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      IIorticcltoke . —The mildness of the weather is the i » ore surprising after the severe frost of De ? < c mber . The winter is wearing mpidly away , and alth ough we may reasonably expect some sharp frosts during the latter part of this month and the month of February , there is not much reason to fear a ffost of jong duration- To the gardener ' there is but one dr awback in this Mnd of weather , which is the ex-^ essive dampness which accompanies it , and which wu = « s trim every time he enters lus greenhouse to s ^ h for ti e lengthened days and the drying winds of jlarch and April . Thereis , however , but one remedv , jnd that is to persevere in warming the flues occasiona lly , taking care at the same time to open some « f the sashes , and also to ventilate freely whenever All of

      ^ , weather brightensnp alittle . kinds groundwork way be carried on with advantage while the we ather continues open . Continue steadily the waning of the small fruits , and alsothe espalier and vail trees , the mild weather affording a favourable opportunity for all such work . 155 c Greenhouse . —The jOtmn seedling calceolarias may be repotted ; those which were potted in October into small sixty pots may now be transferred to large sixty pots ^ and those plants which have been kept in store potg , five flr ii-a pot , may . be potted singly into small sixty pote , care being taken , in separating the plants , to injure the roots as little as possible . These plants , vhen potted , may be set on a shelf near the glass to a cool greenhouse , or , better still , in a

      ffaroi conservatory i where , however , they will receive plenty of air in fine weather . The old plants will also be the better for a shift about this time , especially if they can be set in a very gentle heat for a week or two . Those plants which were properly treated in autumn , that is , turned out of their pots , the mould shaken from them , and returned to pots of a much smaller size , will now require nothing fur ther than to have the crock removed , and to be shifted into a larger-sized pot . The exact size of the pot must depend of course on the strength of the plant ; but those plants which have remained during the winter in we pots in which they bloomed last year , should have the mould shaken from the roots , and be

      potted at present into rather small-sized pots . In all cases let the greatest attention bepaid to the thorough drainage ofihepofa , especially when pots of a large Size are used . Por these plants a good compost may lie formed of one-third leaf mould , one-thud fresh tarfy maiden loam , and one-third well-rotted cowdang , with a small quantity of sand . Lst the whole be thoroughly well chopped and mixed together , and used without being shred , and if our directions are attenped to , this lovely flower will be grown to a good degree of excellence . The ttchen-garden . —The neat mildness of the weather is a temptation to sow a smallbed of early frame , or short-top radish ; the led should be warm , sheltered , and sloped to the sun : a few lettuce seeds may be sown with the radish .

      Fiobjsts Fiowebs . —At this time of the vear Auriculas require all the air possible , and , in fact , the directions given during the past weeks must be scrupulously followed . Carnations . —With regard to these plants , attend to directions given during the few previous weeks , and keep them free from decaying leaves and weeds , which are now beginning to start Itaimnculeses . —The amateur , if he has not got sufficient for his bed , should now lose no time in retting in what he wants , fine and new dark lowers are much wanted ; the attention of those who raise seedlings having of late years been directed more especially to spots and edged flowers .

      Habdt Fatax jso Kitchen Garden . —Planting , pruning ] and nailing should be proceeded with . If ¦ vii cs ou xralls have not been already pruned the operation should not be further delayed . Trees intended to be grafted in the ensuing spring ought to be sow eat back almost to the place where the scion is intended to be placed . In pruning , if a prolongation in the direction of any branch is required , cut immediately above the most eligible bud for producing a leader . Generally , in trees sufficiently rigorous , three buds next the section break into shoots , in conseqnenee of other channels being cut off . Give a

      slight earthing up to peas and beans . A sowing of early Lorn-carrots maybe made on a wavni border , protection being afforded in case of frost . Tns 3 f cbsekt . —Sbelteryonngevcrgrecns ; there is more danger to be apprehended from frosts in spring than in the <] eptii of winter . Transplant two seedlings : shorten then * tap-roots before transplanting , but prcserre carefully the fibrous ones . Prepare ground for sowing forest-tree seeds . Proceed with planting new groups , and improving old ones in parks , asreeomnieiidedlast week : young , vigorous trees in parks sliovr iliat tlie spir it of improvement is proceeding , and give flic scene a healthyaspeet .

      Ijush Fusze . —In Hie Irish Furze the thorns are very much less rigid and more slender than in the vrell-known English species ; indeed so soft that the hand may be passed up a shoot of it -without sufferiug any injury , which certainly could not be done with either the Ulex eurcpaius or TJ . nanus . The Irish Furze ( Ulez strictusj has been sometimes cultivated as fodder , and possesses the same highly nutritive properties which are found in the T 7 . euro-QX 03 , -without requiring miiph , if any crushing ; . It is a native of Ireland , where it was first noticed in the Marquis of Londonderry ' s park , in flie county of Down , in about the year 1 S 15 , and it is said also to ¦ occur in a few other places to the north of that ¦ county . Its habits of growth are very different from

      ¦ those of our other species , not having their spreading Biabit , but the branches all growing in an upright Knaaner , and close to each other , so as often to form ¦ a table-like surface at the top . London informs ns ¦ "Enerc of Trees and Shrabs , " 202 ) tliat sheep aad ¦ cattle are very fond of it , and eat its branches with Bout injuring their mouths . It prefers a mild and moist climate , and would probably succeed in most parts of the kingdom . I have never aeen it cultivated for fodder , but have known very excellent hedges formed of it , particularly in Jersey , where it has its shoois cut off for the use of the cows , without injuring , but rather improvingthefence . It is scarcely necessary to add , that it can only be used as a fence where sheep and cattle have not access to it . As the

      p lant seldom flowers , it is difficult to obtain seed , and Et most be increased by Cuttings , which strike easily Some botanists have donated the claims of the TJ . strictusto be considered as a distinct species , but they bare not agreed amongst themselves to which of our species it ous ^ ht to be referred ; and I concur most Hljr with Dr . Linaiey in believing it to be really distinctfrom both of them . This is not the place for a discussion of technical botanical characteristics , land I must therefore refer those who may take any ¦ interest in 4 hat part of the subject , to Dr . Iandley ' s ¦ " Synopsis of the British Flora , " 2 d ed ., p . 322 , to hit pajfer in the «• Annals of Nat . Hist ., " vol . v ., p . BOO : or to my "Manual of Brit . Eot ., " p . 69 , where

      Kiev will be found . . Numerous seedlings were raised Br omthis plant by Jfr . Cameron , the excellent cura-Ifcor of the Jiirmin ^ ham Botanical Garden , all of roach arc exactly like their parent . It is not for me wo enter upon the consideration of the agricultural lvalue of furze , since I am not a practical agricul-IBonuat , but only a botanist ; but as many writers Ipoonto consider even common Furze most be well fjserring of cultivation as fodder , notwithstanding Ifiie necessity of crushing it before it can be used , it g oes seem to me that the Irish furze must be well fcserongof a trial , from its much more succulent paracter , and the weakness of its thorns , -which are [ o slight as to have led to the idea , that it is without pny . —Charles C . Ba&ttglon .

      I Tmnrr of Seeds . —This season I have had my Itientionturned to some plants growing upon soils that pye been recently broughtto the surface of the earth , K had formerly lain long in a dormant state . It is Common in this part of the country , when old clay Pastures are broken up , to have a crop of charlock ; p dthc finer the surface of the soil is broken , the pore abundant are the plants . In a pasture field , Much lately- was furrowed and drained , a plentiful prop of the common dock appeared upon the top of P » drains , . after they were filled in . This season a pece of ground was broken up , that had been for fees ir . a wild state , producing little else than furze ; m soil was composed principally of decomposed fealt—since the furze was cleared , and the soil

      pturbed , a most luxuriant crop of mountain groundfcVhas appeared . In another place the same year , Pure a deep ditch was . cut through peat , plants of Pkns tripartite have appeared , and 1 could not disw * ec any plant of it growing upon what might be Plea the old surfece . The Kev . Jfr . mite makes ¦ fildWlng observations : — "The naked part of the ^ g « , at Selbouroe , " srys he , "is now covered ¦ ju thistles of various kinds . The seeds of these ¦ isfles may hare lain probably under the thick ^ of ttic beech trees for many years , but eould K § rtate till the sun and air were admitted . RS ^ ° 'd 'we feera were beared , away , the m ~™ ground in a year or two became covered with Kv * ry plants , the seed of which must have lain ¦^ ground an age at least One of the slidders

      , ¦ J ^ tne , down the middle of the Hanger , close ¦ * a » i OTer ^ jjjj lofly beeches , near a century old , Iff raile d Strawberry slidder , though bo straw-K * cave grown there in the memory of man . K j *!** of fruit did once , no doubt , abound there , ¦ V * " again , when the obstruction is removed . " E ^ someihmgnewmightb& ' added to the flora of * t Mention was paid to the various plants Wft * " "I wlien earfn k distorted and brought «« surface ; and perhaps a better opportunity » " woin ^ tfeaa ^ prescntfor observing these lpr ? n ¥ ? 3 ° much catting forrailways and

      diain-R y ^ k geing on . —Peter Mackenzie Stirling . Ifj ^ n . Wj ste 0 F 3 £ iSBHE . _ The instructed look W *^ nazemciit , when , on fhe borders of the Roman ¦ cS ? : ^ cy see whole hills of dung , thelong-Kuserr " ! refuse from the stables of flie postfcst , tw "" * . on the breaking up of the winter s ¦* & JW ^ tte ^< ariy collections from the farm-¦ od ] v tt Sf . ^ ay on the ice of the Volga , abnost m ne ^! Z | nS the times of flie Augean stables WtZS ? that anything half ^ barbarous Idat toV ^ T ^^ PPeaamong ourselves ; and yet I ftesL ^^ ritt in Korthumberland may show m flie ^ u ? Bter aecamulations emptied purposely r afle of a brook , that the waters may cany

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      tnem on , or mto some neighbouring hollow , where they i are least in the way , and have been permitted to collect forenture generations . - Such palpable waste is seldom seen , indeed , in the lower country , where intercourse is greater , and where knowledge and public opinion spread more widely , and exercise a more immediate ( influence ; and yet the no less serious waste oi the liquid from our farm-yards is still too widely prevalent , even in our better cultivated districts , and among our more improving and intelligent farmers Within the last few weeks we have walked over the farms of thfirt

      e spractical farmer of the Tyneside and of the most celebrated breeder in Yorkshire am yet , from the fold-yard of the one , the liquid was conducted by a drain into the nearest ditch , and from the cow-houses of the other , into a shallow open pond where it stood reeking and fermenting beneath a blazing sun ! What-merit- - as a farmer , can that man claim , who , though he annually lays five tons of guano , or bones , or rape-dust , upon his farm , yet allows what is equal to tenor twenty tons of the same to run to waste from his farm-yard in the form of liquid manure . —Edinburgh Retrieval .-

      Son xsD Srasou ,. —When we wish , to estimate the value of a soil , an important element to consider is , its thickness . In trenching a field , at first sight the thickness of the vegetable soil may be determined from the humus it contains , as it is darker coloured than the soil which underlies it Its thickness is variable , from one inch upwards . In America , where in some districts the soil has never been worked , it is many feet deep . The deeper it IS the better for culture , for it suffers less from heats and cold . The subsoil is the bed underneath that just described . In mountainous countries it is frequently of the same constitution as the rock on which it reposes . It is occasionally only a few inches thick ; more generally some feet deep , and on level ground stall more . On the north side of Lublin the subsoil is

      in some places five or six yards deep . On ' hilly grounds the soil and subsoil are of the same chemical composition as that of the rock below ; but in extensive levels the subsoil may be widely different from the surface ; in this case the subsoil has the constitution of the rock below , while the surface may have been formed by a deposit from a body of water Vhich conveyed its earthy matters from a distance ; in this case of alluvial deposit forming the soil , it may possessvery different and even opposite properties' from the subsoil Such is the casein many of the limestone districts of Ireland ; the rock below being of the mountain limestone type , while the surface will only contain between land 3 percent , of carbonate oflhne * . Where the unnerandsuhsoildifforthus in nniunnsitifm .

      the latter may be used as a manure to the former , to supply any deficiencies . Generally speaking ! argillaceous soils are more adapted for dry climates , and sandy soils for wet ones . There is no doubt that a sandy soil is fruitful in proportion to the amount of rain and its frequency . Eewan has stated that where the fall of rain is twenty-six inches yearly , the constitution of a fertile soil would be silica fiflysix , alumina fourteen , and thirty of calcareous matterin 100 parts ; and if the fell of rain be more the quantity of silica should be greater ; if the rain be less the proportion of clay should be hi gher . This occurs in Ireland , where the average fall of rain is above thirty inches , according to Dr . Kane ' s commutation , thirty-six ; and the proportion of silica found in most soils is increased in a corresponding

      ratio . Could a constant supply of water be obtained , by rain or irrigation , the question of the constitution of a soil loses its importance . The edges of rivers and streams are always fertile , no matter what the composition may be . The less elevated or the less inclined a sandy soil is , the more fertile will it be . The contrary holds good with argillaceous soils . It iseasy , theoretically , to point out the deficiency of a soil and recommend the remedy ; but in practice it may not be so , to apply it conveniently or at any reasonable expense . . In such cases those plants must be chosen which are most adapted for such circumstances ; hence the farmer should know both the qualities and defects cf his land , by a careful examination , for otherwise he can ibrm . no estimate of the land , or the capital necessary to keep it in cultivation .

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      MixcFACTtJRE of Irish Peai isto F \ 3 el . —The only point , says the London Atlas , on which all opinions on Ireland are heartily agreed is , that its first and greatest want , the sine qua hot , the thing needful for the employment of its population—the improvement of its resources , and the increase of its wealth and its happiness , in capital—the introduction or the creation of capital ; that there is in that country the riclustSeldfortho profitable employment of capital , could it be procured or set in motion , not only does no one attempt to deny , but every witness yet called to give evidence in a legislative inquirv on

      the subject , is loud and unanimous in asserting . Millions of fertile acres , yet uncleared , but which require only to \> e opened wp by roads or canals , to repay five-told the expense o £ their cultivation ; vast and measureless bogs , % vhich experiment has already proved to repay their complete draining and cultivation by their first crops during their first three years alone , leaving the land at the value of 30 s . ' per acre , which was before altogether valueless . Rivers , which only want a shallow to be here and there deepened , or a pier built , to become , as it were , the magical means of drawing forth the almost unlimited resources of districts now poor and barbarous , solely leeansft cut off from all means of connection with

      markets with civilization . Vast alluvial tracts , periodically submerged , which might , at a very inconsiderable expense , be converted into lands of the very highest productive power in the country ; these , and many other latent resources , arc proved to exist throughout Ireland on the most unquestionable authority . We have it in evidence that in one district £ 170 , 000 expended during seven years , produced in a few years a permanent annual revenue to the government equal to the whole amount of that expenditure . In another , £ 60 , 000 expended in public works during seven years , where the increase of the government revenue in customs and excise duties , in the district , soon amounted to £ 50 , 000 per annum ; and this , in each case , attributable mainly to tbe increased facility of communication by which whole

      districts have been rendered available for productive purposes , and a miserable pauper population converted into a productive class of consumers . The unquestionable character of ¦ the statements which disclose these startling facts went to prove that in any given term of seven years , on such hinds , the annual increase of the revenue would be equal to the whole sum expended , if judiciously and carefully devoted to opening new sources of internal industry , among which the increasing facilities for the profitable interchange of produce stand the foremost . In this produce are pointedly classed more particularly coal ; turf , and manure of anv description . The whole amount of this produce , which must be presumed to bear the proportion of at least fifteen to one , in annual value to the revenue

      collected upon it , may fairly be considered in the light of a new creation , called into existence on these spots , in the short snaceof a very few hours , by the judicious outlay ot a comparatively insignificant capital . This were indeed putting out the talent where it quickly became ten . The inventor of the valuable coal which forms the subject of our present consideration , conceiving that peat contained in itself the elements of a substantial and actual coal fuel , requiring but a suitable process to separate it from its superfluous matter , devised the following organisation of the means to effect his purpose —He takes peat as it commonly presents itself to us , and mixing it in the state in which it is dug with a sufficient quantity of water to reduce it to the consistency of a moderately thick mud , the liquified mass is retained in the requisite consistency , and kept in continual agitation by revolving beaters set in motion by simple mechanical arrangements , and working within the vessel in which the mixture of peat and water is

      made . A portion of the sides ot the containing vessel are formed of an open material , as wire gauze , winch permits the lighter portions of the fluid mass to pass off , leaving behind it the grosser and undis solved portions . He finds that this lighter portion of the mass holds in solution that part ot the composition Of the peat which forms the essence , and having collected this in large quantities , by conducting the process of mixing of the crudepeat with water on an extensive scale , and with a continuous supply of the constituent materials , he exposes it in a collected state mshaJtowpools , to evaporation in the open air . The solid matter thus obtained turns out to be an actual coal of great density and powerful heating property ; its quality in its r elation to other coal is that of a more dense and inflammable or combustible anthracite . Such is the simple operation by which this beautiful production is wrought , and which , taking quality and cost of production together , bids fair to nvalbituniinou 3 coal , and to confer a widespread and beneficial influence . — Railway Gazette .

      Chehisiet is Commos Schools . —Why not introduce the study of chemistry in all our common schools , at least the rudiments of " chemistry , and especially the meaning of chemical terms ? Why should not a » v a fanner ' s boy , betanght the meaning of oxygen and hydrogen , as well as that of the word water ? When he is now told by the papers or books he reads , that wafer ( the meaningofwhiehterftiheunderstands vervwell ) is composed of certain proportions each of oxygen and iydrogen ( terms he knows nothing about ) , he is at a loss . His education has left him with the idea that water ia a simple element , as the ancients though it was ; and he also complains of the fact is

      use of these hard words , when the , they are no harder than any other words to learn or tosreak ; but they are new to him , and thence ie thinks them hard . All farmers should understand the rudiments of chemistry at least , and as mucU more as they can command ; no one can be a gooa farmer without this knowledge , except by accident . It is in vain for writers on the subject to try to use an <» uage that can be understood by those who nave notWned the meaning of chemical terms , lhe word oxvgen , forexample , has no common tern tmw would be understood more readily , by such people , neither has hydrogen , nitrogen carbon , * £ J »" whatalistWebstermakesin defining these terms .

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      " Oxygen—in chemistry , oxygen or oxygen gas , is an element or substance so named fronv its property of generating acids ; it is the respirable part of air , or the basis of it ; it is called the acidifying principle and the principle or support of combustion . " Hydrogen—in chemistry , a gas which constitutes one of the elements of water . " " NitrogenM-the element of nitre ; that which produces nitre '; tnat element or component part of the air which is called azote . " "Carbon—pure charcoal ; a simple body , black , brittle , light , and inodorous . " Now , what '; information will one who does not understand the rudiments of chemistry , derive from these definitions ?; ^ on e whatever . But if chemistry were made a part ; of common education , all these terms would convey a

      meaning to the reader of thom as readily as those do of water , atmospheric air , and charcoal . It is not supposed thatthe science * at large , could be taught hi common schools ; for if it could , there would be no necessity for high schools . All that is intended by these remarks isto recommend , that the meaning 9 f all chemical terms should be there taught . For example , the school teacher should teach the scholars the meaning of the word water thus : "Water , a compound fluid , the elements of which are by weight , eight parts oxygen , and one part hydrogen ; by measure , one part oxygen and two parts hydrogen . Oxygen and Tiydrogen are gases ; they are both colourless , having neither taste nor smell . Oxygen gas is heavier than atmospheric air , and it forms a portion of the air itself . It is essential to animal life aud combustion . Hydrogen gas is the lightest of all gases , and hence is used in filling balloons ; being about sixteen times lighter than oxygen . " Now , if

      such instruction was given in schools , there would be no complaint of the use by writers of hard names , hard words , < tc . ; and farmers would know just as vrell what was meant by the -words calcareous earth , gypseous earth , &c , as they now do of the meaning of marl , plaster of Paris , &c . I cansee nomorereason m restricting the education of ^ ys to the commonplace words of our language , in our' common schools , than I do in confining them in their fanning / operar tions to the old common-place' routine of practice . Their education should be such as to fit them for the profession they are to follow , let that be what it may . Chemistry and botany are as ' essential elements of an agricultural education , as any ot&R whatever . But how few are there amongst us who know even the meaning of the most common terms of either science ? ~ S . in The Cultivator , Albany , U . S . America .

      Fbewch Acjldemt op Sciences ;—Sitting of Jak . 13 . —A communication was made of the discovery of a comet at Berlin , on the 28 th ult ., by M . Darest . It was seen also at Hamburgh on the 3 rd inst ., but not in Paris until the night of the 10 th . According to the observations of Messrs . Faye , Mauvais , Laugier , Goujon , and Bouvard , of the Observatory of Paris , this comet has a striking analogy with that of 1793 , discovered by Perny . It differs , however , so much hi some respects that it is not possible , without further observations , to declare positively that it is the same . A letter was read from M . Maclean , of the Cape of Good Hope , announcing that he had seen there , in October last , the comet discovered by M . Mauvais , and which was no longer visible in our atmosphere . The following curious letter was received fromawoodeutter , named Tcvcbolf , cf Brionne , in the Eure : — ' Since it appears to be the fashion to make the academy acquainted with' everything at all

      extraordinary that is witnessed for the first time , a poor woodcutter may be permitted to communicate an observation , which has certainly been made also by several of my comrades , but which I have some reason to believe trill be entirely new for messieurs lesacademiciens . Iliavc remarked that whenever a flock of sheep passed near the place where we were occupied in stopping the oaks of their bavk for tan , it was absolutely impossible for two or three hours , and by the means ivluch we usually employ , to strip offth ' e bark of a diameter of more than three or four centimetres . My comrades attribute this strange fact , which I remarked for the first time more than five years ago , to the volatile sweating of the sheep , which has the property of coagulatinginstantaneously the sap near the bark , and to prevent its free circulation , for tvro or three hours . " After the reading of the letter , M . Flourens said that the details contained in it were not sufficient to enable the academy to pronounce any opinion on the fact ..

      Consumption . —This is generally connected with tke ^ sanguine temperament , and it is the cause , producing this temperament , -which we have to consider , especially iii relation to phthisis . Consumption is only one particular indication and result of a general condition of the system , which exists in connexion with the sanguine temperament , and such general condition may ha expressed by the termscrofulous diathesis . This diathesis , we apprehend , results from the non-sufficient fixation of carbon in the tissues , of the body ; the organization is unequally balanced between its fluid constituents and its solid parts ; and this may result , cither from a too active excretion of carbon , or from diminished nutrition . We constantly see the same thing occurring in the vegetable kingdom : forexample , deprive a young plant of the opportunity of fixing carbon , by withdrawing it from that power ( light ) on ' which its fixation of that element depends , it will not only

      cease to fix carbon , but it will continue to excrete it , and the result is , a weak and watery stem , which will yield to , and fade under , the slightest prejudicial cause ; but take the same plant , nourish it with nutritive material , expose it to the light , give it the opportunity of fixing abundance of catwm in ite tissues , and the samo causes which , under the first circumstances , would have rapidly induced its destruction , will , under these more favourable conditions , produce no effect upon it . As with the plant , so it is with the strumous individual ; nutritious matter , administered hi the shape of food , will not contribute to his strenght , so long as the causes which prevent its deposition as solid animal structure continue , or as long as those , which contribute to its rapid elimination from the body remain . Like , the plant , such individual will also be particulary susceptible of , and influenced by , atmospherical changes . —Medical Times .

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      LONDON . Metropolitan Disthict Council , - 1 , Tcbnagainiake , 3 as . 19—Mr . Milne in the chair . —A report was delivered by the deputies respecting the soiree to be held in honour of T . S . Duncombe , M . P ., on the evening previous to the meeting of Parliament . Credentials as a lecturer were ordered to be given to Mr . W . Matthews . Mr . J . G . Drew reported the successful progress of the suit now pending for regaining possession of the South London Chartist Hall . Messrs . Wheeler and Stallwood delivered a further report of the late soiree held at John-street , and the Council adjourned .

      The Emmett Brigade met on Sunday evening ; Mr . Tribelcock in the chair . Resolutions were passed to the effect , that it would be advisable to hold a Convention ; and that Leeds would be the best place for its sitting . The members also held that the delegates and the Executive ought to be chosen by the ) eople . At the same time they accorded full confidence to the present Executive . Hammersmith . —At a meeting held at the Dun Cow , Brook Green-lane , on Tuesday evening , January the 21 st , Mr . L . F . Brown in the chair , the followine resolutions were unanimously adopted ;—1 . That

      thismeeting is of opinion thatthe Executive committee should be elected by the whole body , instead of by the convention . 2 . That this meeting is of opinion that it is not necessary to hold a convention this year . m < .- ; TuRNAOAiif-LAiiE , Jaxbart 21 . —The members of this locality held their usual meeting this evening , Sir . Caughlin in the chair . Mr . Sumner moved , and Mr . Jones seconded—That this locality highly approve of the contemplated soiree to T . S . Duncorabe , Esq ., M . P ., and pledge themselves to use their utmost exertions to support it to the fullest extent . Ten shillings were , collected for that old veteran 'homas Preston .

      OLDHAM . The Lakd . —On Sunday last Mr . William Walh ' s Hegjm delivered a very instructive lecture on "the Land . " He was listened to with great attention , and gave general satisfaction . After the lecture a special general meeting of the members took place , when a discussion was entered into respecting the suggestions of the Executive relative to the election of the Executive Committee . The discussion waa adjourned to next Sunday evening ; it is requested that all the members will attend , as the business is of great importance to the Chartist movement .

      YORKSHIRE . Dewsbury Delegate Meeting . — A delegate meeting of the Dewsbury district was held on Sunday last . Delegates from the following localities were present , viz .: Dewsbury , John Shein ; Wakefield , FranoiB Brook and Thomas Lasby ; Littletown , William Spawforth , and Ebenezer Clegg ; Birstall , John Lee and Frederick William Sucksmith ; the latter gentleman was in the chair . The following resolutions were passed : — " That Ephraim Clark be treasurer . 14 That each locality immediately etart a subscription for the purpose of employing an efficient lecturer , to rouse into action the spirit of Chartism in those localities where it has lately slumbered . " " That this meeting stand adjourned to Sunday the 2 nd ot February . " ¦

      LEICESTER . Hampdex LocALiir . —A public discussion took place in Mr . Oates's Room—Subject , "Could not the monies subscribed by the Chartist body be more usefully appropriated than hitherto ? " The discussion was earned on in a spirited manner by Messrs . lat-W and Stevenson for npwavds of two hours . _ A good feeling was manifested by both parties . -The time not being sufficient to do justice to the subject , the meeting adjourned until Sunday next , nt hallpast six o ' clock , when the discussion will be opened > yMr .. Stevenson . In consequence of Mr . Oatess Room being too small for our accommodation , wemtend renting a larger one as soon as we can get one suitable . We expectto have one in a fortnight .

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      V ;?;;; ; ;; . NPRTH LANCASHIRE . .,. .: ' ; . The North , Lancashire District Council Meetnro . was held at Bradshaw ' s Temperance Hotel , Curzon-street , Burnley , on Sunday , January 19 , when the- following places were represented : — Burnley , Cplne , Haslingden , Marsden , Haggate , Oswaldtwistle , Barnpld swick , and Wheatly-lane .. Preston was represented by letter . . . The . best . feeling prevailed , and an anxious deaire ; amongst .. the delegates to concentrate the energies of the district in carrying out our principles ' was manifested throughout the proceedings . The following , resolutions were unanimously adopted : —7 That all district expenses be paid . in equal proportions , according to the number of members in each locality . The numbers to be acertained by the amount of subscriptions received . " . "That

      each , locality shall send an account of the whole sum received in contributions to each district . meeting , from which a calculation of the number of paying members shall be made . The number thus brought out tobe levied on for ilie , expenses of , the district . The said accounts to be signed by the sub-secretary and general couucilmenof the locality . " . -V That the quota of one-fourth of contributions to the Executive Committee shall be paid at each and . every , district meeting ; by the , delegates representing the several localities in the district . •• The sums thus paid to be transmitted forthwith by the district secretary to the Executive Committee . " : "That the next district meeting be held at , Bradshaw ' s Hotel , Burnley , on Sunday , the 16 th February next . "

      _ . . ; : . CORNWALL . Penzance . —How oft , within the last four years , iiave I heard ; the wail of disappointment uttered-by Democrats in this . county at the neglect exhibited towards us by the leaders of the agitation . ' No doubt it may be , said , that if means were at command , Cornwall would not have been neglected ; if my recollection serves me . right , the present Executive have , been more shackled for . ' . want of" funds than any oftlieii * predecessors ; but still this county , has received more Democratical instruction from the pre-t sent than aU the other Executives put together . In December , 1843 , Tlioinas Clark came amongst us , and by his labour rallied niany around the banner of Chart ism , Intliistown . atMsfirstlecture . we numbered

      eight , at his second we increased to fifteen . Struggle , vre did arduously ,, pur numbers still augmenting . Prior to Mr . Doyle ' s visit we had twenty-three in the society , but when that shnplifier of Democracy commenced his duties amongst us , ho set us to think on municipal afiiiivs , as well » 8 other matters , the result of which baa been made apparent , more than once , in the columns of the Star . He removed an enormous amount of prejudice , and rallied men around us , of whose exertions , in the spreading oiir beloved principles , we now feel proud . But to crown all , Mr , M'Gratb . commenced his toil in this county , by lecturing on theeveningbf the 13 th inst . in Mr . O'Brien ' s long room , to a densely-crowded " audience , whose

      adnnration of his lecture was marked on every countenance . The chair was ably filled b y Mr . Jas . Murray Sawle , of Falmoutb . The result is ehecving—seven took out cards . We now number about fifty uncompromising Chartists—men who fear not the frowns of the , haughty aristocrat , nor yet the dastardly threats of tiie body-grinding employer . —Correyjondenti—P . S , Ab centralization is the order of the day , whyjiottry it in our movement ? If the Convention lie held in London , it -will bo a great boon to the Democrats of the , west . We have resolved that Cornwall shall be represented this time ; but if the delegates meet at Leeds ,, the expenses will press more heavily on us than if they met in London .

      [¦ ¦ EDINBURGH . ; The Council of the Edinburgh Chartists met in their' Hall , foot of Camibber ' s-close , on Saturday night ; and haying taken into consideration the netlce from the Executive Council in last week ' s Star , came to the resolution of holding a special meeting of all their members , for the purpose ot considering the particulars therein recommended . NORTHAMPTON . New Locality . —The members of tho new locality met on Monday evening last . There was a very large attendance of members . A resolution was come to to enter into a subscription for Mrs . Ellis . The address of the Executive came under discussion : and it was agreed that the collectors should submit the questions asked by the Executive , to the members , on Sunday next * and report the same at the nextmeeting .

      IPSWICH . . The Laxd . — It is not often you hear anything from the movement party in this dark part of the country , the reason being obvious—we , have no organisation to create an impression upon tlio public mind in favour of democratic principles . This arises from the apathy of the people in general , and their total disregard to their own interests . It is not at all pleasant lot * a man in this pavfc of the country to take a prominent part in the agitation for the people ' s welfare , he ; is sure to incur the hatred of tbo master class by so doing ; the end being loss of work , and consequent privation and starvation as a x -eward for patriotism . Although you hear nothing from us , we are silent observers of the progress the people ' s luestipn is making . We can yet give tyranny a

      blow , when its hydra-head shows itself , as instanced in the case of the doings of a farmer at Levcnham , towards some poor gleaners , which you published in the Star . Your account I gotReinserted in the SuMk Chronicle , and it created a great sensation . The fellow tried to palliate the crime by paying expenses . A pretty way of settling such an atrocious affair . The land ! the land !! that's the question which is marching onwards . " Allotments , " " allotments , " is the cry ; aye , and the landlords are advocating it in opposition ' to the stubbornness and grasping selnslihess of . tbe farmers , who are , as a body , the greatest tyrants and monopolising rascals . that the labourers have to contend against . It is , however , consoling to find that where the labourers have partially got a f'bit of land to till , " great benefits have been the result .

      BRADFORD . Lecture . —On Sunday evening a leoturo was delivered in Butterworth Buildings , on behalf of Mrs . Ellis , and a collection made at the conclusion : books have also been sent to the various localities , to give an opportunity to the out-townships to contribute their mite for the support of the Exile ' s family . A committee of observation was appointed to watch the movements of the Whigs , in their attempts to obtain a charter of incorporation for the borough .

      - MANCHESTER : I Chartist Sunday School . —On Sunday the quarterly examination of the children took place , ancl ^ as highly satisfactory . There are now about 700 scholars ; the great difficulty to contend with , is want of teachers . ; ' , \' Lecture Br Mr . O'CoNNon .. —Great Meetiso It ' Carpenters Hah . —On Sunday evening this spac ious hall was crowded to excess , to hear an address by Feargus O'Connor , Esq . Mr . Thomas Rankin was called to the chair , and delivered a brief but appropriate address . Mr . O'Connor , who was received with the most enthusiastic demonstrations of affection , followed , delivering ; one of his usual excellent addresses ; his subject being on this occasion Trades

      Unions , and the state of affairs in Ireland . He concluded by administering some caustic medicine to the humbugs and shoy-koys , and sat down amidst prolonged cheering . The meeting was afterwards addressed by Dr . M'Douall , Win . Dixon , and Mr . John West ; after which Mr . Liney moved "That the thanks of this meeting are due , and hereby given , to Fcargus O'Connor , Lsq ,, Dr , M'Douall , Mr . Wm . Dixon , and Mr . John West , for the able addresses they have delivered this evening . " The resolution being seconded , was carried by acclamation . Mr . West briefly acknowledged the compliment . Mr . Dixon moved , and Mr . West seconded , a vote of ' thanks' to the chairman , which was agreed to . Thus ended one of the most numerous and enthusiastic meetings held in Manchester for some time Dast .

      ¦ //\ \ PENZANCE . Lkoturb . —Mr . M'Grath delivered a lecture to a goodly number ou . Sunday evening , which gave great satisfaction . On Monday evening lie addressed an overflowing house : W . J . Guscott in the chair . In the course of his address he laid bare the several boasted acts of Whiggery . Throughout the whole of his lecture , which lasted over two hours , a breath . ess silence existed , unless when his truly conclusive inferences drew forth a burst of applause . Eighteen cards were taken . Some of our lads accompanied Mr . M'Grathto St . Ives , where heliad to lecture . We iave resolved to bold a meeting every Sunday evening at eight o ' clock . The meeting for enrolling of members is held every Monday evening at seven o ' clock , at O'Brien ' s Temperance Hotel : we also meet on Thursday evening at seven o ' clock , for readng , tmtmg , arithmetic , mathematics , politics , « Ssc .

      BIRMINGHAM . LfiCTURE .--On Tuesday evening last , the usual weekly meeting was held in the Democratic Chapel , Thorp-strect . Mr . Langton occupied tho chair , and commenced tl \ e pYOeocmngs by introducing Mr . James Saunders , who delivered a highly interesting and instructive lecture on" The right of the working class to the elective franchise . " Mr . Sauhders ' s mode ordealing with the question was plain and simplCi but not a wit tho less useful on that account . SiiAKSPEREAjf LocALiTr—This . locality has lately obtained a commodious room , situated in

      Pikestieet , which was opened on Sunday last ,, by a lecture from Mri Bairstow , on " The incompatibility of class-legislation with national morality and prosperity . ' ^ The room was filled with an attentive audience , who appeared highly satisfied with the lecturer ' s arguments and reasonings . A number of members were enrolled after the lecture . The . accounts were read ana audited , and gave undivided satisfaction . A Sunday atlult and children ' s school has been opened bv thia locality , and has already received considerable support . We wish a few of our best educated members would join us in teaching the " Young idea how to shoot . " ¦

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      ¦ .. ' , ; Holloway / s , Oistmest and Pills . — Professor Holldwav ,.. the discoverer and . sple 0 proprietor , of these wonderful arid extraordinary medicines , lias ,. in conaequence of infallible efficacy , in healing , in the space of a very short time ( when they are used together ) the most dangerous wounds , ulcers , and ; likewise ; King ' s ovD , or scrofula , instructed all his agents to return in future to persons whatever they niay pay for these remedies , whenever they may fall in any of the cases , however desperate they may be , " when properly tested , arid found to fail . ... ,, :

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      BANKRUPTS / ( From Friday" ! Gazette ) William Aldred , George-street , New Kent-road , builder —Antonio Nicholas Armani , Scott ' s-yarJ , Bush-lane , City , merchant—Thonjas Browning , Old . Balky , innkeeper—Andrew Donald , ' St . Albnn ' s , Hertfordshire , lodging house keener—Jcsepli George Todman , Gray ' s-inn-lane , licensed victuaUer—Henry Kome Stutchbury , ; Theobald ' sTroad , Bedford-iw , bookseller—Thomas Richard Withers , Rumbridge , Hampshire , bremsr—George Dickinson , South Portnian-iuews , Povtman-square , farrier—William llobertson , Eagle-terrace , City-road , coffee-shopkeeper .

      : DIVIDENDSFeb . 7 , B . Adams , Blenheim-street , New Bond-street , liverv stable-keeper—Feb . 7 , C . Daly , Red Lion-squtirc , bookseuer—Feb . 7 , C . Newman , Scrips , Essex , miUer—Feb . 7 , J . Richards , Oxford-street , livery stable-keeper—Feb . 7 , C . S . Mastennan , Croydon , Surrey , grocer—Feb . 14 , S . Billingsley , jun ., Harwich , Essex , merchant—Feb . 12 , U . and J . Caldecott , Manchester , silk-mercers—Feb . 10 , S . Price , Blackburn , Lancashire , machine-maker—Feb . 12 , W . and C . Mather and J . T . Newstead , Manchester , ironfounders—Feb . 14 , J . T . Milner and C . Bedford , Kiugstouupon-Hull , confectioners . . ,. ; . ;; .

      BANKRUPTS . '¦ - ' ( From , Tuwtay ' s Gaselte . J George Jackson , jun ., Hertford , iipholste . rer — Uenv ) Charles Sturla , Seymour-street , Euston-sguare , glassdealer—William Edward Schottlacnder , George-lane , Botolph-lane , Eattchcap , City , merchant—John Ward , Ely , Cambridgeshire . ' glass-dealer—Thomas Buttewnere WaUei and John Waller , Ipswich , Suffolk , grocers—Henry and William' lumber , Old Trinity House , Water-lane , City wine-merchants—Edward John Chapman , Bradford , Yorkshire , civil engineer—John Bullough , Huddersfieltl , Yorkshire , cabinet-maker—George Henry Xiupton , Leeds , flax-spinner—Thomas Fisher , Selby , Yorksliire , linendraper—Nicholas John Keinpe , Liverpool , shipowner—John George Schott and John Casper Lavuter , Alderman . bury-postern , City , merchants .

      DECtA . Hi 1 ! 16 SS OP DIVIDENDS . J . Coupland and F . Duncan , L , iv < ivyuol , HieroUaftts , toi dend of 114 d in the pouud , Wednesday , Jan . 29 , and any subsequent ' Wcdncsday , at the office of Mr . Morgan , Liverpool . ¦¦¦ ¦ .. J , Coupland , Liverpool , merchant , dividend of os in the pound , on Wednesday , Jan . 29 , and any subsequent Wednesday , at the office of Mr , Morgan , Liverpool . , F , Duncan , Liverpool , merchant , dividend of Us 7 d in the pound , on Wednesday , Jan . 20 , and any subsequent Wednesday , at the office of Air . Morgan , Liverpool . E . Johnston , jun ., aud T . llanley , Whitehaven , Cumberlaud , sugar refiuers , fourth and fiual dividend of one halfpenny and 1-lOths of . a fortliiug in the pound , any Saturday , at the office of Mr . Baker , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . ; J . Davison , Marton , Yorkshire , farmer , third and final dividend of 3 d and i of a penny in the pound , any Saturday , at the office of Mr . Baker , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . YC . Wodclell , Liverpool , merchant , second < livideud of Od in the youud , auy Monday , at the office of Uv . Bird , Liverpool . . G . Cottata and V . Osbuvu , jun ., Leeds , -wine-merchants , dividend of 3 Jd in tho pound , and a dividend of 2 s 6 d in the pound on the separate estate of G . Cottam , any Tuesdayat the office of Air . Hope , Leeds .

      , i J . Porter , Bamsley , Yorkshire , callendevev , 'first and final diViilcnd of 12 s lid in the pound , aud those who have received a former dividend may receive a secoud and final divideiid of 5 s lOd in the pound , any Tuesday , at the office of Mr . Fearne , Liverpool . ' ' ' dividends . Feb . 14 , B . Perkins and S . Woolley , Stamford , Lincolnshire , drapei's—Feb . IS , J '; Shotter , Portseu , Hampshire , grocer—Feb . 11 , It . Thompson , Strood , Kent , dra ]> er—Feb . 11 , T . G . Mavtiu , Cold Uavbouv-lane , Camberwell , wine-merchant—Feb . 10 , T . Ilueves , Winston , Worcestershire , coach-builder—Feb . 20 , S . Eccles and C . Hidings , Manchester , cotton-manufacturers—Feb . 13 , It . Rochester , Hartlepool , Durham , butcher—Feb . 12 , H . Smith , Worcester , attorney—Fub . 12 , ' 1 ' . . Buhner , South Shields , rope-insm ' ufacturei ' . ' \ ' CEBTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED , CNLES 9 CACSE BE SHOWN

      ! TO THE CON'XIIARY ON THE DAY , OF MEET 1 KO . Feb . 12 , R . Eaton , Featherstonc-street , City-road , butcher—Feb . 14 , B . B . and B . G . Owen , l ' all-mall , tailors —Feb . 12 , TV . Burchett , Whitcchapel-road , chemist—Feb . 11 , J . T . Maund , Birmingham , lacemnn—Feb . II , J . ^ Johnson , North-place , Gray ' s-inii-lane , nijotliecary—Feb . II , 11 . Footuer , Lymington , Hampshire , uabinet-makei —Feb . 33 , C . J 3 . lJeyuoJds , Devizes , Wiltshire , tailor—Feb . 12 , 11 Kochester , llavtlepool , Durham , butcher — Feb . U , II . Kit'holl , Greetlancl , Yorkshire , worsted-spiuner—Feb . IS , I . Ketcham , Liverpool , merchant—Feb . 12 , T . Crosfield , Kirliliam , Lancashire , lincndraper—Feb . 11 , It . Youd , Livevpool , clieese-iactor—Feb . 11 , T . Scott , Colchester , Essex , baker—Feb . 11 , J . J . Brez , Chester , tailor—Feb . 11 , J . "Whitchead , Ainsworth , Lancashire , common-brewer—Feb . 11 , T . Tabberner , Binniughani , corn-factor—Feb . II , It . Robinson , Strand , coal-merchant .

      PAItTSEBSIIIPS DISSOLVED . J , I . and C . L . Lucy , Kidderminster , winc-mercliants—J . Kadland and It . Shillingtbvd , Chcapside , warehousemen —F . Higginsou and E . 11 . Coles , Uochester , shipowners—AV . Fistell and C . Ayliii ' e , Basingstoke , Hampshire , painters—J . Armstrong and J . W . Wright , Brighton , hatters—J . Ormerod and 1 ' . Hargreavcs , BacuPi Lancashire , cotton sheet-manufacturers—M , Grange and B , Booth , Manchester , smallware-dealers—T ., T . II ., and E . A . 'i ' ootal , Wakefield , Yorkshire , corn-merchants—S ., W ., and'J . Butler , Birmingham , iron-founders ; as far as regards W . Butler—S . Stcphenson aud J . Itoyston , Manchester , engravers— It . Bradley , W . Barrows , J . Hall , F . Downing , and T . Davby , Rowley Regis , StoffvJi'dsUii'e . ooal-mastevs—The Austcll Gas Company , St Austell , Cornwall—C . Tayleur and J . F . Dupre , Warrington , founders—C . Tayleur ,

      W . H . Tayleur , W . Bates , F . Fennington , and D . Madden , Liverpool ; as far as regards W . II . Tayleur and F . Pennington—J . Inkson and C . Roth , Little Kyder-street , St . James ' s—J . Reeve andT . llolyoakejliinver / Stalibrdshire , sui-geons — C . Brown and J . Williams , Ciieltcniiam , drapers—J . and 11 . Lynex , Birmingham , wire-workers—J ., F ., G ., and ' S , W . Wilkinson / Manchester , cotton-spinners—C . Stephensoh and J . Caley , Livex-pool—W . Hewitt , sen .-, and W . Hewitt , jun ., Bristol , coal-mercliauts—W Miles , T . W . Kinder , andT . H . Wheeler , Leicester , eoaeli builders ; as far as regards TV . Miles—J . Hughes and W . Hanson , Sedgeley , StaSbrdsliire , lime-masters—It . and E . Leeds , Norwich , millers—A . Ilazeland a » id B-. Manning , Shaw , Wiltshii'e , common brewers—J . S . James and F . Stacey , Stratton , Cornwall , dealers in sand—T , autl T , Pcnson , Foxcote , Oxfordshire , fannersi

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      London Cork Excn ^ soB , Mosbat , Jan . 20 . —The arrivftte of English wheat were large during tho past week , but with this exception a material falling off is shown in the supplies oi' grain coastwise . The receipts of oats from Ireland , though still rather liberal , were also much below the arrival from thence the week immediately preceding . From abroad the supplies consisted of a few hundred quarters of wheat and oata , and a moderate quantity of flour . At this morning's market there was a small show of wheat by land-earriage samples from Essex and Suffolk , and only about an average quantity from Kent . Of barley , the arrivals were not large , nor were there many oats fresh up either coastwise or from Ireland . Beans and peas were in fair supply , particularly the first named article . The extremely wet weather lately experienced caused most of the wheat to come to hand in soft condition ; the best dry parcels were cleared off early at fully previous prices , but afterwards the demand became dull , and for the ordinary

      runs last Mondays terms were barely maintained . The transactions in-free foreign wheat were on a restricted scale ; holders were , however , very firm , ai \ d needy buyers had to pay quite as much money as on this day week . In quotations of flour and malt no change occurred ; both articles were difficult of disposal . The demand for barley was languid in the extreme , and increased anxiety to realise being displayed , purchasers succeeded in obtaining the turn in their favour . Oats were held with much firmness ; Irish met with more attention than either English or Scotch , but prices of all sorts were fully supported . There was a fair inquiry for beans , and new , as well as old , sold at quite former rates . Peas moved off rather slowly , but former terms were well maintained . In bonded grain there was nothing doing . Cloverseed was extremely dull of sale , and prices must at present be regarded as nominal . Canary seed decJined Is . to 2 s . per qr . In other articles no alteration .

      CUBREST PRICES OF GKAIN , PER IMPERIAL . QUAUTER .-Briti « Fi . s s s s Wheat , Essex , & Kent , n « w & old red i'l 48 White 50 54 : —Norfolk and Lincoln . ... do 43 46 Ditto 43 53 —¦ Northum . and Scotch white 41 46 Fine 48 52 Irish red Old 9 0 Red 42 44 White 45 48 Rye Old 31 32 New 20 32 Brank 3 G 38 Barley Grinding .. 27 29 Distil . 30 32 Malt . 34 38 Halt Brown .... 54 58 Pale 58 S 3 Wara M 65 Beans Ticks old & , new 3 d 34 Harrow 33 83 Pigeon 38 42 Peas Grey ...... 33 33 Maple 33 34 White 36 40 Oats Lincolns ii Yorkshira Peed 21 23 Poland 23 25 Scotch . Angus 22 24 Potato 24 26 Irish .... .... White 20 22 Black 20 22 Pcr 2801 b . net . s s Per 280 lb . net .. s s Town-made Flour ... 42 44 Norfolk & Stockton 33 34 Essox and Kent .... 34 35 Irish ,,,,,,,,, 31 30 Free . Bond ,

      Foreign . s s b Wheat , Dantsic , Konigsburg , < fcc 52 SO 3 ( 5 40 Marks , Mecklenburg ........ 48 54 32 35 — -: Danish , Holstein , and Friesland red 44 47 30 31 Hussian , Hard 44 46 Soft ... 45 47 28 30 -Italian , Red . . 46 50 White . . . 50 32 20 32 —Spanish , Hard . 4650 Soft .... 48 52 30 32 Rye , Baltic , Dried , ... 31 32 Undried . . 31 32 21 22 Barley , Grinding . 27 29 Malting . . 38 34 24 30 Beans , Ticks . . 31 34 Egyptian . 31 32 26 30 Peas , White . . 38 38 Maple . . 33 34 23 30 Oats , Dutch , Brew and Thick ..:.... 23 25 10 21 Russian feed ....... ....... . 21 22 15 16 Danish , Friesland feed . . 21 23 15 17 Flour , per barrel . . . 25 28 20 21

      CORN AVERAGES . —General arerage prices of British corn for the week ended Jan . 18 , 1845 , niado up from the Returns of tf » Inspectors in the . differcnt cities and towni ; in England and Wales , per imperial quarter . Wheat .. 45 s . 7 d . I Oats .... 21 s ; 8 d . I Beans .. 35 s . 7 d . Barley .. 34 s . 7 d . | Rya .... 81 « . 4 d . | Peaso .. 35 a . 8 d . London Sjiithfield Cattle Market , Moxday , Jan . 20 . —Compared with that exhibited on Monday last , the aupply of beasts on offer to-day was on the increase , and of somewhat improved quality . -Ihe attendance of buyers was tolerably numerous , -while the primest Scots , &c ; , commanded a steady sale , at fully Friday ' s depression of 2 d . per 81 b ., the highest figure being 4 s . 2 d . ; being 2 d . per 81 b . beneath the

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      currencies obtained on this day so nnight . All other breeds were a slow inquiry , yet prices were supported . Tlie Norfolk season for beasts may no \ y be considered as having commenced , we having received some wellniade-up ahimalg from that quarter to-day . The imports of live stock from abroad during the week have consisted of about thirty beasts and severity sheep , all froin Holland ; This morning we had on sale thirty beasts and twenty sheep fronrthe above countrv , The former were in-good condition , but the latter were by no means prime , though they were all disposed of at fair quotations . From Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire , we received about 600 Scots and homebreds . The droves from Lincolnshire . Leicestershire , and Northamptonshire ,

      comprised 800 shorthorns :- . while-from the western and midland counties the arrivals amounted to about 700 Herefords , Devons , runts , Ac . ; twin other parts of England , 500 of various breeds ; from Scotland 200 horned , and polled Scots—tlie remainder of the supply being chiefly derived from the neighbourhood of the metropolis . The supply , of sheep was tolerably good , but not to say large . . Prime old Downs and tho best half-breds sold freely ; other kinds of sheep slowly , at last Monday ' s quotafciona . The number of calves was limited , owing to which the veal trade was somewhat active , and the late improvement in the currencies was steadily supported . As is usually the case at this period of the year , more business was doing in pigs , and the rates had an upward tendency .

      By tho quantities of 81 b ., sinking tho offal . , s . d . s . d . Inferior coarse beasts . . . 2 S 3 9 Second quality . . . . 3 2 3 6 Prime large oxen . . . 3 8 3 10 Prime Scots , &c 4 0 4 2 Coarse inferior sheep . . . 2 10 J 2 Second quality . . « . 3 4 3 8 Prim * coarse woolled . . . 3 1 * 4 u Prime Southdown . . . . 4244 large coarse calves . . > 3 8 4 2 Prime small . . . . . 4 4 4 8 Suckling calves , each ... . 18 0 30 Large hogs V . , ¦ « . 3 ( J 4 . 2 Neat small porkers . ' . . 4 4 4 6 Quarter-old store nigs , each . 16 0 20 9

      Hay Markets . —Smihifikld . —Coarso moadow hay £ 3 12 s to £ i 15 s ; useful ditto , £ 4 16 s to £ 5 4 s ; fine upland ditto , £ 5 5 s to £ o 10 s ; clover hay , £ 410 s to £ 6 ; oat straw , £ 112 s to £ 114 s ; wheat straw , £ 114 s . to £ 116 s per load . Both hay and straw sold slowly at our quotations . Wihtechamei ; . —Coarse meadow hay , £ 3 10 s to £ 4 los , useful ditto , £ 416 s to £ 5 4 s * ; fine upland ditto , £ 5 5 s to £ 510 s ; clover hay , £ 4 10 s to £ 6 ; oat straw , £ 1 12 s to £ 1 14 s ; wheat straw , £ 1 14 s to £ 1 los per load . Trade on the whole dull , at but ' little variation in prices .

      Meat Markets . —Southail , Jan . 22 . —The supply of stock on sale to-day was tolerably extensive , yet the demand was steady at full prices . Beef , from 3 s to 4 s 2 d ; mutton , 3 s to ds 4 d ; veal , 3 s 8 d to 4 s fid ; and pork , 2 s lOd to 3 s Sd per 81 l ) S . Supply : Beasts , 40 ; sheep , 1 , 200 : capes , 49 ; pigs , 53 . Romford , Jas . 22 . —Prime stock was in good request at full prices : otherwise the trade ruled heavy . Beef , from ' 2 s . lOd to 4 s > l ; mutton , 3 s to 4 s 4 d ; veal , 3 s sd to 4 s 2 d ; and pork , 3 a to 4 s 2 d per Slba . Suckling calves , 18 s to . 30 s ; quarter-old store pig 3 , 16 s to 18 s ; and milch cows , with their small calf , £ 16 to £ 19 each . Hailsham , Jan . 22 . —We had , comparatively speaking , a sseady demand this morning , and prices were freely supported . Beef , from 2 s lOd to 4 s 4 d ; mutton , 3 s to 4 s 4 d ; veal , 3 s 8 d to 4 s 4 d ; and pork , 3 s 6 d to 4 sperSlbs .

      Aruxdel , Jan . 21 . —Prime beasts and sheep sold steadily ; other kinds oi' stock slowly , at our quotations . Beef , from 2 s lOd to 4 s 4 d ; mutton , 3 s to 4 s 6 d ; veal , 38 6 d to 4 s ; and pork , 2 s lOd to 43 pcrSlbs . .., ' . ; ¦ CtticiiEstER , Jan . 22 . —There was a fair amount of business doing here to-day , at full prices . Beef , from 2 s lOd to 4 s 4 d ; mutton , 2 s lOd to 4 s 4 d ; veal , 3 s Sd to 4 s 2 i \; and pork , 2 s lOd to 4 a per 81 bs . buckling calves , 18 s to 28 s ; quarter-old store pigs , 10 s to 18 s ; and milch cows , with their small calf , £ 16 to £ 19 each . ' Coal Maukki . —Prices per ton at the- close of the ¦ market ^ Buddie ' s West Hartley , 19 s Cd ; CJioster Mfiiii , l !) s ; Easting ' s Hartley , 19 s ; Old Pontop , 17 s Gd ; ' West' Wylam . ' ISs U : Wylam , 18 s 9 d ; W . E ., Acorn Close , 20 s ; W . E . ; Killingworth , 20 s 3 d ; ' W . E ., Newmareh , 19 s Cd ; W . E ., Belmont , 21 s 3 d ; > V . E . Hetton , 22 s ( kl ; Seymour Tecs , 21 s Cd ; Towiihill Elgin , ISs Cd . —Ships arrived since lastday , 137 . . :

      Maltox Cons Mahket , Jan . 18 . —We had a good supply of wheat and barley offering'to this day ' s market , but small of oats . In wheat and fine barley we make no alteration ; inferior rather lower . . Oats id per stone lower . Wheat , red , new , 44 s to 48 s ; white ditto , 48 s to 52 s ; red ditto , old , 50 s to 52 s ; white ditto , 52 s to 56 s per qr . of 40 st . Barley , 26 s to 31 s per qr . of 32 - st . Oats , 9 d to lOd per stone . Yobk Cons Mahkbt , Jan . 18 . — -Wo continue to hare liberal supplies of grain . In the best samples of wheat and barley a fair extent of business has been ¦ done , at last week ' s rates , but secondary sorts are almost . neglected . Oats the turn lowers Beans in good demand , and few offering .

      Liverpool Cork Market , Tuesday , Jan . 21 . — Wheat met a very limited demand this inorning , and little or no change can be noted in prices generally ; we quote the best Irish new red at 7 s , which was ob « tained for very choice quality , but good runs were oiiered at 6 s 8 d to . 6 s lOd per 70 lbs . Oats sold slowly at our previous quotations , 3 s 2 d per 45 lbs ., an extreme rate . Flour and oatmeal were dull of sale , without alteration as to price . Richmond Couw Market , Jan . 18 . —We had a good supply of grain in our market to-day . Wheat sold from 5 s 6 d to 7 s ; oats 2 s to 3 s Cd ; barley 3 s 6 d to 4 s ; beans 4 s Cd to 5 s per bushel .

      : NfiWCASTLH-UPO . V-TyNE OdMf Maiiket , Saturday , January 18 . —The weather still keeps extremely open , with a damp atmosphere ; and , as a natural consequence , the condition of all grain is more or less affected , hence the trade continues in a dull state ; We are , however , fully impressed with the conviction that markets have seen their , lowest for tho present ,, and that a steady improvement from henceforth may be looked tor . At our market this morning we had a large show of wheat from the country , and from the coast the arrivals are also liberal ; notwithstanding which , however , dry samples were taken off at fully last week ' s prices . ; but , to make progress in the illconditioned qualities—and of such the great bulk now offering from our growers consists—it was necessary

      to submit to rather lower rates to effect a clearance . Choice south-country qualities were held with increased firmness—49 s . per quarter having been repeatedly refused for , well-selected red , weighing 63 Jib . to 641 b . per bushel ; whilst other descriptions were more saleable by making a slight concession toour . buyers , In foreign the transactions were unimportant :. still full rates were realised . In bonded nothing stirring . With flour we have been again freely supplied ; and , the dealers having purchased freely of late , the trade upon the whole has ruled slow through- ' out the week ; and , in partial instances , where ves .

      sels required clearing , rather lower prices were accepted : to-day , however , somewhat more firmnesg was shown , which induces us to look forward to a better sale being experienced next week . In rye little stirring . For barley the demand has proved limited , and upon all descriptions we niust note a decline of fully is . per quarter ; 35 s . being now an extreme quotation for extra Chevalier , weighing 55 lb . per bushel . Malt without change . In beans little passing ; but boiling peas are more , inquired after , and ; incline higher . We had a less supply of oats from the . country , for which a ready sale was experienced at last week ' s prices . ' .. ; . ; ' ,, ' ; " . . . ' '

      Manchestek Cons Market , Saturday , Jan . 18 .- « The late large arrival from Ireland is followed up by a very moderate import thence ; but there 13 a large 3 UJK ply to Wakefield . The trade during the week has exhibited considerable firmness ; and , though there lias been nothing approaching to bvisknes 3 , late prices have been well supported . This observation applies generally to the / principal markets . The business doing at our Exchange this morning calls for no particular observations . . Wheat fiilly main « tains late prices . Floar moves slowly , but former rates are steadily adhered to , and realised upon sales made ; and , of all other articles , it may be observed that they meet a moderate sale at the quotations of our hist .

      Liverpool CAMtE Market , Monday , Jan . 20 . - * The supply of cattle at market to-day has beoa much tlie same as last week . Beef , 5 § d . to Cd . per lb ; mutton a shade higher , say from 6 Jd . to Old . perlb . .. .. ¦; ¦ ' " , Leeds Cork Market , Tuesday , Jan . 21 . —Our supplies are again large , and little improyemen . is ,-yet perceptible in the condition of wheat . Although iivk prices are pretty well maintained , we have only , a slow sale for line dry wheat to-day , while all want-, ing condition is a good deal neglected . The barley , trade continues very dull , and only really select descriptions support List , week ' s prices . There is no variation in oats , beans , shelling , or other articles .

      Leeds Cj . oth Markets . —We do not notice this week much variation in the amount of business transacted—if anything , it is an improved demand at the warehouses , particularly those connected with tlie foreign trade . For the season the demand generally is as good as might be expected . ' ¦ • ¦ ¦ - ¦? State of Trace . —The yarn market continues very active and buoyant , showing an advance of one- ; eighth uer pound in several descriptions of yarn , especially in 40 ' s mule , suitable for the Indian ; market , and some particular counts and qualities < f water twist . The goods continue much the same '& last week ; prices are perfectly firm , and stocks low ; put , except for good forty-inch shirtbgs , which are ^ demand , there is no great activity in the market . — Manchester Guardian of Wednesday .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 25, 1845, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1299/page/7/