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Jantjary II, 1845. ^ THB NORTHERN STAR. ...
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A BOWL OF "PUNCH" FRESH BREWED
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. Sensibility of the Phabisees.—The Ipsw...
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Fatal Railway Accident.—On Tuesday night...
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_Jantjary II , 1845 . _^ THB NORTHERN STAR . 7 ,
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- HoBXiCGtroBB . — -The old year went out at last in _ferv good humour , giving us a more genial sunny day than we have experienced during the last five or six weeks . The appearance ofthe weather about the middle of last month was very threatening , and we began to anticipate a very severe winter ; but there is now room to hope that the winter will not prove of unusual severity . Inning mild weather pruning and haflin" - should now be set about in earnest , especially where the walls are extensive and the trees full crown It will be well to leave the peach and nectagne trees till the beginning or middle of the next month , as they are liable to be injured by very severe f _^ aft er recent praning . ARthehardiertreesinay [ however , be pruned with perfect safely , and the
sooner the work is out ot nana the better , as the pring will bring with it plenty of occupation . It _^ 11 be well for all _pruners to bear in mind that the _^ hole art of pruning consists in insuring a plentiful _gnpplv of fruit-bearing wood in all parts of the tree , and in removing all useless , unhealthy wood or shoots _, jn order to effect these two objects thoroughly , it is necessary to make oneself acquainted with the fruitl _^ aring habits of the particular kind of tree to be pruned , so that haying discovered the kind of wood on which thc fruit is usually produced , we may know how to proceed in regulating and thinning the fruitshoots of the present year , and in cutting out all useless wood . A little observation carefully noted down , and a little experience will , in this as in all
ether practical matters , be worth a thousand essays _, _flicre is no mystery at all about the matter , and peop le err chiefly because they endeavour to act according to some arbitrary rule , instead of following { he laws of nature and the dictates of common sense . _ I 7 _tf Greenhouse . The greenhouse plants are again snftering severely from the effeets of damp ; this is particularly the case with geraniums , _caleeolarias , cinerarias , and other plants of a soft juicy nature . We do not remember to have seen them so much injured for some years . This is probably attributable to the absence of ihe sun , and the inability to ventilate during cold winds . The only remedy is to dry the atmosphere by putting onthe fires for afew hours
every damp day . The last batches of hyacinths , narcissus , jonquils and other Dutch bulbs , may now be brought into the greenhouse . Those which are throw ing up their flower stems may be freely watered with li quid guano , as may the early geraniums , cinerarias , and Chinese primroses . —The Flower-garden . Prune the hardy roses , both dwarf and standard , if not done in autumn ; but leave the China and noisette kinds iill March . —The Kitchen-garden . K the weather continues open and tolerably dry , it may be worth while to sow a small crop of early horn carrots and early frame peas . Choose for this purpose a warm shelffred border of light rich earth . —BeWs Weekly Mes scnaer .
Aixoimbsis . —SirE . Fihner spoke as follows onthe allotment system at a late meeting ofthe Maidstone Fanners' Club : —It has been said that the worst master a poor man could have was himself , but he thought" that had been fully disproved . He had eighty allotments , which had been worked for ten years , and for the last four years there had been only one defaulter ; and that was a poor widow , who had not her money ready at the time , but paid it within _s week . To prove that the poor man was not a bad master to himself , he could give them a statement trith which he had been furnished by one of his own labourers : —
Bent , 1 quarter of an acre £ 0 7 G Manure , 17 s . 6 d . ; Garden seeds , ls . Gd . ; Potatoes , lis . Sd . 110 8 The produce of this was as follows : — Potatoes , £ 4 Is . 8 a . ; Iruit , 10 s 4 11 8 Vegetables for own consumption 10 0
5 18 Trom which deduct ..................... 1 IS 3 There would be a clear profit of £ 3 3 6 Re went over the whole allotments afterwards , and found them much better farmed than they had been ; end although he did not think thc allotment system _Tas a panacea , yet he thought it relieved the poor man from a great deal of anxiety , and taught him bis duty to himself and his master better than anything else did .
IsTEBEsnxGTO Hop Ghowees . —Extract from the ( implement of Dr . TJre _' s " Dictionary of Arte and Sden _(^ , "provingthattheprocessof brewing genuine London porter is by the use of 3 lb . of hops to one bushel of malt , or nearly so . The Doctor says , under the head of porter and brown stout— " I offer the following statement of the process of brewing genuine London porter , believing it to be more-near that really practised than any formula hitherto published i—For ISO barrels of brownstout , containing from 80 to S-5 parts of malt , extract in 1 , 000 by weight . — Components : —530 bush . ( English measure ) of good barlev malt ; 10 bushels do . of kiln-browned malt ; 13 cwt . of essentia-bina , caramel , or sugar fused oyer a fire into a dark-brown or blade syrup
mass ; 150 lb . of hops , or about 3 lb . to bach _BCshel or mam ; 10 quarts of calfini , a preparation made irith the oil distilled from the outer bark ofthe birch ; S _fjuarts of good porteryeast ; finings of isinglass dissolved in sour beer . The essentia-bina may be dissolved in hot worts in a separate copper , and mixed irifh the rest by running it into the cooler immediately after the boiied _vort is strained from the hops in the hop-back . The calfini ( a hocus-pocus term of the brewers ) is prepared as follows : —Put one ounce Ofbirch-barkoflmtoabottle , withtonTquartsofspirit of wine 60 per cent , over proof ; cork the mouth of the bottle , and place it in a slightly warm position fill the oil be thoroug hly combined with ihe alcohol , with the aid of occasional shaking . This solution
being cooled , is to be filtered through paper and kept for use . The birch is an empyreunaatic product , made in large quantities in Russia and Poland , for _fiie purpose of giving flavour and conservative properties to the Russian leather . It is sold for Is . per quart . "Hie dose of calfini in porter is varied according to the taste of the brewers and consumers . '' The large quantity of hops now made use of is a very great increase on the old system , which has arisen firau the value attached to them by the faculty , and even the brewers themselves acknowledge they cannot find a substitute for them . Example tok the _Laxdowsebs . —At the Tent audit of J . S . _Pakington , Esq ., ALP ., held at _Wesfcwood , on the 23 rd ult ., that gentleman liberally returned ten ner cent , to his tenants ; and further
intimated his intention of thinning the quantity of game on his estates within such a limit that no damage shall be sustained by the occupiers . Peotectiox op Chops raou Hares asd Rabbits . — A correspondent of a contemporary writes as follows : « - " Ihad cut and plashed a very fine withy coppice , which broke remarkably well , and for the first year Tfas allowed to remain undisturbed ; but this peace wis of short duration , for in the second winter of tbeir growth , the enemy was at work , and most effectually too , for whole roods in some places the Deautifnlly young shoots were browsed off , as though a whole herd of forest colts had been turned in . Snowing their aversion to the smell of tar , I circum scribed the scene of devastation with rope yarn , first _dearing away all rubbish , such as brambles , high grass , & c _., making a clear space for operating ; I then fixed stomps into the ground , at the distance of twelve feet _anart to which was affixed the yarn , in
two lines—the lower one was six inches from the ground , the upper about eighteen ; there is no fear of either hares or rabbits jumping over ( unless pursued ) , as they invariably crawl through or under any obstruction to their progress . To render the plan taore effective , I occasionally applied the tarbrush , thereby causing a strong scent of tar . By this plan I saved my crop , and now make it a standing rule nererto have a copse unfurnished with the above preventive . I advised a neighbouring farmer to try the same plan with a piece of carrots he had sown in the very heart of the game preserves , and of which Hie Tal > bits in particular are very fond : he did so , and with the like effect , assuring me , at the time of _liftingthe crop , that he believed there was not a angle root or top touched . Valve or Gvaxo . — . Dr . Ure quotes African as farying in composition aa follows : — Moisture ... from 21 to 26 per cent .
Ammonia ... " 5 10 - * Organic matter ' * S 3 SO * Phosphate of lime « ' 23 35 ' * Phosphate of magnesia anil ammonia ... " 56 Alialiuc salts ... " Lo 5 " Sand , ic ... " 1 2 W , ihe moisture _iaworQi nothing , so that a sample giving 5 per cent moisture , will contain but 64 solid suano , and that more or less damaged . Ammonia irthc most valuable ingredient , and may be estimated ( in comparison with other manures ) at 64 . and Sd . P » lb . ; so thatsamples , in other respects equal , one eontainmg ID , the other only 5 per cent , of anitoonia—the first wiU be worth 2 s . Cd . per cent ., •* £ 2 10 s . per ton , more than the other . The ingredient _nost in value is the phosphate _^ of
_jhne , including that of magnesia , which are hero J » a much more readily soluble state than m tones : and taking bones to average half their weight w phosphate , may be Talued at double the price ot P _^ e-dust . that is , taking bone-dust at 18 s . per quar-« r of 3 _cwtl , or lid . per lb . But these phosphates ™ not decay ; and hence the more the ammonia and _^ Siuuc matters are rotted away , the richer isthe _rctaausder in phosphates . For instance , if fresh guano _FMains 15 percent , phosphates , and then loses 1-itn S _*» J , thc whole 15 of phosphates remain in the i _* ** - residue ; and 100 of such residue will contain _3 J- -So that decayed _gnano becomes richer an phosf _^ as it loses ammonia the one going , hi some 2 _^ . to compensate the loss ofthe other . The _orfto * © alters , free from ammonia and nitrogen , are 5 *« fi * r dements in the worth of guano , and are _S ° _* valuable from their state of intimate coni-E * f ° _blithe ammonia and p hosphates in this _f _ftV _way be worth Is . ( or _more ) perewi lbe _£ ™ e _Wavein such small quantity , that it may * _kHer to simplify the calculation by omitting
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_them Th _^ alu _£ _^ guano then be estimated _acronlmgto _^ wntent 3 ,-i _^ pnates : 3 . Organic matter . For example , take two samples of African _gnano—No . 1 . Fair ; No . 2 . Infcnor—containing as follows , per 100 lbs . : — No . 1 . Ho . 2 . 8 . d . s . d . Hoisture ( no value ) ... SO .. 33 Ammonia , at 6 d . ... 8 4 0 ... 5 2 6 Phosphates , _lfd . ... 2 a 3 1 * ... 30 3 9 Organic matter , Is . per cwt - 40 0 4 ... 28 0 3 7 S 6 6 Their proportionate values will be about as Vs . Gd . to 6 s . _0 d . ; their actual prices depending on the state ofthe market , butstiU bearing the same proportions .
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Impbovemeni is the Atmospheric Railwat . —M . Hailette , an experienced engineer and maker of steam-engines , at Arras , near Calais , in France , has patented _^ an invention , which he regards as an important improvement on the Atmosphere Railway of Messrs . Clegg and Samuda , and likely so far to perfect that principle of railway construction as to give it an unquestionable and great superiority over the present methods of constructing and working railways . Our readers are aware that in the Atmospheric Railway , the moving power is not a locomotive engine , but the pressure of the atmosphere on a piston which moves in a large tube laid longitudinally between the rails . To give this power , it is needful to exhaust the tube of air as far as
practicable , which is done by stationary steam-engines , placed at certain distances along the line , say , from two to three miles apart , by which engines air-pumps are worked . If the exhaustion were perfect , the pressure of air on the surface of the piston would be equal to fifteen pounds to the square inch ; and even with the degree of exhaustion which is found to be practicable , a power is obtained sufficient to move the largest trains at a speed far . greater than has ever been attained by locomotive engines . Medhurst , a Danish engineer , proposed the adoption of this principle for the transmission of letters , in 1810 . Theridicidoug idea was once conceived , of _making a tube so large that carriages with passengers might be shot along from London to Brighton 1 Of course this was
abandoned , and the idea was then entertained of attaching the carriages moving on a railway to a piston travelling in the interior of the tube ; but the difficulty was , to connect the piston with the carriages , without admitting the air into the tubewhich admission of air would at once destroy the vacuum , and with it the moving principle . Messrs . Clegg and Samuda , two able engineers , after many experiments , succeeded in accomplishing this object ; and after a successful trial on a piece of railway half a mile long , at "Wormwood Scrubbs , they constructed a r ailway from Kingstown to Dalkey , a mile and three quarters in length , which has _fieen in actual operation for the conveyance of passengers and goods , many months , with complete success . The means
contrived by Clegg and Samuda for attaching the carriages to the piston was , to make a groove along the tube , covered with a leathern flap , which , being weighted and covered with wax , allows a cable or bar connecting the piston with the carriages to tra verse—opening with ease to admit the passage of the cable , and closing after it , so as almost , but not entirely , to prevent the admission of air . The apparatus is extremely ingenious ; it requires the application of a heated iron behind of the piston to melt the wax , and a roller following the piston to re-seal it ; and it allows of a leakage _^ which the patentees calculate as equal to fifteen per cent , of the power employed to exhaust the air . The improvement made by AI . Hailette is in providing a means of
opening and closing the longitudinal grooves , so as to prevent the loss of power by leakage . He has endeavoured to imitate nature , by providing a pair of flexible lips to the groove , which allow of the passage ofthe piston-bar , or cable , without admitting the air . It is possible , as every one may find on trial , to pass a quill or pencil between the lips from one side of the mouth to ihe other , without admitting the least air into the mouth or out of it . M . Hailette has made artificial lips , by disposing along the parallel edges of the longitudinal groove two little cylinders , cut laterally , so that the concave of the one cylinder is opposite to the concave ofthe other ; and filling each cylinder with a Kind of hollow gut or tube , of leather or other material impermeable to air , which tubes , being filled with compressed air , and lying in close contact with each other , form a kind of elastic lips , that open like the lips of a man , and allow a bar or cable to pass alone 'them without _admitting anv ah '
into the large tube . Such is the method of M . Hailette , who states that after experiments made publicly on a short railway at Arras , he has proved that the artificial lips , placed along the groove of the tube , hermetically close it , and effectually prevent the admission of air into the exhausted portion of the tube as the piston passes . His invention also affords the means of bringing the piston and train tea stand much more quickly than any other system , and , of course , it is better adapted than any other to the descent of considerable inclinations . M . Arago , and other distinguished men of science in France , have declared their approbation of M . Hallette's invention ; and a commission , composed of Messrs , Charles Dupin , Arago , Seguier , Morin , and Piobert , has been appointed to report upon it to the Acadeniie des Sciences . "W e understand that patents have been taken out for M . Hallette ' s invention in England , Scotland , and Ireland .
_FUENCH ACAUEMT OF SCIENCES . —SU _inTO W DEC . 30 . —One ofthe first papers read was fr 02 n M . Jules Desportes , relative to the announcement _hjade at the last sitting of a new mode of lithograpliie _printing in colours , practised at the royal printing-office , and of which some beautiful specimens have been exhibited . According to M . Desportes , the process adopted at the royal printing-office has no superiority over those of Engelmann , Leniereicr , Formcntin , and others . A communication was received from M . Desbordeaux , of Caen , proposing a mode of plating upon steel by » the galvanic process , in thc mode , of operating practised by Messrs . Euolz and Elkington . . It is found necessary to cover the article which is to be silvered with a slight coating of copper ,
without which the steel will not receive the silver . M . Desbordeaux states that the necessity for this coating of copper may be avoided by plunging the article for a few seconds in a mixture composed of one gramme of nitrate of silver , one gramme of nitrate of mercury , four grammes of nitric acid , at forty of Beaume ' s aerometer , and 120 grammes of distilled water . A long paper was received from Dr . Leopold Turk , on the nature and treatment of typhus fever . His paper has no interest but for medical men , and for such an analysis would not suffice . "We must refer them , therefore , to the paper itself , merely observing that they will find in it many things opposed to the generally-received notions on this subject . For the general reader , we have to
remark that Dr . Turk regards typhus fever as a general malady , attacking the entire system , and in which bleeding is useless . He says he has ascertained that the disease has generally an intermittent character , and therefore he treats it as such . He employs the alcoholic infusion of- bark in lotions , the aqueous solution of bark as a drink , and the sulphate of quinine in injections . He gives fourteen cases in which , according to his statement , this treatment was successful . Mr . Ackermann , formerly surgeon major of the navy , who passed three consecutive years at Madagascar , submitted to the Academy thc project of a scientific voyage , with a view to the exploration of the interior of this important island . M . Ackermann considers that much valuable iniormation would result from the realisation of his
project . _Detection of Needles , < fcc ., is _imi _Humas Boot . — - " When you suspect the presence of a piece of needle , or other steel instrument , you must subject the suspected part to a treatment calculated to render thc needle magnetic ; and there are two principal methods by which this object may be effected . The first , by transmitting a galvanic current , at right angles , to the suspected part ; thc second , by placing a large magnet near the part affected , so that the object may be magnetised by induction . Ton may accomplish the first end by taking a copper wire , covered with cotton , or still better with silk ( in fact , you may employ the _eovered wire as generally used for the formation ofeleetro-magnets ) , and wind it round the parts
suspected to contain steel several times , so that the same current may act at right angles many tunes upon the piece ol steel ; you may then take a galvanic battcrv ( one of my little tumbler batteries will amplv suffice ) , and connect one end of the wire to thc zinc , the other to the platinised silver . The current might be continued for half an hour , or more , when the steel would become magnetised , and thereby give strong indications of its presence . — Smee , in Medical Timet . Air Axn Exercise . —People who are travelling , especially in clear frosty weather , when the atmosphere is * of the greatest specific gravity , and more oxygen is taken into the lungs at a single inspiration than in hot or hazy weather , will drink as much spirit with impunity as would intoxicate them five or six times over were they sitting in a confined room . It
is not an uncommon thing for a man , whose maximum of whiskev toddv is a couple of glasses , to find , after bavin" ascended Ben Lomond , that he hasu . nk . now in » lv swallowed a whole bottle of undiluted Glenhvat . The _' llighlanders areproverbial for the quantityofwhiskev thev drink , and for thc little injury it does them . Manvof them habitually drink a wine-glass of raw spirit directlv upon rising in a morning , _fo them it is a " cup that cheers but not inebriates . Thev are not intoxicated bv it for the moment , nor do they Suffer in any marlicd degree from the usual remote consequences of dram drinking . They arc not like the tavern frequenter and spirit-tippler 01 tnc crowded city—jaundiced , consumptive , impotent , imbecile , or paralysed , dying before his tune . They are hale , cheerful , and vigorous , despite their practices . And wherefore this lnarTClloiis difference ? Fresh air and free exercise are the foundation of it an . — Medical Times .
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_^ I ? a T > _* . t" ' _¦¦¦{ ± . _^ _VToNTj _^ _nilMrj _pvjpE _^ TS _^^ _( _nuvweuw _Pmirso : _^ fte ~ _ArTm _^ sent month gives an account , together with a specimen , of the new process whereby engravings may bo multiplied , ad infantum , and at a small cost . It appears that the inventor , an English engraver , - ' - can , in a few days , copy a large and elaborate engraving , with such accuracy , that the difference between the original and the copy will be imperceptible : that an engraving on steel or . copper can be produced solely from an impression of a print , and that this p late will yield from ten to twenty thousand impressions TheA « Onion also gives the following account of a new discovery called Anastatic Printing : — "We have been favoured with an onnortumtv of _insnecting ,
at the offices of Mr . J . Woods , No . 3 , Bargeyardchambers , Bucklersbury , a process of reprinting , to which this name has been given . We are aware that many attempts have , at different times , been made to arrive , by similar means , at an available result . These have been attended with various successes , but in no case amounting , hitherto , to anything profitable . To describe the present result in as few words as possible : It is the production of any form of letterpress , or any quality of print , drawing , engraving , or lithograph , in an unlimited quantity , in an inconceivably brief space of time . Any journal , tor instance , say the Morning Post , might , in twenty minutes , be prepared for reprinting , merely from a single number , and worked off with the ordinary
rapidity ofthe steam-press . It is our purpose" fully to describe , in the next number of thc Art Union , the process whereby this is effected , and to show the admirable applicability of the invention to all those kinds of croquis drawings , sketches , & c , which have hitherto been presented to the public eye as wood engraving , by giving as a specimen a page of drawings by distinguished artists , printed in tliis manner . 1 he proprietors are scarcely yet prepared to work their patent onthe extensive scale which they contemplate . Wc have , however , seen a set of drawings , fresh from the hands ofthe artists , prepared for printing , and printed off in little more than a quarter of an hour In less than a quarter of an hour from the time of
receiving the sketch , the printer will present to the artist proofs of his work , which shall resemble the original as perfectly as if it had been reflected on the paper touch for touch . In presenting these specimens we shall describe the process at length in the next number of the Art Union . In the meantime , it must be observed that it is impossible to define the development of this , to say the least , truly wonderful invention , whereby the work of the artist is reproduced infac-simile , without the slightest point of difference ; the finest and rarest engravings maybe reprinted , adinftnitum , and last , though not least , books may be reprinted , Sis from stereotypes , in unlimited quantity . "
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A BOWL OF "PUNCH" FRESH BREWED
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. Sensibility of the _Phabisees . —The Ipswich Express publishes a statement that puts the sensibilities af the dwellers of Ipswich in the rosiest light . If we are to believe the Empress , then are Ipswich folks of the porcelain of all human clay , having the very tendcrest affections towards—themselves . At the present time , it appears , there arc 'three convicts in Ipswich gaol under sentence of death . Well , tho town of Ipswich bestirs itself , and despatches " an earnest petition to the Secretary of State "—for what ? Is the town doubtful of the efficacy of capital punishments ,, and therefore does it sue for a commutation of the sentence ? B y no means ; the town leaves the culprits to the halter , and in the depths of its tenderness only thinks of itself ! The petition , " signed by the authorities of the town , " is to this benevolent effect ; it
prays—That thc prisoner ( Mary Sheming ) might be respited until the execution of the two Howells and Shipley , in the hope that the town might be spared the infliction of two public executions . And the town of Ipswich feels its heart somewhat the lighter , " for an advance has been made" towards its wishes , Mary Sheming being respited until the 11 th inst . But—The execution of the other criminals being ordered to take place on the 25 th of January , it is not improbable that , in deference to the earnest petition of the authorities the female prisoner may receive a further respite _.
That is , the law , cat-like , but in deference to the authorities , may sport with the agony of Mary Sheming until the 25 th ! The reputation of Sir James Graham , as Home Secretary , certainly owes something to the condemned cell ; and as he linked his name with Mary Furley , he may not _inthis latter instance refuse historic companionship with Mary Sheming . But why , allow us to ask ; should there not be two executions , if executions are permitted at all ? Their advocates contend that they are beneficial as public examples . * If so , why should there not be two examples instead of one ? Why not , to the shuddering population of Ipswich , read two terrible moral lessons ? Wherefore lose one awful opportunity of illustratine the solemn usefulness of the nunishment
of death ? Or if , indeed , the feelings of the town are so _acuiw—if Ipswich shrinks at the thought of so appalling , so ghastly an exhibition—wherefore hang at -. ill ? The advocates of hanging , as a social example , should rather husband their resources , that their influence might be more frequent . To beg a respite , only that there may be a double execution , is certainly to lessen the number of wholesome examples . We are aware that George III . —a- very great authority on hanging— -was not of this opinion . Under his reign there was always what Peaeliem calls a " a decent execution . " It is a fact , not to be too frequently quoted against the champions of the gallows , that on the 23 rd of June , 1784—subregepio—the t _^ ew Drop was first used , when fifteen convicts were
together executed . More than this ; from the following February to thc 1 st of December , there w _« e ninetysix— -more than an average of two a wee * -hanged in froHt of Newgate ; and for what ? Why , the great majority" ftr offences which in the present time would be punished -with various terms of transportation , the evil-doers being first taught a trade in a Model Prison . Let it be Known that fifteen human creatures were to be hangeu in the Old . Bailey on Monday —and the metropolis , nay , the whole country , would rise hi indignation against the _wickedness ; a wickednees which , however , our _forefathers thought necessary to social security , as their forefathers , in their
daily bushicss walks , saw in the heads of traitors festering on Temple Bar , the ghastly yet fitting evidences of the right divine of kings . To return , however , to Ipswich , and the selfishness of its sympathies . In its tenderness for itself , and its apathy towards the suffering convict , we are reminded of thc sensibility of a certain lady of fashion . She had a pet spaniel that , in a momentary freak , bit a piece out of the footman ' s leg . Whereupon , the lady , thinking ofthe dog as if indeed it were a part of herself , exclaimed— "Poor little dear ! I hope it won't make it ill . " Now , never mind the sufferings of Mary Sheming , but don't let Ipswich be made illlet Ipswich be " spared an infliction . "
A . "Waiim Woollen Dress . "—John Matthews was recently discharged from Brinkworth Gaol , Wiltshire ; he haying been committed there for two months for desertion of his wife and children . That is , the man went to Wales to obtain work , leaving his wife and children in the workhouse . He was unsuccessful in his attempt to be employed—no shirking idler , be it remembered—he returned to the workhouse , and was sent to gaol . In this way , in some places in merry England , docs Justice play the grim mountebank ! The man was discharged in the late bitter cold weather . "He was most miserably clad , having exchanged his warm woollen prison dress for Ids own clothes—mere rags ; the upper garments consisting of an old waistcoat aud a thin slop . He
was also suffering from a diseased heart , a complaint of long standing ! " The end is soon told . He had no money ; he took shelter in a hovel near the road , where there happened to be some straw . " Here , according to his own account , he remained from the Wednesday evening till the Monday morning , during a most intense frost , and having nothing to eat except the remaining portion of the loaf which was given him on leaving the prison . " On the Wednesday afternoon the man was conveyed to the Malniesbury Union , his feet being so badly frost-bitten , that the surgeon declared he must lose them ! The man died on the Saturday . His wife , on the inquest , said that he "had always been kind to her and the
child , was a sober man , and brought his earnings home , when able to work . " Thc jury returned the following verdict : — " That deceased died from the inclemency ofthe weather , and the jury arc of opinion , that disease of the heart , and sudden exposure to cold on leaving the prison with insufficient clothing , rendered him peculiarly susceptible of its effects . " And thus it is proved to a bold peasantry , a country ' s pride , that it is better to endure , with all its ignominv , " a warm woollen prison dress , " than to seek , by the honest employment of their energies , the comfortable clothing of a free labourer . In the one case he is well-fed , and well-clothed ; in thc other , he is starved , aud dies with gangrened legs , the victnn of " bitter weather . "
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# In the Times' report ofthe recent execution of William Kendrew , at York , we read , in the following sentence , a _frightful comment on the social effect of hanging : — _ A young man was detected , almost at the foot of the scaffold , in the act of picking pockets . "
Fatal Railway Accident.—On Tuesday Night...
Fatal Railway Accident . —On Tuesday night an inquest was held in Guy ' s Hospital , before Mr . Joseph Payne , deputy coroner , on the body of Charles Meaden , aged 25 , late a guard in the service of the . London and Dover Railway Company . Thomas Slater , of Ashford , an engine-driver on the London and Dover Railway , said that he knew the deceased , who _wasin the same employ as guard . On Christmas-day ,- about five p . m ., he was at the _iNew—cross station , going out with a train , when he gave the usual whistle , and then looked round to sec that the carriages were all right . Whilst doing so'he saw something fall , about three yards from the end of the platform . He reversed his engine , and put down the break , and on going back found it to be the deceased , who was l y ing in the slope . Witness having procured another guard , proceeded on to Ashford , and the deceased was removed by an
Fatal Railway Accident.—On Tuesday Night...
- r V ; . « f - / I !» i ' _- i 7 _^ gMnd _^ r _^ _ageJ _^ _ujCs . _HoapitaL ,. _vTJig signal _nau _' _bewgiveh'forhinit ' ogo " oh . "' WilhainWadley ; a " porter at the New-cross station , deposed to bringing the deceased to the hospital . On their way . he told witness he was endeavouring to seat himself on the carriage when he missed his hold and fell , one or two of the carriages passing over his arm , which was much shattered . Mr . Andrew Davis , house surgeon , said deceased was brought in on Christmas-day , suffering from a very severe compound comminuted fracture of the right fore-aim . His arm was amputated a few houss after his admission by Mr . Calloway . He died on Monday morning from irritation and exhaustion consequent on the injury . The deceased ' s brother , who appeared deeply affected , said he had no complaint to make against any one , and the jury being also satisfied , returned a verdict of Accidental Death . An intimation was made to the coroner that the company would bury the deceased , and make provisionfor the widow .
Saxguinaby Epicubism. — There Is A Curio...
Saxguinaby Epicubism . — There is a curious alchemy in human nature which enables men to convert the most repulsive aliments into dainties . Some have been known to feed on poisons . It is with the moral as with the physical part of our being . Nero is said to have wished that ho had never learned to write when he signed his first death-warrant ; and Robespierre gave up a judgeship rather than pronounce a sentence of death . They became in time perfect gourmands in what was at first so nauseous to them . Such rulers as those we have named have vulgar voracious appetites for slaughter . They feed lustily , like ploughmen . But there are men with delicate and fastidious appetites , who prefer tiny titbits , and linger over their repast to nrolomr the
pleasure . The . former class aro the gluttons , the latter the epicures of _death-punishnients . It strikes us that the present Secretary of State for the Home Department occasionally betrays symptoms of being a ¦ little of the epicure in this respect . Par exemple . — \ A Minister may be justified for habitually allowing ; the law to take its course , even in the case of _death-Sun islvments ; but in such . cases prompt and stern ecision is mercy . Now , there is at present a woman j—Mary Sheming—lying under-sentence of death at ; Ipswich . She was ordered for execution on Tuesday last , and three men arc ordered for execution on Saturday , thc 25 th ; The authorities of Ipswichiapparently from _la-wish to bolt the whole of their ' snare of the nauseous morsel of death-punishment at _jonce—petitioned that Mary Sheming might be respited till the day fixed for the execution ofthe three jmen . The Home Secretary has respited her till the
: 11 th , and the Ipswich newspaper intimates a hope 'that he may yet be moved to grant a further respite . There is something in this doling out of respites by jhalves even more cruel than prompt refusal . The criminal is kept in a prolonged alternation of hope and fear . The secretary plays with her as a cat with a mouse , when , in the very wantonness of secure possession , the brute cuffs it from side to side , and delays the finishing stroke . He resembles the bon ~ vivant ; taking smaller and smaller sips of Ids last glass as he gets nearer the . bottom . Sir James hesitates like a schoolboy , doubtful whether to make two bites of his cherry , or reserve it for one rich mouthful ; he cannot decide whether it is better to divide the pleasure , by having two executions , or to reserve the whole four culprits for one glorious fidl-gorged hanging-match 'The question is a difficult one , and accordingly he has taken a fortnight to make up his mind . This is making theiinost of a treat . —Spectator . .
The General Post-office . —On Saturday the following Post-office order was placed in the hands of the several postmen , b y direction of the Postmaster-General , having - also been issued to all postmasters , sub-postmasters , and let ' _ier-receivers . — " General Post-office , December , 1844 , No . 3 ? . —On and after the 1 st of January next , should any letter or packet be tendered at your office , which you may ascertain to contain , or which you have every reason to believe contains , any of the following articles , viz ., any glass or glass bottle , any razor , scissors , knife , fork , or other _sharpinstriiment ; any leeches , game , fish , flesh , fruit , vegetables , or . other perishable substance ; any bladder or other vessel containing liquid ; or any article , matter , or thing whatsoever which might , by pressure
or otherwise , be rendered injurious eitherto the officers of thePost-office , or to the contents of the mail-bags , you will refuse to receive such letter or packet . In the event of any letter or packet being taken by you , and you do hot until afterwards discover that it contains any article as above' described , or should any such letter or packet he deposited in the letter-box , you will not forward it to its destination , but you will detain it in your office , and inform me by the first post of the circumstance , stating the precise address of the letter or packet , and its contents , or what you suppose them to be ; when proper steps will be taken
in this department in the case , and you will be instructed ill what manner to dispose of the letter or p acket . Should any letter or packet containing any article as before mentioned not be discovered by the postmaster at whose office it may be posted , but be forwarded on to its destination , the receiving postmaster to whose town it maybe addressed , upon discovering , or having reason to believe , that _Ws contents are such as those alluded to , will not send it out for delivery , but will detain it in his office , reporting t ; he circumstance to me by the first post , and stating the nature of its contents , when he wili bo duly instructed in what manner to dispose of it . —By command , W . L . _Mabeblt , Secretary . "
j Extraordikabx' MAuRiAGE .- _^ A ol ( I m _% aged 8 o years , who has long been a teacher at Maucliline _, and for the latter eleven years of his pilgrimage blind , yet strange to say , still teaching "the young idea how to shoot , " bethought himself ; afew weelcs ago , of a helpmate , and , in his peregrinations to Kilmarnock , happened to fall in with a woman of less than half his age , whom , on hinting Ms views , he found was on terms with a younger son of Adam , who belonged to the thriftless fraternity of weavers . Marriage , it appeared , had often been hinted by the knight of the shuttle , but not that direct query put which is so grateful to the earsof . womankuid . The patriarchal instructor had not passed so many of the young through his hands not to be able to take _advantage of the opening thus afforded ; and , in order to counterbalance the difference of years ( the other ,
of being blind to her faults , provided he might be alive th her perfections , not being taken into account ) , held forth the advantages of a oomfortablo fireside , with something to make the pot boil , in contradistinction to the . " muslin-kaill , " that would probably he her staple commodity did she engage with his young rival . Coming to . close terms , he at once proposed to leave lier , should she . survive to be his widow , £ 100 and a liouse , of which he is proprietor . This decided the no-longer thoughtless maiden to bring matters to an issue with the man of threads . He , when pressed to declare his sentiments , professed his unchanged regard , but proposed to wait for better times . "No time like the present , " thought the damsel , and she closed with the offer of her aged suitor -, and , as the bridegroom had no time to lose , the nuptial knot was tied this week . — -Kilmarnock Journal .
1 The Offertobt . —We last weck ' gave the Rev . J . R . Pretyman credit for a charitable action in having given a dinner to thirty poor persons in the Countyhall . From the report of the Bucks Herald ( to which attention is called by a correspondent ) , it appears that this dinner was paid with the communion alms . This is certainly a strange ( and , we rather think , an illegal ) manner of disposing of the contributions of the faithful . The communicants have always been led to think , that in giving their alms they were bestowing their charities direct upon their poorer heighbours . —Aylesbury News .
A Sao Reverse , —Four individuals , who were a few years since occupiers of as many farms of considerable extent in the parish , are now working on the roads for the means of existence , at 'Boarstall , Bucks . A sad reverse this , from master to man , from thc land to the road , to be obliged to labour on the highways for the parish surveyors , at the small Buni paid them for their work ,- we believe eight shillings is the highest , down to six shillings per week . With two of them it is the more severely felt from their having large families to support . EXTBAOBDIZfART _LETTER _ATTESTHfO THB _EPHCACT of Hollow ay ' s _Meoicinbs in Barbadoes—received by J . Young Edghill , Esq ., Professor Holloway ' s Agent for tho above Island : — " My khid Benefactor : With the most affectionate gratitude and respect , I acknowledge your liberality in tho Pills and Ointment you sent me on the 81 st oflast month , from the use of which I have derived a benefit almost
incredible ; the favourable change in my leg , and the promising appearance it has assumed , cherishes my dearest hope of recovery , provided I can manage to obtain the medicines , and continue an uninterrupted use of them . They have , indeed , realised my opinion of their efficacy , and I very much regret I have been obliged to apply another dressing this morning , ; being entirely out of the Ointment . I now send per bearer one dollar and a half , which I have just obtained from a friend , and shall be obliged to you to receive it , and send me one of your ' large pots of Ointment ; I shall take-particular care to report to you my state and progress of recovery . Signed—Jons B . C . Wilson . August 8 th , 1844 . "
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BANKRUPTS . ( From Tuesday ' s Gazette . J William Youle , . Addle-street , Wood-street , City , _commission-agent—Thomas Chandler , Bow-lane , builder—John Mandcno , Grove-street , Hackney , market-gardener —Thomas Itcvely , juri ., Newcastle-upon-Tyne , plumber—JohuBarff , _Liyerpool , merchant —James Booth , Brownhill , Yorkshire , _TiooUen-clotb-manufacturer — William _Lutwyche _, Birmingham , _brass-fouuder . . DECLAEATIO . VS OP DIVIDEN _08 . _^ _fi ' , ? . / , NewL ' astle-u P on-Tyne i ship-broker , second a _?« hna i ! dlvidend of Is 7 _* d in the pound , any Saturday , at the office of Mr . Baker , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . ' j . JJyson _, Sheffield , scytlie-manufacturer , first dividend ° y _" _^ "i the pound , any Wednesday after Jan , 9 , at the office of Mr . Freeman , Leeds . *
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J . Dixon , Sheffield , linen _draper _second and final _^ _dlyidOTdormainWpouna , any _Weanesday after Janr 9 , - at the office of Mr . Freeman , Leeds . „ _-..., . -. W . Batty , Kingston-upon-HuU , currier , first dividend of Is in the pound , any Wednesday after Jan . 9 , at the Office of Mr . Freeman , Leeds . , H . and 6 . Schonswar , Kingston-upon-IIull , merchants , third dividend of 8 d in tho pound , any Wednesday after Jan . 9 , atthe office of Mr . Freemau , Leeds . B . _Pullen , Selby , Yorkshire , flax-merchant , second and final dividend of 4 _Jd in the pound , any Wednesday after Jan . 9 , at the office of Mr . Freeman , Leeds . It . Currie , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , bookseller , first dividend of 4 s in the pound , any Saturday , at the office of Mr . Baker , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . W , Hayton , Sunderland , coal-fitter , third and final dividend of Id and 7-15 ths of a penny in the pound , auy _Saturday at the office of Mr . Baker , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . H . Kerr , Woolwich , tailor , fifth dividend of 2 Jd in the pound , Saturday , Jan . 11 , and two following Wednesdays , at the office of Mr . Groom , Abchurch-lane , City . .
J . Ward , Upper _Ground-street , ironfouuder , second dividend of Is 8 d in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Turimana , Old Jewry . _. E . Tuck , Haymarket , silversmith , first dividend of 5 dm the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr , _Tui-Qunnd , Old Jewry . J . Prior and II . Brady , Kingston-upon-IIull , _brushraauufiieturers , first dividend of 2 s 6 d in the pound , any Wednesday after Jan . 9 , at the office of Mr . Freeman , Leeds . „ J . Wilson , Newoastlc-upon-Tyne , hneu-manufacturcr , first and filial dividend of Is 3 d aud S-lOths of a penny iu thepound , any Saturday , at thc office of Mr . Baker , I < ewcastle-upon-Tyne . T . Rodham , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , grocer , first and final dividend of 9 d and 7-10 ths of Id in the pound , any Saturday , at the office of Mr . Baker , _Xewcastle-upon-Tyno . . it . Drew , Compton-street , ltegent-squave , licensed victualler , first dividend of Cid in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . _Turcmand , Old Jewry . E . H . Foster , Hathern , Leicestershire , tanner , second dividend of 2 | d in the sound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Belcher , King ' s Arms-yard , Coleman-street .
J . Cockburn , New Broad-street , City , merchant , fourth dividend of 3 _Jd in the pound , any Wednesday , at tho office of Mr . Turquand , Old Jewry . T . Donkin , Cambridge , victuaUer , first dividend of 2 d in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Turquand , Old Jewry . J . Hurley , Woburn , Bedfordshire , plumber , second dividend of 4 d in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Turquand , Old Jewry . C . Graydon , St . Ann's-place , Lhnchousc , slup-chandler , second dividend of 6 d in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Turquand , Old Jewry . J . Ryle , Manchester , banker , fourth dividend of 2 s Gd in the pound , Wednesday , Jan . 22 , _aad any subsequent Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Pott , Manchester .
. A . Tregear and T . C . Lewis , Cheapside , print-sellers , first dividend of 20 s in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Belcher , King's Arms-yard , Coleman-street . J . Balls , riolloway-road _, Islington , livery stable-keeper , first dividend of 3 s in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Belcher , King's Arms-yard , Coleman-street . A . Portway , Braintrce , Essex , tea-dealer , first dividend of 3 s 6 d in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Belcher , King ' s _Arms-yard , Coleman-street , J . Baker , liomsey , Hampshire , grocer , first dividend of 5 s in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Belcher , King ' s Arms-yard , Coleman-street . J . Scholefield , Cheapside , cutler , first dividend of 4 s L } d in the pound , any Wednesday , atthe office of Mr . Belcher , King ' s Arms-yard , Coleman-street .
_UIVIDENDS . Jan . 28 , J . Wacey , Beech-street , Barbican , bookseller-Jan , 28 , J . and It . Dewe , Oxford , booksellers—Jan . 30 , J . Oliver and J . York , Stony Stratford , Buckinghamshire , bankers—Jan . SO , 3 . OUver , J . York , and E . Harrison , Tipton , Staffordshire , coahnastcrs—Jan . 30 , A . Lett , Commercial-road , Lambeth , timber , merchant—Jan ; 30 , T , Itoberts , Blackman-street , Borough—Jan . 30 , T . G . Thorn , Southampton , builder—Jan . 31 , E . -Ashwell , Yeldon , Bedfordshire , dealer and chapman—Jan . 31 , G . and S . Potter , and J . Krauss , Manchester , caUco printers—Jan . 30 , W . Cochran and J . P . Robertson , City , merchants—Jan . 30 , W . P . Robertson , Buenos Ayres , merchant . CEBTIMCATES TO . BE GRANTED , UNLESS CAUSE BE SHOWN TO
mE CONTRABV ON TUE DAV 05 MEETING . Jan . 30 , T . Sherwood , Tilehurst , Berkshire , brickraaker —Jan . 30 , J . Burgess , Cratfield , Suffolk , farmer—Jay . 29 , W . Smith , Gloucester-street , Iloxton , _; buildev—Jan . 28 , W * . ' . Brookes , Gilbert-street . Grosvenoi ' -square , grocer—Jan . 28 , T . and J . Walker , York-road , Lambeth , upholsterers—Jan . 28 , A . AkeHurst , East Mailing , Kent , baker —Jan . 29 , R . Parkinson , Parsley , Yorkslure , cloth-manufacturer—Jan . 29 , A . W . Pollock , Liverpool , commission merchant—Jan . 29 , R . E . Walker , Liverpool , merchant—Jan . 29 , W . Cross , Chester , lead merchant—Jan . 30 , S . Eccles , Manchester , cotton manufacturer—Jau . ' 28 , C . Mann , Romford , Essex , banker .
. _PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . J . A . Foreshaw and R . Foreshaw _, jun _., Liverpool , merchant—S . andH .. W . Wilkins , Judd-place , West St . Paur eras , stonemasons—R . C . Edleston , II . Fisher , and R , C . Edftston _, NantYfich . Cheshire , attorneys ; as far as regards II . Fisher—W . P . Budd , W . Woodward , J . Bletchley , W . A . Long , and _> Y . Oliver . London , commoncarriers—L . Eastwood , G . Johnson , and E . Tavo , Manchester , joiners—D . Fletcher and J . Payne , DenmarkhiU , Camberwell , schoolmasters—J . Cramond and A . Schuyler , jun ., Lime-stveet , City , ship-agents—T . Giles and G . Foster , Leicester , j _arn-manufactui-ers—T . Marston _, sen ., and T . Marston , jun ., Birmingham , goldbeaters—C . R . Ayres and R . Parkinson , 'John-street , Berkeley-square , architects— -R . Blackbird and W . It . Hunter , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , _shiphrokers — J . A ., and J . S . Burnley , Batley , Yorkshire , wooUenmanufacturcrs ; as far as regards A , Burnley—P .
Crook , sou ., and P . Crook , jun ., Manchester , cottonmanufacturers—M . Blandin aud G . A . Brown , Liverpool , merchants—n . Guy and W . D . Burrell , jun ., Chelmsford , booksellerss—J . Neville , J . Ainsworth , and J . Beardsworth , Blackburn , attorneys ; as far as regards J . Beardsworth—B . Ilall and J . Burnett , Lythain , Lunca-8 hire , plumbers—M . llolces and W . Webster , Blaclcman . street , Southwavk , furnishing undertakers—W . Buckle , J . Smith , and J . Booth , Bradford ,, Yorkshire , worsted spinners ; as far as regards W . Buckle—W . Pawson and J . Kenworthy , Leeds , woollen-cloth manufacturers—J , Woollatt and G . Walton , Derby , upholsterers—T . B _akfer , J . Davis , and P . -Harris . BromW _StalTordshire , _Coalmastei :. f" \ _ctcrman _, _l 7 Grundy , T . Heywood , and J . Grundy , Preston , cotton-spinners ; as far 5 regards J . German—R . Dickson , R . Watson , R . W . Robinson , anu J . II . Wood , Stockton , drapers ; as far as regards R . Dickson—E . Beard and C . II . Chitty , Lewes , brewers—A . Windus , E . Beard and C . H . Chitty , Lewes , winemerchants ; as far as regards C . II . Chitty—J . Beynon , J . Jones , and H . Beynon , _MargnreNstreet , Cavendish-square , embossers—II . White and R . B ' . Baas , Haleswortli ,
Suffolk , attorneys—E . and F . Farnden , Long-acre , hatters—J . Currie , L . Currie , sen ., L . Currie , jun ., and A . Currie , Bromley ,:. Middlesex , , distillers ; as far _> as regards L . Currie , sen . —H . Brown and W . II . Marston , Coventry , pawnbrokers—J . and W . Moore , _ScUinge , K . ent , millers—W . Jackson and J _^ Ranger , Trowbridge , auctioneers—W . Pas s-and J . Shelmerdiue , Altrincham , Cheshire ; attorneys—W . Cassonand G . B . Withington , Manchester , attorneys—P . Murphy and J . _JKirklaiid , Blackmoor-street , Drury-lane , grocers—W . A . Palian and W . Pindar , Gaiusburgh , Lincolnshire , feather-merchants—J . Hannah and T . Heath , Bridge-street , Westminster , wine-merchants—A , D . Cuflley and J . Hciglway , Manchester , paper-hangers—C ; Lewis and K , _t > . Inman , Stangatestreet , Lambeth , tin-plate-workers—n _., J . T ., and R . Shaw , Fetter-lane , Fleet-street , printers ; as far as regards It . . Shaw—S . Skinner and S . Closs , jun ., Springstreet , Sussex-gardens , Hyde Park , saddlers—W . Master . man , W . Peters , D . Mildred , J .. Mastermau _, J . Masterman , jun ., aud F . Mildred , Nicholas-lane , Lombard-street , City , bankers ; as'far as regards W . Masterman—E . T . Clarkson aud E . E . Whitaker , ' Calne , Wilts , attorneys .
Market Intelligence
MARKET iNTELLIGENCE
London Corn Exchange, Monday, Deo. 6.—Th...
London Corn Exchange , Monday , Deo . 6 . —The wind having got round to the south-west , a good many vessels of grain laden arrived towards the close of the past week , some of which had been a long time on passage ., CJf English wheat , barley , and hour , and of ( Scotch and Irish oats , the supplies were liberal , and a fair quantity of barley arrived from abroad . The receipts ; of English oats were not large , nor were the supplies of beans and peas particularly abundant . This morning ; there wore _saveral cargoes of wheat fresh up from Lincolnshire , but the quantity offering by land carnage samples from the neighbouring counties was trifling . Of barley , the display of samples was rather considerable , and there were , in addition to the quantity of oats reported , a , few vessels with this grain from Ireland fresh up . Beans were in good supply , whilst peas were rather scarce . The wheat trade opened slowly , and only the best dry qualities sold readily at the currency of Monday
last , other descriptions being difficult of disposal . The transactions in free foreign wheat were on a retail scale , ' and quotations underwent no change requiring notice . In bond nothing whatever was done . Flour hung heavily on hand , and ship marks were rather easier to buy . Superior malting barley was scarce , and selected qualities brought fully previous prices ; secondary descriptions were on the other hand very unsaleable , and barley supported former _, terms . Malt being on hand , the sapply exceeded the demand . Though factors acceded to a decline of 6 d . to Is . per qr : on most kinds of oats , the dealers did not buy freely , and only a moderato clearance was made . Eeans moved off tardily at about Monday ' s terms . Peas were held firmly , but the demand wa _' s not lively . With constant arrivals of red clover seed from abroad , prices of thc article have tended downwards . The inquiry for white has also been slow , and to-day there was very little doing . Othei sorts of seeds in retail request at former terms .
CURRENT PRICES OF GRAIN , PER IMPERIAL QUARTER _.-JSrifw _/ i . s s s s Wheat , Essex , k Kent , new & old red 42 48 White 51 54 Norfolk and Liueoln . ... do 43 4 G Ditto 48 58 Novthum . and Scotch white . 41 46 Fine 48 52 Irish red old 0 0 Red 41 U .. White 45 48 Rye Old 88 85 _Kew 81 32 _Bi-ank 8 « 8 * Barley Grinding . . 27 29 Distil . 30 82 Malt . 34 38 Malt Brown .... 54 56 Pale 58 63 Wave' S 4 65 Beans Ticks old tb new 31 84 Harrow 38 38 Pigeon 88 42 Peas Grcv 33 88 _Mapla 3 S 85 White 86 40 Oats Lincolns & Yorkshire Feed 22 24 Poland 23 28 , Scotch Angus 23 25 Potato 25 27 . Irish White 21 22 Black 21 22 Per 2801 b . net . s si Per 280 lb . net . s s Town-made Flour . . . 45 45 | Norfolk & Stockton 38 34 Esses and Kent . , , , 34 S 5 _( Irish 84 3 a Free . Bond .
j _Toragn . s s . _s Wheat , Dantsic , Konigsburg , & c 50 fiO 80 40 Marks , Mecklenburg 48 54 * 2 85 Danish , Holstein , and Friesland red 44 47 30 SI Russian , Hard 45 4 G Soft . . . 45 47 28 SO Italian , Red . . 46 SO White ... 50 52 33 34 Spanish , ITard . 46 SO Soft ... . 48 52 52 81 Rve , Baltic , Dried , . . . 31 32 Pndriod . . 31 32 21 2-1 Bavlev , Grinding . 27 29 Molting . . 83 34 24 SO Beans , Ticks . . 32 34 Egyptian . 31 33 2 C 30 Peas , White . . 36 38 Maple . . 33 34 28 30 Oats , Dutch , Brew and Thick 24 2 G 19 21 Russian feed ,,,,,, , 21 23 15 16 Danish , Friesland feed 21 23 15 17 Flour , per barrel 25 28 20 21
London Smithfield Market , Jan . C . —The export season having been pretty generally brought to a close in Holland , in consequence of thc various ports being blocked up with ice , it is now placed _boyOud a doubt that the imports of live stock from the Conti-
London Corn Exchange, Monday, Deo. 6.—Th...
i « _nentjjor some time henj » , _jmUJbe on _ayeryjuniited scale . " _^ 0 n loolung ' over _% o _^ 'fof"ih ' _opaWyeafX _« fiieli will be found below ) we find they have considerably exceeded those of 1842 and 1843 , both as respects numbers and quality ; and it appears to us quite evident , from the exertions now making by the foreign graziers to improve the condition of . their bcaa . ts . and sheep , that the importations for 1845 . will be much larger than we have ever before noticed . In the week just concluded 16 sheep and 18 oxen and cowa have been received for this market , and which were _difl . posed of on Friday last . With this exception , no arrivals have taken place into any of the ports of the United Kingdom . The official returns of the _importationsof beasts and sheep give the following results : —
_FKOJf dec . 31 to jaw , i _, 1845 . ¦ Beasts . Sheep . London 25 S 1 1814 , Hull 1690 115 Liverpool ... 81 ?' Southampton ,,, „• 193 g ; Totals 4405 2603 To-day there were only 4 beasts and 8 sheep on sale from abroad ; but , as they were somewhat out of condition , they attracted very little attention . Although there was only a moderate number of beasts offering in to-day ' s market , the principal portion of which was of very middling quality , the demand for that description of stock , notwithstanding wc had a fair attendance of buyers , was extremely inactive . The
few prime Scots offering were mostl y disposed of at prices about equal to those obtained on Monday last ; but thc value of most other breeds was lower by 2 d . per 81 b ., and even at that amount of depression a clearance was not effected . There were very few serious cases of disease apparent amongst the beasts , yet Ihey camo to hand somewhat out of condition . The sheep were , generally speaking , in . good order , and their weight was equal to that of most former seasons . For the time of year , the supply of sheep was rather limited . Prime old downs were in fab request , and last week ' s quotations were steadily supported . All other breeds wero . on full sale , though not cheaper . The supply of calves was quite equal to the . demand , which ruled somewhat inactive , at previous quotations . There were upwards of 200 pigs on sale from Ireland . Prime small English were in fair request , but other qualities being heavily on hand , at late prices . .
By the quantities of 31 b ., sinking the offal . s . d . a . d Inferior coarse beasts ... 2 G S 10 Second quality . . . . 3 0 3 4 Prime large oxen . . . 3 6 3 8 Prime Scots , isc 8 10 4 2 Coarse inferior sheep . . . 2 8 2 10 Second quality . - . . . 3 0 3 6 Prime coarse woolled . . . 3 S 3 10 Primo Southdown . . . 4 0 4 4 Large coarse calros . . . . 3 4 4 0 Prime small 4 2 4 4 Suckling calves each . . . 18 0 SO 0 Large hogs 3 0 3 6 Neat small porlters . ... 88 4 Quarter-old _store pigs each . . 16 0 29 0
CORN AVERAGES . —General average prices of British corn for the week ended Jan . 4 , 1845 , made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in thc different cities aud towns in Eugland and Wales , per imperial quarter . Wheat .. 45 s . 3 d . I Oats :... 21 s : lOd : I Deans ' .. 3 Gs . Id . Barley .. 34 s . 2 d . | Ryo .... S 3 s \ 9 d , _| Pease . 3 Cs . Id . SMrnmELD ILvYHAKiuiTS . —Coarse Meadow Hay , £ 3 10 s to £ 4 15 s ; Useful ditto , £ 4 IGs to £ o 4 s ; fine Upland , ditto , £ 5 5 s to £ 5 10 s ; Clover Hav , £ 4 10 s to £ 6 ; Oat Straw , £ 114 s to £ 1 IGs ; Wheat Straw , £ 1 IGs to £ 1 18 s per load . A fair average supply , and a steady demand . Meat Markets , Southall , Jan . 8 . — "We had rather a steady demand for the priinest beasts and sheep , but all other kinds of stock , which were in fair
average supply , were a dull sale , at barely stationary prices . Beef , from 2 s lOd to 4 s ; mutton , 2 s 8 d to 4 s 4 d ; veal , 3 s Gd to 4 »; and pork , 2 s 8 d to 3 s 8 d per 8 lbs ., to sink the offal . Supply : —beasts , 40 ; sheep , 1 , 450 ; calves , 41 ; pigs , 52 . Romford , Jan . 8 . —Generally speaking , we had a very inactive demand here this morning , and the rates were with difficulty supported . Beef , from 2 s 8 d to 4 s ; mutton , 2 s lOd to 4 s 4 d ; veal , 3 s 6 d to 4 s ; and pork , 3 s to 3 s 8 d per 81 bs . ' Sucking calves . 18 s to . 30 s ; quarter-old store pigs , 16 s to 20 s ; ana milch cows , with their small calf , £ 16 to £ 19 each . " . ' Hailsham , Jan . 8 . —We had a very dull inquiry for stock , the quotations of which had a downward tendency . Beef , from 2 s lOd to 4 s 2 d ; mutton , 3 s to 4 s 4 d ; veal , 3 s 6 d to 4 s ; and pork , 3 s to 3 s 6 d per 81 bs .
_Akt odel , Jan . 7 . —Beef , from Ss to 4 s ; niutton , 3 s to 4 s 4 d £ veal ; . 3 s 6 d to 3 s lOd ; and pork , 3 s to 3 a 6 d per 81 bs . Supply but moderate , and trade dull , Chichester , Jan . 8 . —Thero was a scanty show of prime stock , which in consequence supported previous _njurcs . The value of other kinds was lower , Bp _** from 2 s Sd to 4 s 2 d ; mutton , 3 s to 4 s 4 d 5 veal , 3 s 4 d to 4 s ,- and pork , 2 s lOd to 3 s Cd per 81 bs . Suckling calves , 18 s to 28 s ; _quai-tar-old Store Pigs , 16 s to 10 s ; and Milch Cow » , £ 16 to £ 18 10 s each . Coal Market . _—Pricei per ton at the close of the inaYket 5 . .--ri ' addle ' 9 'WeBtllavtley , 20 a ; Carr ' _aHartley 20 s ; Charlotte Main , 21 s ; Easting ' s Hartley , 20 s : Holvwell Main , 21 s ; Hcdley's Hartley , 17 s ; Old Poiitop , 19 s 6 d ; Ord ' s Redheugh , 19 s ; Taylor ' s West Hartley , 20 s ; Tovmley , 19 s 6 d ; Wylam , 20 s 9 d ; W . _^ BJPBft 2 S I _W _; 2 ., _Cmmnna _^ _i 20 s ; W . £ ., _Clennell _, 20 s 6 d ; W . E ., Gogforth 22 Heaton 219 d _i £ xieaionzis
s ; W . E ., , s j W . E ., Hilda , 2 . 1 s 6 d £ _«> ; » . ,., , uu j w . n ; ., Hilda , 2 . 1 s od ; W . _£ ., Hotspur , 21 s Gd ; W , E _,, IulliugwortL 21 s 6 d ; W . ' E . Wharncliffe , 2 _ls 9 d ; Eden Main ! 22 s ; W . E ., Belmont , 22 s 6 d ; W . t » ., Braddyll ' s Hetton , 24 s ; W . E ., Hetton , 22 s ; W . E ., ILwell , 24 a . ; W . E _... Hetton ,. 24 s ; Hytton , 22 s ; Lambton , 24 s ; Morrison , , 21 s Gd ; Shotton , 24 s ; Stewart ' s , 24 s ; Whitwell , ' 22 s Gd ; iCaradoc , 23 s Gd ; Cassop , 23 s Gd ; Hartlepool , 23 s 9 d ; Ileselden , 21 s Gd ; Heugh Hall , 22 s Gd ; Keiloe , 23 s 9 d ; South Hartlepool , 23 s ; South Keiloe , 23 s-6 d ; Adelaide , 23 s Cd ; Bitchburn , 22 s ; Gordon , ¦ 20 s 0 d ,- Seymour Tees , 23 s ; Tees , 23 s Gd ; _. Wcst . Hetton , 21 s ; Cowpen Hartley , 20 s 6 d : GarnautStone ,, 26 s- ; LewissMerthyr , 21 sGd ; Moreton ' sMilfordStone ,, 26 s ; . Townhill Elgin , 19 s Gd ; Welch Channel , 35 s . ; West Hartley , Netherton , 20 s ; West Hartley , 19 s Cd , —Ships arrived , 52 , "
Manchester Cokk Market , Saturday , Jan . 4 . — During the week the trade has been in a lifeless state ; and in the absence of demand , beyond that for present consumption , no change can be noted in the value of any article . At our market this mom-Ingthe inquiry for wheat was very limited , and we repeat our quotations , nominally , as on this day se'nnight . Flour was in but moderate request : no reduction in prices can , however , be noted . Thc demand for oats was on the most limited scale , and the previous currency was not obtainable . For oatmeal there was a fair consumptive demand , at full prices
but the scarcity of the article caused a limitation to the business which woidd otherwise have been done . Beans were only a slow sale . ¦ State of Trade . —The improvement which we noticed in this market last week was fully sustained yesterday , when the demand both for yarn and goods was considerable ; and the market being exceedingly bare of stock ,: purchasers were compelled , in some cases , - . to _ijive , for immediate delivery , an advance of _£ d . toid . per pound on yarn , and of lid . to 3 d . ' per piece on 40-inch shirtings . Many contracts for future delivery have also been made at full previous rates . —Manchester Guardian , of Wednesday .
LivERrooii Cor > j Exchange , Tuesday , Jan . 7 . —A change of wind has brought up a numerous fleet of vessels the last three days , and our import list shows a large supply of thc chief articles of thc trade . The trade has continued to exhibit much the same want of animation that we have had occasion to notice for several weeks past . Foreign wheat has been held at previous rates ; but on Friday new was sold on rather easier terms .: Flour has moved slowly , and has barely sustained tho prices of hist Tuesday . Oats havo still met a very limited demand ; and , at the close of the week , a parcel or two of good mealing were disposed of at 3 s . to 3 s . Id . per 451 b . Oatmeal had only a moderate sale , without ehaiigo as to price .
In barley or peas , we have had . little . passing . A small parcel or two of Egyptian beans have been sold at 33 s . Gd . per 4801 b . There was a good choice of Irish new grain at to-day ' s market , with a moderate attendance of buyers . The best descriptions of wheat realised Os . lOd . per 701 b ., which was thc top quotation last Tuesday ; but thc secondary qualities were Id . to 2 d . per 701 b . cheaper . Prices of _llour did not vary . _Oats-wewi _oflerins Id . per bushel lower , and the business in this article was not large ; at the same time , there did not appear to be much disposition to press stiles . Oatmeal met a fair demand at a decline of about 3 d . per load . No change in the value of barley , beans , or peas .
_LivEsrooi , _Cavile Market , Monday , Jan . 6 . — We have had a smaller supply of beasts at market to-day than last week ;' of sheep about the same . Beef met with dull sale at from'Sid to _52 d per lb . Mutton in good demand at from o _£ d . to ( Hd . per lb . — Cattle imported into Liverpool ,-from ' the 30 th Pec . to the 6 th Jan ,: —Cows , 1 , 087 ; Calves , 43 ; Sheep , 3 , 135 ; Lambs , 2 ; Pigs , 4 , 791 ; Horses , 17 . Maltox Corn Market , Jan . 4 . —We had a fair quantity of grain offering- to this day ' s market . Wheat of good quality , at last week's prices ' ; _inferior rather lower . ' In barley and oats no alteration . — Wheat , red , 44 s . to 4 Ss . ; old ditto , 50 s . to 52 s . ; ditto , white , 50 s . to 58 s ; old ditto , 53 s . to 58 s . per qr . of 40 stones . Barley 28 s . to 32 s . per qr . of 32 st . Oats , Did . to lOld . per stone .
Leeds _Cokx Market , _Tuesbat , Jan . 7 . — Our arrivals here this week are fair , but not large , _considering tbe detention . The Wheat trade is again slow ; -lastweek ' _slates-are , however , generally demanded for all dry qualities , but thc demand is only to a moderate extent , and a small decline-is conceded upon damp and secondary qualities . Fine Barley is m rather better request at last week ' s prices , wilile ftU other sorts remain very dull . Oats and Beans as last noted . j Leeds Cloth Markets . —There has been a fair business-season considered—at the Cloth Halls this week ; the transactions in the warehouses but flat . A general improvement , however , is confidently looked for .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 11, 1845, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_11011845/page/7/
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