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" And I will war , at least in words , ( And—should my chance so happen—deeds ) , "With aB who war with Thought 5 " " I think I hear a little bird , who sings . . The people by and by wiU be the stronger . "—E Y 7 MW . ' It is now sometime since we addressed our readers on Foreign Affairs . The multiplicity of home questions which require to be weekly canvassed leaves us no room in our usual editorial department for the discussion of foreign questions . Yet events are of daily occurrence in other nations which are not Only interesting 4 roin their nature , but- most of them of dial importance to the general interests ofthe human race , in which interests the people of this great nation must necessarily Lave a large share . On the
European continent , in nearly every nation , questions are being agitated , or events are continually transpiring which deserve the serious consideration of the people of this country . For instance , the anti-Anglican war feeling so industriously fomented in Francey-with the strength , hopes , and designs of the Republican party , are matters which must concern lie people of England , The destinies of Spain , where liberty first betrayed by Espahtero , and then strangled by the bloody " hand of Narvaez , ihe tool of Chhisttsa and Loras Piimrra :, must be an object of solicitude to all good democrats . Nor can ihe Leavings of lovely fallen Italy , wi'ithing under the knives of her priestly and kingly executioners , be regarded without emotion by the advocates
of liberty in this island . The important straggle now going on in Switzerland , and the threatened intervention of foreign governments iu the affairs of the Cantons , are subjects demanding the solemn consideration of the English people . The moral warfare for political and religious freedom in Germany ; the demand for democratic reform in Sweden ; the fate of new-born Greece ; the ambitious designs of Russia ; and the coming day of awakening for Poland , and the vengeance she will claim ; arc all subjeers which should-be clearly understood by the people of this country , so that when the propaganda of JDemoeracyagainmarchesover Europe—and march it will—Englishmen may be prepared to play their part in the war against kings *' au « tyrants of every deserinfion . "
And on the American continent the subjects to be found are not few , which may be profitably discussed . Anti-Rentism , Agrarianisn , and Abolitionism , arc all questions , the facts of which thousands are "too little acquainted with ; while the Texas and Oregon questions , daily becoming more complicated , aud threatening serious results to this country ^ should by all means be made plain and easy of comprehension . Haters of fraud and tyranny , we will expose and assail with relentless hostility the dimes of the enemies of man's lights throughout the world . From the miscreant of Muscovy to the lesser devil of Buenos Ayres , all persecutors of their fellow-creatures shall be held up to the scorn and haired ofthe world :
whne from Italy to Spam , from Poland to Gircassia , the cause of liberty shall have our hearty support . Too long have the nations been divided ; too long las brotherhood been but a word , and fraternity a fiction ; too long have profitmongers , priests , and kbigs kept the people of Europe in that bondage , which only allowed them the liberty of loosened wild beasts—the liberty to tear each other ' s thrdats . Wc weald , therefore , fain do something towards making at least the people of England , whom our words may reach , believers in , and practisers of tie sublime principle of
Pake" The world is my country ! To do good my religion 1 " Our readers will infer from the above what we mean to do . A word as to the mode of doing it . Our mode , our one mode , will be the enunciation of the ruth . Possibly we may open up questions and advance sentiments which may alarm the prejudices of those who . have not yet dared to thinkfor themselves ; but even if so , we do not despair that the cause of truth and right will advance nevertheless . We shall be nappy when our observations please aD . who may honour us with their attention ; but as we shall write rather to inform than to please , we shall act on the advice of De Foe , " neither to give nor to take quarter ; " but .
< l Seise oli the truth wherever found , ' and proclaim it fearless of consequences . With this exordium we commence with our first subjects IKE BOLT COAT AT TREVES—THE SEW REFORMAIIOXOne of the most remarkable attempts in modern limes to revive the Papal power over the minds of its votaries , was furnished by the exhibition , lately , at Treves , in Germany , of a garment which the exhibitors with dariiig effrontery pretended was the seamless vesture worn by Jescs Chhist , and for the possession of which , we are told , the soldiers cast lots
at Ms crucifixion . The priests declare that the coat works miracles ; and thousands of the ignorant and deluded people , having faith in the fraud , have been making pilgrimages from great distances to worship at its shrine . Our introductory remarks to the articles intended to appear under the head of " Foreign Movements " having extended to a length not originally , intended , we are necessitated to confine ourselves for this week to the following extract from an artieie in J » n * at < orth's Jfxgezme ibr February , reserving comment for a future occasion : —
Thegreat event oftbeBoman Catholic world , in the year that has jnst passed , was the exhibition at Treves ofthe holiest relic of which the repertory of Rome Can boast . To counteract , if possible , tlie influence of those opinions in Germany , which are so iU-cidedly opposed to the ccetriaes of the llomish Church , and to aid the cause which the Jesuits are everywhere so diligently labouring to sustain , it was resolved to have recourse to the bold trjiedient of endeavouring to impress the multitude hy the Toy means which were employed to hold it in thrall Hfore the light of the Reformation shone upon the darkened world . Xopart of Europe could have been better selected for such an experiment than the city of Trevesihe capital , in fact , if not in name , of a district , whose snnre population are hlindlv submissive to the will of tlie
clergy , and whose credulity aud superstition are equal to sny demand that may be made upon them . The cathedral of Treves had moreover enjoyed , for full fifteen hundred years , tlie reputation of Qneen of the Cisalpine diurches , aad spite of her diminished splendour , contained within her host-in votaries as ardent and as willing to propagate tlie tenets of tlie Roman Catholic faith as in the palmiest days of her history . The relic which she possessed was looked " upon as themest precious object of religions adoration—miraculous properlii-s of the highest order were ascribed to it , and every facility existed for turning it to account . * * It was one of those mornujgs towards the end of September , ' when the heavy fogs which cover the Moselle , and all the adjacent valleys , it that season of the year , are hut the precursors of
briliint days , that I proceeded oh my pilgrimage . * * Our course lay along the left bank of the Moselle ; and about au hour after passing the Rym . -ra monument at id , wc came in sigiit of the towers and spires of Treves , snd , crossing the bridge , whwh is still supported on its Italian foundations , we entered the city . We advanced but slowly ; a long procession , headed by priests , with banners floating and choristers chanting , issuing at that aoment from the city gates to repair to one of the Many sanctified spots that abound in tlie environs of Treves . Xor , when these had passed , was oar progress much quicker , owing to the crowds assembled in the streets , and the obstructions offered by the doiible line of sooths set out with tlie memorials of the Holy Tunic , of tvtrv sow and" form . Some were painted on silk and
satin , richly bordered with gold and enmson , —others , of humbler pretensions , -were only lithographs or wood"ats , —and others again aspired to the honours of line tagraving ; some were stamped on linen for handkerchiefs ; others were formed in wax : and medals of silver Or plated ware , hearing die image of the sacred robe , glittered on every stall and in every shop window . These jaedals were tlie universal ornament of men , women , and thadreti : they-were worn suspended from tlie neck by a narrow , Ught-blue riband . On tlie obverse was the robe surrounded by rays , and this Ic-gend in German , " The holy coat of our Saviour , Treves , 1844 . " On ihe reverse an image of the Virgin , standing on a flobe , trampling down tlie serpent , with the rays of light issuing from her hands . The legends ran dius : " Mary conceived without sin : pray for us . In thee we take our refuge /* The date ou this side was 1 S 30 . As we
got nearer the centre- of the city , the plot seemed to thicken ; and . combiidug this appearance with all we aad heard , we began to fear that we should have some difficulty in finding house-room . The large marketplace , and every avenue leading to it , appeared like one large fair ; here was a stall groaning beneath the weight of sausages , rye bread , and cooked provisions of aa kinds ; beside it * another , piled with ripe fruitpeaches , grapes , and sunny apricots ; then came others ailed witli toys and trinkets , combs , brushes , looldnggSasses hooks , beads , crucifixes , dolls for children , smart necklaces for grown-up girls , aud rosaries for those of maiurer age . Everything tliat could please tlie taste or minister to the phyacaf necessities of the country cus-Mmer was here spread out But it was in the Freiliofthe open space in front of the cathedral—that tlie most tnrious scene awaited us . Here were assembled in two
- * ng hoes the qumes of flic processions which trom daylight ; c K-Mnight streamed without intermission into the building . They W £ re ajj admitted through the rightiand door , before which was a wooden barrier , which ^ as oscasvaaU j lowered by the gens-d ' ormes , who regulated tlie lUOTtinnms O ? lL « Tj . i- <« . -issi <> nP , " > order to prevent too many from entering at once . Hat tlie interruption was scarcely perceptible ; for still the crowd kept moving oa , and * as it disappeared atthe portal , it was constantl y recruited bV the numbers ifcai arrived every moment ^ ni the market-place . The men presented Jttle
" t *** " - ^ s rtmarkaolc , either in dress or countenance ; but aU noiicwOilefi-aui tlie fervour with which they chantedthe Ave } - . . ^^ ( Vdo—the men and women alternately taking Up the strain . Pome of these choristers were so zealous in this good work , that they struck «? ™ T , onsoi * ¦** uioinent thev crossed their own J ™** . «» tV * joumev to * Treves , nor inter-*™ euy aw for food or rest : so that if their houses were tar off , they must have cUU * - cnomrh on this expedmon to last them for the rest of their days . They s . emtc well enosga content « i-J , sll they had to eofoumo- , and wav . ed for _ # . . _ , „ cmcr _ , _ <__ , <> _
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Ural with a patience that appeared inexhaustible . It was already the sixth week of the processions ; and we are assured that no less than thirteen miraculous cures had been effected . Bat the convalescents were singularly modest—tliey invariably disappeared from Treves as soon as the healing process was completed—doubtless , in order to spread the fame of the Holy Tunic abroad and make room for others . The appearance of the interior of the building was , to say the least of it , extremely imposing . On either side of tlie central aisle were the richly sculptured tombs of the former electors of Treves ; above them waved the many-coloured banners of the city guides ; and in the midst , moving with slow pace , came the thronging multitude between the barriers erected for the purpose . At the foot of the last flight of
steps , tlie two living streams united , and depositing there the first-oblations , ascended in single file te pass before the shrine . The relic was contained in a large , upright cruciform glass-case , and was hung up with tlie sleeves extended , before a ground of white silk , being supported by a thin pole which ran across . Itich cords and tassels Of crimson and gold depended from a canopy of gorgeous drapery , which surmounted tlie case ; and in front of it was a square platform , piled high with , the offerings of tlie pious , theproduce of each day ' s ceremony . Seated with their faces towards the relic , but leaving a space before it for the procession to pass , appeared the Bishop of Treves , the coadjutor of the Archbishop of Cologne , and several other prelates , arrayed in their pontifical robes ; and on each side of the altar stood a priest , receiving the various objects which the people brought for consecration by contact with the Holy Tunic , These were hastily thrust into the apertures at the bottom of tlie case , and then
returned to the owners moyennant , of course an additional piece of money . Almost every one brought something to be blessed — rings , medals , crucifixes , rosaries , books , prints , aud images ofthe Virgin , and tlie officiating priests had their hands quite full . A few words will be necessary to describe ihe colour and texture of the relic . It is of a dark reddish brown hue , resembling , as an old writer says , who saw it a long time ago , " unprepared cinnabar . " At a little distance it has a wrinkled appearance , like cracked leather ; but , examined closely , one sees that it is evidently a garment woven from some fine substance , perhaps a peculiar-kind of flax . It is very tliick , and hangs iu many stiff folds , and has an air of great antiquity ; how old can oidy be revealed by the monk who first suggested its existence;—in all probability , in the ninth century , when , after tlie moral darkness which succeeded the death of Charlemagne ' the great traffic in relics first had birth .
Next week we shall give the celebrated letter of Jons Koxge , Catholic priest , exposing and denouncing tlds " pious fraud ; " together with some particulars of the New Refonuation of which this modern Lutiiek is the originator .
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FIELD-GAJiDEN OPERATIONS , For tlie Week ending Monday , March lift , 1844 . [ Extracted from a Diary of actual operations on a number of small fanns in Sussex and Yorkshire , published by Mr . John Nowell of Farnley Tyas , near Huddersfield , Yorkshire , as a guide to other possessors of field-garden fanns to the labours which ought to be taken on their own lands . The farms selected as models , are—First . That of the Willingdon school , five acres in extent , conducted by G . Cruttcnden . Second . The Eastdcan school , also five acres , near Beachy Head , conducted by John Harris .
Third . That of Jesse Piper , consisting of four acres , at Cruttenden . Fourth . That of John DumbreH , a f arm of six acres at Jevington , near Beachy Head . Fifth . An industrial school farm at Slaithwaite , near Huddersfield . Sixth and Seventh . Two small model farms at the same place , occupied on the estate of the Earl of Dartmouth , by Charles Varley and John Bamford . The consecutive operations in these reports will enable the curious reader to compare the climate and agricultural value of the south with the north of England . The Dmnr is aided by "Notesand Observations " from the pen of Mr . Nowell , calculated for the time and season , which we subjoin . ]
SUSSEX . ~ Siomnx—WiUi ngdon School . - Wet weather , boys in school . Eastdean School . Wet day , boys platting , and at their multiplication tables , arid writing . Piper . Cleaning and top-dressing lucerne , —do Vie same to your ivheat , for now is Hie time . Jhmwrell . Rainy day . Tuesday—Wittingdon School . Boys turning manure heap . Eastdean School . Boys digging , earning manure for potatoes , mending the clover , picking roots and stones . Piper . Cleaning lucerne , — manure it well , either ivith solid or liquid manure and mould . Dumbrell . Planting cabbages , drilling tares , and digging . WnnxEsnAY—Wittingdon School . Boys carrying out
manure , for top-dressing wheat . Eastdean School Boys emptying . the tank , carrying its contents to the ground intended for mangel wurzel and carrots , sowing tares . Piper . Weeding wheat , —if you hoe it , and the ground be loose , let the plant be firm at bottom . DumbreH . Planting cabbages , drilling tares , drilling oats , digging , and applying tank liquid to wheat . Tuubsdat—Willingdon School . Boys rolling and treading wheat . Eastdean School . Boys digging , gathering roots for the mixen , cleaning oats , and sorting pig potatoes . Piper . Weeding wheat , it will want no toji-dressing , it was well dressed at the
bottom when sown . Dumbrell . Drilling oats . Friday—Willingdon School . Boys rolling and treading wheat . Eastdean School . Boys digging , rolling and mending tares , getting in turnips and mangel wurzel , for the cows . Piper . Mending wheat , not often too strong near Beachy Head , and if so , a crop without manure will cure it . Dumbrell . Drilling oats . --Saivrdav—VaVtrngdon School . Boys cariying tank liquid for the intended carrot crop . Eastdean Scliool . Boys cleaning out p iggery , replacing the turf where mould for the mrxenwas got , clearing up . Piper . Emptying the tank . Dumbrell . Drilling oats , sowing onions in the garden , planting cabbages .
YORKSHIRE . Slaithwaite Tenants . John Bamford , in a note appended to his return , says , "Nothing has been done with the exception of turning some dung . The weather has been of so stormy a character , attended with frost and snow , that general farm labour has been out of question . I got the tare seed ready a fortnight ago , but as yet there has not been an opportunity to sow any of it . " Cow-Feemxc— ffillingdm School . Cows fed with clover , hay , and turnips . DumbreWs . One cow fed in the stall with mangel wurzel , carrots , and straw . One cow and heifer fed with turnips , carrots , and straw .
NOTES AXD OBSERVATIONS . Oats .- —[ Seed sown in Sussex seven bushels , in Yorkshire six bushels , to the acre . ] Sow oats early ; for early sowing gives weight to tlie grain , while late sowing gives weight of straw . Choose your seed from a poorer soil , adopting the variety to your soil adopting the variety to your soil and climate , but let the seed be good aud heavy , and from the fens if possible . The Eastbourne field-gardeners sow from the beginning to the end of March , in drills , at six inches distance , using about tliree bushels of mould manure to the rod . In the north , oats arc always sown broadcast , commonly on fresh broken up pasture land , without maliufe . On iresh broken up peaty moorland , a dressing of quick lime adds greatly fo the produce .
Steep ron Seed Oats . —Take 24 lbs . of common salt ; dissolve it in twelve pails full of water ; steep six bushels of seed in the solution for twelve hours ; remove the seed , let it drain for one hour ; it will easily divide , and sow , broadcast , on one acre . This method has long been pratised by an individual , and has yielded , according to his estimate , an addition to his crop of one pack of meal per acre and he states that thecorn ripens ten days earlier than usual . SpniXO WirEAT . —[ Seed sown , three bushels , value 21 s . —Dibbled , one bushel , value 7 s . per acre . —Expense of dibbling , 14 s . —Sowing in seed , 14 s . —besides horse and man ' s labour . Actual experiment . ] Dibble , drill , or sow spring wheat : but after reading the motto , I think , certainly , you will dibble . In general , a moderate liming on either winter or spring wheat answers well , where it is not the custom to manure tlie crop .
In dibbling , steep your seed in urine ; use a little quick lime , and plenty of rape dust to make it part . Let your rows be six inches apart ; strike four holes at a time , six inches distance , three inches deep . Place as near as you ean guess tliree seeds in each hole . Cover up iiuiaeuiately , and tread the seed in as you go on . If your wheat crop follow potatoes or turnips , a good liming in most cases would be well ; and in all cases a dressing of home made or domestic guano would be beneficial to your com ; or about 1 i cwt . to the acre of natural guano , well pounded , and intimately mixed , passing it through a sieve repeatedly , with moist ash charcoal , burnt clay compost , or coal ashes ; or drill with the seed about six or eig ht bushels of rape dust per acre . The springsown wheat is manured at Eastbourne with five bushels of mould manure to tlie rod .
Beaxs . —[ Seed dibbled , two and a half to three bushels per acie . j—Do not delay now to dibble in your beans . Beans ought to lie sown in February . As this crop follows corn that has been well manured , no manure will be required . Place ihem in rows cightecn . iuches apart and three inches asunder , and cover in well three inches deep . Dibble a table bean between each one of your poratoe sets . Dr . Bccklaxd ox Guaxo . —There was another kind of manure which he wished particularly to impress upon the farmers' attention—he alluded to guano . It was as they knew the droppings of sea fowl , accumulated for ages upon the coast of Africa and America , and on many islands in the Pacific ocean . Since its first importation , four years only ago , guano had been used with the greatest success in various parts ofthe country . It was notorious that experiments made with it during 184 i had almost universally failed ; and their failure exemplified those chemical principles upon which guano was applied , shewing that it ought never to be applied as a top
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dressing , except in rainy weather , and when the plant is m a state of active growth . There were many advantages attending the use of guano , not the . least of which-were its portability , audits powers of retaining its properties for many years , if kept dry and excluded from the air . It was much cheaper now than on its introduction into this countay , and next year the supply would be such as to reduce'its price to half of that charged last year . He knew that no less than COO ships had left ' Liverpool alone in the present year to get- guano , and they would Ibring back at least 60 , 000 tons . Three years ago the price was £ 15 per ton , last year it was £ 10 , and this Year it has been 47 or MS . The Professor repeated his strongest recommendation of guano . If he possessed 500 or
1000 acres in the neighbourhood , he wonld himsell send for a shipload , and land it at Axmouth harbour . He would store it in his coach-house , or cellars , il they were dry—for it would keep extremely well in a dry place—and sell it even in half-crown worths to the farmers for experiments , and he was iquite sure that the result of these experiments would induce them all to come the following year and expend many pounds on this precious manure . Some of the guano sold in this country was adulterated by art and some by nature , but . 1 little precaution on tho part ofthe buyer would prevent his being imposed upon . He had only to put a teaspoonf ' ul into a tumbler full of warm water and to wash and rinse itwhirling it
, round briskl y , when the sand ( if any were mixed with it ) might be detected at the bottom . He would particularly caution them againstapplying guano in dry weather , because during a few weeks exposure on the surface most of its fertilizing properties would be evaporated . Farmers often lose their labour from disregarding the time and circumstances proper for applying guano , and instead of blaming themselves , found fault with the manure . If the weather were dry , the wiser course would be , instead of wasting the guano , to keep it for another year . —Dr . Buckland's speech at the Meeting of the East Devon aud Dorset Agricultural Society .
# Cuwivatiox . —• The great object of all cultivation is to introduce into plants those substances which are adapted to the food of man . In their natural state they receive , from the air and the soil , merely food enough for their own support , the elements required to form the blood of man are contained in them in very small quantities . It must always be borne in mind by the farmer , that cultivated crops are in a state as much unlike that intended by nature as the stall-fed ox , which has been made to attain an enormous development of fat by excessive supplies of the most nutritious food , or nmlike the cow which is obliged to seek it ' s nourishment over an extensive range of scanty mountain pasture . Transplanted by
man from their native soil , and collected , for his convenience , around his dwelling , there has been produced by art a forced and unnatural development of all their parts , but especially of their seeds , and to maintain this forced development the utmost care of the farmer is required ; for should he trust his fields to nature , his crops would again return to their natural state , or perhaps entirely disappear . It is well known that the produce of an acre of the wild potato in Chili , its native country , would scarcely suffice for the daily consumption of an Irish family ; yet the wild plant and the cultivated are equally exposed to the influence of the atmosphere ; the difference in their value as food must therefore depend entirely upon the amount of nourishment supplied by the soil . "
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Northern Expedition . —It is now definitively arranged that a Northern expedient shall be fitted out , to sail about the 1 st of May . Sir J . Franklin will have the command ; and we are informed that the Erebus and Terror will be provided with the most approved Archimedian screw propellers , Fossil Remains . —Cromer . —The late high tides have partly uncovered the lignite beds along the base of the cliffs , and among the fossil remains of that stratum bave been found a fine specimen of the lower jaw of a rhinoceros , with the seven molar teeth , in good preservation ; together with molars of the elephant , hippopotamus , and beaver . One of those rare implements the celt , supposed to have been in use among the aboriginal Britons , has also been found
on the beach . They are all in the collection of Mr . Simons , at the Bath-house . —Cambridge Advertiser . Waterproof Ammunition . —Tho Washington correspondent ofthe iVeur York Journal of Commerce has the following , under date the 31 st ultimo : —" ¦ In the house Mr . Tibhatts , by unamimous consent , submitted a joint resolution that the law oi 1808 , appropriatingannually 200 , 000 dollars for arming and equipping the militia of the United States andtemtories , uc so modified that one-fourth of the amount shall be applied tJL-the purchase of Colt's waterproof ammunition . The resolution was read twice , and referred to the committee of the whole on the state of the
Union . A highly favourable report from army , navy , and militia officers accompanied the bill , setting forth that Colt ' s cartridges can ue preserved any length oi time without deterioration of the powder ; that no fire is left in the gun , after a discharge , to cause premature explosion on reloading ; that the time required for sponging , pricking , and tending vent ( being one-third of the whole time required in loading a gun ) is saved ; that the cartridges are spark and waterproof ; and that troops using them can march ill storms of rain , can ford rivers without risk to their ammunition , and bring on an action under circumstances where cartridges of common construction would be destroyed .
Electric Clocks , —The following extract of a letter from Mr . Knlaison , of Loughton Hall , appeal's in the Polytechnic Review : — "Mr . Bain has succeeded to admiration in working electric clocks by the currents of the earth . On the 28 th of August he set up a small clock in my drawing-room , the pendulum of w'hich is in the hall and both instruments in a voltaic circuit as follows : —On the N . E . side of my house two zinc plates , a foot square , are sunk in a hole , and suspended to a wire : this is passed through the house , to the pendulum first , and then
the clock . On theS . E . side ofthe house , at a distance of about 40 yards , a hole was dug four feet deep , and two sacks of common coke burned in it ; among the coke another wire was secured , and passed in at the drawing-room window , and joined to the former wire at the clock . The ball of the pendulum weighs nine pounds , but itwas moved energetically , and Has ever since continued to do so with the self-same energy . The time is to perfection , and the cost of the motive power was only 7 s . Gd . There are but three little wheels in the clock , and neither weights nor springs ; so there is nothing to be wound up . "
Progress of Steam Power . —A new machine for the purpose of superseding manual labour in lithographic printing b y steam power , has lately been patented , and brought into considerable operation in England . Hitherto the printer , after inking the drawing , was himself obliged to . drag the stone through the press , and this expenditure of valuable time greatly increased the costliness of the process . The new invention relieves the pressman from this labour , and by accelerating the process will render lithographic prints much cheaper than they have hitherto been . The impressions , too , are sure to be uniform , and as the higher pressure afforded by the steampress permits the use of undamped paper aud a better quality of ink , thus preventing the distortions resulting from the unequal stretchings of the damp paper , they will be much superior to those produced by the mere manual process .
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LONDON . Metropolitan District Council . —Mr . J .- F . Linden in the chair . —Reports were received from several localities in favour of the sixpenny levy in support of the Executive . The following resolution , on the motion oi" Messrs . Stallwood and Simpson , was unanimously adopted : — " That the question relative to the Convention be adjourned until Sunday next , March 9 th . " ; Mr . Lewcllyn , late of Pontypool , onepi the compatriots of John Frost / who lost his all at the time of the Newport outbreak , addressed the Council at considerable length . In the course of his speech he complained of the unequal distribution of the monies subscribed for those who had unfortunately fallen victims to then- devotion to the glorious
principles contained in the People ' s Charter ; and suggested that for the future , should victims be' made , that the funds subscribed should be equally divided , although the sum might not amount . to more than one farthing each . ( Cheers . ) On the motion of Mr . Stallwood , seconded by Mr . John Arnott , the followlowing resolution was carried unanimously : — " Thai the best thanks of this Council are due , and arc hereby given to Mr . Philip M'Grath , for his able and argumentative letter in reply to the foul aspersions cast on the Chartist body by William Lovctt . " Mr . Blackmore , of Plymouth , then addressed the Council , shewing the great progress of Chartism in Devon and Cornwall , and the great desire expressed by the Chartists in those counties to receive a visit from Mi * . O'Connor . The Council then adjourned .
Bethxal-cbeex . —Wlu ' ttington and Cat , Ghurchrow . —At a meeting of the members of this locality on Sunday last , a vote of thanks was given to Mr . M ' Grath , for his reply to the malicious and anti-Chartist letter of Mr . ' Lovett . The levy of sixpence was unanimously earned . Mr . Davis was ? nominated as a candidate to represent the Hamlets in the ensuing Convention . Post-office Espioxage . — -A public meeting was held at the Cheshire Cheese TavernGrosvenor-row ,.
, Chelsea , on Sunday- evening , March 2 nd , 184-5 , to consider the above subject . Mr . Sturge was unanimously called to the chair . Mr . G . J . Harney gave a lucid exposition of the system of espionage carried on at the General Post-ofSce , under the direction of the Home and Foreign Secretaries . ¦ Mr . H . concluded by-moving the following resolution : — "That the thanks of this meeting are due , and are hereby given to that noble champion of democracy , T . S . Disncombe , Esq .. for his able exnosures of the Post-
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office espionage—a practice subversive of all public morality mimical to the liberties of nations , and calculated to disgrace our country in the eves of mankind . : 1 V " " * - " ?! Iiiglilv approving of-the exertions made by Mr . Duncombe , to put an end to these odious practices , call upon him to continue these efforts , until , backed by thepeople , he shallhave succeeded in annihilating a system so repugnant to the feelings , and so destructive of the rights ofthe community . " The resolution was ably seconded by Mr . J . Dowling , supported by Mr . W . Matthews , and carried unanim ° « sly- A spirited collection was then entered into 011 behalf Of the Duncombe Testimonial , which , with previous sums , makes £ 14 collected in Chelseafor the same object . The meeting then broke up .
City LoeALrrr . —At a meeting of this locality , held atthe Hall , Tumagain-lane , on the 18 th ult ., the following resolution was adopted : — "That in the opinion of this meeting the recent decision ofthe Association , with respect to the future appointment of the'Executive , fully-proves thatthe country was not faithfully ' represented at the last Conference . We therefore call upon the various districts about to send delegates to the ensuing Convention to Gleet men from their own ranks , who will honcstlv represent their wishes , and hold them responsible " for the trust reposed in them . " Kiso OF PuvBBIA , ToOUnvmiEET . —At the usual weekly meeting of the St . John ' s and St . Olave ' s locality , delegates were elected to attend on the Metropolitan District Council for Sundav next .
ISLE OF WIGHT . Newport . —At our usual weekly meeting held on Tuesday evening , at the King ' s Head Inn , Newport , Isle of V \ ight , the following resolution was unanimously adopted : — " That after considering the recent accusations against Mr . O'Connor ' s conduct , we beg to express our unshaken confidence in him , and to assure him that so long as he continues in tlie straightforward course he has hitherto pursued , he will merit and receive the best thanks and confidence of the working classes . "
PLYMOUTH . At the usual weekly meeting , held on Sunday evening last , the following gentlemen were put in nomination as candidates for the future Executive : — Thomas Clark , Christopher Doyle , Philip M'Grath , Feargus O'Connor , and Thomas M . Wheeler ; and the sum of £ 1 was ordered to be sent to the Executive as a portion of the levy .
MANCHESTER . ( A Lecture was delivered in the Carpenters' Hall , Gavret-road , on Sunday evening last , by that sterling advocate of Democracy , Mr . John West , of Maccles field . The assembly was numerous , and the talented lecturer gave universal satisfaction . HALIFAX . Mr . Doyle , ofthe Executive Committee , delivered two eloquent and impressive lectures on Sunday last , in the Working Man ' s Hall , to numerous and attentive audiences . Subject : "The Wrongs and Rights of Labour . " A unanimous vote of thanks was given to Mr . Doyle at the close of the lecture , and th e meeting separated highly gratified .
YORKSHIRE . The Dewseurv District Meeting was held on Sunday last , when delegates were present from the following places : —Wakefield , Thomas Shackelton ; Dewabury , James Fox and Samuel Fogg ; Littietown , William Schoficld and John Rathery ; Birstall , Frederick William Sucksmith . The following resolutions were passed : — " That the secretary be authorised to comply with the address of the Executive ofthe 22 nd of March , by transmitting sixpence per member to Mr . Wheeler forthwith . " "That each delegate bring the levy to the next delegate meeting . " * ' That the thanks of this meeting are due to C . Doyle , for his able and straightforward advocacy ofthe rights ofthe millions . "
Littletown . — On Wednesday evening , Feb . 26 , Mr . C . Doyle visited this place , and delivered a lecture to a very attentive audience in the Association Room . Mr . Doyle spoke upwards of an hour and a half . At the conclusion of his lecture , the following resolutions were put to the meeting , and carried unanimously : —Moved b y William Lacy , seconded by Abraham Schofield , "That we , the Chartists of this locality , in public meeting assembled , having seen in the Northern Star the charges preferred by Dr : M'Douall against Feareus O'Connor . Esa .. and the
refusal of Dr . M'Douall to attend before the Council in Manchester , to substantiate those charges , do consider such conduct anti-Democratic ; and that Dr . M'Douall is no more worthy of our confidence . " Maved by Ebenezer Clegg , seconded by a friend , " That the best thanks of this meeting are due , aud are hereby given , to the Manchester Council , for the honourable and ' praiseworthy manner in which they conducted the inquiry . " After Mr . Doyle had disposed of about nineteen of the Executive hand-books , and enrolled several new members , the meeting broke
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CORNWALL . Pexzasce . —Glorious Progress or Chartism , — At a special meeting of the Chartists of this locality , numerously attended , Mi * . Alexander Davis in the chair , it was proposed by W . J . Guscott , and seconded by Mr . Looker , " Thatthe confidence of our body be presented to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., Messrs . Philip M'Grath , Christopher Doyle , Thomas Clark , and T . M . Wheeler , to which wc deem them justly entitled , for their untiring exertions in the promotion oi our sacred principles . " It was further proposed by P . J . O'Brien , and seconded by Richard Kendall ,
" That the abovenamed five arc fit and proper persons to be nominated for the new Executive . " Both these propositions were earned unanimously . We are happy to inform you that the local war for municipal officers commenced on Saturday with crowning success . The four assessors and two auditors elected are the men * of our own choice . Wc are determined to contest every inch with the enemy , and have hopes that we shall be able on the 25 th inst . to elect overseers , poor law guardians , and board of highways . The town-councillors elected by the people are doing their duty nobly . —Correspondent .
TILLICOULTRY . The Demise of Mr . John Duscan , of Edi . vburgh . —With feelings of deep regret the Chartist Association here heard of the event . We fear the cause of patriotism and philanthropy- has lost one of her noblest and brightest ornaments ; one that will not soon be replaced . Arrayed , as Mr . Duncan was , in the integrity ofthe principles he professed—determined to loave the world better than he found it—he threw his whole talents and energy into the movement of the working classes , and laboured with zeal and determination for many years , equal to any , and surpassed by none . By his calm and rational mode of procedure . he made friends of all , and enemies of few : but , alas ! by- his over-exertions he lost his health , and for a long time the total use of his reason . He has left behind him a virtuous wife and
famil to lament his loss , with few or none to befriend them in the time of need . Shall we , therefore , the Chartists of Scotland , have the ingratitude to forget those so near and dear to one that we are so much indebted to ? We look for better things , and if we are what we profess to be , our works will bear witness ; for " words are but wind , actions speak the mind . " Will the men of Edinburgh and Dundee , where Duncan laboured so long and so faithfully , not bestir themselves ? and by subscriptions raise Mrs . Duncan from her very straitened circumstances to those of comfort and respectability ? The task is easy . Let the friends of Edinburgh form a committee . Let us vie with each other in the work which is already begun , and which wc hope will soon be finished . Tillicoultry has begun the work ; Alva likewise . Shame upon us if we leave Mrs . Duncan and family unprovided for !
The Spafields Burial Ground.—Ixtekfi-.Re...
The Spafields Burial Ground . —Ixtekfi-. rence of the IIomb Secretary . —The repeated complaints and representations of the committee of the inhabitants of Clerkenwell have at length attracted the attention of the Home Secretary to the nuisance and practices so long prevalent in the neighbourhood of Exmouth-stveet , Spa-fields . A communication was made hy Sir James Graham to the police commissioners on Saturday , and Captain Hay , the assistant commissioner , on that dav inspected the Spafields burial ground , accompanied by Mr . Watt , the chairman , Mr . Clarke , the secretary * and several other respectable householders . The stench arising from decomposed human bodies was declared by
Captain Hay to be insufferable , and the committee were directed to forward such information as they could collect ( reduced into writing ) for the guidance of Sir James Graham . A meeting of the committee took place on Sunday , and examinations were taken and forwarded to the Home Office . . A meeting of the parish officers has likewise been held at the workhouse in Coppice-row , and Mr . Wakeling , the vestry clerk , has , it is stated , opened a correspondence with the ¦ Secretary of State on the subject . The manner in which this extraordinary and revolting work of demolition was first discovered is this : —Reuben Room , a grave-digger at the burial-ground , had a child interred sometime since , and upon his discharge he insisted on removing the body , asserting that he well knew after he left that the coffin would be burnt , the body and limbs severed , and deposited elsewhere . Police constables Henry Webb , G 10 G , and Martin ,
144 , were called in to prevent Room opening the grave , upon which he took the two officers to an outhouse , where they saw the lids of several coffins consuming over a fierce fire , and pieces of" human flesh" ( to use the officers' own words ) were attached to the coffins the size of their hands . The written examinations sent to Sir James Graham are seven in number . The statements arc revolting in the extreme , andolmost exceed belief ; yet it is ri ght that the public , as well as the Home Secretary , should be aware of what goes on at such places . We subjoin two of these seven depositions : —Reuben Room examined : Was in the employ of Mr . F . Greene as grave-digger in 1837 , and continued in his employ for about six years . Our mode of working the ground was not commencing at one end and working to the other , but digging whereverit was ordered , totally regardless whether the ground was full or not . For instance , to dig a grave seven feet deep at a particular spot , lhave
The Spafields Burial Ground.—Ixtekfi-.Re...
often disturbed and mutilated seven w eight bodiesthat Is , lhave severed heads , arms , legs , or whatevci came in my way , with a crowbar , pickaxe , chopper , and saw . Borne of them were quite ' fresh , and some decomposed ! I have had as much as one hundred weight and a half of human flesh on what we term the '' beef board , " at the foot of the grave at one time . I have often put ' a . rope round the neck of the corpse to drag it out ofthe coffin , fastening one end ofthe _ rope tojt tombstone , so as to keep the corpse upright to gevfct the coffin from underneath , to make room , for the flesh of other bodies . The coffins were taken away and burnt , with pieces of decomposed flesh adhering thereto . I have taken up half a ton of wood out of one grave , because 1 had to take out two tiers of coffins , some of which were
quite fresh , and we used to cut them up for stmts , used for shoring up the graves . Wo had as many as fifty and sixty sides of coffins always in use to keep the ground from falling in when digging . We have buried as many as forty-five bodies in one day , besides still-borns . I aud Tom Smith kept an account one year . We buried 2017 bodies , besides still-borns , which are generally enclosed in deal coffins . ' We have taken them up ' when they have been in the ground only two days , and used them to fight fires with . I have been up to my knees in human flesh , by jumping on tho bodies so as to cram ( ihem into the least possible space at the bottom of the graves in which fresh bodies were afterwards placed . We covered over the flesh at the bottom by a small layer of mould . 1 have ruptured myself in dragging a heavy corpse out of the coffin . It was a very heavy one . It slipped from my hold lifting it
by the shoulders . The corpse was quite fresh . — William Penny , inspector ofthe G division : In December , 1813 , a petition was presented , to the magistrates at Clerkenwell Police Court , signed by about 150 inhabitants . The magistrate gave me the petition and desired me to see to it . I did so , and wentimmediatcly to a oiie-stoiy erection in the burial ground called a " bonc-housc" where I found a large fire un the floor and in the grate . The fire consisted of coffin-boards of full-grown people and children broken up ; some were quite sound with pieces of black cloth and handles and plates , and pieces of shrouds were flying about . The smell was indescribable . I have visited the ground many times since , and have found it in the same state . Have repeated experience in my nightly rounds of tlie horrible stench from the burial ground . —Great excitement continues to prevail throughout the parish , and it is understood that an inquiry will be forthwith instituted .
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Monday ' s terms . - The : transactions ., in ; free , foreign wheat were likewise oh . a restricted scale , but ; the trifling business done-was at former , rates . iUlivbond , nothing of interest transpired ,. Flour ! hung heavily on hand , and ship samples were . the ; turn cheaper . Barley was held pretty finnlv at the . currencv of this dayse ' nniglit , but lnaltstcrs and distillers acted with extreme caution . Malt also . iiioved : off . slowlv . The oat trade remained in ' prccisely . the same position as during the past wcek / . the' . principal dealers holding off with a view of causin ' g-a further depression in prices ; the quantity sold was consequently unimportant , though factors generally submitted to a decline .
of Bd .-per qr . on last- Monday ' s . ' . rateS . Beans and peas were in steady request , and maintained their former value . The backward nature , of spring has hitherto retarded the demand for cloverseeiC and there was very little doing in the article thfe morning ; prices of this as well as most other species of seeds remain nominally unaltered . ' The following is the official statement ofthe stock of grain in bond in London for- the month ending Feb . 0 : —Wheat 127 , 910 , oats 17 , 000 , beans 309 , peas . 1468 qrs . ; flour 53 , 154 cwt . Official statement of ' the stock of grain in bond in the United Kingdom for the . month ending Feb . 5 : —V ? beat D 44 , C 0 S , barley 8141 , oats {( 5 , 981 , beans 2780 , peas 0312 , qrs . ; flour 205 , 007 cwt .
CUltllEST-PKICES OF GRAIN , PER IJirBRIAL QUARTER . —British . s S s S Wheat , Essex , & Kent , new & old red 42 48 White flO 54 : Norfolk and Lincoln . ... do 43 16 Ditto 4 S 50 Nortltum . and Scotch white 42 40 Tine 48 52 Irish red old 0 0 Red 42 ' 44 White 45 48 Rye Old 81 32 New 30 ' 32 Brsiiic 35 36 Barley Grinding .. 20 28 Distil . 29 30 if a It . 3138 Malt mown .... th en ; f '; iic 87 61 Ware G 2 M Items Ticks old & new 30 33 Harrow 32 37 Pigeon 88 40 Peas Grey 32 33 Maple 33 34 White 36 38 Oats Lincolns < fc Yorkshire Feed 21 28 Poland 23 25 Scotch , Angus 22 24 Potato 24 28 Irish White 20 22 Black 20 22 Per 2801 b . net . s s 1 Per 280 lb . u » t . s s Town-made Flour ... 42 44 j Norfolk & Stockton 33 H Essex and Kent , ... 34 35 | Irish S 4 35 Free . Bond
Foreign . be . s b Wheat , Dantsie , Konigsburg , &« 52 58 3 C 38 Marks , Mecklenburg 48 52 32 34 Danish , Holsteiu , and Friesland red 44 4 G 26 28 Russian , Hard 44 48 Soft ... 44 47 26 28 Italian , Red . . 46 48 White . . . 50 52 28 32 Spanish , Hard . 4 G 48 Soft .... 48 50 28 32 Rye , Baltic , Dried , ... 30 : il Undried . . 30 82 21 22 Barley , Grinding . 25 27 Malting . , 30 S ? 20 25 Beans , Ticks . . 30 33 Egyptian " . 31 32 24 28 Peas , "White . . 36 38 Maple . . 32 34 28 30 Oats , Dutch , Drew and Thick 24 . >? 1 . 9 21 Russian feed , ' 21 •* - •; lo IS Danish , Friesland feed , -, , 21 25 1 . 1 17 l ? louv , per barrel 24 2 < i 18 28
London Smitiifieud Cattle Market , Mo . vdat , March 3 . — -Since this day se ' imight the imports of live stock from abroad for our market have been limited , compared with those of many preceding weeks , they not having- exceeded forty-two oxen , five cows and fourteen sheep , all from Holland . As the whole of the above importations were brought forward and disposed of on Friday last , not a single head was cxlubited to-day . This falling off in the receipts of foreign beasts-and sheep must be chiefly attributed to the stringent regulations in Holland to prevent the spreading of the epidemic , which is raging with fearful violence amongst live stock in that country . The suppl y of beasts received from our own grazing districts was seasonably extensive , and of unusually prime quality , especially as relates to the Scots and homebreds from Norfolk ; indeed , we have seldom seen so fine and so even a collection of that description of stock ns this momiae . We
regret to . observe , however , that the beef trade was in a very depressed state , and the quotations in consequence suffered a decline of quite 2 d . per 81 b ., the very highest figure for the best Scots not exceeding 3 s . lOd . per 81 b ., and yet a clearance was not effected . The bullock droves from . Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex and Cambridgeshire comprised 2200 Soots and homebreds ; wliile from the northern counties we received only 200 shorthorns : from the western aud midland districts , 200 of various breeds ; from other parts of England , 300 of various breeds - , and from Scotland , 100 horned and polled Scots . The number of sheep was somewhat less than last week , yet it was sufficiently large . Prime old Downs commanded a steady but not to say brisk inquiry at full prices , wliile in most other breeds a fair amount of business was doing at late rates ' , 'flic veal trade waa rafjier heavy , yet the quotations were mostly supported . Prlnu » small porkers were quite as dear . In other kinds of pork very little was doing .
Dy the quantities of 8 lli ., smluug the oual . s . d . s . d Inferior coarse beasts ... 2 4 2 S Second quality .... 2 10 3 3 Prima large oxen . .. 3436 Prime Scots , & c , . . . . . 38 S 10 Coarse inferior sheep ... 2830 Second quality .... 3 2 3 4 Prime coarse woolled . . . 3 C 4 0 Prime Southdown .... 4 2 4 4 Large coarse calves .... 3 10 4 6 Prime small ..... 4 8 5 0 Suckling calves , each . . . 18 0 30 0 Large hogs 3 0 3 8 Neat small porkers ... 3 10 4 4 Quarter-old store pigs , each . . 1 G 0 20 0
HEAD OF CATTLE OS SALE , ( From the Books ofthe Clerk of Die Market . ) Beasts , 3 , 137-Sheep , 24 , 010-Calves , C 2—Pigs , 333 . Smitiifield Hay . Markets . —Corse meadow hay , £ 3 10 s . to M 10 s . ; useful ditto , £ 4 12 s . to £ 4 18 s . ; fine upland ditto , £ 0 to £ 0 5 s . ; clover hay , £ 4 10 s . to £ 5 15 s .. ; oat straw , £ 1 IBs . to £ 1 ISs . ; wheat straw , £ 118 s . to £ 2 per load . A fair average supply , and a sluggish demand . Liverpool Corx Market , Monday , March 3 . — We have again to report a liberal weekly supply of flour , with fair quantities of wheat , oats , and oatmeal from Ireland . Since Tuesday last there has been rather a better feeling in the trade as respects wheat ; the millers have not bought more freely , but at last Friday ' s market two or three parcels of Irish
new were taken on speculation , and in some instances at a little advance on previous rates . Foreign has continued to be neglected . The demand for Flour has been on a limited scale , and oatmeal has sold slowly at the quotations of this day se nnight . Two or tliree parcels of . mealing oats have found buyers at 2 s . lOd . to 2 s . lid . per 4 . 51 bs . There has been little passing in either barley , beans , or peas . Mascuesikp . Cous Mmikivi , Satuuiiat , March 1 . —Our market during the week lias presented no new feature , the same want ot ' -aclivity in the demand or all articles , especially for flour , having been experienced aswc have so frequently had occasion to report of late ; and , although in some few instances it has been necessar y to accept rather lower rates for
flour of middling ami inferior quality , we caiinot note any material variation from the previous currency . At our market this morning holders of wheat evinced rather a firmer feeling , but the business transacted was only to a limited extent . A very languid demand was also apparent tor flour . Both oats and oatmeal met a moderate sale without alteration in value ; and beans continued in limited request , but cannot be quoted cheaper . Liverpool Cattle Market , Monday , March . 3 . —The supply of cattle at market to-day was not quite so large as last week , but prfces were about the same . Beef old . to Cd ., mutton Old . to 7 d per lb . Cattle imported into Liverpool , from the 24 th Feb . to the 3 rd March : —717 cows , G calves . 2888 sheep , 97 lambs , 7075 pigs , 31 horses .
Leeus Cloth Markets . —There lias been a decided improvement in tho warehouses during the past week , but very little business has boon done at the Cloth Halls , and manufacturers complain that they cannot obtain remunerating profits since the late rise in the price of wool . Leeds Corn- . Market , _ Tuesday , Marce 4 . —We have had a very large arrival of wheat for . this , day ' s market , but the supplies of spring corn do not linaterially exceed the wants of the " trade . Having a better attendance of millers than for some . weeks past , the ( leiiiandifor wheat has . been . ( 0 a fair ; extcnt , and fine dry qualities have well sustained theprices of last week ; damp and secondary qualities , must be quoted rather lower in some instances .:, . Barley is slow , but no change takes place iii . itsjalue .,: Oats rAther lower . Beans and other articles , without variation . . . ...
Dili AVKBAOE PRICKS OP CORN , FORTHE WEEK EXDIXG MARCH 4 , 1845 . ¦• ' •"¦•• W < cat . Jhtrhy . Oats . ZV . Beans , ; Peast Qrs . Qi * . Qis- Qrs . Qrs- - ' - wjQrs . 5124 1144 WC ' — 410 -. id 14 £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . 2 C IS 1 12 5 1 34 - 118 14 ' l- ' -10 H York Corn Market , March 1 . —The large supplies we have had reason to note of late , are kept up , but the dull accounts from Wakefield have not had any effect in reducing prices here . Wheat , and oats are saleable , at last week ' s prices ; and reall y ^ rime samples of barley , from their scarcity , are "the turn dearer . Beans , Cd . to Is . per qr . lower . Malton Corn Market , March 1 . —We have only a short supply o £ grain offering to this day ' s market ; wheat dull sale , at rather lower prices ' ; iti barley and oats wc make no alteration . Wheat , red nm , 44 s . to 47 s . ; white do ., 48 s . to 50 s . ; ' red do ., old , 49 s . to 50 s . ; white do ., 50 s . to 54 s . per o _' . [ of 40 stones . Barley , 26 a . to 30 s . per qr . of 32 stones , Oats , 9 Jd . to lOid , per stone . \ ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 8, 1845, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_08031845/page/7/
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