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LORD KOSSE'S GIGANTIC TELESCOPE . At the clow of the meeting of the TSrifish Associafion , Dr . Robinson , the eminent astronomer , gave the following interesting account * f tne gigantic telescope ¦ with a six feet speculum , preparing by the Earl of Bosse . The processes employed > y his lordship hare "been aescnbed before , bat not so clearly . Tie expected results are splendid , as lie reader will see by slsncins at the last sentence bat one of the article . Tho powers of the six feet specnlnm when finished ought to be four toes as great as those of the three feet one , which suffice , it seems , to Tender an objeet in the moon no bizgeritixn a cfinrch -risible to n
»;—"Taseye fails to percsite distant objects for two res 3 ons—their apparent minuteness , and their faiataess . Both these are obviated by the telescope ; iU object glass , or mirror , forms a highly aicminated picture , as in the camera obscura ; and-this can bamagnified by the eye-piece in proportion to its brightness , proportion depending on that which the objective patt tears on the pupil of Hie eye . Therefore , with instruxnents equally perfect in execution the power depends -on the- diameter , and all improvements ultimately relate to that . Now , in the refracting telescope , -when tte © t ^ ectJTe part ia of glass , we Tery soon reach a limit , from the impossibility of obtaining this substance in large masses sufficiently perfect for optical purposes . There is sot in existence an crtject glass of sixteen
inches aperture , : nor we believe four of twelve ; and their cost might be estimated from the fact , that a disc Of nnwrought flint gbss was now offered for sale , eight inches diameter and one inch thick , at the price of eighty guineas . We are therefore obliged beyond these Emits to avail ourselves of . the principle of rtfUction ; but here also we meet with difficulties that seem scarcely surmountable . The material of specula is ¦ easily procured , fcut it is perhaps the most untractable with which a ¦ workman ever meddles ; harder f ^ rti steel , bnt so brittle that a slight blow will shiver a large lock of it to fragments , and a alight trisuration grind it to dust , it can scarcely be shaped by the common process of the founder , and a very small warmth inca . ationsjy applied t * 5 I 1 split a large minor . And the
< Jelieacy of the necessary for perfect action , is scarcely to be conceived ; quantities of space , which would dude all other measurement , are in this way made evident , so that the precision of the operation must be almost infinite . Up to the siza of six , or perhaps nine SacJiew diameter , the difficulties are overcome "by skilful Workmen ; but -very lew have ventured beyond the latter limit , and still fewer have succeeded so that in that field lord Bosse stands alone . Ev . en Sir William Henchel himself is no exception ; his twenty-feet telescopes , of sixteen inches aperture , being comparatively diminutive ; and the ferty-feet , of four feet aperture , however honourable to the astronomers and the " Kins who constructed it , must be regarded as a failure .
" The jmproTementa mads by Xord Basse might be described as f onr , including " a multitude of minor points , of which it might be said that none were the result of accident ; they flowed from a series of experimental iadnctionB , perfect in their kind , bat which time win not permit him to detail . The first was in casting the specula . From what he said before of their materiel , it would easily be conceived , that without especial precautions it would infallibly crack in cooling : " Of the three attempts by Sir Win . JHerachel to cast the four feet speculum , two failed , thon&b it -was far below the true standard of four chemical equivalents Of copper to one of tin . Others whs have operated en 17 have sot beazr * mo » fortunate ; it either cracks in the mould , or has a dull and porous surface , which
makes it useless . Lord Bosse forms that surface of Vhe mould "which give the xtfLecting £ aca of iron hoops , packed on edge , and turned to the spheric figure of the speculum- —so elo * e that they retain the liquid metal , ao porous that the air which , it entangles can escape . It chills and solidifies at once a mn » . ii dspth of the face ; the sides of the mould , which are ef sand , cool it more slowly , and the ultimate and dangerous contraction acts only on the back , -which is east open . The arrangement seems excessively simple ; bnt it never fails . Of course , the speculum , -which is tough at a high temperature , is transferred before it comes to an anraaling furnace , and gradually cooled . The second Change ia in the position of the speculum ; all other opticians , as far as Dr . Bobinson knew , had it above the polisher . By reversing it , iord Bosse gained many Important advantages—he csnld examine its figure as
the polishing proceeded without removing it t © the telescope—no trifling job , when it is near a ton weight —by placing it in a cistern of water kept at the mean temperature , lie made the process free from ^ he uncertainty * anmofl ty *>»»» friction , be&trng , and softening the pitch of the polisher ; and by supporting the speculum on the identiea ! levers which were to bear it when act-Ing in the telescope , he avoided all change of figure-Were a mirror accurately figured with its face downward , ths mere act ef reversing will unquestionably injure its performance , for it bends by-its own weight The riigbtenfc local pressure -will tarn a -weU-deftned Star into a blot or a comet ; and this absolute Identity of support in the two eases it of awwntial necessity , theugh never before thought of . The third is the machine which gives the movements requisite to obtain the parbolic figure . It is b remarkable tact , and an evidence of the correctness of the result that Dr .
• Green , a native of city , should have been led by ins experiments to the same combinations . They eonsirt , according to Lord Bosse , of—1 st , a stroke which carries the polisher one-third of the diameter of the mirror : 2 d , a transverse stroke 21 times slower and 0 . 28 of the saraB diameter of the mirror ; 3 d , a rotation of the speculum , performed in the time of 37 of the first strokes ; « tT > ri 4 th , a Totation of tbe polubsr ia the same direction , aboniJL 6 times slower ; and if those proportions be observed the machine will do the rest ; it scarcely requires to be watched , and if it be only arrested when tie polisher csvara the surface , it is found Oust whetker that be six inches diameter , ox three feet , the figure is true . But as the curvature of the surface is not uniform , tbe shape of the polisher must change
wt 2 e it is produced . This instrument ii mads of cast iron covered with pitch , sad coated with peroxide of iron . The change can only occur by the lateral spreading of the pitch , and to allow of this it bad been -usual to cut it in grooves regulated by the experience of the optician , and renewed as they fiD Bp . Instead of this arbitrary plan , Xord Bosse has grooved tbe polUher itself , bo as to break -it into isolated and definite portions , and thus he rfednees . every part of the operation to precise conditions Dr . Bobinson apologised for . such an imperfect sketch of those invention ! , but he regretted still more that he could not venture to detain his hearers by telling them of tbe -wonders they bad unfolded , and of the three-feet telescope actually employed at
Parsontown , the most powerful that has yet been pointed to the sky—of the light which it has already thrown on gome of the mysterious objects in the heaven * . Never , wherever directed , had he looked into it without Bee lug its field crowded -with stars ; those wonderful Clusters , when a wbole nnrveise Is converted into a * peek , become in tooth a ' heaven of heavens f and the dim ana problematic nebula break up into stars , and show indented and irregular outlines which even the Herschels , with their until now unmatched instrujnenta . iad failed to perceive . Tbe moon must be seen With this telescope to conceive its power ; the spectacle could not be described ; bat be hoped that some of the
great geqgolisfcs before whom be spoke-would avail themselves of the opportunity of studying in . our satellite tome of the works of that mighty agent whose workings in our own planet have been less powerfully manifested , and marked by other influences . The counsel JXnight seem strange to some ; bnt it -would cease to surprise when be told them that with this telescope a building the siae of the one in which they 'were now assembled would , under favourable circumstances , be easily visible on the lunar surface , Be had hoped to be able to announce to them still more remarkable results from tbe six-feet telescope , but unfortunately it is sot yet completed ; - Hal pleasure , however , ke trusted w »* ieoerTed tor idm at York . "
IS 6 EHI 0 DS COKTaiTASCfc . —In a "Canadian paper we Jod xuentioa of a very ingenious contrivance— " One -of the most remarkable specimens of mechanical ingenuity exhibited at the great annual fair of tbe American Institute last week , in 3 ? ew York , was a " life-preserving coffin / 1 the invention of Mr . Bisenbrant , of Baltimore . The object of this new eoffin ia "to prevent fiie terrible hfiBird or burying a person alive ; and for Oils purpose the coffin ia fitted with springs and levers inside , which , on the slightest motion of"tha person Within , will instantly throw up tbe coffin lid . [ What use will this be , when the coffin is buried ? Will the lid riae-then ? Or if it be consigned to a vault : is the " lid ™ to " open ** just to import to { he impriaoued one -a knowledge ol the natnre of bis prison ? Is not Ibis *• contrivance" science and art" run mad ? 1
CorPEiiSG Ships by Gaitajtish—A patent has recently been granted for applying tbe electrotype process to coppering shipa . The inventor proposes to fioat tie vessel in a . dock containing a saturated solution of sulphate of copper ^ and by means of a powerful voltaic b&ttery to depoat & eo&Hag of « opper on the wood , Which must be previously robbed over with plumbago , to eausethe metal to adhere . Aimming that sufficient electric force coald is obtained to effect the deposition « f the copper on so large a surface , the project is praefieable , bat the expense would prevent its adoption xmleas
therreqaiBite quantity of elWfcrUSty be generated at much lea cost tian by tbe present plan * . The cost crftheBtocwnsumed . in exciting Toltaio batteries , has ^ aerated ai » serious drawback on an attempts to form copper utensili by ths electrotype process , which at first ttreatened to throw an coppersmiths and workers in aoetal-eu * of employ . If tfeat difficulty can be overcome i / T * «^ sp mode of exeoOng electricity , there appears nothing to prevent thB depoaUloB of metal vessels in lieu of manufacturing them ; ana not only may ships be coppered by the process , but metal ships themselves might be constructed in the same manner .
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HcpsisoincBST yos Debt . —Ad * insolYenk namea 2 dary Smifli , made b . » appearance in the Conrt at Partog&lobreet on Tseeday . Sht ia stoat eight years clage I
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« We cull the choicest " Thb Abbe us ia Mbiwais . —If yoxtr rtai ever conducted you into one of those hotels which form the Rue de Bivoli , and yen found yourself in the presence of a little man buried in a vast morning gown , spotted with blue squares ; if you saw this personage of frail body , and pale emaciated face , stamped -with -the impress of suffering and resignation ; It you saw him troubled almost at your presence , lifting from time to t ime towards yon a timid eye , speaking with a voice so weik that it -scarcely reached-your ear , sinking
down , as it were , occasionally upon himself , as if plunged in profound meditation , looking intoqrdt t Slipping his shoes { on and off , or taking nandfults of snuff from an immense box , you would have had some difficulty in recognising , under this sorry mantle , one of the greatest agitators of our epoch ; a priest who lifts the million , with no other lever than his pen , without any other foothold than his ardent soul , and -whose pages excite as many storms as did formerly the fulminating bulls of Gregory TIL the factious theses of Luther , or , as now , do the unbridled harangues of O'ConnelL—Living Characters of France .
M . Asa GO . —Do yon wish to satisfy yoursalf respecting the indolence of the savant , ask for i nformation from the young astronomers attached to the observatory . They will tell you that never did a human brain encounter a more enormous mass of labeur ; that Arago deems every one an idler T * ho does not work fonrteen hours a day , and that days ef this kind are for bira days of repose . They will tell you that this formidable man busies himself with politics , chemistry , physics , mechanics , astronomy , natural history , philosophy , literature ; and that on a pinch he would make tragedies at least as good as those of Fonttnelli ; that he is in constant correspondence with all tbe savants of Europe ; that be i » upon all the political , scientific , and useful
committees of the world ; that his cabinet is daily crowded with plans te be examined , memoirs to anv Ijzs , petitions to advocate ; that all this passes regularly through his hands ; and that , on the following day , the work is to be recommenced ; that the Government , the municipality , -the establishments of public -utility , and even private interests , find in Mm a counsellor and a guide as active as disinterested ; that his time is at every ooe > disposal ; that , whilst he has one eye on what is * pasainp above , he has the other fixed on what is going on here below ; and that , amid all his ration * and absorbing occupations , lie finds time to play tbe part of one of the most brilliant and delightful talkers of the aaloons of Paris . —Living Characters of Frarice .
¦ WINTER IS COME . Is rich men ' s hallB the fire is piled , And ermine robes keep cut the weather ; In poor men ' s huts tbe fire is low , Through broken panes the keen winds blow , And old and young are cold together . O ! poverty is disconsolate . ' Its pains are many , its foes are strong : The rich man in his jovial cheer , "Wishes twas Winter through tbe year ; The poor man 'mid his wants profound , With all Ma little children round , Prays God that Winter be not long ! Maet Howiti
1 JAD 5 KSS OF Wab . —May -we ask the reader to behold with us a melancholy show—a saddening , miserable spectacle ? We will not take him to a prison , a -workhouse , a bedlam , where human nature expiates its guiltiness , its lack of worldy goods , its most desolate perplexity ; bnt win take him to a wretchedness , first contrived by wrong , and perpetuated by folly . We win show him tbe embryo mischief that , in due season , shall be born in the completeness of its terror , and stall be christened with a sounding name , Folly and Wickedness standing eptaaon . W& are in St . James ' s Park . The royal standard of England burns in the summer air —the Queen is in London . We pass the palace , and in a few paces are in Birdcage-walk . There , reader , is tbe miserable show we promised you . There are some
fifty recruits , drilled by & serjeant to do homicide cleanly , handsomely . In Birdcage-walk , Glory sits upon her eggs , and hatches eagles I How very beautiful is the sky above as 1 What a blessing comes with afresh , quick air ! The trees , drawing their green beauty from the earth , quicken our thoughts of the bounteoiuness of this tetming world . : Here , in this nook , this patch , where we yet feel the vibrations of snrronndiag London , —even here , nature , constant in her beauty , bloom , and smiles , tiplifting the heart of man , if the heart be bis to own her . Now look aside , and contemplate God ' s image with & musket . Your bosom still expanding with gratitude to God for the blessings be has heaped upon you , behold the crowning glory of
God ' s work managed like a machine , to slay the image of God—to stain the teeming earth with homicidal blood—to fill tbe air with bowling anguish I Is not yonder row of clowns a melancholy sight ? Tet are they the Bucklinga of Glory—the baby mighty ones of a future gsKtte . Season beholds them with a deep pity . Imagination magnifies them into fiends of wickedness There is carnage about them—carnage and the pestilential -vapours of the slaughtered . What a fine-looking thing is war 1 Yet , dress it as w « may , dress and feather it , daob it with gold , heszs it , and drink swaggering songs about it—what is It , nine times oat of ten , bnt murder in uniform ? Cain taking the sergeant ' s shilling ? And now we bear the fifes and
drums of her Majesty ' s grenadiers . They pass on the other side ; and a crowd of idlers , their hearts jumping to tbe music , their eyes dazzled , and their feelings perverted , hang about the march , and catch the infectionthe love of glory ! And true wisdom thinks of tbe worlds age , and sighs at its slow advance in all that dignifies man , the truest dignity being the truest love for his fellow . And then hope and faith in human progress contemplate tbe pageant , its real ghastliness disguised by outward glare and frippery , and know the day will come when the symbols of war will be as tbe sacred beasts of old Egypt—things to mark the barbar ism of by-gone war ; melancholy records of the part perversity of human nature . "—!^ Illuminated
Maga-. Thb Mechanic— "The mechanic , sir , is one of God's noblemen . What have mechanics not dose ? Have they not opened the secret chambers of the mighty deep , and extracted its treasures , and made the raging billows their highway , on which they ride as on a tune steed ? Are sot tbe elements of fire and water chained to the crank , and at the mechanic ' s bid , being compelled to torn it ? Have not mechanics opened the bowels of the earth , and made his products contribute to his wants ? Tbe forked lightning is their plgjthiog , and they ride triumphant on the wings of the mighty wind . "
Wat . b : b FiANSEi— "A friend pnt into my hand the other day , " writes a correspondent of the Atheneeum ' a yard or two of what seemed a coarse kind ol flannel , grey on one side , greenish en tbe other , and a full quarter of an inch thick , which bad been thrown up by the river Trent , and washed ashore in vast sheets . It was pronounced to be a manufactured article , and so it was : but by the hand of Nature . This substance , when handled , is harsh to the touch , although composad of finest threads . To tbe naked eye it presents no character by which it may be known from any coarse aad l » oac ! y woven cloth . The microscope revesls Its nature . It is then found to mnsist of myriads of joined threads , whose joints are compressed ' alternately sideways and
vertically : they are here and there transparent , but for the most part opaque , and rough to the eye . The water flannel ia composed of jointed threads , secreting carbonate of lime on their surface , and forming seeds composed of starch within them . And when we consider that the joints are smaller than the eye can detect , while each contains from 50 to 100 seeds , it may easily be conceived with what rapidity such a plant is multiplied : and , as their contents consist to a great extent of starch , the mort readily organizable of all vegetable material * , the sieans of growth" -with -which the plant is provided are far more ample than any thing we know of in tfee higher orders of the vegetable kingdom . This curious substance has of late years attracted the attention of people in various parts of England . "
Efpcts of Htjhgeb . ou Mind and Morals . — Certain it is , that in the endurance of cold and hunger , both the intellectual and moral faculties suffer ; sot merely is tbe aense of physical pain , but do actually undergo a deterioration ; tbe clearness of throne is dark * ened , the preventive and stimulus of the other are partially neutralised , and sermons and psalms won't mend them ; their buoyancy and elasticity are stultified ; intelligence in hunger and want , though " sharpened , " moves only in feverish leaps , or in ferocious impulse * TjBeiesa it -will be found , as it ever has been , to preach " be resigned , content , submissive to the will , decrees , < fec" Strike s discord on the belly , and all the harmony of thought and feeling responds a fitful howling . Pinch the toes and fingers with nipping frost , and the melody of & healthy heart and mind will '' jangle out of tune and harsh . " My greatest fear , next , is , that knaves will employ this Be&son -ot distress , In making dupe * . —Life and Remains ofC . Pember Jo * .
The Centurx bkpobb thb Rbfobmation . —It would be difficult to select from tbe pages of history a century more rich in important inventions and discoveries than that immediately preceding the Beformation . The route to India , by the -way of the Cape of Go * d Hope , was diwevsred by Yasco de Gams , 2498 , The date of the discovery of the mariners' compass is uncertain , bat it b ad become in general use by about the middle of the fifteenth century ; and this leads us to notice that great event , which , jwithomi tbe eompass , could never have taken place—the discovery of America by Columbus , 1493 . The giant ark of printing
—Imlher ' a ireal auxiliary in effecting the Reformation —was invented by Guttenbnrg , who had printed bis Bible by 1455 . And to this period also belongs the invention of clocks , gunpowder , fire-armB , and papermaking . Of the men of genius » nd learning wao flourished about tbls time , we may enumerate Machiayel , celebrated for hia political writing *; Ariosto , the Italian poet ; Sir Thomas More and bis friend , ihe learned Erasmus ; CopernicuB , tbe astronomer ; Rabelais , the Batirist ; Gavin Douglas , the poet and divine ; and tbe Beformers Luther , Mejanettwn , and Calvin , —Drum Quarterly Review ,
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IA > JNJL > UJN . Somers * Town . George Humphreys John Harris Thomas Edwards John Boxley Thomas Laurie James Symonds , District Connoilman John Hornby . sub-Treasurer
William Davoc , Barclay-street , Somers ' -Tovf n , sub-Secretary . East-End Shoemakers . —Cannon Coffee House . George Greenslado Thomas Mills Benjamin Ison Charles M'Carthy Luke King , District Councilman John Richards , sub-Treasurer Samuel Clarke , Butter ' s-Alley Cripplegate , sub-Secretary . Standard of Liberty , Tower
Hamlets . William H . Wilkias James Finnett Benjamin Newley Francis Brien Joseph Newton William George , District Councilman William Drake , sub-Treasurer William Baxter , 82 , Silver-streeti Bethnal Green , sub Secretary .
CambervneU . Richard Sewell William Ingram Henry Applegarih John Jeans Edward Marshall John Simpson , sub-Treasurer and District Councilman John S 8 well , New Kent Road , sub-Secretary . Weavers' Arms , Pelham-street .
Tower Hamlets . Thomas Buck , fun . William Hillier James Hart John Over . James Slater , District Councilman David Cordon , sub-Treasurer Thomas Buck , sen ., 27 , Pelhamstreet , sub-Secretary . Crown and Anchor y Waterloo Town .
George Wilson John Pickersgill Edward Pickersgill William Wright . George Cooper James Piokersgill , District Councilman William Simpson , sub-Treasurer Frederick Lefevere , 7 , Hart-stxeet , Mile End , New Town , sab-Secretary . West End Shoemakers , Oeilde n
Lien . William Smith William Parks George Shackleton George Waddington William Grover William Cuffy , District Councilman . John Dobell , sub-Treasure ? William Rogeis , 24 , Great Crown Court , Golden Square , sub-Secretary .
City of London Locality . Joseph Dunn William Allnutt Jeremiah Caughlin John Overtoa Edwin Mantz , Distriot Council man George Rathbone , sub-Treasurer William Dear , 22 , Fleet-lane , Old Bailey , sub-Secretary White Horse . Mile End Road .
Nathaniel Cameron George Hill George Bamstead Samuel Perkins William Godwin William F . Shaw William H . Bain , District Connoilman William Docksey , sub-Treasurer James Knowles , S , Windsorstreet , Bishopsgate-street , sub-Secretary .
Chelsea . William S . Vincent James Corbet William Dalebar William Dixon George Gomm William Matthews William Dunn , sub-Treasurer John , Dowling , 44 , Lower Georgestreet , sub-Secretary . -Lambeth . William Humphries William Bateman William Mallard John Cooper Hngh Edwards John G . Dxoq . Distriot
Councilman Besjamin Rogers , sub-Treasurer Jehn Moy , 4 , Paget-place , Waterloo-road , sob-Secretary . Cireus-street , Marylebone . James Pakes George Aldous Frederick Hunt Wm . PaUenden , Distriot Councilman John Detherage Charles Hutohings , sub-Treasurer Vincent Pakes , 35 , Easter-street , Lissou Grove , sub-Secretary .
King of Prussia , Bermondsey . Richard Hesket Charles Jeans William Law John Pearcey William French , Distriot Councilman John L . Daran , sub-Treasurer John Gathard , 16 , Grange Walk , sub-Secretary .
Greenwich and Deptferd . John Coz . Joseph Morgan . George Floyd . James Jenner . Thomas Paris . Robert Bonnington , sub-Treasurer ; Simmonds Sweetlove , John-street , Church-street , sab-Secretary . Working Men ' s Hall Mile End Road . Robert Wells Henry Thornberry Robert Stokes
Every Locality and every Lectwrer should preserve this W It will be useful in conducting correspondence . We trust that we shall soon have to publish tb e names of Members of the General Council in all the places now omitted . They should send their ftomjy Ations up to tbe Executive .
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Mile End Road ( continued . ) I Richard Bridgerman I William Bridge ' John Whiting , District Councilman John Sherrsrd , sub-Treasurer Henry Gale , 4 , St . Mary ' s-Btreet , onn . Cnmtatam
Clerhenwell . William H . Fox Philip Johnson Alexander Sharp Robert Flazzen John Rainsley William Gardiner , Dfettiot Councilman Michael Weedon , sub-Treasurer William Snowaeell , Brook-hiH , sub-Secretary . ;
The Woodman , Waterloo New Town . ' ' William Wagg William Piflkford M'Grath William Lake —— Lookwood J . Sheen , District Councilman J . Harris , sub-Treasurer — Govey , 4 , Little Manchester street , Belhnal Green , sub Secretary .
Lewisham , Kent . John Richards Charles Parker Joseph Hinves Robert Mann Frederick Hinves Henry Hillman , sub-Treasurer Charles Abbott , Hanover-street , sub-Secretary .
Truro . Edward Tregenzer Francis K . Rowe William Farr Edward Stevens : Edward Rowe , District Councilman John Jory , sub-Treasurer John H . Longmaid , Higher Town , sub-Secretary .
Sheffield . John West George Evinson Jeseph Cartledgo James Goodlad Joseph Hull Thomas Briggs , sub-Treasurer James Green , 2 , Vine-yard , Harts head , sub-Secretary . Tavistocki William Bennett Charles Arnold Henry Horsewell William Reynolds Moses Symonds John Stephens , sen .,
sub-Treasurer John B . Ellery , West-street , sub-Secretary . ' Sowerby . James Mitchell William Normanton James Lumb William Wilson Israel Wild u Mark Carter , sub-Treasurer Thomas Crossby , Spring-house , Sowerby , sub-Secretary .
Coventry ., William Hosier William Parker John Dobson Philip Jones John Gilbert Samuel Wyles , sub-Treasurer George Freeman , St . Joha-street , sub-Secretary .
Hull . R . Priestly Mason Samuel Jameson William Dale Henry Westerby George Barnett , Distriot Councilman Luke Smallwood , sub-Treasurer Charles Kirby , Shambles-square , Market-place , sub-Secretary .
Oxford . William Druett James Harwood Giles Longwood Philp Smith William Rogers John Bridgwater , Pub-Treasurer Robert Warner , 8 , New-Btreet , Bull-street , sub-Secretary . Northampton * Charles Wilmer Richard Garratt George Watssn John Barker John Robbing George Bass . sub-Treasurer Christopher Harrison , Greyfriarsstreet , sub-Secretary .
Carringtm . John Haskard Daniel Gregory Abraham Middison William Burrows Thomas Caunt John Moss , sub-Treasurer Richard Hankin , New Inn Yard , sub-Secretary . Lower Warley . David Culpau Jonathan Teale William Mitchell John Wrigley ; John Lawson , Distriot Councilman David Lawson , sub-Treasurer Job Whiteley , Upper Longbottom , sub-Secretary .
Carlisle .: James Hirst Henry Gatie Robert Graham Henry Bowman John Gilbertson William Coulthard , sub-Treasurer John Lowrie , Broad Guard , sub-Secretary . Manchester . George Johnstone John Nuttall Maurice Donovan Robert Booth , Edward Clark Edward Swire , sub-Treasurer John Murray , 43 , Brook-street , Garrat Road , sub-Secretary .
Hanky . James Taylor William Honecroft Harvey Leigh Enoch Mayer Joseph Heath
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aaniey \ conunuea . j Thomas Shirley , sub-Treasurer Henry Foster , Etruria New Road , Skelton , sub-Secretary . Preston . John Weight James Davis James Brono William Mattenson Joseph Hutchinson William Liddle , sub-Treasurer James Brown , 71 , Park-road , sub-Secretary .
Stddle , near Halifax-Samuel Bottom ley Joseph Greenwood Thomas Jennings John Higgins John Murray , Distriot Council man William Riley , sub-Treasurer George Lomas , sub-Secretary .
Ovenden , near Halifax . James Hope James Stanfield Esau Thomas Abraham Wiggles worth James Booth , sub-Treasurer Gibson Abhwortb , Forrest-lane , sub-Secretary . Todmorden . Robert Bark Henry H ell iwell John Crowther Samuel Whitham William Helliwell Robert Brook , sab-Treasurer John Sutcliffe , Dobroyd , sub-Secretary .
Oldham . Samuel Yardley John M'Donald John Taylor John Unsworth Robert Bell Richard Greenhalgh , District Councilman Leonard Heslop , sub-Treasurer William Hamer , Lower ; Moor , sub-Secretary .
Merlhyr-Tydvil . William Tailor David Jones William Philips Benjamin Havard George Morgan William Evans David R . Morgan , Malt-mill square , sab-Secretary .
Bristol , Bear-lane , John Rogers Harry Fink Charles Rebeok Joseph Reed William Simeon , Distriot Councilman John Newman , sub-Treasurer F . Chesney Evans , Marlboreugh Hill , sub-Secretary .
Bristol—Cannon-street . Harry Myles Joshua Bragger William H . Clifton Charles Cl « k Thomas Frankham R . H . William ? , sub-Treasurer Samuel Jacobs , 18 , Upper Maud lin-street , sub-Secretary . Halifax . Richard Holt Wm . Wallace James Sum roan John Akroyd Joshua Burns , Distriot Council man George Thompson , mab-Treasu
rer . James Chippendale , South-street , sub-Secretary .
Bradford—Little Horton . William Shearman John Waddington Joseph Caudry William Stott James Walton Richard Elsworth , sub-Treasurer John W . Smyth , 2 , Thomas-street , Manchester Road , Distriot Councilman and sub-Sec . Bradford—Central Locality . Wm . Jackson Thomas Cole George Domain George Howett Richard Gee Allan Cameron , District
Councilman John Leadley , sab-Treasurer John Thistlewaite , Cropper-lane , sub-Secretary .
Sowerby—Helm Locality . Stephen Jennings Ely Riley David Carter George Leaver Wm . Stancliffa John Helliwell , Distriot Council
man John Normanton , sub-Treasurer Edward Sutoh'ffe , Mill-Bank , Bub-Seoretary .
Mansfield . Wm . Jelkin J . G . Hibbard James Renshaw John Linney John Hamilton Mark Ltearoley , sub-TreasuTOT . James Bramby , Lawn , sub-Secretary . Dundee . Robert Kidd Thomas Anderson James Myles George Turnbull Charles Will William High , sub-Treasurer Fran . M'Donald , Small ' s Wynd , Bub-Secretavy .
Dumfries . John Wilson James M * N' \ el Andrew V '/ ardrop Robert yVelsh George Lewis Alexs / ader West , sub-Treasurer Peter- Gray , Nith Place , Bub-Secretary . Paisley * Andrew Gemirielf * Thomas Brown . Peter Logan James Watson Peter Cameron James Hatohard , sub-Treasurer Duncan Robcrtson , 7 , Stone-street sub-Secretary .
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North Staffordshire District—The delegate meeting of the Miners Association was bolden at tbe Plough Inn , Hanley ; Mr . Booth in the ch-iir ; " when the following sums of money were paid in , to the dis trict fund : —Coclc , at Potey Lane End £ 1 13 * 7 . 1 - Wild ' s Lodge , doj 17 s 7 d ; South Lodge , do . £ 1 7 s 104 George and Dragon , Cbesttrton 17 b ; Old Oik , Cbeadlo 139 7 d ; BsyleysjLodge , Burslem £ l 2 * Id ; Plough Inn , Hanley £ l jla 4 d ; Soeyd Green 6 s 3 d ; " Black lion , Burslem 3 sjlOd ; Prince Albert , Tunstall 6 s 4 d ; Crown and Anchor , do . 169 10 ( 1 ; Bradley Green £ l 49 ll £ d ; Kingeley 10 s 2 d ; Knutton Heath £ 2 53 lOd I Norton , £ 1 5 a Id ; Harrishead £ 2 10 8 d ; AJsager ' s Bank £ 2 3 s 9 d ; Audley 16 s 5 d ; Talk o'th Hill 13 s 3 d ; Smallthorn 5 s 2 d ! Golden Hill £ 2 IBs 5 d —Total— £ 23 16 slljd .
The following adms o € mone ? 'were paid in to support , those that have been sufferers from Coal King tyranny . —Cock at Poley Lane Bad ; £ 1 la 10 jd ; Wild ' s Lodge , do . 17 a Id ; Lovett ' s Lodge , do . £ l 13 s 3 < 1 ; Cheadto , £ l 7 a ; Bay ley's Lodge , Burslem , £ 2 7 s 9-1 ; Plough Inn , Hauley , 69 ; Sneyd Green , £ l Is 9 J ; Black Lion , Baralem , 3 a lid ; Prince Albert , Tunstal , £ 1 7 s lOd ; Crown and Anchor , do ., £ i 18 s § A ; Bradley Green , £ 1 la 8 d ; Kingsley , £ l 0 s 6 d ; Kautton Heath , 2 a 6 < t Alsager ' a Bank , 5 a 9 d ; Sniallhorn , 8 * 2 dj Goiden Hill , 12 s 6 d . " Total , £ 15 16 s Sid . The following resolutions were agreed to : — " That " there be 8 , 000 appendixes printed to the " Months of Grace " that have been issued to the Miners who have not joined the Union in this district . " " That a list of all
the men that are jout of the Union be prepared , and banded to tbe several Secretaries ; and that the Secretaries send tbe same to the nest delegate meeting . " " That the men in the North unite with their brethren in the South , of Staffordshire ; and that the lecturers exchange occasionally with each other ; and that Mr . David Swallow go for one month the first " " That Richard Butler and Joseph Edwards , who have been appointed lecturers by this meeting , go into Shropshire to establish the Union in that district -, and that friend liOmas remain with us in the Potteries , to be aesiated by local lecturers . " The Association is like fire among dry stubble , driving all before it . There has been an increase [ of neatly Bix hundred members this fortnight . May it spread through all the land . It was also agreed that we should apply to the next Conference to have tfeo folloviring alterations made in the general
rules : —I . " That the Executive be reduced to five instead ot eleven . ^ " 2 . " That the Exscutive Council be permanent for j the time they are in office ; and when there is no regular business for tbe Executive , they shall lecture in the surrounding districts . " 3 . "That the agents be appointed to their respective districts by the Conference , and not by the Executive . " 4 . " That the various items in the balance-sheets be explained . " 5 . " That the Executive be chosen as follows : —two but of the counties of Durham and Northumb&rlund ; two for Yorkshire , Lancashire , Nottinghamshire , Leicestershire , Derbyshire ^ Shropshire , Staffordshire , and Cheshire ; and one from Scotland or Wales , uniting- with the South . " The | thanks of the meeting was given to the Proprietor and Editor of the Northern Star for advocating the cause of the Miners , and giving publicity to their movements .
South Staffordshire . —A public me ° ting of Miners was held at Walaal , in the house of Mr . Griffiths , Lamp Tavern , Mr . Bridgit in the chair ; Messrs . Scott and Pyleboth addressed the meeting , at tbe close ot which several took out cards ol membership . Wolvebhampton . —A public meeting was held here on the 5 th iof December , in the Mitre Inn , Mr . Pritchard in the chair ; Messrs . Scott and Pyle both addressed the meeting at considerable length . A . good many took out cards of membership . On Dae . the 6 cfi , MesBrs . Scott and Pyle held a public meeting at the house of Mr . Leechamitb , Eigle Inn , A good many of tbe bardy sons of the mine enrolled themselves as members of tbe Miners'Association . On Dec . the . 7 th Messrs . Scott and Buttler addressed the Miners of Kate ' s Hill on the important subject of general union . Worcestershire . —A meeting of Miners was held at Delph on the 9 th of December , in the Black Horse large room , Messrs . Buttler and Scott both addressed the meeting . Several took oat cards of membership .
All persons j wishing to communicate with the Secretary of the j Miners' Association , South Staffordshire , must address , post-paid , Mr . John Todd , Newstreet , Darlaston , South Staffordshire . A . large oPENfAiR Meeting of Coal Miners waa bolden at Hey wood on Mon Jay last , when the usual trade resolutions . were passed by acclamation . The meeting was addressed by Messrs . Price , Meade , Bell , and Dixon . i A Meeting of Miners wan held at the Boat Inn , Brockmoor , on Dee- < th , Mr . Wm . Wood in the chair . Mr . Butler explained tbe principles of the Association , to the satisfaction ; of all present , and every one took out cards of membership . Kippax—The I good work is going well . We had a glorious meeting on Monday night last , at the Green Oak Inn , Kippax . ; It waa well attended by the bardy sons of the mine . Thirty-nine members took cards . The meeting separated highly gratified .
Miners' Union . —A delegate meeting of Miners was held at the bouse of Mr . Samuel Rowbottom , Unicorn Inn , Ad walton , on Saturday , Dec . 9 th , Mr . John Herbert in the chair . The following resolutions were discussed and agreed to .- —1 st . " That a public meeting be held at Wibsey Slack , Dec 26 th , 1843 , at ten o'clock in tbe forenoon . " j 2 ad . " That a public meeting beheld at Honley , Dec 27 th , 1843 , at twelve o'clock at noon . " 3 rd . " That public meeting be held at Barnsley , on New Year ' s Day , Jan . 1 st , 1844 , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon . " Mr . Holdgate , and other friends will address the respective meetings . 4 th . •' That tbe Secretary and Treasurer continue their office three months from this date . " 5 th . "That Samuel
Mann , of Halifax , and George Wood , of Bamsley , be tbe representatives to attend the General Conference , to be held at Manchester , Jan . 2 nd , 1844 . " 6 th . " That this meeting adjourn to Jan . 6 th , 1844 , to the bouse of Mr . William Robshaw , Good Samaritan Inn , Dawsbury . " The following sums were paid in : —Halifax , No . 1- 13 s lOd ; Amblethorn—7 s ; Kippax— £ 1 Is 4 tf ; Barnsley— £ 2 4 s 2 d ; Rothwell—14 s 3 £ d ; Four Lane Ends—7 s ljd ; Beeston—6 s 8 d ; Bradford Moor—£ i « a 6 jd ; Bowling—17 a i ^ d ; SUindiffe—48 6 d ; Halifax , No . 2—16 j ; Thornton—14 s 73 ; Heckmondwike—3 s 8 d j Stainbro '— £ 2 3 s 2 d ; Churwell—12 s lOd ; Bradsbaw— £ 1 5 sUd ; Lock wood , 6 s 8 d ; Dawgreen—7 s Ski ; Elland , 5 s ; Birstal , 39 .
WhiteuaTE . n—The following ; sums have been received from Newca 8 tle-upon-Tyne , on ths 8 th Dec For the Cumberland Miners , tbe amount of £ 57 17 b . viz . Haswoll £ 3 6 s 3 d ; Woodhouse Close 15 s ; Pemberton ' s £ 2 ; Shiney-row 13 i ? Sheriff Hill £ l 53 ; Cowpen £ 2 143 : 6 d ; King Pitt 17 s 6 d ; Eiimore £ llls 3 d ; Lumiey £ 4 ; WaldridgeFell £ 2 Is ; Cockfield 17 s 2 d ; Qaarrington Hill £ 1 5 s ; Coppy Cooks £ 1 ; Black Boy , £ 2 10 |; WestHetton , £ 114 s lOd ; Heworth 15 s 3 d ; South Wingate £ 2133 9 d ; Lampton £ 1 6 s Id ; Hunwick £ 1 ; Sbotten £ 2 3 a 3 d ; New Durham £ l 2 s 6 d ; Coxhoe £ l 12 s 64 ; North Hetton £ 12 94 ; Sherburn Hill £ 3 Is 4 d ; Bedlington distriot £ 12 6 s 9 d ; Oakwellgate « a 6 d ; Heat on £ 2 0 a 5 S ; Hebburn £ 1 12 s lOd ; Ravensworth 17 s 3 d ; Wylem £ 1 4 s 3 d . John Madine , Secretary .
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MARKET INTELLIGENCE .
Liverpool Cojbn Market , fbiday , Dec . 8 . —Tbe datles continues -without alteration on all Borts ol foreign Grain , except Rye , reduced to 10 s . 6 d ., and Colonial Rye to 2 * . 6 d . per quarter . We have an average supply of Wheat and Flour fresh in from Ireland , but only a moderate quantity of other articles thence and coastwise , the arrival of Oatmeal being less liberal than usual ; while a few parcels of Canadian Wheat Peas and Flour , ' form almost the only imports from abroad during the past three days . There has been no activity observable in any branch of the trade since Tuesday , but upon a retail demand generally prices have remained tolerably steady . At this morning ' s market , which was thinly attended by either local or country millers , considerable dulness prevailed , the
few buyers of Wheat taking only sufficient for * immediate purposes , with , however , scarcely a variation from the currency of our last circular . The Flour trade was aho without animation , and we quote tbe same prices for all descriptions of British as well as Foreign . No English malting Barley remaining unsold , the first arrivals will command a ready sale and foil prices , there being no Irish or Scotch of a quality suitable to supply the deficiency . Malt , ! Beans and Peaa , in slow request , but unaltered in value . We had little country demand for Oats to-day , but the moderate quantity oSbriog preventi any present depression in prices . Choice new Oatmeal still reaches 21 s . to 21 a 6 d ., and we have a moderate Bale for good old parcels at 20 s . per 250 lbs . No bonded transactions are reported , besides a few parcels of Egyptian Beans at 16 s . per 480 lbs .
Liverpool Cattle Markei , Monday , Dec , 11 . — We have bad rather a smaller supply of Cattle at market to-day than last week , which met with dull Bale , at a abade of advance in price from last week ' s quotations . Beef 4 jd to 5 d ; Mutton 4 $ d to 5 ^ d . — Cattle imported into Liverpool , from the 4 th to the 11 th Dec .: —1 , 566 Cejws ; 86 Calves ; 3 , 466 Sheep ; 20 Iambs ; 6 , 831 Pigs ; 8 Horses . Manchester eoaN Market , Saturday , Dec . 9 . —The Flour trade during the week has remained in precisely the same state as we have bad occasion to notice for several " weeks past , the dealers and bakers merely purchasing for their present wants , whilst factors have evinced no disposition to press sales , and
prices were consequently unchanged . For Oatmeal an improved inquiry was experienced from consumers , and rather higher rates were in some instances realised . But few transactions occurred In Wheat at our market this morning , and except for good dry samples the previous currency was barely sustained . The demand for Flour was extremely languid , but no alteration in the value of choioe descriptions can be notsd : inferior and low qualities were unsaleable . Oats met a tolerably steady Bale , at former prices . With a fair inquiry foi Oatmeal , an advance of 3 d to 6 d per load was generally demanded and obtaUed on tbe sales effected . In tne value of ! Beans or other articles no change can be noted .
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ToRk Corn Market , Dec . 9 . —We have a good supply of Grain to-day . Wneat is dull sale , at last week ' s prices , bat not lower . Fine Barley is scarcely so well sold , and inferior qualities are bad to qu't , at a decline of la per quarter . London Corn Exchange , Monday , Dpc XI . — Since this day fortnight tbe arrivals of English Wheat have been tolerably exte sive , while an increase has taken place in those « f most other kinds of grain of borne produce . The stands were well supplied with samples of wheat from our own coasts , yet its quality was somewhat beneath an average . The attendance of buyers was . on the whole , nntneroas , and selected ! qualities of Bed and White English Wheat " were taken off steadily , at prices fully equal to those obtained on
Monday last . In the middling and oat-of-conditton pacels , very little business was transacted , and in some instances the rates had a downward tendency , without a clearance being effected . In free Foreign Wheat the sales were limited , bat we have no alteration to notice in the quotations . Bonded grain was a mere drug . Notwithstanding we had a good show of Barley samples ; the demand for that article—especially malting descriptions—was active , at an advance of Is . per quarter , and nearly the whole of the receipts found buyers . Tbe sale for Halt was rather languid , bat prices were supported . Of Oats we had not a large supply on offer , yet as most of the dealers are well in stock , the O it trade was slow , at late rates . Beans , Peas , and Flour moved off slowly , at previous
curren-. London , Smithfield Cattle Market , Monday December 11 . —The great Christmas show having been appointed to be held here te-day , the market exhibited a degree of animation and bustle seldom , or never , before witnessed in this or any other similar place of business in the United Kingdom . Not only was the attendance of London and country butchers large , but the market was crowded thrsughoat the day by agricultural and other visitors , who expressed themselves highly gratified with the stock brought forward . In particularising the stock we shall commence with the Beasts , as is oar usual custom . In taking a comparative review of it we may safely venture to inttmats that a finer , more symmetrical , a heavier , or
betterconditioned supply of those animals was never witnessed by the oldest grazier living . In many respects , it was decidedly superior to that exhibited at the corresponding period in 1842 ; while , if we take its average quality , We must give our opinion in favour of this day ' s show . For a series of years the Hereford breeds have held the first position on these interesting occa sions ; and we have to observe that that position was never before so marked as to-day ; in fact , without detracting from some of the Herefords shown in the yard at Baker-Btre 6 t , and which carried off prizes , we cannot but express our surprise and regret that some of these beasts sbou'd not have entered the lists for competition at the Smithaeld Club ' s Show . Take , for instance , the twenty-five , pure Herefords and Sussex beasts
brought to this morning ' s market by Mr . Senior , of Broughton House , near Aylesbury . These wonderful creatures , five years old , were estimated to weigh , on the average , two hundred and fifty stones each . For weight of fat and symmetry these , we unhesitatingly affirm , were never before excelled by any grazier in the kingdom ; hence worthy of our special notice . Even these , however , we did not consider the prodigies of the show , as we accord that honour to Mr . Terry ' s seven Hereford Steers , bred and fed by that gentleman on hia farm near Aylesbury . These beasts were wonderful , indeed , —showing , in our judgment , the greatest weight in the same compass ever observed in any similar kind in the world . And this , by the way , is not saying too much for them ; therefore , we place them as the
first and most valuable beasts—in other words , as the wonder of the market The next , in point of excellence , we consider the twenty superior Davons shown by Mr . Cnanelin . The twenty-six Devons , the property of Mr . John Somess , of Saltmore House , Brulgwater , were very wonderful animals , as will be perceived when we observe that their weight was from one hundred and forty to one hundred and seventy stones each , and that some of them found purchasers at £ 36 per bead . Mr . H . Brown , of Stawell , near Bridgewater , bad also some remarkably good Devons , bred by Mr . John Birch , of Bridford , near Tannton , and by Mr . Thomas Danger , of Trunstill , near Bridgewater i which , elicited much , apprafeation . We have also to notice favourably the twentysix Devons shown by Mr . W . Bond , of Bishop Lydiard ,
near Taunton , Somersetshire ; as also some by Mr . E . Bond , of Oak Farm , near Taunton , and which reflected the highest credit upon those gentlemen ' s skill ei breeders . The 20 Devoos exhibited by Mr . Hurman , of Barrow , near Bridgewater , were well made-up beas * 3 , theugh not such heavy weighers as those above noticed . Mr . Gurrier had also an extraordinary fine show of Herefords , Davons , runts , and Scots ; while -Mr . Collins bad two of the best short horns ( bred and fed by Mr . Simpson , near Cambridge ) we ever saw , they exceeding in weight 170 stone each . The 10 Herefords , the property of Mr . Lay ton , of Thorney ,, near Peterborough , and offered for sale by Mr . Collins , were first-tate cnimais . Mr . Robert Morgan had also 20 very superior short-horned and Hereford oxen , grazed by William
Goodall , Esq ., of Market Deeping , Lincolnshire . Tfaece beasts were greatly admired by the butchers , and allowed by judges to be the twenty best beasts shova in London of any one gentleman ' s feeding . Mr . Morgan had likewise some very good oxen on sale , the property of W . Wisman , Esq . of Moulta Ganget , and some remarkable fine Scots , belonging to Q . Hay , Esq ., of Aberdeen » N . B . ) Tbe short horns and Herefords last referred to weighed quite 200 atones eaob . . Mr . Vorley had on show 14 Herefords , sent by Mr . B . Simpkins , of Oby , Leicestershire , and -which were justly admired by all present . Having new given our readers a faithful statement of the quality and condition of tbe bullock supply , which , as we have before observed , were never before excelled , we shall now refer
to the aggregate numbers and general demand . With respect to the former ; they were quite as large as those brought forward on any similar occasion , during the last six years ; bnt we certainly consider there was more weight of flesh , both leaa and fat , than we before recollected . It is true , we did not see quite so many good Scots as formerly , the beat in the market being those shown by Mr . Maidwell , of Leatherhead ; but this comparative deficiency was more than mode good by the Herefords and Devons , not forgetting some nnusually fine pure Burhams . Such being the state of the bullock supply , we could have wished to report equally favourable of the Beef trade . Notwithstanding the large attendance of buyers , it ruled heavy , and the prices realised were certainly beneath those that could
be considered remunerative . For instance , though a few of the primesfc Scots , Devons , Herefords , and Durharos were disposed of at 4 s 6 d per 81 bs ; the highest general figure for Beef did not exceed 4 s 4 d per 81 ba . The trade with the best qualities ^ -and tor which scarcely any comparative advance in value was realised , considering their extraordinary excellence- * was by no means brisk , yet a good clearance of meat wrs effected . For the middling and inferior kinds of Beef—of the hitter of which scarcely any was on offer the sale was likewise slow , yet their currencies bad an upward tendency . In comparing the rates of Beef obtained to-day with those at the same market in the year 1842 , a present decline in value must be observed of nearly sixpence per 81 ba , some of the Scots
and Herefords last year producing as much as 5 s per 8 lbs ., and that , too , at a period when the supply was not , taken 'as a whole , so good as that shown this morning . Although the epidemic is still complained of , we did not observe scarcely a single instance to-day in which it had committed any serioas ravages , the stock being mostly well on its legs . The arrivals of Beasts from Lincolnshire , Leicestershire , Northamptonshire , &c . consisted of about 3 , 000 short-horns , &c . ; from the Western and Mfdland districts * Herefords , Devons , Darhams , * c ww > received ; while from other parts of England the numbers were rather over 800 ; those from Scotland amounting to 125 Scots , by Bteamera . We now come to the Sheep ; in which , with some excep tions , to which we shall presently allude , there was a slight falling off in quality , but not in numbers ( the latter being about the average of those shown on this occasion ! . Prime old Downs , being ecarce , were taken
off somewhat frtely , at currencies folly equal to those obtained on this day se ' nnight , or from 4 s to 4 s 4 d pe * 8 lbs . ; Imt with polled and other breedB , the tirade was in a very depressed state at barely stationary prices . In glancing through the supply of sheep , we perceived some unusually fine creatures amongst it Mr . Weal having on offer 16 polled sheep , the property of E . F . Whittingstall , Esq ., of Langtey Berry . Herefordshire , &a also 20 remarkably fine dawns brad by the same gentleman . Some of the former produced dg 6 per head . Mr . Weal likewise shewed two-wonderful downs , sent by Mr . Addams , ef Wan , Herts , and which were justly admired . There were shewn by other salesmen some remarkably fine downs , bred and fed by Mr . Tuckwell , of Signett : five polled sheep , bredjwid fed by Mr . C . Large , ef Broadwell , and some exceedingly fine downs belonging to Mr . Faulkner , of Berry Barns , which were certainly the prodigies of the supply of sheep
The number of calves was seasonably good , yet the sale for them was tolerably steady , and the late improvement in their quotations was well supported . The show of Pigs was good , but not quite equal to that of tome former years . Ne t small Porkers sold freely other kinds of Figs slowly , at late rates . There was no foreign stock on offar to-day , while no imports { of consequence have taken place since Monday last . Wool Market . —The imports of wool during the past week have been on a moderate scale . With the exception-. of prime qualities of both English and colonial wools selling steadily at Ml prices , the demand may be considered heavy at barely late rates , arising ia a great measure from the large stock on band , . _ ..
^ S ^^ iMS ^ SSSS we have ^ very moderate supply of hops in our market . TheSand , however , is not to say brisk , but previous " TlS ^ SS ^ arket is u nusually dull and inactive for the time ol year . Tbe demau * fox the trade vi very limited , an is shown by the continued small deliveries . Some persons , however , are stilj , sanguine of an increased demand , and rather higher prices after the turn of the year . Town Tallow is plentiful at 4 ls 6 d nett cash . i
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Malibban ' s GsNBBOSlir , —The following liberal trait in the lamented syren's conduct deserves to be recorded . In June , 1836 , Mr . John Parry give hia first benefit concert at the Hanover Rooms ; he engaged Malibran ( whose terms were twenty guineas ) , to sing for him , which she did ; and , at her own request , Mazzinghi ' s lively duet " When a little farm we keep , ' which bad been repeatedly sung by her and John Parry at Naples , was sung on that occasion , and vociferously encored . Parry waited on her the following morning to pay ; she took the money , then seizing him by the hand , and , returning it , she said , in her own energetic way , " Take that as my mite fer yon to commence life with ; I have passed many happy and merry hours with you in Naples—prosperity attend you . God bless you , John Parry ! " Peace to her maueBl—Dramatic and Musical ' Review .
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Vert Good —Bleep him at least three paces distant who hates music and the laugh of a child . —Lavaier ^ . Ox © Park . —Old Parr has been spoken of as a "longevist , ' ? a " doctor , " and a matt of research ;" but how seldom ( if at all ) is he talked of as " a benefactor . " And yet if we are to pronounoe a man a benefactor according to the benefit which his services confer , a greater benefactor it would be difficult to name . , He has discovered that , which is in itself the source of all benefit ; he has assailed and conquered disease , that destroyer of human happiness ; he has lengthened out the term of existence , and strewed the road to death with decorating flowers . In every point of view , we have a graoious benefactor ia the venerable Parr . A Disconsolate Widow . —A few weeks ago the husband of a young woman died in the vicinity of this city ; being quite inconsolable for tbe loss of her late partner . Bhe was called upon , before the funeral , by a male friend , who did everything he could to console her , and finding that nothing else , would do , he made her an offer , plump , to supply the place of the deceased . After a good deal of ill suppressed sighing , the poor widow sobbed out , M O , Richard , you ' re very gude — very oon-con-siderate , indeed—but I pro-promised myself to onr puir John ' s coffin-maker last night % —Glasgow Constitutional .
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"W * AAVU | JLU ^ tJ * Rb-oeganization of the Militia . —A bill will be introduced next session of Parliament to remodel and place the militia on a more efficient footing , with a view to complete and train that force next year .
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TO THE JOURNEYMEN TAILORS . _ TO THB EDITOR O * THE NORTHERN STAB , i > bar sib , — -in your report of the exposure of ihe system ol ' Sweating before Sir Peter Laurie , I am made to say that Mr . Kaye , of Aldersgate-street , has his ^ te ^ asweU made for lsed , as Stultz for Tb . As thi » nas , to the Trade , an appearance of exaggeration , I amdesironi of setting myself right Whatl « aidwa » , that I bad seen trousers as well made at Kaye ' s for is 6 d , as I had received 7 s for at the West-end ; the faot being thatKaye ' shighest price for waistcoats is 7 d , well made , and double breasted , his prices varying from 4 ti ; treusers from ibd per pair . The mistake , as regards the word waistcoat is trifling in itself ; but the statement has a bad effeot upon the trade , i trust you win receive this as an apology for troubling you * A word to the Journeymen Tailors of the United Kingdom , in answer to a letter of mine , in a former number of the Star . I have received communications from Somersetshira , Leeds , Bi 8 hopweam outh > and Dundee , expressing a desire to cooperate In the proposed National Delegate Meeting of the trade , < fec . ; and as the tailors of London , in a public meettag of between two and three thousand persons , have unanimously agreed to the proposition , the central committee of the Metropolitan Tailore ' Trade Protection Society respectfully solicit their brethren in other towns to forward their opinions en the matter , as soon as conventeut , as no steps can be taken unless they feel themselves authorised to do so . There can be butone opinion as to the necessity of a general Union of the Trade , both in town and country , for the purpose of protecting our labour against the capitalists , who are the authors of oar present degraded and impoverished oondition , through their awful and calamitous system of competition . I am , yours respectfully , j . W . Paekeb . Suffolk Coffee House , Old Bailey , Ttaii 114 k io < o
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 16, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1243/page/7/
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