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      OS TJSIOS . Ms . Ei > iTi'ii , —I am now about to offer mj plan as j , means by irMrli the 2 \ ational MoreiBtiit may be cieapfo expeditionary , and successfully carried out . j am not intimidated by the fact thai every new proposal is treated as a crotchet , aiid its " propounder 33 a crotchet-monger . I am aware that many persons object to an Executive , "whSe they fail to propose say substitute for that portion of your machinery ; jEtl I Tenture to affirm that every opponent of the JseentrTe Coonefl tt 31 , upon an investigation , be foond to be either an enemy dreading that systematic

      orcanixstioa which promises success to the "working jean ' s cause , or a disappointed competitor for the ofSce- One thing -which all most- acknowledge is , $ i * t every Movement must have its machinery ; and Jinow of none for the management of the Chartist eeuse so cheap , efficient , and satisfactory as your present machinery , a ? far as it goes . Every party in the State has its governing power : nay , every department BBdergeneralgovemment or local controul must Lave Its directing machinery . Xo man , howsoever opposed io 2 ionxrchj , has ever dreamed of destroying ihp office of first magistrate . The Church has its head—eai-h regiment has its commanding officer ; each vrar-ship has its eapiain ; every division of police has its injector ;

      ert-ry parish has its vesrrr : indeed , every party has its governing lx > ard of management . The Whi transact their affairs through their Reform Club , and officers who take their instructions from the IxkIv . The Tories transact their business throngh the Carlton Club ; the Irish Re ]> ealers manage their affairs by committees , rejn-al wardens , and their very expensive system of agitation ; £ jjd ifrus 1 establish The fact that 3 . 3 S 1- * madiLiery L . indispensable . Then . I assert , that 2 K > ne could be more satisfactory and efficient than the present system of irovernim : through an Executive Committee a * a head ; and what I propose is , to add joine detail machinery for the purpose of putting the smaller wheet of the Movement party into motion .

      in paslng . I may -rentore a single comment on the toBsirrntion of the present Executive : I offer h by way of retort to th <> se who do nothing , or less than nothing , or sometimes worse than nothing , while they are loud in denunciation of the only body that has sustained the Movement through its perilous period of calm . The Executive consists ofau unpaid Treagnrer , who , as appeared by a letter of the Genera ] Secretary recently published in the SunJit-r . i Star , is Hot unfreijuently called on to add the duty of paymas ter to lhat of unpaid Treasurer ; a General Secretarr ,

      who receives i . 2 a-week for the tliMi-harge oi very onerous and responsible duties , and a- » to whose efficiency I have never heard a single mummr . These , irixh a President and two other Executive officer * . each receiving £ 1 10 s . per week , constitute your zo-Teraing board : and if I may learn their value from public opinion , or judge of their worth by the amount of duty performed by them respectively . 1 think 1 may come to The conclusion that '" they rarn their bread br the sweat of their brow / '' and that their labour i ? iuilv worth the remuneration thev receive .

      J learn by the Sonr ^ rn Star , that Mr . Christopher I ) oy ! e is doing , and has done , wonders iu Cornwall ^ Devonshire , and the west ; that Mr . Clark has worked miraclrs in the way of re-oroanizins- the elements of Chartism in Scotland ; that llr . AL-Gra . tli is carrying conviction home to tiie miiuls ol * thousands in [ Sortii Lancashire , and those districts where ttrror thelawsof vengeance , and tht power cf capital had for a time destroyed the National Movement . 1 learn . s £ * o , ihax all this vrork is performed for io l' »> . a ¦ reek ; while we are given to understand thai other rival associations pay as much as £ 1 " a week to a single lecturer .

      A person , who propose ? to convey fifty tons weight © Ter a wooden bridge not cafpalde of sustaining the bardea , would be looked on as a fool : and the Several iascinaiisj ? prt ) i > o » itii > rt » adran «? d tor raisins publie funds to carry on the National Movement are perfectly analogous to the absurdity of conunitrmg to the- bridge a wtight that must assuredly > mash it . Enthusiastic calculators , who never themselves pay a fraction to zhe Chnrzisi can ^ e , lay mot flrinrriim liopes haore our imagination . Starting fruni the larse ^ t amount of enthusiasm , thev tell u ? tiiat a

      penny per week from each ot the 3 . 5 < Mi . tnni who agued the national petition would amouiit iv so ruajiv thousands per week , so many tens of thousands ]> er month , and so many hundreds of thousands per year . The fiimres look miarbtv well on paper : but the lwi % e > jh -which tie xoll is to be collected cannot bear the weight . What 1 propose , therefore , is to adjust the burthen in the exact proportion in which the shoulders that are to bear it can easily sustain it . I trast that explanation will enable your readers to > av iliai I am not extravagant in mv anticipations .

      nhai I j > roj > ose then is thai at the commencement Of the new year , and one month previous to the meeting of Parliament , the whole Executive shall assemble in London : and with the aid of the delegate council elected for the management of Metropolitan business , divide London , and the out-districts within ten mil e * , into forty Chartist localities ; that each loea . pty shall have its managing board , as well as its financial coDertor * : and that the financial board , consisting Of a treasurer and ten collectors , divide rhe localiry into ien districts—one of the kb collector * bein £ appointed to collect the national tribute at the rate of One penuy per month , to be paid on the fii > t "Sunday id each racnili .

      It is not imposing too great a burthen * m the brj-igc to suppose tiiat each of the ionj localities , when properly niar . agfd , -sr . juld give 5 Q <) subscribers at the rate Of a farthing a w ^ ek , t * be f « aid monthly , nnd called lor hj a coL'w-Tor ax each man ' s door ; while the labour imposed uj « on the tai collector would be ^ bnpiy . according tr » thp most eonvement arran < rpmpnr amongst theniselvs .-s , to call one day in t-at-L nK > J 7 t ) i ; it alty houses rao >! emitiguous to his own n ^ idem-.-iiie forty tnsL ~ 5 irers should meet xhe lx-letratt ! v . uiirii Slid the ! Jt-l : * -raJ Se * -retarr in I ^> i ; don on th-- ^ i- < -nnfl bandar in em-li mwih : and thn * a kind . } ' incnt ' ily t-onfereiice n ., ald W held , and sus ^ e-tion > would

      emanate iroiu -that assembly , for the government of tbe 31 erropoijtaii di < tric-ts . as well a ? for tL . " irenernl instruction aiid puidanee of the Executive ConiiiHilf-i-. Theprocee « ls from sut-h a plan would amuur . t v > £ S 3 C =. Sd , j . i-r month , or £ 2 l > 1 fe . 8 d . a week : from wLich deduci £ n 1 «> . furwages of Executive , and £ I"J per week for eight Im-tures , and you have a Iralam- ' - fif £ 2 6 * . !? d .: to which add £ 4 13 > . 4 d . that " might be reasonably experted from tie remainder <» f : hc kingdom when worked by the same mach : T » -ry , ami £ red by metropolitan i-iithusiasii , and t « ,-ji hare a scrpius of £ 7 }> er wn-k , wiiich , iu my oj . iniou . < -ouW But be better emj'joyf-d than w jiaying the w . iL'es of compositors , kei / t f-onsLirjiJv at work , wir'j thr

      axxtciaaon t own machnvery , in j'rintins' trairis . jiaicphlets . bilk .- "Tinouiicins niwtinjrs , and all matters cc > £ nected witb the Charrisi movement , to I * - sold u > Qenibtr ^ at the mere pr ice of the paj . i-r . aurl rrat . ^ - Hiilted fri-e to uaeh lot-ality . The « 'jog . - » s ; j : i ; i > that 1 hsve now tlimwii t . ut may -e&i to some bt-nerri ; and if not acted on , cannot po ? - aibly do injury to the National Movement . J hav ( - Bot j-ropfstfi anything extremely diffir-ulr . npither have ] prf 5 nimt ] to oifer any remarks thai inhzhi !« « lcukted xo rrt ; ird thp projet-t . or to ulop the mscains-r . - with iasorniountab ] .- * diffiraltip * lr is jnv

      province merely to suggest , yours to mjinifi t , Mi'i the people ' * to deliberate ; and , after Jt-liberation . to adoj . t ur reject tbe propositions accoroiog to the best of their judgment . Knowing tlic benent-w that tlu- lieform Club kive conferre *? on tin"Hug parr ., and aware of the effect that j ^ . jmlar > ir-^ smzaiion . when prvj * erh eoncentrated an < i wiseh"Otrtetl , must ever have npon that powerfn ] engim-. he iress of the cevmrrr . 1 diaD . in the pxlbi uf mx

      ¦ present suggestions meeting with popular approval , hereafter develops a notion that I have long fondly cherished of establishing a Chartist Club , to be called * fcf " InrscoMBE Cli ^ , " through which , with proper fijae hineiT- , xhe cause may be systematically vrorki-d . ** s one of the m-st subseribers to a similar x > nijeci proposed b y 3 Ir . Ftaxgvs ( TCossob in 1 S 35 ; and uf " ^ is i-alcukble advantages to be derived from such in m-K-titBtioa I have never lost aeht As one of tlic

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      mean 3 for the resuscitation of the scheme , I hail the arrival of yoar luminary amongst us ; for be assured , that however great your labours , or the labours of the leaders may be , all must fail until the proper machinery is introduced to eive them effect . Tousg England .

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      IIoETicuLTrBE . —During the week we have had some sharp frosty the thermometer having fallen on Wednesday morning ten degrees below the freezing point . This sudden chanee has put a final close to the show of flowers in the flower-garden , which in favourable situations was considerable up to this period . The greenhouse will now require vigilant attention , as the trosts appear to set in with unusual intenseness , and with little or no warning . We have always been in the habit of recommending the use of mats as a means ofprotection against frost , and every year ' s experience convinces us of the great advantage of such a system . If the front ancf end sashes of a greenhouse arc- well matted up , one half the lire-heat that would be required it' no covering were used , will be sufficient to maintain a proper temperature . Tbe house is also much safer from sudden morning frosts

      tian it could otherwise be , without very frequently lighting the fires when there is no real occasion , louring the last year or two a new material , called asphalted felt , has been manufactured for the purpose of protecting hoases and pits from frost , and it is now fretting into extensive use for that purpose . Irom the brief experience we have had of it , we are disposed to speak of it very favourably , as it fonns a more efficient- protection than a double covering of mats . It requires to be nailed upon a slight woodwork frame , which may l > e made the size of the light . As the material is verj- light the process of fixing and removing is very easy , requiring much less time aad management than mats , if a house were covered ^• ith felt , fires would scan-cly be necessary , except during very severe frosts . For pits , and frames it will anywer admirably . The price of this material is one pennv per foot .

      Thx Gbeexhoise . —During the u > e of fire-heat the plants will require frequent watering , especially those which stand immediately over the riue or hot * water pi ]> es . A few of the hyac-inths and other bulbs may now be bronglu in , to encourage them to push up their flower sterns . A little guano water may be applied occasionally with advantage . The Flowxb-garden . —The beds of verbena , scarlet geranium , fuclisia , « fci-., which have continued to bloom up to the present week , may now be cleared , and the dumps filled with small branches of holly , yew . and otheT eversrreeos , inserted two or three inches in the mould . If these are neatly cut and -well managed they will resemble a bed oi young evergreen- ? , and rontinue green all winter . This will be found very preferable to the sombre naked beds of mould .

      The KjTrHEN-GA&pLN . —See that the beds of celery are well rovem ] durine frost , removing the leaves or litter when the weather is open . Young cauliflower plants in frames will require protection durinsr severe n-osts . —Btirt Wesi-lu Jlrstr / twr . __ M-lluxess or the Skason . —Mr . White , an officer of Excise , at Dartmouth , last week gathered given peas in the open air ; and this day we have been favoured with six perfei-t apples , blossomed last August , in the garden of Mr . Langdon , sen ., basket and wicker worker , of this borough . . Mr . llarrisou of Topshani , this week plurked in his garden a bunch of n'rr & )< ml raspberries , quite ripe , and from a cane that in July last produced only white fruit . Mr . Thonias , oi Taunton , gathered » nif ripe strawberries in Ids sar-Jen wi Tuesdav week last . — £ . r , r-r Flvhuj Potl .

      ScoTih LE . vniNOT «> N Apple . —Mr . Le Main ; Witinuu , << f Lartinuton Hall , Yorkshire , says : —1 have in my careen an apple-tree called , in this pajt uf the country , the > cotvh Lttulinsnon , wliitb lia > borni ? , theytar before last and this year > o lanje a quantity of fruit lhat J think it worthy of attention . Jn the ; - " 1 1 "J it liad upon it . carefully measured , twenty iiie liushels , each bushel averaging 420 apples , making tbe i-nomiou .- quantity of In , / Sim apples . Last year il liad a \ ery deficient i-rop , but this year it lias prodneed > ,- > o 4 " apples . The apples . have beeu measured ami counted twice over . This singularly fruitful tree Mas plajjteunt \ v-srx years airo . h ? my faithful <>]< l { now pensiou-di gardener , Mr . Poru-r , who , eighty-three years of age . assisted this year in relieving the tree ot " its heavy burden . It is a good keeper and a £ ood baker . Its heinht is nineteen feet , and the circumterence oi the branches ninety-live feet . It stands in a > troi ; ir l « iarious m > U > 5 " feft al > ovc the level of tile

      LaHI-jI FiHMs r . Sm . UJ . i AJl . Ms WHICH ARE TI 1 K Best '— . Next to the caunuou > holdings of land hy great proprietors , we may trace the unsatisfactory ^ lat ^ - of the agricultural ( ibtricts to tbe v . iy large fanu > . fhe occupiers of tiicsi 1 jrrv . at farnis art- also istilate-i from the numerical life and exiMence with which they ouirhr , in some way or another to b no such thing a > an agricultural public . There are rreat p'xiprictors and great fanners , who are , indeed , lord- * and rulers in their respective sjiheres : but tin- mass i * nothiiii : —nothing in a politiral sense—and , in a ¦ ocial sense , anything l > nt what it ought to in > . What i-an Yff worse tlian a condition of ) u > pd > j . < liniil ^ crv . ¦

      y ,-t without beins very sliwrny and lachrymose ) we may -a ; , ihat sw-h » . < pri-ny nearly tiic condition oi ' tbe agrii-ultural masso . What , then , is required in this niuitcr Why , as it seems to us , such an altered condition of English habits in regard to the occupation of land , lhat the intelligent and thrifty agricultural labourer may reasonably hope to arrive' at a more independent condition . The country seems to require sueh habit or ilisposition on the part of the propr ietors of land , that a man having earned a character for diligence and knowledge , and some small capital to begin with , may be able to acquire a small farm . Proprietors are frequently deterred from giving encouragement to this ., l > eeause they have seen no instances Inn those ofabuse of the small farm svstem . It

      i ^ not l > ecaua e a man discontentwith hLs labourer ' s condition , and reckless enough to undertake a small farm without either ability or capital to make the most of it , that such a farm should he given to him . Yet it is too frequently upon such grounds alone that small farms are here and there granted in England . The result is , of course , difficulty and degradation- —a wasting of the land , anil a hidi-uus asppft of struggling pauperism . But if letter care were taken—if it wen * known that a character for knowjcdi'p and CfODiuuy , and genera ] irond cojiduct . accompanied by a certain amount of means , such as thriftv lalnmrers

      under favourable circumstanf .-s might accumulateif it were kijovni that , these rhinirs bein ^ - preparatory , the possession t > f a small t ' ann ai a rfa « onal > lo P'nt michl be exp < 'cled to follow , th-n it ap {> eaj-s to us that a great amendment wftlicgencralronuition of the agricultural labo \; ring < : la >« might be exjiected to follow . Tim * , we think < and thus only , as it appears to us * , may the foundation of ; i powerful , intelligent , airriciijtura ) comnjujjjly )> p laid . ' ; ne of the most j . r-M-tirfjI among the iateiiigent ; vgriculturists of the day . Mr . W . Blacker , 1 i ; ls lati-iy written a letter to iiie M ' rjr L-rnr £ . rj > r > ff . from wjjicli the fwliowiiig is an v-strat-i - — ¦• I tm-i tiiat 1 hav t- now shown tiiat lame

      farxo ? i ; a \ .- uut < jnJv l > i-en iiie cause uf pauperism and ; n « jr-rate > . hut tluil small viniis hart lien -ut ' l vrt n ltnntjy for both , ami it only remains tome to guard against my being supposed to O'ivvrnlc an unlimited suiv-divi-iun oi lanu—ii-ti 1 most decidedly dbuivow , ami if you had cxtewied your extracts from the prize i-say a littie fuith < -r . you would have seen that 1 > iate to iiie li'liowi ! :- ^ cti ' , sjieakuig oi England : — "The sj ] : aJ iiuruei ) njii ^ t Ixn-ome the small allotment , and the sin . dl alk'Unem the small farm , until .--ui-ii a suh-division of tlie land takes place a ^ t he wajils of tbt- jwj-. ulatioii require ; and ihis not ! r < 'Ui eh lice , but of ln'cessity . as an unemployed ]> oj > ulation vv . -is dangerous , and if tJi-v ¦ •¦ mLl n » t -nt i >¦ . « - / - tit' -v ,. tit . 'i •/<¦ ¦/ l < ufl , fur notiiiiig else vvould afionl a

      peruianeiii n-inedy ; ' ami 1 consjiler that this prophecy L- now in the course of fulfilment ; and when it is AiIjv t-aixied out , ti . en the a < rrk ' tt ! riiraJ Jaimurer ot > oix-r and industrious habits may hope to rise in the world . ; i > a shopkeept-r , tradesman , or mechanic may hojie in do . who from small beginninusmnv l . » y degrees atlvaiiir ibejiisx-i ves to wt'ajth and * lat : « n . But hithcriv ihv lal « iurer could indulge no such expectation : aud , if born a labourer , he could only look torward to < lie in the same situation , and leave his •• liildn-u no Iwtter ] iro >] H-et after him . " Sucli views a ^ - the-r « : moi 1 * t ««> often pondered by men who ii ?^> - anxious that thf a ^ 7-it-ultural bodi should j # artake of the a-lvimiages which the progress of society affords to the other classes of the community . We

      unaware , iixleed , that in the mercantile and manuJaciur iiii ; dashes the ilesire and the ainbitiou lo "' get on , " a > the }> hriise L- ^ , may Ijc considered to be loo gn-at : ai : d this too great luiste and eagerness to be rich may . m s . <^ JnsJt 5 e raf » 3 t < Jf « inef , bav » - arisen from tlir op ] M > nunities of advauw-mt-nt which niaiiufactuv-Iul' a « il mercantile pursuit * afford . But in this , as in so iii .-iuy other Dinners , the condition of British -ock-ty j . n-M-nts us with extremes . It is true that in certain bu ~ y walks of Hie there is far too much pushing . I ' . nil striving . ; uid struggling , each to pass the r-ibf r ; anil there is . in fact , too much prosperity and acquisition of riches , mid preposterously expensive habit * th ^ -eupon following . It > , however , no less true that id British agricultural life there U too little

      of tliis ai-tivity , anil too little opportunity for it . There is scarcely a jiractii-ah'e path for the lalwurer to sret out of the labourer ' s t-ondition , so lie continucs : i ( hill and plodding frealuro , aiul he i > utlerlv uu'tlicacious as a balance in the polililica ] Vtmstitutiun to the more actively - minded population of the manufacturing and commercial districts . The large fanner must employ a Lu-ge money capital , and his eye is chiefly fixed on thai . To make a sjood return annually upon this monty-investiaeEt is his srand object , and therefore be looks mainly to economy of labour . To make the most oi a man ' s capital , and to make the most of his land , docs not always lead to the same operations , though the capital be " invested in agriculture . There is no verv lam- farm upon which all is done that labour

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      might do . The work would be too extensive for management . It would absorb too much money in the form of wages . If we would have hind made productive to the utmost , we must have small farms in the hands of active intelligent men , with competent capital . They can attend diligently to the whole of the land they occupy , and adapt their proceedings to varying circumstances . If one crop appears likely to faQ , they can discern it in time to break the ground again , and try another—they have their concern more completely " in hand" than is possible in the case of the large farmer . More than all , they are not above their work , and , if duly instructed and cherished , they would greatly increase the agricultural riches and homely comfort of this land . —Morning Post , Monday .

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      Rare Instance oy Ixteepiditt . —The Rev . Mr . Blair had lately a very narrow escape from drowning . When in his study , about three o ' clock in the afternoon , he observed ' two little girls , each with a burden of sticks , attempting to cross theStinchar , which was considerably swollen at the time . In a minute or so they disappeared ; on observing wiiich Mr . Blair , unknown to any of his family , ran out to their assistance . The manse being 300 ov 400 yards from the river , Mr . Blair , with great presence of mind , instead of running directly to the place at which he had lost sight of them , to save time ran along the bank , and plunged into the river below where they would most likely appear . By this time the girls had lost hold of each other—the one he observed making towards the side from which they had entered , while the other was floating in the middle of the stream . By great dexterity he seized the latter bv the arm . The

      suddenness , however , ot the effort made him lose his balance , and in an instant he was seen floating along with the object his humanity prompted him to save . Yoiiunntely , Mr . Blair ' s usunl presence of mind did not b . ere forsake him , for he retained Ms hold with one hand and buoyed himself up with the Oilier . Ill a short time they were out of the strictest of the river , but his own strength was fast giving way . At this critical moment Miss Jane Findlay , of Crnigneil-mill , attracted to the spot bv the motions and cries of another , who had seen the strugglers at a distance , Grace Darling-like , plunged into the water , and vvtus the happy means of saving both , to all appearance , from a watery grave , Mr . Blair having now become too much exhausted and benumbed with the cold to make farther exertions . From Mr . Findlay and family they received even- possible attention , and they were soon so far restored as to be able to lie conveved to their respective homes . — Western M '

      titehr . iuii . Extraordinary Preservation . —On Monday week , the o p . m . train from Exeter took up a tradesman oi Weston-super-Mare at that station , who , taking inebriated , was placed inside a first-class carriage , and the door locked upon him . On their arrival at the Bristol station the conductor looked through the window for hi . s charge , hut saw only his hat , and consequently dispatched an officer in search of him . llr was found walking up the railway ; and it appeared that he had leaped from the window , the only damage he received being on his nose , forehead , and hands ( which were much bruised ) , and he was covered with blood . The train was going at the time at the rate of thirty miles an hour j and what Ls more extraordinary , is the fact that the down train literally brushed him in passing . —Exeter . Gazette .

      A Rjcn ViuEiXT . —Mary -Tones , with her son , a lad ol about ten years of age , have been committed to the Carmarthen county gaol fur vagrancy , by W \ I ' eeL , Lewis Lewis , and 1 ) . I ' rotheroe , Esquires , to one month ' s Lard labour . The woman is a native oi Pembrokeshire , and was . sent to gaol for begging . On her person was found the sum of £ li Is . 10 d . in cash , and promissory notes from the Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire Bank , and from several tradesmen in Newport , Monmoiitlisliire , and elsewhere , tu the amount of upwards of £ ' JWK Besides this large sum of money she had in six or seven bags , eleven shuts , ten caps , three cotton gowns , fifteen handkerchiefs , three pair of stockings , and twenty other articles of clothing . The promissory notes were sewed into the

      lining of her bonnet , but the cash was in her pocket . Post-otfk e Roiiblkv , —Some ingenious tliicf has managed to commit a robbery upon the Ely l ' oslofficv . A p : \ eket , containing CVm > in country notes , wa < posted , it appears , at March , in Cambridge-> bin \ some time since . ; ind addmssed to ; i bankinghouse in London , the postage having been duly paid upon as an ordinary letter . The packet wa- missed from the office previously to the making up of the b .-ur . and was not heard of for five days afterwards , whon . strange to « ay , . ^ ° i . > 0 rreu-hed the house ill London , tho thief having only taken £ (»<» in Bank of Kngland notes , which were exchanged at Me-isi-s . Foster ' s bank , at Cambridge . The original wrapper w ; i- changed for ; i !> r »> w 7 ) paper envelope , l < e . « ring iijion it the W . irc po ~ t-in ; irk .

      t ' oi . LiKKT Exi-i . o . < io . v . — Urn- of those accidents which , from their frequent occurrence of late , characterise as dangerous the occupation by which thousands of our fWl'uv-countrymen obtain the means uf living —for the prevention of which it is full time that all available means should be um- < 1 by our colliery proprietors , agents , surveyors , Ac , ami every precaution exercised by the ¦ workmen themselves — took place < m Monday last , at the Melyn Newydd Colliery , bHoneing to the Swansea foal Company . 1 lit ' i-xplf > sion , -whirl ) was happily m > t attended with loss of life , occurred while several of the workmen were engaged at work . Two men were , however , very seriously burnt about the head , face , and various parts of the body , while others escaped with comparatively slight injuries . — Cambrian .

      Fataj . Coach Accike . nt . —On Saturday la > t a most st-rious accident , which , we regret to state , has bci'll attended with fatal consequence * , occurred near to the entrance of the town of Beaconsficld , in Buckiughain-shirc , to the Prince of Wales Oxford coach . It appears that the coach left the Bull Inn , llolborn , at the usual hour , eight o ' clock on Saturday morning , driven by Mr . William Tapliii , one of the proprietors . Ai Uxbriilgc the horses Ian unicoru teiim ) were changed , and tlic coach proceeded on its course towards Beaconstield , having at that time only two passengers outside , an aged couple who had a few days previously come up from Oxford to see a married daughter residing in town , and were on their return home . Just as the fonch was ascending the hill at tin' entvaviri' of Bwu'Oiisiiolu the leader .-. hic < l at a short white post at the side of a ditch , and at the same instant the reins broke , ) tv which Mr 'l ' aplin

      lost all command over" the hoi-ses , which drew tin coach'up a bauk , by which it was immediately overturned . Mr . Tapliii siud both passengers were thrown to the jrround with irreiit force , and when picked \ i ]> the two passengers \ veri > found to be in ; v state of insensibility . They were all immediately conveyed to the White Hart Inn , where medical assistance \ va « instantly procured for them . Mr . Taplin was found to have three of his n ' ngers ami his nose broken , and his face wa . s most seriously cut ; m < J bruised ; the old man had sustained serious injuries of the head and bowels , and his wife had her collar-bone fractured and serious injury of the ribs , itc . The man lingorctl until between twelve and one o ' clock on Sunday morning , when he expired . 1 > n inquiry on Monday it wa .-. statf . l that his wife was rather better , but still unconscious of her husband ' s death . Tajilin is recovering irom his injuries .

      Melancholy . Wxikent . —Yesterday morning , between six and seven o ' clock , a lamentable accident took place in the drift-way . or guide , mine of the new tunnel at present forming under the New Town , in connexion with the Edinburgh . Leith , and Graiitoii Railway , which proved fatal to no fewer than four o ) the workmen . The tunnel is aWut two-thirds of a mile in length , ami runs in a straight line from Canal-street , beneath St . . Andrew ' s-. street ami square , I Juke-street , and Dublin-street , to the foot of Scotbuul-strect , where it opens into the Mill Uautih at the back of Canon-mills . Tbe drift-way of the tunnel , which was . about six feet square , was all completed , except a small barrier about midway . ne ; u tjie foot of Dukr- * ireet . hi order to remove this , and to let off the water which was known to have

      accumulated in the upper portion oi the mine , workmen have l > een employed for upwards of a week past . It appears , however , that in consequence of some jjinecuracy in running the drift-mines of the tunnel , the southern and northern portions passed each other at the j > f > ..-it where they should have met : and hence the ( litikulty of joining theni . the men not being aware of this deviation . On Thursday they began to have an idea that the two wen * not exactly opposite , from seeing several small jets of water issuing from the west side of the mine ; and some alarm was even then entertained by the Workmen that they would 1 rflouucd . The flow from this source , however , soon stopped , and the men proceeded with the work , which i ? carried on without intermission itav and night , one

      si-i «> j " ttieii bein ^ relieved-every bom's by another . When the accident occurred i which was at about a quarter past six o ' clock I , the two night shiftmen , John Bhiir ami James Philips , were still working though it was beyond the time they ought to have been reliewd , the other two having , fortunately for themselves , been rat her later than usual in coming to their work that morning . Mr . Peter Mitchell , brother of one of the contractors , and Mr . T . Ei-skine , gauger , had also just tone down to . see how the work was getiing on . The former went down from mere curiosity , liow the accident occurred is not known , as all who were in the tunnel at the moment have

      perished ; hut it is supposed that the water which L-i < l a ** -unuil : vted in Hie upper mine , had suddenly broken in upon them , and swept them all away in the torrent . The first notice which was given to those alnjve the ground that something had gout wrong , was by a boy named Jack , who had just gone down the shaft in Dublin-street ( about seventy yards below where the bairier wasj > and who , hearing a fearful tumbling noise , like thunder , and suspecting that the water had burst , instantly gave tlie signal to be pulled up , which was promptly obeyed , and he n-ached the surface just in time to escape in safety , for in a moment afterwards the water came rushing up the shaft with tremendous violence , striking the rvof of the

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      wooden shed which covers the opening , and rushing down the street . Tim shaft is about sixty feet deep . Xor was-this all ; for in another momenta second rush of water was seen forcing its way upwards through the street , about one hundred and fifty yards further down , and flooding the area of the shop occupied bv Mr . D . Bruce , spirit-dealer there . At this spot there had formerly been a shaft sunk , which was aiterwards covered up , which accounts for the water coming up in that direction . Of course the . alarm created by these frightful indications was very great .

      Assistance , however , was soon procured , and a number of men sent down the shaft to tind the bodies oi their comrades , for there was no doubt of their unfortunate fate . The bodiesof Thomas Ersldne and John Blah' were soon discovered near the bottom of the shaft , the one holding the other by the foot : but the other two were not found till between two and four o ' clock m the afternoon , lwving been carried much further down . They were all married men , in the prune of life , and have left wives and families to lament their untimelv loss . — S / Ou > nan .

      Folk Lives Lost . —Another of those deplorable and lamentable occurrences which too frequently accompany mining operations , and characterize the critical and dangerous position of that class of individuals who labour to gain their daily bread in this section ^ of national industry , happened at Beaufort Ironworks , in one-of the mine quarries , or patches , on Tuesday afternoon , by which the lives of four persons were sacrificed , 'fhe unfortunate party were at that time engaged in pushing up the rubbish ' tram , for the purpose of clearing the remains of a " fuli , " when a piece of ground , lVom the strata , lying eight yards above , unexpectedly gave wav , ami fell

      directly on them , literally finishing nearly even' bone in their bodies , : and , in a moment , depriving ' them of life . A strict enquiry has been made , so as to ascertain whether this serious event was occasioned by any negligence on the part of the . master watchman , and from which it appears there is not the slightest blame ; attributable to hiin , but that it has been the result pi' pure accident . The "round was apparently safe , and there was not the slightest indication of danger . The names of the deceased are Isaac-lames , aged eighteen , Cecilia James , eighteen ( brother and sister ); Charles IV-nsluuu , twenty-one ; anil Margaret iJavies , eighteen . —Monmouthshire Merlin .

      Attempt to Poison . —On Thursday last , John Wall , of Oadby , framework knitter , aged twentyrive , was examined before Mr . J , Jlougson . on a charge of attempting to kill his sister , mother , and brother , by miking a quantity of arsenic in sugar , and administering some to them . It appears that on the morning ol the 1 Mb . ult ., ahout an hour after the family had taken breakfast , they were seized with violent sickness , which continued during that day and part of \ hv m-xt , and at length they became so greatly alarmed , that Mr . Beaslcy , surgeon , was called in . and lie immediately discovered that thev

      were suffering from the effects of poison . The sugar which remained had been made away with . The prisoner ' s brother aud sister are partially recovered , but his mother still remains in a very dangerous stnte , and but little hopes are entertained of her recovery . The only motive that can be assigned for the p ' erpetration of * so diabolical an offence is , that t ]) n prisoner wished to get possession of a nuw ot money to which he and his brother and sister were entitled on the death of their mother , lie was remanded to Monday ( yesterday ) , for further examination . —Leicester Mt mini .

      'Iiie ( jorcon Steam-sloop . —r . xtract of a letter from an officer on hoard her Majesty ' s steamer Gorgon , dated Monti- Video , Sept . 22 , 18-14 : — " We are still on the beach , although not quite a-fixture here , as we have moved the ship twenty-one inches , and are as confident and perst-wring as ever , though 1 cannot say when we shall get off , yet 1 feel sure that before long we shall succeed . We have built immense ohlong boxes ( in nautical phrase termed camels ) , ami have secured them under water to the ship ' s sides : they weigh hur ll ]> : \ Uout 'J'JO tons , ami wi ' liaM-pil more anchors and purchases to haul off hy , and have done everything to ensure sumv » s , Ac ., save tin- time aud labour of taking the engine out . 1 dare say \ ou can fancy a ship stuck into a sandv beach , and the sand dug away from all round her ami deep water , so that lariji' boats could ico round her : such i > our position . There are no regular tides here ; tin- natives know as little ahcut ohbanil flood an negroes do of ice or

      miow . The rise and fall nf the riwr is regulated entirely by the winds ai . il rain , and we expect some gales at tlic equinox , ami with them high titles . If the equinoctial gales pass away , we shall not have others , or expect high tides until our summer ( which is your winteri has passed away . Our labour Irn-- been incessant ami wellTilireeted , as the enormous mounds of sand we hiive raised tip testify : more than 7 , " 1111 tons will mark the spot for many a year where the Gorgon was on shore , and afford ample proof to the wondering natives of the energy and perseverance <> f British ' h' -arts < if oak . ' 1 am not aware that h similar attempt to recover s < i large : t vessel from oft' a dc : \<\ lee shore so deepl y imbedded in sand has ever been attempted . The French got a frigate on shove in this river sonic few years ago , and after five mouths' labour they were al > out to give her up , when the water rose unexpectedly and tioateu her oiV ; but 1 fancy her position was very different from oui > . "—lktmj > nliirt Ti / egraj >)> .

      RunnEBY at St . K vthaiuxk ' . - 1 >< hks . —It appeal's that a cargo , eonsi > tiut ; of a la rye number of ca .-k * of brandy , wa . s landed t ' ronia vessel toward * the latter part of last week , and was placed in the usual position on the bra ml y quay to l > c gauged and the strength taken by the revenue officers . Some time between Saturday night and Monday morning , one of the packages la quarter < -a . skj was , without its being discovered by the dock company ' s ottieer * on watch i \ t the time , ' completely emptied of its content * , amounting , it is supi'Oseti i tbe cask not having liecn vet

      gaugedi to about twenty-six gallons of strung overproof spirit . The thieves , having emptied tl' < ' cask , possessed themselves of some tarpauling from a craft lying in the dock , and having securely covered and fastened the cask with the same , threw it into the water , expecting that it would cause it to sink , and thus elude discovery for a time . This niami'uvrc , however , had not its intended effect , and on Monday morning the cask was seen floating , and thus caused the robl » ery to become known . Not the slightest clue has yet luoti obtained , with respect to the parties concerned .

      Melancholy I- " - 1- <> k I . irr : at Buoaph . w kn . — It is oiii swrowiul duty tins week to record the loss ol six men belonging to the neighbouring village ot Broadbavej / . on Tuesday Jasf . The unfortunate fishermen proceeded to sea early on the morning of that day , for the purpose of prosecuting the white fishing . I hiring the morning and throughout the day the wind blew n pretty severe gale from the SSW ., which raised r > considerable sea , and which rx » doubt wa . s the cause of this lamentable event . The I mat was observed hy a pilot-boat ' s crew , who were returning from boarding a brig then passing , to he ueariii £ r the shore about twelve o ' clock mid-daw

      The hapless crew were then off the Aorth Head , a considerable distance from land , and about two miles to the eastward of the men who observed them . At that honr the boat suddenly disappeared from their sight , no doubt being Upset by a squall , and w ; i- < never seen again , all on bonvd , s , ix in number , having perished . Their names are John Houston , an old man , family grown up . left a helpless widow ; John Wildridge , an old man , family grown up , left a helpless widow : bonakl M'Kny , married , left a widow and (\ io children ; James Anderson , ' married , left a widow and one child ; James Oman , a young man : and Thomas [ Jain , left a widow- and one child . —Jolni it fii ' i / nt . / oin'unf

      Ai . aiimix << riKKtj i . v London . — r rom six o clock <> n Monday evening to the same hour yesterday morniny no fewer than five fires occurred in the metropolis . The first took place at a house let out lo poor families , situate at No . 11 , 1 'orkinVrent , Westminster , and arose through hanging some clothes before the fire . Before the engines arrived it was subdued by tlii' neighbours . ' —The next happened shortly after eight o ' clock , on tbe premises of Mrs M'Arthur , No . 1 t > , liertibrd-sfreet , Fitzroy-sqnare , bookseller . It originated through carelessness , a candle having I teen left hunting in a closet which contained a quantity ot ' Iinen . which was completely consumed . —At ahout the same time information was received of another

      tire having broke out in l . ambeth , and , upon inquiries being made , it was ascertained that the roof of a house in William-street was burned . —Another fire was discovered soon after I'D o'clock , iraginjr on . some extensive premises belonging to Messrs . M . and lv Ready , wheelwrights and carmen , in ' 'Holland-street , Hlaeklriars-road , but owing to the prompt attendance of tho brigade it was subdued ere much mischief had been effected . —The last took place uti board the schooner Tyne , of Torquay , lying in the ri \ cr , off Chanib . rlain ' s-wharf , Toolcy-street , between one and two o ' clock on Tuesday morning . It was confined to the forcea . stle , the sailors' propci-ty being consumed ; carriers smoking was the origin .

      Ihk r atal Explosion at the ( , ' wm-Avo . v Col-LiEitiKa . —Bf . uavos , )> kc . ' 2 . —It turn * out futppily that the number killed in this terrible explosion has been greatly exaggerated , the real number of those who have suffered fatally being four . The Cwm-Avon Woi ; ks , are , I find , the property of the Governor and Company of Copper Miners in England , who carry on here extensive irou , copper smelting , coal , aud tinplate works , employing about 2 , 0 (» 0-persons . On the morning of the explosion the colliei-s who work in the various levels , proceeded , at about eight o ' clock , as usual to their work , and tlie usual munber of men

      entered the level of "Wern , " the one in which the accident occurred . At a little after eight o ' clock , two of the unfortunate nieu who were killed , went into their stall to work , taking a safety lamp with them , but another man , Thomas Williams , who was also killed , incautiously entered his cell , ejose adjoining the Other cell , tp work with a naked candle , and bad scarcely entered it before tlie fire-damp ignited , tlie explosion took place , and the two men who had the safety lamp , as jvell as himself , were instantly killed , their bodies being hurled out of the stalls in which they vyere into the horse-way , in a dreadfully mutilatoa condition . . There were two other men who

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      were at work very near them—< me within six or eight feet , but who most providentially escaped , and one man who was . hiht going from ! the horse-road to his stall heard the voice of one of ; the unfortunate men call out "Clear , '" which is a signal of warning , and almost iastantly one of the dead ( bodies was hurled past lum into the korse-road . The ! man instantly threw himself upon his face , and was thus , fortunately preserved from accident . After a minute or so he got up , and , with another man , ran to the other parts of the level , to where the other men were working ( who had become aware of the explosion hy the sudden and violent concussion of the airijfor assistance , which was of course immediately giyen . The alarm was spread , medical aid was send for , and the whole neighlKMirhood , as may be supposed , presented a scene of fearful consternation and excitement . The surviving workmen then made instant exertions to

      recover the bodies of their unfortunate companions , The air within the level was , however , so toul and . ¦ i ulphurous , that upon entering it their lights were extinguished , and it was several hours ere they could recover tho dead bodies , during ; which period another victim , William Jones , was unfortunately added to the fatal list , iiurrying to the aid of his brotherworkmen , he unfortunately fell senseless from the effect of the foul air , and was suffocated . The bodies wore , however , at last recovered , and it U needless to say , that although two surgeons had remained in attendance from the first moment , their services were entirely unavailing . An inquest having heen held upon tlie bodies , at which a verdict of " Accidental death " was returned , the remains of the poor fellows were buried yesterday , ( heir funerals being followed hv almost the entire boily of fhe inhabitants , overwhom the unfortunate and kiinen table occurrence has oast a universal gloom .

      A . NOTUEU 111 ' ( KICASE IX THE I NITEH SlATKS . Loss-ok Lite . —We learn from the HH'tern Expositor , printed at Independence , Jackson County , Mo ., that a destructive hurricane visited that section oi' the State about it o ' clock on the night of the 2 oth ult . Its effects were lamentably disastrous . That paper says : "It came across the prairie , and the first we heard of its effects was at the Mission , three miles from West port , which it injured considerably , from whence it passed over our country in a north-east direction , striking the river about one half mile above Wavne City , at C . N . Hall's niill , and have heard o ! its keeping down the river for some miles , but ; i < yet we have not heard where it commenced nor where it ended . It varied from five to seven hundred y / i'ds in width , and pursued a straight direction . We give the following list of the killed ' and wounded -. —Mrs . McGill , Livingston , killed ; Mrs . Stone , do . ; Mr Kerr had three children killed , and himself greatly

      wounded ; Miss Mary Middleton , and Dr . Martin > - son , of Westport , were killed , f A stranger who had heen moving a family tu 1 'latte , and encamped opposite Owon ' i landing , was found dead , his waggon blown entirely away . Thomas Hedges had all his houses and furniture blown off , and several of his family badly injured . J . Beadley , house , « tc , blown off ; J . King , ditto ; Mrs . Huggins , ditto , and herself badly crippled ,- Mrs . Hagau , ditto , and herself and negro man crippled ; Calvin McCoy , ditto , and several of his family crippled ; l ) r . Martin , ditto ; Mi's . Buckhart , ditto : Thomas Smith , ditto ; (' . A ' . HaU ' . * steam saw-mil ) , roof blown off , ' grist mill and houses blown entirely away ; damage about 1 , 21 ) 0 dollars We have heard of several other )* killed and wounded , and much more property injured , but do not know the particulars . We have no idea that the half has been told , or yet heard , of tke loss of lives and the destruction of property occasioned by this awful tornado . — y ? i' j York I ' lifx-r . ¦¦

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      • lanii ") Ijinlsoii . KainsK-iti-, carwr .--Julin Kinlaysuri , Kauclanh- street , 1 'iiulici ' . , 'i ' ne .-r .: Michael Walter . Flre ! - l : ui " , Fjirrinjrilmi-t . tri-1-t , \ vlnilti ~ itli' liarilwaiv-inaii . — Charles Duti .-iio . SM-. u-li . Ru .-ki u ^ luiinsliir ... h .. t < -l-k ... |» -r . --William Henry Hai-tnn . iJeilford-place , t'l . nmu rcial-mail East . < 'huivh-lniie , Wliitech .-ipul , ClielmstV . nl . ami ( iravescyi <" , ) iu < it anil > hfv itiitkcr . - William Kent Kul / crt . " , Al'iji ; .- - doli , cniffi . William N" ! in . ui , Jc . liii- > trei-t . Tuttenliuu . CDtirt-rnail , plain . t ' urte niaUer . - Gcni-jjc K < 1 \\ ai-tl Wiiit < , R-a'iinu ' . tailor . William Kee \ il . <' iiniwall-plac-e . il"lliiK-: i > , s . Ti « 'iT .-. l : imis I ' rariT , l'r : l . il--1 rv .-t , I'a . lflilJjrt-ill . t-i-njuiii .-- John Walker : iii'l Cliaifl' -s White . . l .- \ vrv- > ti-.-t . AI'lj . Mte . builders . —William ISurt-hett . Whiiei-hapi-l-mail . chemist , --. ( iiseph Wilier , Windsor , liiensi 'I victualler . — William IVrkius , I ' urt .-ea , upholsterer .--Henry Uoliiusnii , lh- \ i > np' ) i-t , Invwi-r . -Tlioiniis Williams , sen ., t ' ardin " , inmfoiiinler . . lariili Walliiifrti'ii . Uristid , painter . — Isaac Ki'ti'huni . Lherpool . merchant . r

      . CLAU . VTIoNS OF DIVIDENDS . K . SmiUi . sUc-m > Ul . iuiik . rj » v-M-tMH . l uiui final disideiiil " ( 1 } M in tin- p .. mi-1 , ••! ' Tliur ! .. l" % . ¦ ¦>«¦¦' ¦ I ' - ' , <» r "in Mibst-i |! U-nt Thursday , at the jiltici" of Mr . fret-man , l . ce . ls . j . 1 . I ' arker . Kin ; :-ton-up"ti Hull , i-oni-miller —tirst dividend ,, 1 'is . ( . it . in Uio ji .. miid . <> n Thursday . I >> - ' » ¦ . I-, >> r any Mibsei | ii < -n ! Thursday , at the office of Mr . Freeman . I . emit-. Mr . Wilcoi-k . lluddi-i-stii-ld . merchant -s « - olid and * final I ' liMiK-ml "t 7 "i-1 . in tin- [ i .. un < i , "Ji Tlmr-. ila \ . l > ei - . I-, "i any sub .-icniii-ut Tliur > day . at tho ijtlicf uf Mr . I- ' rL'cnau . i . ei'ds . : . 1 . Smith , llochdale . l . am-asbii ' e , corn-niilliT—ntial di-\ idend ot ' 2-s . in llir pound , on Thursday . Dee . l'J , or any subsequent Thursday , at the uftief of Sir . Ki ' eeniiiM , Li ; ed . s ¦ I . Lavtoii , Leeds . tVuit-niL-rihaiit -final ili \ idt-nd of' 4 id . in the " pound , "ii Tm-sda \ , lied , -i , or any MibseqUen Tuesilav . at tlie office of Mr . Hope , I . i-cd .-..

      < .. Wniiiarli . Li-ciU , clotli-jiH'ft-hant - tin .-il diviili-n" "t 7-Ii'tlis "f a ( xniiy in the pound . ; on Tuesday . |) ei-. ' ' > , oi : inv siilistnut'ilt Tuesilav . at the ottii e uf Mr . Hope , LeeuV 'I . Harvi'V , Uaiulsuoi'th . innkei'inr -first divideiidof ds . in the pound , on Saturday , liee . 7 . and two folluiiiug Saturdays , at the otrii-s- ot Mi' . Ci-uoin , AlK-hui ' i'li-Lam . . 1 . Shore , Koehdale , Laiu-ashire > Haiuu-l-inariufaeturertir .-t dividend ot ' . ' s in tin-pound . ' on Thursday . Deo . 1 ' . ' . i > i any subsequi'iit Thursday at tlie urtici- of Mr . Kraser , Mancht .-ter . K . Uilloti . Over li . iw >\ i . [ . aiuaihiiv . pap r-m : ikev— first di \ iileinl of Jd . atid Cfhs . ot a penny in the Jinuilll , " 11 'I ' ui-Nilay , l > ee . In , ur any Mil-snjuQnt luesilay , at tlie oflu ' c of Mr . Kra-er , Mamliester j I > . Dakeync , Mamhester . and Oi-adhateli , Staft ' ordshiiv . Hax . spinner—tirst and final dividend of f , d . in tho pound , on Tuesday , Dec . ; i , or any subsL'i | in-nt Tuesday , at thi o Hire of Mi ' . FrasiT , Manchester . ' ,

      ¦ I . Hudson and . 1 . Hroadlienr . ! jun .. <; a ! e . Laucasiin-c ciilie . i-printers—tirst di \ id « nd of ! . s . Id . in the pound ; tirst dividend of'JOs . iii the p .. mnl . on the separate estate of . ) . ((/ -. i . 'iillient , jim . ; and first diiidiunl of ' JO * , ijj the pouuii . on the separate estate of . ) . Hudson , nil Tuesday , I » ec . 1 , or any suhsuijuent Tuesday , at the ofn ' tx-of Air . . Stauway , Manchester . \ , 1 . ( irefjory . Sheffield , tahle-khife manufacturer—first and final diiid . 'iid of Is . ** i < £ - in the pound , on Tluu ' scLu , l » ei . I . ' , or any > ub > eipient Thursday , at the utliee of Mr . I ' fi " . in : in , l . ved ~ . : 0 . Ifil-ks . Sheflield , tri- o .-cr--tliii-d and final dividend uf ¦ _ ' s . 4 d . in the pound , ml Thursday , Dei ' . I' . ' , or any subsequent Thursday , at tin- I'ttiee of Mv . i-Veeinan , I , eeds . }( . l . odirc , ThonihiH . Yi ' rkshfre , iiinker [ . > t-r—first ami final dividend of is . t ; d . in the po ' und , on Thursday , Dec . t'J , or any suhseqiu-iit Tliursda , * . iit the oftiv'e of Mv . I- ' i-eeman . Leeds . 1 ) 1 V I DIM ) .

      I lee . ' . ' 4 . . 1 . ami It . JMi ^ diMi . Kn'klmrtnu . m \ d IIuddL'rvfield . fain .-y cluth manuf . ii'tui'ei ' ^ . i CKKTIKH'ATK to he granted , tildes' ; cau « f he shown to till" contrary mi the day of meeting . ]>( - . . - 4 . (' . liu ^ e /' .-, Jii . «) io p > f . 'aie-stl-cet , saddler . VEltTlKICATES to he granted fli ) tin-i ' .. tij-f of Kei icn , unless cause he shown to the Contrary on or before lii-c . 24 . ( i . f , . Marshall and W . < . Hall , U ' ootl-stn" . > t , vynoUVn viaivhwtcinin . - H . ISailuiiu . junr ., Eiiis > vnrtll , Hampshire lll'llpor . , 1 . S liohll " -. Liverpool . slii | .-lii-., ki-r . — T . , -jU-. Jiheiis . . '\ ewtfiite-. strect and llolb . i ' ru-har .-, umbrella-llliUlU . f ' iicturer . - . ) . (•' eorjre . i ! rrail- > tiect , Theapsidc , and ilaiuesstf ' i'ft . fN-thtiiil-trtveti , silk man t ' actufeiv W . Millar , Wnp ]> inif . wall . engineer .- W . ( Irivll . Manelu .-ter . c-ommis . sioii-aijeiit . -J Lu \ Mher . Uui eu ' sruw , I'entoin ille . liuilder

      IWHTNF . HSHU'S M > sol . YEl > . T . i-. iyley and II . t'hitti-nd .-n , Mark-l ; uif , ei . ru-taetoi's - T . and f . Lester , l . ludley , poi k , iiereh ; ii . ts . — (• . Umadheot aud ( o ., T , inkers-ley . Yorusjiu-., ^ roi-ers . , 1 . and . N . Walker , Ottej . Y .. rk > hir >\ eorii-tiiiU «> t > .-- <; askini > ami Winder . ISirmin ^ hain . conili-inaiiufftcturers . Harruuelifl auit \" o .. I 5 : iwrry , York * liire . and elsewhere , timher-inerrhants . T . I ' eet , . 1 . Wal ! i , r . and T I ' aine , Manchester , aeeoiintants : as far as regards . 1 . Walker . — Firth , llelhi-¦ iicil . and Co ., Mar-iili'ii . \ ¦ ¦ rk"hire , silk-spiitners : as fir as regards 1 > . and W . I ' lrth . - Hannatuid and ISeare . Ilawish , Itevoiishiiv , cnu ' ei -s . — . 1 . LVi-wton and T . Watkiu .-, Urutoii-street , Hond strei t , lle . itii-street . and Warduur . stre . it , rabini-t-Tiiakers . — \ Vain % \ rij . lit and Jones , Liverpool , sliip-lii-oker .-. I

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      l . OXDOX CoKN K . X ( HAXi . K , Mahk-I . A . NE . —Mo . MJAY . — The arrivals of English wheat and liarley were liberal during tlte pa * t w < - <> k , lut ' t of oats the receipts coastwise were extremely small , nor were there iiiaiiv beans or peas rcpoiteil ti [> lo Sjiturday evi'liiliy . ihc nivvaietice . of easterly winds and tbiiiry weather has kent hacli su /> jtlie . i from Ireland , and only a tew hundred quarters , of oats have been received from thence during tlie nast ei ^ lit days , {•' roiu abroad the arrival of barley lias been abundant , and that of oat * to a fair extent , but of other articles the foreign supplies have been unimportant ' : At this morning ' s market there vv ; ls a nnxleiate jihow of wheat by land carriage samples from the home nmnties , abundance

      ot barley , and more beaus . and peas than last Monday , hat of « at . > ( he quantity exhibited was trilling . The condition of the wheat liavim ; been . somewhat improved by the recent frosty iveather , a clearance ot the Essex and Kent stands was made at an early hour , and tlioujrh no advance could be established the turn was in favour of the sellers . The transactions in iree foreipi wheat were uu a retail scale , and quotations remained precisel y the same sw , on this day se ' nnight . In bond uothinir whatever was done . Iii < pMotations of riour no chansre occurred ; ship samples were , however , very difficult of disjiosnl . The quantity of barley on sale was more than cuual to the

      demand , and even the finest limiting soils were rather easier to buy , whilst on the general runs a decline ot fully ls . per in \ had to be submitted to . Malt moved off slowly , at barely previous { prices . Oats of good quality were inquired for , ami fresh corn , whether old or new , brought full terms | the new Scotch oats , being mostly of inferior quality , and in wretched condition , were obtainable at comparatively low rates . Beans hung heavily on hand , and must be quoted ls . per qr . lower ; a similar decline took place in maple and grey peas , but good white [ boilers supported their former value . Rather liberal ) supplies of clover seed

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      hare l * en received of late froiio abroad , and tfapughthe article lias been held firmly , the inquiry hm somewhat slackened . Canary seed brought previous terms this morning , nor did any change requiring notice occur in other articles . Smithfield Market , London-. —Monday . —For the time of year we had a full average number of beasts on sale to-day , while , compared with that exhibited on many previous Mondays , there was a sli g ht improvement in oualitv : nevertheless , it proved inferior

      to the generality of seasons . The trade in the dead markets being very firm , and the attendance of buyers numerous , the demand for all breeds of beast * , but more particularly for the primest Scots , &c ., was decidedly active , at an advance in the currencies obtained on this day se ' nnight of quite 2 d . per 81 b ., is . 4 d , being readily paid as a top figure ; indeed , in some few instances , the rates exceeded that range . At the close of the market very few had remained unsold . With the exception of a deficiency in quality , the stock came to hand in fair condition . Rather

      extensive imports ot live stock from abroad nave again taken place during the past ^\ 'cek , 67 beasts and 14 sheep having arrived at Hull , from Rotterdam , while the arrivals for London have consisted of 43 oxen and cows from Schiedam , and 60 beasts and 195 sheep from Rotterdam . The supply of foreign stock here this morning amounted to 3 o beasts and 07 sheep . With respect to the former there was nothing remarkable in them , though their quality was tolerably good ; but in the latter a great improvement was noticed , the whole having found buyers , at prices varying from , jfe . to 41 s . per head . The stock in- question was 'jobbed , " and sold bv Uerman salesmen ; in fact , scarcely a single head is now disposed of in this market through other hands . As the various foreign ports will soon be closed for the winter niontlis , the

      " season" for these importations will be soon brought to a clo . se . —Fresh up to-day , nVotit ] , U 0 O beasts arrived from' Lincolnshire , Leicestershire , and Northamptonshire , while from Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire , tlic receipts amounted to 400 Scots , Ac ; from the Western and Midland districts , 500 If en-fords , Devons , runts , < tc . ; from other parts of Kngland , 400 of various breeds ; from Scotland , 200 horned and polled Scots ; and from Ireland 40 " beasts . —The supply of sheep was not to say larger , yet it was fully equal to the wants of the trade . The mutton trade was tolerably steady , yet last week ' s advanced rates , were' with difficulty supported . —Calves , the supply of which was very limited , met a very heavy demand , at last week ' s prices . Prune small pofkera were quite as dear ; but all other kinds of pigs were a mere drug ' .

      London Coal Markkt , Thursday . —Prices per ton at the close of the market : —Adair ' s Main , 17 s . ; Huddle ' s West Hartley , lss . ; Carr ' s Hartley , 19 s . ; I'liester Main , l J . s . tid . ; Hastings Hartley , 17 s . hi . ; liolywell Main , H's . ; Nelson ' s West Hartley , ISs . ; Old i'ontop , lt > s . ; Ord ' s Redheugh , 16 s ; Townley , 17 s . Gd . ; West Hartley , 17 s . 6 d . ; \ V . E . Clarke " and Co ., 18 s . . tid ; W . K ., Elm Park , 20 s . Ud . ; W . i ; ., ( Josfortli , - 'Is . ( id . ; VV . K ., Ueaton , 2 ls . ; W . K ., Belinont , * JU . ltd ; W . E ., East Heaton , 21 s ; . W . E ., llaswell , 23 * . ; W . E ., Hctton , 22 s . ' ¦ >(} . ; W . E ., }} yttou , 21 * . ; W . E ., Lambtaa , 22 s . ! jd : W . E .. i ' embeiton , Jls ; W . K ., Sherburn , 22 s . iid : W . K .. Sunderlund . 21 s . : \ V . E .. Stewart ' s . lid ; WK . Sunderlund 21 s . ; \ V . E . Stewart ' s

      , , , , , 22 s . Ud . ; VV . E ., ilartlepool , 22 s . od ; W . E ., Adelaide , 22 s . 3 d . ; W . E ., Seymour Tees , 21 s . 6 d . ; W . E ., Tees , 22 s . 3 d . ; W . E ., Tenant ' s , 20 s . 9 d . ; Cowpen Hartley , tSs . —Ships arrived since last day , 2 Ss . Soithall , Dec . - 1 . —Although the supply of fat stock on sale to-day was tolerably good , the demand was steady at fully last week ' s quotations . Beet " , from 2 s . ) i ) d . to 4 s . * 2 d . ; Mutton , 3 a . to is . 2 d . ; Veal , 3 s . to 3 s . lOd . : and Pork , 2 a . 8 d . to 3 ^ . M . per 81 bs . Supply : —ik-HHts , 44 ; Sheep , 1 , 100 ; Calves , 36 ; Pigs , 5 X . . R ( imfokt ) , Dec . 4 . —Prime Beasts and Sheep sold frcelv , other kinds of stock slowlv , at full prices . freely , other kinds or stocK siowiy , ai mil prices .

      ttfei . irom lV . sd . to -is . 4 d . ; Mutton , 2 s . lOd . to is . ' . ' . I . ; Veal , 3 s . to 3 s . lOd . ; and Pork , 2 s . 8 d . to is . sd . per 81 bs . Suckling Calves , ISs . to 3 ' ) s . ; quartcr-old Store Pius , 16 ' s . to 2 fls . ; and Milch Cows , with their small Calf , £ 10 to £ 18 each . Lkwes , Dec . 3 . —Beef , from 3 s . to 4 s . 4 d . ; Mutton , : 3 s . ^ d . to 4 s . 4 d . ; Veal , 3 s . to 3 s . 8 d . ; and Pork , . ' s . t < d . to 3 s . ( id . per t < lbs . Supply rather limited , and trade firru . CORN A V . EU . \(; ES . —General avernge prices of British urn for thr week ended Xov . -it ) , 1 K 44 , made up from the ift-tunis of the Inspector iu tin- different cities aud towns in England and Wules , jier imwerial ([ uarter . Wheat 45 s 44 j Outs i > ls 8 d Beans 38 s Od Kail . \ 35 s Id J Hvc : VJs -M Pease 35 s lid

      M . \ S < : Hkster . —The near approach of the CliriSt * mas holidays , and the continued decline in the price of cotton at Liverpool , combine to diminish the activity of this market . The demand both for goods and uini yesterday was limited ; and , in some few ¦ itsus , slight reductions of price were submitted to . ' enerallv , however , spinners and manufacturers are -d bare of stock , that they show no inclination to relax , in their demands . Rochualk Flannel ^ vrk . et , Dec . 2 . —There has been very little change in the piece market to-day i he demand still continues limited , and prices low . In the wool market the manufacturers purchase very sparingly , at last week ' s prices .

      Manchester Con . v Market . —Satuedav , Nov . 30 . —The . Hour trade has continued in a state of the ^ leatest inactivity throughout the week , the bakerg aid dealers retraining- from purchasing more than barely suffices for the supply of their immediate necessities , and any alteration in prices has been in favour of the buyer . For oats the demand has been moderate , without alteration in value ; but oatmeal , ias met a steady sale at fully previous rates . At our market , fliis morninir , there was very little passing in any description of wheat , and all but the choicest qualities migltt have been purchased at lower prices , l- ' or flour the demand was likewise on the most limited scale , but in the absence of transactions to guide us , we cannot alter our quotations . Oats and oatmeal were in steady request , and sold on rather higher terms . The inquiry for bcaas was languid , at barely the previous currencv .

      Liverpool Cok . n Markkt , Monday , Dec . 2 . — During the past week we have had fair supplies of grain , Hour , and oatmeal from Ireland , and within the last three dayjj Several cargoes of barley have arrived ' round land . The only change in the rates of duty ou foreign produce , is a decline of ls . per quarter on barley , namely , to 3 s . per quarter . The demand for wheat in this market has continued to be almost confined to the immediate locality ; holders of foreign , however , have shown ho disposition to give way in price , but Irish new has been sold at a decline

      i >{ id .-to . 2 d . per bushel from the rates ot Tuesday . Flour has met a dull sale , and home manufacture must be noted fully ls . per sack cheaper , whilst Canadian has barely sustained previous rates . Oat 3 aid oatmeal , though only in moderate request , have brought . rather higher , prices : good meal ing oats 3 s . per io lbs . ; new meal 24 s . to 24 s . ( id ., old 23 s . od . to 24 s per 2 W lbs . The supply of barley above noted has depressed the value of malting qualities by fully 2 s . per quarter . In grinding barley , beans , or pea * , there is no change to note .

      Liverpool Cattle Market , Mospav , 1 > ri-. 2 . — 1 'he supply of cattle at market to-day has been similar to last week , the greatest portion of inferior quality , anything good fetching high prices . Beef > d . to ¦ )* , > 2 , lambs 0 , pigs 4 , 011 , horses : i : i .

      XjEwra . sti . k Cok . v Makkkt . Saturday , Nov . 30 . — Our ' farmers brought a moderate supply of wheat to this day ' s -market , but we had agondsiiow of samples fruni the co .-st , and a fair extent of business was transacted on . similar terms to last Saturday . Dutypaid foreiirn sold slowly at late rates . The arrivals of barley exceed the demand , which causes a very dull trade , at prices the turn cheaper . . New oats were in . moderate supply , and commanded an advance of ls . per quarter : lint no alteration can be quoted in the value of old samples . Rye met very little attention . Malt was . looking rather lower . Beans and peas remained without change . The arrivals of flour are extremely , farge , and our millers having reduced their prices , Norfolk and Suffolk qualities could not be disposed of , to any extent , except at a reduction of ls . l > er sack ' .

      loiihCuax MiiiRjT , Nov . 3 <> . —There is not much business , passing to-day . For wheat the rates-ot' last week are asked , but our lnillers are unwilling buyers , except at a trilling reduction ; the same may be said of the iinest barley , whilst secondary andgrinding qualities must l > e quoted fully ls . pcrquarter lower . Oats dutl sale , and rather lower . Beans not so freely taken as of late , and ls . to 2 s . per quarter decline must be submitted to , to make sales . Maj . Tox Corn Market , Nov . ' Mi . — We have a limited supply uf grain ottering to this day ' s market . Fine wheat and the best runs uf barley without alteration ; ihferior wheat aud barley 1 » . per quarter lower . Oats in good demand , without alteration . — lietl viheat , iH-w , l . 'is . to tSs . ; old dittos 50 a . to 54 s . ; ditto white , new , ;> o < .. to 54 s . ; old ditto , 52 » . to 56 s . per quarter of 40 stone . Barley , 2- > s . to 33 s . per quarter of 32 stone . Oats Hid . to lU ^ d . per stone .

      Lkkds Cohn Markkt , Tuesday , Dec . 3 . —Supplies are now nioderatinv , and we have less wheat ottering than ol late , but the general want of condition in new wheat operates against much improvement in prices To-day there is a fair st .-ady demand for all good dry qualities , and a more health y feeling in the trade . No change in the value of line barley , but inferior qualities , remain dull and are rather lower . Beans are fully Us . per . quarto- cheaper . Oats and shelling as last noted .

      . Lesus Cloth Makkets . — There has been a slight tendency to improvement in the cloth markets this week , though they may still be considered of a de * pressed character . In the warehouses engaged in the foreign trade there is a little business going forward , though far less than during the corresponding period last year . The homfc trade appears almost at a stand still .

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      Peczmbbb 7 , 1844 . THE NORTHERN STAR . . i . ' 7

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 7, 1844, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct516/page/7/