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MARLBOItOUGH-STKEET . —Ho > r to Dim fob Xotgvsg . —John William Molloy , an elderlv person , apparently very deaf , who at one period moved in very respectable society , and who reports himself to Ik * a close connexion of a distinguished Irish family , was brought before Mr . Bingham , charged with havins : enjoyed himself luxuriously at the Cafe de Paris , Haymarkct , without having any means or intention of paying his bill The prisoner fora length of time has been living on coffee-houses and hotel proprietors , and , though fie has frequently been given into custody on the discovery of bis true character , vet he has hitherto contrived to evade punishment bv makinsr his frauds mere cases of
debt In this instance it appeared that the prisoner had gone a step too far , and that now there is a possibility of hotel and coffee-house keepers being relieved for some time at least , from the impartial favours of such a customer . —From the evidence of Henrv Manning , waiter at the Cafe de Paris , it was proved that , just between the lights , while it was raining , the prisoner rushed into the coffee-room and said , he really was so fatigued and the weather was so bul , that instead ofgomg home to his residence at Barnes he would take a dinner and abed at the hoteL The waiter , who appeared to be a -very sharp kind of personage , was thrown off his ^ tuard by this sudden address , and as the darkness favAnred the nrisonor on an examination of his
shabby genteel externals , he told tho prisoner he COnld have dinner , but ifc was ihe rale of the honse not to let beds to visitors unprovided with luggage . ! Die prisoner said , he would not break through the rules ; he woul d send for his luggage the next morning early , as it was too late to ask thc house , porter to go as far as Barnes that night . The prisoner then ordered an excellent dinner , with aleparticulariy cautioning the waiter "to draw it mild , " some of tbe best pale sherry , and a plate of nuts , which he got the attentive waiter to crack for him , as he had recently hurt his shoulder ^ The next , morning the prisoner called for axhect of paper and wrote tbe followingnote : — " Dear Mrs . Harris , —Let Ham put himself into a Richmond omnibus
with my large portmanteau and travelling bag Don ' t let Hm be later than twelve o ' clock , as I will give him an early dinner and send him home safe . My arm is still very bad , and I shall follow your recommendation and get medical assistance , lam in comfortable quarters at the Hotel de Paris , Haymarkct . — " Yours ever , — " J . M . "—The letter was directed to " Mrs . Harris , Barnes , Surrey ;" but the waiter , not liking the aspect of affairs , presented his bill , which amounted to 16 s . Gd . The prisoner candidly owned he had no ready money about him , but he would draw a small check on his bankers , Messrs . Attwood and Co ., and this the ¦ waiter could get cashed the next morning . The prisoner accordingly drew a check , in his own name , on Messrs . Attwood and Co ., and handed it
over to the waiter . The prisoner then ordered dinner , and on the strength of the check the waiter supplied the viands . The next morning the check was presented at the bankers ' , and from information which was obtained the prisoner was given into custody oa the return of the porter who presented the cheek . —Mr . Bingham asked the waiter if he was induced to give ^ the prisoner additional credit after having received the check?—The waiter said , lie let the prisoner have a second dinner and a second night ' s lodging on the faith of the check being a genuine document . —Mr . Bingham said , thc first dinner and bed most be treated as a debt , but ihe last dinner and bed had been obtained by fraudulent means , and he should commit the prisoner for trial on that account—The prisoner was then fully committed .
Alleged Siheet Rohbehv . —George 'Williams , a young fellow with about twenty aliases , Julia xyttes , and Ann Green , were brought up in custody , the former charged with having assaulted Mr . Frederick Smith , of 48 , Mount-street , Grosvenorsquare , and stolen a valuable diamond ring from his linger ; also with assaulting Mr . Henry Sparkcs , timber merchant , Berr-yard , Blackfriars . The two women were charged with assaulting them on their way tothepolicestation . —The prosecutor stated that about two o ' clock on Monday morning , he and his friend . Mi * . Sparkes , were proceeding up Great Titchficld-street , when they heard two persons walking behind them . On witsess looking round , hesaw the prisoner Williams and another man , who
seeing that they were watched , crossed over to the opposite of the road . Witness took no notice of this , and he and his friend walked on . They bad not proceeded many yards , when the prisoner and the other man , not in custody , crossed over again , and ' - valked in front of them . The prisoner , Williams , all at once turned round , and struck Mr . Sparies in the face , while the other man followed Tip / the attack . Williams then came up to witness and -. track him a violent Mow behind the ear and knocsed him into the road . Thoy ran away , and witness and his friend pursued them , calling out " Police ! " The man who was with tbe prisoner made his escape , and the prisoner was stopped by a policecons ; . ! ble in Wells-street , who held him until witness got up , when he gave him in charge . He subsequently , oa looking for his ring , found it had been taken from Ms finger . On their way to the
station the two women came tip , and as he had previ ously seen them in company of the prisoner , he informed tbe constable . Tbey then became very abusiv- and struck him and his friend several times . On their arrival at the station they were also taken into custody . —Mr . Sparkes corroborated the evidence of the . prosecutor . —Pope , 117 E , deposed that be was on duty in Union-street , when be heard the cries of " Police ! " proceed from Ticbfieldstreer . On going to the spot he met the prisoner rvnning towards him . Witness laid hold of him , and a-ked him what he was running for ? Prisoner said ' ¦ he was running after a friend . " At that time the prosecutor came up , and gave him in chai -g . \ The women then came up , and requested iim to ht the man go , as he had done nothing . On his refusing to do so thev became very abusive , and struck prosecutor and his friend . —The prisoners , who denied the charge , were remanded .
As Lvhcman- Darren . —James Moore , thc proprietor of a Hampton-court omnibus , was summoned before Mr . Bingham for cruelty to two horses , bis property . —George Sutton , the defendant ' s driver , was ' summoned before the magistrate in thc first instance , when the following evidence was produced —Frederick Stewart , the waterman at the Knightshridi ;; ' stand , said , on Friday week his attaution Wjas attracted to a crowd near Hyde Park , and on going up he found that one of the horses in an omnibus , which the defendant Sutton was driving , had dropped down dead . He examined the animal , and found it in a pitiable condition . It was a small puny iiorse , utterly unfit for such labour as omnibus work . It was In a wretched condition , seemingly
from starvation and overwork . It had wounds on its tli jttlders , produced by the collar , which had been j > tinted over with flour of brimstone , and the hole * : n the raw flesh plugged up with fuller ' s earth . One of its legs had also a wound on it . "Witfi- - '** inspected the other horse , which the driver was \~ inly endeavouring to make draw the omnibus ; but i ' ao animal , which was hardly a shade better in contiirion than its wretched companion , was quite nnaliv to perform thc task from weakness . This tors- " "ho had large wounds on the shoulders daubed witl . -lour of brimstone and fuller ' s earth . —The driver said thc animals had been inspected by the hors-keeper of his master before tbey were put to th- * omnibus on the morning in question . —
Otho : witnesses having deposed to the shocking conation of tbe live ami dcadanimal , and to their eomuhie unfitness for the work which they were reqiiir- 'd to perform , Mr . Bingham said , it would be q . ' he inconsistent to punish tho driver in such case—it was clearly the master who ought to be ame-ubleto the hvw . As the new act gave a power to u istrate 3 to reach the owners horses where cruel : y was proved , he should discharge the summon- against the defendant , and make the owner the liificipal . On Wednesday , the owner , James Moor- % appeared to the summons . The evidence of t ! -v crheltv , in substance tbe same as had been
give , oa a previous day against tbe driver , was then gon <; into . The defendant said , he had not been able to attend to his stable for several days previous to t ! ' « occurrence , owing to a severe attack of chokrn .. He was not aware of tbe bad t-ondltum of thc iiorses , otherwise he should not have sent them out , md he hoped for a lenient penalty as he was in very poor circumstances . Mr . Bingham said , bis first intention was to have inflicted ' the full penalty of £ ¦ ' > , but taking it into consideration that the defendant had lost one horse by death , was very poor , and had been attacked by cholera , he would mitigate the ' amount to 40 s . including costs .
SOUTnWARK .-: STnEET EoMJEttT . —Mary Hall , amascufine-lookingfcmale , well-known to the police as a desperate street thief , was brought before Mr . Seeker charged with assaulting Mr . George Kent , a commercial traveller , residing at Deptford , and attempting to steal from his person a valuable diamond pin . —Prosecutor stated tliat on the previous evening he had been enjoying himself with some frien-is in the Borough , whom he left a little after twelve o ' clock , and proceeded towards home . While lie was passing Bermondscy Old Church the prisoner suddenl y pounced upon him , and put both her arms round his neck . Not feeling inclined to such
a rough-embrace , he told the prisoner 10 let him alone , and go about her business ; bnt she hugged him the Closer , and she drew bis pin from his Stock with her teeth . She then got away from Mm , but he seized bold of her band and wrested the pin from her , when a policeman came up to the spot and took her into custody . —In answer to the magistrate , complainant said she came so suddenly npon Mm , that be was unable to prevent her from embracing him , and the place was extremely dark , being lighted with only two dim lamps at each corner . —In answer to thc charge the prisoner said the charge was trumped up against her by the prosecutor because she would not allow him to pull her about , . and take indecent liberties with her . She
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denied all knowledge of the robbery , or committing any assault . —Mr . Seeker inquired whether she had oeun convicted . —Downe , the gaoler , replied that she was only discharged on thc previous day for a similar attempt . She had also been ia custody bitely no less than six times , but the prosecutors not appearing against her she was disoba . csed .-Mv . Seeker said she was not so lucky that time , and as the evidence was clear against her ho should commit her for trial . ' WORSHIP-STREET . - Vinmctivb Assault . - Mr . T . Waller , a clothier in High-street , Shoreditch , and S . Waller , bis son , were charge with having violentl y assaulted Mr . R . T . Tubbs , a wholesale haberdasher and trimming manufacturer ,
in the same neighbourhood . —The complainant had obtained judgment iu the Shoreditch County Court upon a debt due to him by tho elder defendant , whom he subsequently met in company of his son , and apprehending that he should be subjected to personal violence , he found it necessary to enter the shop of one of his neighbours for protection . He was followed , however , by both defendants , the elder of whom caught him by the collar and shook him violently , aud the younger one at the same moment struck him a" heavy blow upon tho temple , which knocked him down , and continued beating
him as he lay on tbe ground , until he was forcibly dragged away by the by-standers , and given into custody . —The defendants admitted all the material facts of the complainant ' s statement , but said that they had acted under strong feelings of excitement and provocation . —The magistrate , however , regarded it as a most lawless and unwarrantable outrage , and sentenced the younger defendant to pay a penalty of do , or two months' imprisonment in the House of Correction ;• and the elder to pay a BneofoOs ., or one month ' s imprisonment , in addition to which they were both ordered to put in substantial bail for their future good behaviour .
Highway Robbkuv . — William Morris , alias Haller , and William Lambert , two powerful fellows of notorious character , were charged with the following daring hig hway robbery : —It appeared from the evidence of a Custom-house officer named George , that while passing thc corner of Wentworth-street , Whitechapel , at three o clock on the afternoon of the Oth of August , he observed the prisoners loitering there in the company of three other men , and the moment he passed them he felt a sudden jerk at his coat-pocket . He instantly turned round and seized hold of the man nearest him , when a simultaneous rush was made upon him by the others , one of whom struck him such a violent blow underneath the ear that he dropped to the
ground senseless . A considerable time elapsed bofore be was restored to consciousness , when he found himself under the care of a policeman , who had witnessed the outrage , but reached the spot too late to capture either of his assailants , who had in the interval goi clear off with his pocketbook , containing some private documents . He sustained such serious injuries from the savage violence to which he had been subjected that he had been confined to his bed for a considerable period , and had not yet wholly recovered from its effects . He had since been repeatedly on the watchfor his assailants , but had been unsuccessful in tracing either of them until the preceding evening , when he recognised the two prisoners , who were closely following a lady and gentleman in Commercial-street , with the
evident intention of robbing them . He immediately obtained the assistance of a policeman , and having followed them some distance , to observe their operations , at length saw the prisoner Morris with the skirt of the gentleman ' s coat in his band , endeavouring to pick his pocket , covered by the other prisoner , but before they had time to complete the offence they were both pounced upon and secured . —Police-constable H 70 corroborated the latter part of the prosecutor ' s statement , and intimated that both prisoners were members of a desperate gang of thieves who were the terror of Whitechapel , and that Morris had been several times in custody and repeatedly convicted of similar offencos . —The prisoners in general terms denied all facts alleged against them , but were committed for the formal completion of the evidence .
Crcelttio a Doskkt . —George Ewing , a congrevc-li g bt manufacturer , in Wellington-row , Bethnal-green , appeared to a summons before Mr . Hammill , charging him with having wantonly and cruelly tortured a donkey , the property ofa rival trader in thc same business , named Lester . It appeared from the evidence of a lad named Bird , in the service of the complainant , that while driving the animal in question attached to a heavily-laden cart , along the Bethnal-green road , on the morning of the 24 th ult ., the defendantsuddenly advanced from the foot pavement , and alter inquiring whether that was Mr . Lester ' s donkey , to which witness replied in the affirmative , instantly snatched his whip out of bis hand , and exclaiming " I'll show you how to
make a donkey go , repeatedly drove the end of the handle , which was broken and jagged , with sush force into the under part of the animal ' s flank ? that ifc sprang forward in great agony , with the blood pouring from its side , and on witness stopping and examining it , he found that the flesh had been torn away , and a laceration left at least six inches in length . Thc poor animal was also suffering from three other serious wounds in the same tender part of its body , and one of them was sufficiently deep for the admission of the end of a man s finger . Several bystanders , who had witnessed the act , expressed their indignation at the brutal behaviour of the defendant , who thereupon threw down the whip , aud exclaiming that ho knew the best way to cure a donkey , took up several
handfuls of mud , and after rubbing them into the wounds , turned carelessly round and walked off . The poor animal appeared to be enduring the most acute pain from the cruelty to which it had been subjected , and witness was obliged to lead it aU the way back to his master ' s premises . His employer subsequently complained of tbe injuries his animal had received to Mr . Thomas , the secretary to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals , and by his advice the present proceedings were adopted . —Thc lad ' s evidence was fully confirmed hy that of . two witnesses and Holland and
Fitzgerald , thc warrant-officers , and Mr . Mammal , after characterising it as a most cruel and wanton outrage , said that this was clearly such a case , in his opinion , as was contemplated by the legislature in investing him with a summary power to deal with it in an adequate manner , and he had therefore no hesitation in putting in force one of the clauses of the amended act for the punishment of such offences , and should order the defendant to be at onee committed to the House of Correction , and there kept to hard labour for two months . —The defendant , who appeared astounded at the decision , was then removed to the cells .
WESTMINSTER . —Mysterious Affair . —Thos . M'Donald , a tall , powerful Irish labourer , out of employment , the keeper of a low lodging house in Bolton gardens , Chelsea , Mary , his wife , and Mary Fox , two women who hawk lace and lucifers about the streets , were charged on suspicion of stealing seventy sovereigns and two watches . —Mr . Russell , the superintendent of the B division , said that an Irish gentleman named M'Gouran ov M * Quire-, had resided many years at Lyons as a teacher of languascs . Upon the disturbances breaking out there lie was accused of having taken part in them , had his effects seized , was arrested , and placed iu confinement . He subsequently made his way so England , and resided for some time in Chelsea , where
he gained a subsistence by selling lucifer matches , < fce . He memorialised Lord Palmerston on the subject of the detention of his property at Lyons , and in consequence of the interference of that nobleman the sum of £ 70 , two watches , and other property , were restored to him on thc 21 th September . He was seen in possession of tho property at Chelsea on the evening of thc day that he received it ; aud he was heard to complain , after having been last seen under circumstances of ft peculiar nature in company with the prisoners , that he had been robbed , and Was then in Quest of the female M'Donald , whom he accused ; and from an hour of that time , when he was seen ui the street wringing his hands and bewailing his loss , he had suddenly
and most mysteriously disappeared , ihe tact ot his being missing was first communicated to the police ; and when from tbe result of diligent inquiry it was ascertained that he had been robbed , increased exertions were made with a view of discovering the unfortunate gentleman , and although hospitals , workhouses , and every likely place had beeu inquired at , » p to that moment not the slightest information bad been received respecting . him . — Several witnesses were examined , who proved that the prisoners were in company with M'Gouran under suspicious circumstances on thc night of his disappearance . A quantity of new clothing was found on M'Donald when arrested . Mrs . M'Donald made several contradictory statements respecting sums of money which she asserted M'Gouran had given her , and ifc was discovered that while in the lock-up cell she had managed to give a purse
containing thirty-five sovereigns to aiellow-prisonerto pass unobserved to her husband . —The prisoners said they were innocent , Mrs . M'Donald stating tbat M'Gouran had given her from fifty to sixty sovereigns as recompense for having kept bim a great length of time . —Mi ' . Broderip said ho should remand the prisoners upon this very serious charge for a week , by which time ho hoped something might occur to throw a light upon this most mysterious affair . —The missing gentleman is 55 years of age , about 5 ft . 4 in . high , grey ham , round full face , fair complexion , dressed in a brown over coat with pockets at the sides , black cloth trousers , blue or black waistcoat , black hat , and cloth boots . He was so much endeared to many poor persons at Chelsea , by his extreme kindness of disposition , that he had acquired for himself in the hour of his adversity , the general appeUation of " father . "
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The Height of Modesty . — Going into a stationery shop with sealing wax in your pocket , and asking for a light to seal a letter with .
Horrible Murder Of A Husband By His Wife...
HORRIBLE MURDER OF A HUSBAND BY HIS WIFE . At inquest was held at Tolorton , in the county of Leinster , on the body of a murdered man , tbo particulars of which throw tho atrocious circumstances of that attributed to the Manning , into tho shade . We condense tbe evidence . Catherine Thompson , an interesting peasant g irl , was wedded some time ago to a person in her own elass of life , named Patrick Moore . The marriage was not a happy one ; the wife ' s prefcfciness had won her many admirers , and the result was that a casual separation took place ; the husband went to live with a relative of his named Brcnnan , while the wife remained with her mother at Tulla , in the Ballickmoyler district . Moore left for America ,
but on reaching Liverpool he could not divest himself sufficiently of his feelings for home to prosecute his voyage ,, so he returned . On Sunday , September 2 nd , Catherine Moore sent a young woman , named Julia King , over to Brennan ' s to her husband , with a message , the substance of which was that she wished to see him on that evening . He came punctual to the assignation . Between ten and eleven o ' clock on that night he was seen by two men leaning against a ditch at the back of his mother-inlaw ' s house , in company with his wife . After this night he was not seen or heard of in the neighbourhood ; he did not return to Brennan ' s ; bufc a rumour was set afloat tbat he had left for America , and the following Sunday Mrs . Moore left Tulla for
the ostensible purpose of joining him in Liverpool , in order that they might proceed together to New York . After she left , vague reports were circulated through the village , and people surmised strange things and asked why the wife did not accompany her husband . These indications of the feelings of the people in the neighbourhood having reached H . B . Warourton , Esq ., the sub-inspector at Ballickmoyley , that gentleman immediately made particular inquiry into the matter , and had the several coal pits in the district dragged , but without any successful result . While he was thus engaged a letter was received from a brother of Mrs . Moore s , who resided at Dundalk . It purported that the writer had seen his sister and her husband off from
Dublin , on their way to America ; that they were in good health , and seemed perfectly reconciled . Thus matters remained until word was brought him on Wednesday evening that the body of a man was seen in a hole in the centre of the lonely bog of Rossmore , and that dogs had been devouring portions of it . He proceeded to the place pointed out , when he perceived a mangled arm protruding from the depths of « the bog-hole , as if outstretched to Heaven imploring vengeance . A stick being procured , the body was stirred , when a most revolting spectacle presented itself . A human head started out of the water ; the nose and one of 4 he cheeks had been cut off , the eyes were gone , and the face otherwise fearfully mutilated . On examination the limbs were found to be very much mangled , and the body in a state of putrescence and
decomposition . Mr . Warburton drove off to Tulla , it having struck him that tho mutilated body must have been that of the missing Patrick Moore . When he reached Moore ' s mother-in-law ' s house , he made fresh inquiry as to where Mrs . Moore and her husband were ; the confusion and prevarication that ensued confirmed him in his idea of there being foul play . He then secured the attendacee of a- person who knew Patrick Moor , and could identify the bod y if it was his . On returning to Rossmore Bog with this man and a reinforcement of police , they raised the body out of the hole ; while doing so it fell into piecemeal , and the loathsome members had to be p laced in bags . The remains were immediately identified . In the morning the sub-inspector placed the mother-in-law , brother-in-law , and sister-in-law of thc deceased man under arrest .
The coroner , Thomas Budds , Esq ., held an inquest on Saturday last , at Grave ' s public-house . Several witnesses were examined , and from them were elicited the facts just stated . The most remarkable part of this dark tragedy remains to be told . On the morning of the inquest who should return homo from Liverpool bufc Catharine Moore-She had come home with a pitiful tale of how her unnatural and brutal " husband had deserted her on the quay of Liverpool , leaving her a lonely and unfortunate woman to beg her way home . Her astonishment—her horror on hearing of the discovery of the mutilated
remains of her husband , operated so strongly on hei feelings that she confessed her guilt , and all tho appalling circumstances connected with it . _ It seems Moores brains were beaten out on the night he was last seen with his wife , and that on tho next day the wretched woman and her mother dislocated the limbs , so as thoy fitted on an ass ' s ear , being concealed by Straw . Tlicy then proceeded to Rossmore Bog , which was seven miles distant , and in the loneliest p : irt of that lonely place they flung their gore-clotted burden into an unclean hole . The Jury , after some brief deliberation , found a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against Catherim Moor and Bridget Thomson , mother and daughter . The principal evidence against these wretched women will be supplied by two persons connected with them by tho closest ties of consanguinity .
The Truck System.—During The Last Few We...
The Truck System . —During the last few weeks considerable interest has been felt as to the issue oi three informations laid against gun-lock manufacturers , for paying their workmen a portion of their earnings in goods instead of money , in contravention o'f the provisions of what is generally known as thc " Truck Act . " They were to have been brought before Mr . Leigh , tbe stipendiary magistrate , at B ' tlston , upwards of a fortnight ago , but the hearing Of them was postponed , in consequence of its having been stated that thc witnesses for the prosecution
had been drugged and kidnapped , for thc purpose of defeating the ends of justice . On Tuesday last , however , the charges were entered into before the stipendiary magistrates , at Darlaston , when Mr . G . Edmonds , of Birmingham , appeared for the prosecution , and Mr . Bolton for the defence . The case against Mrs . Margery Ridding , of Davlastongreen , was first taken . Mr . Edmonds detailed the facts of the case . The statute under which the charge was preferred was undoubtedly one which interfered to a great extent with the freedom of trade , bufc , whatever opinion might be held as to the general principle , he thought he should be able to show that the case before the bench was one of great hardship and oppression . Samuel Wood ,
the witness ho was about to call , had boon in the employment of Mrs . Ridding for fourteen or fiveteen years , and had , during ali that time , been receiving goods instead of money in payment of his wages . Besides , the fact of the goods thus received being sometimes , both in respect to weight and quality , not what thoy ought to be , there was this improper feature , that Mrs . Kidding never gave the witness or the person whom he sent for thc goods any account of what she sold them , but only marked them down in . 1 book kept by herself . Ifc might be said , why do parties continue to take goods , instead of money , which they have a right to demand ? The fact was that almost the whole of the masters in . the parish of Darlcston were truck dealers , " and therefore the only alternative was to submit to tho system , or else leave the district . Mr . Edmonds then called the
witness Wood , who deposed to tho fact that he -went to Mrs . ttidding ' s shop on the 21 st of August last to ask for work , when slio gave him an order for some locks , lie received some bacon , butter , and other avticles , amounting in all , as he was told , to 4 s . 6 d „ and upon going on Saturday night to receive payment for the work he had done , this sum was stopped out of his wages . The bench , without any remark , imposed a penalty of £ -5 and costs , amounting in all to £ 6 12 s . Cd . The two other informations , wliich were against Josephand George Golcher , were adjourned fora fortnight , by private arrangement , but it is said no further steps will be taken in respect to _ them , a sort of compromise having been entered into between the parties . A person named George White laid the information , at the instance , it is stated , of tho the society mentioned in / . the course of the proceedings . —• Wolver hampton Chronicle .
SiiWUMB GESKROSiir . —A Mr . Brooks ; fruiterer , residing in the Edgeware-road , found on Thursday afternoon , the 27 th ult ., on his counter a pocketbook containing £ 500 ., and havin g served a lady with some trifling articles some short time before , who stated she was going into the country , he immediately called a cab and went to tho Great Western Railway and examined all the carriages to endeavour to find hcv among the passengers that were about starting by the four o ' clock train , but she was not among them ; so ho" returned and examined the book to ascertain if there was anv mark by which he might trace her , and finding a grocer ' s bill whoso residence was in the city , he took an omnibus and went there , but with no more success than he had at the railway , lie returned homo and gave up the search , it being seven p . m ., intendin g to advertise it in the public papers tho next day
if she did not make inquiries for it . The next morning the lady came and asked the tradesman if he had found such a , book , for she said if ho had not she must have lost it in the streets or been robbed of it in an omnibus Mr . Brooks was very glad the owner had mado her appearance to receive it , so ho called in a neighbour to witness his giving it up , and to his surprise saw her take it and walk off without expressing the least gratitude for its restoration . Mr . Wri ght , the nei ghbour , said "Surely , madam , you will pay Mr . Brooks his expenses in seeking you . " She directl y asked how much it had cost , lie said 2 s . 3 ., she laid down 3 s . and then waited for the 9 d , change . —Observer ' . t . S ? pwamia extremely violent at Tries ' t . On the 21 st ult . 109 cases occurred , forty-two of wjiich KT ^«? St i > Th ,, ? ? - ? 80 dentin the camp of the Pasha of Travnik , who is nq . w before Bibacs , m Bosnia , that he has boon obliged to propoao terms to tho rebels . fa w * *
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THE CURRENCY QUESTION . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAlt . <* m —I beg to suggest , with all due deference , of course , that you augBt to have inserted my reply to Mr Culpan , at least at th same time that you inserted a second reply to me from another individual ; however , as my first reply to Mr . C . will also answer in a great measure for a reply to my second opponent , I think if you will insert that , along with E remarks , they will both of them be pretty nearlv answered , at least for the present . It were much to be desired , tbat all disputants « ould endeavour to understand each other before thev attempt at replies . It will bo seen that our friend Mr ! Shackleton , has fallen into the same mistakes with respect to my meaning as Mr . Culpan has done , bufc as I have pointed out these mistakes in my reply to this latter gentleman , I shall say no at present on that head .
more Mr . Shackleton wants to know " what part of the present Currency laws I am prepared to defend , as he says , "it is useless to lay down details ot a new plan until the old one be fairly discussed . I will tell him at once what I think ought to be done , and what I would do , if I had the power . Supposing the present banknote , Exchequer bdl , scrip , fund , and loanmongering thing , called a government , was to tumble to pieces from the pressure of its financial difficulties—and mind , there will be no change imtil that is the case , —and suppose a Democratic government was substituted in its place , the first thing to be done by such a government , in my opinion , Would be to issue an order that no banker , loan , or fund jobber , should leave the
country , nor transfer any portion of his estate , ( exactly as was done at the breaking up of the South Sea swindle , ) until a commission would be appointed to settle matters between the bank note men and their creditors , on equitable principles ; their estates being made to pay the debts of the bank men as far as they would go , taking into consideration the difference in the value of the money , caused by the stoppage of all paper circulation . As the National Debt is , to all intents and purposes , amortgage on the land , I would settle the business between the land and the funds on the same principle , taking especial care that none of tho fund men should have any further claim on the general taxation of the country . All the future taxation of the
country should be levied on the real property of the country , which would be of very trifling amount , and easily collected . Now , under these circumstances , I should like to know what need there would be . of either banks or paper money , or what difference it would make to the circumstances of the people , whether the circulation was abundant or scarce , as ifc is called . When the people are freed from the accursed gripe of the tax-gatherer—for a fixed amount of money—ifc makes no difference to their circumstances whether the sixpence has all the purchasing power of a sovereign , or it remains as it is ; the circumstances of the country will soon accommodate themselves to the quantity of money in circulation , be the amount great or small , and no honest industrious man need suffer from want , particularly when those other reforms
were accomplished , which would naturally present themselves to a government emanating from the people , but which have nothing to do with the present discussion . I have thus , in as brief a manner as I possibly could , stated my plan for bettering the condition of the people . If our friends be of opinion that the abolition of a currency possessing intrinsic value , and a substitution of an inconvertible paper currency , would be an improvement , let them give us the details , in order that we may examine them , but do , for Heaven ' s sake , let us steer clear of all matters and things which have no connexion with the subject in dispute . I am no Communist , simply because I believe that the princip les of Communism are impracticable , but I am not going to be led into a discussion either on Communism or any other ism at present .
In conclusion , let mo add , that it cannot too frequently be repeated , that the question is not what sort of currency ought to exist in the present state of society , burthened , as we are , with an excessive load of taxation , having the fundholder , the parson , and whole swarms of honourable and right honourable pensioners to support in extravagance ; but what sort of a currency is the best for a community which is governed on just and equitable principles . Let me beseech my opponents not to lose sight of this , and the public will sooner have a chance of deciding between us . Yours truly , Huddersfield . Ricuaud Brook .
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN' STAB . Sir , —With all due deference to Mr . Brook , and with an assurance to him that mere victory on my part is not the object of n \ y remarks on thc Currency question , —my sole purpose and aim is to arrive at the true and fundamental principles of this question , and to be a humble instrument in directing the minds of the readers of your journal to thc subject . It does appear to me that Mr . Brook , though having been the first to introduce the subject , manifests such a reserve on it in his communications as completely to mystify his ideas . His remarks on " all the other institutions of thc country , & c , " are completely foreign to the
question in hand . No doubt they are not what tbey should be . But how to alter them ! We always find that when an idea suggests itself in the minds of leading men of somewhat modifying our institutions , the first thing that suggests itself is , how to obtain the money . The man with the idea alone coull never modif y an institution . He must set the printing press to work ; public'lccturors must be sent out into the country to enlighten the people ori the subject ; which cannot be done without an adequate supply of the " needful . " We see then that a modification of any one of our institutions cannot bo effected without the necessary instrument—money . Will Mr . Brook point out to your readers any institution which docs not owe its existence to money : and
which would not immediately become inactive were money to be withdrawn from ifc ? If Mr . Brook cannot prove positively tbat the institutions of the country could exist without money , or , in other words , tho distributive principle , bis position is valulcss . Money is the fundamental principle out of which institutions spring . Ifc is the first institution adopted in the infancy of civilisation . Men are created with different organisations , giving them particular tastes , which lead thorn to different occupations . And as man can produce of any ono article considerably more than he can consume , —and as he has a divesity of wants , —it follows , that thc surplus , over and above what one man can consume of his own productions ,
becomes available for exchange with other parties , who arc similarly situated as himself , —hence an exchange of commodities takes place to their mutual advantage . But as exchange conducted on this principle would be found to bo very clumsy and inconvenient , the principle of money is adopted , which represents a given value , thus great convenience and economy of time and labour is effected , the surplus commodities being exchanged or sold for a representative of value ; the seller then has the means of purchasing the commodities which he may deem necessary for His comfort or convenience . The great evil of our present monetary principle consists of its being based on a commodity , and that one of the scarcest in the world ; and the quantity
of floating capital depends on thc quantity of gold in the coffers of the Bank of England . This gold is liable to be reduced in quantity by its becoming more valuable on tho Continent or in America , When this is thc case , tho merchants purchase our gold with their produce instead of our goods , aud for the best of all reasons , that thc gold is more valuable to them than our goods . We cannot , howover , part with the gold without diminishing our circulating medium . Parties may be ready to say , what does it mean , the American or tho Frenchman has left behind him an equivalent in goods . Instead , however , of being an advantage to ira ifc tends materially to aggravate thc evil . Ifc would have been considerably to our advantage had no transaction
of such a nature taken place . Examine thc position ; before we shipped the gold abroad the quantity of money in circulation allowed a certain price to he given for produce ; a certain rate of wages , & c . Just imagine one million of sovereigns to be abstracted from the coffers of tho Bank , and sent abroad , and thus withdrawing from circulation its equivalent ia five-pound notes , and supposing that this million-has paid for goods wliich the forei gner has brought into thc country ; we thus find ourselves in the possession of one million worth more of produce , and minus one million in the amount of our circulating medium . "Will any sane man affirm that with onr augmented stock of produce , and a diminished quantity of money , that tbe same price
can be given either tor produce or as wages . It is evident that whenever ouv gold diminishes in quantity , 'it gives a greater power to the usurers ; we generally find them abstracting on such occasions as much as ei ght per cent , for the discounting of bills of exchange . Tho working-man feels wlto pays this interest , but , alas ! he does not know how he is compelled to pay it ; the nearest party to him who abstracts it is his master , and therefore , from his superficial view of the case ,. looks upon tllC master as being tho cui-so of his poverty and wretchedness . Tho legislators on money have not been content with basing it on gold , bufc they have determined
i i « u its price shall bo £ , ' ? 17 s . IOJd . per ounce in this country . When its price per ounce advances on tbe Continent , we are not allowed to advance ifc m this country , and consequentl y have no other means of bringing it back again but by lowering the price or our goods until they become much cheaper than gold ; then an opportunit y presents itself to foreign merchants who purchase oar goods with gold at enormous y reduced pricca , and take them touur India and China markets , and sell them at reduced prices , still obtaining g 00 d profits , thus compelling those who have shi pped goods to China ? J !! li ; V narke t \ P ' ohasod ' at ft legitimate «« oq tosQlltuogoob tuey may hm there at ruiuw
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loss . Our merchants , manufacturers , shopkeepers , and operatives , are blind to their own interests ; they have had an idol made of gold and set up for their worship and adoration , and though it is sacrificing its thousands and tens of thousands ot victims annually , they see nothing in ifc bufc the very essence of perfection . This is a golden age , and therefore a cruel and cold calculating age ; every noble principle is corrupted at the shrine of this idol ; every vestige of liberty is likely to be crushed beneath its cruel and heartless sway . As money is a conventional institution , it ought to be based on such princi p les as would allow tiie producer to obtain his legitimate wages , so that he could at all times procure with his wages an adequate supply of
tho physical necessaries and comforts , and even luxuries of life . Who so deserving of luxuries as the industrious and hard-working producer of every grade ? This can only be effected by destroying tho power and influence of gold , which may be effected by applying to it the principles of free trade , it would then bo nolongeravailableasmoney in this country . Substitute for it a national paper , which could neither appreciate nor depreciate if issued on produce , and withdrawn as produce went into consumption . The foreigner could not then diminish the quantity of our circulating medium if he sold his goods ; he would be compelled to take our national paper , which would be of no avail to him in his own country ; he would therefore seek to nurehase ffoods which he might require , and thus
'leave our money at home . If he purchased gold he would have to give a market price for it ; and gold being a commodity , its price would be governed somewhat by its supply and demand , so that should it advance in price on the Continent it would also advance in Eng land ; and if it was dearer than goods to the foreigner , he , of course , would take goods . As the quantity of money in circulation determines the amount of interest payable for its use , when the quantity diminishes , the interest advances , it must therefore be evident that the mere usurer will always be scheming to keep the quantity of money in circulation as limited as possible . Were thc golden idol to be overthrown , this class of indiduals would have to bend to * the injunction of the Great Lawgiver , " Man shall earn his bread by the sweat of his brow . " Yours truly , Halifax , Oct . 1 st , Jom Culpax , Jun .
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ANOTHER FJSARGUS O'CONNOR . ANOTHER MARTYR TO INGRATITUDE , What we wonder will teetotallers say when they peruse the following illustration of the gratitude of their order ,
FATHER MATHEW AND HIS PENSION :-( From the Boston Chronotype , ) The following correspondence will throw some lig ht on the subject of Father Mathew ' s obligation to the British government : — ' Address of St . Mary ' s Mutual Benevolent Catholic Total Abstinence Society to the Very Rev . Theobald Mathew : "Rev . and beloved Sir , —Wo the undersigned , members of the above society , beglcave to present to you our sentiment of love , confidence , and gratitude , for your zealous exertions and unequalled success in the glorious cause of total abstinence . We hail with . joy your arrival in this free and happy country , and most fervently pray that your labours may bo crowned with the most complete triumph . We fully recognise you as the greatest benefactor of
the age . You have so loved your fellow man as to devote your whole life and substance to the promotion of his present social and future welfare . Wo fully sympathise with you in your pecuniary embarrassments , and we beg your acceptance of our mite ( one hundred and fifty-five dollars ) as a free g ift , the voluntary contributions of our members , it being but a very small part of the great debt of gratitude we owe you . " Rev . Sir , —You have our love and confidence , and we shall ever pray that your labours may have the most glorious consummation , not only in the present but in future generations ; that the God of Mercy may prolong your days in this world , to administer the consolations of peace , sobriety , and happiness to all who may stand in need , is the ardent wish , reverend and beloved sir , of your affectionate and devoted friends .
"JohsLalor , ) Committee in behalf of " Jons Cadacax , V St . Mary ' s Total Ab" Andrew Sproule , ) stinence Society . " "Boston , August 21 , 1849 . —My . Dear Friends , — I am deeply grateful for this kind and complimentary address , presented on behalf of the St . Mary ' s Society , With tho fidelity and zeal of its members in the sact'Cd ClUSO of temperance I have been long acquainted , and I feel justly proud of the pioo they have given of their appreciation of my exertions in this great movement . Whilst I beg to present my heartfelt thanks to the members , collectively and individualy , for their generons contribution to extricate me from pecuniary difficulties
Iwouldbe oppressed by such kindness , did I not feel that the debt for which I am responsible is not , properly speaking , mine ; as I never incurred any on my own account . It is thc debt of the temperance societies generally , for which in my anxiety to establish and sustain them , I made myself liable . To secure tbe creditors from loss , I effected an insurance on my life , and the pension generously granted by the British government is appropriated to the payment of the annual premium . My acceptance of this pension has been a source of '
dissatisfaction to my friends , who consider that it has weakened my influence with tbe Irish people . It is solely with a view to remove this cause of offence that I consent to become burtbensome to you , rather than continue to receive the pension kindly granted by the British government . I again ' thank you and the other members of St . Mary ' s Society , the remembrance of whose kindness shall be ever gratefully cherished hy their obliged and devoted friend , " Theobald Matiiew . " To the gentlemen of tho Committee of St . Mary ' s Society , "
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THE MINERS OF TIIE flOIlTII . TO TIIK EDITOR OF TUB NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —The usual delegate meeting of the Miners ' Association of Northumberland and Durham , was held on Saturday last at the house of Mr . G . Corby , Now Durham , when the following resolutions were agreed to : — " That in order duly to support those of our brethren who may be necessitated to cease work , and being fully aware of the uncertain and partial relief afforded by voluntary subscriptions , it is hereby agreed that in future a levy bo mado upon all the members for that purpose ; and that at each
delegate meeting the secretary ascertain thc number of unemployed , and also tho number of payin * members , and report the same to the delegates ' , wtio shall be empowered to fix the amount of the said levy . " "That before any colliery or collieries sli . ili be entitled to relief , they shall have been enrolled ami have paid into thc funds of tho society ono fortnight ' s contributions ; when if obliged to cease work they shall not receive any pay from the general board for the vlrst fortni ght , it bcin * always understood—and is hereby agreed—th at before any colliery can legitimately chum support their case shall have been submitted to the eouerai delegate meeting , and approved of by a majority of the same . ' ' ' , ' Tliat the levy for the unemployed for thc ensuing fortnight be Sd . per member . "
That with the view ol giving extensive publicity to the Miners grievances , more especiallr with regard to tiio injurious effects of the present unhealthy system of ventilation—it is resolved to publish a series of tracts , to be entitled " Tracts for the Minors ; " and that each colliery lm \ v \ g iwst cause of complaint m this respect , forward a written statement of their case to M . Judo , Barras Bridge Aewcastlo-on-Tyne , who is appointed to superintend the publication of the said tracts . " '' That Joseph Pawcett is duly elected bv ballot to become an agent of tho society , and to Propagate , by lectures and addresses to the miners tluj views and objects of the society . " * " That Thomas Weatherly become tho general secretary to tho society , and that his expenses bo paid , when attending the delegate meeting . in the
same way as tho late general secrerary ' s expenses were paid . l " . Seeing that great numbers of our industrious brethren are at present out of employment—and being convinced that ouv wa « es cannot be raised while so great a surplus of labourers remain micro . , ployed—therefore it lias been decided by ballot that in tutureno miner exceed in fas earnings , thc sum of -5 s . <& . per day , until full employment and adequate remuneration is awarded to all the miners in this district . The following motions will como heforo tho next delegate meeting , and will have to be decided by the ballot : — 'I T , liafc / n ot , ier a £ or fccturer be called out , ami the following persons are nominated for that
officer-Joseph . Beaston , Charles Parkison , and II . Ingham . " , f Tbafc the views and opinions of the Miners of these two counties be ascertained , whether they will extend the association , and make it national or not ; tho counties of Lancashire and Staffordshire having requested to \ cavn our intentions and purposes in that respect . " It was then resolved : — " That tho next delegate meeting bo held that day fortnight , Oct . 13 th , at Mr . 1 . Green s , Cock Inn , head of the side , New castlo-on-T yne . Chair taken at nine o ' clock , a . m . ' - H-aving ascertained that an addition of nearlv two thousand , members had been enrolled durin " the rortnight , tho proceedings of the meeting " were bvo \ ight to a close in the visual way . ¦ . „ _ M . Ji'o ? , Chairman . 1 . & . —It was announced at thc oloso of the meeting , that Mr . X . Jtodd , printer , intended to
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bring out the Kiuors' Almanack , and would r „ r obliged by having forwarded to him all well authen ticated cases of accidents which may have haniS upon their respective collieries . —M , J ,
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The West-Riding delegate meeting was hold in Bradford , on Sunday , September 30 DeWra present—Joseph Taylor , llonley ; Jonas ^ 11 ™ Kcighley , George Webber , Halifax ; James ( W Thomas Wiicock , Bradford . Joseph Tavlor in ? 1 ' chair . The following resolutions were miinimnn . i adopted :- " That tbo minutes of So S n Z ? be confirmed . " « That Mr . Thomas m £ & ff $ secretary for the next twelve months , and Tt ;» i S Gee be the treasurer . " « That wo , the ^ W Riding delegates , recommend to the various ChV tist Associations in the West Riding , the vvamaf 1
r \ f still bftnninir mil- f ! havtm > Asenni . i :.. ! " W of still keeping our Charter A ssociation j exist ence , and never to give up one iota oi tho m-inpmi „ l of the People ' s Charter ; but at the same t £ K would recommend all Chartists to give their sun port to ail political reformers who are honestly S vocating any of the points of the People ' s Charter '' " That this meeting adjourn till the last Sundav in January , 1850 . " All correspondence for * hn West-Riding secretary , for the future , must be id dressed , " Thomas Wiicock , care of Thomas Vm pleby , News-agent , Manchester-road , Lradford " Yorkshire . "
National Victim Committee . — This comroittep met on Thursday evening , September 27 it ful Land Omce . Mr . John Milne in tho clnh- xr Thomas Clark reported that II . T . Atkinson ' Esn barrister-at-law , had returned six guineas , and ' Fitch , Esq ., two guineas , from the amount ' of tfie £ bills for attendance at tho inquests of "Williams and Sharp ; the same to be given for the good of the cause . —John Arnolt reported that Thomas Cooper Author of the " Purgatory of Suicides , " had coal sented to give a course of three lectures , at the South Loudon Hall , on behalf of thc Victim Fund . —Thanks having been voted to tho above-named gentlemen , the committee adjourned .
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Hyde . —The quarterly meeting of this branch was held at the school-room , Chcapside , on Sunday last , September 30 th , when there was a good attendance of the members ; the books of the branch were examined , and was very satisfactory , on account of the economy that had been used in tho local expenditure . The following resolution was carried unanimously r— " That the members of this branch are determined to assist to carry on the Company b y every means in their power , and the members who are in arreaas with their local expenses are requested to pay the same as soon as possible . That this meeting adjourn to Saturday , October Oth , at seven o ' clock in the evening , and meet every fort « night afterwards _ at the School-room , Cheapsicle , at that hour . "
Salfokd . —Ata paid-up shareholders special meeting held at Mr . Lees , Temperance Hotel , Tawellstreet , Sept . 29 th , for the purpose of re-organisin « the branch , it was resolved "That the meeting do adjourn until the first Sunday in Oct . 7 th , on business of great importance , at two o ' clock in thc afternoon . '
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CORN . ALuut Lake , Monday , Oct . 1 . —The foreign arrivals last week were again to a large extent . There was a good supply of English wheat this morning , the market was in consequence dull , and all but the finest qualities of both English and foreign were fully Is , cheaper . The price of foreign flour was Is . per sack lower , unless of superior marks . Fine new barley maintained its value , but grinding and distilling sorts of foreign went off slowly at a small decline . Scarcely anything doing in malt . New beans and peas were plentiful and fully Is . cheaper . Owing to the in . creased suppyl of oats , the trade was very dullnnd the
, best samples Is . cheaper ; inferior sorts sold at very irregular prices . For foreign rye very little demand , but fine new English scarce and inquired ;\ fter . Linseed cakes without alteration . Carraway seed duller sale . Wednesday , Oct . 3—With moderate supplies of grain since Monday , we have a steady trade for every articles at the prices of last day . Arrivals this week : —Wheat — English , 1 , M 0 quarters foreign , » , 810 quarters . Barley—English , 320 quarters ; foreign , 3 , 330 quarters . Oats — English , 5 « 0 quarters Irish , 2 , 870 quarters ; foreign , C , 1 G 0 quarter . Flour—470 sacks .
BREAD . The prices of wheatcn bread in the metropolis are from GJd . to 7 d . ; of household ditto . 5 d . to 6 d . perilbs . loaf ,
CATTLE . Smitiifield , Oct . 1 . —Tli « supply of foreign beasts an calves on offer this morning was but moderate ; that of sheep extensive , and ot very middling quality , tfutwithstanding that the arrivals of home-fed bcasts ' fresh up today were less than those reported on Monday last , thev were again extensive , even the time of vear considered '' . The weather being by no means favourable for slauehteriug , the beef trade ruled o . vccedinglv heavy , 'flic very primest Scots sold with difficulty at ' last week ' s prices , viz ., 3 s . 8 d . per Sibs . In the middling and inferior kinds of beef onllimited business
y a was transacted at , in some instances , lurther depressed rates . At thc close of the market a large number of beasts left unsold . There was a falling oft'in the large supply of sheep , yet it proved fully equal to the wants of the butchers . For most breeds the demand was in a very sluggish state at prices about equal to those obtained on Monday last , the best downs seHnitr ; . t Is . par Slbs . Although the number of calves was cumtwra ' lively small , the demand for that description of stock " ruled heavy at barely stottasary prices . So little itvis doing m pigs—the number of which was limited—that the quotations were almost nominal .
fcEWGATE and Leadesiiau , Mondav . Oct . 1 . —Inferior beef , 2 s 4 d to 2 s Cd ; middling ditto , 2 s ' Sd to 2 s lOd ; prime large , Ss Od to 3 s 2 d ; prime small , 3 s 2 d to 3 s 4 d ; large pork , 3 s 4 d to 3 s 8 d ; inferior mutton , 2 s lOd to 3 s Od ; middling ditto , 3 s 2 d to 3 s 4 d ; prime ditto , 3 s ( Id to 3 s Sd j veal , 3 s Od to 3 s Cd ; small pork , 3 s Md to 4 s -Id , lamb , Ss VOl to is Sd per Slbs . by the carcase .
PROVISIONS . Losbon- , October 1—The arrivals last week , from Ire land , were 3 ,-510 firkins butter , and 103 bales bacon , and from foreign ports 7 , 310 casks butter , and 385 boxes and hales bacou . Thc demand for Irish butter at the commence of last week was good , particularly for the finest ; but towards the cud of the week foreign declined as to lis . pevowt ., which checked the sale of Irish , and thc market closed quiet . The supply of new bacon having increased , and holders being anxious to effect sales , prices declined 4 s to us perewt . We now quote from CDs to 62 s lauded , according to quality , & c . Ths government contract for the supply of the navy with pork , was taken on Tlmr .-dav
last—namely , t > , 000 tierces , at prices averagine ; about lu Us ( id per tierce , whili is about £ 1 12 s Od pa- tierce less than last year ' s rates . Stocks and deliveries for tbe week ending Sep . 20 : — JitlTTEK . B . ICO . W § tock' De'ivery- Stock . Deliverv . 1 S 4 . .... 20 , 750 7 , 800 2 , 130 OS : )' im .... 5 , 0940 S , 7 « 0 1 , 170 m 13 ia .... B 7 , 88 D 14 , 250 1 , 130 710 English Buiteu , October l .-Ouv trade is now become very dull again , owing to the late advance made- on best parcels , aud prices are not supported , Dorset , tiae weekiv , 00 s to 02 s , per cwt . ; ditto stale and middling , OSs to SOs ; Devon ( 0 s to 80 s ; fresh , Os to lis per pozen .
Cheese , October I . —Several of the leading anmiat i ' . uvs having been steady for most kinds of cheese , there is rather more disposition evinced to get into stock ; ufi \ ll pries , iho quantity of American cheese at this time on sale is small , the whole of the late importations having beeu takuv , by the trade . Double Gloucester , 52 s to 50 s ; Cheshire , 54 s to 72 s ; Derby 54 s to tlds ; aud Edam and Gonda , 38 s to 42 s per cwt .
POTATOES . SoBTiiWAnic , October 1 . —The arrivals of potatoes up to tlte present time have been so few , that we can hardly sav the season has commenced at the waterside . Those 1 V 0111 the Continent have come very free of disease , and are selling at a low figure , considering their good quality . There is 110 doubt tho quantity of potatoes in England this vear is greater titan it has been since tho ftvst appearance ' of the disease . The following are this day ' s prices : —fork liegents , 70 s to SO per ton ; Scotch , d ' as to 70 s ; Forewi whites , COs to 05 s .
HOPS . Donot / cn , Monday , October 1 . — There has been a fair tavte i . \ 0 tob in ttie finer qualities of Kent and Sussex hops , with which our market is now well supplied . The samples on the whole are good , and well managed . In IStS's and older dales there is scarcely anything doing . Duty rfibO . OOO . The currency for new hops may be quoted about ns iolloivs .- —Mitt unci liast Kuut , W 8 s 10 210 S ; WWilli Of Kent , 14 ys to lGSs ; Sussex dockets . 130 s to H 7 s .
SEEDS . _ I' 0 SD 0 . v , Monday . _ Xothint ' ot ' imicli interest transpired 1 in seeds . Canary scarcely sold so well as ou Mondav last , , and new tares were offered rather cheaper , but the cliaii ;* 1 in prices was not sufficien t to render alterations iu quota- - tions necessary , HAY . SJimiriEiD Tuosday .-Fine Upland Meadow ami Rye e , Ss ,, " ? ' ,- ' 'is '> » rf « rwr ditto , 45 s to 55 s ; superior > r clover , 03 s to 9 os ; interior ditto , COs to 7 as : straw , 21 s to a bOs per load ot 30 trusses . WmMciiAra ..-This market to-day was well supplied , J , but trade still continued slack , and prices remained much : li the ssmie as per last quotations . Jlest old meadow !«>' ¦ tf , from 60 s to 1 ds ; inferior ditto , 45 s to S 5 s ; new hay , OUs to to » 0 s ; best old clover , 00 s to 05 s ; inferior ditto , 50 s to 00 ' , 0 i new clover , COs to 80 s ; straw , 27 s to 29 s per load .
WOOL . City , Monday , October 1 . —The imports of wool into Lou- on-« V'Jst WMsk- included 205 bales from Uombav , 1 , 078 from om I ort Phillip , l . ooi from Australia , 2 , 018 from Vera , anil C » 1 C 5 iroin Germany . The public sales have been going off im «* ut » 1 the same , and it is considered tlmt prices are barelv » P l > the mark of those current some time buck . Livewtoi , , September 20 . —Scotch . —We conthmo tore- oreceive fairl y ot Scotch wools , but a good part is for forward ; aviU mg mto the interior . The business doiiv in all kinds ot ils ot Scotch wool is limited , nt banly late rates IRON . Birmingham , October 1 . —Thc usual preliminary giuur-piim terly meeting of tho ironmasters of South Staffordshire ishm was held at Dudley a few days since ; it was there reji « -: epra sented that the trade was still in a very indifferent slaw , slaw but that rather more buoyancy had been observable duringlurini tiie last fortnight , therefore it was resolved to stand I'Jiul b existing prices , which , as stocks small will in a » proba ^ robit bmty be maintained throughout the next quarter .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 6, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_06101849/page/8/
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