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SONG OP THE HEMPSEEO . BT BLIZa COOK . At scatter me well , tas a moist spring daj , Wide and far bs the Hempaeed sown j And bravely 111 stand on tbe antumn land When the rains iave ctropp'd and the -winda nave blown i M&n shall carefully gather me up ; HiB hand shall rale , and my form BhaH change ; 2 f ot as a mate Tor the purple of state , If or into aught that is •« iich and strange ;" Bat I -will come forth all -woven and span , " With my fine threadB eniM in serpent length , And the fire wrought chain , and the lioa ' a thick mane Shall be rivalled by me in mighty strength . I have many a place in the busy world , Of trimaph and Jear , of sorrow and joyj I csxrj the freeman " * flag untol'd
I am linked to childhood's darling toy : ! Then scatter meiride , and hackle me well , Pox a varied tals can the Benapaeed telL Bravely I stHih ? in the anchor ring , Where "the foot of tbe proud man eometb . not , Where the dolphin leaps , and the sea--weed creeps O ' er the rifted £ &ad and the coral grot . Doim , down below I merrily go When the huge sbip takes her locking rat j ThcwaiersiEsy chale , Tratshe d-welleth as safe As the young bird in its " woodland nest : J wreathe the spars of that same fair jship Where the gallant sea-hearts cling about , Springing aloft -with a song on the lip ,
Putting their faith in the cordage stoat I am true when the blast aways the giant mart , Straining and stretch'd in a norvwest gale , I abide ¦ with the bark , in the tlay and the dark , lashing the hammock and reefing" the saiL O , the tollowB and I light fairly cope , Acd the -wild tide is stemmed by tee cable rope . Sobs of Evil , bad and bell , iladlyye liveancllitUeyereci , _ Till I am noosed in a coiling fold Ready to hug your felon neck . The yarn is smooth and the knot is sure , I Trill be firm to the task I take ; Thinly they twice the halter line ,
Yet -when does the halter hitch er break ? My lesTes are light and my flowers are bright-Pit for an infant hand to clasp ; Batvbat thin ^ E ye of me , * neath the gibbet tree . Dangling high in the hangman ' s grasp ? - Oh ; a terrible ttinj { does the JHempseed Seem Twist the hollow & 001 anistonl crossbeam I The people rejoice , the banners are spread : There is frolio and feasting in « ottage and hall ; ! tte festival ahont is echoing ont From trellised porch and Gothic -wallj Herry sonls hie to the bElfry tovrer , Gaily they langh -when I am fonad ; Asd rare music they make , till the quick , peals shake The ivytfcat wraps the turret round : The Hcmpseed lives with the old chnrch bell , And help&th the holiday ding-dong-delL
The sunshine falls on a new-made grave ; The funeral train is long acd sad ; The poor man has come to the happiest home , And easiest pDlov he ever >™^ I shall he there to lower him down Gently into his Barrow bed ; J shall be there , the -work to share , To gcard his feet , and cradle his head . I many be seen on the hillock green , Knag aside with the bleaching skull , " W ' nile the earth is thrown with worm and bone Till the sexton has done , and the grave is full . Back to the gloomy vault I ^ n borae . Leaving coffin and nail te crumble and rust ; There Iam Jaid with the mattock and spade , 1 Uoistened with te&raand clogged with dost : O , the Hempeeed ccmeth in doleful shape , "With the mourners' cloak and sable crape . Harvest shall spread with its glittering wheat ;
The barn shall be opened , the stack shall be piled ; Ye shall see the ripe grain shining out from the wain , And the berry stained arms of the gleaner ehSd . Heap on , heap on , toil the -waggon-ribs creak ; 1 Lit the sheaves go towering to the sky ; Up with the shock till the broad wheels rock ; Fesrnol to carry the rich freight high : Tor I w 21 infold the tottering gold , I will fetter the rolling load ; Kot an ear shall escape my binding hold , On the farrowed field er jailing road : O , the Bempseed hath a fair place to fiQ , With the harvest band on the com-oo-w-n'd V »
willy threads are set m the heaving net , Out with the fisher-boy far at sea , While he whistles a tune to the lonely moon , And trusts for his morrow ^ bread to me . Toiling away through the dry summer-day , " Boned and round I steadily twist , And bring from the cell of the deep old -well What is rarely prised but sorely misa'd . In the whiriisg swing—in the peg-top string There am I , a worshipped slave ; On ocean and earth I'm a goodly thing : I serve from the play-ground to the grave . I have many aj > laca in the busy world , Of trhnnph and fear , of sorrow and joy ; I esirythe freeman ' s flag ¦ unfurPd ,
And am linked to childhood ' s darling toy : Then scatter me wide , and hackle me well , And a varied tals shall the Hempseed telL It etc Mbnihly Magazine
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THE ABTIZA ^ , No . IX . London , Simpkin , ¦ Marshall , & . Co . This " Monthly Journal of the Operative Aits" is an extremely -well conducted periodical , and well fitted apparenilj to carry eut the view 3 of the contributors , viz ^ that of el * vatmg intellectually and morally the Btrength * nd sinews of Old England , — her toiling , skilful , and matchless artizans . We speakthnsgenerillyj for we most say , ih&t 10 some of the views pat forth , and sentiments expressed , there is a sort offoresnanism exhibited , not at all to our taste : for we detest the pride that » pes ari&tocracy and that spirit is , we are sorry to say , to be found amongst not a few of the operative classes . But a trace to censure . 'Tis not oar forte . We wonld much rather praise than blame ; and in all sincerity here is ample room for the mo 3 t pleasant of criticism , that of awarding approbation where approval is so justly merited .
This number 1 b crammed with information of the most valuable kind , to ail engaged in the mechanical , chemical , and line arts . A mere enumeration of the Taried contents of the number wonld be of no service to our readers . ^ Ehey 'will best know , andknowing , appreciate its contents , by purchasing the magazine for themselves , which we may remark is sold for ene shilling ; a price low enough , in all consciene , for tie mass of beautifully printed matter it contains , and the illustrations by which it is enriched . The first article headed the *• Artizaii's Institute , " will be read wita much interest . It treats of fee formation and progress of a society , established some time before the close of last year , for the purpose of affording to its members , mutual and practical
information on the subjects of their respective- trades or professions ; aad for the purpose of finding employment for its unemjUeyed membersin foreign countries , " every channel to employment in this country being already filled up" ! "The trades eligible to be admitted into the Institute are arranged under the three ' - great heads of the mechanical arts , -the ehemical . arts , and the fine arts The subscription to the institute is one shilling a jnoBthj but this suhseription is returned monthly to every subscriber , in the form of printed minutes of the proceedings , and other works of utility '; so thai in reality _ thers Is no subscription , only a trifling monthly purchase . Of course tbe society has some Bonroee of revenue beyond the above . One of
these is , *' that every person promoted to a situation by the Ins-State ' s instrumentality , shall assign . to the Institute the wages of that situation for a certain time . The period of this assignment varies with the value of the situation ! ** in the case of a workman , a weeks wages is the most that-is required ; but in the case of foremen or superintendents , stnafaonBof valne , a months' wages may be demanded . We mnsfc refer our readers to tbe article itself for further information . Thi 3 institution is one ot the signs of the times . " It telb of the determined straggles of labour to gain its rightful position by the force of tailed mind ; and thus far it is a sign heart-cheering to those who believe with mi in the progression of the human race , and the future " pexfeetlbffity" bf man . It tells also of the false system of political Government , and social arrangements at present existing which has _ closed op every channel to employment , and driven the
wise of head and cunning of hand to -associate together to jn-oettre- employment in foreign lands ! And this is a sign that saddens us . It tells of the transfer of England ' s greatness to other than oar own native clime , threatening the banks of the Thames with the fate of those of the Enphrates and the Tiber- for *» like eanses will produce pie efieeJs . ^ It tells us also that the class of operatives lepresenieain sndi soeieties aa the Institute , have yet aneh io leanu They iave jet to know that tme patriotism dictates that they should unite to iaprove their own eoantry , aad re-open the channeti to employment in iheir oim fatherland , rather than Sy from i ^ thinkin ? only © f Aeir own ladvancement and personal interest . " _ . « &dm aa article , entifled « Steam Coaches on Common Roads , " we take the following opening remarks , with every sentiment . of which we most ieartjlv sgree : —
"Wehave adverted , on several occasioas , to the evD iBfiusacea exgrted by aslways in this country -under their present adminlBtation ; and expressed at the same time , our fervent hope that some antidote wonld be found against the perpetuat : on of such injuries . We
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remain as firmly as ever of opinion that tbe whole railways ef the country should be taken into tbe hands of the State ; though we should be unwilling to see that measure adopted , unless accompanied by the imposition of such checks to venality as would prevent tbe railway management from degenerating into a manufactory of jobs and places . Bat pending this consummation , we would direct the attention of oai readers to a different insnument of locomotion , which appears capable of counteracting , to a great extent , the tyrannies of the railway system . The applianee to which we allude , is the use of steam-power on the common roads—an expedient attempted to be carried into practice many years ago , but which failed to realize at that time a
successful result , owing to the combined opposition of the furious railway mania , then epidemic , and the imperfections attaching to the various steam-carriages then brought forward . Tha present juncture , however , promises greater success , as public feeling , as well as public opinion , is now beginning to run stedfastly against the railway system : in addition to which , we believe we shall be able to give a design for a common road steam coach , which , by its freedom from tbe vices attendant upon the plans brought forward heretofore , at once removes all difficulty to be apprehended on that score . In abort , we are of opinion that the time has arrived when steam coaches on common roads may be employed with success ; and we are anxious to be the herald of that blissful consummation .
" Before , however , we advert to the particular kind of steam ceach we would recommend , we beg to draw attention for a moment to the injuries tbe railways are inflicting . The tyranny exercised in the transport of tbe poorer class of passengers , after having first wrought the rain of all other means of conveyance , we have animadverted upon on other occasions ; but we have not yet mnrtioned the grievous loss and injury inflicted upon the humbler tiass of towns in every part of the kingdom , by depriving them of the traffic which constituted their wealth , and leaving them in loneliness and desolation . Formerly , thousands of coaches intersected the kingdom in every direction , scattering wealth and
animation in their train . But now tbe road , with its fragrant hedge-rows and picture * que cottages , is deserted —the inn , where the coach stopped , shut up—the livelihood of thousands disarranged , and fond associations broken for ever . We do not say , be it observed , that if tbe balance were struck between the benefits and injuries of the railway mode of conveyance , the benefits wonld not preponderate , —though neither would we assert that they did . But our neutrality would only be afforded on the supposition that railways were managed for the public advantage : and when we come to take railways as they ire , we do Bay , that , in this country , they have been an injury instead of a benefit "
The writer then states the obstacles which have heretofore opposed the success of steam carriages on common roads ; shews how those obstacles may be surmounted , and concludes by describing the sort of carriage which ( according to the writer ) will be found to answer , and triumph over all hitherto insurmountable obstacles . A plate is given shewing the form of the coach and nature of its working machinery . The article headed " The water supply of London" is one of the most interning and pleasing in the number . To all Londoners it must be a subject of surpassing interest . If ever mankind come to their senses , they will look back with astonishment upon the follies of a race that eonld expend millions
of monry in gaudily decorating the fronts of shrines of profit-mongers ; baildiDg a ' thievestemp'e "—called a "Royal Stock Exchange ; " erecting such outrages upon true taste as . the Kelson Column , and such disgusting mementos of a nation ' s lore of murder , as the [ intended ] monuments toibe "hero of Waterloo "; at the same time daily consuming a filthy decoction of putrid matter in the shape of , or rather miscalled , water , to the serious detriment of the health . -, and disgust of the palates , of two millions of human beings ; and wonder that the money so uselessly and viciously expended was not employed in procuriug the wholesome springs of water flowing beneath their very feet . The folly of the Pyramids is only repeated in another shape . We give ibe conclusion of this interesting article : —
" Geological science and practical experience prove that the greater part of tbe rain which falls on tbe surface of sandy or chalky soils is absorbed , and that it descends until it meets with an impervious stratum of clay or rock , to stop its further descent . " In an article on Artesian Wells , in the August Number of the Ariixtn , we explained the manner In which the subterranean reservoirs are taised above the levels of the valleys , and force out the water when bored into ; but we believe the instances are very rare , in this connfery at least , of Artesian wells being successfully bored into the stratum of chalk . This may be accounted for by the thickness of the chalk formation ; for the lower part , which rests on impervious blue clay , lies so deep , that the imniBnsp basin of chalk is sufficient to hold all the water , without forcing it te rise
above the level of the other strata . There can be little question , however , that tbe greater part of the rain which falls on the extended area where the chalk rises to the surface for many miles , is collected beneath in immense quantities , sad » uutuxoting -tbe ctu » tfc ttmJcr prensorc To giso some notion of tbe quantity of water to be collected by drainage , we may state , that assuming the depth of rain that falls annually to be the low average of 24 inches , each acre would yield 608 , 000 gallons ; and the drainage of the county ef Hertford alone would afford to supply the demands of twice the whole population of Great Britain ; we may , therefore , safely conclude that the chalk formation under London , which receives the drainage ef many extensive counties , is capable of supplying far greater quantities of water than can be required for the use ef its inhabitants .
• ' The depth to which it wonld be necessary to penetrate in order to procure a never-failing supply may be ascertained with tolerable accuracy , from tbe results of experience . The cialk is reached at a depth ot S 80 feet below the level ef the river ; but to insure an abundant supply , it would be necessary to sink 100 feet into the chalk , and to drive adits to some distance , in various directions , to collect the water .: A well was sunk for a brewery at Chelsea , to a depth of 394 feet , in which the water rose to a height of 200 feet from the bottom ; from which it might be assumed that tbe standing reservoir in the chalk had bees reached , and that the water was under pressure . At Morflake , in Snrrey , an Artesian well was bored 375 feet , 80 feet of which was al * o through chalk , whea th » boring tool fell into a mass of soft calcareous earth ; and the water then rose gradually to the surface- Now , if the
standing level of the water , in the chalk formation , be reached at those depths under London , there can be no question about the supply , and one large well wonld be sufficient . Tbe next consideration wonld be , the means of raising the requisite quantities of water from the wells . Twenty millions of gallons per diem , for the supply of half the consumption of London , is four times the quantity of water raised from any one of the mines in Cornwall by their large pumping engines ; bnt the depth of the latter It so much greater duty , that the amount of engine duly would not exceed that el the Consolidated Mines . One of the eleven pumps attached to the Mammoth engine now constructing in Cornwall , for the pnrpose of draining the lake of Haarlem , would deliver twice tha quantity of water j « qnired to be lifted ; therefore the amount of engine power to lift twenty millions of gallons from a depth of 300 feet , need not be b serious obstacle to such & plan .
" The importance of the object to be attained shonld never be lost sight of ; and when it is considered that the enterprising capitalists of New York House expended £ 2 , 500 , 000 in distributing a Bupply of pure , drinkable water through that city , from a distance of thirty-eight miles , the inhabitants ef London ought net to rest satisfied with the muddy , and almost loathsome , liquid with which they are at present furnished" by the water companies , whilst an exhaustless reservoir of the purest water lies under their feet . " But the Artxzan has poetry as well as prose . Here is the sentimental " outpouring" of one A . Ghat , who writes from the Hills of Braemar ; and although his poetry is mot quite equal to Byron ' s , yet we have seen many worse imitations . Hero is A . G / s version of
XACHIN Y GAIB . AWiT with the town and its dark cluster'd houses . ' I ' m sick of its toilsome , monotonous life ; I hatt the wild laughter where f oily carouses , And turn in disgust from its dissonant strife . Hurrah 3 through my own native glens I am roaming . ' Hark I the pibroch complains to the spirits of air ; Whflb daylight gives place to the pale hues of gloaming . And above me frowns sullenly Lachin y Gair . Ah ! well may this spot wake the chord of deep feelings . For here were the days of my infancy pass'd ; And here first I drew love " s enchanting revealings From my own Highland Mary—my first love—my last . And here too we parted—O hour dark with sorrow J Bnt youth has too Bauguine a bosom for care j From the gloom of to-day augurs bliss for to-morrow , So I turned with a light heart from Lachin y Gair .
With the wide world before me I walk'd on elated , Though homeless , and , ay , nearly pennlles * too ; For I fed on the hopes which my love had created , And knew the grand secret—To u ? & is it do . So I iwore in that hour , If that Providence spare me , With health ana with Btrength , I "win never despair ; And toll late and early for sake of my Mary , Asd soon sought my bride at dear Lachin y Gair . NowXaehin y Qtif , I am owe more reporing On thy beath-coTKed tide , where I lay when a boy 5 And the eyelidi of life , as of day , ate Art ^ f ° * k 8 > LV Yet my heart , young as evetj throb" wildly with Though many fond fancies of boyhood have perlsh'd , Like the forma which now melt in the » 6 ft . evemng Yet fondly through weal and ibrongb woe have I cherish'd ¦ Bemembrance of tfcee , my own Lachin y Gair .
With pleasure we recommend " The Artizatf" to the attention of all artizans . It is well deserving ot their support .
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THE HULL LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL MISCELLANY . Dibb and Co . Hull , We have here a new monthly candidate for public patronage ; the first number of which ( for October ) is . now before as . A very cursory glance at its contents enables us to speak well ] of it , though in future numbers , improvements , which the judgment of its conductors will dictate , may with advantage be iairodueed . From a clever written article on " Meteorology" we give the following extract : — " Whilst , a mean uniformity of distance , and of general influence , { I use the term with reference to a known and demonstrated power , ) has been maintained in the planetary system from the day of creation , tbe investigation of geelogists have Bhown that tbia earth
has undergona mutations of temperature and humidity so extensive as no longer to be adapted to the exigencies of the same organic nature . Entire genera and species have been swept away ; fresh and perfectly distinct successions of animated nature have been from time to time created , and in their turn have been destroyed by the varying and important conditions of the earth and its atmesphere : even the elementary constitution of the atmosphere itself has been apparently reconstructed . During the deposition of part of the secondary formation of the earth ' s surface , it was inhabited by various species of the Saurian or L-sird tribe ; from an anatomical and physiological investigation into their structnre these reptiles differ essentially from birds , and the
mammalia , in the lees active performance of the respiratory function , and in a lower and simpler structure of the luDgs and heart , whereby they become less dependent on the oxygen of the atmosphere for existence . From tbia and the subsequent extinction of a vast portion of th « reptilian class , the physiologist is led to conjecture that the atmosphere bad not then undergone those changes which a subsequent consolidation and concentration of certain of its elements may have occasioned . And again , from considerations of the peculiar features of the extinct Flora recurring in the same formation , the bot&niBt has been led to suspect that the atmosphere of this globe formerly contained more carbon , and less oxygen , than at
present ; yet amidst these important and vital changes , affecting not merely the well being , bat the very existence of plants and animals , lunar and planetary motions have been going on in one continuous cycle , the mean distances preserved unaltered , and their , conjunctions , oppositions , and other aspects occurring periodically as at present , and we may be assured that whatever future modifications of the atmosphere may be in reserve , whether arising from astronomical , geological , or magnetic causes , that tbe same planetary and lunar configurations will be continued , iDiffectiye , however , either to promote or retard the great transition : and that when perverted to the purposes of meterologic » l , or judicial predictions , their only effect is to astonish the ignorant , and mislead tbe crtduloua . "
Here is a specimen of tbe poetry from some linea on "The Humber Wolds : ""Sweet hills of beauty ! from your towering brows What lovely landscapes burst upon the sight In rich variety J AfaT J afar ! Our vision stretches o ' er a mingled mass Of aill . dale , water , meadow , corn field , wood , In brightness blending . —At your base lie Piains rich in rural elegance , and fraught With sylvan Umlineas . Fait villages , Cots , hamlets , farms in sweet confusion gleam ;
Here Welton hides beneath her sylvan shades , And rural Elloughton 'mid towering trees , And Brantingham with its romantic dale , — From your Hut rising nis ; h tbe Humbert shore , Where Bessie lifts bet village spire on high , To where , with bolder eminence , ye turn At Cave , laid hidden in its hollow dell , And sweep away in undulating line Far to the north , what beauties ye enclose Batwixt your summits and the water ' s marge 1 A poet's world ! * *
" Ib there a portion of the British isles Where nature in more rich profusion casts The choicest of her treasures 7 Where she crowds All her mild beauties in so small a space 1 It seems a spot where she has deigned to biud Her fairest wreath of sight-delighting flowers ; Her richest temple , where she would display The winning softness of her gentle smile , And chain all hearts in admiration ' s bonds . " Sweet bills of beauty ! be it oft my lot
To wander o ' er ye , when the light of morn With yellow lustre gilds your loveliness ; When noon-tide radiance pours its silver tide Of keen refulgence , making all things seem The brighter visions of a fairy world;—But chief when eve with her unnumbered tints . Her rainbow dyes , ber sky-descended hues , Paints every landscape , and brings out to view Sweet lights and abades inimitably soft , Supremely delicate , intensely fair . ''
THE PHILANTHROPIST . This , as its title expresses is "A monthly journal , devoted to local , political , and moral reform . " Its forml 8 that of the Spectator ; its price is 6 d . ; and four numbers have appeared . Its principles are thoseof the Miall , Cobden , and Stur ^ e Bchooi ; i . e . it advocates " Separation of Church and State , " *• Corn-Law Repeal , " and " Complete Suffrage . " It is withal a most strenuous a = sertor of the virtues U ) talents (?) and patriotism ( 1 ) of the middle classes . It has , however , little of the sectarianism exhibited by other publications , aud is decidedly the most talented of its class ; being well , in some cases eloquently , written . From a sensible article in No . 3 , on " The Repeal Movement , " we give the following iruthful&'and eloquent extract : —
" It is a great sight to see a whole nation struggling against wrong , even though their cry for justice find an articulate voice in the person of one man only ; but it is more truly cheering to watch the movements , irregular and conflicting , and frequently misguided though they be , of a people roused into action by tbe workings of their own thoughts ; and such movements , however often they may fail to accomplish the ends which they propose , are the manifestation of stronger intellectuality , and indicative of surer progress . In the one picture we have Repeal—the other is Chartism . The one marching onwards with gigantic strides , impelled by a keen BenBs of approaching victory—dubious , indeed , though It be ; the other broken and prostrate , and self-divided , yet containing within itself th «
elements of truer progress ; for it may well be that Repeal shall paas away aud be known no m « re but as a thing that has been , or that it may be accomplished and Ireland yet be unregenerated ; but the spirit of Chartism is * a creature of hardier growth . Born in trouble , nnr 3 ed in contention , fed by the conflict and dissension of opinions , it has henceforth a necessary existence , and its cry cannot be stifled . Its nature is such that it will secure tbe progress of the people , even if destined to be continually defeated ; for its existence is at once the result and the stimulus of intellectual activity , and each successive struggle will necestatily involve the development of new , and the reiteration of old , truths—of truths which cannot die , but must fructify to the end of time .
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Carlisle — Important and Dangebods Legal Decision . —A few days ago , a case of an uncommon aud singular character was brought before the sitting magistrates , John Dixou and John Fawcett , Esquires , at the Town Hall , Carlisle , which excited great interest , inasmuch as it involved a point of law of the greatest importance to tradesmen in particular , and the public generally . Jamea Bell , of tbe Wellington Inn , Carlisle , auctioneer , was charged with having , on Saturday evening , October 7 th , feloniously taken away , from the shop of Mr . Henry Cohen , grocer , a cheese and sugar loaf , value £ 1 lls . 3 d ., his property . Mr . John Saul , solicitor , conducted the prosecution ; and Mr . Sibson , solicitor ,
defended the prisoner . Mr . Cohen was about to be examined by Mr . Saul , when Mr . Sibson rose and inquired if the witness was a Jew ? Witness—Yes , but I believe in the New Testament and onr Saviour . The witness then deposed as follows : —The prisoner , Jamea Bell , came to my shop between nine and ten o ' clock en Saturday night last . I was at the Spread Eagle Inn at the time , when my shop-boy came for me . The prisoner asked me if I had any good cheese ; I said I had , and tried two for him , when he asked the price . I told him 6 d . per 1 b . He said I might take a halfpenny less for cash ; I told him I would not , and he agreed to take one at the price . My boy weighed the cheese in qaeBtion . which
was 25 ilbs ., and came to 123 . 9 d . He then asked me if I had any nice loaf sugar ? I said I had , and inquired if he liked dark or fine . He said he didjnot like it too fine or too dark . I then shewed him a sample , . and he agreed to take one at 9 £ d . per lb ., which carae to 19 s . He then told me to make out a bill for the amount , and I told my boy to do so , which he did in James Bell's name . The prisoner then put hiB hand into his pocket , and jingled some silver , as if he were going to pay me ; and I was abont receipting the bill , and had wrote " October " upon it , when some one came into the shop , and I kw boo vtiw
» w »™ uu 1 * was , wnewme pruwuo * " »» the goods off the counter , alone with the bill , and laying down a piece of paper , said —• " Here is pay for them . " ( The paper was here put in , and was to the following effect : — " I , W . Sibson , do authorize Mr . James Bell , of the Wellington Inn , to buy goods for me , not exceeding ten pouads . To Mr . Cohen . " ) The prisoner then ran out of my shop with the goods . 1 followed him , and gave him in charge to a watchman . The prisoner ne ? er bought anything at my shop before ; nor did he ever mention Mr . Sibson ' s name , but said when he bid down the paper , — * ' Here ' s
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pay for the goods . " It appeared from a tedious and irrelevant cross-examination of the witness 0 M | r . of M * - Sibson—that the witness owed fi kioson , draper , the sum of ten pounds , a * i g apprehensive , that the witness was at > out Unmake an assignment , he went to witness shop , and wished to have goods to the amount of his account ; but this the witness refased to do , saying he would pay him in cash . Mr . Sibaon , however , not being satisBed , prevailed upon-the prisoner to go WLonen . s shop , and endeavour to get some goods tor him , which he did in the manner related in the evidence—believing , no doubt , he was acting a proper part , having had the adviee of a solicitor of some eminence . It also appearedthat other parties
, had got , sad attempted to get , goods from Mr . Cohen in & similar way . Mr . Saul argued the case at great length , and showed , that as the prisoner mu . had ohtaiued the goods in a fraudulent and deceptive manner , by never having mentioned Mr . bibsonsname at all , and by taking the goods out oi Mr . Cohen ' s shop without his consent , he had been guilty of a felony to all intents and purposes . Mr , baul quoted several cases in support of his ar-Bunient . Mr . Sibson , on behalf of the prisoner , contended there could be no felonious intention on the Pf ** of his client , as he had acted on authority , and hald also giren up the propeity be obtained from
j . 2 t 0 ***• Sibson « who had given Cohen credit for it . The magistrates consulted together ter a Bhort time , after which Mr . Dixon , addressing the prisoner , spoke as follows : — " We do not think there is sufficient evidence to sustain a case of felony , ho that we dismiss the charge—at the same time , we must observe , that you have acted with great imprudence ; and , if the evidence we have heard be strictly correct , there has clearly been a felonious intention made , out ; but , taking all the circumstances into consideration , we discharge you with a cautien , that you never again act in a similar manner . "
Murder . —A young woman , named Elizibeth HetheringtoD , has been committed tp prison , charged with the wilful murder of her new born child . She was servant at the London Tavern , English-street The child was found in an ash-pit . No doubt was entertained by the Coroner and Jury of the guilt of the wretched woman .
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BoOKOLSGT—The printed books in tbe British museum library occupy ten miles of shelf ? Manners— " Never judge from manners , " says Lord Byroa , " for 1 once had my pocket picked by the civiiest gentleman I ever met with . " CRiPPkEGArE Ward . —Mr . Chatlta , the victualler , is elected Alderman of Ctipplegate , iu raom of the late Sir if . Wood . MimnER . —Arthur Merrions , of Tallow , Carlow , was murdered on Sunday , and a man named Waynard is committed to Wexford gaol for the murder . THE Water Core Dr . O'Connor is testing the " Water cure" on the patient * in tbe hospital of the Cork workhouse . Butter to their Rolls—The Master of the Rolls has made a reduction of 10 per cent , to his tenantry in Meath .
" Professionals . "—Tbe usual export troops of light fingered gentry attended professionally the great fair of Ballinaalee , where , amongst other sufferers , a gentleman from this city had his pocket ' picked of £ 30 in banknotes . duelling—Mi . Wilkinson , a magistrate of Surrey , aad Mr . Entwistle , an East India merchant , were bound to keep the peace at Union Hall in order to prevent a duel ; after a blow bad been struck . Fatal Accident—A . labouring man fell from the scaffolding of the Rsv . Dr . Henderson ' s new church , at Glasgow , last week , and was killed . The Miners Fate . —it la state ! in the Mining Journal , that fourteen hundred lives are annually saeriSced by what are termed " mine accidents . " Embezzlement—Two confidential clerks of respectable houses at Manchester , namely , —Abel Burke , and £ . Armitage , are committed for large embezzlements . ' :
Swindling—Mr . W . J . Barnard , clerk of the Howe , and late of the Ocean , Is committed from Rochester , for swindling several tradesmen of services of plate and jewellery , which he had ordered for ships of war at Sheerneas and Chatham . Garhicks Contemporary—There Is only one per . son now living who performed on the same stage with Garrick—Byrne , the celebrated harlequin in his time , and father of Oscar Byrne . ; Ho is now in his eightysecond year , walks as uprightly as in his beat days , and is in - possession of all hid faculties— Dramatical and Musical Review . Metaphysics , —A Scotch political economist , being asked the meaning of metaphysics , explained it thus" When tbe party who listens dinca ken what tbe party who speaks mean , and the potty who speaks dinna ken what he means himself—that ' s jaBt metaphysics . **
A GENTLEMAN (?)—Mr . JAlfred Waring , a gentleman of property , was fined by the Croydon magistrates £ 5 , and £ 5 13 s . costs , for amusing himself by throwing detonating balls among the crowd and In tbe faces of the per ' formats In the booths at Croydon fair , and beating the policemen who remonstrated with him . Supposed Murder . —On tho evening of the 31 st instant , ' a newly-made grave was discovered on the Curragb of Kildare , in which was interred the body of a woman at present unknown , whose death it would appear was caused by a deep wound in her neek . His Excellency has offered a reward of £ 80 for the apprehension and conviction of all , and proportionately for one or . more of the persons concerned .
Outrage —A moat wanton and disgraceful outrage was committed last Friday , in the Catholic grave-yard of Newtonards , by some unprincipled and irreligious ruffians , who , during tbe darkness of the evening , entered the hallowed precincts , and smashed to pieces all the grave stones , ^ carrying away two of them altogether I A reward is about to be offered for the discovery of the offenders . . " Wonders op the Deep . "—On Friday last , a large cod-fish , weighing 25 lb ., was caught near Ballacbullflh . The captors , on opening it , imagined they had found a museum . A fishing-book and ten yards of line , the ivory handle of a pen-knife , a small sllvertoothpick , and a brass breast-pin , were all found ia its stomach . Tbe fishermen refused 7 s . Cd . for the fish and articles . — Ross-ihire Advertiser .
Marshal Soulx . —A private letter from Toulouse states that Marshal Soult is suffering greatly from ill health , and that is tbe reason be was prevented from going to En . The Marshal , it is said , is Impressed with the idea that he will not outlive the year , and he is almost daily occupied io putting his affairs in order , and in superintending the execution of the mausoleum which is to be placed over his tomb— National . Education . — " The education of our children , " said John Adams to his wife , " is never out of mind . Train them to virtue . Habituate them to industry , activity , and spirit Make them consider every vice as shameful and unmanly . Fire them with ambition to be useful . Make them disdain to be destitute of any useful or ornamental knowledge . "— Joint Adants on Education . '
The Polish Press . —The Official Gazelle of War . saw , of the Sard alt ., contains a new law regulating the censorship . It ia divided into two sections ; one relates to books , engravings , and lithographies published in the country ; the other relates to works imported from foreign countries . The Sage and the Simpleton . —As the late Professor Hamilton was one day walking near Aberdeen , h « met & well-known individual of weak intellect . " Pray , " said the Professor , accosting him , " how long can a person live without brains 1 " " I dinna ken , " replied Jemmy , scratching his bead : " how auld are ye yoorael ?" Doni you wish too may get him ?—The editor of the Florence Enquirer ( American paper ) gives the following notice to one of his friends : —" The gentleman who took out of our library the number of Graham ' s Magazine , is respectfully invited to call again in about two weeks , and get the number for August . "
A Portrait !—When a certain lady , who had been charmed by his writings , but had never seen his person , wrote to Mirabeou , saying how mueh she lonsed to see him , " and begging that he would describe himself to her , he complied with the wish of the fair enthusiast , in these brief and self-adulatory terms : " Figare to yourself a tiger that has bad the Bmall-pox !" A Proof of Civilization . —After having walked eleven hours without discovering the print of a human foot , to my great comfort and delight I saw a man hanging upon a gibbet : my pleasure at this cheering prospect was inexpressible , for it convinced me that I was now at length in a civilized country . —Modern Traveller .
What ' s ' in a Name?—Two paupers , bearing the illustrious names of John Milton and Walter Scott , were brought up from the Strand Union workhouse , charged with refusing to perform the allotted quantity of work required of them . The offence being proved , they were seat to prison for fourteen days . Isle of Akran—iord Bossmore has been able to complete such arrangements as wiLl enable his Lordship to proceed immediately with the intended new town and'haibour at Catacol , in the Island of Arran . The splendid sites which this island affords for small marine and bathing villas will prove most desirable and advantageous for the inhabitants of Edinburgh , Glasgow , Paisley , &c .
Saying Gbaci—JVEstrange , in his MS ., " Merry Pastimes and Jeste , " says that Lady Hobart , every one being set' at table , and riobody bleasingit , butgaslng one upou another in expectation who should be chaplain aid , " Well , I think I must ^ say a » OM dlS in a lib * case , ' God 6 e thanked , nobody wiB say grace . '" Sheridan ' s words will be remembered , when unexpectedly called upon to say grace at a public dinner , " What ! no clergyman present ? Thank God for all thing * . " ' . . Artesian Well . — M . Arago has announcefl tha intention of the French Government to make an Ajteulan Well te the Jaidin des Plantesi of a depth of 900 metres , namely , SOOmetres more than that of Grenelle . The water from the Artesian Well of the Jardin dea Plantes will , it is supposed , be of a temperature of 31 degrees Centigrade ,- and will be employed t « serve to heat the hot-houses of the gardens , and supply the hospitals of La Pitie and La SalpeWrre , and thus effect a great economy as to fuel .
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Repeal—Three half-pay officers have been struck off the list for attending R-peal meanings . Awfhl MILDER and SuictDE . —A few days a £ 0 a man , named Lascaux , of tbe village of Auriac iComz ^ exasperated at seeing his fathsr wasting his fortune in debauchery , shot him dead with a pistol , and then killed himself . | He left a letter , stating the motives of his crime . ; * ItEPilESENTATION Ot KlLKENS * COUNTY . —It ' is said that the eldest son of Colonel Butler will come forward on the j liberal interest to so 8 clt the suffrages of the Kilkenny county electors—a vacancy in the representation having beea caused by the death » f Major Bryan , j '
Curiocs Notice . —On Saturday last , one of the Stirling town criers made a proclamation to th « following effect-. —That there ia a travelling woman named Mary Hargfnning , of Harkness , with three children , one in ber arms , and two at her feet , the eldest of whora was selling pincushions , who has been about the town and neighbourhood for some days , and who may yet be hot far off , for wftose use the sum of v £ 30 has been sent to town from- Ireland . It would therefore be an ] act of charity in any one who- may see this poor woman to inform her o ? what awaits- her .
AN Economist . —The following curious Instance of economy is relited by tha Moniieur Parisien : —A cooper , named Da pbante , residing at Pont-a-Raches , near Dijuai , baying received money to take a . boy of four years of age home to his parents , in Pans , instead of taking ptacea in a diligence for himself and his charge , took a wheelbarrow , and , putting the child into it , set out for hia destination . He-finished the journey in this manner , and returned to hia village with the wheelbarrow . land 50 t . in his pocket , which he had saved by the trip . !
Death of John Foster , Esq . —John Foster , Esq , whose able essaya and other literary produo tions are so well-known to the public , died on Sunday morning , at Stapleton , his residence , near Bristol . Mr . Foster wu 3 seventy-three years of age . A Prize Fight , endino in thb Dbath op one op the Parties . —A most disgraceful battle was fought at Rolston . in the parish of Banwell , on Monday October 9 hi between Sylvester Williams , farmer , and John 1 Foster , labourer , for the trilling wager of ten shillings . The combatants stood their ground during 130 rounds , when Foster was fatally
struck in the head and never spoke afterwards . Williams was taken from the ring almost in a lifeless state , and is now in his bed in a hopeless condition , under the charge of a constable . Mr . Ashford , the coroner for the county , held an inquest on Wednesday , and a verdict of manslaughter was returned against Sylvester ! Williams , as principal , and Joseph Pool , Shadrach Beacham , and Henry Avery , accessories . Warrants were issued previous to the assembling of tlje jury , by H . F . Emery , Esq ., magistrate , for the apprehension of the delinquents , ( wo of whom are bailed , and the others have absconded .
Condition of the Labourers in Wales . —It had been supposed that the peasantry of Ireland were the most miserable in the world ; but facts have come to light in Wales to show too plainly that here too misery holds its court in the labourer ' s cabin . The reporter of the Times being on his way to Newoastle-in-Emlyn , -says , iv I entered several farm labourers ' cottageis by the road side , ent of curiosity to see the actual condition of the people , and found them in mud hovels , the floors of mud and full of holes , without chairs or | tables , generally naif filled wjth peat packed up in ! every corner , the only articles of furniture being awretched sort of bedstead and a kettle . Beds there were aone ; nothing but loose straw and filthy rugs upon them . Peat fires on the floors in a corner , filling the cottages with smoke , and three or four children huddled around them .
Nearly all the cottages were the same . In the most miserable parts of St . Giles ' s , in no parts of England did I ever witness such abject poverty . Yet , according to some opinions , this state of misery ought to be one of happiness and content . Were it so the people would deserve their fate . Content to live like swine they would be fitly treated as such . But the people , to their honour be it said , are not content with this . Having the attributes of huminity they aspire to live like human beings ; and hence their discontent with their present hard condition . " What has civilization done for these .-. retched inhabitants ! Of what value is the boast ot England ' s wealth to them 1 And with what , face can our senators get up and talk about the happiness aud contentment of the people of these realms ? —Brighton Herald .
The New Military Cap . —We have beard the most contradictory ; descriptions of the New Military Regulation Cap , for which the British Infantry , we understand , is indebted to the inventive genius of Field-Marshal , Prince Albert . One of out informants—for we have not had the good fortune to see the phenomenon oarselves—assures us that it bears the closest possible resemblance to a flower-pot turned upside down in a saucer ; another tells us that it is not unlike the extinguisher of a bed-candle ^ stick ; while a third is decidedly of opinion that it looks just like the ! church-spire in Langham-place All parties , however , agree in thinking that the illustrious inventor must have had in bis eve the cap worn by Mr . Wallack ia the Brigand , just at
the moment when he is making a forcible entrance at midnight through the wash-house window of a respectable Italian ; gentleman ' s country villa , and throwing the scullion into fits of mingled laughter and foar at the grotesque horrors of his castor . We trust that this incomparable tile will be soon in geueral adoption among our infantry ; and that the Duke of Wellington , in compliment to Prince Albert , will make a point of wearing it at the next review of the Foot Guards in Hyde Fork . Imagination cannot conceive a more picturesque and prepossessing figure than his ! Grace would cut in sach a castor ; those who may happen to remember the headdress worn by Mother Goose in the pantomime , can alone have any adequate notion of it . As several
bodies of infantry are just noir preparing to set out for Ireland , we do most earnestly hope that they will be supplied with an Albert cap ; for conceive the inextinguishable laughter taat they would occasion among all ranks and classes of Repeal Agitators ! Alt fears of collision would be at once put an end to ; for what body of Irishmen could seriously think of charging such a pack of Sixon scare-crows , looking as if each man among them had just eloped in a hurry from a corn-field ! The very appearance of each comical warriors would be enough to set Pat * s sides aching with laughter ; in the huge extacy of the moment he would forget all his wroogB ; and ten to one , the Repeal agitation would die away in a horse-laugh I—The Sun .
The Irish Spy System . —There is a branch of the police force called the " Detective Force" - —the men belonging to which do not appear in uniform , but go about in all sorts of disguises—as Jews , sailors , countrymen , and so forth . The peculiar avocation of these " detective force men" is to ferret out crime ; and as they are rewarded and thought muck of by Che commissioners in proportion to the extent and number of offences they bring to light , it repeatedly happens that when offences against the law do not occur numerously and quickly enough to give full employment to the " { detectives" they have recourse , to the abominable expedient of tempting their victims to perpetuate offences . For example a " detective "
disguised as a sailor , " will offer some contraband tobacco for sale , and ] having seduced his victim into making a purchase , pounces upon him with an information , and thus profits by his treachery . A case occurred a few days ! ago » where one of thes " deteotives" sent his own ! wife into an improper house where spirituous liquors it is said were sold . She induced the inmates to dispose of some , aud was then brought forward by her amiable husband to prove his charge . Sach are the villainous expedients 10 which the Commissioner * of police permit the foroe to have recourse . It is needless to say , that * a surer mode of spreading demoralization in the force could not be resorted ito . —Dublin Monitor .
The Pig a Phjlosofheb— ' * Philosopher ! We call him filthy , ugly names ; brand him as afoul and doltish thing . It is jlike the hurried ignorance of men . I look upon the pig , sir , as the philosopher of brutes—yea , the Diogenes of four-legged creatures . Consider , sir . Contemplate the doings of a hog . See him , sir , with bis frank stupidity ; or what , to skin-deep thinkers , aeemeth stupidity . Mark him wallowing in gutter-mud ; see him in the haunts of men , even where fevJBr comes , sometimes , alas ! as kindest handmaid to ! poverty . See him , with his broad , quivering snout snuffing at the tbreabhold of very beggars . With ! what gust will he munch a cabbage stalk ! With what a grunt of gratitude will be take unto himself the leaving of the veriest that
poor . There is nought that tooth can pierce , goodman hog will turn aside from . He will get fat flavour from a dunghill ; nay , in hopeful aiBCovery shove his snout into a ? cinder heap . These are bad habits ; nasty , foul , degrading practices . And yet , sir , what comes of it ! Why , this sir—this ; " and tbe hermit struck tbe flat of his knife on a huge wedge of brawn . ' Your philosopher considers , and takes experience of man ; and only as he is curious in all the doings , from noblest to basest of the animal , is he , the said philosopher , worthy of his gown . He elaborates and refines his experience , gathered from highway and alley , and hovel , and cellar ; and then out of the very juices of thia digested wisdom , he | leaves an oral system , or a written scroll . Novr , sir . what the brawn is to the hoe . is Plato ' s book to Plato ; a s weet and unctions
lump , drawn and ratified , aud elaborated , from even the foulest doings of the world for the world ' s better wisdom . When the lady Bees Master Pig munohing and wallowing in a ditch , she curia ner nose and lifts her shoulders at his nastiness . And Io ! whe * the same pig ' s / leg , fragrant with sago and patriarchal onion , smokes on the board—the same lady sendeth her plate three times . It is eten so with philosophers , and the true men of the world . They have lived andjdied d « apised in alleys ; and axe afterwards fed upon in tapestried ! chambers . I never look upon a hog , even'in his foulest plight , but 1 consider him tenderly , affectionately , aa the living pauper laboratory from which in due season men may carve most toothsome sweets . It is in this spirit , I—as I take it—judicously class philosopher and pig . —• Illuminated Magamin « % i
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Mr . AlACREADY . —Lefters have been received ftesn Mr . Macready , announcing his safe arrival at Net * York , after a very severe passage-Thb Yeomanbt . —The Government seems to be determined to have the whole force of the empire , both regafar and irregular , in readiness , to" meet any disturbances which may occur amongst the repealers , either in Ireland or JEugland ; in consequence of ifca recent preoeediDgF , and in pursuance of this determination , notice was given to the officers and men belonging to the Cheshire ^^ Yeomanry on Friday last , to bold themselvtea ready for active semoe at an hour ' s notice . T-Z 43 er » o 0 / Thus . \
Fbench Opinions of thb Vrttrrces op Roast Beep . —In the gaol of Riom ( -department of tho Puy-de-Dome ) the prisoners are employed in polish " ing glass , and the overseers of the works some years ago conceived the idea of obtaining from , them a larger amount of productive laboar by increasing their allowance of food , and had the ao 3 t complete soceess . A substantial nourishment appears to be the principal oause of the superiority of the English workmen over ours . One of our most distinguished political economists , referring to this- subject , said that the English consider it as a point of honour to eat more beef than we ; and have , he adds , national songs , in which they pomp&&sly and seriously
celebrate the " Roast beef of Old England . " The interest of manufacturers , therefore , who feed their workmen , if properly understood , will be evidently to nourish them well . This interest will also teach them not to oppress their labourers with too great an amount of daily fatigue . Of this the same econo ^ mist gives a remarkable example—it was that of the celebrated cotton manufactory of Weseerling : — since the 1 st of January , 1841 , the workmen ' s hoars of labour have been reduced half an hour daily in the spinning department , and the produce , so far from diminishing in proportion , contrary to all expectations , appears , from the testimony of the managers of the establishment , to have increased one twenty-fourth . —Magaxin Pitioresque ^
Curious , if TatJE . — Two workmen ,. * says the Moniteur Parisien , " employed at the fortifications near St . Ouen , occupied the same lodging and tha same bed in order to lessen their individual expense . One night last week one of them roused up-the other and requested him to go for a midwife . His comrade considered it but a poor joke to wake him out of his sleep to ask him to go on so unnecessary an errand , and grumbled exceediBgly as he turned round to go to sleep again . The other entreated him to do as he was asked , for that t&e person who then spoke was a woman , and , what was worse , was on the point of Iyiug-in . The other jumped up in a great fright , and hurried off as he was desired . It was fully eight months that those two workmen had slept together . The female ' s object was to gain , higher wages , women being but indifferently paid . Though endente , she was always considered a firstrate workman . "
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London Corn Exchange , Monday , Oct . 16 th . — During the past week , the arrivals of all Grain np to our market , were on a very moderate scale , and by no means of superior quality . We received rather a scanty supply of Wheat of home produce , arising chiefly from the farmers being actively occupied in eowing . The stands being scantily filled , the demand for all descriptions of English Wheat was firm , at an advance in the currencies obtained oa Monday last , of quite Is per qr ., while a few transactions were concluded at arise of 23 .: and scarcely
any parcels were left over for Wednesday . Of free Foreign Wheat , particularly for that of fine quality , the sale was active , and some large quantities were disposed of , at an improvement of Is per qr . There was a very scanty show of English . Barley , in consequence of which the inquiry for it was firm , and the quotations had au upward tendency . In Malt , a better trade was doing , and late rates were steadily supported . As the receipts of Oats from all parts were small , tbe sale for them was active , at an enhancement of 6 d per qr . Beans , Peas , and Flour moved off steadily , at late quotations .
London Shithfield Cattle Maeket , Monday , Oct . 16 th . —Compared with those received on this day se ' anight the supplies of Beasts up to our market were considerably on the decrease—the fal ing of in number exceeding 600 , yet the . supply was fully equal to meet the wants of the butchers , whose attendance was rather numerous . The weather being very favourable to slaughtering , and the dead markets by no means heavily Blocked with any kind of meat , we have to report a decided improvement in the Beef trade to-day , and in mo 3 t transactions the quotations were enhanced over those of last week quite 2 d per Bibs , at which improveiaenfc a good clearance was effected . Although a few very superior Scots may have produced 4 s ^ per Bibs , the
more general currency for that kind did not exceed 3 s 10 d . No serious cases of the epidemic were obwrved . wbile Jtb ^ . wei « huiK < tu ^ iH ^_« CJtk « 4 ] *« at « were better than we have had occasion to notice for some time past . From Lincolnshire , Leicestershire and Northamptonshire , we received about , 2 , 280 short-horns ; from Norfolk , Suffolk ,. Essex , and Cambridgeshire , 150 Soots , homebreds , and runts j from the western and midland districts , 30 Q runts , Devons , Herefords , JDurhams , &c . j from : Yorkshire , 50 runts ; from other parts of England , 250 of various breeds ; from Scotland , by steamers , ISO horned and polled Scots , with about 50 * via Liverpool , ; front Dublin . The imports of live Btock . from abroad ,
during the past week , have not exceeded 30 beast * from Hamburgh , five of which were on . sale here to-day in very poor condition . The numbers of sheep , though less than on , Monday last , ware seasonably good . The same causes which operated in favour of the beef trade acted upon that of mutton , most kinds of which were 2 d per 81 bs higher than , last quoted . At the close of the market a very small number was turned out unsold . The supply of calves was good , both as to numbers and quality , yet the sale for them was firm , and their currencies had an upward tendency . Notwithstanding the numbers of pigs were rather large , the pork trade was active , at an advance of 2 d per 81 ba . From Ireland nearly 300 were received .
Wool Markets . —In the past week the imports of Wool have been chiefly composed of 593 bales from Port Phillip , 89 do . from Mogadore , and 136 do . from Hamburgh . The supply of wool on offer is still large , yet the demaud is active , and prices may be considered the turn higher . Borough Hop Market . —The supply of really fine Hops being scarce , most of the growers are demanding advanced rates for them . In the middling and inferior kinds a fair business is doing at fall prices . The duty is called only £ 130 , 000 . Annexed are present rates : —Weald of Kent pockets , £ 5 12 s to £ 6 6 s ; Mid Kent do ., £ 6 10 a to £ 9 ; East Kent , £ 6 to £ 6 10 3 ; choice do ., £ 8 to £ 11 ; Sussex do ., £ 5 53 . to £ 5 16 * 3 ; yearling Kents , £ 5 to £ 5 . 83 ; do . Sussex , £ 4 103 to £ 5 .
Borough and Spitalfields . —Taere have been fair time of year arrivals of Potatoes from the Channel Islands , Essex , and Kent , up to bur market since Monday last ; but from other quarters the receipts have been rather scanty . The demand may be considered active , and prices have an upward tendency .. Devons , 48 *) to 633 ; Kent and Essex Whites , 40 s to 553 ; Guernsey and Jersey , 38 a to 40 s per ton . Tallow—Throughout the past week this market has been rather firm , prices being maintained , by the non-arrival of the ships from St . Peteraburgh . The letters received thence this morning state that the demand was slow . There had been shipped off 102 , 046 casks , against 78 , 400 at the same time last year . There are now about 9 , 000 casks on this side of the Sound , and 10 , 000 beyond it .
Manchesteh Cobn Mabket , Saturday , Oct . 14 . —At our market this morning holders of Wheat firmly demanded the quotations of this dayse'nnight , and a moderate extent of business was done . Fot Flour there was rather a better demand at a reduction of fully Is per sack below our previous currency ; and both old and new Oatmeal meet a fair sale at » decline of 6 d per load . In Oats no alteration was observable . Liverpool Cattle Markei , Saturday , Oct . 14 —We have had a much smaller supply of Cattle at market to-day than last Week , with an advance in price from our last week ' s quotations . Beef 4 Ad to 5 id , Mutton 4 Jd to fi | d per lb .
Liverbool Conn Mabxet . Monday , Oct . 16 . — Since this day se ' snight we have had a fair supply of Irish Wheat , Oats , Flour and Oatmeal . 3 , 130 qrs . of Wheat have arrived from the Continent of Europe , 2 , 330 brls of Kour from the United States , and 2 £ 5 p brls from Canada . " The new Canadian Act hating come into operation on the 10 th inst . th « duties on Wheat , the produce of , and on Flour manufactured in Canada , are permanently fixed at Is per qr aud 7 id respectively . On > Tuesday last new Wheat was offering at prices rather below the reduced rateaC noted in our last week ' s reports , bat & fair amount of business was transacted , several parcels of Irish kiln-dried basing been taken to held over . The importers have since shown inorefimuess , and at Friday ' s market , upon a further demand from sDeoulators . and rather a free sale to the
millers and dealers , an , advance of folly 21 per bushel was « tabUshedfo * that grain ; the finer ruaa of Irish red brought 6 & 9 d to ; 7 s per JOti * . Foreiga free Wheat" was also sold on rather heifer ; ierau Sack Fiaariashad ^^^ aBoafsrate ^ vendiordy ^ k ^ bont previous rates ; both States and Canadian taTS ^ olcl slowly , without ehange asi - . to valne . ; There has been a fair demand for Oats , but it has been freely me £ and prices have further pTeBW ; IW |^^ bushel ; 2 s 4 dto 2 a 4 * d p « 451 bs . are . Wthe ^ p Quotations for the beat samples of Irish ;¦!«» & . * J « Lai must also he quoted 6 d to Is per loa ^^ ohewer . but at this decide Several ^ parcels ^ ham found buyers on speculation . Barley , Beans * £ & * % > Sr 5 without alteration , either as to value or Remand . Between four and five thousand brls . of the reconttyimported Floor baveohanged hands » bond at 21 s per 196 lbs .
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We must again defer noticing " The Errors of ! Emigrants . " It shall have oar first consideration ] next week . „ .,, -. I Publications Received . — " The History of Ire-. ' land end the Irish People ; " and a number of Works and papers on Phonagraphy .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 21, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct673/page/3/
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