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      - ~ - * "J « i r owER Sn ? _KRSKDin ) . —For centuries npou _wrics till within our own days , water , as the _•*] P- 0 f motive power , has had the supremacy over _S _« f ° _^ - * - oriyor _^ _ycars stcam _^ _?^„ making rapid strides towards the complete sub-- ration of the power of water ; butt , like all unnatural _^ forced operations , its victory appears near its end , d the P » of water once more assu _- _* - its wonted _fL-r'ority , and eclipses once-more and for ever the - _^ _Lgr - of steam . So one can be surprised at this who - \ fleets that , while the power or laws of matter are _jLaf or aJierent , the power of steam is only aequir-! _i and may be said to be artificial or unnatural , _tejn < r forced by the ingenuity of man into that state _„ _pon which its power entirel y depends . We have into remariss tne circumstance

      _ij _gn ]« 1 _rnese oy ol jjgyjjng been favoured with -the inspection of an inveh-2 L for which a patent has lately been taken out ; : Lq if we may be permitted to judge of it from the opinions of some of our leading scientific men , who we investigated it , and who declare that "they _rgonot ( however astounding its effect ) see any error ra- fallacy in it , or any reason why it . should not _sig-ser" wc must look upon its success as certain _, jot what inspires us with even more confidence is , jjjat while the structure of the new invention is so _gjtremely simple that a child may comprehend it , it _o ' oesnot violate any one law in natural philosophy . M oreover , the inventor _^ professional gentleman ) " is a man of scientific acquirements , well acquainted

      _^ nth nature s Laws , and perfectly aware ofthe various i nventions and the causes of their failure wblehhave of late years been devised for the purpose of superseding steam , whether by condensed air , water power , mechanical contrivances , electricity , « tc . He does jot , he says , pretend to have created power ; this , he properly observes , is impossible , but has merely availed himself of those laws or properties with which the Creator has endowed matter , and by a combination of the same to make them ( as the inventors of steam-engines , water-mills , & c _,, have ) subservient to ihe use * of man . The fundamental principle on -jd-ich the new engine is founded is precisely similar to that of the hydraulic press , the power of which , every one knows , can only be limited by the strength of the materials of which it is made . But what has hitherto rendered the power of the hydraulic pr & s inapplicable to the production of motive power is , that in st in proportion as the power is gained speed is lost .

      and vice versa . In the present invention , however , _j-riiinitcd power is gained without the loss of speed , tie piston of the large cylinder travelling , at eaeh stroke , with the power gained , just tiie sane distance a « the piston of thelesser cylinder . This power and this speed , which are in inverse ratio of each other , appear by this most important invention ( however paradoxical ) actually combined . We are not at jiberty to give the public a more particular account of the nature of this invention than the words ofthe title of the patent , viz .: — " The Hydro Mechanic Apparatus , which , by a combination of hydraulic and nieehanical properties , on well-known scientific principles , is intended to supersede the use of fire and steam in working and propelling all kinds of -machinery and _en-nnes" —thus effecting an enormous _Mvinglandavoiduigtheiinmment danger arising from the explosive nature of steam . It may well be asked , _sfbere will human ingenuity end % —Momha Heraid .

      Fbesch Academy of Sciences . —Sitting- of Jan . 20 . —ApapcrbylLFoiirncl , an ongincor of mines , giving an account of his travels in the deserts of Africa , was read . This paper is full of e : iriou 3 and useful information . Amongst other things , M . _Foaroel furnishes us with the heights above the level ofthe sea at 60 places . Constantina , he states , is b _> 5 metres above the level ofthe sea , but the oasis of Bbkara , which is only 60 leagues from Constantina , is bet 75 metres aoove that level . M . Fournel considers thc desert to be a vast plain , under which i ; one immense lake of water , so that by sinking artesian wells it would be practicable to have a constant and abundant supply of water throughout the whole extent of the desert . —M . _Bresuet laid

      below theacademy a description of an ingenious apparatus , invented by himself and M . Konstaiitinoff , for measuring thc rate of speed of projectiles , and even ascertaining that ofthe electrical current . This description would occupy a larger space in nur journal than _ive crai now assign to it , and would still , perhaps , be unintelligible to tiie general reader . —M . Magrini conmranicatedapaperon the electrical _ciirreste of tic earth . life observations are not without importance in relation to then * influence upon electrical telegraphs , and more particularly upon that of Mr . Bain . Mr . Bain , in la-ring his wire in the earth , has taken good account of these currents , 'for he imbeds it in bitumen , which is a non-conductor , and _therefo-v prevents the current , supplied by hir . battery , _iroai diV ' -Tgrog off , and ensures its arrival at the

      opposite extremity with a uniform degree of force , which appears to us to be a great improvement upon Mr . Wheatstoue , at the same time that he protects the wire from oxydation , and its being rendered hsdIoss by the brittleness which issaid to be the result ofthe frequent passage of the electrical current . It h a curious fact also that Mr . Bain has in his patent fe _.-sccn the possibilitjf of dispensing entirely with the use of a battery , ava il ing himself ofthe electricity t _^ the earth for the transmission of his dispatches . _Fjr instauee , if a metal plate be inserted three or four feet in the earth at one end of a telegraphic line _, aud connected with the wire of communication , and a similar arrangement be made at the other end , dispatches may be _forwanled without any other apparatus , even though the distance werc from Paris to St . Petersburg .

      _Spoim-wECus HtMAX Coiibushox . —The most celebrated instances of human combustion were those of thc _Couutcs" of Ccsina , and the priest of Deu Eertholi ; but we select a case not so well known . __ Between twelve and one o ' clock on a Saturday night , Anne _JJclis , wife of a wine and spirit merchant , living in South Frederick-street , Dublin , lot in her hnshand , who had been out at a party . Both were in a state of intoxication . After a little quarrelling , Mr . Nebs went to bed ; and , as his wife refused to accompany him , be took away her candle , observing that if she were determined to sit up , she should do so in the dark . On the following morning the maid servant having opened the windows of the back parlour , observed in the arm-chair in which Mrs . _Nelis

      usually sate , something which she at fh-st sight imagined to have been put there by young _Selis ( who , at thc instant , entered the room ) , for the purpose of frightening her . Upon closer examination , however , it turned ont to be the remains of her mistress , who was found in the following state : —She was seated in the chair , at a distance from the grate ( the fire In which appeared to have burned out ) , with her head resting -on her right hand , and leaning on the wall behind . Tbe trunk of the body was burned to a cinder , as were also the clothes which , invested it ; but the upper . and lower limbs , and such parts of her dress as covered those parts ; sustained no injury , ner face had a scorched appearance , but her hair , and the papers she had put in

      it , had entirely- escaped . The back and seat of the char had not suffered but its arms were charred on the inner side , and were In contact with the body . With the exception of this part ofthe chair , the combustion had not extended to surrounding bodies . The room was filled with a penetrating and offensive odour , which was perceptible after tie lapse of several days . This woman was about 45 years of age , of low stature , having a tendency to * corpulency , and a confirmed drunkard . Strange to say , there was no inquest ; and such was the anxiety of the family to hush up everything connected with the occurrence , hat a request made by Br . Tworny ( who was then Professor of Medicine in the School of Physic in Ireand ) , for permission to examine the body , was denied _, fhe public in general , and the medical world in par" acular , arc iudebted to Dr . Apjohn , the highly-ac

      _"omplished Professor of Chemistry in the ttoyal Oolege of Surgeons in Ireland , for the foregoing parti-- ulais , which he had great difficulty in collecting Jfc may shortly mention another case , which , like ie preceding , occurred in Ireland . Mrs . Stout , _eadpag at Coote Hill in the county of Cavan , about _isiVyears of age , and an inveterate dram-drinker , vent to bed one evening , in apparent health , and was bund next morning on the floor of her room , burned o a cinder . A vapour was still issuing from her nouth and nostrils , and those parts of the body , the bnn of which had not been altered , ihimediately Jumbled down on being handled . A remarkable cir--umstance was , that her night-dress remained _iniin-^ _"jed- An inquest was held , and , from thc _impossibility of accounting for the occurrence on any known _arinciple , the verdict was—Died by the visitation of God .

      Important _Reseabches of Professor _Faradat r _^ _'he lecture-room of the Royal Institution w as on Friday evening completely crowded , as it was generally understood that Professor Faraday would mention the results of some important experiments in which he has been recently eneaged , for liquifying and solidifving gases that had hitherto resisted thc efforts of chemists to reduce into a tangible form . Professor Faraday devoted the greater portion of Ins led are to describing the results of previous attempts to _liqnifv and adidify different gases . He first explained the distinction between a gas and a vapour . -The litter , though resembling in all its mechanical Pn _^ _ertiesa permanently elastic gas , is nevertheless f _^ y condensed into a liquid , by reduction of the

      lanperaturc bv ordinary means under the pressure ot we atmosphere . A gas , on the contrary , cannot be _^• _ndeused bv anv ordinary reduction of temperature _, _ffchad originally succeeded in _^ condensing carboiuc _* _-id gas , by gencratingit enclosedin atnbe , by which * " _««« the pressure was increased to thirty _atmo-^ _beree _, and then the liquid carbonic acid appeared •« one eudofthe tube . He had subsequently succeeded 2 l * ufjing some more of the gases , and other _^ _"fb had added to the number , so that there _werekn _oamto be nineeases capable oibeingeondensed »? Pressure into liqdids . M . Tillorier _discovered "at bv the expansion of liquid carbonic acid in _rjapag , so much cold is produced that the liquid _Jfomes solid , and assumes the form of snow , but all hZ J ?* 8 _»* _i 3 * resisted the many efforts that " *¦ «** made to redn « . th ™ into a solid form . He

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      had now to announce , as the results of his recent experimente , that he had _sueceedeTluquTfufnTril neverpreuioush jrbeen known in tltat form . Thcnrin wi ? _^ jeCt -. the &* . ? Am . under pressure , to the l _^ tempeVatu _? e at * ainable hy artificial mekns . It _•^ _«^««» "n other experimenters to endeavour to succeed by pressure alone , for each gas mav be _comderedtolmye _itefreezins _' andite liquid P 2 _S r _™ _Tf _^ _lWou l ' , Iierefore _' _*¦« _liable _™?^ _l _^ f _# _ty'S « _ti «* Mg it to immense _piessure without cold as it would be to freeze a gas - ; L ! f Ure alone - Actin S this principle , he subjected the gases to be operated to the lowest

      upon possible temperature under great pressure . Solid carbomc acid was thc substance employed for generatmgcold . When mixed with ether , it produced a _de-ree of cold equal to 105 deg . below thc zero of _Pahrenheit , that is 137 deg . below the freezing point of water , ro dimmish the temperature stifflower , He placed the vessel containing the solid carbonic and ether under the receiver of an air-pump , by which means the ether was made to boil and the temperature reduced sixty degrees lower . Into this " cold bath , " as Professor _haraday termed it , he placed _astitmg tube of green bottle glass , connected with _a-series-o ? small force-pumps , by whiehmeans he was enabled to obtain a pressure exceeding 100 atmospheres . The pumps were fed with gas to be operated on . and thus

      ne _omaineu ms results . Professor Faraday illustrated by experiment the various parts of the process he described . From a reservoir containing liquid carbonic acid , he obtained a , large quantity of it in a sohd form ; thos he handled without , inconvenience , for the film of gas formed between thehandand the solid body prevents actual contact . When , however , ether is mixed with the snow-like substance , the absorption of heat from surrounding bodies is very rapid , and amass of quicksilver exposed to its action speeddy became a solid metal , and a piece of wi _» e with which it was previously stirred became as firmly fixed in the mercury as if it had been solid lead . Of the sensation of > ld produced by the mixture of solid carbonic acid and ether , when placed under the

      airpump , no more idea can be formed than of the heat of a forge , for the nerves would be destroyed by contact with a bod y so much less cold , Pursuing his experiment whilst operating on defiant gas Professor Faradav exhibited liquified " olefiant" in the tube ; that being , as he observed , the first time that any one , excepting himself and the assistant operator , had hitherto seen olefiant gas reduced to the form of a liquid . In commencing the course of experiments , he hoped to have been able to liquify and solidify hydrogen gas , which , however , he had not yet accomplished , though he did not despair of succeeding . He expected that that gas , when solidified , would proyc to be a metal . One ofthe compounds of hydrogen had been obtained as a liquid . He had also operated on oxygen , but hitherto without success . Most of the gases which had yielded to his process were compound gases . In the course

      oi his lecture the professor dwelt upon the great advantage he had derived in conducting his experiments from use of tubes made of common green bottle glass _, which are much stronger and less liable to break from sudden changes of temperature than flint glass . Without those tubes he questioned whether he should have succeeded , or at least the experiments would have been attended with much more danger . He produced some tubes containing liquified gases , obtained by his former mode of operating , which he offered to the inspection of the company , with thc caution to handle them carefully , as they were bearing a pressure of 8000 pounds , and might , if knocked , burst with great force . One of these he had had by him since 1823 . Professor Faraday only spoke particularly of his experiments with olefiant gas , nor did he mention the appearance or qualities ofthe new liquids and solids he had succeeded in obtaining . These points he may probably reserve for a future occasion .

      The Great Britain. It Would Seem That Su...

      THE GREAT BRITAIN . It would seem that Sunday was the day appointed unultaneously by a hundred thousand persons of his metropolis for visiting the largest ship that ever warn onthe sea—namely , the Great Britain steamer _, ii the course of the week vast multitudes had a sight if her from the Blackwall Pier , the ground at BlackraU-stairs , or from the decks of the river boats as hey passed her at half-speed , and in the watermen ' s mats , wliich incessantly rowed round her ; but the lumber ofthe whole week bore no comparison to the housands who visited her vicinity on Sunday . At an _sarly hour , as soon as daylight had dawned , the Great _Britain was surrounded by boats , chiefly from the

      budding-yards and vessels on the river ; but as the morning advanced parties of a different class occupied the Blackwall Pier , tiie Elackwall-stairs , and the wharfs adjoining , whilst every boat was put in requisition , and a great number of persons clustered on thc edge of the pier , or at the foot of the stairs , waiting their turn to be taken off . Each arrival ol the train brought an accession to the multitude , and from the hour of ten o ' clock to twilight , steamboats , _l-ailway-cai-riages , chaises , tilburies , omnibuses , and cabs , werc continually arriving and departing in unbroken succession . No one , however , was allowed on board , their only reward for exposure to pushing , cramming , and all the inconveniences of a dense assembly was a sight of an immense floating structure ,

      surmounted with six tall sticks , their uniforniity alone broken by the second being rather taller than the others , and having two cross-pieces or yards braced up to the almost perpendicular . To return to the sight-seekers , it will be a matter of much astonishment if a great number of accidents on land and water are not heard of . The Blackwall Railway termini in London were literally besieged , thousands of persons waiting more than an hour to be admitted to thc trains tor conveyance to BlackwalL When arrived thither , as much difficulty was experienced in getting a sight of the vessel from the crowded piers ; and then patience was severely taxed to obtain its reward . Again , the other land conveyances , the omnibuses , were loaded in a frightful manner ; the inside being crammed , and the usual outside seats being occupied ; parties ranged

      themselves on the roof , their legs banging over the sides , while even the space between and the two steps of the conductor behind , were made available for riding . One omnibus , drawn by a pair of horses , licensed to carry twelve inside and seven outside , was , made to carry no less than thirty-one persons : fifteen were shut up in the body , and sixteen occupied the roof , & c . On the water the boats , steamers , and wherries were just as much overloaded . Twelve or fourteen persons were in a small waterman's boat , coming in fearful proximity with steamers and other boats , and frequently fouling each other ' s

      oars . The steamers were also crowded to a very dangerous extent ; and they passed the Great Britain , going at slow speed —( their engines were not powerful enough to go faster with such a cargo ) . The rush to the side nearest the ship caused the boat frightfully to heel over ; one paddle-wheel pressed almost under the water , whilst the other was out of it—4 he deck forming an angle with the surface of the river of nearly 45 degrees . Then , as the mass , when most concentrated , moved , the vessel would sway from one side to thc other , like a pendulum . On board of one of the Greenwich boats there could not have been less than 400 souls .

      On the return to town , on the Kent side , the throngin g , squeezing , and difficulty of getting back to town , were equally as bad as at the Blackwall Railway . At the railway terminus , at Greenwich , from the top ofthe stairs to the carriages , was one continuous crowd ; especially at the time of the List half-dozen trains . When the bell rang the gate was opened to let the people in ; but the carriages not being sufficient to containatwenticthpart of those who had paid their fare , slices of the crowd were cut off by forciblv shutting tiie gate in the middle of a mass ; then without distinction of first , second , or third class , there was a general rush for seats , each considering himself lucky if he got any footing at all in the train , many times the train starting , leaving half of those

      admitted to the platform behind . Such Is the rage for seeing the Great Britain ; but it is only externally , as the price , 3 s . 6 d . for seeing ship and engines , makes the visitors on board select , as wellas not inconveniently numerous . Her interior fittings have been often described . Plain they are , indeed ; but when ready to receive passengers they will be found to be comfortable . Spacious as her decks are , there seems to be even a remarkable application of economy to make 350 berths . Sheis well worthy of inspection , and will , doubtless , be visited by a vast number , especially when the price of admission is reduced one-half ., It is , however , contemplated to come to an arangement with the dock authorities to remove her into dock , when parties desirous of seeing her will have an opportunity at less

      expense . Many descriptions of the dimensions , principal and minor , of the ship and engines have appeared ; but none so much entitled to credit as the lollowing from an interesting pamphlet just published by Captain Claxton , entitled " A Description of the Great Britain Steam-ship , " & c . The length of the keel is 289 feet , total length , 322 feet ; beam , 51 feet ; depth , 32 feet 6 inches ; feet of water when loaded , 16 feet ; displacement 29 S 4 tons ; tonnage by old measurement , 3443 tons ; plates of keel nearly 1-inch thick ; plates of bottom varying to J of an inch at extremes , and to five-eighths generally ; topsides * an inch , and at the extreme aft 7-16 ths " ; the ribs are framed of angle

      iron , 6 inckes by 3 § inches , i inch thick , and 7-lbtns ; distance of ribs from centre to centre , amidships , 14 inches , increasing to 21 inches at the ends ; ten iron slccpersrunfrom the engine-room , gradually diminishing in number to the fore-end of ship and under the boilers , thc platform of which they support—m midships they are 3 feet 3 inches in depth , supported by angle irons in the form of inverted arches , and at a short distance from each other ; she has five water tight partitions ; stows 1200 tons of coal ; 1000 tons of measurement ; the engines weigh 340 tons ; the _bc-aers 200 ditto , and hold 200 tons of water ; the mam shaft is 28 inches in diameter in the eentre _, anAii inches in thebearings ; in the rough , before turned , it weighed 16 tons . It has been lightened by a hole of 10 inches diameter , bored through . A stream ot cold

      water passes . through the cranks and this hole when the _engmesareat work . The screw shaft is in onelong _™„ _w _vi * _^ _2 P g P arts- The part next the engine , soUd , 28 feet by 16 inches diameter . The hoUow intermediate shaft 65 feet , by 2 feet 8 inches diameter , rhe screw part is 25 feet 6 inches , and also 10 inches diameter . The total length is 130 feet , and it weighs altogether 38 tons ; the screw is ot six arms , lo ieet 6 inches diameter , 25 feet pitch , and weighs 4 tons ; the main drum is 18 feet diameter , and drives 4 chains , weighing 7 tons ; the screw shaft drum ls 6 feet diameter , and the weight with the pull when working is equal to 85 tons on the bearings pf the mam shaft ; the cylinders are 4 in number , 88 inches each ; stroke , 6 feet ; powcr _. lOOO horses ; the condensers are of ht-iron 12 feet by 8 and

      wroug , , ° , ueeP J wader the whole space of the engines up to the top , the angle irons are doubled ; the upper main and saloon decks are of wood , two cargo decks are of _n-on ; the officers and seamen are all accommodated on two decks under the forecastle ; from the ship ' s bottom to _^ the upper deck runs , on . either side , for the whole length of the engines and boiler space , a strong iron partition forming below the coal bunkers j and above , tho servants ' accommodations on one side , _engmeei-s _' cabins and stokers' accommodations on the other , besides 26 water-closets ; she has six masts , fitted with iron rigging , adopted in consequence of it 3 ottering two-thirds less resistance than hemp , a great point going head to wind . The plain sails of a o 2-gun frigate , i . e . without counting royals , stavsails , and steering sails , number something short of 5000

      yards ol canvas , and the plain sails of the Great Britain amount to 4943 yards . She carries four large life-boats of iron , and two boats of wood in the davits , and one large life-boat on deck ; they are built according to a patent taken out by Mr . Guppy , and are capable of carrying 400 people . The pamphlet then g oes onto describe thc different steps taken by the directors , and their ultimate resolution , after mature consideration and the witnessing of many experiments , to adopt Mr . Smith ' s Patent Screw Propeller for . the Great Britain . Captain Claxton points out the more prominent points of superiority of the screw over the paddle of being—1 st . The facility afforded in carrying canvas —inclination or heeling over not affecting the motive power ofthe propeller ; while in a paddle-wheel craft .

      it sail be carried to any extent with the wind anywhere not right aft or on thc quarter , the power of one wheel is exerted on air only , while the other _is-to a great extent rendered nugatory by too ' great immersion , in spite of the dangerous tram trimming chain lockers , to say nothing of the unequal strain upon the engines . 2 nd . —It can only be in the highest seas that the screw even partially quits the water , and then only for a few seconds at rare intervals , while with paddles the hollow of the seas constantly leave both wheels exposed _^ and if th e throttling were not attended to , the most serious consequences would result . 3 rd . —The breadth of beam in going into docks and basins . As a paddlewheel steam-ship the Great Britain ' s extreme beam , i . e ., from outside to outside the paddle-boxes , would

      have been about 80 feet , instead of 51 . 4 th . —The diminished chances from collisions at sea , where the paddle-wheels and houses constantly suffer . 5 th . — The difference of resistance to the wind , the paddleboxes and their appendages creating nearly one-half ofthe whole resistance of the body , to say nothing of the paddle-box , boats , and the attendant tons of iron work in such ships as have them . 6 th . —The ease with whicli sail may be carried and the difference in effeet between the two systems , if from damaged machinery it becomes necessary to disconnect and let the propellers revolve ; and by no means the least advantage is the getting rid ofthe top weight of frames , shafts , wheels , & e ., which are all represented by shifting below the centre of gravity , acting really as so much ballast in all screw ships ; and , lastly , the comparative security from the shot of an enemy .

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      Dr. M'Douall And The Manchester Council....

      DR . M'DOUALL AND THE MANCHESTER COUNCIL . A loxo letter , occupying thirty-nine pages of manuscript , has been sent to us by Dr . M'Douall , on the subject matter of the charges which have been" referred to the Manchester Council for investigation ; referred , by the party implicated by those charges , to a tribunal whose jurisdiction and sufficiency have been acknowledged by the party preferring them . To that body , therefore , have we transmitted the letter in question . Of course they will deal with it as to them seems fitting .

      Dr. M'Douall And The Manchester Council....

      tion ; but now the case is different . . Now they have essayed tho task ; and in their hands thc matter ought to be left .- The friends , therefore , of Somers Town ; of the Tower Hamlets , of Holbeckin Leeds , of Stalybrld ge , of the Huddersneia district , of tiie Dewsbury district , of Bilston , of Lamberhead-green , of Worsbro _' -common , of Wakefield , of Tillicoultry , and of various other places , will understand why their resolutions are not inserted .

      _, - . ' - LONDON . Metropolitan District Committee , Feb . 2 nd ; Mr . Pattcnden in the chair . Mr . Mills reported from thc Wkittington ' arid'Cat locality , in favour of holding a Convention , ' also in favour of holding it in London ; but thev were of opinion that the Executive should be chosen by the Convention . ' Mr . Dear reported from the City of London locality , in favour of electing the Executive by the whole-body . Mr . ' Pattenden reported from Marylebone , in favour of electing the Executive by the whole people ; they were also of opinion , that it was not advisable to hold a Chartist Conference this year , but if such conference should be held , they were in favour of Leeds . Mr . Hornby mentioned the case of Jenkin Morgan , and the se-. cretary was instructed to write to Mr . Clark , at Manchester , on the subject . The council then adjourned .

      _SocinwARK . —A verv able lecture was delivered by Mr . Clark , on Sunday evening last , at the St , George ' s Temperance Hall , Blackfriars-road . After the lecture the following resolution was adopted : — "That we , the Chartists of Lambeth and Southwark , do hereby tender our best thanks to Messrs . Bateman , Humphreys , and Rogers , for the very efficient services rendered to this locality by those gentlemen ; and hope that in the country ( America ) to wliich they are about to emigrate , they may enjoy that happiness their worth so well entitles them to . "

      CARLISLE . Meeting of the Couxcil or the Chartist Association . —On Sunday last the above body held their weekly meeting in the Association Room , No . 6 , John-street , Caldewgate ; Mr . John Gilbertson in the chair . The secretary read the minutes of the previous meeting , when Mr . Lowry moved , and Mr . Hirst seconded , " That the Executive be appointed by the people , and not by the Conference . " Agreed to . Mr . Lowry moved , and Mr . Gatie seconded , ' - ' That we approve of a National Conference : and while we would recommend every locality to send a delegate if possible , we would , at the same time , prefer a representation , by letter , to an utter nonrepresentation . " Carried unanimously , The Council then adjourned .

      ;• Meeting op me Working Men ' s Mental Im provement Society . —On Sunday evening last the members'of-this society held their usual weekly meeting in the Chartist Association Room , Johnstreet . The question for the meeting was , " Were the statements made by Dr . Handyside , befor e the commissioners in Edinburgh , true or false ? " Mr . Gilbertson was called to the chair . The chairman opened the proceedings in a few appropriate remarks , and then introduced Mr . John'Armstrong ' to move the first resolution , which was to the following effect : — "That , in the opinion of this meeting , the statements made by Dr _^ Handyside , of Edinburgh , before the commissioners in that city , that a man could live

      on sixpence a week ; and that a man , his wife , and four children could live on two shillings andsixpence a week ; and that they could live comfortably on three shillings , or three shillings and sixpence per week , are false ; and that such evidence ought to be held up to popular execration by every person who has the least particle of sympathy for the working classes . " Mr . J . B . Hanson , in a lengthy , eloquent , and soul-stirring speech , seconded the resolution ; when , after a tew pointed observations from Mr . Carruthers , the chairman put the resolution , wliich was carried unanimously . It having been agreed to that the above resolution should be sent to the Northern Star for publication , the meeting dispersed .

      HAMILTON . The Chartists of this place have enrolled them _, selves members ' of the National Charter Asaociationand nominated eight . members to the general council , REDDITCH . At a General Meeting of members of the National Charter Association resident in Redditch , on Saturday last , a discussion took place respecting thc election of fit and proper persons for the Executive for the ensuing year , when the present members wore unanimously approved of . . A vote of confidence in Mi * . O'Connor was carried , by acclamation . Mr . Clark ' s lectures here have done great good .

      MANCHESTER . _Cabpenteiis' Hall . —The usual meeting of the Manchester Chartists was held in the above Hall on Sunday evening last , when a lecture on " Irish history" was delivered by that sterling democrat , Mr , P , Donovan . The lecture gave general satisfaction ; and at the close the unanimous thanks of the audience were given to the worthy lecturer .

      STOCKPORT . A lecture was delivered in thc Chartist Association Room , Bonibcr ' s-brow , Hillgate , on the evening of Sunday last , by Mr . W . Dixon , of Manchester . it _* ¦ , _' . ¦ NOTTINGHAM . A Punijo Meeting was held in the Democratic Chapel , on Sunday evening last , for the purpose of considering tlio Executive address . Mr . Sweet was called to the chair , " -who briefly stated the purpose for wliich thc meeting was convened , and read the address . Messrs .: Dqrman _, Tophain , Cropper , Sharper and others , made a few observations , when it was unanimously agreed that a Convention beheld ; that the Convention should elect the Executive ; and that it be recommended that the delegates meet in London . Mr . O'Connor ' s letter was then discussed , when it was unanimously agreed to adjourn the meeting for a fortnight , until the Manchester Council had laid

      Votes Of "Confidence" In Mil. O'Connor. ...

      VOTES OF "CONFIDENCE" IN Mil . O'CONNOR . We have received this week accounts of many meetings and resolutions respecting the charges made against Mr . O'Connor , all of wliich we decline to insert . In most of the cases direct votes of confidence in Mr . O'Connor have been passed ; and in others , to such expressions of opinion are added requests that the Manchester Council will take on them the duty of investigation . In no case has there come to hand one single expression of opinion that such investigation ought not to be instituted ; nor of sympathy with the author of the charges that have . made investigation necessary . Still we must decline to insert the resolutions . The Manchester Council have taken the matter in hand . They have announced their intention to institute the necessary inquiries ; they have fixed on the day for commencing the investigation ; and we aro determined that no act of ours shall interfere to prevent a due , and full , and impartial exercise of their powers , last week , before we received intimation that the Council would undertake the task , we did insert a few resolutions passed at meetings of Chartists , as expressions of public opinion that _in-Testigatlon ought to be had , and that the body named were expected to institute and prosecute such Investiga-

      Leach And M'Douall.

      LEACH AND M'DOUALL .

      To The Members Of The National Charter A...

      TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Respected Brethren , —We , the Council of Carpenters ' -hall locality , Manchester , in performing a duty to ourselves and the jmblic , never experienced more painful feelings ( since we joined the Standard of Justice , than in investigating the dispute between P . M . M'Douall and James Leach , relative to a fund , of which J . Leaeh was treasurer , for the ostensible purpose of establishing P . M . M'Douall in his profession in Manchester ; and as we are of opinion that the full state of that fund should be laid before thc Subscribers , we herewith publish the balance sheet as investigated by us : — BALANCS SHEET OF THE MANCHESTER M ' DOUALL COMMITTEE . Income . £ s . d . Aug . 17 . —Mr . Taylor ' s book : £ s . d . ¦ 1843 . £ s . d . May 25 . —James Dobbie .. 010 .. E . Taylor no 3 : May 25 . —Mr . Pullen ' s book 0 6 3 .. 6 . Johnston .. .. 001 .. A . Grant .. .. .. 00 2 Mr . Lowe ' s book : .. James Holden .. 002 .. Abel Berry .... O 0 3 T . H . Lowe .. .. 0 1 6 ., A Friend .. .... 0 0 2 * .. A Friend 0 0 2-John Whitely .. 010 .. Stockport , per J . „ Mr . FuUen ' s book 006 Wm . Cowria .. 0 0 6 Leach .. .. .. 116 .. Mr . Lowe ' s book : Wm . Emmerson .. 0 0 6 June 22 . —Mr . Taylor ' s book : .. ltobert Gray .. .. 006 Thomas _Knowlcs 0 0 6 -.. William Batty .. 003 .. Abraham _Nuttall 0 5 0 John . Fox .... 0 O 3 .. K . Anderson .. .. 006 .. Mr . Cooper ' s book : Wm . Johnston ., 006 .. Robert Booth .. 003 .. James Coopor .. o 2 6 Thomas Hewitt .. 0 0 6 .. Thomas Gribbin .. 0 0 3 _., JolmPiele .. .. 0 0 3 Mr . Tay lor ' s book : .. Thomas Connell .. 0 0 2 ., John Howard .. ' 0 0 3 Charles Taylor .. 010 .. William Batty .. 0 0 C .. Henry Vincent .. 0 I o Charles Hadfield 0 0 6 .. Robert Booth .. , 0 0 3 - .. A Friend 0 0 6 James Holden -. 002 .. J . Xeigh , per J . .. G . HaU ... ... .. OlO Thomas Doyle .. 006- Murray .... 0 1 0 .. Mr . Leach's book : Edward Hall .. .. 006 .. Mary Townend .. 006 ,. Mr . _Appleton .. 010 John Skene .... 0 0 2 .. James Holden .. 002 ., Mr . Clarke .... 0 0 9 Allan Grant .. .. 010 .. Robert Booth .. 003 .. Mr . Ilankin .. _,. 0 l 0 i Thomas Evans .. 010 .. Per Jas . _Wheeltr 003 .. —Nuttall .. o 1 o " , James Honey-nan 0 0 2 .. Thomas Siddely .. 0 0 6 ., George Exley .. 009 Robert Townend 0 0 3 .. Mr . Lowe ' s book : .. Michael Pahey .. o 2 C " , Samuel Jones .. 006 .. John Ogilvie .. .. 006 „ William Crossley 010 Jas . Worthington 0 0 * .. Thomas Stone ... .. Three ladies , by \ Wm . Cardwell .. 006 .. Thomas Bell .. .. 006 j . w 0 1 0 JohnSkene .... 0 0 6 .. Mr . Leach's book : .. Mr .. Burly .... 006 . ' . James Taylor .. 006 .. James Leach .. 020 .. Mr . Horner ,. „ o 0 6 Wm . Edmondson 0 10 .. Mr . Ileams .. .. ' 0 . 0 * „ Mr . Wilson .. .. o o 2 W . B Killigrew .. 0 0 6 .. — Humphries ..... 0 . 0 1 J .. Mr . Williamson .. 0 10 * . ! Thomas Yates .. 003 .. Mr . Nuttall .,. ' ... 10 ,. _Highen .. .... o 1 o James Porteous .. 0 0 6 .. Mr . Wilson .... 0 0 d .. From Heywood .. 0 12 0 Joseph Court .. 002 .. Mr . Swires .... 0 0 6 .. Mr . Taylor ' s book : George Watson .. 006 .. Mr . Turner .. .. 050 .. Wm . Shuttleworth 006 Jarvis Guest .. .. 010 .. — Mulrady .. « 0 0 1 .. Thomas Rankin .. 01 0 JohnHodson .. 006 .. Mr . Houson .. .. 020 .. A Weaver .... 00 3 John Nuttall .. 003 .. Nicholas Morun .. 0 0 6 .. Per W . Gresty .. 003 George Marsden .. 0 0 6 .. Mr . Lonsdale .. 050 „ Todmorden , per _, .. Ann Kirwin .... 0 0 14 .. Mr . Brown .. ' .. 0 15 Leach .... .. 2 10 0 Harriet Smedley .. 0 0 1 .. Dr . Hulley 0 5 0 . .. 800 pamphlets , sold James _M'Creat .. 0 0 6 .. A Friend 0 0 3 at 9 d . per dozen , — Stevenson .. 0 0 1 .. Mr . Cartrey .. .. 0 p , C . _latothedozen .. 2 6 11 James Wheeler .. 0 10 .. A Friend .. .. 0 . 0 11 ., 20 lbs . of waste John Slack .... 0 0 6 .. Mr . Booth 0 0 4 paper , at 2 id . James Murdoch .. 0 6 .. Mr . Dawson .. .. 002 perib " .. 042 James Honeyman 0 0 6 .. Per Mr . Snow .. 046 JohnWroe .... 0 0 6 .. Mr . Kay 0 0 3 Total Income £ 2113 9 _i James Renniker .. 0 0 3 .. Mr . Holden .. .. 0 0 6 Total Expenditure .. .. 14 18 11 * Peter Cameron .. 0 0 6 .. Mr . Latchford ..- 0 0 . 6 . ' . E . Brocklebank .. 0 0 3 .. Mr . Roach .. .. 006 Balance in Treasurer ' s John Richardson 0 0 3 .. — Haywood .. .. 0 0 2 } hands £ 6 14 10 Isabella Grant .. 003 .. — Coates .. .... 0 1 o Samuel Taylor .. 002 .. - Graham .... 0 0 4 .. Richard Wood .. 003 .. Ephraim Clarke .. 0 1 o Expenditure . George Marsden .. 0 0 3 .. — Dixon 0 0 6 £ s . d . Joseph Court .. 001 .. — _^ _-Uson .... 0 0 6 M ay 25 . —Contributions to George Johnston 0 0 3 .. J . Smith 0 0 6 Association .. .. 0 1 IU Peter Parry .. .. 006 .. Mr . Roach .... 0 1 0 .. Twelve _Memoran-JosephOgden .. 0 0 C .. — Foster . 0 0 G duni books from John Smith .. .. 001 .. —Smith 003 Mr . Cooper .. .. 016 Joseph Lang .. .. 002 .. — Young 002 Dec . 27 .-Bill for printing Henry Barnes .. 002 .. — Booth .. .... 0 0 4 3 , 000 _M'DouaU's .. JohnRavcnscroft 0 0 3 » -Burley .. .., 0 3 o fetters 5 15 0 Robert Townend 0 0 6 .. Oldham _. perLeach oil O- .. Do . Window Bills .. 0 3 6 William Magee .. 0 0 6 j Aug . 17 . —Carpenters' - hall .. To setting up type Robert Smith .. 002 locality _,. ,. ; 1 00 for second letter 0 17 0 James Chapman .. 0 0 6 .. Collection m Car- .. To cash _pnid to Jellev ' sshop .. .. 026 pent ers ' -hall .. 2 o 0 M'Doualf .... 8 0 0 .. C . Dempsey .. .. 003 .. Collection at O'Con . John Dyer .... 0 0 2 nor ' s lecture .. 2 14 5 Total Expenditure .. .. £ 14 18 111 In the Star of Nov . 9 th , 1844 , an address appeared , headed , " To . the Chartists of England , " signed " P . M . M'Douall , " in which statements were made which hald a direct tendency to injure our cause : one of these being that , out of that fund , the Doctor had received a certain sum of money from Leach ; " what had become of the remainder was best known to Leach and the committee . " Leach demanded justice from us ; we accordingly appointed January 19 th , 1845 , to hear the evidence on both sides , when , we are happy to state that Messrs . Leach , M'Douall , and O ' Connor , and the committee alluded to , were present , ana a fair and impartial investigation took place . The _CouncU adjourned till Wednesday , January 22 nd , to conclude the investigation : and we think there is one important fact you ought to be in possession of ; viz ., when M'Douall was in _Minchcster , in June , ; 1844 , areccipt was- given byhim to Leach for £ 18 ; and , as he states , he was then satisfied , and an understanding was come to between Leach and himself . What his motive was for introducing the subject to the public in November last , _ _is best known to himself . A further adjournment having taken place until Tuesday , January 28 th , to investigate the balance sheet , we , thc Councilof Carpenters ' -hall Locality , are of opinion that M Doualls charge against Leach , of swindling , has not been proved . We find , as stated in the Star of November 9 th , that M'Douall had only received £ 8 in cash ; and we further find , as stated by Mr . Leach in reply , on the 16 th , that he had paid more , the Doctor giving him a receipt for £ 18 ( which was brought forward and acknowledged ) , under circumstances over : which this Council have no control . We are , therefore , of opinion , that . P . M . M'Douall _, has broken faith ; with J . Leach , in matters of business strictly between the two gentlemen . ( Signed ) Jon * , * _Nvttall , Chairman . Committee Room , January 28 th , 1845 .

      To The Members Of The National Charter A...

      the evidence , pro and con , before the country . Thanks having been voted to the chairman , the meeting broke up- ' . •' . '" ¦ ' _" :. " , ' " _.- ' _, ' _f OnMondav the anniversary dinner , in memory oi the patriot , Thomas Paine , _waV ' licld at the Seven Stars , Barker-gate , when , after a sumptuous repast , Mr . Sweet was unanimously called upoii to preside , and Mr . Dorman was ' _appointed ' to the vice chair . The following toasts were given : — "The immortal memory of Thomas Paine , " wlis ably responded to by that veteran Reformer , Mr . Thomas Kopcr ; after wliich Mr . Green gave a song , " The Rights of Man , and Common Sense . " '"The People , the source of all Wealth , " was spoken to by the vice chairman in his usual happy , strain ; after whicli Mr . Barton

      favoured the company with an excellent recitation , entitled " The British Serf . " "The People ' s Charter ; and may it speedily become the law of the land , " was responded to by Mi . T . Duttoh . Song by Mr . Gisby , " The four-leafed Shamrock . " * ' Frost , Williams , Jones , Ellis , and all other expatriated patriots , " was spoken to by the chairman . The recitation of " The Slave , " was ably given by Mr . B . Holmes . "The health of the People's Representative , lliomas Slingsby Duncombe , Esq ., " given by Mr . Cartwright , was drunk with all due honours . "Feargus O Connor , Esq ., and th e P eop le ' s Press * " rapturously applauded with three times three . " General Washing _, ton ; " respouded to by Mr . Cartwright . By way of finish , the whole compauy sang "The Lionot Brecdom" which closed the entertainments . ¦¦ .

      , , . A Tea _Pauty was held at Mr . Dorman ' s , on Shrove Tuesday , wlicn a goodly number assembled . Singing , dancing , and reciting , occupied a great portion ot the evening . v

      BRADFORD . On SusDkT Evening a lecture was delivered m Butter worth Buildings , on thc origin of Trades Unions , and the means to be employed b y the workmen to render themselves independent of their employers . , MACCLESFIELD . ; O . v Sunday _Evenino last Mr . John West delivered a very interesting and spirited lecture , to a numerous and attentive audience . A few more such lectures will place Macclesfield in a proud position .

      Frightful Coal-Pit Accident. — Tunsbury ...

      Frightful Coal-pit Accident . — Tunsbury ( Somersetshire ) , Tuesday . —One of those terrific torrents of water which occasionally burst iu upon the workmen employed in the coal-pits , visited those employed in the mines ( Hayes Wood ) of Wm . Coxeter James , Esq . ( one ot the magistrates ofthe county of Somerset ) , and his partners , at an early hour this morning . The workmen and boys , to the number of nearly 100 , descended the pit at four o ' clock in the afternoon : after engaging in their usual vocations for upwards of an hour , an alarm was given by those at the extremity of thc pit ( a distance of move than a mile from the mouth ) that the water was rushing in . As may readily be imagined , the alarm of the poor fellows was great , in the extreme , for no sooner had the intimation been given than the dread enemy itself came

      rapidly upon them . The greatest terror now seized every breast . The apparatus for raising the coal ( thc only means of escape which they possessed ) would not hold more than a dozen or fourteen , and therefore those who succeeded in reaching the mouth of the pit had to be drawn up in batches , as many as possibly could enter the box , others clinging to the sides and by the ropes . This was required to bo done seven or eight times , and by the time the last portion were extricated from their perilous _condition the -water reached to their shoulders , and in a few minutes more would have drowned them . When all who had succeeded in gaining the mouth of tlic pit had been safely landed on the surface , and the excitement

      consequent upon the occurrence of an accident fraught with so much danger had subsided , inquiry was instituted as to whether or not any of their party was missing , when , to the horror of all , it was ascertained that fourteen were not forthcoming ; and the conclusion come to was that they had perished . This , however , to a certain extent , I am glad to say , was not the case ; for on search being made , it was discovered that four had made their escape through an air-course . The remaining ten have not yet ( twelve o ' clock ) been found , and from the position which they occupied in the pit at the time of the accident , being more than a mile from the mouth , no doubt is entertained by those who know the pit , that they have met with a watery grave .

      IIonniBLE and _Distressing Affair at Nottingham . —It appears that about six months ago a very fine and interesting girl , aged 13 years , named Hannah Wilmott , daughter of Mr . Wilmott , a respectable coach-proprietor , residing in the neighbourhood , was apprenticed to learn the business of a milliner and dress-maker . A few weeks ago tlic girl paid a visit to a female friend , named Cimpboll , living in the town , and from her dejected and delicate appearance , excited the suspicion that there was something wrong , but she could not be prevailed upon at that time to give any satisfactory explanation . At tiie close of thc following week Mrs . Campbell sent to the place of business , requesting that the girl might be allowed to join a little party of friends who were partaking of her hospitality . The girl , who was an

      iudoor apprentice , was permitted to go , and , on reaching this lady ' s house , was again closely questioned as to whether she was really unwell , or , if not , what caused her to look so despondingly . She then admitted that her master had given her powders-and other medicine of a powerful nature , but denied that thero was anything else the matter with her . Mrs . Campbell immediately sent for the master , and remonstrated with him on the impropriety of his not having acquainted the girl ' s family with her illness instead of takinguponhimsclftoaetasherpliysieian . Hcexcused himself in such-terms as to remove all blame from hia door for the time ; but the girl growing gradually worse , was finally taken away from his house , about three weeks since , and removed to that of Mrs . Campbell , the father living some distance from here . She then , after a great deal of hesitation , admitted that

      her master had taken improper liberties with her several times , aiid perceiving that she was becoming enceinte induced her to take those drugs alread . v referred to , which were administered to her by himself and a young woman , also apprenticed in t _'^ c house . Medical aid was immediatel y called in , and every means resorted to that could preserve life ; but so great was the inroad already made on her constitution , naturally a very strong one , that all attempts to save her were baffled , andshe lingered in agony till Sunday night , when death put an end to her sufierings . On Monday afternoon Mr . M . Browne ( the borough coroner ) and a respectable jury met to inquire into the cause of death , and the inquest was adjourned to Thursday . The master of Miss Wilmott has been taken into custody , and will be remanded till the inquest terminates , when he will undergo an examination before the magistrates .

      ARQThLmiiRB . _**** -Melancholy Catasirophe , — On the 30 th ult ., Jauies Jackson , manager ofthe estate of Killellan , met with a sudden and _unforeseenjdeath . Having observed an eagle soaring above his residence , he proceeded to take down a gun from its restingplace , where it had remained loaded from the time of being last used , and , by some untoward accident , it suddenly exploded , lodging the contents in his breast , and causing instantaneous death .

      The Weather In Frasck.—An Immense Quanti...

      The Weather in Frasck . —An immense quantity of snow has fallen in some ofthe departments , whilst in others the rain has been so incessant as to interrupt the communications . Many of the maUs have consequently arrived in Paris for some days past at an unusually late hour . A Bayonne letter of the 29 th ult . represents the wind to have been blowing throughout the two preceding nights with such violence from the west , directly on the coast , that great fear a of disasters werc entertained , although none had yet been heard of .. An immense number of sea birds had been driven on the land for shelter , and several gulls had dropped from exhaustion in the p lace Saint Esprit . Many had also been caught with the line floating along the shore . The Itnv . Sidney S . _Miin . —We regret to hear of the-dangerous illness of this reverend gentleman . It was feared , last night , that a fatal termination must soon take place , unless there should be some sudden change , more to be hoped for than expected . —Herald , Tuesday .

      Market Intelligence.

      MARKET INTELLIGENCE .

      London Corn Exchange, Monday, Feb. 3.—-T...

      London Corn Exchange , Monday , Feb . 3 . — -The arrivals of English wheat and barley were large during the past week , and of oats the supply coastwise was also good ; in addition to which rather a liberal quantity ofthe latter grain came to hand from Scotland , and a fair proportion from Ireland . Of beans and peas the receipts were not large . This morning there was a veiy moderate show of wheat by landcarriage samples from the neighbouring counties , _and'not many oats , beans , or peas fresh up , but of barley the quantity offering was abundant . After having experiencedrather severe frost for some days , the weather has again undergone a change : this morning the atmosphere was exceedingly damp , whereby the condition of most sorts of grain was affected . Wheat was held pretty firmly ; the demand was , however , dull , and sales were with difficulty

      made at the rates current on this day week . The transactions in free foreign wheat were unimportant , but factors showed no particular anxiety to realise , and the trifling business done was at fully former rates . Flour moved off tardily , and ship samples were obtainable on rather easier terms than on this day week . Barley was much neglected , but sellers appeared determined to resist any further abatement ; and with an unusually slow demand , prices remained much about the same as on Monday last . * No actual decline occurred in quotations of malt , but the turn was decidedly in favour of the buyer . Oats were generally held at slightly enhanced rates , in consequence of'which dealers and consumers acted cautiously , and go-unimportant was the advance established as scarcely to admit of any alteration in prices Beans and peas could only be sold in retail quantities

      Neither Article Was Cheaper, However, Th...

      neither article was cheaper , however , than on this day se ' nnight .. Red cloversecd continues to arrive pretty-liberally from France , and business remains dull to-day there wag very little passing . Linseed and rapesced moved off rather slowly at previous prices ; and canaryseeil was easily bought at the late decline . Spring tares were enquired for , but thero werc few offering . CURRENT PRICES OF GRAIN , TER IMPERIAL QUARTER . —British . s s s a Wheat E _^ se \ & Kent , new & old red 42 48 White 50 54 __ L Norfolk and Lincoln . ... do 43 4 C Ditto 48 50 _TN ' orthum . and Scotch white 42 46 Fine 48 52

      r _„* sh red old 0 0 Red 42 44 White 45 48 Rve Od ... 31 32 New 30 32 Brank 35 36 Burley _Griluling . . MSB Distil . 29 31 Malt . 32 36 Malt Brown ... 6 * 66 _Pale s 8 6 _** "are " 3 65 Bonus Ticks old & new 30 34 Ifarrow 33 38 Kgeon 38 42 l _' cas Grcv 32 33 Maplo 33 34 White 36 40 Oats Lh > culnS & Yorkshire Feed 21 23 Poland 23 25 Scotch . . Angus 22 24 Potato 24 26 Irish _i _i White 20 22 Black 20 22 Per 2801 b . net . ' ' s s Per 2801 b . net . 8 s Town-made Flour ... 42 44 Norfolk & , Stockton 33 34 Essex and Kent .... 34 35 Irish - ...... _-.. 35 86 Free . Bond ,

      Forei gn . 8 8 8 Wheat , Dantsic _, Konigsburg _, & c 52 fiO 36 40 Marks , Mecklenburg 48 64 32 35 Danish , Holstcin , and Friesland veil 44 47 28 30 — Russian , Hard 44 4 fi Soft ... 44 47 26 28 ~ _± Italian , Red . . 46 50 White ... 50 52 30 82 — Spanish , Hard . 46 50 Soft .... 48 52 80 32 Rye , Baltic , Dried , ... 30 32 Uiuhied . . 31 82 21 22 Barley , Grinding . 26 28 Malting . . 31 33 22 29 Beans , Ticks . . 30 34 Egyptian . 31 32 2 G 30 Peas , White . . 36 38 Map le . . 33 34 28 ' O ats , Dutch , Brew and Thick 24 25 19 21 Russian feed , . 21 22 15 16 Danish , Fr iesland feed . 21 23 15 17 Flour , per barrel 25 27 19 20

      _Lot-noN Smithfield Cattle Market , Monday , Feb . 3 . —The weather having become milder in Holland , most of the ports are now open for vessels . This circumstance has produced a large importation of live stock from that portion of the Continent for our markets—they having amounted , during the past week , to 130 oxen and cows , and 100 sheep . As to the quality of these arrivals , we may observe that there werc some well made-up animals amongst them ; but not a few were suffering from the effects of the epidemic now so prevalent both in Holland and France . To-day we had on sale 100 beasts and sixty sheep . The former found buyers at prices varying from £ 16 to . _£ 20 ; the latter £ 110 s . to £ 2 per head . Very large numbers may be expected from Rotterdam

      this week . From our grazing districts , the receipts of beasts fresh up this morning were numerous . Although their quality was not quite equal to that observed oil this day se ' nnight , it was an excellent display . Giving , however , to thc approaching season of Lent , and the thin attendance of buyers , the beef trade was excessively dull , yet the . primest Scots found buyers , at , in sonic instances , last week ' s quotations , but most other breeds suffered a decline of 2 d . per Sib ., and a clearance was not effected . The droves from Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire consisted of 1600 Scots and homebreds , while from the north they did not exceed 300 . shorthorns ; from the western and midland districts 000 Hercfords , Devons _, runts , & c . ; from other parts of England , 300 of various breeds , and from Scotland 200 horned and polled Scots . The number of sheep being more than equal to the wants of the trade , , the demand for that description of stock was in a , sluggish state , yet we can notice no variation , in the currencies .

      Oalves were in limited supply and active request , at last Friday ' s enhanced currencies . In pigs , a good business was doing , at . fully last week ' s . quotations . Upwards of 200 were on offer from Ireland ..- ¦¦ - .:. _-. By the _quantities of 81 b ., sinking the offal . s . d . S . d : Inferior coarse beasts ... 2 6 2 10 Second quality . . . . 3034 Prime l _.-irg-e oxen . ' . . 3 0 3 8 Prime Scots , & c _, ¦ . . . 3 10 4 0 Coarse inferior sheep . . . 2 . 8 30 Second quality .... 3 2 3 6 Prime coarse woolled . . . 3 . 8 4 o Prime Southdown . . .. 424 4 Large coarse calves . . . . 4654 'Prime small 5 C 5 10 Suckling calves , each . . . 18 0 SO 0 Large hogs 3 4 4 0 Neat small porkers . . . 4 2 4 0 Quarter-old store pigs , each . . 16 " 0 20 0

      HEAD OF CATTLE OX SALE . ( Prom the Books of the Clerk of the Market . ) Beasts , 3 , 342-Sheep , 27 , 740-Calves , 90—Pigs , 310 . Hay Markets—SiiiTHFiELn . —Course meadow hay , £ 3 10 s to £ 4 12 s ; useful ditto , £ 4 14 s to £ 5 4 s ; fine uplanil ditto , £ 4 5 s to £ 5 10 s ; clover hay , £ 110 s to £ 6 ; oat straw , £ 1 13 s to £ 1 15 s ;• wheat straw , £ 116 s to £ 1 18 s per load . Both hay and straw , the supplies of wliich were moderate , moved offslowly , at the above quotations . _Wnm-ciiAPEi .. —Course meadow hay , £ 3 10 s to £ 4 10 s ; useful ditto , £ i 12 s to £ 5 3 s , * fine upland ditto , £ 5 6 s to £ o 9 s ; clover hay , £ 4 . 10 s to £ 6 ; oat straw , £ 114 s to £ 1 10 s : wheat straw , £ 1 16 s to £ 1 18 s per load . A full average supply , and a sluggish demand .

      Mkat Markets . —Southall , Feb . 5 . _—ATeJhad a full average supply of fat stock on sale here to-day . Generall y speaking , the trade ruled inactive , aiid prices , with the exception of those of veal and pork , were with difficulty supported . Beef , from 2 s lOd to 4 sj mutton , 2 s lOd to 4 s _4 d ; veal , 4 s -id to 5 s Cd ; and pork , 3 s 'id to 4 s id per Slbs . to sink the offal . Supply—Beasts , 60 ; sheep , 1 , 4 , 00 ; calves , 34 ; pigs , 41 . Romford , Feb . 5 . —Prime veal and nork were in steady request at full prices . Other kinds of stock were dull . Beef , from 2 s lOd to 4 s : mutton , 3 s to 4 s 4 d ; veal , 3 s lOd to 5 s 4 d ; and pork , 3 s to 4 s 4 d per Slbs . Suckling calves , 18 s to 30 s ; quarter-old stoi'S pigs , 16 s to 20 s ; and milch cows , with their mall calf , £ 16 to £ 19 each .

      Liverpool Corn * Market , Monday , Feb . 3 . —We have this week again a good supply of flour and oatmeal from Ireland , but moderate arrivals of all descriptions of grain . No change has occurred in the duties on foreign produce . The trade has continued dull , and any change in prices has been in favour of thc buyer . We quote Irish new wheat Id . per bushel , oats -Jd . per bushel , barley . Id . per _; quarter , and "beans Is . per quarter , lower than at the close of last week . Foreign wheat , too , has barely ' sustained the rates then noted , and , without altering the quotations , both flour and oatmeal bave been rather easier to buy . A few hundred barrels of United States sweet flour have been sold in bond at 17 s . per barrel .

      Manchester Corn Market , Saturday , Feb . 1 . — Considerable inactivity has continued to -prevail throughout the trade during the week ; but in the transactions that have occurred in any article no material alteration ; in prices was apparent . There was a very limited inquiry for wheat at our market this morning ; and , although damp and inferior parcels could have been purchased on easier terms , there was not sufficient business passing to enable us to alter our quotations . Flour was exceedingly difficult of sale , but approved marks of extra superfine quality supported their previous value . The demand for either oats or oatmeal was trifling ; but no change in price can be noted . Beans dull sale , at late rates .

      'Liverpool Cattle Market , Monday , Feb . 3 . — The supply of cattle at market to-day has been similar to that of last week , without any alteration in prices . Beef 6 Jd . to 6 d ., mutton 6 _Jd . to 6 Jd . per lb . —Cattle imported into Liverpool , from the 27 th Jan . to the 3 rd Feb .: —Cows , 1142 ; calves , 30 ; sheep , 2253 , * lambs , 19 , * pigs , 6051 , * horses , 25 . State of Trade . —The market continues in the same state as for some weeks past ; yarn , being exceedingly scarce and in good demand , both for shipping and for the home trade , continues to advance in price ; and some descriptions , particularly No . 30 warps , were sold yesterday about one-eighth higher than on the preceding Tuesday : ¦< For cloth the

      demand was not quite so good as last week- ; and some qualities of twenty-seven _^ nch printing cloth were a shade lower . With that exception , however , prices are firm . — Manchester Guardian of Wednesday . Richmond Corn Market , Feb .. 1 . —We had a fair supply of grain in our market to-day , but in consequence of the weather , ( being a heavy Cover . of snow , ) caused a little advance : in the price : —Wheat , sold from 68 . to 7 s . Od . ; oatcs , 2 s . 2 d . ito 3 s . 6 d . ; barley , 3 _s , 9 d . to 4 s . j beans , 4 s ; 9 d : to fis . perhushei . York Corn Market , Feb . 1 . —Thc supply of grain is pretty good . The frost having improved the condition , last week ' s prices are obtained for wheat , hut barley is full Is . per qr . lower . Oats are scarcely so dear ; beans as before .

      Malton Corn Market , Feb . 1 . —Wo have had a tolerable supply of wheat , but moderate of barley and oats , offering to this day ' s market . - . Wheat and oats same as last week ; barley thc turn cheaper . Wheat , red , new , 44 s . to 48 s . ; white ditto , 48 s . to 52 s . ; red ditto , old , 50 s . to 52 s . ; white ditto , 52 s . to 56 s . per qr . of 40 st . Barley , 26 s . to 30 s . per qr . of 32 st . Oats , 9 _Jd . to lOid . per stone . Leeds Corn Market , Tuesday , Feb ; 4 . — Our supplies are moderate of all articles this week . The wheat trade is slow , but no material change occure in the value of fine dry qualities , and the consumptive demand is to a fair extent ; the change in'theweather affects the condition again , and all damp descriptions move off ' very slowly . We bave no alteration m fine barley , . but inferior must again be quoted lower . New beans arc offering more freely , and may be noted cheaper . Oats and shelling steady .

      THE AVERAGE _PKICES OP CORN , FOR TnE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 4 , 184 _S . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Peat . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . ' Qrs . 4638 2555 623 - _^ 29 18 £ s d £ 3 . d . £ 3 . d . £ s . d . £ , s . d . 2 . 0 114 11111 1 oil - 117 0 117 9 i Leeds Cloth Market . —The demand for spring goods , which has been on the increase . for several weeks past , continues buoyant , and at both the cloth halls and warehouses a good business has been done during the past week . Some of the manufacturers seem quite in high spirits with the prospect of a good spring . We trust their anticipations will be realised .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 8, 1845, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_08021845/page/7/