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      AMERICAN PROGRESS . While Parlhment is sitting wo find it difficult , bit , impossible , to keep pace with the movements o ! our American friends ; we must , therefore , take occasion , wlien opportunity offer * , to bring up arrears . Before . we spetk of the progress of the National Reformer ! , « re will offer a few remarks . atd select from our American files a few extracts relating to other matters . According to the latest accounts no decisive blow had been struck in Mexico . Both the Americans and Mexicans had gained gome unimportant advant » ge ; , that is , each side bad somewhat aunojed th « othsr , but beyond that nothing had been done . The

      "And I wffl war , at leastin wards <*»^ - d » nl *» <* Mea « o happen-deeds , ) Wi A all who war with Thought !" «< I think I ht » r a liUle Vird , who sings Tke ?» o l 8 by- » na . * y rriUbe the Hronger . "—BllOH .

      Americans were posted at baltillo S . 000 strong , while Santa Anna was said to have ftn array of botwsfin 20 , 000 and 30 , 000 men at San Louis Potosi . The evident intention of the partijansof the war to extend " slavery" over the territories that have been , or may be wrested from Mexico , has excited considerable alarm amongst the opponents and nonfavourers of slavery , and ha 9 caused something like a division in the ranks of the Democratic party . The membersof Congress , from the Northern States , dcmin ' - i that slavery shall bi for ever excluded from any territory acquired by the States in Mexico . Tne Xew iork Tribune , while approving of this step , properly adds : —

      We think our government onght also to declare that it will accept of no territory at the close of the war unless the people of that territory , hating a fair and free Ol'portunity to express their preference , shall decUe to ccme to u-. rather than remain with Mexico . Uuleis o « r d < duration of independence be the veriest quackery and farce ever known , we have no right to drag reluctant provinces behind our triumphal car . Fifty victories a nd the capture of the City of Mtxico would give us no noral ri a to incorporate a depaitaaent into our territory while its people objected to the transfer .

      Vfe see it stated in a Washington paper , that Mr . Horace Greeley , the independent editor of tha Tribune , had been burnt in efli ^ ies for having saH something which had given offence to the supporters of the war . This exhibits a detestab ' . a spirit , and Jlr . Greeley may congratulate himself that it was only his effigy the " patriotic" rullians committed to the flames . We have received a copy of a new anti-Blswery paper , published at Washington , entitled The National Era ; one of its editorial correspondents is the celebrated poet , J . Greenleaf Whittier . This journal is , we believe , the first attempt to establish an anti-shivery organ in the American Capital , and the attempt has not been made without encountering opposition . At a meeting of the City Council , at Georgetown , resolutions were pa ? seiJ , setting forth , tb it the publication of the National Era was

      calculated " to arouse the worst feelings" of the " peaceful population" of the district , . and load to a breach of tbe peace , and that a select commiitea be appointed to inquire into the propriety of legislative action Optra the part otthe Corporation . This is a truly modest way of inviting mob-violence on the part of tfca " peaceful population , " which failing , "law " is to be had recourse to—law made on purpose—to suppress the obnoxious journal . As yet , we have e 4 heard that either the hint or the threat has been attedupon , and we earnestly hope , for the sake of lie American character , th&t neither will be . The KwivmlEra is alar ^ e and handsome sheet , admirabiy printed and conducted w th great ability . Tiiat tbe editors are bold men , none can deny ; but tbat their boldness is tempered by discretion is etident from the tone of their articles . We wish

      them success . In the National Era we find a copy of a Memorial of Robert Owen to tbe Senate of the United States , in relation to bis mode of improving the condition of mankind . Mr . Owen ' s plan is a modification of tlie " system" he has so often explained in th s country . The editors of the Era , while expressing their admiratioa of the philanthropic spirit and zealous devotion of Mr . Owen , at the same time noti f y their complete dissent from his phn . Mike Walsh is doing the state soma service by miufully combating for a general reduction of the hours of labour , lie has brought forward the folio win * resolutions in the New York House of Assembly : — That the number of hours' labour per day , which miy ba exacted from apprentices ai » d other minors , ou-ht to be limited and declared by law .

      That the number of hours' labour per day which shall lsjaliy sati&fy and fulfil a contract t » work for a > iy specified term , in the absence of any farther agreement between the parties , cmijht also to be determined and declared by law . That a sulect committee fee appointed , to consider , generally , the subject of tlie rights of the labourer ant ] the interests of the ttate , with regard to the hours of Ul our , to take testimony , if they may deem it expedient , an ! to report thereon by bill or otherwise . ^ Mr . Walsh ha 3 so far succeeded ss to bave obtained t ' u 2 appointment of a select committee , of which ke is the chairman . This is a niD 3 t important raovein : Dt , and , under the energetic management of Mr . Walsh , cannot fail , sooner or later , to result in securing , to a considerable extent , the liberty of the labourer .

      A Convention bas been recently he'd in the stato of Wisconsin , which has provisionally agreed to a constitution decidedly the most democratic yet adopted by any portion of the American people . Tise following is a synopsis , taken from the Allany At am . —

      COSSTITCTION OF TBB STATE Of WISCONSIN . BxECCTlVE AS » AD 5 J 1 S 1 STBAT 1 VE DEPAETMENT 3 . — Tie Governor , Lieut-Governor , Secretary of State ( who i 3 tx-ojfcio the Auditor ) , Treasurer , and Attorney-Geseral , are to be elected biennially , and on the same day . Tin govtrnor is iuvesved with the nsual executive I'OTers , including the veto power ( as in this state , except that he is to return a vetoed bill in three days ) , and is t j rereive a salary of 1 , 000 dollars a-year . The Lieut .-Govsruor i » to be President of the Senate , an * is to receive no other compensation than double the per diem cf members during the cession , and the mileage of a member . In case of a vacancy in the office of Governor , thr executive duties devolre upon the Lieut .. Governor ; acl , in case of the disability of both , the duties devolre cp > n the Secretary of State . Both the Governor and Hint-Governor are disqualified from holding any other o £ cj during the term for which they are elected . The compensation of the Secretary of State , Treasurer , and Auorn « y-General , to be fixed bv law .

      Legislative . —The House of Representatives at presei . t consists of seventy-nine and the Senate of tnentyos ? members . The Houss may be increased to 120 , and tip Senate to forty members . The State for the time teinj is divided into twenty-five representatives , aiid fjaneen senatorial districts , each county , with two exception $ , constituting a representative district , and hariug frcm one to ten llepreientstives . Seven of the senatoiial districts , have Wo Senators . Until otherwise pro-Vwtu by law , the Legislature is , to meet annually on the seroud Tuesday of January . ' Extra compensation for any public service is prohibited . Lotteries ars prohibited , filiform laws for the government of towns and counties ars required . Jcdiciai—The House cf Representatives has the power of impeachment , and the Senato is constituted the coart for the trial of impeachments . Ho conviction shall be had without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present .

      The State is divided into five Judicial Circuits or districts , in each of which oae Judge is to be elected by the qualified voters thereof , for the term of fives years . No election for Judges to tc held within thirty dara of any gcaeral election for State or Comity offi'jars . Xo Judge csu officiate in the district in which he is elected , more than one year during his term , except to supp 3 y a vacancy . Tl i Circuit Judges are to constitute the Supreme Com t , os 2 term of which is to he held in esch Judicial Circuit in each year . A Judge , during his term , or if he resign , for two years after such resignation is disqualified from LoiJ-ng any other office . The Judges ' salary is 1 , 500 biters a year . Each County is to choose a Judge of Rebate or Surrogate , wto shall hold his office for two Je < rs . The Legislature has power to organise inferior co-rts , and tribunals of conciliation . Suits maybe tr j'j-ht against th « State in the manner prescribed by tfcs Legislature .

      A clerk in the Circuit Court is to be elected in tach County , who is also to discharge the duty of Registrar of Ikeds . The Supreme Court appoints its own clerks . Elective FaAxcmsE .-One year ' s residence within the State , and in the case of forei gners who may not be ia the State at the lime of the adoption of the Constituk ' . n , a declaration of their intentions to btcome citizens and an oath to BBpport the Constitution o £ the United Stites and of this State , constitute the qualifications of sectors . Foreigners who have been eix months in the Territory Previous to the adoption of the Constitution , and have octlared their intentions of becoming citizens , are not rtiuired to take the oaih . All Indians declared to be citizens of the United States oj any law of Congress , and all civilised persons of the Ji ^ iMi blood , not asenbers of any tribe of Indians , are 'ii alined voters .

      Stgro suffrage is submitted to the people as a separate P 3 poiition . Betting is disallowed ; and every voter *• A if challenged , be required to swear that he has not , j-irectlj or indirectly , any wager pending on the result l _ cre Le will be allowed to vote . ^ schools and School Fckd . —The prominent features c til ] S article are , the provision of a State Superintendent ci public instruction , a uniform sv&tem of common S ' -iooli , a ° d the establishment of libraries ia the several & ^ ns and ci ties within the State . All moneys granted l the United States aredevottd to schools , and to be J ' servtd iuviolate . Basks akd Bahkisg . —TTe copy the provisions on ^ 3 subject entire : a h . Sec . 1 . Ti « e ihall be no bink of isau » with' - y St « o ,

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      3 . * eLe i 8 lature shall not have power to authorise or incorporate by any general or special law , any tank orotheruubtutUm bavingany banking pOwer or prml « e , or to confer upon any corporation , institution ! per-• on or persons , any banking power or privilege 3 . It shall not belMrfd for any cordon , ' institutu » , person or persons , within thU State , under any pretence or authority , to make or issue any paper Zney . " °££ Ju : f ' ° rOthere «< l « K * oi ^ dobLhatover intended to circulate as money thU Stltf T' bebWful for « ny corporation within h « State , under any pretence er authority , to exerci . e thebusiaess of receiving deposits of money ? making dis-Tv ^ hT 8 01 8 el"nS W »» of exchange , or to do any other banking business whatever . o . Ao branch or agency of any bank or banking institution of the United States , or of any State or Territory wittimor wuhoutthe Unite * States , shall be established or maintained within this State . 3 . We Legislature shall not lmv » nn . . . »_ ..... .

      6 . It shall not be lawful to circulate within this State , after theyear 1817 , any paper money , note , bill , certificate , or other evidence of debt whatever , intended to circuhte as money , issued withoat this State , of any denomination legs tlwn ten dollars , or afUr the year 1849 , of any denomination less than tw « nty do lars . 7 . The Legislature shall at its first session after the adoption of this Constitution , and from time to time thereaf ter as may be necessary , enact adequate penalties for the punislioient of all violations and evasions of the provisi , mg of tn article .

      Internal Improvements—State Debts . —Tho State may exercise supervisory powers over works of internal improv ement , but no State debt or liability can be contraded on that account , nor for any parpose except in case of war or insurraction ; except that for extraordinary expenditures the Legislature by a vote of two-thirds of both houses may contract debts , but shall provide for their extinguishment by a concurrent direct tax within fire years , and the aggregate of such debts shall not exceed 800 , 000 dollars .

      Lsehption of uoxestead—Rights of Masried Women . —Property owned by the wife at the time of her marriage , and that which may fall to her after marriage , is placed beyond the control of the kusband and exempted from his debts . Forty acres of land or a town or city lot , being the homestead of a family , and in either case not exceeding 1 . 000 dollars in value , i « exempted from forced sale for debts . Amendsests asd Revision . —Amendments to the Constitution may be proposed by a vote of tnro-thirds of both houses of the Legislature and submitted to the people at the next general election , for their adoption or rejection . The question of calling a Convention to revise the Con . stitution , is to bs submitted to a vote of the people every tenth ye : ir .

      We regret that it should have been thought necessary ' , to refer the question of negro suffrage a ? a separate proposition ; we trust , howeyer , that '' the people" will place the negro population upon that equality which the constitution accords to other races . If so , this constitution will then be as perfect as any constitution can be which stops short of vesting in the people themselves the direct vote upon all projects of law mooted in the representative assemblies . True democracy will never be established until that is done ; in the meantime , tbe Wisconsin constitution is the best of the constitutions based upon the present system of representative institutions . The election and payment of the executive officers and the judges ; the provisions respecting banking , education , state debts , Ac ; must command the applause of all true democrats .

      1 he clauses relating to the rights of married women and tlie exemption of the boinc 3 tead , are worthy of special notice . To the wife is secured her own property , and to every family their home , in spite of the sins or misfortunes of the husband or father , and the exactions of merciless creditors . The homestead , exemption i % one of the principal objects ot the National Reformers ; it has been adopted in Wisconsin , and its adoption in Illinois , Indiana , and Michigan , is sure to follow almost immediately . The next step tcust be land limitation . On this subject the editor of Young America observes : — Wisconsin will be the first free state to adopt home " stead exemption , and wHl then have made tbe nearest approach to real freedom ever achieved in civilization . Having thus secured homes to those so fortunate as to

      pD ? s' ; ss tlitm—let h « r add the crowning sheaf of glory by land limitation . Let the reformers of Wisconsin , as soon as the constitution shall be adopted , agitate anew for a provision , that all the monopolies in the state shall die with tlieir present possessors ; that hereafter no man shall acquire over 1 G 0 acres of land in the state ; and that the homestead exemption shall be extended to that quantity of farm land or a village let ; let Wisconsin do this , and she will be the firit really free state on the continent . The Wisconsin constitution is to be voted upon on the first Tuesday in April next , nnd that it will be ado p ted wo cannot doubt . If adopted by the people , the judges are to be elected on the second Monday of June next ; and the election for numbers of the f - egislature , state officers , and representatives in Congress , will take place on the first Monday in September next .

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      INDIA . Arrival op tiib Overland Mail . —The express from India , in anticipation of the Overland Mail , has arrived . The Governor-General having regulated the government of Lahore , and placed Colonel Lawrence as resident , and Sir John Littler at the head of the British troops , left that capital on the 11 th of January . Theturbulent Akbar Khan had proceeded to attack the chiefs of Candahar , who are hh own relatives and , acconing to the statement nuMiahed in a Bombay paper , has succeeded , after some severe fahtin ? , in capturing the chiefs , and in making himself master of Candahar . Tho British vakeel , Mortezi Shah , has been successful in collectin g a considerable

      number of persons who belonged to ° our ilMated Cabool force , and , by the last accounts , was on his way back to India with them . Dho « t Mahomed appears to have afforded him every facility in furtherance of the objects of his humane mission Several of the persons recovered were women and some of these , who had married in the country , were nnwillinjr to go back to their homes ; a few deserted thovakeeUn the way from Jdlalabad to D akka , and Hed back to Cabool . It is said that in consequence ot the conquest of Lahore , the government of India feels itself strong enough to diminish the native armies , viz ., of Bengal by 25 , 000 men , and of Madras and Bombay by 5 , 000 each . This reduction is to be effected by stopping Ml recruitin g until the native regiments are reduced from 1 , 000 to SOO men each

      FRANCE . This Famd ?* . —From every quarter of France alarming acounts reach government . They represent the scarcity as hourly becoming more manifest and more severe In its pressure , and the discontent of the poorer classes more tbreateaiog , Tb ^ holders of

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      grain wishing to hoard , and to wait ft still higher price for their produce , are in many places menaeed with pillage , fire , and death . The mayors and the clergy of the rural districts , who interfere to preserve order , are becoming obnoxious to the people . The troop 3 are held continually on tho alert , but the strictest orders have been issued to resort to the military force onl y in extremities . | % Chambers . —The Deputies met for a short time . M . Deme 3 nay read the motion of which he . . , .

      had given previous notice , for the reduction of the duty on salt from 3 decimes to 1 decime per kilot ^ mme . This measure was passed last session by the Chamber of Deputies , there being hardly any voices raised against it , but before it could bobroueht before the Chamber of Peers the session closed . Tho Minister of Finance said that ho was not opposed to the principle of the motion , but that , in the present state of the finances of the country , he must oppose all remission of taxes . Discussion on the motion deferred .

      SPAIN . The Combs . —In the sitting of thc 23 rd ulfc . the M - nister of War introduced two important measures-By the first the government is empowered to decreewhen it thinks it opportune , the raising of fifty thousand men ; and , by the second , the government is authorised to contract a loan of two hundred million * of reals at three per cent , interest , and to appropriate as much as may bt necessary of . the revenues of < Spain and the colonies to the payment of the interest on that loan . Tub Cahlists . —It appear that the Carlists aro making considerable progress in the north ot Spain . In Biscay they assemble in great numbers , and the inhabitants generally are prepared to take anna on the first appearance of a regularly organised Carlist force .

      SWITZERLAND . Distit . baxcks . —The French Journal of Frankfort contains a correspondence from Zurich under the date Feb . 20 , in which it is stated that serious disturbances hud taken placo on tin Austrian and Sardinian frontiers of the canton of Tessino , in consequence of largo purchases of corn having been made on those frontiers , for the purpose of exportation . The custom-house officers of Castalello , a town on the borders of Sardinia , fired on the crowd , two of whom were killed and several wounded .

      Avaiaxcuks . —A letter from Cliamounix of the 19 th , ult states that on tho 15 th , at seven in tke evening , an avanlanche fell with a tremendous noise from the Aiguilles-rougher , burying the hamlet of Chablo . The hamlet , which consists of five houses and a few small manufactories issituated in a narrow glen , which was completely filled up by the masses of snow , as was also the bed of the Arve , which runs through it . In one house eleven persons were saved owing to the strength of the walls , and worked their way out ; some others were found alive , but the remainder perished . One immenso winding sheet of snow wrapped up the buried village , with a chimney appearing here and there from the solid white mas ? . After two days digging seven cowes were dug out , and six persons still alive . The unhappy persons who survive have lost their all .

      ITALY . Don * Miguel . — Letters from Rome confirm tho news of the flight of Don Miguel , accompanied by a Colonel B— -, an Englishman . Of tho present location of his ex-kingship nothing is known . PusAxr Insurrection !—The disturbances in the Swiss canton of Tcsino have extended to the Austrian territories . Austrian troops have been ordered from Mantua and Moura . The peasantry make a show of resisting them .

      POLAND . Dijsrf . 33 . —Great distress prevails in Poland . The por tion- * of the royal speeches ( delivered in London and Paris at the opening of the respective legislatures ) which refer to the occupation of Cracow , wero not allowed to be translated , and the paragraphs in question were carefully cut out from the forei gn papers which arrived in Warsaw . Even that % > art of the speech of the King of the French in which the commercial treaty between France and Russia was referred to , met with a similar treatment , it boing a constant rule with the latter to keep Poland as much as possible in the dark with regard to the foreign relations of the Muscovite empire .

      Arrests akd reported Insurrection . —It is stated that several missionaries of the Polish propaganda have lately been taken up and confined in the city of Warsaw . It is very positively affirmed that an insurrection of the peas-inta has broken out in tho government of Angustowow . Kosciusko . —The Iadie 3 of Cracow have formed a committee for the purpose of keeping in a good condition the monument raised in that city to the memory of Kosciusko . The Ixfernal Actociut . —Warsaw . —The follow . ingi 3 the ttxt of the oath exacted from tho priests appointed at the Ecclesiastical Acidcmy at Warsaw : —

      I , the undersigned , promise and awear before Almighty God , one ia the Holy Trinity , that I desiro and engage myself faithfully and sincerely to servo and to be ebedient in all things to H . I . M ., my teal , legitimate , and most gracious waster , the Emperor Nicholas Pawlowiz , Autocrat of . all the Hussias , and to H . I . H . the heir to the throne of all the Itussias , the Grand Duke Alexander Nicolasewiz . I engage myself likewise to observe and defend , without sparing my life or a drop of m > j blood , all the rights and prerogatives present or co come attached to that high power to their full and unbounded extent . I also engage myself to support as much as in my power everything attached to the interests ot H . l . M . and the state . In consequence , if anything shall come to ray knowledge

      likely to be detrimental to the rights of hia Majesty , uot only will I inform him of the same immediately , hut will endeavour to prevent it by all means in my power . I also engage to keep secret anything that may be conn-led to me , to fulSl conscientiously the duties imposed u ; ion rco either by regulations or established customs , cither by the present general oath or by private oath administered to me by my superiors , in the name of H . l . M . Finally , I engage myaelf not to act contrary to my duty and to my oath , in views of private or family interest , out of friendship or hatred , and to act iu all things conformable to the duty of a faithful subject of H . I . M ., so as to bo always prepsrei to render an account of it bofore God and his terriblejudKment .

      Poses , Feb . 10 . —We can now state pretty positively that the great tria ' , respecting the Polish conspiracy , will commence at Berlin , on the 1 st ot April next . M . Wcntzol , who was employed in drawing up the indictments , ha 3 been to Berlin , and has returned , it is said , with 200 documents . All tho Poles who were confined here are already Bent to Berlin . Poland is full of ltussian troops . It is probable that en the visit of Nicholas to Warsaw , which will take place next month , some organic changes in the constitution of the kingdom of Poland may be expected , and that the Russian troops are assembled in order to ensure tho execution of them .

      THE WAR IN THE CAUCASUS . According to letters from Russia , the latest accounts received from tlie Caucasus state that General Worongoff had offered to evacuate all tho little torts , and only to keep Anassa and Soukoum-KalG , on condition that the population along the coast are to give no aid to Scliamyl- ' ucy , aro to ki-op up a good understanding with tho Russians , ami to furnish a contingent of 35 , 000 men , commanded by Circassian chiefs , to be employed only in war against Christians . These propositions have been rejected .

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      b KAMCfc .. —Population . —The Monitcur publishes an othwal account of the census of 181 C . from which it appears thit the population of France then amounted to 35 . 400 . 4 SG souls . In 1 S 41 , when the previuii 3 oenaus was taken , it w . is onl y Si 230 1 « thus showing an increase in five years of 1 , 170 , 308 IloMa . iPAiiir . -Madame llalwcmann , widow of the celebrated founder of Homceopathy , was summoned on the 20 th ultimo , before the correction *! tribunal at Paris for having illegally practised tho medical art . Madame Hahuemann declared that she had received a diploma , as Doctor of Medicine , in rennsylrania . She also stated that she never received pecuniary remuneration . She was condemned to a line ot 100 francs and .

      expenses M . Dumas Rebuked . —Tho great novelist having conceived himself insulted by some remarks of M . de Alalevilie , member of the Chamber of Deputies , sent a challenge to the deputy ; the bearer of the challenge bein g M . . Viennet , Peer of France . Th » sensibloAL deMalevillcscut tho following amusing answer : — " sir —i thank you for having afforded me tho opportu . nllyof sewtigtha agreeable and excellent II . Viennet . As to the proposal which you are good enough to make to cut my throat , I am chagrined beyond measure atnoV being able to accept it . I have not the honour to ba a gentleman . m ^ „ Marquis de Malevillk .

      The Dutch Corn Laws—A royal me ? 8 a ; e , accompaniedby a project of Jaw , for the revocation of the corn-law of December 20 th . 1 S 1 G , and for tho alteration ol the duties on corn , . was laid last Saturday before the Second Chamber of the States General . Ihe I . vcomb Tax in Switzerland . —The Grand Council ot Berne has adopted the principle as the tuture basis for the financial system of that canton ot establishing an income-tax . The amount of taxation is to be fixed annuallr . Grasi ) Duciir op Bad ^ n .-IVis Royal Highness the nurtSri < P ™ . - P » ' *» w iromVis priw purse lor the foundation of a fund for Hupplyin- ' the fruL Th A riC 1 J i , With seed for thKmrS ^^ ffiss ^ r *™ * gWcn 1 > °

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      THE NEW POOR LAW . BROUGHAM versus BROUGHAM . ITlie following is a continuation of Mr . OastlcrV strictures on Lord Brougham , copied from the Morning Post . ] r Sir , —III my last I demonstrated , from the lips of Lor . l Brougham , that his . lordship was deluding their lordships when he told them "that the New Poor , f was not for the benefit of the proprietors . " 1 herein I proved his lord , hi p guilty of misrepresenting a most important fact . " *""

      I shall in tins letter demonstrate , as I have promised to do , from tho mouth of Lord Brougham , that Ins prophecies respecting the effects of the New PoorLaw have proved fallacious ; that , consequently , lua "opinion" is worthless . Before I proceed to that demonstration it may be pvoner to state , that while Lord Brougham was hoodwinking the House of Lords , I was engaged . on thcauthonty ot the late venerabla and learned Lord Eldon , w , ! lnn f nK x their , i : ( lslli P ( P ; viltici ' lar ! ytlie Duke of Welhnston ) and the government ( for which I inthemes of ln ? ei n urc ) , a !? ainsfc adoptin S wil ( 1 tlieoucs Ot Lord Brougham , assuring them that miseries hen unheard-of would be tho rare Suit of thcinfl . ctionofth o New Poor Law . Lord BvooJ hm was listened to ami beliove . l-I . ord Eldon wS laughed at , and declared to bo a dotard-I » a denounced as a fool and a madman

      Lord Brougham " prophesied smooth things "his spell-bound audience believed him-when lietohl their lordships that as sure as ho was a lawyer , the New I oor Law would cure tkn diseases of the " nation , secure property , restore to labour its just reward ' unite the different ranks of society , give peace and plenty to tho cottages , stability to ' pa ' accs . and universal prosperit y to al ! our national interests . It was on the 21 st of July . 1831 , that Lord Brougham thus be guiled tlieir lordships . Do I exaggerate ? Do 1 mistake ? Read his lordship ' s " corrected " words . Thus , did ho then describe the disease—thus prescribe the cure : —

      Ast : ituoftliing 8 which has made industry nnd Mieness , honesty nnd knavery , change places , an . l which exposes tlie property of the community , and with iu property every law , every institution , every valuable , possession , every precious right to the ravages of that remorseless pestilence , before whoso stridi-3 you , the guardians of the social happiness of those who live undir your protection , have beheld the peasantry of England abused to a pitch which I am at once afflicted nnd oshamed to cantemplate , which I shudder to describe , cni which I couM not bear to think of , did I not know that the same hand which lays it bare to jour eyes , nn «! makes its naked deformity horrible to your sight , will be enabled , by your assistance , to apply to the foul disease a s » fe , an i factual remedy [ the Sew Poor Law ]; restoriii to industry its due

      reward , and visiting idleness with its appropriate punishment ; reinstating property in security , and lifting up once more—God be praised!—the character of that iiiible English peasantry to the pr . iud eminence ; where but for the [ old ] Poor Laws , it would hava shone untarnished , the admiration of mnnkind , and the glory of the country which boasts it as its brightest ornament . Eternal honours to the man who could stny the ravages of that " remorselesspestilence "—who cnuW euro that " foul disease "—who could ward olf that " approaching devastation "—who could stop that 11 overwhelming mischief I" " The same hand which lays it bare to your eyes , and makes its naked deformity horrible to your siaht , will be enabled , by your assistance , to apply to the foul disease a safe , . in effectual remedy ' . "

      "See ' st thou a man wise in his own conceit . " say > Solomon , " there is more hope of a fw . l than of him . " The specific , so vaunting } ' proposed , was applied —tho nauseous draught was swallowed—v .-il what then ? Was "the foul disease" eradicated— "the remorseless pestilence" stayed ? Was " property secured "— " labour rewarded 1 " Were " the institutions , the valuable possessions , and the precious rights of the community established ? " Did plenty supply the place of want ? Let Lord Brougham answer . lie said that " lie could , and thit he would , stay the . widc-nrnstin ? ruin ! " During cautions years the p . itient liad been sweating under Lord Brougham ' * treatment , » hen his lordship was suddenly alarmed by its strong convulsions . His attention to the real condition of hi * patient was aroused by stron ? and urgent petitions . On closely investigating the national symptoms , his lordship pronounced his favourite nostrum , after ei » ht years' trial , tn be a failure !

      On the 11 th of July , ] 842 , Lord Brougham moved in the House of Lords for " a select committeo to consider the distressed state of the country , " founded on a petition that he had presented to their lordships . With the lively recollection of the above quotation from Lord Brougham ' s speech , delivered in the House of Lords on the 21 st July , 1 S 31 , and tk ..-fact { before you that durins tho whole interval his lordship ' s " safe and effectual remedy" had been applied , I nnw request you to follow Lord Brougham through the following statement , uiiule on tho 11 th Ofjulv , 1 S 42 : —

      All who know anything of tho state of the countryand none I b .-lieve more veadiiy ihan some of my noblo friends opposite—are prepared , I doubt not , to admit at once that the present distress of tlie country is without a parallel . My lords , I do , and so do the petitioners—at least tha elder of them—well remember tlie distresses which took place in 1 S 08 and 1812 , and more lately in 181 ( j anil 1 S 17 ; hut I protest that when I ca ? t my eyes hick and compare the distresses of thosa periods ni h the present , and when 1 refresh my recollection by referring to the results of inquiries at tiiat time made , and compare them with what it has been my painful duty to loam within ' the last three or four weeks as to the present state of things , I may say , almost without exaggeration , that the former periods present comparatively a

      state of prosperity . Now , my lonls , not to break my word with respect to the promise I road- - of going over tho ground as quickly as possible , 1 shall begin at once and state the case . In the west of England , for years past , I may say for the last ten or twelve , there has been a gradual decline of business—gradual at first , as always happens in such cases , but afterwards proceeding with an accelerated pace , until the branch of manufactures in which it commenced was annihilated , What was the resuk ? Looms were idle , houses unteuan'ed , rents falling to one-half , one-third , and sometimes even lower . Cottages to the number ef three out of four were deserted—thus giving to the whole scene every appearance of an entire transfer of the former flourishing manufactures of Glou . cestershire and Wiltshire to some other parts of the

      country . One might be disposed to hopu at first that tho change was but a trausferof business from one part of the country to tho other , nnd that what was lost by Gloucestershire and Wiltshire was gained by some count ! - s in the north ; but , my lords , this is unfortunately not the cftsc , for y&ur lordships will find that coeval to the decline witU the manufactures in tho west was the commencement of that distress which ia now afflicting the north . Then , my lords , when wo turn to the midland counties , to Leicester , to Shro ;> - sliir « , and Staffordshire , nnd Warwickshire , and from these carry the eje over to Yorlc and Lancashire , we shall find the distress the fame as iu those counties irom which the woollen manufactures had ikdined—wa :: es reduced , houses Tinti-nantiil , rents fallen to ouchalf ami less ,

      ablelio-iied and healthy men , at least mnn who were oneo in health—men well skilled in their rcsptctiro hranchss of trade—men able and willing to work , wire thrown out of employment by thousands , while those to whii-h some work remained were reduced to a pittance by which life might be said to be endured rather thau sustained . Cottages were left without tenants , wages were reduced to , in some instances , fid . per week—rather Ies 9 than one penny for each and every day . Can it surprise your loni - nhips that in this state of tilings whole families should be for whole days without food of any kind ? Tho poor rates were increased in some districts ( ourfold , anil in othtvs they were raised to double that amount , while the defalcations of the property on which it used t < i be assessed had L'OUQ Oil from 20 to 30 to 40 , ami sometimes to 50 por cent

      compared with what it was two years a > , ' o . My lords , 1 now come to some , only some of the details , over which 1 shall run as rapMly as possible , f .. r I am afraid to deal with matters so frightful . As I lmvo said , there were every day occurrences of seven , or eight , or ten persons in one cottage , who wtro for days—my lords , I cannot say " aday , " but for " day& "_ without a morsel of food of any kind . Iu somo cases the destitute remained ou their bed of straw for two successive days , because they wore under the impression that in a recumbent posture the pangs of hunger would be less severely felt than in an erect position . . Those who yer « abli to erawl about lived on matters which ought not to be eaten—at least not as tho food of man—and they might be said to envy those who fed on the husks ofsivine . Mj lords I have

      been informed by some ministers of religion that it was not nn uncommon thing , but one of frequent occurrence , that men of their congregations were taken from their chapoU , fainting from illness and weakness , brought on by want of pro ^ r sus tenance . 1 shudder at , and almost dread to tell jour lordships of somo of tUo cases that have come to my knowledge—cases in which , however , ami be this told to the honour of humanity , I have heard of the greatest benevolence « n ; l thu kindliest disposition being evinced by those having the smallest means , and who , I mti't say , are ever endeavouring to alleviate the distresses of people but little poorer than themselves , out oi " tho proceeds of tlieir own scanty pittance . I have heard of oae csise of : i mutlu-r , with an infant at her breast , found dyiu-j i :. the street for want of fooJ , who was removed to a cellar _ I cannst cull it habitation— -in which tho infant did threo days after it had been taken

      there by the compassion of tlie poor inhabitants . I was told also by a compassionate person who noes about to alleviate the disress which exists , not iu one street , but all over the district iu which he resides , that ho found in one miserable room a man with his wifa ami children , who had been without work tor iiftecn days , and who , having at last obtained it , worked ton or twelve hours without tasting food , tiicn came home , and iliing himself on a bench—the onl y place whereon to rest his limbswhere he was found by the humane person I havo mentioned , who charitably gaire him a snullmite whurowith to puvohtide bread . That saniu informant told » ne afterwards that it w * s one of the most &ff « etins sights lie lu . a cvot witnessed , ig see the cmldventnvunoutly devouring tbo bread his pittiuicoliud procured for them , and then fall on their knees and pray tho Lord that tbeiv bsnefuctor might nerer kngw hunger such as tliQits , These aro i -

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      details , my lords , which quite unman me , but which , However palnful to relate , I have thought it my bounden duty to lay before you Th !^ f or Lord Brou gl'ara ' s cure ! 1 nave not space for remark . One question I will ask ; 1 will ask the Duke of Wellington—Have tiu Pre fhumh » ? rfBro »« l » im , op tho " mooiukiM ' ami humlnis of Richard Oustler borne the toatot K ? L a paSSS ng judse - Tiie New Voor If you will favour mo with space . ! will imkc a few observations on tho subject f have brought to your nonce . I remain , Sir , * Your obedient servant , P . S-Why do I appeal to the DaftToSSSfi His Grace listened to the bewitching eloquence of Lord Brougham , he rejected my solemn warning R . o !

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      - * . » POTATOES AND LIME . TO THK EDITOR OP TIIB M'lRNIXO PO 3 T . Sin , —Every fact relating to the growth of potatoes is now of national importance . A few weeks ago I was in Yorkshire . I there heard that an old friend of mine had , for the last twv > years , grown line crops of excellent potatoes . I mentioned this to another friend , a Surrey farmer , who requested that I would ask how the ' Yorksliircman had succeeded so admirably ? I did so . ThU is thu answer of my Yorkshire friend : — Kind ' s Villa , near l ' ontelract , March 1 , Mr . Oastler ;—3 oar Sir—I was from home whin your letter arrived . I now sit down to let jou know how I produced , for the last two years , above time hundrad bu ? h « U of good sound potatoes to the m-re . First , gut tho land dry nnd clean , and on it put five or six tons of lime , fresh from the kilns ; slack it as soon as you on ; thuu ^ sprend it ia its quick state , and immediately barrow it well in , so as to incorporate it well with the soil ; then draw your ridges , plant jour sets , put . 'ho manure ujion the sets , and cover up .

      If you cut j our sets , 1 would atlviso you to cut them into a basket of quick Urn * , as it dries uy thv moisture , and prevents either insects or fungi from attacking tlie sued . liy adopting this plan , I have never failed in producing good sound potatoes , mid buii-. ve , for quality and quantity , I have not been exceeded this year—at least , not ii our part . I have at present above ona hundred loads uf as bc . 'iu it ' ul potatoes as ever were seen , suitable either for use or sets . I shall be happy to furnish you any further information on this subject , as I think it n national one . 1 intern ] to grow a greater quantity this year , as I have uu doubt , with proper care , any onts may < Jo , ' I am , one of your disciples , Jo . UOTTOMLEY .

      I am sure I need not apologise fer sending you tin above . I hare found halt a ton ot salt , " per acre , thrown on , after the sets were coTcrei in , product clean skinned potatuen , when nil others have bees scabbed . 1 remain , Sir , Your obliged servant , London , Marcb 2 , 1847 . Kiciuiti ) Oisma .

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      CO LORD JOHN 1 UJSSELL , FIRST LORD 01 THE TREASURY , &e ., &o .

      My Loud , —An old proverb adviseth that " pearl ? cast before swine" were so much . weallh misappropriate ! , and so it appears that experience , which !) : i < towi : th wisdom npon most men , has lavished its favours upon your lordship without extracting from you the smallest raark of repentance for past sins , or aiiv promise of 1 ' uttre amendment . But with that do . cgedness for which you are remarkable , ami whichsome mistake for courage , you have despised its warnings , and seem to delight to show yourself impervious to reason and the dictates of jusLice , and to f ? ! ory in a notoriety gained by deceit and uphold by low cunning and political suheniing .

      I am induced to address your lordship thus upon the present occasion , owing to tbo part which you doeiiuulit " expedient" to take on Tuesday evening last in opposing tho motion ol' Mr . Diincom'ie for leave to introduce a bill for the repeal of the ratepaying clauses of the Reform Act . Upon that occasion , hit lord , you Appeared in your heal character . Strong in the consciousness of power , and relying upon the support ot the nuissof c > UTuptii n by which you were surrounded , there was no necessity for a cloak , and Russell was therefore "himself a » ain . " There you stoud , my lord , upon the Hour of the House of Commons , in tha forty-sevm \ th year of the nineteenth century , the brazen champion ot Whig ' finalitv , " and the avowed enemy of progress or

      reform . Could you , my lord , have seen yourself at that moment as others saw you , diminutive as you are in stature , you would have appeared infinitely less in character ! You opposed the motion of your " honourable friend (?) the member fur Finsbury , " because it was a violation of the " ancient constitution of the country , " overlooking the tact that the country lias no such thing a * a constitution at all ; excent , indeed , that rar e specimen oi "human wisdom" tho "bill" may be looked upon as such a -jcl as your lordship is the acknowledged father of that miserable abortion , it is not so much to bo wondered at that you will not allow even a hair of its head to be touched . But the tios of consanguinity which bind your lordship to your precious offspring cannot ha put forth as an excuse by the miserable ga . ig of toad-eating and time-.-ervins

      otlicnU whufollowed their "leader" upon tho occasion , —they cannot urge paternal feelings in extenuation of their . waat of principle , especially as some of them had previously voted for a similar motion , and all of them pretended to be "liberals " and "friends of the people . " Sir George Grey , tha Home Secretary , was the only one of your worthy coadjutors who had bronz-j enough tu speak in aid of your lordship ; and like yourself , my lord , he took uood care- to avoid grappling with the facts and arguments of Mr . Dimcombe , and the gentlemen who supported his motion . Your speech , my lord , was a clever evasion of the question at issue , and , as was remarked by Mr . Wnkley in his able and unanswerable address , "you spoke with more than U 3 ual ; cnci'gy and eamestness , " - ^ -iuteiiding , 1 suppose , tn make up in action and vehemence what you were deficient in truth and honestv .

      Tlwreare many persons , my lord , who do not attach much importance to the bill sought to Ijc introduced by Mr . DuncOiiibe , because they are of opinion that even if it were made law , little or 110 good would result from it . l . Uit 1 am not one of those persons who so think . I believe , if the bill ware tamed , that tlio constituencies oftliecities , and most of the large towns in the kingdom , would be more tlin . ii doubled , and in many instances more than trebled , and that such additions would consist mainly i > f the working classes , and to such constituencies I would look fo tiie return of other Duncoinbes and Wuklcys to aid and assist us in pulling dowa tho whob rotten system which is the oUject of your lordship ' s admiration and respect . 1 was anxiousilr . it Mr . Duncmibe should pressjiis motion , in order to test your Lordship and Company , so that the world might know ¦

      rtheiher you had remained stationaiy landmarks to shew to the political mariner where tho tide of public opinion had arrived fifteen years ago , or whether the ocean of knowledge had in its onward tiareer carried the shabbv Cabinet along with it . This object bus been effected , and your lordship now stands exhibited to the gaze of the peoplojikc a schoolboy on a bench , with ihe dancc-cap ol rinality" oii your head , and humbiig-niaile-cnsy ( the Rill ) in your hand , and the Chartist schoolmaster , Mr . Buncombe , with the rod of public opinion , chastising your lordship for your stiipidily in not haying profitfd by experience , and fur being heedless of the valuable and useful kssons which are to be acquired by attention to that great book , in whl « h it is written ii > . plain and intelligible characters , that statesmen shall not contemn public opinion with impunity !

      My lord , to attempt to reason with a genuine Whi < r , such as your lordship undoubtedly is , were to offer one-self as a candidate for the honours of Ikdlam ; ami as I have no ambition to figure in a straight jacket , 1 will c .-d ) ow that mode of tloalinjc with your lordship , and in conclusion take the liberty t-j intimate that your lordship is not the man for the times . Your " lordship talks too much of the oriueiyle of the '' ancient constitution" forgetting that such constitution was made lor the ancients , and we moderns seek a constitution suitedto the times in which we life . I know that

      your lordship has no such idea , nor are you capable of so liberal or just a conception . Your lordship is a mere political thing , suflVred to exist for the time , —a pantlorer to antiquated prejudices , and tho leader of a bund of contcmptiblo poltroons , who aro willing to . oil the interests of the country , which they curse by their existence , for the sake of place , or basking La the smilo ( if you can smile ) of Punch ' s little shoeblack , who is " r . ot strong enough for tho place "—a proof , my lord , that your strength is not comnvansurate with your appetite . 1 am , ray Lord , & . . London , Feb . 25 th , 1 S-17 . Thomas CiJiiix .

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      IIousebiieakino by Fkmalks . —On Saturday night last , about nine o ' clock , Miss Lcven , who rtfsides at Moadowbauk , Particle , on returning from Glasgow , was astonished to see a light in the back £ rtrt of tho premises , when , as she was aware , no forson could have gained admission to the house iio , a legitimate uinuner . She opened tho door , luw » ev . w , but she had only got a step or two within the lobby , when a girl rushed past her and made her escape . She then alarmed the neighbours , and the Wise was looked over , and nil was believed to be ri-ilit ; but Miss

      Lcven ' s suspicions not being outirtly nlb . ycd , two houvsaftevvrards , when about U > vetivo l '» r the night , she began to examine tho room , and , on lifting up tbe curtain , thero sho found another girl nndor tho bed . Aa soon as practicable , she was sent to thu Wostarn Police Ollicc , whero some small articles of property belonging to Miss LeVim wore found in her possession . Her immc is T ^ lary Sr . iU ' . i , and aho is only about twelve years of age . Tiik Rkpeal Rest . —At the Inatj weekly meeting of the Repeal Association tho rent fox tho week was announced to be £ 0 .

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      SPITALFIELDS BROAD SILK WEAVERS Rrancli of the United Trades Association , held at tha White Horse , Ilaro-strcct . Bethnnl Green , Feb . 27 . I'he foliowing resolution was parsed ; "That this meeting view with alarm the ruinous reductions wntinua'ly taking placeiin the prico of our labour ( notwithstanding the high price of provisions ) , and fearing the samo will continue , unless the members of the trade come forward and form a firm union , do most earnestly call on our brother tradesmen to nome forward immediately and join the National Association of United Trades for tlie Protection of Industry , whereby they may snve tlifmselvis and families from utter ruin : iiid destruction . " This branch meets the second and last "Wednc-day in each month , nnd the next meeting night will be held on f 13 ili instant , when an election for secretary will take place .

      JIIK TEN HOURS BILL-A deputation from the delegates now in London from the manufacturing district ? , waited on Lord John Russell , nn Tnes-Jay , at the Treasury ollico , and printed him with w memorials from the Short-time committees , and also tram associated factory workers and trades . On Wednesday evening a numerous meeting of tlie dogates . ironi Lancashire and Yorkshire was held in heir rooms , for the purpose of < Jevisin tlie lust course to he pursued „ , the I ) r ,, fiIlt ltlltll of tllC , M UiithewLa rao , of Bradford , presided . Tho Chairman , , nT ri ^ r ? ' ! inRS l ™ " 8 r « tul 5 ted tho debates on ht result of the rtivision . Mr . II . 0 ,-urter moved , That . he most grateful thanki of this meeting be given O Mr . J . Brotherlon , Sir CorgeGrey , I , ** oforse Ben tinelcand otlu

      , -r friends , v . ho so nobl y defended the causa ot the factory children * hU afttrnon , and for their effi . ciont on ! in supporting the Ten Hours'Hill . " Mr . Thomas Mawdsley seconded tho veiolutioii , which was carried unanimously . Mr . Gnsavcs , of Saddloworth , moved a vote of thaulcs to the 100 members who voted in favour of the Tcnllouvs' Bill . The motion was seconded by Mr Charles Howartb , of Koclnlnlv , and carried unanimously . Mr . John Mills of OUUmni , moved , " That the mult of ihu day s discussion and division h , favour of the Ten Hours Bdl i 3 such aa t o inspire us with fervent hopes of linal . success ; that we resolve to redouble our exertions to bring the question to an immediate settlement , aud that we strongly ur (! o the working men and their friends in all parts of the country to prosecute with incrciued activity , their application for nn efficient Ten Hours' Bill " Mr . Thomas Pit t * , of Ashtoiuundcr . Ljn ? , seconded the motion , which was carried unanimously . Mr . Jude

      Yates , of Bradford , moved , " That whilst we rejoice in the nVelitv of our friends , wlio at so niuiili personal in . ' . ¦ onvenki . co to themselves attiiivl the day sittings uf tho House | i . iticntly to listen to that diacussicn , th-y cannot but r-ict the nature of tho opposition which has been ijrou « iuto bDarjij : ains t our measure , und further that we t ' cvply regret to observe the spirit which nppsared to aetuato the Itiyht Honourabla Sir llobert Peel , who after promising ' a fair share of tiruo to Lord John . Russell to reply , ' continue d his spetcn till within eight minutes to six o'clock , by which the nubia lord » vas depvivcil of all opportunity to reply , and i-y which the House was also deprived of cominc to k conclusion on the subject before it . " Mr . Oastler said time at their last meating he did not Imitate to move a voU of approval of th » course pursued by Sir It . Pal during tho last debate , nine ! , vote was adopted ; and now that an adverse course had been taken , ho willingl y s ^ omLd th « motion The motion was agreed to ana tho meeting separated

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      COnN EXCHANGE , Fibruaby Ii . The arrivals sine * Monday have been moderate , and the tnglish wheat left over from that day has been tolerablv cleaved , nt prices which were then unobtainable . Tho value otiorewn is full y maintained . In bnrlev , beans , In flour " ituS JS ! " " ° altCratUm - ° ** » auU s : ll ' tV

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      Richmond ( YoSK 3 niRB ) 0 oRNMAnKiT , Feb . 97 .- \ Vehad a tolerable supply of grain in our market this niorninir . 1 he sale of wheat was onl y dull , and the price rather lower than last week . - Wheat sold from Us to 11 s ; oats , bushel barley , Us to fis lid ; beans , fc to 7 s per ^ yAKl ^ FIELD Co » n Makkbt , FridaT .-VTo have a large arrival of wheat . Thero is much more firmness in the trade th'ui on Tuesday , ami a moderate extent of business is done . Barley is extremely ilat , though offered at os per qr . reduction . Oats are hilly as rteaV , and shelling steady . Beans Is per cii-. lower . Other articles as before . Hull Coax Market , Tuesday .-At this d-. iv ' s market there was a good supply of English wheat , much of it in bad condition . \\ o must quote prices Ss to is lower than last weel ;; though but little ; Wsiuess dons in Forehrn wo do not quote more than Is lower . Birmingham Cosn Exciiasok , Vr « dm > sdiiy . —We havo lniu very little business transacted . fho few sales of wheat mails wore at a decline of . ' s to 3 s per quarter Malting barley difficult to quit at current rates

      . Manchester Corn Market , Saturday . —At our market mor . ! commence was apparent than dnriuj ; the week , and i \ t u reduction of Id to 2 d per 70 lbs . on wheat a fair amount ot business occurred . Wamuxuton- Corv Maukkt , ' Wednesdav .-tVQ had a very numerous attendance of farmers . " Wheat s » ld at about 3 d per bushel reduction , say 18 s Gd to 113 , and Us 4 d per 7 » lbs . The supply oi potatoes wasshm t ; pinkeyes wore sold at 2 o . s to Jis , and 23 s per load of 250 lbs ., which l * un advance of Is io 3 s on last week ' s prices . Wakkfirm ) Cattle Makket , Wednesday . —There was a large supply ot" beasts ami oVo sheep . Althimsh silo ' s wero slow , nearly all the stock was sold . Deef lis to 7 s per stone ; mutton , 5 jd to ( i ^ d per lb . SALroiiD Xmv Cattle . Market , Wednesday . —We had a tair though not a large show of stock , ami a fair quality . Ihu supply ot beef was scarcel y cuual to thu demand , and ueei realised fully Ud pcrlb . ; and prime mutton Gd to GJd perlb . Every thin }; prime sold up .

      Kiwcastlb Cattle Market , fueidnr . - We have had a large show of cattle , which are of * very middlingquality . A short supply of sheep , quality good " , for which there was a brisk demand , especially for sheep , aud prices had an upward tendency .

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      STATE OF TllADE . Leeds . —Our markets ut tha Cloth-halls have been exceedingly dull , and wo never witnosswUolittle doing oa sp . culution for the coming season as at the present time . The purchasers continue to buy only for present need . On . the whole , there has been less than average business done in the warehouse * during the week . Masciiksteh . —Wchavo had a slight improvement in the demand for cloth , nnd at r . itcs currently paid last week . Yarns aro much the same way—und likely to . further improve , now that the Gorman houses are commencing operations for the spring trade . llttADroRD . — Thu staplers seem more willing to sell than tlis-y were , but the spinners buy with gieat caution . Wo can report no alteration of moment iu price . Thare was no ditVerouce iu the amount uf business done in the piece market . Halifax . —Wo can report little or no alteration from last weelc ' s account of this market . —Prices tif wool show a tendency to relax a little , but tho choice in the staplers " hands is not at all considerable ! .

      IIUDDERDFitLD . — 1 hsio has been u taif amount of business done in the cloth market , and thv prevailing demiind was for fancy woollens . Tho wool market has been very inactive . Uv . cKMONOTfiR * UtASKis ? M . M \ MT . —There i \ v ? a few small orders for the American market , but tbo blanket trade generally is in ¦ '" lU-plor . iblu state . Kouuuale J- 'laknel Mabkkt . —There is little or no > improvement in the flannel m . ' . rkct to report : the business transacted has boeu very Kuiiied . Wool has fairly maintained the last week ' s prices . I . kiosstsu . —We cannot report anything inor * favourable in the general trade . Woollen and worstal goods ara in small request . 'Wools and yarns remain stationary . From letter * receired , tho American fall demand is expected to bo good . Nottingham . —There is a fair amount of general biisi . ness transacting this week . Country liealers are coming : very slowly forward to make spring purchases . A few good orders for Sovtlv . America art in course of execution . Hosiery : We uro gratified in bciug ablu to note the very satisfactory state of our market ,

      Gi . Aso'jn . —Cotton Yarn : Our market still remains iu the same inactive state . Cotton Goods : We are sorry to have t ) report a coutiaucd flatness in the market for gene , raldescriptions of goods , Amvr . can Produce : Flour is duller again , and may bo quoted Is . to Is . Cd . cheaper than last week , but muisnvlions have boon trw at the decline . In ashes there is not much stir . Thcr- is moderate inquiry fur Indian corn meal . New York cheese has an average sale . Canadian butter in better request from thu enhanced rates of inferior Irisb . Unite ! States sweet Hour , Us . per barrel ; Uuite-1 States sour Hour , S " s .

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      ( From the Ga : ilt $ of Tuesday , March 2 . ) Thomas Lawrence , Heading , draper—John Brown , Great Quociustrcet , I . incoln's . imi . lields , unrvcr— -Thutna * Uowlos , llorsmondcn , Kent , victualler—Francis Chnmpuess , lUshopVr . i : ul , l ' uddi-. ixton , linemteapur—Edmuml Stivvens , llri ghton , victualler — Micluvul John Stone , Abingdon , grocer—Jolm Andrew , Grovci . 'rracc , Queen ' sroad , Haysvrater , fishmonger—O . ilm and Thoiusis Ruddy , Bridlington , Yorkshire , printers—Nathaniel J "''» Knvle » Valmouth , grocer—William . lames , Berkeley , Gloucestershire , builder-David Williams , Hutliiii , " Denbighshire , cattle salesman— William Herbert , Bristol , grocer-Solomon Marks , Uardiu " , watc ' i-makti —Jackson lVinee , Coxhoe , Durham , grocer — William lierofurd , New L-uutou , Nottinghamshire , laco manufacturer—Joseph * Ilepworth , Iluddorstield . wine merchant .

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      The Royal Bavarian brood are just now playing some rare pranks . Bavaria , which { always revolts when beer is raised in price , is now on the brink of a revolution in consequence of King Louis having submitted himself to Ihe yoke of the celebrated Spanish dancer , Lola Montes . This lady reigns supreme at Munich , dispensing dignities and favours with ri ght royal lavishness ; of course at the same time taking good care to well feather her own nest . The consequence lias been a dissolution of the ministry , popular riots , and all the usual

      manifestations of Bavarian patriotism . While King Louis Charles is making himself the wonder and laughingstock of Germany , his precious son Otho is doing his best to exhibit his imbecility by risking a collision of the Greek kingdom with the Ottoman Porte . King Otho having deliberatel y insulted the Turkish Ambassador at Athens , that functionary has withdrawn to Constantinople , and , consequently , rumours of war agitate Greece and Turkey . 'Tis time the booby Otho was sent to a lunatic asylum ; his father is evidently qualifying to bear him company .

      the Montpensier fudge , with all its attendant criminations and recriminations , has excited not the least interest in this country . The price of bread is still rising in Paris , and the apprehensions arising from the scarcity are on the increase . While the poor are suffering the greatest distress , the rich are wallowing in luxury and profligacy . 'Tis high time the cry of "War to the castle , peace to the cottage !" was once more raised in France . M . Duvergier de Hauranne has given notice of a motion for the reform of the Chamber of Deputies ,. ' " almost as extensive as the English Reform Bill . " Goodness gracious . what a revolutionary measure !

      MOVEMENTS OF THE WEEK . The news from India is of a pacific character ; all ii quiet in Lahore . Large reductions in the Indian army are talked of . "Thepublic will learn with satisfaction , " says the Morning Chronicle , "that the differences between Lord Normanby and M . Guizot have been settled amicably . " The Chronicle is mistaken , the public care not a straw for the " personal differences " between Normanb y and Guizot ; and care no more for " my Lord" and "Monsieur" themselves . Beyond the columns of the daily papers ,

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 6, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1408/page/7/