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      HIE DESTROYER OF FROST DISCOVERED . ( Continued from our sixth page . ) n -the Charter . I was at Edinburgh , and did 'Stend to visit Carlisle on my way back to Leeds ; Knt ^ fc en I heard $ ttese *? S 8 i I F ° * ° ^ mms Arthur to get out billsannouncing my intention to be : Gar&Ie on the following night * to meet Dr . Tsvlor and to answer any charges that lie or any rtur man could bring against me .. I did go to S& onthe appointed night . The theatre was liJprtuv crammed m every part . I was at first "J ( jjv ' and suspiciously received : but when I con-T , iii my address , called for my accusers , and ifiwerrf every question that was proposed to me -jtisfactorily—the chillof suspicion was succeeded by .. . « r-cTnOYF . R OF FROST T > TSrnVF . RF . I »

      the hot enthusiasm 01 repemance . l was blessed , Md thanked , and cheered , and a vote of confidence Ms unanimously tendered to me . It is likely , is it not , that if " T was one of the originators of the Newport riots , I . " would have biown whether 1 imstopdzant of the fact or not ; and if I had cone to Ireland with aknowled geof it , and without latins any steps to caution Frost , such a charge i- taUifh' ^ y or fien advanced to such an audienct , ! ., „« have ended in my being torn to pieces ! I beg it jo be understood , that I never saw the letter from A ^ hton in the Northern Star , until Taylor read it for iic : and that when I next saw Mr . 1011 , I eomiilaiiicd of his having inserted it ; and the answer I lecdvcd was , " upon my word , Sir , it has always been your practice to protect the greatest villains in the movement , and the very fellows that would cut vour throat" Now , I think I am entitled to ask '' xvho

      killed John Taylor ? " What stubborn things dates are ? and what an awkward witness the Northern Saris ! and what a valuable thing a good memory is : Upon the day after I saw Dr . Taylor , I walked about two miles from York in company with Ashton , Peter Hoey , and others , to see a deer uncarted before Sir Clifford Constable ' s hounds : and during the whole distance I rated William Ashton soundly for his villanous letter about Taylor , telling him that he had killed the man . Ashton turned round in the road and said , "Taylor came last night from your dinner-table , drunk with your wine , to the pnblic house where I and several other Chartists were assembled : he called for a glass of whiskey and water , and proposed d n to Feargus O'Connor and the Stutter * Star ; and if it had not been for the company , I'd have knocked him down , for he is a traitor and a villain : bnt you won't let your friends destroy toot enemies . " Xow , " who killed John Taylor" ?

      * " Degan never raised his head after his character was assassinated . " Poor Degan : the only injury I ever did him was to take all the odium upon myself of his pleading guilty at Liverpool , and saving him eighteen months' imprisonment . He went to America , owing me the small amount of £ 1613 s . 7 d . lie ^ ot into an unhealthy climate—incautiously left off his flannels , as his friends say , and died of the yel low fever . Now , am I the tellow tevek , as well as the" RED CAT" of Chartism ? John Duncan : aye , poor fellow ! he was driven to Hidness . lie never held up his head after the time

      , that , as chairman of the Scotch Convention , he retired to the vestry-room , to consider whether he should give the casting vote / or or against the incorporation of England and Scotland in a national petition for the Charter . Everyman in Scotland will bur me out in the assertion , that he never was the same man from that day to the day of his death : and every Chartist in England and Scotland knows fliatft was Jatnes B . O'Brien who was then intriguing trill Mm , and , that induced him to give a vote to turn tk seaka-Wi'ut National Union , and tJiat drove him toniatfjuY * .. '— " WIio killed John Duncan ?"

      Nations : this fellow promised faithfully to die thrceyears ago : and it was a mistake his ever being bom . When he was starving , 1 was almost the only man to assist him ; and well the ruffian has repaid m . He was agent for the Northern Star for nearly twelve months , and never up to this moment has he paid one fraction of one farthing for all the papers he received . Macartney : when he was in the Westminster Hospital , I got a fever for going to visit him ; and a ioy proper return for giving an order to Mr . Cleave to furnish him with everything he required . But I think I may leave his character , as a Chartist , to the men of Liverpool , who know him best : but I assert , without fear of contradiction , that the intriguing of O'Brien has ruined him . " Who ruined Macart EMT ?"

      Holbcrry : poor fellow ! Mr . John Porter , of Birtniiigham , can tell who murdered him . There is netlang thatlweuld not have given to have saved Km . " Who killed Uolberry ? " John Porter can tell . Clayton : He owes his death to the same ruthless saasan . This fact Mr . Porter can prove by incontrovertible testimony . " Who killed Clayton" ! "After unheard-of sufferings , the writer of this saw Ms house broken up , his family dispersed , and his beloved wife driven into a consumption by the ante murderous system of calumny and persecution which destroyed the others . " This is from Mr . 0 Men ' s own pen ; and the persons alluded to ire himself and his wife . No wonder that the wife should be in a consumption , when the husband drinks xA dissipates wbat she ought to eat and wear . I awUiis gentleman blubbering like a great child on

      the Barnsky stage , and whiningly declare that "he « a ? obliged to drag the car-rings from his wife ' s ears to get a meal , " at a time when , as Mr . Hetherington proved to the meeting , he ( O'Brien ) was receiving £ •» some months , and never less than £ 20 a month \\ . % , all the Chartists in England wouldnotsatisfy the usatiate mawofsuc / t a cormorant . I fed him and tb family when others allowed him to starve ; and I ia new reaping mv full reward in the plenitude of !•« gratitude . But of him hereafter . This letter is to Uiose who have been co-sufferers with me in the I < iwliflg political agitation , so long kept up by the " pwrgentlemen" of our movement . ¦ So much for my slain . Now , is it not a melancholy iiing that a gentleman who has laboured as I have , &ouH be thus compelled to meet the fabricated &iife of hired aggassins ? But , on the other hand , botr consolatorv that I am able to accomplish the

      tai : Sot wishing to leave my task half-finished , and presuming that Ashton might have seen just cause vxr-trsma me on the 7 th of March , 1810 , and blessing 58 on the 29 th of May , 18 il , I shall endeavour to fcublisn -i nearer connexion between Ms cursings snd his blessings . Ashton was tried at York in the beginning of M : irch , 184 . 0 ; and he and the other vivtims heartily curte-i me , as he now says , wllCH they « ere convicted . Sow , reader , mark thi 3 villain . Brawl him as the veriest ruffian that ever disgraced tht vr « rld , when you read the following letter written by William Ashton , and published in the Northern « ar of the 29 th of February , 1 S 40 , the veht weee . ? noa £ UE « 'Jw

      TO THE CHABT 1 SIS OF ESGliM > AND SCOTLAND . Fixiow Coistbtmes , —The wtole civilized world has ' ¦ an-ased with disgust the laauy acts of cowardice and tat-, crawling sycophancy , exhibited by some of the tflTwsed slaves of this conntrv , at the same time , looking » rA a'lnnration at the devotion of those who have already filial , and those who will speedily fall victims to the Sfcursed system . % motive for writing at the present moment is , to insure a conviction ; of course , imprison'snn , « ith all its refined cruelties , and starvation , follow £ » natural consequences . The very men who are the ^ iwters of this class legislation , are the men called ^• • m t « give a verdict against individuals for being ^? sea , to what and to whom ? "Why , to them , the

      ^¦ JtUe-class jurymen and their abominable system of granny and oppression . Therefore , I consider it an sKJute farce for the Learned Judges to put any of the ttmierous individuals m > -. v waiting sentence ( either in l * i * on or out on hail ) oa their trial . Let them at once K'K-eed to sentence theaccused -do away with themockery Kan investigation ; leave off , forouce , hypocrisy , and Mate , if possible , the political rancour of these nialigfan persecutors , in the incarceration of their hapless vi « iuis . I am aware of the many difficulties you have to C lWaidwitb—not only the persecution of our common c- » ecje s , hut the treachery of pretended friends . When 1 talc a retrospective view of the last twelve mouths , my "tin * fils withindignation towards those whoso lately Aeewd those victims on , and who have deserted the cauir . Lt ^ j . ajoju , ^ and in every town you will find - « uv ., r mure of these base hypocrites ready to become £ ' « c = to flVir , , res 3 ors .

      I am not desirous of speaking invidiously of any w&idnsL y « I cannot refrain from alluding to one or two dnnnistances that have come under my own Eotiee , w liin ia Univn , last September , I was admitted £ « 1 ? iuto lie company of the members of the first * - - » K « atson : and at the " Aruudel Coffee House , " in my ** « liearing , base consiiiracy was formed to destroy ' 'i «« cr \ rqiutaUun and the XorUiem Star . I remon-HiMfa , as fi , r as j cons ; aered it judicious , with the "MKvhKOs lumiing thb plot ; and where have these wwarai y Iragrarts been ever since ? I could answer or '" J 10—sowing discord , and finding fault with men as 3 * n » , j tLcm in j ^^ consistency , and intelligence k is ji ^ snjjfe f 6 > 3 afe * man to be above another . * o"i"n £ » ould ? a ; iifyi& , bnt the breaking up of the ^ "H-rnio n , in orderifitthey might return to their lc * alKiesto put in execution their iracy . iv 111 «\ rfv ¦

      ,, , consp -, — -v * , [ IUI CACLUUUU « J . * J ^*»« x ^—— - » fi i lfll 51 * I'K'pertu observe , that our unfortunate fri i Fn ) St d "" 1 1101 form one of tiiese treacherous lik i j " "" " ^ whtn O'Connor was amongst them , I ~ . ' **? x <» 5 i lum bv the hand . When I saw this , B ^ l * fc Wi * etches in my heart . ~ ™ s was not sufficient-their diabolical desire ft-r C . f « 1 tra *« y were not half satisfied . Would to « nlr - ^^ drag the miscreants before the iur , i li' * ir 1 rue characters . For these last few aimMt 1 " * *™ has r « ° Oed within me , when I have „„ " H a « wmnraUeled deceit , and never-to-be-for nC" ^ f " " ? - of these monsters . Fellow countryw-uld ^ - Jou ** nttde enable of their deeds , you a abcor and detest tiitm totiie ktest moments of Jt ' . i : tsifttm-H

      icai WtItT ^ * " but the time has notyet come-Oftl . ' " hww * r - « franfroai slightly alluding to one 11 U n' e'fistlHuen who cut a conspicuous figure at the

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      iate Manchester Delegate Meeting . Mv God- the eftrontery of this fellow surpasses anjihinTl could h ^ e England to bear wtness against him and his accomplices ? JSS imaSme ^ ** irmorial to * " ¦ ^ « itt Cf T ««« CK 9 has been overlooked ? iJoes he forget his promise , and his childish and criminal ( not carnal ) dalliance with Jiar » Am for five weeks ? If he do , let him think of THE RESULT , and take ' this caution , and retire from advocating a cause that has recened much injury fromhis base treachery . If he take tins adnce , he may maintain his character ; if nothesl . all near from me in plainer terms . iate Manpli « tpr n .. u »„ , « . Z ^ '

      Aow , my friends , what think you of that letter , reterring to the whole year ' s previous transactions ? embracing the whole period of the Convention ' s sittings , and the subsequent conduct of the delegates just at the tune that he says the plan of the Welsh outbreak was organised ? What do you think of the conspirators returning to their several localities to carry out their machinations against Feargus O'Connor ? And what do you think of Feargus O'Connor living to see them all dead , fled , or damned in public estimation ? Might I not fairly conclude here ? But yet Iwillnot Modey says that Ashton ' s revelations fully account for Frost ' s sileace with regard to me lheydo , myfhends : for the conspiracy was more directcd _ against me tlian against the Government

      And if the Welsh affair had succeeded , J vmlo have been the first man assassinated ! This I hot from the ups or William Ashtox himself : and the iact was confirmed to me while at Monmouth : and yet 1 never for a moment relaxed in my endeavour to save the victims of the assassins who would have murdered Frost u-itltout compunction ! Was it likely that , with treason on my lip , and with treachery in my heart , I should have visited my victims in their dungeon ?—that I should have sat under the dock during the whole period of their trial ? If I had committed myself , nodoubtgreatsympathv for my sufferings would have been expressed : but after nearly six years of unmitigated slander , is it not a glorious boast to be able to sav that T « , ««««

      the confidence of the working men of England , Scotland , and Wales ? And to shew myself entitled to that confidence , rather than the necessity of refuting anything that comes on the authority of Ashton ? Mosley , O'Brien , or Hill , I have written this letter . Was ever such a set of rubbish associated together in a conspiracy as this " starved viper" has succeeded in rallying around him ? ffis bitterest enemies are now Am dearest friends ! They have sunk all personal animosity in the futile endeavour to destroy one man I shall reserve my letter to Mr . O'Brien till next week : and with that shall take leave of the -villanous crew for ever . But I will not allow one fraction of the Newport affair to remain unsettled It has even been stated thatFrost received a letter from

      me , whenmarchingtoNewport , whichmadehimshed tears . . Never , never , never , in the whole course of my existence did I write a line to John Frost , with the exception of one letter asking him to furnish a memoir to be given with his portrait . Andneverdid 1 receive a line from John Frost , with the exception of one written in June , 1839 , saying that the Welsh people would be glad of a few addresses from me . Aever did I hear , from man living or dead , of the Aewport riots , bnth , thet wehe over : if I had I would have stopped them : and Frost , Williams , and Jones , would have been now at home with their families . They are gone , however ! and their sufferings , created by others , has furnished a prolific harvest of abuse for niy revifers .

      Again , I say , no man ought to hold himself to be above suspicion ; hut every man should boldly meet his accusers : and to that end I am satisfied to submit my conduct , not only with regard to the Newport affair , but every transaction for the last twelveyears , to the judgment of the following thirteen individuals--The Rev . William Hill , William Ashton , James Mosley , William Burns , Charles Hodgson Neesom Walker , of Glasgow ; Gray , of Manchester-, Gammage , of Northampton ; John Watkins , of Battersea ; Fraser , of Glasgow ; Barron , of Leeds ; and Barnard Macartney , with James Bronterre O'Brien as their president . I will present myself before t / wt tribunal any time thev tell me they are read ? 1 will allow them toexamine one another . I will allow Hill to read all my correspondence for six years , and to make all his revelations : and I will repair to the Isle of Man , or anywhere else , that this tribunal may decide on .

      I am , my friends , your uncompromising , faithful , and unpurchaseable friend , _ , _ ., , Feakgus O'Coxxok . P . S . While I was in the act of writing this letter , I received the following from two of W . Ashton ' s own townsmen . The one from Ward has , Ipresume , been sent to Mr . O'Brien ; and of course he will publish it , as he is opposed to all " burking . " AVorsbro' Common , near Barnsley , April 25 , 1845 . O'Brien , —You are a strange customer : I hardly know in what terms to commence addressing you . In your last Rtformer ( or rather Veformer ) you have given rent to as much envy and spleen as would satiate a hyama . You must have a wonderfully singular notion of the people of

      tiiis country , to imagine that they will turn their backs on a true patriot like Feargus O'Connor , merely to gratify your envious soul , or perhaps fill your needy pockets ; for I am led to imagine you are not doing it gratis . There are plenty in this country that would pay nearly any priceto have O'Connor annihilated , and they know it cannot be done by the denunciation of the ordinary Whig and Tory journals . Hence jpttr puny attempt . You have a most cunning way in trying to get other people to denounceMr . O'Connor . In your answer to Mr . M'Grath , how serpentlike you appeal to his " spirit of independence , " in order to touch his vanity , and make him believe there is something valorous in abusing O'Connor . You are "Jemmy O'Brien" the second , and no mistake ! What a heap of peopleyou have discovered O'Connor to havekilled ! What

      a wonderful escape you have had ! As for that heap of rubbish you have picked up—that fellow from Barnsley it is a sin to pollute the paper with referring to him ; * for lie is as hateful as yourself . But you would Join anybody in abusing the gentleman iu question . You picked up acquaintance with that crazy lunatic , Watkins , solely on that account ; and now , I suppose , Hill and you are getting chums—he , who so properly styled you the " starred viper . " So doabt but you three outcasts will become brothers in sentiment , as you formerly were with two other brothers , who have long since disappeared . It is a pity but you had a situation similar to that of Mr . Calcraft : then surely your envious and malignant desires would sometimes be glutted . I would not kick a dog

      upon the oath of the whole of you . I have not forgot you shedding your crocodile tears on the stage of the Barnsley theatre , when you were telling the auditory that you had bad to pawn your wife's ear-rings to get bread ! I was standing by your side , when Mr . Henry Hetherington produced his book , and proved that you had been receiving from £ 5 to £ 10 per week all the time of his and your connection ! In conclusion , I would have you to desist your foolish course . Your cry of the " wolf" will have no effect ; for I assure you the noble-minded patriot you are so continually pushing at , will live iu the recollection of the people long after your ominous name is buried in oblivion , or remembered only to be desecrated . I am , your sincere detester , Johk Ward .

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      • ' And I will war , at least in words , ( And—should my chance so happen—deeds ) , With all who war with Thought ' . " " I think I hear a little bird , who sings The people by and by will be the stronger . ' —Bisos

      MONTE VIDEO AND BUENOS AYRES . — ATROCITIES OF THE DICTATOR ROSAS . We proceed with our promised exposition of the atrocities of the Buenos Ayrean dictator—atrocities which mark him out . is cue of the most sanguinary and detestable of ruffians figuring in the page of history . Of the early history of Rosas we have no very accurate account . He is stated to have been originally a sort of laud-steward to some relatives having estates on the confines of the Pampa . Belonging to the onlv half civilised Gaucho race , he inherited all

      their physical andinentalcharacteristics ; gifted with . strong natural talents , and having no scruples at tmploying fraud or violence as they might serve his ends , events soon afforded him the opportunities to push his fortune , in which he slackened not until Uc had obtained military mastery of the Argentine Republic . He appears to have at quired considerable influence during the war between Buenos Ayres and Brazil , and at thirty-three years of age we find him , in 1829 , exercising authority as a Colonel of the Buenos Ayrean militia forces . In 1830 he took the rank of Brigadier General , and was elected governor

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      ^ SSiS : s | pss ^ &proof 1 aCtS 9 tated beW wiU 2 ivc abun-Ji ^ bt kHi usu ^ P ° wer ' RoSAs determined to operate upon the minds of the Buenos Ayreans by Kfrf ^ "l ^ he had brought from the confinersofthc province , a tribe of Indians , whom , to the number of one hundred and ten , he ckusedto K S ?! W tLe n sIg ! lt of dl th « MabitanteVf i ? nvTl H ' - i ° n the Sth of , * 1880 , without any torn of tml , ceremony , or decree , Rosas gave childhood to dotage , were brought from their horrible & " SW often and twelve , and were shot

      uo » n uy ineir executioners , who fired upon thorn in platoons without taking particular aim ; thus , when their mangled todies were cast from the carte t 5 conveyed them , into the one huge grave prepared for trn r ' heC ? toml J on tbe ™**> W with whom life stUl lingered made attempts , and in one or taro f f ^ T th T ? 't 0 ciawI thereout , but woe forthwith dragged back , with their throats cut and their brains beat out by their merciless murderer ? and even here the horror of thescene did not end , for the dogs and swine of the city were permitted to tear ft of tUeir c "efs roe brought to the barracks ;/ * S H their r throats cut « alon 9 «** «» £ IMe children ! Senor Indabie estimates that not less tbll « " ° * . unlia £ W Indians ™ re butchered on this occasion , in different parts of the country by order of Rosas .

      Pii . n « i r i ? g a c ? i 5 J ? f the agination of the Wnnl ° i th Sala , dc , RcPresentantes . we extract trom a pamphlet now before us , entitled " Rosas , and the atrocities of his Dictatorship in i /< e River Plate , " Dr . Vincente Maza , the President of the National Assembly , and iu virtue of his office the second magistrate of the State , was assassinated in his private apartment in the House of Kepresentatives , at seven o'clock on the evening of the 28 th of June , 1839 , by three persons in disguise The magistrate was well knownas the intimate and confidential friend of the Governor , the agent occa-Monally , and the depositary in general of his secrets . He hadfrequentlybeenheard tosay . thathisknowledgeofthe circumstances attending the way-laying and massacre of General Quiroga and his escort of thirteeen men would cost him his

      life . Two days previous to the fulfilment of the prophecy , his son had been arrested as a suspected conspirator against the Governor ; and although , with Rosas , execution generall y follows close upon the heels of arrest on persons of note , all were convinced that no harm could happen to the son as long as the father lived That same evening a party of soldiers fired into the prU vate residence of the second magistrate of the nation . I heard the reports of the muskets , and the next morning I saw the perforations of the bullets through the window shutters , and I know from the neighbours that it was done by men acting under official orders . Mazaremamed unmoved , and rejected the advice of his family and friends to conceal himself . On the following morning he wrote to Rosas , begging , if he stood accused of any offence , that he might be allowed au opportunity of defending himself —he prayed for an interview , to satisfy the Governor in

      whatever was charged against his son ; but the only reply he received was an intimation , desiring him to remain in his private apartment adjoining the Chamber of Representatives , and that a friead would visit him at seven o clock . Rosas denies that he was the principal actor in this dreadful visit of friendship nevertheless he ordered the sons execution , without fora or trial , and before the dawn of the coming day both bodies were thrown into a dung-cart , and from theuce cast without Christian burial into the charnel-house , where putrify in a mass the mangled remains of this man's hapless victims . The widow and survivors of the family were forbidden to express their grief ; they were not permitted to wear mourning , and were prohibited from performing the rites and ceremonies of their church , so satisfactory and consolatory to themselves , and so efficacious according to their creed for departed friends .

      We have now to direct attention to the great massacres of October , 1810 , and April , 1842 . The principal actors in these butcheries were the members of a secret club at the disposal , and under the command of , Rosas , known by the title of theMashorquene or Mashorca Club . These ruffians are a bodyot men , banded together by secret compact , to execute , with unscrupulous readiness , the will of a ftS % - e suPP , ° setl to number five or six hundred and theu- usual mode of assassination is by cutting the throats of their victims . These ruffians entered the houses of all ranks , and usually coinmenced theu ; atrocities by grossly insulting ancl beat ing the females until they made them repeat " Viva "" IJ 0 ?* - ^*™™ <* Umtartos . " They then

      ransacked chests of drawers , destroyed furniture , and left the house a complete wreck . The men were usually dragged from their houses , or arrested on thsirway home ; in some instances they were murdered at once-in others , first cast into prison , and then murdered , and others were released after a lone connnenient , without knowing who was their accuser , or of what they had been accused . The Mashorqueros usually went about the citv in parties of six or eight on horseback , and where they met persons marked for death , the victims were compelled to mount behind their assassins ; they were then taken to the outskirts of the city , and there , were frequently horribly mutilated before their throats were cut When a sufficient number had been

      despatched to fill a cart , a signal was made to the police to come and remove the bodies . Sentinels were posted along the river to prevent the escape of anywho , fearing to remain , were anxious to escape to Monte Video for safety , and who , on being cau « ht were on the instant murdered in cold blood . The slightest trifles afforded a sufficient pretext for these monstrous cruelties . One man was shot for wearing a fancy dress o n his way to see his mistress , and another for having steered a Monte Videan barque . A writer m the Times , describing these massacres , says : IJie city became like a place of mourning ; an universal terror was excited , in proof of which I may only mention that most of the English merchants and others had their houses full of noor wretebes

      who had there sought an asylum which could not be denied them , and that Mr . Mandeville himself had some m his own house ; and an adjoining house , under his protection , was filled with them . But I sicken at the detail of barbarities which , now that time and space intervene , / . sometimes appear to be the phantasmagoria of some frightful dream , instead of a stern and naked reality . " The barbarities committed by Rosas and his ruffians , savour rather ' of ' -the revolting pastimes of a Nero , or Caligula , or the frightful amusements of canibals , than the usual practices of wars and persecutions . A witness named Jose Ramos made oath before twelve commissioners , assembled at Monte

      Video , that while he was with Rosas' army he saw many of the prisoners castrated before they had their throats cut , and that he knew an Englishman , whose name wasVutLiAM , who was murdered , with a woman and a child only seven years old . Similar massacres were common throughout the war . Even throatcutting has been refined on by these miscreants , so as to increase the torture of their unhappy victims The word "Rcsbalosa" was invented by Rosas to convey to his infernal agents , the Mashorqueros , a particular mode of despatching their victims . It meaut that they were to be tied up naked , with their hands behind their backs , whilst the assassins cut their throats slowly with knives ov a saw ; and this horrible torture was accompanied by a song made for

      the occasion . In actual war these horrors were all redoubled . At the taking of Catainarca , in 1842 , six hundred of the inhabitants were beheaded in the market-place , and a pile erected of their heads ! But it is time we closed this picture of horrors . A work has been issued from the Monte Videan press , entitled " Rosas and his Opponents , " by Don Jose Rivera Ixdarte , in which is contained * what the writer calls , "Tablas dc Sangre , " or "Tables of Blood . " These tables charge Rosas with a destruction of human life , to the extent of twenty-two thousand and thirty toids , up to the 31 st of October , 1843 . The details of this total are as follows : — Diedby poison 4 By cutting the throat 3 , 765

      By shooting ^ 393 By the poniard 722 in battle 14 , 920 And by various persecutions , including executions for desertion , and for attempts to desert i ( 000 In considering the large proportion of the above list , said to have died in battle , it must be borne in mind that the slaughter lias generallv been the greatest after the battle , every battle being followed by a butchery of prisoners . Scnor Ixdarte estimates the number of the dictator ' s victims who have escaped with their lives , but wlio have been brought to want , and driven to seek an asylum in distant lands , at upwards ot 30 , 000 more ! \ Vc have written more than sufficient to exliibit the infamous character- of Rosas , and the horrors of his rule . I he question now naturally arises , whether tins shall

      despot be allowed to extend his baneful sway to the destruction of other nations in addition to the one lie at present oppresses ? It must be borne m mind that Monte Video forms no part or portion of the Argentine Confederation . The independence ot the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay , of which Monte \ uleo is the capital , was established in 1 S 28 , under the mediation of the British Government , and the creation ol that new state was the most important result of Lord Poxsoxm- ' s mission for adjusting the > differences between Brazil and the Argentine lkpubhc By the treaty which put an end to the war which had so long raged between Don Pedro and Hwr \? iraent ,, ? t ' BuenM Avres fa « 'e sovercigntv ot the Monte Videan territory ,. it was expimly agreed that the ^ dependence of the new state should be absolute . But the whole policy of Rosus during the present war is a flagrant violation of these engagements entered into with Brazil . Bv intcr-

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      """" * J 1 A II . iSe Bamkn ? ? , the competitor for power ofBueSsAvSf ^' ^ by W « " orces 3 lvSvldth ? T'ft Mwito Video ' J » 1 » mvirtumS A ^^ ^ wjiwmwin thodisputed thS indB ' DPmiL P « ww . which have concurred in audeSisfe 6 ° f th . , Monte Videan Republic , are SSiew , f In T meroial \" elations with that state are aggrieved by the renewal of such a contest and the consequences of the fall of Mon c VUeo or the of Buenos A IS , " ^ taWiriimcnt of the ascendancy and Cos Avrn « ? i i ? ritisk Nation Bvazu anu liuenos Ayres pled ged themselves to resneefc tlm integrity and independence of A onte v \ deo T e part taken by R 0 S as in the preset war is a manifest violation of the terms of that agreement ; and if the M * JS . ^!? W 4 flowed 0 triumnh dibui wiu rci .

      w rouaea , ureat Britain deceived and Monte Video annihilated . ' We are advocatesi of the " non-interference" of one nation with the affaire of another nation , as the articles which have appeared in this paper on Swiss affairs sufficientl y testify . But circumstances ma ? arise in which interference is justifiable and necessary . 1 ' or lustanco , when one nation makes war upon the independence and existence of another nation , it is , we hold , perfectly justifiable that a third nation should interfere to save the weak from the Sn ^ wR * , nwreparticularlyTsuch nterference justifiable where the aggrieved party SSS nfi P , rfcr r ° - T 1 «« ot- PoSB ? XfS - \ ^ P artition of Poland was an rf rS slfn ;? i Ceand , wll 0 leflc brigandage , and of right should have been discountenanced and SET « , i 7 ? lher \™ mt Partics to that foul wrong . A gain , when , in 1831 , Poland rose ?« t Russia , and appealed to Euro * to " lX tu Nioiua

      » neip nave been rendered . No length of ; ime can sanctify a wrong ; no course of years can transform robbery into right , and the independence of Poland was as sacred in 1831 as previous to the first partition . Let us add , that Independence is as sacred now , and the lapse of years will but accumulate the debt which Europe owes to Poland ; a debt of justice , a debt not to be repudiated . The Uk ? "powt will apply in the case of Monte Video . The 1 Banda Oriental is an independent state , ite- independence is sought to be destroyed by a sanguinary despot whose atrocities well entitle him to the name of the South-American Nicholas ; in the pursuit of his object he has caused torrents of blood tone shed , all of which is as nothing to the horrors which would necessarily succeed his obtainment of ilie mastership of the Monte Videan Republic . For thesereasonsitis incumbent on all civilised governments to step in , and put a stop to the career of this

      miscreant . Let us add , that the Monte Videans have solicited he mediation of the British Government , and were led to expect that that mediation , followed ( if necessary ) by forcible intervention , would have taken Place more than two years ago . Another reason in lavour of the intervention is , that whether it took place with or without the co-operation of France and Brazil , it could not fail to be effective the moment that Rosas was convinced that the British

      Government was in earnest . It would not take much to convince him ; a message , notifying that it was the will ot the British Government that ike war must cease , backed by the appearance of a couple of frigates before Buenos Ayres , would be all-sufficient . It is our persuasion that not a shot need be fired ; that Rosas , despite his savage Gauchos and throat-cutting Mashorqueros , would at once succumb , and' -at least , as far as Monte Video is concernedstrike his pirate flag of " Death to the savage Unitarians . "

      We have said nothing about the "interests of British commerce , " " the rights of the foreign merchants located at Monte Video , " < tc , tke usual arguments of the press when treating of this question , ft e sympathise with our countrymen exposed to the casualties and losses of this war , but it is not upon such grounds we could advocate interference . We advocate that interference upon the grounds above stated , those of humanity and justice ; and we are glad that that interference is now likely not to be much longer delayed . # We have exhibited the Dictator of Buenos Avres in the character of a wholesale murderer , but this is not all , he is the declared enemy of civilization in all us forms . In Buenos Ayres the administration of justice is unblushingly perverted ' : no tribunal can

      uecule a cause , no magistrate pass a sentence , no advocate plead , ; but such as have received the previous sanction of Rosas . The charitable institutions , the Iiospitals for the sick , the insane , the houseless poor and orphans , have been suppressed and their funds appropriated by the Government . All education is prohibited except in the Government schools ; and the schools established by the English residents and others have been forcibly closed . He who ordered mourning and masse 3 during a whole year among all ranks , for his own wife , has forbidden the use of mourning in private families . Lastlv , in imitation of his rival , the Autocrat of the North , he has

      proclaimed himself a sort of god , his picture is exhibited for adoration , and the vile pvicsts , as usual , bless and sanctify this atrocious system , meting out Heaven ' s approbation to all who suffer and support it , and dealing out anathemas upon all who do not bow in blind obedience to the tyrant ' s will . In the language of the writer of the pamphlet we have above quoted from , we say emphatically— "let not such a man extexd Ms dominion on earth , ' " In taking leave of this subject we must again acknowledge our obligations to Simmmds' Colonial Magazine , a publication second to none as an authority on all subjects connected with the colonial and commercial interests of the British empire .

      SWITZERL AND-ITALY-CIRCASSIA . It will be seen from our Foreign Intelligence in our first page , that in Switzerland the Extraordinary Diet has adjourned sine die ; the closing speech of the President was well toned , and will be read with interest . The Prase states that the news received from Borne was more and more alarming . The Government , compromised in the eyes of the Radicals by its hesitation , was seriously menaced . In tke clubs , and in the ranks of the army , its overthrow was openly talked of . The Presse adds that the Radical cantons made no mystery of their intention to separate from the Catholic ami Conservative cantons , and establish a new confederation . These statements must , however , be received with some mistrust . Fov ourselves , we sincerely hope that moderation will characterise

      all the movements of the friends of liberal principles in Switzerland ; that no disruption of tue confederation will take place : but that the Swiss people , as heretofore , will continue united , and unitedly labour to promote the greatness of their noble country , and perfect and cement their free and excellent institutions . Ix Italy there is to be more political butcheries . The limes states that private letters from Romagna announce that the military commission sitting at Ravenna had condemned to death three political prisoners , and a number of others to the galleys . Among the former was a young man , under 18 vears

      of age . The Sacra Consulta at . Rome had pronounced in the case of M . Galetti , a lawyer of Bologna , and sentenced him to the galleys for life . M . Serpieri , of Rimini , was to be imprisoned during twenty years , by order of the same exceptional tribunal . Such are the horrible fruits of a system of which the Times is the ardent supporter . 'VYc cannot afford space this week for comment on this afflicting intelligence , but Italian affairs shall have our attention shortly . In the meantime we commend to the friends of freedom in every nation the Italian Governments for tlieii detestation , and the Italian patriots for their sympathy and prayers .

      The Circassians are not yet subdued , but gigantic efforts are about to be made by the Russian Government to overcome these brave mountaineers . Count Wobonzoff , commander-in-clucf of the Russian army , has addressed a proclamation to the inhabitants of Daghestan , iu which , calling upon them to submit to the Russian rule , he promises them , if they obey , a participation in the " benevolent designs of the Emperor , but if they resist , he will invoke upon them "the vengeance of God , " promising himself to anticipate " God ' s vengeance" by laying waste their country with fire and sword . God and the Emperor : " Powers eternal ! Such names mingled !" The tribes of the Caucasus will , we hope , perish to the last man , rather than submit to promises and throats such as these . May victory attend their banners , and disaster and ruin be the lot of their enemies !

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      NOT'l'INGIIAM . Ox Monday last a public meeting was held in the Town Hall , Nottingham , for the purpose of receiving the report of the Operatives' Hall Building Committee . Mr . Wright , cotton-merchant , was unanimously called upon to preside . Mr . Sweet addressed the meeting ^ in au effective manner , as did also Mr . Doriuan . The secretary then read the report , which was unanimously received . Mr . Bcggs addressed

      the meeting at some length in favour of the object . The committee was re-elected ; and Mr . James Sweet to the office of general secretary , and Mr . George Parkin to that of general treasurer . Votes of thanks were given to the committee for tiieiv exertions , and to the mayor for the xise of the Hall : also to the chairman . The general secretary informed the meeting that Samuel Bean , Esq ., Bad promised a donation of £ 20 , which announcement was received with cheers .

      LEEDS . The Council held its weekly meeting on Monday evening , Mr . Harris in the chair . Mr . Bi ook brought forward the question of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and referred to what the Convention had done respecting it , and concluded by moving the following resolutions , which were seconded by Mr . Hewitt , and carried unanimously :- _ " That the members of the Convention , in bringing the question of Frost , Williams , and Jones before the country , and recommending that petitions should be sent to the House of Commons for their liberation , arc entitled to the warmest thanks of the Chartist body ; and this meet-

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      mg would call upon the Chartists in every town in the kingdom to carry out those instructions , by calling public meetings , and sending petitions numerously signed to the House of Commons during the present session , praying for their immediate liberation ; for trom the present position of political parties , this meeting entertains strong hopes of success . " I hat a requisition be presented to the Mayor of this borough , requesting him to call a public meeting of the inhabitants for the above purpose . " The next question brought forward related to the Sunday School . This school has now been established between two and three months , and has succeeded to a very considerable extent . It is increasing weeklv , and in a short time there is no doubt but that it will

      be one of the best schools in the town . It was resolved that two anniversary lectures should be delivered on Whit-Sunday , and collections made in aid of its funds . During the afternoon's proceedings , several of the scholars will repeat select portions of poetry and other interesting pieces . At the conclusion of the lecture in the afternoon there will be tea provided for those who may come from a distance , at tjd . each . The proceeds to be devoted to the fund for calling the public meeting and procuring signatures for Frost ' s liberation . On the following day ( Whit-Monday ) , tlio scholars will \ v > regaled with tea and buns in the Bazaar . From the above the Chartists in other parts will see that Leeds is not dead . Let all other places follow her example .

      TO THE CHARTIST BODY . Friends , —In consequence of Mr . Cooper having withdrawn from the National Charter Association , and his refusal to receive any further monies from the Testimonial Fund , we now lay before you a balance-sheet of monies received and expended by us . _ We regret that so much money lias been expended in printed lists and postages to no purpose . That we cannot help . It was our determination ( if possible ) to provide Mr . Cooper with all the necessaries lie might need after his two years' imprisonment . It will now be useless for our friends in any part of the country who have testimonial lists to forward the monies they have received to us . We think they should return the same to the contributors without delay . Yours truly ,

      On behalf of the Testimonial Committee , William Tatlow . INCOME . " «• £ s . d . Nov . 18 By cash borrowed from the Hampden Chartists 0 7 0 " " Mr . Thomas Winters 0 0 6 " " Mrs . Anderson , Hull 0 4 0 Dec . 9 " Mr . Markham 0 10 " 25 " Mr . Rrook , Todtnordcn 0 10 0 " " Monies collected and subscribed by the Hampden Association .. .. 181 1845 . Feb . 10 " Mrs . Cooper ' s list 0 f > 7 " " Mr . Watts 0 3 6 March 3 "Mr . Dunn 0 0 9 April 14 " Mr . Ashwell , Dnventrr .. .. .. 0 2 ( i " 15 " Mr . Collins , Hull .. 0 11 8

      £ 3 14 7 EXPENDITURE . 1844 . £ s d Nov . 22 Paid Warwick , printer , for 100 lists .. 0 10 6 Dec . 3 l } Posta 8 esoffifty-tUrcelists 0 8 10 " Writing paper , wax , &c 0 13 " Cash-book 2 s . 2 d ., two memorandum books 4 d 0 2 6 " Postages of unpaid letters 0 0 4 " 25 Cash given to Mrs . Cooper 0 5 0 " 29 " sent to Mr . Cooper 0 10 0 " " returned to the Hampden Chartists 0 7 0 1845

      . Aprin 0 } Posta 8 es of 22 lis * s a » d 8 letters .. 0 3 10 " Writing paper 0 0 4 " 2 Warwick , for 40 lists 0 5 6 " 28 Cash sent to Mrs . Cooper 0 19 8 " P . 0 . order 3 d ., postage Id 0 0 4 £ 3 14 7 April 28 , audited and found correct by John Markham . Belgrave Gate , Leicester ; and Thomas Knox , Church Gate , Leicester . LONDON .

      City Chaeiist Hall , Turxaoais-lane . — According to announcement , Mr . T . Clark ( member of the Executive Committee ) delivered a very instructive and talented lecture on the Maynooth ' grant , to a numerous and respectable audience . Mr . Cover having been unanimously called to the chair , he proceeded to read the article , " The approaching Panic , " from the Star . At the conclusion , Mr . Clark ably showed that the proposed grant to Maynooth was destructive of the principle of civil and religious liberty . At the conclusion of his address discussion was invited . Several gentlemen entered the lists , and delivered their sentiments pro andIcon ; after which Mr . Clark replied in so satisfactory a manner ,-that he received a unanimous vote of thanks from the largest audience assembled within this hall for sonic time .

      White House , St . Mart ' s-sireet , WmTECiurEL . —A public meeting of the members of this locality was held on Tuesday evening—Mr . Perry in the chair—when the following resolution was unanimously agreed to : — " That the locality undertake to do the best in their power , individually and collectively , to furnish subscriptions for the use of the Executive ; they also pledge themselves to contribute their fair share towards the expenses of the delegates to the late Convention . " Mr . J . Shaw was elected secretary pro tern , and the meeting adjourned .

      OLDHAM . Lecture—On Sunday last Mr . George White delivered an instructive lecture in the Working Man ' s Hall , Horaedge-street , in which he depicted the true position of merely professing Chartists , showing how lndiilerent they were in times of temporary prosperity , respecting their own interests , compared " with times of adversity . When " the shoe pinched" they would bawl out loudly for a redress of grievances ; but as soon as their bellies were filled they would lay down like the sow , and snore , and grunt , until they were empty again . He expressed his sorrow for such apathy , and requested the Oldham men to come forward and show their Chartism by aiding in the good work of emancipation . lie spoke for au hour and a half , and his lecture gave general satisfaction .

      BILSTON . Lecture . —On Tuesday evening a lecture was delivered in the National Charter Association Room , by Mr . Mason , of Birmingham , on the benefits of a General Union of Trades . The room was crowded , and the lecture gave tho greatest satisfaction . Mr . Linney also addressed the meeting on the importance of Union . There will be a powerful organisation throughout this neighbourhood in a short time . Another lecture will be delivered on next Tuesday evening .

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      . 7 Malta . Of flour and malt good samples have come forward coastwise . At this morning ' s market ther e was a small show of wheat by land-carriage samples from the' home countries , not much barley fresh up , and vary few beans or peas offering , whust the arrivals of oats were on only a moderate scale . The weather has for some days past been very favourable , the temperature warm with occasional refreshing showers . The wheat trade remained in precisely the same position to-day as last week , millers buying cautiously at the rates then current . Foreign wheat moved off very tardily , but good qualities were certainly not cheaper . In bond nothing of the slightest interest transpired . Flour was extremely difficult of disposal , and ship marks barely sold at as good terms as on Monday last . Barley was rather less pressingly ottered , but not the slightest unnvoveioent omwred

      in the demand ; prices , however , were not lower than 011 this day sc ' nnight . Quotations of malt remalined much the same as before , but the article hung very heavily on hand . ]„ addition to a good country demand for oats , our dealers showed more inchnahontoincreasethcu . st ocks . andhadfactorsconscnted to have accepted previous prices , alar e bus - ness would probably have been done , but byinsisttar on an advance of fid . per qr . inquiry wasmoH ? lS checked . Beans were sought after , and nearlv Is per qr . dearer . White peas brought former terms ' and gray and maple could scarcely be bought at last Monday ' s currency . Cloverseed was neglected and quotations were nearly nominal . In other d escriptions of seeds there was little passing , and prices remained about the same as on tiiis day week .

      CURRENT PRICES OV GRAIN , PER IMPERIAL QUARTER .-flnm s s 53 Wheat , Essex , & Kent , new & old red 42 49 White 50 55 Norfolk and Lincoln . ... do 43 47 Ditto 49 52 Northum . and Scotch white 43 47 Fine 49 53 Irish red old 0 0 Kcd 42 45 White 46 49 Rye Old 31 32 New 30 32 Brank 34 35 Barley Grinding . . 26 27 Distil . 28 30 Malt . 30 3 } Malt Browu 54 56 Pale 56 60 Ware 62 63 Beans Ticks old 4 new 32 35 Harrow 34 38 Pigeon 39 42 P < - ' » s Grey 35 36 Maple 37 38 White 37 39 Oats Linuolns & Yorkshire Feed 21 23 Poland 23 25 Scotch Angus 22 24 Potato 24 28 „ Irish Wlute 20 22 Black 20 21 Per 2801 b . net . s s Pcr 2801 b . net . s 1 Town-made Flour ... 42 44 Norfolk it Stockton 3 » S 3 Essex and Kent .... 34 35 Irish ... 34 35

      _ . Free . Bond-, Foreign . B 8 , , w heat , Dantsie , Konigsburg , be 53 58 3 C 38 -Marks , Mecklenburg 48 52 32 34 'Danish , llolstein , aud Friesland ved 44 46 26 " 8 Russian , Hard 44 46 Soft ... 44 47 , ; 2 g Italian , Red . . 46 48 White ... 50 52 28 32 —Spanish , Hani . 46 48 Soft .... 48 50 28 32 Rye , Baltic , Dried , ... 30 31 l / ndried . . 30 32 21 22 Barley , Grinding . 25 26 Malting . . 30 32 20 28 Beans , Ticks . . 32 34 Egyptian . 33 34 25 28 Peas , White . . 36 38 Maple . . 35 37 28 30 Oats , Dutch , Brew and Thick ....... 24 25 19 21 Russian feed , 20 21 15 16 Danish , Friesland feed 21 28 15 17 Flour , per barrel 24 26 19 20

      London Smithfield Caitlu Market , Mosdat , ArniL 28 . —The imports of live stock for our market , since this day se ' nniglit , have been \ cry extensive , they having consisted of 147 oxen and cows from Rotterdam , by the Batayicr , Columbine , Royal Adelaide , John and Catherina , Ocean , and Sisters in for the most part fair average condition . The number on sale to-day did not exceed fifty head the remainder ot the past week ' s import bcimj disposed ol on 1 < riday last . Although foreign stock 111 general clears tolerably well , the demand for it this mornin " was heavy , on somewhat easier terms . Our letter from Hull states that twenty-one boasts have been received there from the above port ; hence it will oe perceived that a decided increase , as wo have lone since anticipated , is taking place in these arrivals

      trom Aorfolk and Scotland rather a large increase was observed in the arrivals of beasts fresh up to our market to-day ; but from other Quarters tho receipts were only seasonably good . Owing , however , to the numbers being more than equal to the wants of the dealers , the beef trade was in a very depressed state , a o ,, 0 clme ou last wcck ' Quotations of quite 2 d , per 8 lb . Although we quote 4 s . as the highest figure tor beef , it must be understood that the more general one did not exceed 3 s . lOd per 81 b ., and at which a clearance was not effected . Notwithstanding the shortness of keep , the stock came to hand in good condition , if ive except the fact that a large portion —both beasts and sheep—was suffering from the effects of the epidemic . The number of stock animals was small , yet very few transactions took place in them on low terms . The bullock droves fromNoriolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire . flmwUtprf

      ot 2200 Scots and homebreds ; wliile , from the northern counties , we received 200 shorthorns ; from the western and midland districts , 300 Herefords , runts , Devons , &c . ; from other parts of England , 100 of various ( breeds ; and from Scotland , 450 horned and polled bcots . The supply of sheep was somewhat on the increase , though far from extensive . Prime old Downs commanded a ready sale at full prices , feut all ether breeds met a slow inquiry at late rates . It will be observed that our prices refer solely to sheep out of the wool . From the Isle of Wight , 135 lambs came fresh to hand by railway ; but from other parts the receipts were only moderate . The lamb trade was decidedly active , and in some instances the rates had an upward ten . dency . Calves were in short supply , and heavy demand , at barely previous currencies . In pigs—the numbers of which were good—very few sales were ettected . at unaltered rates .

      By the quantities of 81 b .. sinkingthe ofial . . 8 . d . s . d . interior coarsebeasts ... 2 4 2 8 Second quality .... 2 10 3 2 1 nine large oxen . . . .-34 3 8 Prune Scots , ic . ... . 3 10 4 0 toarso inferior sheep ... 2 8 3 0 Second quality .... 3 2 3 4 Prune coarse woolled . . 3 6 1 R J-nmbs 4 10 fi n Prime Southdown . . . ' 3 10 I i Large coarse calves ... 3442 Prime small .... 4446 Suckling calves , eacU . . . ' 18 0 30 0 Large hogs ... . 303 0 Neat small porkers .. . " 3 8 4 0 Quarter-old store pigs , each . ' . 16 0 20 0 HEAD OF CATTLE ON' 8 ALE .

      ( I torn . tUe Books of the Clerit of the Market . ) Beasts , 3 , 325-Sheep and Lambs , 23 , 050-Calves , 8 !! - Pigs , 320 . Manchester Corn Markkt , Saturday , Afkii . 2 G . — Uie weather up to Thursday continued exceedingly dry , with easterly winds ; but yesterday a change of wind occurred , and subsequently we have had a most genial tall ot ram . Throughout the week the flour trade has remained in the same lifeless state as previously noted , and prices ( except for fresh manufactured parcels of the choicest quality , which , from their scarcity , supported late rates ) ' have been

      altogether nominal . Oats and oatmeal , on the contrary , influenced by the dryncss of the season , commanded more attention , and a fair amount of business was done , at full prices . At our market this morning all kinds ot wheat met a very slow , limited sale , without alteration from the currency of this day sc ' nnight . A moderate consumptive demand for the best descriptions of fresh flour was experienced , at about previous rates ; but stale and warehoused parcels were offered on lower terms , without leading to business . Both oats and oatmeal were in fair request , and in some instances realised a slight improvement in value . Beans were also rather dearer .

      Liverpool Corn Market , Monday , A rim . 28 . — The supplies of British and Foreign grain this week are moderate . The general demand for wheat since luesday last has still been very limited ; the better qualities of English and Irish have maintained their value , but to quit secondary samples of the latter rather worse prices have had to be submitted to In Foreign wheat very little lias been passing . Flour has had a very dull sale , and quotations are almost nominal . In the early part of the week we experienced a good sale for spring stuffs , and improved nriceswere

      obtained for oats , barley , beans , and oatmeal . Some quantity of Indian corn also found buvers at 2 Cs . Cd . to 27 s . 0 d . per 480 lbs . AY itliin the last two or three davs , however wd have had some beneficial rains , which have greatly improved the appearance of the country around us , and the demand for the articles above enumerated , excepting oatmeal , has rather slackened . Two or three cargoes of Egyptian beans , floating , have been sold to arrive , in bond , at 2 Gs . to 2 is . per imperial quarter , including cost , freight , and insurance ; and a few of the Dutch oats , for export , at 2 s . U . pev 45 lbs .

      Liverpool Cattle Market , Mosday , April 28 . —We have had an average supply of stock at market o-day for this time of the year , with a numerous attendance of buyers from all parts . Mutton readily sold at from CJd . to 7 < 1 . per lb . Beef met with ( luU sale , at from 5 Jd- to Cd . per lb . —Cattle imported into Liverpool , from the 21 st to flic 28 th A pril : —1222 cows , 0 calves , oolU sheep , 710 lambs , " 7-538 pigs , 35 horses . Maltox Corn Market , ' April 26 . —We have a moderate supply of all kinds of grain offcrin" to this day ' s market . Wheat and barley same as last week Oats id per stone dearer . Wheat , red , 44 s to 48 s ; white ditto , 48 s to 52 s per qr . of 40 st . Barley , 29 s to 31 s per 32 st . Oats , 10 id to 11 id per stone . ' Yoisk Corn Market , April 20 . —The supply of gram is rather on the decrease . Wheat is dull sale , at last week ' s prices : the same may he said of barley , the malting season being nearly over . Oats and beans , 011 the contrary , are both dearer and in » ood demand .

      Leeds Com Market , Tuesday , April 29 . —Our supplies are now rather on the increase , and we have a fair quantity of wheat and beans offering to-day but oats appear to be generally scarce . The wheat trade remains m that same dull state , and to prowess in sates to any extent rather lower prices tttte submitted to . Fresh barley realises las wcckSe ? « i fn \ * T ? ? . uolninal Oats and beans do not sell freely to-day in consequence of the favour atratiof * *"" WMtIier : * * " value «™ K Lkeds Cloth Markets —Wo In ™ M » n . to note in the state oFto < ctofttafi tuS S SSL ^ T" * both u the fcfc «? ? £

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      Bamsley , April 28 , 1845 . Mr deak Mb . O'Consoe , —I see by the Star of last week , that you are going to reply to O'Erien's comment on Ashton ' s letter . I beg leave to state , with respect to that part of Ashton ' s letter wlicre he says that the jiolitii-al ja-isuiiers poured their curses upon you , that tliere iccer teas a greater falsehood penned ly any nan on earth . You know thaf I was tried with Ashton—sent to prison with him—and all the Chartist prisoners were in one ward : therefore , if what he says was true , I should lie onu of them that poured maledictions on your head . But no . sir : such was not the case . On the contrary , all the prisoner ; - rejoiced at the manly defence you made on the lTth of March . 1840 , in favour of Chartism , together with I your lawyer-like aTnlity in defeating the Attornev-General

      vl : e : ihe pressed for immcdiati- judgment . You may use ttiis , with my name , aay way you thinU proper . If Ashton told the truth , lie would say that the Barnsley men's time was spent in trying to get a mitigation of that sentence , which was considered cruel and unjust by a large portion of the public , and for which I myself bitterly condemned the 'Whis Government , bnt irhiik does not surprise we 1101 c , when I find , from the pen of Ashton , there did exist a conspiracy unknown to you , to me , and generally to the Chartist body . In conclusion , dear sir , I hope that you , on no future occasion , will ever couple my name with Ashton ' s and Crabtree ' s , whom I wish , for the sake of common honesty , had never been called Chartists . I remain , dear sir , yours truly , Peter Hoey ,

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      — - ^—A Mysterious Persoxace . —The Augsburgk Gazette contains the following on the subject of a mysterious person who died lately in the neighbourhood of Hilburghausen , the capital of a dukedom in Upper Saxony : —He went by the name of Count Varel . When he first came into tins country in 1806 , lie had an interview with the duke , the father of the reigning Sovereign of Saxc Altcnburgh . All that has ever transpired of this audicucc is that the unknown furnished the duke with satisfactory information to obtain from his Higness assurance that he might live in peace and security within the dukedom , without any interference of the authorities , or inquiry as to the name , religion , fortune , or past life of himself or

      U \ e lady he brought with him . This person , who was believed , but not known , to be Count Varel ' s wife , was treated by him with the greatest respect . She was never seen without a mask , or being completely veiled , and that only by persons whom it was inevitably necessary to admit into her presence , or who , by some rare accident , caught a sight of her . Thus their mysterious life continued till 1838 , when the lady was attacked with an illness which ended in her death , when even the physician who attended her was not allowed to see her features , aud even her corpse was as carefully concealed till deposited in the tomb . On this event the magistrates wished to

      interpose in tlie distribution of her property . Count Varel exhibited to them the protection and promise signed bv the Duke , and thereupon they at once ceased all proceedings . It is asserted that the late duke so scrupulously preserved the secret confided to him , that his son , the reigning duke , although , made acquainted with the promise , has never known the motives for its being given , nor what was the history of the mysterious couple . The question now is , whether the death of the count will give rise to such judicial proceedings as will at last draw aside the veil . It is added that , through commercial houses , the count received at regular periods remittances of considerable sums of money from foreign countries .

      NEW AM ) UXPAP . ALLEI . LED CuRKS BV HoiXOWAV ' s Ointment axd Pass . —A poor woman , residing at Leeds , and another at Manchester , must , from cancerous breasts , have lost their lives , but for these miraculous medicines . A discharged soldier at Chatham prevented the amputation of his leg , which was in amass of ulcerations , by the great powers of the Ointment and Pills . A young man in the neighbourhood of Oi'sydon has completely recovered the use of his limbs , which were paralyzed , by undergoing a regularjcourse of these wonderful remedies . They likewise cure every settled s \ cheor pain , even if of twentv vears' standing .

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      London Cons Exchange , Monday , April 2 b . — The arrivals of English wheat and barley were during the past week only moderate , but of the latter article a ^ fair quantity was received from the near Continental ports . Tile supply of English and Scotch oats was very small , that from Ireland far from abundant , and even the lorcign arrivals proved less than had been calculated on . Beans and peas of British , growth came to hand sparingly , and the receipts from abroad consisted ot one cargo of beans from

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 3, 1845, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1313/page/7/