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      rifonncci . TciiE . —The old year went out at last in Icrr good humour , giving vs a more genial siuiny day [ to weTiave experienced during *» £ »* & » «<« Ircek Tlie appearance of the weather about the fcddle of last month was very threatening and we KeSn to anticipate ajery severe ^ winter ; but there IS room to W & * . ** ™ ter wiU not prove of fejnsual scveritj " . Bimiig mdd weather prumng End nailuiff should now be set about in . earnest , espe-Kallv where the walls are extensive and the trees full Ejwfn It will be well to leave the peach and necta-Wnc trees till the beginning or middle of the next fcionth , as they are liable to be injured by very severe Kojt after recent pruning . All the hardier trees mar , Ett « . « r . l > e pruned mih perfect safety , and the

      iooner the work is out of hand the better , as the mring wiH bring with it plenty of occupation . It nil Iw well for afi pruners to bear in mind that the irhole art of pruning consists in insuring a plentiful qmply of fruit-bearing wood in all parts of the tree , ind in removing all useless , Tuiliealtliy wood or shoots . [ a order to effect tliese two objects thorouglily , it is fcccessary to make oneself acquainted with the fruit-Ecaring habits of the particular kind of tree to be tnnietl , so that laving discovered the kind of wood Em which the fruit is usually produced , -we may know feow to proceed in regulating and thinning the fruitfclioois of the present year , and in cutting out all Keless wood . A little observation carefully noted ¦ town , and a little experience will , in this as in all

      Hher practical matters , oe worth a thousand essays , j % erc is no mystery at all about the matter , and « 4 plc err chiefly because they endeavour to act ac «* ling to some arbitrary rule , instead of following hljaws of nature and the dictates of common sense . _ f 7 it' Greenhouse . The greenhouse plants are again u tcr ing severely from the effects of damp ; this is Jlieujariy the case with geraniums , calceolarias , jjjrKirias , aud other plants of a soft juicy nature . ? e do not remember to have seen them so much inired for some years . This is probably attributable K the absence of the sun , and the inability to Ten-Kate during cold winds . The only remedy is to dry Etc atmosphere l ? v putting on the fires for a few hoars

      very damp day . The last batches of hyacinths , narissns , jonquils and other Dutch bulbs , may now be rought into the greenhouse . Those which are tlirow uz up their flower stems may be freely watered with iquid guano , as may the early geraniums , cinerarias , ad Chinese primroses . —The Flower-qardtn . Prune he hardy roses , both dwarf and standard , if not done n autumn ; but leave the China and noisette Muds ill March . —The Kitchen-garden . If fhe weather eoninnis open and tolerably dry , it may be worth while a sow a small crop of early horn "earrots and early nunc peas . Choose for this purpose a warm shel ved border of L ' gkt rick earth . —BeWs WeeMv Mes

      j / WtT . Allotmexts . —SirE . Filmer spoke as follows on the liotmcnt system at a late meeting of the Maidstone r anncrs * Club : —It has been said that the worst oastcr a poor man could have was himself , but he bought that had been fully disproved . He had ¦ klitr allotments , which had been . worked for ten ears ) and for the last four years there had been only nc defaulter ; aud that was a poor widow , who had lot her money ready at the time , but paid it within t week . To prove that the poor man was not a bad naster to himself , he could give them a statement ritli which he had been fornished by one of his own abourcrs : — Kent , I quarter of an acre £ 0 7 6 Manure , 17 s . 6 d . ; Garden seeds , Is . 6 d . ; Potatoes , Us . Sd . 110 8

      The produce of tliis -was as follows : — Potatoes , i * Is . 81 ; Fran , 10 s 4 11 8 Vegetables for own consumption 0 10 0 5 13 Prom which deduct 1 IS 2 There would Lea dear profit of £ Z 3 C lewnt over the whole allotments afterwards , and ouikI them much better farmed than they had been ; ud although he did not think the allotment system pas a panacea , yet he thought it relieved the poor aaiifrom a great deal of anxiety , and taught him ii « duty to himself and his master better than anyliiur else did .

      LiTEBEsnxG to Hor Gbowebs . —Extract from the npi'leinent of Dr . TJre ' s "Dictionary of Arts and irienec 5 , "proYmg that the processof brewing genuine xajdon porter is by the use of 3 lb . of hops to one iifcM of malt , or nearly so . The Doctor says , under be head of porter and brown stout— " I offer the allowing statement of the process of brewing genuine mdon . porter , believing it to be more near that r ally practised than any ibnaula hitherto published ; -For ISO barrels of brownstout , containing from 80 j So parts of malt , extract in 1 , 000 by weight . — Vmiponents : —530 bush . ( English measure ) of good arley malt ; 10 bushels do . of kiln-browned malt ; 2 cwi . of esseniaa-bina , caramel , or sugar fused rcr a fire into a dark-brown or black syrup

      ms ; 150 Jb . of lops , or about 3 tt . to each BrsHEL f xmi ; 10 qaarts of calfhi , a preparation made itL the oil distilled from the outer bark of thebirch ; quarts of good porter yeast ; fnings of isinglass ksolred in soar beer . The estentia-bina may be disced in hot worts in a separate copper , and mixed mh the rest by Tunning it into the cooler immeditely after the boiled wort is strained from the hops i the hop-back . The ealfini ( a hocus-pocus term of he brewers ) is prepared as follows : —Put one ounce fbirdi-bark oil into a bottle , withfour quartsof spirits f wine 60 per cent , over proof ; cork the month of he bottle , and place it in a slightly warm position ill the oil be thoroughly combined with the alcohol , ifli the aid of occasional shaking . This solution ong cooled , is to be filtered through paper and kept < r use . The birch is an empyreuniatic product ,

      »< le in large quantities in Russia and Poland , for lie purpose of giving flavour and conservative pro-Imicstothe Russian leather . It is sold for Is . per Inait The dose of cahmi in porter is varied according io the taste of the brewers and consumers . " The inre quantity of hops now made use of is a very Wat increase on the old system , which has arisen roniilie value attached to them by the faculty , and thi the brewers themselves acknowledge they canto find a substitute for them . Example tor the Landowners . —At the rent ndit of J . S . Pakington , Esq ., M . P ., held at Westrood , on the 23 rd ult ., that gentleman liberally re-Uraedten per cent , io his tenants ; and further niiniated his intention of thinning the quantity of ameonhis estates within such a limit that no lamagc shall be sustained by the occupiers . PBOTKirrnw ov Hijops from Hares asb Rabbits . —

      L correspondent of a contemporary writes as follows - " I had cut and plashed a very ' fine withy coppice , rhich broke remarkably well , and for the first year ras allowed io . remain undisturbed ; but this peace ras of short duration , for in the second winter of heir growth , the enemy was at work , and most ffcctuaDy too , for whole roods in some places the Kratirally young shoots were browsed off , as though / whole nerd of forest colts had been turned in . uiowing their aversion to the smell of tar , I cireum aibed the scene of devastation with rope yarn , first learing away all rubbish , such as brambles , high r ass , &e ., making a clear space for operating ; I lieu fixed stumps into the ground , at ihe distance of srelve feet apart * to which was affixed the yarn , in « ro lines—the lower one was six inches from the round , the upper about eighteen ; there is no fear

      i either hares or rabbits jumping over ( unless pur-»« ' ) , as they invariably crawl through , or under any Er ection to tccir progress . To render the plan lore effective , I occasionally applied the tarbrush , hereby causing a strong scent of tar . By this plan sareil my crop , and now make it a standing rule eviT to have a copse unfurnished with the above wenrive . I advised a neighbouring former to try if same plan with a piece of carrots he had sown in ievcrv heart of flic game preserves , and of which ie rabbits in particular are very fond : he did so , i «! with the like effect * assuring me , at the time of King the crop , that he believed there was not a in ! rle root or top touched . Xu . ce of Geaxo . —Dr . Ure quotes African as aryiiig in composition as follows : — ^ Moisture ... from 21 to HG per cent .

      Ammonia .. . " 5 10 Organic matter v 35 50 " TliospLate of lime " 23 3 ? Phosphate of magnesia and ammonia ... " 36 *' Alkaline salts ... " 1 . 6 a " Sand , Ac ... " 12 Wp , the moisture is worfli nothing , so that a sample Hing 5 per cent , moisture , will contain but Ci solid 1 wno , and that more or less damaged . Ammonia stlie most valuable ingredient , and maybe estimated iu comparison with other manures ) at 6 d . andSd . * rll » . ; so that samples , in other respects equal , one » ntaiuuig 10 , the other only a per cent , of aniloaia—the first Trill be worth 2 s . 6 d . per cent ., * * 2 103 . per ton , more than the other . The pgredient next in value is the phosphate of me , including that of magnesia , which are here n much more readily soluble state than in ht

      •" oes : and taking bones to average half their weig f phosphate , may be valued at double the price of "toe-dust , that is , taking bone-dust at 18 s . per quar-«" of 3 cwt ., or l ^ d . per lb . But these phosphates «> not decav ; and hence the more the ammonia and B eMiic matters are rotted away , the richer isthe re-Pj Wer in phosphates , for instance , if fresh guano r ^ fchis 15 per cent , phosphates , and then loses L 4 th PJaecay ^ e -whole 15 of p hosphates remain in the po lbs . Teaune . ^ d jqo of h residue -will contain p 0 . So that decaved "nano becomes richer in phosgnates as it loses ammonia ; the one going , in some Fgrec , to compensate the loss of the other . Theor-| 8 * nie matters , free from ammonia and nitrogen , are phe other dements in the worfli of guano , and are ptambre valuable from their state of intimate composition with the ammonia and phosphates . In this ptate they may be worth Is . ( or » ore ) per cwt . The jpjkdaie salts ' are in such small quantify , that it may Pe better to simplify the calculation , by omitting

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      them . ^ The value of guano may then be estimated according to its contents , in—1 . Ammonia : 2 . Phosphates : 3 . Organic matter . For example , take two samples of African guano—No . 1 . Fair ; No . 2 . Inferior—containing as follows , per 100 lbs . : — No . 1 . So . 2 . s . d . s- d . Moisture ( no value ) ... 30 ... 33 Ammonia , at 6 d . ... 8 4 0 ... 5 2 G Phosphates , ljd . ... 25 3 1 ^ ... 30 3 9 Organic matter , Is . per cwt . ... ... 40 0 4 ... 28 0 3 7 5 i 6 6 Their proportionate values will be about as Is . Gd . to 6 s . 6 d . ; their actual prices depending on the state of the market , but still bearing the same proportions .

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      Imfrovembkt is the Atmospheric Railway . —M . Hallette , an experienced engineer and maker of steam-engines , at Anas , near Calais , in France , has patented an invention , which he regards as an important improvement on the Atmosphere Railway ot Messrs . Ulegg and Samuda , and likely so far to perfect that principle of railway construction as to give it an unquestionable and great superiority over the present methods of constructing and working railways . Our readers are aware that hi the Atmospheric Railway , the moving power is not a locomotive engine , but the pressure of the atmosphere on a piston which moves in a large tube laid longitudinally between the rails . To giye this power , it is needful to exhaust the tube of air as far as practica ble , which is done by stationary steam-engines , placed

      at certain distances along the line , say , from tweto three miles apart , by which engines " air-pumps are worked . If the exhaustion were perfect , the pressure of air on the surface of the piston would be equal to fifteen pounds to the square inch ; and even with the degree of exhaustion which is found to be practicable , a power is obtained sufficient to move the largest trains at a speed far greater than has ever been attained by locomotive engines . Medhurst , a Banish engineer , proposed the adoption of this principle for the transmission of letters , in 1810 . The ridiculous idea was once conceived , of making a tube so large that carriages with passengers might be shot along from London to Brighton ! Of course this was abandoned , and the idea was then entertained of attaching the carriages moving on a railway to a

      piston travelling in the interior of the tube ; but the difficulty -was , t o connect the piston witli tlie carriages , without admitting the air into the tubewhich admission of air would at once destroy the vacuum , and with it the moving principle . Messrs . Olegg and Samuda , two able engineers , after many experiments , succeeded in accomplishing this object ; and after a successful trial on apiece of railway half a mile long , at Wormwood Scrubbs , they constructed a railway from Kingstown to Dalkey , a mile and three quarters in length , which has been in actual operation for the conveyance of passengers and goods , many months , with complete success . The means contrived by Glegg and Samuda for attaching the carriages to the piston was , to make a groove along the tube , covered with a leathern flap , which , being

      weighted and covered with wax , allows a cable or bar connecting the piston with the carriages to traverse—opening with ease to admit the passage of the cable , and closing after it , so as almost , but not entirely , to prevent the admission of air J The apparatus is extremely ingenious ; it requires the application of a heated iron behind of the piston to melt the wax , and a roller following the piston to re-seal it ; and it allows of a leakage ^ which the patentees calculate as equal to fifteen per cent , of the power employed to exhaust the air . The improvement made by M . Hallette is in providing a means of opening and closing the longitudinal grooves , so as to prevent the loss of power by leakage . He lias endeavoured to imitate nature , by providing a pair of flexible lips to the groove , which allow of the passage

      of the piston-bar , or cable , without admitting the air . It is possible , as every one may find on trial , to pass a quill or pencil between the lips from one side of the mouth to the other , without admitting the least air into the mouth or put of it . M . Hallette has made artificial lips , by disposing along the parallel edges of the longitudinal groove two little cylinders , cut laterally , so that the concave of the one cylinder is opposite to the concave of the other ; and filling each cylinder with aland of hollow gut or tube , of leather or other material impermeable to air , which tubes , being filled with compressed air , and lying in close contact with each other , form a kind of elastic lip $ , that open like the lips of a man , and allow a bar or cable to pass along them without admitting any air into the large tube . Such is the method of M . Hallette , who states that . after experiments made

      publicly on a short railway at Arras , he has proved that the artificial lips , placed along the groove of the tube , hermetically close it , and effectually prevent the admission of air into the exhausted portion of the tube as the piston passes . His invention also affords the means of bringing the piston and train to a stand much more quickly than any other system , and , of course , it is better adapted than any other to the descent of considerable inclinations . M . Arago , and other distinguished men of science in France , have declared their approbation of M . Hallette ' s invention ; and a commission , composed of Messrs . Charles Dupin , Arago , Seguier , Morin , and Piobevt , has been appointed to report upon it to the Academie des Sciences . We understand that patents have been taken out for M . Hallette ' s invention in England , Scotland , and Ireland .

      Pbexch Academt of Sciexces . —SrrnxG of Dec . 30 . —One of the first papers read was from M . Jules Desportes , relative to the announcement made at the last sitting of a new mode of lithographic pr inting in colours , practised at the royal printing-office , and of which some beautiful specimens have been exhibited . According to M . Desportes , the process adopted at the royal printing-onicehas no superiority over those of Engelmann , Lemereier , Formentin , and others . A communication was received from M . jDesbordeaux , of Caen , proposing a mode of plating upon steel by the galvanic process , in the mode of operating practised by Messrs . Ruolz and Elkington . It is found necessary to cover the article which is to be silvered with a slight coating of copper , without which the steel will not receive the silver .

      M . Desbordeaux states that the necessity for this coating of copper may be avoided by plunging the article for a few seconds in a mixture composed of one gramme of nitrate of silver , one gramme of nitrate of mercury , four grammes of nitric acid , at forty of Beaume ' s aerometer , and 120 grammes of distilled water . A long paper was received from Dr . Leopold Turk , on the nature and treatment of typhus fever . Tlig paper has no interest but for medical men , and ior such an analysis would not suffice . We must refer them , therefore , to the paper itself , merely observing that they will find in it many things opposed to the generally-received notions on this subject . For the general reader , we have to remark that Dr . Turk regards typhus fever as a

      general malady , attacking the entire system , and in which bleeding is useless . He saya he hag ascertained that the disease has generally an intermittent character , and therefore he treats it as such . He employs the alcoholic infusion of bark in lotions , the aqueous solution of bark as a drink , and the sulphate of quinine in injections . He gives fourteen cases in which , according to lus statement , tills treatment was successful . M \ Ackermaun , formerly surgeon major of the navy , who passed three consecutive years at Madagascar , submitted to the Academy the project of a scientific voyage , with a vie w to the exploration of the interior of this important island . M . Ackermann considers that much valuable iniormation would result from the realisation of lib

      project . Deteciiox of Needles , &c , in the Hdmas Body . —When you suspect the presence of a piece of needle , or other steel instrument , you must subject the suspected part to a treatment calculated to render the needle magnetic ; and there are two principal methods by which tliis object maybe effected . The first , by transmitting a galvanic current , at right angles , to the suspected part ; the ' second , by placing a large magnet near the part affected , so that the object may be maenetised by induction . You may accomplish tlie first end byta ' king a copper wire , covered with

      cotton , or still better with silk ( in tact , you may employ the covered wire as generally used for the formation of electro-magnets ) , and wind it round the parts suspected to contain steel several times , so that the same current may act at right angles many times upon the piece of steel ; you may then take a galvanic battery ( one of my little tumbler batteries will amply sufiice ) , and connect one end of the wire to the zinc , the other to the platinised silver . The current might be continued for half an hop , or more , when the steel would become magnetised , and thereby give strong indications of its presence . —Smee , in J&dical Times .

      Am axd Exercise . —People "who are travelling especially in clear frosty weather , when the atmosphere is of the greatest specific gravity , and more oxygen is token into the lungs at a single inspiration than in hot or hazy weatheiywill drink asmuch spirit with impunity as would intoxicate them five or six times over were they sitting in a confined room . It is not an uncommon thing for a man , whose maximum of whiskey toddy is a couple of glasses , to find , after having ascended Ben Lomond , that he has unknowin » lv swallowed a whole bottle of undiluted Glenlivat . The ' Highlandersareproverbialforthequantityofwliis tneni

      kcy they drink , and for the little injury it does . Many of them habitually drink a wine-gliiss of raw spirit directly upon rising in a morning . To them it is a " cup that cheers but not inebriates . " They are not intoxicated by it for the moment , nor do they suffer in any marked degree from the usual remote consequences of dram drinking . They are not like the tavern frequenter and spirit-tippler of the crowded city—^ jaundiced , consumptive , impotent , imbecile , or paralysed , dying before histime . They are hale , cheerful , and vigorous , despite their practices . And wherefore this marvellous difference ? Fresh air and free exercise are the foundation of it all . — 2 &dieal limes .

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      Woxdeeful Improvements in Copper-i'late Engraving and Printing . —The Art Union for the present month gives an account , together with a specimen ^ of the new process whereby engravings may be multiplied , ad infinitum , and at a small cost . It appears that the inventor , an English engraver , can , iuafewday 8 , copy a large and elaborate engraving , with such accuracy , that the difference between the original and the copy will be imperceptible : that an engraving on steel or copper can be produced solely from an impression of a print , and that this plate will yield from ten to twenty thousand impressions . The ^ rt Union also gives the following account of a new discovery called Anastatic Printing : — " We have been favoured with an opportunity of inspecting , at the offices of Mr . J . WoodsNo . 3

      Bargeyard-, , chambers , Bucklersbury , a process of reprinting , to whioh this name has been given . We are aware that many attempts have , at different times , been made to arrive , by similar means , at an available result . These have been attended with various suc cesses , but in no case amounting , hitherto , to anytiling profitable . To describe the present result In as few words as possible : It is the production of any torm of letterpress , or any quality of print , drawing , engraving , or lithograph , in an unlimited quantity , in an inconceivabl y brief space of time . Any journal , for instance , say the Morning Post , might , in twenty nunutes , be prepared for reprinting , merely from a single number , and worked off with the ordinary rapidity of the steam-press . It is our purpose fully to describe , in the next number of the Art Uniontlie

      , process whereby this is effected , and to show the admirable applicability of the invention to all thoBe kinds Of croquis drawings , sketches , < fec , which have hitherto been presented to the public eye as wood engraving , by giving as a specimen a page of drawings by distinguished artists , printed in this manner . Ihe proprietors are scarcely yet prepared to work their patent on the extensive scale which they contemplate . We have , however , seen a set of drawings , fresh from the hands of the artists , prepared for printing , and printed off in little more than a quarter of an hour ! In less than a quarter of an hour from the time of receiving the sketch , the printer will present to the

      artist proofs of his work , which shall resemble the original as perfectly as if it had been reflected on the paper touch for touch . Li presenting these specimens we shall describe the process at length in the next number of the Art Union . In the meantime , it must be observed that it is impossible to define the development of tills , to say the least , truly wonderful invention , whereby the work of the artist is reproduced in lac-simile , without the slightest point of difference ; the finest and rarest engravings may be reprinted , ad infinitum , and last , though not least , books may be reprinted , as from stereotypes , in unlimited quantity . "

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      Sexsibilitt op the Pharisees . —The Ipswich Express publishes a statement that puts the sensibilities af the dwellers of Ipswich in the rosiest light . If we are to believe the Express , then are Ipswicn folks of the porcelain of all human clay , having the very tenderest affections towards—themselves . At the present tune , it appeal's , there are three convicts in Ipswich gaol under sentence of death . Well , the town of Ipswich bestirs itself , and despatches " an earnest petition to the Secretary of State "—for what ? Is the town doubtful of the efficacy of capital punishments , and therefore does it sue for a commutation of the sentence ? By no moans ; the town leaves the culprits to the halter , and in the depths of its tenderness only thinks of itself ! The petition , " signed by the authorities of the town , " is to this benevolent effect ; it

      prays—That the prisoner ( Mary Sheming ) might ie respited until ihe execution of the two Howells and Shipley , in the hope that the town might be spared the infliction of two public executions . And the town of Ipswich feels its heart somewhat thelighter , "for an advance lias been made" towards its wishes , Marv Sheming being respited until the 11 th inst . BvAThe execution of the other criminals being ordered to takeplacoon the 25 th of January , it is not improbable that , in deference to the earnest petition of tJie authorities tlie female prisoner may receive a further respite .

      TIM is , the law , cat-like , but in deference to the authorities , may sport with the agony of Mary Sheming until the 25 th ! The reputation of Sir James Graham , as Home Secretary , certainly owes something to the condemned cell ; and as he linked his name with Mary Ftu'ley , ho mny not in this latter instance refuse historic companionship with Mary Sheming . But why , allow us to ask , should there not be tiuo executions , if executions are permitted at all ? Their advocates contend that they are beneficial aB public examples . * If so , why should there not be two examples instead of one ? Why not , to the shuddering lopulation of Ipswich , read two terrible moral lessons ? Wherefore lose one awful opportunity of illustrating the solemn usefulness of the punishment

      of death ? Or if , indeed , the feelings of the town are so acute—if Ipswich shrinks at the thought of so appalling , so ghastly an exhibition—wherefore hang at all ? The advocates of hanging , as asocial example , should rather husband their resources , that their influence might be more frequent . To beg a respite , only that there may be a double execution , is certainly to lessen the number of wholesome examples . We are aware that George III . —a very great authority on hanging—was not of this opinion . Under his reign there was always what Peachem calls a " a decent execution . " It is a fact , not to be too frequently quoted against the champions of the gallows , that on the 23 rd of June , 1784 ^ -subre < jepio—the New Drop was first used , when fifteen convicts were

      togetherexecuted . More than this ; from the following February to the 1 st of December , there were ninetysix—more than an average of two a week—hanged in front of Newgate ; and for what ? Why , the groat majority for offences which in . the present time would be punished with various terma of transportation , the evil-doers being first taught a trade in a Model Prison . Let it be known that fifteen human creatures were to be hanged in the Old Bailey on Monday —and the metropolis , nay , the whole country , would rise in indignation against the wickedness ; a wickednees which , however , our forefathers thought necessary to social security , as their forefathers , in their

      daily business walks , saw in the heads of traitors festering on Temple Bar , the ghastly yet fitting evidences of the right divine of kings . To return , however , to Ipswicn , and the selfishness of its sympathies . In its tenderness for itself , and its apathy towards the suffering convict , we are reminded of the sensibility of a certain lady of fashion . She had a pet spaniel that , in a momentary freak , bit a piece out of the footman ' s leg . Whereupon , the lady , thinking of the dog as if indeed it were a part of herself , exclaimed— "Poor little dear ! I bopeit won't make it ill . " Now , never mind the sufferings of Mary Sheming , but don't let Ipswich be made HIlet Ipswich be " spared an infliction . "

      A . "Warm Woollbn Dress . "—John Matthews was recently discharged from Brink \ trorth Gaol , Wiltshire ; he haying been committed there for two months for desertion of his wife and children . That is , the man went to Wales to obtain work , leaving his wife and children in the workhouse . He was unsuccessful in his attempt to be employed—no shirking idler , be it remembered—he returned to the workhouse , and was sent to gaol . In this way , in some places in merry England , does Justice play the grim mountebank ! * The man was discharged in the late bitter cold weather . '' He wag most miserably clad , having exchanged hi 3 warm woollen jmson dress for his own clothes—mere rags ; the upper garments consisting of an old waistcoat and a thin slop . He

      was also suffering from a diseased heart , a complaint of long standing ! " The end is soon told . He had no money ; he took shelter in a hovel near the road , where there happened to bo some straw . " Here , according to his own account , he remained from the Wednesday evening till the Monday morning , during a most intense frost , and having nothing to eat except the remaining portion of the loaf which was given him on leaving the prison . " On the Wednesday afternoon the man was conveyed to the Malinesbury Union , Ms feet being so badly frost-bitten , that the surgeon declared he must lose them ! The man died on the Saturday . His wife , on the inquest ,

      said that he "had always been kind to her and the child , was a sober man , and brought his earnings home , when able to work . " The jury returned the following verdict : — " That deceased died from the inclemency of the weather , and the jury are of opinion , that disease of the heart , and sudden exposure to cold on leaving the prison with insufficient clothing , rendered him peculiarly susceptible of its effects . " And thus it is proved to a bold peasantry , a country ' s pride , that it is better to endure , with all its ignominy , " a warm woollen prison dress , " than to seek , by the honest employment of their energies , the comfortable clothing of a free labourer . In the one case he is well-fed , and well-clothed ; in the other , he is starved , and dies with gangrened legs , the victim of "bitter weather . "

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      * In the Times' report of the recent execution of William Kendrew , at York , we read , in the following sentence , a frightful comment on the social effect of hanging : — " A young man was detected , almost at the foot of tlie scaffold , in the act of picking pockets . "

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      Fatal Railway Accident . —On Tuesday night an inquest was held in Guy ' s Hospital , before Mr . Joseph Payne , deputy coroner , on the body of Charles Meaden , aged 25 , late a guard in the service of tlie London and Dover Railway Company . Thomas Slater , of Ashford , an engine-driver on the London and Dover Railway , said that he knew the deceased , who waa in the same employ as guard . On Christmas-day , about five p . m ., he was at the New-cross station , going out with a train , when he gave the usual whistle , and then looked round to see that the carriages were all right . Whilst doing so he saw something fall , about three yards from the end of the platform . He reversed his engine , and put down the break , and on going back found it to be the deceased , who was lying in the slope . Witness having procured another guard , proceeded on to Ashford , and the deceased waa removed by an

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      ¦ . . . i ¦ ¦ -. ¦ engihe : and carriage to Guy ' s Hospital . The signal had been given for him to go on . William Wadley , a porter at the New-cross station , deposed to bringing the deceased to the hospital . On their way he told witness he was endeavouring : to seat himself on the carriage when ho missed his hold and fell , one or two of the carnages passing over his arm , which was much shattered . Mr . Andrew Davis , house surgeon , said deceased was brought in on Christmas-day , suffering from a very severe compound comminuted fracture of the right fore-arm . His aim was amputated a few houss after his admission by Mr . CalLvway . He died on Monday morning from irritation and exhaustion consequent on the injury . The deceased's brother , who appeared deeply affected , said he had no complaint to make against any one , and the jury being also satisfied , returned a verdict of Accidental Death . An intimation was mado to the coroner that the company would bury the deceased , and make provision for the widow . ¦

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      Sanguinary Eimcubism . — There Is a , curious alchemy in human nature which enables men to convert the most repulsive aliments into dainties .- Some have been known to feed on poisons . It is with the moral as with the physical part of our being . Nero is said to have wished ' that he had never learned to write when he ' signed his . first death-warrant ; and Robespierre gave up a judgcsliip rather than pronounce a sentence of death . They became in time perfect gourmands in what was at first so nauseous to them . Such rulers as those we ' have . 'named hiive vulgar voracious appetites' for slaughter . They feed lustily , like ploughnieh . But there are men with delicate and fastidious appetites , who prefer tiny titbits , and linger over their repast to-prolong the

      E leasure . The former class are the gluttons , the itter the epicures of death-punishments . It strikes us that the present Secretary of State for the Home Department occasionally betrays symptoms of being a little of the epicure in this respect . Par cxcmplc . — A Minister may be justified for habitually allowing the law to take its course , even in the case of dcathpunislrments ; but in such cases prompt and stern decision is mercy . Now , there is at present a woman —Mary Sheming—lying under sentence of death at Ipswich . She was ordered for execution on Tuesday last , and three men are ordered for execution on Saturday , the 25 th . The authorities of Ipswichapparently from a Avisli to bolt the whole of their share of the nauseous morsel of death-punishment at once—petitioned that Maiy Sheming might be respited till the day fixed for the execution of the three men . The Home Secretary has respited her till the

      llth , and the Ipswich newspaper intimates a hope that he may yet be moved to grant a further respite . There is something in this doling out of respites by halves even more cruel than prompt refusal . The criminal is kept in a prolonged alternation of hope and fear . The secretary plays with her as a cat with a mouse / when , in the very wantonness of secure possession , the brute cuffs it from side to side , and delays the finishing stroke . He resembles the bon-vivant taking smaller and smaller sips of his last glass as he gets nearer the bottom . Sir James hesitates like a schoolboy , doubtful whether to make two bites of his cherry , or reserveit for one rich . mouthful ; he cannot decide whether it is better to divide the pleasure , by having two executions , or to reserve the whole four culprits for one glorious full-gorged hanging-match . The question is a difficult one , and accordingly he has taken a fortnight to make up his mind . This is making ihe most of a treat . —Spectator ,

      The General Post-opfice . —On Saturday the following Post-office order was p laced in the hands of the several postmen , b y direction of the Postmaster-General , having also been issued to all postmasters , sub-postmasters , and letter-receivers ;— " General Post-office , 'December , 1844 , No . 37 . —On and after the 1 st of January next , should any letter or packet be tendered at your office , which you may ascertain to contain , or which you have every reason to believe contains , any of the following articles , viz ., any glass or glass bottle , any razor , scissors , knife , fork , or other sharp instrument ; any leeches , game , fish , flesh , fruit , vegetables , or other perishable substance ; any bladder or other vessel containing liquid ; or any article , matter , or thing whatsoever which might , by pressure

      or otherwise , be renderedinjunous either to the officers of the Post-office , or to the contents of the mail-bags , you will refuse to receive such letter or packet . In the event of any letter or packet being taken by you , and you do not until afterwards discover that it contains any article as above described , or should any such letter or packet be deposited in the letter-box , you will , not forward it to its destination , but you will detain it in your office , and inform me by the first post of the circumstance , stating the precise address of the letter or packet , and its contents , or what you suppose them to be , when proper steps wiU be taken in this department in the case , and you will be

      instructed in what manner to dispose- ot the letter , or packet , i Should any letter or packet containing any article as before mentioned not be discovered by the postmaster at whose office it maybe posted , but be forwarded on to its destination , the receiving postmaster to whose town it may bo addressed , upon discovering , or having reason to believe , that its contents are such as those alluded to , will not send it out for delivery , but will detain it in his office , reporting the circumstance to me by the first post , and stating the nature of its contents , when he will be duly instructed in what manner to dispose of it , —By command , W . L . Maberly , Secretary . "

      ExiBAOBDiNARy MAitHiAGE . —An old man , aged 85 years , who has long . been a teacher at Mauchline , and for the latter eleven years of his pilgrimage blind , yet strange to say , still teaching "the young idea now to shoot , " bethought himself , a few weeks ago , of a helpmate , and , in his peregrinations to Kilniarnock , happened to fall in with a woman of less than half his age , whom , on hinting his views , he found was on terms with a younger son of Adam , who belonged to the thriftless fraternity of weavers . Marriage , it appeared , had often been hinted by the knight of the shuttle , but not that direct query put which is so grateful to the ears of womankind . The patriarchal instructor had not passed so many of the young through his hands not to be able to take advantage of the opening thus afforded ; and , in order to counterbalance the difference of years ( the other ,

      of being blind to her faults , provided ho might be alivo to her perfections , not being taken into account ) , held forth the advantages of a comfortable fireside , with something t < ~ alee the pot boil , in contradistinction to the " muslin-kaill , " that would probably be her staple commodity did she engage with his young rival . Coming to close terms , he at once proposed to leave her , should she survive to be his widow , £ 100 and a house , of which he is proprietor . This decided the no-longer thoughtless maiden to bring matters to an issue with the man of threads . He , when pressed to declare his sentiments , professed his unchanged regard , but proposed to wait for better times . "No time like the present , " thought the damsel , and she closed with the offer of her aged suitor ; and , as the bridegroom had no tune to lose , the nuptial knot was tied this week . —Kilmarnoch Journal .

      The OrFEMORT . —We last week gave the Rev . ^ J . R . Pretyman credit for a cliiiritablc action in having given a dinner to thirty poor persons in the Countyhall . From the report of the Bucks Herald ( to which attention is called by a correspondent ) , it appears that this dinner was paid with the communion alms . This is certainly a Btrange ( and , wo rather think , an illegal ) manner of disposing of the contributions of the faithful . Tlie communicants have always been led to think , that in giving their alms they werebostowing their charities direct upon their poorer neiglibours . —Ayleshury News ,

      A Sad Reveiise . —Four individuals , who were a few years since occupiers of as many farms of considerable extent in the parish , are now working on the roads for the means of existenco , at Boarstall , Bucks , A sad reverse tliis , from master to man , from tlie land to the road , to ho obliged to labour on the highways for the parish surveyors , at the small sum paid them for their work ; we believe eight shillings is the highest , down to six shillings ' per week . With two of them it is the more severely felt from their havinc large families to support ,

      Extraordinary Letter attestino the Efficacy of Holloway ' s Medicines is Barbadoes—received by J . Young ¦ Edghill , Esq ., Professor Holloway ' s Agent for the above Island : — " My kind Benefactor : With the most affectionate gratitude and respect , I acknowledge your liberality in the Pills and Ointment you sontme on the 31 st of last month , from the use of which I have derived a benefit almost incredible ; the favourable change in my leg , and the promising appearance it lias assusacd , cherishes my dearest hope of recovery , provided I can manage to

      obtain tne medicines , and continue an uninterrupted use of them . They have , indeed , realised my opinion of their efficacy , and I very much regret I have been obliged to apply another dressing this morning , being entirely out of the Ointment . I now send per bearer one dollar and a half , wliieli I have just obtained from a Mend , and shall be obliged to you to receive it , and send me one of your large pots of Ointment ; I shall take particular care to report to you my state and progress of recovery . Signed—John B . C . Wilson . August 8 th , 1844 . " .

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      BANKRUPTS . ( From Twsday ' s GazetteJ William Youle , Addle-street , Wood-street , City , commission-agent — Thomas Chandler , Bon-lane , builder—John Mandeno , Grove-street , Hackney , market-gardener —Thomas Reyely , jun ., Newcastle-upon-Tyne , plumber—John Barfl , Liverpool , merchant—James Booth , Brownhill , Yorkshire , woollen-cloth-manufacturer — William Iiutwyche , Birmingham , brass-founder . ' ; DECLARATIONS OF DIVIDENDS . J . B . Pow , Newcastle-upon-Tyno , ship-broker , second and final dividend of Is 7 Jd in tho pound , any Saturday , at the office of Mr . Baker , Newcaetle-upon-Tyne . J . Dyson , Sheffield , scythe-manufacturer , first dividend Of 7 s Gain the pound , any Wednesday after Jan . 9 , at the office of Mr . Freeman , Leeds ,

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      nent , for some timeihence , will be ; on a yerylimited scale . On looking over those for the past year ( which will be found below ) we find they have considerably exceeded those of 1842 and 1843 , both aa rcspecta numbers and quality ; and it appeal's to us quite evident , from the exertions now making by the foreign graziers to improve tho condition of their beasts and sheep , that the importations for 1845 will bo much larger than we have ever before noticed . In the week just concluded 16 sheep and 18 oxen and cows have been received for this market , and which were disposed of on Friday last . With this exception , no arrivals have taken place into any of the ports of the United Kingdom . The official returns of the importations of beasts and sheep give the following results : —

      FROM DEC . 31 TO JAN . 4 , 1845 i Beasts . Sheep . London 2581 1814 Hull 1090 ... .. . . 175 Liverpool 81 9 Southampton 193 5 . Totals ... ... iido 2603 To-day there were only 4 beasts and S sheep on sale froni abroad ; but , as they were somewhat out of condition , they attracted vcry . iittlc attention . Although there was only a moderate number of beasts offering in to-day ' s market , the principal portion of which was of very middling quality , the demand for that description of stock , notwithstanding we had a fair attendance of buyers , was extremely inactive . Tho few prime Scots offering were mostly disposed of at

      prices about equal to those obtained on Monday last ; but the value of most other breeds \ v ; is lower b y 2 d , per 81 b ., and even at that amount of depression a clearance was not effected . There were very few serious cases of disease apparent amongst the beasts , yet they came to hand somewhat out of condition , Tlie sheep were , generally speaking , in good order , and their weight was equal to that of most former seasons . For the time of year , the supply of sheep was rather limited , Prime old downs were in fair request , and last week ' s quotations were steadily supported . All other breeds were on full sale , though not cheaper . The supply of calves was quite equal to the demand , which ruled somewhat inactive , at previous quotations . There were upwards of 200 pigs on sale from Ireland . Prime small English wore m fair request , but other qualities being heavily on hand , at late prices .

      By the quantities of 81 b ,, sinking the oftal , s . d . i . d Inferior coarse beasts . . . 2 0 2 10 Second quality .... 3 0 3 4 Prime large oxeu . . . . 3 0 3 8 Prime Scots , ic . . . . ¦ . 8 10 4 2 Coarse iuferior sheep . . . 2 8 2 10 Second quality .... 3 0 3 C Prime coarse woolled ... 3 8 3 10 Prirao Southdown .... 404 * Large coarse calve ) ..,. 3440 Prime small 4 2 4 4 Suckling calvss each . , , 18 0 30 9 Large hogs 3 0 3 6 Ne » t small porkers . . , S 8 4 0 Quarter-old store pigs each . 1 C 0 20 0

      CORN AVERAGES . —General average prices of British corn for the -weekended Jan . 4 , 1815 , made up from the Iteturns of the Inspectors in . the different cities and towns iii England and Wales , per imperial quarter . Wheat .. 45 s . 3 d . j Oats .... 21 s ; lOd . Beans .. 36 s . Id . Barley .. 34 s . 2 d . | Rye .... 83 s , Od . | Peasu .. 36 s . Id . Smithfieid Haymaukets . —Coarse Meadow Hay , £ 3 10 b to £ 4 15 s ; Useful ditto , £ 4 16 s to £ 5 43 ; fine Upland , ditto , £ 5 5 s to . £ 5 10 s ; Clover liar , £ 4 10 s to £ 6 ; Oat Straw , £ 114 s to £ 110 s ; Wheat Straw , £ 1 16 s to £ 1 18 s per load . A fair average supply , and a steady demand .

      Meat Markets , Southaix , Jan . 8 . —We had rather a steady demand for the primest beasts and sheep , but all other kinds of stock , which were in fair average supply , were a dull sale , at barely stationary prices . Beef , from 2 s lOd to 4 s ; mutton , 2 s 8 d to 4 s 4 d ; veal , 3 s pd to 4 s ; and pork , 2 s Sd to 3 s 8 d per S lbs ., to sink the offal . Supply : —beasts , 40 ; sheep , 1 , 460 ; calves , 41 ; pigs , 52 . IIgmford , Jan . 8 . —Generally speaking , we had a very inactive demand here this morning , and the rates were with difficulty supported . Beef , from 2 s 8 d to 4 s ; mutton , 2 s lOd to 4 s 4 d ; veal , 3 s 6 d to 4 s ; and pork , 3 s to 3 s 8 d per 81 bs . Sucking calves , 18 s to 30 s ; quarter-old store pigs , 16 s to 20 s ; and milch cows , with their small calf , £ 10 to £ 19 each . Hailsiiam , Jan . 8 . —We had a very dull inquiry for stock , the quotations of which had a downward tendency . Beef , from 2 s lOd to 4 s 2 d ; mutton , 3 s to 4 s 4 d ; veal , 3 s 6 d to 4 s ; and pork , 3 s to 3 s 6 d per Slba ,

      Arundel , Jan . 7 . —Beef , from 3 s to 4 s ; mutton , 3 s to 4 s 4 d , ; veal ,. " . 3 s Cd to 3 s lOd ; and pork , 3 s to 3 s 6 d per Slbs . Supply but moderate , and trade dull . pnicnESTEn , Jan . 8 . —There was a scanty show of prime stock , which in consequence supported previous figures . The value of other kinds was lower . Beef , from 2 s Sd to 4 s 2 d ; mutton , 3 s to 4 s 4 d ; veal , 3 s 4 d to 4 s ; and pork , 2 s lOd to 3 s 6 d per 8 lbs . Suckling calves , 18 s to 28 s ; quarter-old Store Pigs , 16 s to 19 s ; and Milch Cows , £ 16 to £ 18 10 s each . Coal Market . —Prices per ton at the close of the market ; : —Buddie ' s West Hartley , 20 s ; Carr ' s Hartley 20 s ; Charlotte Main , 21 s ; Hasting ' s Hartley , 20 s ; Holywell Main , 21 s ; Hedloy's Hartley , Its ; Old Pontop , 19 s Od j Ord ' a Redheugh , 19 s ; Taylor ' s West Hartley , 20 s ; Townley , 19 s 6 d ; Wylani , 20 s 9 d ; W . E ., Bell and Brown , 22 s ; W . E ., Clark and Co .,

      20 s ; W , E ., Clennell , 20 s Cd ; W . E ., Gosforth , 22 s ; W . E ., Heaton , 21 s 9 d ; W . E ., Hilda , 2 . 1 s 6 d ; W . E ., Hotspur , 21 s Cd ; W . E ., Killingworth 21 s 6 d ; W . E . Wharncliffe , 21 s 9 d ; Eden Main , 22 s ; W . E ., Belmont , 22 s 6 d ; W . D ., Braddyll ' s Hetton , 24 s ; W . E ., Hetton , 22 s ; W . E ., Haswell , 24 s ; W . E ., Uctton , 24 s ; Hytton , 22 s ; Lambton , 24 s ; Morrison , 21 a Cd ; Shotton , 24 s ; Stewart's , 24 s ; Whitwell , 22 s Cd ; Caradoc , 23 s Cd ; Cassop , 23 s Cd ; Hartlepool , 23 s 9 d ; Heselden , 21 s Cd ; Heugh Hall , 22 s Cd ; Kclloe , 23 s 9 d ; South Hartlepool , 23 s ; South Kelloe , 23 s ~ 6 d ; Adelaide , 23 s Cd ; Bitchburn , 22 s ; Gordon , 20 s 9 ( 1 ; Seymour Tees , 23 s ; Tees , 23 s Gd ; West Hetton , 21 s ; Cowpen Hartley , 20 s 6 d ; Gavnaut Stone , 2 Cs ; Lcwiss Merthyr , 21 s 6 d ; Moreton ' s Milibrd Stone , 2 Cs ; Townhill Elgin , 19 s 6 d ; Welch Channel , 3 os ; West Hartley , Netherton , 20 s ; West Hartley , 19 s Cd . —Ships arrived , 52 .

      Manchester Corn Market , Satorhay , Jajx . 4 . — During the week the trade has "been in a lifeless state ; and in the absence of demand , beyond that for present consumption , no change can he noted in the value of any article . At our market this morning the inquiry for wheat was very limited , and we repeat our quotations , nominally , as on tliis day se ' nnight . Flour was in but moderate request : no reduction in prices can , however , be noted . The demand for oats was on the most limited scale , and the previous currency was not obtainable . For oatmeal there was a fair consumptive demand , at full prices , but the scarcity of the article caused a limitation to the business which would otherwise hare been done . Beans were only a slow sale .

      State of Trade . —The improvement which we noticed in this market last-week was fully sustained yesterday , when the demand both for yarn and goods was considerable ; and the market being exceedingly bare of stock , purchasers were compelled , in' some cases , to ? ive , for immediate delivery ^ an advance of id . to id . per pound on yarn , and of lid . to 3 d . per piece on 40-mch shirtings . Many contracts for future delivery have also been made at full previous rates . —il / ancfte « cr Guardian , of Wednesday . Liverpool Corx Exchange , Tuesday , Jan . 1 . —A change of wind has brought up a numerous fleet of vessels the last three days , and our import list shows a large supply of the chief articles of the trade . The trade has continued to exhibit much the same want

      of animation that we have had occasion to notice lor several weeks past . Foreign wheat has been held at previous rates ; but on Friday new was sold on rather easier terms . Flour lias moved slowly , and has barely sustained the prices of last Tuesday . Oats have still met a very limited demand ; and , at ihe close of the week , ; i parcel or two of good mealing were disposed of at 3 s . to 3 s . Id . per 451 b . Oatmeal had only a moderate sale , without change as to price . In harloy or peas , we have had little passing . A small parcel or two of Egyptian beans have been

      sold at 83 s . Cd . per 4801 b . There was a good choice of Irish new grain at to-day ' s market , with a moderate attendance of buyers . The . best descriptions of wheat realised 6 s . lOd . per TOlb ., which was the top quotation last Tuesday ; but the secondary qualities were Id . to 2 d . per 701 b . cheaper . Prices of llour did not vary . Oats were offering Id . per bushel lower , and the business in this article was not large : at the same time , there did not appear to he much disposition to press sales . Oatmeal jnp . t « fa " demand at a decline of about 3 d . per load . No change in tho value of barley , beans , i . ! -peas .

      LivEiiPOOii Cattle Market , M ' oxbav , Jan . 6 . — We have had a smaller supply of beasts at market to-day than last week ; ot sheep about the same . Beef met with dull sale at from 5 } d to SJd peril ) . Mutton in good demand at from 5 Jd . to CJd . porlb . —• Cattle imported into Liverpool , from the 80 th Deo . totheCth Jan .: —Cowa , l . CS'T ; Calves , 43 ; Sheep , 3 , 135 ; Lambs , 2 ; Pigs , 4 , 791 ; Horses , 17 . Malton Corn Market , Jan . 4 . —We had a fair quantity of grain offering to this day ' s market . Wheat of good quality at last week ' s prices ; inferior rather lower . In barley and oats no alteration . — Wheat , red , 44 s . to 48 s . ; old ditto , 50 s . to 52 s . ; ditto , white , 50 s . to 58 s ; old ; ditto , 53 s . to 58 s . per qr . of 40 stones . Barley 28 s . to 32 s . per qr . of 32 st . Oats , 9 * d . to lOJd . per stone .

      Leeds Corn Market , Tuesday , Jan . 7 . '— Our arrivals hero this week arc fair , hut not largo , considering tho detention . The Wheat trade is again slow ; Last week's rates arc , however , generally de * manded for all dry qualities , but the demand is only to a moderate extent , and a small decline is conceded upon damp and secondary qualities . Fine Barley is in rather Better request at last week ' s prices , while all other sorts remain very dull . Oats and Beans as last noted . Leeds Cloth Markets . —There has been a fair business—season considered— -at the Cloth Halls this week ; the transactions in the warehouses but flat . A general improvement , however , is confidently looked for .

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      J . Dkon , Sheffield , linen draper , second and final dividend of 2 s 4 d in the pound , any Wednesday after Jan . 9 , at the office of Mr . Freeman , Leeds ... ' W . Batty , Kingston-upou-Hull , currier , first dividend of Is in the pound , any Wednesday after Jan . 9 , at the office of Jfr . Freeman , Leeds . H . and G . Sclionswary Kingston-upon-Hull , merchants , third dividend of 8 d in the pound , any Wednesday after Jan . 9 , at tlie office of Mr . Freeman , Leeds . R . Pullen , Selby , Yorkshire , flax-merchant , second and final dividend of 4 id in the pound , any Wednesday after Jan . 9 , at the office ' of Mr . Freeman , Leeds . 11 . Currie , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , bookseller , first dividend of 4 s in the pound , any Saturday , at the office of Mr . Baker , Newcastle-upou-Tyne . W . Hayton , Sunderland , coal-fitter , third and final dividend of Id and 7-laths of a penny in the pound , any Saturday , at the office of Mr . 13 aker , Neweastle-upon-Tyne .

      II . Ken , Woolwich , tailor , fifth dividend of 2 Jd in the pound , Saturday , Jan . 11 , aud two following Wednesdays , at the office of Mr . Groom , Abchurch-lanc , City . J . Ward , Upper Ground-street , ironfounder , second dividend of Is 8 d in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Turquand , Old Jewry . E . Tuck , Haymarket , silversmith , first dividend of 5 ( 1 in tlie pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Turqnaiid , Old Jewry . ' J . Prior and II . Brady , Kingston-upon-llull , brushmanufacturers , first dividend of i ' s Gd in tho pound , any Wednesday after Jan . 9 , at tlie office of Mr . Freeman , Leeds . J . Wilson , Nowcastlo-upon-Tyno , linen-manufacturer , first and final dividend of Is 3 d ami 8-10 ths of a penny in the pound , any Saturday , at the office of Mr . Uaker , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . T . llodhnm , Ncwcnstle-upon-Tyne , grocer , first and final dividend of 9 d and 7-10 ths of Id in the pound , any Saturday , at the office of Mr . Baker , Newcastle-upon-Tyuc . . R . Drew , Compton-street , Hegent-square , licensed victualler , first dividend of CJd in tlie pound , any Wednesday , at tho office of Mr . Turquand , Old Jewry .

      E . H . Foster , Ilathern , Leicestershire , tanner , second dividend of 2 Jd in the sound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Belcher , King ' s Arms-yard , Coleman-strcet . J . Cockburn . New Broad-street , City , merchant , fourth dividend of 3 id in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Turquaud , Old Jewry . T . Donkin , Cambridge , victualler , first dividend of 2 d in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Turquand , Old Jewry . . J . Hurley , Wobum , Bedfordshire , plumber / second dividend , of 4 d in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Turquand , Old Jewry . C . Graydon , St . Ann's-place , Limehouse , ship-chandler , second dividend of fid in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Turquand , Old Jewry . J . Kyle , Manchester , banker , fourth dividend of 2 s Cd in the pound , Wednesday , Jan . 22 , and any subsequent Wednesday , at the office of Mr , Pott , Manchester .

      A , 'f regear . and T . C . Lewis , Chcupsidej print-sellers , first dividend of 20 s in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Belcher , King ' s Arms-yard , Colenum-street . J . Balls , Ilolloway-road , Islington , livery stable-keeper , first dividend of 3 s in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr , Belcher , King ' s Arms-yard , Coleman-strcet . A . Portway , Braintrec , Essex , toa-dealor , first dividend of 3 s 6 d in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Belcher , King ' s Arms-yard , Coleman-street . J . Baker , ltomsey , Hampshire , grocer , first dividend of 5 s in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Belcher , King's Arms-yard , Coleman-street . J . Soholefield , Choapside , cutler , first dividend of 4 s ljd hi the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Belcher , King ' s Arms-yard , Coleuian-street .

      DIVIDENDS . Jan . 28 , J . Wacey , Beech-street , Barbican , bookseller-Jan , 28 , J . and It . Dewe , Oxford , booksellers—Jun . 30 , J . Oliver and J . York , Stony Stratford , Buckinghamshire , bankers—Jan . 30 , J . Oliver , J . York , and II . Harrison , Tipton , Staffordshire , coalmasters—Jan . 30 , A . Lett , Commercial-road , Lambeth , timber merchant —Jan . 30 , T . Roberts , Blackman-street , Borough—Jan . 30 , T . G . Thorn , Southampton , builder—Jau . 31 , E . Ashwcll , Yeldon , Bedfordshire , dealer and chapman— -Jan . 31 , G . and S . Potter , and J . Krauss , Manchester , calico printers—Jan . 30 , W . Cochran and J . P . Robertson , City , merchants—Jan . 30 , W . P . Robertson , Buenos Ayres , merchant .

      CERTIFICATES TO BE OBANTED , UNLESS CAUSE BE SHOWN TO THE CONTRAHT ON THE DAT OF MEETING . Jan . 30 , T . Sherwood , Tilehurst , Berkshire , brickmakcr —Jan . 30 , J . Burgess , Cratfield , Suffolk , fanner—Jan . 29 , W . Smith , Gloucester-strcet , Iloxton , builder—Jan . 28 , W . ^ Brookes , Gilbert-street Grosvenor-square , grocer—Jan " . 28 , T . and J . Walker , York-road , Lambeth , upholsterers—Jan . 28 , A . Akehurst , East Mailing , Kent , baker —Jan . 29 , R . Parkinson , Farsley , Yorkshire , cloth-manufacturer—Jan . 29 , A . W . Pollock , Liverpool , commission merchant—Jan . 29 , R , E , Walker , Liverpool , merchant-Jan . 23 , W . Cross , Chester , lead merchant—Jan . - 30 , S . Eccles , Manchester , cotton manufacturer—Jan . 28 , C . Mann , Romford , Essex , banker .

      PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . J . A . Poreshaw and 11 . Foreshow , jun ., Liverpool , merchant—S . and II . W . Wilkins , Judd-place , West St . Paneras , stonemasons—R . C . Edlcston , II . Fisher , and U , C . Brtleston , fiantwich , Cheshire , attorneys : as far as regards II . Fisher—W . P . Budd , W . Woodward , J . Bletchley , W . A . Long , and W . Oliver . London , commoncarriers—L . Eastwood , G . Johnson , and E . Tavo , Manchester , joiners—D . Fletcher aud J . Payne , Denmax-khill , Camber well , schoolmasters—J . Cramond and A . Schuyler , jun ., Lime-street , City , ship-agents—T . Giles and 0 . Foster , Leicester , yarn-manufacturers—T . Marston , sen ., and T . Marston , jun ., Birmingham , goldbeaters—C . R . Ayres and R . Parkinson , John-street , Berkeley-square , architects—R . Blackbird and W , R . Hunter , JS'ewcastle-upon-Tyne , sliipbrokers — 3 . A ., and J . S . Burnley , Batley , Yorkshire , woollennmnufftctuvevs as ' tav as regards A . Burnley—P .

      Crook , sen ., and P . Crook , jun ., Manchester , cottonmanufacturers—M . Blandiu and G . A . Brown , Liverpool , merchants—H . Guy and W . D . Burrelli jun ., Chelmsford , hooksellerss—J . Neville , J . Ainsworth , and J , Beardsworth , Blackburn , attorneys ; ' as far as regards J . Bcardswortli—E . Hall and J . Burnett , Lytham , Lancashire , plumbers—M . llokcs and W . Webster , Blackmanstreet , Southwark , furnishing undertakers—W . Buckle , J . Smith , and J . Booth , Bradford ,, Yorkshire , worsted spinners ; as far as regards W . Buckle—W . Pawson and J . Kemvorthy , Leeds , woollen-cloth manufacturers—J . "Woollatt aud G . Walton , Derby , upholsterers—T . Baker , J . Davis , and F . Harris , Bromley , Staftbrdshire , coalmasters—J . German , T . Grundy , T . Heywood , and J . Grundy , Preston , cotton-spinners ; as far as regards J . German—R . Diekson , R . Watson , R , W . Robinson , and J , II . Wood , Stockton , drapers ; as far as regards It . Diekson—E . Beard aud C . H . Chitty , Lewes , brewers—A . Windus , E . Beard and C . II . Chitty , Lewes , winemerchants ; as far as regards C . II . Chitty—J . Beynon , J . Jones , and R . Beynon , Margaret-street , Cavendisli-square , embossers—II . White and 11 . B . Baas , Halosworth ,

      Suffolk , attorneys—E . and F . r ' arnden , Long-acre , hatters—J . Currie , L . Currie , sen ., L . Currie , jun ., and A . Currie , Bromley , Middlesex , distillers ; as far as regards L . Currio , sen . —H . Brown and W . II . Marston , Coventry , pawnbrokers—J . and W . Moore , SeUinge , Kent , millers—W . Jackson and J . Ranger , Trowbridge , auctioneers—W . Pass and 3 . Slielmerdine , Alti-incham , Cheshire , attorneys—W . Casson and G . B . Withington , Manchester , attorneys—P . Murphy and J . ^ KirMand , Blackmoor-street , Drury-lane , grocers—W . A . Palian and W . Pindar , Gainsburgu , Lincolnsliire , feather-merchants—J . Hannah and T . Heath , Bridge-street , Westminster , wine-merchants—A . 1 ) . Cuffley and J . Ileighwuy , Manchester , pallor-hangers—C . Lewis and K , J , Inman , Stangatestrect , Lambeth , tin-plate-workers—II ., J . T ., and It . Shaw , Fetter-lane , Fleet-street , printers ; as far as regards R . Shaw—S . Skinner and S . Closs , jun ., Springstreet , Sussex-gardens , Hyde Park , saddlers—W . Master , man , W . Peters , D . Mildred , J . Masterman , J . Master , man , jun ., and F . Mildred , Nicholas-lane , Lombard-street , City , bankers j as far as regards W . Mastcnuaii—E . T . Clarkson and E . E . Whitaker , Calne , Wilts , attorneys .

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      Loxdox Corn Exchange , Monday , Dec . 6 . —The wind having got round to the soutli-wost , a good many ' vessels of grain laden arrived towards tlio close of the past week , some of which had been a long time on passage . Of English wheat , barley , and flour , and of Scotch and Irish oats , the supplies were liberal , and a fair quantity of barley arrived from abroad . The receipts of English , oats were not large , nor were the supplies of" beans and peas particularly abundant . This morning there were several cargoes of wheat fresh np from Lincolnshire , but the quantity offering by land carriage samples from the neighbouring counties vf as trifling . Of barley , the display of samples was rather considerable , and there were , in addition to the quantity of oats reported , a few vessels with this grain from Ireland fresh up . Beans were in good supply , whilst peas were rather scarce . The wheat trade opened slowly , and only the best dry qualities sold readily at the currency of Monday last , other descriptions being difficult of disposal .

      The transactions in free foreign wheat were on a retail scale , and quotations underwent no change requiring notice , ti bond nothing whatever was done . Flour hung heavily on hand , and ship marks were rather easier to buy . Superior mulling barley was scarce , and selected qualities brought fully previous prices ; secondary descriptions were on the other hand very unsaleable , and barley supported former terms . Malt being on hand , the supply exceeded the demand . Though , factors acceded to a decline of Gd . to Is . per qr . on most lands of oats , the dealers did not buy freely , and only a moderate clearance was made . Beans moved off tardily at about Monday ' s terms . Peas were held firmly , but the demand was not lively . With constant arrivals of red clover seed from abroad , prices of the article have tended downwards . The inquiry for white has also been slow , and to-day there was very little doing . Other sorts of seeds in retail request at former terms .

      CURRENT PRICES OP GRAIN , PER IMPERIAL QUARTER . —British . s s as Wheat , Essex , & Kont , new & old rod 12 48 Whito 01 6 i — : Norfolk and Lincoln . ... do 43 46 Ditto 48 53 Northum . and Scotch white 41 46 Pine 48 52 Irish red old 0 0 Red 41 44 White 4 b 4 S Rye Old 33 38 New 31 32 Brauk 36 38 Barley Grinding . . 27 29 Distil . 30 32 Malt . 34 38 Malt Brown .... 54 56 l ' ale 58 63 Ware Si 65 Beans Ticks old * new 31 Si Harrow 33 38 Pigeon 38 « Peas Grey ...... 32 33 Maple 83 85 White 36 40 Oata Lincolna & Yorkshire Feed 22 24 Poland 23 96 Scotch Angus 23 25 Potato 25 27 Irish White 21 22 Black 21 22 Por 2801 b . net . s s Per 2801 b . net . e s Town-made Flour . . , 43 iB Norfolk & Stockton 33 34 Essex and Kent .... 84 35 Irish 84 85 Free . Bond .

      Foreign . bis Wheat , Dantsic , Konigsburg , &c 50 00 SO 40 Marks , Mecklenburg 48 54 32 35 Danish , Holstoin , and Friesland red 44 47 30 81 — Russian , Hard 45 46 Soft ... 45 47 28 SO Italian , Red . . 4 G B 0 White ... 50 52 82 84 Spanish , Hard . 46 50 Soft .... 48 52 82 84 Rye , Baltic , Dried , ... 31 82 Undried . . 31 32 21 24 Barley , Grinding . 27 29 Malting . . 33 34 24 30 Beans , Ticks . . 82 84 Egyptian . 31 32 28 80 Peas , White .. 88 38 Maple .. 3134 18 30 Oate , Dutch , Brew and Thick 24 26 18 21 Eussianfeed , . 21 2 J 15 16 Bairisb , Friesland feed 21 23 15 17 Flour , per barrel . 25 28 20 21

      London Smithfield Market , Jan . 6 . — The export season having been pretty generally brought to a close in Holland , in consequence of the various ports being blocked up with ice , it is now placed beyond a doubt that the imports of live stock from tlie Conti-

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 11, 1845, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1297/page/7/