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    The Attob-vby-Gekebal objected that the discussion , if it proceeded further , would seriously interfere with the administration of justice in the Irish Courts . Mr . Hume said there was so fair parallel between the Eiclish and the Irish law courts . The administratioara this country was pure and the juries impartial . In Ireland the very reverse was the case . Ho peace was to be hoped in that part of the emp ire until all such abuses were fully remedied . Mr . Sadleir would not press his motion to a division in so thin a house , which was in ] fact , at the time , within the limits of a " count-out , " but thought that bis proposition bad been met upon technical points , while its principles were left untouched . . The Process aud Practice ( Ireland ) Bill was read a second time .

    On the second reading of the Court of Chancery Ireland ) Bill , ' Mr . Turxke said it was bis intention , either sbortiy before or immediately after Easter , to move for leave to introduce a bill to remedy the delay and expenss attending the proceedings in the Court of Chancery in England . The remedies he desired to see applied were sound , safe , and practicable ; but upon locking at this bill , the remedies it provided , in his judgment , were calculated to do more mischief , and create greater delay and expense than existed at present . The scheme of proceeding by petition was one which had occurred to him , but the result of great consideration was that hehadrejected It-. Mr . Turner then went through some of the provisions of the bill , pointing out the objections to which , in his opinion , it was open , and observing that it was due to the country that the bill should be either withdrawn and re-introduced in a proper State , or referred to a select committee .

    The Solicitou-General , declaring that the observations of Mr . Turner had not convinced him , and that he was prepared to expect a strenuous opposition te bis bill , replied to the objections of that gen . tleman . by whose suggestions , however , and those of otksr members , the government , he said , was anxious to profit , in order to frame an effectual measure , it being nothing less than a denial of justice if (; is bad been stated in that house by Mr . Pemberion Leigh ) no suit in Chancery should be commenced where the sum in dispute was less than £ 1 , 000 . A member here took notice of tbe state of the Louse , which , -was accordingly counted , and there being only twenty-five members present , an adjournment took place at a quarter to ten o ' clock .

    "WEDNESDAY , Fkbruibt 13 . HOUSE OP COMMONS . —The house met at "two o ' clock , it being Ash-Wednesday . "Highwats ( District Suktetohs ) Bill . — On moving the second reading of this bill , Mr . Frkwen explained its principle , the object being to divide the country into districts for the appointment of paid surveyors ofthe roads . After some discussion , the second reading of the bill was deferred to a future day . Coi- sxr Bates asd Expenditure Bill . —Mr . Gibson moved the second reading of this bill , which he observed was similar to the measure of last session , its object being to establish county councils to control county expenditure , analogus to town-councils for tho control of town expenditure . There was no ground , lie said , for tbe objection that the bill would

    supersede tbe powers ofthe magistracy ; it merely gave the ratepayers a concurrent control with the government over county finances , leaving the judicial fu : u-lions of the justices untouched . He anticipated a charge threatened by Mr . Disraeli , of inconsistency , by observing that rates in the long run ¦ were a per tion of rent , and were therefore paid by Hie tenant-occupiers ; and be answered another objection—that the margin of reduction was too small to justify the alteration of an old system : he merely asked : as bouse to acquiesce in a most reasonable principle , that taxation and representation should go together . He should propose to refer the bill to a select committee . Mr . Sfooxer was favourable to the principle of representative control over county expenditure ; but some cf the details of this bill made him pause , and there had been too little time for their

    consideration : . he therefore moved that the debate be adjourned . A discussion ensued , in the course of which Lord J . Busstii and Sir G . Grei supported the principle cf the bill , the debate on which was postponed until iae Oth of March . - Mr . C Lewis then moved for leave to bring in a bill to au ; end the laws relative to the management of the highways in England aud Wales . Tbe subject , be said , had been considered during tbe recess , and the result was that the difficulty of combining the two classes of roads—highways and tnrnpikeroads— in one measure was found to be so great that it had been determined io bring in a bill limited to highways , properly so called . During the eight years between 1837 and 1845 , the expenditure

    on highwavs had increased £ 606 , 000 a vear , whereas **«* . k" turnpike trusts had dimished £ 408 , 000 , the -cause Miiu » tw change in the mode of travelling . Allnaa an interest ^ u > n op nnnraisincr r > f ^ 'a hway expenditure . Tbe great evil consisted in the small area over which tbe rate was sometimes laid , and hi each of the 15 , 000 districts appointing its own sur-¦ veyor , who was frequently changed and who had no remuneration , the result being want of economy , of skill , aud of due discrimination iu outlay . This bill 'proposed that the division of parishes into districts and the appointment of paid surveyors should be compulsory ; that the districts should be the existing- divisions of Poor Law Unions ; and that the management of the roads should be placed under ihe boards of gurdians , each parish or county

    continuing to maintain its own highways , the only common expense being tbe salary of tbe surveyor ; so that the property upon which the rate would fall , and all the incidents ofthe presens highways , would remain zi they are . Tbe bill abolished the parish surveyor and the highway rate eo nomine ; instead of two xates—poor rate and highway rate—there would be -one rate collected by the overseer , and there would still be a maximum . It was proposed to give to parishes a power of combining for tbe audit of accounts by the Poor Law auditor ; to repeal Sir C . Burreirs Act , and to provide instead that the money applied from the highway funds to insolvent trusts should be expended by the paid surveyors . The bill also save power to boards cf guardians to appoint standing committees for the special management of bighway affairs .

    In the p 'rtial discussion which ensued , - Sir R . Peel gave his cordial support to the introduction of the bill . He thought it wise to separate the highways from turnpike roads , and to require acorapulsory combination of parishes . With respect io the mode of management , it was premature to give an opinion ; but he thought it well worthy ef consideration whether districts might not Be established better suited for the management of highways than the present Poor Law Unions ; whether boards of guardians had not Poor Law duties which they might discharge more satisfactorily , if exempted from other duties ; and whether the proposed plan might not have a tendency to throw the unemployed poor upon the highways . He did not think the proposed audit would be an effectual check .

    . After some further discussion , leave was given to bring in the bill , which was read a first time , and ordered to be read a second time on that day fortnight . On the motion of Mr . P . Madle , the Select Committee c-n Army and Ordnance expenditure was notnmatei . The house adjourned at half-past five o ' clock . THURSDAY , February 14 HOUSE OF LOBDS . —This house sat an hour aM three quarters , tbe time being occupied in conversations on the Dolly ' s Brae Affair , and the working ofthe Poor Law in Ireland , there was no motion or . either subject , and the matter ended in ** talk . " Lord Laxsdowse stated that the accounts up to -January last , showed a diminution of upwards of one-third of out-door pauperism .

    ' HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Public Libraries . — Mr . Ewabt moved for leave to bring in a bill for enabling town councils to establish public libraries and museums of art and science . Be showed that from the time of Gibbon to the present time , no country had been so Hi-provided as England with public libraries ; and he contended that if we suppiled the people with such advantages they would educate themselves . Mr . Brothertox seconded the motion , which was agreed to , and leave given to bring in the bill .

    Ministers'Moxet ( Ireland ) . —Mr . Pagan moved for a committee to examine , with a view to their repeal , the laws relating to " ministers' money " In Ireland ; and enforced the necessity of removing what be termed an odious and obnoxious impost . Sir G . Gret , in moving the previous question , explained that the tax could not be repealed without providing a substitute ; and , while agreeing in the opinion that the impost was obnoxious , held out a hope that it mig ht be abolished if , hereafter ; thefunlsatthe disposal of the Ecclesiastical Commissior . grs should be sufficienHy increased .

    A discussion ensued , and , on a division , the motion for a committee was rejected by a majority of 20 , the numbers being—Noes , 96 ; Ayes , 76 . Transportation to the Colonies . —Mr . Adderley moved for leave to Lrin" in a bill to repeal part of the act of George IV . winch empowers Her Majesty in Council to appointplacesforthe transportation of felons ; the object of the bill being to vest that power and discretion in Parliament . The petitions from the Cape were he avowed , the foundation of bis proposition ; but though the Cape had nowbeen relieved from the odium and the injury of being made a convict colony under the present law , other colonies were liable in future times to the visitation : ' He gave -a -rapid ' - sketch of the recent © Vents at the Cape , and their disastrous result , contendingj thatAhe source ef the evil-was to be traced to tbe poweyMgedin / the Colonial Secretary . -s Sir"" &; rGBEi . put Jt'tothe hon . member whether

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    it would not be inconsistent to withdraw from government , the only power they possessed of carrying out the sentences of transportation / which the judges ofthe land were every day passing according to law . After a debate in which Lord J . Russell defended the Colonial Office , the house divided : —Ayes > 32 ; Noes , 110 ; majority 78 . Landlord and Tenant . —Mr . Pcsey having proposed his bill for the improvement of the relation between landlord and tenant , inEnglandand Wales , Mr . Aglionbt thought the discussion of the measure would but waste the time of the house . "Whatever might be the case in Ireland , no necessity of interfering between landlord and tenant existed in England . After a few words in explanation from Mr . Poset , leave was given to bring in the bill . The house then adjourned , at ten o clock .

    ( From our Third Edition of Last Week . ) FRIDAY , FEBBUiBt 8 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Dolly ' s Brae Affair . — Lord Stanley gavo notice that he should on the 18 th inst . call the attention of the House to the affair of Dolly ' s Brae , and to the conduct of the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland in the matter . Criminal Code . —Lord Brougham for the third time laid on the table a bill for consolidating and amending the Criminal Code , which was read a first time .

    Some other business was also despatched , and their lordships adjourned . HOUSE OP COMMONS . —Australian Colonies . —The House having resolved itself into a committee , Lord John Russell gave a brief outline of the bill which government wished to introduce for the better government of these colonies , and- after a long discussion leave was given to bring it in . Party Processions . —Sir Tv . Somerville moved for leave to bring in a bill to restrain party processions in Ireland , stating tbe reasons which had

    induced the government to introduce the bill and the nature of its provisions . —Leave was given . The Solicitor-General obtained leave to bring m a bill to enable persons having limited interests in laud hi Ireland to make building leases and improving leases ; and a bill for facilitating and better securing the due administration of charitable trusts ; both bills being substantially the same as those introduced into the house last session . The house adjourned at half-past eleven o ' clock until Monday .

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    DISTRESSED NEEDLEWOMEN SOCIETY . EMPLOYMENT IN PRISON . On Tuesday a lar ^ e meeting of this society was held at two o ' clock , in the Hanover-square Rooms , for the purpose of calling the attention of the government to the disastrous consequences which accrued to the honest and industrious needlewomen from their being subjected to an unreasonable com . petition by the system adopted in prisons of giving employment to criminals and introducing their manufactured articles into the market , which lowered the prices and injured the guiltless portion of the working community . Alderman Farebrother took the chair . The platform was full , and the body of the room was crowded .

    The Chairman said some two or three years ago he was one of a deputation which visited Sir J . Graham on the subject of workhouse labour , and he believed that in consequence of the measures which had been taken by the society , the system had been put a stop to , so far as it interfered with the fruits of out door industry . And he had no doubt that the same result would follow the steps taken by that meeting . Mr . Nicholas moved the first resolution , to the effect " That the meeting being fully aware of the great disadvantages under which the artisan and needlewoman labour in consequence of the employment of prisoners in tbe making up of clothes , & c

    for contractors and slopsellers , and that protection is brought into competition with free labour , thereby reducing the prices , and rendering it almost an impossibility for the poor but honest classes to obtain a livelihood for themselves and families ; producing from the want of employment , pauperism , prostitution , and general crime , desire earnestly to submit for the consideration of her Majesty ' s government the absolute necessity of discontinuing such employment , experience having shewn that the cessation of needlework in the workhouses and charitable institutions has to a certain degree ameliorated the condition of the semptresses . "—He happened to be one of the vestry of the great parish of Marylebone , under whose notice this subject bad been brought ,

    and that vestry originally thought that they were doing a most praiseworthy act when they employed the inmates of the workhouse in the New-road , which , at the present moment , containad about 2 , 060 individuals ; but , in looking at the facts of , to ' ™* ' * " *«* it came to be properly repretented to the guardians and the vestry tnat nunatcUa ui the ratepayers who were bordering upon pauperism were most materially injured by the plan which they had adopted , they took the subject into serious consideration , and the work was from that time discontinued . He was sorry that in this country the prison discipline -was made a premium for crime , but such it was at tbe present moment . The convicted criminal was well clothed and well fed to

    the detriment of the untainted portion of the community . A man who worked hard for twelve or sixteen hours in the day found it almost impossible to support a wife and family , while a man convicted of crime was supported comfortably in prison . Mr . Mitchell seconded the resolution . They * ere called upon to rescue the poor labouring class from a competition which pressed down their means of subsistence below that point which was absolutely requisite to enable them to administer to the necessities of their common nature .

    Mr . Goodfellow condemned the government for undermining the labour market , and causing misery and degradation , and also deprecated the principle on which they bad hitherto acted , of enforcing a man to be become a criminal before they would give him work . The government , in fact , had proved themselves to be the great slopsellers , and were guilty of neglecting the wants of the many , while they lent their aid to the aggrandisement of the few . Mr . Uptok , working tailor , ' then addressed the meeting , and further pointed out the injury which the woman sustained from this unfair competition . The resolution was unanimously carried , and a committee havnig been appointed to wait on Sir 6 . Grey to explain the objects of tbe meeting , tbe proceedings terminated .

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    w THE LABOUR QUESTION . An adjourned meeting of the Metropolitan Trades Delegates was held on Thursday evening , at the Mechanics' Institute , Southampton-buildings , Holborn—Mr . Segrave in the chair . The meeting was addressed by Messrs . Wilson , Young , A . Campbell , S . M . Kydd , and Jacobs ; and a resolution was submitted to the effect that the prosperity of England would be best realised by employing and protecting her population . Mr . Taylor moved , and Mr . Memman seconded , the amendment ; - which stated protection to be an absurd hoax . The resolution was carried by an immense majority . A petition on the motion having been adopted , Mr . Walter Cooper addressed tbe meeting , and thanks having been given to the chairman , the business terminated .

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    Actual State of Works at Westminster Pa-LiCE . —We walked from one end of the enormous building to the other , a few days ago , and were grieved by the air of desolation which everywhere prevailed . Had wo known nothing of the truth we should have fancied that the builder had gone wrong , and that a messenger from the Court of Bankruptcy was in possession—a result , by the way , which would very probably have been brought about , as we shall show presently , if the builder had been a man of less substance than Mr . Grissell . To a very large portion of the building nothing whatever has been done for four years ; there it stands in carcase , just as it did four years ago . The first contract , commenced ten years since , is

    positively not yet wound up . In the Commons lobby the scaffolding is standing exactly as it was eighteen months ago , and there are no orders yet given for building it . In the Commons' library there had not been a man at work for two or three years till last week , when three or four joiners were sent in to take down some pedestal presses which had been put up . Our readers who Understand these things will laugh when we tell them that the whole number of joiners now employed on the building is thirty . The House of Commons has been standing still for six months . The Commons' refreshment room , again , is exactly as it was one year and a half ago , and as it will be one year and a half hence , unless the Commons themselves permit it to

    proceed . —Builder . Tigke Island in the Pacific . —On the 16 th of last . October her Majesty ' s steam-sloop Gorgon , Commander Paynter , took possession of Tigre Island in the name of the Queen , in consequence of the Honduras government refusing to pay their just debts , and returned to the- commander-in-chief on the station , leaving a party of forty-six officers and men on the island . Rear-Admiral Hornby , however , having disapproved of the steps taken by the commander , despatched the Gorgon from-Callao on the 14 th December last to Migra ' Island , to embark the party , and to surrender the island . ' ' : v We -BEiiEva it is her-Majesty ' s- ' intention' to create Mr . Jones koyd a Peer , by the title of Baro n Overstone .

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    GROSS OPPRESSION AND DEBAUCHERY - ON BOARD AN ^ MICRANI SHIP . Our most recent files from South Australia arc filled with charges of the most serious nature against the surgeons and officers of the emigrant barque Indian . These charges were originally published in tho Adelaide Observer . A public meeting was next held . on the subject . Ultimately the emigratkm agent at Adelaide , Captain Brewer , appointed a meeting , at which the emigrants ' committee s hould exhibit their charges before him in presence of the accusers and the accused .

    The meeting was held on the 10 th of September , in the native schoolroom . There were present , beside the emigration agent and emigrants' committee , eighty passengers by the Indian , of whom twelve were females , the surgeon , matron , schoolmaster , and officers of the vessel , and a crowd of spectators . Mr . Grundy , on the part of the committee , commenced proceedings by reading the following letter from Caroline Arnold , who , having obtained a situation at Morphett Yale was unable to be present : — Morphett Vole .

    Owing to family affairs , aud the very flattering accounts we received in England of Adelaide , in South Australia , I was induced , like many more , to emigrate to the above colony . I solicited several persons advice as regards any impropriety in a single female going out alone and unprotected , and having no friends to receive me when I arrived at my destination . I was told I would be in no fear of not having the same protection as though I were at home ; that I might rest assured no one would dare insult a . single girl on board an ' emigrant ship . ' with this assurance I remained satisfied ; but , oh ! too soon I found I was crueUy deceived . 1 was also informed , while at Deptford , by a committee of ladies , that when we arrived in port those who had no friends , and felt the want of a home , would at once be removed to a house in Adelaide where they might get their clothing washed and seek for situations . There again I was deceived .. That deception I

    should not so much have minded had I been as comfortable as I expected I should . When I say comfortable I never expected I should hare come the voyage without some difficulties ; but 1 thought they would be of a different nature—sometimes having very unfavourable weather ; and you will soon hear that I have had none of these expectations realised . I bad been on board a very short time when I was compelled to make a complaint to the captain regarding tbe conduct of the purser so often being in the single girls' apartment . Many a time I have left the room and fasted from my food rather than sit in his disagreeable presence , and to near his unpolite , and I may say ,, disgusting chat . The first time he annoyed me , such as I could complain of him , was tills : —I was busily engaged sewing in my own apartment . The purser came down , seated himself beside me , putting one arm around my waist , and with the other on my head to kiss . I endeavoured to repulse

    his advances and to make my escape , which , after a few moments had elapsed , I succeeded in doing . He appeared very cross , and also said that lie hoped when he came down again , I should not look sod—d cross . He said I should never have any favours from him while 1 was in the ship Indian . God forbid I should have any favours from him ; I only required justice . When I complained to the captain of these annoyances , and asked why the purser was so often allowed to visit us , he said it was his duty to come often and see if our provisions were as they ought to be ; and if he did often have tea with us single girls , he did the same with the married people . I told him he was aware that 1 was there alone , without any person to take my part or to protect me . He said , 'Do not think you have no friends here . You have plenty ; and I myself will see you protected . ' I left the cabin , went to my bertb , and remained till evening , when the doctor wished to have an interview . I accordingly went to him . He said , 'lam

    much surprised that you should have been telling such falsehoods respecting the purser , He denies your statement , and declares he never saw you until yesterday ; and the only reparation you can make is to write a note apologising for those falsehoods . ' I was so hurt , and my heart felt bursting to think I should be made a liar by such a detestable villain—for such he was in my sight for ever afterwards . He annoyed me ad more personally , but I do believe most of the uncomfortabless I received was through him , through his bribery . The following is a copy ofthe note I sent to him , according to the doctor ' s request : — 'Sib , —Have I to apologise for telling a falsehood ! I should be telling one if I did . That I can never do . I will pardon the insult I received , on condition that you will no longer annoy me with your addresses , when you see they are very disagreeable and offensive . ' 'To Mr . Dean . ' 'Caholwe Abnold . '

    The doctor next day told me that note would not do . The purser said if I did not write another in stronger , plainer terms he should punish me . I did not write again , nor did he speak any more to me . Soon after these complaints the second mate used to frequent our place any hour in the day or any hour in the night . If he came in , as many times lie did when we were dressing , he never withdrew , but remained in the same position , I have slept in my clothes for weeks together , and dare not undress , he has so frequently been in bed with the girls of a night . "lis not , I can assure you , sir , a pleasant task to have to complain so of my own sex , I cannot describe to you all tha scenes I have witnessed . Suffice it to say , I would not again see what I have seen , experience what I there experienced , no , not for a thousand pounds . The girls always looked with scorn and revenge ' on me , because of the second mate . One day the captain ordered the single

    girls up on the poop . I went upstairs , but not on the poop . I saw the captain in earnest conversation with several of the girls . I took no particular notice , and went below . ' Soon after he sent for me on the poop . I went up , and to my great astonishment , he bad all the girls around him . While I was placing myself between the doctor and the captaiu , some ofthe people said , ' Miss Arnold , there is water going to be thrown over you . ' I came immediately down . Just as I reached the bottom of the ladder down came the water , Fortunately I did not get much ; it went over some married people who were standing near . Th j girls told me it was through telling tales . Had they have dared , I firmly believe" they would have thrown me overbaard . siioli «•« their mal » °° towardo me . I was very unwell , and the doctor would take but little notice ; arid "

    indeed it -was a very difficult thing to get him to come at all . On one occasion I was very ill ; I sent for him several times . He did not come for two days after , He then said my throat was very bad ; he would come in the evening , and said I should have a mustard poultice on ; but he never came near me for a day or two . When he did come he said I must get up and send my bed on deck . It was a very damp day , and had been rainingt No one would take it up , and cried shame on him wishing to have it done , seeing me obliged to support myself with pillows . I was very weak , not being able to take my daily food , and he sent me nothing else . Such was the manner I was treated by those who should have protected me . I could tell you a great deal more , but I have not time to write more at present .

    I remain , sir , your obedient servant , Caroline Arnold . Mr . Grundy next read the following declaration , signed by eighty of the emigrants by the Indian : — To the Committee appointed to inquire into the treatment of emigrants on board the barque Indian . We , tlie undersigned , emigrants by the above-named vessel , having read and carefully examined all the statements made by our fellow emigrants at a public meeting held at the Norfolk Arms , Bundle-street , and published in the Adelaide Observer , September 1 , 1849 , gladly avail ourselves of this opportunity to enrol our uames is

    confirmation of those facts , and to express our earnest wish that those who may be more favourably situated as regards time and distance will embrace every opportunity of exposing the « gl'OSS and palpable deficiency of , provisions , ' the * wanton immorality , ' * the constant abuse , ' 'and frequent threats to which we were exposed during the whole voyage . ' And also to place those persons who have signed a document favourable to the captain , doctors , and officers iu their proper light both as regards character and position while on board tho ship . Mr . Grundy next produced oral testimony in support ofthe allegations in the documents he had read .

    Mr . Holdsworth , who had been a constable on board , but resigned , declared Miss Arnold was a most deserving young woman , and her statement worthy of belief . He added , that he had reason to know her statement was true apart from his confidence in her veracity . Mrs . Holdsworth considered Miss Arnold as nice and proper a young person as any on board the ship . Mr . Burns and others made similar declarations . A passenger , whose name we could not catch , stated he heard the doctor say that Miss Arnold

    deserved to be ducked . ( "Shame , shame . " ) The doctor here referred to the passage in Miss Arnold ' s letter describing the cowardly outrage alluded to . He maintained he was not aware of it , nor present at it . He dwelt on two discrepancies in the young woman ' s statement , contending they vitiated her complaint altogether . One was , that she called tbe topgallant-forecastle a poop , and the other was , that the persons at the meeting who witnessed the throwing ofthe water admitted they did not see him on the forecastle at the time . He called on

    Mrs . May , the matron , who stated that she considered Miss Arnold the most respectable-girl on board the ship . She had no knowled ge of her before going on board , but since landing had given her a general invitation . She ( Mrs . May ) had , on < one occasion , when the captain had given permission and supplied cheer for a little birthday party ( it being the ship's birthday and his own child ' aV felt offended at hearing that Miss Arnold said they were the worse for wine , when they broke up , which they did between nine and ten o ' clock . She believed it was for those remarks Miss Arnold got ducked , and , though vexed with her at that time for casting such an imputation upon her " matronly" character her opinion was unchanged . Some things were said to

    oe missing , ana tne aocior aesirea her the matron ) to institute a _ general search . She did so , and whilst examining Miss Arnold ' s effects , in her presence' a messenger . came and told the young woman ' she was wanted on deck by the doctor and the captain She ( the matron ) afterwards heard that an attempt was made to duck Miss Arnold after she went up but that the young . woman was warned by some person and escaped the greater part of the water that was thrown , the greater portion of the contents of the bucket falling upon-two married women , who were in the room and confirmed the statement . Mrs . Margaret Bonas stated she was the person who warned Miss Arnold . The captain was oh tho poop , but she ( Mrs . Bonas ) did not see the doctor there .

    The doctor , in endeavouring to extricate himself from the odium of this un-English usage of a respectable and worthy young female , was adroitly brought up by . Mr . Grundy , who pointed out the anomaly of justifying an action which he had just before denied . ' .,, ¦ Captain English here asked the matron if she ever saw the second mate in the berths or apartment of the single women ?—The matron declared she saw the second mate several' times lying on the you ' liff women ' s beds ; and ; once she saw him asleep on a form just outside of a . berth . —Captain English '¦¦ <¦* And why did you not report it to the , doctor i—Matron—I did report U to the doctor .

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    Mrs . Murphy said there was a young girl sitting beside her who could vouch for the truth of Miss Arnold's statement respecting the improper conduct of tho second mate . The girl naturally felt diffident , but would honestly answer if questioned on the subject . She introduced Miss Hill as the person she referred to . Miss Hill , in reply to Mr . Grundy ' s inquiry , put in the most delicate form , declared the second mate used to be in certain of the single girls' berths at night , and more shameless still , sometimes in the day . His conduct was grossly indecent , and his

    language the worse she ever heard . Miss Lewis also stated that the scenes witnessed on board the vessel justified the term applied to it" a floating brothel . " It was a fearful thing for unprotected females to be placed for months at the mercy of such sea monsters . The doctor , who should have checked such proceedings with a firm hand , disregarded their complaints or threatened to punish the complainants ; and those threats were carried out on Miss Arnold and others who resisted and resented the advances of the second mate and

    his ruffian associates . The doctor examined the matron , with a view to show that Miss Arnold had incited the young women to remain on deck an hour later than ho permitted them . He signally failed , as the matron declared Miss Arnold told her of the determination of the girls , and also stated that she would retire at the proper time . Mr . Grundy then proceeded to the charge made against the surgeon of neglecting the sick , In support of it he read over again the part of Miss Arnold ' s letter that relates to this subject ; a letter from Mr . Barber , a passenger , which had appeared in the Adelaide papers , and a letter from Samuel Illingworth , also a passenger . In support of the allegations in these documents the following oral testimony was adduced : —

    Mr . Burns stated an instance where a Mrs . Cook was dangerously ill , having miscarried during the night . The doctor paid no attention to three messages , and only went on tho agonised husband ' s declaring he would complain of the inattention at tbe end of the voyage . —The doctor said the three applications might probably have been made in the course of half-an-hour , —Mr , Grundy ; And why should you wait half-an-hour when you were told the person was dangerously ill ?—The doctor objected to answer the question . He then recollected himself , and said he had no doubt he was otherwise engaged . —( A Voice : Yes , fishing . ) ( Groans and hisses . )—Mr . Grundy wished the doctor to answer the particular charge respecting Mr . Berken ' s

    child . —Dr . Sandford : It was not entitled to medical comforts unless it was sick . —Mr . Stephens here read from the commissioners' dietary , that "it should be in the discretion ofthe surgeon-superintendant to issue , three times a week , to children under seven , founounces of rice or three ounces of sago , in lieu of salt meat . "—Dr . Cotter , who had himself filled the office of surgeon to an emigrant ship , and is now in extensive practice in the colony , here confirmed other observations which fell from Mr . Stephens . —Dr . Sandford replied he was not particular on the point . He distributed the medical comforts indiscriminately , till he found them disappearing too fast . —{ A Voice : Yes , to your favourites . ) fA perfect Babble of confusion followed . Charges and * accusations were poured on the luckless doctor ' s head from all parts of the room . We could only gather a few ofthe cases . ]—Mr . Berken declared that the other child alluded to in his

    letter was at the point of death when he left home , and he attributed its state to the doctor ' s refusal to give it proper sustenance during the voyage .-W . Johnson said his wife was very ill , and the doctor said she should have porter and other nourishing food , but told him he ought to buy it for her , which he was unable to do . ( " Shame . " )—Jesse Johnson declared his wife and child were so reduced that he did not expect them to live . The doctor refused to give them the comforts he himself said they required . ( "Shame , shame . " )—Mr . Grundy , when order was restored , read the following list of the " medical comforts" entrusted to the doctor for the use ofthe passengers ,, adding it was probable he would be called on to account for their approriation . Of one matter ( the preserved milk ) he ( Mr . Grundy ) jocosely observed the captain could perhaps give them the history and obituary , ( A laugh , iu which the captain joined . )

    MEDICAL COMFORTS . That a supply of medical comforts shall be put on board in the following proportions to 100 statute adults ¦ — " 1 ewt . ef oatmeal , 281 bs . of West India arrowroot , 561 bs of Scotch barley , 1501 bs sago , 301 bs preserved boiled beef in lib . tins , 201 bs . of preserved boiled mutton in lib . tins , 400 pints of lemon-juice in wickered stone bottles of five gallons each , 3001 bs . sugar , 18 bottles port wine , 12 bottles of sherry wine , 100 gallons of approved stout , including at least six dozen of bottled stout , 10 gallons of brandy , 10 gallons of rum , 10 gallons of vinegar , 6 dozen pints of preserved milk , 1 cwt . of chloride of lime , 1 cwt . of marine soap . —The above medical comforts to be issued at the

    discretion of the surgeon , whether for the sick or to preserve health . —Women who may be nursing may have a pint of atout each day , if ordered b y the surgeon , and the surgeon is to make liberal use of the preserved milk for keeping the health of the younger children . "—[ The reading of this document created much surprise , few of the emigrants present evidentl y being aware that they and their families were entitled to such indulgences . ]—Mr . Shaw said ho had been suffering with rheumatism , and tbe doctor ordered him an additional blanket . He one day ventured to complain of other things , and ten minutes after the blanket was taken away from him . ( " Shame , shame . " )—Dr . Sandford : It is all false . —The Emigrant Agent :

    These are distinct charges . You cannot repel them by a general denial like that . —Dr . Sandford : Then I shall call Mrs . Wood , the nurse . —Mrs . Wood came forward , and said it might be true that Mr . Berken had only got lib . of arrow-root , but how much did his daughter get ?—Mr . Berken : Why I have no daughter . ( Laughter , groans , hisses and hubbub . ) On silencebeingrestored , —Mr . Grundy said , that the woman ' s husband signed a complaint , addressed to the captain and the doctor , on the short allowance of provisions on the 13 th May , which he handed to the chairman . —Dr . Sandford said if the arrowroot and other medical comforts were not given to the proper persons it was not his fault ; he issued them freely . —Mr . Grundy could not receive that as an

    answer to the complaint . The doctor should see what his patients required , and he should ascertain that it was duly served to them . —Mrs . Wood said the comforts were fairly distributed , amidst a volley of jibes from the meeting . —Mrs . Wood here stated that she took the blanket from Mr . Shaw . There was an order to do so , but not from the doctor . —Tho matron declared she used to issue arrowroot , ke ., in three spoonsful at a time , and afterwards but two spoonsful , but the doctor said to her that the people complained , and he thought he had bettor distribute it himself , as perhaps it would satisfy them better . He said that in a smiling , friendly manner , giving her no reason to

    suppose he was dissatisfied with her management . He then placed it in other hands , and more than a month after he preferred an unfounded charge against her , which sho was willing to meet and anxious to refute . —( A voice : Oh , let the doctor answer for himself . )—The doctor intimated he was not prepared to enter into the charge against Mrs . May . —The witnesses were not in attendance . —Mrs . May : Sir , with some appearance of justice you complain of delay in your case . How much greater the injustice of delay to me . I attended this meeting in the hope of having an opportunity to refute your false charge . I never can hope for such an opportunity again .

    The charge against the captain and officers of affording an insufficient supply of water and provisions to the emigrants was stated by Mr . Burns , a passenger : — Mr . Burns , who , in an able speech , detailed the deficient issue of provisions during th © voyage , he described the mode by which he arrived at his results , which were that the supply of water was short of 4 , 125 gallons ofthe fair allowance . That on comparing notes with the emigrants by tho Emily , they found that tlie passengers in that ship had about thirty gallons per day more than the passengers by the Indian . There was a deficiency of peas during the voyage of 140 gallons * and the daily deficiency of bread was at least sixteen pounds . ( Cries of

    " Hear , hear . " )—Captain English said there was no allowance of bread at all . They could havo as much as they liked . —Mr . Burns : So far from that being the fact the people were constantly complaining . —A female declared she was frequently hungary during the voyage , and would have been glad to have got bread if she could , honestly and Honourably . —Mr .: Holdsworth ( a constable ) said he could not make the insufficient quantity of bread he received meet the demand , and he was in consequence relieved of the duty of distributing it . —One of the ship ' s officers here cried out , "Why , bread was so p lentiful that the pigs were fed on it !"—A Female : "Yes ; the captain-s pigs were fed oh our bread , and tho pigs wcro forfthe cabin . "—Mi * . Grundy hoped that the fact would be ' observed . The captain . *!} pigs were fed on bread which the people were

    deprived of ; and that it was . the emigrants' bread was ' proved by the fact admitted , that the emigrants ' bread was whiter than that used by the crew , —Mr . Burns continued : He calculated that the deficiency of ; bread was about nineteen cwt . during the voyagQ ,-ajid a similar , complaint had to be made with reference to the preserved meat , sugar , and butter ; arid be , had an opportunity . ol' testing the mode of serving out'tlie pork , whereby a quantity of GOOlbs . was served , out as- 707 lbs . ( Cries of " That ' s a ; fact . " ) ] . The speaker dwelt on several other deficiencies , ahdconcluded by saying that he had no doubt everything was ! issued in the same stinted manner . So' convinbed ' was ho of that fact that when applied , to / by . tho doctor . to aot as constable ,- he refused the appointment . Ho ; knew it was a deception and a mockery , and he would not bo a party to iqiuMQe , ( i ^ cheers . j-Dr . Sand

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    ford : It was your duty to act -in such ' a "' case . If wrong was being done you . should : have protested against it . —Mr . Burns : I should -then , have incurred the vengeance ofthe pow-ers that were , and been beaten like Mr . Hill , or ducked like Caroline Arnold . I preferred biding my time . I knew we should "meet atPhilippi . Here I have an opportunity to compare notes with you . Here I can prove that our food was withheld , our persons assaulted , our feelings outraged , and our property damaged . Here I can demand the inquiries that there I dare not ^ suo for , andfropthis free colony I can send home to the colonisation commissioners and to the British parliament a duly authenticated statement , that will , I trust , prevent a rep » tition of

    such p lundering oppressions as we have been subjected to . ( Great applause . ) The evidence relative " to attempts to Intimidavq such as complained was as follows : — The smoking between decks , assaults , beastly language , wilful damage to the people ' s property , and other irregularities of Mr . Dean and Mi . Hands , were then described by different speakers ; after which , Mr . Hill repeated the printed account of a brutal assault committed on him by the second mate . His account was substantiated by several witnesses , and two Were produced who attempted to explain ifc away . Mr . Hill , however , solemnly declared he kept his . bed for a fortnight after the assaultand had not yet quite recovered from the

    , effects of it . The captain made a short statement with reference to the charge of extorting improper freight . It appeared from Turn that the particular packages alluded to were liable to duty as merchandise , althoug h they were the emigrant ' s tools , indispensable to his trade . Several passengers replied , that when Mr . Hands was upbraided with destroying Mr , Shaw ' s property and other outrages , he used to threaten them that they would make them pay freig ht for their luggage at Adelaide . Mr . Bainbridge described a similar outrage committed on him by the captain ' s clerk since they arrivedln port . He was called up out of his bed after he had returned from town , wearied looking for employ and

    a house to remove to . On coming on deck , he was knocked down by Mr . Ross , and the captain wanted him or any of the malcontents to stand before him , and ho'd "knock seven bells out of them . " The lights were extinguished , and the people lay in terror all night . In the morning , a child was found dead in the bed alongside of its mother , and no one knew when the death occurred . That night , while on deck , both the captain and the doctortold him that he should leave the ship the next morning , or his things would be thrown overboard . The doctor admitted he said so . The captain attempted to show that Bainbridge was removing the seamen ' s chests , to enable them to run away from the ship . Several persons stepped forward and said there were two

    seamen ' s chests there—one Bainbridge had bought and paid 15 s . for , and the other was dragged near his berth in his absence by two females , for the convenience of sitting upon . x After some further discussion of no moment , Captain Brewer said ( after hearing all parties ) that he would report on the matter to the colonial government without delay . In the meantime ,, of course , the committee would act as they thought proper . Mr . Grundy said that particular case was in Captain Brewer ' s hands , and there was no doubt he would deal with it on Its merits . The committee had a more extensive object in view than merely exposing the inefficiency of the doctor , or the culpability of the captain , whose conduct he ( Mr .

    Grundy ) was compelled to denounce as disgraceful to the character of the English merchant service . ( Hear , hear . ) The committee should wage war with the system , and , if possible , " reform it altogether . ' . ' ( Cheers . ) We have been compelled to omit some of the charges as being too gross for publication , as also was much of the recrimination that took place . A charge of grog selling , which involves a serious penalty , was also established against the ship ' s officers . As one of the many instances which want of space prevents us from reporting , we many mention that the doctor endeavoured to shelter himself from the charge of indifference to the wants of the emigrants , by stating that if he had been made acquainted with them they would have been

    redressed , the captain at the same time laying hold of the same straw ; whereupon Mr . Stephens handed to Mr . Grundy , who was on his legs , a copy of the memorial addressed to the doctor and the captain , . on the 13 th May , which sets out by areference to "the loud and frequent complaints that had already been made . " This respectable memorial , it was further stated , had arisen out of the fact that verbal and individual complaints to the doctor and the captain , in their separate capacities , had been disregarded , and , strange to say , the doctor was rash enough to return that important document , because not addressed to him alone , an awkward admission , by the bye , that he considered himself solely responsible for the health and comfort ofthe emigrants .

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    BRITISH COLLEGE OP HEALTH , New-Road , London . THE RICH AND GREAT IN THE POWER OF THE -DNPKINCIPUED . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Snu—There can in truth be no doubt that the higher classes , in this and all other countries , have completely fallen into the power ofthe unprincipled , owing to the infernal pharmaceutical poisons introduced by doctors to prop their Guinea Trade and to keep the people in the dark as regards the cure of their complaints . I can easily fancy that doctors don't like this question of poisons to be brought forward , well knowing that upon an investigation of the matter they will not appear in a very honourable position—no doubt doctors will say that the British College of Health had no right to let the public into the secret ; but it should be observed that since Mr . Morison , the Hygeist , protested against the poisons introduced by doctors as medicines , we have had Mr . Lytton Bulwer , Justice Talfourd , Mr . Amos , tbe celebrated jurist , and all eminent men , who linve reported facts of crimes committed by the poisons which clearly show that to wink at tho different ways in which such poisons may be used would only lead

    to imminent danger ; I , therefore , do say that , upon the showing of such men as Bulwer , Talfourd , and Mr . Amos , the higher classes are completely in the power of the unprincipled , and it has come to this— that he who has flu greatest amount of property or power is in the greatest danger . ' No one who closely examines this question will deny _ it to be so . We are told that there are now in France parties who will stop at nothing : —see then what a mighty engine these poisons of doctors are in the hands of the wicked or designing . I say it is useless for doctors , or their friends to deny the fact—almost daily do we see in the newspapers some dreadful catastrophe , resulting from their poisons ; but doctors say that such poisons are essential to the cure of some diseases—this is a wicked lie—no , sir , poisons are poisons , whether in the hand - of the professional or non . professional men—they only tend to prop the ' Guinea Trade ! ' and happy will be the day when they are sent to the tomb of all the capulets . If these poisons arenecesary to the cure of diseases how comes it that hundreds of thousands of Hygeists throughout the world have done without them for the last twenty-fivs years , and that we hare some sort of doctors who repudiate them , such as the Hydropathists , iic . Yours , Ax ., London , Feb . 1850 . A HYGEIST .

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    IMMENSE SUCCESS OF THE NEW REMEDY Wliichhas never yet failed . —A cure effected or the money returned . HE . WALTER DE BOOS , \ J 1 , Ely-place , Holborn-hul , London , from many years experience at the various Hospitals in London and on the continent , is enabled to treat , with the utmost certainty of cure , every variety ef disease arising from solitary habits , delusive , & c , & c , excesses , infection , such a gonorrhoea , gleet . Stricture , syphilis , ' in all their varieties andstages , — which , owing to neglect or improper treatment , invariably end in gravel , rheumatism , indigestion , sextual debility , skin diseases , pains in the kidneys , back and loins , deficiency of natural strength , and finally an agonising death . The lamentable neglect of these diseases by medical men in general is well known , and their attempts to cure by the use of those dangerous medicines — mercury , copaiba ,

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    : ¦ ' CORK . . ' ¦'¦ ' ¦ - ' ¦ . : ' MAJiK-utoi , Monday , February 11 . —Owing to the short supply of English wheat this morning , there was rather more inclination to buy on the part of our nullerg , and the Stands were cleared at fully last Monday ' s prices . Forei gn wheat met with a little better inquiry , at previous rates . Flour sold more freely , but without alteration in prices . Finest English malting barley maintained its value ; but all other descriptions and foreign sold very slowly . Beans and peas unaltered . Rye dull sale . The arrival of oats wan small , in consequence of the boisterous weather , but the trade continues to rule dull and without improvement in price . Linseed and cakes quite as dear . Tares slow sale . Red cloverseed is offering more plentifully from our growers ; and although prices are nominally without change , there was but little doing to-day . White seed is offering lower . '

    Bbitish . —Wheat , —Essex , Suffolk , and Kent , red , new 36 s to 40 s , ditto white 40 s to 4 « s , Lincoln , Norfolk , and York , ovtre , red 32 * to 3 «» , Northumberland and Scotch , white ' i ' l * * o 3 Cn , ditto red 32 s to 3 ( Js , Devonshire and Somerset , shire , red , —s to —» , ditto white — to —s , rye , 21 s to 23 a , barley , 'J ; 2 « to 248 , Scotch 22 s to 24 s , Angus—sto —s , Malt ordin > ry , — g to —a , pale 50 s to 54 s , peas , grey , new 23 s to ' , mV » ie 20 s to 27 s , white 23 s to 24 s , boilers new 20 s to 29 s , bedut , large , new 22 s to 23 s , ticks 24 s to 26 g , harrow , 23 s to 2 ^ , pigeon , 26 s to 23 s , oats , Lincoln and York » hire feed , 1 (« to 18 j , ditto Poland and potato , 17 s to ' 2 Us , Berwick < uid Scotch , 17 s to 21 s , Scotch feed , 17 s to 18 s , Irish ted and black , 14 s to 17 s , ditto potato , 17 s to 19 s , linseed lowing ) 60 s to 52 s , rapeseea , Essex , new £ 27 to £ 30 per last , , arraway seed , Essex , new 2 Cs to 30 » per cwt , rape cake , £ 4 *< , £ A i 08 per ton , ha . seed , £ 9 10 s to £ 10 10 s . per 1 , 000 , flou * . per sack of 2 c 01 t » . ship , 26 s to 28 s , town , 3 Cs to 38 s .

    Foreign . —Wheat . — Dantzig , 42 s to 4 Ss , Anhalt and Marks , 30 to 40 s , ditte white , 40 s to 42 s , Pome «< wian red , 40 s to 42 s , Rostock 44 s to 40 s , Danish , Holswan , aoi Friesland , 30 s to 34 s , Petersburgh , Archangel , and H iga , 32 s to Sis , Polish Odessa , 32 * to 34 s , Marianopoli , and fcw . dianski , 32 s to 35 s , Taganrog , 32 s to Sis , Brabant and French , Sis to 36 s , ditto white , 38 s to 42 s , Salouica , 30 » to 33 s , Egyptian , 23 s to 20 s , rye , 20 s to 22 s , barley , Wismar and Rostock , 18 s to 21 s , Danish , 18 s to 22 s , Saal , 20 s to 24 s , East Friesland , 10 s to 17 s , Egyptian , 15 « to 16 s , Danube , 15 s to 16 s , peas , white , 23 s to 'lit , new boilers , 25 s to 2 fis , beans , horse , 22 s to 23 s , pigeon , 24 s to 25 s , Bgypiia » , 22 s to Us , oats , Gronlngen , Danish , Bremen , asd Friesland , feed and black , lis to 15 s , ditto , thick and brew , 16 s to 20 s , Riga , Petersburgh , Archangel , and Swedish , ; 14 « to 16 s , flour , United States , por 1961 bs ., 22 s to 24 » , Ham . burgh 20 s to 22 s , Dantrig and Stettin 20 s to 23 s , French per 2801 bs ., 32 s to 34 s . Wednesbay , February IS . —With the market bare for grain , we are very dull for every article , without alteration

    in price . Arrivals this week : — Wheat—English , 450 quarters ; foreign , — quarters . Barley—English , 1 , 010 quarters ; foreign , — quarters . Oats — English , 4 , 840 quarters ; foreign , — quarters . Flour—40 sack * . Richmond ( Yobkshire , ) Feb . 9 . —We had a large supply of grain this morning , and a great quantity unsold . Wheat sold from 4 s te 5 s 3 d ; oats , Is 8 d to 2 s l ' Od ; barley , 3 s 2 d te 3 s Cd : beans , 4 s to 4 s Ed per bushel .

    BREAD . The prices of wheaton bread in the metropolis arefrwn 6 d . to 7 d . ; of household ditto , 4 } d . to 5 Jd . per ittis . loaf .

    CATTLE . SMirnrretD , Monday , February 11 . —The supply of foreign stock on offer to-day was very limited , and of but middling quality . Fresh up to our market this morning the arrivals of home-fed beasts were but moderate . Their general condition . was , however , somewhat superior to those exhibited for some weeks past . Owing to the unfavourable itate of the weather for slaughtering , the beef trade ruled exceeding inactive , at barely last Monday ' s quotations ; the top figure for the best Scots was 3 s . lOd . per 81 bs ., at which a clearance was not effected . From Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire , we receh-ed 1 , 9 * 0 Scots and shorthorns ; from the northern counties , 800 short-homs ¦ and

    from other parts of England , 750 Hercfords , runts , Devons , k & c . The Scotch supply was only 120 head . Comparatively Ipeaking , the numbers of sheep were small . As tlie arrivals of dead meat fresh up to Newgate and Leadenhall have fallen off , the mutton trade ruled steady , at Friday's improvement in value of 2 d . per 81 bs . The primest old downs sold at from 4 s 2 d to 4 s 4 d per 81 bs . The supply of calves was again limited ; while the veal trade proved tolerably firm , at last week ' s currencies . In pigs very little business was transacted ; but we have no change to notice in value . ' Head of Catt £ e at SHiMFiEtD . —Friday . — Beasts , 794 ; sheep , 8 . ; calves , 125 ; pigs , 280 . Monday . - Beasta , 3140 ; sheep 10390 ; calves 63 ; pigs 175 .

    , , , , , Price per stone of 81 bs . ( sinking the offaLJ—Beef , 2 s lOdta 3 s lOd ; mutton , 3 « 6 d to 4 g Od ; veal , 3 s 2 d to 4 s Od ; ports , 3 s 4 d to 4 s 0 d . I ( ewoate and TjEAdeshaii , Monday , Feb . 4 . —Inferior beef , 2 s 4 d to 2 s 6 d ; middling ditto , 2 s 8 d to 2 s lOd ; prime large , 3 s Od to 3 » 2 d ; prime small , 3 s 2 d to 3 s 4 d ; large pork , 2 s Od ta . Ss 4 d ; inferior mutton , 2 s 6 d to 2 s Si ; middling ditto , 2 s lOd to 3 s Od ; prime ditto , 3 s 2 d to 3 s 6 d ; veal , 33 Od to 4 s Od ; small pork , 3 s 6 d to Is 0 *; per 81 bs . by the carcase .

    PROVISIONS . Losdox , Monday . —Without activity in our market last week , there was nothing of importance passing in Irish butter , and prices scarcely varied . Foreign : No improvement in quality , demand , or value . Bacon : Irish singed sides were less dealt in , and the turn cheaper . American nearly stationary in demand and price . Hams and lard as lastreported . ENGLisit Butteb Market , Feb . 11 . —We have no alteration to notice , except that old Dorset butter is now become almost a dead letter with us , the only demand being for new milk butter , which as yet appears in only small quantities . Dorset , fine new milk , 104 s to 108 s per cwt . ; ditto , fine old , 80 s to 84 s ; ditto , inferior , 56 s to 70 s ; fresh , 8 s to 13 s per dpz . lbs .

    POTATOES . SocrnwARC Waterside , Feb . 11 . —The arrivals the past week coastwise have been limited , notwithstanding which trade is heavy , and in consequenee ofthe very large supply by rail , it is with difficulty the following prices are sustained : —Yorkshire Regents 90 s to 120 s per ton ; Wisbech ditto , 70 s to 100 s ; Scotch ditto 70 s to 80 s ; ditto cups , 60 s to 70 s ; French Whites 70 s to 80 s ; Belgian 65 a to 75 s .

    FRUIT , VEGETABLES , & 0 . : Covent Gabden Market . —The supply of vegetables pretty well kept up , and fruit for the most part is sufficient for the demand , except hothouse grapes , pears and apples , which are scarce . Kne-apples are also less . plentiful . Filberts and walnuts are abundant , and ohesnuts plentiful . Oranges and lemons are abundant , and there are some good Seville oranges in the market . Amongst vegetables turnips and carrots are good . Cauliflowers and broccoli sufficient for the demand . Potatoes are unaltered since our last account ; foreign ones fetch from 50 s to 70 s per ton . Lettuces and other salading are dearer , and so are mushrooms . Some French beans , asparagus , seakale , and rhubarb , may be obtained . Cut flowers consist of heaths , pelargoniums , bignonia venusta , primulas , camellias , cinerarias , Christmas roses , azaleas , lilacs , lilies of the valley , epacrises , acacias , and roses .

    SEEDS . LoNDoy , Monday . —The operations in the seed market were of little interest , Clover was more pressingly offered , and secondary qualities of red were rather cheaper . In other sorts of seeds no change occurred ; but the demand for almost every article was slow .

    TALLOW , HIDES AND OILS . Taixow , Monday , Feb . 11 . —Since Monday last our market has ruled vere inactive , and prices have further receded 3 d to 5 d per cwt . To-day P . Y . C . on the spot is seUing at 37 s 0 d to 37 s 9 d per cwt . We have offers , but no buyers , of new T . C ., deliverable up to the cud of the year , at 39 s per cwt . Town tallow is 37 s per cwt . net cash . Fough fat is 2 s Id per 81 b . Advices from St . Petersburg , to the 26 th nit , state that prices of tallow owing to the improved tone of the letters from London , had advanced to 115 and 116 roubles , with hand money . Leadenhaii ,. —Market hides 501 b . to C 4 B ) ., lid to Ud per lb . ; ditto 64 fb . to 721 b , lid to ljd ; ditto 72 fb . to ' 80 tt > ., 2 d to 2 } d ; ditto 801 b . to 881 b ., 2 Ad to 3 d ; ditto 88 % to Sfilb ., 3 d to 3 Jd ; ditto 961 b . to 104 B ) ., 3 Jd to 4 d ; ditto 1041 b . to 112 lb . 3 id to 4 d ; calf-skins eachQs 6 dto 3 s 6 d * Horse hides 5 s to 6 s . Linseed per cwt . 31 s 9 d to 32 s ; rapeseed English refined 42 s Od to —s , brown 41 s Od ; Gallipoli per ton . 50 f . ; Spanish 501 . Sperm 821 . to —I . ; bagged 831 . ; South Sea 311 . Os to 33 f . ; Seal pale 391 . 10 s to -t .: do ., coloured , 331 . ; cod 301 . to 3 U . ; cocoa nut per ton 38 H . to 46 f . ; palm , 321 .

    COLONIAL PRODUCE . Toesdat Evening . — Sogar . — The market has again opened for the week with a downward tendency , and although the importers of Mauritius showed firmness by buying two-thirds of the 9 , 000 bags offered , yet a decline of 6 d was established on the part sold , also on 700 bags Bengal . 380 hhds . only of West India sold to-day , the prices of which were about those of Friday last . Refined market dull > grocery lumps 49 s to 51 s Gd . Coffee . —Tlie market has become unsteady ; good ordinary native Ceylon sold after business hours yesterday at 66 s ; to-day , 59 s has been accepted for a small parcel , at which they are now reported buyers , and the quotation is 59 s to 60 s , About half of the plantation Ceylon offered in public sale was bought in ; the remainder sold at Is de « clino .

    Cocoa . —A small part only ofthe Trinidad and Bahia was sold in public sale . " Cotton We are without transactions to report to-day . Indiqo . —The quarterly s < tle ,. containing 14 , 300 chests commenced to-day . The attendance was good , with a fair demand .. Middling and good middling description were most in demand , while ordinary and low sorts were rather : dull of sale . Also Madias and Kurpahs , 565 chests sold ,. Compared with last October sales , we quote good and fine Bengals 4 d to (> d advance ; middling Bengals 6 d to 7 d advance ; ordinary and low Bengals 4 d to Gd advance ; ordinary Oudes 3 d to 4 d advance ; dry leave Madras 3 d to . id advance ; erdinrry Kiarpahs 4 d advance-. Rice . —The demand has somewhat improved to-day ,. Sum remains dull . ' Taiiow continuea quoted at 87 s 63 . Tea—The market has been steady . In other articles no material alteration ; but there has been a general heaviness hanging over the markets .

    ¦ WOOL . Citt , Monday , Feb 11 . —The imports of wooliilrto London lost week W 6 B 6 only 704 bale * , including 53 ft bales from Sydney , 60 ftom tho Cape of © ood Hope , 100 , ftom Buenos Ayres , andiSjfrom Italy . The public sales of Colonial wool begin nexft Thursday , and tlie quantity at present declared is 12 , A 0 O , fes > 13 , 000 bales . ' ' A fair business-is doing , andopJk nion rutea in favour of th * article , in whish there have hew , some purchases for shipment . LivEftr-ooL , Feb . 9 . —Scotch There-has been a modesate business doing in Laidt Highland wool at our quotations ; whitft is also more looked after . There is not quite so good a demand for Chevoit and crossed , bat the stocks are Bght , aad holders firnv FoBEioy . —There is still a gooS inquiry for most kinds at Iflill price . The public sales commence in London on the 14 th inst ., when about 12 , 000 bales will be offtred . There will also be- sales hero on the 1 st of March , when about 2 , 000 bales will be offered of different sorts . Imports for the week 863 bales ; previously tlus yeai ; 5 ; 55 S hales .

    COAL . ; Monday , Feb . 11 . —Faetors very firm : and without any alteration in price since tins day fortnight . Stewarts 19 s Hettons 19 s ; Kettoe 18 s 6 d ; Braddylls 18 s Gd ; Eden 18 s ' Wylam lGs Od- ; Lambtons 18 s Od . Fresh arrivals 124 lef ' from last day 299 . Total 423 . «»««««?»« " * , ««

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• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 16, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_16021850/page/8/