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ggrinitturi aifii Borticuiture January 11, 1845. . TH1 NORTH^ RiN) iS TAR. ?
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Ggrinitturi Aifii Borticuiture January 11, 1845. . Th1 North^ Rin) Is Tar. ?
_ggrinitturi aifii _Borticuiture January 11 , 1845 . . TH 1 NORTH _^ RiN _) iS _TAR . ?
Hobticcltche.—The Old Year-Went Out At L...
Hobticcltche . —The old year-went out at last in _Verv good humour , giving us a more genial sunny day than we have _expeneneed during the last five or six weeks . The appearance of the weather about the _jniddle of last month was very threatening , and we benan to anticip ate a Tery severe winter ; but there is now room to hope thatthe winter wiU not prove of unusual severity . During mild weather pruning and nailing should now be set about in earnest , espe" _riallv _yrhcre tne walls are extensive and the trees full grown . It will be well i » leave the peach and nectarine trees till the b _eg inning or middle of the next month , as they are liable to be injured by veiy severe frost after recent pruning . AU the hardier trees may , however , be pruned with perfect safety , and the
sooner the work is out ot hand the better , as the spring will bring with it plenty of occupation . It _^ will be well for all primers to bear in mind thatthe whole art of pruning consists in insuring a plentiful supply of fruit-bearing wood in aU parts of the tree , and in removing all useless , _unhealthy wood or shoots . In order to effect these two objects thoroughly , It is necessary to make oneself acquainted with the fruitbearing habits of the _particular kind of tree to be pruned , so that having discovered the kind of wood on whicli the fruit is usuall y produced , we may know how to proceed in regulating and thinning the fruitghoots of the present year , and in cutting out all Useless wood . __ A little observation carefully noted down , and a little experience will , in this as in all
other practical matters , be worth a thousand essays _. There is no mystery at all about the matter , and people err chiefly because they endeavour to act according to some arbitrary rule , instead of following the laws of nature and the dictates of common sense . TJtc _Gr-ccnftouse . The greenhouse plants are again suffering severely froni the effects of damp ; this is _jKuihnijarly the case with geraniums , calceolarias , cinerarias , and other plants of a soft juicy nature . Wc do not remember to have seen them so much injured for some years . This is probably attributable to the absence of the sun , and the inability to ventilate during cold winds . The only remedy is to dry the atmosphere by putting on the fires for a few hours
every damp day . The last batches of hyacinths , narcissus , jonquils and other Dutch bulbs , may now be brought into the greenhouse . Thosewhicharethrow ing up their flower stems may be freely watered with liquid guano , as may the early geraniums , cinerarias , and Chinese primroses . —The Flower-garden . Prune the hardy roses , both dwarf and standard , if not done in autumn ; but leave the China and noisette kinds till March . _—UteMehen _^ garden . If the weather continues open and tolerabl y dry , it may be worth while to sow a small crop of earl y horn carrots and early frame peas . Choose for this purpose a warm sheltered border of light rich earth . —BsIVs Weekly Jfestenatr .
Aixotaiexts . —Sir E . Filmerspokeas follows on the allotment system at a late meeting of the Maidstone Farmers' Club : —It has been said that the worst master a poor man could have was himself , but he thought that had been fully disproved . lie had eighty allotments , which had been worked for ten years , and for the last four years there had been only one defaulter ; and that was a poor widow , who had not her money ready at the time , but paid it within a week . To prove that the poor man was not a bad master to himsplf _) he could give them a statement _vith whieh he had been furnished by one of his own labourers : —
Bent , 1 quarter of an acre £ 0 7 G Itanure , 17 s . Gd . ; Garden seeds , ls . Gd . ; Potatoes , lis . Su . 1 10 8 The produce of this was as follows : — Potatoes , £ 4 Is . Sd . ; Fruit , 10 s 4 11 8 _Vegetables for own consumption , § 10 0 ¦ 5 18 From which deduct 1 18 2 There would be a clear profit of £ 3 3 6 He went over the whole allotments afterwards , and found them much better farmed than they had been ; end although he did not think the allotment system _iras a panacea , yet he thought it relieved the poor man from a great deal of anxiety , and taught him his duty to himself and his master better than anything else did .
IsTEUEsnxG to Hop Growers . —Extract from the wpplement of Dr . Tire ' s " Dictionary of Arts and Sciences , ' proving thatthe processof brewing genuine London porter is by the use of 3 lb . of hops to one bushel of malt , or nearly so . The Doctor says , under the head of porter and brown stout— " I offer the Mowing statement of the process of brewing genuine London porter , believing it to be more near that really practised than any formula hitherto published —For 180 barrels of brownstout , containing from 80 to S 5 parts of malt , extract in 1 , 000 by weight . — Components : —530 bush . ( English measure ) of good barley malt ; 20 bushels do . of kiln-browned malt ; 12 cwt . of essentia-bina , caramel , or sugar fused Over a fire into a dark-brown or black syrup
mass ; 150 lb . of hops , or about 3 lb . TO EACH BUSHEL O malt ; 10 quarts of calfini , a preparation made with the oil distilled from the outer bark ofthe birch 5 quarts of good porter yeast . ; finings of isinglass dissolved in sour beer . The _essaitia-oina maybe dissolved k hot worts in a separate copper , and mixed with the rest by running it into the cooler immediately after the boiled wort is strained from the hops in the hop-back . The calfini ( a hocus-pocus term of the brewers ) is prepared as follows : —rub one ounce of birch-bark oilmtbabotile , withfour quarts of spirit * of wine 60 per cent , over proof ; cork the mouth _y of the bottle , and place it in a slightly warm position
till the oil be thoroughly combined with the alcohol , with the aid of occasional shaking . This solution being cooled , is to be filtered through paper and kept for use . The birch is an empyreumatic product , bade in large quantities in Russia and Poland , for ike purpose of giving flavour and conservative pro perties to the Russian leather . It is sold for Is . per _joart . The dose of calfini in porter is varied accordlag to the taste of the brewers and consumers . " The large quantity of hops now made use of is a very great increase on the old system , which has arisen com the value attached to them by the faculty , and even the brewers themselves acknowledge they cannot find a substitute for them .
Example _tovl shb Laxdowkees . —At the rent audit of J . S . rakington , Esq ., M . P ., held at Westwood , on the 23 rd ult , that gentleman liberally re turned ten per cent , to his tenants ; and further intimated his intention of thinning the quantity of game on his estates within such a limit that no damage shall be sustained by the occupiers . Pbotectiox of Chops from Hares axd Rabbits . — A correspondent of a contemporary writes as follows : — "Ihad cut and plashed a very fine withy coppice , which broke remarkably well , and for the first year was allowed to remain undisturbed ; but this peace Has of short duration , for in the second winter of their growth , the enemy was at work , and most effectually too , for whole roods in some places the
_beamifullv young shoots _werebrowsed off , as though » whole herd of forest eolts had been turned in . Knowing their aversion to the smell of tar , I circumscribed the scene of devastation with rope yarn , first clearing away all rubbish , such as brambles , high grass , Arc , making a clear space for operating ; I then fixed stump into the ground , at the distance of twelve feet apart , to which was affixed the yarn , in two lines—the lower one was six _inchesfrom the ground , the upper about eighteen ; there is no fear of either hares or rabbits jumping over ( unless pursued ) , as they invariably crawl through or under any obstruction to then progress . To render the plan Snore effective . I occasionally applied the tar brush ,
thereby causing a strong scent of tar . By this plan I savea my crop , and now make it a standing rule never to Lave a copse unfurnished with the above preventive . I advised a neighbouring farmer to try the same plan with a piece of carrots he had sown in the very heart of the game preserves , and of which the rabbits in particular are very fond : he did so , and with the like effect , assuring me , at the time of lifting the crop , that he believed there was not a tingle root or top touched . _Viira of Guano . —Dr . Ure quotes African as varying in composition as follows : — _iloistnre .. . from 21 to 2 C per cent . _linmmu .. . " 5 10 **
_Organic matter " 35 50 _Phosphate of lime " 23 33 " Phosphate of magnesia and ammonia .. . " 3 8 JUfcaliiie salts .. . " 1 . 6 5 * Sand , & c , ... " 12 " _Koir , the moisture is worth nothing , so that a sample Sting 5 per cent _, moisture , will contain but _Gisofid fano , and that more or less damaged . Ammonia _* _4 c most valuable ingredient , and maybe estimated _fe comparison with other manures ) at 6 d . and Sd . 5 * lb . ; so thatsamples , in other respects equal , one _fining 1 # , the other only 5 per cent , of _amtoonia-the first will be worth 2 a . 6 d . per cent ., ? _* 2 10 s . per ton , more than the other , lhe _JPSfEdient next in value is the phosphate ot i _^& e , _inrlnnimr that , nf _magnesia _, which are here
? a much more readily soluble state than in •* P * s : and taking bones to average half their weight _? _filiate , may be Talued at double the price ot _r'frdus L that is , taking bone-dustat ISs . per qaar-5 ** 3 art ., or _lH per lb . But these phosphates * ** decay ; and hence the more the ammonia and _» matters are rotted away , the richer isthe _rejo in phosphates . Forinstance , iffr _^ gnano _£ _**»« 15 per cent , phosphates , and taenloses _, l-4 th _§^ Mhc wholelo of p hosphatesi remain _. inthe _^^ due ; and 100 of such residue _toB contain , _& > that decayed guano becomes n _^ _^ F _™* 55 _** it loses ammonia ; the one going , m some 2 _^ to compensate the loss ofthe other . The orfc _^ ters _, free from ammonia and nitrogen , are SS * elements in the worth of guano , and are _Equable _tomtoar _^ of _^^ e c _™ - 2 £ r _*& the ammonia and p hosphates . In tins _SE _^ _Taav be worth is . ( or niore ) . per _^ cwt . The iff' * « alts _arein such small quantity , that i _^ may * « tfer to simplify the calculation by omitting
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them . The value of guano may then be estimated according to its contents , in—1 . Ammonia : 2 . Phos phates : 3 . Organic matter . For example , taketwo samples of African guano—No . 1 . Fair ; No . 2 . Inferior—containing as follows , per 100 lbs . : — >"<>• 1 . So . 2 . 6 . d . s- d . Moisture ( no value ) ... 30 ... 33 Ammonia , at 6 d . ... 8 4 0 ... 5 2 C Phosphates , _ljd . ... 25 3 1 J ... 30 3 9 Organic matter , Is . per CTrt - 40 0 4 ... 28 0 3 7 5 _£ 6 C Their proportionate values will be about as 7 s . 6 d . to 6 s . Gd . ; their actual prices depending on the state ofthe market , but still bearing the same proportions ,
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Improvement I>- The Atmospheric Railway....
Improvement i > - the Atmospheric Railway . —M . Hallette , an experienced engineer and maker of steam-engines , at Arras , near Calais ; in France , has patented an invention , which he regards as an important improvement on the Atmosphere Railway of Messrs . Ulegg and Samuda , and likely so far to perfect that principle of railway construction as to give it an unquestionable and great superiority over the present methods of constructing and working railways . Our readers are aware that in the Atmospheric Railway , the moving power is not a locomotive engine , but the pressure of the atmosphere on a piston which moves in a large tube laid longitudinally between the rails . To give this power , it is
needhUto exhaust the tube of air as far as practicable , which is done by stationary steam-engines , placed at certain distances along the line , say , from two to three miles apart , by which engines air-pumps are worked . If the exhaustion were perfect , the pressure of air on the surface of the piston would be equal to fifteen pounds to the square inch ; and even with the degree of exhaustion which is found to'be practicable , a power is obtained sufficient to move the largest trains at a speed far greater than has ever been attained by locomotive engines . Mcdhurst _, a Danish engineer , proposed the adoption of this principle for the transmission of letters , in 1810 . The ridiculous idea was once conceived , of making a tube so large that carriages with passengers might be shot
along from London to Brighton ! Of course this was abandoned , and the idea was then entertained of attaching the carriages moving on a r ailway to a piston travelling in the interior ofthe tube ; but the difficulty was , to connect the piston with the carriages , without admitting the air into the tubewhich admission of air would at once destroy the vacuum , and with it the moving principle . Messrs . Clcgg and Samnda , two able engineers , after many experiments , succeeded in accomplishing this object ; and after a successful trial on a piece of railway half a mile long , at Wormwood Scrubbs , they constructed a railway from Kingstown to Dalkey , a mile and . three quarters in length , which has fieen in actual operation for the conveyance of passengers and goods ,
many months , with complete success . The means contrived by Clegg and Samuda for attaching the carriages to the piston was , to make a groove along the tube , covered with a leathern flap , which , being weighted and covered with wax allows a cable or bar connecting the piston with the carriages to tra verse—opening with ease to admit the passage of the cable , and closing after it , so as almost , but not entirely , to prevent the admission of ah-. The apparatus is extremely ingenious ; it requires the application of a heated iron behind of the piston to melt the wax , and a roller following the piston to re-seal it ; and it allows of a _leakagei > hich the patentees calculate as equal to fifteen per cent , of the power employed to exhaust the air . The improvement
made by M . Hallette is in providing a means of opening and dosing the _lohgitutlihal grooves , no as to prevent the loss of power by leakage . He has endeavoured to imitate nature , by providing a pair of flexible lips to the groove , which allow ofthe passage ofthe piston-bar , or cable , without admitting the air . It _impossible , as every one may find on trial , to pass a quill or pencil between the lips from one side ofthe mouth tc the other , without admitting the least air into the mouth or out of it . M . Hallette has made artificial lips , by disposing along the parallel edges of the longitudinal groove two little cylinders , cut laterally , so that the concave of the one cyfinder is opposite to the concave ofthe other ; and filling each cylinder with a kind of hollow gut or tube , of leather _orothermaterial impermeable to air , which tubes , being filled with compressed air , and lying in close contact with each other , form a kind of elastic _lijys , that open like the lips of a man , and allow a bar or cable to pass along them without admitting anv air
into the large tube . Such is the method of M . Hallette , who states that after experiments made publicly on a short railway at Arras , he has proved that the artificial lips , placed along the groove of the tube , hermetically close it , and effectually prevent the admission of air into the exhausted portion of the tube as the piston passes . His invention also affords the means of bringing the piston and train to a stand much more quickly than any other system , and , of conrsc , it is better adapted than any other to the descent of considerable inclinations . M . Arago , and other distinguished men of science hi France , have declared their approbation of M . Hallctte ' s invention ; and a commission , composed of Messrs . Charles Dupin , Arago , Seguier , Morin , and Piobert , has been appointed to report upon it to the Academie des Sciences . We understand that patents have been taken out for M . Hallette's invention in England , Scotland , and Ireland .
French Academy of Sciences . —Sitting of Dec 30 . —One ofthe first papers read was from M . Jules Desportes , relative to the announcement made at the last sitting of a new mode of lithographic printing in colours , practised at the royal printing-office , and of which some beautiful specimens have been exhibited . According to M . Desportes , the process adopted at the royal printing-office has no superiority over those of Engclmann , Lcmercicr , Formentin , and others . A communication was received from M . _Desbordcaux , of Caen , proposing a mode of plating upon steel by the galvanic process , in the mode of operating practised by Messrs . Ruolz and Elkington . It is found necessary to cover the article which is to be silvered with a slight coating of copper , without , which the steel will not receive the silver .
M . Dcsbordeaux states that the necessity for this coating of copper maybe avoided by plunging the article for a few seconds in a mixture composed of one gramme of nitrate of silver , one gramme of nitrate of mercury , four grammes of nitric acid , at forty of Beaume ' s aerometer , and 120 granmies of distilled water . A long paper was received from Dr . Leopold Turk , on the nature and treatment of typhus fever . His paper has no interest but for medical men , and for such an analysis would not suffice . We must refer them , therefore , to the paper itself , merely observing that they will find in it many things opposed to the generally-received notions on this subject . For the general reader , we have to remark that Dr . Turk regards typhus fever as a
general malady , attacking the entire system , and in which bleeding is useless . He says he has ascertained that the disease has generally an intermittent character , and therefore he treats it as such . He employs the alcoholic infusion of hark in lotions , the aqueous solution of bark as a drink , and the sulphate of quinine in injections . He gives fourteen cases in which , according to his statement , this treatment was successful . Mr . Ackermann , formerly surgeon major of the navy , who passed three consecutive years at Madagascar , submitted to the Academy the project of a scientific voyage , with a view to the exploration of the-interior of this important island . M . Ackermann considers that much valuable information would result from the realisation of his
project . Detectiox of Neim . es , & c ., in tub Human * Bodv . —When you suspect the presence of a piece of needle , or other steel instrument , you must subject the suspected part to a treatment calculated to render the needle magnetic ; and there are two principal methods by which this object may be effected . The first , by transmitting a galvanic current , at right angles , to the 8 Uipccted part ; the second , by placing a large magnet near the part affected , so that the object may be magnetised bv induction . You may accomplish the first end by taking a copper wire , covered with
cotton , or still better with silk ( in tact , you may employ the covered wire as generally used for the formation of electro-magnets ) , and wind it round the parts suspected to contain steel several times , so that the same current may act at right angles many times upon the p iece of steel ; you may then take a galvanic battery ( one of my little tumbler batteries will amplv suffice ) , and connect one end of the wire tothe zinc , the other to the platinised silver . The current might be continued for half an hour , or more , when the steel would become magnetised , and thereby g ive strong indications of its presence . — Smee , «> Medical Times .
Are and Exercise . —People who are travelling especiallv in clear frosty weather , whenthe _atmosphere is " of the greatest specific gravity , and more oxven is taken into the lungs at a single inspiration than in hot or hazy weather , will drink asmuch spirit with impunitv as would intoxicate them five or six times over were they sitting in a confined room . It is not an uncommon thing for a man , whose maximum of whiskcv toddy is a couple of glasses , to find , after having as 6 ended Ben Lomond , that he has _unknowinF _lvsVanowedawholc bottleofunddut _^ Glenhvat . TheHi _^ _hlandersarepi-overbidforthequantityofwhiswiou
key they drink , and for the little injury it aoes . Mahvof them habitually drink a wme-glass oi raw _Bpirit directly upon rising in a morning . T «• fliem it ii a " cup that cheers but not inebriates . lbey _ aie not _intoxicated by it for the moment , nor do they suffer in any marked degree froni the nsual remote _coSqucnce _^ of dram drinking . . They are _. not take the tavern frequenter and , spint-tippler of the crowded city-jaundiced , consumptive , impotent unbecile or paralvsed , dying before his time . They arc hS cSul , and vigorous despite their practices And wherefore this marvellous « f e n _roJ air and free exercise are the foundation of itaiL Mp / Ucal Times .
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WoNDEnFUL Improvements in _Copper-fiate Engraving and Printing . —The Art Union for the present month gives an account , together with a specimen , ofthe new process whereby engravings may be multiplied , ad infinitum , and at a small cost . It appeal's that the inventor , an English engraver ,, can in a few days , copy a large and elaborate engraving , ' with such accuracy , that the difference between tho original and the copy will be imperceptible : that an engraving on steel or copper can be produced solely from an impression of a print , and that this plate will yield from ten to twenty thousand impressions . The Ar t Ohion also gives the following account of a new discovery called Anastatic Printing : — "We have been favoured with an opportunity of inspecting , at the offices of Mr . J . WoodsNo . 3 Eargeyard-
, , chambers _^ Bucklersbury , a process of reprinting , to ' which this name has been given . We are aware that many attempts have , at different times , been made to arrive , by similar means , at an _avaUable result . These have been attended with various successes , but in no case amounting , hitherto , to anything profitable . To describe the present result in as iew words as possible : It is the production of any lorm of letterpress , or any quality of print , drawing , engraving , or lithograph , in an unlimited quantitv , in an inconceivabl y brief space of time . Any journal , lor instance , say the _ifoming Post , might , in twenty minutes , be prepared for reprinting , merely from a single number , and worked off with the ordinary rapidity ofthe steam-press . It is our puipose fullv to describe , in the next number of the Art Union " the
, process whereby this is effected , and to show the admirable _apphcability of the invention to all those kinds of eroquis drawings , sketches , « fcc , which have hitherto been presented to the public eye as wood engraving , by giving as a specimen a page of draw- ' nigs by distinguished artists , printed in this manner _, lhe proprietors are scarcely yet prepared to work their ' patent on the extensive scale which they contemplate . tt e have , however , seen a set of drawings , fresh from ' the hands of the artists , prepared for printing , and printed off in littlo more than a quarter of an hour ! In less than a quarter of an hour from the time of receiving the sketch , the printer will present tothe
artist proots ot his work , which shall resemble the original as perfectl y as if it had been reflected on the ' paper touch for touch . In presenting these specimens we shall describe the process at length in the next number of the Art Union . In the meantime , it must be observed that it is impossible to define the development of this , to say the least , truly wonderful invention , whereby the work of the artist is repro-i dueed in fac-simile , without the slightest point of difference ; the finest and rarest engravings may be reprinted , adinfim ' tum , and last , though not least , ' books may be reprinted , as from stereotypes , in un-i limited quantity . " f
A Bowl Of "Punch" Fresh Brewed
A BOWL OF " PUNCH" FRESH BREWED
Sexsmiliiv Of The Pharisees.—The Ipswich...
_SExsmiLiiv of the Pharisees . —The Ipswich . Earpress publishes a statement that puts the sensibilities af the dwellers of Ipswich in the rosiest light . If we ' are to believe the Express , then are Ipswich folks of the porcelain of all human clay , having the very fenderest affections towards—themselves . At the present time , it appeal's , there are three convicts in Ipswich gaol under sentence of death . Well , the town of Ipswich bestirs itself , and despatches " an ; earnest petition to the Secretary ot StateWor
what ? Is the town doubtful of the efficacy of capitalpunishments , and therefore does it sue for a commutation of the sentence ? B y no means ; the town leaves the culprits to the halter , and in the depths of its tenderness only thinks of itself 1 The petition , " signed by the authorities of the town , " is to this benevolent effect ; it prays—That the prisoner ( Mary Sheming _) might be respited until the execuiion of the two Howells and Shipley , in the hope that the town might he spared the infliction of two public executions .
And the town of Ipswich feels its heart somewhat thelighter , "foran advance has been made" towards its wishes , Mary Sheming being respited until the 11 th inst . But—The execution ofthe other criminals being ordered to _takeplaca on the 23 th of January , it is not improbable that , in deference to the earnest vetaHon of the _authorities the female prisoner may receive a further respite . That is , the law , cat-like , but in deference to the authorities , may sport with the agony of Mary Sheming until the 25 th ! The reputation of Sir James Graham , as Home Secretary , certainly owes something to the condemned cell ; and as he linked his name with Mary Furley , he may not in this latter instance refuse historic companionship with Mary _Shemins-.
But why , allow us to ask , should there not be two executions , if executions are permitted at all ? Their advocates contend that they are beneficial as public examples . * If so , why should there not be two examples instead of one ? Why not , to the shuddering popidation of Ipswich , read two terrible moral lessons ? Wherefore lose one awful opportunity of illustrating the solemn usefulness of the punishment of death ? Or if , indeed , the feelings of the town are so acute—if Ipswich shrinks at the thought of so appalling , so ghastly an exhibition—wherefore hang at all ? The advocates of hanging , as a social example , should rather husband their resources , that their influence might be more frequent . To beg a respite , only that there may be a double execution , is
certainly to lessen the number of wholesome examples . We are aware that George III . —a very great authorit y on hanging—was not of this opinion . Under his reign there was always what Peaehem calls a " a decent execution . " It is a fact , not to be too frequently quoted against the champions of the gallows , that on the 23 rd of June , Yl _& i _^ -subregepio—the jffew Drop was first used , when fifteen convicts were together executed . More than this ; from the following February to the 1 st of December , there w » e ninetysix—more than an average of two a wee _* -hanged in front of Newgate ; and for what ? Wh y , the great majorit y for offences which in thepresent time would be punished with various terms of transportation , the evil-doers being first taught a trade in a Model Prison . Let it be known that fifteen human creatures were to be hanged in the Old Bailey on Monday
—and the metropolis , nay , the whole country , would rise in indignation against the wickedness ; a wickednees which , however , our forefathers thought necessary to social security , as their forefathers , in their daily business walks , saw in the heads of traitors festering on Temple Bar , the ghastly yet fitting evidences of the right divine of kings . To return , however , to Ipswich , and the selfishness of its sympathies . In its tenderness for itself , and its apathy towards the suffering convict , we are reminded ofthe sensibility of a certain lady of fashion . She had a pet spaniel that , in a momentary freak , bit a piece out of the footman ' s leg . Whereupon , the lady , thinking ofthe dog as if indeed it were a part of herself , exclaimed — " Poor little dear ! I hope it won't make it ill . " Now , never mind the sufferings of Mary Sheming , but don't let Ipswich be made illlet Ipswich be " spared an infliction . "
A . "Wahm Woollen Dress . "— John Matthews was recently discharged from Brinkworth Gaol , _Wiltshire ; he having been committed there for two months for desertion of his wife and children . That is , the man went to Wales to obtain work , leaving his wife and children in the workhouse . He was unsuccessful in his attempt to be employed—no shirking idler , be it remembered—he returned to the workhouse , and was sent to gaol . In this way , in some places in merry England , does Justice play the grim mountebank ! * The man was discharged in the late bitter cold weather . "He was most miserably clad , having exchanged his _ivarm woollen prison dress for his own clothes—mere rags ; the upper garments consisting of an old waistcoat and a thin slop . He
was also suffering from a diseased heart , a complaint of long standing ' . " The end is soon told . He had no money ; he took shelter in a hovel near the road , where there happened to be some straw . " Here , according to his own account , he remained from the Wednesday evening till the Monday morning , during a most intense frost , and having nothing to eat except the remaining portion of the loaf which was given him on Icavhig the prison . " On the Wednesday afternoon the man was conveyed to the Malmesbiiry Union , his feet being so badly frost-bitten , that the surgeon declared he must lose them ! The man died on the Saturday . His wife , on the inquest ,
said that he "had always been kind to her and the child , was a sober man , and brought his earnings home , when able to work . " The jury returned the following verdict : — " That deceased died from the inclemency ofthe weather , and the jury arc of opinion , that disease of the heart , and sudden exposure to cold on leaving the prison with insufficient _clothing , rendered him peculiarlv susceptible of its _enectsL And thus it is proved to a bold peasantry , a country's pride , that it is better to endure , with all its ignominy , " a warm woollen prison dress , " than to seek , by the honest _emplovment of their energies , the comfortable , clothing of- a free labourer . In the one case he is well-fed , and well-clothed ; in the other he is starved , and dies with gangrened legs , the victim of " bitter weather . "
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* In the Times' report of the recent execution of Vf _iUiarn Kendrew , at York , we read , in the following sentence , a friL'htful comment on the social effect of hanging : — _£ young man was detected , almost at the foot of the _scaftold _, in the act of picking pockets . "
Fatal Railwat Accident.—On Tuesday Night...
Fatal _Railwat Accident . —On Tuesday night an inquest was held in Guy ' s Hospital , before Mr . Josep h , Payne , deputy coroner , on the body of Charles Meaden , aged 25 , late a guard in the service ofthe London and Dover Railway Company . Thomas Slater , of _Ash-, ford , ah engine-driver on the London and Dover KaiJwav , said that he kaew the deceased , who was in the same employ as _guards On Christmas-day , about hye p . m ., he was at the New-cross station , going out witn a train , when he gave the usual whistle , aud then looked round to see that the carriages were all right , Whilst doing so he saw something fall , about three yards from the end of the platform . He reversed his engine , and put down the break , and on going bacK found it to bcthed « : eased , whowaslymgmthe slpne . Witness having procured another guard , proceeaeu on to _Ashfbrd , and the deceased was removed by an
Fatal Railwat Accident.—On Tuesday Night...
engine and carriage to Guy ' s Hospital . The signal had been given for him to g _' o on . William Wadley , a porter at the New-cross station , deposed to bringing the deceased to the hospital . Ou their , way he told witness he was endeavouring to seat himself on the carriage when lie missed his hold and fell , one or two of the carriages passing over his arm , which was much shattered . Mr . Andrew Davis , house surgeon , said deceased was brought in on Christmas-day , suffering from a very severe compound comminuted fracture of the right fore-arm . His arm was amputated a few houss after his admission by Mr , Calloway . He died on Monday morning from irritation and exhaustion consequent on the injury . The deceased ' s brother , who appeared deeply affected , said he had no complaint to . make against any one , and the jury being also satisfied , returned a verdict of Accidental Death . An intimation was made to the coroner that the company would bury the deceased , and make provision for lhe widow .
Sanguinarv Epicurism. — There Is A Curio...
Sanguinarv Epicurism . — There Is a curious alchemy in human nature which enables men to convert the most repulsive aliments into dainties . Some have been known to feed on poisons . It is with the moral as with the physical part of our being . Nero is said to have wished that he had never learned to write when he signed his first death-warrant ; and Robespierre gave up a judgeship rather than pronounce a sentence of death . They became in time perfect gourmands in what was at first so nauseous to them . Such rulers as those we havo named have vulgar voracious appetites for slaughter . They feed lustily , like p loughmen . But there arc men with delicate and fastidious appetites , who prefer tiny titbits , and linger over their repast to prolong the
Eleasure . The former class are the gluttons , the itter the epicures of death-punishments . It strikes us that the present Secretary of State for the Home Department occasionally betrays symptoms of being a little of the epicure in this respect . Par exemple . — A Minister may be justified for habituall y aliowing the law to take its course , even in the case of death-Sumshments ; but- in " such cases prompt and stern ecisiori is mercy . Now , there is at present a woman —Mary Sheming—lying under sentence of death at Ipswich . She was ordered for execution on Tuesday last , and three men , are ordered for execution on Saturday ,, the 23 th . The authorities of Ipswichapparently , from a wish to bolt the whole of their share of the nauseous morsel of death-punishment at once—petitioned that Mary Sheming might be respited till the day fixed for the execution ofthe three men . Tho Home Secretary has respited her till the
lltu , and the Ipswich newspaper intimates a hope that he may yet be moved to grant a further respite . There is something in this doling out of respites by halves even more cruel than prompt refusal . The criminal is kept in a prolonged alternation of hope and fear . The secretary plays with her as a cat with a mouse , when , in the Yery wantonness of secure possession , the brute , cuffs it from side to side , and delays the finishing stroke . He resembles the bon-vivant talcing smaller and smaller sips of his last glass as lie : gets nearer the bottom . Sir James hesitates like a schoolboy , doubtful whether to make two bites of his cherry , or reserve it for one rich mouthful ; he cannot decide whether it is better to divide the pleasure , by having two executions , or to reserve the whole four cul prits for one glorious full-gorged hanging-matoh . The question is a difficult one , and accordingly he has taken a fortnight to make up his mind . This is making the most of a treat . —Spectator .
The General Post-office . —On Saturday the following Post-office order was p laced in the hands of the several postmen , by direction of the Postmaster-General , having also been issued to all postmasters , sub-postmasters , and letter-receivers : — " General Post-office ,-December , 1844 , No . 37 . —On and after the 1 st of January next , should any letter or packet be tendered at your office , which you may ascertain to contain , or which you have every reason to believe contains , any ofthe following articles , viz ., any glass or glass bottle , any razor , scissors , knife , fork , or other sharp instrument ; any leeches , game , fish , flesh , fruit , vegetables , or _Qtl _ierperishable substance { any _bladdev or other vessel containing liquid ; or any article , matter , or thing _whatsoever which might , by pressure _uuierwisereimereu urious eiiner
or , ue uy w we omcera ofthe Post-office , or to the contents ofthe mail-bags , you will refuse to receive such letter or packet . In the event of any letter or packet being taken by you , and you do not until afterwards discover th . it it contains any article as above described , or should any such letter or packet be deposited in the letter-box , you will not forward it to its destination , but you will detain it in your office , and inform me by the nrst post of the circumstance , stating the precise address of the letter or packet , and its contents , or what you suppose them to be , when proper steps will be taken in this department in the case , and you will be
instructed in what manner to dispose of the letter or packet . Should any letter or packet containing any article as before mentioned not be discovered by the postmaster at whose office it may be posted , but be forwarded on to its destination , the receiving postmaster to whose town it may be addressed , upon discovering , or having reason to believe , that its contents are such as those alluded to , will not send it out for delivery , but will detain it in his office , reporting the circumstance to me by the first post , and stating the nature of its contents , when he will bo duly instructed in what manner to dispose of it , — -By command , W . L . Mabehly , Secretary . "
s Extraordinary Marriage , —An old man , aged 85 years , who has long been a teacher at Maucliline , and for the latter eleven years of his pilgrimage blind , ( yet strange to say , still teaching "the young idea how to shoot , " bethought himself , a few weeks ago , of a helpmate , and , in his peregrinations to Kilmarnock , happened to fall in with a woman of less than half his age , whom , on hinting his views , he found was on terms with a younger son of Adam , who belonged to the thriftless fraternity of weavers . Marriage , it appeared , had often been hinted by the knight of the shuttle , but not that direct query put which is so grateful to the ears of womankind . The patriarchal instructor had not passed so many of the young through his hands not to be able to take advantage ofthe opeuing thus afforded ; and , in order to counterbalance the difference of years ( the other , of being blind to her faults , provided he might be alive
to her perfections , not being taken into account ) , held forth the advantages of a comfortable fireside , with something to make the pot boil , in contradistinction to the " muslin-kaill , " that would probably be her staple commodity did she engage with his young rival . Coming to close terras , he at once proposed to leave her , should she survive to be his widow , £ 100 and a house , of which he is . proprietor . This decided the no-longer thoughtless maiden to bring matters to an issue with the man of threads . He , when pressed to 'declare his sentiments , professed his unchanged regard , but proposed to wait for better times . " No tune like the present , " thought the damsel , and she ' closed with the offer of her aged suitor ; and , as the bridegroom had no time to lose , the nuptial knot was ¦ tied this week . —Kilmarnock Journal .
Thb _OrrERTORT . —We last week gave the Rev . J . R . Prctyman credit for a oharitable action in having given a dinner to thirty poor persons in the Countyhall . From the report of the Bucks Herald ( to which attention is called by a correspondent ) , it appears that this dinner was paid with the communion alms . This is certainly a strange ( and , we rather think , an illegal ) manner of disposing of the contributions of the faithful . The communicants have always been led to think , that in giving their alms they were bestowing their charities direct upon their poorer _neighbouw . — Aylesbury News .
A Sad Reverse . —Four mdividuals , who were a few years since occupiers of as many farms of considerable extent in the parish , are now working on the roads for . the means of existence , at BoarstaU , Bucks . A sad reverse this , from master to man , from the land to the road , to be obliged to labour on the hig hways for the parish surveyors , at tho small sum paid them for their work ; we believe eight shillings is the highest , down to six shillings per week . With two of them it is the more severely felt from their having largo families to support .
EXTRAORPIRART LlTIBR ATTESTING THR EFFICACT of Hollowat ' s Medicisbs is BAnBADOEs—received by J . Young Edghill , Esq ., Professor Holloway's Agent for the above Island : — " My kind Benefactor : With the most affectionate gratitude and respect , I acknowledge your liberality in the Pills and Ointment you sent me on the 31 st of last month , from the use of which I have derived a benefit almost incredible ; the favourable change in my leg , and tho promising appearance it has _assumed , cherishes my dearest hope of recovery , provided I can manage to
obtain the medicines , and continue an uninterrupted use of them . They have , indeed , realised my opinion of their efficacy , and I very much regret I have been obliged to apply another dressing this morning , being entirely out _. of the Ointment . I now send per bearer one dollar and a half , which I have just obtained from a friend , and shall be obliged to you to receive it , and send mepne of your large pots of Ointment ; I shall take particular care to report to you my state and progress of recovery . Signed—Joilv B . C . Wilson . August 8 th , 1844 . "
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BANKRUPTS . ( From _Tuesdays Gazette . J William Toule , . Addle-street , Wood-street , City , commission-agent— Thomas Chandler , Bow-lane , huihler—John Mandeno , Grove-street , Hackney , market-gardener —Thomas Heyely , jun ., Newcastle-upon-Tyne , plumber-John _Uarff , Liverpool ,. merchant—James Booth , Brownhul , Yorkshire , _woollen-cloth-manufacturer — William Lutwyche _, Birmingham , brass-founder . MCI _. ABATIOK 9 OF DIVIDEND 8 . 3 P' , ? . ' _Newcastle-upon-Tyne , ship-broker , second a finai _, d , _T 1 _^ nd of is 7 id in the pound , any Saturday , at the office of Mr . Baker , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . J . Dyson , Sheffield , scythe-manufacturer , first dividend m 6 d . P , 2 , pound , any Wednesday after Jan . 9 , at the office of Mr . Freeman , Leeds .
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J . Dixon , Sheffield , linen draper , second and final dividend of 2 s 4 d in the pound , any Wednesday after Jan . 9 , at the office of Mr . Freeman , Leeds . W . Batty , Kingston-upon-llull , currier , first dividend of Is in the pound , any Wednesday after Jan . 9 , at the omce of Ml * . Freeman , Leeds . , H . and G . _Sehonswar , Kingston-upon-llull , merchants , third dividend of 8 d in tho pound , any Wednesday alter Jan . 9 , at the office of Mr . Freeman , Leeds . It . Pullen _, Selby , Yorkshire , flax-merchant , second and final dividend of 4 _Jd in the pound , any Wednesday after Jan . 9 , at the office of Mr . Freeman , Leeds . R . Currie _, Newcastle-upon-Tyne , bookseller , first dividend of 4 s iu tho pound , any Saturday , at the office of Mr . Baker , Nowcastle-upon-Tyne . W . Ilayton , Sunderland , coal-fitter , third and final dividend of Id aud _7-15 tlis of a penny in the pound , any Saturday , at the office of Mr . Baker , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . " tailorfifth dividend of
II . Kerr , Woolwich , , 2 Jrt in the pound , Saturday , Jan . 11 , and two following Wednesdays , at the office of Mr . Groom , Ahehurch-lane , City . J . Ward , Upper Ground-street , iroufoumler , second dividend of Is 8 d hi the pound , any Wednesday , at the office ofifr . Turquand , Old Jewry . , . ... E _. Tuck , _Ilnjmai'kct _, silversmith , first dividend of udm Hie pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Turquand , Old Jewry . J . Prior and II . Brady , Kingston-upon-llull , brushnianufacturcrs , first dividend of 2 s Gd in the pound , any Wednesday after Jan . S , at the office of Mr . Freeman , Leeds . J . Wilson , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , linen-manufacturer , first and final dividend of Is 3 d and 8 J 0 ths of a penny in the pound , any Saturday , at the office of Mr . Baker , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . , T . Bodham , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , grocer , first and final dividend of 9 d and 7-10 ths of Id in the pound , any Saturday , at the office of Mr . Baker , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . It . Brew , Compton-street , Ilegent-square , licensed victualler , first dividend of Old in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Turquand , Old Jewry .
E . II . Poster , Hathern , Leicestershire , tanner , second dividend of 2 _£ d in the sound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Belcher , King's Arms-yard , _Golemau-strect . J . Cockburn , New Broad-street , City , merchant , fourth dividend of 3 Jd in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Turquand , Old Jewry . T . Donkin , Cambridge , victualler , first dividend of 2 d in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Turquand , Old Jewry , , J . Hurley , Woburn _, Bedfordshire , plumber , second dividend of 4 d in the pound , any Wednesday , at-the office of Mr . Turquand , Old Jewry . C . Graydon , St . Ann ' s-place , Limehouse , ship-chandler , second dividend of Cd in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Turquand , Old Jewry , J , Byle , Manchester , banker , fourth dividend of 2 s Cd in the pound , Wednesday , Jan . 22 , aud any subsequent Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Pott , Manchester .
A . Tregear and T . C . Lewis , Cheapside , print-sellers , first dividend of 20 s in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Belcher , King ' s Anns-yard , Coleman-street . J . Balls , _Ilollowuy-road _, Islington , livery _stahlo-lcccpcr , first dividend of 3 s iu the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Belcher , King ' s Arms-yard , Coleman-street . A . Portivay , Braintree , Essex , tea-dealer , first dividend of 3 s 6 d in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr , Belcher , King ' s _Arms-3-ard , Coleman-street . J . Baker , Komsey _, Hampshire , grocer , first dividend of 5 s in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Belcher , King ' s Arms-yard , Colcman-strcct . J . Scholcfield , Cheapside , cutler , first dividend of 4 s lid in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Belcher , King ' s Arms-yard , Coleman-street .
DIVIDENDS . Jan . 28 , J . Waeey , Beech-street , Barbican , bookseller-Jan , 28 , J . and B . Bewe , Oxford , booksellers—Jan . 30 , J . Oliver and J . York , Stony Stratford , Buckinghamshire , bankers—Jan . 30 , J . Oliver , J . York , and K . Harrison , Tiptorf , Staffordshire , coalmasters—Jan . 30 , A . Lett , _Commerciabroad , Lambeth , timber merchant —Jan . 30 , T . Roberts , Blackmail-street , Rorough—Jan . 30 , T . G . Thorn , Southampton , builder—Jan . 31 , E . Ashwcll , Yeldon , Bedfordshire , dealer and chapman—Jan . 31 , G . and S . Potter , and J . Krauss , Manchester , calico printers—Jan . 30 , W . Cochran and J . V . Robertson , City , merchants—Jau . 30 , W . P . Kobertson , Buenos Ayres , merchant . _CEMIMOATES TO DE CHANTED , UNLESS CAUSE BE SHOWS TO TnE CONTRAKT ON THE DAT OF MEETING .
Jan . 30 , T . Sherwood , Theuurst _, Berkshire , brickmaker —Jan . 30 , J . Burgess , Cratfield , Suffolk , farmer—Jan . 29 , W . Smith , Gloucester-street , Hoxton , builder—Jan , 28 , W . Brookes , Gilbert-street Grosvenor-square , grocer—Jan , 28 , T . and J . WalUer , York-road , Lambeth , uphol sterers-Jan . 28 , A . _Akehui'St , East Mailing , Kent , baker —Jan . 29 , R . Parkinson , Parsley , Yorkshire , cloth-innnu _. facturer—Jan . 29 , A . W . Pollock , Liverpool , COW _aiWion merchant—Jan . 29 , It . E . Walker , Li _verpool , merchant-Jan . 20 , W . Cross , Chester . , lead merchant-Jan . 30 , S . Eccles , Manchester , cotton manufacturer—Jan . 28 , C . Mann , Romford , Essex , banker .
_PABTKEBSUIPS DISSOLVED , J . A . Foreshow and R . Foreshow , jun ., Liverpool , merchant—S . and II . W . WiUtins , Judd-place , West St . Pan ; eras , stonemasons—R . C . Edleston , n . Fisher , and R , C . Edleston , Nantwich . Cheshire , attorneys ; as far as regards H . Fisher-W . P . Budd , W , Woodward , J . Bletchley , W . A . Long , and W . Oliver , London , commoncarriers—L . Eastwood , G . Johnson , and E . Tavo _, Manchester , joiners—1 ) . Fletcher and J . Payne , Denmarkhill , Camberwell , schoolmasters—J . Cramond and A . Schuyler , jun ., Lime-street , City , ship-ageuts—T . Giles and ( i . Foster , Leicester , yarn-manufacturers—T . Marston _, sen ., and . T . Mavston , jun ., Birmingham , goldbeaters—0 . K . Ayres and It . Parkinson , John-Street , Berkeley-square , architects—R . Blackbird and W . R . Hunter , Newcastle-upon-Tyiie , shipbrokevs — J . A ., and J . S . Burnley , Batley , Yorkshire , woollenmanufacturers ; as far as regards A , Burnley—1 * .
CrooK , sen ., ana r . Crook , juu ., Manchester , cottonnianufacturers—M . Blandin and G . A . Brown , Liverpool , merchauls—II . Guy and W . B . Burrell , jun ., Chelmsford , bookseUevss—J . Neville , J . Ainsworth , and J , Beardsworth , Blackburn , attorneys ; as far as regards J . Ueardsworth—E . Hall and J . Burnett , Lythani _, Lancashire , plumbers—M . ltokes and W . Webster , _BUickmaiistreet _, _Southward , furnishing undertakers—W . Buckle , J . Smith , and J . Booth , Bradford ,, Yorkshire , worsted spinners ; as far as regards W . Buckle—W .-l'awson and J . Keuworthy , Leeds , woollen-cloth manufacturers—J . Yfoollatt and G . Walton , Derby , upholsterers—T . Baker , J . Davis , and V . Harris , Bromley , Staffordshire , coalmastevs—J . German , T . Grundy , T . Heywood , und J . Grundy , Preston , cotton-spinners ; as far as regards J . German—R . Dickson , R . Watson , R . W . Robinson , and J . II . Wood , Stockton , drapers ; as far as regards It . Dickson—E . Beard and 0 . II . Chitty , Lewes , _brewws—A . Windus , E . Beard and C . II . Chitty , Lewes , winemerchants ; as far as regards 0 . II . Chitty—J . Beynon , J . Jones , and R . Beynon , Margaret-street , Cavendish-square , embossers—11 . White and 11 . B . Baas , Ilalesworth ,
Suffolk , attorneys—E . and F . Farndcn , Long-acre , hatters—J . Currie , L . Currie , sen ., L . Currie , jun ., and A . Currie , Bromley , Middlesex , distillers ; as far as regards L . Currie ; sen . —II . Brown and W . II . ' Marstoii , Coventry , pawnbrokers—J . and W . Moore , Sellinge , Kent , ' millers—W . Jackson and J . Ranger , Trowbridge , auctioneers—W . Pass aud J . Shelmerdine , Altrineham , Cheshire , attorneys— W . Casson and G . B . Withington _, Manchester , attorneys—P . Murphy and J . _'KirklauJ , Blackmoor-strcet , Drury-Iane , grocers—W . ' A . " I ' alian and W . Pindar , Gainsburgh _, Lincolnshire , feather-merchants—J . Hannah and T . Heath , Bridge-street , Westminster , wine-merchants—A . D . Cuffley'aud J . Heighway , Manchester , paper-hangers—C . Lewis , and K . J . Hunan , Stangatestreet , Lambeth , tin-plate-workers—II ., J . T ., and R . Shaw , Fetter-lane , Fleet-street , printers ; as far as regards R . Shaw—S . Skinner and S . Closs , jun ., Springstreet , Sussex-gardens , Hyde Park , saddlers—W . Masterman , W . Peters , D . Mildred , J . Masterman , J . Masterman , juu ., and F . Mildred , Nicholas-lane , Lombard-street , City , bankers ; as far as regards W . Masterman—E . T , Clarksou and E . E . Whitaker _, _Calne , _; Wilts , attorneys .
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_Londox Conif Exchange , Monday , Dec . 6 . —The wind haying got round to the south-west , a good many vessels of grain laden arrived towards the close of the past week , some of which had been a long time on passage . Of English wheat , barley , arid flour , and of _Scotch and Irish oats , the supplies were liberal , and a fair quantity of barley arrived from abroad . The receipts of English oats were not large , nor were the supplies of beans and peas particularly abundant . Tins morning there were several cargoes of wheat fresh up from Lincolnshire , but the quantity offering by land carnage samples from the neighbouring counties was trifling . Of barley , the display of samples was rather considerable-, and thero were , in addition to the quantity of oats reported , a few vessels with this grain from Ireland fresh up . Beans were in good supply , whilst peas were rather scarce .
Tho wheat trade opened slowly , and onl y the best dry qualities sold readily at the currency of Monday last , other descriptions being difficult of disposal . The transactions in free foreign wheat were on a retail scale , and quotations underwent no change requiring notice . In bond nothing whatever was done _, flour hung heavily on hand , and shi p marks were rather easier to buy . Superior malting barley was scarce , and selected qualities brought fully previous prices ; secondary descriptions were on the other hand very unsaleable , and barley supported former terms . Malt being on hand , the supply exceeded the demand . Though factors acceded to a decline of 6 d . to Is . per or . on most _lunds of oats , the dealers did not buy freely , and only a moderate clearance was made . Beans moved off tardily at about
Monday ' s terms . Peas wero held firmly , but the demand was not lively . With constant arrivals of red clover seed from abroad , prices of the article have tended downwards . The inquiry for white has also been slow , and to-day there was very little doing . Other sorts of seeds in retail request at former tonus . CURRENT PRICES OF GRAIN , PER IMPERIAL QUARTER . —BAluh . s b s s Wheat , Essex , k Kent , new k old red 42 48 Wliito 51 84 -Norfolkand Lincoln . ... do 43 4 C Ditto 48 53 . _^ Northum . and Scotch white 41 46 Fine 48 52 Irish red old ' 0 0 Bed 41 44 White 45 48 Rye Old M 3 S New SI 52 Bmuik 86 S 8 Barley Grinding . . 27 29 Distil . 30 S 3 Malt . 34 38 Malt Brown .... 54 56 Pale 58 63 Ware 31 65 Beaui Tickiold & _newM 84 Harrow 33 88 Pigeon 88 42 Peas Grev 83 22 _Mnple 32 85 White 36 4 _« Oati Lincoln * k Yorkshire Feed 32 24 Poland 23 26 Scotch Angu « 23 as Potato 25 27
Irish White 21 22 Black 21 22 Per 2801 b . net a _s Per 280 lb . net . s s Town-made Flour ... 43 45 Norfolk & Stockton 35 34 Essex and Kent . . . . 34 36 Irish 34 35 Free . Bond . Foreign . sua Wheat , Dantsic , Konigsburg _, _tfcc SO HQ 86 iO Marks , Mecklenburg ...... . .. 48 54 22 S 3 Danish , Holstein , and Friesland red 44 47 30 31 Russian , llard 45 46 Soft ... 45 47 23 30 Italian , Red . . 48 50 White ... SO 52 32 34 Spanish , Hard . 4 « 50 Soft ... . 48 52 82 84 Rye , Baltic , Dried , ... 31 83 Undried . . 31 32 21 24 Barley , Grinding . 27 20 Malting . . 53 34 24 80 Beans , Ticks , _. 32 84- Egyptian . 31 32 26 30 Peas , Whito . . 86 38 Maplo .. 88 34 .., 28 30 0 at 9 , Dutch , Brew and Tliiek 24 28 10 21 Russian feed 21 22 15 16 Danish , Friesland feed . . 21 23 15 17 Flow , per banal . 25 28 20 21
_Londojt _Smitut ! i 5 z . d Mabket , Jan . C . — lhe export season having been pretty generally brought to a close in Holland , in consequence of the various ports being blocked up with ice , it is now placed beyond a doubt that the imports of live stock from the Conti-
Londox Conif Exchange, Monday , Dec. 6.—...
nent , for some time hence , will be on a veiy limited scale . On looking over those for the past year ( which will be found below ) we find they have considerably exceeded those of 1842 and 1843 , both as respects numbers and quality ; and it appears to us quite evident , from the exertions now making bythe foreign graziers to improve the condition of their beasts and sheep , that the . importations for 1845 will be . much larger than we have ever before noticed . In the week just concluded 16 sheep and 18 oxen and cow 3 have been received for this market , and which were dis « posed of on Friday last . With tills exception , no arrivals have taken place into any of the ports of the United Kingdom . The official returns of the _impor * tations of boasts and sheep give the following results : —
FROM DEC . 31 TO JAN . 4 , 1845 . Beasts . Sheep . London 2581 1814 Hull 1 G 90 775 ; Liverpool SI " Southampton 103 5 Totals 4495 2603 . ' To-day there were only 4 beasts and 8 sheep on sale from abroad ; but , as thev were somewhat out of condition , they attracted very little attention . Although there was only a moderate number of beasts offering in to-day ' s market , the principal portion of which was of very middling cpiality , the demand for that description of stock , notwithstanding wc had a fair attendance of buyers , was extremely inactive . Tho few prime Scots offering wore mostly disposed of at
prices about equal to those obtained on Monday last ; but the value of most other breeds was lowcr _' by 2 d . per 81 b ., and even at that amount of depression a clearance was not effected . There wore very few serious cases of disease apparent amongst the beasts , yet they came to hand somewhat out of condition . The sheep were , generally speaking , hi good order , and their weight was equal to . that of most former seasons . For the time of year , the supply of sheep was rather limited , Prime old downs were in fair request , and last week ' s quotations were steadily supported . All other breeds were on full sale , though not cheaper . The supply of calves was quite equal to the demand , which ruled somewhat inactive ,. at previous quotations . There were upwards of 200 pigs on sale from Ireland . Prime small English were Ul fair request , but other qualities being heavily on hand , at late prices .
By the quantities of 81 b ., sinking the ofla ! . s . d . s . d . Inferior coarse beasts . 2 C 2 10 Second quality . . . . 3034 : Prime large oxen . .. 3638 Prime Scots , < fcc » 10 4 2 Coarse inferior sheep ... 2 8 2 10 Second quality . . . . 3 0 3 6 Prime coarse woolled ... 3 S 3 19 Prime Southdown . . . .-4 0 4 4 Large coarse calvos .... 3 4 4 ft Prime small 4 2 4 4 Suckling calves each . . . 18 0 30 0 Large hogs 3 0 3 6 Neat small porkers . . . 3 8 4 0 Quarter-old store pigs each . , 16 0 2 _» 0
CORK AVERAGES . —General average prices of British corn for the week ended Jan . 4 , 1845 , made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different cities and towns in England and Wales , per imperial quarter . Wheat .. 45 s . 3 d . I Oats .... ills .- 10 _U . j Beans .. 3 Gs . Id . Barley .. 34 s . 2 d . ( Rye „„ 83 s . U , [ Pease .. 36 s . Id . _Smitupield Hatmakkets . —Coarse Meadow Hay , £ 3 10 s to £ 4 15 s ; Useful ditto , £ 4 16 s to £ 5 4 s ; fine Upland , ditto , £ 6 5 s to £ 5 10 s ; Clover Hay , £ 4 10 s to £ 6 ; Oat Straw , £ 114 s to £ 110 s ; Wheat Straw , £ 1 lGs to £ 1 ISs per load . A fair average supply , and a steady demand . Meat Markets , Soutiiall , _Jax . 8 . ~ We had rather a steady demand for the primest beasts and sheep , but all other kinds of stock , which were in fair average supply , were a dull sale , at barely stationary prices , Bccf _. _' from 2 s lOd to 4 s ; mutton , 2 s 8 d to is Id _yeal . _Ss «< j t 6 4 a . anu povK , _£ s 8 d to 3 s Sd Per 8 lbs ., to sink the offal . Supply : —beasts , 40 ; sheep , 1 , 450 ; calves , 41 ; pigs , 52 .
Homfokd , Jan . 8 . —Generally speaking , wc had a very inactive demand here this morning , and the rates were with difficulty supported , Beef , from 2 s 8 d to 4 s ; mutton , 2 s 10 ( 1 to 4 s 4 d ; veal , 3 s 6 d to 4 s ; and pork , 3 s to 3 s 8 d per 81 b * . Sucking calves , ISs to 30 s ; quarter-old store pigs , 10 s to 20 s ; and milch cows , with their small calfj £ 16 to £ 19 each . Hailsham , Jan . 8 . —We had a very dull inquiry for stock , the quotations of whieh had a downward tendency . Beef , from 2 s lOd to 4 s 2 d ; mutton , 3 s to 4 s 4 d ; veal , 3 s Cd to 4 s ; and pork , 3 s to 3 s 6 d per 81 bs .
Arundel , Jan . 7 . —Beef , from 3 s to 4 s ; mutton , 3 s to 4 s 4 d £ veal , ; 3 s Gd to 3 s lOd ; and pork , 3 s to 3 s Cd per _Slbs . Supply but moderate , and trade dull . Chichester , Jan . 8 . —There was a scanty show of prime stock , which in consequence supported previous figures . The value of other kinds was lower . Beef , from 2 s Sd to 4 s 2 d ; mutton , 3 s to 4 s 4 d ; veal , 3 s 4 d to 4 s ; and pork , 2 s lOd to 3 s Cd per 8 lbs . Suckling calves , 18 s to 28 s ; quarter-old Store Pigs , 16 s to 19 s ; and Milch Cows , £ 10 to £ 18 10 s each . Coal Market . _—Pricei ner ton at the close of tho market ; : —Buddie ' s West Hartley , 20 b ; Oarr _' s Hartley 20 s , - Charlotte Main , 21 s ; Basting ' s Hartley , 20 s ; Holywell'Main , 21 s ; Hedley ' s Hartley , lis ; Old Pontop , 19 s Od ; Ord _' s Redheugh _, 19 s ; Taylor ' s West Hartley , 20 s ; Townley , 19 s Cd ; Wylam , 20 s 9 d ; W . E ., Bell and Brown , 22 s ; W . E ., Clark and Co .,
20 s ; W . E „ . Clennell , 20 s Cd ; W . E ., _Gosforth , 22 s ; W . E ., Heaton , 21 s 9 d ; _'W . E ., Hilda , 21 s Cd ; W . E ., Hotspur , 2 ls Gd ; W . E ., Killingworth , 21 s 6 d ; W . E . Wharncliffe , 21 s 9 d ; Eden Main , 22 s ; W . E ., Belmont , 22 s 6 d ; W . D ., _Braddyll ' s Hetton , 24 s ; W . ' E ., Hetton , 22 s ; W . E „ _Haswell , 24 s ; W . E ., Hetton , 24 s ; Hytton , 22 s ; Lambton , 24 s ; Morrison , 21 s 6 d ; "Shotton , 24 s ; Stewart ' s , 24 s ; Whitwell , 22 s Cd ; Caradoc , 23 s Cd ; Cassop , 23 s 6 d ' ; ' Hartlepool , 23 s 9 d ; Heselden , 21 s 6 d ; Heugh Hall , 22 s Cd ; Kelloe , " 23 s 9 d ; South Hartlepool , 23 s ; South Kelloe , 23 s 6 d ; Adelaide , 23 s 6 d ; Bitchburn , 22 s ; Gordon , 20 s 9 d ; Seymour Tees , 23 s ; Tees , 23 s Cd ; Wost Hetton , 21 s ; Cowpon ' Hartley , 20 s 6 d : Garnaut Stone , ' 26 s '; Lcwiss Merthyr , 21 s Od ; Moreton ' s Milford Stone ; 26 s ; _TowiuihT Elgin , 19 s Gd : Welch Channel , 35 s ; West Hartley , Netherton , 20 s ; West Hartley , 19 s Cd . —Ships' arrived , 52 .
_Manchester Corn Market , Saturday , Jan . 4 . — During the week the trade has been in a lifeless state ; arid in the absence of demand , beyond that for present consumption , no change can be noted in the value of any article . At our market tliis morning the inquiry for wheat was very limited , and we repeat our quotations , nominally , as on tliis day _ae _nnig ht . Elour was in but moderate request _: no reduction in prices can , however , be noted . The demand for oats was on the most limited scale , and the previous currency was not obtainable . For oatmeal there was a fair consumptive demand , at full prices , but thescareityof the article caused a limitation to the business which would otherwise have been donei Beans were onlv a slow sale .
State ot Trade . —The improvement which we noticed in this market last week was fully sustained yesterday , when the demand botli for yarn and goods _, was considerable ; and the market being exceedingly bare , 01 ' stock , purchasers were compelled , in Boinc cases , to _^ ivc , for immediate delivery , an advance ofld . to _Jd . per pound on yarn , and of lid- to 3 d . per piece on 40-inch shirtings . Many contracts for future delivery have also been made at full previous rates . —Manchester Guardian , of Wednesday . Liverpool Corn Exchange , Tuesday , Jan . 1 . —A change of wind has brought up a numerous fleet of vessels the last three clays , and our import list shows a large supply of the chief articles of tho trade . The trade has continued to exhibit much the same want of animation that we have had occasion to notice for
several weeks past , horcign wheat lias been held at previous rates ; but on Friday new was sold on rather easier terms . Flour has moved slowly , and has barely sustained tho prices of last Tuesday . Oats have still met a very limited demand ; and , at the close of the week , a parcel or two of good mealing were disposed of at 3 s . to 3 s . Id . per 45 lb . Oatmeal had only a moderate sale , without change as to price . In barley or peas , wc have had little passing . A small parcel or two of Egyptian beans have been sold at 33 s . Cd . per 4801 b . There was a good choice
of Irish new grain at to-day ' s market , with a moderate attendance of buyers . Tho best descriptions of wheat realised 6 s . lOd . per 701 b ., whieh was the top quotation last Tuesday ; but tho _secondaiyqualities were Id . to 2 d . per 701 b . cheaper . Prices of flour did not vary . Oats were offering id . per bushel lower , and the business in this article was not large : at the same time , there did not appear to be much disposition to press sales . Oatmeal met a fair demand at a decline of about 3 d . per load . No change in tho value of barley , beans , or peas .
Liverpool Cattle Market , Monday , Jan . 6 . — We have had a smaller supply of beasts at market to-day than last week ; of sheep about the same . Bed met with dull sale at from 5 | d to 5 Jd per lb . Mutton in good demand at from 5 _£ d . to Gid . perlb . —• Cattle imported into Liverpool , from the 30 th Dec . to the 6 th Jan .: —Cows , 1 , 087 ; Calves , 43 ; Sheep , 3 , 135 ; Lambs , 2 ; Pigs , 4 , 791 ; Horses , 17 . Maltom Corn Market , Jan . 4 . —Wc had . a fair quantity of grain offering to tliis day's market . Wheat of good quality at last week ' s prices ; inferior rather lower . In barley and oats no alteration . — Wheat , red , 44 s . to 48 s . ; old ditto , 60 s . to 52 s . ; ditto , white , 50 s . to 58 s ; old ditto , 53 s . to 58 s . per qr . of 40 stones . Barley 28 s . to 32 s . per qr . of 32 _st . Oats , Bid . to 103 d . per stone .
Leeds Cork Market , Tuesdat , _Jajt . 7 . — Our arrivals here this week are fair , but not large , considering the detention . The Wheat trade is again slow ; last week ' s rates are , however , generally demanded for all dry qualities , but the demand is only to a moderate extent , and a small decline is conceded upon damp and secondary qualities . Fine Barley is m rather better request at l ast week ' s prices , while all other sorts remain very dull . Oats and Beans as last noted . Leeds Cloth Markets . —There has been a fair business—season considered—at the Cloth Hnlls this week ; the transactions in the warehouses but flat . A general improvement , however , is confidently looked for .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 11, 1845, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_11011845/page/7/
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