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      The Destroyer Of Frost Discovered. " A P...

      S THE DESTROYER OF FROST DISCOVERED . _^ _Conruuiefit _^ rom our sixth page . ) < rrfthe Charter . I was at Edinburgh , and did I _^ Ltead to visit Carlisle on my way back to Leeds ; t _Snt when I beard of these filings , I wrote to James k irthur to get ont bDlsannonncing my intention to be G n Gsrl _& e on tue _lowing night to meet Dr . 1 Tavlor and to answer any charges that he or anv _s _nther man could bring against me . I did go to 1 rarfisle onthe appointed night . The theatre was r , _litaally crammed in every part . I was at first j _rAc and suspiciously received : but when I coni dnded my address , called for my accusers , and , _m -jwered every question that was proposed to me L _S isfactorily—the chillof suspicion was succeeded by

      , j } _, hot enthusiasm or repentance . 1 was blessed , * _^ thanked , and cheered , and a vote of confidence * _Usunauim- " ' _* - ' * - ' . * ' tendered to me . It is likelv , is it t 3 ot , that if " T ¦ " was one ofthe originators of the ' _Ifctfpovt ihAs , " T- " would have known ' . ¦ Aether 1 was cognizant of the fact or not ; and if I i iiaci _sone to Ireland with a knowledge of it , and with-I _QVt hiking any steps to caution Frost , such a _clwtrge , ,, _z \ MiJ _< cd , or even _advaxxced to such an audience . ' » ihl have ended in my being torn to pieces 1 I beg it . _.. heundcrrfood , that I never saw the letter from Won in thc _iVortncrn Star , until Taylor read it for jac : and tliat when I next saw Mr . Hill , I _comp lained ofhis having inserted it ; and thc answer I rM-eived was , " upon my word , Sir , it has always been

      vour practice to protect the greatest villains in the movement , and the very fellows that would cat your throat" Sow , I think I am entitled to ask "who killed John Taylor ? " What stubborn things dates arc ? and what an awkward witness the Northern Stflr ' xsi and what a valuable thing a good memory y ! Upon the day after I saw Dr . Taylor , I walked a bout two miles from York in company with Ashton , peter Hoey , and others , to see a deer uncarted before Sir Clifford Constable ' s bounds : and during the whole distance I rated William Ashton soundly for his villanous letter about Taylor , tolling him that he bad killed the man . Ashton turned round in the road and said , "Taylor came last night from your dinner-table , drunk " with your wine , to the pubb ' c-

      _bonse where I and several other Chartists were assembled : he called for a "lass of whiskey and water , and proposed d n to Feargus O'Connor and thc forthem , Star : and if it had not been for tbe company , I'd have knocked him down , for be is a traitor sulfa villain : bnt you won't let your friends destroy vour enemies . " Now , " who killed John Taylor" ? " "Degan never raised his head after his character -fas assassinated . " Poor Degan : the only injury I erer did him was to take all the odium npon myself ofhis pleading guilty at liverpool , and saving him eighteen months' imprisonment . He went to Am erica , owing me the small amount of £ 1613 s . 7 d . B e got into an unhealthy climate—incautiously left _i _^ liis -aannels , as bis friends say , and died of the yel jot ** fever . _2 vow , am I the teixow feveb , as well as the" RED CAT" of Chartism ? John Duncan : aye , poor fellow ! he was driven to madness . He never held up liis bead after the time ,

      that , as chairman of the Scotch Convention , he retired to the vestry-room , to consider whether he should give the casting rote for or against theincorp _-iral ' _ion of England and Scotland in a national petition for fhe Charter . Every man in Scotland will bear me out in the assertion , that be never was the same man from that day to the day of bis death : and every Chartist in England and Scotland knows flat it was James B . O'Brien who was then intriguing _tiith Mm , and that induced him to give a vote to lum the _stdiamust National Uiiion , and that drove hun _px madness ' : — " tv / io killed John Duncan ?" Watkins : this fellow promised faithfully to die Ustt vears ago : and it was a mistake "his ever being torn . " When he was starving , I was almost the only max to assist him ; and well the ruffian has repaid Bf . Hewas agent for the Northern Star for nearly twelve months , and never up to this moment has he paid one fraction of one farthing for all the papers be _Tfjieived .

      Macartney : when he was in tbe Westminster _lio-pital , I got a fever for going to visit him ; and a very proper return for giving an order to Mr . Cleave to famish Mm with everything he required . But I { Link I may leave A « character , as a Chartist , to the sua of Liverpool , who know him best : bnt I assert , sitliont fear of contradiction , that the uitriguiiig of OBrien has ruined him . " Who ruined Macart-MV ?" llollicrrv : poor fellow ! Mr . John Porter , of Bir-• _jangluin , * can tell who murdered liim . There is . vilao" fiat I weuld not have given to have saved \ m . " Who killed Holberry V John Porter can tell . Clavton : He owes his death tothe same ruthless v _^ ixx . This fact Jfr . Porter can prove by

      _in-Ci-Biiwertible teslimonr . " Who killed Clayton . ' "After unheard-of sufferings , the writer of this ss ** his house broken up , Mb family dispersed , and _hijlieloveu wife driven into a consumption by the same murderous system of calumny and persecution * liich destroved the others . " This is from Mr . 0 Brien ' _sosni pen ; and tbe persons alluded to _i-rlutnself andhiswife . No wonder -ftattiie wife _jhmiM be in a consumption , when the husband drinks _noiisipates what she ought to eat and wear . I aw this gentleman blubbering" like a great child on lie Baruslcvstage , and whimngly declare that "he "as ohliged _' to drag the ear-rings from Ms wife ' s ears _togeta meal / ' at a time when , as Mr . BetheriDgton proved to the meetimr . he ( O'Brien ) was receiving

      £ _* _" )¦ ' some months , and neverlesstban £ 20 a month _jj _% _,-ifltheCkrtistsbr _^ _lanawoddnotsafcfytbe _u--ifiate maw of sucli a cormorant . I fed Mm and hi-fiuujly when others allowed him to starve ; and I an aw KainV mv full reward in the plenitude of _ttsratifnilc . hut of Mm bereafter . This letter fe to tliiee who have been co-sufferers with me in the _prc-ifliai political agitation , so long kept np by the " pour gentlemen" of our movement . iknxach for my slain . Now , is it not a melancholy iiaa » that a gentleman who has laboured as I have , s » nU be thus compelled to meet tho fabricated skdasofhircd assassins ? But , on the _oth-a-hand , W consolatory that I am able to accomplish _, the b &

      Xot wishing to leave my task half-finished , and _^ anuug that Ashton might have seen just cause _towrsinome on the 7 th of March , 1840 , and blessing s _* on the 29 Ui of May , 1841 , 1 shall endeavour to _Miblish a nearer connexion between Ms cursings Sid his blessings . Ashton was tried at Tork in the _bediming of March , 1840 ; and he and the other viiiiiiisheartily cursed me , as ie now says , when they * ' *« coHvicteu . Now , reader , mark this viHainl _Bratd him as the veriest ruffian that ever disgraced thc _wwld _, - when you read tbe following letter written 1 ? _Vfljiam Ashton , and published in the Northern _" ? »¦ - of the 29 th of February , 1 S 40 , the VEnr week _BEii-HKHErurj-f-iMK . Read it , Ipray you , and then , jzitt of tho -villain as he deserves .

      »'• ' THE CHAST 1 SM OF ESGLASD AND _BCOTtAND . f _tusys _CotsiMiiE-s , —Ibe Whole _emfized world has - * : * . s _« 5 _cdwitli disgust the many acts of cowardice and _t'i-c _cranling sycophancy , exhibited by some of the _QlT-s-ied slaves of this country , at the same time , looking **' - _* - aiiuiiration at the devotion of those who have already " " a . and those who -will speedily fell victims to the _* • " _^ _vl system . _S » _im-iire fur writing at the present moment is , to ~** y » nr attention tothe approaching trials and their j * - '• ¦ itaWf results . To charge any one of bring opposed ;" -: _cl- « seiitlartefal system of _middle-clflss _liigUlatiou , " - ' _-rfii-irut to insure a conviction ; of course , imprison-- ¦ - -.. _Mitii all its refined crucifies , and starvation , follow ** -Mural lonseqneiices . The very men who are the

      - -V _- _- " _* - _* . r « of this class legislation , are the men called _* : " . _i , « ivc a verdict against individuals for being ' _*; ' " 1 , to what , and to whom ? Why , to them , the tk _--. hss _jiirysicii and their a _* bondnahle system of V _' _-asr and oitprcssioiu Therefore , I consider it an ' -hte farce fur fhe Learned Judges topnt any ofthe _---J . us individuals now waiting sentence ( either in ? : : _-iwontonhafl ) on their trial . Let them at once ' _<** to sentence theaccused ; do away with the mockery 91 : " - investigation ; leave _ofT , for once , hypocrisy , and _* _" « - , if uosable , the political rancour of these

      iiialig-T ; iy V-r _* ecutors , inthe incarceration of their hapless 5 _*" _w :- I am aware of the _mauy difficulties you have to ' ¦ _: ¦* ¦ - _•• ¦ , ; « rith-not onlv the persecution of our couiicon e _"« :. W _; , " but the treaiierv of pretended fHeuds . 11 hen It- * , aisUOi } ll : CtiveTi gw ' * fthelast twelve months , my _mbdais willjindignation totrards those whoso lately cWni ib _^ victims on , and who have deserted the C _'* - _* . _Lwk _araund , and in every town you will find or :-., _a-iTe ..- tliese base hypocrites ready to become * * ' - _-. v . _.-t ., iljeir .. j . j , rfcsSors . * , . 1 _fta not _dtt-jru _, _* - of speaking _inviiUonsly of any •••• _Kviau-a Jrf I cannot refrain froa alluding to one _*< two « roiiBstai _«* s that have come under my own

      . _teim _Undoi-, last September , 1 vras admitted ' * ¦ '¦ - ¦' . iMu the eompanv of the m embers of the first * - '• - _rtuitn : aud at the ' "Arundel Coffee House , * ' in my _** * - ' liming , a lose conspiracy was formed to destroy V ' ¦ w _; .. _r- rej , _atatj < rti and the Northern Star . I remon-. "' - ¦ ¦ ¦ _irf . a * for as I consiilercd it judicious , with the _^• _"" _l-ual , _-Xrinms tins riot ; and where have these _jwttwolj I _npani _i _, een ever _shice ? I " > nld answer ! " _<*«* _-sun-: _^ discord , and finding fault with men as f-:--- " _' _- ! io $ lau , - „ bouest y , consistency , and intelligence - « is _{ _. < K £ _iWt _& r one _* vmi i 0 _^ a \» ve another ' ¦'¦•" "'• " ¦ - ul . i . -a : isfv them but tbe breaking upotthe y- - - ¦ _i .-i-. ii _.- . ii , ia 0 lde _' that thev might return to thcir rai

      * r :. _x-atiiits , to nut in execution their conspiracy . . ««••¦ I think _i-i-o-K-rto observe , that our unfortunate _;*> Ur . frost _^ a wo , fom one of Uiese treacherous ' ¦ > -atl «; for ¦ ouna _. _H-hea O'Connor was amongst tliem , _* " ¦ * m » . thev too *; - IiUu liv _^ jiaud . _w-utn 1 saw this , ¦ -a « _-a the _}»« .- . uilis - _wy neart . .. ! _'w * tt _^» ot » iiificiti 1 t- their diabolical desire for ¦ - *¦•• . ; . j . d _tiwu-Lerj ttvVv 3 Wt nalf satisfied . Would to _¦¦•*» Him 1 Oartd _xo dira thc miscreants before the _t'M'lH' m _tfctir _tme characters . For these last few _;; _.-m ) i- _, m vu i _^ _tiwaeA _Ttffa mej vrhen I have - "' Ugi'l « _' " ii «* _nujrandltled deceit , and never-to-be-for ; _. > tte ; i * r « _H-l . ir } 0 f these monsters . Fellow country--icn , { f nld ; oil _tjC lnaoe _^ en-dole of their deeds , you * _" ' _¦•* ' * _'*• • *' - * _andaetert Uitm tothe latest moments of

      " _Miad- r i-. il ! au ; . - i _, Kt the time has not yet come . anjiu- , ln .-., trer , _ufr . _iinm . m slightly allttding to one *¦• " - _' _- * ¥ « _' * Juini . _-Ato ..-at a conspicuous figure at the

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      mte Manchester Delegate Meeting . Mv God ! the effrontery of thisfellow surpasses anything I could have _wnagined . Does he suppose that there are none in England to bear witness against him and his accomplices Does he imagine that the Memorial to her Majesty with _TWEh-rr thocbakd _siONATUBEs has been overlooked ? Does he forget his promise , and his childish and criminal ( not carnal ) dalliance with Mary Aun for five weeks ! If he do , let him think of THE RESULT , and take this caution , and retire from advocating a cause that has received much injury fromhis base treachery . If he take this advice , he may maintain hischaracter ; if not he shall hear from me in plainer terms .

      Aow , my friends , what think you of that letter , referring to the whole year's previous transactions ? embracing the whole period of the Convention ' s sittings , and the subsequent co nduct of the delegates , just at the time that he says the plan of the Welsh outbreak was organised ? What do you think of the conspirators returning to their several localities to carry out their machinations against Feargus O'Connor ? And what do you think of Feargus O'Connor living to see them all dead , fled , or damned in public estimation ? Might I not fairly conclude here ? But yet I will not . Mosley says that Ashton ' s revelations fully account for Frost ' s _silesce with regard to me . They do , my friends : for the conspiracy was more directed against me than against the Government .

      And if the W elsh anair had succeeded , I was to have been the first man assassinated > Tins I have _fhom the up s of WitUAtt _Asntos 111 MSEI . F : and the fact was confirmed tonic while at Monmouth : and yet I never for a moment relaxed in my endeavour to save tne victims of the assassins who would have murdered Frost witliout compunction ! Was it likely that , with treason on my lip , and with treachery in my heart , I should have visited my victims in their dungeon ?—that I should have sat under thc deck during the whole period of their trial ? _Iflliadrommittedniyself , no doubt great sympathy for my sufferings would bave been expressed : but after nearly six years of unmitigated slander , is it not a glorious boast to be able to say that I possess

      the confidence of the working men of England , Scotland , and Wales ? And to shew myself entitled to that confidence , rather than the necessity of refuting anything that comes on the authority of Ashton , Mosley , O ' Brien , or Hill , I have written this letter . Was ever such a set of rubbish associated together in a conspiracy as this" starved viper" has succeeded in rallying around him ? IBs bitterest enemies are noxv Ids dearest friends ! They have sunk all personal animosity in the futile endeavour to destroy one man . I shall reserve my letter to Mr . O'Brien till next week : and with that shall take leave of thc villanous crew for ever . But I will not allow one fraction ofthe Newport affair to remain unsettled . It lias even been stated that Frost received a letter from

      tne , when marching to Newport , which made him shed tears . Never , never , never , in the whole course of my existence did I write a hue to John Frost , with the exception of one letter asking him to furnish a memoir to be given with his portrait . Andneverdid I receive a line from John Frost , with the exception of one written ia June , 1839 , saying that the "Welsh people would be glad of a few addresses from me . Never did I hear , from man living or dead , of the Newport riots , ram inEt were over : if I had I would have stopped them : and Frost , Williams , and Jones , would have been now at home with their families . They are gone , however ! and their sufferings , created by others , has furnished a prolific harvest of abuse for my revilers _. Again , I say , no man ought to hold himself to be above suspicion ; but every man should boldly meet

      his accusers : and to tliat end I am satisfied to submit my conduct , not only with regard to the Newport anair , but every transaction for the last twelve years , to the judgment of the Mowing thirteen individuals —The Rev . William Hill , William Ashton , James Mosley , William Burns , Charles Hodgson Neesom ; Walker , of Glasgow ; Gray , of Manchester ; Gam mage , of Northampton ; John Watkins , of Battersea ; Fraser , of Glasgow ; Barron , of Leeds ; and Barnard Macartney , with James Bronterre O'Brien as their president . I will present myself before that tribunal any time they tell me they are ready . I will allow them to examine one another . I will allow Hill to read all my correspondence for six years , and f o make all his revelations : and I will repair to the Isle of Man , or anywhercelse , that this tribunal may deridfi on .

      I am , my friends , your uncompromising , faithful , and unpurchaseable friend , Feargus O'Coxson . P . S . While I was in the act of writing this letter , I received the following from two of W . Ashton's own townsmen . The one from Ward has , Ipresume , been sent to Mr . O'Brien ; aud of course he will publish it , as he is opposed to all " burking . " W ' ovsbro' Common , near Barnsley , April 23 , 1845 . O'Bmes , —You are a strange customer : I hardly know iu what terms to commence addressing you . In your last Reformer ( or rather Deformer ) you have given vent to as much envy and spleen as would satiate a _hyasna . You most have a wonderfully singular notion of the people of

      this country , to imagine that they _vnlt turn their backs on a true patriot like Feargus O'Connor , merely to gratify yonr envious soul , or perhaps fill your needy pockets ; for I am led to imagine you are not doing it <* ratis . There are plenty in this country that would pay nearly any price to "have O'Connor annimlated , and they know it cannot be done by the denunciation of the ordinary Whig and Tory journals . Hence your puny attempt . You have a most cunning nay in trying to get other people to denounce Mr , O'Connor . In yonr ansirer to Mr . M'Grath , how serpent _, like you appeal to his " spirit of independence , " in order to touch his vanity , and make him believe there is something valorous in abusing O'Connor . You are " Jemmy O'Urien" the second , and no mistake ! What a heap of people vou have discovered O'Connor to have killed ! What

      a wonderful escape sow . ha . ve "baa ! is lor that neap ot rubbish you have picked up—that fellowfrom Barnsleyit is a sin to pollute the paper with referring to him ; for he is as hateful as yourself . But you would join anybody ia abusing the gentleman in Question . You picked up acquaintance with that crazy lunatic , Watkins , solely on that account ; and now , I suppose , "Hill and you are getting chums—lie , who so properly styled you the " started riper . " So doubt but you three outcasts will become brothers in sentiment , as you formerly were with two other brothers , who have long since _disappeartid . It is a pity but you had a situation similar to that of Mr . Caleraft : then surely your envious and malignant desires would sometimes * be _clotted . I would not kick a dog

      upon the oath of the whole of JOU . I have not forgot you shedding your crocodile tears on the stage of the Barnsley theatre , when you were telling the auditory that you had had to pawn yonr wife's ear-rings to get bread I was standing by your side , when 3 Ir . Henry Hethering ton produced his booki and proved that you had been receiving from £ 5 to £ 10 per week all the time of his and your connection ! In conclusion , I would have you to desist your foolish course . Your cry of the " wolf" will have no effect ; for I assure you the noble-minded patriot you are so continually pushing at , will live in the recollection ofthe people long after your ominous name is buried in oblivion , or remembered only tebe desecrated . I am , your sincere detestcr , John Wabd .

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      Barnsley , April 28 , 1845 . Mr blab Ms . O'Cossoa , —! see by the Star of last week , tliat you are going to reply to O'Brien ' s comment on Ashton ' s letter . I heg leave to state , with respect to that part of Ashton's letter where he says that the political prisoners poured their curses npon you , that there never was a greater _fatsehwl penned by any man on earth . You know that I was tried with Ashton—sent to prison _wiili Wm— -and all the Chartist prisoners were in one ward : therefore , if what ht says was tme , 1 should " ne one of thero that poured maledictions on your head . But no , sir ; such was not the case . Ou the contrary , all the prisoners rejoiced at the manly defence you made on the 17 th of ilarch , 1810 , in favour of Chartism , together with your _law-yer-like ahilityin defeating the Attorney-General " when he _' pressed for immediate judgment . You may nse this , with my name , any way you think proper . If Ashton told the truth , he would say that the Barnsley men's time was spent in trying to get a mitigation of that sentence , which was considered cruel and unjust bv a large portion of thepublic , and for which I myself bitterly condemned the Whig Government , 6 _nt which does not surprise me now , when I find , from the pen of Ashton , there did exist a conspiracy unknown to yon , to nie , and generally to the Chartist body . In conclusion , dear sir , I hope that you , on no future occasion , will erer couple my name with Ashton ' s and Crabtree ' s , whom I wish , for the sake of common honesty , had never been called Chartists . I remain , dear sir , yours truly , Petle HoETi .

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      "And I will war , at least in words , ( And—should my chance so happen—de _^ s ) , With all who war with Thought !" " I think I hear a little bird , who sings The people hy and by will be the stronger . "—Brao _*

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      MONTE VIDEO AND BUENOS AYRES .-ATROCrflES OF THE DICTATOR ROSAS . We proceed with our promised exposition ofthe atrocities of the Buenos Ayrean dictator—atrocities which mark him out as one of the most _sanguinaiy and detestable of rutBane figuring in the page Ol Ofthe earlv history of Rosas we have no very accurate account . He is stated to have been 011-cinallv a sort of la »< _I-bteward to some relatives having _t-natcs on the confines of the Painpa . Belonging to the onlv half civilised Gaucho racehe inherited all

      , their piivsical and mental characteristics ; gifted with strong natural talenfs , aud liaving no scruples at cmploving fraud or violence as tlicy might serve his ends , events soon afforded him the opportunities to push his fortune , in which he slackened not until he had obtained military mastery of thc Argentine Republic . He appears to have acquired considerable influence during the war between Bueuos Ayres and Brazil , and at thirty-three years of age we find him , in 182 _'J exercising authority an a Colonel ot the Buenos Avrean militia forces . In 1830 he took the ¦ -ink of Brigadier General , and was elected governor

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      of the province , m which character he became the repnscntatiye of the united provinces . of the Argentine Confederation with all foreign powers . At lengtn , in 1835 , he thre w off the mask of patriotism , and seized on the supreme power of the state , compelling his trembling countrymen to surrender their _hberties , their laws , their fortunes , their families , and their lives into his hand . Since that period a veritable " reign of terror" has existed in Buenos Ayres , of which the facts stated below will give abundant proof . 6 To maintain his usurped power , Rosas determined to operate upon the minds of the-Buenos Ayrcans by terror . Accordingly lie had brought from the conhnersofthe province , a tribe of Indians , whom , to the number of one hundred and tenhe caused to be

      , butchered in the sight of all the inhabitants of Buenos Ayres . On the 8 th of July , 1836 , without any form of trial , ceremony , or decree , Rosas gave the word and these helpless beings , of all ages from childhood to dotage , were brought from their horrible prison in groups often and twelve , and were shot down by their executioners , who fired upon them in platoons without taking particular aim ; thus , when their mangled bodies were cast from the carts that conveyed them , into the one huge grave prepared for this unholy hecatomb on the sands , many with whom life still lingered made attempts , and iu onc or two instances with success , to crawl thereout , but were forthwith dragged back , with their throats mit and

      their brains beat out by tlieir merciless murderers : aud even here the horror of the scene did not end , for the dogs and swine ofthe city were permitted to tear up and feed upon their remains . We should add , that four of their chiefs were brought to the barracks , where they had their throats cut , along ivith two little children ! Senor _Isdame estimates that not less than a thousand of the unhappy Indians were butchered on this occasion , in different parts ofthe country by order of Rosas . The following account of . the assassination ofthe President of the Sala de Representantes , wc extract from apamphlet now before us , entitled " Rosas , and the atrocities of his Dictatorship in the River Plate . " ¦

      Dr . Vincente Maza , the President of tho National Assembly , and in virtue of his office the _Becond magistrate of the State , was assassinated in his private apartment in the House of Representatives , at seven o ' clock on thc evening of the 28 th of June , 1839 , by three persons in disguise . The magistrate was well _kuownas the intimate and confidential friend ofthe Governor , the agent occasionally , and the depositary in general ofhis secrets . He had _frequently been heard to say , that hig knowledge of the circumstances attending the way-laying and massacre of General Quiroga and his escort of thirteeen men would cost him his life . Two days previous to the fulfilment of the prophecy , his son had been arrested as a suspected conspirator against the Governor ; and although , with Rosas , execution generally follows close upon , the heels

      of arrest on persons of note , aU were convinced that no harm could happen to the son as long as the father lived . That same evening a party of soldiers fired into the private residence of the second magistrate of the nation . I heard the reports of the muskets , and the next morning I saw thc perforations of the bullets through the window shutters , and I know from the neighbours that it was done by men acting under official orders . Maza remained unmoved , and rejected the advice of his family and friends to conceal himself . On the following morning he wrote to Rosas , begging , if he stood accused of any offence , that he might be allowed an opportunity of defending himself —lie prayed for an interview to satisfy the Governor in whatever was charged against his son ; but the only reply he received was an intimation , desiring him to remain in

      his private apartment adjoining the Chamber of Representatives , and that a friend would visit him at seven o ' clock . Rosas denies that he was the principal actor in tliis dreadful visit of Mendihip ; _nevertU-il'isa 1 _» ordered the son's execution , without form or trial , and before the dawn of the coming day both bodies were thrown into a dung-cart , and from thence cast without Christian burial into the charnel-house , where putrify in a mass the mangled remains of this man ' s hapless victims . Tho widow and snrvivors of the family were forbidden to express their grief ; they were not permitted to wear mourning , and were prohibited from performing the rites and ceremonies of their church , so satisfactory and consolatory to themselves , and so efficacious according to their creed for departed friends .

      We have now to direct attention to the great massacres of October , 1840 , and April , 1842 . The principal actors in these butcheries were the members of a secret club at the disposal , and under the command of ; Rosas , known by the title of the _Mashorquei-se , or Mashorca Club . These ruffians are a body of men , banded together by secret compact , to execute , with unscrupulous readiness , the will of a despot . They are supposed to number five or six hundred , anil their usual mode of assassination is by cutting the throats of their victims . These ruffians entered the houses of all ranks , and usually commenced their atrocities by grossly insulting and beating the females until they made them repeat " Viva General Rosas—mueran los Unitarios . " They then ke

      ransacd chests of drawers , destroyed furniture , and left the house a complete wreck . The men were usually dragged from their houses , or arrested on _thsir way home ; in some instances they were murdered at once—in others , first cast into prison , and then murdered , and others were released after a long confinement , without knowing who was their accuser , or of what they bad been accused . The Mashorqueros usually went about the city in parties of six or eight on horseback , and where they met persons marked for death , the victims were compelled to mount behinditheir assassins ; they were then taken to the outskirts of the city , and there , were frequently horribly mutilated before their throats were cut . When a sufficient number had been despatched to fill a cart , a signal was made to the police to come and remove thc bodies . Sentinels were posted along the river to prevent the escape of anv who . _fearine to remain , were anxious to _escane

      to Monte Video for safety , and who , on being caught , were on the instant miirdered in cold blood . The slightest trifles afforded a sufficient pretext for these monstrous cruelties . One man was shot for wearing a fancy dress on his way to see his mistress , and another for having steered a _Monts VMean barque . A writer in the Times , describing these massacres , says : "The city became like a place of mourning ; an universal terror was excited , in proof of which I may only mention that most of the English merchants and others had their houses full of poor wretches , who bad there sought an asylum whicli could not be denied them , and that Mr . Mandeville himself had some in liis own house , * and an adjoining house , under lit ** protection , was filled with _tftCfft . But I sicken at the detail of barbarities which , now that time and space intervene , sometimes appear to be the phantasmagoria of some frightful dream , instead of astern and naked reality . "

      The barbarities committed by Rosas and his ruffians , savour rather of the revolting pastimes of a _Nebo , or Caligula , or the frightful amusements of canibals , than the usual practices of wars and persecutions . A witness named Jose Ramos made oath before twelve commissioners , assembled at Monte Video , that while he was with Rosas' army he sawmany ofthe prisoners castrated before they had their throats cut , and that he knew an Englishman , whose name was William , who was murdered , with a woman

      and a child only seven years old . Similar massacres were common throughout the war . Even throatcutting has been refined on by these miscreants , so as f o increase the torture of their unhappy victims . The word "Resbalosa" was invented by ' Rosas to convey to his infernal agents , the Mashorqueros , a particular mode of despatching their victims . It meaut that tliey were to ue tied up naked , with their hands behind their backs , whilst the assassins cut their throats slowly with knives or a saw ; and this horrible torture was accompanied by a song made for

      the occasion . In actual war these horrors were all redoubled . At the taking of Catamarca , in 1842 , six hundred of the inhabitants were beheaded in the market-place , and a pile erected of their heads . ' But it ia time we closed tliis picture of horrors . A work has been issued from the Monte Videan press , entitled " Rosas and his Opponents , " by Don Jose Riveba Ikdarte , in which is contained * what the writer calls , " Tablas de Sangre , " or " Tables of Blood . " These tables charge Rosas with a destruction of human life , to the extent of _tmenty-ttvo thousand and thirty souls , up to the 31 st of October , 1843 . The details of ' this total are as follows . —

      Diedby poison 4 By cutting the throat 3 , 765 By shooting 1 , 393 Bv the poniard 722 inbattle 14 , 920 And by various persecutions , including executions for desertion , and for * attempts to desert 1 , 600 In considering the large proportion of the above list , said te bave died in battle , , it must be borne in mind that the slaughter has generally been the greatest after the battle , every battle being followed byabutekeryof prisoners . Senor Indarte estimates the number of the dictator ' s victims who have escaped with their lives , but who have been brought to want , and driven to seek an asylum in distant lands , at upwards of 30 , 000 more ! Wc have written more than sumeient to exhibit the infamous character of Rosas , and the horrors of his

      rule . Thc question now naturally arises , whether this despot shall be allowed to extend his baneful sway to thc destruction of other nations in addition to the one he at present oppresses ? It must be borne in mind that Monte Video forms no part or portion ofthe Argentine Confederation . The independence ofthe Oriental _Republic of the Uruguay , of which Monte Video is the capital , was established in 1828 . under Ihe mediation of the British Government , and the creation of that new state was the most important result of Lord Poksonot ' s mission for aojusting the differences between Brazil and the Argentine Republic By tbe treaty which put an end to the war which had so long raged between Don Pedro and the Government of Buenos Ayres for the sovereignty of the Monte Videan territory , it was expressly agreed that the independence of the new state should be absolute . But the whole policy of Rosas during the present war is a flagrant violation of these _enEaaemenU entered into with Brazil . Bv inter-

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      fering in favour of' one of the competitors for power in tiie Banda Oriental- and by employing the forces ot Buenos Ayres against Monte Video ; he has virtually revived the contest for supremacy in thc disputed province . All the powers which have concurred in the independence of the Monte Videan Republic , and established commercial relations with that state , are aggrieved by the renewal of such a contest ; arid tbo consequences of the fall of Montevideo , or the defeat ot . _RivuRA _, would not only be the restoration ot Oribb , butthe re-establishment ofthe ascendancy of Buenos Ayres . Under British mediation Brazil andBuenos Ayres pledged themselves to respect the integrity and independence of Monte Video . The part taken by Rosas in the present war is a manifest violation of the terms of that agreement ; and if the cause which he has espoused be allowed to triumph Braail will be defrauded , Great Britain deceived , and Monte Video annihilated .

      We are advocates ofthe "ln-n-iiiter / erence" of one nation with the affairs of another nation , as the articles which have appeared in this paper on Swiss affairs sufficiently testify . But circumstances may arise in which interference is justifiable and necessary . For instance , when one nation makes war upon the independence and existence of another nation , it is , _«* e hold , perfectly justifiable that a third nation should interfere to save the weak from the oppression of the powerful ; more particularly is such interference justifiable where tlic aggrieved party solicits such interference . The case of Poland is a case m point . The first partition of Poland was an act ot daring violence and wholesale brigandage , and of right should have been discountenanced and resisted by every other nation not parties to that foul wrong . Again , when , in 1831 , Poland rose against Russia , and appealed to Europe for help _.

      that _neip snouid nave been rendered . No length of time can sanctify a : wrong ; no course of years can transform robbery into right , and the independence of Poland was as sacred in 1831 as previous to the first partition . Let us add , that independence is as sacred now , and the lapse of years will but accumulate the debt which Europe owes to Poland ; a debt of justice , a debt not to be repudiated . The like argument will apply in the case of Monte Video .. The Banda Oriental is an independent state , its independence is sought to be destroyed by a sanguinary despot whose atrocities well entitle him to tuename of the South-American Nicholas ; in the pursuit of his object he has caused torrents of blood to be jshed , all of which is as nothing- to the horrors which would necessarily succeed his obtainment of , the mastershi p of the Monte Videan Republic . For these reasons it is incumbent on all civilised governments to step in , and put a stop to the career of this

      miscreant . . , . Let us add , that the Monte Vidoans have solicited the mediation of the British Government , and were led tb expect that that mediation , followed ( if necessary ) by foreible . intervention , would . , have taken place more than two years ago . Another reason in favour of the intervention is , thatwhether it took place with or without the co-operation of _Frauce _wnd Brazil , it could not fail to be effective the moment that Rosas was convinced that the British Government was in earnest . It would not take much to convince him ; a message , notifying that it was ihe will of the British Government that the war must cease , backed by the appearance of a couple of frigates before Buenos Ayres . would be _all'safficient .

      It is our , persuasion that not a shot need be fired ; that Rosas , despite his savage _Gauchos and throat-cutting Mashorqueros , would at once succumb , and*—at least , aa far as Monte Video is concerned strike lus pirate flag of " Death to the savage Unitarians _^' . ,. :. We have said nothing about the "interests of British commerce , " " the rights of the foreign merchants located at Monte Video , " & c , the usual arguments ofthe press when treating of this quostion . We sympathise with our countrymen exposed to the casualties and losses of this war ,. but it is not upon such grounds we could advocate iuteiference . We advocate that interference upon the grounds above stated , those of humanity and justice ; and we are glad that that interference is now likely not to be

      much longer delayed . We have exhibited the Dictator of Buenos Ayres in the character of a wholesale murderer , but this is not all , he is the declared enemy of civilization in all its forms . In Buenos Ayres thc administration of justice is unblushingly p erverted : no tribunal can decide a ; cause , no magistrate pass a sentence , no advocate p ] ead , _; but sucli as have received theprevious sanction of Rosas . The charitable institutions , the hospitals for the sick , the insane , the houseless poor , and orphans , have been suppressed and their funds appropriated by the Government . All education is prohibited except in the Governmentschools ; and the schools established by the English" residents and

      others have been forcibly closed . He who ordered mourning and masses during a whole year among all ranks , for his own wife , has forbidden the use of mourning in private families . Lastly , in imitation of his rival , the Autocrat of the _Jforth , he has proclaimed himself a sort of god , his picture is exhibited for adoration , and the vile priests , as usual , bless and sanctify this atrocious system , meting out Heaven ' s approbation to all who suffer and support it , and dealing out anathemas upon all who do not bow in blind obedience to the tyrant ' s will , In the language of the writer of the pamphlet we have above quoted from , we say emphatically— " Let not such a man extend his dominicm on earth J "

      In taking leave of this subject we must again acknowledge our obligations to Simrnonds' Colonial Magazine , a publication second to none as an authority on aU subjects connected with the colonial and commercial interests of the British empire .

      SWITZERLAND-ITALY-OIRCASSIA . It will be seen from our Foreign Intelligence in our first page , that in Switzerland the Extraordinary Diet has adjourned sine die ; the closing speech of the President was well toned , and will be read with interest . ThePresse states that the news received from _Bcrae was more and more alarming . The Government , _JOTuWOinised in the eyes of the "Radicals by its hesitation , was seriously menaced . In the clubs , and in the ranks of the army , its overthrow- was openly talked of . The Presse adds that the Radical cantons

      made no mysterv of ttieir intention to separate from the Catholic and Conservative cantons , and establish a new confederation . These statements must , however , be received with some mistrust . For ourselves , we sincerely hope that moderation will characterise all the movements of the friends of liberal principles in Switzerland ; that no disruption of the confederation will take place : but that the Swiss people , as heretofore , will continue united , and unitedly labour to promote the greatness of their noble country , and pertect and cement their free and excellent institutions .

      In Italy there is to be more political butcheries . The Times states that private . letters from Romagna announce that the military commission sitting at Ravenna had condemned to death three political prisoners , and a number of others to the galleys . Among the former was a young man , under 18 years of age . The Sacra Consulta at Rome had pronounced in the case of M . Galetti , a lawyer of Bologna , and sentenced him to the galleys for life . M . Serpieri , of Rimini , was tobe imprisoned during twentyycars , by order of the same exceptional tribunal . Such are the horrible fruits of a system of which the Times is the ardent supporter . We cannot afford space this week for comment on this afflicting intelligence , but Kalian nffnira shall have our attcution shortly . In

      the meantime we commend to the friends of freedom in every nation the Italian Governments for their detestation , aiid the Italian patriots for their sympathy and prayers . . The _Circassians are not yet subdued , but gigantic efforts are about to be made by the Russian Government to overcome these brave mountaineers . Count Woboszoit , commander-in-chief ot thc Russian arniv , has addressed a proclamation to the inhabitants of Daghestan , in which , -jailing upon tliem to submit to the Russian rule , he promises them , if they obey , a participation in the " benevolent designs of the "Emperor , " but if they resist , he will invoke upon them " the vengeance of God , " promising himself to anticipate " God ' s vengeance" by laying waste theii country- with fire and sword . God and the Emperor

      "Powers eternal ! Such names mingled !" The tribes of the Caucasus will , we hope , perish to the last man , rather than submit to promises and threats such as tliese . May victory attend their banners , aud disaster and ruin be the lot- of their _<> _i-i- > mies ' .

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      Nottingham. O.V Moni Uy Last A Public Me...

      NOTTINGHAM . O . v Moni uy last a public meeting was held in the Town Hall , Nottingham , for the purpose of receiving the report ofthe Operatives' Hall Building Committee . Mr . Wright , cotton-merchant , was unanimously called upon to preside . Mr , Sweet addressed the m eeting in an effective manner , as did also Mr . Dorman . The secretary then read thc report , which was unanimously received , Mr . Bcggs addressed

      tiie meeting at some length in favour of the object . The committee was re-elected ; anil Mr . James Sweet to the office of general secretary , and Mr . George _rarkin to . that of general treasurer . Votes of thanks were given to the committee for their exertions , and to the mayor for the use of the Hall : also to the chairman . The general secretary informed the meeting that . Samuel Bean , F . sq ., had promised ' a donation of £ 20 , whieh aiuwimceuwvt _vraa received with cheers .

      LEEDS , Tub Couscu , luid its weekly meeting on Monday evenine , Mr . Harris in the chair . Mr . Biook brought forward the question of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and referred to what the Convention had done respecting it » a " " 11 " concluded by moving the following resolutions , which were seconded by Mr . Hewitt , and carried unanimously : — " That the members ofthe Convention , in bringing the question of Frost , Williams , and Jones before the country , and recommending that petitions should be sent to the House ot Commons for tlieir liberation , arc entitled to the warmest thanks ofthe Chartist body ; and this meet-

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      ing would call upon the Chartists in every town in the kingdom to carry out those instructions , by culling public meetings , and sending petitions numerously signed to thc llouse of Commons during the present session , praying for their immediate liberation ; for from the present position of political parties , this meeting entertains strong hopes of success . " "That a requisition be presented to the Mayor of this borough , _requesting him to call a public meeting of the inhabitants for the above purpose . " The next question brought forward related to the Sunday School . This school has now been established between two and three months , and has succeeded to a verv considerable extent . It is increasing weekly _.

      and in a short time there is no doubt but that it will be onc of the best schools in the town . It was resolved that two anniversary lectures should be delivered on Whit-Sunday , and collections made in aid of its funds . During tho afternoon's proceedings , several of the scholars will repeat select portions of poetry and other interesting pieces . At the conclusion o _' f thc lecture in the afternoon tliere will be tea provided for those who may come from a distance , at < M . each . The proceeds ' to be devoted to __ tho fund for calling the public meeting and procuring signatures for Frost ' s liberation . On tho following day ( Whit-Monday ) , the scholars will be regaled with tea and buns in the Bazaar . From the above the Chartists in other parts will see that Leeds is not dead . Let all other places follow her example .

      TO THE CHARTIST BODY . _Frienps , —In consequence of Mr . Cooper having withdrawn from the . National Charter Association , and his refusal to receive any further monies from thc Testimonial Fund , Ave now lay before you a balance-sheet of monies received and expended by us . We regret that so much money has been expended in printed lists and postages to no purpose . 1 hat we cannot help . Itwas our determination ( if possible ) to provide Mr . Cooper with all thc necessaries he might need after his two years' imprisonment . It will now be useless for our friends in any part of the country who have testimonial lists to forward the monies they have received to ns . We think they should return the same to the contributors without delay . Yours truly , On behalf of the Testimonial Committee , William _Tatlow .

      INCOME . 1844 . £ s . d . Nov . 18 By cash borrowed from the Ilampden Chartists 0 7 0 " " Mr . Thomas Winters 0 0 fl " " _T & _tB . Anderson , HuU 0 4 0 Dec . 0 " Mr . Markham .. 0 10 " 23 " Mr . Brook , Todmorden 0 10 0 " " Monies collected and subscribed by the Hampden Association .. ,. 181 1845 . * Feb . 10 " Mrs . Cooper ' s list 0 5 7 " " Mr . Watts .. 0 3 fi March 3 " Mr . Dunn 0 0 9 April 14 " Mi * . _A-shwell , Dtvventry 0 2 6 " 15 » Mr . Collins . Hull 0 11 8

      £ 3 14 7 EXPENDITURE . 1844 . £ s . d . Nov . 22 Paid Warwick , printer , for 100 lists .. 0 10 0 _Decll ) VostaSes of fifty-three lists 0 8 10 " "Writing paper , wax , Sic . 0 13 " Cash-book 2 s . 2 d ., two memorandum hooks id 0 2 6 " Postages of unpaid letters 0 0 4 " 25 Cash gwen to Mrs . Cooper 0 5 0 " 20 " sent to Mr . Cooper 0 1 ( 1 0 » » returned to tho Hampden Chartists 0 7 0 1815 . Apriu } - Posta _*? esol 22 listsaad 8 letters ° 3 1 ° " "Writing paper 0 0 4 " 2 Warwick , fbr 40 lists II li « " 28 Cash sent to Mrs . Cooper 0 19 8 " P . O . order 3 d ., postage Id 0 0 4

      £ 3 14 7 April 28 , audited and found correct by John Markham , Belgrave Gate , Leicester ; and Thomas Knox , Church Gate . Leicester .

      LONDON . City Chartist Hall , Tub . vaoain-lakb . — According to announcement , Mr . T . Clark ( member of the Executive Committee ) delivered a Yery instructive and talented lecture on the Maynooth grant , to a numerous and respectable audience . Mr . Gover having been unanimously called to thc chair , he proceeded to read the article , " Thc approaching Panic , " from the Star . At the conclusion , Mr . Clark ably showed that the proposed grant to Maynooth was destructive of the principle of civil and religious liberfcv . At the conclusion of his address discussion was invited . Several gentlemen entered thc lists , and delivered tlieir sentiments pro and con ; after which Mr . Clark replied in so satisfactory a manner , that he received a unanimous vote of thanks from the largest audience assembled within this hail for some time .

      White Honsr ., St . Mahv s-birebt , _Whitkciiapel . —A public meeting of the members of this locality was held on Tuesday evening—Mr . Perry in the chair—when the . following- resolution was unanimously agreed to : —* ' Thatthe locality undertake to do the best in their power , individually and collectively , to furnish subscriptions for the use of the Executive ; they also pledge themselves to contribute their fair share towards the expenses ofthe delegates to the late Convention . " . Mr . J . Shaw was elected secretary pro tern , and the meeting adjourned .

      OLDHAM . _Lsciuue _.- —On Sunday last Mr . George White delivered an instructive lecture in the Working Man ' s Hall , _Horaedgc-street , in which he depicted the true position . of merely professing Chartists , shewing how indifferent they , were in times of temporary prosperity , respecting their own interests , compared with , times of adversity .. When "the shoe pinched" they would bawl out loudly for a redress of grievances ; but as soon as their , bellies were filled they would lay down like the sow , and snore , and grunt , until they were empty again . He expressed his sorrow for such apathy , and requested the Oldham men to come forward and show their Chartism by aiding in the good work of emancipation . He spoke for an hour and a halt " , and his lecture gave general satisfaction .

      BILSTON . Lecture , —On Tuesday evening a lecture was delivered in the National Charter Association Room , by Mr . Mason , of Birmingham , on the benefits of a General Union of Trades . The room was _^ crowded , and the lecture gave the greatest satisfaction . Mr . Linney also addressed the meeting on the importance of Union . There will' be a powerful organisation throughout this neighbourhood in a short time . Another lecture will be delivered on next Tuesday evening .

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      A MrsiERious Pkksoxag- _** . —The Augsburgh Gazette contains the following on the subject of a mysterious person who died lately in the neighbourhood of llilburghausen , the capital of a dukedom in Upper Saxony - . —He went by the name of Count Varcl . When he first came into this country in 1806 , he had an interview with the duke , the father of thc reigning Sovereign of Saxc Altenburgh . All that has ever transpired of this audience is that the unknown furnished the duke with _satisfactory information to obtain from his Bigness assurance that he might live in peace and security within the dukedom , without any interference of the authorities , or inquiry as to tlic name , religion , fortune , or past life of himself or thc lady he brought with him . This person , who

      was believed , but not known , to be Count varcl s wife , was treated by him with the greatest respect . She was never seen without a mask , or being completely veiled , and that only by persons whom it was inevitably necessary to ' admit into her presence , or who , by some rare accident , caught a sight of her . Thus their mysterious life continued till 1838 , when thc lady was attacked with an illness which ended in her death , when even the physician who attended her was not allowed to sec her features , antt __ even her corpse was as carefully concealed till deposited in the tomb . On this event the magistrates wished to interpose in the distribution of her property . Count

      _Yai'cl exhibited to them the protection and promise signed by the Duke , and thereupon they at once ceased all proceedings . It is asserted that thc late duke so scrupulously preserved the secret confided to him , that his son , the r eigning duke , although made acquainted with the promise , has never known the motives for its being given , nor what was the history of thc mysterious couple . The question now is , whether the death of tho count will give rise to such judicial proceedings as will at last draw aside the veil , Itis added that , through commercial houses , the count received at regular periods remittances of considerable sums of _moncv from foreign countries .

      Ji \ E \ V AXD "USPARALLELLED ClIBKS BV HoLLOWAV S Oi . vtjie . vt and _Pilss . —A uoov woman , residing at Leeds , and another at Manchester , must , from cancerous breasts , have lost their lives , but for these miraculous medicines . A discharged soldier at Chatham prevented thc amputation of _hislcg , which was in amass of ulcerations , by the great powers ot thc Ointment and Pills . A young man in the neighbourhood of Creydon has completely recovered thc use of his limbs , wliich were paralyzed , by undergoing arcgularjcouvscofthcsc wonderful remedies , lhcy likewise cure every settled ache or pain , even if of twentv vears * * standing .

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      London- Cons _Excuaxok , Moxday , _ApimAThe arrivals of English wheat and bar cy were during thc past week only moderate , but o the latter article _-x fi r nmvhtitv was received from the near _Contmen-Ait & supply of English ami Scotch oats was verv small , that from Ireland far ironi abundant , ami even flic foreign arrivals proved less than had ' been calculated on . Beans and peas of British growth came to hand sparingly , and the receipts from abroad consisted ot one cargo of beaua from

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      Malta . Of flour and malt good samples have come forward coastwise . At this morning ' s market ther e was a small show of wheat by land-carriage samples from the home countries , not much barley fresh up , and very few beans or peas offering , whilst the arrivals of oats werc on only a moderate scale . The weather has for some dnys past been very favourable , the temperature warm with occasional refreshing showers . The wheat trade remained in precisely the same _position to-day as last weelt _^ millers buying cautiously at the rates then current . Foreign wheat moved off very tardily , but good qualities were certainly not cheaper . In bond nothing of the slightest interest transpired . Flour was extremely difficult o f * disposal , and ship marks barelv sold at as good terms as on Monday last . Barley was rather Jess pressingly offered , but not the slightest improvement occurred in the demand ; prices , however , werc not lower mis

      man on nay so nnigut . _Quotations of malt remained much the same as before , but the article hung very heavily on hand . In addition to a good country demand for oats , our dealers showed more inclination to increase tlieir stocks , and had factors consented to have accepted previous prices , a large business would probably have been done , but by insisting on au advance of 6 d . per qr ., inquiry was more or less checked . Beans were sought after , and nearly is , perqr . dearer . White peas brought former terms , and gray and maple could scarcely be bought at last Monday ' s currency . Cloversecd was neglected , and quotations were nearly nominal . In other descriptions of seeds there was little passing , and prices remained about the same as on this day week .

      CURRENT PRICES OF GEAIN , PER IMPERIAL QirARTEK .-J ? i « i * s / i . s s _s a Wheat , Essex , Si Kent , new Si old red 42 49 "White CO 55 Norfolk and Lincoln . ... do 43 47 Ditto 49 53 —Northum . and Scotch white 43 . 47 . Fine 49 53 Irish red old 0 0 Red 42 45 White 46 49 Rye Old 31 32 New 30 32 Brank 34 35 Barley Grinding .. 26 27 Distil . 28 30 Malt . 30 3 * Malt Brown .... 54 51 ! Pale 5 li 60 Ware 62 63 Beans Ticks old & new 32 35 Hnrrow 34 38 Pigeon 39 42 Peas Grey 35 30 Maple 37 38 White 37 39 Oats Lincolns Si Yorkshire Feed 21 23 Poland 23 25 Scotch Angus 22 24 Potato 24 28 Irish Wluto 20 22 Black 20 21 Pef 2801 b . net . s si Fer 2801 b . net . s I Town-made Flour ... 42 441 Norfolk Si Stockton 32 88 Essex and Kent .... 34 351 Irish S 4 35

      Free . Bond ' Foreign . s _s at Wie . lt , Dantsic , _Konigsburg-, Sic 53 58 36 38 Marks , Mecklenburg 48 52 32 34 -Danish , Jlolstein , and Friesland red 44 41 ? 29 28 -Russian , Hard 44 4 fi Soft ... 44 47 26 28 Italian , Red . . 46 18 White ... 50 52 28 32 Spanish , Hard . 46 48 Soft .... 48 50 28 32 Rye , Baltic , Dried , ... 30 31 Undried . . 30 32 21 22 Barley , Grinding . 25 26 Malting . . 30 32 20 28 Beans , Ticks . . 32 84 Egyptian . 33 34 25 28 Peas , White . . 36 38 Maple . . 35 37 28 30 Oats , Dutch , Brew aud Thick 24 28 19 21 Russian feed 20 21 15 16 Danish , Friesland feed 21 23 15 17 Flour , ner barrel 24 26 19 20

      Londos _SMiinFiuiJ ) Cattle Markkt _, Monday , April 28 . —Thc imports of livestock for our market , since this day se ' nnight , have been very extensive , they having consisted of 141 oxen and cows from Rotterdam , by the Batavier , Columbine , Royal Adelaide , John and Catherina , Ocean , and Sisters , in for thc most part fair average condition . The number on sale to-day did not exceed fifty head , the remainder of the past week ' s import bcim _; disposed of on Friday last . Although foreign stock in general clears tolerably well , the demand for it this morning was heavy , on somewhat easier terms . Our letter from Hull states that twenty-one beasts have been received _^ there from the above port ; hence it will be perceived that a , decided increase , as we have long since anticipated , is taking place in these arrivals .

      _i-rom _Wenolk and Scotland rather a large increase was observed in the arrivals of beasts fresh ' up to our market to-day ; but from other quarters the receipts were only seasonably good . Owing , however , to the numbers being more than equal to the wahts of the dealers , thc beef trade was in a very depressed state , at a decline on last week ' s quotations of quite 2 d , per 81 b , Although we quote 4 s . as the highest figure for beef , it must be understood that the more general one did not exceed 3 s . 10 d per 81 b ., and at wliich a clearance was not effected . Notwithstanding the shortness of keep , tho stock came to hand in good condition , if we except the fact that a large portion _, —both beasts and sheep—was suffering from the effects of the epidemic . The number of stock animals was small , yet very few transactions took place iu them on low terms . The bullock droves from Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire , consisted

      of ' i ' iOO boots and homebreds ; while , from the northern counties , we received 200 shorthorns ; from the western and midland districts , 300 Herefords , runts , _Devons , & o . , * from other parts of England , 100 of various breeds ; and from Scotland , 450 horned and polled Scots . The supply of sheep was somewhat on thc increase , though far from extensive . Prime old Downs commanded a ready sale at full prices , but all other breeds met a slow inquiry at late rates . It will be observed that our prices refer solely to sheep out of the wool . From the Isle of Wight , 135 lambs came , fresh to hand by railway ; but from other parts the receipts were only moderate . The lamb trade was decidedly active , arid in some instances the rates had an upward tendency . Calves ' were in short supply , and heavy demand , at barely previous currencies . In pigs—the numbers of which were good—very few sales were effected , at unaltered rates .

      By the quantities of 81 b ., sinking the offal . g . d . s , d Inferior coarse beasts ... 2 4 2 8 Second quality .... 2 10 3 2 Prime large oxen .... 3 4 3 8 Prime Scots , & c 3 10 to Coarse inferior sheep ... 2830 Second quality .... 3 2 3 4 Prime course woolled , , . 3 6 3 8 Lambs 4 10 6 0 Prime Southdown ... 3 10 4 2 Large coarse calves .... 3 4 4 2 Prime small .. . . . , 44 48 _Swililing calves , eacli . . . 18 0 30 0 Large hogs 3 0 3 6 "Seat smaU porkers ... 3840 Quarter-old store pigs , each . . 16 . 0 20 0 HEAD OP CATTLE ON 8 AIE . ( From the Books of the Clerk of $ _he Mflrket ) Beasts , 8 , 823-Sheep av _. _i Lambs , 2 _* 5 , _firjft-Calvesj 83-Pics , 320 .

      Manchester , Cobn Market , _Satubdat , Apmi , 26 — The weather up to Thursday continued exceedingly dry , with easterly , winds ; but yesterday a change of wind occurred , and subsequently we have had a most genial fall of rain . Throughout the week the flour trade has remainedin the same lifeless state as previously noted , and prices ( except for fresh manufactured parcels of the choicest quality , which , from their scarcity , supported late rates ) have been altogether nominal . Oats and oatmeal , on thc contrary , influenced by the dryness of the season , commanded

      more attention , and a fair amount of business was done , at full prices . At our market this morning all kinds of wheat met a very slow , limited sale , without alteration from the currency of this day se'nnight . A moderate consumptive demand for the best descriptions of fresh flour was experienced , at about previous rates ; but stale and warehoused parcels were ottered on lower terms , without leading to business . Both oats and oatmeal werc in fair request , and in some instances realised a slight improvement in val ue . Beans werc also rather dearer .

      _JjIvbrpool CoR ! f Market , Moxday , Apkh . 28 . — The supplies of British and Foreign grain this week aro moderate , Thc general demand for wheat since Tuesday last has still been very limited ; the better qualities of English and Irish have maintained their value , but to quit secondary samples of the latter rather worse prices have had to be submitted to In Foreign wheat very little has been passing . ' Flour lias had a very dull sale , and quotations arc almost nominal . In the early part of'tlic week wc experienced a good sale for spring stuffs , and improved prices were

      obtained tor oats , barky , beans , and oatmeal . Some quantity of Indian corn also found buyers at 20 s . 6 d . to 27 s . 6 d . per 480 lbs . Within the last two or three davs , however we have had sonic beneficial rains , whicli have greatly improved the appearance ofthe country around us , and the demand , for the articles above enumerated , excepting oatmeal , has rather slackened . Two or three cargoes of Egyptian beans , floating , have been sold to arrive , in bond , at 26 s . to 27 s . per imperial quarter , including cost , freight , aud insurance , and a few of the Dutch oats , for export , at 2 s . Qd . per 45 lbs .

      Liverpool Cattle Makket , Monoay , April 28 . —We have had an average supply of stock at market o-day for this time of the year , with a numerous attendance of buyers from all parts . Mutten readily sold at from 6 Jd . to 7 d . per lb . Beef met with dull sale , at from _f'id . to 6 'd . per lb . —Cattle imported into Liverpool , from the 21 st to the 28 th April : —1222 cows , 0 calves , 5 ? 78 sheep , 710 lambs , 7533 pigs , 35 horses . _Maltow CoHff Markkt , April 20 . —Wc have a moderate supply of all kinds of grain offering to this day ' s market . Wheat and barley same as last week . Oats _* d per stone dearer . Wheat , red , 44 s to 48 s white ditto , 48 s to 52 s per qr . of 40 st . Barley , 29 s to 31 s per 32 st . Oats , 10 _jd to 11 id per stone . York _Coi ;* . * Makket , April 20 . —The supply of grain is rather on the decrease . Wheat is dull sale , at last week ' s prices : the same may be said of barley , the malting season being nearly over . Oats and beans , on the contrary , arc both dearer , and iu good demand .

      Lseds Corn Markkt , Tuesday , Apiiii . 2 i ) . —Our supplies arc now rather on the increase , and wc have a , fair quantity of wheat and beans offering to-day , but oats appear to be generally scarce . The wheat trade remains in that same dull state , and to progress in sales to any extent rather lower prices must be . submitted to . Fresh barley realises last , week ' s rates , ail other descriptions nominal . Oats and beans do not sell freely to-day in consequence ol the favourable change in the weather ; in the value ol * cither no alteration . _Lkkds Cloiii Markets . —Wc have no alteration to note in the state of thc cloth trade . Business continues buoyant both at the halls awl in thc warehouses .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 3, 1845, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_03051845/page/7/