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May 3, 1845. % T jj E NORTHERN STAR. 7
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The Destroyer Of Frost Discovered. "A Pl...
flE pESTROYER OF FROST DISCOVERED . ( Contimiedfrom ourtixthpageJ ^^ tbe Ch arter . I was $ fc Edinburgh , and did ^ Jintend to Visit Carlisle on my way back to Leeds ; 2 * when I heard of these things , I wrote to James jXhur to get out b 31 sannonncing my intention to be ^ Carlisle on the following night to meet Dr . Tavlor and to answer any charges that he or any « fter man could bring against me . I did go to f Tjjsjeonthe appointed night The theatre was THMaflv crammed in every part . I was at first ! * j | r and suspiciously received : but when I con-Tjjed my address , called for my accusers , and " alfered every question that was proposed to me fSgfactorily—the chillof suspicion was succeeded by fEThet enthusiasm of repentance . I was blessed , vote
n thanked , ana cneerea , ana a ot commence -as nnaniniott-dy tendered to me . It is likely , is it oot that if " T " was one ofthe originators of the ' Newport riots , " T " would have inotm whether I ««* cognizant of the fact or not ; and if I lad rone to Ireland with akn ' owlcdgeof it , and without taking any steps to caution Frost , such a charge Cftablishcd , or even advanced to suck an audience j ^ bW hare ended in my bang torn to pi eces ! I beg it tobeunderstood , that I never saw the letter from Ishfon in the Northern Star , until Taylor read it for jae : and that when I next saw Mr . Hill , I complained of his liaving inserted it ; and the answer I Reived was , ** upon my word , Sir , it has always been vour practice to protect the greatest-villains in the
movement , and the very fellows that would cut your throat . " Sow , I think I am entitled to ask " wfto Idfled John Taylor ? " What stubborn things dates are ? and what an awkward witness the Northern Staris . and what a valuaile thing a good memory is ! Upon the day after I saw Dr . Taylor , I walked about two miles from York in company with Ashton , Peter Hoey , and others , to see a deer uncarted before Sir Clifford Constable's hounds : and during the whole distance I rated William Ashton soundly for Ms viUznous letter about Taylor , telling him that he had killed the man . Ashton turned round in the road and said , "Taylor came last night from your dinner-table , drunk with your wine , to the publichouse where I and several other Chartists were
assembled : he called for a glass of whiskey and water , and proposed d—n to Feargus O'Connor and the Sorthern Star : and if it had not been for the company , Fd have knocked bin down , for he is a traitor and a villain : but vou won't let your friends destroy vonr enemies . " Sow , " who killed John Taylor" ? ' "Began never raised his head after his character was assassinated . " PoorDegan : the only injury I ever did him was to take all the odium upon myself of his pleading guilty ^ at Liverpool , and saving him eighteen months' imprisonment . He went to America , owing me the small amount of £ 1613 s . M . He got into an unhealthy climate—incautiously left off his flannels , as his friends say , aud died of tiie yellow fever . How , am I the tellow feveb , as wefl as
the " RED CAT" of Chartism ? John Duncan : aye , poor fellow ! he was driven to madness , lie never held up his head after the time , that , as chairman oi the Scotch Convention , he retired to the vestry-room , to consider whether he should give the casting vote / or or a a ? iw « the incor poration of England and Scotland iu a national petition for tiie Charter . Everyman in Scotland will bear me out in the assertion , that he never was the ameman from that day to the day of Ms death : and every Chartist in England and Scotland knows thatit ivas James B . O'Brien who was thai intriguing whli Mm , and that induced him to give a vote to turn tit stale aaainst National Union , and that drove him tomdntss - '— " Who killed John Duncan ?"
Watkins : this fellow promised faithfully . to die ( ftreeyeais ago : and it was a mistake his ever being born . * When he was starring , I was almost the only man to assist him ; and well the ruffian has repaid me . He was agent for the Northern Star for nearly twelve months , and never up to this moment has he paid one fraction of one farthing for all the papers he iweived . Macartney : when he was in the Westminster Hospital , I got a fever for going to visit him ; and a very proper return for giving an order to Mr . Cleave io furnish him with everything he required . But I think I may leave his character , as a Chartist , to the men of Liverpool , who know htm best : but I assert , without fear of contradiction , that the intriguing of O'Brien has ruined him . " Who mined Macartner ?"
flolberry : poor fellow ! Mr . John Porter , of Biruunguam , * can ten u * o murdered him . There is nothing tiuxtlweuld not have given to have saved him . " Wlto killed Holberry ? " John Porter can tell . Glavton : He owes his death up the same ruthless 3 Basin . Tins fact Mr . Porter can prove by incontrovertible testimony . " Who killed Clayton" ! "After unheard-of sufferings , the writer of this siir Lis house broken up , his family dispersed , and his beloved wife driven into a consumption by the same murderous system of calumny and persecution which destroyed the others . " This is from Mr . 0 Brien ' s own pen ; and the persons alluded to are himself and Ids wife . No wonder that the wife should be in a consumption , when the husband drinks and dissipates what she ought to eat and wear . I saw this gentleman blabbering like a great child on
the Bamsler stage , and whiningly declare that he * as obliged to drag the ear-rings from his wife ' s ears to get a meal , " at a time when , as Mr . Hetherington proved to the meeting , he ( O'Brien ) was receiving £ 65 some months , and never less than £ 20 amonth !! ^ r . alltheC'hartistemEng landwouldnotsatisfythe insatiate maw of sudi a cormorant . I fed him and his family when others allowed him to starve ; and I am now reaping niv full reward in the plenitude of tis gratitude . But of him hereafter . This fetter is to those who have been cc-sufferers with mc in the pawling political agitation , so long kept up by the "poor gentlemen" of our movement . ^ mae h for my slain . Now , is itnotainelancholy tfe > that a gentleman who lias laboured as I have , should be thus compelled to meet the fabricated danders of hired assassins ? But , on the other hand , hw omsolatorv that I am able to accomplish the
task ! Xot wishing to leave my task half-finished , and ^ Manning that Ashton might have seen just cause let cursing me on the 7 th of March , 1810 , and blessing me on the 29 th of May , 1841 , 1 shall endeavour to establish a nearer connexion between Ms cursings acd his blessings . Ashton was tried at York in the beginning of March , 1810 ; and he and the other rictimsheartily cursed me , as he now says , when they were convicted . Now , reader , mark this villain . Brand him as the veriest ruffian that ever disgraced the world , when yon read the Mowing letter written h William Ashton , and published in the Northern &* - of the 29 th of February , 1840 , the very wees stiosEOEceriecdME . Read it , I pray you , and then , jedse ofthe villain as he deserves .
TO THE CHABTT ESQLASD ASD SCOTLAND . Fellow CorsTBTHES , — The whole civilized world has » 2 Dtised with disgust the many acts of cowardice and fei ? e . crawling sycophancy , exhibited by some of the < 5 > l * e 5 se 6 * slaves of this country , at the same time , looking mui admiranoa at the devotion of those who have already &! eo , and those who will speedily fell victims to the aitursed system . My motive for writing at the present moment is , to fcw your attention to the approaching trials and their liable results . To charge any one of being opposed fc tbe present hateful system of middle-class legislation , Usnfficicnt to insure a * conviction ; of course , iniprison-° «« t , with all its refined cruelties , and starvation , follow *> natural consequences . The very men who are the ^¦ porter ; of this class leg islation , are the men called " •^ a lo give a verdict against individuals for being l B >» 5 ed . to what , and to whom ? Why , to them , the
si'ldlc-class jurymen and their abominable system of granny and oppression . Therefore , I consider it an *; olute farce for the Learned Judges to put any ofthe meuerous individuals now waiting sentence ( either in Iiivonoroutonbail ) on their trial- Let them at once P- 'ecced to sentence thcaccused ; doawaywiththemocl £ ery o : an investigation ; leave oft ; for once , hypocrisy , and tsfiate , if possible , the political rancour of these malig cant persecutors , in the incarceration of their hapless tinftns I am aivare of the many difficulties you have to tfatend with—not onlv the persecution of our common f atmies , but the treachery of pretended friends . W hen I takearetrosprctive view of the last twelve months , my a & aaiswiflrmdignation towards those whoso lately Peered those victims on , and who have deserted the Ci'Jw . Look around , and in every town you will find <* . ? or more of these base hypocrites ready to become slaves to thtir oppressors . 1 invidiouslof
am not desirous of speaking y any bidi'idual , y « i cannot refrain from alluding to one or two rirnanstaiires that have come under my own U & tice . ff l < en in London , last September , I was admitted f' « lv into the companv of the members of the first Convention : and at the * "Arundel Coffee House , " in my o « n bearing , a base conspiracy was formed to destroy O'Connor's reputation and the Northern Star . Iremon-«» ted , as fcr as I considered it judicious , with the mtntidoals fcrming this plot ; and where have these coaardl y braggarts been ever since ? I could answer * w f tem-sowiiig discord , and finding fault with men as 8 Ttnw to tlieuiinbonestv , consistency , and intelligence *> u u possible for one " man to be above another . * 'Jnn ; would satisfy them but the breaking up ofthe ^ BTt ntion , « order that they might return to their several localitiesto put in execution their conspiracy .
, Here I think proper to observe , that our unfortunate feeadMr . p rost mnot fom one of these treacherous Jhen ls ; for mind , when O'Connor was amongst them , ukeJ ndas , theytookhimhythehand . When I saw this , 1 carsed the base wretches in my heart . . »« tthU nvasnotsufficient ; their diabolical desire for "flany ana j ^^ wwe ^ half satisfied . Would to * " * that I dared to dra" the miscreants before the public in their true chapters . For these last few "J" *™* and Las recoiled within me , when 1 have ^ ughtof the umttralMed deceit , and never-to-be-for gotten treaclerv f these monsters . Fellow couutry-° * n could y 0 u be made sensible of their deeds , you * oul 4 a W » r and detest them to the latest moments of J * = r existence
" -Murder ^ iii ont i - ^ t the time has not yet come , i cannot , ho WCTer ( refrain from slightly alluding to one ottii 05 t gentlemen who cut a conspicuous figure at the
The Destroyer Of Frost Discovered. "A Pl...
• lafe Manchester Delegate Meeting . My God ! the eflrontery of this fellow surpasses anything I could have ' waagined . Does he suppose that there are none in England to bear witness against him andhls accomplices ? Does he imagine that the Memorial to her Majesty with twektx thousa * t > siosATCBES has been overlooked ? Does he forget his promise , and his childish and criminal ( not carnal ) dalliance withlfory Ann for five weeks ! If he do , let him think of THE RESULT , and take this caution , and retire from advocating a cause that has received much injury from his base treachery . If he take this advice , he may maintain hischaracter ; if not he shall hear from me in plainer terms .
Now , my friends , what think you of that letter , referring to the whole year ' s previous transactions ? embracing the whole period of the Convention ' s sittings , and the subsequent conduct of the delegates , just at the time that he says the plan of the Welsh outbreak was organised ? What do you think of the conspirators returning to their several localities to carry out their machinations against Feargus O'Connor ? And what do you think of Feargus O'Connor living to see them all dead , fled , or damned in public estimation ? Might I not fairly conclude here ? But yet I will not . Mosley says that Ashton ' s revelations fully account for Frost's silence with regard to me . They do , my friends : for the conspiracy was more directed against me than against the Government
And if the Welsh affair had succeeded , I was to have been the first man assassinated J This I have from the ur-s or Wiliiam Ashtox himself : and the fact was confirmed to me while at Monmouth : and yet I never for a moment relaxed in my aideavour to save Hie victims of the assassitu who would have murdered Frost without compunction ! Was it likely that , with treason on my Un , and with treachery in my heart , I should have visited my victims in their dungeon ?—that I should have sat under the deck during the whole period of their trial ? If 1 had committed myself , no doubtgreatsympathy for my sufferings would liave been expressed : but after nearly six years of unmitigated slander , is it not a glorious boast to he able to say that I possess
the commence of the working men of England , Scotland , and Wales ? And to shew myself entitled to that confidence , rather than the necessity of refuting anything that comes on the authority of Ashton , Alosley , O'Brien , or Hill , I have written this letter . Was ever such a set of rubbish associated together in a conspiracy as this " starved viper" has succeeded in rallying around him ? His bitterest enemies are now his ^ dearest friends ! They have sunk all personal animosity in the futile endeavour to destroy one man . I shall reserve my letter to Mr . O'Brien till next week : and with that shall take leave of the villanous crew for ever . But I will not allow one fraction ofthe Newport affair to remain unsettled . It has even been stated that Frost received a letter from
me , when marching to Newport , which made him shed tears . _ Never , never , never , in the whole course of my existence did I write a line to John Frost , with the exception of one letter asking him to furnish a memoir to be given with his portrait . And never did I receive a line from John Frost , with the exception of one written in June , 1839 , saying that the Welsh people would be glad of a few addresses from me . Never did I hear , from man living or dead , of the Newport riots , csiil they were over : if I had I would have stopped them : and Frost , Williams , and Jones , would have been now at home with their families . They are gone , however ! and their sufferings , created by others , has furnished a proliBc harvest of abuse for my revilers ,
Again , I say , no man ought to hold himself to be above suspicion ; but every man should boldly meet his accusers : and to that end I am satisfied to submit my conduct , not only with regard to the Newport affair , but every transaction for the last twelve years , to the judgment of the Mowing thirteen individuals : —The Rev . William Hill , William Ashton , James Mosley , William Burns , Charles Hodgson Necsom ; Walker , of Glasgow ; Gray , of Manchester ; Gammage , of Northampton ; John Watkins , of Battersea ; Frascr , of Glasgow ; Barron , of Leeds ; and Barnard Macartney , with James Brontcrre O'Brien as their president . I will present mvself before tliat
tribunal any time they tell me they are ready . I will allow them to examine one another . I will allow Hill to read all my correspondence for six years , and to make all his revelations : and I will repair to the Isle of Man , or anywhereelse , that this tribunal-may decide on . I am , my friends , your uncompromising , faithful , and unpurchaseable friend , Feargus O'Coskob . P . S . While I was in the act of writing this letter , I received the following from two of W . Ashton ' s own townsmen . The one from Ward has , Iprcsume , been sent to Mr . O'Brien ; and of course he will publish it , as be is opposed to all " burking . "
Worsbro' Common , near Barnsley , April 25 , 1845 . O'BatES , —You arc a strange customer : I hardly know in what terms to commence addressing you . In your last Reformer for rather Deformer ) you hare given vent to as much envy and spleen as would satiate a hyrcna . You must have a wonderfully singular notion of tiie people of this country , to imagine that they will turn their backs on a true patriot like Feargus O'Connor , merely to gratify your envious soul , or perhaps fill vour needy pockets ; . for I am led to imagine you are not doing it gratis . There are plenty in this country that would pay nearly any price to have O'Connor annihilated , and they know it cannot be done by the denunciation of the ordinary Whig and Tory journals . Hence war puny attempt . You have a most
cunning way in trying to get other people to denounce Mr . O'Connor . Inyour answer to Mr . M'Grath , how serpentlike you appeal to his " spirit of independence , " in order to touch his vanity , and make him believe there is something valorous in abusing O'Connor . You are " Jemmy O'firien" the second , ana no mistake 1 What a heap of people you liave discovered O'Connor to have killed ! What a wonderful escape yon have had ! As for that heap of rubbish you have picked up—that fellow from Barnsleyit is a sin to pollute the paper with referring to him ; for he is as hateful as yourself . But you would join anybody in abusing the gentleman in question . You picked up acquaintance with that crazy lunatic , Watkins , solely on that account ; and now , I suppose , Hill and you are getting chums— -he , who so properly styled you the " starved viper . " A o doubt but you three outcasts will become brothers in sentiment ; as mi formerly were with two other brothers , who have long since disappeared . It is a
pity but you had a situation similar to that of Mr . Calcraft : then surely your envious and malignant desires would sometimes be glutted . I would not kick a dog upon the oath of the whole of you . I have not forgot you shedding your crocodile tears on the stage of the Barnsley theatre , when you were telUng the auditory that yon had had to pawn your wife ' s car-rings to get bread ! I was standing by your side , when Mr . Henry Hetherington produced his book , and proved that you bad been receiving from £ 5 to £ 10 per week all the time of his and your connection ! Iu conclusion , I would have you to desist your foolish course . Your cry of the " wolf" will have no effect ; for I assure you the noble-minded patriot you are so continually pushing at , will live in the recollection of the people long after your ouuuous name is buried in oblivion , or remembered only to be desecrated . I am , your sincere detester , 3 ohk YTxan .
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Barnsley, April 28,1845. Itv Dear Mb. O'...
Barnsley , April 28 , 1845 . itv dear Mb . O'Coskob , —I see by the Star of last week , that you are going to reply to O'Brien ' s comment on Ashton ' s letter . I beg leave to state , with respect to that part of Ashton ' s letter where he says that the political prisoners poured their curses upon you , that there never was a greater falsehood penned ly any man on earth . You know that I was tried with Ashton—sent to prison with hiw—and all the Chartist prisoners were in one ward : therefore , if what he says was true , I should be one of them that poured maledictions on your head . But no , sir ; such was not the case . Ou the contrary , all the prisoners rejoiced at the manly defence you made on the 17 th of March , 1840 , in favour of Chartism , together with
your lawyer-like ability in defeating the Attorney-General when he pressed for immediate judgment . You may use tliis , with my name , any way you think proper . If Ashton told the truth , he would say that the Barnsley men ' s time was spent in trying to get a mitigation of that sentence , which was considered cruel and unjust by a large portion ofthe public , and for which 1 myself bitterly condemned the 'Whig Government , but which does not surprise jiicnoHj , when land , from the pen of Ashton , there did exist a conspiracy unknown to you , to me , and generally t © the Chartist body . In conclusion , dear sir , t hope that you , on no future occasion , will ever couple my name with Ashton ' s and Crabtree ' s , whom I wish , for the sake of common honesty , had never been called Chartists . I remain , dear sir , yours truly , Peter Hoet ,
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" And I will war , at least in words , { And—should my chance so happen—deeds } , With all who war with Thought !" " I think I hear a little bird , who sings The people by and by wiU be the stronger . "—Bxaos
Monte Video And Buenos Aires' Atrocities...
MONTE VIDEO AND BUENOS AIRES' ATROCITIES OF THE DICTATOR ROSAS . We proceed with our promised exposition of the atrocities of the Buenos Ayrcan dictator—atrocities which mark him out as one of the most sanguinary and detestable of ruffians figuring iu the page of history . have
Of the earlv history of Rosas wc no veryaccurate account . He is stated to have been originall v a sort of land-steward to some relatives having estates on the confines of the Pampa . Belonging to the onlv half civilised Gaucho race , he inherited aU their physical and mental characteristics ; gifted with strong natural talents , and having no scruples at employing fraud or violence as they might serve his ends , events soon afforded him the opportunities to push his fortune , in which he slackened not until he had obtained military mastery of the Argentine Republic . He appears to have acquired considerable influence during the war between Buenos Ayres and Brazil , and at thirty-three years of age we find him , in 1829 , exercising authority as a Colonel ofthe Buenos Ayrean militia forces . In 1830 he took the rank of Brigadier General , and was elected governor
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of the province , in which character he became the representative ot _ the united provinces of the Argentme Confederation with all foreign powers . At lengtn , in 183 o , he threw off the mask of patriotism , and seized on the supreme power of the state , compelling his trembling countrymen to surrender their liberties , their laws , their fortunes , their families , and their lives into his hand . Since that period a writable "reign of terror" has existed in Buenos Ayres , of which the facts stated below will give abundant proof . To maintain his usurped power , Rosas determined to operate upon the minds ofthe Buenos Ayreans by terror . Accordingly he had brought from the connnersof the province , a tribe of Indians , whom , to the number of one hundred and ten , he caused to be butchered in the sight of all the inhabitants of
Buenos Ayres . On the 8 th of July , 183 ( 5 , without any form of trial , ceremony , or decree , Rosas gave i Vl an < * tlicse ueI P Iess beings , of all ages from childhood to dotage , were brought from their horrible prison in groups often and twelve , and were shot down by their executioners , who fired upon them in platoons without taking particular aim ; thus , when their mangled bodies were cast from the carts that conveyed them , into the one huge grave prepared for JH . "JjJ'oly hecatomb on tho sands , many with whom life still lingered made attempts , and in one or two instances with success , to crawl tlioreout . but were forthwith dragged back , with their throats cut and
their brains beat out by their merciless murderers : and even here the horror of the scene did not end , for the dogs and swine ofthe city were permitted to tear up and feed upon their remains . We should add , that four of their chiefs were brought to the barracks , where they had their throats cut , along with two httie children ! Senor boARTEestunatesthatw > tless than a thousand of the unhappy Indians were butchered on this occasion , in different parts ofthe country by order of Rosas . The following account of the assassination of the 1 resident of the Sala de Representantes , we extract from apamphlet now before us , entitled " Rosas , and the atrocities of his Dictatorship in the River Plate . "
Dr . Vincente Maza , the President of the National Assembly , and in virtue of his office the second magistrate of the State , was assassinated in his private apartment in the House of Representatives , at seven o ' clock on the evening ofthe 28 th of June , 1839 , by three persons in disguise . The magistrate was well known as the intimate and confidential Mend ofthe Governor , the agent occasionally , and the depositary in general of his secrets . He had frequently been heard to say , that his knowledge of the circumstances attending the nay-laying and massacre of General Quiroga and his escort of thirteeen men would cost him his life . Two days previous to the fuiaiment of the prophecy , his son had been arrested as a suspected conspirator against the Governor ; and although , with Itosas , execution generally follows close upon the heels
of arrest on persons of note , all were convinced that no harm could happen to the son as long as the father lived . That same evening a part } -of soldiers fired into the private residence of the second magistrate of the nation . I heard the reports of the muskets , and the next morning I saw the perforations of the bullets through the window shutters , and I know from the neighbours that it was done by men acting under official orders . Maza remained unmoved , and rejected the advice of his family and friends to conceal himself . On the following morning he wrote to Kosas , begging , if he stood accused of any offence , that he might be allowed an opportunity of defending himself —he prayed for an interview to satisfy the Governor in whatever was charged against his son ; but the only reply he received was an intimation , desiring him to remain iu
his private apartment adjoining the Chamber of Representatives , and that a friend would visit him at seven o ' clock . Rosas denies that he was the principal actor in this dreadful visit of friendship ; nevertheless he ordered the son ' s execution , without form or trial , and before the dawn of the coming day both bodies were thrown into a dung-cart , and from thence cast without Christian burial into the charnel-house , where putrify in a mass the mangled remains of this man's hapless victims . The widow and survivors of the family were forbidden to express their grief ; they were not permitted to wear mourning , and were prohibited from performing the rites and ceremonies of their church , so satisfactory and consolatory to themselves , and so efficacious according to their creed for departed friends .
Wc have now to direct attention to the great massacres of October , 1840 , and April , 1842 . The principal actors in these butcheries were the members of a secret club at the disposal , and under the command of , Rosas , known by the title of theMashor qucree , or Mashorca Club . These ruffians are a body of men , banded together by secret compact , to execute , with unscrupulous readiness , the will of a despot . They are supposed to number five or six hundred , and their usual mode of assassination is by cutting the throats of their victims . These ruffians entered the houses of all ranks , and usually commenced their atrocities by grossly insulting and beating the females until they made them repeat " Viva-General Rosas—mueran los Unitarios . " They then
ransacked chests of drawers , destroyed furnitur e , and left the house a complete wreck . The men were usually dragged from their houses , or arrested on thsir way home ; in some instances they were murdered at once—in others , first cast into prison , and then murdered , and others were released after a long confinement , without knowing who was their accuser , or of what they had been accused . The Mashorqueros usually went about the city in parties of six or eight on horseback , and where they met persons marked for death , the victims were compelled to mount behind their assassins ; they were then taken to the outskirts of the city , and there , were frequently horribly mutilated before their throats were cut . When a sufficient number had been despatched to fill a cart , a signal was made to the police to come and remove the bodies . Sentinels were posted along the river to prevent the escape of any who , fearing to remain , were anxious to escape
to Monte Video for safety , and who , on being caught , were on the instant murdered in cold blood . The slightest trifles afforded a sufficient pretext for these monstrous cruelties . One man was shot for wearing a fancy dress on his way to see his mistress , and another for having steered a Monte Videan barque . A writer in the Times , describing these massacres , says : " The city became like a place of mourning ; an universal terror was excited , in proof of which I may only mention that most of the English merchants and others had their houses full of poor wretches , who had there sought an asylum which could not be denied them , and that Mr . MandeviHe himself had some in his own house ; and an adjoining house , under his protection , was filled with them . But 1 . sicken at the detail of barbarities which , now that time aud space intervene , sometimes appear to be the phantasmagoria of some frightful dream , instead of astern and naked realitv . "
The barbarities committed by Rosas and his ruffians , savour rather of the revolting pastimes of a Nero , or Caliguia , or the frightful amusements of canibals , than the usual practices of wars and persecutions . A witness named Jose Ramos made oath before twelve commissioners , assembled at Monte Video , that while he was with Rosas' army he saw many ofthe prisoners castrated before they , had their throats cut , and that he knew an Englishman , whose name was William , who was murdered , with a woman and a child only seven years old . Similar massacres
were common throughout the war . Even throatcutting has been refined on by these miscreants , so as to increase the torture of their unhappy victims . The word "Resbalosa" was invented by " Rosas to convey to his infernal agents , the Mashorqueros , a particular mode of despatching their victims . It meant that they were to be tied up naked , with their hands behind their backs , whilst the assassins cut their throats slowly with knives or a saw ; and this horrible torture was accompanied by a song made for the occasion .
In actual war these horrors were all redoubled . At the taking of Catamarca , in 1842 , six hundred of the inhabitants were beheaded in the market-place , and a pile erected of their heads ! But it is time we closed this picture of horrors . A work has been issued fromthe Monte Videan press , entitled " Rosas and his Opponents , " by Don Jose Rivera Indakte , in which is contained what the writer calls , " Tablas de Sangre , " or " Tables of Blood . " These tables charge Rosas with a destruction of human life , to the extent of twenty-two thousand and thirty soids , up to the 31 st of October , 1813 . The details of this total are as follows : —
Died by poison 4 By cutting the throat 3 , 765 Byshoofmg 1 , 393 By the poniard ... , 722 in battle 14 , 920 Ami by various persecutions , including executions for desertion , and for attempts to desert 1 , 600 In considering the large proportion of the above list , said to have died in battle , it must be borne in mind that the slaughter has generally been the greatest after the battle , every battle being followed by a butchery of prisoners . Senor Indarte estimates the number of the dictator ' s victims who have escaped with their lives , but who have been brought to want , and driven to seek an asylum in distant lands , at upwards of 30 , 000 more . ' We have written more than sufficient to exhibit the infamous character of Rosas , and the horrors of his
rule . The question now naturally arises , whether this despot shall be allowed to extend his baneful sway to the < le ? truetiott of other nations in addition to the one he at present oppresses ? It must be borne in mind that Monte Video forms no part or portion ofthe Argentine Confederation . The independence ofthe Oriental Republic ofthe Uruguay , of which Monte Video is the capital , was established in 1828 , under the mediation of the British Government , and the creation of that new state was the most important result of Lord Ponsonbv ' s mission for adjusting the differences between Brain and the Argentine Republic . By the treaty which put an end to the war which had so long raged between Don Pedro and the Government of Buenos Ayres for the sovereignty of the Monte Videan territory , it was expressly agreed that the independence ofthe new state should be absolute . But the whole policy of Rosas during the present war is a flagrant viohtioa of these engagements entered into with Braxil . Bv inter-
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fering in favour of one of the competitors for power in the Randa Oriental , and by employing the forces % Buen . os Ayres against Monte Video , he has virtuauy revived the contest for supremacy in the disputed province . All the powers which have concurred in ji 2 t ? . e ? de , nce of the Monte Videan Republic , ami established commercial relations with that state , fh ! 'S eVCd by th , ' enewal of 8 Uch - » contest : and the consequences of the fall of Montevideo , or the tfcZrt k ?^ ' would not only 1 » the restoration of Ukibk , but the re-establishment of the ascendancy vL Twl' A JTes - F , British mediati (> n B ^ and Buenos A yres pledged themselves to respect the integrity and independence of Monte Video . The part taken by Rosas in the present war is a manifest violation ot the . terms of that agreement ; and if the cause wluchke has espoused be allowed to triumph , Brazd mil be defrauded Great Britain deceived , and Monte Video annihilated .
Wc are advocates of the " non-interference" of one nation with the affairs of another nation , as the articles which have appeared in this paper on Swiss affairs sufficiently testify . But circumstances may arise in which interference is justifiable and necessary . For instance , when one nation makes war upon the independence and existence of another nation , it is , we hold , perfectly justifiable that a third nation should interfere to save the weak from the oppression of the powerful ; more particularly is such inter ference justifiable where the aggrieved party solicits such interference . The case of Poland is a case in point . The first partition of Poland was an act qt daring violence and wholesale brigandage , and " £ j , should have been discountenanced and resisted by every other nation not parties to that foul wrong . _ Again , when , in 1831 , Poland rose against Rwsasa , awd appealed to Europe for help ,
that neip snoiiid have been rendered . No length of tune can sanctify a wrong ; no course of years can transform robbery into right , and the independence of Poland was as sacred in 1831 as previous to the first partition . Let us add , that independence is as sacred now , and the lapse of years will but accumulate the debt which Europe owes to Poland ; a debt of justice , a debt not to Be repudiated . The like argument will apply in the case of Monte Video . The Banda Oriental is an independent state , its independence is sought to be destroyed by a sanguinary despot whose atrocities well entitle him to the name of . the South-American Nichoias ; in the pursuit of his object he has caused torrents of blood to be ^ shed , all of which is as nothing to the horrors which would necessarily succeed his obtainment of the mastershi p of the Monte Videan Republic . For these reasons it is incumbent on all civilised governments to step in , and put a stop to the career of this
miscreant . Let us add , that the Monte Videans have solicited the mediation of the British Government , and were led to expect that that mediation , followed ( if nccessary ) by forcible intervention , would have taken place more than two years ago . Another reason in favour of tbe intervention is , that whether it took place with or without the co-operation of France and Brazil , it could not fail to be effective the moment that Rosas was convinced that the British
Government was in . earnest . It would not take much to convince him ; a message , notifying that it was the will of the British Government that the war must cease , backed by the appearance of a couple of frigates before Buenos Ayres , would be all-sufficient . It is our persuasion that not a shot need be fired ; that Rosas , despite his savage Gauchos and throat-cutting Mashorqueros , would at once succumb , andi-at least , as far as Monte Video is concernedstrike his pirate flag of " Death to the savage Uiiitarians . ' ¦•
We have said nothing about the "interests oi British commerce , " " the rights of the foreign merchants located at Monte Video , " & c . ; the usual arguments of the press when treating of this question . We sympathise with our countrymen exposed to the casualties and losses of this war , but it is not upon such- grounds we could advocate interference . Wc advocate that interference upon the grounds above stated , those of humanity and justice ; and wc are glad that that interference is now likely not to be much longer delayed . We have exhibited the Dictator of Buenos Ayres in the character of a wholesale murderer , but this is not all , he is the declared enemy of civilization in nil its forms . In Buenos Ayres the administration of justice is uxiblushingly perverted : no tribunal can decide a cause , no magistrate pass a sentence , no advocate plead , ] but such as have received the previous sanction of Rosas . The charitable institutions , the
hospitals for the sick , the insane , the houseless poor , and orphans , have been suppressed and their funds appropriated by the Government . All education is prohibited except in the Governmentschools , and tbe schools established by the English residents and others have been forcibly closed . He who ordered mourning and masses during a whole year among all ranks , for his own wifV has forbidden the use of mourning in private families . Lastly , in imitation of bis rival , the Autocrat of the North , he lias proclaimed himself a sort of god , his picture is exhibited for adoration , and the vile priests , as usual , bless and sanctify this atrocious system , meting out Heaven ' s approbation to all who suffer and support it , and dealing out anathemas upon all who do not bow in blind obedience to the tyrant's will . In the language of the writer of the pamphlet we have above quoted from , we say emphatically— " Let not such a man extend his dominion on earth ! "
Iu taking leave of this subject we must again acknowledge our obligations to Simmonds' Colonial Magazine , a publication second to none as an authority on all subjects connected with the colonial and commercial interests of the British empire .
SWITZERLAND-ITALY-CIRCASSIA . It will be seen from our Foreign Intelligence in our first page , that in Switzerland the Extraordinary Diet has adjourned sine die ; the closing speech of the President was well toned , aud will be read with interest . The Presse states that the news received from Borne was more and more alarming . The Government , compromised in the eyes of the Radicals by its hesitation , was seriously menaced . In the clubs , and in the ranks of the army , its overthrow was openly talked of . The Presse adds that the Radical cantons made no mystery of their intention to separate from the Catholic and Conservative cantons , and establish a new confederation . These statements must , however , be received with some mistrust . For ourselves ,
we sincerely hope that moderation will characterise all the movements of the friends of liberal principles in Switzerland ; that no disruption of the confederation will take place : but that the Swiss people , as heretofore , will continue united , and unitedly labour to promote the greatness of their noble country , and perfect and cement their free and excellent institutions . Is Italy there is to be more political butcheries . The Times states that private letters from Romagna announce that tho military commission sitting at Ravenna had condemned to death three political prisoners , and a number of others to the galleys . Among the former was a young man , under 18 years of age . The Sacra Censulta at Rome had pronounced in the case of M . Galctti , a lawyer of Bologna , and sentenced him to tbe galleys for life . M . Serpieri , of Rimini , was tobe imprisoned during twenty years , by order of the same exceptional tribunal . Such are
the horrible fruits of a system ot wliich the Times is the ardent supporter . Wc cannot afford space this week for comment on this afflicting intelligence , but Italian affairs shall have our attention shortly . In the meantime we commend to the friends of freedom in every nation the Italian Governments for their detestation , and the Italian patriots for their sympathy and prayers . The Cjkcassiaxs arc not yet subdued , but gigantic efforts are about to be made by the Russian Government to overcome these brave mountaineers . Count Woronzoff , coinniandcr-in-chief of the Russian army has addressed a proclamation to the inhabitants ' ofDaghestan , in which , calling upon them to submit to the Russian rule , he promises them , if they obey , a participation in the " benevolent designs of the Emperor , " but if they resist , he will invoke upon them "the vengeance of God , " promising himself to anticipate " God ' s vengeance" by laying waste their country with fire and sword . God and the Emperor
" Powers eternal ! Such names mingled !" The tribes of the Caucasus will , wc hope , perish to the last man , rather than submit to promises and thr eats such as these . May victory attend their banners , and disaster and ruin be the lot of their enemies !
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Nottingham. O. V Monday Last A Public Me...
NOTTINGHAM . O . v Monday last a public meeting was held in the Tqjvii Hall , Nottingham , for the purpose of receiving the ' report of the Operatives' Hall Building Committee . MivWright , cotton-merchant , was unanimously called upon to preside . Mr . Sweet addressed the meeting in an effective manner , as did also Mr . Pomiaii . The secretary then read the report , which was unanimously received . Mr . Bcggs addressed the meeting at some length in favour of the object . The committee was re-elected ; and Mr . James Sweet to the office of general secretary , and Mr . George Parkin to that . of general treasurer . Votes of thanks were given to the committee tor their exertions , and . to the mayor for the use of the Hall : also to the chairman . The general secretary informed the meeting that Samuel Bean , Esq ., had promised a donation of £ 20 , which announcement was received with cheers .
LEEDS . The Council held its weekly meeting on Monday evening , Mr . Harris in the chair . Mr . Brook brought forward the question of Frost , Williams , and Jones , aud referred to what the Convention had done respecting it , and concluded by moving the following resolutions , which were seconded by Mr . Hewitt , and carried unanimously : — " That tho members of the Convention , in bringing tho question of Frost , Williams , and Jones before the country , and recommending that petitions should be sent to the House oi Commons for their liberation , arc entitled to the warmest thank * ofthe Chartist body ; and this meet-
Nottingham. O. V Monday Last A Public Me...
ing would jail upon the Chartists in every town in the kingdom to cany out those instructions , by calling public meetings , and sending petitions numerously signed to the House of Commons during the present session , praying for their immediate liberation ; for from the present position of political parties , this meeting entertains strong hopes of success . " " That a requisition be presented to the Mayor of this borough , requesting lu ' m to call a public meeting of the inhabitants for the above purpose . " The next question brought forward related to the Sunday School . This school has now been established between two and three months , and has succeeded to a verv considerable extent . It is increasing weekly , and " in a short time there is no doubt but that it will
be one of the best schools in the town . It was resolved that two anniversary lectures should bo delivered on Whit-Sunday , and collections made in aid of its funds . During the afternoon ' s proceedings , several of the scholars will repeat select portions of poetry and other interesting pieces . At the conclusion of the lecture in the afternoon there will be tea provided for those who may come from a distance , at Gd . each . Tho proceeds to be devoted to the fund for calling the public meeting and procuring signatures for Frost's liberation . On tho following day ( Whit-Monday ) , the scholars will be regaled with tea and buns in the Bazaar . From the above the Chartists in other parts will sec that Leeds is not dead . Let all other places Mow her example .
TO THE CHARTIST BODY . Fuiekds , —In consequence of Mr . Cooper having withdrawn from the National Charter Association , and his refusal to receive any further monies from the Testimonial Fund , we now lay before you a balance-sheet of monies received and expended by us . We regret that so much money has been expended in printed lists and postages to no purpose . 1 hat wc cannot help . It was our determination ( if possible ) to provide Mr . Cooper with all the necessaries he might need after his two years' imprisonment . It will now be useless for our friends in any part of the country who have testimonial lists to forward the monies they have received to us . Wc think they should return the same to the contributors without delay . Yours truly , On behalf of the Testimonial Committee , William Tatlow .
IKCOHE . 18 « . S , s . d . Nov , 18 By cash borrowed from the Hampden Chartists .. 070 " " Mr . Thomas Winters 0 0 G " " Mrs . Anderson , Hull 0 * 0 Dec . A " Mr . Markham 0 10 " 2 D " Mr . Brook , Todmorden 0 10 0 " " Monies collected and subscribed by the Hampden Association .. .. 131 1815 , Feb . 10 " Mrs . Cooper ' s list 0 5 7 " Mr . Watts 0 3 6 March 3 " Mr . Dunn 0 0 9 April H " Mr . Ashwell , Davcntry 0 2 C " 15 » Mr . Collins , Hull 0 11 8
£ 3 U 7 EXPENDITCRE . 1814 . £ s . d . Nov . 22 Paid Warwick , printer , for 100 lists .. 0 10 0 2 ec 3 l ) Postages of fifty-three lists 0 8 10 " "Writing paper , wax , 4 c 0 13 " Cash-book 2 s . 2 d ., two memorandum books id ... ., 0 2 G " Postages of unpaid letters 0 0 4 " 25 Cash given to Mrs . Cooper 0 5 0 " 29 " sent to Mr . Cooper 0 10 0 " " returned to the Hampden Chartists 0 7 0 1845-ApriU Posta § es of 22 , ists snd 8 letters 0 3 10 " Writing paper 0 0 4 " 2 Warwick , for 40 lists 0 5 6 " 28 Cash sent to Mrs . Cooper 0 19 8 " P . O . order 3 d ., postage Id 0 0 4
£ 3 14 7 April 28 , audited and found correct by John Markham , Belgrave Gate , Leicester ; and Thomas Knox , Church Gate , Leicester .
LONDON . City Chartist Hall , Turnaoain-lane . — According to announcement , Mr . T . Clark ( member of the Executive Committee ) delivered a very instructive and talented lecture on the Maynooth grant , to a numerous and respectable audience . Mr . Gover having been unanimously called to the chair , he proceeded to read the article , " The approaching Panic , " from the Star . At the conclusion , Mr . Clark ably showed that the proposed grant to Maynooth was destructive of the principle of civil and religious , liberty . At the conclusion of his address discussion was invited . Several gentlemen entered the lists , and delivered their sentiments pro and eon ;
after which Mr . Clark replied in so satisfactory a manner , that he received a unanimous vote " of thanks from the largest audience assembled within this hall for some tune . Wiiitb Horse , St . MAnvVBiBEET , Whitechapel . —A public meeting of tmPmembcrs of this locality was held on Tuesday evc \ ing—Mr . Perry in the chair—when the following resolution was unanimously agreed to : — "Thatthe locality undertake to do the best in their power , individually and collectively , to furnish subscriptions for the use of the Executive ; they also p ledge themselves to contribute their fair share towards the expenses of the delegates to the late Convention . " Mr . J . Shaw was elected secretary pro tern , and the meeting adjourned .
OLDHAM . Lecture . —On Sunday last Mr . George White delivered an instructive lecture in the Working Man ' s Hall , Horsedge-atreet , in which he depicted the true position of merely professing Chartists , showing how indifferent , they were in times of temporary prosperity , respecting their own interests , compared with times of adversity . When "the shoe pinched" they would bawl out loudly for a redress of grievances ; but as soon as their bellies were filled they would lay down like the sow , and snoro , and grunt , until they were empty again . He expressed his sorrow for such apathy , and requested the Oldham men to come forward and show their Cliartism by aiding in the good work of emancipation . He spoke for an hour and a half , and his lecture gave general satisfaction .
BILSTON . Lecture . —On Tuesday evening a lecture was delivered in the National Charter Association Room , by Mr . Mason , of Birmingham , on the benefits of a General Union of Trades . The room was crowded , and the lecture gave the greatest satisfaction . Mr . Linncy also addressed the meeting on the importance of \ M » n . There will be a powerful organisation throughout this neighbourhood in a short time . Another lecture will be delivered on next Tuesday evening .
A Mvsterious Personage.-—The Augsburgh G...
A Mvsterious Personage .- —The Augsburgh Gazette contains the following on the subject of a mysterious person who died lately in the neighbourhood of llilburghausen , the capital of a dukedom in Upper Saxony : —He went by the name of Count Varcl . When he first came into this country in 1806 , he had an interview with the duke , the father of the reigning Sovereign of Saxc Altenburgh . All that has ever transpired of this audience is that the unknown furnished the dnkc with satisfactory information to obtain from his Bigness assurance that he might live in peace and security within the dukedom , without any interference ofthe authorities , or inquiry as to the name , religion , fortune , or past life of himself or the lady lie brought with him . This person , who was believed , but not known , to be Count Yard ' s wife , was treated by him with the greatest respect . She was never seen without a mask , or being completely veiled , and that only by persons whom it was inevitably necessary to admit into her presence , or
who , by some rare accident , caught a sight of her . Thus their mysterious life continued till 1838 , when the lady was attacked with an illness which ended in her death , when even the physician who attended her was not allowed to sec her features , and even her corpse -was as carefully concealed till deposited in the tomb . On this event the magistrates wished to interpose in the distribution of her property . Count Varcl exhibited to them the protection and promise signed b the Duke , and thereupon , tlicy at once ceased all proceedings . It is asserted that the late duke so scrupulously preserved the secret confided to him , that his son , the reigning duke , although made acquainted with the promise , has never known the motives for its being given , nor what was the history of the mysterious couple . The question now is , whether the death ofthe count will give rise to such judicial proceedings as will at last draw aside the veil . It is added that , through commercial houses , the count received at regular periods remittances of considerable sums of money from foreign countries .
Kew and Unparallelled Cures bv Hollowavs Ointment and Pilss . —A poor woman , residing at Leeds , and another at Manchester , must , from cancerous breasts , have lost their lives , but for these miraculous medicines . A discharged soldier at Chatham prevented the amputation of his leg , which was in a mass of ulcerations , by the great powers of the Ointment and Pills . A young man in the neighbourhood of Creydon has completely recovered the use of his limbs , which were paralysed , by undergoing aregularjcourseoftliesc wonderful remedies . They likewise cure every settled ache or pain , even if of twenty vears' standing .
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London Corn Exchange, Mond Ay, April 28....
London Corn Exchange , Mond ay , April 28 . — The arrivals of English wheat and barley were during the past week only moderate , but ofthe latter article a fair quantity was received from the near Continental ports . Tile supply of Engbsh and Scotch oafs was very small , that from Ireland far from abundant and even the foreign arrivals proved less than had been calculated on . Beans and peas of British growth came to hand sparingly , and the receipts from abroad consisted ot one cargo of beam from
London Corn Exchange, Mond Ay, April 28....
¦ i i . i " ¦ » ¦ ii »» ¦¦ ¦¦ i n Malta . Of flour and malt good samples have come forward coastwise . At this morning ' s ma » ket ther e was a small show of wheat by land-carriage samples from the home countries , not much barley fresh up , andv « ry few beans or peas offering , whilst the arrivals of oats were on only a moderate scale . The weather has for some days past been very favourable , the temperature warm ' with occasional refreshing showers . The wheat trade remained in precisely the same position to-day as last week , millers buying cautiously at the rates then current . Foreign wheat moved off very tardily , but good qualities were certainly not cheaper . In " bond nothing of the slightest interest transpired . Flour was extremely difficult of disposal , and ship marks barely sold at as good terms as ou Monday last . Barley was rather less pressingly offered , but not the slightest improvement occurred
in the demand ; prices , however , were not lower than on ttus day se'nnight . Quotations of malt remained much the same as before , but the article hung very heavily on hand . In addition to a good country demand lor oats , our dealers showed more inclination to increase their stocks , and hadfactors consented to have accepted previous prices , a large business would probably have bceu done , but by insisting on an advance of Gd . per qr ., hiouiry was more or less chocked . Beans were sought after , and nearly Is per qr . dearer . White peas brought former teiW and gray and maple could scarcely be bought at last Monday ' s currency . Cloverseed was neglected , and quotations were nearly nominal . In other descriptions of seeds there was little passing , and prices remained about the same as on tliis day week .
CURRENT PRICES OF GRAIN , PER IMPERIAL QUARTER . —British . s s a a Wheat , Essex , & Kent , new & old red 42 49 White 50 55 , — Norfolk and Lincoln . ... do 43 47 Ditto 49 5 * Northum . and Scotch white 43 47 Fine 4 * 53 Irish red old 0 0 Red 42 45 White 46 4 » Ryo Old 31 32 New 30 32 Brank 34 35 Barley Grinding . . 26 27 Distil . 28 30 Malt . 30 3 » Malt Brown .... 54 56 Pale 5 ti 60 Ware 62 6 $ lieans Ticks old Jk new 32 35 Harrow 3 * 38 Phjeon 39 it Peas Grey 35 3 G Maple 37 3 d White 37 3 > Oats Lineolns & Yorkshire Peed 21 23 Poland 23 25 Scotch Angus 22 24 Potato 24 2 * Irish White 20 22 Black 20 21 Per 2801 b . net . s si Per 280 lb . net . a g Town-made Flour ... 42 441 Norfolk & Stockton 82 83 Essex and Kent .... 34 3 D I Irish 84 35
Free . Bond-Foreign . s s s » Wheat , , Dantsic , Konigshurg , iic 53 58 3 fi- 38 -Marks , Mecklenburg 48 52 32 3 t Danish , Ifolstein , and Friesland red 44 46 26 28 Russian , Hard 44 46 Soft ... 44 47 2 & 28 Italian , Red . . 46 48 White ... 50 52 28 82 Spanish , Hard . 46 48 Soft .... 48 50 28 32 Rye , Baltic , Dried , ... 30 31 Undried . . 30 32 21 22 Barley , Grinding . 25 26 Malting . . 30 32 20 28 Beans , Ticks . . 32 34 Egyptian . 33 34 25 2 » Peas , White . . 36 38 Maple . . 35 37 28 39 Oats , Dutch , Brew and Thick 24 25 19 21 Russian feed ,....,.. 20 21 15 16 Danish , Friesland feed 21 23 15 17 Flour , per barrel 24 26 19 20
London SMiinriBtD Cattle Market , Monday , Apkil 28 . —The imports of livestock for our market , since this day se ' nnight , have been very extensive , thoy having consisted of 147 oxen and cows from Rotterdam , % tho Batavicr , Columbine , ltoyal Adelaide , John and Catherina , Ocean , and Sisters , in for the most part fair average condition . The number on sale to-day did not exceed fifty head , the remainder of the past week ' s import being disposed of on Friday last . Although foreign stock in general cleare tolerably well , the demand for it this morning was heavy , ou somewhat easier terms . Our letter from Hull states that twenty-one beasts have been r eceived there from the above port ; hence it will be perceived that a decided increase , as wc have lone
since anticipated , is taking place in these arrivals . From Norfolk and Scotland rather a large increase was observed in the arrivals of beasts fresh up to our market to-day ; but from other quarters the receipts were only seasonably good . Owing ,, however , to the numbers being more than ca sual to the wants of the dealers , the beef trade was in a very depressed state , at a decline on last week ' s quotations of quite 2 d . per 81 b . Although we quote Is . as the highest figure for beef , it must be understood that the more general one did not exceed 3 s . lOd per 81 b ., and at which a clearance was not effected . Notwithstanding the shortness of keep , the stock came to hand in good condition , if wc except the fact that a large portion —both beasts and sheep—was suffering from the effects of the epidemic . The number of stock animals was small , yet very few transactions took place in them on low terms . The bullock droves from Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire , consisted
ot 2200 Scots and homebreds ; while , from tho northern counties , we received 200 shorthorns ; from the western and midland districts , 300 Herefords , runts , Devons , & c , ; from other parts of England , 100 of various breeds ; and from Scotland , 450 horned and polled Scots . The supply of sheep was somewhat oh the increase , though far from extensive . Prune old Downs commanded a ready sale at full prices , but all other breeds met a slow inquiry at late rates . It will be observed that our prices refer solely tosheep out of the wool . From the Isle of Wight , 135 lambs came fresh to hand by railway ; but from other parts the receipts were only moderate . The lamb trade was decidedly active , and in some instances the rates had an upward tendency . Calves were in short supply , and heavy demand , at barely previous currencies . In pigs—the numbers of which were good—very few sales were effected , at unaltered rates .
By the quantities of 81 b ., sinking the offal . s . d . s . d Inferior coarse beasts ... 2 4 2 8 Second quality .... 2 10 3 2 Prime large oxen .... 3 4 3 8 Prime Scots , & c 3 10 . i 9 Coarse inferior sheep . . . 2 8 3 0 Second quality .... 3 2 3 4 Prime coarse woolled ... 3 6 3 8 lambs 4 W 6 0 Prime Southdown ... 3 10 4 2 Large coarse calves ..,. 3442 Prime small 4 4 i 6 Suckling calves , eacU . . . . 18 0 36 0 Large hogs 3 0 3 6 Neat small porkers ... 3840 Quarter-old store pigs , each . . 16 0- 20 0
HEAD Or CATTLE OS SAM . ( From the Books ofthe Clerk ofthe Market . ) Beasts , 3 , 325-Sheep and Lambs , 25 , 659-Calves , 83-Figs , 320 . Maxchesteh Corn Mauket , Saturday , Aprii . 26 . — The weather up to Thursday- continued exceedingly dry , with easterly winds ; but yesterday a change of wind occurred , and subsequently we have had a most genialtallofrain . Throughout the week the flour trade has remained in the same lifeless state as previously noted , and prices ( except for fresh manufactured parcels of tbe choicest qualitv , which , ¦ from
their scarcity , supported late rates ) have been altogether nominal . Oats and oatmeal , on the contrary , influenced by the dryness of " the season , commanded more attention , and a fair amount of business was done , at full , prices . At our market this morning all kinds of wheat met a very slow , limited sale ,, without alteration from the currency of this day se'nnight . A moderate consumptive demand for the bestdescriptions-of fresh flour was experienced , at about previous rates ; but stale and warehoused parcels were offered on lower terms , without leading to business . Both oats and oatmeal were in fair request , and in some instances realised a slight improvement in value . Beans were also rather dearer .
Liverpool Corn Market , Moxdat , April 28 . — Tho supplies of British and Foreign gram this week are moderate . The general demand for wheat since Tuesday last has still been very limited ; the better qualities of English and Irish have maintained their value , but to quit secondary samples of the latter rather worse prices have had to be submitted to . In Foreign wheat very little has been passing . Flour lias had a very dull sale , and quotations arc almost nominal . In the early part ofthe week we experienced a good sale for spring stuffs , and improved prices were
obtained for oats , barley , beans , and oatmeal . Some quantity of Indian corn also found buyers at 26 s . 0 'd . to 27 s . U . per 480 lbs . "Within the last two or three davs , however we have had some beneficial rains , which have greatly improved the appearance ofthe country around us , and the demand for the articlca above enumerated , excepting oatmeal , has rather slackened . Two or . three cargoes of Egyptian beans , floating , have been sold to arrive , in bond , at 26 s . to 27 s . per imperial quarter , including cost , freight , and insurance ; and a few of the Dutch oats , for export , at 2 s . 9 d . per 45 lbs .
Liverpool Cattle Market , Monday , Apbil 28 . —Wc have had an average supply of stock at market o-day for this time of the year , with a numerous attendance of buyers from all parts . Mutton readily sold at from 64 d . to 7 d . per lb . Beef met with dull sale , at from 5 | d . to 6 'd . per lb . —Cattle imported into Liverpool , fromthe 21 st to the 28 th April : —1222 cows , 0 calves , r > -573 sheep , 710 lambs , 7-338 pigs , 35 horses . Malto . v Corn Market , April 20 . —Wc have a moderate supply of all kinds of grain ottering to this day ' s market . Wheat and barley same as last week . Oats id per stone dearer . Wheat , red , 44 s to 48 s ; white ditto , 48 s to 52 s per qr . of 40 st . Barlev , 29 s to 31 s per 32 st . Oats , IOid to 11 id per stone . '
. York Corn Market , April 26 . —The supply of grain is rather on the decrease . Wheat is dull sale , at Inst week ' s prices : thcsamcinay be said o * 'barley the malting season being nearly over . Oats and beans , on the contrary , arc both dearer , and in good demand . Leeds Corn Market , Tuesdav , April 20 . —Our supplies are now rather on the increase , and we have a fair quantity of wheat and beans offering to-day , but oats appear to be generally scarce . The wheat trade remains iu that same dull state , and to progress in sales to any extent rather lower prices must be submitted to . Fresh barley realises last week ' s rates , all other descriptions nominal . Oats and beans do not sell freely to-day in consequence ol the favourable change in the weather ; in the value ofeither uo alteration .
Leeds Cloth Markets . —We have no alteration to note iu the state of the cloth trade . Business continues buoyant both at the halls and in the warehouses .
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