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      FIELD-GAKDEN OPERATIONS , For the Week ending Monday , Feb . 20 tJi , 1844 . [ Extracted from a Diabi of actual operations on a number of small farms in Sussex and Yorkshire , published bv Mr . Join Nowell of _Fai-nley Tyas , near finddeisfiefd , _Yorkshire as a guide to other _pos-Wsors of field-garden farms , to the labours whieh ought to be taken on their own lands . The farms selected as models , are—First . That of tiie Willingdon school , five acres in extent , conducted by G . Crnttenden . Second . The Eastdean school , also five acres , Hear Beachy Head , conducted by Join Harris .

      Third . That of Jesse Piper , consisting of four acres , at Cruttenden . Fourth . That of John Dumbrell , a {• ami of six acres , at Jevington , near Beachy Head . Fifth- An industrial school farm at Slaithwaite , near Haddersfield . Sixth and Seventh , Two small model farms at the same place , occupied on the estate ofthe Earl of Dartmonfli , by Charles Tarley and John Bamford . The consecutive operations " in these reports TfiP . enable the carious reader to compare the climate and agricultural value of the south with the north of England . The Diary is aided by "Notes and Observations" from the pen of Mr . Nowell , calculated for fhe time nad season , which we subjoin . ]

      SUSSEX . Moxday . —WiUingdon School . Boys diggingthe second time for white carrots . Eastdean School . Boys treading clover , nanorang stubble and ¦ roots , and turning ° a niixen . Piper . Gathering up flints for draining . Dumbrell . Rainy day . Tcesdax . _—WUHiigdon Scliool . Boys digging , as before staied . _Eastdeem School . Boys digging for potatoes , picking out the roots , and covering a mixen with mould to keep the heat in . Piper . Top dressing seeds . Dumbrell . Wheeling out

      manure . WEDNESDAY . —WiUingdon School . Boys digging the second time for white carrots . Eastdean School Boys emptying laid ? , and spreadiug the contents on mangel wurzel ground , breaking clods , and mould carrying . Pif _/ cr . Kemoving turnips to the byres . Dumbrell . _Digg"' _? , an ( 1 spreading * manure . TnmsoAV . —WiUing don Scliool . Boys clearing away . « tul > blc from the clover . Eastdean School . Boys « li < K * ng , hoeing tares and rye , and treading the same ; ° small boys picking stones . Piper . Hoeing amoneiindcigronndonions , _—doiCtloosentiicm .

      Dumhrtll . Biffgui ? , _andspixwdhismaniu'c . __ Friday . — Willingdon School . Boys removing Swede iumips from the heap . Eastdean Scliool . Boys widening road , _removing mould to the land , gather ing stones , and turning a mixen . Pi ) Kr . Hoeing among the onions , —always hoe your seed turnips , and carrots as ivcU . DumLrcH . ' Planting early potatoes , drilling tares . S _^ _Tt-iimr . —Willingdon School . _TVct weather ; boys in school all day . Eastdean Scliool . Boys cleaning out pigs , and portable pails , about the place , and school room . Piper . Cleaning out the pigs , mixing dung with mould . Dumbrell . _Digging , and harrowing wheat .

      YOEKSMIBE . Sktidavaite Tenants . JolmBamford , diggingfor spring wheat . Weather fine , but frosty . Cow-T £ EmSG . —WWingdon Seliooi , Cows fed on oat straw and turnips . Dumbrell . One cow stall-fed with turnips , mangel wurzel , and straw . A cow and heifer fed with turnips , carrots , and straw .

      _XOTES AND _OESERVATIOISS . Tabe Uoezsg . —The hoeing of winter tares must sot be neglected . A topdrcsang of 2 ewt . of gypsum will be beneficiaL All leguminous or pod plants require it , as animals require salt , or fowls require liinc . Steep ron LEGnMixocs axd _oihee _Seebs . — The foUowing steep has been found to answer well for tare , rre , or other seeds . It tends to start the young -slants * into quick and vigorous growtli _, nponwkicli frequently depends the success of the future crop . JHix in a vessel equal parts of tank liquid and urine ; dissolve or -macerate in it a few pounds of pigeons ' dung , or the dung of fowls , or guano , well pounded , and an equal quantity-of common salt ; stir well together ; put your seed in a wicker basket , and pour the fluid through it several times , letting it drain back into the vessel , for future application . Use _gypsum , not quick lime , to divide the seeds , and sowimmediately *

      Shush Tare » . —( Seed sown , four bushels to the acre , _indriiu . 3—From the 1 st to the Sth of March , if the weather will permit , sowportions of spring tare seed , in succession , till . May ; as one crop appears above ground , sow another . ' Let your ( tolls be six inches apart . Use five bushels of mould manure to ihe rod , if you can spare it . You may safely use the leguminous steep described above ; and if you add a little sahpetre , or sulphate of ammonia ( gas salt ) , it will be all the better . In the north of England the spring tare ia generally sown broadcast , using a sixth part of oats to support the plant .

      Cabbage Seed Beds . —lOne pound ofseedwVl produce plants for an acre]—Sow on beds , about four feet broad , successive portions of cabbage seed to supply plants to cut in winter . Select ground , rich , dry , andweH ' sEeitcred , and manure it moderately . Sow in drills four inches apart , and If your seed be good , rather thin . The Early Hope will answer better than any other kind . They may be transplanted from April up to June . PiASHSG Cabbages . —If yon wish for a supply at the latter end of autumn , it is time now to transplant them from fhe beds sown before last August

      Red asd Wiuie Cabhois . —{ Seed sown , Eed Carrote , 41 bs _, WKte , _SUbs _^ per acre . *)—The carrot loves a deep , sandy soil , free from stones or other obstruc tions . As soon after Michaelmas as possible , the ground having been digged two spits deep , receives a dressing of tankliqnid , whieh is immediately digged in and well mixed with the soil ; this repeated three times , will be found to answer better than solid manure . Select seed grown the previous year _; and it has heen recommended that it should be mixed well with plenty of sand , and watered with tank liquid for some davs before sowinc . The time of sowing

      red carrots must be early in March , either in drills or broadcast ; in the former -case , the distance of the drills is about twelve inches , the seed is scattered in by hand and covered slightly ; then follows very careful hoeing , after the plants appear , not approaching too near them ; they are afterwards weeded , and set out at a distance of three or three and a half inches . The white carrot may be sown at the sametime , ora little kter ; the _saiuepi'ccautions must be followed . On light land , when the manuring has been followed up , a -succession of turnips , potatoes , and carrots , has Often beeu beneficial to the fanner as well as to the land .

      The Alloihext Stsiem.—Wc Arc Happy To Le...

      The Alloihext _Stsiem . —Wc arc happy to learn thai from die success which has as yet attended the carrying out of the allotment system by the benevolent and patriotic Earl of Dartmouth , at Lingards and Almondbury _, ncar Huddersfield , and other places , his jordship has determined on a farther extension of it to ihe -village of Kirkburton . His lordship ' s agent , irederick Thynne , Esq ., has issued a notice to the agricultuKil and operative labourers in that vicinity , Inviting them to take a rood or more of land , to be brought under cultivation by the spade . The laud is offered at 4 . 0 s . the acre , without the usual taxes and imposts on the land . Tbe applications to be

      made before the 1 st _ofiiami ; and a statement as io the applicant ' s _fiunily , its number , respective ages , aud other particulars , is to be made . Wc hope the applications will he numerous and successful , and thatthe whole system , as promulgated and supported by fhe generous minded and noble Earl , will be generally carried out through thelengtli and breadth of the land by every wealthy and large landholder , as this would tend most materially to diminish pauperism , decrease the amount of poor rates , and elevate the mind and characters of the English peasantry to the state in which it formerly was pictured , when evej _* y rood of land maintained its mail . —Leeds _JnteRigavter .

      Fork _Uusbaxdbt . —¦ At the last meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society , Mr . Henry Dixon , of Witham , in Essex , favoured the council with the following communication in reference to the employment of agricultural digging forks : — Witham , Dec 12 , 18 tt . My experience in the use of agricultural forks , Which are very much nsedbere , leads me to believe that , if the application of this implement was more generally known , it would become extensively and profitably applied to agricultural purposes ; and . as it is a substitution of horse labour for that of man , it is of no common importance . 3 am indebted to 3 ir , _HUclieU , of _irjmondham , for its introduction here ; asd last year as well as this fifty or ' sixty of our men have been engaged in the work , who otherwise would have heen forfhemajor part unemployed , The fork I send you is intended for the first operation -upon the soil : for subsequent forking and for seeding the land they may he made lighter and shorter , and used with

      ** proportionate diminution of expense . We use it m two ways ( thinking it necessary to preserve the cultivated soil uppermost ) . Take a wheat stubble , for example : the Slough opens thefhrrow _, and theforier follows ; and when nehas forked up the subsoil ( turning it over as in spade work ) , the plough succeeds and covers it over—succeeded as begun by the forker . The depth we require under the ftwow-sliee is from ten to twelve inches . About sixteen _^^ _areieojuted to keep a plough in constant use ; and _fcey wiU fork an acre per diem , if it " be a tolerably free so * * "We give the men from 2 M _.-to 3 d . per rod for this work . I have this year practised another plan , which I I _^ L _™??* 1 * ** * " ** , as any number of men may be kept at

      the n _^ - _5 ac ° _nT _< aiience as to the plough . Take thehmdul tty fidd _v * eatstnDWe « _* e acres . I had slices m _«^^ heat 0 leraW - dee P ™ to ridge 3 ( twofurrow-I set fkntr 2 eaC _* ' other ) about twenty-four inches wide _, opened h _^* , Worlin this fieW tofork the filrrow _^ nsleriet _^ Tl _*** * e ploUgh f ° ° ' & r fliP «!„ _u _k _* left theremaining portion ready SS _tS _* _Ihadnofajtefinished This _methSsel _^* JS _>" «« P _«* atte work lalKmr _-Se _? tS _^ _™ aithefonner ' _^^ - will earn _™ * _™! _^ workmen . These four yom , mcn _XverTal ? * _f ! _" _* - * ** - _«* _^ r rod . Tbiilabour is _eevcre _, and reqmrfcs

      The Alloihext Stsiem.—Wc Arc Happy To Le...

      necessary in all cases to open the soil by tlie plough ; for , if the staple be good to the depth of the fork , it may be done from the surface ; at aU events a smrnl forking will require no plough . It is not necessary for me to trouble you with the theory which indicates the advantage of deepening soils , nor to state that the land must first ( where required ) be properly underdrained , as these matters are sufficiently obvious . Our experience during the last four or five years has fully tested the value of the process , especially upon thin soils , Testing _» _- <> 6 n a Wi gravel pan ; but perhaps not more so than upon one of good deep rich staple , although they were productive before . We commonly begin this character of cultivation for carrots , turnips , or other root-crops . In the late dry Summer , the carrot and turnip crops by Mr , _Hutley and Mr . _lleadel , of this place , were doubly remunerative for the extra expense . To return to the five acres of my own . The method of farniinir which I intend to follow is—to

      harrow down the ridges , use the cultivator to move the soil , and in no way again to use tlie plough , except to form ridges and cover in manure for mangold wurtzel , Swedes , or potatoes , as the case may be . The root _^ rop willbefoUowed by wheat . For wheat I shall probably not plough the land at all . Our smiths make these forks for 4 s . 6 d . to 5 s . each , and they may he made by any workman having a . specimen before him . Should , however , any doubt occur , I shall readily attend to the inquiries of any of our members who may wish to apply to me on tlie subject . _Hej-bt Dixon . The Smt-PoxvErasER . —At the same meeting , Mr . Parkes , the consulting engineer to the society , favoured the council with the following observations in reference to the operation ofthe sub-pulveriser as an implement of tillage . Mr . Parkes concurred with

      several of the members present m their opinion tliat the forks just spoken of were veiy heavy , and would _require a strongman to use them ; he observed , however , that the operation described was one that demanded tiie use of a strong tooL It appeared to him that the cost of the work , as stated by Mr . Dixon , was fully double that effected by the sub-pulveriser Of Mr . Reid , of 2 vo . 05 , Regent-circus , Piccadilly , to which a prize had been awarded at the Southampton _Meeting ; a decision in favour of that effective implement which had been amply confirmed aud justified by subsequent experience . From what he had himself witnessed and heard from tanners who had used it , he considered the quality of the work done by tliis implement to be fully equal to forking . It was , he observed , so handy and manageable as scarcely to

      require holding or guiding ; and he liad recently been informed by a _rai-nier _, that he had found three horses , drawing in line , quite able to follow the Kentish turnwrist plough with this implement , sub-working each furrow six or eight inches deep ( niter draining ) , and completing an acre per diem . The same party had stated to liim . that far more harm than good would liave been done to his land ( the Wealdcn clay ) by the trampling of the six horses on it , which would be necessary to drag the common subsoil plough . Mr . Read ' s plough so effectually shivcrcd-aiul lightened up the subsoil as to elevate the furrow-bottoni from three tp four inches deep , so that when the next slice fo eight inches was laid upon it in the manner peculiar to the Kentish plough , the whole bed lay light and open to atmospheric influence , and

      without the impress ofa horse's foot upon it : while another gentleman , who had extensively used theini-E lenient in a compact gravelly subsoil , using four orsesinline to avoid surface-poaching , aiso expressed his entire satisfaction with its performance . Mr . Parkes further stated , that in order to obviate the evil arising fi-om the treading of a powerful team of horses in subsoiling clays , and to obtain more complete pulverisation than is effected by- ihe common subsoil plough , a friend of his , themanager of alarge estate in Scotland , near Hamilton , informed him thatthe practice was in vogue there of digg ing with the spade 10 inches deep ; then following with forks 34 inehes length of tines . The top-soil was kept uppermost , the forks merely loosening and breaking up the subsoil . The cost was stated to be £ i per

      Scotch , or £ 3 Cs . Sd . per statute acre . It appeared that Mr . Dixon's plan of forking the furrow ' after the plough , required " sixteenmen in a tolerably free soil to keep the plough going , and do an acre per diem , " the cost of which was at least 32 s . per acre . This plan was therefore cheaper than the foregoing , but not nearly so cheap as by using Mr . Read ' s implement , whicli enabled tlie agriculturist to avail lumself of horses' power , and without injury from their tread in plastic soils . Mr . Miles , M . P ., confirmed Mr . Parkes's statement of the easy _HUttiagcableilCSS of Mr . Read ' s implement , fi _* em his own use of it . The only difficulty he had found was to prevent the ploughman fi-om weighing on the handles , and to induce him to leave it alone . Being curried on four wheels , it was subject to _Teij trifling _M-egularity of action , and but little guidance was required .

      The Naiobe ash Use op _Artificiai . Soils on Maxthes . —There is no subject upon whieh information is so much required by farmers as upon the natur e of manures . Everywhere the most absurd opinions and practices prevail , and everywhere we ¦ find the ground loaded with applications , without any reprdjo the materials -which its condition actually requires . It is time that such conduct should cease for , is it not the same kind of absurdity which the quack commits , who attempts to cure a disease , of the nature of which he is totally ignorant , and applies his remedies at random , for the farmer to cover his _fields with lime , or marl , or guano , without having the least idea either of the nature of the remedy which he applies , or of the wants ofthe soil ? Hence , it naturally follows , that scarcely two fanners

      have formed the same opinion respecting the value of these applications . You will find one man praising them to the skies , while another laments the money he has , as he conceives , thrown away upon them . The only cure for all this is a proper chemical examination of both the soil and the _^ manure . It may seem strange to the farmer who begins to reflect upon these things , how plants establish themselves along our ditches , and thrivefor years with undiminished vigour , though totally neglected by man . It is only , however , where the soil is adapted to the growth of the weed , that it springs up spontaneously , and flourishes . There is nothing which , to a careless observer , appears so irregular and uncertain as the distribution of plants . But chance has nothing to do with tlie growth of even the meanest

      weed . Hie winds of autumn pass over onr fields , carrying with them the seeds of a thousand different plants ; but only those which find a resting place eontaiuing the ino _* rganic substance required for their development come to perfection . Hence , every soil has its peculiar kind of vegetation—its own weeds . The salt wort or the bent are never found growing along the shores of the inland lake , nor the white clover or the buttercup on the sands washed by the tide . Thus , the beautiful scarlet poppy springs up only wher e the soil is calcareous , or where lime has been applied ; while , in a _jiurelimestone soil , wheat perishes , and the quicken is never found as a weed . Inthe streams which flow through bur marly "valleys , tbe water-cress finds its proper food , while the Talleys themselves are covered with the broad leaves of the colts-foot . The reed and the _horectaU require adifferent kind of food , and we find them thriving luxuriantly in the clay mareh , the

      waters of wluch are rich iu silicate of potash . How , you will ask , do the wild plants of the wayside and the moor grow , year Jafter year , on the same spot , without exhausting the soil ? Who cares for them ? The reason is plain . They are not cut down and earned away every harvest like the crops of the farmer , but they bring their seed to perfection , decay , and restore again to the soil the elements which they had removed from it ; so that , after having trcasural up the seed in its bosom during the winter , the soil is again able to supply it with the inorganic substances required for its growth , when the soft voice ofthe young spring awakes it to new life . —Here nature gives ns a lesson . It should be a golden rule to the farmer to restore to the field the elements withdrawn by his crops , for it is only in proportion as he is successful in accomplishing this result that he can maintain tlie uninterrupted fertility of his farm .

      Mn. L'Isbaeu Axd Mr. Boxham.— The Follow...

      Mn . _L'Isbaeu axd Mr . Boxham . — The following extract from the Annual Register of 1801 will show thegroundsfortherumourtowhich Mr . Disraeli adverted on Thursday night , and explains the mistake into which he , as well as others who perused tie statement , might very innocently fall . The Mr . Bonham mentioned in the Annual Register was the half-brother of the gentleman who now holds the office . pf storekeeper at the Ordnance-office - .--March 2 . —The State prisoners , who have for a considerable time past been confined in the Tower , the House of Correctionin Goldbath-fields , Tothill-fields Bridewell , Shrewsbury , and other connty gaols , were brought up

      tothe JJuke of Portland ' s office , when most of them were liberated on their own ¦ recognisances . Among these were Lord Cloncurry , Mr . Bonham , « fee . One or two persons refused to enter any bail , insisting upon unconditional release and were of coarse remanded . Such of them as had been brought from the country were allowed £ 5 each to defray the expenses of their journey home , and the whole were treated with civility and attention . Colonel Despard , Galloway , Lemaitre , and Hodgson , who refused to enter into recognisance or give bail , were committed to Tothill-fields , as they insisted upon being delivered unconditionally to freedom , or brought to trial . — Times .

      The Island op Barbadoes asd Hoixowat ' s Pnis and _OrxiMExi . —The 6 th of Dec . last , William Gassett , a groom , of Bridgetown , Barbadoes , solemnly declares that for two years lie suffered with fearful ulcerations , which no medicine or treatment in . that island could cure . That he was in the service of Mrs . M'Caskey , who caused him to be attended by Dr . John Brant _. _^ whose skill of healing wounds is well known , but failing to cure him , gave up the case . He , as a last resource , used Holloway ' s Pills and Ointment , which have completely cured him , to the astonishment of all : the cure being so astonishing and extraordinary , that J . Toung _Edgwell , Esq ., proprietor of the West Indian Newspaper , caused the particulars to lie advertised in all the papers of Barbadoes .

      The Maii , io _EiiixBuncH is to lie accelerated two hours chiefly by the letters and newspapers being sorted on the line of railway . The whole Of the north of Scotland partakes in this benefit .

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      To Mr. William Lovett. Sir.,—In That Mos...

      TO MR . WILLIAM LOVETT . Sir ., —In that most consistent opponent of abuse and denunciation , Lloyd ' s Newspaper , of last Saturday , an address to the Chartists of the united kingdom appeared , subscribed with your name . It purports to be a review of the rise and progress of the Chartist movement , and the opinion of your Association as to its future prospects . On reading the first sentence of the address , I was led to expect a lucid retrospect ofthe past ; a calm but impartial exposition of past errors—errors to whieh all human action is liable , _* and candid counsel and advice as to the best course to be pursued in order to realise man's rights—to elevate the prostrate millions , and to secure to them an eimitable share of God's _blessimrs . of which

      _classmisi-ule has made a class-monopoly . However , on wading through the address , I found my expectations disappointed ; for , instead of realising my idea as to what such a document should be , 1 found a conglomeration of the grossest falsehoods , the vilest abuse and denunciation — denunciation secundum artem—denunciation a la Lovett . The most malignant charges , couched in the bitterest language , constitute the materiel of this production . The shafts are apparently shot off , at random , but it requires little exercise of mental vision to discern the objects at which they aro levelled . As a member of the National Charter Association—aa an admirer of the general policy of that bod * f , I feel it to be an imperative duty upon me to vindicate that procedure which

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

      calumniated , and devoured , all who disapproved of their projects . They showed what was their Democratic spirit by seeking to inspire the working classes with feelings of hate and deadly hostility against the middle classes of society . They exhibited thcirspirit of toleration in endeavouring to putdowi _*^ by conspiracy , force , and clamour , all individual opinion , aft'free discussion , and all public meetings , except such as administered to theu- sinister interests . In short , no despotism ( wanting the powcrof life and death ) could have evinced a more persecuting , intolerant , and revengeful spirit than that shown by those professed friends of popular rights . " Thereis no denunciation here ! oh no ! abuse becomes salutary reproof , genuine patriotism , when it passes

      through the alembic of William Lovett s brain . It such a paragraph appeared in the Northern Starin reference to the real _fomenters of discord , the undisguised assassins of Chartism , with what exclamations of horror the ominous words would be scanned ! We should then see the mild , moral , and intellectual members of the National Association with elongated faces and upturned eyes , wagging their tongues in virtuous reprobation of the tyranny and denunciation of the " Northern Star . " But who , sir , are these few active emissaries of whom you write ? . You say they are still among us , sowing the seeds of discord ! What is an emissary?—a messenger , a spy , a secret agent . You , sir , know those spies , those secret agents . * why not unmask them ? Surely you cannot reconcile silence upon so grave a subject with

      the dictates of your tender conscience ! Do you not deem yourself guilty of a gross dereliction of duty , guilty of treason to the cause , in not giving to the world this knowledge , of which your cranium is the depository , and thus afford a betrayed people an opportunity of pointing the finger of execration at the traitors ! The information will not be forthcoming , and for the best of all reasons , because you have none to communicate . Talk ef the denunciation of the " Star" indeed ; why it is as the gentle zephyr to the Borcan blast , compared with this rabid effusion of yonr charity and tolerance . That there were violent speeches made during the Chartist agitation , as in all others , I wiU not attempt to deny . Enthusiastic , aye , and even intemperate language , is a very natural

      charaetei'istieof the efforts of a people straggling to snap the chains of despotism . I am neither an admirer nor an apologist of violent harangues ; but in this respect Chartism has been out-done by Free Traders and Union Repealers . Yet you , consistent censor as you are , _allow-those to pass unreproved , while you unsparingly pour out the phial of your indignation on the devoted heads of the poor Chartists . The philosophy of physical and moral power has been eloquently and learnedly descanted on by modern politicians , but for my part I am yet to be convinced ofthe impropriety or injustice of a nation resisting actively aa well as passively , oppression , whether practised by foreign or domestic tyrants . The moral power , however , ofthe enslaved millions of the united

      kingdom is more than adequate , if properly combined and wisely directed , to effect their emancipation . But moral power , to be productive of any beneficial effect upon the plunderers ef industry , must not only he based upon the imperishable foundation of truth and justice , but it mus _^ be backed by the physical energies of a united people , to command tor it that deference which , otherwise would never be awarded to it by the oppressors of the human race . I do not think that your denunciation , on the score of inflammatory language , will please some of your bosom friends . I remember something of a Convention manifesto , of which it . is _said"William Lovett was the author , which was not the mildest emanation from the press at that period . Who ,

      1 would ask , were the most turbulent and vociferous among the physical force agitators ? Unquestionably Messre . Vincent and _H ' cesom , whom you would now hold up to the admiring gaze of the people as paragons of political probity * and purity . Mark ; I am not impugning these gentlemen for the physical force predilections wliich once distinguished thembut I do impugn your consistency in declaiming against others for conduct which you connive at in your friends . In the intensity of your hate , you sacrifice truth to your burning desire to blacken the " emissaries . " They began , you say , by ridiculing all moral and mental reformation . This charge is contemptibly puerile : all are aware of its fallacy . I have heard every lecturer in the movement ; and

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

      obsequious deference to the "sic volo , sic jubeo ' of Mr . Lovett ) are charged with attempting to inspire the working classes with feelings of deadly hostility against the middle classes . True , the Chartists have not pandered to middle-class prejudice to ingratiate themselves in their favour * they have not , with the glozing tongue of servility anddeception , endeavoured to palliate the treachery of the middle classes io the people . Such conduct they feel no ambition to imitate ; they leave that to the more "tolerant" and " intellectual . ' " The agitators in connection with the National Charter Association have boldly proclaimed man's rights . They have fearlessly exposed bis oppressors , irrespective of class or party ; and if' sir , you can discern in middle-class hypocrisy ,

      treachery , and fraud , objects tor admtfation , ltor one envy neither your independence of spirit nor the keenness of your mental vision . The " emissaries " are next charged with putting down by force and clamour aU public meetings ! all discussion ! Why , sir , you must have been demented when you wrote this sentence . Iti % tome perfectly astounding how a public man , who is eternally vaunting his toleration and consistency , can make grave and serious charges against a party without adducing a single syllable in support of _themi The falsehood of this accusation is so notorious that it is waste of time to attempt its refutation . You , sir , know that all meetings have not been put down ; and you know that the Chartists are not the enemies oi free

      discussion . You know that they always court inquiry on their own platforms , and demand it on those of others . Away , then , with the insidious imputation that the Chartists are the adversaries of free inquiry . Sot long since , you and the little disaffected knot of whom you are the leader , got this calumny advertised in some of the morning papers . You , with a matchless contempt of truth , set forth that a Free Trade meeting in your hall was broken up by the Chartists , when it was notorious that the interruption was occasioned by League hostility to frec . discussion , and by the ruffianly conduct of a band of bullies from Saffron-hill , specially engaged for the purpose . Sir , your love of fair play and free discussion was then most strikingly exemplified . 'It will not be soon forgotten by those who were edified by

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

      To Mr. William Lovett. Sir.,—In That Mos...

      charging the Ch artists with intolerant conduct , and a violation of the right of free discussion " . You complain of the conduct ofthe "emissaries , " 'I tools , " and " dupes , " in exposing that heteroge neous mass of absurdities andfallacies which forms tiie creed . of the Leaguers . Now , sir , you have both witten and spoken to prove that r > ce Trade , or Com Law repeal , unaccompanied by othermeasures , would be productive of no benefit to tho people . This Is the Chartist opinion ; and seeing that the trading middle and commercial classes have aforetime duped and betrayed the people , we are determined , if possible , that they shall never again be made tools of , for advancing class interests to their own injury . Hence our resolve to expose the inefficiency of League nostrums to realise the end which their advocates

      predicate of them . That pusillanimous party , conscious of its weakness , shudders at the voice of reason and common sense ; it shrinks abashed from the keen eye of inquiry , and endeavours to hide its deformities in the mantle of silence . The party that pursues such a despicable policy , that will not submit its measures to the ordeal ot discussion , merits the contempt of all reasonable men . Judging from the tenor of your address , one thing may Tbe confidently predicted—that the day is not distant 'when the League will receive as an accession to its strength the National Association ! ! There is another accusation in this precious tirade which calls for especial notice . You say " all attempts to create an efficient union ofthe , people have been maiTed , " & c . Mere assertion again ; your unsunnortcd word . " Fore etnmterca

      nihil . " Why not , sir , inform the public when and where the attempts to create an effective union were marred ? Who were the Marplots to union and harmony at the Birmingham Conference in 1842 . ? Who , on that occasion , manifested the Anti-Democratic spirit . The intelligent complete suffragists ' . Messrs . Vincent , Sturge , Spencer , Beggs , '" cum mvltis aliis , " " who admire tlie justice of the Charter , but _ai'C constrained toplead the cause of equal justice under a name , less objectionable" ! ! Were these driven from the Conference by the tyranny ofthe Marplots ? And after the . Conference had sat five days , revising and amending the Charter , overtures of union were made , to you—one member expressing a hope that the days of dissension-were over ,. that harmony would henceforth characterise the movement , and that you would consent to become secretary ' of the United

      Association . You , iu the fulness of your desire for union ' , informed the Conference that you had promulgated , ' a plan of organisation , and when the people were prepared to adopt that , you would have no objectiou to become secretary . I have now , sir , noticed the leading features of your address . I have shown their _rcpidsivcncss , * I liave proved the falsity of your imputations , and their inapplicability to the active men of the Chartist movement . In conclusion , I would presume to suggest , that when you again attempt to call the Chartists " back to reason , " you will do so in tones less harsh , _* that you will pay something like deference to truth , and that you will not make such a pitiful exhibition of your splenetic disposition to blast the characters of honest men , that you may have the pleasure of gloating over tlieir ruin . Pimip _M'G-HAi-n .

      To The Democrats Op »*E. Dear Friends,—I...

      TO THE DEMOCRATS OP _»* e . Dear Friends , —It is with feelings of the deepest concern that I have read in last week ' s Star , of the death of that sterling democrat , and prince of men , '' honest John Duncan . " The Chartists of Scotland ; and Fife in particular , owe a debt of gratitude to his memory , for , wherever his presence was required _, there was he to bo found advocating the cause of right against might . Moreover , at the last general election , John Duncan was chosen by you , and declared by the Sheriff duly elected as your representative to Parliament . Let this gratitude be shown in something more substantial than mere grief at his loss . By liis death , Mrs . Duncan and family have been depr ived ofthe most affectionate bf husbands and the most indulgent of parents ; and if one tiling distracted his mind move than another , it was the thought of leaving * liis wife and family to the tender mercies ofa cold and selfish world . My object in addressing you isto make a simple appeal in behalf

      of the'disconsolate widow , and to state that , at the suggestion of some friends , I have sent £ 1 to Mr . Kydd , of Dundee , to be appropriated for this purpose , being * part of the balance of the county delegate fund still lying in my hands . The balance in my hands , aa audited and found correct at the last meeting , is £ 1 18 s . lid ., so that 18 s . lid . will still remain . If the several districts in the county approve of this , or if I receive no announcement to the contrary , I will remit the whole ofthe money in hand , as 1 conceive it cannot be appropriated to a more benevolent object . If- any of the districts should feel called on to collect a trifle for the same purpose , they can either send itjto me , or remit it to Mr . Kydd , 7 , Wellgate , Dundee ; a gentleman whose disinterested exertions in behalf of Mr . Duncan , while under indictment , and ever since , is beyond all praise . Trusting this appeal will riot be made in vain , ' lam , Ac ., William Melville . _Mai'kinnh . 24 th Feb .. 1845 .

      To The Tailors Op Jcondo.Y. Feu,0w Tbade...

      TO THE TAILORS OP JCONDO . Y . Feu , 0 W _Tbadesme _* s , ~ As the time is drawing nigh when the Conference of the United Trades will be held , allow us to ask— " Is it right that such a large bodyof _jmen should remain unrepresented ? Is it just for _usto be so supine to our own interests , and so _thoughjfclegs in regard of the welfare of the working men ot * the other trades as to stand idly by , not even expressing a wish to join that noble band , who are strenuously endeavouring to establish the rights of their order ? In looking ovcr | the list of Trades representatives , the question has arisen with us— "Where are the tailors 1 what are they doing ? why are they not represented ? " Let us appeal to those who are in trade . * Think of our suffering brethren—think of their suffering wives and children , and then think that , ere long , it might be your fate . Have we not

      innumerable and melancholy instances of the grinding system , of the monopolists in our trade—the Hyams ' , Moses ' , - & c . ? There are plenty , unfortunately , of those greedy monopolists in the provinces as well as in London . To those men who have worked in the provincial itowns , who have suffered by such a system , but have had the good fortune , when they came to London , to g et a constant shop , we say , ' do not allow it to be said that you have turned the _aristocrats of your trade to keep the ruling power in your own hands , careless of the interests of their less fortunate brethren . Brethren in trade , we say up ! up ! and be doing . Labour ' s sons liave a leader ; support himgive your aid—send in your delegates—and , in conjunction with the other trades ,. Labour ' s cause must bo triumphant . J . B . _Mekri _* , W . A . WHLLER . Minerva-place , Hampstead , Feb . 25 , 1845 .

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      London. Metropolitan* Distbict Council, ...

      LONDON . Metropolitan * _Distbict Council , 1 , _Tiirnagainlane , Feb . 23 rd , * Mr . Milne in tlie chair . —Mr . Stallwood moved , " That this Council recommend fo thenmetropolitan Chartist brethren tlie propriety of currying into cxecutiouthat portion of the Executive address relative to a sixpenny levy , with all promptitude "seconded by Mr . J . Simpson , and earned unanimously . Mr . Stallwood moved , "That the absent members of this Council be specially summoned for Sunday next , and that all metropolitan and suburban localities , not being represented on this Council , be requested to send delegates on that occasion , to

      consider-the best _modest electing delegates for the metropolis and its vicinity to the forthcoming Chartist Convention . " . Mi ' . Arnott seconded the motion , which was carried unanimously . Mr . Arnott moved , " That the best thanks of this Council are due and hereby given to the Manchester Council for the able , impartial , and satisfactory manner in which they conducted the inquiry into the unpleasant affair between Dr . M'Douall and Mr . O'Connor ; and this Council is also of opinion that the former highly deserves our censure and reprobation , and the latter onr full and implicit confidence "—seconded by Mr . Mills , and earned unanimously .

      Marylbbone . —An eloquent lecture was delivered by Mr . T . M . Wheeler , on "The present and future prospects of Chartism , " before the Emmett Brigade , at the Rock Tavern , Lisson-grove , on Sunday evening , February the 23 rd . Deputations were imiyed from the Marylebone and Somers Town localities , who have agreed to co-operate with the Emmett Brigade on the return of a delegate to the forthcoming Chartist Convention . Council having been received , " on the motion of Messrs . Stallwood and Millwood , the sixpenny levy for the Executive was unanimously agreed to . Nominations were then made for the Executive Committee . Several persons were placed in nomination , but they declined the honour . The present members were then nominated . A vote of thanks being given to Mr . George for the great accommodation afforded by liim to the Hammersmith locality , the meeting then broke up .

      Somers Town * . —A meeting was held at the Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , on Sunday evening , February the 23 rd , Mr . Hornby in the chair , when the present Executive Committee were nominated to fill the office for the ensuing Chartist year . Somers Town . —A public meeting was held on Sunday evening last , at the Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbndgc-street , New-road . " : Mr . John Hornby was called to the chair . The delegate to the district council having given in his report , and the letter of the . Executive read , Mr . Thomas Lowrie moved , " That we pledge ourselves to cany out the suggestion of the Executive by raising our full quota towards their support , " seconded by Mr . John Arnott , and carried unanimously . The meeting then proceeded to put in nomination the Executive forthe ensuing vear , when Messrs . ' _, M'Grath , O'Connor , Doyle , Clark ,-and Wheeler were duly nominated . - '

      GREENWICH . The usual weekly meeting of the members of the above locality was held at the George and Dragon ,

      London. Metropolitan* Distbict Council, ...

      Blackhcath-hill , on Tuesday last , Mr . Bigg in the chair . The Excecutivc address was read from the Northern Star , when it was moved and seconded by Messrs Morgan and Floyd that a levy of sixpence be laid on all the members of this locality in aid ofthe Executive . The Secretary was instructed to write to the Chartists of Crayford , Tonbridge Wells , and Lewishani , to know if they would _CO-OpCVatc in sending wdelegate to represent Kent in the forthcoming Convention . It is particularly requested that those who have collecting books for the Dancombe Testimonial will give in tlie sums collected on Tuesday evening next .

      SOUTH LANCASHIRE . _Delegvte Meeting . —The South Lancashire delegates met for the transaction of the county business on Sunday last , in the Association-room , Ashtonunder-Lyne . There were present , delegates from Manchester , Rochdale , Ratcliffe , Mossley , Waterhead-mill , Oldham , Ashton-under-Lyne , & c . & e . Mr . Wm . Aitkin was called to the . chair , 'lhe minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed , the following resolutions were agreed to * . — " That the accounts as audited are satisfac tory _. andthatthesamedopass . " "That the delegates come prepared to the- next delegate meeting with the opinions of the localities as to the propriety of bringing out the lecturers' plan , and also the names

      of parties desirous of being placed upon the plan as local lecturers . " " That we , the delegates in delegate meeting assembled , do respectfully request , that parties who intend contributing productions towards the New Chartist _llymn-Jnook , ' will send in their favours on or before the 21 st day of March , 1845 , to the secretary , Mr . Richard Radford , No . 8 , Violet-street , Wclcomb-street , Hulme , Manchester ; and that the parties appointed to make selections for the abovc purpose be requested to bring in their selections on or before the above date , in order that they mav bo laid before the _dclcsxatcs at thoir next meeting . " " That tho levy for the next month be one penny per member . " " That our Secretary ' s bill he paid . " " That as there are funds in the hands

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

      with this request . " The following are the sums received by the delegates fov the Executive , from Nov . 24 th , 1840 , to Feb . 23 rd , 1845 : —Manchester , £ 8 as 8 d ; Do ., Missionary Fund , os : Rochdale , £ 1 7 s lid ; Salford , 10 s ; Waterhead Mill , _i 2 s 6 d ; Hollinwood , 3 s 4 d ; Mosslev , 10 s ; _RoyvMd , 2 s Id ; Oldham , 14 s . 8 d . Total— £ 12 lis 2 ijf The following sums were paid to the ExecutiveVFund : —Manchester , £ 1 15 s 8 d ; Rochdale , 9 s ; _OldlKm , *? a 7 d ; Mossley , os ; Waterhead Mill , 2 s Cd —« 2 19 s 9 d . County Fund—Manchester , lis ; Mossley , 2 s 6 d—13 s 6 d . The Secretary returns his thaiiLs to those gentlemen who havo already forwarded contributions for the _Ifymn Book . lie wishes to hear again from Mr . Wal p ole , of London , and Mr . Wilson , of Halifax .

      MANCHESTER . _CAitrExiERs' Hall . —Alceture was delivered in the above Hall on Sunday evening last , by Mr , William Jones , of Liverpool . The lecture was well attended by a respectable audience . ROCHDALE . Lectures . —Two lectures were delivered in the Chartist Association-room on Sunday last , for the benefit of the Heywood' turn-outs , by Mr . William Dixon , of Manchester . OLDHAM . Lr . cTvni ..--0 n Sunday last Mr . J . K . Taylor delivered his second lecture on the life , writings , and genius of Robert Burns , in the Chartist-room , Greaves-street . The lecturer concluded by reading two poems , entitled " TheTwa Dogs , " and "The Cottager's Saturday Night . " At the conclusion a subscription was entered into for Mr . Duncan's widow , and Mrs . Ellis .

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

      unshaken confidence m Mr . O Connor , and beg leave to assure him that so long as he continues in that straightforward and undeviating course which he has hitherto pm * sned , he is deserving and will have the co-operation and support of every honest Chartist and every working man in the kingdom . " Proposed by Mr . Hawkins seconded by Mr . Flaxman , " That the thanks of this meeting are due and are hereby given to the Manchester Council for the praiseworthy manner in whieh they have conducted the investigation between Dr . M'Douall and Feargus O'Connor , Esq . "—On the motion of Mr . Giles , seconded by Mr . Page , Thomas Clark , Christopher Doyle , Philip M'Grath , Feargus O'Connor , and Thos . M . Wheeler , were nominated as candidates to the Executive _Com-, mittce .

      HAMILTON . At the usual weekly meeting of the Ghartist body here , the following motion was proposed by Mr . Archibald Walker , seconded hy Mr . James R & et , i and carried with acclamation— ' * That we , the Chartists of Hamilton , highly approve of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., in appearing before the Manchester Councilat Carpenters'Hall , to investigate the charges brought against Mm by Dr . M'Douall , and do feci satisfied , from the evidence given _| _, before that body , that he acted an honourable part ? And we hereby express our confidence in the true and disinterested patriotism of that gentleman , and hope that lie will continue to advocate the cause of the industrious classes , and that he will out live the persecution of his professed friends and open foes . "

      BIRMINGHAM . Os Susday last , February 23 rd , we held an interesting meeting ; Mr . Saunders read Mr . Duncombe's speech , after whicli Mr . Candy gave an ' eloquent lecture . Tlio following resolution was carried unanimously— "Tliat in the opinion of this meeting T . S . lAmcombe _, Esq ., is entitled to ouv thanks for his manly conduct in defending tlie rights of the many . " _Snir _Tavekx Locality . —At a meeting of the members , held oil Tuesday last , the sum of £ 3 was handed in for the Duncombe Testimonial . The following resolutoii was adopted— "Thatthe best thanks of this meeting be given to T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., for the honest and straightforward manner in which he has exposed the Post-office espionage , and wc call upon him to _proccciHn tho patriotic course he has hitherto pursued . "

      BRADFORD . Lecture . —On Sunday-a lecture was delivered in _Butterworth's Buildings , by E . _Jlurly . On Sunday evening the members of the General Couneil met in their Room , when arrangements were made to take the opinion of the members resident in the locality on the means to be adopted in respect of sending a delegate to the forthcoming Conference . It was agreed that the Observation Committee should immediately take steps to secure the election of Chartists to the Board of Surveyors , on the 2 oth of March next . Chartist Constables . —On Friday last a vestry meeting was held in the Episcopalian Chapel , llorton , to make out a list of eighty able-bodied men ,

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

      vestry to rate-payers only , he would be thanluul to have it read to the meeting . —The overseer replied , " The meeting was not confined to rate-payers , the qualification was , that the constables must be rated at £ 4 per annum . " The constable ' s salary was next brought before the meeting , when Mr . G . White moved , seconded by Squire Auty , " That the resolution of last year , allowing the constable £ 20 for his services , be rescinded . " On being put , it was carried unanimously . Three lists of constables were then proposed , one by Mr . Crabtree , containing forty names , nearly all Wliigs ,- one by Auty , composed of lories , Whigs , aud Chartists ; and one by White and Smith , composed of Chartists . The whole of the Chartists proposed were' earned , and the meeting broke up satisfied at the selection . .

      Goldkn Hixt To Tradesmes. - A , Man Of T...

      Goldkn Hixt to Tradesmes . - A _, man of the world who keeps an early purl-house in lottenhamcourt-road , assures us he has avoided serving on juries by the following simple method : —He lent the beadle who came with a summons five years , ago the sum of five shillings , and , strange to _| say , lie lias never seen hini since _. _—iV ... _^ .

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      Loxno V Coax Exchange, 'Monday,' Feb:'24...

      _Loxno Coax Exchange , 'Monday , ' Feb : ' 24 . —The arrivals of wheat and oate from our _owii _coM were rather large during the past week , bnt of English barley the supplv was only moderate . I _' _- _'oni Scotland it plentiful supply of outs and aiair _jwntw if barlev came to hand , _wuist irom Ireland thereceipts of oats were abundant . Ot bcansand peaa the arrivals were principally from our own coast , and of neither article were they large . From abroad a cargo of wheat and one of beans , . with a few small pareels of barlev and oats , have como . forward _dunflg the past eight davs . At this morning s market there was a moderate show of wheat by hiiid-carriage samples from the home counties not much barley fresh up , and few oats , beans , or peas from any quarter . Tlie weather has been mild since yesterday , and held

      labours are likely to be almost immediately commenced . There was rather an improved demand for wheat , and line dry qualities moved off readily at the currency of this day se ' nnight ; secondary sorts did not sell so freely , but former terms were well supported . In foreign wheat there was not much passing , and quotations underwent no change requiring notice . Iii bond there was nothing whatever doing . Flour was not much inquired after , but prices were not lower . Superior malting barley was more saleable , and quite as dear ; whilst the demand for other descriptions continues languid . The transactions itl malt were to a limited extent , and the value of the

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

      CU 1 _UIEKT _PllICES OP GRAIX , PER IMPERIAL QUAltTER . _—Uri / _w _/ .. s s s 9 Wheat , Essex , & Kent , new & _alil-reti -l _-i 48 White 50 5 t Norfolk and Lincoln . ... do 43 -hi Ditto 48 51 _Xol'thuni . and Scotch white +- ' IS Vine is 52 Irish red old 0 0 lied 4 i > U White 45 48 Rye Old 31 32 _Xew SO _>* 2 Brank 35 36 Hurley Grinding . . HG l ls _IKsti ! . tin si Malt . 32 so . Malt Brown .... 04 0 G Palo 58 ! : ¦> Ware 63 C 5 Uc'lllS Ticks old & new SO S 4 Harrow SU ;}» Pigeon 38 42 Peas Grey ...... 32 33 Maple _-S-l 34 White 38 40 Oats ' Lincolus & Yorkshire Feed 21 23 Poland 23 25 Scotch Angus 2 * 2 24 _Totato 24 26 Irisli White 20 22 Black 20 22 Per 2 S 01 b . net . s s j Per 2 S 0 lb . net . _s s Town-made Flour ... 42 44 | Xorfulk &• Stockton 33 34 Essex ami Kent .... 34 35 | Irish 35 36 Free . Bond

      Foreign . s s s Wheat , Dantsic , Konigsburg , & e 52 GO SO 40 - —Marks , Mecklenburg 48 54 32 35 Danish , Holstein _, and Friesland red 44 47 28 30 Russian , Hard 44 46 . Sof t ... 44 47 26 28 —Italian , Red . . 46 50 White ... 50 52 30 32 Spanish , Hard . 46 00 Soft 48 52 30 32 Kye , Baltic , Dried , ... 30 32 _Undvied . . 31 32 21 22 Barley , Grinding . 26 28 Malting . . 31 33 22 28 Beans , Ticks .-. 30 34 Egyptian . 31 32 26 30 Peas , White . . 36 38 llapl . ! . . 33 34 28 30 Oats , Dutch , Brew and Thick 24 25 19 21 Bussian feed 21 22 15 16 Danish , Friesland feed 21 23 15 17 Flour , per barrel 25 27 19 20

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

      figure for the best Scots not exceeding 4 s . per 81 b ., and a clearance was not effected . From Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex ,, and Cambridgeshire we received _160 Q Scots and homebreds ; from the northern grazing counties , 300 short-horns ; from the western ana midland districts , 500 Herefords , Devons , runts , & c . ; from other parts of England , iOO of various breeds ; and from Scotland , 140 horned and polled Scots . The numbers of sheep were tolerably good , but not to say extensive . For most breeds the demand was very steady , at fully , but at nothing quotable beyond last week's currencies . Prime old Downs produced 4 s . 4 d . per 8 lb . We had a very limited number of calves on offer , yet the veal trade was heavy , on easier terms—the extreme quotation not exceeding 5 s . per 81 b . Neat small porkers were in fair request ; but all other qualities sold heavily . About 2000 shorn sheep and 200 lambs were on tiie market .

      By the quantities of 81 b ., sinking the offal . s . d . _s . d Inferior coarse beasts . , . 2 6 2 * 10 Second quality .... 303 * Prime large oxen . . . 3 G 3 8 Prime Scots , & e . . . . . 9 lo * o Coarse inferior sheep ... 2 lo 3 2 Second quality .... 3 4 J 8 Prime coarse woolled ... 3 10 4 0 Prime Southdown .... 4 2 4 4 Large coarse calves . . . . 3 10 4 6 Prime small . . . . . 4 8 5 0 Suckling calves / each . . . 18 0 30 O Large hogs . . ; . . 3038 Neat small porkers , _, , 3 10 4 1 Quarter-old store pigs , each , . 16 0 20 0

      HEAD OP CATTLE ON SALE . ( From the Books ofthe Clerk ofthe Market . ) Beasts , 2 , 003- Sheep , 26 _, 340-Calves , G 4-Pigs , 321 . Richmo . _vd Corn Market , Feb . 22 . *—We had a large supply of Grain in our market to-day , which only had a dull sale , and the prices much tlio same aslast week : — -Wheat sold from os . to Cs . Cd . ; oats , 2 s . 2 d . to 3 s .: barley , 3 s . 6 d . to Is . * , beans , 4 s . 3 d . to 4 s . 9 d . per bushel . - - Manchester Corn Market , Monday , Fkb . 22 . « - During the week our market has varied very little , if any , from its previously monotonous character , nothing more than a limited retail 'business having

      been transacted in any article , for tiie supply of the immediate consumptive wants of the purchasers , for which lower rates have been generally accepted _. The greatest inactivity prevailed in the demand for wheat at our market this morning , and we repeat our previous quotations nominally . Flour was also in very limited request , and the ocst descriptions must be noted fully _o'd . per sack cheaper ; whilst on middling and inferior brands it was necessary to submit to a further reduction . Both oats and oatmeaLmet a very slow sale , at a decline-of -id . per 45 lbs . otlthe fonuev , and 5 d . to Od . pev 2401 bs . on the latter article . Beans were but little inquired for , and the turn lower .

      _LivKuroo _*** , Gous Mmi _* k _* bi ; , Mo _* s _* o . \ t , _Ickb . _2-i . — During the last seven days wc have received about 13 , 000 sacks of Flour from Ireland , but of grain and oatmeal the imports liave been moderate , " The duty on foreign barley has advanced is ., say to 5 s . per quarter . Extreme dulness lias continued to pervade the trade generally , and most articles have receded more or less in value . We have to quote best runs of Irish wheat Id ., secondary qualities 2 d . per

      bushel ; flour Is . per sack , and oatmeal Gd . per load cheaper than at the close of last week . Foreign wheat has been much neglected , though offering on rather easier terms . The best mealing oataliave been held at 3 s ., but a parcel or two of very good quality have been sold at 2 s . lid . per 451 bs . One or two lots of grinding barley changed hands at last Friday ' s market at a small abatement from previous rates . Peas are quoted _vritliout change . Beans have declined from Is * , to 2 s . per quarter ; Egyptians have been sold at 31 s . per 480 Ibs .

      Liverpool Cattle Market , Monday , Feb . 21 , *—We have had a fail-supply of all kinds of cattle at market , to-day , with a numerous attendance ot buyers . Prices much the same as of late . Anything good eagerly sought after , and readily sold at the following prices : ~ Baef , old . to Cd ., mutton , OH . to Id . per lb . —Cattle imported into Liverpool , from the 17 th to ; the 24 th Feb .: —Cows , 1277 ; calves , 24 ; sheep , 1842 ; lambs , 74 , * pigs , 7496 ; horses , 0 . L > : e _* d 3 Cloth MARKET .- _^ -Therc is not much variation in the state of the cloth trade this week—if any , it is a tendency to improvement .

      Leeds Corn Market , Tuesday , Feb . 25 . —Our arrivals arc moderate of all articles for this day ' s market , but there is a fair show of wheat samples from vessels waiting below . The wheat trade remains inactive , the millers only buy to meet their _present _yvants , and the demand , although steady , is not to any great extent , at last week ' s prices . The ' supply of fine barley is short , and late prices are in consequence pretty well supported , inferior qualities continue dull . New beans have declined in value Is . per quarter . Oat 3 , shelling ' , and other articles without variation . . - York Cobs _Mahket , Feb . 23 . —We have a large supply of wheat , * but small of other grain . \ We note little alteration in the trade ,- the former , however , manifest a disposition to resist any further reduction in price , and the business transacted in all descriptions of grain has been at the prices of last week .

      _Malton Cork Market , Feb . 25 . —We have _» good supply of wheat offering to this day ' s marlcet , but short of barley and oats . Wheat heavy sale , and rather lower , * in barley aud oats we make no alteration . Wheat , red new , 44 s . to 47 s . ; white do ., 18 s . to 50 s . ; red do ., old , 49 s . to 51 s . ; white do ., 52 s . to 54 s . per qr . of 4 C stones . Barley , 26 s ; to 80 s . per qr . of 32 stones . Oats OR to 10 R per stone ..

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 1, 1845, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_01031845/page/7/