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      AMERICAN PROGRESS . f While Parliament is sitting , we find it difficult , nty nay , impossible , to keep pace with tha movements of o of onr American friends ; we must , therefore , take oca occasion , when opportunity offers , to bring up _ftrr _< arrears . Before we speak ofthe progress of tbe _Nal National Reformers , we will offer a few remarks , and el- _felect from oar American files a few extracts relating to i to other matters . l According to the latest accounts no decisive blow ha- had been struck in Mexico . Both the American ! an * and Mexicans bad gained some unimportant advan-U _; _iages , tbat is , each side had somewhat annoyed tha

      Otl Other , but beyond that nothing had been done . The Ai Americans were _pested at _Saltiilo 8 , 000 strong , ¦ wl while Santa Anna was said to have an army _<> f bi between 20 , 000 and 30 , 000 men at San Louis Potosi . The evident intention of the partisans of the war to lo extend " slavery" over the territories that have bt been , or may be wrested irom Mexico , has excited oc considerable alarm amongst the opponents and nonfa favourers of slavery , and has caused something like a a division in the ranks ef the Democratic party . T The _membersof Congress , from the Northern States , di demand that slavery shall be for ever excluded ft from any territory acquired by the States in Mexico . T The New York Tribune , while approving of this step , p properly ado * 3 : —

      We think our government ought also to declare that il it will accept of no territory at the close of the war 0 unless the people of that territory , having a fair and free _0 opportunity to express their preference , shall decide to C come to u _* s rather than remain with Mexico . Unless o » r _c declaration of independence be the veriest quackery _1 and farce ever known , we have no right to drag relact-* ant provinces behind our triumphal car . Fifty victories 1 and the _capture of tbe City of Mexico would give us no i moral right to incorporate a department into our terri-I tor / while its people objected to the transfer .

      _TTe see it stated in a _Washington paper , that Mr . Horace Greeley , the independent editor of the Tribune , had been burnt in effigies for having said something which had given offence to the supporters of the war . This exhibits a detestable spirit , and Mr . Greeley may congratulate himself that it waa only his effigy the " patriotic" ruffians committed to the flames . We have received a copy of a new antislavery paper , published at 'Washington , entitled The National Era ; one ofits editorial correspondents is the celebrated poet , J . Greenleaf Whittier . This journal is , we believe , the first attempt to establish an anti-slavery organ in tbe American Capital , and the attempt has not been made without encountering opposition . At a meeting of the City Council , at

      Georgetown , resolutions were passed , setting forth , that the publication of the National Era was calculated " to arouse the worst feelings" of the " peaceful population" of the district , and lead to a breach of the peace , and that a select committee be appointed to inquire into the propriety of legislative action upon the part oltue Corporation . This is a truly modest way of inviting mob-violence on tbe part of the "peaceful population , " which failing , "law " is to be had recourse to—law made on purpose—to suppress the obnoxious j « urnaL As yet , we have sot heard that either the hint or the threat has been acted upon , and we earnestly hope , for the sake of the American character , that neither will be . The

      National Era is a large and handsome sheet , admirably printed and conducted with great ability . That tbe editors are bold men , none can deny ; but that their boldness ' u tempered by discretion is evident from tho tone of their articles . We wish them success . In the National Era we find a copy of a Memorial of Robert Owen to tbe Senate of the United States , in relation to his mode of improving the condition Of mankind . Mr . Owen's plan is a modification of the " system" he has so often explained in th a country . The editors of the Era , while expressing their admiration of the philanthropic spirit and zealous devotion of Mr . Owen , at the same time ¦ notify their complete dissent from his plan .

      Mike Walsh is doing the state some service by manfully combating for a general reduction ofthe _lioni-n of labour . lie has brought forward tbe following resolutions in the New York House of Assembly : — That the number of hours' labour per day , which may be exacted from apprentices aud other minors , ought to be limited and declared by law . That the number of hours' labour per day which shall legally satisfy and fulfil a contract te work for any ? petrified term , in the absence of any farther agreement between the parties , ought also to be determined and declared by law . That a select committee be appointed , to consider , _generally , the subject of tbe rights of tbe labourer and the interests of the state , with regard to the hours of labour , to take testimony , if they may deem it expedient , asd to report thereon by bill or otherwise .

      Mr . Walsh ha 3 so far succeeded as to have obtained the appointment of a select committee , of which , he is the chairman . This is a most important movement , and , under the energetic management of Mr . Walsh , cannot fail , sooner or later , to result in securing , to a considerable extent , the liberty of the labourer . A Convention has been recen tly held in the stato of Wisconsin , which has provisionally agreed to a constitution decidedly the most democratic yet adopted by any portion of the American people . The following is a synopsis , taken from the Albany Atlas : — _COSSTITCTION OF THB STATE Of WISCOSSIX .

      Executive _asb _Adxixistbative Departhehts . —• The Governer , Lieut .-Governor , Secretary of State ( who is ex-cficio the Auditor } , Treasurer , and Attorney . General , are to be elected biennially , and on the same day . Tee governor is invested with the usual executive powers , including tbe veto power ( as in this state , except that be is to return a vetoed bill in three days ) , and is t < 3 receive a _talary of 1 , 000 dollars a-year . The Lieut-Governor is to be President of the Senate , and is to receive no other compensation tban double the per diem of members during the session , and the mileage oi a member . In case of a vacancy in the office of Governor , the executive duties devolve upon the Lieut .-Governor ; and , iu case of the disability of both , tbe duties devolve upon the Secretary of State . Both tbe Governor and Lieut .-Governor are disqualified from holding any other oSce during the term for which they are elected . The ( _ompeasatioa of tbe Secretary of State , Treasurer , aad Attorn » y-General , to be fixed by law .

      Legislative . —Tbe House of Representatives at preteat consists of seventy-niae aud the Senate of twentytine members . The House may be increased to 120 , and the Senate to forty members . Tbe State for the time leing is divided into twenty . five representatives , and fourteen senatorial districts , eacb county , with two exceptions , constituting a representative district , and having from one to ten Representatives . Seven of tbe senatorial districts have two Senators . Until otherwise provided by law , the Legislature is to meet annually on the second Tuesday of January . Extra _compensatisn for * ny public service is prohibited . Lotteries are prohibited . Uniform laws for the government of towns and counties are required . Jcdicui ,. — The House of Representatives bas the power of impeachment , and the Senate is _constituted the court for the trial of impeachments . So conviction shall be had witbout tbe concurrence of two-thirds ofthe ¦ members present .

      The State is divided into five Judicial Circuits or dis * tricts , in each of which one Judge is to be elected by the qualified voters thereof , for the term of five years . So election for Judges to be held within thirty days of any general election for State or Couaty officers . So Judge can officiate in the district in which he is elected , more than one year duriDg bis term , except to supply a vacancy , The Circuit Judges are to _constitnte tbe Supreme Court , one term of which is to be held io each Judicial Circuit ia eacb year . A Judge , during his term , or if he resign , for two years after such resignation is disqualified from holding any otber office . Tbe Judges' salary is 1 , 500 _dollars a year . Each County is to choose a Judge of Probate or Surrogate , wbo shall bold hi * ofiice for two years . The Legislature bas power to organise inferior courts , aud tribunals of coiicWiation . Suits maybe brought against the State in tbe manner prescribed by tbe Legislature .

      A clerk in the Circuit Court is to be elected in eacb County , who is also to discharge tbe duty of Registrar of Deeds . The Supreme Court appoints its own clerks . ELECTIVE _Fbahcbmi . —One year ' s residence within the State , and in the case of foreigners who may not be in the State at the time ofthe adoption of the Constitution , a declaration of their intentions to become citizens and an oath to support the Constitution of the United States and of this State , constitute the qualifications of electors . _Foreigners who have been six months in the Territory _preriotis to the adoption of tbe Constitution , and have declared their intentions of becoming citizens , are not required to take tbe oath . All Indians declared to be _citizens of the United States by any la w of Congress , and all civilised persona of the Indian blood , not members of any tribe of Indians , are qualiSed voters .

      Negro suffrage is submitted to tbe people as a separate proposition . Betting it disallowed ; and every voter aba . 1 , if challenged , be required te swear tbat he has not , directly or indirectly , any wager pending on the result before he will be allowed to vote . Schools asd School Fcsd . —The prominent features Of this article are , the provision ofa State Superintendent of public instruction , a uniform system ot common Schools , and the establishment of libraries in tbe several towns and cities within the State . All moneys granted by the United States are devoted to schools , and to be _preservtdinviolate .

      Basks aud Bamihg . —We copy the provisions on this subject entire : — _Aat xi . Sec . J , Tbere shall be no bank of UlU ? witu « this State .

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      3 . "Hie Legislature shall not have power to authorise or incorporate , by any general or special law , any tank or _otherinslihitlon baviuganj banking power or _privilege _, or to confer upon any corporation , institution , person or persons , any banking power or privilege 3 . It shall not be lawful for any corporation , _Institution , person or persons , within tbis State , under any pretence or authority , to make or issue any paper money , note , bill , certificate , or other evidence of debt whatever , intended to circulate as money . 4 . It shall not be lawful for any corporation within tbis State , under any pretence er authority , to exercise _thebusiaess of receiving deposits of money , making discounts or buying or selling bills of exchange , or to do any other banking business whatever . 5 . No branch or agency of any bank or banking institution of tbe United States , or of any State or Territory within or without the United States , shall be established or maintained within tbis State .

      6 . It shall not be lawful to circulate within this State , after theyear 1847 , anypaper money , note , bill , certificate , or other evidence ef debt whatever , intended to circulate as money , issued without tbis State , of any denomination less than ten dollars , or after the year 1849 , oi any denomination less than twenty do lars . 7 . The Legislature shall at its first session after the adoption of . this Constitution , and from time to time thereafter as may be necessary , enact adequate penalties for the punishment of all violations and evasions ofthe provisions of this article .

      I _** T £ «» ii Iupsovsushts — Statx _Dbbts . —The State may exercise supervisory powers over works of internal improvement , but no State debt or liability can be contraded on that account , nor for any purpose except in case of war or insurrection ; except that for extraordinary expenditures the Legislature by a vote of two-thirds of both houses may contract debts , but shall provide for tbeir extinguishment by a concurrent direct tax within five years , and the aggregate of such debts shall not ex . ceed 800 , 000 dollars . Exemption or Homestead—Rights of Mabbiep Women . —Property owned by the wife at tbe time of her marriage , and that which may fall to her after marriage , is placed beyond tbe control of tbe Itusband and exempted from his debts . Forty acres of land or a town or city lot , being the homestead of a family , and iu either case not exceeding 1 , 000 dollars in value , is exempted from forced sale for debts .

      _Amendments and Revision . —Amendments to the Constitution may be _proposed by a vote of two-thirds ot both houses of the Legislature and submitted to the people at tbe next general election , for their adoption or rejection . The question of calling a Convention to revise the Constitution , is to be submitted to a vote ot tbe people every tenth year . We regret that it shonld have been thought necessary to refer the question of negro suffrage as a separate _proposition ; we trust , however , tbat ' -the people" will place the negro population upon that

      equality which the constitution accords to other races . If so , this constitution will then be as perfect as any constitution can be wbich stops short of vesting in the people themselves tbe direct vote upon all projects of law mooted in the representative assemblies . True democracy will never be established until that is done ; in the meantime , the Wisconsin constitution fs the best of the constitutions based npon the present system of representative institutions . The election and payment of the executive officers and the judges ; the provisions _respecting banking , education , state debts , etc . ; must command the applause of all true democrats .

      The _elauses relating to the rights of warned women and the exemption of tbe homestead , are worthy of special notice . To the wife is secured her own property , and to every family their home , in spite of the sins or misfortunes of the husband or father , and the exactions of merciless creditor ** . The homestead exemption is one of the principal objects ol the National Reformers ; it has been adopted in Wisconsin , and its adoption in Illinois , Indiana , and Michigan , is sure to follow almost immediately . The next step rcust be land limitation . On this subject the editor of Young America observes :-

      —Wisconsin will be the first free state to adopt homestead exemption , and will then bave made the nearest approach to real freedom ever achieved in civilization . Having thus secured homes to those so fortunate as to _pi'sess them—let her add the crowning sheaf of glory by land Kmiiation . Let the reformers of _VTiiconsin , as coon as the constitution shall be adopted , agitate anew for a provision , that all tbe monopolies in the state shall die with their present possessors ; that hereafter no man shall acquire over 160 acres of land in the state ; and that the homestead exemption shall be extended to tbat quantity of farm land er a village Ut ; let Wisconsin do this , and she will be thc first really free state on the continent .

      The Wisconsin constitution is to be voted upon on tbe first Tuesday in April next , and tbat it "will be _adopted we cannot doubt . If adopted by the people , the judges are to be elected on the second Monday of June next ; and tbe election for members of the Legislature , state officers , and representatives in Congress , will take place on the first Monday in September next .

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      MOVEMENTS OF THE WEEK . The news from India is oi a pacific character ; all i i quiet in Lahore . Large reductions in the Indian army are talked of . "Thepublic will learn with satisfaction , " says the Morning Chronicle , "that the differences between Lord Norinanby and M . G uizot have been settled amicably . " The Chronicle is mistaken , the pubh ' c care not a straw for the " personal differences " between Normanby and Guizot ; and care no more for " my Lord" and "Monsieur"

      themselves . Beyond the columns of the daily papers , the Montpensier fudge , with all its attendant criminations and recriminations , has excited not the least interest in this country . The price of bread is still rising in Paris , and the apprehensions arising from the scarcity are on the increase . While the poor are suffering the greatest distress , the rich are wallowing in luxury and profligacy . 'Tis high time the cry of "War tothe castle , peace to the cottage I " was once more raised in France . M . Duvergier de Hauranne has given notice of a motion for the reform of the Chamber of Deputies , " almost as extensive as the English Reform Bill . " Goodness gracious . wbat a revolutionary measure !

      The Royal Bavarian brood are just now playing some rare pranks . Bavaria , which j always revolts when beer is raised in price , is now on the brink of a revolution in consequence of King Louis having submitted himself to the yoke of the celebrated Spanish dancer , Lola Montes . This lady reigns supreme at Munich , dispensing dignities and favours with right royal lavishness ; of course at the same time taking good care to well feather her own nest .

      The consequence has been a dissolution of the ministry , popular riots , and all the usual manifestations of Bavarian patriotism . While King Louis Charles is making himself the wonder and laughingstock of Germany , his precious son Otho is doing his best to exhibit his imbecility by risking a collision of the Greek kingdom with the Ottoman Porte . King Otho having deliberately insulted the Turkish Ambassador at Athens , that functionary has withdrawn to Constantinople , and , consequently , rumours of war agitate Greece and Turkey . 'Tis time the booby Otho was sent to a lunatic asylum ; his father is evidently qualifying to bear him company .

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      grain wishing to hoard , and to wait a still higher price for their produce , are ia many places menaced with pillage , fire , and death . The mayors and the olergy of the rural districts , wbo interfere to preserve order , are becoming obnoxious to the people . The troops are held continually on the alert , but ths strictest orders have been issued to resort to the military force only in extremities . ( Tnz Chambers . —The Deputies met for a short time . M . Demesnay read the motion of which he

      had given previous notice , for the reduction of the duty on salt from 3 _decimes to 1 decirae per kilogramme . This measure was passed last session by the Chamber of Deputies , there being hardly any Toices raised against it , but before it could be brought before the Chamber of Peers the session clesod . The Minister of Finance said that he was not opposed to the principle of the motion , but that , in the present state of the finances of the country , lie must oppose all remission of taxes . Discussion on the motion deferred .

      SPAIN . The _Cootm . —In the _sitting of tho 23 rd ult . the M nister of War introduced two important measures * By the first the government is empowered to deereawhen it thinks it opportune , tho raising of fifty thousand men ; and , by the second , the government is authorised to contract a loan of two hundred million * of reals at three per cent , interest , and to appropriate as much as may be necessary _ofjthe revenues _of-Spau and the colonies to the payment of the interest on that loan . Thk Carusts . —It appears that the Carlists aro making considerable progress in the north ol Spain . In Biscay they assemble in great numbers , and the inhabitants generally are prepared to take arms on tbe first appearance of a regularly organised Carlist force .

      SWITZERLAND . _D- _fsxcBBAKCBS . —The French Journal of Frankfert contains a correspondence from Zurich under the date Feb . 20 , in which it is stated that serious dis * turbances had taken place on the Austrian and Sardinian frontiers of the canton of Tessino , in consequence of large purchases of corn having been made on those frontiers , for the purpose of exportation . The custom-bouse officers of Castalello , a town on the borders of Sardinia , fired on tho crowd , two of whom were killed and . several wounded . _AvAiAKCn-fiS . —A letter from CbamDunix of the

      19 th , ult- states that on the 15 th , at seven in tke evening , an avanlanche fell with a tremendous noise from the Aiguilles-rougher , burying the hamlet of Cbable . The hamlet , which consists of five houses and a few small manufactories is situated in a narrow glen , which was completely filled up by the masses of snow , as was also the bed of the Arre , which runs through it . In one house eleven persons were saved owing to the strength of the walls , and worked their way out ; some others were found alive , but tbe remainder perished . One immense winding sheet of snow wrapped up the buried village , with a chimney appearing here and there from the solid white mass . After two days digging seven corses were dug out , and six persons still alive . The unhappy persons who survive bave lost their all .

      ITALY . Don Miguel . — Letters from Rome confirm tho news of the flight of Don Miguel , accompanied by a Colonel B— , an Englishman . Of tho present location of his ex-kingship nothing is known . _P-tASAsr _Issubbeciiox !—The disturbances in the Swiss canton of Tesino have extended to the Austrian territories . Austrian troops have been ordered from Mantua and Mouza . Tho peasantry make a show of resisting thera .

      POLAND . Distress . —Great distress prevails in Poland . The portion- * of the royal speeches ( delivered in London and Paris at the opening of the respective legislatures ) which refer tothe occupation of Cracow , were not allowed to be translated , and the paragraphs in question were carefully cut out from the foreign papers which arrived in Warsaw . Even that part of the speech ofthe King of the French in which tho commercial treaty between France and Russia was referred to , met with a similar treatment , it being a constant rule with the latter to keep Poland as muoh as possible in the dark with regard to the foreign relations ofthe Muscovite empire .

      Arrests a . _vd reported Lvsubrectiom . —It is stated that several missionaries of the Polish propaganda have lately been taken up and confined in the city of Warsaw . " It is very positively affirmed that an insurrection of the peasants has broken out in tbe government of Angustowow . Kosciusko . —The ladies of Cracow have formed a committee for the purpose of keeping in a good condition the monument raised in that city to the memory of Kosciusko . Thb _Iufbrsal Autocrat . —Warsaw , —The following is the text ofthe oath exacted from the priests appointed at the Ecclesiastical Academy at Warsaw : —

      I , the undersigned , promise and swear before Almighty God , one in the Holy Trinity , tbat I desire and engage myself faithfully and sincerely to serveand tobeebedient in all things to H . I . M ., my real _. legitimate , aad most gracious master , the Emperor Nicholas Pawlowiz , Autocrat of all the Russias , and to H . I . H . the heir to the throne of all the Russias , the Grand Duke Alexander Nicolasewiz . I engage myself likewise to observe and defend , without sparing my life or a drop of my blood , all the rights and prerogatives present or to come attached to that high power to tbeir full and unbounded extent . I also engage myself to support as much as in my power everything attached to the interests of II . I . M . and tbe stato . In consequence , if anything shall come to my knowledge

      likely to be detrimental to the rights ofhis Majesty , not only will 1 inform him of the same immediately , hut will endeavour to prevent it by all means in my power . I also engage to keep secret anything that may be confided to me , to fulfil conscientiously the duties imposed upon mo either by regulations or established customs , either by the present general oath or by private oath administered to me by my superiors , iu tbe name of II . I . M . Finally , I engage myself not to act contrary to my duty and to my oath , in views of private or family interest , out of friendship or hatred , and to act iu all things conformable to the duty of a faithful subject of II . I . M ., so as to be always prepared to render an account of it before God and his terrible judgment .

      _Posis , Feb . 16 . —Wo can now state pretty positively that the great trial , respecting the Polish conspiracy , will commence at Berlin , on the l _* t of April next . M . Weutzel , who was employed in drawing up the indictments , has been to Berlin , and has returned , it is said , with 200 documents . All the Poles who were confined here are already sent to Berlin . Poland is full of Russian troops . It is probable that on the visit of Nicholas to Warsaw , which will take place next month , some organic changes in the constitution of tbe kingdom of Poland may be expected , and that the Russian troops are assembled in order to ensure the execution ofthem .

      THE WAR IN TIIE CAUCASUS . According to letters from Russia , the latest accounts received from the Caucasus state that General Worongoff had offered to evacuate all the little forts , and only to keep Anassa and Soukoum-Kal 6 , on condition that the population along tbe coast are to give no aid to Schamyl-bey , are to keep up a good understanding with the Russians , and to furnish a contingent of 35 , 000 men , commanded by Circassian chiefs , to be employed only in war against Christians . These propositions have been rejected .

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      INDIA . Arrival op thb Overlasd Mail . —The express from India , in anticipation ofthe Overland Mail , has arrived . The Governor-General having regulated the government of Lahore , and placed Colonel Lawrence as resident , and Sir John Littler at the head of the British troops , left that capital on the 11 th of January . The turbulent Akbar Khan bad proceeded to attack the chiefs of Candahar , who are his own

      relatives , and , _according to the statement published in a Bombay paper , has succeeded , after somesevere _fighting , in capturing the chiefs , and in making himself master of Candahar . Tho British vakeel , Morten Shah , has been successful in collecting a considerable number of persons who belonged to our ill . fated Cabool force , and , by the last accounts , was on his way back to India with them . Dho « t Mahomed appears to have afforded him every facility in furtherance ofthe objects of bis humane mission .

      Several of the persons recovered were women , and wane of these , who had married in the country , were nn willing to go back to their homes ; a few deserted the vakeel on the way from Jellalabad to Dakka , and fled back to Cabool . It is said that in consequence ol the conquest of Lahore , the government of India feels itself strong enough to diminish the native armies , viz ., of Bengal by 25 , 000 men , and of Madras and Bombay by 5 , 000 each . This reduction is to be effected by stopping all recruiting until the native regiments are reduced from 1 , 000 to 800 men each .

      FRANCE . Thk _Fisnint . —From every quarter of France alarming acounts reach government . They represent the scarcity as hourly becoming more manifest and more severe in its pressure , and the discontent of tht poorer classes more threatening . The holder !* of

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      FRANC E . _—Population . —The Moniteur publishes an official account of the census of 1816 . from which it appears that the population of France then amounted to 35 , 400 , 180 souls . In 1811 , when the previous census was taken , it was only 34 , 230 . 173 , thus showing an increase in five years of 1 , 170 , 30 S . IIomojopatht . —Madame Hahnemann , widow of the celebrated founder of Homwopathy , was summoned on the 20 th ultimo , before the correctional tribunal at Paris , for having illegally practised the medical art . Madame Hahnemann declared that she had received a diploma , as Doctor of Medicine , in Pennsylvania . She also stated that she never received pecuniary remuneration . She was condemned to a fine of 100 francs and expenses .

      M . Dumas Rkbukrd . —The great novelist having conceived himself insulted by some remarks of Mde Maleville , member of the Chamber of Deputies , sent a challenge to the deputy ; the bearer of the challenge being M . Viennet , Peer of France . Tbe sensible M . de Maleville sent the following amusing answer : — Sir , —I thank you for having afforded me the opportunity of seeing the agreeable and excellent M . Yienuet . As to the proposal which you are good enough to make to cut my throat , I am chagrined beyond measure at not being able to accept it . I have not the honour tobe a gentleman . Marquis de Maleville , The Dutch Corn Laws . —A royal me 3 _sage , accompanied by A project of law , for tho revocation of the corn-Jaw of December 29 th , 1816 , and for the alteration ol the duties on corn , ' was laid last Saturday before the Second Chamber of tho States General .

      The Ixcome Tax m _Switzkblai-d . —The Grand Council of Berne has adopted the principle as tha future basis for thc financial system of that canton of establishing an income-tax . The amount of taxation is to be fixed annually . Grand Ducht or Badeh . —His Royal Highness the Archduke has given 3 , 000 guilders from his privy purse for the foundation ofa fund for supplying tllO distressed agriculturists with seed for the summer fruits . The Archduchess has generously given 1 , 000 guilders for the same purpose . _TheDasi'be .-Vibnka , Feb . lO .-Tho ice in the Danube began to move to-day , but was soon stopped , so that the Vienna and Danube canal speedily rose above Os tanks _, and inundated some of the lower streets ofthe Leopold Stadt , so that some parts wero _tE ?»? et und t _* T . w _*\ ter- l *» Boma streets the inhabitantt were obliged to use boats , and Jour pensu we Mid to have beea drowned . _™«> t > _w « *

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      THE NEW POOR LAW . BROUGHAM ve ~ rs ~ u ~ s BROUGHAM . IThe following is a continuation of Mr . Oastler " * strictures on Lord Brougham , copied from the Morning Post . ] * S , £ ~ In my * ast * demonstrated , from the lips of Lord Brougham , that his lordship was delud . _ng their lordships when he told them " that the New Poor Law was not for the benefit of the proprietors . " Therein I proved his lordship guilty of misrepresenting a most important fact . I shall in this letter demonstrate , as I have promised to do , from tlio mouth of Lord Brougham , that his prophecies respecting the effeots of thi New Poor Law have proved fallacious ; that , consequently , his " opinion" is worthless .

      Before I proceed to that demonstration it may be proner to state , that while Lord Brougham was hoodwinking the liouse of Lords , I was engaged _. on the authority of the late venerable and learned Lord Eldon , _> " warning their lordshi ps ( particularly the Duke of Wellington ) and the _government ( for which I incurred their displeasure ) against adopting the wild theories of Lord Brougham , assuring them that miseries then unheard-of would be the sure result of tbe infliction Of tho New Poor Law . Lord Brougham was listened to and believed—Lord Eldon was laughed at , and declared to be a dotard—I was denounced as a fool and a madman .

      Lord Brougham " prophesied smooth things " - his spell-bound audience believed him—when he told their lordships that as sure as ho was a lawyer , tbe New Poor Law would cure the diseases of the nation , secure property , restore to labour its just reward , unito the different ranks of society , give peace and plenty to the cottages , stability to pa _' aces , and universal prosperity to all our national interests . It was on the 21 st of July , 1834 , that Lord Brougham thus beguiled tlieir lordships . Do I exaggerate ? Do I mistake ? Read his lordship's " corrected " words . Thus , did he then describe the disease—thuB prescribe the cure : —

      A state of things which has made industry nnd idleness , honesty and knavery , change places , and which exposes the property of the community , and with its property every law , every institution , every valuable posses _, sion , every precious right to the ravages of that remorse _, less pestilence , before whoso strides you , the guardians of the social happiness of those who live _unde-r your protection , have beheld the peasantry of England abused to a pitch which I ata at once afflicted and ashamed to contemplate , which I shudder to describe , and which I could not bear to think of , did I not know tbat the same hand

      wliich lays it bare to your eyes , an *! makes its naked deformity horrible to your sight , will be enabled , by your assistance , to apply to the foul disease a safe , an effectual remedy [ the New Poor Law ]; restoring to industry its due reward , and visiting idleness with its appropriate punishment ; reinstating property in security , and lifting up once more—God be praised !—the character of that noble English peasantry to the proud eminence where _, but for the [ old ] Poor Laws , it would hava shone untarnished , the admiration of mankind , and the glory of the country which boasts it as its brightest ornament .

      Eternal honours to the man who could stay the ravages of that "remorselesspestilence" —who could cure that "foul disease "—who could ward off that " approaohing devastation "—who could stop tbat " ovetwhelminp mischief I" "The same hand which lays it bare to your eyes , and makes its _nalted deformity horrible to your sight , will be enabled , by your assistance , to apply to the foul disease a safe , an effectual remedy I " "See _' _st thou a man wise in his own conceit , " says Solomon , " there is more hope ofa fool than of him . " The specific , so vauntingly proposed , was applied —the nauseous draught was swallowed—and , what then ? Was "the foul disease" eradicated— "tbe remorseless pestilence" stayed ? Was " property secured "— " labour rewarded ? " Were " the insti

      tutions , the valuable possessions , and the precious rights of thc community established ? " Did plenty supply thc place of want ? Let Lord Brougham answer . He said that "he could , and thit he would , stay the wide-wasting ruin I" During eight long years the patient had been sweating under Lord Brougham ' s treatment , when bis lordship was suddenly alarmed by its strong convulsions . His attention to the real condition of his patient was aroused by strong and urgent petitions . On closely investigating the national symptoms , his lordship pronounced his favourite nostrum , after eight years' trial , to be a failure !

      On the 11 th of July , 1812 , Lord Brougham moved in the House of Lords fur "a select committee to consider the distressed stato of the country , " founded on a petition that he had presented to their lordships . With the lively recollection of tho above quotation from Lord Brougham ' s speech , delivered in the House of Lords on the 21 st July , lS 3 i , and the fact ibefore you that during tho whole interval his lordship ' s " safe nnd effectual remedy" had been applied , I now request you to follow Lord Brougham through the following statement , made on thc 11 th of ' Julv , 1812 : —

      All who know anything of the state ofthe couutryand none I believe more readily than some of my noble friends opposite—are prepared , 1 doubt not , to admit at once that the present distress of the country is without a parallel . My lords , I do , and so do tho petitioners—at least tho elder of them—well remember the distresses wliich took place in 1808 and 1812 , and more lately in 1816 and 1817 ; but I protest that when I cast my _e-yes back and compare tbe distresses of those poriods ni'h tho present , and when I refresh my recollection hy referring to the results of inquiries at that time made , and compare them with what it has heen my painful duty to

      learn within" the last three or four weeks as to tho present state of things , I may say , almost without _exagaeration _. that the former periods present comparatively _n state of prosperity . Now , my lords , not to break my word with respect to the promise I made of going over the ground as quickly as possible , I shall begin at ouce and state the case . In the west of England , for years past , I may say for the Inst ten or twelve , there has heen a gradual decline of business—gradual at fiist , as always happenB in such cases , but afterwards proceeding with an accelerated pace , until the branch of manufactures In which it commenced wns annihilated . What was tho re .

      suit ? Looms were idle , houses untenanted , rents falling to one-half , one-third , and sometimes even lower . Cottagos to the number ef three out of four were deserted—thus giving to the whole scene every appearance of sn entire transfer ofthe former flourishing manufactures of _GIoucestershire and Wiltshire to some other parts of the country . One might be disposed to hope at first that tho change was but a transfer of business from one part ot the country to the other , and that what was lost by Gloucestershire and Wiltshire was gained by some _counties in the north ; hut , my lords , this is unfortunately not the case , for y « ur lordships will find that coeval to the decline with the manufactures in tho west was tho commencement of that distress which is now afflicting thc north . Then , my lords , when we turn

      to the midland counties , to Leicester , to _Shrop . shire , nnd Staffordshire , and Warwickshire , and from these carry the eye over to York and Lancashire , we shall find the distress the same as in those counties from which thc woollen manufactures hail declined—wages reduced , houses untenanted , runts fallen to one-half and less , ablebodied and healthy men , at least men who were once in health—men well skilled in their respective branches of trade—men able and willing to work , wire thrown out of employment by thousands , while those to which some work remained were reduced to a pittanco by which life _mightbe said to be endured rather than sustained . Cottages were left without tenants , wages were reduced to , In some instances , 6 d . per week—rather less than one penny for each and every day . Can it surprise your

      lordships that in this stato of things whole families should be for whole days without food of any kind ! The poor rates were increased in some districts fourfold , nnd in others tbey were raised to double that amount , while the defalcations ofthe property on which it used to be assessed had gone on from 20 to 30 to 40 , and sometimes to 50 per cent , compared with what it was tivo years bjjo . My lords , 1 now come to some , only some of the details , over which 1 shall run as rapidly as possible , fur I am _ofrnid to deal with matters so frightful . As I have said , there were every day occurrences of seven , or tight , or ten persons in one cottage , who wero for days—my lords , I cannot say " aday , " but for " days "—without a morsel of food of any kind . In Borne cases the destitute remained on their bed of straw for two successive days , because they were

      under the impression that in a recumbent posture the pangs of hunger would beless severely felt than in an erect position . Thoso who were able to erawl about lived on matters which ought not to be eaten—nt least not as the food of man—nnd they might be said to envy those who fed on the husks of swine . Mj lords , 1 have been informed by some ministers of religion that it was not an uncommon thing , but one of frequent occurrence , that men of their congregations were taken from their chapels , fainting frora illness and weakness , brought on by want of proper sustenance . I shudder at , and ulmost dread to tell your lordships of some of the cases that have come to iny knowledge—cases in which , however , and be this told to the honour of humanity , I have heard of the greatest benevolence nnd the kindliest disposition

      being evinced by those having the smallest means , and who , I mun say , are ever endeavouring to alleviate the distresses of people but little poorer than themselves , out ofthe proceeds of tlieir own scanty pittance , lhavc heard ot one case of a mother , with an infant at her breast , found dying in the street for want of food , who was removed to a cellar-1 cannot cull it habitation—in which the infant died three days after it had been taken tbere by the compassion of the poor inhabitants . I was told also by a _compassionate person who goes nbout to alleviate the _distress which exists , not in ono street , but all over the district in which he resides , that he found

      in one miserable room a man with his wife and children , Who _hild been Without work for fifteen days , and who , having nt last obtained it , worked ton or twelve hours without tasting food , then camo home , and flung himself _, on a bench—the only place whereon to rest his limbswhere he was found by the hnmano person I have mentioned , who charitably gavo bim a _suull mite wherewith to purchase broad . That same Informant told _vae after * wards that it was ono of the mott _nffectingsigbts he had ever witnessed to see the children ravenously devouring the bread his pittance bad procured for them , and thon fall on their knees andpray the Lord that their benefactor might never know hunger such na _tho ' irs * Xhysg aro

      The New Poor Law. Brougham Ve ~ Rs ~ U ~...

      details , my lords , which quite unman me , but which , however painful to relate , I have thought it my bounden duty to lay before you . So much for Lord Brougham ' s cure ! I have not space for remark . One question I will j " - i as'c the Duke ° f Wellington—Have thi predictions of Lord Brougham , or the " moonsliir . e and humbug '' of Richard Oastler borne the test ol time _i Lord Brougham being judge . Tub Nkw Took Law is a _Failubb . If you will favour me with space , I will make a few observations on tbe subject I have brought to your notice . I remain , Sir , Your obedient servant , rJi ' ~ m ? - , ° 2 rtu . tte P « -wo"XHin _7 to ! r , His Grace listened to the bewitching eloquence of Lord Brougham , he rejected my Bolemn war-nines r . 6 ;

      Potatoes And Lime. Io Thb Hditob Op Ihb ...

      POTATOES AND LIME . IO THB HDITOB OP _IHB M 0 RVI . VO TOST . Sir , —Every fact relating to tho growth of potatoes is now of national importance . A . few weeks ago I was in Yorkshire . I thero heard that an old friend of mine had , for the last two years , grown fine crops of excellent potatoes . I mentioned this to another friend , a Surrey farmer , who requested that I would ask how the Yorksln ' reman had succeeded so admirably ? I did so . This is the answer of my Yorkshire friend : — King '; i _Tilla , near Pontefract _, March 1 ;

      Mr . Oastler : —Dear Sir—I was from borne _wheayour letter arrived . I no » v sit down to let you know how I produced , for the last two years , abore three hundred bushels of good sound potatoes to the acre . First , got the land dry and clean , and en it put five or six tons of lime , fresh from the kilns ; slack it as soon as you canthen spread it in its quick state , and immediately harrow it well in , so as to incorporate it well with the soil ; then draw your ridges , plant your sets , put the manure upon the sets , and cover up . If you cut jour sets , I would advise yeu to cut them into a Basket of quick lime , _ub it dries up _tliemoisture , and prevents either insects or fungi from attacking the seed . By adopting this plan , I havo never failed in producing good sound potatoes , and believe , for quality aud quantity , 1 have not been exceeded this year—at least , not

      in our part . I have at _present ithnve one hundred loads ol as beautiful potatoes as ever were seen , suitable either for use or sets . I shall be happy to furnish you any further information on this subject , as I think it a natiou . il one . I intend to grow a greater quantity this year , as I have no doubt , with propercaro , any one may do . lam , one of your disciples , Jo . Bottomlet , I am sure I need not apologise for sending you tinabove . I have found hall a ton ot salt , rer acre . thrown on , after the sets were coycre I in , product clean skinned potatoes , when all others have beei . scabbed . I remain , Sir , Your obliged servant , London , March 2 , 18-17 . Hiciubd _Oastlkh .

      To Lord John Russell, First Lord Of The ...

      TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL , FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY , d-e ., etc . Mr Lonn , —An old proverb _adviseth that " pearls cast before swine" were so much wealth misappropriated , and so it appears tbat experience , which bostoweth wisdom upon most men , has lavished its favours upon your lordship without extracting from you the smallest mark of repentance for past sins , or any promise of future amendment . But with that do « gcdncss for which you are remarkable , and whichsome mistake for courage , you have despised its warnings , and seem to delight to show yourself impervious to reason and the dictates of justice , and to glory in a notoriety gained by deceit and upheld by low cunning and political scheming . I am induced to address your lordship thus upon the present occasion , owing to the part which you deemed it ' ' expedient" to take on Tuesday evening

      last in opposing the motion ot Mr . Duncombe lor leave to introduce a bill for the repeal of the ratepaying clauses ofthe Reform Act . Upon that occasion , my lord , you appeared in your hbal character . Strong in the consciousness of power , and relying upon the support ot the mass of corruption by which you were surrounded , there was no necessity for a cloak , and Russell was therefore " himself again . " There vou stood , my lord , upon tbe floor of the Ilouse of Commons , in the forty-seventh year of the nineteenth century , the brazen champion ot Whig "finality , " and the avowed enemy of progress or reform . Could you , my lord , have seen yourself at that moment as others saw you , diminutive as you are in stature , you would have appeared infinitely less in character ! You opposed the motion of your

      " honourable friend (?) the member for Finsbury , " because it was a violation of the * ' ancient constitution of the countrv , " overlooking the tact that the _eQ-aatry has . no auch . ttiLo . _- * , at a c < msUtuti ( K \ at a _\ _U except , indeed , that rare specimen of "human wisdom" the "bill" be looked upon as such and as your lordship is the acknowledged father of that miserable abortion , it is not so much to be wondered at that you will not allow even a hair of its head to be touched . But thc ties of consanguinity which bind your lord-ship to your precious offspring cannot be put forth as an excuse by the miserable gang of toad-eating and time-serving officials who followed their " leader" upon the occasion . —thev cannot urge paternal feelings in

      extenuation of tlieir want of principle , especially as some of them had previously voted for a similar motion , and all of them pretended to bo "liberals " and " friends of tho people . " Sir George Grey , the Home Secretary , was the only one of your worthy coadjutors who bad bronza enough to speak in aid of your lordship ; and like yourself , my lord , betook good care to avoid grappling with the facts and arguments of Mr . Duncombe , and the gentlemen who supported his motion . Your speech , my lord , was a clever evasion of the question at issue , and , as was remarked by Mr . Wakley in his able and unanswerable address , " you spoke with more than _usualjenergy and earnestness , "—intending , I suppose , to make up in action and vehemence what you were deficient in truth and honesty .

      There are many persons , my lord , who do not attach much importance to the bill sought to be introduced by Mr . Duncombe , because they are of opinion that even if it were made law , little or no good would result from it . But I am not one of those persons who so think . I believe , if the bill were carried , that the constituencies of the cities , and most ofthe large towns in the kingdom , would be more than doubled , and in many instances more than trebled , and that such additions would consist mainly of the working classes , and to such constituencies I would look fo the return of other Duncombes and Wakleys to aid and assist us in pulling dowu the whole rotten system which is the object of your lordship ' s admiration and respect . T was anxious that Mr . Duncombe should press . his motion , in order to test your Lordship

      and Company , so that thc world might know whether you had remained stationaiy landmarks to shew to the political mariner where the tide ot public opinion had arrived fifteen years ago , or whether the ocean of knowledge had in its onward career carried the shabby Cabinet along with it . This object has been effected , and your lordship now stands exhibited to the gaze of the people like a schoolboy on a bench , with the duncccap of" Finality" on your head , and hum bug-mad e-easy ( the Hill ) in your hand , and the Chartist schoolmaster , Mr . Duncombe , with the rod of public opinion , chastising your lordship for your stupidity in not having profited by experience , and for being heedless of the valuable and useful lessons which aro to be acquired by attention to that great book , in which it is written in plain and intelligible characters , that statesmen shall not contemn public opinion with impunity ! My lord , to attempt to reason with a genuine WJii ? , such as yonr lordship undoubtedly is , were to offer ' and

      oneself asa candidate fer _thclionoui' 3 of Bedlam ; as I have no ambition to figure in a straight jacket , I will _c-clicw that mode of dealing with your lordship , and in conclusion take the liberty to intimate that your lordship is not tho man for the times . Your lordship talks too much of the principle of the " ancient constitution" forgetting _thatsuchconstitution was made lor the ancients , and we moderns seek a constitution suitedto tho times in which wc live . I know that your lordship has nosuchidea , nor are you capable of so liberal ov just a conception . Your lordship is a mere political thing , suffered to exist for tho time , —a paneicrerto antiquated prejudices , and the leader of a band of contemptible poltroons , who aro willing to sell the interests of the country , which they curse by their existence , for the sake of p lace , or basking in the smile ( if you can smile ) of Punch ' s little shoeblack , who is " not strong enough for the place "—a proof , my lord , that your strength is not commensurate with your appetite . 1 am , my Lord , < fce . London , Feb . 25 th , 1847 . ' Tnoaus Ciabi .

      Iiousedrbakixo M' Fbmams.—On Saturday Ni...

      IIousedrbakixo m' Fbmams . —On Saturday night last , about nine o ' clock , Miss Lcvcn _, who resides at _Meadowbauk , Particle , on returning from Glasgow , was astonished to sec a light in the back part of tho premises , when , as she was aware , no person could have gained admission to tbe house in a legitimate manner . She oponod the door , however , but she had only got a step or two within the lobby , when a girl rushed past her and made her escape . She then alarmed the neighbours , and the house was looked over , and all was believed to be ri _& ht ; but Miss Leven _' s suspicions not being entirely allayed , two hours afterwards , when about to retire for the night , she began to examine the room , and , on lifting up the curtain , there she found another girl under tlie bed . As soon as practicable , she was sont to tho Western Police Ofiice , whero some small articles of property belonging to Miss Leven were found in ber possession . Her ljamo is Mary Smith , and sho is only about twelve years of ago .

      Thk Repeal Runt . —At the last ] weekly meeting ofthe Repeal Association the rent fov the week was _WWMvvd to be * 0 .

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      Spitalfields Broad Silk Weavers Branch O...

      SPITALFIELDS BROAD SILK WEAVERS Branch ofthe United Trades Association , held at the White Horse , Hare-street , Bethnal Green , Fob . 27 . fhe following resolution was passed . _*— " That this raoeting views with alarm the ruinous reductions continually taking place in the price of our labour ( notwithstanding the high price of provisions ) , aud fearing the same will continue , unless the members ofthe trade come forward and form a firm union , do most earnestly call on our brother tradesmen to come forward immediately and join the National Association of United Trades for the Protection of _fndustry , whereby tiiey may save themselves and families from utter ruin and destruction . " This branch meets the socond and last Wednesday in each month , and the noxt meeting night will be held on tbe 13 ' -b instant , when an election for secretary will take place _.

      THE TEN HOURS BILL-A deputation from the delegates now in London frora the _manufacturing districts , waited on Lord John _Rnssel ) _, on Tuesday , at tho Treasury offioe , and presented him with S 3 memorials from the Short-time committees , and also from associated factory workers and trades . On _Wednesilny evening a numerous mteiing of the delegates ' from Lancashire and _Yorksbiro was held in their rooms , for the purpose _ofdevfsfofj the b « st course tobe pursued In the present stato of the question . Mr . Muthew Bttlme , of Bradford , presided . Tho Chairman , 11 opening tlw proceedings , cengratulated the delegates on the result of the division . Jlr . R . Oastler moved , ' Thatthe most grateful thanks of this meeting be given to Jlr . J . Brotherton , Sir George Grey , Lord George Bentinckand

      , other friends , who so nobly defended the cause of the factory children tbis _afttrnon , and for their efficient aid in supporting theTen Hours'Bill . " Mr . Thomas Mawdsley seconded the retolution , which was carried unanimously . Jlr , Greaves , of Saddleworth , moved a vote of thanks to the 190 members _evho voted in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill . Tbe motion was seconded by Mr . Charles Ilowarth , of Rochdale , and carried unanimously . Mr . John JlilN , of Oldham , moved , " That the result of this day ' s discussion and division in favour ef the Ten Hours' Bill is such as to inspire us with fervent hopes ot final success ; that we resolve to redouble our exertions to bring the question to an immediate settlement , and that we strongiy urge the working men and their friends in all parts of the countrv to nrn _»»»» _i _» _v » _iiii increased aciivuy'tiieir application for an efficient Ten Hours'Bill . " Mr . Thomas Pitts , of _Ashton-under-Lyno , seconded tho motion , which was carried unanimously , Mr . Jude

      Yates , of Bradford , _inored , " That whilst we rejoice in the fidelity of our friends , rrho at so tnueHi personal in . convenience to themselves attend the day sittings ofthe House patiently to listen to that discussion , they cannot but _regret the nature of the opposition which has been brought to bear against our measure , and further that we deeply regret to observe the spirit which appeared to actuate the Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel , who , after promising ' a fair share of time to Lord John , Russell to reply , 'continued Iiis speech till within eight minutes to six o ' clock , by which the noble lord was deprived of all opportunity to reply , and hy whieh the Ilouse tras also deprived of coming to a conclusion on the subject before it . " Mr . Oastler said that at their last meeting he did not hesitate to move a vote of approval of the course pursued by Sir R . Peel during the last debate , which vote was adopted ; and now that an adverse course had been taken , he willingly seconded the motion . The motion was agreed to and the meeting separated _.

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      Cors Exchange, Fjuboam 14. The Arrivals ...

      _CORS EXCHANGE , _Fjuboam 14 . The arrivals since Monday have been moderate , and tha English wheat left over from that day has been tolerably cleared , at prices which were then unobtainable . Tha value of _foreign is fully maintained . In barley , beans , and pens , we observe no alteration . Oats _«*¦ a dull sale . Iu flour little doing .

      Provincial Markets. Richmond (Yo**Cshirb...

      PROVINCIAL MARKETS . Richmond ( Yo ** cshirb ) ComMabkxt _, Feb , 27 . —We had a tolerable supply of grain in our market this morning . Thc sale of wheat was only dull , and the price rather lower than last week . — Wheat sold from Us to Us ; oats , 3 s 4 d to 4 s 8 d ; barley , C » to 6 s fid ; beans , 6 s to 7 s per bushel . Wakefield Co * _jt _SIabkst , Friday . —IVe havo a large arrival of wheat . There is much more firmness in tha trade than on Tuesday , and a moderate extent of bus " _, ness is done . Barley is extremely flat , though offered at 3 s per qr , reduction . Oats are lully as dear , and shelling steady . Beans is perqr . lower . Other articles as before .

      _Hptr , Cob . y Markt , _Tuetday . —At this duy ' s market there was a good supply of English wheat , much of it im bad condition . We mustquotc prices 3 s to 4 s lower than last week ; though but little business done in Foreign , we do not quotemore than ls lower . Bibminoiiam Coa . v _Exc'iANeix , Wednesday . —We have had very little business transacted , l'he few sales of wheat made wero at a decline of 2 s to 3 s per quarter . Malting barley difficult to quit at current rates . _XUKcnwsBft Co » n * M » l " x * -. » t , Saturday . —At our market more confidence was apparent than during tho week , and at a reduction of Id to 2 d per 70 lbs . ou wheat a fair amount of business occurred . Warmngton Cob . v _IIarkkt , Wednesday . —We had a very numerous attendance of farmers . Wheat _seld at about Sdpcr bushel reduction , say 10 s fid to lis , and

      lis Id per 79 lbs . The supply of potatoes was she t ; pinkeyes wore sold ut 20 s to 21 s , nnd 23 s per load of 255 lbs ., which is an advance of Is to 3 s on last week ' s prices . Wakefieid Cattie _JIakkkt _, Wednesday . —There wm a large supply of beasts and 60 ( 10 sheep . Although sales wore slow , nearly nil the stock was sold . Beef Os to 7 s , psr stone ; mutton 5 } d to _ftjd per lb . Salford New Cattle Makket , Wednesday . —We . had a fair though not alarge show of stock , and a fair quality . The supply of beef was scarcely equal to the de-mand , and beef realised fully 6 'd per lb . ; and prime mutton Gd to 6 _* d per lb . Every thing prime sold up . N » wcA 8 _TLi Cattle _JIarkkt , _fuosday . — Wo have had alarge show of cattle , which ure of a very middljng quality . A short supply of sheep , quality good , for wliich there was a brisk demand , especially for sheep , and prices had au upward tendency .

      State Of Trade. Lieds.—Our Markets At Th...

      STATE OF TRADE . Lieds . —Our markets at the Cloth-halls have been exceedingly dull , and wo never _witnossedso little doing on spoculation for the coming season as at the present time . The purchasers continue to buy only for present need . On the whole , there has been less than arcrago business done in tbe warehouses during the week . JIanchesteb . —We have had u slight improvement in the demand for cloth , and at ratos currently paid last week . Yarns aro much the same way—and likoly to further improve , now that the German houses are commencing operations for the spring trade . Bradford . —The staplers seem more willing to sell than they were , but the spinners buy with gicat caution . Wo can report no alteration of moment in price . There was no difference in the amount of business done in tho piece market . Halifax . — We can report little or n _» alteration from last week's account of this market . —Prices of wool show a tendency to relax a little , but tho choice in the staplers ' _hattdstis uot at all considerable .

      HuddkrsVield . — There has been a fair amount of business done in the cloth market , and the prevailing demand was for fancy woollens . Tho wool murket has been very inactive . Heckmondwiki Blanket Masebt . — Thero are a few small orders for the American uuirkeit , but the blanket trade generally is in a deplorabla state . Rochdale Flannel _Maukkt . —There is little or no improvement jn the flannel market to report : the business transacted has been very limited . Wool lias fairly maintained thc last week ' s prices . _Leicester—We cs . _nuot report anything more favour _, able in the general traele . Woollen and worsted goods are in small request . Wools and yarns remain stationary . From letters received , the American fall demand is expected to bogood . " ¦ _" _ottinoiiau . —There is a fair amount of general businets transacting this week . Country dealers are coming very slowly forward to make spring purchases . A few good orders for North America are in course of execution . Hosiery : Weare gratitied in being able to note the . very satisfactory state of our market . Glasgow . — Cotton Yarn : Our market still remains in

      the same inactiv * state . Cotton Goods : vt e aro sorry to have to report n continued flatness in thc market for generat descriptions of goods . American Produce ' . Flour is duller again , and maybe quoted Is . to ls . Cd . cheaper than last week , but transactions have been few at tho decline . In _allies thero is not much stir . Thera is moderate inquiry for Indian corn meal . New York _caeese lias an average sale . Canadian butter in better request from the enhanced rates of inferior Irish . United States sweet flour , 42 s . per barrel ; United States sour flour , 37 s .

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      (Frtm The Qaetttt Of Tuesday, March 2.) ...

      ( Frtm the _Qaetttt of Tuesday , March 2 . ) Thomas Lawrence , Rend ' ng , draper—John Brown , Great Queen-street , Lincolii _' s-iun-fielils , carver—Thomas i Bowles , Horsmonden _, Kent , victualler—Francis Champ- ness , Bishop's road , Paddington , liiicndraper—Edmund I Streveus , Brighton , victualler — . Michael John Stone , , Abingdon , grocer—John Andrew , Grove-terrace , Queen ' s . . road , Bayswater _, fishmonger—John and Thomas Kcddy , , Bridlington , Yorkshire , printers—Nathaniel John Earle , , Fiilmouth _. grocer—William James , Berkeley , Gloucester- - shire , builder—David Williams , Ruthin , "Denbighshire , _> , cattle salesman — William Herbert , Bristol , grocer— - Solomon Marks , Cardiff , watch-maker—Jackson Prince , i , Coxhoe , Durham , grocer — William Beresford , New v Lenton , Nottinghamshire , lace manufacturer—Joseph li Ilepwortb , Huddersfield , wine merchant .

      Death Of Patncb Mouiud Au. -Pnnce Mourad...

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 6, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_06031847/page/7/