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BIRDS . Answer io EUza Cook ' s poem on Birds , published in the Northern Star of Nov . lift , 1843 . Birds I birds 1 ye are troublesome tilings WiSh year keen prying eyes and youi Bwiftflying -wing * Where shall we wander or where-Bkall ire direll , Tronblesome things ! that ye come not as well ? Xe build in obi i r > nTn-mgB —the funnels ye-choke , T 21 all in . om dumber * are cover'd with smoke i Te rifle the sanlen—ye ravage the field Ye peck half the fruit that era cherry trees yield ; Te pilfer the seeds that we sow with finch pain , Xeltutk in the com fields-and plunder . the grainJ Troublesome things ! how my heart sadly grieves "When ye -scrape off the thatch from the cottagers eaves i Prom yonr winning and craft there is nothing Beciire ; Ye plunder the rich and ye pilfer the poor .
Prom yon fried rain a boding owl cried Pull Beren nights long ere my old granny died 1 And an eagle , whose eyrie was built In a rock , KilI'd the finest young lamb that I had in my flock . . A long necked heron the other day took A seore of my -rery best trout from thfe brook ; And the greedy grey erows hare left only o pair Of a brood of fine chicks my wife tended with care . In yonr praises , the poets fine ditties may sing , But faith ! I ' ve no reason to do any such thing . How oft 1 have seen in the April mom
lie greedy grey Jark peeking up the young earn ? When , awed by my presence , he'd soar on the wing , And fcieh oTerhead in defiance would sing . And well I remember , that I , like a fool , - Keglected my lesson and ¦• miched" from saj schaol , And rcvM in the meadows the summer day long , To seek for your nests and to listen your song ; Like a caitiff , next morning in school I sat down , And bore from Biy teacher the blow and the frown ; My back , even yet , bears the mark of the " tews , " And , mischievous pests ! ye were solely the cause .
Mischievous > ests > your presence I scorn , From the bird of the sun to the wren in the thorn—The impudent magpie , with parson-like look ; Ihe hoarse screaming rsysn and jabbering rook ; The L . 27 cuckoo , with monotonous tone ; The pilfering blackbird , that whistling drone ; The martin that nests in a hole like a rat ; And that lirJi in creation , the leather-wing'd bat " I win tell them to find me a grave when I die , " Where no chattering sparrow shall ever come nigh ; But O , let it bs by yon clear mountain stream , Where the Sowers of the summer reflected stxall gleam , As it leapB to the "vale , the bine ocean tameet—Its suVfcry ¦ voice will be cheering and sweet In the darkness and gloom of the long dreary night , When the thrush and the woofilark have taken their flight . lambeg . J . M'Kowes .
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OLD SONGS . ( Abridged from , ihe " Forget-jne-Nor for 1844 . J BY ELIZA COOKOld songs ! old songs I—what heaps I know , Prom " Chevy Chase" to " Black-eyed Sne ;*' Trom " Fjow , tbou regal purple stream , " To Rmsseau ' s melancholy " Dream . ' " 1 loved the pensive " Csbln Boy " With earnest truth and real joy ; 3 Iy warmest feelings wander back To greet " Tom Bowling " and " Poor Jacki " And O . " Will Watch , " tbe sm-azglsx bold , 31 y piigbAefi Qotli thon ' lt « vei hold .
I doted on the " suld Scot's sennet , " As though I'd worn the plaid and bennet ; 1 went abroad wiih " Sandy's Ghost , " I stood with " Bannockburn ' a brave host , " And proudly tos'sed ipy curly htad With " Scots wiia hae wi' Wallace bled r 3 Ebonted " Gommin through the rye , " Wiih restless step and sparkling eye , And chased away the passing frown With ** Bonnie ran the buraie down , "
The tiaar , " Warbler" from the stall , TLe fluttering baiiad on . the wall , The gipiy ' s glee , the beggar ' s catch . The old wife ' s lay , the idiot's snatch , The schoolboy ' s chorus , rede and witty , The barvfesi strain , the carol ditty—I taxea ye al ) , I stole from each , 1 spurn'd no teacher that could teach : Though locg my list , though great my store , Td ever seek to add one more .
Old songs I old songs!—my brsin has lost . ilnch that it gained with pain and cast : I have forgotten all the rules Of " Murray ' s" books juid *• Trimmer ' s" schools JfetcEt-.-d ngnrts—how 1 hate The mrrc remembrance of a slate ! Bow hzTc 1 cast from -wosjan ' s thought SInch goodly loie the girl ^ as taught ' . But not a werd h& 3 passed away Of " Best thee , Babe , " or " Kobin Gray . ' " The ballad still is l ^ eathinj round , Bat other voices yield the sound ; Straager 3 possess ti . e boiiEgbold room ; The mother I ? eth in the 10 mb ; And the fcliifae Lor that praised hex song SleeDcth as sonnclv and as Ides .
O 13 senn old songs!—I should not sigh-Joys of * vhe eszth on wrtn must die ; Bnt ypseSrsl forma wiil sometimes Start Within the caverns of the heart , Haunting the lore and d&rktn'd cell Where , warm in hfe , they uaed to dwelL Hope , youth , love , home—each human tie Thar binds we isoir sot how or why—All , all that to the soul beiorgs , Is closely mingled with " Old Bongs . "
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AS ESSAY OX TBE TRA'iEDY OF HAMLET . Bt P . Macdwell , Autbox of " An Essay on the Tewpest" &c . & . c . London : Cnnningham and ilortimer , Adelaide-street , Trafalgar-Eqaare . To all loTers of Shafepere , —and they are nncerou 3 " as ihe sands on ihe sea shore , " —ihis " EsJay " Trill be a trea : of no ordinary kiad . " Were the scbject tee most aninriting that imagination can concave , - . he auvhor has the tappj faculty of clothing his seBiimeiits in drapery so chaste , and enforcing Us views wuh arguments so convincing , that having read a p a ^ e , it weald be impo-sible for the reader to refass the perusal of the entire wort . But , when the subject so fax from bcicg a lepukire one , is the
Tery reveiee ; a drama ptxhaps iht ; most sublime ever penned , even by ifaat sublimest of ail dramaiio batik , '' it * Swa j of A-Fon , "—no on © rnih any pretenaons to , or desire to arrive at , a correct taste , haX wili tail wnn delight this beautiful production of one who has evidently drunk at the very fount of Saakspere ' j 5 inspiration . The M Essay" embraceB u A view of Hamlet's chHracter ; his feigned or real madness ; conduct to Ophelia ; tbe soliloquy on suicide , " & . c ; and will be found , we think , to clear tip most Eatisfacicriiy the doubt and obscurity in which the intentions and views of the Great Dramatist Lave been np to the present time involved , with respect to this , the ino = t extraordinary production OS hi- pen .
We 5 u ^ j ?> in the following eztracls as specimeas of the Ersajist ' s ttyle . " Ths original stcry on which the tragedy of HanJet is founded , is to be met with in the writings of Saxo 6 rajnma : 5 cu 3 , tbe Danish historian , who flourished lowardB tire end cf tne twelfth Century ; but BbOUt 1564 , Bsileforest adopted it in hi * collection of novels , from which , it is snpposed the oJd black letter prose HTSTOB . IE of HAiiBLET' was translated . With the aid of this translation , Sbakspere was enabled to give to the world a production , which for splendour and
magnificence is unequalled in the annals of dramatic poetry . The basis of tbe piece rests upon tbe mnrder of Hamlet's father by tig nxe ' e Ciandius , B 3 ng of Ben-Trm-rir ; tie niBJder ib revealed to Hamlet by the snpernaturd appearance of his father ' s gbost , which inspiring the young Prince with Tfevtuge , the bent of the play tarns upon the accomplishment of Ihis purpose . Hamlet ' s indignation at tbe incestuous marriage of his mother with hiB uncle , his grief for his father's death , with the noble and generous qualities which distinguish his character , all prepare us vo sympathise with biB irrougs and sufferings .
" Shaiospere , es a trag 5 c writer , possessed in an BminEnt degree an a-i-rsntage over the poets of ancient Grease , by availing himself of the gloomy superstitions of his country ; and as it was Mb task , to abide by the narration of those events : related by the historian , with the same faithful accuracy that guided him when depicting with so much power tbe witches in Macbeth ; bo in tbe Tragedy of Hamlet he has produced a phantom in the ghost of the Danish King , with such admirable ik 31 as to make us for the moment forget . tiie ¦ wisdom of philosophy , and leave our minds harrow . sd with fear and wonder , a piey to all Hie delusions of
•* this dreaded sight . " "With Eeme authors the ghost in Hamlet has formed a source of severe fcni nnjust ' eritiriran , by it being fcrenght in comparison With the i jihsnioma-ol-Ssebylnaj but ttoscecBure is now regarded as tha offspring of Tery circumscribed views . Sbaks- pere wrote and adapted his scenes to the taste and prejudices of bis time ; and whilst the powers of his ima- ! gination were congenial to the established superstitions which then prevailed , he haa rendered thoae objects i cf terror subservient to the designs of the drama , amidst ] aboldnes * of poetic fiction , that has embellished thfc , tfadkionsof the vulgar , with t& 8 elegance and aplen- , dour of classic erudition . ;
" Of all the characters drawn by Shakspere , Hamlet , undoubtedly has excited the greatest interest . Amid the ¦ ¦ Varied scenes of hfe , the pen of tke immortal poet liss depicted the passions uf the human bxeast with a power and energy tscetding the tfibrta of all other men ; but , in the beau > ifnl drama thai delineates tbe career ot the Danish Yxiace , a philosophy of fliongilt ' ,
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prevaila , with which are imbued all the fines sensibilities ot the son ! Jo potirtraying the disposition of Hamlet , Shakapero baa presented to ub a correct OutliDB of the moral character of those whose feelings and actions have been influenced by that temperament denominated the melancholic , but which is often found assuming under different phases many of those varia * tiona that belong to the sanguine . Susceptible of impressions which with them create deep and profound meditation , men of this class possess a reserve in their demeanour bordering on difitiUBt , and viewing with suspicion the actions of their fellow creatures ; yet , gentle , generous , and affectionate , they are chagrined by a sense of their condition , and are rendered unhappy by the contemplation of those wrongs which the vices
and follies of the world have inflicted upon them . Like Hamlet , the uses of life are to them , " stale , &&t , and Unprofitable ; " and worn out by the bitterness of inflection , their energies become annihilated is that tempest of moral feeling , which , not nnfrequently brings them to a premature rest , in the silent recesses of the grave . Mournful as this picture is , it presents to us however , the history of some of the most illustrious of men ; for who can dwell upon its outline without recalling to to remembrance the unhappy and proscribed Tasso , — the elegant but unfortunate Rousseati , with the highminded and Belf-esiled Byron ? Infinite in his knowledge of the human heart , Shakspere has drawn Hamlet faithful to nature ; and though his sentiments are tinged with an aspect of deep melancholy , his reflections ,
pregnant with studied observation upon life and all its concerns , will ever awaken in the fereasts of the generous aadthoufhtful , the same train of ideas which has always pervaded the pages of those distinguished poets and philosophers , who , as advocates and promoters of human improvement , have encountered fearlessly the prejudices and vices of society . Incapable of appreciating Ihfl character of such men , cola and unthinking critics have not bten scrupulous in extending their censure upon those reflections of human life which are so prevalent in the works of our immortal poet ; but possessing that temperament congenial to men of hieh genius , Shakspere , kind and gentle in his nature , had felt ' the oppressor ' s wrongs '— ' the proud man ' s contumely , ' and gave way to that contemplative sadness which with him reigns predominant , whilst -viewing tbe evils
generated bj 'the vain pomp and false glory of the world . ' The happiness of the hnman race , impeded by ignorance and retarded by tyrant custom , has excited in all ages the sympathies of the geod and virtuous . Their philanthropy , mingled with an aident enthusiasm , have nnceasingly led thea to prognosticate that another and abettor era will yet arrive , in spite of those smiles of derision which even in the present day follow such anticipations . Happily , the destiny of man is now progressive . Tne f . haipw -which have hiVbexto kept Ma intellectual faculties in bondage are rent asunder ; and knowledge , with all its advantages , shall at some future day bring to him the enjoyment of a more improved state of things , free frem those scenes of turmoil , care , and anxiety that have too long harrasaed hia existence . Truly has our illustrious bax < 2 , in hia Second Part of Henry VI .,
proclaimed—• Ignorance is the curse of God ; Knowledge the wing wherewith we fiy to heaven . ' " Oopions original notes are given , exhibiting deep research , profound reflection , and enlightened philosophy ; they will be read with much interest . A ward as to the author . Mr . Macconell is a man who has spent years of toil m a profession which , should have been to him a source of honourable emolument ; and his talents and practical knowledge as a surgeon well entitle him to these rewards . Bat , alas . ' tor the honest man who is doomed to live in this " Age of Broiize . " Air . M .
wonld think far hijnsclf ; would refuse 10 "Worship al the altar of tt tyrant custom f and of course he has suffered for his independence of spiiit and manliness of heart . Some years have now elapsed siuco the writer had tbe pleasure of listening to ihe words of truth and philosophy from the lips of thi ? warmhearted believer in " another and a better era" for the human race ; and despite " the oppressors wrongs , " " tbe proud man ' s contumely , " we are glad to find that our instructor has never faUered in ihe ennobling belief that " Come it will for a' that .
When man to man the warld o ' er Shall brithera be and a' that " To the admirers of Shakspere , and all the lovers of elegant literature , we most heartily commend this " Essay . "
THE FLEET PAPERS , No . 47 , VoL 3 . We make no apology for returning to these papers . The interesiing matter in tbe abcre number demands that we shonld lay it before onr readers . Our readers know Mr . O'Connor ' s opinions with respect to Sir . Patiison , the newly elected member for the City of London . Wo differ in toto . with Mr . O'Connor as to the merits of Alderman "Wood ' s successor ; and Mr . Oas : ler paving disputed the Statement that the Lonaon Cnartists assisted in retnrning Pattison , ( we may add thai our own columns bear evidence &s to the correctness of Mr . Oastler ' s position ) tea interests of truth demand that Mr . O . should be heard . Speaking of the triumph of the whole-hog Free MVaders , —for Mr . Baring was an " expediency " Free Trader , —Mr . Oastier says : —
" The question thus decided , is , howevei , of very serious importance , and must eventuate in very serions TEsolts to iEjgland . Tbi > metropolis has now given its sanction to the horrible principle , that the poor have no right to sepport * ( Maithus ) . They , tbe citizens of London , award that ' to give our capital a fair remuneratiQn , th * price of labour must be kept down . ' iHuskisson ) . That ' the condition of the man who has to compete with a cheaper , better , or more rapid mode ef protection , must he deteriorated . ' ( Bowring ) . That ' the maxim of buying labour in the cheapest market is the best rule for tbe trade of the whole nation . * ( Petition of Merchants ana Traders of the
City of London ) . And they have resolved , that ' the employer of labour is to avail himself of all cirensnstances by which he- can reduce the return of labour . ' ; The Morning Chronicle ) . These , from the lips of tbe highest Free Trade authorities ' , are what yon call •« the principles of common senBB —the principles of those men * whoBB passion for accumulation , whose indistinguishable passion for gaini has no limit . ' ( M ' Gulloch ) . These principles are iiow engraven on the forthead of every citizen of London ! Mr . Bering declares that they are ' Bound and incontrovertible , ' ¦ And so / say tke citizsns of London . * we adopt them , in the person of Mr . Pattuon , withent hesitation , t qaivocation , or delay . '
" Well , if it nrastbe to , it must . ' If we are to surrender to these diabolical , to yield to these diStructive principles , it is perhaps better that thty were adopted at once . The infatuated rtupes will then the sooner discover their error , and be disposed to return and ' walls in the licht of the Constitution . ' " Hence , althungh I could never have voted for Mr . Pattison , J think xt was perhaps better th'it Mr . Baring was defeatfcd . We shall come to ttie worst so mncb Baouer . " He then comes to the question of the Chartists SDpponiDg Fattison : —
" There is , however , one feature in tbe London election that has given me the most poignant gritf . 1 had thonght thai the Chartists were a body of man who were seeking to elevate the labouring classesto raise them to their prop * r place in society—to secure for them the full reward of their skill and industry . 1 waB told , upon authority which 1 believed to be 'Correct , that ' the London Chartists ' reselved' that they had no coafidenca in either Pattison or Baring . * I therefore supposed that on such , or similar grounds , they had not interfered in the London election .
•• I knew that , some time ago , the Chartists of Nottin&ham bad assisted to return a member of the anti-Corn Law League to represent them in Parliament—the notorious Gisbome , ot Dukinfitsld . ' . ' . ' ( The Chartists of Cheshire aud Lancashire Will find EO difficulty in translating these three notes of admiration ; neither will the shade of Astley . ) Yes , 1 was aware of the disgustr that had swollen the breasts of the working classes of Cheshire , Lancashire , and Torksfcire , when they heard that Qisborne bad been returned fer Nottingham by the influence of the If otti-gbam Cbartifcts . I therefore rejoiced the more when I was told that the London Chartists had resolved to withhold their influence from the ' creature of tbe ieagncrs , " and to leave the two Free Traders to fight their own battle . Judge , then , of my astonishment and grief , wfctn I read , in the Northern Star of the 11 th imt ., the following statement , in a letter from 3 Ir . O'Connor to tbe working classes : —
" The whole of tke press-gang , both Whig and Tory , are making a dreadful noise about Mr . Duncombe ' s declaration of Charter Reform . It is not wonderful that ihe Tories should no so ; but why the Free Trade portion of the press should feel aDy annoyance , aatOnisbeame , and 111 tell yon why . Because tbe Free Traders have mide a mighty boast of their triumph in the City of London , in tbe return of Mr . Pattison . But as I am sure that that geuUtman would much rather owe his seat to the nnsonght interference of a friend ffr « n to tbe tricks of tbe trade , it may not be amiss to tell him to whom he r&ally does owe his triumph . TheBe , then , are tbe facts of the case . The Chartists had resolved upon TTOkVng a powerful anti-Whig and anti-Tory demonstration at the recent nomination , and
had determined upon going to the -poll with a candidate pledged to the whole principles of tbe Charter . With those intentions , a Tery influential Committee waited Bpon Jlr . J > uncombe . for the purpose of consulting Mm -upon the matter . * Mr . It oncomfee told them t ^ at they themselves could not aelecfc a candidate w . ^ jo would go farther than Mr-JPattison in support of every liberal measure , and that he was sure he would vote for the Six Point * of tfee People ' s Charter . The ptrfe ct reliance whica the -working men have in Mr . DunctTDbe , made that explanation perfectly mth&ustory ana tbe Chartwts jm * to work in their several localities to canvas tar Mr . Pattison . The result was that they did not propose & candidate ; that he got the shew of hands , as well &s & majority of votes ; while , had it
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* In a private letter addressed to us , Mr . Oastler says— " 1 have it from the Cnartists in Losdon that I am right They siy no Chartut called on ilr . Donconibe , bnt some Siurgeites did . They aver that toe Chartists did not interfere . "
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not been . for Mr . Doncomba , 1 have no hesitation in Baying that Baring would have beaten him by a large majority . Patibon ' s majority was 1 P 5 ; consequently , if 83 out of the whole number that polled for him had voted for Baring , Baring would have been returned ; and I believe neither Whig or Tory will dispute the fact , that the Chartists could have ensured a show of hands and have polled between three and four hundred votes for their man ; therefore , Mr . Pattison mas consider himself in a much more honourable posision than that of ' creature to the League '; he is the People ' s Member . I was in the House with Mr . Pattiflon ; and there was not half a doz = n Members so thoroughly domocratic ; and I pledge myself , us Mr . Dupcombe pledged himself , that he will vote for every point of the People's Charter ; fer separation of Church and State : and for all other moral and religious
measures . " " If so , Mr . Pattison was indeed ungrateful . At the Three Tuns , on the 7 th inst , he thanked the Jews and the Leaguers for his triumph , not the Chartists . "Mr . O'Connor was , I believe , in Scotland at the time . He must have been misinformed . It is-surely impossible tbat the London Chartists canvassed and voted for Mr . Pattison 1 The friends of the working classes could not , I shoald hope , vote for the great head of' the monied interest '—tbe very Goliah of the Mammonltes—the * creatura' of the great Moloch of the mills , the League—the man whe denies ' the jught of
the poor to support '—who believes , that to give capital a fair remuneration , the price of labour MUST be kept down '—and whose passion for accumulation , whose inextinguishable passion for gain , has no limit I * —N » , no , I will hope that Mr . O'Connor is incorrect , and that the information given to me was true ; else I must believe that , the Chartists are not only the enemieB of the working classes , but that they are the most inconsistent men on earth—contending everywhere , in the provinces , with their tyrants and oppressors , the Leaguers , and afterwatds cauv&sBing and voting for the »• creature of the League" in London 1 It cannot be .
" I thonght I knew the Chartists as the friends of British industry . I fancied that they were the enemies of the New Poor Law ; that they recognized in the Leaguers their remorseless oppressors , tbe tyrants of the mills ; and were resolved never to add to their grinding power ! I have buon nearly three years iD prison—am I now to understand that the object of ' the Chartist movement , ' as it is called , is to find ns a Government and Legislature composed of such men as Pattison and Gisborne— ' the creatures of tbe League' ? If so , then , without hesitation , I would prefer despotism in its niOBt unmitigated form . Yes , it were better for tbe 'working classes of England that the autow&t of Russia ruled their destinies , than tbat the Molocbs of the mills , the Goliahs of Matniron , should be ek-vated to the mastery .
" 1 still cling to tbe hope that Mr . O'Connor ' s information is incorrect—that I wa * not deceived when 1 was told that the London Chartists did not interfere in support of either candidate at the late election for London . We conclude whb ihe following extracts , regreting that we have not room for the entire number . The " good Old Xing" is advancing . Let the Profitmongers look to it . If we are not to have Protection " , we must have " Co-operation" ! If the labourer is to be ground to the earth , we will see it the useless shopkeeper cannoi bo destroyed ! Again we say , lefc the Vampires look to it . They may have things more free yet than they wish for !
"If 'cheap labour * be good for the shopkeepers , ' snisli proSts' must be desirable to the labourers . The monopoly' of shopkeepers must , then , be destroyed . 'What is sauce for the goose is saace for the gander . * We must have no more profits behind the counter , of 200 and 2000 per cant ., to enable shopket-pers to keep up gay and cOBtly sBUbttshments—to have their splendid carriages , country houses and parks . They must no longer be allowed to live like princes , while the poor hawker is forced to buy a licence for hia ' protection . ' We must have no more buying cotton neckcloths at 7 d . a piece , and seliing them foe 2 s . eack ;
stockings at 7 ( 1 . a pair , and vending them at Is . lid . ; btttiea at 4 s each , and dispensing them behind the counter for 9 s . ; German silver pencil-cases at 9 d . a piece , and ticketing them at the low price of 2 s . 6 d . each ; steel pens at 6 d a gross , and selling them at Id . a piece ! These are only a few samples of the benefit derived by the monopoly of shopkeeping . But if we are to have ' cheap labour , ' we will have * small profits . ' Why , I ask , sbonld tbeae brawling Free Trade shopkeepers be protected from the competition of poor , honeat hawkers , who would bfjye us at a much cheaper rate ? Djwn , then , with licences ; and let every man hawk what ,- when , where , and bow he can .
" Nay , better still , we must have the producer and tbe consumer brought in cleser contact , and thus entirely sapersbdo the expensive ' monopoly of the shops , ' by the universal establishment of Bhzaars , where a commission of 1 or lA per cent will ba all that shall be demanded for distributing the products of industry . We shall thus receive a much greater reduction from the cost , than many times the amount of the * protection' dsmandfed for our poor labourers and artisans . The poor seinstiefses will then be able to protect themselves against the extortion of the Free Trade shop keepers .
" Yes , yes , Messrs . of the Free Trade shepkeeping school ; if we are to have ' cheap labour * ana * cheap corn , ' we will also contrive to have ' cheap bread *—aye , even if we send to France for bakers ' It is a fact , that ' in Franca they manage these things better than we do . ' We will now take a cheap leaf ont of their book , and try if we cannot thereby obtain a cheap loaf . " Let the consumers of English bread note the following f iCt . Comparing the price of wheat and of bread in France and in England , we pay annually te our millers and bakers a profit of upwards uf £ 11 , 000 , 000 sterling more than the French pay to their bakura fo > - the same quantity of bread !! Let the cry , then , iud throngh England , * millers and bakers , we will have cheap bread . ' * ' Oh , yes , if our artisans , our labourers , our sailors and soldiers , are to sell their labour cheaply , so muut our bakers come dowa to the French level . "
How queer the Freebooting gentry will look then THE HEA . LTHIAN ; a Journal of Human Physiology , Diet , asd Regimen . London Strange , Paternoster-row . This is a collection ef papers originally published monthly , stitched together in a wrapper , fourteen in number for one shilling . The views advocated are those of total abstinence from all drinks save and except water ; from tobacco , snuff , opium , &c ; from Jlesh d ' xel ^ and all food - prepared by fire or other chemical agencies . So that Wa havo here whole-hog teetotalibin and no mistake 1 Nor is this all : we have but the theory in the book , but thifl theory is reduced to practice not only by a large number of isolated individuals , but also by an
associated body of experimental reformers—the Concordtets of Ham Common , Surrey . Without expressing agreement with the writers in this work , we must admit that they write like men in earnest , and advance many arguments not eai-y to overthrow . The Pythagorean system of total abstinence from flesh food has been advocated by some of the greatest men who have lived , including the immortal Shelley ; and when we consider that health is the grand desideratum of existence , we should pause ere we sacrifice that most incomparable of blessings to the gratification of what may be a " vitiated" palate . A question arises , which the advocates of a purdy vegetable diet will bo expected to answer .
Tiipy argue that the bravest and moat powerfully physical of the human race , have been those nations who have been the most abst > mious ; and they point to the Komans in tho early pan ol their career , to the Scotch in their early struggles with the English , and xo ihe modern Insh . But we have been told that the reason why tho English soldier has so repeatedly oorne down his Gallic opponent on the field of battle , is , because the British are better fed than the French ; and hence are larger men ; possessing greater strength of muscle and power of endurance . So tbat it has been superior animal strength , not superior bravery or military skill , that has so often given the " victory" to the British . As to the modern Irish , it is not fair to oompare our
murdered factory population with the Irish peasantry ; hut compare peasant with peasant if tbe truth is to be arrived at . And here let us ask , if the Irish peasantry are the strongest in tfte world , —fed as they are mainly upon potatoes , and Bome two millions of them sub-. isting upon casual charity or poor law relief ; and if their strength be the rcsu't of their mode of living , what is the meaning of the outcry we have baa about the " seaweed" and tho " Jumpers" ? For if their food was to be ' * bettered ; ** if they could keep and consume , amongst thtinsjlve 9 , the cattle , pigs , butter , and oheese , which they now send to this country , then , accord ' ing to our friends the " ConcoTdists " , they ( the Irish ) would forthwith deteriorate , and become feeble and emaciated as their diet became more
luxurious ! Agaiu : when the " Healthians" point to the abstemious cohorts of " ali-conquering Rome , " we are forced to ask another question . Heaven knows we feel no admiration for the " triumphs" and " conquests" of England : still " what is written is written . " India , China , America , Africa : many an ocean-fight and ensanguined plain attest what has been done in the " glory" and " slaughter" way by the " cohorts" of this country , naval and military . How is this ; How is it that the flesh-eating , beer and rum-drinking Briton , has out-rivalled by far all the boasted conquests of the Casara and their legions ?
Perhaps we shall be told that there are moral causes for this superiority i that the English have been the first to acquire and mature a knowledge of mechanical and chemical discoveries and " improvements" in the art of men-killing . But this does not settle the question . We are told hy oar modern Pythagoreans that flesh-eating not only destroys the body , but also clouds the intellect , impairs the mental powers , and lays prostrate the mind ! If so , bow is it that the flesh-eating English have been the most successful explorers of the nseful sciences , which has , no doubt , had much to do with giviDg to them iheir superiority as a nation ? These are
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questions that , supposing the Pythagorean' Bystem of diet to be-true , would certainly puzzle ns to answer . We might Jhave enlarged upon these objections , but space will not permit . Notwithstanding what we have above said , we cordially recommend , this publication . We can say truly tnat we have learned many facts from its pages ? £ ? ° , fiman akility ; and we can promise our readers that they will find in the pages of this work , independent of its grand theory , much really useful Knowledge , rendering cheap indeed the price at which they will purchase it . u Prove all things , " say wej and therefore read "the Healthian . "
A L Sy RE rJ ° ° UNG MEN ON CHAS-111 Y . By Sylvester Graham , of Boston , U . S . Price 2 s . London : Strange , Paternoster Kow . We confess that we took up this work with no rehsh for its perusal , expecting to find it either a putmongers puff , or a parson ' s homily ; and having no taste for quackery , either medical or spiritual , weiooked with considerable distaste at the very title of the volntne . Not that the title is not in itself good ; out beoause such titles in the present day are too often used to palm on the public most rascally and health-destroying frauds . But , having read the Introductory Essay , " « Preface , " &c , we were induced to read on ; and having gone through its hundred and fifty pages , we feel competent to speak honestly as to its merits .
In reviewing works relating to the health and existence of mankind , it behoves non-medical writers to be extremely cautious how thoy venture to recom-™ u " ^ , work 9 l » nd acting upon this principle , We should have refused to have said one word in favour of this ' * Lecture , " had we thought wo discerned jthe least trace Of quackery therein . Nay , if for the lamentable diseases commented on in this work , we had found other than the most simple remedies recommended—had medicinal agencies , of the nature of which wewere ignorant , boen proposed to the reader who might be sufivring from the curses which a false civilization has engendered , we should have paused ero we had 6 pokeh favourably of what we might be unfitted to speak correotly . We believe from revelations that of Iat 6 years have been more or less made public , that the dreadful evils detailed in this lecture are indeed but too
prevalent ; and that this picture of the horrors at the foundation of eooial society in America , is bui too' faithful a portraiture of like horrors in this country . Aware of the existence of these miseries , a host of brazen imposters , numerous as Egyptian vermin , have arisen iii the land , who , yrefcendtug to sympathise with distressed humanity , have added to its tortures ; and while each has asserted that he was the only Esculapius , all have added immensely to the original evil . Year by year , too . has that
immorality which owes its very existence to trie wretched situation of womankind under our present anti-social arrangements , gone on advancing with giant strides . Corruption is festering round the very heart's core of uociety ; and yet , until very lately no one has attempted to stem the flood of impurity , or direct erring man into the right path of virtue and happiness . The rulers of the people have been too intent pa preserving their own power anU perpetuating tho slavery of the masses , to find time to look after the conservation of the health or
purity or society . Friests are now , as they ever have been , bent only on maintaining their unholy power over the minds ot men , and propping up their degrading superstitions , carin *» nothing for the physical health and social morality oi their followers while tbo great body of the people , the uurespned victims to the tyranny and fraud of their temporal and spiritual masters , the eternal slaves of " custom , " have been sunk in poverty and ignorance , the unfailing progenitors of rice . In this stave of things men who have seen the deplorable evils and their causes described in this work , have hesitated to make known their information , either from a feeling of false dehcacy , or a dread of the cennure of an ignorant and
vicious publio opinion . The author of thid "Lecture " was one of the first who dared to tell tho truth and burst the shackles of " custom ; " and good service to the human race has he performed in so doing . We want a Graham in this England to go through the laud , like another Father Mathew , cleansing with the . besom of Self-Hefotm our vast Augean stable of its moral and physical impurities . Wanting such a man , this book may be productive of great good . To the parent , the guardian , the youth earnestly desirous of steering clear of the oontamications of society ; in short , all who are interested iu their own health , or that of those near and dear to them , we can honestly recommend Dr . Graham ' s lecmra .
THE NATIONAL TEMPERANCE ADVOCATE , No . 12 , Vol . 2 . THE STOKESLEY NEWS AND CLEVELAND HEfPOKTER , No . 13 , Not . 1 « 43 , Both these cheap and well-conducted periodicals continue their useful career . Ws cannot find room , for extracts . TRACTS , &o . "The Position of Woman i ? i Harmony" ; and " The Third Dispensation . " London
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LEEDS . —Picking Pockets . —On Tuesday last , two prostitutes , named Eliza Harrison and Robecca Hartley , were committed by tho magistrates at the Leeds Court House for trial , on a charge of having picked the pocket of a young cmi named Benjamin Gothard , of a purse , containing a £ 5 note and three sovereigns . Lejeds Woollen Markets . —The demand for manufactured goods continues , and those most called for are now principally made to order , ihere bung no stocks left ou hand . These consist of Petershams , Tweeds , &c . For flue goods the enquiry is still small , though an expectation exists that it will be better for the spring trade .
Assaults on the Police . —On Tuesday , a man named Thos . Jones , 6 aid to be a " travelling couveyancer , " was sent to Wakeficld for two mouths , for an assault on one of the night police ; and on the same day , Wm . Birdsall , of Holbeck , wad charged with a similar offence towards another member of " tho foroe , " on Sunday night . The off-nee in this case , was committed in the Sheaf Bridge beer-house , and the parties having been quarrelling , the case was dimissed on the defendant paying the costs . Stealing Lead . —On Monday last , a young lad named Wm . Benson , was committed for trial by the Borough Magistrates at the Leeds Court House , on a charge of having , on ; Saturday evening , stolen a quantity of lead , from the roof of the dye-house of Mr . Chad wick , in Bowman-lane .
Fatal Accident . —On Saturday last , an inquest was held at the Leeds Court House , before John Blackburn , E ~ q ., on the body of a mau forty-four years of age , named Robert Staeey , whose residence was at Feny bridge . The deceased was anengineman , and was employed at the bone mill of Mr . Joseph Tooley , at Bnfeen , near Ferrybridge ; on Wednesday , whilst cleansing some shafts connected with the machinery , during its working , his shirt sleeve was caught by a wheel , and his arm was instantly dragged amongst the cogs . His cries alarmed his i 8 llow-worKmcn , by whom the engine was stopped , aud he was resouod from his perilous situation , but not before his arm was nearly torn from its socket , and he had sustained other injuries . He was at once sent off to tho Leeds infirmary , where amputation of the arm was effected , and every attention was paid to him , but he died on Thursday evening . The Jury returned a verdict of "Accidentally killed . "
Robbing the Dead . —On Saturday last , an Irish womau , named Maty Parkin , was charged at the Leeds Court House , with having stolen a variety of articles of wearing apparel , from the dwelling house of Mrs . Homer , in York-street , whilst Airs . Horner was laid dead in the house . The prisoner had been left to \ ake care of the house and the corpse , during the absence of the friends of the deceased , who were making preparation for the funeral ; and whilst thus left to herself she packed up such articles as she thought might be useful , and walked off with them . They were missed , and on enquiry it was found that
the prisoner had been selling some things ; she was therefore taken into custody , and in her possession fche remainder of the clothes were found , together with £ 1 15 a in money , although Bhe deolared that ahe had hot a farthing about her , " except the fever , which she had taken from the dead woinan . " The things were identified by the deoeased ' s friends , and the prisoner , who loudly protested , in a strong Irish accent , that she had , barring the fever , only one or two things , which had accidentall y got packed up ' with ber own , was committed to Wakenela House of Correction , first to gee rid of tbo feyer , and then to be tried for the felony .
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Carlisle . —Fatal Accident at Port Car * lislb . —Four ! Lives lost . —On Wednesday , the 221 instant , a raft of timber , part of the cargo of the Trafalgar , whioh had been moored off Bowness Marsh , was observed drifting past the Canal Company ' s jetties , and was going out to sea rapidly with the tide , whioh was unusually high . A boat was speedily launched , from the shore , having on board four persons , pz , William Carelton , of Port Carlisle , innkeep ' tr ; his eldest son John Carleton ; Robert . Nicholson , jun ., of Port Carlisle ; and " a lad named Matthew Soutt , and proceeded to secure the raft , but melancholy to relate , when it had reached about half way between the Jetties and Bowness ,
the boat swamped aad all the crew were immediately drowned . The catastrophe was seen from the shore , but no help could be afforded to the sufforers , who must have perished immediately under the turbulent waters of the Sotway , unusually flooded by the late rains . The accident is supposed to 'hare arisen from the parties usiig sails in alight boat , without even having had the precaution to put any ballast on board f but we are informed that had the cargo of the Trafalgar been canal borne , the occurrence would not have taken place , as the timber would have been secured in the timber pond belonging to the company , when the risk , which has , in this instance , proved fatal , as well as the expense of salvage , might ; have been spared .
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How to commit Suicide . —The best mode of suicide for ladies is , to wear thin shoes , and lace with a bedwrench and rope : by this means they may kill themselves without being suspected . Fresh Herring r—Five cwt . of herrings , in a state of decomposition , were exposed for sale"in Worcester , one days last week , and were aeizsd by tbe polce . { LONGEVITY .-4-There is an old woman , named Margaret , at present livin ? in the parish of Annatueadle , near Nenagh over whose head one hundred and sixteen ' years have rolled . Rewt . —W , J ^ etherston H ., Esq ., of Carrick , has , in consideration of the depressed state of agriculture , and the difficulty of making up money amongst the farming classes , given an ] abatement of ten per cent , in the rents of his Longford property .
Papier Machie—a house in Berlin has just started with muking models of papier machie , representing the different kinds of quadrupeds , for the use of schools . The Director of the Berlin Museum has recommended them » is faithful and useful specimens . THBEATENING Notice—A moat ferocious threaten , ing notice has been served on the agent of Drysart property , threatening death should any distress be made on the lands . A most wanton and disgraceful outrage has been perpetrated on an old woman in the care of a house in the neighbourhood of Knockdrin for Sir Richard li « vioge . Two fellows entered i and , without saying a word , commenced to beat her in a savage
manner . s Tithes —Repeated applications having been made , in vain , by the appointed officer of the government , for the arrear of tithe , due out of the land of Newgrove , pariah of Drumrany ; on the 16 th ultimo , two bailiffs , Magrath and Mathews , were sent to levy a distress , and having seized o , large flock of aneep , were driving them to pound , when Doctor Dillon Kelly , the owner in fee of those lands , rescued them . A "Good" Beating ' , ?)—Ou Sunday evening , after dusk , as Edward Mear ^ a , the roadmaker of Thonlegee , Was returning from Ballyraahon , he was waylaid at Ratbtnore by four' men who gave him a good beating , and on Mr- J . Dawson coming up aud endeavouring to Bave him he came in for a share of what was going forward .
Whiskey Drinkers . —The quantity of whiskey consumed by the people of Scotland has been tripled since the lowering of the duties . In Glasgow the consumption of spirits is enormous , and the sum spent in Whiskey annually in that city is £ i 20 Q , ooo , of which . £ 1 , 000 , 000 ; is expended by the operative classes I RENT . —The Rev . Charles James Grogan , brother of one of the Members of Parliament for Dublin , made a bonafide reduction , and actually returned it , of thirteen per tent ., on the last of March , rent , to his numerous tenants at Bullyleigh , Ballywillianj , Ballyvallin , and Ballivega in bis oounty , when receiving hia rents about three weeks ago .
Illicit Djstilino . —On "Wednesday , a party of Excise officers stationed at Ballygawley , County Tyrone , for the pa-pose ot patting down illicit practices , accompanied by Mr . j Oliver Landreth , supervisor of ' Dungannon district , proceeded to the towniand of Ballynakelly , near Dnngunnon , where , on the land of a man named Robert M / B-oan , they succeeded in seeing a large quantity of ground malt , and on the same townland in the garden of a person named Simon Wilson , they found a still which they destroyed . RIBBONISM . —A respectable man , named Beirn . living
in the ; ei « hbour-bood ef Channonrock , was interred last Sunday ; be died from the effects of a beating he received from a party of ruffims on the 1 st instant ; they attacked him . In his house , and one of them fractured his skull with a blow of some blunt instrument , from tbe effects of ] wbicb he lingered notil last Saturday morning . We are informed a person accused of taking a prominent part in the assault has been arrested and lodged in Dundalk gaoi . The deceased was a Repeal Wardeu ; and it is said the attack was made on him in consequence of hie strenuous efforts to prevent the spread Of Ribbonism in tbat district
Arrival of E > st Indumen—On Saturday afternoon two first class Indiamen came up the river , and were hauled into the East India Dock at flood tide . The first was the London , Captain Attwood , from Madras , which place Bheleft on the 21 st of JuJy , and touched at the Mauritius on her voyage . The second was the Dartmouth , Captain Jacob , from Bombay . The Dartmouth left Bombay on the 17 th of April , and after a rough passage round tbe Cape , was compelled to put into the Isle of France leaky , where she remained nearly two mon ; n « under repair . Both ships are laden deep with rich cargoes .
A JLand Slit -4 A large mass of earth and chalk fell into ttitt sea at Kiiup Town , Brighton , on Wednesday morning . Two men and a boy had ju 3 t come to the edge of the cliff , to look at the sea , and they were carried down with thejfalling mass . One man was buried in it , and was dead ! before he could be extricated . The other two were only slightly hurt ; but they were in danger from a high jtide , which isolated the part of the beach . One of the- Coast Guard fortunately saw them , and they were drawn up by means of a cliff-crane . At an inquest held on tbe body of the deceased , Henry Holden , in the employ of Mr . Saxby , Of R ttingdeau ,
a verdict of " Accidental death" was returned . Tbe inroads of the sea 6 n the eastern Bide of Brighton b ; tve undermined many portions of the cliff , the top of which is in consequence very dangerous . The road to Rottingdean has been ] removed as many as four times furthor inland in the memory of the residents , and portions of the old road are still visible across the turf . Unit as some means ; are speedily adopted for the protection of the cntf . the present road must also be shortly abandoned for another farther removed from tbe sea . Opposite tbe Bmckrock gas works the sea has encroached to within a yard or two of the road .
Frightful Snake Story—The following incident was related to us tht other doy , by one whose veracity is unquestioned , and who was almost an eye witness to the fact . It is more appalling than any we recollect to have ever read in the history of { hose reptiies •—Some time last summer the inhabitants of Manchester , Mississippi tUnited Slates ) gave a barbecue , which was attended by the beauiy and fashion of the town and surrounding country . It happened that among' tbe guests there * was a youtig lady , Miss M . recently from one of the eastern cities , wbo was on a visit to ber relations in the neighbourhood of the town . Miss M . ¦ was a gay and exceedingly fashionable young laity , ancl withal possessed of : an uncommon snare of spirit and courage , except in the matter of snakes—and of these
she bad so great a ! dread , that she scarcely dared to walk anywhere except in tUe most frequented place for f « ai of encountering ithem . Towuidsj the close of the day , while scores of fairy feet were feeepin /? time in the dance to the merry music , and tbe whole company were in the full tide of enjoyment , a scream was beard from Miss M ., followed by the most agonizing cries for help . The crowd gathered Itound b . et inatautly , the petfeet image of despair , with ber hands grasping a portion of her dress with tbe { tenacity of a vice . It was some time before she could be rendered sufficiently calm to tell tbe cause of heir alarm ; aud then they gathered from her broken : ; exjiianutiona , that oha was holding the head \ of a snake in ihe folds of her dress ! and dnvltjii to let go ber hold
for fear of receiving ttu fatal blow . This intelligence caused many to anriuK from her ; but most Of the ladies , to their hoiu . ui he it spoken , remained with ber , determined not to leave her in her dreadful extremity . They besought her not to relax her hold , as her safety depended on it , until some one could be found who had the courage to seize ; and remove the animal . There were none of the ladies , however , who had the courage to perform the net ; i and tbe condition of Miss M . jwaa becoming more and more critical every moment . It was evident that her strength was failing very fast , and that she could not maintain her hold much longer . A hasty consultation amwigat tbe calmest of the ladies was held , when it was determined that Dr . Tiean , who was present , should be called to their assistance . He was quickly on tbe spot , i and being a man of uncommon courage , ho was not . jmany minut < 33 -witb the weeping and half-fainting females , until be caught the tail of the
snake , and wound itj firmly round his hand to make sure of bis hold , fie jtben told Miss M . tbat 8 be must let go the moment he jerked it away , and to make the act as instantaneous as possible , h& told her he would pronounce the words one , two , three ; and that , at the moment be pronounced the last word , 8 he moat let go her hold , and he dojubted not he could withdraw the snake before it could ) make the stroke . All stood in breathless horror , awaiting the act of life and death ; and at the moment the word three was pronounced , the Doctor pulled out the most diabolical-looking " bustle " that ever was seen in Mississippi ! The whole affair was at once explained . ; The fastenings of the machine had become loose during the dancing , and it had shifted ita position in such a- way that U dangled about the lady ' s legs , and induced tbe belief that it was a Bnake with on enormous heart ; The Doctor fell right down and , fainted . —Bai badoes Mercmy .
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The Malt Tax . —The Farmtrs' Journal states . it has geod reason to believe that , in consequence of the largo returns of the Income Tax , her Majesty's Government contemplate a reduction of the malt duties in tbe ensuing session . Extensive Fcre at Dockhead . —On SundaJ night , between seven and eight o ' clock , a Qxa broke out in the workshops of Messrs . Bontley nnd Co ., mast and block makers , Themes-street , Dockhead . It was first discovered by one of the family , who heard an unusual noise in the shop . An alarm being spread , several of the London Establishment and West of England engines arrived . The firemen very soon got their engines into operation , and the fire was extinguished , but not before a great portion . of tbe stock was destroyed . The loss will fall on the San Fire-office . No account could be obtained as to how the fire originated .
Death of Mr . Wrench , ihe Combdian . —Oa Friday night this veteran comedian expired at his residence , Picket-place , after a short bnt very oppressive astmatic complaint . During the few days be was confined to his bed ( says a correspondent ) a large Newfoandiaud dog , that had been his constant companion for the last ten years , never quitted his room , bub watched every movement of his master with the utmost anxiety . When Mr . Wrench expired , the faithful animal was fully aware of his loss , tbe consciousness of wbicb he evinced by tbe most pitiable cries , and its crief was at length so severe that it was seized with convulsions , which continued upwards of two bonrs . The poor brute is still incouaolable , and will , it is sup * nosed , fall a victim to its attachment .
Destructive Fire in the City . —On Friday night , botwtten the hours of eleven and twelve o ' clock , a destructive fire was discovered raging on the premises belonging to Widow Wilson , carrying on an extensive business as a cotton and woruted-wio < 2 er , at 6 and 7 , Priest-court , near the Post-office , St . Martin ' s-Ife-Grand . Pelice-conatable P 28 saw fiame 8 issuing out of tbe first floor , and without loss of time raised an alarm for the safety of the inmates of the adjacent premises . As soon as be bad accomplished that , he despatched messengers to the engine-stations with intelligence of the outbreak . On the arrival of the etginea
a plentiful supply of water was flowing from the firemains in the neighborhood , frsm which the different engiaea belonging to th . <* Laudan . £ « % EstaAMs&Haeaofc were set to work . By the time however they were got into active operation , the fhrntsbad reached the second and third floors of the building , and were breaking out of tbe various windows . After an tour's hard working en the p . irt of the flremea they were enabled to stop tbe farther progress or the conflagration , and by one o'clock the fire was entirely extinguished , but not before damage to a very serious amount was done , the greater part of the building and contents being destroyed .
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MARKET INTELLIGENCE .
London Corn Exchange , Monday , Nov . 27 . — In consequence of the boisterous weather scarcely any vessels laden with English Wheat have been received during the past week ; but of Irish Oats a fall average Bupply has been received . The receiptB of Wheat bj lanJ carriage from the fleigbbonring" counties wer ; tolerably good ; but nothing came to hand by watet from the before-mentioned cause . On whole , tbe stands were fairly supplied with samples of home-grown Wheat , while the demand for all descriptions was steady , but not to say brisk , at prices about equal to those obtained en Monday last , and at which a good
clearance was effected . Fine white Foreign Wheat moved off freely at fully last week's currencies ; but in other descriptions very little was doing . Superfine Barley was scarce , and much wanted ; henee the sale for it was active , and the prices ruled a shade higher . In other kinds of Barley very little was doing . The Malt trade was again dull , but we can notice no alteration in figures . The show of Oat samples was tolerably good . Fine qualities were in demand , yet the trade was far from animated , Beth Beans and Peas were quite as dear . Tbe bakors purchased both town and country-made Flour with extreme caution at about stationary prices .
London Smithfield Cattle market , Monday , Nov . 27 TH . —As is almost invariably the case on the approach of the great Christmas market , the arrivals of Beasts were on tbe increase , bnt , comparativelj speaking , of middling aud inferior quality ; indeed , we scarcely ever recollect to have seen so few really prime Beasts at this time of the year as were exhibited thia morning . Such descriptions were , in consequence , though the attendance of butchers , both London and country , was small , in steady demand , and in some instances they commanded 2 d per 8 lbs . more money , the top figure for such being 4 s . per Slbs . ; bat with all other kinds of Beef the trade was in a very depressed state , and last week's quotations were barely supported . It must be understood , tbat in offering the
above remarks as to the value of the primest Scots , they refer solely to those weighing frt * m eighty to one hundred stone , and that is per Bibs was obtained in so few cases , as to induce us to quote no higher general figure for Beef than 3 s lOd per 81 hs . The northern droves of Beasts consisted of 1 , 600 short horns ; those from tbe western and midland districts being composed ef 800 runts , Davona , Herefords , Darbams , short horns , Irish beasts , &c . From other parts of England w * received about : 300 of various breeds ; from Ireland thirty beasts ; and from Scotland , by steamers , forty fat , and eighty Btore Scots- We perceive the importations of foreign stock , under the new tariff , are beginning to attract metre attention . Those during the past week have consisted of forty-foixr oxen from Vige , twenty ditto from France , and twenty ditto from Germany . To-day we had a few of them on sale . In
their quality , especially as relates to those from Spain , very litt e improvement was noticed ; yet they come to hand , considering the distance conveyed , in fair condition . The few disposed of fetched from £ 16 to £ l 710 a each . There was a full average number of Sheep on show , but their quality , like that of the beasts , waa inferior . For prime old Downs , arising chiefly from their scarcity , the demand was active at very fall prices ; but the half-breds and long wools bang heavily on hand , at previous rates . Calves were again plentiful "; on account of which , and the abundant supplies of Veal in the dead markets , the sale-for them was very heavy , and the highest quotation did not exceed 3 s lOd per 8 lbs . Even at that miserably low figure great difficulty was experienced in effecting a clearance . In Piga a fair amount of business was transacted , yet we can notice no improvement in the currencies .
Borough and Spitai . fiei . ds . —In consequence of tbe prevailing gales the arrivals of Potatoes at the waterside daring the last week bave been bat moderate , they having consisted of about 290 tons from Scotland , 700 tons from Yorkshire , 350 tons from Devonshire , und 600 from Wisbeaoh , Essex , and Kent . Prime samples command a brisk sale , at fully previous rates j but in all other kinds very little is doing . BOROUGH Hop Mabket . —Considerable animation still prevails in the demand for new Hops , and the late advanca is wall supported . In yearlings and old Hops a good busines is doing . —Weald of K * nfc Pockets , £ 5 15 s to £ 6 15 « ; Mid Kent , £ 6 10 s to £ 9 8 b ; East Kjnt , £ 6 4 s to £ 7 j choice , do ., £ 8 to £ 10 15 s ; Suasex , do ., £ 5 5 s to £ 5 16 s ; Yearling Kents , £ « to £ 5 88 ; Dj . Sussex , £ 4 59 to £ 4 15 s ; Farnhama , 1843 , £ 9 to £ 11 .
Tallow . —The market is very quiet ; fine paleY . C . ou the spot , is sought after in parcels , at 42 s ; while ordinary parcels are to be had easily at 41 a 9 d . For all the year the price is 41 s 6 d ; and for February and March , 42 s 6 d . The season is nearly closed at St . Peterburgh . Town Tallow is plentiful , at 43 s per cwt . Wool Markets . —In the past week the imports of wool have been about 2 , 000 bales , 952 being from New South Walea The improved state of trade in ou * manufacturing districts still influences that In thia market , as a large business has been done at full prices , N « public sales have been as yet declared .
Richmond , Nor . 25 . —We nave had a good supply of Grain in our market to-day . Wheat , sold from 6 s 3 d to 7 b 6 d ; Odts 2 s 4 d to 3 a 4 d ; Barley 4 s to 4 s 3 ( 1 ; Bsans 53 to 6 s 3 d per bushel . MANCHESTER CORN MARKET , SATURDAY , Nov . 25 . —At our market this morning the business transacted in Wheat was only to a limited amount ; but ; factors were firm in requiring the quotations of this day ee " nnight . In Flour no alteration , either in price or demand , was observable . Fer the general runs of Oatmeal last week ' s currency could not be realized , and to effect sales a redaction in price was submitted to ; 22 s . per 240 lbs . was an extreme rate , and only obtainable for extra superior qualities . A moderate sale was experienced for Oats , and in their value no change can be noted .
Liverpool Cattle Market , Monday , Nov . 20—The supply of Cattle at market to-day has been much the same as last week . Beef 4 ( Jd . to 5 | d ., Mutton lid to 5 Jd . per lb . Cattle imported in Liverpool , from tha 20 th to the 27 th November : —Cows , 1568 ; Calves , 33 ; Sheep , 3271 ; Pigs , 5720 ; Horses , 25 . Liverpool Corn Market , Monday , Nov . 27 . — During tne last aeven dayB we have continued to receive liberal supplies of Irish Oatmeal , amounting in all to 11 , 000 loads , and have also to report fair quantifies of Wheat , Oats , and FUur , from Ireland . There have arrived from the United States 3 , 500 barrels of Flour , and from Canada 614 quarters of Wheat and . 900 barrels of Flour . At our market on Tuesday , wbiclj was well attended by toim and country millers , a fair quantity of Wheat was sold , principally Irish new , at fully the advance qu&ted at the cIobo of last week .
Nq change occurred in the value of foreign . Oats continning to meet a pretty good demand , maintained previous rates , at which also some quantity of Oataieal was sold . ' Both these articles have since improved in value by id to Id per bushel , and 3 d per load , respactively ; 2 a 5 id to 2 a 6 i < lper 45 lbs . have been paid for choice mealing Oats , 20 s 6 i to 218 per 2481 bs . for new Oatmeal . Wheat has not mot so active an inguiry as in the early part of the week , but prices have been fully maintained . Canadian F 16 ur has had a pretty free sale at 31 s per barrel for best brands , and home manufacture has been rather more saleable at our last quotations . Two or three cargoes of English malting Barley have arrived , and have sold at 34 a to 36 s per imperial quarter . Beans have brought rather higher rates . No change in tbe value of Peas . About 1 , 100 barrels of United States Flour huve clanged hands in bond at 22 s 9 d per barrel .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 2, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct830/page/3/
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