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      _"" . _-Wotravc in our last an account ofthe shameless feud dignified with the title of the "Holy Tunic , " now _exh ibiting at Treves . The Boman Catholic Bishop _Absoidi , determined , it appears , that no -means should he left untried to induce the Germans to stultify themselves hy paying for peeping at his " old clo , " has had the shameless audacity to declare that , " Whoever is able to walk , and does not go to wortHp the Holy Coat , cannot see God , _andshcHnoiinherit eternal life ! " After this threat , so powerful over an ignorant and fanatical population , it is no wonder that tens of thousands of peasants , and even fools of a higher class , should be found to do homage at the shrine of priestly fraud and plunder . The consequence has been that thousands have reduced themselves to beggary and miserv to ensure a title to

      heaven by adoration of the relic at Treves . It is stated that above a million of human beings have already been the victims of i 3 iis infamous imposture . No admirers of priests , and hating the craft of the entire batch of " all denominations" "— -we neverthe less admit that there are many conscientious , virtnons , and exemplary individuals to be found in all sects . One such it is our pleasing duty to introduce to our readers . This honest and brave man is Jons _Roxg-b , priest at Laurahutte , in Silesia . Seeing through , and knowing , the fraud practiced by Bishop Arnoidi on Ms dupes , Jons Roses addressed a letter to the Bishop denouncing the imposture , and calling on Ms cMcf to put an end to the scandal forthwith . The following is a copy of the letter ¦ whieh las appeared in most of the German

      newspapers : — That which but for a time sounded to our ears like a -mere fable , a mere talc—namely , that Bishop Amoldiof Treves has exhibited a garment , called the coat of Christ , for veneration and religious spectacle—you , Christians of the nineteenth century , have already heard of it ; you , gentlemen of Germany , know of it ; you , teachers of the German nation and of religion , have now been informed , that this frenzy is not a fable or a tale , but a reality antl truth . Five hundred thousand persons have already , _accordin-j to the latest account , made their pilgrimage to this relic , and thousands more are daily _flocldn-j hither , especially since it became known that the above-mentioned garment has healed the sick , and worked miracles ! The fame of this occurrence runneth through the length and breadth of all nations ; whilepriests , in France , have asserted , tliat they were in possession of the real coat of

      Christ , the one in Treves being false . Truly here may be applied the words— " He who does not lose his reason at some moments hasnone tolose . " Pivehundred thousand persons , five hundred thousand Germans , have already hastened to Treves , for the sate of venerating and seeing a garment . The greatest part of this multitude of pilgrims are of the lowest orders ; and besides this , they are exceedingly poor , oppressed , Ignorant , dull , superstitions , and degenerated ; they desist from cultivating their fields , withdraw themselves from their trades , from the care of their household , from the education of their children : and aU this they do for the purpose of journeying to Treves to partake of an idol's festival , to participate in an -unworthy spectacle exhibited by the Roman hierarchy . Tes , it is an idol ' s festival ; for many thousands of the credulous multitude are thus misled , anil offer devotion and veneration , owed exclusively to God , to a garment , the work of man's hands !

      . And what are the hurtful consequences of these pilgrimages ! Thousands of the pilgrims starve themselves to procure the money necessary for the journey , and to make an offering for their spiritual enjoyment—a sight of the holy coat By deprivation or _Heggary they obtain their money ; and , after their return , suffer hunger , want , or become sick , from the exertions of their journey . These external injuries are great , exceeding great , but far greater are the moral injuries . "WiU not many have Teconrsetouniairmeans , In order to extricate themselves from the difficulties they have faUen into through their expenses ? Many matrons and maidens sacrifice the purify of their hearts , their chastity and good name , destroying their peace , happiness , and the welfare of their families .

      Br this unchristian-like spectacle , a door is widely opened for superstition , for merits by works , for -Smatidsm , and for vices of all descriptions connected with it . This is the so-called blessing promoted hy the exhibition of the holy coat , notwithstanding the dispute of its reality or falsity . And he who exhibits this garment , the work of man ' s hands , for veneration and public show , is leading astray the religious affection of the credulous aud ignorant , who are deficient in intellect ; he is promoting _superetifio-aand-nciousness , cunningly drawing tlieir property from fhe poor starving people , and exposing the German nation to the mockery of other countries ; tliis man is drawing closer the thunder clouds , whieh hang already heavy and dark over our heads . The man I speak of is a bishop , a German bishop , Bishop Arnoldi , of Treves .

      Bishop Arnoldi , of Treves , whilst addressing your Lordship , 1 can wpon you , "by the authority of my office and vocation as a priest—in the name of all Christendom , and as a German national teacher—in the name of the German nation , and in tbe name of all national instructors , lo abolish the unchristian-like spectacle of the exhibition of fhe holy coat , to conceal fhe garment from the public view , and to avoid making the offence greater than it already is ! For do you not know—as a bishop you ought to knowit—that the author of the Christian religion has not left his coat , but lus spirit , to his disciples and followers ? Christ ' s coat , my friend , Bishop Arnoldi , of Treves , is the property of Ms executioners . Bo you not "know as a bishop yon ought to know it—that Christ has taught , " God is a spirit , and they that worship him must

      worship him in spirit and in truth ? " And God can be honoured , not only in the temple at Jerusalem , on the mount _G-jriam , or Treves , near the holy coat , but _everywhere ! Bo you not know—as a bishop you ought to knowit—that the Gospel expressly prohibits the veneration of every image and relic ? Do you not know that the Christians ofthe Apostolic age , and during thc first three _oeutunes _^ _suSne'l neither an image ( though they might have had many ) nor a relic in their churches ? Do you not know that the -veneration of images and relics is heathenish , and on that account the heathen has been derided by the fathers of the first three centuries i It is said , for example ( Div . Inst . IL , c . 2 ) , "The images ought

      the rather , if they had life , to Tenerate the men by whom they have been formed , and the practice of the contrary ought not to be allowed . ( See intelligunt homines _meptissum , quod si sentire simulacra et moveri ppssent , adoratura homineni fuissent , a quo sunt expolita . " ) Finally , do you not " know—as a bishop you ought to know this as well—that the healthy and vigorous mind of fhe German nation did not become so degraded as to worship relics until the crusades of the thirteenth and fourteenth century , and then only was its noble idea of the Divine Befog , * w"hich had treenimpressed upon it hy the Christian religion , darkened by all kinds of fables and tales brought from the East ?

      And now , my friend , Bishop Arnoldi , of Treves , you are , I am persuaded , convinced of all this , and understand it probably better than I am able to unfold to you . Ton are well aware of the consequences which the idolatrous veneration of relics and other superstitions have brought npon Germany , viz ,, its spiritual , as well as its outward or visible bondage : and yet you boldly exhibit your relic for pnblic veneration . But if , perhaps , von did not know all this , and your only object in the exhibition of this relic was the salvation of Christendom , you would still have laden a double guilt on your conscience , from wliich you cannot clear yourself . In the'first place , it is unpardonable of you , that if the said garment _xeaUj possessesa power of healing , you should have

      with"holden it from suffering mankind until the year 1 S 44 . And in tlic nest place , it is unpardonable to take ohlations of monev from the hundreds of thousands of pilgrims . In other words , is it not unpardonable of you , as ahhihop , to take money from the starving poor of our people Have you not had occasion to observe only a few weeks ago , that hundreds have been driven b y want to desperate revolts , and ha ve become the victims of death ? Besides , let me caution you not to be deceived by thc flocMng together of hundreds of thousands ; believe me , that whilst hundreds of thousands of Germans , full of ardour , are hastening to Treves , millions like myself are left behind , filled with deep horror and bitter vexation at your unworthy spectacle .

      This irritation is existing now not only among the various ranks ofthe community , but even the learned / yea , even theBoman Catholic priesthood , are disgusted with it . Be assured the judgment of God will certainly overtake you sooner than you suspect . The historian already seizes his pen , making known your name , Arnoldi , for contempt to the present age and to posterity by marking you as the Tctzel ofthe nineteenth century ! But to you , my dear and worthy fellow-countrymen , either far from or near to Treves , put forth all your powers , that no more disgrace may be put upon the nation of Germany . Tou have magistrates , churchwardens , sheriffs , Arc . "Well ! let them be your cooperators . Let every one of you strive energetically aud _deteroiucdly to stop and o overthrow the tyrannical puv . erof theRomanhierarchy . Moderniudulgeaces , you are aware , are carried on , not only at Treves , but also in ihe eastaud westin the north andsoufh ; the gathering of

      money for rosaries , mass , remission , funerals , ifcc , and the increasing darkness of the night , consume the reflecting firmament of _spii-ituality . Be ye all , Catholics as well as Protestants , resolved to engage in this good work , and to contend for our honour , our liberty , our happiness . Do -not provoke , 1 entreat you , the manes of your forefathers , who threw open the Capitol of Home , and established th * -lonnnion of truth in Germany . I again _bed eck _jou _, uo not suffep the laurel-crowns of a Huss , _Hutten , and Luther to be dishonoured . Give utterance to yonr thoughts in words , rod manifest your approval _iinaU y _, _addresang vou , mv fellow colleagues , whose anxious desire is the welfare * of your congregation , the honour , liberty , and the happiness _' of the German nation ; do not keep ahaiee _^ j _^ ] est J 0 n glM ) uM sm _agamst Christ ' s Church / against your father ' s eountry , _JMranut yonr own office , 0 y delay . In conclusion , I repeat , show yourselves as true disciples _of-Him who Became a saennce to redeem the world _andletfbrUi truth , light ,

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      and liberty -prove yourselves as those who have inherited Chnsfcs _spint instead of his outward garment . Johannes Ronge , Catholic Priest _, laurahutte ( Silesia ) , Oct . 1 . N oonebuttheraostvfretchedfanatic , whateverbehis creed or no creed , we will venture to assert , can read thealiovegallantinanifesto _butwillfeelthemostiutense admiration of its author . The denunciations of this modem Luther pierce like two-edged swords ; and his appeals to the free mind of Germany , Catholic as well as Protestant , sound like the clang of a thousand

      trumpets bidding the nations riBe against the " miserable old chimera of a Pope" and his unredeemable tyranny . It will be seen that Johs Rosoe intimates that the French priests say they have the true " old clo . " And we understand that there are not less than seventeen (' . _'pother coats , all said to be the seamless coat of Jesus Christ , kept at different places . One thing is certain , that the Russian Church puts in her claim to be the possessor of the only true and veritable " old clo , " aa the following extract from a letter from Moscow will testify : —

      It is perhaps not known in Germany that , besides the holy tunic of Treves , we possess in our Cathedral of the Assumption a piece of the Lord ' s tunic . It is of linen cloth , of a _yehow colour , and the fabric very coarse . After the conquest of Grusinie the Schah took away this fragment from the church of Mzhat , and eventually presented it as a _eodeau to the Czar Michael Federowitch . A portion of it is still preserved in the Imperial Chapel of St . Petersburg !! . At the baptism of every member of the Imperial family a small fragment Is placed in the cross which is worn by all true believers on their naked bosoms from the hour of tlieir birth until their descent into the grave , as a sort of holy talisman !

      So we presume , Nick the younger , the wholesale murderer and woman-flogger , Victoria ' s pet and Sir R . Psel ' s " mighty sovereign , " had a bit of this "holy coat" —the Russian one , on his precious person , to protect him from the vengeance of Poland ' s sons , at the time of his -visit to this country . What a pity but that the Post-office Focche had been aware of this ! It might have saved him the trouble , and England the disgrace , of opening Captain _SiOLZUAs ' sletters , seeing that Nick must , —thanks to the Russian priests , —be ball-proof . Indeed he must be more fortunate than tbe famed AcmiiEs , such a talisman being no doubt quite as effective in protecting fhe heel as the head ! Our readers will be curious to learn the result of

      the honest priest's letter . The immediate result was his own condemnation and excommunication by his superiors . But such men as John Hosge are made of stuff too stern to be awed by the thundei _* s of ecclesiastical despotism ; accordingly he followed up his letter—wliich letter has been circulated to an enormous amount—by a pamphlet addressed to the lower orders of the Romish clergy , calling upon them to unite their exertions with him to reform the German Catholic Church , and render it independent of Roman domination . This has been followed up by a formal separation of himself and followers from the Romish Church , and the adoption of a "confession of faith " and declaration of principles , of which the following is a copy , taken from the Silesian Gazette , dated Breaku , Feb . 10 th : —

      DECLABAMOS , ic . 1 . We throw offthe allegianceto the Bishop of Home and his whole establishment . 2 . * We maintain fiill liberty of conscience , and contemn every compulsion , falsehood , and hypocrisy . 3 . The basis and the contents of the Christian belief are the Bible . 4 . The free investigation and interpretation is not to be restrained by external authority . 5 . As the essential contents of our faith , we lay down the following symbols : — "I believe in God the Father , who has created the world by his omnipotent word , and who governs it in wisdom , justice , and love . I believe in Jesus Christ our Saviour , who , by his doctrine , his life , and death , has saved us from bandage and sin , I believe in the working ofthe Holy Ghost on earth , a holy universal Christian Church , forgiveness of sin , and life everlasting . Amen . "

      G . We recognise only two sacraments as instituted by Christ , Baptism and the lord's Supper . 7 . We uphold infant baptism , and receive , by solemn act of confirmation , as self-acting members of the congregation , those persons who are sufficiently instructed in the doctrines of faith . 8 . The Lord ' s Supper will be distributed to the congregation , as instituted by Christ , iu both forms . Aurieul & confession is rejected . 9 . We recognise marriage as an institution ordained by God , and therefore to he kept holy by man ; we maintain for it the sanction of the Church , and consider , with regard to the conditions and restrictions applying to it , the laws ofthe State alone as binding .

      10 . we believe and confess that Christ is the only mediator between God and man ; we reject , therefore , the invocation of saints , the adoration of relics and images , the remission of sins by the priest , and all pilgrimages . il . We believe that the so-called good works have only value in so far as they are the emanation of Christian sentiments ; we reject , therefore , all commands of fasting . 12 . We believe and confess that it is fhe first duty of the Christian to manifest his faith by works of Christian love .

      On the tenets ofthe new sect we shall say nothing , other than , that did they contain of good only the renunciation of that horrible engine of tyranny , auricular confession , the " New Reformation" would be worthy the good wishes of all lovers of truth and freedom . 13 ut it will be seen that the reforms of the new sect are not confined to this one point ; and the movement is -undoubtedly one pregnant with important consequences for the human race—a '' sign of the times , " proclaiming the advance of reason , and the ultimate downfall of superstition and priestcraft . Contemporaneously with this movement of Rojjge and his followers , another priest , Czerski , who stands at the head of a German Catholic community in Schneidemuhl , in Prussia , has abandoned auricular

      confession , and carries out the principles contained in the above declaration . In Bromberg , it is stated , the excitement in favour ' of the new church is very great ; and from Konisberg an address has been sent to Czeiiski , signed by the most influential men in East and West Prussia , including several professors of the University , the chaplain of the garrison , teachers aud directors of schools , and several _"Oietabers of the upper law courts . On the other hand , the champions ofthe " old clo , " are not idle . The priests are thundering from the altars against the new heresy , and inducing their dupes to burn _Roxgk's manifesto—the usual priestly

      mode of answering opponents , except when they dared to bum their opponents themselves instead of thehv writings . Letters from Coblentz announce that Bishop Aiixoi . ni , unabashed by the exposureof his impostures , has had the brazen assurance to issue an ordinance to liis clergy , announcing that _hehas resolved to institute ft special holiday in honour of the " holy garments , " and the other " valuable relics , " namely , the " M « _i _& "andthe "spear" ( I ); and that this fete shall be celebrated on the "Wednesday following the third Sunday after Easter . What a glorious earnival of fools that day will witness ! Well , well ; no matter—so as they bring grist to the bishop ' s mill : —

      "If humbug'd thus the rabble choose to be , Why let them , since it brings the chink to me ; There ' s none so blind as those who will not see !" Thus stand matters at present . Other subjects will claim our attention next week ; but we shall watch the new movement , and report progress on a future occasion . _CoxsEcnATio-s op Pdtrefactio _* _- _* . — The modern Aceldama of Spafields—the field of corruption , not of blood—will be purified . The loathsome trade of the ghouls who claim a vested right in it will be interdicted , f or it is only private property . There are other grave-yards in the metropolis quite as noxious , but they are the property of the Church . The

      heaped-up putrefaction of St . Bride ' s is consecrated ground , and that perennial fountain of typhus and typhoids-must be left _imcleansed . Sound Protestants are scandalised at the superstition which can consecrate dead men ' s hones ; yet sound Protestants can tolerate the consecration of rottenness . Now that the stench of Spafields has penetrated into thc recesses ofthe Home-office , and forced the Home Secretary to act , it is to be hoped his interference will not be confined to one of the plague depots of the metropolis . The church which has cast bones out of its chancel ought not to be allowed to keep rotten flesh in its vaults . The religion which disclaims all sacrifice ought not to be made a pretext for perpetuating such horrid bumt-offerings as those of Clerkenwell .

      The first and greatest of the Patriarchs desired to bury liis dead out of his sight : why should the men of this generation insist that the _public at large should perpetually nose their dead in the lobby ? Common sense suggests that we should cease to bury among the crowded thoroughfares of men , and that we should also remove the decomposing frames that have already been deposited there . And here sentiment comes in aid of common sense . These relics of mortality , if removed to some distance from the metropolis , will be allowed to rest : if left in their present depositories , they will , when sufficiently softened by decay , be dug up , pounded , and mixed like mortar , by the rude shovels of the gravediggers , and sacrificed by incremation to the demon of " vested rights . _"Sijectator .

      Miracles of the _Puesext Day by IIollowat s Puis .- —The wonderful powers possessed by these extraordinary Pills arc such as to perform the most astonishing cures in almost every disease . They remove most complaints that thc faculty pronounce to be incurable . All cases of debilitated constitutions are by then * use completely invigorated . The nervous , the delicate , and weak , are made strong . The daughter centering into womanhood , or the mother at the turn of life , is sure alike to derive unspeakable benefit or even might be indebted for thepreservation of life itself to the use of this mighty medicine . It also effectually cures all bilious , liver , and stomach complaints .

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      _Agriculture ana - _lortiriilfiiit

      Field-Garden Operations, For The Week En...

      FIELD-GARDEN OPERATIONS , For the Week ending Monday , March 18 th , 1844 . [ Extracted from a Diart of Actual Operations on a number of small farms in Sussex and Yorkshirei published by Mr . John Nowell of Farnley Tyas , near Huddersfield , Yorkshire , as a guide to other possessors of field-garden farms to the labours which ought to be taken on their own lands . Thc farms selected as models , are—First . That of the Willingdon school , five acres in extent , conducted by G . Cruttenden . Second . The Eastdean school , also five acres , near Beachy Head , conducted by John Hams . Third . That of Jesse Piper , consisting of four acres , at Cruttenden . Fourth . That of John Dumbrell , a farm of six acres , at Jevington , near Beachy Head . Fifth . An industrial school farm at Slaithwaite , near Huddersfield . Sixth and Seventh . Two small model farms at the same place , occupied on the estate of the Earl of Dartmouth , by Charles Varley and John

      Barnford . The consecutive operations in these reports will enable the curious reader to compare the climate and agricultural value of the south with the north of England . The Diary is aided by _« ' Notes and Observations " from the pen of Mr . Nowell , calculated for the time and season , which we subjoin . Note . —The school farms are cultivated by boys , who in return for three hours' teaching in the morning , gm tliKe hours Of their labour in the afternoon . for the masters' benefit , which renders the schools selfsupporting . We believe that at Farnley Tyas _sixseventlts of the produce of the school farm is to be the boys , one-seventh the inaster _' s , who will receive the usual school fees , help the boys to cultivate their land , and tcachthem , in addition to reading , writing , & c ., to convert their produce into bacon , by attending to pig-keeping , which at Christmas may be . divided , after paying rent and levy , amongst them , in proportion to their services , and reach their parents , in a way the most grateM to their feelings .

      Remember , if we would improve society , we must begin with the unsophisticated young ones . ]

      SUSSEX . Monday—WiUingdon School , Hoys digging the third time for white carrots . _Eetstdean School . Boys rolling and treading the wheat , and gathering stones . Piper . Sowing oats , —always select a fine time for doing it if you can . DumbreU . Drilling oats , sowing cabbage seed , digging . Tuesday—WiUingdon School . Boys digging as before . Eastdean School . Boys digging for oats , planting potatoes with manure , gathering roots and stones . Piper . Sowing oats , —the white oat answers best for me . Dumbrell . Drilling oats , sowing carrots and parsnips in the garden , rolling wheat , and digging . "Wednesday— WiUingdon School . Boys digging as before . Eastdean School . Boys carrying out the pigstye tank liquid to the mangel wurzel ground , weeding clover . . Piper . Hoeing onions . Dumbrell .

      Digging , harrowing oats . Thursday— WiUingdon School . Boys harrowing , and rolling ground for carrots . Eastdean School . Boys digging , planting potatoes with manure , placing beans , and hoeing the cabbages . Piper . Preparing ground for carrots . Dumbrell . Digging , drilling oats . Friday— WiUingdon School , Boys harrowing , and rolling carrot ground . Eastdean School . Boys taking in the last oat rick , clearing up , and planting potatoes with manure . Piper . Preparing ground for carrots . Dumbrell . Digging , and drilling oats . Saturday—WiUingdon School . Boys sowing spring tares , harrowing and dressing after it . Eastdean School . Boys timisking oats , clearing up rick , cleaning out pails and school , and clearing oats . Piper . Sowing carrots , —a very proper time . Dumbrell . Digging , and drilling oats .

      YORKSHIRE , Slaithwaite Tenants . —C . Varley says , "We have had stormy weather since January ; no work could be done on the land . " Digging for oats this week , wheat stubble for turnips , gathering stones . John Bamford , sowed tares . He says , " This week the weather has improved considerably ; the snow has partially left _^ our fields , and in BOme situations , and \ n certain conditions of the ground , farm labour has been performed ; for instance , old loa has been turned up for oats , hut such as was dug in autumn , has , up to Friday , been in far too wet a state to work . James Bamford , digging for tares , removing clay .

      NOTES AND OBSEftVATIONS . BARLEY . —[ Seed sown , broadcast , three and a half bushels ; in drills , two and a half bushels : for soiling six -b ushels per acre . ]—Barley comes best after turnips or other green crops . It is better suited to follow such crops than either wheat or oats . At Eastbourne it is sown in drills ; but generally broadcast in the north of England . Roll the sward well after the plants are above ground , Use the steep recommended for oats , with the addition of a few pounds of nitrate of soda , or cubic petre . Let the seed be parted with gypsum , and sown immediately . Italian Eye _Guass . — [ Seed sown , three er four bushels per acre . ]—Sow Italian rye grass seed any time from the first to the end of March , after winter or spring wheat , barley and oats . Let the plant grow alone . It is a glutton . It must be harrowed with the bush , or rolled in . No manure is applied until cut the first time , when tank liquid is used , after the rate of 25 gallons to the rod .

      Red Clover . —[ Seed sown , 121 bs . of red clover , and one peck of common rye-grass , per acre . ]—After your spring wheat , oats , or barley , has been sown , harrow twice , and work the soil as fine as possible ; this process being favourable to the growth of small seeds . Divide your clover seed into two portions , adw one half lengthways , the other half across , then give a light harrowing , and roll the land well . Clover . sowing on winter wheat may be done earlier , should the weather prove favourable ; a bush , or common light harrow , may then pass over , to cover the seeds , after which the land must be well rolled .

      [ Through our good and valued friend , Mr . Joseph Thornton , of Paddock , near Huddersfield , we have received a note from Mr . Nowell , the compiler ofthe Jouexal of Operatioxs from which we make weekly _extroets , which with more than ordinary pleasure we communicate to thepublic . It proves the writer to be that which we estimated him—a sincere and disinterested friend to the . labourer . With his Whiggery as defined in this note we perfectl y agree , and would hail the day that saw all the Whigs avow the same principles and take a similar mode of reducing them to practice as Mr . Nowell . Then , indeed , we opine " party bickering" woidd cease , and " party spirit " be unknown _^ Here is Mr . Nowell ' s note ; thc suggestion contained in it shall be adopted , and carried out next week : — Farnley Wood , near "Huddersfield , March 1 th , 184 S .

      Dear Sir , —Thank you for the Northern Star . The Editor says that I shall appreciate his intention in making extracts from my little Manual ; or rather in reprinting the whole of It In the Star . I do so j and thinlc that it may prove beneficial to his readers , and be a means _, of furthering a cause dear to my heart . He says I am a Whig . I hope Ms own , like my Whiggery , is this : —to give every man , that can and wiK labour , a " stake in the hedge " - —an interest in the land ; and to place those that neither can aor will under charge of others upon the sod to labour for their bread , and not to receive it as alms . Alms ought to be kept for , and will always be required by , the old and infirm , for whom it is our duty to provide . Let him attend and interest his millions of useful workers ; while I will try , as far as in me lies , to interest part of them in tliis momentous subject , and the class who have heart and power to effect the great change wc so heartily desire . In a cause so grand let us eschew political bickerings , and hold party spirit as infinitely below our

      notice . I think , in transferring the " Diary" and annotations to the columns of the newspaper , there ought to be a regular settled arrangement , something like what I sketch below . My mottoes are intended to have a special effect , and if possible ought io be printed in a smaller type , exactly as in the " Sfanual , " and the commencement or title ofthe paragraph in italics . I wish also , that an occasional reader may know what the Eastdean school , farm , Sie ., are , and how worked - , for the mode of education indicated in the commencement of the book , is what I would have kept constantly in view . The note at p . 8 is the very key , along with the chemicalizing processes at pp . 53 , 55 , 57 , 75 , and 77 , to the system of farming I advocate ; therefore , if the Editor could vary the arrangement so as to bring these points immediately forward , it would be well . The portable pails are what I am anxious to see introduced * , for then we might hope to see the world soon well cleaned up , and kept so .

      You may , if you like , communicate this by letter to the Editor , or show him tliis hastily written note ; and do send him one ofthe "Industrial Farm and School Tracts , " the three in one , as well as the pamphlet I presented you with , and order the paper for me . Believe me always , while your heart continues expansive , "Yours , most faithfully , To Mr . Thornton . John Howell . Mr . Thornton , in transmitting thc foregoing , takes occasion to say— Thc " Land Question" is " going a-head " on Lord Dartmouth ' s estate . At Farnley , in the National School , is now taught practical agriculture , and in Burton a number of individuals are located on a farm , under the directions of Mi . Nowell . Ahnondbury National School will be placed on the same plan as at Farnley ; and Mr . N . informs me that at Leeds - £ 800 has been subscribed , and invested in land for allotments . ]

      Spade _Husbandey . —Much , however , has been said with respect to the expenses . It is , therefore , necessary to enter more minutely into this part of the subject , and to point out why , in some instances , it has disappointed those who have introduced it . It the first place , probably , the work has not been well executed , nor the land left rough during the winter , nor dug the full depth ofthe spade . On strong clay soils this is especially necessary , as the rains will pass more freely through it in this state , and " , consequently , can be more easily worked the following spring ;

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      whereas , were such heavy ' tenacious ' s 6 il '* to "be ploughed , it would lie so close during the winter , and become so consolidated before spring , that it would be ultimately more expensive to work it effectually with the plough ; and this operation is often obliged to be postponed late in the spring after an excessive bad winter . B y digging deep , also , _afroshsoilis brought up , which , althoughitraaynotbeasfevtileasthe surface soil , yet by being blended with it , may much invigorate its properties . This , however , requires judgment , when the soil is brought into active operation so as to act aa an alterative . It is better ifpossible that a green crop should follow the spade culture , as b * rthe subsequent minute cultivation of the land , either under turnipspotatoesor mangel wurzelthe

      , , , two sods will be more effectually blended or mixed together ; and , even should the soil brought newly into action be unfertile , the manure necessary to be applied for those crops will soon bring it into profit . By digging shallow land a depth of soil is obtained which will ensure better and more certain crops , for water will pass more freely through tenacious land if worked deep , and will be advantageously retained in arid and calcareous soils if the subsoil be loosed ao as to absorb _sufficient moisture . It is well known to men of experience that crops in the former soils are often lost from retaining too much moisture , and in the latter from too great an evaporation of this very essential principle of vegetation . To counteract these extremes , therefore , is the great art of _brinaing land

      into a profitable state . Those who have old lea for potatoes , or some other such like crop , next spring , had better forthwith set to and prepare it for their reception ; it will be much more economical to dig than to plough it for this purpose , all matters taken into consideration . It will , per acre , for digging , cost about three times as much as it would cost for ploughing ; but the land by the former mode will produce at least one-fourth more than if only once p loughed , which may make a considerable difference in the profit returned . By digging , also , the sod being well turned down , will be sure to rot in time for the benefit of the growing crop , and there is no risk of failure should a dry season follow , as thc fibres ofthe roots will be nourished by the pulverised soil

      brought up by digging , and not come immediately in contact with the hard sod , which would be the case if ploughed . When the land is dry the seed should be put in by opening drills with the hoe or spade , which would not be more expensive than sticking them in with the spade in ploughed lea , and less seed is also necessary by the former method . Were the Irish landlords to take a humane view ofthe state of the cottages of the generality of the Irish peasantry , a revolution for the better in their agricultural , moral , and social state , could not but soon mark the consequence . Most cottages are built on the road side without even a perch of land to ( he rerc for the purpose of accumulating manure or raising the necessary culinary vegetables ; and this situation often

      obliges the tenant to make his dunghill in front of his habitation . The tenant is not therefore altogether culpable for contracting indolent and dirty habits . Many of those wretched habitations havo not even a pig-stye attached to them , and hence the indignity of herding with the brute creation , which the cottager and his family are often obliged to submit to . Such matters as those do not require the talent and exertions of any body of men to point out , for they arc too evidently to be seen , and too fatal has been their consequences . It is this that has debased our peasantry below that condition in the community to which they are entitled as industrious subjects , and checked that spirit of industry and oi _rilisation which is to be seen among the same classes in the sister

      countiy . In that part of the British empire a cottage does not exist without a suitable garden , convenient offices , on a small scale , & c ., for its accommodation , and which enable the cottager to carry on his domestic occupations with economy and cleanliness . I will admit that allotting portions of land to this class in Ireland will be a great means of encouraging industry and removing discontent ; but in cases where such advantages cannot be conveniently given , let thc tenant at least be housed in comfort and decency . _Agbicultuiui . Chemistry . —So little is still understood by practical men of the analytical—the highest branch of the chemical art—that the rigorous analysis of a soil is looked upon as the work of a few hours , or , at the utmost , of two or three days only ; and the

      money or other value attached to the discovery of this or that ingredient , is judged of accordingly . In this line , the largest amount of work hitherto done lias been performed by the German agricultural chemist , Sprengel , and is recorded in his work upon soils . Through the labours of Sprengel chiefly , it has been established regarding soils . —1 . That they all contain a certain proportion of organic , chiefly vegetable matter , which readily burns away when they are heated to redness in the ah-. Tliis combustible matter in peaty soils sometimes amounts to 50 or 60 per cent , ofthe whole weight *; while in clay soils , sueh as the wild undrained clays of Lanarkshire , less than oneper cent , is present . —2 . That in all naturally fertile soils , the incombustible part contains a notable

      quantity of each often or eleven different mineral substances . —3 . That soils in which one or more of these substances is either wholly waitting , or is not present in sufficient quantity , will not produce good crops . — 4 . That" to these latter soils what is wanting may be artificially added , _smi ihai thus their fertility may be increased , restored , or maintained . —5 . That some of these , substances , when present in excess in the soil , become noxious to the plant ; and that to render such a soil productive , this excess must be in some way or other removed . —With the aid of these propositions , the general doctrine of soils , and the action of saline or mineral manures , becomes so far clear and simple . A soil to be fertile must contain ten or eleven known substances . Ifanyofthesebe

      altogether absent , you will improve yourjsoil by adding them to it ; if they are present , the addition of them will do no good . If salt or gypsum , for example , or the ingredients of wood ashes , be wholly absent , you will obtain large crops by adding these substances largely to the soil ; if they are merely deficient , a smaller application will be of service ; if they are already present in sufficient quantity _. any application of them to the soil will be so much money thrown away . The substances hitherto , called stimulants , now appear to be only necessary ingredients of a fertile soil . But the chemical examination of soils led the inquiring agriculturist to more advanced conclusions . It was seen that , on the same soil , the application of the same substance—for the sake of simplicity , suppose it a saline substance—promoted

      the growth of one crop arid not of another . If clover and wheat , for example , grew on different parts of the same field , it was seen that gypsum or common salt would greatly increase the luxuriance of the one , while it caused little or no change in thc appearance or produce of the other . Sometliing therefore must depend upon the kind of plant whieh is grown upon it as well as upon the chemical constitution ofthe soil itself . There must be some as yet unknown chemical relation between the crop to be grown , and the manure which could be beneficially applied to it . What was the nature of this relation ? Thus , it no longer appears singular that all fertile soils should contain ten or eleven incombustible substances . These substances are constituent parts of all plants , without

      which they cannot exist or grow in ahealthy manner ; and thc soils are fertile only because they are in a condition to give to the growing plant everything it requires for the building up of its several parts . Again , a soil in which some of these materials are wanting or defective is barren or poorly productive , because it cannot supply all the wants of the plant , or cannot do _^ so with sufficient rapidity . This explains why , in practical husbandly , a rotation of crops is most conducive both to the profit of the farmer and to the permament fertility of thc land . Of those things of which one crop contains and requires * much , another crop contains , and therefore requires less . Thus , if we alternate the kind of plants we raise , we shall exhaust the soil equally ; but

      continue one kind of crop too long , and the land _, becomes sick of it—that is , it cannot supply with sufficient rapidity or abundance those substances which this crop especially requires . And now the true action of those saline substances , hitherto called stimulants , became more clearly manifest . They no longer appeared to act like wine upon the human body , exciting it to an abnormal or unnatural effort , which was afterwards necessarily succeeded by languor , feebleness , and depression . They were acknowledged really to feed the plant ; since they supplied those things out of which its several parts were built up , and without which they could not be satisfactorily

      completed . And if the soil was less productive in after years , in consequence of the application of these substances , it was because the crop had extracted from the soil more than the manure had given to it . The so-called stimulant supplied potash , or soda , or lime only to the soil , and getting these readily the plant grew rapidly ; but it gathered out of the soil , at the same time , magnesia , and sulphur , and phosphorus , without wliich it could not grow . The large crops which were earned off exhausted the soil , therefore , of these latter substances ; and unless these were added again in' some form or other , the soil must remain impoverished , and more or less unproductive . —Edinburgh Review .

      The Post-office _Espionage . —It is not the least extraordinary fact connected with the late strong and personal discussi ons in the House of Commons , on the prying and spying conduct ofthe Home Secretary , in breaking the inviolable seals of private correspondence , that the letter about which the greatest stir was made , and the largest amount of interest excited , was one which was sent from Nottingham , to Mr . Duncombe , during the election in which Mr . Sturge was a candidate against Mr . Walter . It was written bv Feav . nus ( _Vflnnnnv nvvl on TIT .. Ti __„! , „ »« :. l _3 ah 1 lllUU

      -0 .... - __„ .... „ . , . v _.. _« , <« .. _jJUlHa- HUU , liad every appearance of having been " ¦ operated on . " The letter fortunately contained nothing of so private a nature as to prejudice Mr . Sturge ' s election , but it might have had in its lines matters of the deepest importance to the success of that gentleman , or the defeat of his opponent . The election throughout was conducted on principles too fair and honest for the most ' searching vigilance to detect a flaw ; but we ask , can anything be more unfair , dishonest , or base , than totake advantage of such means for any purpose ? Supposing for the sake » of argument that any subject of vital import to the election had been contained in

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      that letter—that ' it" had 'ihcluded ' any matter-which could hereafter be used against a successful Liberal in case he had been returned— -would it not have been most dangerous and insidious to the freedom of election and the rights ofthe British subject to have had it hereafter made use of before any tribunal whieh might have been appointed to sit in judgment ? Sir James has refused the explanation every honest man is bound to give to the inquiries of his abused fellow man—but twenty millions of people will remember the slight , to /«'« n ' o small future disgrace and discomfiture . —Nottingham Review .

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      _KEATING'S PECTORAL COUGH LOZENGES . COUGHS , COLDS , and CATARRHS have been so aggravated by the severity aud variableness of the season , that the consumption of these Lozenges is now unprecedented . The proprietor , however , respectfully informs the public , that though the demand is so enormous , ho takes care to Keep a constant supply on hand ; and he begs leave to observe that he is daily receiving from every part of the kingdom testimonials of tlieir efficacy in the _aUeviation and cure of all pulmonary complaints , it is worthy of Tomarkthat these Lozenges are patronized and strongly recommended by the faculty . To the attendants cm Piiblic Worship they wUl be invaluable , more especially at this season of the year , when the extreme prevalence of Colds and Coughs is a source of constant annoyance , not only to the individual sufferers , but to the minister and congregation .

      RECENT TESTIMONIALS . Sir , —I should feel extremely obliged to you if you would send me a Tin of your most excellent lozenges , for , having tried them , I find they are the best remedy for Cough that can possibly be had ; this I can testify from experience , for I have been troubled with a most violent Cough for many years ; and have tried many things , but without any benefit , until I met with your lozenges , and they afforded me instant relief . I remain , sir , yours truly , Henk-s Woodebsok . Feb , 12 _thj 181 D , 1 , North Feltham _. plaoe , near HounsW . To Mr . Keating , St . Paul ' s .

      Dear Sir , —Having been for a considerable time during the winter afflicted with a violent cough , particularly at laying down in bed , which continued for several hours incessantly , and after trying many medicines without the slightest effect , I was induced to try your Lozenges ; and by taking about half a box of them , in less than tweutyfour hours the Cough entirely left' me , and I have been perfectly free from it ever since . I am , dear Sir , yours very respectfully , Jahes EtLIS . ( Late proprietor ofthe Chapter CoftW-house , St . Paul's . ) 9 , _Clavemont-tcmce , Pentonville , Feb . 17 , 1815 . To Mr . Keating .

      Jlr . Croft , — 'Sir , —I am glad I have taken your advice in trying Mr . Kcating ' s Cough Loze _» ges , as I have for a long time been troubled with shortness of breath and a bad cough , and have tried a great variety of medicines , but derived very little benefit froin tliem ; but since I have made trial of Kcating ' s Cough Lozenges , I have breathed better , and the cough is quite gone . I am , Sir , yours truly , Sahah _Fl-etches , Cheatham Hill , near Manchester , August 21 st , 1844 . Prepared and sold , in boxes ls . l _^ d ,, and tins 2 s . dd , 4 $ . U ., awl 10 s . Cd . each , by THOMAS KEATING , Chemist , Sic , So . 79 , St . Paul's Church-yard , London . F . Griffiths , 2 , Wade's-place , East India Road , Poplar . J . Stock , 37 A , Princes-street , Leicester-square . A , Causse , 207 , Rcgent . street , Oxford-street . H . Ault , Gloucester-house , _Upton-plac ' e , West Ham . Mr . Sloman , 52 , Old Compton-street .

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      PERFECT FREEDOM _PUDM COUGHS in Ten Minutes after Use , is insured by DR . LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS . Read the following from Mr . J , C , Reindhardt , No . 22 , Market-place , Hull * . — - Dated January 9 th , 18 i 5 . Gentlomen , —Many and surprising are the testimonials of relief afforded to confined cases of Asthma and Consumption , and long-standing Coughs , and it will gratify me to refer to many respectable parties who are really anxious to make known privately the great benefit they have derived from the truly seasonable remedy . I enclose a testimonial of no ordinary value , as it is the genuine expression of a grateful man ' s feelings . I remain , J . C . REINDHARDT .

      Case of Cure of Cough , and Complete Restoration of } oke , To Mr . Reindhardt . —Sir _, — -Having been cured of a most obstinate hoarseuess aud cough , which , for a considerable time , totally deprived me of the use of my voice , by means of Dr . Locock ' s Pulmonic Wafers , and having spent pounds in seeking relief , hut all to no purpose , I scarcely know how to express my gratitude for the surprising and sudden change they have wrought upon me . I feel the least J can do is to assure you it -will give me unfeigned pleasure to satisfy any one who favours me with a call , as to the wonderful efficacy of Locock's Pulmonic Wafers . Signed , J . MEMELL . January 9 th , 1815 , No . 7 , Alicia-street , Sculcoats , null _. Surprising Cures of Asthmas , Coughs , Colds , & c , in Leeds . Extract of a letter from Mr . John Mann , Bookseller , dated Central-market , Leeds , April 18 , _ISlAfi- _^

      Frequent opportunities having been afforded me of testing whether or not these Wafers effected any real radical cure , as I have been particular in making careful inquiries of those who were using them—uot only for Coughs and Colds , but also those afflicted with a tightness or difficulty of breathing , —and they have proved to completely eradicate the complaint , and many persons are now perfectly cured by them , who had been labouring under it many years . The Wafers have been their own recommendation hitherto . In future I would in all cases advise others who are similarly afflicted to use them , and entertain no doubt but their inestimable benefits will soon be perceived . I could send you numberless Testimonials , bearing upon the blessings received from this important and invaluable Medicine . Wishing that it may get into the hands of all those afflicted with these distressing maladies , I remain , Sic ,

      JOHN MANN . Extract of a letter from Mr , Lynch , chemist , Market _, street , Manchester : — October 22 , 1814 . Gentlemen , —I enclose you a letter received from a parly who has derived great benefit from Dr . Locock ' s "Wafers . I have no doubt , if you were to advertise them in this town , the sale would be considerable , as we are constantly receiving testimonials of their efficacy . Iaui _. & c , J . R . LYNCH . The following is communicated to thc proprietors by Mr . Lynch , Manchester : — Middleton , near Manchester , July 28 , 1844 ,

      Sir , —I am now forty-four years of age , audi have been afflicted with ' an asthmatic cough since I was a boy of fifteen years of age . During that time I have resorted to every means iu my power to remove it , but in vain , until last Sunday , when I sent for a small box of Dr . Locock ' s Wafers . I have taken two boxes since , and from the effect they have had upon mc , I feel no doubt of a speedy recovery . ( Signed ) GEO . STRINGER . The particulars of many hundred cures may be had from every agent throughout the kingdom and on the con-Dr . ' Locock ' s Wafers give instant relief , and a rapid cure of asthmas , consumption , coughs , colds , and all disorders ofthe breath and lungs . __ To Singers and Public Speakers they are invaluable , as in afew hours they remove all hoarseness , andmcrease the power , and flexibility of the voice . They haTe a most pleasant taste .

      Price ls . l _} d _,, 2 s . 9 d ., and Us . per box . Agents-Da Silva and Co ., 1 , Bride-lane , _Fleet-street _, London Sold by all Medicine "Venders .

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      Londo-v Corn Exchange , Mondat , ALiucu 10 . -4 The arrivals of English wheat were _rather large _duN inc the past week , but of barley And flats tho _supplieg coastwise wore only moderafe _^ _flteiwere the , wowpts of beans or peas from ouro _* wn _* , _*^ _"t- _**» g 5 ' ¦ _- _™» Scotland nearly 9000 qrs . of , oate ( « fere reported , _^ to Saturda y evening , and several-parcels haye suiOft coniG to hand from thonce , _vbut the _prevalence of easterly wind has prevented . _airivals _firom _^ T _^ At this morning ' s market there ; « u a _mciderate slwjr of wheat by land-carriage samples from Essex ,. Ken _*^ and Suffolk , loss barley thanl- _^ t Mon _^ y . _andsoaWe _* ly any oats , except those ' livm Scotland ; fresh up . Ut beans and peak' _tttrti ' _-tais a i ) ih _^ _pi"kle of sampl € « on thc Essex aiid'Kent , st _* uKls _* . ' _^^^ _'* The weather haa at length underg (» iili a ' chai _# , . _^ _ft _*^?^*?^ frost last night tlic wind reihain _^; _* ttbwh _^ t , ; . _Titf condition oftlie ' wlieat offeringf' «>) _fr _t- » - nom _^ _couaties _wastOlel-ablvirnmi and _"thMMfie'dcmnd'ttM

      by no mean ' s active , the currency ' of this day se nnigl » was fully , _sutjpdi-ted . Foreign _fr'ee ' _-ffneat'ffletvexy little attention , ' stillthe _artiele _' ca _nisciireelylfwl . _iiUOted lower than before . Flour _hungifiehvily' bn hand , and sales were with difficulty effected " at _previotlS prices . The _in'iuiry for barley was excessively slovr , out the falling off- . hi the supplies gave some' degree of confidence to factors , and good qualities were certainly not cheaper than ' oh Monday last . _GtvoiCtB samples , of malt _werejalso quite as dear secondary sorts were neglected . '/ English and Irish oats . were takea in retail at about former terms , but Scotch were verj * unsaleable , and the'inferior descriptions rather easier to buy . Beans and peas were iriihodevate request , and the finer kinds commanded . fully the rates of last Monday . In bonded articles nothing of interest transpired . There was rather more doing in clover-seed than of late . Canary-seed was hi larger supply and again rather cheaper . Prices' of OthO articles remained much as before . ' ;

      CURRENT PRICES OP GRAIN , PER IMPERIAL QUAltTER . —British . 8 b s fl Wheat , Essex , & Kent , new Si old red 42 48 "tVhite 50 54 Norfolk and Lincoln . ... do 43 46 Ditto 43 50 _Nortlium , and Scotch white 42 46 Pine 48 52 Irish red old 0 0 Red 42 44 White 45 48 Rye Old 31 32 New 30 32 Brauk 35 36 Barley Grinding ; . 2 G 28 Distil . 2 *> 31 Malt . 32 36 Malt Brown _. _, , _, 5-1 5 G Pale 87 61 "Ware Gil C 4 Beans' Ticks old « fc new 30 33 Harrow 32 37 Pigeon 38 40 Peas Grey 32 33 Maple 33 34 White 36 38 Oats Lincolns Si Yorkshire Feed 21 23 Poland 28 25 Scotch Angus 22 24 1 ' utato 24 2 S Irish White i ! 0 22 _llluck 20 21 Pei-2 S 01 b . net . s si Per 2801 b . net .- s 8 Town-made Flour ... 42 44 j Norfolk Ss Stockton 32 33 Essex and Kent .... 33 35 | Irish 34 35 Free . Bond

      Foreign . as fl Wheat , Dantsic , Kouigsbnrg , & c u 2 do" SO 38 Marks , Mecklenburg 48 52 32 3 * Danish , Holstein , and _Fi-iesland red 44 4 R 26 28 Russian , Hard 44 46 Soft ... 44 47 26 28 : Italian , Red . . 40 18 White ... 59 32 28 32 Spanish , Hard . 1 G 48 Soft .... 48 50 28 32 Rye , Baltic , Dried , ... 30 31 Pndricd . . 30 82 21 28 Barley , Grinding . 25 27 Malting . . 30 38 20 28 Beans , Ticks . . 80 33 Egyptian . 81 3 * 2 li 38 Peas , "White . . 36 38 Maple , . 32 34 28 30 Oats , Dutch , Brew and Thick 24 25 * 10 21 Russian feed . , 21 22 15 IC Danish , Friesland feed 21 23 15 17 Flour , per barrel _,,,..,.. 21 2 G 10 20

      Londo . V _Smitheieu ) Cattle Mabkbt , Moxdat , Matich 10 . —Since Monday last the imports of foreign stock into London have ' amounted to 40 oxen , 20 cows , and 35 sheep , all from Holland . The whoteof these importations were brought forward to-day , in , for the most part ( though there were sonic useful animals amongst them ) middling condition . From thc fact that most of the beasts varied iu age from five to six years , the demand for tliem was steady , at fair prices ; but the sheep commanded very little attention . The supply of home-fed beasts was sufficiently numerous , but , compared with those exhibited on this day se'nnight , very deficient in quality ; indeed , we scarcely ever recollect to have observed so rapid a falling off in that particular aa this morning . In consequence , therefore , of the scarcity of prime beasts , the demand for them was steady , at an advance on last week ' s quotations of 2 d . per 81 b . —

      the highest figure being 4 s . per Sib . ; but the middling and Inferior breeds were a slow inquiry , at about previous figures . From "Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex and Cambridge , we received 1 S 00 Scots and homebreds ; from the northern grazing districts , 300 short-horns , & C . ; from the western and midland counties , 400 Herefords , Runts , Devons _, & c . ; from other parts of England , 400 of various breeds ; and from Scotland 150 horned and polled Scots ; the remainder of the bullock supply being derived from the _neighbourhood of the metropolis . The numbers of sheep exhibited a failing off , indeed thoy were somewhat limited for tho time of yo & r . Prime old Downs were in steady request , and the turn dearer . All other breeds were heavy , at previous figures . Calves were in limited supply , and steady request , at full prices . In pigs , a fair average amount of business was doing , but at no more money .

      By the quantities of 81 b ., sinking : the offal . s . d . s . dV Inferior coarse beasts . . . 2 C 2 ' 8 Second quality .... 2 10 3 4 Prime large oxen . .. 3638 Prime Scots , & c 3 10 4 O Coarse inferior sheep . . . 2 8 3 0 Second quality ..,, 3236 Prime coarse woolled ... 3840 Prime Southdown .... 4 2 4 4 Large coarse calves . . . . 3 10 4 8 Prime smaU . . . ... . 4 10 5 0 Suckling calves , each . . . 18 0 30 0 hargehogs 3 0 3 10 Neat small porkers ... 4 0 4 4 Quarter-old store nigs , each . 16 0 20 O

      HEAO OF CATTLE ON SAI _. E , ( From the Hooks ofthe Clerk of the Market . ) Beasts , 2 , 945-Sheep , 22 , 450-Calves , 63-Pigs , 330 . _Maschesteh Corn Market , Saturday , March 8 . —Rather a firmer feeling has been apparent thia week in the . flour trade , and , with a fair consumptive demand for that article , the former currency was fully supported for prime superfine qualities , whilst the extreme low rates at wliich middling and inferior sorts wero previously _purohoseable were somewhat exceeded . There was a moderate extent of business passing in oatmeal , without change in value ; but bats

      were only in limited request , at about late prices . At our market this morning holders of wheat mostly required rather higher rates , but any advance was with difficulty obtained in the transactions that occurred . A steady sale was experienced for extra superfine and wcU-kno wu marks ot flour , at full rates ; and generally an improvement , both in demand and price , may be noted , though not sufficiently so . 13 to enable us to raise our quotations . Oats werc rather more inquired for , __ and tho previous currency was maintained . A fair consumptive demand existed for oatmeal , but noalter-ition in value can be reported . Beans were in moderate request , at late rates .

      _Lrmtfooj-. Conx _Makket , _Moxoat , March 10 . — The week's imports of wheat , oats , flour , and oatmeal from Ireland are , in the aggregate , of fair amount . The receipts otherwise are light . The wheat trad © has continued to oxliibit a . somewhat firmer feeling-, but any advance of price has been confined to the secondary descriptions of liish new , which have brought fully Id . per bushel over the rates quoted on this day se ' nniglit . Flour also luis been held rather more firmly . Several parcels of oats have been taken for the country : —Irish mealing at 2 s , lOd . to 2 s . lid . per 451 _bs ; fine Scotch , fcr seed , at 3 s . 3 d . c 0 3 s . -id . per 4511 ) 3 . Oatmeal has still nut a limited sale , at 24 s . to 24 s . 3 d . per 2 'iOibs . A few lots of Egyptian beans have been disposed of at 31 s . to 31 s . Oil . per 4801 bs . A cargo or two of fine _roundland malting barley have found buyers at 30 s . per imperial quarter : grinding qualities of this grain , and peas , have moved slowly , without change as to value . 1000 barrels of United States sweet flour -have changed hands in bond , at _ifs . per barrel .

      Liverpool Oatti .-e Market , . Monday , Maiicii 10 . —We have had a larger supply of stock at market to-day than for some weeks past ; but owing to tho numerous uttendance of buyers from Birmingham , & c , the whole met with dull sale , atid . perlb . higher than last week ' s prices .. Beef ahd . to 6 _id . ; mutton 6 * jd . to lid . per lb . Cattle imported into Liverpool , from thc 3 rd to the 10 th March : —11 G 4 cows , 5 calves , 2941 sheep , 58 lambs , 8510 pigs , 40 horses . Richmond Cors Market , ' Satwiday , March 8 . — We had a fair supply of all kinds of grain in our market to-day . —Wheat sold from os . to Gs . 6 d . ; oats 2 s . 3 d . to 3 s . 6 d . ; barley 3 s . 9 d , to 4 s . ; beans 3 s . Cd . to 4 s . 9 d . per bushel . York Corn Market , March 8 . — We note the market firmer for all descriptions of grain , and aa indisposition , on the part of farmers , to sell , except at a trifling advance , which , as regards wheat and the finest malting barley , is complied -with , but not on oats nnd beans .

      Mamon Corn Market , March 8 . —We had amoderate supply of all grain at this day ' s market y wheat in good demand , and rather dearer ; barley and oats same as last week . Wheat , red , new ; 41 s , to 47 s . ; white ditto , 48 s . to 50 s . ; red do ., old 4 Ss . tO ' 50 a . ; white do ., 50 s . to 54 s . per qr . of 40 stones . Barley , 26 s . to 30 s . per qr . of 32 st . Oats , did . to-104 d . per stone . ; : Leeds Cloth Market . —We have , this week to _^ report a decided improvement in the aspect of trade , both in the warehouses and at , the Cloth Halls .., Thedemand is principally for the home trade , but several

      ofthe shipping houses are also busy , and many manufacturers are working to . order . '" ; Leeds Cons Market , Tuesday , March 11 ,-1- Oursamples of all grain are veiy much smaller this week _, than last , and of really good wheat , there is but an indifferent show to-day . Millers liaving bought ' freely last wcok , aro loss eager to-day , and the demand , in consequence , is of a more restricted character ; former prices are , however , pretty well maintained . ' The barley trade remains dull , and only good q _* aalitiea attract attention . Oats , beans , and other articles Steady both in value and demand .

      _Selby Corn Market , March 10 Wheat _lfs to 18 b . ea .: maslin , 14 s . to 15 s . ; beans , 14 s . to 14 s . 0 d . per load ; oats , 18 s . to 20 s . ; barley , 35 s . perqr . — We had a good show of cattle and pigs , bnt a dull market ; pigs fetched higher Drices .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 15, 1845, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_15031845/page/7/