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      ' _jmSc _«^ _^ Tnose " -to - _fcKe _' _w extensive _<™ den and consequently require a huge flo rr = 0 f ' verbenas , salvias , petunias , scarlet _** _jL _* and other similar plants lor bedding S _*? _j _2 now loot orer their shock , and select f « _nlants of each sort from whicli to obtain _? Jrin _« These plants should be re-potted with cata _^ ich light sandy mould , and then placed in _^ _fim-iu- P _ft ora hot-bed in order to induce \ _fmto _~ "row _, andto send np plenty of young shoots Fart-tings- It is of great importance that this work _^ zLnenced in good time , in order that the plants _ £ _* eharc propagated may be strong aud well-rooted _hnte when turned out into the beds in May and June . ifthe plants are weak and small when planted out , a ihe season should happen to prove unfavourable , _^ clumps do not attain their full _oeauty until

      _Sen-Zgfyetana _ucrooer , -wnea mey arc name to be -- nre ubvheavyrains and frosts . With two or three « rden frames , and plenty of dung to _produce and _^ _ntain a gentle bottom heat , the propagation of all _Jj L e soft-wooded plants may be easily carried to any _^ t desired . Care must be taken to allow the rank \ _tsi and _itcam to blow off before the plants or _cut-< W 0 are put into the frames ; and over the surface of j _^ duiig _spread a layer an inch deep of old tan , _sawia-t . or cinder ashes , on which to set the pots . Those _j adopt the plan recommended of a small pit heated mill hot water , aud having in one division a small _jjt- _*™^ _tair , k > ma ? carr _7 _* operations with miit facih _' _f y , and without the uncertainty and risk _iljjch always attends the use of any _fermentingmateriJ . Hie Greadiouse . —It often happens that in the

      _AiBirfe of the wmtcr the roots ol some plant *? have got _iaU a bad condition , owing , perhaps , to a defect in _Uif drainage , orbeiugpot-bound , orsonie othereause ; jn & such plants it is liighly desirable to re-pot at once , j _, Pt waiting until the usual time for this operation _jjull arrive . A careful eye will have detected the _coaptonis whieh indicate some unsoundness at the _^ , 1 , and all plants showing such symptoms should be _joaked out aud re-potted . Set the plants , when repotted , in the most favourable position for light and air . and for some time water sparingly . The _grecnliBse may be freely ventilated every day while the _treather continues open and mild . Tlie . Flower Gardm—Continue to plant out evergreen and deciduous _jhrubs , roses Ac . Tlie pruning also of all the ornamental shrubs , roses , < fcc ., maybe proceeded rath as fc & nre offers . —BelPs Weekly Messenger .

      _Florists' _Fmjwers . —A visiblealterationhastaken S late in the whole tribe during the past week or ten avs . Tulips have began to appear above ground , aud m order to prevent damage , and , if possible , to _jjsake " assurance doubly sure , " put about a table spooaful of silver sand over the protruding spikes ; this wifi . in a great measure , prevent any frost from affecting them ; it should , however , be done before the leaves separate , Auriculas may now be _topdresed , though some defer it to the latter end of the

      month ; wc prefer doing it now , as the risk of injuria" the growing fibres is not so great as at a later ptriwl . _Ctemotiojis . —The centre leaves are beginmV to move , and assume in their progress a singular ¦ beat _appearauce . It is __ absolutely _necessary that fhev should have all the air possible . Pinks . —Where these have been planted late , and have not yet got fairly hold of the ground , earthworms , wliich arc now troublesome , are apt to drag them oat . The plants must occasionally be looked over , and when tiie _sariace ofthe beds are dry fasten the _rd-mis .

      Ilium * Fmrrr asb Kitchen Gakde . v . —The late heavy rains have been favourable for newly-planted iree _^ bv washing down the finer particles of soil from the surface amongst the fibres . In the Kitchen-garden proceed with the usual routine of treadling and preparing for spring-crops . Earth up peas slightly as they appear abore the ground . Seakale and succorv mav be taken up and put in any dark place to fonvard ' and branch . Lose no opportunity of g iving full air to young lettuces and cauliflower plaais in frames oi * in hand-glasses . Guard the former from birds when tlie sashes are off ; and young crops from slims , & c

      Potatoes . —I liavejobservcd lately , say . ' ? a correspondent of the Observer , the result of sonic experiments whicli had been made in raising potatoes ; and from trials wliich I have also made , I entertain no doubt but that planting whole potatoes of a iniddliHg size is by _rauchpreferahle to those whieh are cut . In dry ground , or in onlinary seasons , the latter , no doubt , grow very well , but there is always a lass by cutting in pieces the large potatoes , while the others ; we ready , arc not so valuable , and have the skin entire . In damp or wet ground not _thoi-oughly drained , or in cold backward seasons where vegetation is checked , the cut sets pareh and never grow , so that blanks of some yards arc _vei-c visible . ;

      whilst the drills planted with whole potatoes are as close as a hedge . I have also made some experiments as to the best and easiest mode of keening the one crop of potatoes in a proper state for use until the following crop is ready . Persons residing in the country who have frames of glass , can have potatoes very early ; and they can also have oldpotatoes kept _iu _' pits in the earth , « fc &; but people residing in towns , the lower classes especially , have no such _conveniences . In the spring , when the potatoes h _^ jta to grow , they _sjCnd out long shoots , and when these are removed others succeed—the root all tbe time _slu _* ive 31 L _* i _5 * and wasting its substame . An

      effectual way of killing tiie vegetative powers at that period ( and no sooner ) , _occiu-red to me . The heat of _builingwater being 312 degs ., _andthrecminntesbeing snnieicnt Jo boil an egg , the question came to be , how shorr a time would effeet the present object ; and an iauncKioii till a person could count sis _/ seems amply Sufficient This mi ght lie tested exactly , aud lie done on a large _seal-j with a copper and netted bag . Potatoe ? - « o .-erv « I keep for many weeks quite plump ami _irea , and until new ones could be got in the market ai a nsso : _inb ] e price . This p lan , may also be useful forpr & _ai-jsgihcm longer fit for use * at sia , where _vege tables ate not to be had .

      > _nsTmK ; ok Hat . —The writer of a letter froni _Sewtuwu , sear Worcester , says— "As every proprietor of cattle is anxious at the present crisis to make the most of his provender , and as some of your _agilcoltEralreii-Jersmaynot he aware of the advantage of miring turni ps and turaip-lcaves or tops with straw chaff , 1 tike the liberty of calling tlie attention of those who are at fault for hay , and are fortunate _erongh to have a few _turnil ) S , to the subject , as I presume they would find it answer veiy well as a substitute for hay . I have adopted the plan of cutting up _tamp-leaves wifh a chaff-engine , and mixing it with chaff , during the List month , and I find that _* wben _^ _w-d iaff is imxedwifb abontone-third its quantitv of

      leaves so cut , store cattle eat it with avidity , and < to remarkably well with it . If the roofs arc reduced tosmafl particles , and mixed with the chaff ; it answers a still better puipose . When the turnips are _aualL and but few _sr » wn , it would be advisable , in wucr to make the most of them , not to pull them before the end of March or the _begi-niiim : of April , asthcy would then produce a good deal of top when n woald be _msst useful . ' There may be mam- leaves pdiwrea for present use without taking the main pout or injuring the turnips , provided thev are woken _ofi an inch or two from the stem . If the tops are _iok-iabiy _fei-ge , an acre will produce three or four **« loads : but if they are allowed to remain , a g icrpait of them will fall off , and decay round the

      » Ti a _^ t ? , !! : 1 XjU ! T Sheep . —The carcass of the sheep _vr"S - 'jf _^ " _^ _evrJto-ttu" breed , waslatelv exniwted m Exeter cattle market , and was the a ' _dmi-WGon _ofhajHlreds of agriculturists , butchers , & c , * _no crowded that part of the market for the purpose _Joeing it . It was pronounced one ofthe most perlect sheep ever shown in this part of the Mngdom . _nwasa wether , yeaned , bred , and fed on the farm of " *• niomas Kingdon , of Chapel St . Martin , Tlioryenon . "Hus extraordinai * y sheep , remarkable for _^• _aaallncss of bone , colour , and handsomeness , was _™ re years old off , and slaughtered and dressed in a _•^ _trades-tt ianlike manner by Mr . R . R . _Prowse , of _^ rverton . It weighed 265 lb ., being COlb . per qr ., ** lib . over , and carried 25 lb . of rough fat !

      . -Method of Pheeaeixg _Cu _^ bbed _Saw-ucst as a _(«* sflE . —At the last monthly -meeting of the Hi _ghland Agricultural Society of Scotland , the Earl * _^ ostbery in the cLiir , an interesting paper , _-f « rovertimr saw-dust into manure , bv _Jtfr . Bishop , _^ steward : 3 fcthven Castle , Pcrthsfiire , wsis read _^ . _^ _£$ q- It set forth that , f or _serend j ™ " _^ s , the author had been desirous of discovcrwiV _* _T _^ _Ihod hy which saw-dust and the other nsefiil a saw- | nu * l might be converted to some more and a _£ _f- po _*» an they were _generallv applied to ; _^ _J OW _the idea that they might be employed as He had ' - Was _^ _* ° _* _seTeral experiments _tjjjj r" _"" ficed that undecomposed saw-dust , espce , * T « _4 _^ row resinons trees , had an injurious mm T » ctation ; and bis object was to disc-over Sif _^ P method b y which it might be more _^ ? L ' _£ mi P osed ' > and thereby become fitted to _torednL « mvih _ofvhwta . The first attempt was the _snrf saw-dust to ashes , by spreading it orer as _yJS _^ « f a piece of land , to the depth of five or

      _Trjth _^_ * _™ _* set nre to a , as is sometimes done * asr _« _SL ? J ' . Owing _*•> wet weather , only half P _^ uced * _^ _^^ no P _^^ _Ptihle benefit was "at * aft ° i enSBin S grass crops ; but a crop of _** _wed a « _i _^ Jain foar _years ' m _ass _ft « sairJ _« T _^^ superiority in those places where *» _taisW _™ _hsea Durat - _Baling _heai-d of the , t _felSfil ' ' ' ertiesof powdered charcoal , the author * ouia k ? * _" _**>** that the object be had in view s _» _w-a * i _^ _- ; i _!? ost Icadily attained b y converting the _^^ _afeom ] _Pj _" _^ . _V partially excluding the air a _luariKH- _e 0 H * _^ _M * Purpose he procured a J % e _4 "Jf . ™ weU-bnnit lime-shells , which were as _arr " _, . laycrs with saw-dust , the latter in _^ then _^ _T _? il conW ¦ _h obtained ; the whole _« f % . _;^ -r " ; ered over- _!« a few days the mass _be-^ he _^ S : _« Pccially towards the top and sides of _?* _* Wr , w S eneT _*»* he flames burst forth , an adm on a _ij _? J . - of saw-dust was -from time to time _*? pted K _^ ,. r 1113 _^ P _™ ce 53 was continued till _inter-^ _wtni _^ eather _fe other inslances , tlie _lime--rokea bto smaller pieces than in the

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      former espenment , and mked with saw-dast in oblong heaps—a method by which an equal quantity of saw-dust was carbonised , but it was found necessary to turn over and mix the heaps while the burning continued , and thus a greater quantity of ashes was produced among the charred ashes than would otherwise have been the case . When this carbonised dust was applied , along with lime , to grass , potatoes , and corn crops , the result proved highly satisfactory , and in one instance its beneficial effects were more obvions the second year than the first . In order to avoid the expense of purchasing lime-shells , and to show at the same time that the beneficial effects ofthe charred dust could not be ascribed to the lime used in the process of charring , another

      method was adopted , namely , by preparing two or three fire heaps of brushwood , which , after they bad burned for some time , were covered with a thin coating of saw-dust ; wherever the fire broke out to any extent , additional saw-dust was applied , and this was continued from day to day , a thick coating being laid on in the evening , whieh was parth * naked off again in the morning , so as to retain a regular thin covering , through which the air could pass , to canyon the burning within the heaps . By this method Mr . Bishop has converted into charcoal 600 bushels this season , and it has been applied in different ways to turnips , and also used as a top-dressing , partly by itself , and partly in mixture with _suano . ammoniacal

      water , malt cummings , and other substances ; and in all these cases its beneficial effects liave been more or less apparent . The aptness of tills . Substance to imbibe the fertilising properties of liquid manure , the ammonia of byi'cs and stables and the effluvia of confined and unhealthy habitations , is a circumstance which entitles it to much consideration . It is recommended that the saw * -dust , when taken from the mill , should be deposited in a dry airy shado , as it is exceedingly liable to imbibe and retain moisture—a circumstance which greatly impedes the process of charring . By the above process it is calculated that saw-dust may be converted into this-useful manure at the rate of ab jut one penny per bushel .

      A 2 sew _Baulev . —In July , 1838 , Mr . Noble observed a single car of barley in a field of theDunlop species , which , from its marked difference from those around it , as well as from any in the neighbouring _fields , lie supposed might turn out to be a new species . When ripe this ear was secured , and the following years the grain was sown in a garden , when it was found that the produce retained , all the peculiarities of the original ear . Tlie seed continued to be preserved and sown for several successive seasons , till ; in 1842 , about two quarters were obtained . This was sown in a field , a portion of which was at the time sown with English barley , mainly for the purpose of ascertaining the comparative carliness of the two varities , but also with the view of determining their

      comparative productiveness . The result was , that in respect to earliness , the English had the advantage by three or four days ; but in regard to productiveness the new variety had a marked superiority , yielding at the rate of 11 bolls , or CC bushels per acre , while the English did not exceed * 7 _s bobs , or 35 bushels per acre . A result equally favourable was obtained by various individuals who procured seed of this new variety for trial , the produce in one instance being at the rate of 14 bolls per acre . Its superiority to the early English barley , both in respect to quantity and quality , seemed obvious to every one who had an opportunity of making the comparison . The distinctive marks of this new variety are , 1 st tlieglossv whiteness of the straw ,

      which remains np to the tune of ripening without the least tinge of brown , a colour , more or less observable in all the other varieties ; 2 nd , the strength oft he straw , wliich is much greater than in tbe common Mnds ; and 3 rd , the greater distance of the grains from each other than in the ordinary varieties * __ so that , for example , an ear of the new variety with 12 grains on each side , will be found fully three-quarters of an inch longer than one with the same number of grains in either the Chevalier or early English barley . The advantages of this barley are its superior productiveness its length of straw ; its tillering properties ; the distance from each other at whieh the grains are placed in the car , which is a recommendation in damp climates , as the moisture is not so easilv retained as in a compactly constructed

      car . ExiiuoRnixARY Pig . —A fine pig , of the small breed , belonging to William Hornser , o f _Jnglcbv Greenhow , and bred by SirWiliam Foulis , Bart ., was slaughtered on Tuesday , the " 7 th instant , wei ghing the astonishing weight of 52 stones , 14 lb . tothe stone .

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      Education is ihe East Indies—At a late meeting ofthe Statistical Society , Colonel Sykes , F . R . S ., Vice President , in the chair , the chairman read a paper respecting the statistics of the Educational Institutions of the East India Company in Iudia . The institutions date from comparatively so recent a period that the Hindoo College at Calcutta , the most ancient amongst them , with the exception of the Sanscrit College at Benares , was only in its twentyeighth year in 1844 , and that many of them arc only of two or three years' standing . The materials used by Colonel Sykes were derived from the official reports of the several boards of education to their respective governments , for the years 1841 to 1844 , inclusive . The vernacular languages taught in the respective schools appear to be Dordoo , Hindoo , Bengalee , Ooreab , and Burmese . Of the several uistitutions , the Medical College presents the unexpected and singular featnre of turning out

      accoucheurs , surgeons , and anatomists from almost every caste , and Mahommedans as well as Christians , which Colonel Sykes states , is to liim , " with his forty years' knowledge , a marvellous change , the natural as well as religious repugnance whieh must have been overcome in these castes bearing strong testimony to the changes that can be effected in the native mind . The Bhagulpore Hill School , wliich was established to improve the moral character ofthe rude tribes of these hills , has been eminently successful , although it had to contend with the difficulty ofthe people having a language of their own , and the necessity of first teaching them Hindoo . Col . Sykes _considci's that the opinions expressed in the reports alluded to , that the Mahommedan population are aveise to receive Europeaa instruction , are not borne out inthe number ofthe returns . The total number of students is S 281 ; there are 1633 Mahommedan students to 6035 Hindoo students . Some

      have calculated the Mahonimedan population as low as one in 14 Hindoos , while the highest estimate , he believes , does not equal one in nine . In either case , the proportion of the Mahonimedan students far exceeds the proportion of the Hindoo students relatively to their respective populations , being about 1 in 4-9 of the whole students . Five-eighths ofthe whole students learn English ; a comparatively small number learn Sanscrit—viz ,, 426 ; while 5 * 72 learn Arabic , and 801 Persian . Benegalee has the greatest number of students—viz ., 2 * 196 , followed by Hindoo , 1771 , and Oordoo , 1494 ; these languages being chieflv spoken under the Agra government . There

      are 248 Christians in the Schools , and 197 who are neither Christians , Mahommedans , nor Hindoos . These are chiefly Buddists atMouhnein , or low castes of the Bhagulpore hills . Out of 2420 students under the Agra government , 2378 receive gratuitous instruction , and only 42 pay . In Bengal only 1572 students pay , and _42-S'J receive gratuitous instruction . This is questionable policy , and the Bengal government are desirous of modifying it- ; and the Bombay _goveiiiment have found advantage in imposing a school fee of trifling amount . Of the orphan schools , _cbai-itable institutions , and missionary schools , Colonel Svkes had no means of giving an account .

      Researches vs _Sourn America . —M . J . Linden , a cclebratcdBelgian traveller , has returned to Brussels within a few days past . He left Belgium in 1841 . He has explored successively , in three years and a half , the Kepublic of Tcnezuela and New Grenada , Jamaica , and the eastern part of the Island of Cuba . This traveller , wlio is known to the learned world by his preceding visits to Brazil and Mexico , has crossed the vast chain of ihe Andes , _behreen the eastern shores of Venezuela and the chief coast ofthe Pacific Ocean , which is above six hundred leagues in extent . The gloomy and pestilential forests ofthe p lains of the Tierra Caliente , as well-as the upper regions o f the _Cordelleras , knoivn in South America by the name of Paramos , were ultimately exp lored . He passed several times the limit of perpetual snow and ventured to ascend to the three

      hig hest points of A _' ew Grenada and Venezuela , the _Xevadode Merida , 16 , 437 feet , the volcano of Fohnia , 17 , 24 . 0 feet , and tiie Sierra _Nevada de Santa Maria , 16 , 500 feet above the level ofthe sea . During these dangerous excursions he has also visited the India cannibals of Goajira , and the ferocious Aurnbuacos , who inhabit the cold and temperate side of the _Nevade de Santa Maria , and he sojourned for whole months among the frightful solitude ofthe Q . uindice , and the frozen regions of theFoliroaand of thegrand Paramo de Ruiz . These dangerous researches in immense countries , some of which bad never before been visited , have _bccnfei-fUeinnumerftuSdiseovevies , and botany , in particular , is indebted to M . Linden for some ' hundred species of new plants , collected from the burning plains ofthe Apiore to the gigantic _swnmits of tbe Andes .

      The Qwcksaxd vxdzk the _^ ew Houses of Parliamext . —Our readers may not be generally aware that the foundations ofthe New Westminster Palace actually float on a quicksand . Westminster Hall and the old Palace formany centuries—upwards of eight—have done the same , so there would seem to be no reason for apprehension . This quicksand , unless confined , has _atendency to rise , spread , and shift itself . It is _thoroughly " suntmnded by walls of solid concrete , and above it , keeping it down like the cork ofa bottle , is a deep bed of concrete . The foundations , however , of the Victoria or Record Tower , as it is called , have passed throug h the quicksand , because ofthe great weight the tower will have to sustain , a very ticklish operation was performed last week near the ventilating shaft of the present houses . To preparefor new builduigs , it was necessary to excavate immediately close to this shaft , and even

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      below it . The workmen proceeded almost inch by inch , stopping down the quicksand the instant ; it began to rise . Fears were entertained for the safety of the shaft , whieh wei ghs two hundred tons , but no accident whatever happened ; the danger is passed , and theworks nearly done . It was curious to see the excavations exhibiting at once the old and new Houses of Lords and Commons , Westminster Hall , the Crypt of St . Stephen ' s , the foundations of the ventilating shaft , & c . & c . —Historical Register , _AsiHOlfOMICAL PARTICULARS OF THE PliASET SATURN . —Saturn ' s mean distance from the sun is 908 millions of miles . His annual period or length of time going round the sun 10 , 759 days , one hour . His diameter 70 , 730 miles . Length of day ten

      hours , sixteen minutes . He is 750 times as large as the earth . He has seven moons and two rings , about 39 , 000 miles from his body , and they arc about that breadth , wliich is oiie-and-a-halt the girth of tliis earth . This vast body rolls through apace at the rate of 20 , 800 miles in an hour , and such is the immense distance he is from this earth , even when at the nearest point ( about 813 millions of miles ) , that if he were to commence flying towards us , even at this astonishing rate , he would be fO / UV years and a half in reaching our planet . It woidd take a railway carnage , travelling twenty-one miles an hour , not less than sixteen hours * and forty minutes , to go as far as Saturn goes in one single minute , viz ., 350 miles .

      The _Milut Wat : our _Asthai , System . —It was first surmissed by the ancient philosopher , Democritus , that the faintly white zone which spans the sky under the name of milky way , might be only a dense collection of stars , too remote to be distinguished . This conjeeture has been verified by the instruments of modern astronomers , and some speculations of a most remarkable kind have been formed in connection with it . By the joint labours of the two _Hersehels the sk y has been " gauged" in all directions by the telescope , so as to ascertain the conditions of different parts with respect to the frequency ofthe stars . The result has been a conviction , that as the planets arc parts of solar systems , so are solar systems parts of what may be calledi astral svstems : that is ,

      systems composed ofa multitude of stars , bearing a certain relation to each other . The astral system to which we belong is conceived to be of an oblong flatfish form , with aspace wholly or comparatively vacantin the centre , while theextremity in _oneconditionpai-tsinto two . The stars are most thickly sown in the outer parts of this vast ring , and these constitute the milky way . Our sun is believed to be placed in the southern portion of the ring , near its inner edge , so that we are represented with many more stars , and see the milky way much more clearly in that direction than towards the north , in which line our eye has to traverse the vacant central space . Nor is this all . . Sir William Herschel , so early as the year 1783 , detected a motion in our solar system with respect to

      the stars , and announced that it was tending towards the star A . in the constellation Hercules . This has been generally verified by recent and more exact calculations , which fix on a . point in Hercules , near the . star 143 of the 17 th hour , according to Piozzi ' s catalogue , as that towards which our sun is proceeding . It is , therefore , receding from the inner edge ofthe ring . Motions of this kind , through such vast regions of space , must be long in producing any change sensible to the inhabitants of our planet , and it is not easy to grasp their general character ; but grounds have nevertheless been found for supposing that not only our sun , but the other suns ofthe system , pursue a wavy course round the ring / row west to east ,

      crossing and vetvossing the middle of the annular circle . "Some stars will depart more , others less , from either side of the equilibrium , according to the places in which they are situated , and according to the direction and the velocity with wliich they are put in motion . Our sun ia probably one of those which depart furthest from it , and descend furthest into the empty space within tho ring . " According to this view , a time may come when we shall be much more in the thick of the stars of om * astral system than wc are now , and have , of course , much more brilliant nocturnal skies ; but it may be countless ages before the eyes which are to see this added resplendence shall exist . —Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation .

      ^^*Ammm^M^^M^Mt^M**'^*^*^^Mmmmmt^ * Mmmtmmmmtmtmmmnmmmm^Mm*^ The Irish " Movement.

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      TO -IHE BIGHT HON . 8 IB ItOBEBT PEEt , BABT . St . Jarlath ' s , Tuam , Feast of St . Timothy , 1845 . Sib , —Whilst you survey witli singular satisfaction the wide extent of spiritual bondage over Great Britain , you are doubtless mortified hy tho painful contrast ofthe spiritual freedom of Ireland : and , anxious for the diffusion of tliis religious thraldom , you fear that its reign cannot be permanent or secure until the light of its Catholic faith is extinguished in a country so contiguous as to be nkely to become contagious . "It is not the first time that Ire .

      land , an exception to the surrounuiug servitude , roused the envy ofthe despots who doomed its liberty to dustnietiou . Such was the policy which , we are told by Tacitus , Agrippa had iu contemplation . He despaired of establishing the dominion of the imperial arms over Britain and Caledonia as long as Irish freedom was , in tho language of the ancient historian , within view ; and you too , improving on Ms policy , despair of perpetuating the worse despotism of heresy under which the once favoured land of England groans , as long as the _Uglit ancl freedom of the Koman Catholic faith burns with such sfceadjstrength and lustre iu the neighbouring island .

      Hence the untiring exertions of that _Trotestant ascen . daney , still so hostile , to extinguish a religion which is a living reproach to the revolting errors that dkfigure the face of England . Witness the lamentable l . _fMrof those errors in the entire disorganisation of what is termed the Church of England , and iu the hideous intestine discord by which its crazy frame is falling asunder . Witness , too , the dreadful _imiuoraUty which is their offspring _^ and the prevalence of those unprovoked and gratuitous crimes which , in despite of the insolence of its journalists and the homage which wealthy nations are sure to extol , even unto the paUiation of their vices , hare made the moral

      condition of England a word of warning over the civilised world . . Are you ambitious to sink Ireland to the level of the same degrading social materialism I Should you succeed , instead of the occasional outbreaks of revenge which humanity abhors , and which would have been frequent , were it not for the incessant influence of religion and its priesthood , you would witness a tierce spirit of national indignation wliich , not two nor all , the spare legions within your command , could repress . So much is the tranquillity of the country and the stability of tlie throne beholden to the pious and disinterested exertions of its calumniated priesthood .

      The lamentable state of social disorganisation to which I have alluded is felt and deplored by many ofthe English prelates , who confess they are unable to apply a remedy ; witness , for example , the ludicrous cmbarrassmeut of Ms Lordship of Exeter—to-day issuing his episcopal mandates for ecclesiastical uniformity , and revoking them again , it Is said , at the imperious requisition of the * Minister of the Crown . Such of the members of that body as possess a tolerable share of learning , whose intellect ranges beyond tlie small pale of the Anglican establishment , and the brief period of its disastrous schism , surveying the social happiness enjoyed by the nations when the church was not the chained handmaid ofthe Crown ,

      are in a condition the most pitiable . Vthile tlieir zeal is animatedby the heroic fortitude ofthe ancient champions of the freedom of the church , they fancy for a time that they can imitate then * example . No sooner , however , do they engage in the attempt than they are obliged to own that from the establishment , though retaining some of the material features of a church , the spirit that animated and informed it is gone : and instead of the holy vigour of an Ambrose or an Anselm , who arraigned the cruel delinquencies of Royalty itself , they are silent on the crimes of the nation , because they must regulate by the nod of a poUtical Minister the nature of their pastoral instructions .

      No doubt you are anxious to bring about a similar reform in the Catholic church in Ireland . If so , you must expect it "ill be productive of the same disastrous results uponjmoraHty and order . It is as a step to this complete subjection of the Catholic church to the state , which no doubt is your aim , you have introduced the fatal measure of the Bequests BUI , and by its fruit you may judge of the wisdom of the policy which , in an evU hour , you have adopted . You have avowed that your difficulty was Ireland . Have you not increased and thickened those difficulties by this disastrous measure ? Sever , within the memory of the oldest of its inhabitants , was Ireland in a state of more frightful excitement . And why ? From the encroachment you have striven , hut I hope in vain , to make on tlie freedom of the Catholic religion . Aud

      allow me to teu you , in all sincerity , that as you are now about meeting the Parliament , your first measure must be the repeal , the total repeal of that penal law , root and branch , if you wish to restore tranquillity to Ireland . I will not fatigue your or the pubhc attention with the detail of any ofthe _arguments against tliis iniquitous law , that are now as familiar as they are forcible . "Whoever can resist the evidence adduced by Serjeant Shee , and principally by Mr . O'ConneU , of the ruinous effects of that law , if unrepealed , on the best interests o the Catholic reJigvov _. , must have an understanding steeled by prejudices wluch no argument can approach . The question has been so argued that persons the most illiterate , as weH as the _nigst enlightened , are in possession Of tuOSC

      • ugumen ' ts , and hence an intellectual and religious opposition to that measure , deep , wide—embracing all orders and all classes—laity , clergy , priests and bishops , gentry and peasantry ; in short , spread over the entire country , and fast as the hold which their faith has on its people . When it was announced that three estimable and venerated prelates were associated to the commission to carry this odious Act into effect , the public mind was stunned , and a sudden grief fell on theheart of the nation . Their sorrow was intense ; they felt by the novel connexion tliat the freedom of their church was in manifest danger , and the appointment , like a dam chafing and fretting tlie current which it was intended to check , raised it still higher and gave it further force .

      There are not m the world apeople who feel more veneration for their prelates than the Irish people , aud therefore you must suspect that the measure must be bad which could produce dissensions in a body the members of which the spirit of Catholic faith and concord keeps , ill general , so closely _eonvpacted . It required no extraordinary sagacity to perceive tbatyou , in looking for the aid of Catholic bishops , sought not to support the Catholic religion , or to « alt its priesthood , but rather to buttress the tottering

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      fabric of Protestant ascendancy . If you meant , as in policy as well as justice you should have done , to legislate on a principle of common fairness towards the Catholics , why not recognize iu law those canonical rights and apostolical jurisdiction on which this penal law incontestibl y encroaches ? Yet , with the attempt toiujure and degrade you , and a few hollow encomiasts , take credit to yourselves for acknowled ging , for the first time , the rights and titles ofthe episcopacy in Ireland i Yes , you acknowledge to insult them , and even the honour you show has in it all the bitterness of scornful derision . How do you honour even those venerable prelates whom you have made members of your misterial board 1 By giving them the titles of bishops , without sees , and emblazoning over their heads the sole and exclusively legitimate titles of others to the same sees which their sainted and heroic predecessors would never have consented to acknowledge .

      Thereeaimotbe two lawful bishops ofthe same see . The respective epithets of " Catholic" and " Protestant " might , if compromise cqu . _10 . be at all admitted , mark the distinct sources of their apostolical or Parliamentary jurisdiction . But , instead of this , the Protestant prelates are blazoned forth as the Archbishops of Armagh and Dublin , without any qualification , w hile , in insulting and subordinate contrast , the Catholic pvolfltes Jive announced as a rc _/ i bishops of—nowhere . But you give them a precedence , a rank in society ! Yes , you strip them of their rights , as far as in you lies . You amuse them with the shadow of ceremony , which is unmeaning bat as far as it is significant of substantial rights anil duties . And you humble them with the condescension of your insulting patronage , sueh as you would exhibit to

      some exiled and falleu dynasty , fixing on them more strongly the gaze of pity , by the mockery of a homage of which you disown the legitimate foundation . What would her Prime Minister think of the respect of any inilividual for royalty who would allow her Majesty the name of Queen , withholding her rightful titles of "Great Britain and Ireland , " on which it is founded *? Surely the recognition of her name could not disguise the want of fidelity necessarily included in any such omission Of hd' rightful title . Of what inconsistency and confusion is not bigotry productive ? You would fain confer on some of our bishops a Parliamentary jurisdiction which you are incompetent to give , and deprive others of their apostolical jurisdiction , which you are as incompetent to take away ! and , by way of indemnifying the one for the

      indignity of master slaves , to which you labour to degrade them , you give them a ministerial license of making a similar invasion on the apostolical rights of their brethren . You expect that they will do all this to prolong the existence of that anti-national and odious establishment , some of whose prelates , their fellow-benchers , poured forth but the other day their usual contributions of orthodox hatred on the idolatry and tyranny of the Church of Rome . But no ; more valuable by far than the degrading honours ofthe oppressors of the faith are the confidence , the attachment , and affection of the devoted Catholics of Ireland , who , instead of denying the titles , the jurisdiction of their beloved bishops , wiU revere them as the only legitimate occupants of the thrones which some ofthe most eminent ofthe successors of the apostles have adorned .

      Immediately connected with this subject is the affectation of a new-born reverence among the hereditary enemies of Ireland for the rights of the Roman Pontiff . If you really rerere the centre of Catholic unity , why endeavour to strip the Catholic bishops of their titles , which his Holiness has conferred , and without which , and the spiritual influence they confer , none of those bishops would be deemed , worth a moment ' s negotiation to relieve the embarrassments Of a Prime Minster ? Perhaps this feeling is like the prodigal ' s appreciation of virtue , from the habit of sinful courses , springing from the evidence of the disorders into which a privation of that light which issues from the Apostolic See has so long plunged the population of England . If so , then we should hail such a feeling' , and help their faint and tottering steps in

      returning to the light and merciful consolations of that paternal home from which they have been so long straying . Oh . ' no , - it is the envious feeling of the fallen spirit at the happiness springing from truth and union ; and their tongue , like his , strives to dart forth in glozing flatter }* the venom of destruction . They may spare themselves their officious solicitude about the conduct of the Catholics of Ireland . In the fight for their faith the Irish Catholics are no raw recruits . Thanks to the persecuting policy of England , and the atrocious code of her sanguinary edicts , tlie Irish Catholics , in defending their faith , have been made the most practised champions upon earth ; and they have not combated so triumphantly and so long without the conviction that they owe their signal triumphs to their unexampled fidelity _^ _iB *

      to that holy chief whom their Master placed over the church for their guidance . They will then cling—as their pious ancestors have done—to the rock of Peter ; they shall labour , too , for the peaceful recovery of all those rights of which , on account of their attachment to the chair of Peter , they have been deprived , nor shall they suffer any power of Parliamentary creation to intercept one particle of that homage we all owe his Holiness , or of that spiritual jurisdiction of which he is the best guardian . And , allow mo to ask you , who are they who in reality are making inroads on the power of the Pope , and striving to make a mockery of his jurisdiction ? Is it wc , who constitutionally labour for the repeal of the Bequests Act , which is repugnant to the canons of the church , and not in accordance with the principles of the Catholic religion , or those who , without consulting the Holy See , strive , tyrannically , to enforce so penal an enactment ? Before the commission was named we sought ,

      as was the duty of Catholics , that this question should be referred to the decision of the Holy Father , We were told , why refer to the Holy Father a question regarding mere temporalities ? Sued was the unceremonious way in which the authority of Home was treated . The people meet , resolve , denounce the unconstitutional encroachment on their civil rights . They are told that they violate the obedience due to their spiritual superiors by their deliberating and resolving ou a matter which they should leave to a spiritual tribunal . Thus the Pope must not decide , because it is a temporal matter ; the people must not decide , because it is a spiritual concern ; and during this unprincipled and sophistical shifting , tho prophecy of a celebrated writer is sought to be realised by the erection ofa ministerial and political Papacy in our own kingdom , directed by the nod of the Premier , disregarding on one hand the authority of the Tope , and on the other striving to crush the religious and political rights ofthe people .

      Whoever reflects on tlie career of Mr . Anthony Ulake , his evidence before a committee in the House of Commons , and his being a member of this commission , must ( unless the commission be speedily dissolved ) entertain serious fears for the continuance of the Pope ' s substantial authority in Ireland . When I consider that he Jias been the old advocate of the veto , and of every measure for fettering the freedom of the Catholic church , the pliant and dexterous follower of every successive Administration , whether Whig or Tory , the self-appointed patron of Maynooth College , in order to project , I suppose , with Mr . Thomas Wyse , how far it may be feasible , by a little domestic _ce-ncordat , to effect some change in the system of the teaching of its faith , for an increase in its finances ; in shcrt , tho coccoction of a scheme of a Royal commission of bishops to manage the payment of the Catholic clergy , and to inflict the penalties of misdemeanour on the others who should not yield to the usurped powers of political bishops of the Parliamentary commission—when I

      consider how on that occasion he trifled with the authority of the Pope , recommending a course of penal legislation , and then leaving the Pope to shift for his own authority the best way he could—when I reflect that much of what has been suggested has been already done in establishing the commission of the Bequests Act , I ani only consoled by the reflection that the mischievous projects ofthe man will be defeated by the pious zeal of the Catholics of Ireland in procuring a total repeal of the law ; and were it not for this their zeal , I fear that as a public and political character , history would have to record , that since the disastrous event of Protestant ascendancy a worse importation , or one more fatal to tlie Catholic religion , than this same Mr . Anthony Blake , was never wafted back to Ireland . To Lord Stanley this gentleman would be a most valuable acquisition in the colonies . How humiliating the prospect ofthe once glorious church of Ireland , when its pastors allow their holiest rights and duties to be invaded and usurped by such scheming political

      adventurers . I cannot , therefore , but deplore the misdirection ofthe patriotic feelings of some ardent Irishmen combating the phantom of a foreign temporal power while they are heedless of tlie enemy that it is threatening them at home . Instead of being alarmed at the exercise of any undue power from abroad , what is desirable is , to prevent any encroachment on the Pope ' s hallowed authority in protecting our church . Some are also in extasies rather immoderate at the diplomatic announcement that no negotiations are going forward on the affairs of the Irish church between the Holy See and the British Government . Even should there not , what grounds are there for

      congratulation *? What need you require a concordat , if , even without one , you can erect your commission at home , and delegate to it a Parliamentary jurisdiction to invade the rights of the Catholic hierarchy ? What more do you require ? Lord Hcytesbury hopes , indeed , that the _Cathohcs of Ireland will , therefore , be contented ? Yes , they will be less suspicious when the Bequests Act is repealed and the Bequests Board dissolved - otherwise his Excellency ' s proposition amounts to tliis : — "Be not alarmed ; we have only made a breach in the walls of yourchuvch ; hold , forbear your meetings ; putconfidence in as , your old and trusty friends , and we will pledge ourselves to halt at the gates and make no further advances on your religion . "

      It is also made a subject of similar congratulation , that should a concordat be negociated , all then would assist in averting such evils from the Catholic Church . Instead of wasting our solicitude on distant and contingent dangers , we should be alive to tbe imminent evils of the commission now established at home , and labour to close the breach wliich has been recently made in the bulwarks of its holy discipline . It will not be enough to say—* ' Allow the present incipient usurpation of the rights of the bishops to be firmly established , and in future they will obtain every necessary assistance in repelling future

      aggression . " Such is their mode of dealing with the evil who talk of amendments in the Act , and the removal or modification of this or that objectionable clause , while _tliey they allow the encroaching and invading principle of the commission itself—the vigorous root of the evil—to remain . No , the successful step of letting any portion of the Act remain would only prompt you or any other Minister to invite other prelates to join hhn in a fresh assault on our liberties , by another new commission stillmore penal : the example once given by good and enlightened men , of joining one commission iu disregard ofthe known wishes und feelings of , in general , the people , the clergy ,

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      and the majority of their brethren , migh t be successively adopted at some future day by others improving on their models , until the citadel of Catholicity would thus be surrendered , and almost all the sacred functions of the hierarchy be usurped by motley aggregations of political and Parliamentary commissioners . Let , then , your first recommendation to Parliament be tlie repeat of an Act which the mischief already produced Should be a warning of the more awful calamities with which it is fraught . A law so penal to religion , and so utterly repugnant to the interests and declared will of the entire people , would , according to all sound civUians and jurists , be downwright tyranny . to enforce . Yon feared , if we are to judge of the night combinations of law and armam euts to wliich you resorted to crush them , the

      display of popular power exhibited by the monster meetings . The malignant spirits of your " Bequests Act has evoked a far more formidable agitation . Yes , the people of Ireland and its clergy love their country . TllCy _ai'Q solicitous for its prosperity , and wilt give cveiy aid compatible with their respective duties towards the restoration of a native Legislature . But they love their religion more—the one being a temporal aud tho other an eternal interest . Indeed , so much are _IreliVuu and the Catholic religion bound up together in the system of English domination , that it would be difficult to separate the interest of one from the other . To the spoliation of their country ' s rights religion has often reconciled the Irish people . Their history has attested that they are a nation who , for that holy religion , are ready to sacrifice

      their lives . " I am , your faithful servant , ' John , Archbishop of Tiusi . " January 26 .

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      Mixing Accidents . —On Thursday morning week another melancholy accident happened in a coal-pit at Tipton , near Dudley , belonging to a Mr . Williams , by which three lives were lost . It appears that the three deceased were at their usual works , with tlireo others , in the p it , and had made a large excavation under a bed ot coal , and also were removing the top or soft coal from above , as a preparation for blasting with gunpowder , but before all was in readiness the portion of coal gave way . and although they saw it

      coming * , it fell upon the three ill-fitted men and crushed them to death ; the other three escapedunhurt . In as short a time as possible thev were got out , but were quite dead and much mutilated . Two of the sufferers weremarried , and _havoleftwivesandfamillcs ; tho other was unmarried , A young man named Smith , who assisted in extricating his brother , one of the above unfortunates , from under the mass of coal that fell upon them , was at work on the following day in a coal-pit adjoining , and met with a similar accident , a large quantity of coal falling upon him and causing his death . —Another dreadful accident , though not attended with fatal consequences , occurred at an iron-stone mine at C _' osely , near Tipton , on Saturday last . The cornel's having lately held

      out fora rise of wages , and obtained it , the miners in the above pit , and others in the neighbourhood , have likewise demanded an equal rise with the colliers , but which was not agreed to by the masters , who would only consent to a rise of 3 d . per day instead of fid . The men , however , who were employed in the above pit at length agreed to resume their work at the 3 d . per day rise ; and on Saturday morning last five of them were being lot down into the pit , when , before they had reached the bottom , tllC chain woke , and they fell to the bottom of the pit and the whole length of chain tell upon them . When they were taken up each one had a limb broken , and was otherwise dreadfully bruised , but fortunately none were killed , —Worcester Journal .

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      BANKRUPTS . ( From Friday ' s Gazette . Jan . 24 . ) William Dettmer , Upper Marylehone-street _, pianofovtemanufacturer—Henry Isaacs , Yarmouth , Norfolk , woollen-draper—George Hawkins , Colchester , clothier—I ional Watliug , Gilbert-street , Hanover-square , butcher—Samuel Smeeton , West Smithfield , cattlcsalesman—Joseph _Evaiis , Bourton-on-the-llill , Gloucestershire , innkeeper . DIVIDENDS . Feb . 14 , J . Overington , Arundel , plumber—Feb . 14 , J . Buvgess , Cratfield , Suffolk , farmer—Feb . 14 , T . Sherwood , Tilehurst , brickmaker—Feb . 15 , C . Tapp , Wigmoi'C-Street , Marylcbene _, coachmaker—Feb . U , J . T . Mauml , Birmingham , liieenuin—Feb . 19 , J . L . Heathorn , _Abelim-eh-lnne , City , shipowner—Feb . 14 , W . Broome and W . Hardy , Oxford-street , drapers—Feb . 18 , W . Morrison , Globe-street , Wiipping , cooper—Feb . 18 , J . W . Robey , Upper John-street , Fitzroy-square , builder—Feb . 20 , J . and S . Owen , Sheffield , merchants—Feb . 6 , M . Seary , Swi'dur , Flintshire , maltster—Feb . 14 , E . Davies , Great Crosby , Lancashire , blacksmith .

      BANKRUPTS . ( From Tuesday ' s Gazette . ) Allen HuiTclI , Park-place , St . John ' s Wood , wine-merchant—Charles Moore , St . John-street . Clerkenwell , _ciii'vei _' —William Smith and llobert Smith , Bow-Iune , City , warehousemen—Charles Burrage , Newgatu-mavUet , cavcassbutcher — William Pah-dough , Liverpool , victualler — Charles Maxwell Wilkinson , Ulvcrston , Lancashire , winemerchant — John Kelsall , Hanley , Staffordshire , fishmonger .

      DIVIDES ]) . Feb . 20 , G . C . Smith , Kensington , builder , CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED , UN 1 ESS CAUSE BE SHOWN TO THE CONTRARY ON THE DAY OF MEETIKG . Feb . 18 , It . Colmau and E . R . Hall , Colchester , ironfounders—Feb . 19 , T . G . Martin , Cold _Ilnrbour-lane , Cambevwell , wine-merchant—Feb . W , J , Stepiieiisou , Bradford , Yorkshire , machine-maker—Feb . 19 , W . S . Drury , Chester , ironmonger—Feb . 19 , A . W . Pollock , Liverpool , commission-merchant—Feb . 20 , E . N . Wilson , Batley Carr , Yorkshire , common-brewer—Feb . 19 , E . Hemming , Astwoodbank , Worcestershire , needle-manufacturer—Feb . 18 , J , Cf . "VVchb , Rosamond-buildings , Islington , miiiei'ftl-watermanufacturer—Feb . 18 , 11 . Jones , Birmingham , victualler .

      _DECtARATlOXS OF DIVIDENDS . II , Williams , Parringdon _, Berkshire , grocer , first dividend of Is 3 d in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . _Pollett , Samurouk-court , Biisinghull-stvcct . S . Sly , Bouvevie-street , Fleet-street , engraver , final dividend of 3 _§ d in the potind rany Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Pollett , Sambrook-couvt , Basinghall-street . J . Smiih and II . Titford , King-street , Snow-hill , engravers , first dividend of _IJd in the pound , any Wednesday , at tlie office of Mr . Follett , _Sambi-ook-court , Jiasiugliallstrcet . 11 . Titford , Sing-street , Snow-hill , engraver , first dividend of 2 s 4 d in tlie pound , any Wednesday , at tlie onice of Mr . Follett , Sambrook-court , Bnsingliall-street . B . Bright , Wiginorc-street , licensed victualler , first dividend of 2 s Cd in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Follett , Samhroolc-court , Bsisinghall-strect . 11 . Mitchell , Lime-street , City , merchant , second dividend of 9 d in the pound , any _Satuvday , at the _offit-e of Mr . Green , Aldermanbury .

      R . Hetheringtoii , Ellen-grove , Cumberland , tanner , first and final dividend of 4 s 2 d and eight-fifteenths of a penny in the pound , any Saturday , at the office of Mr . Baker Newcastle-upon-Tyne . J . Parker , Manchester , coach builder , first and final dividend of 10 s in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Pott , Manchester . J . Metcalfe , Liverpool , grocer , first dividend of Is Gd in the pound , auy Thursday , at the office of Mr . Cazcnore , Liverpool . J . and J . Gale , Love-lane , Shadwell , vopemakers , dividend of fid in the pound , on account , to new proofs , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Follett , Sambrook-court , Basmghall-strect . E . Couden , Mitton-strcet , Dorset-square , builder , second dividend ol' 5 Ad in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Follett , Sambrook-court , Basinghall-strcct . J . Heron , Soutli Blytli , Northumberland , shipowner , first dividend of 9 d iu the pound , any SaUwuay , at the office of Mr . Baker , Newcastle-upon-Tyne .

      W . Bearup , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , joiner , second and final dividend o _' f 4 d aud three-tenths of a penny in tho pound , any Saturday , at the office of Mr . Baker , Newcastleupon-Tyne . .... E . Heron , South Blyth , Northumberland , shipowner , first dividend of Odin the pound , any Saturday , at the office of Mr . Baker , Neweastle-upon- 'i ' yne . 11 . Beeslcy , Wells-street , Oxford-Street , nine-cooper , first dividend of Is in the pound , on Monday next and following _Mondaj-, at the office of Mr . _Alsager , Birchin-lane , City . T . II , Whitmarsh , George-street , Hanover-square , hotelkeeper , first dividend of 3 s iu the pound , on Monday next and following Monday , at the office of Mr . Alsager , _Bii'cliin-lane , City . J . Avery , _Miuciug-laue , City , colonial broker , first dividend of 4 { d in the pound , on Monday next and following Monday , " it the office of Mr . Alsager , Birchin-lane , City , A . Goodeve , Aldermanbury , City , warehouseman , first dividend of Is in tlie pound , ou Monday next and following Monday , at the office of Mr . Alsager , Birchin-lane , City . _rARTNEKSniPS DISSOLVED .

      Leathers and Attwater , Palace-row , New-road , St . Paneras , grocers—J . Powell and A . Tunstall , Liverpool , pawnbrokers—J . West and H . Pearson , Selby , Yorkshire , wharfingers—E . Buckley and W . Kershaw , Manchester , common carriers—W . Mills and J , Hyles _, Maidstone , painters—J . and E . Jones , Wrexham , Denbighshire , * plumbevs—T . II . Kevitt aud J . Thomason , Tranmere , Cheshire , brewers—T . and J . Crofts , Belper , Derbyshire , mercers—F . Scholcfield and J . Dawson , High-street , South _, wark , railroad carriers—W . Cussons and J . Balderson , Huddersfield , wool-staplers—1 ' . andJ . Dallin , _Ilfi-aee-mbe , Devonshire , sail-makers—W . F . Newton and J . Kelk , Margaret-street , Cavendish-square , carpenters—J . Hayes and W . Bowler , Manchester , manufacturing chemists-J . Hcsran . G . II . Hall , and J . Hcgan , Liverpool ,

      merchants—H . Hale and II . Holdsworth , Westminster-bridge-road , warehousemen—W . N . and II . Alcock _, T . Birkbeck , W . Ilobinsou , and 11 . and 3 . Bivkbeck , Settle , Yorkshire , bankers : as far as regards R . and J . Birkbeck—E . Cuesnay and M . Ozun _, Bouverie-street , Fleet-street , importers —T . Piatt and II . Sutcliff , Manchester , commission agents —J . P . Kemp and J . King , Hayes , Middlesex , brewers—D . Blias and G . "Duxbury , Blackburn , Lancashire , cotton manufacturers—T . and G , Cox , Worcester , glove manutacturers- —H . Hutchinson and J . L . Ward , Regent-street , electro-platers—R . P . Livingston and W . Cheetham , Nottingham , lace manufacturers—F . Austin and _J-Sttelcy , Keppel-row , New-road , artificial stone manufacturers—S . Bassnett , R . Arrandale , mid G . Bassnett , Denton , Lancaster , hat manufacturers j as far is regards R , Arrandale .

      Market Intelligence.

      MARKET INTELLIGENCE .

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      Losdon Coax _Exchasge , _MoxoAr , Jax . 27 . —The arrivals of wheat and barley from the cast coast were again large during the past week , but of English oats the receipts were very small . The supplies of malt and flour wore rather plentiful , and of beans and peari _({ . _nite an average quantity came to hand . From Scotland the receipts consisted of a few hundred qrs . of barley-, and about 4000 qrs . oats , whilst from Ireland the greater _juivt of tV supply of tlie latter article got up ijuite early . ' "• _veiry few cargoes having arrived sir * ' At this morning ' s market there - "heal by land-carriage samples ties ; few oate fresh y

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      Ireland , and only a moderate display of beans orpeas _* but of barley the quantity offering was abundant _. The demand for wheat was _languid in the extreme , and considerable difficulty was experienced in making sales at last Monday ' s quotations . The transactions in free foreign wheat were on a restricted scale , and quotations remained much the same as on this day se nnight . In bond nothing whatever was done . Flour moved off slowly , and ship samples were rather easier to buy . Barley of all descriptions hung heavily on hand , * even the finest malting qualities were the turn cheaper , and secondary sorts must again be noted Is . per qr . lower . Tho dull state of the barley trade influenced the sale of malt , and previous prices were barely maintained . For oats a moderate

      inquiry was experienced , and in partial instances rather higher rates were obtained for fresh corn . Beans and peas moved off somewhat tardily but neither article was cheaper than last week . I here was a livelv demand for winter tares at very full rales . Clovcrsecd continued dull , with prices tending downwards . Linseed brought quite as much money . Canarysecd sold slowly at last Monday ' s reduction . _^ TllC follo \ Yinu is the olKeial statement o ' f the stock of grain in bond in London for the month ending Jan . 5 : —Wheat 133 , 112 , oats 23 , 154 , beans 2 , 050 , peas 1 , 517 qrs .: flour 52 , 116 cwt . Official statement of the stock of gram in \\ m \ A in the United Kingdom _tbr the _aiojitii ending Jan . 5 : —Wheat 362 , 150 , barley 2 , 401 , oats 74 , 483 , beans * I 3 , 442 , peas 7 , 304 qrs . -Hour 202 , 091 cwt _.

      CDltllEXl" PRICES OP eilAIX , PER IMPERIAL QVAWmi . -British . s s B 3 Wheat , Essex , < fc Kent , new « fc old red 42 48 White 50 84 Norfolk and Lincoln . , , , du 13 4 li Ditto 48 50 Northum . and Scotch white 42 4 G Fine 48 52 Irish red old 0 0 Red > 4 !> 44 White 45 48 Rye Old 81 02 New 30 _S- > Hrank 35 36 Barley Grinding . . 26 23 Distil . 20 _« 2 Malt , 33 37 Malt Brow" .... 54 5 ( i l _' ale 58 63 "Ware 64 65 Beans Ticks old & new 30 31 Harrow 33 38 Pigeon 38 42 Peas Grev 32 33 Maple 33 34 WMtO 3 G 40 Oats Lineolns A- Yorkshire Feed 21 23 Poland 23 25 Scotcli Angus 22 24 Potato 24 26 Irish White 20 22 Black 20 22 Per -2801 b . nut . s s I Per aso lb . net . s 8 Town-made Flour , , . « H ] _riol'fohc & , Stockton 33 34 Essex and Kent . ... Si 35 | Irish 35 36 Free . Bond .

      Foreign . s s 9 Wheat , Dantsic , Konigsburg , & c 52 fio 36 40 . Marks , Mecklenburg ,,,,,... 48 54 32 35 Danish , Holstein _, and Friesland red 44 47 28 30 . Bussian , Hard 44 48 Soft ... 44 47 26 28 Italian , Bed . . 46 50 White ... 30 52 30 32 . Spanish , II ; ird . 40 50 Soft .... 48 52 30 32 Kye , _B-iltic , Dried , ... 30 32 Undried . . 31 32 21 22 Barley , _Grinditifr . 2 G 28 Malting _, . 32 34 22 30 Beans , Ticks . . 30 34 Egyptian . 31 32 2 fi 30 Peas , White . . 36 38 Maple . . 33 34 28 30 Oats , Dutch , Brew and Thick 23 25 19 21 Bussian feed 21 22 15 16 . Danish , Friesland feed 21 23 15 17 Flour , per barrel 25 ' 28 19 20

      London Smithfield Cattle Mabkkt , Monday , - Jan . 27 . —Notwithstanding the general complaints which have existed for some time past , relative to the shortness of keep in the country , the arrivals Of beasts up to _thisinowiing ' s market were rather numerous for the time of year , and of considerably improved quality , * indeed , the supply of tliat description of stock on offer to-day was by far the best we have witnessed since the holding of the great Christmas market . This early comineneeinent of the Norfolk season leads us to expect a continued arrival of well-made-up beasts from that and the neighbouring counties . The attendance of buyers was again tolerably numerous , yet the beef trade * was ia a very sluggish state , at a decline in the currencies obtained on this day se ' nnight , of 2 d . per Sib ., theliighestquotation obtained for tlie best Scots not exceeding 4 s . 1 per 81 b . As might be expected , the imports of live

      stock from abroad continue small , they having amounted , during the week , to only thirty b _' easts and sixty-two sheep from Holland . To-day only a few head were ou sale here , and whicli were in middling condition . From Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire , there were received 600 Scots and homebreds ; from Lincolnshire , Leicestershire , and Northamptonshire , 600 short-horns ; from the western and midland districts , 800 Herefords _, runts , Devons , efce . , * from other parts of England , 400 of various breeds ; and from Scotland , 190 horned and polled Scots ; the remainder of the bullock supply being chiefly derived from the neighbourhood of tho metropolis . The numbers of sheep were only moderate . For all breeds we had an improved enquiry , at fully , but at nothing quotable beyond , last week's prices . Calves , the supply of which was small , BlOt a firm _, demand , at fully last Monday ' s quotations . Prime small pigs sold readily , other kinds slowly , at late rates .

      By the quantities of 8 lb ., sinking the offal . s . d . s . d , Inferior coarse beasts ... 2 8 2 10 Second quality .... 3 0 3 4 Prime large oxen . ,. 3 638 Prime Scots , & c 3 10 4 0 Coarse inferior sheep ... 2 10 3 0 Second quality .... 3 2 3 6 Prime coarse woolled .,, 3840 Prime Southdown .... 4 2 4 4 Large coarse calves . .,, 3846 Prime small 4 8 4 10 Suckling calves , each . . . 18 6 30 0 Large hogs 3 8 4 0 Neat small porkers ... 4 2 4 6 _Qunrtcv-olil store pigs , each . 16 0 20 HEAD OF CATTLE ON SALE . ( From the Books of the Glevk of the Market . ) Beasts , 3 , 032-Sheop , 24 , _420-Calves , 61—Pigs , 370 .

      Hat Markets . —SuiTHFiELD .--Coun" 0 meadoff hay , £ 810 s to M 10 s , - useful ditto , £ i 12 s to £ 5 3 a ; line upland ditto , £ 5 is to £ 5 8 s ; clover hay , £ < k 10 s to £ 6 ; oat straw , £ 1 12 s to £ 1 14 s ; wheat straw , £ 1 14 s to £ 116 s per load . A moderate supply , and « V " eff " sh demand . . _WuiiEoiiAP-Efc . —Course meadow hay , £ 3 10 s to £ i 10 s ; useful ditto , £ i 12 s to £ o ; fine upland ditto , £ 5 3 s to £ o Ss ; clover hay £ 4 Ss to £ 6 ; oat straw , £ 1 12 s ; to £ 1 14 s ; wheat stray , £ 1 lis to £ 110 s per load . Trade on tho whole , dull , at the above quotations . Meat Markets . _—Soorimai , Jan . 29 . —Although the supply of stock here this morning was seasonably good , the demand was tolerably steady , and last week's quotations were supported . Beef , from 2 s lOd to 4 s _, * mutton , 3 s lOd to 4 s 4 d ; veal , 3 s 8 d toisSd ; and pork , 2 s l (/ d to 4 s 4 d per Slbs . Supply * . —beasts , 40 * sheep , 1 , 200 ; calves , 41 , * pigs , 54 .

      Romford , Jan . 29 . —Prime mutton and veal commanded a steady sale , at full prices , * but otherwise the trade ruled dull . Beef , from 2 s 8 d to is ; mutton , 2 s lOd to 4 s 6 d ; veal , 3 s Sd to 4 s 8 s ; and pork , 2 s lOd to 4 s 4 d per Slbs . Suckling calves , 18 s to 80 s ; quarter-old store pigs , 16 s to 18 s ; niilch cows , with their small calf , £ 16 to £ 19 each . _Liverpool Cobn Mabkbt . —Monday , Jan . 27 . — With a liberal supply o Hour , we have to report a fair arrival of wheat , oats , and oatmeal from Ireland , but the week ' s imports of grain , & c , are otherwise of

      small amount . N o change has occurred m the duties : on foreign produce . The course of the trade has varied little , if at all , from that whieh has marked it for some weeks past . "Wheat in limited demand , but holdci _* s firm , and prices steady . Flour has moved slowly , at previous rates . At Friday ' s market , oats were ' offering at -id . to Id . per bushel below Tuesday ' s rates , and few could be sold very good mealing were disposed of at 3 s . Id . per 45 lhs . No alteration is made in tlie quotations for oatmeal , but this article also has met a dull sale . In barley , beans , and peas there has been little passing .

      Manciiestei ! Corn Market . —Friday , Jan . 25 .- — The trade throughout the week has been generally of a lifeless character , the transactions in all articles having heen confined to the purchases made by necessitous buyers for the supply of their immediate wants , without material variation from the previous currency . At our market this morning a very languid inquiry was experienced for wheat , and , except for the choicest runs , the rates of this day se ' nnight were not obtainable hi the limited business passing . Flour met a very slow sale , and barely supported the previous quotations . Both oats and oatmeal were likewise in but moderate demand , and the former article must he noted id . to Id . per 45 lbs . cheaper . Beans without change .

      Liverpool Cattle Market . —Monday , Jan . 27 . — We have had a fair supply of all kinds of stock at market to-dav , with little or no variation in prices . Beef ; 5 id . to _* 6 d . ; Mutton , 6 _Jd . to 6 £ d . per lb .-Cattle imported into Liverpool , from the 20 th to the 27 th Jan . . —Cows , 1 , 231 * , calves , 39 ; sheep , 4 , 042 ; iambs , 0 ; pigs , 6 , 768 ; horses , 21 . Richmond CornMahket , Jan . 25 . —We had ft good supply of grain in our market to-day , and the prices were rattier lower than last week . . Wheat sola from 5 s . to 7 s . ; oats , 2 s . to 3 s . ; barley , 3 s . 6 d . to 3 s . 9 d . ; beans , 4 s . 6 d , to 5 s , per bushel .

      York Corn Market , Jan . 25 . —We are well supp lied with oats and wheat , but the quantity of barley offering is less than for some weeks past . Wheat fullv supports last week ' s prices * , barley the turn lower ; oats dull sale , at a decline of one fortllSng per stone , * Beans as before . Maltox Corn Market , Jak . 25 . —We have a fair supp ly of wheat , but moderate of barley and oats , offering to this day ' s market . Wheat and oats same as last week : barley rather lower . Wheat , rfi } , new » 44 s to 48 s ; white ditto , 48 s to 52 s ; red ditto , old , 50 s to 52 s ; white ditto , 52 s to 56 s per qr . of 40 st . Barley , 26 s to 31 s per qr . of 32 st . Oats , 9 d to lOd per stone . Leeds Cloth _MARKEis . -Thcrc continues to be * fair average amount of business done both at the Cloth Halls and warehouses , and many of the manufacturers , we understand , are bnsuy engaged ia working to order .

      Leeds Corn Market , Tuesday , Jan . 28 . - _^ _fe have a much smaller arrival of wheat this week than last , ami the condition is now improving , but with the dull report from Mark-lane , the trade is heavy here to-day : wheat is , however , held firmly at last week ' s prices , and the sales are limited , even pt fine qualities , while secondary descriptions are still neglected . Bariey _; is Js . _Nrowei _^ and inferior qualities exceedingly djtflVat _JrgreateV decline . _~ _ho change in _s _iats , beans , mk 04 _g- ' 7 _~ * - _" _&> . ., ' A _•* ' , ;•;•' _vr . ' : _*** . ' ta * __•/ - _¦ . _—« . / JVA _«?* ' . _' Vy V * ' tL /

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 1, 1845, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_01021845/page/7/