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os u ^ ion . 34 b . Editor , —I am now abont to offer my plan as x means bv Trlneh tlie National Movement may be fheapl ? , expediticmsly , and successfully carried out . j am not intimidated by the feet that every new woposal is treated as a crotchet , and its propounder js a crotchet-monger . I am airare that many perjons object to an Executive , vrhile they fail to propose 2 jjT substitute for thai portion of tout machinery ; u ' dl Tentnre to affirm that eTery opponent of the £ xecnirre Council -w 3 & , upon an investigation , be fraud to ° e either an enemy dreading that systematic to the
^ jjsanizatioB -which promises success working jaaa ' s cause , or a disappointed competitor for the cficc . On ? xbma -which all must acknowledge i . s jhai evi-ry Movement niu > t have its maehinery ; and I . know of none for the manacpmeni of the Chartist can *? sot-heap , efficient , and satisfactory as your -present jsat-Mnery , a- far as k goes . Every party la the Sxai ^ ha * its soverniiuj pawtir : nay . every department ¦ underceneral jrffvernment or local < -ontronl must have its . llr-rthij machinery . No iuaii , howsoever opposed 10 Monarchy , has ever dreamed of destroying the office s > t first magistrate . The Chnn-h has its head—each retimc-nt has ks c-ommandiM « Sc * r : eai-h war-ship has its captain ; *> vory division of police has its inspector
eTery parish has it * restry ; indeed , every parjy has its jroTerniag board of- management . The "Whi gs transact their affinrs through their Reform Club , and oSccrs -who take their instructions from the body . The Tories transact their business through the Carlton flab ; the Irish Repealers manage their affairs by committees , repeal ¦ wardens , and their very expensive jrstem of agitation ; and thus I establish the fact that gc , me machi'tfrvis Indispensable . Then , 3 assert , that none could be more satisfactory and efficient than the present system of governing through an Executive Committee as a head ; and what I propose is . to add some detail machinery for the purpose of putting the smaller -wheels of the Movement party into motion .
In passing , I may venture a single comment on the constitution of the present Executive ; 1 offer it by way of retort to those who do nothing , or less than nothing , or sometimes worse than nothing , while they 2 re lond in denunciation of the only body that ha ? - sustained iLe Movement xnronirh its perilous period of calm . The Executive consists of an unpaid Treajurer , "who . a ? appeared by a letter of the General Secretary recently published in the JVivr . Jc-. rH Star , h not lmfrequenily called on to add the duty of paymaster to that of unpaid Treasurer ; a General Secretary , who receives .= £ 2 a-week for the discharge of very onerous and responsible duties , and as to whose eSciency 1 have never heard a single murmur . These , -with a I ' resident aad two other Executive offit-eres .
* ach receiving £ 1 10 s . per week , constitute your governing board : and if I mar learn their value from public opinion , or judge of their worth by the amount of duty performed by them respectively , 1 think I may come to the conclusion that " they earn their bread by the sweat of their brow , " and that their labour is fully worth the remuneration they re-reive . 1 learn by the yorther . i Star , that Mr . Christopher Dovle is doins , and has done , wonders in Cornwall - *¦ j Devonshire , and the west : that Mr . Ciark has
worked miracles in the way of re-onranizin ^ tho elements of Chartism in Scotland ; that Mr . McGraih i « carrying conviction home to the minds of thousands in ^« rth Lancashire , and those < u « rriet 5 where terror ^ the laws of vengeance , and the power of capit ; il had for a time destroyed the National Movement . I learn , also , that all this work is performed for £ « > l « s . : \ week : while we are given to understand that other rival asociauons pay a ; ninch as £ 10 a -wtek to a sinde lecturer .
A person , who propose * to convey fifty tons -nvi ^ bt over a wooden bridge not capable of sustaining the burden , would be look « l on as a fool ; and the several fascinating propositions advanced for raiding wiblie funds to carry on the National Movement are perfectly analogous to the absurdity of commiitin ^ to the bridge a weight that must assuredly smash it . Enthusiastic calculators , who never themselves pay a traction to the Chartist cause , lay mo > t flattering hopes before our imagination . Stsnras from the largest amount ui enthusiasm . tLev tell us thnt n
penny per week from each of the 3 .- ^ ' >» , 'XW who signed the nati £ « aalj > eiition would amount to so man v thousands per week , so many tens of thousands per month , and so many hundreds of thousands per year-The fignres look mighty well on paper ; but the bridge on which the toll is to be collected cannot bear the weight . What I propose , therefore , is to adjust the burthen in the exact proportion in which the shoulders that are to bear it can easily sustain it . I trast tijat explanation will enable your readers to say that 1 am not extravagant in mv anticipations .
What 1 propose then is , that at the commencement of th ? new year , and one month previous to the meeting of Parliament , the whole Executive shall assemble in London ; and with theaid of the delegate coimc-il elected for the management of Metropolitan Lusiness , divide London , and the out-districts within ten miles , into forty Chartist localities ; that each loca . ] ity shall have its managing board , as well as it * financial collectors ; and that the financial board , consisting CJ a treasurer and ten collectors , divide the locality into ten districts—one of the * ea collectors b ? in : r appointed to collect the national tribute -at the rate of One penny jier month , to be paid on the first Sunday in est-h lamth .
II is not imjK > sing too great a burthen "n the bridge Io > Ut > i > OvH dial fes . eh of the forty localities-, -when j . roperly managt-d , would give 5 >' . ») subscribers at the rate Oi a fenhing a week , to be paid monthly , and called for by a i-olSeeU > r at each inan " s door ; while the labour imposed upon the tax collector would be simply , ac-cjrdiiij to the most convenient arraii ' . 'p-mpins among-i themselves , to call one day in each month at Blty Lou ^ -s most contiguous to his own residenee . The forty t res -urers should rc > -et the T > elegatc Council aud ihe fifi-t raJ Seovtajj hi " London on the > ii- * vitt Sunday ia -ea > h month : and thus a kind of monthly cc-E : VriT . ! f irnuld be held , ,-md suir ? estion < would CEtrii ; .-: i- from that a »* in } . ly . f » r the c « m-rniijeni of Hi .- MeTrm «< jIitaii districts , as well as for the "eneral
i £ « truetion and guidaijee of the Executive ' " omniifi ^ -e The proceeds from sueh a plan would aiununt to i- ^ o & . >« 3 . pt-r month , or £ 2 <> 10 s . -Sd . a v . ^ -i ; frr ^ n ] ¦ Riiich deduct £ 6 11 * - forwaiies of Exeeutivt-, and £ 1 ^ j-er wet-k fi-r eight lectures , and ynu have a balance t « f £ 2 r -. 1 . ; to which add £ 1 10 s . 4 d . tlmt luighi bf reasonably expected froia the remainder of tht kiiigdMm wlitn worked \> y the same machinery , and ErctJ 1 < t ? H 2 t ? iTi ' ; -- ' - > lruzn t-i ; thusi : f = m , and tou ha ^ e ji scrjilur of £ 7 - pcr wetk , whicli , in my opinion , could iftt be better -employe ?! than in paying the wages of coni ]^ . -shors , kept cou « taatly at work , with the associatioD ' . ; own machinery , in printing tracts , pain-]' li ' i ; i s bill ; , jinuonnciDg meetings , aj ; d all mtttieif eoim ^ -Te' 5 -vrixh the Charlie movement , to be ^ ild to
"EvhuUts ai the mere jiriee of the }< nper . aud trans-J&itted free to each locality . The suggestions that I have now thrown ; , ut mav lead ro kiec Ijenefit ; and if not acted on , cannw jios-> ibly do injury to the National Movement . 1 havt not jropi s .-d anything extremely difficult , neitbei havc 1 j . rvsumed tw oner any remarks that mi ^ h : ) x CijeKla . t « -d to rvtand the project , or to clog the mathintr . - with in ~ urmotiiitable diifieulties . It is m ^
pnjvjiH-p merely to su « £ : est . yours to commei t snd ^ c people ' s to deliberate ; and , after deb btjutson , to adopt or reject the propositions accord ing to the best of their judgment . Knowing t-hi bc-litrSis ihut the Keform Clch have conferred on th . ^ Tiig party , and aware of the effect that popular -or g ^ ization , -when properly concentraiod and -Kisol ; Erected , must ever have upon that powerful engine ihe jress of the countrv , I shall , in the event of m
prestnt suggestions meeting with popular approval hereafter develope a notion that I have long fondh cherried of establishing a Chartist Club , to be callet ^ "DrccoMBE Cixb , " throngh -whieh , with prope : saachineryj the canse maybe systematically worked I "was one of the first subscribers to a similar projec Proposed by Mr . FiuBcrs CCoxsob in 1835 ; and o tile incalculable advantages to be derived from sue ] * B institution I have never lost sight . As one of th
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means for the resuscitation of the scheme , I hail the arrival of your luminary amongst us ; for be assured , that however great your labours , or the labours of the leaders may be , all must fail until the proper machinery is introduced to give them efeet . Tocxg Exglaxd .
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HoBnctxiTKE . —During the week -we have had some sharp frosts , the thermometer having fallen on " ednesday morning ten dejirees below the freezing point . Tiiis sudden change " has put a final close to the show of flowers in the tiower-garden , whieh in favourable situations was considerable up to this period . The greenhouse will now require vigilant attention , as the frosts appear to ^ et in with unusual iutenseness , and with little or no warning . We have always been in the habit of recommending the use of mats as a means of protection against frost , and every year ' s experience convinces us of the <^ -eat advantage of -such a system . If the front and end sashes ot a greenhouse are well matted up , one half the fire-heat that would be required if no covering were used , will be 5 Uuiciem to maintain a proper temperature . The house is also much safer from sudden morning frosts
than it could otherwise be , without very frequently lighting the tires when there is no real occasion . During the last year or two a new material , called asphalted iV 3 t » hiis been manufactured for the purpose of protecting houses and pits from frost , and it is now getting into extensive nse for that purpose . From the brief experience we have had of it , we are dis ] K > sed to speak of it very favourably , as it f qnn ^ a more efficient protection than a double covering of mats . It requires to be nailed upon a slight woodwork frame , whieh may be made the size of the light . - ¦^ the material is very lisht the process of fixing and removing is very easy , " requiring much less time and management than mats . If a house were covered with ielt , fires would scarcely be necessary , except during . very severe frosts . For pits and frames it will answer admirably . The price of this material is one pennv per foot .
fni : GnEKXHorsE . —During the use of fire-heat the plants will require frequent watering , especially tliose which stand immediately over the flue or hot water pipes . A few of the hyacinths and other bulbs may no-w he brought in , to encouratre them to push up their riovsvr stem ? . A little guano water may be applied of-casionaily with advantage . The Fi . owEE-tijjii'ES- —The beds of verbena , scarlet geranium , fuchsia , drc . wluch have continued to bloom up to the present week , may now be cleared , and the clumps filled with small branches of holly , yew , and other evemreens , inserted two or three inches in the mould If these are Death- cut and well managed they will resemble a bed of young evergreens , and continue greeu all winter . Tliis will be found very preferable to the sombre naked beds of mould .
The Kitchen-garden . —See that tbe beds of celery are well covered during frost , removing the leaves or litter when the weather is open . Young cauliflower plants in flames will require protection during sesere fi-osti . — HeWj Weekly JJe&g&iprr . Mildness of the Season . —Mr . White , an officer of Excise , at Dartmouth , last week sathered ereen peas m the open air ; and this day we have been favoured with six perfect apples , blo ^ njed last August , in the garden of Mr . l ^ angdon , sen ., basket and wicker worker , of this borough . Mr . Ihirrison of Topsham , this week plucked in his garden a bunch of very fine red raspberries , quite ripe , and from a cane that in July last produced only -white fruit . Mr . Thomas , of Taunton , irathered some ri j ** sstrawberrie * in his garden on 1 uesdav week last . —Extttr Flum-i J ' vtt .
' -. Scoirn Leamngton ArriJE . —_ Mr . I . e Maire Wit-; ham , of Lartington Hall , Yorkshire , says : —1 have in ' my garde ;] an apple-tree called , in this part of the country , the Scotch Leadington , which nas borne , the tau- before hisl aud this r ^ Slr ><> lanje a ^ uai . zify ' nf fruit that 1 think it worthy of attention . In the year 1 ^ 4 " 2 it had upon it , carefully inea .-i : ivd , twenty rive ftu- '; -:- ! - * , eacli ( u > hel averaging 4 ^ n apples , making the enormous quantity of 1 ii .- ' : ' > i > aj-ples . Last } ear it had a xery deficient crop , but this year it has piv > - duced ^" - ' 54 a 5 > pl \ -s . The a ]> ples ^ hiive \> een measured ; and counted twjtv over . This singularly fruitful tree I was |> lante < Iriny-sixyears a ^ o . by my faithful old ( now ¦ pensioned i jrardencr , Mr . l ^ orter , who , eight } -thnt ! year * of ago . assisted this year in relieving the tive of : its heavy biuilen . It is a good keeper and a -. rood i baker . it > height is nineteen feet , and the i-iivuiui ference of the branches iiiiietv-five feet . It staml > in
a stroiic tenacious soil , . v > n h-et above the level ol the ;* .-a . - Labge Farvs v . Smui Farms—wmi n ake tre Best i—Next to tli-- - c ::. m .-: > Lcldings of land by ! great proprietors , we may trace the unsatisfactory i state of the airricukural districts to the very Linre ; farms . The occupier ? of these jrreat farms are al * o \ isolated from the numerical lile and existence with which they ought , in some way or another to !> e united anil compacted . There seems to be no such tiling as an agricultural public There are limit proprietors and great fanners , who are , indeed , ]< iivl . and rulers in their respective spheres : bui the mass is nothmjj—nothing in a political sen ^ e—and , in a social sense , anvthins but what it ouehtto be . WJiat
can l > e wors" than a condition of hoptLss drudgery , yet i without beinu very jjloomy and lachrymose ) we may riiy that such t » pretty nt ^ arly the condition of the aCTicultural masses' . What , then , is required in this matter ' . Why , as it seems to us , such an altered condition of English habits in reirard to the occupation of land , that the intelligent and thrifty agricultural labourer may reasonably hope t « arrive at a more independent condition . The country seems to require ^ ur-h habit or disposition on the part of the propr ietors of land , that a man having earned a character for diligence a id knowledge , and some small capital to begin with , may be able to acquire a small farm . Proprietors are frequently deterred from giving enconrasrenient to this , because thev have seen no
ini stances hut those oi ' abuse of the small farm system . Jt is not because a man is discontented with his labourer ' s condition , and reckless enough to undertake a small farm without either ability or capital to make the most of it . that sueh a farm should be given to him . Yet it is too frequently upon such grounds alone that small farms are here and there granted in England . The result is . of course , ditficultv and desrradation—a ¦ wastin c ol" the land , and n hideous aspect of strugfflins : pauperism . But if better care were taken—if it " were known that a character f » r knowledge ami economy , and general good conduct , accompanied l > y a certain amount of means , such as thrifty labourers under favourable circumstances might aceumuLite^—if it were known that , thoe t ' aincs being preparatory , the possession of a small l . inn at a reasonable rent mi «; ht be expected to follow , thari it appears to us
that a great amendment of the general condition of tne agricultural labouring class nii <_ 'ht be expected ro . follow . Thnt , we think ( a » d thus only , as it appears to us ) , may the foundation of a powerful , intelliirent , agricultural community be laid . One of the most firactirol amon ^ the intelligent agriculturists of the day . Mr . W . Blacker , has lately written a letter to theJ / "r £ Ume i ' . ijir ^ , fn > m wiiich the following is sin extract : — " 1 trust thnt 1 have now shown that large {' arms have not only been the cause of pauperism anu poor-rafs , i » ut thai small larms // are l- \ -n nud < irr a iviiH * dv Ut ) M > rh , and il only remain * to me to iruard a ^ iinst my ln-in ^ supposed to i-ii-woii an iniliunlcd » ul > - «! ivi-i ( ii ! of Lu > d—tin / 1 ] u : > vi decidedly thsavow , an < l if yo . i h ; : > l extendeo your e . \ rnu-t . > frwni the jirize e >> ay a liu-- further . y »> u wuiini have seen thnt 1 state to lii ; - lt > ih > wiir _ ' effect , sri akin-j t > i E' -iglnnd : —
• The -mall enrden mu > t be . our- tne small allotment , avd the small allom :: nt the small farm , nntil snrh a sub-division of lije land lakes place a « the vr . ; r . ; - of the population require ; ami xlw not from i-holee . but of necessity , as an unemjiloyed population wr . s dai )< rerous , nvd if lii-v tonlri H"t yt vurk thai -mifi •; h'u'l . for in'il . inL' elv would ;; ifoitl a perinnnent remedy ; ' and 1 consj . ier that this prophecy is now hi the course of fullilujent ; and when it is f txll y carried out , tLeu the a-rricu ! rural labourer oi sober and industrious habits may hope io rise in tlw world , a > a shopkee ]> er , tradesman , or juechanic . may hope to do , who from small beginnings may by degrees advance themselves to wealth and station . But hitherto tki bilnmrer coul « l indidse no such
expectation : and . if born a labouivr , he could only look ior jv . -ml to die in the same situation , and leave hi children no better prospect after him . " Such view : as the < e cannot be too often pondered by men win are anxious that the airricultural body should partaki of the advantages which the progress of society afi « ir « l . to the otln-r classes of the community . ^ c sin a-trare , mdetnl , that in the mercantile and mainifac turing clashes the desire and the ambition t << " ire im , " as the phrase is , may W considered to \> e to * Treat : and this too great haste and eagerne > s t <> 1 " rich may , in a considerable di irree , havc arisen fron the o ] ts > oitunities of advancement which nianufactur ing aiid 7 DercantiJe pursuits afford . But in this , a in so many other matters , the condition of Briti > l society presents us with extremes . It is true that il certain busy walks of life there is far too much push inE . and striving , and struggling , each to pass th other : and there is , in fact , too much prosperity am
acquisition of riches , and preposterously expensn habits thereupon !„ :. „ .. Ing . It is , however , no le ; true that in British agricultural life there is too litti of this activity , and too little opportunity for i There is scarcely a practicable path for the labourt to get out of the lal > ourer ' s condition , so he cot tinues a dull and plodding creature , and he utterlv inefficacious as a balance in the polit tical ' constitution to the more actively - minde population of the manufacturing and conomerci districts . The large farmer must employ a larg money capital , and his eye k chiefly fixed on tho To mike a good return annually upon this money-u vestment is his grand object , and therefore he lool mainly to economy of labour . To make the most < ¦ a man ' s capital , and to make the most of his lam does not always lead to the same operations , thoug the capital be invested in agriculture . There is r verv laree farm upon which all is done that laboi
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might do . The work would be too extensive for management . It -would absorb too much money in the form of wages . If-we-would have land made pvoductiveto the utmost , we must have small farms in the hands of active intelligent men ,-with competent capital . They can attend diligentlTf'to the whole of the land they occupy , and adapt their proceedings to varying circumstances . If one crop appears likely to fail , they can discern it in time to break the ground again , and try another—they have their concern more completely " in hand" than is possible in the case of the large farmer . More than all , they are not above their work , and , if dulv instructed and cherished , thev would greatlv increase the agricultural riches and homely comfort of this hand . —Mommy Post , Mondav .
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Bare Ixstaxi £ of I . ntbepibitt . —The Rev . Mr . Blair had lately a very narrow escape from drowning . When in 5 iis study , about thive o ' clock in the afternoon , he observed two Jittle triris , each with a burden of st > e 3 is , attempting to crot-s the trtiiichar , which was considerably swollen at the time . In a minute or so they disappeared ; on observing which Mr . Blair , unknown to auy of his family , ran out to their assista 7 ) ce . The ntaiise being 300 t > r 400 yards from the river , Mr . Blair , with irrcat presence of mind , instead of . running directly to the place at which he had lost sight of them , to save lime van along the bank , ami plunged hito the river below where they would most likely appear . By this time thegiris had lost hold of each utuer—the one he observed making towards the bide from which they had entered , while the other was floating in the middle of the stream . By great dexterity he seized the hitter bv the ami . The
suddenness , however , of the ' effort made him lose Ins balance , and in an instant he was seen floating along with the object his humanity prompted him to save . Fortunately , Mr . Blair ' s usual presence of mind did not here forsake him , for he retained his hold with oae hand and Imoyed him i « elf up with the other . In a short time they were out of the strictest of the river , but his own strength was fast giving way . At this critical moment Miss Jane Findlay , of Cniiifneil-niill , attracted to the spot by the motions and cries oi ' another , who had seen the strutrglcrs at a distance , ( Trace 1 > arlmg-like , plunged into the water , and was the happy means of saving both , to all appearance , from a watery gnive , Mr . Blair having now become too much exhausted niul benumbed with the cold to make farther exertions . ¦ From Mr . Findlay and family they received eveiy possible attention , and they were soon so far restore-d as to be able to be conveved to their respective homes . — WtsVrn
Watchman . ExxRAtrnPiNAitY 1 ' nESEiivATiox . —On Monday week , the j p . m . train Jrom Exeter took up a tradesman of Westou-super-Mare at that station , -who , being inebriated , was placed inside a first-class carriage , and the door locked upon him . On their arrival at the Bristol station the conductor looked through the window for his chaifje , but saw ojily his hat , and consequently dispatched an ofiicer in search of him . Jle was found walking up the railway ; and it appeared that he had leaped from the window , the only damage he received being on his nose , forehead , and hands « which were much bruised ) , and lie was covered with blood . The train was going at the time at the rate of thirty miles an hour ; and what is more extraordinary , is the fact that the down train literally brushed him Ln passing . —Ex-Mr Gaztltc .
A Rich Yaokant . —Mary Jones , with her son , a lad of about ten years of age , have been committed to the Carmarthen county gaol for vagrancy , by W . Peel , Lewis Lewis , and D . J ' rotheroe , Esquires , to one mouth ' s hard labour . The woman i . s a native of Pembrokeshire , and was sent to gaol for beggiug . On her person was found the sum of £ 0 Is . lud . in cash , and promissory notes from the ( . 1 lamorganslure and Monmouthshire Bank , and from several tradesmen in . Newport , Monmouthshire , and elsewhere , to the amount of upwards of £ 2 (> o . Besides this large sum of money she had in six or seven bags , eleven shirts , ten caps , three , cotum gown * , tiftvtn hi \ ntlkevvhu . , tlnvc pair of stocking , and twenty other ;« rtirli \ s of elothinu . 1 he promi . >* orv notes were sewed into the
lining of her b ' linict . hut the cash was in her pocket . lV »» T-i > KyicE Kobbekt . —Some ingenious thief iia ^ managed io cmiiinii a robbery upon the Kly Fo >' iotiice . A jiackc-t , coutaihinir- £ ooO in country notes , w ; ls pusted , it appears , at March , in ( . ' ainbridyeshire , mjiiic time > u > ce , and addressed to a buiikiughoux > in London , the postage having been duly paid upon as an ordinary letter . The packet was missed from the olhee piwiously to the making up of tin bag , and was not heard of for rive days afterwards , wheu , strange to say , £ 200 reached the house in London , the thief having only taken JEO'J in Bank ol England notes . « hieh were exchanged at Messra . roster ' s bank , at Cambridge . The original wrajipei was changed for a brown paper envclo ]) e , Iwarin ^ upon it the AY a re ]> ost-mark .
(' OLUERY Explosion . — One of those accidents which , from their frequent occurrence of late , characterise as dangerous the occupation by -which thousands of our fellow-countrymen' <> l > t .-iin the means of living —for the prevention of which it is full time that ail available means should bo used by our colliery proprietors , agents , surveyors , « tc , and every precaution exercised by the workmen themselves — took place on Monday last , at the Melyn Newydd Colliery , lieluiiginjr to tlie Swansea foal L'unipaiiy . Tht ? pxplosion , which w ; : s happily not attended with loss of life , occurred while several of the workmen were engjigcd at work . Two men were , however , very seriously burnt aliout the head , face , and various parts ofthebodv , while , others escape . 1 with
comparatively slight injuries . —Com >> rinn . Faial CoAcn Accident . —On Saturday last a most r-erious accident , which , we regret to state , lias been attended widi fatal consequences , occurred near to the entrance of the town of Beaconsfield , in Buckinghamshire , to the Prince of Wales Oxford coach . It appears that the coach left the Bull Inn , llolborn , at the usual hour , eight o ' clt- ' -k on Saturday morning , drivel ) by Mi " . William T . ijdin , one of the proprietors . At Uxbridge the horses ( an unicorn team ) were changed , and the coach proceeded on its course towards Beaconsfield , having at that time only two passengers outside , an aged couple who had a few days previously come up from Oxford to seen married daughter residing in town , and were on their return home . Just as the coach wa > a > cending the hill at the entrance of Beacoiisfield the leader shied at a - liort white post at the side of a flitch , and at the
• vims instant tlie reins broke , by which Mr Tnplin lost all command over the horses , which drew' the coach up a Iwink , by which it was immediately overturned . Mr . Taplin and both passengers were thrown to tlv cround with errat force , and when picked up the two pn ?* en £ rprs were found to l > e in a state of nisensibility . They were all immediately conveyed to the AYhite Hart Inn , where medical assistance was instantly procured for them . Mr . Taplin was found to have ' three of his fingers and his nose broken , and his face was most seriously cut ami bruised ; the old man had sustained . » eriou * injuries nt' the head and howels , and his wife had her collar-bone fractured and serious injury of the ribs , Ae . The man lingered until between twelve and one o ' clock on Sunday morning , when he expired . On inquiry on Monday it was stated that his wife was rather l > ettrr , hut . still unconscious of hor husband ' s death . Tnplin is /•• - covering from his injuries .
Melancholy A << idem . —Yesterday morning , li : > - tween six and seven o ' clock , a lamentable accident took place in the drifr-wav , or guide mine of the new tunnel at present forming under the New Town , in connexion with die Edinburgh , I ^ eith , and Granton Railway , which proved fatal to no fewer than four of the workmen . The tunnel is almut two-thirds of a mile Lu length , and runs in a strai ght line from Canal-street , beneath St . Andrew ' s-street and square , Duke-street , and Dublin-street , to the foot of Scotland-street , where it opens into the Mill IJaugh at the back of Canon-miJl ; . The drift-way of the tunnel , which was . about six feet square , was all completed , except a small barrier about midway , war the foot of Duke- < treet . In order to remove this
and to let off the water which was known to have accumulated in the upper portion of the mine , workmen have been employed for upwards of a week past . It appears , however , that in consequence of some inaccuracy in running the drift-mines of the tunnel , the southern and northern portions passed each other at the point where they should havc met ; and hence the difficulty of joining them , the men not being aware of this deviation . On Thursday they began to have an idea that the two were not exactly opposite , from seeing several small jets of water issuing from the west side of the mine ; and some alarm was even then entertained by the workmen that they would be flooded . The flow from this source , however , soon stopped , and the men . proceeded with the work , which
is carried on without intermission day and night , one set of men being relieved every few hours by another . When the accident occurred ( which was at about a quarter past six o ' clock )) the two night shiftmen , John Blair and Janics Philips , were still working , though it was beyond the time they ought to havc been relieved , the other two ^ having , fortunately for themselves , been rather later than usual in coming to their work that nioraiug . Mr . Peter Mitchell , mother of one of the contractors , and Mr . T . Erskine , gauger , had also just sone down to see how the work was getting on . The former went down from mere curiosity . How the accident occurred is not known , as all who " were in the tunnel at the moment have
perished ; but it is supposed that the water which had accumulated in the upper mine , had suddenly broken in upon them , and swept them all away in the torrent . The first notice which was given to those above the ground that something had gone wrong , was by a . boy named Jack , who had just gone down the shaft in Dublin-street ( about seventy yards below where the barrier was ) , and who , hearing a feaiful rumbling noise , like thunder , and suspecting that the water had burst , instantly gave the signal to be pulled up , which was promptly obeyed , and he reached the surface just in time to escape in safety , for in a moment afterwards the water came rushing up the shaft with tremendous violence , striking the roof of the
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wooden shed whieh covers tho opening , and rushing down the street . This shaft is about sixty feet deep . Nor was this all ; for in another momenta second rush of water was seen forcing its way upwards through the street , about one hundred and fifty yards further down , and flooding the area of the shop occupied by Mr . D . Bruce , spirit-dealer there . At this spot there had formerly been a shaft sunk , which was afterwards covered up , which accounts for the water coming up in that direction . Of course the alarm created by these frightful indications was very great .
Assistance , however , was soon procured , and a number of men sent down the shaft to find the bodies of their comrades , for there , was no doubt of their unfortunate fate . The bodies of Thomas Erskine and J ohn Blair were , soon discovered near the bottom of the shaft , the one holding the other by the foot ; but tlio other two wure not found till between two and four o ' clock in the afternoon , having been carried much further down . They were all married men , in the prime of Lie , and have left wives and families to lament tlibir untimelv los * . — $ ~ ,, t . xnrnt
rorR Lives Lost . —Another of those deplorable and lamentaWe occiiiTcnccs wliici ) too frequent !) accouijiaiiy mining operatiur-s , and characterize the critical and dangerous position of that class of individuals who labour to gain iheir daily bread in thi > section ^ of national industry , happened at Beaufort Iron Works , in one of the mine quarries , or patches , on Tuesday afternoon , by whieh the lives of four persons were sacrificed . The unfortunate party were at that time engaged in pushing up the rubbish tram , for the purpose of clearing the remains of a " fall , " when a piece o /' grotiiiil , from the strata- ; lying eight yards above , unexpectedly gave wav , a lid tell
directly on them , literally crushing nearly every bone in their bodies , and , in a moment , depriving them of life . A strict enquiry has been made , so as to ascertain whether this serious event was occasioned by any negligence on the part of the master watchman , and from which it appears there is not the slightest blame attributable to him , but that it has been the result of pure accident . The ground was apparently safe , and there was not the slightest indication of" clanger . The names of the deceased arc-Isaac James , aged eighteen , Cecilia James , eighteen ( brother and sister ); Charles Penshnm , '' twenty-one ; and Margaret liavies , eighteen . —Monmouthshire Merlin . '¦
Attempt to Poison . —On rhursday hwt , John Wall , of Oadby , framework knitter , -aged twentytive , was examiiied before Mv . J . HotTgaoti , tm a charge oi ' attempting to kill his nistor , mother , and brother , by mixing a quantity of arsenic in sugar , and administering sonic to them . It appears that on the morning of the HHh ult ., about an hour after the family had taken breakfast , they wore seized with violent sickness , whieh continued during that day and part of the next , and at length they booumc so greatly alarmed , that Mr . Beasley , surgeon , was called in , and he immediately discovered that ' thev
were sulfcring from the effects of poisou . The sugar which remained had been made away with . The prisoner ' s brother and sister are partially recovered , but his mother still remains in a very dangerous state , and but little hopes are entertained of her recovery . The only motive that can be assigned for the perpetration of so diabolical an offence is , that the prisoner wished to get possession of a sum of money to which iiu and his brother and . sister were entitled ou the death of their mother . He was remanded to Monday ( yesterday ) , for further examination . —Leicester Mercury .
The Goroon Steam-sloop . —Extract ot a letter from an officer on board her Majesty ' s steamer Gorgon , dated Monte Video , Sept . 22 , 1 ) S 44 : — "We art ; still on the beach , although not quite a fixture here , as we have moved the ship twenty-one inches , and arc as confident and persevering as ever , though 1 cannot say when we shall < rct on " , vet 1 feel sure that before long we shall succeed . \ Ve have built immense oblong boxes ( in nautical phrase termed camels ) , and havc secured them under water to the ship ' s sides : they weigh her up about 220 tons , and wo have pot more anchors and purchases to haul off by , and have done everything to ensure success , itec , save the time ami labour oi" taking the engine out . 1 dare say you run t ' . iii < -Y n sh \[> . thick into a windy beach , and Uwiviiul du ^ away from all round her and deep water , so th . it laiiic ln > at > - could i ; o round her : such is our position . Ttiere are uo regular tides hove ; the native * know a « little about ebb ami llootl as negroes do of ice or
miow . The rise and full of the river is regulated entirely by tl \ .- wants and rain , and we expect some galvn at tlie equinox , and with them high tides . It tire equinoctial gales pass away , we Khali not have ot lid's , or expect high tines until our summer . ( which i . s your winterj has passed away . Our labour has been incessant and well-directed , as the enormous mounds of sand we have raised up testify : more than 7 , 000 tons will mark the spot for many a year where the Gorgon was on shore , and afford ample proof to the wondering natives oi' the energy and perseverance of British 1 hearts of oak . ' I am not aware that a similar attempt to recover so large a vessel from oil ' a dead lee shore so deeply imbedded in sand has ever been attempted . The Krencli got a frigate on shore in this river some few years af >; o , and after five months' labour they wore about to give her up , when the water rose unexpectedly and floated her off ; 'but I fancy lid position was very different tmni ours . "—H . nnpshin Tt . lt graph .
KnnBEiiY at St . Katharine ' s Docks . —It appears that a cargo , consisting of a large number ot casks of brandy , was landed from a vessel towards the latter part of last week , and was placed in the usual position on the brandy quay to be gauged and the strength taken by the revenue officers . Some time between Saturday night and Monday morning , one of the packages ( a quarter ca . sk ) was , without its being discovered by the dock company ' s officers on watch at the time , completely emptied of its contents , amounting , it is supposed ( the cask not having been yet
gauged ) to about twenty-six gallons of strong overproof spirit . The thieves , having cmptio 4 . the cask , possessed themselves of some tarpauling from a craft lying in the dock , and having securely covered and fastened the cask with the name , throw it into the water , expecting that it would cause it to sink , and thus elude discovery for a time . This manoeuvre , however , had not its intended effect , and on Monday morning the ca . sk was seen floating , ami thus caused the robbery to -become known . Not the slightest clue has yet Ijeeii obtained with respect to the parties concerned .
Melancholy Loss of Life at Bkojldiiavev . —It is our sorrowful duty this week to record the loss of six men belonging to tlie neighbouring village of Kroadhaven , on Tuesday last . The unfortunate fishermen proceeded to sea early on the morning of that day , tor the purpose of prosecuting the white tishir . g . Jiurhig the morning and ' throughout , the day the wind blew a pretty severe gale from the SSW ., which raisied a . considerable sea , and whieh no doubt was the cause of this lamentable event . Tlie boat was observed by a pilot-boat's crew , who were ret urn ing-from boarding a brig then passing , to be nearing the shore abont twelve o ' clock mid-day .
The hapless crew were then oil the North Head , a considerable distance from land , and about two miles to the eastward of the men who observed them . At that hour the boat suddenly disappeared f ' roiu tlicir sight , no doubt being upset by a squall , and w ; , s never seen again , allo . i board , six ill number , having perished . Their names arc . lolni Houston , an o 1 < . 1 man , family grown uj > , left a helpless widow ; John Wiklridge , an old man , family grown up , left a helpless widow ; Donald M'Kay , married , left a widow and two children ; Janus Anderson , married , left a widow and one . child : James Oman , a youmr man ; and Thomas Bain , loft a widow and one child . — him it Groat Journal .
. VLAKMipi Fires in Lovdon . —From six o ' clock <> n Monday evening to the same hoxir yesterday lnornini : no fewer than-five fires occuntd in the metropolis . The fii-st took place at a house let out io poor families , situate at No . II , fVrkin ' s-rent , Wostminstcr , and arose throngh hanging some clothes before the tire , lk'l ' oro the engines arrived-it was subdued by the neighbours . —T . ' ie next happened siiortly after eight o ' clock , on tlio premises of Mrs M'Arthur , No . Ill , Hertford-street , Kitzroy-sijuare , bookseller . It originated through carelessness , a candle having hem left burning in a closet which contained a quantity of linen , which was completely consumed . —At about the same time information was received of another
fire haying broke out in Lambeth , and , upon inquiries being made , it was ascertained that the roof of a house in William-street was burned . —Another fire was discovered soon after H > o ' clock , raging on some extensive premises belonging to Messrs . M . and K . Ready , wheelwrights and carmen , in Holland-street , Blackiriars-road , but owing to the prompt attendance , of the brigade it was subdued ere much mischief had been effected . —The last took place on board the schooner Tyne , of Torquay , lying in the river , oft t'hainb , rliiiu ' s-vhavf , Tooley-street , between one and two o ' clock on Tuesday morning . It was confined to the forecastle ; the sailors' property being consumed : careless smoking was the origin .
inu Fatai , Explosios at the , Cwm-Avon Col-MKKiKS . —Bkravox , Dec . 2—It timis out happily that the number killed in this terrible explosion has been greatly exaggerated , the real number of those who have suffered fatally being four . The Cwm-Avon Works , are , 1 find , the property of the Governor and Company of Copper Miners in England , who carryon here extensive iron , copper-smelting , coal , and tinplate works , employing about 2 , 000 persons . On the morning of the explosion the colliers who work in the various levels , proceeded , at al ) out eight o ' clock , as usual to their work , and the usual number of men
entered the level of "Wern , " the one in which the accident occurred . At a little after eight o ' clock , two of the unfortunate men who were killed , went into their stall to , work , taking a safety lamp with them , but another man , Thomas Williams , who was also killed , incautiously entered his cell , close adjoining the other cell , to work with a naked candle , and had scarcely entered it before the fire-damp ignited , the explosion took place , and the two men who had the safety lamp , as well as himself , were instantly killed , their bodies being hurled out of the stalls in which they were into the horse-way , in a dreadfully mutilated condition . There were two other men who
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were at work very near them—on within six or eight feet , but who most providentially ] escaped , and one man who was just going- from the horse-road to his stall heard the voice of one of the unfortunate men call out "Clear , " which is a signal of warning , and almost instantly one of the dead bodies was hurled past him into the horse-road . The man instantly threw himself upon his face , and was thus fortunately preserved from accident . After a minute or so he got up , and , with another man , ran to the other parts of the level , to where the other men were working ( who had become aware of the explosion ! by the sudden and violent concussion of the air ) for ! assistance , which was of course immediately given . The al . aiu was spread , medical aid was sent for , and the whole nei g hbourhood , as may be supposed , presented ascene of fearful consternation and excitement . The surviving workmen then made instant exertions to
recover the bodies ot their unfortunate companions . The air within the level was , however , so foul and sulphurous , that upon entering it their lights were extinguished , and it was several hours ere they could recover the dead bodies , during which period another victim , William Jones , was unfoHuH ; itelv added t " the lat . il list . Hurrying to the ( lid ot' his brotherworkmen , he unfortunately tell [ senseless from the effect of the foul air , and was suffocated . The bodies were , Iiowl " . e ' r , at last recovered , ftiul it is needless to say , that although two surgeons had remained in attendance from the ( list liionrcnt . i their services were entirely unavailing . An inquest having lieon held upon tin , . bodies ' , at which a vcnlict of " Accidental death " was returned , the remains of the poor fellows were buried yesterday , their funerals being followed by almost the entire body ! of the inhabitants , over whom the unfortunate and lamentable occurrence has enst a universal gloom . .-
Another . Hurricane in tub j United . "States . — Loss ok Life . —We learn from the Western Expositor , printed at Independence , Jackson County , Mo ., that a destructive hurricane visited that section of the . State about vi o ' clock on the night of the 25 th ult . Its envcts were lamentably disastrous . That paper says : "It came across the pniirie , and the first we heard of its effects was at the Mission , three miles from Westport , which it injured considerably , from whence it passed over our country in a north-east-direction , striking the river about one half mile above Wayne City , at C . N . Hall's mill , and havc heard oi its keeping down the river for some miles , but as yet we have not heard where it commenced nor where it
ended . It varied from tive to seven hundred ya ds in width , and pursued a straight , direction . We give the following list of the killed and wounded : —Mr > . AlcGill , Livingston , killed ; Mrs . Stone , do . ; Mr . Kerr had three children killed ,-and himself greatly wounded ; Miss Mary Midtlleton , and Dr . Martin ' * son , of Westport , wore killed . jA stronger who luui been moving u family to l'latte . jand encamped opposite Owen ' s landing , was found dead , his waggon blown entivt . lv away . Thomas ; Hedges had all his houses and furniture blown otf , and several of his familv badly injured . J . lieadley , house , itc , blown
oif ; J . King , ditto ; Mrs . Hug ^ ins , ditto , and herself badly crippled ; Mrs . Ragan , ditto , and herself and negro man crippled ; Calvin McCoy , ditto , and several of his family crippled ; Dr . jMartin , ditto ; Mrs . Buckhart , ditto : Thomas Smith , ditto ; C . N . Hall ' s steam saw-mill , roof blown off , grist mill and houses blown entirely away ; damage | about 1 , 200 dollars . We have heard of several others ] killed and wounded , and much more property injured , but do not know thir particulars . » Vc havc no idea that the half has been told , or yet heard , of the ' ; loss of lives and the destruction of property occasioned by this awful tornado . —Xrtv York J'apt-r . i
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DECLUlATIl NS OK DIVIDENDS . E . Smitli , Sheffield , innkeeper y si'i-uiid and linaJ ili \ iileinl ot " 4 jd . in the pound , mi Tlnirsday , Pec . 1 " 2 . ' -rain subsequent Thursday , at the 6 rtice of Mr . Froouuui , heeils . . 1 . l ' arker , Kiiiffn-ton-iuiou-nullj . e . irn-iniUrr—first < lhiilend of ' - '* . <> d . in the pound , on Thui-nda . * . i >« . v . I ' - ' , or any subsequent Thursday , at tlie ofnctint'Mr . Freeman , I . e . e . Mv . Wvlcock , Ilu » Ui'rsfii .-ltl , inm-h ; u \ t -second , ami fiic . il dividend of 7 $ d . in the pound , nil Thursday , l > ec . 12 , i . i any subsequent Thursday , at the office of Mr . Freeman , Leeds . ! , -., ' .-. 1 . Smith , lloclulult * . l-iiueashif *; , eorn-nnller- —fi . ial cn-^ idend of-s . in the pound , on Thursday , Dee . 12 , "r ai > y subsequent Thursday . : it the otiice ol' Mr , Freeman , I . eed-. . 1 . Lay ton , Leeds , fruit-merchant -final dividend of ii'L in tin- ' pound , on Tuesday , Deo . 'i , or any subsequent Tuesdiiv , at tlie ciffici-nf Mr . Uoi / e . Leeds .
(; . w ' ninark , Leeds , clotli-uierchiiui —tinal dividend « f 7-l ^ ths of a jienny in the pound , '< on Tuesday , l » ec * . " ¦' uiiy subseipuent Tuesiluy , at the < jtine of Mr . Hope , Leeds . 1 * . Iliini-v , WumJswit . rtli . iuiikuvj > er -- first di \ i < l ( -M't "t ' ¦ -. in the pound , on Saturday , Dec . J 7 . and two follow ins ; Saturdays , at the ofHce of Mr . Ofrooin , Ahchuivli-luue . . ) . Shore , lloehdale , Lancashire , tlaimel-mamitaeturev — first dividend of 5 s . in the pound ,. on Thursday , Lk-e . 1-, •¦' auv subsequent Thursday , at the office of Mr . Fru . x" :, Maneluster . E . Hilton , Over Duvun , Lancasliiiv , pap r-maki-r-first dividend of L'd . and j'ths . •>( a jn-any in the jiouiul , n Tuesday , Dec . I 1 ' , or any suliseiiucnt Tuesday , at the ofiVc of Mr . Frasor , . Manchester . | 1 ) . Dakeylie , Manchester , and Gradliiiteli , Staffonlsliire , uax-spiiinoY—lirst and final diviilcud of Ud . in the pound , on T'H'sdny , Dec . ' ¦ '• , or any su \^ io ( jvient Tuesday , alt hi office of Mr ' Fr . tser , Manchester .:
. 1 . Iludson anil . 1 . Broarlbt-nt ,, jini ., llalv , l . am-: ishin ' . oilic i-jiriutiTS—first dividend of Jis . Id . in cue jiound ; titst dividend of 20 s . in tlie pound , on the separate estate of •! . Uroiidbent , jun . ; and tirst dividend of "JOs . in the pound , on the separate estate of . 1 . Hudson , oil Tuesday , )> ee . 10 , or any subsequent Tuesday , at the office of Mr . Stanway , Manchester . ¦ , ) . Orejfory , ^ hcnield , table-knife manufacturer—first and linal dividend of Is . h , J . in ithe ]> . > und . on Thursda ; , Di > e . 1- ' , nr any stilmoiiueut Thursday , at tin- .. nice of Mr . Freeman , Leeds . ; K . Hirks , Shetlield , yrocer -third and linal dividend t £ L '« . -Id . in tlie [ loiujtl , on Thursday , Dec . iJ , or any subsequent Thursday , at the office of Mr . Freeman , Le ^ ds . K . Lod ^ e , Tliornhill , Vorkshire , innkefper—first and final dividend of ' . '> . ( id . in the pound , on TnursJiij , -liec 12 , .. r mi . v subseijiient Tliur . i . layJ at tin- olKee of ilr . Fi-. e-Tuan , Let ds . ; U 1 V 1 PEXD . I lee . -I . J . and jl . Su ^ iU-ii , KirU-burton and Huddersfirld . f . iu . \ i-lo-th niaiiiifacturer . * .
i ' F . HTll ] ' . \ Th to fie £ T ;) j ) fed , jj » ie . s . s c . iu . se In' sho \> u to tlie contra : y on tlie day of nie .-tinj ; . Pee . ' - ' - ) . « . ' -. ! lo o r ers , liinhopsgaic-stree ! , saddler . rERTIIIC \ Ti : S to be KninteU" l > v the Court .. f Uei ' u-u , unles- cali-e lie -howii to the Contrary o'l cr before Dec . ^ ' 4 . \ i . . 1 . Mai > hall and W . I ' . Hull . Wood-street , woollen warebou < inieii . — I- { . liarhain , jujir ., KMisvvoith . ' . iipshiiedraper .-. ) . S . Holmes , Liverpool , shiji-broker . - T . Strplieiis , Xi vvj ; ate-- ' ! vel and Iloll ) oi n bars , usnbrella-nianufa-euirer . --J . fiei . r ^ i .-, Ureait-sirvet , Uieapside , and . lames . str . it . Betliniil-fiVBfji , silk-inan laciurer . — W . Millar , W a ] il > mi :-u all . engineer . \ V . < lrrelI . M ; im-ln * strr , i-i . umii-» io ! l-au ellt . — . 1 . f . im tiler , IRiecnVruW , I ' eut' il \ illf , Ij . iM'T .
1 'AKTNCU . > 1 I 1 I'S | 1 USSOLVK 1 ) . T . B . iyhvaud 11 . Chittend- a ,: M . iik . lai :--, corn-fai-tors . - T . and C . Lesier , Pudley . pork-inen hants . — ( J . Mroadliei . t and i ' ii ., Tuukerslry , VorKshire , > rrocers . — . 1 . and . . Walker , Oth-y , York-hire , corn-inillei-s . — liaskins ; ' . ii . Winder , Hiriiiiu ^ lKun , eoinb-tiiauufarttn crs . - Uai roUelm and <¦ ¦ - .. Hautrv , Vorkshirc , ajid i-Jsi-uljcrc , tiru . c r-nici ' - > hauls . - T . l ' .- , t . . 1 . Walker , ami T . Taine , Maiii lie-ter . accountants : as tar as re . / ards . 1 . Walker . - Filth . lli-U ; - well , and i ' I ., . Muisdeii . Yorkshire , silk-spinners ; as I . r as regards | i . ;; nd W . Firth ; - ILiunaford and IVare . l » awish , Di-vuuslure , unw-vrs .- il . XewUiii and T . W ; illoi ! - , Hi utou-street , Uoiid-street , l >; eaii--treet . and W ardourstre . it , eahinet-niiikcy * . — Wain Wright and Jones , Livei ^ jm :, ! , ship-l / iok .-j-s
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London Coh \ Kxciianue , Mak-k-la . \ £ . —Monday . — Tut ? arrivals of Kn « lish wheat and barley wire liberal ( lurinjr the past week , Lut ot' oats the receipts coastwise were cxtivmoly small , nor were there nnmy l > caiis or peas reported up to ; Saturday evening . The prevalence erf easterly winds and foggy weather Uus kept l - itick sujijilics from Ireland , and only a few hundred quarter * of oats have been received from thence during the past eijiht days . ; From abroad the arrival of barley has been abundant , and that of oats to a fair extent , but of other { articles the foreign supplies haw been unimportant . At this morning ' s market there was a moderate . show of wheat by laud carriage samples from the home counties , abundance of baiicy , and mure beans and peas than last Monday , but « f oats the quantity exhibited was trilling . The condition of the wheat having beeii somewhat improved by the recent frosty weather , a clearance of the Essex and Kent stands was made at an earlv
hour , and though no advance could be established the turn was in favour of the sellers . The transactions in free foreign wheat were on a retail scale , and quotations remained precisely ! the same as on this day se ' nnight . In bond nothing whatever was done . In quotations of flour no change occurred ; ship samples were , however , very dith ' eult of disposal . The quantity of barley on sale was more than equal to the demand , and even the finest malting sorts were rather easier to buy , whilst on the general runs a decline of fully Is . per qr . had to be submitted to . Alalt moved off slowly , at barely previous prices . Oats of . good quality were inquired for , i and fresh corn , whether old or new , brought full terms ; the new Scotch oats , being mostly of inferior quility , and in wretched condition , were obtainable atj comparatively low rates . Beans hung heavily on hand , and must be quoted Is . per qr . lower ; a similar decline took place in maple and grey peas , bxit good wliite boilers supported their former value . Rather liberal supplies ot clover seed
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nave been received of late from abroad , . $ & $ ¦ though the article has been held , firmly , thtij in ( j , UJtiy bp& somewhat slackened . Canary seed brought preyipw terms tliis morning , nor did any cb , ani , « requmag notice occur in other articles . , ( SaiTijTishD Market , Loxdox . —Mondat . ~ Fw tne time of year we had a full average- aumber . 1 > f beasta on sale to-day , while , compared with that exhibited on many previous Mondays ,. there was a slight improvement in quality ; nererthelesff , it proved inferi'dr to the generality of seasons : The trade in the d&fl markets being very firm , arid the attendance of buyers numerous , the demand for all breeds of beaste , bat more particularly for the primest Scots , &c , was djjcidedJy active , at an advance in the currencies
obtained on'this day se ' nnight of quite 2 < f . per 8 Ib ., is-. 4 d . bein ^ readily paid as a top tigure ; indeed , ih * ome few instances , the rates exceeded that range . At the close of the market very few had remained uri-*(>!< 1 . With the exception of a deficiency in quality , the stock came to hand in fair condition . Rather . extensive imports of live st «; -k from abroad have again taken place during the past woek , 67 beasts and 14 sheep having arrived at Hull , froin Rotterdam , while the arrivals for London have consisted of 4 ; J oxen and cows from Schiedam , and Go beasts and l&i sheep ftoiu Rotterdam . The supply of foreign stock here this morning amounted to S-5 beasts and 07 sheep . With respeef to tlie fbnner there was nothing remarkable- Ln them , though their quality was tolerably good ; but in the latter a great improvement w . i . s noticed , tlie whole having' found buyers , at prices varying from . 'ids . to 41 s . per head . The stock in question was '' jobbed , " and sold bv ( icnuan salesmen ; in fact ,
scarcely a single head is now disposed of in this market through other hands . As the various foreign ports will soon be closed for the winter months , the ' season" for these importations will be soon brought to a close . —Fresh up to-day , aWut 1 , 600 beasts arrived from Lincolnshire , Leicestershire , and Northamptonshire , while from . Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire , tlie receipts amounted to 400 Scots , < te . ; froni the Western and Midland districts , 500 Ucrefords , bevons , runt > ,-ite . ; from other parts of Kngland , AW of various breeds ; from Scotland , 200 horned arid polled Scots ; and from Ireland * 40 'beasts . — -The supply of sheep was not to say larger , yet it was fully equal to the wants of the trade . The mutton trade was tolerably steady , yet last week ' s advanced i-atts were with difficulty supported . —Calves , the supply of which was very limited , met a very heavy demand , at hist week ' s prices . Prime small porkers wore quite as dear ; but all other kinds of pigs were a : uere drug .
London Coal Market , Tkcrsday . —Prices per ion at the close of the market : —Adair ' s Main , 17 s . ; iSuddle ' s West Hartley , l ^ s . ; Carr's Hartley , 19 a . ; Chester Main , l'Js . " lid . ; Hastings Hartley . 17 s . ¦¦ d . ; Holywell Main , IDs . ; . Xekon ' s West Hartley , i ? s . ; Old l ' ontop , KJs . ; Ord ' s Redheugh , l ( 5 s ; Townley , 17 s . ( id . ; West Hartley , 17 s . 6 d . ; W . E . Clarke and Co ., Ins . ( id ; W . E ., Elm l \ irk , 20 s . iid . ; W . E ., Gosfoi-th , 2 is . ( Jd . ; W . E ., Her . ton , 21 s . ; W . E ., Belmont , L ' ls . ad ; W . E ., East Heaton , ¦ 1 is ; W . E ., liaswell , 2 : js . ; W . E ., llctton , 22 s . lid . ; W . E ., Hytton , 21 s . ; \\ . E ., Lambton , 22 s . Hd : W . E .. l'emberton , 21 s ; W . E ., Sherburn , 22 a . 'M ; \ V , E ., Sunderlaud , 2 ls . ; W . E ., Stewart ' s , 22 s . yd . -, \ V . E ., Llartlepool , 22 s . : 3 d ; W . t ., Adelaide , ' J ' Ji . 3 d . ; W . E ., Seymour Tew , ' Jif . O'd . ; W . i :., Tees , 22 s . : id . ; W . ' E ., Tenant ' s , ' . ' iis . yd . ; Cow pen Hartley , 18 s . —Sliip . s arrived since last day , 2 ^ s .
Souti'ali ., Dec . 4 . — -Although the supply of fat stock on sale to-day was tolerably good , the demand was steady at fully last week ' s quotations . Beef , from 2 s : lOd . to 4 s . * 2 d . ; Mutton , Us . to -Is . 2 d . : Veal , : ) s . to Us . Kid . ; and Fork , 2 s . Hd . to i ' 5 s . Hd . per Slbs . Stippiy : —Hea . sts , 44 ; Sheep , 1 , 100 ; Calves . 36 ; Pigs , 58 . RoMFoitD , Dec . 4 . —Prime Beasts and > , heep sold tVi'dv , other kinds of stock slowly , at I ' u . l prices . Href , from 2 * 1 nI . to Js . 4 d . ; Mutton , 2 s . lOd . to ! s . 2 d . ; "Wai , ;>> . to . 'is . lud . : and Pork , Js . t < d . to is . xj . per > ib » . SucUVwn Calves , J ^ s . t « . j" > . ; » fiiartet-old Store Pius , Ids . to 2 'is . ; ; uid Mi ! ii Cows , with their small Calf , Clfi to X 1 - . < each . Lewks , \) f . c . ; i . —Beef , fn . m . ' o . to i-. . :. : Mutl in , ' , 1 s . 2 d . to -l . s . Id . ; \ eal , on . tii . i . ^ . Sd . ; . iii . i Pork , , ' s . - > d . to . 'is . ( kl . per t-U <; . Supply ratiu-r limited , mid trade drm .
r , ) KX AVER . \<; i : s .- <; ,-i : cr ; il average p :-ict-e wf ? 5 riii > b i"i-ii lur tin- ufi-K emlt-il Nuv . ; jo l « 4 i , iiiaik U'lroiu tiie iLiturus ot ' . tlii' Inspector in the difli-rt'i ; ' . citids « ud towns m Hu ^ l . iiltl and Wales , per iiiipHi-ial iju . ii . ' fi-. ' . Vl . i-. it 4-J = 4 < l : Oats -Jls ' tiil llcms 3 Bs Od ii : trlt-y ' . 3 . " .. s 1 <* [ H \ .- ¦ iU -Jd IVaso tea lid Maxciiestku . —The uc ;; r approach ol' the Christ-, iias holidays , ami tiie continued decline in the price of cotton at Liverpool , combine to diminish the . ictivity of this market . The demand botli for goods , md yarn yesterday was limited ; and , in some few ¦; ises , slight reductions of price were submitted to . icnerally , - however , spinners and maiiutaeUirers are «> bare of stock , that they show no inclination to relax in their demands .
RociiDALB Flannei . Mauivet , Dk < . 2 . —ircre has lioeli very little change in the piece in . trkct to-day . i lie demand still continues limited , and prices low . la the wool market the manufacturers purchase very sparingly , at last week ' s prices . Maniiiesteu Corn Market . —Satiiidav , \ oy . 30 . —The Hour trade has continued in a st : ; te of the . reatest inactivity throughout the week , tlie bakers i lid dealers refraining from purcha . sinir more than larely suttices for the supply of their immediate ne-• es ^ ities , and any alteration in prices has li-en in
fat-om- of the buyer . For oats the deina : ; ' ! has been . iioderate , without alteration in value ; but oatmeal ias met a steady sale at fully previous rates . At our market , this morning , there was very little passing in any . description of wheat , and all Imt the choicest qualities might have been purchased at lower prices , i ' or flour the demand was likewise on the most limited scale , but in the absence of transactions to guide iis , we cannot alter our quotations . Oa ; s and oatmeal vere in steady request , and sold on rather higher ti'rms . The inquiry for beans was languid , at barely tiie previous currency .
Liverpool Coilv Market , Monday , Dec . 2 . — I hiring the past week we have had fair supplies of srraih , liour , and oatmeal from Ireland , and within the last three days several eargo ^ of barley have arrived round land . The only change in the rates of duty on foreign produce , is a decline ofls . per quar-(• ¦ r on barley , namely , to l > s . pec qa . u'tcr . The demand for wheat in tliis market Ins continued to be almost confined to the immediate lo .-ality ; holders of foreign ^ , however , have shown no disposition to give way in price , but Irish new has be-n . sold at a decline ot Id . to ' Jd . per hji-shcl from the rates < if Tuesday . i'Uvuv has met a dull sale , and home manufacture must be noted fully Is . per sack < hcaper , whilst Canadian has barely sustained previous rates . Oats
. "ml oatmeal , though only in moderate request , have ii 'iught rather higher prices ; good jne . iling oatsiJs . per ¦ I ") lbs . ; now meaJ 24 s . to 24 s " . Gd ., old 23 s . fid . to 24 s . ( . i-r 2 ! 0 lbs . Tlie supply ot" barley above noted has depressed the value oi maltino : qualities by fully 2 s . per quarter . In grinding barley , beans , or peas , there is no change to note . Livjiui'OOL Cattle Market , Monday , Dec . 2 . — riie supply of cat lie at market to-d « iy has been similar to last week , tlie greatest poition of inferior quality , anything good fetching high price ? . Beef . "Vd . to ">* d ., muiton r > U \ . to 0 »« i . per II ) . Cattle imjK'i-teil iiit'i LiviM-pmtl fi-om tlie l ^ th to the 21 th Nov . Cows l , i' 24 , calves ; W . sheep 2 / M . lau . hz u , pigs 4 , UH , Loi-scsy ;} .
- \ eiv . asti . e Cok . n Mahret . Saturday , . Nov . 50 . — viu-i liiriDers brought a moderate Mipply of wheat to this day ' s market , but we had ago id show of samples I ' rwiu the eoast , and a fair cxi-nt of business was transacted on similai- terms to last Saturday . Dutypaid foreign sold slowly at late rates , ' ine amvals <> f barley exceed the demand , which cui ? .. * a very dull tiaue , at prices the turn cheaper , " now oats were in moderate supply , and commanded an advance of Is . pe > quarter : but no alteration can be quoted in the value of old samples . Rye met very little attention . Malt was looking rather lower . Beans and peas remained without change . The amvals of flour are extremely large , and our millers having reduced their prices , Norfolk and Suffolk qualities could not be disposed of , to any extent , except at a reduction of is . per sack .
\ brk Corn- Market , Nov . 30 . —There is not much business passing to-day . For wheat the rates of last week are asked , but our millers are unwilling buyers , except at a trilling reduction ; the same may be said of the finest barley , whilst secondary and grinding qualities must be quoted fully Is . per quarter lower . Oats dull sale , and rather lower . Beans not so freely taken as of late , and Is . to 2 s . per quarter decline must be submitted to , to make sales . Malto . v C / m . v Market , Nov . SO . —We have a limited supply of grain oH' ering to this day ' s market . Fine wheat and the best runs of barley without alteration ; inferior wheat and barley Is . per quarter lower . Oats in good demand , without alteration . — Red wheat , new , 43 s . to 4 Ss . ; old dittos 50 s . to 54 s . ; ditto white , new , 50 s . to 54 s . ; old ditto , 52 s . to 56 s per quarter of 40 stone . Barley , 28 s . to 33 s . per quarter of 32 stone . Oats 9 M . tolOJd . per
stone-Leeds Corn Market , Tuesday , Dee . 3 . —Supplies ai-e » o \ y moderating , and we have less wheat offering than of late , but the general want of condition in new wheat operates against much improvement in priees . To-day there is a fair steady demand for all good dry qualities , and a more healthy feeling in the trade . No change in the value of fine barley , but inferior qualities remain dull and are rather " lower . Beans are fully Is . per quarter cheaper . Oata and shelling as last noted . Leeds Cloth MAHKETflT ^ There has been » alight tendency to improvement in the cloth markets this week , though they may still be considered of a depressed character . In the warehbustes . engaged in the foreign trade there is a little business going forward , though far less than during the corresponding period last year . The home trade appears aliaofit at a stand still .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 7, 1844, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct836/page/7/
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