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      , r ; FIELD-GARDEN OPERATIONS , a _. Tor 'tie Week aiding Monday ; Feb . 26 _tft , 1844 . " * - " [ Extracted from a Diary of actual operations on a mimber or * small farms ih Sussex and . Yor"ksbire , _published'hy "Mr . John Nowell of Farnley Tysis , near H-addersfield , Yorkshire , as a guide to other possessors of field-garden farms to the labours which ought to be taken on their ownlahds . The farms selected as models , are—First , That of the Willingdon school , fire acres in extent , conducted by G . Grattendem Second . The Eastdean school , also five acres , near Beachy Head , conducted by Jolm Harris .

      Third . That of Jesse Piper , consistang of four acres , sk _Crottenden . Fourth . That of John Dumbrell , a fern of six acres , at Jevington , near Beachy Head . Fifth . Ah . industrial school farm at Slaithwaite , near Huddersfield . Sixth and Seventh . Two small model farms at the same place , occupied on the estate ofthe Earl of Dartmouth , by Charles Varley and John Bam--fbrd . The consecutive operations in these reports will enable the curious reader to compare thc climate and agricultural value of the south with the north of England . The Diary is aided by "Notes and Observations " from the pen of Mir . Nowell , calculated for the time and season , which we subjoin . ]

      SUSSEX . _NosPAY . —WUUngdon School . Boys digging thc second " time for white carrots . Eastdean Sdiool . Boys treading clover , removing stubble and roots , and turning a mixen . Piper , Gathering up flintsfor ' _drainin-f . Dumbrell . Rainy day . _"Tijespat . —WiUingdon School . Boys digging as before stated . Eastdean School . Boys digging for potatoes , picking out the toots , and covering a mixen with mould to keep the heat in . Piper . Top dressing seeds . DumbreU . Wheeling out manure . Wedsesdat . —WiUingdon School . Boya digging the second time for white carrots . Eastdean School Boys emptying tank , and spreading the contents on - mangel wurzel ground , breaking clods , and mould carrying . Piper . _Amoving turnips to the byres , Ihvmhrefl . Dkehiff , and spreading manure .

      _Thuksdat . _—WSHngdon School . Boys clearing away stubble from the clover . Eastdean School . Boys digging , hoeing tares and rye , and treading the gamer , small boys picking stones . Piper . Hoeing amongunderground onions , —don ' tloescntliem . _DumbreU . Digging , and spreading manure . _Jf _& _nxs . _—Wtllmgdon School . Boys removing Swede turnips from the heap . Eastdean School . Boys widening road , removing mould to the land , gathering stones , and turning a mixen . Piper . Hoeing among the onions , —always hoe your seed turnips , and carrots as urn . _Mmorett . "Planting early potatoes , drilling tares . _SaIHRBAT- —WiUingdon School . Wet weather ; boys in school all day . Fastdw . n School . Boys cleaning ont pigs , and portable pails , about the place , and school room . Piper . Cleaning out the pigs , mixing dung with mould . DumbreU . Digging , and harrowing wheat . *

      _-YORKSHIRE . ¦ _Slaithwaite Tenants . JohnBamford , digging for spring wheat . Weather fine , but frosty . _-Cow-e-bediso . —WMngdon School . Com fed on oat straw and turnips . Dum & refT . Que COW stall-fed -with turnips , mangel wurzel , and straw . A cow and heifer fed with turnips , carrots , and straw .

      NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS . Tare Hoeixc . —The hoeing of winter tares must not be neglected . A _topdressiiig of 2 cwt . of gypsum will be beneficial . AH leguminous or pod plants require it , as animals require -salt , or fowls require lime . Steep job _Legcmtsous axd oiheb Seeds . — The following steep has been found to answer well for tare , rye , or other seeds . It tends to start the young plants . into quick and vigorous growth , upon which frequently depends the success of the future crop . Mix in a vessel equal parts of tank liquid and urine ; _diswlve of macerate in it a few pounds of pigeons ' dung , or the -dung of fowls , or guano , well pounded , and an equal quantity of common salt ; star well _torrof-nai * * nnf _-wnnm onAsl - > m •* _^ r _^ t * _trav » 1 % _-noIrA-l ' . onrt nnnr

      gVUIVlHUV _J _» " _-WWWM . -UA _1 * _HA-MM . W _* . _v-M-emu _* - _} ™ . _w _jsww . the -fluid through it several times , letting it drain back into the vessel , for future application . Use _jrpsnni , not quick lime , to divide the seeds , and sow immediately . Spuing Tabes . —[ Seed sown , four bushels to the acre , _iftdrins . 3—From the 1 st to % 8 ih of March , if the weather will permit , sow portions of spring tare seed , ia succession , till May ; as one crop appears above ground , sow another . Let yonr drills be six inches apart .. Use five bushels of mould-manure to the rod , if you can spare it . Tou may safely use tiie leguminous steep -described above ; andif you add a little saltpetre , or sulphate of ammonia ( gas salt ) , it will be all the better . In the north of England the spring tare is generally sown broadcast , using a sixth part of oats to support the plant .

      Cabbage Seed Beds . —[ One . pound of seedwai prodace plants ior an acre . }—Sow on beds , about four feet bread , successive portions of cabbage seed to supply plants to cut in winter . Select ground , rich , dry , and well sheltered , and manure it moderately . Sow ia drills four inches apart , and if your seed be good , rather tHB . - The Early Hope will answer better than any other "kind . They may be transplanted from April up to June . PiAsuse : Cabbages . —if yon wish for a supply at the latter end of -autumn , it is time _noiv to transplant them from fhe beds sown before last August . Red ASD White _CiBKOrs . —iSeed- sown , Ked Carrots , 4 Ibs ., "White , 3 Mbs ., per _araej— -The carrot loves a deep ; sandy soil , free from stones or other obstructions . As soon after Michaelmas as possible , the around having been digged two spits deep , receives a

      _dossing of tank liquid , which is immediately digged in and well mixed with the soil ; this repeated three times , will be found to answer better than solid -manure . Select seed grown the previous year ; and it has been reconmiended that it should be -mixed well with plenty of sand , and watered with tank liquid hx some davs before sowing . Tbe time of sowing red carrots must be early in March , either in drills Or broadcast ; in the former case , the distance of the drills is about twelve inches , the seed is scattered in by band and covered slightly ; then follows very carefid hoeing , after the plants appear , not approaching too nearthem ; they are afterwards weeded , and set out at a distance of three or three and a half inches . The white carrot may be sown atthe sametime , or a . 'Htle later ; the _isameprecautionsmust be followed . On light land , when the manuring has been followed np , a succession of turnips , potatoes , and carrots , has often been beneficial to the farmer aa weU as to the

      laud . * Tan Axlotjsbst System . —We are happy to learn _*^ t from the success which has as yet attended the _jarryingout of the allotment system by the _benevo-^ nt-and patriotic EariofDartmontb , atIingardsand ilmondbury _. near Huddersfield , and other places / bis _ordship has determined on a farther extension of it to he Tillage of Kirkburton . His lordshi p ' s agent , Frederick Thynne , Esq ., has issued a notice to tiie igricultural and operative labourers in that vicinity anting them to take a rood or more of land , to be (•• ought under cultivation by the spade . The land 3 ottered at 40 s . the acre , without tiie usual taxes

      id imposts on the land . The applications to be ide before the 1 st of March ; and a statement as the applicant' s family , its number , respective [ 63 , and other particulars , is to be made . We hope e applications will be numerous and successful , and atthe whole system , as promulgated and supported F the generous minded and noble Earl , will be _serally carried out through the length and breadth " the land by every wealthy and Luge landholder , as aa would tend most materially to drminish pan-* ° rism , decrease the amount of poor rates , and evate tiie mind and characters of the English _asantry to the state in which it formerly was cturedi when every rood of land _HiaMained its _^—I _& ds AiteUigeneer .

      Fobs _Hcsbaxdbt . — At the last meeting ' of the oval Ag ricultural Society , Mr . Henry Dixon , of "itaam , in Essex , favoured the council with the _foltoing _canminincafion in reference to the _employicntof agricnltnral digging forks : — - Witham , Dec . 13 , 1844 . iMy experience in the use of ag ricultural forks , which b " _^ ry much used here , leads me to believe that , if the ( plication Of this implement was more generally known , gwould become extensively and profiteibly applied to Riculturalpurposes ; and , asitisas ** hstitafonoflior" _* e lour for that of man , it is of no common importance , km _hadeMed to Mr , Mift-liell , of _Wymondham , for its Iroductioji here ; and last year as " well as this fifty or Itvofonrmen have been engaged in the work , who

      _imisewonldnavebeen forthemajorpart unemployed tefbrk Isend youis intendedfor the * first operation Un fhe sail : for subsequent forking and for seeding the id they may be made lij-hter and shorter , and used with Toporthroate diminution of expense . We use it in two _js ( thinking it necessary to preserve the cultivated soil petmost ) . Take a wheat stubWe , for example : the _vgh opens fhefnrrow _, and theforkerfoHows ; and when j forked -up tie subsoil ( turning it over as in spade a ) , the -plough succeeds and covers it over—succeeded t _^ gnn _liy-lhe & rker . The depth we require under the row-slice is from ten to twelve inches . Abont sixteen a are required to keep a plough in constant use ; and Sy trill fork an acre per diem , if it lie a tolerably free L We pre tbe men from 2 Jd . to 3 d . per rod fortius

      rk . I have this year practised another plan , whicli 1 j much prefer , as any number of men may be kept at rk without any inconvenience as to the plongb . Take > example of my field wheat stubble , five acres . I bad t land ploughed tolerably deep into ridges ( _twofurrowces meeting each other } about twenty-four inches wide . * t four men to work in this field to fork the furrow iied by the plough , and then the plough followed , _itting-the ridge , wliichleft the remaining portion ready the TOmpletion of the work . I had not quite finished field when the frost set in , and suspended the work is method is equally efficient with the former , and the •> ar is easier to the Workmen . These four young men 'earn 12 s . per week , at 2 Jd . per rod . This labour is •*« . and requires strong young men . It may be

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

      summer , the carrot and turnip crops by Mr . Hutley and Mr . Beadel , of this place , were doubly remunerative for the extra expense . To return to the five acres of my own . The method of fanning which I intend to follow is—to harrow down the ridges , use tlic cultivator to move the soil , and in no way again to use the plough , except to form ridges and cover in manure for mangold wurtzel , Swedes , or potatoes , as the case may be . The root-crop will he followed by wheat . For wheat I shall jrobably _jiitt _^* ' ; - ' _/* the land at all . Our smiths make these forks for 4 s . 6 d . to 5 s . each , and they may be made by any workman having a specimen before him . Should , however , any doubt occur , I shall readily attend to the inquiries of any of our members who may wish to . apply to me on the subject Henby Dixon .

      The Si _* B-Ptn , vKniSBn . _^ At the same meeting , All * . _Parkes , the consulting engineer to the society , favoured the council with the following observations in reference to the operation ofthe sub-pulveriser as an implement of tillage . Mr . Parkes concurred with several of the members present in their opinion that the forks just spoken of were very heavy , and would require a strong man to use them , * he observed , however , that the operation described was one that demanded the use of a strong tool . It appeared to him that the cost of the work , as stated by Mr . Dixon , was fulrjr double that effected b y the _suli-piilveriser of Mr . Reid , of No . 85 , Regent > _circus , Piccadilly , to which a prize had been awarded at the Southampton Meeting : a decision in favour of that effective

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

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

      complete pulverisation than is effected by the common subsoil plough , a friend of his , the manager of alarge estate m Scotland , near Hamilton , informed liim thatthe practice was in rogue there of digging with tiie spade 10 inches deep ; then following with forks 14 ineb . es length of tines . Thc top-soil was kept uppermost , the forks merely loosening and breaking up the subsoil . The cost was stated to be £ i per Scotch , or £ 3 6 s . 8 d . per statute acre . It appeared that Mr . Dixon ' s plan of _forking the furrow after the plough , required " sixteen men in a tolerably free soil to keep the plough going , and do an acre per diem , " the cost of which was at least 32 s . per acre . Tliis plan was therefore cheaper than the foregoing , but not nearly so cheap as by -using Mr . Read's

      implement , which enabled the agneulturistto avail himself of horses' power , and without injury from their tread in plastic soils . Mr . Miles , M . P _., confirmed Mr . Parkes ' s statement of thc easy manageableness of Mr . Bead ' s implement , from Ins own use of it . The only difficulty he had found was to prevent the ploughman from weighing on the handles , and to induce him to leave it alone . Being carried on four wheels , it was subject to very tiifling irregularity of action , and but little guidance was required . The _Naidbe asd Use of Abtificiai , Sons ok _Mascbes . —There is no subject upon which' information is so much required by farmers as npon the nature of manures . Everywhere the most absurd opinions and practices prevail , and everywhere we

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

      them-The only cure for all this is a proper chemical examination of both the soil and the manure . It may seem strange to the fanner who begins to reflect upon these things , how plants establish themselves along our ditches , andth-dveforyeaxa- _*^ _hxmt ! lamiinshed'vigour , though totally neglected by man . It is only , however , where the soil is adapted to thc growth of the weed , that it springs up spontaneously , and flourishes . There is nothing which , to a careless observer , appears so irregular and uncertain as the distribution of plants . But chance has nothing to do with tbe growth of even thc meanest weed . The winds of autumn pass over our fields , carrying with them the seeds of a thousand

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

      yon will ask , do thc wild plants of the wayside and the moor grow , _-yearjaftcr year , on the same spot , without _exhausting the soil ? Who cares for them 2 The reason is plain . They are not cut down and carried away every harvest like the crops of the tanner , but thev bring their seed to perfection , decay , and restore again to the soil the elements which they had removed from it ; so tbat , after having treasured up the seed in its bosom daring the winter , the soil is again able to supply it with the inorganic substances required for its growth , when the soft voice o f the young spring awakes it to new life . —Here nature gives us a lesson . It should be a golden rule to the fanner to restore to the field the elements withdrawn by bis crops , for it is only in proportion as he is successful in accomplishing this result that he can maintain the uninterrupted fertility of his farm , _^

      Mb . _D'Israbu and Mb . _BoxnAM . —The following extract from tbe Annual Register of 1801 will show thc grounds for therumour to which Mr . D'lsraeli adverted on Thursday night , and explains the mistake into which he , as well as others who perused the statement , might very innocently fall . The Mr . Bonham mentioned in the Annual Register was the _hap-broUier of the gentleman who now holds the omceof storekeeper at ihe Ordnance-office : —March / . —The State prisoners , who have for a condderable time p _^ l _^ neonfined in the Tower , the House of _Cprrectionm Coldbath-fields , _TothiU-fieldsBridewell , _Slu-ewsbmy , and other countv _iranls . waw » hwm , _Ai , „„

      _££ tiK 5 _^ _^ _nd ' s office , when most of them werehberat _^ ontiieir own -cewgnisances . Amon g these were Lord _Cloncnny , Mh ionham ! & _eT On ! or two persons refused to enter any bail , _insistimr uponi nnconditiomd release and were of _comieS manded . Such of them as had been brough ? from the countiy were allowed £ 5 eaeh to defray the expenses of timir murney home , and the whole were faeated with civility and attention . Colonel _Despard , Galloway , _Lemaitre , and Hodgson , -who refused to enter into recognisance or give bail , were committed to _Tothill-lields , as they insisted upon being delivered unconditionally to freedom , or . brought to trial Times . .

      Tbe Isla * o ) or Bariudojes asb _Hoixoway _' s , Pjils and OrsTMExr . —The 6 th of Dec . last , _Wiuiam _Gassett , agroom , of Bridgetown , Barbadoes , solemnly declares that for two years be suffered with fearful ulcerations , which no medicine or treatment in that island could cure . That he was in the service of Mrs . _M'Caskev , WhO caused Mm to be attended by Dr . John Brant , whose skill of healing wounds is well known , but failing to cure him , gave up the case . He , as a last resource , used Holloway ' s Pills and Ointment , which have completely cured him , to the astonishment of all : the cure being so astonishing and extraordinary , that J . Young Edgwell , Esq ., proprietor of the West Ridicm Newspaper , caused the particulars to be advertised in all the papers of Barbadoes . _Ths Mail to _Edinburgh is to be accelerated two hours chiefly by the letters and newspapers being sorted on the line of railway . The whole ofthe north of Scotland partakes in this benefit .

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      To Mr; William Lovett. ' . ' , Sib,—In T...

      TO MR ; WILLIAM LOVETT . ' . ' , Sib , —In that most consistent opponent of abuse and denunciation , UoycVs Newspaper , oflast Saturday , an address to the Chartists of the united kingdom ap-Eeared , subscribed with your name . It purports to e a review of the rise and progress of the Chartist movement , andtiie opinion of your Association as to its future prospects . Oh reading the , first sentence of the address , I was led to expect a lucid retrospect ofthe past ; a cjdm but impartial exposition of past errors—errors to which . au human action is liable ; and candid counsel and advice as to the best couise to be pursued in order to realise mau ' s rights—to elevate the prostrate millions , and to secure to them an equitable share of God ' s blessings , of which

      classmisrule has made a class-monopolv . However , on wading through the address , I found my expectations disappointed ; for , instead of realising my idea as to what such a document should be , I found a conglomeration of the grossest falsehoods , the vilest abuse and denunciation — denunciation secundum artem—denunciation a la Lovett . The most malignant charges , couched in the bitterest language , constitute the matoiel of this production . The shafts are" apparently shot off at random , but it requires little exercise of mental vision to discern the objects at which they are levelled . As a member of the National Charter Association—as an admirer ofthe general policy 6 f that bod y , I feel it to be an imperative duty upon me to vindicate that procedure which

      you impugn , and of which I approve , - and to repel those base and unfounded imputations which you , in the plenitude of your charity and toleration , would fasten upon them . Having given au account of the embodiment ofthe principles in the document called the Charter , you proceed to inform the -i public that " a few active emissaries , under the guise of _Eeformers , commenced their career , to undo , by violence and folly , what good had been thus effected . That you may judge how far they were friends to our cause , they began by ridiculmg all mental and moral reformation , and boasted of their victories over all those who sought the ** attainment of then * political rights by moral means . They industriously sought to break up the associations formed ; _malierned .

      calumniated , and devoured , all who disapproved of their projects . They showed . what was their Democratic spirit by seeking to inspire the working classes with feelings of hate and deadly hostility against the middleclassesof society . They exhibited their spirit of toleration in endeavouring to put down , . bv conspiracy , force , and clamour , all individual opinion , all free discussion , and all public meetings , except such as administered to their sinister interests . In short , no despotism ( wanting the power of life and death ) could have evinced a more persecuting , intolerant , and revengeful spirit than that shown by those professed friends of popular rights . "

      There is nodenunciation here ! oh no ! abuse becomes salutary reproof , genuine patriotism _^ when * it passes through the alembic of William _Lotett's brain . If such a paragraph appeared in the , Northern : Star in reference to the real foraenters of discord , the undisguised assassins of Chartism , with what exclamations of horror the ominous words would be scanned ! We should then see the mild , moral , and intellectual members of the National Association with elongated faces and upturned eyes , wagging their tongues in virtuous reprobation ofthe tyranny and denunciation of the "Northern Star . " But who , sir , are thesefew active emissaries of whom you write ? You say they are still among us , sowing the seeds of

      discord ! W 4 } at is an emissary ?—a messenger , a spy , a secret agent . You , sir , know those spies , those secret agents ; why not unmask them ? Surely you cannot reconcile silence upon so , grave a subject with the dictates of your tender conscience ' . Do you hot deem yourself guilty of . a gross dereliction of duty , guilty of treason to the cause , in not giving to the worhfthis knowledge , of which your cranium is the depository , and thus afford a betrayed people an opportunity of pointing the finger of execration at the traitors ! The information will not be forthcoming , and for the best of all reasons , because you have none to communicate . Talk ef the denunciation ofthe " Star" indeed ; why it is as the gentle zephyr to the Borean blast , compared with this rabid effusion of your charity and tolerance . That there were violent speeches made during the Chartist agitation , as in all others , I will not attempt to , deny . Enthusiastic .

      aye , and even intemperate language , is a verynatural characteristic of the efforts of a people struggling to snap the chains of despotism . I am neither an admirer nor an apologist of violent harangues ; but , in this respect Chartism has been out-done by Free Traders and Union Repealers . Yet you , consistent censor as you are allow those to pass unreproved , while yoii unsparingly pour out thc phial of your indignation on the devoted heads of the poor Chartists . The philosophy of physical andmoral power has been eloquently and learnedly descanted on by modern politicians , but for my part 1 am yet to be convinced ofthe impropriety or injustice of a nation resisting actively as well as passively , oppression , whether practised by foreign or domestic tyrants . The moral

      Crer , however , of the enslaved millions of the united gdoni _ismoi _^ than adequate , if properly combined and wisely directed , toelfect theiremancipation . But moral power , to be productive of any beneficial effect upon theplunderers of industry , must not only be based npon the imperishable foundation of truth and justice , but . it must be backed by the physical energies of a united people , to command for it that deference which otherwise would never be awarded to it by the oppressors of the human race . I do not think that your denunciation , on the score of , inflammatory language / will please some of your bosom friends . I remember something of ia Convention manifesto , of which it is said William Lovett was the author , which was not the

      mildest emanation _fromTthe press at thai period . Who , I would ask , were the most turbulent and vociferous among the physical force agitators ? Unquestionably Messrs . Vincent and Keesom , whom you would now hold up to the admiring gaze of the people as paragons of political probity and purity . • Mark ; -1 am not impugning these gentlemen for the physical force predilections which once distinguished thembut I do _impugn -your consistency in declaiming against others tor conduct which' yoU ' connive at in your friends . In the intensity of your hate , you sacrifice truth to your burning desire to blacken the " emissaries . " They began , you say , by ridiculing a _# moral and mental reformation , This charge is contemptibly puerile : all are aware of its fallacy . I

      have heard every lecturer in the movement ; and , although the sonorous words , " mentality , " " rationality , '' " intellectuality , " are not so frequently on their _lipsas on those of others who were once in it , the invariable object of their discourses has'been the political enlightenment of the people , and consequently then * mental reformation . But what Chartist lecturer ever opposed moral reformation ? Come , candid sir , do not . shirk the question : tell us when , where , and by whom was moral reformation obstructed—toll what species of vice was endeavoured to be perpetuated ? Do these things , sir , or let the odious stigma of inudious slanderer be indelibly fixed upon you . The " emissaries " ( whom I will now define , seeing that you have not done so , are all the

      active men in the movement , who will not bow with obsequious deference tothe " sic volo , sicjubeo" of Mr . Lovett ) are charged with attempting to inspire the working classes with feelings of _deadly hostility against the middle classes . True , the Chartists have not pandered to middlerclass prejudice to ingratiate themselves in their favour ; they have not , with the glozing tongue of servility and deception , endeavoured to paluatethe treachery of the middle classes to the people . Sueh conduct they feel no ambition te imitate ; they leave that to the more " tolerant" and intellectual . " The agitators in connection with the National Charter Association have boldly proclaimed man s rights . They have fearlessly _exnosed his oppressors , irrespective of class or party ;

      and if , sir , you can discern in _nuddle-class hypocrisy , treachery , and fraud , objects for admiration , I for one envy neither your independence of spirit nor the keenness of your mental vision . The ' _* . emissaries '' are next charged with putting down by force and clamour all public meetings t all discussion ! Why , sir , you must have been _dementedi when ; you wrote this sentence . It fa to me . perfectly astounding how a public man , who is eternally vaunting his toleration and consistency , can make grave and serious charges against a party without adducing a single syllable in support of them . The falsehood of this accusation is so notorious that it ia ; waste of time to attempt its refutation . You , sir , know that all meetings have not been put down ; and you know that the Chartists are not the enemies of free

      discussion . You know that they always court _lnquny on their own platforms , and demand it on those of others . Away , then , with the insidious imputation that the Chartists are the adversaries of free inquiry . Not long since , you and the little disaffected knot of whom you are the leader , got this calumny advertised in some of- * the morning papers . You , with a matchless contempt of truth , set forth that-a Free Trade meeting in your hall was broken up by the Chartists , when it was notorious that the mterrup _.-tion was occasioned by League hostility to free discussion , and by the ruffiaul y conduct of a band of bullies _fi-om Safiron-hill , specially engaged for the purpose . Sir , your lore of fair play and free discussion was then most strikingly _IxempK _^ not be soon forgotten by _thosV who _H _™ _kK

      witnessing it . Mr . Doyle , with a view to calm , the storm which was raging in consequence ofthe fpreeu _ous conduct ofthe _hireLg _milliel Z _* tothe Si ot the platform , and navmg obtained the chairman ' s permission , attempted to address the meeting You sir—aye , with all your gentleness , toleration , and devotion to freedom of discussion—rushed on the platform to do what ? To use your influence in procuring Mr . Doyle a hearing ? No ! but to ask the meeting , with an energy you are _^ seldom known to display , whether they would allow " that person " to disturb the proceedings ! and then to turn round , and in the most _uncourteous manner to insist , as proprietor of the hall , that Mi * . Doyle should instantly quit it !! You then convoked a meeting of your "Association" in your committee-room , and concocted vour mendacious and slanderous resolution

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

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

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

      would consent to become secretary ot the United Association . You , in the fulness of your desire for union , informed the Conference that you had _promulgated a _, plan of organisation , and when the people were prepared to adopt that , you would have no ( objection to become secretary . I have now , sir , noticed the leading features of your laddress . I have shown their repulsiveness ; I have proved the falsity of your imputations , and their inapplicability to the active men of the Chartist move-| ment . In conclusion , I would presume to suggest , ithat when you again attempt to call the Chartists "' back to reason , " you . will do so in tones less harsh ; that you will pay something like deference to truth , and that you will not make such a pitiful exhibition of your splenetic disposition to blast the characters bf honest men , that you may have the pleasure of gloating oyer theirrain . Phihp _M'CrRArn .

      : To The Democrats Of Mtk. J Dear Fbibnd...

      : to the democrats of _mtk . j Dear Fbibnds , —It is . w ith feelings of the deepest _^ concern that I have read in last week ' s Star , of the jdeath of that sterling democrat , and prince of . men , ' . " honest John Duncan . " The Chartists of Scotland , and Fife in particular , owe a debt of gratitude to his memory , for , wherever his . presence was required _, there was he to be found advocating the cause of right against might . Moreover , at the last general election , John Duncan was chosen hy you , and declared by the Sheriff duly * elected as your _representative to Parliament . Let this gratitude be shown iri something more substantial than mere grief at liis loss By his death , Mrs . Duncan and family have been _deprivedof the most affectionate of husbands and the most indulgent of parents ; and if one thins

      distracted lus mind more than another , it was the thought of leaving liis wife and family to the tender mercies of a cola and selfish world . My object in _Addressing you is to make a simple appeal in behalf of the disconsolate widow , and to state that , atthe suggestion of . some friends , I have sent £ 1 to Mr . Kydd , of Dundee , to be appropriated for this purpose , being part of the balance ofthe county delegate fund still lying in my hands . The balance in my hand .- * , a 3 audited and found correct at the last meeting , is £ 1 28 s . lid ., so that 18 s . lR . will still remain . If the several districts in the county approve of this , or

      it I receive no announcement to the contrary , 1 will yemit the whole of the money in hand , as 1 conceive it cannot be appropriated to a more benevolent object . If any of . the districts should feel called onto collect a trifle for , the same purpose , they can either send _it'to me , or remit it to Mr . Kydd , 7 , Wellgate , Dundee ; a gentleman whose disinterested _exerfaons in behalf of Mr . Duncan , while under indictment , and ever since , is beyond all praise . Trusting this appeal will not bemade in vain , j . lam , die , ' WltLIAM MELVIiLE . | Markinch , 24 th Feb ., 1845 . ¦

      To' Wje Taiiobs Of L0xd0k. Fellow Trades...

      TO' WJE TAIIOBS OF L 0 XD 0 K . Fellow Tradesmen , —As the time is drawing nigh when the Conference of the United Trades will be held , allow us to ask—' , ' Is it right that such a large body of men should remain unrepresented ? Is it just for us to be so supine to our own interests , and so thoughtless in regard of the welfare of the working nieh of the other trades as to stand idly by , not even expressing a wish to join that noble band , who are strenuously endeavouring to establish the rights of their order ? In looking _overjthe list of Trades representatives , the question has arisen with us— " Where are the tailors ! what are they doing *? why are they not represented ? " Let us appeal to those who are in trade . Think of our suffering brethren—think of then : suffering wives and children , and then think _, that , erelong , it might be _) ourfate . Have , we not . innumerableand melancholy instances of the grinding

      system of the monopolists in our trade—thc Hyams ' , Moses ' , « fec . ? There are plenty , unfortunately , of those greedy monopolists in the provinces as well as in London . To those men who have worked in the provincial towns , who have suffered by such a system , but have had the good fortune , when they _caiae to London , to , get . a constant shop , we say , do not allow it to' be said that you have turned the _aristocrats of your trade to keep the ruling-power in your own inmds , careless of the interests ot their less fortiVmate brethren . Brethren in trade , we say up ! up I and be doing . Labour ' s sons have a leader ; support himgive your aid—send in your delegates—and , in conjunction with : the other trades , Labour ' s cause must be ; triumphant . J . B . Merry , W . A . Weller . Minerva-place , Hampstead , Feb . 25 , 1845 .

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      LONDON . Metropolitan District Council , 1 , Turnagainlane , Feb . 23 rd * ;; Mr . Milne in the chair . —Mrl Stallwood moved , "That this Council recommend to their metropolitan Chartist brethren the propriet y of carryinginto execution _that- ' portion of tiie Executive address relative to a sixpenny levy , with all promptitude "seconded by Mr . J . Simpson , and earned unanimously . Mr . Stallwood moved , That the absent members of this Council be specially summoned for Sunday next , and that all metropolitan and suburban localities , not being represented on this Council , be requested to send delegates on that occasion , to consider the-best mode of electing delegates for the metropolis audits vicinity to theforthcoming Chartist

      Convention . " Mr . Arnott seconded the motion , which was carried unanimously . Mr . Arnott moved , " That the best thanks of this Council are due and hereby given to the Manchester Council for the able , impartial , and satisfactory manner in which they conducted the inquiry into the unpleasant affair between Dr . M'Douall' and Mr . O'Connor j and this Council is also of' opinion that the former highly deserves our censure and reprobation , and the latter our full and implicit confidence" _^ -seconded by Mr . Mills , and carried unanimously . _JiliKifli'fiBONS . —An eloquent lecture was delivered by Mr . T . M . Wheeler , on "The present and future prospects of Chartism , " before the Emmett Brigade , at the Rock Tavern , Lisson-grove , on Sunday

      evening , February the 23 rd . Deputations were received from the Marylebone and Somers Town localities , who have agreed to co-operate with the Emmett Brigade on the return of a delegate to the forthcoming Chartist Convention . Council having been received , onthe motion of Messrs . Stallwood and Millwood , the sixpenny levy for the Executive was unanimously agreed "to . Nominations were then made for the Executive * Committee . Several persons were placed in nomination , but they declined the honour . ' The present members were then nominated . A vote of thanks being given to Mr . George for i the great'accommodation afforded by him to the Hammersmith locality , the meeting then broke up . Somers Town . —A meeting was held at the Bricklavers' Arms , Tonbridgc-street , ' on Sunday evening ,

      February _^ the' 23 rd , Mr . Hornby in . we ciiair , wmai the present Executive Committee were nominated to fill the office for the ensuing Chartist year . _: _Somkrs TouN .-A pubUc meeting _^ held on Sunday evening last , at the Bricklayers' Arms , ionbridge-atreet , New-road : Mr . John Hornby was called to ; the chair . The delegate to the district council haying given in liis report , and the letter of _thejExecutive read , Mr . Thomas Lowrie moved , '" lhat we pledge ourselves to cany out the suggestion of the Executiye by raising our full quota towards their support , " seconded b y Mr . John Arnott , and carried unannnousl */ . The meeting then proceeded to put in nomination the Executive for the ensuing year , when Messra . ; M'Grath , O'Connor , Doyle , Clark , and Wheeler were duly nominated .

      „ _, GREENWICH . iHE usua l weekly , meeting of the members of the above locality was held at the George and _PragQU-

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

      Delegate Meetixg . —The South Lancashire dolegates met for the transaction of the county business on Sunday last , in the Association-room , Ashtonunder-Lyne . There were present , delegates from Manchester , Rochdale , Ratcliftb _, Mossley , - Waterhead-mill , Oldham , Ashton-under-Lyne , & c . & c . Mr . Wm . Aitkin was called to the chair . The minutes of the previous meeting liaving been read and confirmed , the following resolutions were agreed to * . — . " That the accounts as audited are satisfac tory , and thatthe sam

      local lecturers . " " , That we , the delegates m delegate meeting assembled , do respectfully . request that parties who intend contributing productions towards the 'New Chartist Hymn-book , ' will send hi their favours on or before tho 21 st day of March , lS 45 , 'to the secretary , Mr . Richard Radford , No . 8 , Violet-street , Welcomb-street , Hulme , Manchester ; and that the parties appointed to make selections fbr the above purpose be requested to bring in their selections on or before the above date , in order that they may be laid before the delegates at their" next meeting . " " That the Ieyy for the next month be one penny per member . " ' That our Secretary ' s bill be paid . " " That as there arc funds in the hands of a person belonging to the Victim Fund committee ,

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

      with this request . " The following are the sums received by the delegates for the Executive , f rom Nov . 24 th , 1840 , to Feb . 23 rd , 1845 : —Manchester , £ 85 s 8 d ; Do ., Missionary Fund , 5 a ; Rochdale , £ 1 7 s lid ; _Salford , 10 s ; Waterhcad Mill , 12 s 6 d ; Hollinwood , 3 s 4 d ; Mossley , 10 s ; IleyvMd , 2 s Id ; Oldham , 14 s . 8 d . Total— £ 12 lis 2 d _* _T The following sums were paid to the _ExecutiyeVFund : —Manchester , £ 1 15 s Sd - Rochdale , Ds ; Oldafan , 7 s 7 d ; Mossley , 5 s ; Watcrhead Mill , 2 s 6 d —« 2 19 s 9 d . County Fund—Manchester , lis ; Mossley , 2 s 6 d—13 s Cd . The Secretary returns his thaiiks to those gentlemen who have already forwarded contributions for . the Hymn Book . He wishes to hear again from Mr . Walpole , of London , and Mr . Wilson , of Halifax .

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

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

      unshaken confidence in Mr . O Connor , and beg leave to assure liim that so long as he continues in that straightforward and undeviating course which he has hitherto pursued , he is deserving and will have the co-operation and support of every honest Chartist and every working man in . the kingdom . " Proposed by Mr . Hawkins seconded by Mr . Flaxman , " That the thanks of this meeting , are due and are hereby given to the ManchesteriCoiincilfor the praiseworthy manner ih which they have conducted _. theinvestigation between . Dr ! M'Djbuall and Feargus O'Connor , Esq . "—On the motion of Mr . Giles , seconded by Mr . Page , _, Thbmas ' Clark , Christopher Doyle , Phili p M'Grath , Feargus O'Connor , and Thos . M . Wheeler , were nominated as candidates to the Executive Committee .

      . HAMILTON . Atthe usual ; WEEKL . Y < MBEmG of the _Qhartist bod y here , the following motion was proposed by Mr . Archibald Walker , seconded by'Mr . James Raet , and carried with acclamation— "That we , the Chartists of Hamilton , highly' approve of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., in appearing before the Manchester Councilat Carpenters' Hall , to investigate the charges brought against him by Dr . M'Douall , and do feel satisfied , from the evidence giveh _^ before that body , that he acted an honourable part And we hereby express our confidence in the true and •¦ disinterested patriotism of that gentleman j and' hope that he will continue-to advocate the cause of the industrious classes , and that he-will outlive the persecution of his professed friends and open foes . "

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

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

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

      If there was a clause in the Act which confined the vestry to rate-payers only , he , would be thankful to have it read to the meeting . —The overseer replied , " The meeting was not confined to rate-payers ; the qualification was , that the constables must be rated at £ i per annum . " The constable ' s salary was next broug ht before th © meeting , when Mr . G . White moved , seconded by Squire Auty , "That the resolution of last year , allowing the constable £ 20 for his services , be rescinded . " On beingput , it was earned nnanimously . Three lists of constables were then DroDOsed ' one by Mr . Crabtree , containing forty names , nearly all Whigs * , one by Auty composed of Tories , Whigs , and Chartists * , and one by White and Smith , compo ed of Chartists . The whole of the Chartists _Zposed were carried , and the meeting broke up satisfied at thc selection .

      Golden Hist to Tradesmen - A man > of . the world , who keeps an early purl-house in Tottonhamcourt-road , assures , us he has avoided serving on % _m % by the foUowing simple method . -He lent t e beadle who came with a summons hve yeai _s ago tue sum of five shillings , and , strange to . say , lie nas never seen him since . _—fioicfl .

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      London Corn Exchange , Monday , Feb . 24 . —The arrivals of wheat and oats from our own coast were ratiier large during the past week , but of English barley the supply was only moderate . From Scot * _, land a p lentiful supply of oats and a fair quantity of barlev came to hand , whilst f rom Ireland the _receipts of oats were abundant . Of beans and peas the arrivals were principally from our own coast , and of neither article were they large . __ From abroad a cargo of wheat and one of beans , with a few small parcels of barley and oats , have come forward during the past eight days . At this morning s market there was a moderate show of wheat by land-carnage samples from the home counties * not much barley fresh

      , up , and few oats , beans , or peas from any' quarter . The weather has been mild smce yesterday , 'and held labours are likely to be almost immediately commenced . Thero was rather au unproved demand for wheat , and fine dry qualities moved off readily at the currency of this day se ' nnight ; secondary sorts did not sell so freely , but former terms were well supported . In foreign wheat there was not much passing , and quotations underwent no change requmng notice . In bond there was nothing whatever doing . Flour was not much inquired after , but prices were not lower . Superior malting bailey was more saleable , and quite as dear ; whilst the demand for other descriptions continues languid . The transactions in

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

      CURRENT PRICES OF GRAIN , PEll IMPERIAL QUARTER . —British . s s as "Wheat , Essex , & Kent , new & old red 42 48 White 50 54 : Norfolk and Lincoln . ... do 43 46 Ditto 48 . 5 . 9 . "Northum . and Scotch white' 42 46 Pine 43 52 Irish red old 0 0 Red 42 44 White 45 4 $ Rye Old ..... . 31 32 New 30 32 Brank 35 38 Barley Grinding . . 26 2 S Distil . 29 31 Malt . 32 36 Malt Brown .... 54 5 G Pale 58 62 "Ware 63 65 Beans Tieksold & newSO S 4 Harrow 33 38 Pigeon 38 42 Peas Grey ...... 32 33 Maple 33 34 White 36 40 Oats Lincolns & Yorkshire Feed il 23 Poland 23 25 Scotch , Angus 22 24 Potato 24 26 Irish _trhite 20 22 Black 20 22 Per 280 lb . net . s si Per 2801 b . net . s _s _Town-made Flour ... 42 44 Norfolk A Stockton 33 34 Essex and Kent .... 34 35 ! Irish 35 35 Free . Bond

      Foreign . a a s s Wheat . Dantsic _, _Konigsbuvg , & c D 2 1 . 0 36 49 Marks , Mecklenburg 48 54 32 35 — : Danish , _Holstein , and Friesland red 44 47 28 90 _Hii-sian , Hard « 46 Soft ... 44 47 2 G 28 Italian , Bed . . 46 30 White . . . ' 50 52 30 32 Spanish , Hard . 46 50 Soft .... 48 52 30 38 live , Baltic , Dried , ... 30 32 -Undried . . 31 32 21 22 Barley , Grinding _. 26 28 Malting . . 31 33 22 28 _iBeans _, Ticks , . 80 34 Egyptian . SI . 32 26 30 _IPeas _, " ¦ "White .. 36 38 Mapk .. 33 34 . 28 30 Oats , Dutch , Brew and Thick . 24 25 19 21 Russian feed , 21 22 15 18 : —Danish , Friesland feed . _' . 21 23 15 17 'Flour , ner barrel 25 27 19 20

      _Loxnos Smithfield Cattle Market , Mo . \ _-dat , _- Feb . 24 . —During the week ending on Saturday , the imports of foreign stock into London comprised sixtyfive head of heasts and ninety sheep , all from Holland . At the outports no "arrivals have taken place from any quarter . " As to the general quality ot the above importations , there were some extremel y weE made-up beasts amongst them ; but the sheep were not in that good condition we have before noticed . '; The whole ' of the above stock having "been disposed of here on Friday , we had none on sale this morning ; but a large number of beasts and sheep may be exjpected in the course of a few days . The supply of beasts from our own districts being somewhat on the increase , and the attendance of both town and country buyers by no means numerous , the beef trade was extremely dull , at a decline in the currencies _obtainepl on Monday last of 2 d . per 81 b . —the very highest

      figure for the best Scots not exceeding 4 s . per , 81 b ., and a clearance was not effected . From Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire we received 1600 Scots and _Iiomebreds ; from thc northern grazing counties , 300 short-horns ; from the western and midland districts , 500 _Herefords , Devons , runts ,. & c . ; from other parts of England , 400 of various breeds ; and from Scotland , 140 horned and polled Scots . The numbers of sheep were tolerably good , but not to say extensive ; For most breeds the demand was very steady , at fully , but at nothing quotable beyond last week ' s currencies . Prime old Downs produced 4 s . 4 d . per Sib . We had a very limited number bf calves on offer , yet the veal trade was heavy , Oil easier terms—the extreme quotation not exceeding 5 s . per 81 b . ' Neat small porkers were in fair request ; but all other qualities sold heavily . About 2000 shorn sheep and 200 lamb 3 were on the market .

      ! By the quantities of 81 b ., smkln <** the offal . s , d . s . d . Inferior coarse beasts . . . 2 6 . . . 2 10 ; Second quality' ' . . . . 3 0 3 4 , - -Prime . large oxen . .. 3638 ; Prime Scots , ! & c . . . . . 3 10 4 0 , Coarse inferior , sheep . . , . 2 10 3 2 ' . Second quality , . . . . 3 4 3 8 Prime coarse woolled . . . 3 10 4 o ; Prime Southdown . . . . 4244 J Large coarse calves .- . . . 3 w 4 . 6 j Prime small . . ... . . 48 5 ' Suckling calves , each . . . 18 0 30 0 Large hogs . . _''" . ' . . . ; 3 0 3 * Neat small porkers . , . ' 3 10 4 4 : Quarter-old store pigs , ' each . . 16 0 21 0 ' HEAD OF _CATTiE OK SAIE . i ( From the Books ofthe Clerk of the Market . ) _; Beasts , 2 , 003-Sheep , 26 , 340-Calres / 64-ROT , 821 .

      ; Richmond Cobs Market , Feb . 22 . —We had a large supply of Grain in our market to-day , which only had a dull sale , and the prices much the same as last week : —Wheat sold from 5 s . * to 8 s . 8 d . ; oats , 28 . 2 d . to 3 s .: barley , 3 s . fid . to 4 s . ; beans , 4 s . 3 d . t 64 s . 9 d . per bushel . , : Manchester Corn Market , Mo . vdav , Feb . 22 . — During the week our market has -varied very little , if any , from its previously monotonous _chamfer nothing more than a limited retail business ; having _l-rccn transacted in any article , for the suppl y of tag immediate consumptive wants of the _imrcluaew .

      for which lower rates have been generallyi accepted . The greatest _inactivity prevailed in the demand for wheat at our market this morning _^ and we repeat our previous , quotations nominally . Flour was also'Si very limited-request , and the best descriptions must be noted fully 6 d . per sack cheaper ; ' whilst on middling and inferior brands it was necessaiy to submit to a further reduction . Both oats and oatmeal met a veiy slow sale , at a decline of id . per 45 lbs . on the ' former , and 3 d . to 6 d . per 2401 bs . on the latter article . ' Beans were but little inquired for , and the turn lower .

      Liverpool _Cors Market , Mondat , Feb . 24 . During the last seven days we have received about 13 , 000 sacks of Flour from Ireland , but of graui _. and oatmeal the imports have been moderate . The duty on * foreign barley : has advanced Is ., say to 5 s . per quarter . Extreme dulness . has continued to pervade the trade generally , and most articles have _receded move or less in value . We have to quote best ' runs of Irish wheat Id ., secondary qualities 2 d ; ' per bushel j flour Is . per sack , and oatmeal 6 d . per'load cheaper than at the close of last week . ¦ _¦••» Forei gn wheat has been much neglected , though . offering ; on ' - rather easier terms . The best mealing _oats'tore been held at 3 a ., but a parcel or two of very good quality have been sold at 2 s . . lld _^ per 45 lbs ; One or two lots of grinding barley changed hands at last Friday ' s market at a small abatement from _preriouf rates . Peas are quoted without change . ' )•* Beans have declined from ls . to 2 s . per quarter ; EgyptiariB have been sold at 31 a . per . _4801 bs , •> . - <¦ , u .

      Liverpool Cattle Market , Monday , ' Feb . 2 _f _^ ' We haye had a fair supply ' of all kinds of cattle . ' at market to-day , with a numerous _attendance * . of buyers . Prices much the same as of \ 0 ' , [ _txXrfmng _, goofl eagerly , sought after , and readily sold at the'fot " lowing prices : —Beef , 5 £ d- to _ed . _^ mutton , ' 61 d . ; t 6 \ 7 d . ! per lb . —Cattle imported into Liverpool , , from ; the _' 17 th to the 24 th Feb .: —Cows , 1277 ; calves , . 24 ; sheep , 1842 * , lambs , 74 ; -pigs _> 7496 ; horses , (« . _'' Leeds Cloth Market . — -There is not much variation in the state of the cloth , trade this week—if auy , it is a tendency to improvement ..

      Leeds Corn Market , Tuesday , Feb . 25 . ~ _-Our ,. arrivals are moderate of all articles for this day ' s market , but there is a fair show of wheat samples from vessels waiting below . ' The wheat trade , re * "main * - * , inactive , the millers' only buy to meet their _present wants , and the demand , although steady , is not ; to any great extent , at last week ' s prices . The .. .. supply of fine barley is short , and late prices are iu .. consequence pretty well supported , inferior qualities continue dull . New beans have declined in value is . per quarter . Oats , shelling , and other articles without variation . York Conn Market , Feb . 22 . —We have a large supply of wheat , but small of other grain . We note little alteration in the trade ; the former , however , manifest a disposition to resist any further reductioifm price , and the business transacted in all descriptions of grain has" been at the prices of last

      Malton Cork Market , - Feb . 25 . —We have * good supply of wheat " offering to this day but short of barley and oats . Wheat and rather lower ; in barley and oats alteration . Wheat , red new 44 s . to 47 s 48 s . to 50 s . ; red do ., old , 49 s . to 51 s . 52 s . to 54 s . per qr . of 4 C stones . Barley , per ( ji _* . of 32 stones . OatsvU . _tol 0 W ,

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 1, 1845, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_01031845/page/7/