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      "A "And I will war , at least in words , ( At ( And—should siy chance so happen—deeds , ) 1 Tf ith all who war with Thought }"

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      11 tb « I think I heir a little Vird , who sings fhi llhJ people by-and-by will be the » tro « g « . "—Bison ,

      American Progress. W While Farlhraent Is...

      AMERICAN PROGRESS . W While Farlhraent is sitting , we fiud it difficult , n » y ; n » y , impossib ' e , to keep pace with , the movements of oof our American friends ; we must , therefore * , take oc « occasion , w'jen opportunity offer ,, to bring up am arrears . Before we spe-k of the progress of the Ka 1 National Reformers , wc will offer * few remarks , and self select from oar American files a few extracts relating to i to other matters .

      j According to the latest accounts no decisive blow ha had been struck in Mexico . Both the Americans an and Mexicans had gained some unimportant advantaj ta ; es , that is , each side had somewhat annoyed tbe oti otaer , but beyond that nothing had been done . The Ai Americans were posted at Saltillo 8 , 000 Strong , wl while Santa Anna was said to have au army of be between 20 , 000 and 30 , 000 man at San Louis Potosi . The evident intention of the partisan ; of the war to to extend " -slavery" over the territories that have bi been , or may bj wrested troiu Mciio , has excited c : considerable alarm amongst the opponents aud tionti favourers of slavery , aud has caused something like a a division in the ranks of the Democratic party . 1 The members of Congress , from tho Northern State * .

      d demand that slavery shall bi for ever excluded 1 " from any territory acquired b y the States in Mexico . 1 The New York Tribune , while approving of this step , ] properly adds : — We think our government ought alto to declare tint i it will accept of no territorv at the close of the war i unless the p ^ opls of that territory , baring ; a fair and free i opportunity to express their preference , shall < Jeci * Je to i come to u rather than r * main n-ith -Mesico . Unlet- ; our declaration of independence be the veriest qujektry an 1 farce eva- known , we have no riplkt to drag reluctant provinces bidiiud our triumphal car . Fifty victories and the capture of the City of Mexico would give us no moral ri : lu to incorporate ; a department into our teiritorv while its people objected to the transfer .

      We see it stated in a Washington paper , that Mr . Horace Greeley , the independent editor of the Tribune , had been burnt in eni-fies for having said something which had given offence to the supporters of the war . This exhibits a detcstab ' e spirit , and Mr . GreeVy may congratulate himself that it was only his elfijy the " patriotic" ruffians committed to the fhmes . We have received a copy of a new antiglavery paper , published at "Washington , entitled The National Era ; one "fits editorial correspondents Is the celebrated poet , J Gi-eenlcaf Whitiier . This journal is , we believe , the first attempt to establish an anti-slavery organ in the American Capital , and the attempt has not been made without encountering opposition . At a meeting of the City Council , at Georgetown , resolutions were pa-sed , setting forth , thit the publication of the Xxtiomil Bra was

      calculated " to arouse the worst feelings" of the * ' peaceful population" of the district , and lead to a breach of the peace , and that a select commiitetj be appointed to inquire into the propriety of legislative action upon the part of tin Corporation . This is a truly m-dest way of inviting mob violence on the part of the "peaceful population , " which failing , '' law *' is to be had recourse to—law made on purpose—to suppress the obnoxious j # urual . As yet , we have not heard that either the hint or the threat has b : en acted upon , and we earnestly hope , for the sake of the American character , that neither will be . Tine Natiwii Era is alatt : e and handsome sheet , admirably printed and conducted w . th great ability . Tint tlie elitcis are b-dd men , n-mc can deny ; but that their bol-luess is tempered by discretion is eviden- from the tone of ' . heir articles . We wish

      them success . In the . VcrionaZ Era wc find a copy of a Memorial of Robert Owen to tbe Senate of the United States , in relation to his nio ; ie oi improving the condition of mankind . Mr . Owen ' s p lan is a modification of the " system" he has so often explained in th s country . The editors of the Era , while expressing their admiratioii of the philanthropic spirit and zealous devotion of Air . Given , at the same time noti fy their complete dissent from his phn . Mike Walsh is doing the state some service by manfully combating for x general reduction of the hour * of labour . lie has brought forw . ii d the lollowin * resolutions in the New York House of Assembly ;—That the number of hours' labour per day , which mny be exacted from apprentices and other minors , ought to be limited and declared bv law .

      That the number of hours'labour per day which shall leg . tly tjtisfy an . l fulfil a contract ta work for any specified term , in the absence of any farther agreement between the parties , ought also to be determined aad dtclared by law . That a select committee be appointed , to consider , generally , : he sui-ject of tlie r : ' ghts of tfic labourer aud the interests of the state , with regard to the hours Of labour , to take testimony , if they may deem it cspedieut , and to report thereon by bill or otherwise . Mr . Walsh basso far succeeded as to have obtained the appointment , o : a select committee , of which he is the chairman . This is a most important niovem nt , and , under the energetic management of Mr . Walsh , cannot fail , sooner or later , to result in Bscurins , to a c-jusiderable extent , the liberty of the labourer .

      A Convention has been recently he'd in the state of Wisconsin , which has provisionally agreed to a . constitution decidedly the most democratic yet adopted by any portion of the American people . The following is a synopsis , taken from the Aibjuy AtlAS . - — cossrirrxiix or the state op wiscossis . Executive and ADausisxwnve DemrtKehts . — The Governor , Lieut-Governor , Secretary of State ( who is ex-- \ f . cio the Auditor ) , Treasurer , and Attorney-General , are t' > be elected biennially , nndon the same day . \ thi goVcnior is invested with the csaal executive j j-owtrs , including the veto powir ( as in this state , except j

      tha * . he is to return a vetoed bill in three days ) , aud is to receive a salary of 1 , 000 dollars a-year . The lieut .-Goveruor is to be President of the Senate , au'l is to l ct-ive no other compensation than double the per diem t > f m-mb .-rs during tb » session , and th » mileage ot a laember . In case of a vacancy in the office of Governor , th .: executive liuries devolve upon the Lieut .-Guvernur ; anJ , in ease of the disability of both , the duties devolve cpou the secretary of State . Both tlie Governor an 1 l . ieut .-G . irerr . or are disqualified t-am holding any other oSc-dariuj : the tetmfur which they are elected . Ihe compensation oi the Secretary of State , Treasurer , and AUom y-Geuerai , tob- ; fixed by law .

      LEGHHTtvE . —The He-u .-e of Hepretentatires at present consists of seventy-nice and the Senate of tiveutycn : mtn . bi . rs . The Houss may be increased to l- ' 0 , and tfie Senate to forty members . The State for the t : tue fceina is divided into tn-mty-five representatives , arid f . iineen senatorial districts , each county , with tuo exceptions , constituting a representative district , aad having from one to tea lt-presentativcs . Seven of the senatorial districts have two Senators . Until otherwise provided by lair , the Legislature is to meet annually on the second Tuesday of January . Extra coutpensatiwn for aiy publb service is prohibited . Lotteries are prohibited . ITniform laws for the government of towns and counties are required . JiDicu-, . —The House of Heprescn ' stives has ihe power of impeachment , and tbe Senate is constituted the court for the trial of impeachments . So conviction shall be ha 1 without tbe concurrence of t-AO-thirds of the Members present .

      The State i- divided into five Judicial Circuits or districts , in each of which one Judge is to be elected bj the qualified voters thereof , for the term of five years . No election for Judges to be held nithin thirty days of any general election for State or County offices . So Judge can ofSriate in the district in which he is ejected , more than one j ear during his term , except to supply a vacancy . Tiic CiiCJi ! Judges are to tonf-titate the Supreme Couit , one term of which is to he held in etch Judicial Circuit in each year . A Judge , dafwg his ttrtn , or if he resign , f" -r two years a ! ter such resignation is disqualifi-d from holding any other oflice . The Judges' salary is I , 5 u 0 dhilars a ytar . & ich County is to choose a Judct of Probate or Surrogate , who shall hold his office for two years . The Legislature has pouer to organise inferior ciurts , and tribunals of conciliation . Suits u . ay be brought against the State in the' manner prescribed b y the Legislature .

      A cierk in the Circuit Court is to be elecled in each County , who is also to discharge the duty of Registrar of Leeds . The Supreme Court appoints its own clerks . Elective FsANcnisr . —One year ' s residence within the State , aad in the case of foveij-aers who may not be in tbe State at Ihe time of the adoption of the Constitution , a declaration of their intentions to become citizens aad as oath to support the Constitution of the Cuitcd S ' ates and of tuis State , constitute the qualifications of electors . Foreigners who have been six months in the Territory previous to the adoption of the Constitution , and have declared their intentions of becoming citizens , are nut r < quired to taks ? the oath . AU In-lians declared to be citixens of the United States b . r any law of Congress , and all civilised persons of the Indian blood , not tcembers of any tribe of Indians , are qialifed voters .

      Stgro s . ffrage is Bubmitted to the ptople as a separate p-op ositioo . Btitli-g is disallowed ; and every voter ball , if challenged , be required to swear that he has not , Erectly or indirectly , any ncger pending on the result Ik fore « e will be allowed to vote . Schools i . vn School Fund . —The prominent features ot thi s aniiit are , the provision of a State Superintendent Of public instruction , a uniform system of common K-bools , end the establishment of libraries in the several t »* us and cities within the State . All moneys granted by the Umted States are devoted to schools , and to be pr-.-servnd inviolate .

      Basks mo Bimukc . —We copy the provision * on tfcis subject entire : — Akt xL Sec . 1 . There ehall be n j bank of Issue withtills State .

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      2 . Tlie Legislature shall not have power to authorise ' or incorporate , by any general or special law , any tank or otherinstitution having an ; banking power or privilege , or to confer opon any corporation , institution , person or persons , any banking power or privilege . 3 . It shall not belawf . lfor any corp . ration , Institution , person or persons , within this State , under anv pretence or authority , to make or issue any paper money , note , bill , certificate , or other evidence of debt whatever , intended to circulate asmonev . * . It shall not be lawful f 0 r any corporation within this State , under any pretence er authority , to exercise the husmess of receiving deposits of monev , making discounts , or buying or selling bills of exchange , or to do any other banking business whatever . 5 . So branch ar agency of any bank or banking institution of the United States , or of any State or Territory within or withou t the Unite 1 States , shall bo established or maintained within this State .

      G . It shall n t be lawful to circulate within this State , alter theyear 1817 , any paper money , note , bill , certificate , or other evidence ef debt whatever , intended to circulate as money , issued without this State , of any denomination less thin ten dollars , or afer the year 1 S 40 , of any denomination less than tw « ntj do lavs . 7 . The L egislature shall at its first session after the adoption of this . Constitution , and from time to time thereafter as may be necessary , enact adequa te penalties for the punishment of all violations and evasions of the provisions of this article .

      Istersxi Ihvbovexekts—State Debts . — The State may exercise supervisory powers over works of internal improvement , bat no State debt or liability can be contraded on that account , nor for any purpose except in case of war or insurrection ; except that for extraordinary expenditures tbe Legislature by a vote of two-thirds of both bouses may contract debts , but shall provide for their extinguishment by a concurrent direct tax within five years , and tho aggregate of such debts shall not ex . ceed 830 , 080 dollars . Exemption op HoMESTEiO—Uights ov Mabbied WoHis . —Property owned by the wife at the time of her marria 5 e , and that which maj fall to her after marriage , is placed beyond the control of the husband and exempted from his debts . Forty acres of land or a town or city lot , being the homestead of a family , and in either case not exceedini ; 1 . 090 dollars in value , is exempted from forced sale for debts .

      Asiesdxexts and Revision . —Amendments to the Constitution may be proposed by a vote , of two-thirds ol both houses of the Legislature and submitted to the , eople at the nest general election , for their adoption or

      rejection . The question of calling a Convention to revise the Constitution , is to be submitted to a vote of the people every tenth ye ir . We regret that it should have been thought necessary to refer the question of negro suffrage as a separate proposition ; we trust , however , that "the people" will place tne ne *» ro population upon that equality which the constitution accords to other races . If so , this constitution will then bo as

      perfect as any constitution can be which stops short of vesting in the people themselves the direct vote upon all projects of law mooted in the representative assemblies . Truo democracy will never te established until that is done ; in the meantime , tiic Wisconsin constitution is the best of the constitutions based upon the present system of representative institutions . The election and payment of the executive officers and the judges ; the * provisions respecting nankin *? , education , state debts , Ac ; must command the axip'ause of all true democrats .

      The clauses relating to the rights ot married women and the exemption of the homestead , arc worthy of special notice . To the wife is secured her own property , and toevery family their heme , in spite of the sins or misfortunes of the husband or father , and the exactions of merciless creditors . The homestead exemption is one of the principal objects ot the National Reformers ; it has been adopted in Wis consin , and its adoption in Illinois , Indiana , and Michigan , is sure to follow almost immediately . The next step aust be land limitation . On this subject the editor of Young America observes : — Wisconsin will be the first free state to adopt homestead exemption , and will then have made the nearest approach to real freedom ever achieved in civilisation . Having thus secured homes to those so fortunate as to possess them—let h r add the crowning sheaf of glory bv land Kmttaliou . Let tbe reformers of Wi'consin , as

      soon as the constitution shall be adopted , agitate anew for a provision , that all the monopolies in the state shall die with their present possessors : that hereafter eo man shall acquire over 160 acres of land in the state ; and that tha homestead exemption shall be extended to that quantity of farm land or a village l * t ; let Wisconsin do this , and she will be the first really free state on the continent . The Wisconsin constitution is to be voted upon on the first Tuesday in April next , nnd that it will be ado : ted -. * e cannot doubt . If adopted by the people , the judges are to be elected on the second Monday of June next ; and the election for members of tho Legislature , state officers , and representatives in Congress , will take place on the first Monday ir . September next .

      Colonial Ant* Foreign Foitelluttttre.

      Colonial ant * foreign foitelluttttre .

      Movements Of The Week. The Tievis From I...

      MOVEMENTS OF THE WEEK . The tievis from India is of a pacific character ; all » i quiet in Lahore . Large reductions in the Indian army are talked of . " Thepublic will learn with satisfaction , " says the Morning Chronicle , " that the differences between Lord Normanby and M . Guizot have been settled amicably . " Th e Chronicle is mistaken , the public care not a straw for the " personal differences" between Normanby and Guizot ; and care no more for " my Lord" and " Monsieur" themselves . Beyond the columns of the daily papers , the Montpensier fudge , with all its attendant

      criminations and recriminations , has excited not the least interest in this country . The p rice of bread is still rising in Paris , and the apprehensions arising from the scarcity are on the increase . While the poor arc suffering the greatest distress , the rich are wallowing in luxury and profligacy . 'Tis high time the cry of "War to the castle , peaca to the cotlaee !" was once more raised in France . M . Duverjicr de Hauranne has given notice of a motion for the reform of the Chamber of Deputies , " almost as extensive as the English Reform Bill . " Goodness gracious . what a revolu tionnry measure I

      The Royal Bavarian brood arc just now playing some rare pranks . Bavaria , which j always revolts when beer is raised in price , is now on the brink of a revolution in consequence of King Louis having submitted himself to the yoke of the celebrated Spanish dancer , Lola Monies . This lady reigns supreme at Munich , dispensing dignities and favours with right royal lavishness ; of course at the same time taking good care to well feather her own nest . The consequence has been a dissolution of the ministry , popular riots , and all the usual roanifesfalions of Bavarian patriotism . While King Louis Charles is making himself the wonder and laughingstock of Germany , his pr . cious son Otho is doing his best to exhibit his imbecility by risking a collision of the Greek kingdom with the Ottoman Porte . King Otho baring deliberately insulted the Turkish

      Ambassador at Athens , that functionary has wifhdrawtt to Constantinople , and , consequently , rumours of war agitate Greece and Turkey . 'Tis time the booby Otho was sent lo a lunatic asylum ; his father is evidently qualifying to bear him company .

      Movements Of The Week. The Tievis From I...

      grain wishing to hoard , and to wait & still higlwv price for their produce , ire in many places menaced with pillage , fire , and death . The mayors and the clergy of the rural districts , who interfere to preserve order , are becoming obnoxious to the people , Tlw troops are held continually on the alert , but the strictest orders have been issued to resort to the military force only in extremities . ' Thk Chambers . —The Deputies met for a short time . M . Dcraesnsy read the motion of which he

      had given previous notice , for the reduction of the duty on salt from 3 decimes to 1 decime per kilogramme . This measure was passed last session b ; the Chamber of Deputies , there being hardly any voices raised against it , but before it could be brought before the Chamber of Peers the session closed . The Minister of Finance said that he was not opposed to the principle of the motion , but that , in the present stateof the finances of the country , he most oppose all remission of taxes . Discussion on the motion deferred .

      SPAIN . The Counts . —In thesittintr of the 23 rd ult . tho Sinister of War introduced two important measures-By the first the government is empowered to decreewhen it thinks it opportune , the raising of fifty thousand men ; and , by the second , the government iu authorised to contract a loan of two hundred millioni of reals at three per cent , interest , and ta appropriate asmuch as may b necessary of . the revenues of . Spaifi and the colonies to the payment of the interest on that loan . Tub Caklisw . —It appears that the Carlists are making considerable progress in the north ot Spain . In Biscay they assemble in groat numbers , and the inhabiti-uts generally arc prepared to take arms on tht first appearance of a regularly organised Cittlist force .

      SWITZERLAND . DisTcnsAscES . —The French Journal of Frankfort contains a correspondence from Zurich under the date Feb . 29 , in which it is stated that series disturbances had taken place on tho Austrian and Sardinian frontiers oi the canton of Tessino , iu consequence of large purchases of corn having been made on those frontiers , for the purpose of exportation . The custom-house officers of Castalello , a ttiwn on tho bovdevs of Sardinia , fired on the crowd , two of whom were killed and . several wounded .

      At & iasches . —A letter from Chamounix of the 19 th , ult- states that on the 15 th , at seven in the evening , an avanlanche fell with a tremendous noise front tho Aiguilles-rougher , burying the hamlet of Citable . The hamlet , which consists of five houses and afew small manufactories issituated in a nar > o \ v glen , which was completely filled up by the masses of snow , as was also the bed of the Arve , which rims through it . In one house eleven persons were saved owing to the strength of the walls , and worked their way out ; some others were found alive , but the remainder perished . One immense winding sheet ot snow wrapped up the buried village , with a chimney appearing here and there from the solid white mass . After two days digging seven corses were dug out , and six persons still alive . The unhappy persons who survive have lost their all .

      ITALY . Don Miguel . — Letters from Rome confirm tho news of the flight of Don Miguel , accompanied by a Colonel B , an Englishman . Of the present location of his ex-kingship nothing is known . Feasant Lvsckkcction . '—The disturbances in the Swiss canton of Tesinohave extended to the Austrian territories . Austrian troops have been ordered from Mantua and Mouea . The peasantry make a show of resisting them .

      POLAND . Distress . —Great distress prevails in Poland . The portion- * of the royal speeches delivered in London and Pari- * at the opening of the respective legislatures ) which refer to the occupation of Cracow , were not allowed to be translated , and the paragraphs in question were carefully cut out from the foreign papers which arrived in Warsaw . Even that part of the speech of the King of the French in which tlw commercial tre « ty between France and ltussia was referred to , met with a similar treatment , it being a constant rule with the latter to keep Poland as much as possible in the dark with regard to the foreign relations of the Muscovite empire .

      Akresis and reported Insurrection . —It is stated that several missionaries of the Polish propaganda have lately been taken up and confined in the city of Warsaw . It is very positively afiirmed that an insurrection of the peasants has broken out in the government of Angustowow . KosctosKo . —The ladies of Cracow have formed a committee for the purpose of keeping in a good condition the monument raised in that city to the memory of Kosciusko . Tub Isfkr . val Aurociur . —Warsaw . —The following is the text of the oath exacted from the priests appointed at the Ecclesiastical Academy at Waryaw : —

      I , the undersigned , promise and swear before Almighty God , one in the Holy Trinity , that I desire and cngng-i mvst-lf faithfully ; iml sincerely to serve and to be ebedieut in all things to H . I . 31 ., my real , legitimate , and ir . ost gracious roaster , the Emperor Nicholas P . iwlowiz , Autocrat of all the lUisnias , and to 1 I . I . II . the heir to the throne of all the Russias , the Grand Dulcu Alexander Kicolasewii ! . I engage mjsclf likewise to observe and defend , without sparing my life or a drop of mg blood , all the rights and prerogatives present or to come attached to that high power to their full and unbounded extent . I also engage tnvseUto support as much as in my power everything attached to the interests of H . I . AI . and the state . In consequence , if anything shall come to my knowlcdii .-

      likely to be detrimfctital to the rights of his Majesty , not only will I inform him of the same immediately , hut will endeavour to prevent it by all means in my power ; I also engage to keep secret anything tint may be confided to me , to fulfil conscientiously the duties imposed upon me either by regulutioas or established customs , either l > y the present general oath or by private oath administered to me hy my superiors , in the name of II . I . M . Finally , I engage myself not to act contrary to my duty and to my oath , in views of prlv . te or family interest , out of friendship or katred , and to act in all things conformable to the duty of a f . iithful subject of II . I . M ., so as to be always prepsrel to render an account of it before God and his terriblejudgment .

      Pose . v . Feb . IG . —Wc can now state pretty positively that the great tria' , respecting the Polish couspi-acy , will commence at Berlin , on the 1 st of April next . M . Weutz- *! , who was employed in drawing op the indictment !? , has been to Berlin , and h-ts returned , it is said , with 200 documents . All the Poles wlw were confined here are already sent to Berlin . Poland is full of Russian troops . It U probable that on the visit of Nicholas to Warsaw , which will take place next month , some orcanio changes in the constitution of the kingdom of Poland way be expected , and that the Russian troops aro ilSieiubled in order to ensure the execution of them .

      THE WAR IN THE CAUCASUS . According to letters horn Russia , the latest accounts received from the Caucasus state that Geneial Worougoff had offered to evacuate all the little forts , and only to keep Anassa and Soukoum-KalG , on condition that the population along the coast are to give no aid to Schamyl-bey , are to keep upaj ; ond understanding with the Russians , and to furnish a contingent of 35 , 000 . Men , commanded by Circassian chief- , to be employed only in war against ChrMiaiis . These propositions have been rejected .

      India . Abrival Op The Ovehlasd Mail. —T...

      INDIA . Abrival op the Ovehlasd Mail . —Tlie express from India , in anticipation of the Overland Mail , lias arrived . The Governor-General having regulated tho government of Lahore , and placed Colonel Lawrence as resident , and Sir John Littler at the head of the British froopi-. Ieffc that capital on the 11 th wf

      January . The turbulent Akbar Kuan had proceeded to attack the chiefs of Candahar , who are his own relatives , and , accor . ing to the statement published in a Bombay paper , has succeeded , after some severe fij-htin-, in capturing the chief *! , and in making htm-ielf master of Candahar . Tho British vakeel , Mor'tezi Shah , lias been successful in collecting a considerable number of persons who belonged to our ill-fated Cabool force , and , by the last accounts , was on his way back to India with them . Clio ^ t Mahomed appears to have afforded him every facility in furtherance of the

      objects of his humane mission . Several of the persons recovered were women and some of these , who had married in the country , ' were unwilling to go back to their Jinnies ; a few deserted the vakeel on the way from Jellalabad to Dakka , and fled back to Cabool . It is said that in consequence of the conquest of Lahore , tbe government of India feeli itself strong ononsli to diminish the native armies , •*¦ « ., of Beninl by 25 , 000 men , aud of Madras and Bombay by o . OOO each . This reduction is to be effected by stopping all recruitin « until the native regiments are reduced from 1 , 000 to S 00 men each .

      FRANCE . Thk Fauise . —From every quarter of France alarming acounts reach government . They represent Inn scarcity as hourly becoming more manifest and more severe in its pressure , and the discontent of tbe poorer classes more threatening . Ihe holdera of

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      Franc Jc—Popoutios —The. Moniteur Publis...

      FRANC JC—Popoutios —The . Moniteur publishes an official account of the census of 1810 , from which it appears that the population of France then amounted to 35 , 100 , 480 souk Iu 1841 , when the previous census was taken , it was only 34 . 230 . 17 S . thus showing an increase in five years of 1 , 170 SOS lioMOi uuTiiv . —Madame Hahnemann , widow of the celebrated founder oi Ilomojopathy , was summoned on the 20 tii ultimo , before the correctional tribunal at Paris , for having illegally practised the medical art . Madame Hahnemann declared that she had received a di ploma , as Doctor of . Medicine , in Pennsylvania . She also stated that she never received nccuniary remuneration . She was condemned to a ( in . ; ot 100 francs and expenses .

      AI . Deltas Rebuked . —The great novelist harins conceived himself insulted b y some remarks ol ' M . de Maleville , member of the Chamber of Deputies , sent a challenge to the deputy ; the bearer of the challenge being M . Vienna , Peer of France . The sensible Ai . de Maleville sent the following amusing answer : — Sir , —I thank you for having afforded me the opportunily of seeing the agreeable and excellent Jl . Vitinitt . As to the proposal which you are good enough to make to cat my tfiro .-st , I am cb * grincd beyond measure nt nut being able to accept it . I have not the honour to be a gentleman . Marquis de Malcville . 1 he Dutch Corn Laws . —A royal nicssage . accompar' 1-. 'd by a project of law , for the revocation of the corn-law of Deccmbar 29 th , IS 1 G , and for the alteration ot the duties on com , . was laid last Saturday beSore the Second Chamber of the States General . "

      1 he Income Iax in Switzerland . —The Grand Council of Berne has adopted the principle as the future basis for the financial system of that eant < m ot establishing an income-tax . Tho amount of taxation is to be fixed annually . Grand Duchy op Baden—His Royal Highness the Anhduke has giren 3 , 000 guilds from his privy purse tor the foundation of a fund for supplying the distressed agneultu rists with seed for the snmtver iruits . i he Archduchess has generously given 1 , 000 guilder .- ; for the same

      purpose . n . n ? , Lh , r VlESSi * Feb - 1 » --T » m » ice in the koIthS t & v ? ""^ A" ^ but was so ° a topped , ab ™ iS tlT ™ ¦ H Danube caDaI "Peedily rose % 2 ? t » ! rih ?\ ' . . i nnnd * some of the lower streets of the Leopold Stadt . so that some parts were ta its wtre obliged to use boats , aud four persons are said to have b ; en drowned . f

      The New Poor Law. Brougham Vc ~ R ~ S ~ ...

      THE NEW POOR LAW . BROUGHAM vc ~ r ~ s ~ u ~ s BROUGHAM . [ TllC following is a continuation of Mr . Oastler ' . * strictures on Lord Brougham , copied from the ifon % ing Post . ] Sir , —In my last I demonstrated , from the lips of Lord Brougham , thathiilordshin was dcludng their lordships when ho told them " that the New Poor Law was not for the benefit " of the proprietors . " Therein I proved his lordship guilty of misrepresenting a most important fact . I shall in this letter demonstrate , as I have promised to do , from the mouth of Lord Brougham , that his prophecies respecting the effects of the New Poor Law have proved fallacious ; that , consequently , his " opinion" is worthless .

      Before I proceed to that demonstration it may be proper to state , that while Lord Brougham wa * hoodwinking the House o ; Lords . I was engaged . on thoauthoi-ity of the late venerable and learned Lord Eldon , in warning their lordships ( particularly the Duke of Wellington ) and the government ( for which I incurred their displeasure ) against adopting the wild theories of Lord Brougham , assuring them that miseries then unheard-of would be the sure result of the infliction of the New Poor Law . Lord Brougham was listened to and believed—Lord Eldon was laughed at , and declared to be a dotard—I was denounced as a fool and a madman .

      Lwd Bronghiun " prophesied smooth things "his spell-bound audience believed him—when lie told their lordships that as ftuve as he was a lawyer , the New Poor Law would cure the diseascsof the " nation , secure property , restore to labour ita just reward , unite the different ranks of society , give peace and plenty to the cottages , stability to ' pa ' aces , and universal prosperity to all our national interests . It was on tlw 21 st of July . 1834 , that Lord Brougham thus beguiled their lordships . Do I exacgerate ? Do I mistake ? Read his lordship ' s " corrected " words . Thus , did lie then describe the disease—thus prescribe the euro : —

      A st-itc of things which hus made industry and idleness , honesty nnd knavery , change places , und which exposes the property of the community , and with its property every law , ewry institution , every valuable possession , every precious ri ^ bt to the ravages of that remorseless pestilence , before wboi-e strides you , the guardians of the social hap' -iness of those who live uudt-r your protection , have beheld the peasantry of England abused to a pitch which 1 am at onco afflicted and ushamed to cjiitempbte , which I shudder to d' -scribe , and which I could not bear to think of , did I not lsnow that the same hand

      which lays it bare to your eyes , an *! makes its naked deformity horrible to your sight , will be enabled , by your assist-uice , to apply to tlie foul disease a s . ife , an effectual remedy [ the Kew Poor Law ]; restoring to industry its due reward , and vtoting idleness with its appropriate punishment ; reinstating property in security , and lifting up once more—God be praised !—tbe character of that noble English peasantry to the pcuud eminence where , but for the [ old ] Poor Laws , it would have shone untarnished , the admiration of mankind , nnd the glory of the country which boasts it as its brightest ornament .

      Eternal honours to the man who could stay the ravages of that " remorseless pestilence "—who could cure that " foul disease " —who could ward off that " approaching devastation " —who could stop that *' overwbelmin ( .- mischief ! " " Thesamc hand which lays it bare to your eyes , and makes its naked deformity horrible to your sight , will be enabled , by your assistance , to apply to the foul disease a safe , an effectual remedy !" "See'st thou a man wise in his own conceit , " says Solomon , " there is more hope of a fool than of him . " The specific , so vauntini'ly proposed , was applied —the nauseous draught was swallowed—and , what then ? Was "the foul diiease" eradicated—" the remorseless pestilence" stayed ? Was " property secured "— " labour rewarded V Were "the insti lotions , tlio valuable ( 'Ossessions , and the precious riulits of the community established V Did plenty supply the place of want ?

      Let Lord Brougham answer . lie said that "he could , and tint he would , stay tbe wide-wasting ruin ! " During cisjlit long years the patient had been sweating- under Lord Brougham ' s treatment , "lien his lordship was suddenly alarmed by its strong convulsions . His attention to the real condition of his patient was aroused by strong and urgent petitions . On closely investigating the national symptoms , his lordship pronounced his favourite nostrum , after eight years' trial , to be a failure ! On the Ilth of July , 1 S 42 , Lord Brougham moved in tho House of Lords for " a select committee to consider the distressed state of the country , " founded oh a petition that he had presented to their lordships .

      Wiih the lively recollection of the above quotation from Lord Brougham ' s speech , delivered in the House of Lords on the 21 st July , 1834 , and th-.-fact Ibcfore you that during tho whole interval his lordship ' s " safe nnd effectual remedy" hud been applied , I now request yon to follow Lord Brougham through the following statement , made on tho 11 th of July , 1342 : — A . U who know anything of the state of the countryand none I b-.-lieve more readily ihan some of my noblu friends opposite—arc prepared , I doubt not , to admit at once that tlie present distress of the country is without a parallel . Sly lords , I do , and so do the petitioners—at least the elder of them—well remember the distresses which took place in 1 S 08 and 1812 , and more l .-itely in

      181 G and 1817 ; hut I protest that when I east my eyes hack and compare the distresses of those periods ni . h the present , and when I refresh my recollection by referring to the results of inquiries at that time mtidp , and compare them with what it has heen my painful duty to learn within the last three or four weeks ns to the present state of things , 1 may say , almost without exngjeration , that the former periods present comparatively a state of prosperity . Now , my lords , not to break my word with respect to the promise I made of going over the ground ns quickly as possible , I shall begin at once and state the case . In the wc-st of England , for years past , I may say for the last ten or twelve , there has been a gradual decline ofbusincss—gradual at first , as always happens in such cases , but afterwards proceeding with

      an accelerated pace , until the branch of manufactures In which it commcncc . l was annihilated . What was the result ! Looms were idle , houses untenanted , rents falling to one-half , one-third , and sometimes even lower . Cottngos to the number of three out of four were deserted—thus giving lo the whola scene every appearance of an entire transfer of the former fl-iurishing manufactures of Gloucestcrshire iiiul Wiltshire to some other parts of the country . One might be disposed to hope at first that the change was but a transfer of business from one part of the country to the other , und that what was lost by Gloucestershire and Wiltshire was gained Ly some counti s in tho north : but , my lords , this is unfortunately not the case , for y « ur lordships will find that coeval to the declini ; with tho manufactures in the west

      was tho commencement of that distress which is now afflicting the north . Then , my lords , when we turn to tho midland counties , to Leicester , to Shro . ishire , and Staffordshire , and Warwickshire , and from these c . irry tho eye over to Yuik and Lancashire , we shall find the distress the same asinthosecounticn from which the woollen manufactures hud dtcliuei!—wages reduced , houses untenanted , rents fallen to one-half and less , ablebodied and healthy men , at least men who were once in health —men well skilled in their respective brunches ol trade—men able and willing t » work , wire thrown out of employment by thousands , while . those to which some work remained were reduced to a pittance by which life might be said to be endured rather thaw sustained . Cottages were left without tenants , wages were reduced to ,

      in some instances , CI . per week—rather less than one penny for each and every day . Can It surprise your lord , ships that in this st . te of things whole families should l > c for whole days without food ofiiny kind f The poor rates were increased in some districts fourfold , and in others they were raised to double that amount , while the defalcations of the properly on which it used to be assessed had gone on from 20 to 30 to 40 , and sometimes to 50 per cent , compared with vhat it was two years ago . My lords , I now come t-. » some , only some of the details , over which 1 fhall ran as rupidly as possible , for I am afraid to deal with matters so frightful . As I have said , there were every day occurrences of seven , or eight , or ten persons in one cottage , who were for days—my lords , I cannot say " aday , " but for " days "—without a morsel of food of

      any kind . In some cases the destitute remained on their bed of straw for two successive days , because they were under the impression that in a recumbent pasture the pangs of hunger would he less seveivly felt than in an erect position . Those who were able to erawl about lived on matters which ought not to be eaten— :, t It-ast not as tho food of man—and they might be said to tnvy those who fed on ihciiwks of swine . My lords , I hnvi < been informed by some ministers of religion that it wns not an uncommon thing , but one of frequent occurrence , that men of their congregations were taken from their chapels fainting from illncis and weakness , brought on by want of proper sustenance- . I shudder at , an . ! almost dread to tell your lordships of Some of thj CilfCS that have come to my knowledge—cases in which , luwerer

      and be this told to the honour of humanity , I Um < j heard of the greatest benevolence and the kindliest disposition being evinced by those having the smallest means , and who , I lutvt say , arc ever endeavouring to alleviate the distresses of people but little poorer than themselves , out of the proceeds of their own scanty pittance . I have heard of o » e ease of a mother , with an lufant at her breast , found dying in the street for want of food , who was removed to a cellar - I cannot call It habitation—in which the infant died three days after it had been taken there by tho compassion of the poor inhabitants . I was told also by a compas-ionate person who goes nbout to alleviate the dis ross which exists , not in one street , but

      all over the district in which he resides , that ho found In one miserable room a man with his wifo and children , who had been without work Cor fifteen day- - , and who , having at last obtained it , worked ton or twelve hours without tastiiu food , then came home , and flung himself on a bench—the onl y place whereon to vest his limbswhere ho was found by tbe humane person I have mentioned , who charitabl y gave him a snull mite wherewith to purchase bread . That same informant told nc after-Wards that it was ono Of tha most affecting sights ho had ever witnessed to sec the children rAvenously devouring the bread his pittance had procured for them , and tlron fall on their knees and pray the Lord that their benefactor might never know hunger such as theirs , These are

      The New Poor Law. Brougham Vc ~ R ~ S ~ ...

      details , my lords which quite unman me , but which , however painful to relate , I hare thought it my bounden duty to lay before you . So much , for Lord Brougham ' s euro ! I have not space for remark . One question I will isk ; I mil ask the Duke of Wellington—Have thtpredictions of Lord Brougham , or the " moonshine mil humbug" of Richard O . istler borne the test of time ? Lord Brougham being judge . The New Poor . Law is a Failure . If you will favour me with space , I will make a few ¦ ibservations on the subject I have brought to your notice . I remain , Sir , Your obedient semnt , Rich mid Oastlku . P . S . —Why do I appeal to the Duhc oi ' Wellington ? His Grace listened to the bewitching eloquence of Lord Brougham , he rejected my solemn warnint's . 1 R . O .

      Potatoes And Lime. 10 The Bditdr Ot Thh ...

      POTATOES AND LIME . 10 THE BDITDR OT THH MORSWO POST . Sir , —Every fact relating to tho growth of potatoes is now of national importance . A few weeks ago I was in Yorkshire . I there hearil that an old friend of mine had , for tho last tw-i years , grown lino crops of excellent potatoes . 1 mentioned this to another friend , a Surrey farmer , wh > requested that I would ask how the Yorkshiremsn had succeeded so admirably ? I did so . This is the answer of my Yorkshire friend : — King ' s Villa , near Pontefract , Match 1 . Mr . Oastler ;—Dear Sir—t was from home whenyour letter arrived , I noiv sit down to let you know how I produced , for the last two years , above three hundred bushels of good sound potatoes to tho aero . First , gi * t the land dry and clean , and on It put five or six tons of lime , fresh from the kilns ; slack it as soon as you can ; then spread it in its quick state , and immediately harrow it well in , so as to incorporate it well with the soil ; then draw your ridgee , plant your sets , put the manure upon the sets , and cover up .

      If you cut jour sets , 1 would advise y « u to cut them into a basket of quick lime , as it dries up tinmoisture , and prevents either insects ov fungi from attacking the seed . By adopting this plan , I have never failed iu producing good sound potatoes , and believe , for quality and quantity , I have not been exceeded this year—at least , not h our part . I have at present above ono hundred loads of as beauifnl potatoes as over were seen , suitable either for use or sets . I shall be happy to i 'Vfnish you Miy further information on this subject , as I think it a national one . I intend to grow a greater quantity this year , as I have no doubt , with propercare , any one may do . I am , one of your disciples , Jo . Bottomlev .

      I am sure I need not apologise for sending you the above . I have found halt a ton ol salt , per acre , thrown on , after the sets were coverall in , produce clean skinned potatoes , when all others have beer scabbed . I remain , S r , Your obliged servant , London , March 2 , 1847 . Ricjiakd Oastikb .

      To Lord John Russell, First Lord Of The ...

      TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL , FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY , & c , & c . My Loud , —An old proverb adviscth that " pearls east before swine" were so much wealth misapproprinted , and so it appears that experience , which bostoweth wisdom upon most men , has lavished ila favours upon your lordship without extracting from voutheamaUeatmavkof repentmicc for past sins , or any promise of future amendment . But with that dozedness for which you are remarkable , and whiehsome mistake for courage , you have despised its warnings , and seem to delight to show yourself impervious to reason and the dictates of justice , and to g ' ory in a notoriety gained by deceit aud upheld by ? ow cunning and political scheming .

      I am induced to address your lordship thus upon the present occasion , owing to the part which you ¦ leemed it " expedient" to take on Tuesday evening last in opposing the motion of Mr . Duncombe for leave to introduce a bill for the repeal of the ratenay ing clauses of the Reform Act . Upon that occasion , my lord , you appeared in your real character . . Strong in the consciousness of power , and relying upon the support ot the mass of corruption by which you were surrounded , there was no necessity for a cloak , and Russell was therefore "himself again . " There you stood , ray lord , upon the floor of the House of Commons , in the forty-seventh year of the nineteenth century , the brazen champion ot Whig ' finality , " and the avowed enemy of progress or reform . Could you , my lord , have seen yourself at

      that moment as others saw you , diminutive as you are in stature , you would have appeared infinitely less in character ! You opposed the motion of your " honourable friend (?) the member for Finsbury , " because it was a violation of tho " ancient constitution of the coimtr * - ' , " overlooking the tact that the country has no such thing as a constitution at all , execot , indeed , that rave specimen of "human windora" the " bill" may be looked upon as stirh aud as your lordship is the acknowledged father of that miserable abortion , it is not so much to be wondered at that jcu will not allow even a hair of its head to be touched . But the ti » s of consanguinity which bind your lord-hip to your precious offspring cannot be put forth as an excuse by the miserable gang of toad-eating and time-.-erVi ' ng olh ' eials who followed their "leader" upon tho

      occasion , —they cannot ur « e paternal feelings in extenuation of their want of principle , especially as some , of them had previously voted for a similar motion , and all of them pretended to be " liberals " and " friends of the people . " Sir Gvorge Grey , the Home Secretary , was the only one of your worthy coadjutors who bad bronzj enoush to speak in aid of your lordship ; and like yourself , my lord , betook good care to avoid urappling with the facts and arguments of Mr . Duncombe , and the gentlemen who supported his motion . Your speech , ray lord , was a clever evasion of the question at issue , and , as was remarked by Mr . Wakley in his able and unanswerable address , " you spoke with more than usualenergy and earnestness , " —intending , I suppose , to make up in action and vehemence what you were deficient in truth and honesty .

      There are many persons , my lord , who do not attach much importance to the bill sought to be iulro'Juecl by Mr . Duncomb ? , because they are of opinion that oren if it were made Jan-, litlie or no good would result from it . But I am not one of those persons vlio so think . I believe , if the bill were carried , that tho constituencies of the cities , and most of the large towns in the kingdom , would be more than doubled , and in many instances more than trebled , and that such additions would consist mainly of the working classes , anil to such constituencies I would look futile return of other Duncombes and Wakleys to aid aud assist ui in pulling down the whole rotten system which is the object of your lordship ' s admiration and respect . I was anxious that Mr . D . inc < mibe ahou-ld press his motion , in order to test your Lordship

      and Company , so that the world might know whether you had remained stationaiy landmarks to shew to the political mariner whera the tide ol public opinion had arrived ftttccn years ago , ov whether the ocean of knowledge had in its onward career carried the shabby Cabinet alum : with it . This object has bjen effected , and your lordship nonstands exhibited to tho gr . ze of the people like a schoolboy on a bench , with the dunce-cap of 1 'inaiity" on your head , and huinbtig-made-oasy ( the Bill ) in your hand , and the Chartist schoolmaster , Mr . Duncombe , with the rod of publiu opinion , chastising vour lordship for your stupidity in not haying profited by experience , aad for being heedless of the valuable and useful lessons which aro to bo acquired by attention to that r , r ^ 'at book , in which it is written in plain and intelligible characters , that statesmen shall not contemn public opinion with impunity ! My lord , to attempt to reason with a genuine Whip , such as your lordship undoubtedly is , were to offer

      oneself as a candidate for the honours of Ikdlam ; and as I have no ambition to figure in a straight jacket , I will eschew that mode of dealing with your lordship , and in conclusion take the liberty to intimate that your lordship is not tho man for the times . Your lordship talks too much of the principle of the ? ' unciontconstitution" forgetting that such constitution was made iorthe ascieuts , and we moderns seek aconstUution suitedto the times in which wc live . I know tluit your lordship has no . such idea , nor aro you capable of so liberal or just a conception . Your lordship is a mere political thing , suffered to exist for the time , —a pandorer to antiquated prejudices , anil tho leader of a band of contemptible poltroons , who are willing to -sell the interests of the country , which they curse by their existcuce , for the sake of place , or basking in tho smiie ( if you can smile ) of Punch ' s little shoeblack , who is " not strong enough for the place —a proof , my lord , that your strength is not commensurate with your appetite . 1 am , my Lord , « fct \ London , Feb . 25 th , 1847 . ' Thomas Clahk .

      Hooskoneakixo Ny Fkmalks.—On Saturday Ni...

      HoosKonEAKixo ny Fkmalks . —On Saturday night last , abaut nine o'clock , Miss Lcven , who resides at Meadowbank , Partick , on returning from Glasgow , was astonished to see a light in the back part of the premises , when , as she was aware , no person could have gained admission to the house in a legitimate manner . She opened the door , however , but she had only got a step or two within the lobby , when a girl rushed past her and made her escape . She then alaimed the neighbours , and the house was looked over , and all was believed to bo right ; but Miss Leren ' s suspicions not being entirely allayed , two hours afterwards , when about to retire for the night , she began to examine th * room , and , on lifting up the curtain , there she found another girl undiM- the bed . As soon as practicable , she was sent to the Western Police Otnce , where some small articles of property belonging to Miss Leven wero found in her possession . Her name is Mary Smith , and sho is only about twelve years of age .

      Tub Rbpkai . Rb . nt . —At the lastj weekly meeting of the Repeal Association the rent for tho week was announced to be £ 0 .

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      Spitalpields Broad Silk Wpjavicks Branch...

      SPITALPIELDS BROAD SILK WPJAVICKS Branch of the United Trades Association , hold st the White Horse , Ilave-strect , Bethnal Green , Feb . 27 . Die following resolution was passed : — " That thia neeting views with alarm the ruinous reductions ¦ Mi t ' iii'ia-iY taking place in the prica of our labour f notwithstanding the high price of provisions ) , and f ' earing the samo will continue , unless the members , if the trade c > mc forward and form a firm union , donost earnestly call on our brother tradesmen tosome forward imraediat ly and join the National Association of United Trades for tho Protection of Industry , whereby they may save themselves and -amilies from utter ruin and destruction . " This branch meets tlie second and last Wednesday in each month , and the next meeting night will bo held ort the 13 f ! i instant , when an election for secretary will take place .

      . ,. , TUB TEN HOURS BILL-A deputation from the delegates now in London from tho manufactur ing districts , waited on Lord John Russell , on Tuesday , at the Treasury office , and presented him with S 3 memorials from the Short-time committees , and also from associated factory workers and trades . ' . On Weannd » y evening ; a numerous meeting of the detonates 'from Lancashire and Yorhshira was held la their rooms , for the purpose of devising the b « st course to he pursued ! n the pri sunt state of tho question . Mr . M-ithew Bulinc , of Bradford , presided . The Chairman , i i opening the proceedings , congratulated the delegates on the result of tho division . Mr . R . Oastler moved , " Thatthe most {• vatefnl thanks of this meeting be given to Mr . J . Brotlicrton , Sir George Grey , Lord Gi-orga

      Benthick , andothiT friends , who so nobly defended tbe causa of tho factory children this afnrnon , and for their efficient aid in supporting tho Ten lIours'Bill , " Mr . Thomas Mawdslay seconded the reiolution , which was curried unanimously . Mr , Grsavcs , of Saddlcworth , moved a vote of thanks to the 190 members who voted in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill . The motion was seconded by Mr . Charles Howarth , of llochdalo , and carried unanimously . Mr . John Mills , of Oldham , moved , " That the result of iliis dwy ' s discussion and division in favour of tbe Ten Hours' Bill is such a . i to inspire us with fervent hopes of final success ; that we resolve to redouble our exertions to bring the question to an immediate settlement , and that we strongly urge the working men and their friends in all ports of the country to prosecute with increased activity their application for an efficient Ten Hours' Bill . " Mr . Thomas Pitts , of Ashton-under-Ljn ? , seconded tha motion , which was carried unanimouslv . Mr . Jude

      V .-ites , of Bradford , moved , " That whilst we rejoice in ; he fidelity of our friends , who at so much personal inconvenience to tlicniselves iitten'i the day sittings of tha ( louse patiently to listen to that discussion , they cannot hut regret the nature of the opposition which has bsen brought to bear against our measure , and further that we deeply regret to observe the spirit which appeared to actuate the Right Honournbla Sir Robert l ' eel , jtIio , ¦ if ter promising ' a fair share of time to Lord John Russell to reply , ' continurd his speech till within tight minutes to six o ' clock , by which the nohlo lord ivas doyrivod of all opportunity to reply , and ly which the House vas also deprived of coming to r conclusion on the subject before it . " Mr . Oastler said that nt their last meet , ing ha did not hesitate to move a vote of approval of the cnirss pursued by Sir It . Peel duriu ? tho last debate , which vote was nuoptod ; and now that an adverse course had been taken , he willingly seconded the motion . The motion was agreed to and the meeting Separated .

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      Cor.V Exchange, Fbbruasy 14. Tho Arrival...

      COR . V EXCHANGE , Fbbruasy 14 . Tho arrivals sines Monday have been moderate , and the English wheat left over from that day has been tolerably elearud , nt prices which were then unobtainable . The value of forciirii is i ' ully maintained . In barley , beans , and peas , we observe no alteration . Oats a * c a dull sale . In fluur little doing .

      PROVINCIAL MARKETS . RicnKosD ( TosKsiiijiE ) Coax Market , Feb . 27 . —Wc had a tolerable supply of grain in our market this morning . The sale of wheat was only dull , and the price rather lower than last week . — Whaat sold from Ss to lis ; oats , 36 4 d to 4 s 3 d ; barley , Us to ( is 6 d : beans , 6 s to 7 s per bushel . W ' a-cefield Coax Markht , Friday . —We have a largearrival of wheat . There is much more firmness in the trade thi . n on Tuesday , and a moderate extent of business is done . Barley is extremely flat , though offered at osperqi-. reduction . Oats are iully as dear , and shel-Hn' , 'steady . Beans is pci-qr , loner . Other articles as before . HullCosn Mabket , Tuesday .-At this day ' s market there was a good supply of English wheat , much of it is bad condition . We must quote prices 3 s to 4 s lower than last weelt ; though but little business done in Foreign , we do not quote more than Is lower .

      BiUMiNdHAJt Cobn Exchange , Wednesday . —Wc have had very little business transacted , l'lie few sains of wheat made were nt a decline of 2 s to 3 s per quarter . Malting barley difficult to quit at current rates . M anchestkh Cobn Market , Saturday At our market more confidence was apparent than during the week , and at a reduction of Id to IM per 70 lbs . on nheat afair amount of business occurred . Wakbixgtox Coa . v Maeuet , Wednesday . —We hud a very numerous attendance of fanners . Wheat said at about SSdymv bushel vednction , say Ms Cd toll ? , and Us Id per TO lbs . Tbe supply of potatoes was sho t ; pink , eyes were sold at 20 b toils , and 23 s per load of 255 lbs ., which is au advance of is to 3 s on last week ' s prices . Wakkficld Cattle . Maiikbt , Wednesday . —There wiw a large supply of beasts and 60--0 sheep . Although sales were slow , nearly all the stock was sold . Beet'OstoTs pur stonu ; mutton 5 } d to O' ^ ll per lb . SAiroBl ) New Cattle Market , Wednesday We had a fair thou-rh not alargo show of stock , and a fair ouitliry . Tha supply of beef was scarcely equal to the d . 'inand , and beef realised fully 6 'd per lb . j and prime mutton Cd to M per lb . Every thimr prime sold up .

      NawcAsi'u Cattle Afjtiia-r , fuesdny . — Wo have had a large show of cattle , which are of a very middling quality . A short supply of sheep , quality gojd * , for wnich . there was a brisk demand , especially for sheep , and prices had an upward tendency .

      State Ok Trade. Liem.—Ow Nwrhots At The ...

      STATE OK TRADE . Liem . —Ow nwrhots at the Cloth-halls have been sxt'ccdingly dull , and wc never witnesscilsolittle doing on speculation for the coming season as at the present time . The purchasers continue to buy only for present need . Ou the whole , there has been less than average business done in the warehouses during the week . UtMUWiiii ,-v , ' c \ ia \ e bud a slight " improvement in the demand for cloth ,, and at r « tes currently paid last week . Yarns aru much the some way—and likely to further improve , now that the German houses are com . iiiciiciitir operations for the spi ing trade . Bradfobd . —The staplers scum more willing to sell than they were , but the spuutm buy with gieat caution . Wo can report no alteration of moment in price . Th « re was no difference in tlie amount of business done in the piece market . Halifax . —Wo can report little or n » altcrnfion from last wook ' s account of this market . —Prices of wool show a tendency to relax a little , but the choice in the st-. iplers ' handsjs not at all considerable .

      IlUDDEnsFiELD . —There has bcon a fair amuuncof business done in the cloth market , and the [ prevailing demand was fur fancy woollens . The wool market has been very inactive . Heckmoxdtvike Blanket Market . —There are a few small orders for the American market , but the blanket trude generally is in « deplorable state . llociiDALE Vlassel Mauket . —There is little or no improvement iu tne flannel market to report : the business transacted has been very limited . Wool has fairly maintained the last week ' s prices . Lk ' icestbu — We cs . uuot vep-n-t anything more favour , able in the general trade . Woollen nnd worsted goods are in small request . Wools and yarns remain stationary . From letters received , the American fall demand is expected to be good . Nottingham . —There is a fair amount of general busi . ness transacting this week . Country dealers aru coming very sloirly forward to make spring purchases . A few good orders fur Xurth America uf « in course of execution . Hosiery : We are gratified in being able to note the very satisfactory state of our market .

      Glisuow . —Cotton Yarn : Our market still remains in the same inactive state , Cotton Goods : Wo aro sorry to have tii report a continued il , mie ; -s in the market for gen * , ral descriptions of goods . American Produce : Flour is duller again , and may he quoted Is . to Is . ( id . cheaper than last week , but transactions have been few at the decline . In allies there is not much stir . Thcr . " is moderate inquiry for Indian corn meal . Sew York cheese has an average sale . Canadian butter in better request from tlie enhanced rates of inferior Irish . United States swuct ilotir , 42 s . per barrel ; Uir . tcl States sour Hour , 87 s .

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      (From The Gazelle Oi Tuesday, March 2.) ...

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      ^ m «^ £ 4 « DfiATir ' op Punch MoriMn Au .-1 ' rince „ I I , . ad ' . ad AU , theciKhty-fil ' thsonof Fctli All . Scliah wlcraa , m , who Xm \ 10-1 children , of whom 39 we Bull living , ng , died lately at Klioi , a small town of Persm , at no no very ai vanccd ace . On the decease of tus lather ia - ' iu 881 . iTffi ££ » i »<> of Abbp Mlm , rt » ehlert iert ; son , to the throne , Mounul A It kit the court ol , of ! Puiii * . and retired into one of tho provinces , whew ten i he lived in a comparatively humble style , lie was was I a man of cultivated understanding , and employed iyed I himself cUicflv in astronomy . A lew years iiico a . U , treatise on the ' prognostics of tho weather , wriUeu bj a bj ' bin , was published at Tauris . ExTBX & vty . SiiHKP-smuxu . —We observe thtt an . am immense Jot of i-liccp have disappeared from the the » farm of Torridon , and that a rowp . rd of £ 50 has has i been offered for the detection of th

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 6, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_06031847/page/7/