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      _Ti-e Atiohxet-Gbserav objected that the discus-8 ior ., if it proceeded further , would seriously -inter * fere with the _iidmiiristration of justice- in the Irish C 0 UU 3 . ' ' " ¦ ' - ¦ - ¦ ' _¦'•'¦ ' ¦ ' ' " - n ' X' . ' _"' . Mr . Hume said there was no fair parallel between ihe _English sad the Irish law courts . The _administration in tins country was pure and the juries imparthL In Ireland the Tery reverse was the case . ao _j- _^ ace " was to be hoped in that part of the empire until all sucb abuses were fully remedied . Mr . Sadlwr would not press his motion to a division in so thin a house , which was , in ; fact , at the lime , within the limits of a " count-out , " but thODirht that his proposition had been met upon technical points , while its principles wcreleftuntoncsed .-

      Tbe Process and Practice ( Ireland ) Bill was read a second ' time . On the second reading of the Court of Chaneerv Ireland ) Bill , . ¦ / Mi : Tuhneb said it was his intention , either shortly before or immediately after Easter , to move for leave * to introduce a bill to remedy the delay and _exprnse " attending tbe proceedings in the Court of Chancery in England . The _' remedies he desired to 8 eeapplied were sound , safe , and practicable ; but upon looking at this hill , the remedies it provided ,

      "m his judgment , were calculated to do more mischief _, and create greater delay and expense than Wasted at present . The scheme of proceeding by petition was one which had occurred to bim , but the result of great consideration was that he had rejected it Mr . Turner then went through some of the provisions of the bill , pointing out the objections io which , in his opinion , it was open , and observing that it was due to the country that the bill should be either withdrawn arid re-introduced in a proper State , or referred to a select committee .

      Ths Solicitor-General , declaring that the obser-¦ ratioss of _Jtfr . 'Farner had not convinced him , and that _iiswas prepared to expect a strenuous opposition to his bill , replied to ihe objections of that gen . tlem . ia , by whose _. snggestions , however , and those of other members , the government , he said , was anxious to profit ; in order to frame an effectual measure , it being nothing less than a denial of justice if ( as had been stated in that house hy Mr . Pem _barton Leigh ) no suit in Chancery should be -commenced where the sum in dispute was less than £ 1 , 00 ' ); _•* * A member here took notice of the state of the house , which was accordingly counted , and there heing only twenty-five members present , an adjournment took place at a quarter to ten o ' clock .

      WEDNESDAY , Febhdabv 13 . HOUSE OP COMMONS . —The house met at two o ' clock , it _bein-j Ash-Wednesday . HiGHwiis ( District Surveyors ) Biix . — On moving"the second reading of this bill , Mr . _Fiuswew explained its principle , the object being to divide the country into districts for the appointment of paid surveyors of the roads . After some discussion , the second reading of the bill was deferred to a future day . _Chvsrx Bates asd Exfuxdituhe " Bill . —Mr . Gmsos moved the second reading of this bill , which he observed was similar to the measure of last session , its obiect being to establish county councils to control comity expenditure , analogus to town-councils

      for tho control of town expenditure . There was no ground , he said , for the objection that the bill would _supercede the powers ofthe magistracy ; it merely gave the ratepayers a concurrent control witb tbe government over county finances , leaving the judicial functions of the justices untouched . He _anticipated a charge threatened by Mr . Disraeli , of inconsistency , by observing that rates in the long run were a portion of rent , and were therefore p aid by ihe tenant-occupiers : aud he answered another objection—that the margin of redaction was too small to justify the alteration of aa old system : he merely

      asked the house to acquiesce in a mo 3 t reasonable principle , that taxation and representation should go together . He should propose to refer the bill to a select committee . Mr . Spooxer was favourable to the principle of representative control over county expenditure ; but some of the details of this bill made him pause , and there had been too little time for their consideration : he therefore moved that the debate be adjourned . A discussion ensued , in the course of wbich Lord J . _Ecssell and Sir G . Gkkt supported the principle ofthe . bill , the debate ou which was postponed until ihe Gth of March .

      Mr . C . Lewis then moved for leave to bring in a bill to-amend the laws relative to the management of the-highways in England and "Wales . The subject , he said , had been considered during tbe recess , and the result was that the difficulty of combining the two classes of roads—highways and turnpikeroads—in one measure was found to be so great that ii had been determined to bring in a bill limited to _hiirkways , properly so called . During the eight years _^ between 1837 and 1845 , the expenditure on highways had increased £ 606 , 000 a year , whereas that of turnpike trusts had d ' _imished £ 403 , 000 , the cause being ihe change in the mode of travelling . All sad an interest in the economising of highway expenditure . The great evil consisted in the small

      area over which the rate was sometimes laid , and in each ofthe 15 , 000 districts appointing its own surveyor , who was frequently changed and who had no Tomuneration , the result being want of economy , of skill , and of due discrimination in outlay . This bill proposed that the division of parishes into districts and the appointment of paid surveyors should be compulsory ; that the districts shonld be the existing divisions . of Poor Law Unions ; and that the management of the roads should be placed under , the boards of gurdians , each parish or county continuing to maintain its own highways , the only common expense being the salary ofthe surveyor ; so _ti-at the property npon which the rate would fall ,

      and ad the incidents of the presens highways , would remain as theyare . The bill abolished the parish surveyor and the highway rate eo nomine ; instead of two _rates-r-poor rate and highway rate—there would be one ** ste collected by the overseer , and there would still be a maximum . It was proposed to give to parishes a power of combining for the audit of accounts by the Poor Law auditor ; to repeal Sir C . _Barrell ' s Act , and to provide instead tbat the money applied from the highway funds to insolvent trusts Should be expended by the paid surveyors . The bill also g ave power to boards of guardians to appoint standing committees for the special management of lngiway affairs .

      In the partial discussion which ensued , Si ? B . Peel gave his cordial support to the introduction of the bill . He thought it wise to separate the highways from turnpike roads , and to _require a compulsory combination of parishes . "With _res _, _-:-ct to the mode of management , it was premature to give an opinion ; but he thought it well worthy of consideration whether districts might not be established better suited for the management of _iigaways than the present Poor law Unions ; whether boards of guardians had not Poor Law duties -whkh they might discharge more satisfactorily , if exempted from other duties ; and whether the _proposed plan might not have a tendency to throw the une-Viployed poor upon the highways . He did not thirJi the proposed audit would be an effectual check .

      After some further discussion , leave was given to bring in the bill , which was read a first time , and _ord-: rsd to be read a second time on that day _fort-Tiighz . Onthe motion of Mr . F . Mauie , the Select Commit i :-3 on Army and Ordnance expenditure was no nun-tied . . The bouse adjourned at half-past five o ' clock . THURSDAY , _Tebbuaiiy 14 . HOUSE OF LOEDS . —This house sat an hour and three quarters , the lime being occupied in conversations on the Dolly ' s Brae _Affiir , and the working of the Poor Law in Ireland , there was no motion on either subject , and tbe matter ended in 44 talk . " * Lord _Lassdowse stated that the accounts up to January last , -showed a diminution of upwards of one-third of out-door pauperism .

      EOTJSE OF COMMONS . —Public Libraribb . — Mr . Ewiht moved for leave to bring in a bill for enabling town councils to establish public libraries and museums of art and science . He showed that from the time of Gibbon to the present time , no eonniry had been so ill-provided as England with public libraries ; and he contended that if we sup . plied the people with such advantages they would educate themselves . Mr ; Brothebton seconded the motion , which was agreed to , and leave given to bring in the bill . Misisters " Mosex ( Irel £ HD ) . —Mr . "Pagan moved for a committee to examine , with a view to their repeal , the'laws relating to " ministers * money " in Ireland * ; . andenforcedtbe necessity of removing

      whai'be -tended an odious and obnoxious impost . _SU-CGrk , in moving the previous question , explained thatthe tax could not be repealed without providing a substitute ; and , while agreeing in the opinion that the impost was obnoxious , held out - v hope that it might be abolished if , hereafter , the funds at the disposal of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners shonld be sufficiently increased . A discussion ensued , and , on a division , the motion for a committee was rejected - by a majority of 20 , the numbers being—Noes , 96 ; _Ayesj-76 . - TnissroRTAnos to the Colohieb . —Mr . Addeblet moved for leave . to bririir in a bill to reneal part of

      "theact ofGeorge IV . ' wMch empowers Her"Majesty in Council to appointplaees for the transportation of felons ; the object-of the bill being to vest that power and discretioffin Parliament . The petitions trom the Cape - were ; lie avowed , the foundation of his proposition _^ bat though the Cape bad now been _relieved from tbe odium and the injury of being madea , coiiyict colony under the present law , other colonies -were liable in future timek'to the visitation . He gave a . rapid '• sketch -of the recent event-Fat the Cape , _abd'tiieir disastrous result , contending ihat tte se _^ _KseJofthe evil was to be traced to the power lodged lntjie Colonial Secretary . Sir G . _Gnwput . H _tothfljhon . member whether ' - ' -- _=-- "' - ' »* - ' - * ---J * - _*? v .-• ¦ ' _V- " ? " ! _s _« fev _.

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      it would not be inconsistent to _withdra _^ frdnri" government 1 the only power they " possessed of carrying out the ' sentences of transportation ; which the judges ofthe land were' every day ' passing accbrdihg tolaw .- . ¦ •;• .-- _' . - ¦¦ r" :. 'fX V . l ,:- ° _i _^ r _n _.-r , ? After a debate in which Lord J . ' RuSSEfci' defended the Colonial Offibe , the house divided : —Ayes , 32 ; _JSoes , 110 ; majority 78 . , . ' , ' .. ; Landlord " asd Tenant . —Mr . Puset having proposed his bill for the improvement of the relation between landlord and tenant , inEngland arid "Wales ] Mr . Aglionbt thought the discussion of the measure would but waste the time of the house ' Whatever might bp the case in Ireland , no necessity of interfering between landlord and _. Jenaht existed in England . ' .,. After a few words in explanation from Mr . Poset , leave was given to bring in the bill . The house then adjourned , at ten o ' clock . FRIDAY , Fjjbbuart 15 .

      HOUSE OF LOKDS . —Lord Moustcashellcalled the attention of the House to the ; outrages . perpetrated on the female emigrants on board the snip Indian during her passage to Port Adelaide . . Earl Gbet Btated that no official report of the case had as yet reached the Colonial Office ; but as far as he was concerned such abuses should not go unpunished . Lord Glengall moved for a return from the Commissioners of the Court of Encumbered Estates , ( Ireland , ) stating the number of petitions lodged in their court to this date , the rental of the property in each case proposed to be sold , and the gross amount of encumbrances stated to be chargeable thereon .

      The Marquis of _Lansdowsb had no objection tb granting the return , provided Lord Glenoall would consent to a slight alteration in its wording . . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The house resolved itself into a committee upon _theDisiaBSSEn Unions _ABVANCES AND REPAYMENT OP ADVANCES ( IRELAND ) when Lord J . Russell rose to state the general view taken by the Government ofthe present state of Ireland , and their proposal with respect to the advances which had been made for its relief . After a few preliminary remarks upon the . condition of Ireland during the last few years , and the ; important Change now going on in its social state he said , the most remarkable change was perceived in the very great diminution of the pressure of the poor rates , the decrease of expenditure for the poor between 1848-49 and 1849-50 being no less than £ 180 , 000 . The decrease in the amount of out-door relief was more remarkable still . He tben read an

      | account of the advances made to Ireland , from ths workhouse loan in 1839 ( of which £ 1 , 130 , 000 . remained unpaid , ) the grand total of debt for' unliquidated advances in the 10 years being £ 4 , 483 , 000 . The Government proposed to consolidate all these various debts , and to extend the period of repayment to 10 years , subject to the same condition of interest or no interest as at present . Some ofthe unions in Ireland had incurred incumbrances which prevented further efforts on their part . In no less than ton tbeir effects had : been seized under execution in consequence of these debts . It appeared to the government that these difficulties were mainly owing to the famine of ; former years , and they proposed , therefore , to make an additional advance for the discharge of these debts , to be repayable by instalments within forty years , bearing interest . At the end of December last the amount wbicb these distressed

      unions had to pay was £ 270 , 000 ; and it was proposed to advance £ 300 , 000 , which would make the whole amount repayable by Ireland £ 4 , 783 , 000 . Lord John concluded by observing , that he should not be justified in making them if he did not believe that there was now a prospect , if her burdens were lightened , of Ireland being able to recover from her late depression and to enter upon a new and better state of existence . A long discussion ensued , but at length the resolutions were agreed to . Tbe Party Processions ( Ireland ) Bill was read a second time . The other orders having been disposed of . the house adjourned at twelve o ' clock , until Monday .

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      Distressed Needlewomen Society. Employme...

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

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

      for contractors and slopsellers , and tbat proteciion is brought into competition with free labour , thereby reducing the prices , and rendering it almost an impossibility for the poor bnt honest classes to obtain a livelihood for themselves and families ; producing from the want of employment , pauperism , prostitution , and general crime , desire earnestly to submit for the consideration of her Majesty's government the absolute necessity of discontinuing such employment , experience having shewn that the cessation of needlework in the workhouses and charitable institutions has to a certain degree ameliorated the condition of the _semptresses . "— -He happened to . be one of the _VS 3 try of the great parish of Marylebone , under whose notice this subject had been brought , and that vestry originally thought that they ; were doing a most praiseworthy act when they employed

      the inmates of the workhouse in the New-road , which , at the present moment , containad about 2 , 000 individuals ; but , in looking at the facts of the case , when _itcsme tobe properly represented to the guardians ana tbe vestry that hundreds of the ratepayers who were bordering upon pauperism were most materially injured by the plan which they had adopted , they took the subject into serious consideration , and the work was from that time discontinued . He was sorry that in this country the prison discipline was made a premium for crime , but such it was at the present moment ; The convicted criminal' was well clothed arid well fed to the detriment of the untainted portion of the community . A man who worked bard for twelve or sixteen hours in the day found it almost impossible to support a wife and family , while a man convicted of crime was supported comfortably in prison .

      Mr . Mitchell seconded the resolution . They were called upon to rescue the poor labouring class from a competition which pressed down their means of subsistence below that point which was absolutely requisite to enable them to administer to the necessities of their common nature . ¦ ' ...-,: Mr . Goodfellow condemned the government for undermining the labour market , and causing misery aud degradation , and also deprecated the principle on which tbey had hitherto acted , of enforcing a man to be become a criminal before they would give him work . The government , in fact , had proved themselves to be the great slopsellers , and were guilty of neglecting the wants of the many , while-they lent their aid to the aggrandisement of the few , -

      Mr . Upton , working tailor , then addressed the meeting , and further pointed out the injury which the woman sustained from this unfair competition . The resolution was unanimously carried , and a committee havnig been appointed to . wait on Sir G . Grey to explain the objects of the meeting ! the pro . ceedin _* -8 terminated .

      The Northern Whale And Seal Fishsbt.— Th...

      The Northern whale and Seal _Fishsbt . — The vessels destined for this perilous trade from the port of Hull are now being fitted out . The smaller . _vessels---the sealers—are . in an advanced : state , and will probably he ready for sea in . a week or two . If the Government have any intention of offering rewards to the crew of the fishing-ships who may exert themselves in . the search for . " Sir -L Franklin and his party , the sooner publicity is given to their intentions the better , as the communieatibn ofit to the crews , at this early period , might be productive of the happiest results , in inducing intelligent men to join the ship ' s , and the commanders

      to provide themselves witn scientific instruments" or hydrographie illustrations ,, in order , to more efficiently prosecute the search . —Bull Advertiser . -Income and _Propebix Tax . —It may " not be generally known , that by the . income : tax ? 5 and 6 vicfc , every parish or " township is liable to make good any loss occasioned to the revenue-by the der fault or failure of the collector ' to-pay bVer-Jhe monies he has received . An instance of this kind has just occurred at Marjrpbrt , where a' supplementary _, assessment lias' been made , levied , and collected upon the inhabitants , inconsequenceof the collector having misappropriated ; some- of the monies received by him _.

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      i ' GR OS _^^ OPPRESSION ' _-ANDii -OEBAUeHERY * 2 / : H _^ BOil _^ D - _^^ MIGRANT : - . _* *?' '; i _Ourmostrecbnt _' _file _9 _. _; _from _^^ _outh _, _^ _Australia _' _'a _' _rb filled with charge 3 rof ; 'thV against the surgeons and officers of thbemigrant bafdue -Indian _^ These , charges ' . were originally , published ' m , ' the" Adelaide Observer . A" public mee ' ting was next ; held ; bn tbe subject . Ultimately the ' emigration agent at Adelaide , Captain Brewer , appointed' ' a' meeting , at which the emigrants ' committeeshould exhibit their charges before

      him m ' presence , ot the accusers and the accused : Tho meeting was'held on the 10 th of September , ' in . the native' schoolroom ; There were present _, beside the emigration agent arid emi grants' committee , eighty passengers by the Indian , bf whom twelve were females , the surgeon , matron , schoolmaster , and officers of the vessel ) and a crowd of spectators . ' : ' _,- ' - - _, ;¦ ¦ Mr .,. ; Grundy , on the part bf the committee , combienced proceedingsby roading the foi lb win <* letter from Caroline Arnold , ' who , havirig ' obtaihed a situation at Morphett Vale was unable " to be present : — ' ¦ V . Morphett Vale ; -

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

      situation ! . There again I was deceived . That deception I should not so much have minded bad I been as comfortable as I expected I should . When I say comfortable I never expected I should have come the ' voyage without somo difficulties but I thought tliey would be of a different nature—sometimes having veryunfavonrable weather ; and you wiU soon hear that I have had none of these expectations realised . ' , I had been oh board a very short time , when was compelled to make a complaint to the captain regarding the conduct of the purser so often being in the single girls ' apartment . Many a time I have left theroemand fasted from my food rather than sit in his . disagreeable presence , and to hear his unpolite , and I may say , disgusting chat .. The first time he annoyed me , such as I could complain of him , was this : —I was busily ; engaged sewing in my own apartment , The purser came down , seated

      himself beside me , putting one arm around my waist , and with the other on my head tn kiss . "I endeavoured to repulse his . advances and to make my escape , which , after a few moments had elapsed ,. I succeeded in doing . He appeared verycros » , and also said that he hoped when he ' came down again , _11 should not look so d—d cross . He said I should never have any favours from himwhile 1 was in the ship Indian ! God forbid I should have any favours from ; him ; I only required justice .- When I complained to the captain of these . annoyances , and . asked why the purser was so often allowed to-visit ' us , . he . said i t was his . duty" to ; come often and . see if our provisions were as they ought to be ; and if he did often have tea with lis single ' girls , he did the same with the married people . I told him he wasaware tbat 1 was there alone , without any person to take my part or to protect me . He said , ' Do not think you have no friends here . You : have plenty ; . and I mjself will see you protected . ' I left the cabin , went . to niy berth , and

      remained till evening , when the doctor wished to have an interview . I accordingly went to him . ' -He said , 'lam much surprised that yen should have been telling such falsehoods respecting tbe purser .-, He , denies your statement , and declares he never saw you until yesterday ; and the only reparation you can make ia to , write a note apologising for those falsehoods . ' I was so hurt , and my heartfelt bursting to think I should be made a liar by such a detestable villain—for such he was in ray sight for ever afterwards . He annoyed me ho more personally , but I do believe most of . the uncomfortabless . I-received , was through him , through his bribery ... The following is- a copy ofthe note I sent to him , according to the doctor ' s request : — « Sib , —Have I to apologise for telling a falsehood ? I should be telling one if 1 did . That I can never do . I will pardon the insult I received , on condition that _, you will no i _» nger annoy me with yonr addresses , when you' see they are very disagreeable and offenshe . " ' To Mr . Dean . ' ' Caroline Aenold . '

      The doctor next day told me that note would not do . The purser said if I did not write another in stronger , plainer terms he should punish me . I did not write . again , nor did he speak any more to me . . Soon after these complaints the second mate used to frequent our place any hour in the day or any hour in the night . If he came in , as many times he did when we were dressing , he never withdrew , but remained in the same position . I have slept in my clothes for weeks together , and dare not undress , lie has so frequently been in bed with the girls ofa night .. 'Tis not , I can assure you , sir , a pleasant task to have to complain so of my own sex , I cannot describe to you all the scenes I have witnessed . Suffice it to say , 1 would not again see what Ihave seen , experience what I there experienced , no , not for a thousand pounds . The girls always looked with scorn and revenge on me , because ofthe

      second mate . One day the captain ordered , the single { -iris up on the poop . I went upstairs , but not on the poop . I saw the captain in earnest conversation with several of the girls . I took no particular notice , and went below . Soon after he sent for me on the poop . I went up , and to my great astonishment , he had all the girls around him . While I was placing mjself between , the doctor and the captaiu , some ofthe people said , ' Aliss Arnold , there is water going to be . thrown over you . ' I came , immediately down . Just as I reached the bottom of the ladder down came the water . Fortunately I did not get much ; it went over some married people who were Standing near . The girls ' told me it was through telling tales . Had they have dared , I firmly believe they would have thrown me overheard , such was their malice towards me . I was very

      unwell , and the doctor would take but little notico ; and indeed it was a very difficult thing to get him to come at all , On one occasion I was very ill I sent for him several times . He did not come for two days after . He then said my throat was very bad ; he would come in the evening , and said I should have a mustard poultice on ; but he never came near me'for a day or ' two . When he did come he said I must get up and send my bed on deck . It wa 9 a very damp day ; and had been raining . No one would take it up , and cried shame on him wishing to have it done , seeing me obliged to support . myself with , pillows . I was veiy weak , not being able to take my daily food , and he sent me nothing - else . Such was the manner I was treated by those who should have protected me . I could tell you a great deal mors , but I havo not time to write more at present . I remain , sir , your obedient servant ,

      . , Caroline Aim-old . Mr . . Grundy next read the following declaration , signed by eighty ofthe emigrants by the Indian : — To the Committee appointed to inquire into tbe treatment . . of . emigrants onboard the _bai-que Indian . ,- ' We , the undersigned , ; emigrants by the above-named vessel , having read and carefully examined all the " , statements made by our fellow emigrants at a public meeting held at the Norfolk Arms , Bundle-street , and published in the Adelaide Observer , September 1 , 1849 , gladly avail ourselves of this opportunity to enrol our names is confirmation of those facts , and to express our earnest wish that those who may be more , favourably situated as regards time and distance will embrace every opportunity ' of _expos ' ng ' the 'gross arid palpable deficiency of provisions , ' the wanton immorality , ' * the constant abuse , ' 'and

      frequent threats to which we were exposed during the ' whole voyage , ' . Aud aUo to place those persons who have signed a document favourable to the captain , doctors , and officers in tbeir proper light both as regards character and position while bn board the ship . Mr . Grundy next produced oral . testimony in support ofthe allegations in the documents he had read , ' ¦ _> •'"¦"• ¦ ' ¦ "•"'• ' '' ' ¦ Mr ; Holdswortb , who had been a constable on board , but resigned , declared Miss Arnold was a most deserving young woman , and her statement worthy of belief . He added , that he had reason to know her statement was true apart frOin his confidencein her veracity ' _; Mrs * Holdswortb considered Miss Arnold as nice and proper a _yoiiug person aa any on board the ship . Mr . Sums and others made similar declarations .

      A passenger , whose . name we could - not , catch , stated he heard the doctor say that Miss Arnold deserved to be ducked . ('' Shame , shame . ' * } . ; ' . " , ' , ' The doctor here ; referred to the passage in Miss Arnold ' s letter , describing the cowardly outrage alluded to . He maintained he was not aware of it , nor present ait it . He dwelt on . two discrepancies iri the young woman ' s statement , contending ; they vitiated her complaint altogether , _'_ . ' One was , that Bhe called the topgallant-forecastle a poop , and the other was , that the persons at the meeting who witnessed the throwing of the water admitted they did hot see him on the forecastle at the time . He called on [/ : 'Mrs . May , the . matron , who stated that she considered Miss Arnold the most respectable girlbn

      board the ship , bhe bad no knowledge of her _liefore going ' on board , but since landing Had given her a general invitation :.. . She ( Mrs . May ) had , oh one occasion , when the captain had given' permission and supplied cheer for a 'little birthday party ( it being _tte ; ship ' s birtbda-f _^ and his _^ owhchiW ' B ) , felt offended at hearing that Miss Arnold said they were the'worse , for wine , when they broke up , which tbey did between nine and ten o ' clock . She believed it was for those remarks Miss Arnold got duoked , and , though vexed , with her at that time for Casting such an imputation upon her " matronly" character , her opinion was unchanged ; Some things were Said to be missing , ; and thodoctor desired her ( the matron ) to institute a general Search . She did so , and whilst exainining ; Mi 83 -Arnold ' s effects , in her , _preseiicei » _meBSefigetcaine and told the young woman she was wantedon deck by the doctor and the ' captain' She ( theimatron ) _afterwards'heard that an atteihnt was

      made to duct Miss Arnold after she * went up / biit thatjthe young - woman was warned tby some _personV and escaped the greater part of Jhe Water that was thrown _^ the greater portion of the ; contents' of the bucket falljng upon two married women , who' we ' re in the room ; and ; confirmed the statement . •' ; ,- - r ¦ --Mrs . 'Margaret _Bonas stated sh 6 was the person who ! warned Miss Arnold . The captain was on the poop , but she ( Mrs : Bonas ) did not see the'doctor _therev ' _' ' '; •/ " _¦"' _: "• . ' ¦¦ "• ' - ; : . '" - ; _¦^¦•; : _-- ' _.-. _i- ! .- ¦ _- ; The doctor' in endeayburinj to extricato' himself froiri the odium- of this un-English' usage of a _respectable-and worthy young female , - was ' adroitlv brought ' - tip by Mr . Grundy / 'who' pointed out the anomaly of justifying ah action Which _he'ha'd just before'denied ; - ' - . : '; ¦ - *¦'• • , c- . ;•¦ _^ Captain English bore asked thematroii if she ever saw the ' _second mate in the berths ' br _apartment of the _jingle wbmen?—The matron 'deolared' she' saw the second mate eeveral times lying on the young women ' s beds ; and once' she saw hini asleepoh a form just Outside of a , 'berth _!—Captain-Engfish .---; Andiwhy ! did you . not report ' , it to' the doctor ?—¥ " -I did report it to the doctor .

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      ' _r-Mrs ; JMurp hy said there was a . j _* b . urig girl sitting beside'herwhocould . _vouchj for _,, the ; Jr uthof ; JMiss Arnold _^' _slialerhent ' _respeotihg _, the improper , conduct of the sfecbh'd raalb . _'/ li he girl naturally felt ; diffident , but wbhld Honestly- } answer , jf _questiphed pn _^ the _siibjecti -She , _mtroduced'Miss ; Hill as , the _person she referredto . _u ' . ¦¦ _--, ¦ _.,.--. " ¦ - ¦ . ¦' _¦' : ' ; _- _.- : T ' _- _-v v , ; Miss Hill , in reply to Mr . Grundy ' s _inquiry , put in the most delicate form , declared the second mate used to ; be in " ; certain of the single ' girls ' 'berth ' s rit night , and more shameless ' still ; sometimes in the day ; , His conduct' was grossly ; indecent ; and his

      language the worse , she ever heard . ' , ' . ' . ' v 7 ¦ MissiLe . wis also . stated that the scenes witnessed on board the vesseiiustified , the term applied to it" a floating brothel'" ' , ; it ' was a fearful thing for unprotected _femaks ; to be placed for months at the mercy of such sea . monsters ; " The doctor , ' who shouldi have checked such proceedings with a firm hand' disregarded their complaints or threatened to punish ; the _, complaiiiahts * , and those threats were carried but on Miss Arnold and others who resisted and resented the . advances bt the second mate and his ruffian associates .. / .

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

      Mr . Burns state-Jan instance where a Mrs . Cook was dangerously ill , ; having miscarried during the night . ; The doctor paid no attention to three messages , _jand only went on the agonised husband ' s [ declaring he would complain of the inattention at the end of the voyage . — -The doctor' said the three applications might / probably have been made in the course of , _half-an _* hour . —Mr . Grundy : And why should you wait half-an-hpur when you were told the person was dangerously ill?— -The doctor ; objected to answer the question . He then recollected himself , arid said lie had no'doubt he was otherwise cngaged .- _" - ( A Vbice : Yes , fishing . ) ( Groans and hisses . )—Mr . Grundy wished the _dbctorjxi answer tbe _particular charge respecting Mr . ' Berkeh ' _s

      child . — -Dr . Sandfbrd : It was not entitled to medical comforts unless it was sick . — -Mr . ' Stephens'here read' from the commissioners' dietary , that "it should be in the discretion of the _surgeon-superintendant to issue , three times a week , to children under seven , four ounces of rice or three ounces of sago' , iri lieu of stilt meat . " — -Dr . Cotter , . who bad himself filled the office of surgeon to an emigrant ship , and is now in extensive practice in the colony , here confirmed other observations which fell from Mr . Stephens . —pr . Sandford replied he wasnot particular on the point . He distributed the medical comforts indiscriminately , till lie found theni _disappearing too fast . —( A Voice * . Yes , to your favourites . ) [ A perfect' Babble of confusion followed : Charges and " accusations were poured on the

      luckless doctor ' s headfrom all parts , of the room . We could only gather a few of tbe cases . ]—Mr . Berken declared , that . the other child alluded to ih his letter was at the point of death when he left home , and he attributed its state to the doctor ' s refusal to give it proper sustenance during the voyage .--W Johnson said his wife was very ill , arid the doctor said ' she should have porter and ether nourishing food , but told him he ought to buy it for ber , whieh he was unable to do . ( " Shame . " )—Jesse Johnson declared his wife and child were so reduced that he did riot expect them to live . The doctor refused to give them tho comforts he himself said they required . ( " Shame , shame . " )—Mr , Grundy , when order wiis restored , read the following list of the " medical comforts" entrusted to the doctor for the

      use of the passengers , adding it was probable he would be called on to account for their ivpproriation . Of one matter ( the preserved milk ) he ( Mr . Grundy ) jocosely observed the captain could perhaps give them the history and Obituary , ( A laugh , in which the captain joined . )

      MBD 10 AL COMFORTS . That a supply of medical comforts shall be put on board in the following proportions to 100 statute adults : — "l , cwt . © f oatmeal , 281 bs . of "West India arrowroot , 561 bs of Scotch barley , 1501 bs sago , 301 _bs preserved boiled beef in lib . tins , 20 _Ibs . of preserved boiled mutton in lib . tins , 400 pints of lemon-juice in wickered . stone bottles of . five gallons each ' , 3001 bs .- sugar , 18 bottles port wine , 12 bottles of sherry wine , 100 gallons of approved stout , including , at least six dozen of bottled stout , 10 gallons of brandy , 10 gallons of rum , 10 gallons of vinegar , 6 dozen pints of preserved , milk , 1 cwt . of chloride of lime , 1 cwt . of marine soap . —Tho above medical comforts to be issued at thb

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

      These are distinct charges . You cannot repel them by a general denial like that . —Dr . Sandford -. Then I shall call Mrs . Wood , the nurse . —Mrs . Wood came forward , and said it might . be true that Mr . Berken had only , got lib . of arrow-root , but how much did his daughter get ?—Mr . Berken : Why I ¦ have ho daughter . . ( Laughter , groans , hisses and hubbub . ) On silence beihgrestored , —Mr . Grundy said , that the woman's husband signed a complaint , addressed to the captain and the doctor , on the short allowance of provisions on the 13 th May , which he handed to the chairman . — -Dr . Sandford said if the arrowroot and other medical comforts wero not given to tbe proper persons it was not his fault ; he issued them freely . —Mr . Grundy could not receive that as ah

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

      He then placed it in other hands , and more than a month after' he preferred an unfounded charge against her , which she was willing to : meet and anxious to . refute . —( A voice : Oh , let the doctor answer for himself . )—The doctor intimated he was not prepared to enter into the charge against Mrs . May;—The witnesses were not in attendance , —Mrs . May ; : Shy with , some appearance of justice you complain of delay in your case . - How much greater the injustice of delay to me . 1 attended this meeting in the hope of having an opportunity to refute your false charge . I never can hope for such an opportunity again . _.: ¦ The charge against the captain and officers of affording an insufficient supply of water and

      provisions to the emigrants , was stated by Mr . Burns , a passenger ¦ fi . ' _"" ' ¦ "" - ' . ., ' . . '" , Mr . Burns , who , in an able speech ; detailed the deficient Jssue of provisions during the Voyage ' he described the mode by which he arrived at bis results , which were that the supply of water was short of 4 , 125 gallons Of the fair allowance . That on comparing note ' s with the emigrants by the Emily , they found that the passengers iri that ship had about thirty gallon ' s per ' day more than the passengers by the Indian . There was a defloioncy of peas during the voyage of 140 gallons ,. and the ; daily deficiency of bread was at least sixteen pounds . ( Cries ; of " Hear , hear . ")—Captain English said there was no allowance of bread at all . _* They ' could have as

      much as they liked _^ Mr . -Burns : ho tar from that being the fact the people were constantly complaining . —A female declared she was frequently hungary during the voyage / and would have been glad to have got bread if she could , honestly _andhbriourablyi- _^ Mr . Holdsworth ( a corist'able ) & aid ; hecould hot make the insufficient quantity bf bread he received meet the demand , and he' was in consequence relieved ofthe ' duty of distributing Jt _.-r-One ofthe ship ' s' officers here cried out , " Why , bread was so plentiful thatthe pigs were fed bh'it ! ' "—A Female : _"YeBjthb ' capt ' ain'spigJwere fed bhou ' r bread , ' and the pigs " were-for' the cabin . _'*'** -- _* Mr . ' Grundy hoped that the fact ' would- be observed ; * : The captain ' s pigs were ; fed on bread ' ¦ whioh the ' people were deprived of , * andthat it was the emigrants' bread was

      proved by the fact admitted , that'the emigrants ' bread was whiter ' than that used by-the crew . — 'Mr . Burns continued : He calculated that the deficiency of- _breads was about nineteen . cwt . i , ; during . _* rthe voyage , and a similar complaint had ' to be-made with referenceto the preserved meat , sugar , _- - and butter ; and be had an opportunity of testing the mode of serving out the pork , whereby a quantity of 600 lbs . was served out as' 707 ; _lbs . r ( 0 rie 8 of " That's _jv fact . "' ) ' : The : speaker dwelt on-several other deficiencies , and concluded by saying thathe had no doubt- everything was issued in ; the ; same stinted manner . ;< So convinced washe of that fact , that when applied _to'by the dooto _' r to _actaa constable' _he-refusefdJlie appointment . He . knew . ; it was adeeeptibn and a mockery , ; and he would not be a party to injustice , ( I _^ u o ; che _^ S—Dr , _Saud-

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      __ II _ IH I I ' _lilin _. _y-. _---,.- » . _¦• . r _-,--- L _, ford : It was your duty , ( 6 'ke \ in _? such a _' case . If wrong ** as being done , ypu _7 should"have ,. protested agaihst ) it . —Mr . BurnsV ' I should ' then ; have incurred the vengeance of the '" _jwwers that-Irere , and beenbeateh _likb'Mr _" . iHill ; _sbr duckedJike'Cafoline Arnold . _'» I preferred : biding ;; my _? time ; I -knew we should j ' meet ; at ] Philippi . _, ! Here I have , ah opportunity'tb compare . _noteswitfryou . Here ' Iccan prove that our fobd was withheld , _^ our persons _assaultedj " oiirffeelingg outraged ; ' -and our : property damaged ; ; Here 1 can demand the inquiries that there I 'dare not sue for , and from this free colony I can send home to the colonisation - commissioners and to the British parliament a duly-authenticated

      statement , that will , I trust ; prevent a ' repetition bf jBuch pliinderir igoppressibris as _we'have been subjected to .- _' ( _Girbaitapplause . ) ¦ ' - ; - : ¦' ¦ '' : ¦ ¦ :: '¦ ; The evidence relative to-attempts to . intimidate nuchas complained was as follows : — ' . ; ' . _- . The smoking' between decks , ' assaults , beastly language , 'wilful damage ; to the people ' s property , and other irregularities of Mr . Dean and Mr . Hands , were then described' by' different speakers ; after which , jAltv Hill repeated the printed account ofa brutal-assault committed on him by the second mate . ! His account was * substantiated -by several witnesses ;' and two were ; produced who attempted to explain it away" Mr . Hill ; however , solemnly declared he kepi his bed for a fortnight after the

      assault , and had . hot yet quitereeoveredfromthe effects of it ., ' ,. The captain made a short statement with reference to the charge of extorting-improper freight ., It appeared from nim that the . particular packages alluded to were liable to duty as merchandise , although they were the emigrant ' s tools , iridispehgable ' tohis trade . Several p assengers replied , that when Mr ; Harids was- upbraided with destroying Mr . ' _Shaiw ' _s _proparty and other outrages , he used to threaten 'them that - they would hiake them pay _freight'for their ' luggage at Adelaide .- Mr , Baihbridge described a similar outrage committed on hini by the captain ' s clerk since they arrivedjn port .: ' " He was called tip but of his bed after he' had returned froni 'town , wearied looking for employ and

      a house to remove to . ' On coming on deck , he was knocked down by _^ Mr . 'Boss , arid the * captain wanted hini or any of the malcontents to stand before him , arid he'd "knock ' seven bells out of them . " The lights ; were extinguished ,. and the people lay in _terrorlall nig ht ; 'Inthe morning , a child , was found dead in the bed alongside of its mother , and no One knew when the death occurred' ; That night , while on decki ' _bbih'th ' e captain arid the'doctor told him that _hbshould leave ' the ship the next morning , or his _things'would be thrown overboard . , The doctor admitted he said so . The captain attempted to show that Bainbridge was removing the seamen ' s chests , to cnabh > them to run away from the ship . Several persoris stepped forward arid said there were two

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

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

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

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      BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH , New-Road , London . THB EICH AND GfiEAT IN THE : POWER OP THE UNPRINCIPLED . TO _TnEEDrrOKOFTIlENOB'tHEEK STAR . Sib . —There can iri truth be no doubt that the higher classes , in this and all other countries , have completely fallen into the power of thc unprincipled , owing to the infernal pharmaceutical' poisons introduced by doctors to prop their Guinea-Trade and to keep the people in the dark as regards the cure of their complaints . I can _easUy fancy that _dactbra dbri't like this question bf poisons tobe brought forward ; well Knowing that upon an investigation of the matter they will'hot appear in a very honourable position—no doubt doctors will say thatthe British College of Health had no right to let the public into the secret ; but it should be observed that since Mr , Storison , the H ygeist , protested against the poisons introduced by doctors . ns medicines , we have had Mr . Lytton Bulwer , Justice Talfourd , Mr . Amos , the celebrated jurist , and all eminent men , who have reported facts of crimes committed hy the poisons which clearly shovrthat to wink at the different ways in which such poisons may be used would only lead

      to imminent danger ; . I , therefore , do say that , upon the showing of such nien as Bulwer , Talfourd , and Mr . Amos _, the higher classes are completely ih the power of the unprincipled , and it has come to this— ' that he who has the greatest amount of property or power is in the greatest danger . ' No one who closely examines this question will deny it to be so . TVe are told that there are now in France parties who will stop at nothing : —see then what a mighty engine these poisons of doctors are in the hands of the wicked or _designi _" _** _- ' _'' I'iay It " Is useless for doctors , or then' friends to deny the fact—almost daily do we see in the newspapers some dreadful , catastrophe ,. resulting from their poisons ; but doctors say that such poisons are essential to the cure of some diseases—this is a wicked-lie—no , sir , poisons are poisons ,. whether in the hand of the professional br non ' _prafessional' men—they only tend to . prop the Guinea Trade ! ' and happy will be the day when they are sent to the tomb , pf nil the capulets . If these poisons are necesarytothe cure of diseases how comes it that hundreds of thousands of . Hygeists throughout the world haye done without them for , the last twenty-five years , and that we have some sort j of doctors who repudiate them , such as the Hydrbpathis ' ts « fcc . , _,- ¦ _....-..-. . ; Yours , - he . , London , Feb . 1850 . ' A _HYGEIST .

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      _IMMEIf ' , SUCCESS . OF THE NE"Vy REMEDY ) Wliich has never yet failed . — -A cure effected or the < money returned . DR . W _A- . _-L TEE D E R O OS , 1 , Ely-place , Holborn-hill ; _Londonifrom . many years experience at _thevarious Hospitals in London and on the continent , is enabled to'treat , with the utmost certaint y of cure , every variety ef disease arising from solitary habits , delusive , he ., he , excesses , infection , such a gonorrhoea , gleet , stricture , syphilis , in all their varieties arid stages / --which , owing to neglect or _improper treatment , invariably end in gravel , rheumatism ,, indigestion , sextual debility , skin diseases , pains in the kidneys , back and loins , deficiency of natural strength , and finally an agonising death . The lamentable neglect of these diseases by medical men in general is well known , " and their attempts to cure by . the use of those dangerous ' ¦ medicines — mercury ,-copaiba , eubebs , io . —have produced the most _distresslm * results .

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      r' / . _V'U _nn ; _^ , Ct _> _M'VU : , _^ 'X 7 X- - > : X / , _JjAnK-tANB , Monday ; "February _lh-JOvving to ¦ the ' short supply of English wheat this morning , there . was rather more Inclination tb buy on the part of our millers ; and the stands-were cleared at fully last Monday ' s prices .: _^ Foreign wheat met with a" _littleAbetter'inquiry , -at previous rates . Flour Bold-more . freely ; but "without alteration in prices . Finest English malting ; ; barley , maintained its value ; but all other descriptions ' and foreign sold very slowly . Beans and peas unaltered . Bye dull sale . The arrival of oats was small , in consequence of the boisterous weather , but the trade continues to rule dull arid- without improve _, inent in price . Linseed and cakes quite : as dear ., , Tares slow _sahvs Bed cloverseed is offering more plentifully frota our growers ; and althoug h prices are nominally without change , there was but little doing to-day . White seed is offering lower . ' " "' " "' ' '' ' uffolkand tred

      BarrisH . —Wheat . _—Esssx , S , Ken , , new 36 s to _iOs , ditto white 40 s to 40 _arhhicolh , "Morfolkf and York _, _sliii-e , . red 32 s to 3 Gs , Northumberland and Scotch , white 32 s to 38 s , ditto red 32 s to 36 s ; ' Devonshire and Somerse tshire , red , —s to —s , ditto white r- to —s , rye , 21 s to 23 » , barley , 22 s to 21 b , -Scotch 22 s to 24 g , Angus—s to —8 , Malt ordinary , _—s . _tb —s , pale 50 s to ois , peas , grey , new 23 s to 21 s , maple 2 fis to 27 s ,. white Ms , to 24 s , boilers new 20 s to 29 s , beans , large , new 22 s ' to 23 s , ticks 24 s to 25 s , _han-ow , 2 Ss to 20 s , pigeon , " 20 s to 26 s , oats , Lincoln _aijd Yorkshire feed , 15 s to 18 s ditto Poland and potato , 17 s to 20 s , Berwick _und Scotch , 17 s to 21 s , Scotch feed , 17 s to 18 _sj Irish feed and-black , 14 s to 17 s , ditto potato , 17 s to 19 s , linseed _( _sOTOng ) 50 » to S 2 b _, rapeseea , Essex , new £ 27 to jE 30 per last , carraway seed , Essex , new 26 s to 30 s per cwt , rape cake , JE 4 to £ 418 s per ton , Hn « seed , £ 010 s to £ 10 10 s . per 1 , 000 , flour , per sack of 2 S 01 bs _, ship , 2 _Cs to 28 s , town , 36 s to 88 s .

      Fobiion . — Wheat—Dantaig , 42 s to 48 s , Anhalt and Marks , 36 to . 40 s , ditto white , 40 s to 42 s , Pomeranian red , 40 s to 42 s , Kostock 41 s to 46 s , Danish , Holstein , ana Friesland , 30 sto 34 s ,. Petersbuigh , _Arshangel , and Iliga , 32 s to 34 s , Polish Odessa , 32 s ta 34 s , Marianopoll , and Ber . dianski , 32 s to 33 s , Taganrog , 32 s to 34 s , -Brabant and French / 34 s io 36 s , ditto white , 38 s to 42 s , Salorica _, _***• » to 33 s ; Egyptian ; 23 s to 26 s > rye , 20 s to 22 s , bar _' ey _, Wisaar and Kostock ,. 18 s to 21 « , Danish , 18 s to 22 s , Saal , 20 s to 24 s , East Friesland , 16 s to 17 s , Egyptian , 15 s to 16 s , Danube , 15 s to 16 s , peas , -white , 23 s to 24 s , new boilers , 25 s to ' 26 s , beans , horse , 22 s to 23 s , pigeon , 24 s to 25 j , Egyptian , 22 s to 24 s , oats Groningen , Danish , Bremen , and Friesland , feed and black , lis to 15 s , ditto , thick and brew , 16 s to 20 s , _Biga , Petersburgh , Archangel , aud Swedish , ' , !! - * to 16 s , flour , United States , per _ISfilbs _., 22 s to 24 s , Hamburgh 20 s to 228 , Dantzig and Stettin 20 s to 23 s , French per 2801 _bs „ 323 to 34 s . . Wednesday , February 13 With the market hare for grain , we are very dull for every article , without alteration , in price .

      ¦; Arrivals this week : — -Wheat—English , 450 quarters ; foreign , — quarters . Barley—English , 1 , 010 quarters ; foreign , — quarters . Oats . — English , - 4 , 840 quarters foreign , — quarters . ; Flour—40 sacks . _Kichmond ( Yorkshire , ) Feb . 9 . —We had a large supply of grain this morning , and a great quantity unsold . Wheat sold from 4 s te 5 s 3 d ; oats , Is 8 d to 2 s lOd , - barley , 38 2 d to 3 a Gd : beans , 4 s to 4 g Cd per bushel .

      BREAD , The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 6 d . to 7 d . _y of household ditto , 4 Jd . to 5 Jd . per 4 Jb 8 . loaf . ¦ ¦

      ' CATTLE . " - _Suithfielb , Monday , February U . i-jThe supply of foreign stock on offer to-day was very limited , and of but middling quality . Fresh up to our market this morning the arrivals of home-fed beasts were but moderate .... Their general con . dition was , however , somewhat superior to those exhibited for some weeks past . Owing to the unfavourable state of the weather for slaughtering , tlie beef trade ruled exceeding inactive , at barely last Monday ' s quotations ; the top figure for the best Scots was 3 s . lOd . per 81 bs ., at which a clearance was not effected . From Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire , we received 1 , 940 Scots and shorthorns ; from the northern counties , 380 short-horns ; and

      from other parts of England , 750 Hereford ? , runts , Devons , he . the Scotch supply was only 120 head . Comparativel y speaking , the numbers of sheep were small . As the arrivalsof dead meat fresh up to Newgate and Leadenhall ha ** fallen off , the mutton trade ruled steady , at Friday ' s improvement in value of 2 d . per 81 bs . The primest old downs sold at from is 2 d to 4 s 4 d per Slbs . The supply of calvea was again limited ; while the veal trade proved tolerably firm , at last week ' s currencies . In pigs very little business was transacted ; but we have no change to notice in value _. Head or Cattle at Smitiifield . — Friday . —Beasts , 794 ; sheep , 8 , 480 ; calves , 125 ; pigs , 280 , Mondaj , - Hearts , 3 , 140 ; sheep , 16 , 396 ; calves , 63 ; pigs , 175 .

      Price per stone of 8 lbs , ( sinking the offal . J—Beef , 2 s lOdta 3 s lOd ; mutton , 3 s Od to 4 s 0 d ; veal , 3 s 2 d to 4 s Od ; pork , 38 4 dto 4 s 0 d . _JNEWGAT ** and Lbadenhali ,, Monday , Feb . 4 . —Inferior beef , 2 s 4 ( 1 to 2 s 6 d ; middling ditto , 2 s 8 d to 2 s 10 d ; prima large , 3 s Od to 3 s 2 d ; prime small , 3 s 2 d to 3 s 4 d ; large pork , 2 s Od to 3 s 4 d ; inferior mutton , 2 s Cd to 2 s 8 d ; middling ditto , 2 s lOd to 3 s Od ; prime ditto , 3 s 2 d to 3 s 6 d ; veal , 3 s Od to 4 s Od ; small pork , 3 s fid to 4 s 0 d ; per 81 bs . by the carcase .

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

      POTATOES . Sodthwabk Waterside , Feb . 11 . —Tho arrivals the past week coastwise have bean limited , notwithstanding which trade is heavy , and in consequence of the very large supply by rail , it is with difficulty the following prices are sustained : —Yorkshire Regents 90 s to 120 s per ton ; Wis . boch ditto , 70 s to 100 s ; Scotch ditto 70 s to 80 s ; ditto cups , GOs to 70 s ; French Whites 70 s to 80 s ; Belgian 05 s to 75 s .

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

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

      TALLOW , HIDES AND OILS . Taliow , Monday , Feb . 11 . —Since Monday last our market has ruled vere inactive , and prices have further receded Sd to 5 d per cwt . To-day P . Y . C . on the spot is selllng at 37 s 6 d to 37 s 9 d per cwt , * We have offers , but no buyers , of new T . C , deliverable up to the end of the year , at 39 s per cwt . Town tallow is 37 s per cwt . net cash . Fough fat is 2 s Id _pir 85 ) . Advices from St . Petersburg , to the 26 th ult , state that prices of tallow owing to the improved tone of the letters from London , had advanced to 115 and 116 roubles , with hand money . _.-Leadenham . —Market hides 56 _fl > . to 641 b ., ljd to 1 id per lb . ; ditto 648 ) . to 72 fi > , ljd to l } d ; ditto 72 B ) . to * 80 fl ) ., 2 d to 2 Jd ; ditto 801 b . to , 881 b ., 2 Jdto 3 d ; ditto 881 b to 9 fiJb ., 3 _d to 3 _id ; ditto 961 b . to 1041 b ., 3 ld to id ; ditto 1041 b . to 112 fc : Sid to id ; calf-skins each 2 s 6 d to 3 s 6 d J Horse hides 5 s to 6 s . Linseed per cwt . 31 s . 9 d . to 32 s ; rapeseed _Bnglisli refined 42 s Od to —8 ; brown 41 s Od ; Gallipoli per ton . 501 ., * , Spanish 501 .- ; Sperm 821 . to —I . ; bagged 831 . ; South Sea 31 _i . 0 s to 33 / . ; Seal pale 391 . 10 s to —L : do ., coloured , 331 . j cod 30 * . to 31 * . : cocoa nut per ton 38 * . W 49 * ,: palm , 32 { . -

      ' COLONIAL PRODUCE Tuesday Evening . — Sdoar . — The market has again opened for tiie week with a downward tendency , and although the importers of Mauritius showed firmness by buying two-thirds of the 3 , 000 bags .. offered , yet a decline o £ 6 d was established on the part sold , also on 700 bags Bengal . 380 hhds . only of West India , sold to-day , the prices of which were about those of Friday last . ' Refined market dull ; grocery lumps 49 s to 51 s 6 d . Coffee . —The market has become unsteady ; good ordinary native Ceylon sold after business hours yesterday at 60 s ; to-day , * > 9 s bas been accepted for a small parcel , at which they , are now reported buyers , and the quotation is 59 s to 60 s ' . About half of the plantation Ceylon offered in public sale was bought in ; the remainder sold at Is decline . - - -, '

      Cocoa A small part only of the Trinidad and Bahla was sold in public sale . Cotton . —We are wUh 6 ut , transactions to : report to-day . Indigo . —The quarterly . s « le , containing 14 , 300 chests commenced to-day . The attendance was good , with a _faiu demand . Middling and good middling description wera most In demand , whilo ordinary and low sorts were rather dull bf sale . Also Madras and . Kurpahs , 565 chests _iold . Compared with last Octobeti sales , we quote good and fine Bengalsidto . 6 d advance ; middling Bengals 6 dto 7 d . advance ; ordinary and low Bengals'id to 6 d advance ; ordinary ! Oudes _^ _d to 4 d advance ; dry leave Madras 3 d . to 14 advance J _Wtuhri-y _Kurpuhsid advance . . ' .-:. _; ¦ _¦¦; - ' Bice . —The demand has somewhat improved to-day , " " _* Rum remains dull . . » . . .. _'""""^ Tallow continued quoted at 37 si 6 d . Tea . —The ' market has been steady . in other articles no material alteration ; but _tbsra bas been a general heaviness hanging over the markets . _= ¦

      " ; : - ; _"' 7 _*;; _; : ; "WOOL . ' _Citt , ' Monday , Feb ll .- ' The importsof wool into London last week -were only 704 bales , including 536 bales front Sydney ; 60 from the Cape of Good Hope , 100 from Buenos Ayre > , and 8 from , . Haly . The public sales of Colonial wool begin nextjThursday , and the quantity at present . declared is 12 , 000 to 13 , 000 bales . ; , A _' fair business is doing , and opinion rules in favour of tbo ' article , in whieh there have been ' some purchases for shipment , " ' "" ' - •• • . __ Liveiu-oo ! , ' Feb ; 9 .---Scotchl--Ther 8 has been a moderate business doing in Laid Highland wool at onr ' quotations ; white is also more looked after .. There is not quite so good a . demand for Chevoit and crossed , but tho stocks are hgbt 4 and holders firm , ' -, " - -, ' , - ' _, Foraiak . —There is still a good inquiry for moat kinds ad fu ll price .- -The _paWic-saies commence in- London tin tb _$ l 4 thinst _,-whenabouM 2 , 000 bales will be offered ,, There will also be sales here on ; the 1 st of March , when about 2 , 000 bales will be offered of different sorts : . y ... Imports for . the week-263-bales ; previously this , y « ar 5 , 656 bales .- ' ' ; _; ¦ .

      M (> NDAY Feb . ' 11 . —Factors : Te * _7 firm : _andwitbout an « alteration in price since this day fortnight , Stewarts 19 s * _Hettons" 19 srKelloel 8 s Gd ; BraddyUs 18 s 6 d ; Eden 18 _»| _Wyiam' 16 s 0 d ; _Lambtonsl 8 s 6 d , " Fresh _arrivals 124 < _lef _fromlastday 299 . . Total 423 / . _tK ! a . ™ »

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 16, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_16021850/page/8/