows , Stockport , Cheshire , cotton waste-spinticrs—S . Bath and 1 ' . J . Bolton . Ifigli-strcct , Wapping , coai-merchants-S . Iluldsworth and W . It . Milnur . Wakefield , Yorkshire , surgemis-A . C . Harris and T . Bell , Alexandria , Egypt , merehants-C . Smith' and T . Hunter , Bishop lVearinouth , Durham , wholesale tea-dealers—if . Baino and U . Scholcs , Bury , Lancashire , plumbers—W . Halliday

      and G . Rhodes , Heckmondwike , Yorkshire , worsted varaspinncrs-J . and C . Turner , Cliiirch-strect , Bet . ' mal . gVeeu , leuthcr-sellerg—E . and J . Withiushaw , Shelton , Staffordshire , Icather-dealers-C . College and S . Heiininghani , Birmingham , engravers—O . Sangstcr and J . F . Mcliiss , Queen-street , Clienpside , cotton-factors—E . Meredith and C . i ' arfcer , Liverpool , linendrapers—C . and W . Bedells , Leicester , manufacturers of elastic fabrics—E . W . and It , O . Coulboiiv . Manchester , fustintt-manufartnrcrs—K . Barlow and B . JSdnrnrds , Wrexham , Denbixhsliirc , ironmasters -J , and T . Taylor , Kn-by . stvett , HuUm \ - # . u ? den , goldbenSws—It , ami A . a , Dcbcnliam , Upper Clapton , drapers —J ) . Gill and T . IVaiiuwsH Lewis ,- inm-fbmm ' ers—i . Brhtr . hr aud I > , Smalts , Kiiyston-apon-liull , hop-ineiv chants .

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      ¦ toKDO . V © OIS . Y ESIUAKOE , Mo . VDAT , Jl / SK 23 . —' Tte arrival * of Eiig & sh wheat , were foitrablv good ? dnr & igthe p i * t week- rbut of-barley ,. oats , , beans , and . jpeas :. tberoeoiptfooastmse wcreyerysenniy . Front IScotlsnd-only .-view hundred 'quarters of oats-camc toband , but'from * Ireland' 3 ko stippl . ? was * linger tliun . lias bCiJn ihe cawforsome ¦ weeks-pa & t . From abroad ; a fair quantity oi > * TrJieat ,. lsri ; e stipplies-of baWey and-. oats ,- and * moderate amvabof beaiurand' jieas > . were [ received . At this morning ' s- market there was a > Igood sliowofwlica * by Janu- ^ arr-ingo' samples- from . ' tho neighbouring csuintius ,. ucarcoly any barley- of home growiu « . and aofc many oats ; , beans ,- or peas ffeh up . 1 ! Jic weather- continuing exceedingly favourable for- ' the growing craps ; , tiie trade opened- ! languidly .. ® nly- the very- finest' qualities-of Kiiglish , wheat were taken- by the millers at ? last Monday ' scu 3 reiicy ,. am ? . ifc was ' ne'ffissary to-suuuiiuto a-dcclinoof about lsi per-quarter before any progress could be

      made inthe disposnLof tfto common runs ; In foreign wheat thoro was-littlo-or'nothitig . doiiig . oithui-fi « eo op in bcnd ,. and quotutiona-must' fop tho present bcregarded as-almost nominal' . Town-madcHour ,. tliougIt very dail otsnle , w-as not drearier ,, but for ship-marksrather less-money wnsin pavttalliiistiinces-accepted . The continued- nrvivals-of barley from-the-Gbntincnfc havchitliGrtopreventcdmiy advance in the valucot " this artkle , but goed < qualities- of English , wore liekl very firmly to-day . Mitlfr was-also- qnite as . do . tF' as . on this day se'imigfit .. The increased arrivals ot ' oats failed to have- any mfluenee on prices ,, indeed thetrade was more active ,, owing to a better choice of quality being afforded . On the . . whole a fair amount ot'biisiness wasdone , and previous rates well supported . Beans and peas- being exceedingly scarce , were held very firmly , and needy buyers-haft to > pay high terms * In seeds no change requiring notice occurred , and the transactions were generally on a very restricted scale .

      CUKREJTT PRICES OF SBAIjr , PSB IMPERIAL QUAllTEK . —British . » s s * Wheat , Essex , & , Kent , new & old rod 43 4 !) Whits 4 s 55 Norfolk and Lincoln . ... do 44 48 Ditto 49 52 — Sorthum . aud Scotch whito 48 48 l'iuo 49 r > 2 Irish red old 0 0 Red 43 45 Whito 47 48 Ryo Old 30 M Kew 2 S 39 Brank 34 35 Barley Grinding .. 24 ' 26 Distil . 27 30 Malt . 30 33 Malt Brown .... 52 54 Pals 5-5 59 Ware CO C 2 Beans Ticksold & new 33 37 Harrow 37 S 3 Pigeon 41 4 * Peas Gray 35 8 t > Maple 37 38 Whito 33 40 Oats Lincolns 4 Yorkshira Feed 22 24 Poland 24 25 Scotch Au ' ,- 'is 23 25 Potato 20 29 Irish Wliit « 21 Z 5 . Mack 21 2 $ Per 2 S 01 b . net . s s Per 2 S » ib . net . s s Town-mado Flour ... 43 45 Sforfolk & Stuekton 33 34 Essex and Kent . ... 35 36 I Irish 35 36

      Free . Bond * Foreign . si s 8 . Wheat , Tfontsic , Koni i'sbur ? , io ..... . 51 . " 3 38 i ' i . Marks , Mecklenburg 31 32 33 36 . -Danish , Holsteiu , and Friesland rod 43 45 . 28 39 Kusshin , Hard 44 46 Soft . . . 44 4 G 23 29 Italian , Red . . 47 48 Whito ... 51 52 32 35 Spanish , Hard . 46 43 Soft .... 48 5 > 31 ? A Rye , Baltic , Dried . ... 23 SO Undried . . 23 30 22 24 Barley , Grinding . 24 26 Martins . . 28 82 19 24 . Beans , Ticks . . 34 30 Egyptian . 34 35 23 32 Peas , Whito . . 37 3 'J Maple . . 38 37 24 3 ft Oats , Butch , Brew and Thick , , 23 26 21 22 Russian feed , 21 22 15 15 Danish , Friesland feed 21 23 15 U Flour , per barrel . ' 24 20 19 21

      Losno . v Sjhtjifikld Cattlb Maiikkt , Mo . vdat , June 23 . —The past week's importations of live stock for our market have been again extensive , they having consisted ot * 109 oxeu and cows , 6 lambs and U calves , all from Rotterdam , per the Columbine , liatavieiv and Giraffe . At the outports , upwards of 200 beasts have been received from Holland in good condition . We had on offer , to-day , 55 Dutch oxen ami cows , the quality of which—though not to say first-rate—was good ; hence the sale for them was active , and thewhole found buyers at improved quotations . Notwithstanding there was an increase in the arrivals of beasts from our own grazing districts , and the quality of that description of stock was superior to that exhibited for some time past , we have to report a decided improvement in the beef trade , at an advance

      inthe quotations obtained on Monday last , of from 2 d . to id . per Sib ., and at which a fnir clearance was effected . From Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire , wc received 1200 Scots , homebreds , and shorthorns ; from tho northern , western , and midland counties , 300 llorefords , Hunts , Devons , & c .,- from , other parts of England , 400 of various breeds ; and from Scotland , 500 Scots . Although the epidemic is still complained of in the grazing counties , we observed very few serious cases hero today amongst cither ' tho beasts or sheep . For the time of year we had a very limited number of sheep offering , owing tojwhicli the mutton trade was steady , and last week ' s currencies were supported in every instance , the primest old Downs readily nroduc ' sg us . per Sib .

      Lambs , the numbers ot which were comparatively small , moved off freely , and previous rates were well supported ' . The veal trade was again firm , at the late improvement in value . Pigs moved off slowly , yet tlieir prices weresupported . By the quantities of 81 b ., sinking the offal . s . d . a . d . Inferior coarse beasts ... 3 3 3 3 Second quality .... 3 10 4 0 Prime large oxen . . . . 42 44 Prime Scots , Ac . .... 4 6 4 8 Coarse inferior sheep . . . 3 4 3 8 ' Second quality .... 3 14 4 4 Prime coarse woolled ... 4 6 4 8 Prima Southdown . . > . 4 10 5 0

      Lambs 5 9 6 0 Large coarse calves .... 4 0 4 G Prime small 4 8 5 0 Suckling calves , each . . . 18 0 39 U Large hogs 3 0 3 8 Neat small porkers . . . 3 10 4 2 Quarter-old store pigs , each , , IG 0 20 6

      HHAB or CATTLE OX BALE . ( From the Books of tho Clark of the Market . ) Beast * , 2 ,-594-Sheoj > and Lambs , 22 , 170-Calves , 211—Pii ' s , 290 . RiCKKOsn Cors Mun-KKT , Saturday , Juhb 21 ;^ - We had a lair supply of grain in our market to-day , bttt the sale was * rather dull . Wheat sold from 5 s . 9 d . lots . 6 d . ; oats 2 * . 9 d . toSs . 4 d . ; barley 3 s . l ) d . to 4 s . ; beans 4 & 6 d . to 4 s . 9 d . pet bushel . MjO'Cbbstkr Cc-rx Market , Saturdat , June 21 . —In the early part o £ * the week we had a considerable foil of rain in this neighbourhood , cc-ntinninii-ilio

      witolo of Wednesday almost without intermission ; subsequently the weather lias been delightfully fine ; and the crops having consequently received material benefit , the deiuamJ far every article of tho tr « i 3 e has remained ' -on tho sa-me limited scale as previously noted , without variatien ia prices . Our market this , morning ,. inH ' uonceii by the circumstances noted . above ; waft of an exwedingl ? imminmto character i . ami ' , iia < i sales of any article been prosasd , rather-JsweV prices- must have been conceded . In the ab-. sencoi . Iwwever ; ei * any staehdesii-e lioinR manifested ,, wc eaa report no alteration in the curreajy of our last : market day .

      lOTHrPOfli Corn : h . «? ket , Monday , Jum k 23 ,- — . There has this week been a moderate-supply , of British grain , meal and flour . Several cargoos . of * wheat arc reported from the Baltic , and we Wiethe .-firsi arrival of Cfoadian produce and manufcetore . No alteration has occurred inthffdu'tios'thifvisek . The amount of business since this day vteck ' ShwAeea tery limited : tho millers and dealers , inft » eucedby the improved state of the weather , have wdy taken off wheat to supply their immediate vr . inland there , have been ho speculative transactions g «) ig forward , Our last quotations have been barely istwnUined fw either wheat or flour . Oats and oatweal haw par-. ticipatcd in the general dullness , buA aa holdora havei not been pressing sellers , fully last quoted prices , had to be paid inthe few sales which have occurvedin . both tWarticles . Beans , barley , sod peas havoraoved only in small quantities .

      LlVKRPOOt . ClHW MatcHS , , Jte JfcKB 23 .-Ther nipp y of stock at market to-day ¥ ai lick' much sniper than last week Mvutaettim attendance ot customers , and a brisk market . Bi > of ' fjdtbflid' tint toil Gd . to 6 R lamb uid toS ^ oJil ^ SSg Liverpool , trom the 10 th to tho ' 23 d Juhe'M _ r Kw ? ™^® >^ mmw & m

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 28, 1845, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_28061845/page/7/