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      CC'STCfUATIOA OF THE ESQUIBT AT THE ! BrKEJ 5 GHi . H VOKfiHOUSE . } Owlngto the jBressnre of Aanza news and the neees- ! rity qf giving several important articles -which "will be ' found in to-day ' s paper , we are nnable to publish more ! l >>*^ ihe general . heads of the continuation « f this ^ etq-hy . 'Which occapies fife drady printed " columns i of the Birmingham Advertiser , to which we have been incited for the reports of this case which have ap-1 peared in car columns . j imnsDxr , Dec . 7—At ten o ' clock ihis morning , ! KTfcral Hi embers © f the House Committee "were as- ' Benfblcd , and the Assistant Poor Law Commissioner , on j taking his seat , saidheTraiia receive the evident of any persona ihe Governor -wished to have eximined , or i any statiment he might desire to pnt in ans-wer to the focr ctsnres .

      3 Ir . Francis Mole , SoJieitoi , -who again attended on behalf of the « overnoi , said there -were three or four Tritn € s ; 2 , to . be examined . YTiffiam Monntford , an inmata of the Birmingham WcrlioBse , whose duty it is to enter the-uamea of tramps in a book , wm first called and examined . This -witness ' s evidence amounted to something like scaring =. t all He did mot know that any person had ever 1 = cn confined in the black bole . ' E-iz-beth Brunton , nurse , and Sirab Hall , an inmate of the ^ roikhonte , "Were then examined ; their evidence ¦ w as ' -rinded to break down that of th * boy Roper , but on cress-ixaminaiion bj the Commissioner , tho " latter "Witntis confirmed the main part of the boy ' s statement ,

      Tit Rev . George Holt , Chaplain of the Workhouse , 5 Tos 2 ri : ed and examined by Mr . Mole . The Rev . Gentlerc = s wasunder examinationior a longtime , but no enc-eme -was elicited wiia respect to the charges under inqc-ry . S . e spoke favourably of the treatment the panj * ra received from the Governor and Matron > At me conclusion , of the examination of the Chaplain , Ht Mo \ e read and then handed over the folio-wing Statement from 2 ir . Hirst , the Governor :

      IHB GOTEBSOS ' S STATEMENT . Birmingham , Dec . 7 , 1843 . \ V" th T ££ ST& to the foar men ia tbe tiamp-TOom BO long ; 1 beg to add to my former statement that I am precluded by that portion of the printed Rules called *' " Daues of the Governor of tbe Worthouse , " No . 25 , from parchasing or procuring any articles for the use of Sie Workhouse , or paying any money on account of the " WortiLouae , or o ? tbe parish , without tbe order of the House Committee , entered in a book , to"be called tho " order-book , " to be provided for that purpose ; and that having informed thiB Committee it their first aeeiinE , after the entrance of these tramps of their state , 1 considered it impossible for myself more fnlly sad entirely to have -attended to or perforaaed my ilniiEE .

      Tfce evidence of the carpenter -who prepared the Mack-bole as a tramp-room , proves that it was used for its sew purpose the first night afterwards , and the practice of losing it upon any requisite occasion has continued ever fiicce . Tbe boy , Thomas Upper , "was brought into the House under ordar No . 3 , 580 , and report ^; as sworn to by Ssiah Koper , hb mother , as a very had boy , who would not go to -work . Tbe mother zaid he was to pound pot . William Cloves took tbe boy from tbe kitchen , and he -was afterwards put into tbe hole by John Fair , Vithcst any directions whatever ; neither the Matron Bor mjaclf saw John fair or spoke to >» * m-

      The fallowing morning the boy -was removed . Mrs . Hirst gave the directions to the Bchoslmaster to have Mm wssbsd ont and put into bed , "which was the usual corns- ; acd there is no donbt ha was dressed and came irtu fL = icbocl room as soon aa ha clothes were dry . The cs-sth cf the schoolmaster has created a difficulty in provfce this fact , but there-is no reason why be should fcsve be # n differently treated to other children on coming iite the Honse ^ nnd it is quite certain he was treated as ciitr hoy 3 are . It : Bc # tiikeiyaboy of his heavy , dull disposition , csn rce- ~ l ! fcct day by day what occurred two months since , either as to the food ha had on each day , or where he waa on the tisy of admission , the llthjof October . 14

      He is entered I ^ o in the txamp-book , and his name 3 © eE xsot appear in tbe list on the 12 & or any subseqnent aar ; but « a the 12 th be appears discharged Irom the tranjp-room with the rest , and no doubt Tras then Washtsi out T > y \ hs schoolmaster , as before stated ; for ii is tbe usual and invariable custom to write the nzmes of all persons in the tramp-book each- day the tramps remain in the rooms , if they remain in more than one day , arOing to them tha -words , here from yesterday . ** Tramps may be returned » s such in the tramp-book , an < l yet be aJmitted into the Houss ; that is , at the time they are in the tamp room they have food the same as tht * e in the House , and not the regular tramplooni f ^ o «; or even sick diet is allo-wea io them , if ocdare-i .

      Ke evidence ol the different witnesses £ 3 to . Roper is * o Tery opp- ^ ite and coLflscting , that I cm sure the boy is trrcng in what he Biys , and the greater part cf Mrs . B 'pfcr * s evider ; ct : is simDlywha * she has beard from him . Harriet Roddei -was placed in the female tramp-rsom lor the purpose , she states , to separate h ^ r from Ann Morns . They Ind been quarrelling , anfl when 1 catered Uje ro-.-m tbey were qaarrellins . HarrifcS Rodder was Tery vklent , in order to avoid which the reinovai took place , having no room provided me to p ! i * e quarrelsome peisonB in ; and it is tyTjo meani uhus'ib ! for the Gnardians to stud parties oy adrairsion into tfee traH » p-ioom . Bee an order of admissioa , Vo . 3 . 06 C .

      i COPT . ) "Tothe Governor of ikz Workhouse . fc Admit Mary "Wluieliou » e , 31 years , belonging to , snpposedj Aston , and provide her according to the regulations cf the Guardians . " By Order of the Belief Committee , ' Geobge ' Ktdek . * ' Ttom . District 3 « a 4 , Sepori ifo . 3 , oso . ( "In tramp-room . ) 11 This note ib to be in forca during sis days from the 8 th day of November , 1 S 43

      -Harriet Rodder had no work , nor any punishment , Vhiie she was in the iramj-rcuni ; her food was not altered in consequence , and -he tris comfortably pro-Tided fur . I did not kno-s- t ,-f her disciae , and she never complained , but appeared to be glad te be so separated from . Ann Morris . I &uiis : < ilei it was the cnty © I the surgeon tohave informed me cf the impropriety of Harriet Bodder bfeins placed there , if any existed , on account of her disease , ana he did not , as h = admits in his evi'Ienca . The door of the tramp-room was open , as she states , Ihe -whole time she -was there , and she could be i n and out cf the room as sfce pleased ; and no other motive actuated me in this bat to separate tbe two quarrelliiyj Darties , which , as Governor , it appeared my dnty io da

      TfcDinas Bit 33 nsea the most improper language , wa » very violent and abusive , and , in my opinion , under temporary deranscnuait . He has Jl aa informed it is "Well known ; beeii na idiot from birth ; and 3 t the time he was ^ I-sen i = io ihs costody of Weaze , had Wear © made ssy objection to the care of him , as desired by 3 £ zs- SL-st , she could sol have rtqaired him to treat Bites as he did ; such was his state at the time , t&at it -was quite impassible b « could be 3 t large ; and Weare stated to the House Committee that he never yaw a man more violent ; and there is no doubt tbe - violence would have continued bad he not been given into the care of tlie keeper , which , with his being

      tatfcn into the insane ward , had the effect of quieting him , which ia often the case with idiots . . There are often , persons sent inxo this "ward by the surgeon who Sre not insane . When the surgeon ordered Bates un-Sbspped , he was instantly obeyed , and being known as sn idiot in tbe establishment , who had been before , no doubt , in this ward upon a burgeon ' s order , it did not seem requisite to prosure one for that present purpose . A new patient would of course require an order , £ ut not an old one , or one -who had been there before bax had not left tie home ; sueh patient would be allowed to leave the insane ward by sufferance , and to latum thereunto , thould his malady render such a step

      necessary . The other matters brought forward , it does notappear I am required to explain or take farther notice of , sot being-of that importance . It m 3 y ba ramaited that there are Ho wards of ths description called " prol ^ onaiy , " consequently in case of one person ont of between five and fibs hundred now in the House being guilty ef violence or misbebavionr , so that a removal from the others is necessary , andii uyTuj and h ^ g ^ jjnpje are to be avoided , Jlere is no place provided whew , strictly speaking , the ™«^ r ™ ° ^^ roch Part ? to *» t ^ purpose of SS ^ RJ SsfswS a S ^ asyj-Ntga , * . ^ - KS ^ f 5 Siaft 2 conseguences that were about to ^ nsn ^ UU 5 CCi « or Baa tte

      Johnso ^ gives meaning of-the ^ pmUtaient -ruujaauhm or pain imposed in T 8 n £ « S ^; edmtf so tbat tte mere changing o ! TSSr tam loom 2 fo . l , because that contained another ^? ^ 5 they would not be together -without quarrelling into loomHo ^ 2 , giving the nme food and treatment to each , cannot be termed a punishment I commenced thedttUai of my office on the second flay of Aug « t , one thoaiaod « ght hundred and fortytwo ; spon my election eighty- « ight Gmudians voted , ad although there were five candidates selected from a large number , » osie of them poaresaujg tastxmoBials of She highest order , and 1 nt an entire strangei to the lown of . Birminghani and the Guardians , so well did ihey tMnk Mra , Hint » nd myself qualified for our present situatien , that we obtained the very important ttajority Of fifty-six of their vote * . I beg also to refer to fi » House Tisftor" book , -which contains a wport eveiyTreel : of the state of the House and inmates , and

      It will taen be found that every part ef my duty has be * a perfi » med , as recorded , Jo their entire satisfac-? OS . GOD ? fiKT-SWIF-T HlSST , GoTemci .

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      Mr . Allday stated that if allowed be would prove that many poor and destitute persons had not only been refused admission into the workhouse , but that they had also been refused relief . He ( Mr . A . ) recollected a case of an unfortunate woman , who a short time ago waa placed in the dock , bsfore the Magistrates , at the Pablio-office , on a charge of Mdoioofily Btealing at a provision-shop . One of the Magistrates before whom she was brought , addressing the police-officer who took her into custody , said " this woman was brought before me the other day . " Tbe police-officer replied , "Yes , Sir , she was brought before . you on a charge of being destitatej and you . « rdered that she might be taken to the Workheuse for relief . When Bhe arrived there she was neither admitted into th . 9 home nor relieved . The

      next day she committed the felony charged against her , which' she states she was driven to from want . ' The Magistrate then enquired ef the tradesman who appeared to give evidence on the charge of felony , ii he Intended to prosecute the prisoner , and he huaanely answered , "No , Sir ,- ' -I-- ' : will not , under these circumstances . " She was then discharged . Anolhtr case be remembered of a young woman who cttempted to commit suicide by throwing herself into the canal . It occurred about half-past eleven o ' clock at night , as a policeman on dnty was crossing the canal bridge . He hastened to the spot , and plunging into tbe water , rescued her , and Baved

      her life . He conveyed her in a senseless state to the statien-honse , and there being no accommodation there for the wretched -woman in her "wet and distressing state , the inspector on dnty ordered that she might be taken to the Workhouse . The order was obeyed , but on tbe police-officer presenting himself at the Workhouse door with the woman , the Governor refused to admit her . The policeman then , with that humane feeling -which was creditable to him , conveyed her to his -own bouse , and called np his wife , where she was treated with humanity and kindness , lu a few days afterwards she was taken before the magistrates , where the facts 1 have relaled were deposed to .

      The CummiBsioner replied that he would go into that part of the inquiry on Saturday morning . Fhidat , Dec . 8- —On resuming the inquiry this morning the Commissioner said , that before entering on the suVject for which tbey were especially nifct , he would take tbe liberty of adverting again to tbe subject which he mentioned to the Houbo Committee last sight , -with reference to the unfortunate persons in the itch wards . Tbe Ccmmistioner afterwards stated that he had visited tbe place this morning , and found that

      one person still remained there , and that there were two still in the female itch-ward ; a state of things which he was sure the Committee would not approve of or aauetiOD , after the expression of opinion , in reference to these wards , which he bad received from tbe medical officers . He bad a conference last night with the surgeons of tbe establishment , and having questioned them particularly , if they had ever drawn the attention of the Board to the itck-wards , they placed in his hands the copy ol a resolution passed by them in July , 1842 . and -which -was as follows : —

      "Bisolved , that the attention of the Boose Committee be forthwith called to the filthy and disgu&ting state of the wards appropriated for persons affected with the itch , and they recommend that larger and better ones be substituted for them . " iHear , hear . ) As he had already stated last evening , be was anxious 3 gain to show the medical gentleniea . the state of the itch-wards , and they were so kind as to accompany him to these places . They went , first , to the female ward , where they found two patients , a woman and child ; and in the male ward they-found nine persans , an adult and eight boys . He then asked the medical gentleman with regard to the fitness of these places for habitations , and if fit , what number they considered Bbonld be placed there 1 and in reply to these inquiries , he bad received the following certificate : —

      " We have inspected the itch-hole for females ; from the siz * of tbe room we should say it would hold safely not more than two patients under care for the Itch ; but , having regard to the want of ventilation , and from the intense heat of the place , t « do not thin \ it at al ' . Jii for occupation for any human beings . At the time of oar visit thetb were two patients in the room . We have also inspected tfes itch-holes for males , and found nine patients , two adults , and seven children . This place it more unfit 1 qt habitation than the female itch-ward , and not from its size , even if ventilated , fit for tbe reception of more than two patients . The persons now in that hole must necessarily rua great risk of endangering their health from the position they are in there . IxKjking at tbe two itsh-holes , from the : want of ven-UiaiieD , and from the beat kept upon them by the fires from adjoining rooms , we have no hesitation in saying that they are absolutely unfit for the ocenpation of any human beings . Signed , £ . T . Cox , T . Bellamy , T . Green , a Green , J . Wilders . "

      The Commissioner , in continuation , eald , that he had that morning visited the wards , and he was very thankful to find , that of the nine persons in the male itch ward , eight had been removed ; but the woman and child were still in the female ward . Now , having these certificates before him , he was sere that the gentlemen of the House Committee would feel justified in stepping even ont of their usual course of proceedings , in order to remove these nnf ortunate persons from their present position—( hear ; . He trusted tbey would kindly indulge him by giving immediate direction for their removal to some other placts ; and be thought , under all tbe circuHistanoes , that they should place an absolute prohibition on their books , that those rooms should never &cain be occupied by human beings— thear ) .

      Mr . Bodway—I have seen the rooms referred to , and I must say , irom their disgusting condition , that those persons should !» removed immediately . The party who put the man and children in such & hole ought to be ousted immediately ; and as % o the surgeon—The Commissioner reminded Mr . K = > dway and the other members of the Committe , that this was a question which wonU form the subject of a searching inquiry . He had no doubt that the responsibility would be placed on tbe right shonlders . Two member * of the Committee were then deputed to have the persons immediately removed from the wards in question , upon which the Commissioner said he would proceed with tbe examination of the Governor , in reference to the admission of paupers into the House .

      After a lengthened examination of the Governor relative to the accommodation and discipline of the workhouse , and letters bad been read from the House Committee , and Mi . lt-mberlay explaining < or attemptr ing to do so ) their connection with the management of the workhouse ; the inquiry was adjourned to the next day . SaTCBDaT , Dxc . 9—The inquiry was resumed this morning at ten o ' clock . Mr . Hirst was called in , and bis examination respecting the treatment of persons in the tramp-room was continued .

      The Commissioner—1 have now to direct your attention to the boy Rogers , who I found in the tramproom . It appeared that the boy wbo was only nine years of age was found in a state of destitution and brought to the workhouse by the police ; he was placed in the tramp-room in the filthy state he was found , where be -was detained nine days and nights without change of clothing . 1 must protest againBt Buch practice , and I feel certain the Guardians will not allow it in future . It was your duty to draw the special attention of the Relief Committee to the case . Mr . Hirst—My time has been so fuliy occupied with this lengthened inquiry that I bad not time to atttend to the case . Mr . Rodway—Did you ever report tbe case to tbe Committee ? Mr . Hirst—I believe I did not The Commissioner—I -will now take your evidence , Mr- Hirst , respecting the treatment « f this boy .

      Mr . Hirst s examination was then resumed , Daring the Bfjourn of this boy , Rogers , hi tbe tramp-room he bad no bed to sleep on , —he slept on the bare boards , having a rug to cover him . He had no change of clothing during this period to my knowledge- He had the same diet as the ordinary paupers of the house . This boy would not have been kept so long in the tramproom had not my time been so occupied in this inquiry . Tbe Commissioner—There was another boy I found in tbe tramp-room when I went round who had been in some time . Mi . AMay—There was also a . man with bad legs In the tramp-roosn who had been in several days when you visited it ; and in the female ward there was an Irish woman who had been a long time there . The Commissioner—Aye , how long had the Irish woman been there , Mr . Hirst ?

      Mr . Hirst—Ton allude to Margaret Ryan—she came in on the 15 th of November , and remained there to tbe 29 th . : Tbe Commissioner—She remained there , then , fourteen days . Mr . Hirst—She was removed immediately after you saw her . The Commissioner—She had no right to have been there more than one night . 1 beard BomtthiDg about her bfclDff there two months . Mr . Hirst— That was last year , Sir . In answer to a question put by the Commissioner hi reference to the nine persons put into the itch ward , Me . Hirst said—I knew nothing of the nine male persa&s in the itch ward on Thursday last , until I heard it in the evening of that day from the Matron , who had been informed of the circumstance by the , A « ri » tant Commissioner ,

      Mr . Allday—Ton have , Sir , in the course of this important inquiry laid down this great principle—that the poor and destitute of this country have as equitable a right to relief and maintenance as the nobleman to his lent for his land . I should , Sir , in support of this sound principle , beg to direct yonr attention to a claw of poor and destitute persons , who are confined in « place in this parish nearly as loathsome and borriWe « the Kack-bole in the workhouse , and whose mr * ° £ " i ftelr P ° ™ rty and destitution . I allade , S . ^ f Jr *** * «** ° rtuB » t » venniles * debtors incarcerated

      whTiP ° ^» <** "& *** Pri *»» "ituated in High-street , sS'S- ^ 5-sk W ^ j ^ TSSS ^*! S 5 g £ s 3 H £ rS £ waves and families received parish relief AnSn * .. * K 5 ! confinement , and who th-BsASSJiJffS ^ g weeks for subsistence to the chariteblTBubsS pS ^ f Smit miserable fellow-prisoners , tk 6 ^^ ^^^

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      having refused to provide them with the common n " ceasaries ef life . In this prison it is not as it is in out criminal gaol ; there no food for the poor debtors is provided , either by the Commissioners of tb

      Mr . Allday—They ought to have something else beside bread . I know that some time ago the Guardians refused to send even bread there . In this execrated place , sir , when a poor prisoner is brought in , he ia called upon to pay two shillings and sixpence for what is termed " chumming up , " and if he be unable to pay that sut > , his coat is taken off his back and sent to pledge to make tbe amount , which is expended in ale . The dishonest and abominable practice is carried on with impunity to thiB day . Several of the Guardians expressed a hope that an inquiry would take place into the facts stated by Mr . Allday , and that Mr . Weale would visit this poor debtor ' s Prison before he left Birmingham . £ . The Commissioner at once expieBBed his willingness to visit the prison . The inquiry was then adjourned , and the Commissioner proceeded to the Debtor ' s Prison .

      Monday , Dec . 11 . —The inquiry respecting the admission , treatment , and discharge of destitute persons , taken in charge by tbe police , and wayfarers , was to be entered upon this morning . Superintendent Stephens was present , at tbe request of the Commissioner , for the purpose ef being examined ; but , in consequence of the police books , to which be would have to refer in his evidence , being at Warwick , fer the Assizes , hia examination was postponed until Thursday morning . The Commissioner^—Are there any of the policemen here who have brought destitute persons to the Workhouse . Mr . Stephens—They are at Warwick AsaizeB . Tbe Cammissioner— Then I adjourn the inquiry to Thursday .

      Mr . AUday—You would probaWy inquire into the case of an unfortunate woman , now ia Warwick Gaol , on the charge of having murdered her child . ThiB will open one part ef the inquiry , the admission and discharge of females in a state of pregnancy . Tbe Commissioner—Let Mr . Hirst be called in . I 'will take his evidence on tbe admission and discbarge of this female . lir . G . S . Hirst , on his oath said , that when persons are admitted to the Infirmary by tbe recommendation of tbo District Surgeons , they are , when discharged from that part of the establishment , discharged by Mr . Smith . When paupers are admitted , under similar circumstances , to the "Venereal or Lying-in-Wards , they are discharged in the same way . If a female is admitted

      Into the workhouse in a state of pregnancy , and from thence taken to tbe Lying-in-Ward , when discharged from that ward Bhe leaves the workhouse . Such has been the practice . If a woman , under these drcametancts , were to tell me sbe was perfectly destitute , and no place to go to , I should keep her in the house . More than one such application has been made to me , and so treated . I recollect Elizabeth King being confined in child-bed , in the workhouse . Sbe was admitted on the 26 th of June , 1843 . Sbe was delivered on the 10 th of Sept ., and was discharged on the 7 th of Oct . following , from the Lyingin-Room , by Mi . Smith , and as she made no application to ma to go back , sbe was discharged the house on the same day . She was not re-admitted by an order from a Relieving Officer , Relief Committee , or Overseer . She

      was afterwards brought to the . workhouse by the police ; andjretnoved to the female tramp-room . After she had been there half or three-quarters of an bonr , I saw her . I was told she had murdered her child . She herself told me sbe had thrown her child into tbe canal , and afterwards that her mother-in-law bad done bo . A Coronet ' s ii . quest was held on the bod ; of tbe child , and a verdict -was returned . I havu heard and believe , that tbe mother was insane when she committed the act . I have since beard that tbe woman has been apprehended on a Magistrate's warrant , on the charge of murder , and committed to Warwick Gaol to take her trial . The inquiry was adjourned to Thursday morning . On Toesday tbe Assistant Poor Law Commissioner had a conference with , the Mayor and Magistrates , to which Reporters were not admitted .

      PROGRESS OF INCENDIARISM . Incendiarism in Bedfordshire— The following is from a correspondent of the Times : — Bedford , Friday , Dec . 15 It is impossible to convey any adequate idea of tbe alarm and excitement that at present pervade the rural districts in this part of the country , owing to the daring Immunity with which tbo destructive work of incendiarism is carried on , with a degree * f secresy that baffles tbe vigilance of the police . To the long catalogue already published fresh outrages have this week been reported to the magistrates of tbe respective districts , to wboee kindness I am Indebted for some authentic particulars , which w ill be fonnd helow _

      Fiom all the inquiries I have made , not only in the magistrates' chamber , at tbo local P « -tty Sessions , but amongst farmers assembled at the market table , I am unable to arrive at any other conclusion than that these horrible aliocitiea are obviously the reanlt of a widespread conspiracy against the land-owners and tenantfarmers ; and . in no case of the numerous fires that have occurred has there been anything even insinuated to show tbe existence of personal hostility towards tbe individuals whose property has been thus wantonly destroyed .

      I have obtained from the principal office of the rural police a list of three fires which are ascertained to be incendiary cases , and in respect of which liberal rewards have been offered for ii . formation , with a view to the apprehension of the guilty parties The owners , I belitve , were in the greatest number of instances par . tially Insured ; but as the official reports have not yet been obtained , the amounts showing the loss of property in each case are made upon a rough calculation , according to the quantity of corn and the value of the buildings conBUiueU . The aggregate is much more considerable than -was at first supposed . I select only six of the principal fires from the list : — Mr . Laine " s , at Hownes , in the Ampthill district . — Granary , cow-hon ^ , stables , piggery , fourteen stacks of corn , and fanninc implements , totally destroyed . Estimated value , £ 2 . D 00 .

      Mr . Man's , at Tobworth—Barn and out-offlces , containing torn thrashed and in the ear , with various husbandry implements , totally destroyed . The Iobs estimated at from £ 1 , 800 to £ 2 . 000 . Mr . Crisp ' s , at Ciaphum . —Corn stacks . &o . Estimated valne , £ 480 . Mr . Swanelf « , at Felmershatn . — Barn and offices . Estimated valne , £ 500 . Mr . Roberta ' s , at Ridgemonnt—Stack-yard partially destroyed . Estimated loss , £ 200 . Mr . Gil-bins , Stotfold . —Granary , barn , out-offices , and several stacks of grain , totally destroyed . Estimated loss , , £ 2 , 000 .

      Several otbi r eises have been reported , to which it may not be necessary to refer speeiflcally , the loss of property belnc inconsidsrible , the design having in these instances been frustrated , owing to timely discovery ; but every attempt of the kind , whether the guilty partita succeed or fail , only serves to show the animus of tbe malicious movement that has extended not only to the most remote confines of Bedfordshire , but has be ^ an to show it&elf in Cambridgeshire and the other adjacent counties . A circumstance which occurred in the Biggleswade district on the afternoon of Saturday last , is now the subject of strict investigation by tbe polica . It appears that at an eaily hour on that evening the premises of Mr . Plyer , an opulent farmer , situate at Stotford ( and not very far from the farm of Mr . Gibbins , whose stack-yard -was lately destreyed ) , were discovered to be

      on fire . The alarm was promptly given , and the flames were extinguished without any serious damage . On subsequent examination , the deBign of the miscreant was obvious ; had the flames got the ascendancy , no exertion could have saved the whole ef the premises from destruction . In tbe generality of cases , a lucifer match , or a tobacco-pipe well lighted , is considered sufficient to ensure the destruction of the elevated homestead ; but in this instance a much more scientific agency was resorted to , no doubt the more effectually to elude detection . Upon a careful inspection of the premises , the spot where the fire commenced was found to be on the ledge or plate of tbe barn wall , immediately under the eaves , and the appearance of the wood indi cated very plainly that some chtmical preparation deposited there had been burning some time before it commonicated to the thatch , as the wood underneath was consumed or charred in a circle of three or four inches

      diameter . The late tragical fixe at Alfierman Higgins ' s premises , on the Kimbolton-road , near this town , is still the subject of anxious investigation , bnt no other clue has been obtained to clear np the mystery . Assuming the latter fire to be accidental , it seema quite certain that all the others were caused by design , for the purpose of injuring the farmers , uPio , since the dose of ihe harvest season , have reduced the wages of their labourers . The use of threshing machines forms , I understand , another topic of complaint , so many hands Iteing by means of machinery thrown out of work . The rigid administration of ihe Poor Law , in some of the Unions , is another ingredient in the general mass of suffering . During the last foar or five years , the railways afforded

      employment to a large number of the agricultural labourers ; feat witi the completion , of these works , they have been oompelled to return to their original occupation as field labonrers , of which there is , unfortunately , a redundancy , to whom full work « annot be afforded . The Poor Law Guardians would do well to relax the rule as to out-door relief during the winter months at least , e » these terrible aggressions will continue . The means of protection are quite inadequate , though the policerate is already excessively higb . The extent of the county of Bedford is 463 tqaure miles , and it contains 296 , 320 acres . The number of inhabitants , according to the last census , is 97 , 443 Tbe average rate of wages paid to fcinn-Sirrams dees not exceed 6 s . a ^ eek , but provisions are generally cheap .

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      Just as I was about to send off my despatch I received the particulars of two more fires , discovered in the Luton division ; one occurred on Saturday , the other on Sunday morning last The circumstances relating to one of these fires are sufficiently significant of the organization that baa been established . It appears that a farmer's servant was returning home with his waggon and horses , when , at the distance of nearly twenty miles from home , he was met by two trarapers , one of whom asked if he did not live at such a farm , naming the owner ? The waggoner said that he did ; upou which the trampers observed , "Oh , there has been a rare fire there ; we saw it as we came past "

      Now , the fact is that tbe fire did not break ont at the farm alluded to , until bIx hours after the waggoner got home . When the flames burst out , which was about ten o ' clock In the morning , the farmer had enly just passed the baro , and there were several other persons going by to market , so that it was quite impossible any one could have fired it and escaped observation . The presumption raised is , that some chimic&l preparation bad , aa in another instance above described , been deposited beneath the thatch , which , once ignited , insured the destruction of the premises , and afforded the miscreants time to make their escape . The loss of property in bolh thess cases is said to be very considerable .

      One Hunpred Sheep Destroyed by Fire . —A destructive fire brake out on Sunday evening week , about six o ' clock , at Naza Wick Farm , in Foulness Island , Essex , in the occupation of Mr . Charles Harvey , and , in an incredibly short time destroyed a sheep yard ( the walls of which were composed of . mustard and carraway straw ) , one hundred ewe sheep all in lamb , and a large bean stack , the produce of forty acres , adjoining . So rapid waa tbe progress of the fLunes that , although sprue of Mr . Harvey ' s workmen were upon the spot in a few minutes , they could not approach the gate , or make an opening to rescue the poor animals . Great praise is due to the labourers , who rendered every » asistance in their power ; . and on the arrival t » f Lieut . Hussey , of the coast guard service , who was speedily

      on the spot with his men , he , by his example and efforts , caused all present to renew their exertions , and succeeded in removing another large stack , thus saving from destruction a large range of stacks , which must otherwise have fallen a prey to the fiimes . The same night a man named James Rampling was apprehended by police-constable Went , on suspicion of having caused the cocfla ? ration , and , after a preliminary examination , waa remanded upon the charge . On Wednesday be was again examined , and fnlly committed for trial . The value of the property destroyed is estimated at about £ 500 , and it was insured in the Equitable Fire-office . On tho night of Sunday last , a fire was discovered in the farming premises of Mr . Grimmer , at Stockton , near B'icclea , Suffolk : and before It could be got under ,

      a barn filled at one end with barley , and & turnip shed , were burnt down . There was every reason to believe tbe fire was wilfully caused . In the evening of Wednesday , the 29 th ultimo , an extensive fire was discovered in tbe farm buildings of Mr . John Aldous , of Harleston , Norfolk , which was not got under until above fiv » hundred pounds worth of grain had been destroyed , and this was also the work of an Incendiary . A reward of fifty pounds has beed offered by the Secretary of State for the discovery of tbe person or persons who recently set fire to the Wangford Union House , at Shipmeadow , near Beccles . The whole house waa some time in tbe utmost jeopardy : but we believe no clue to the discovery o { the offender baa yet been obtained .

      ARSON—A diabolical attempt at incendiarism was made on Tuesday evening last in the stack-yard of Mr . Robert Story , farmer and butcher , at Eakring , Nottinghamshire . The fire was first seen between two cornstocks in the centre of the yard , but the alarm having been given , a very large number of tbe villagers collected together , and by their active exertions a great part of the corn Was saved . The Earl of Scarborough ' s fire-engine was sent for from Rufibrd , witb the assistance of which tbe . fire was soon got under , but not before damage to tbe amount of nearly £ 30 had been

      done . Had tbe wind been high , or the aid rendered been less efficient , the consequences must have been most disastrous . In the same yard were several other stacks , and another stack-yard adjoining it There was also a large range of buildings very dangerously situate ; If the fire had reached which , a number of valuable horses and fat stock would have been consumed . There Is not tbe slightest donbt but that tbb fire was the work of an incendiary , aa the flatneB appeared in several places at once , and a strong sulphurous smell pervaded the atmosphere .

      : DESTITUTION IN THE METROPOLIS . During the last few days tbe application for admission into tbo Refuge for the Destitute , Playhouse-yard , Whltecrosa-street , have been increasing , and they now amount to about 400 men , women , and children . Tho committee at first limited the number to 200 , but owing to the pressing necessities of the applicants , the order was rescinded . It was thought , that if a larger body were congregated , fever might be gene * rutud during the prevalence of the present warm weather , which as Was the case , part of lost year- Above 3 , 0 * 0 bad been admitted up to Sunday night . There

      are many who , in consequence of fever and other ailments , have been provided with the means of getting lodgings out of the institution . Mr . Gay , a medical gentleman , attends each night , and examines every individual . On Monday night , out of thirty new applicants , fifteen were cases of low fever . The others were suffering from various eauses . This was the number who received this mode of out-door relief , with a slice of bread each , up to seven o ' clock . The average is much greater ( luring the night In Glasshouse-yard , St . George " B-in-the-East . tbe institution has another refuge , where there are nightly admitted about 300 persons .

      SHIRTS AT A FARTHING EACH . Much has recently been said and written on the amallness of the sum paid to women for the making of men ' s shirts , but all tbe facts on the subject have not yet , It seems , become public , for no quotation has been made of the price received and paid at tbe workhouses of London for the manufacture of those garments . The following statements were accidentally elicited at an inquest held before Mr . G J . Mills , tbe Deputy Coroner for Middlesex , at the sign of the Elephant and Castle , King ' s Road , St . Pdticras , on the body of a woman named Ann Humphreys , who bad died in St . Pancras Workhouse on the previous day , after her removal to thut establishment from a jeweller ' s In Seymour-street , E us ton Square , whose shop bad been plundered of twenty-five watchea by some thieves at night , to the great alarm of the deceased , who died suddenly in the woikhouse , from supposed affection of the heart after the fright

      The first witness called to prove the death of the deceased , waa a womuu named Ann Benson , a respectable-looking elderly person , whom a Juryman chanced to ' aak— " How are you used in the workhouse ? " The witness replied , " Very well ; " adding , after a pause , " but I work very hard for a farthing . " " What , " asked the Deputy-Coronar , " do you mean by that ?"— Witness : — " I make a shirt for it . " Deputy-Coroner—What sort of a shirt 1—Witness —Generally striped shirts , but we put good enough work in them for any gentleman to wear . They are obliged to be done with goodness and exactness , or we should not be allowed to earn the farthing . Deputy-Coroner—Where does the material come from ?—Witness—It is warehouse work , sir . They come to the workhouse by hundreds to be made .

      Ann Voyce , another witness , being at tbe time in the room , said , " It was a farthing a piece if we make only one , or two farthings if we make two ; but if we make three of tbe same batch , then we get a penny . " Deputy Coroner—How many can you make in a day ?—WitnehS—Perhaps one by working all day . Deputy Coroner—And whet do you do with all the money ?—Witness—Buy sugar and tea with it Deputy Coroner—But perhaps you have additional comforts in tbe workhouse instead of more money ? —Witness—We have a quarter of a pound of augar a week , whether we muke shirts or not ; but no tea , nor any milk , unless we buy it , or friends bring it . Deputy Coroner—And do yeu get breakfast and tea out of six farthings ?—Witness—We are obliged to make it do , for If we don't earn it , however , we go without , and have water-gruel , which is very good .

      Daputy Coroner—Did the woman who is dead have tea ?—Witness—Yes , because a friend brought it to her . " We manage to make the money do by only giving one another tea leaves some days . I had the woman ' s tea leaves when she had done with them till she died ; an 3 as she could not wait on hereelf , I attended on her for it Deputy Coroner—How long was she in the workhouse ?—Witness—Three weeks . Deputy Coroner—Why could she not attend to herself ? Witness—Because she was very bad in her breath , and had palpitations . Deputy Coroner—Did she see the doctor on that acceunt?—Witness—No ; but the assistant came to see her when sbe was dying . She did not wish to see the doctor before . All she wished for when she came to me was for a quiet place to be in . Deputy Coroner—Did she have it?—Witness—She could not , because the infirm ward was bo fulL

      Depnty Coroner—Did she have a room to herself f—Witness—Iflo , we lie four in a bed . The First Witness—No , only three , because the fourth lies on tbe floor . Deputy Coroner—Is that because the house is eo fall ? —Witness—I suppose so . Deputy Ceroner—Are the bads of a good siia?—Witness—Yes , there is every cemfort fora po » r woman , and every car * ia taken of invalids . Deputy Coroner—Are you tasked in doing the Bhlrta ? —Witness—No ; but I conld not have tea if I did not make them . Deputy Coroner—Would yon miss that ?—Witness —I am pretty hearty , and It would not signify to my health ; but some are only fit for tea , and would be glad to earn it .

      A Juryman wished to know whether the farthing was paid by the dealers who sent in the cloth , or a higher sum , and if bo , what sum ; because , if it Was lower at the woik-housea than out of them , it was a wonder thai so many poor women ont of them were paid even lido shirt .

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      O .. e of tbe witnesses said sbe thought that 2 d out of every shilling received by the parish was paid to the women in the workhouse for all work of the kind that was done there . . A Juryman wished that the great comfort of life to the old people , I tea , could be obtained by them on easier terms . { A verdict of f Died from natural diaease' * was returned . ! THE NEW POOR LAW AND IHE SHIRT MAKERS . The Times ofj Friday contained the following just and excellent remarks on the above astounding expo-Bure' . — ' , '

      •• Another , ancl yet another , fligrant exposure , each more signal thaq its predecessor , is day by day present " ing itself , of the ' connexion of tbe hideous and crushing miseries of those ! thousands ef friendless and unhappy creatures , whOi especially throughout the metropolis , but not only there , are suffering the extremities of privation , without wages , but not without work , homeless and starving , yet tasked withal to exhaustion—the sempstresaea , shirt-makers , the weavers , arid other operatives of a similar class , with the New Poor Liw . Eighteen hours May . at four shillings a-week , or , in some eases , evenjless , and out of that pittance thread and needles to be found , —these are the terms upon which , as poliee report after pelice report irrefragably and continually proves , many and many an unhappy woman is even now eking out her wretched life ( or rather her existence , for she can scarcely be said to live )

      within a circle of no more than three miles from tbe spot where we are Writing . What has rendered such a consummation possible ? How has it been even within the bounds of possibility , that the workpeople should be reduced to such necessity as to be obliged to accept such dreadful , such life-wearing conditions ?—or how that the dealers and contractors should be io a position in which they could enforce them ? We anawer without hesitation that the New Poor Law , and that alone , has brought this state of things to pass . We say advisedly , that if it were not for that law , such intolerable , such grinding , such coltl-blooded cruelty as that exercised'by thost who " employ" upon such terms as these , could even by possibility have been practised by no man . The means an 4 instrument of torture , the boot and the screw , would , witiwut this , have been out of hia reach . He taould not have dictated such terms to a

      starving population . We speak on undoubted authority when we say that tbe acceptance of slop contracts by the union workhouses afe tbe ratwj of 2 d . and 3 d . per dcajn , was the first means of enabling the dealers to insist upon a reduction in the then rate of wages , and ultimately to bring them down to the horrible point at which , as we are only too frequently reminded by painful experie ce \ they now rest . The Stepney and the Portsmouth Unionhouses were those which were first exposed as admitting of this ruinous and wicked practice , and as paying wageB for tbe Jew alopsellers out of the pockets of the ratepayers j Yesterday St . Panoraa workhouse figured in tbe flame enviable position , ] and afforded an even unusually convincing and lucid ! exposure of the extent to which the practice is carried ; , and of the use to which it is put . The accidental way , too , in which the discovery of the fact was made is itself significant .

      The Times thep quotes the evidence of Ann Benson given above ; and' remarks , — " One farthing for making a shirt ! One farthing for a whole day's work ! Just three-halfpence for a wesk ' a employment ! Enough to bribe tbe poor creatures , already supported , that is , barely fed ( or unfed ) , coarsely clothed , and hardly lodged , by the public , to endeavour to gain a few scanty comforts to makejtheir condition more tolerable ; and enough also in so doing , to enable contractors to treat witb such as want not only ' tea and sugar , ' but " bread , and clothes , and lodging , and drink , upon terms whieh compel their wretched victims to limit even these pressing wants also within the compass of just three-halfpence per week ! Was it for this , we ask , that union-houses were constructed ? To be public institutions for the support and payment of the

      workwomen of slopsellers ? To be instruments of torture and extortion—of extortion , to enable the slopdealer to get bis work done at tbe expense of the rate * payer—and of torture , to ( enable him to insist upon people working for him eighteen hours a day at something leas than could find a Union pauper in tea and sugar ! And let our readers mark the extent of the practice ; " they , " ! the shirts , " come to the workhouse by hundreds to be . raade . " And this infamous price of ono farthing each is allowed to be accepted in this wholesale way by the ' authorities , " because they find that they can get their poor inmates to work for it by holding out the bait of " tea and sugar , " of which tbey thus save the expense , jwithont any reference to the circumstance that , in so doing , they are underselling thousands , and depriving them of the very barest necessaries of

      existence . ; Certainly , as wehave before now said , a day of reckoning for these things will one day come ! MORE MURDER . —THE HORRIBLE STARVATION LAW . An inquest waa held on Friday before Mr . C . Wood , coroner for the western division of Surrey , and a respectable Jury , at the White Horse , Windlesham , in that county , on view of the body of William Fry , ain agricultural labourer , who was supposed to have died from the ^ want of the common necessaries of life .

      The jury having been sworrj , proceeded to view the body of the deceased , who appeared to have been in great destitution . The hut in which the poor man dwelt was about six feel by eight , without any material but the outside boards nailed together , Bcarcely sufficient to keep out the weather . In the left hand corner , close to the door , stood a small cottage gra'e , and at the back part of the hut , upon a kind of bedstead , without any bed , blankets , or shoots , not even a mattress or straw , was the body of the deceased . He had on an old waistcoat , no shirt , and a tattered 1 garment ; his lower parts were totally uncovered , and no vestige of linen of any kind in the place , presenting altogether a wretched Kpcctaolo . After viewing the body , and quitting this deplorable place , the following witnesses wore examined : — !

      Sarah BuJgent deposed , that tho deceased was a labouring man , between sixty and seventy years of age , whom she occasionally saw and relieved . From the account given by this witness , which was . expressed with some warmth and indignation , it would appear that the ! deceased ' s food was principally potatoes and blackberries ; that he was literally starving , and had declared to her frequently that he had nothing to ea , t . He could not be persuaded to go into the Union , either by the Guardians or any one else ; and so great was his aversion to enter a Union Workhouse , that he declared he would sooner die in a ditch . He was allawod 2 s . aud a 41 b . loaf weekly . Not . seeing him on the Sunday ^ as she expected , she went [ with another woman on Tuesday morning , between ten and eleven o ' clock , to the hut , the door of which was ehut , but not fastened , and upon opening it saw the deceased lying prostrate on the floor , quite dead .

      Mr . Haynefi , Burgeon , of Windlesham , deposed that he also had known deceased about thirty years . On Friday morning was sent for to see the deceased , whom on going jto the hut he found lying on . the floor quite dead . ] Witness supposed he must have been aead from twenty four to thirty hours . Had examined the body externally ; it was in an emaciated state , very { different to what he was formerly , arising from want of care and attention . Witness could discover nojparticular disease . There was no mark of violence ou the body , and witnesscoasidered a poil ' mortem examination unnecessary , as the deceased died from natural causes through want of a sufficient quantity of food . If he had had nourishment , his life might have been spared . The Jury returned a verdict " that the deceased died by Che visitation of God . "

      MOKE IKCENDIAKY FIRES . Soham—The inhabitants of this town were on Tuesday evening last alarmed by the cry of " Fire , " which broke out about half-past five o ' clock , on the premises of Mr . ( S tephen Danby , situate in Ptfattstreet . The flame was first discovered by a boy who was passing at the time , who immediately gave the alarm , when it was discovered that an oat-stack standing at the further extremity of the premises had by some miscreant been set on fire . From the combustible nature of the material the flames spread with an amazing' rapidity , communicating on one side to a wheat-stack , and on the other to a large barn filled with coi-n : these , with the adjacent stacks and buildings , were in the space of an hour levelled to the ground , j

      Hoencastle—A fire broke out on Thursday morning week , about five o ' clock , in the stackyard of Mr . Rawson , a tenant of Sir Henry Dymoke , at Scrivelsby , near this place , without doubt the work of an incendiary . There were about seven stacks in the yard ; the middle one containing about forty quarters of wheat , was set on fire and consumed ; also a barley-stack , about the same size . Eaton SocAN .-fOn Saturday morning last , between the hours of six and seven o ' clock , a fire was discovered blazing in the stack-yard of Mr . J . Hall . an opulent farmer , and corn-dealer , and the whole , consisting of nina large stacks and hovels , two of which were very large , containing upwards of 10 ft loads each , fell a sacrifice to tbe flames . The barns and outbuildings were saved by the vigilance of the gentry in the surrounding neighbourhood , a 3 well as the poorer classes . Not the least doubt remains of its being the act of an incendiary .

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      TO IHB EDITOR OF THB NORTHERN STAB . Sie , —However placidly vre may endeavour to survey passing occurrences we cannot avoid feeling at timea erlouily ruffled , unlera we have philosophised , ourselves into a Matthuslan hard-heartedneas , which cannot be , if any of the finer and nobler feelings of oar nature remain in the breast Yon , Sir , heard of what transpired is Preston at the time of the riots—the great turn-out of last year . The sufferings occasioned by that nearly unprecedented affair are incalculable ; . and Preston came in for more than its full share . The firing by the military , under the orders of the Mayor , in Lunestreet , in so unexpected , and so different , a manner , from the conduct of the authorities elsewhere , led to the death of four persons , besides the maiming of some others fer life . Yht severe and unusual aa was the punishment inflected by this fixing , it failed to satisfy

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      &e Hooxe-Secretary-lauded authorities of this town . Numbers were sent to Kirkdale , bne of whom left the prison after serving eleven months out of the twelve to which he had been doomed , only to die within fl *? weeks from the period of bis liberation . This wn * young man of very delicate health , named Dewhorst , convicted on the evidence of a single policeman , and harried away with little ceremony , without bis friends having any opportunity of tendering evidence in his behalf . Another person , named Richard Warwick , formerly an inhabitant of Preston , but of late , previous to bis conviction , resident in Oldham , hath since the death of poor Dawburst , gone to his long home , having expired

      nt the house of his Bister in Preston ; no doubt what * ever existing on the mind of any in the least acquainted with him that his death was owing wholly to his fmprisonment . This man , observe , was not tried at Preston , nor had the authorities thereof any thing to So with bis imprisonment . I mention him because of his having long resided in this town ; of his bein « well known here , through having been sent to Lancaster Castle for twelve monthB for a political offence ; and because of his having died here . His last imprisonment was in Kirkdale , being tried at tbe Special Commission for having exposed at his door in Oldham , a placard during the time of the riots headed , " Now or never . " For this alone , I am informed , was he consigned fcothe dungeon and ultimately to the . grave .

      Painful and distressing as these facts are , still there are others arising out of that unfortunate outbreak attended by circumstances which render them od the whole more afilicting . One poor lad , sixteen years of age , was , during tbe firing of the military in Lunestreet , wounded in the abdomen j from the wound the bowels protruded , and in this Btate he was conveyed to his home—to a fond , a doating mother—a lone widow , to whom the unfortunate youth was a principal Bapport . Here he lingered in dreadful agony for two or three days , and ' then expired . No sooner had life departed than a police officer entered and tore away the body , taking it to the new Dispensary on the moor , to await the snug inquest , so important in its results to the credit of the authorities—the mill-owning mayor especially . In six weeks from this period the wretched mother followed her Bon to the tomb . 1

      If " whatever is , is right , ' and if the balance of happiness is equal , then are appearances grossly deceitful : for , ab ! how unfortunate , judging ftom these appearances , are some of our fellow beings . One poer man in Manchester was arrested along with his son for taking part in the outbreak , both of whom were tried at Liverpool , and imprisoned in Kirkdale along with so many athera . The wife of this poor man , while endeavouring to rescue her son at the time of his attest , got a blow from the truncheon of a police-man ; and owing to this , coupled with the grief attendant upon separation , died within one month after their imprisonment , and the poor man bath since died in jail . One of the released prisoners told me that the son begged to see hia father a little before hia death , but was refased .

      Thus wantonly ore the lives of our fellow-creaturea sported away by the few in power ; accounted of no more value than the stones under our feeti though each estimates his own at a price to which the costliest gem bears no parallel . What is the worth of our boasted civilizitiorj , government , and lawa , whilst such misery exist ? Happy would it have been for the millions had sueh mock refinement never been known . Had an horde of banditti established themselves in uncontrolled rule over the country , where , or in what , would have been the difference to the sons of toil ? Yours , &c , RlCHD . MARSDEN .

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      Liverpool Corn Market , Monday . Dec . 18 . — Sinoe this day se ' nnight we have had further liberal supplies of Oatmeal from Ireland , with a fair quantity of Flour , and moderate arrivals of grain thence and coastwise . There are also reported"from Canada 1570 qr 8 . of Wheat , 270 qra . of Peas , and 8500 brls . of Flour . Throughout the week the trade has been inactive , and as usual under that circumstance , prices have ( without any general desire to press sales being apparent ) tended downwards . AH descriptions of Wheat are fully 2 d ., Oats £ d . to Id . per bushel , Flour Is . per saok , and Oatmeal 3 d . to 6 d . per load cheaper than quoted on . this day se ' nsighfc . Malting Barley hag fully sustained our previous quotations . English selling at 34 s . to 363 . up to . 37 s . per quarter for Chevalier : a little very good Irish , suitable for malting , has brought 43 . 8 d . to 4 s . 9 d ., grinding qualities 3 s . lid . to 4 s . 3 d . per 601 ba . No change as regards Beans or Peas .

      Liverpool CATrtE Market , Mondat , Dec . 18 . — The supply of Cattle at market to day has been rather larger tban last week , which met with dull sale , at a little advance in price . Beef , 4 ijd to 6 d j Mutton , 4 jd to 5 Jd . Manchester Corn Market , Saturday Dec . 16 . — Our market this morning was but moderately attended , and was generally of a dull and lifeless character . All descriptions of Wheat might have been purchased on lower terms ; and on Flour we reduce our quotations 6 d . per sack , with a very slow sale . For either Oats or Oatmeal there was but little inquiry , and the previous currency was with difficulty obtained . Beans were also the turn cheaper .

      London Cobs Exchange , Monday , dec . 18—We have to report the arrival of about an average supply of English Wheat up to our market during the past week , the general quality of which exhibited a dtcided improvement Although the show of samples was tolerably good , we have to report a steady , but by no means brisk , demand for Wheat of home produce , and last week ' s quotations were supported in every instance . At the close of the trade a fair clearance was effected . The supply of free Foreign Wheat brought forward was not large , yet the inquiry for it was inactive , at unaltered quotations . Ihe sale for Barley , especially for fine malting qualities , ruled steady , and late rates were well . supported . In Malt , the show of which was not great , a sluggish business was transacted . As ta prices , tbey remained aboui stationary . The supply of Oats was only moderate , while the demand ruled comparatively steady at previous currencies . Beans , Pass , and Flour met a slow inquiry , but we can notice no variation in their value .

      London Smithfield Cattle Market , Mo . VDAr , Dec . X 8 . —Notwithstanding the greafc Christmua show was held last week , tbe number of beasts was large for the time of year . With regard to its quality , we have to observe there waa nothing rematkably prime amonest it , though there waa some exceedingly well-made-up Devons , Herefords , Durhams , and short horns on offer . The dead markets being rather heavily stocked , and most of the large butchers having previously supplied themselves with their Christmas beef , as well as the wtather proving unfavourable to slaughtering , the sale for beasts this morning was in a very dull state , at a decline , on last Monday ' s quotations , of from 2 d to ii per 81 bs ., the extreme value of the best Scats not exceeding , in any instance , 4 s perSlbs . while a large

      portion oi the supply was turned out unsold . In order to show the superiority of some of the beasts brought together for competition in Birker-street this year , wa have to intimate that the twe Durhams shown there , the property of Lindsey Carnegie , Esq ., of Arbroath ( N . B . ) , one of which was sold by Mr , D . Maidwell , of Leather-head , to" Mr- Littlewood , of King's-coad , Chelsea , the other to Mr . Strachan , of Wbitechapel , have proved , on being slaughtered , to be surprising animals , as will be conceded when we state that oae of them carried 38 stone , the other 34 stone lib . of loose fat . The animal bought by Mr . Strachan , and which was the lightest weigher , turned out 208 stone 41 bs . <> f meat ! There have been no imports of foreign stock since out last worthy of notice : but nearly sixty

      sheep , oxen , and cows have been shipped to Franca and Belgium . The Northern dioves of Beasts consisted of about 2 , 000 ahort horns , &c . From the Western and Midland districts we received 250 Davons , runts , Herefords , Durhams , &c . ; from other parts of England , 300 of various kinds ; and from Scotland , 120 horned and polled Scots . Although the numbers of Sheep were good , there was a much better demand for them than might have been expected ; indeed , it was the steadiest we have bad to report for a considerable time past Prime old Downs were 4 d . ; the half-breds and long-wools were 2 d . p ? r 8 lbs . higher tbwi on this day se'nnight . The quality of the Sheep was certainly good , and amongst the supply we noticed

      three wonderfully fine balf-breds , brought hifcber by Mr . James Syder , drever , of Fakenham , Norfolk , and bred by Mr . Addams near that place . These sp lendid sheep , which were offured for sale by Messrs . Whltbread and Starkey , reflected great credit upon their owner , for they travelled on foot not less than 120 miles , and weighed , on average 16 stones , of 8 lbs each . Mr . Weal had two pens of polled sheep , sent by E « F . WitUngstall , Esq ., of Langley , Herts , and which were greatly admired for their weight and symmetry . The numbers of Calves were good , yet the veal trade w . ° s active , at an improvement of quits 21 . per 8 lbs . Is Pigs , a good business was doing , and the quotations had an upward tendency .

      Bokocgh and Spitalfields . —Since this day Bft'nnight the arrivals ef Potatoes at the water side have consisted of 600 tons from Scotland ; 500 ditto from Yorkshire ; 400 ditto from the Channel Islands ; 200 ditto from Devonshire ; and 700 ditto from Wfe beach , Essex , and Kent . Prime samples are in request at full prices ; but in other qualities very little ia doing . Borough Hop Market . —Although the quantity of Hopa on show is comparatively small , the demand has somewhat subsided ; yet we have no decline to notice in the prices . Wool Mabkbts— A Tery limited quantity of Wool has been imported into London in the past week , vi&i 020 bales ftom Odessa , 68 ditto from the M auritius , and 180 ditto from Hobart Town . The stocks of bota English and Foreign Wools being large , the demand may be | considered inactive , yet prices are generally supported .

      Tallow . —This market remains the same as Ian week in every respect . Prices are steady and the txaie are only disposed to purchase what they require for unmediate wants . The improvement in the delivery ;» caused by the completion of the contracts for Tallow sold to be delivered in the present month . T ^ n Tallow is plentiful , and the price 41 s 6 d uet cash

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      6 THE NORTHERN STAR . __

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 23, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct833/page/6/