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FRANCE . SracrDi jlsb Mtedeb . —The Gazette da Tribunaux states that on Wednesday last a deplorable event caused a considerable excitement amongst the inhabitants of the loose 2 w > . 2 , in the Rue des FiHesdn-Calraire . Two jotmg persons , lately married , were found dead from suffocation in iheirljea-chaniber . Tbe husband , -who -was a elockmaker , seat ids apprenlace-irith a message to a distant part of the town in carder to lave time to carry his project into execution . "When the apprentice returned , he ibund the door dosed , and after having in rain Imocked for some time ie determined to apply to a loekEmith . "When the door TFas opened the unfortunate couple "were found dead on their hed , locked in each others ' sarms . A large chafing dish , containine the remains of a
quantity of eharcoal , was found in the centre of the chamber . The cause of this double suicide has not been ascertained . Their furniture showed that they irere fcoth affluent arid orderly . The same journal states that a considerable multitude assembled on Saturday last at the Court of _ Assize of Melun . The serious nature of the eharge to be investigated , the talent of the public prosecutor , and the number of olijeeis -which ~ were to be produced in evidence amongst the Test a large earthen disK In wlut-L "was preserved thehea «! oiihe vietiin ^ -sthniilnted the curiosity of the inhabitants of Melun . The facts , as stated by the Attorney-General , were a » iollovs : — An aired "woman , named Nerpn . a widow , without children , bavins o-rtviv ^ l a warm ali \* ciinn for a familv nanivu Mt'nrer . - » . i !<' . iu-r i » rM « t-m w . - \ \\\\\ Avt
amonc ^ .-. > : r u > r ner own u > , > an annuity uf 2 ' > . » f . aud . 1 cuy-ital < f " > i » * ti ' . AlKi . it < -hrht months after tbe -wi-Wiv > even \ h-: a : » . rvsidt * With tile family uf die Menri-rs . vani-hing the ;" aniily -sviih her money ; and !> y her attention to " their an ' airs . she perished , the victim of a horrible murder . l » n the ] &th of July last the lifeless body of the widow Nevt-n was found in a well , attached to the house of the Mergers . At first it -was considered that her death "was the effect of accident , but on a t-loser »_ -xain'iialion it was discovered that £ ie had been .-Lot through the head . Suspicions then fell upon the son of Merger , -who had remained ax home alone with the wiltnr on tie day of her deati , and who was known io have purchased pocket pistols , which fact he denied . A long chain of circumstantial evidence having been established . Merger the younger was ibnnd guilty of the murder of the widow Neven . and sentenced to hard labour for life . He- was removed from court uttering the most solemn protestations of
nnocence . Distress a Pxhis . —It would seeni that every year at the approach of winter the Parisian operatives suffer severely , and this year the rigorous season is announced by facts which ought to-awaken the solicitude of the Administration . The withdrawal of so large a proportion of the deposits lodged in the savings ' -banks _ ; the state of the hospitals ^ which are encumbered with sick ; the extraordinary number of children , women , aid even operatives , seeking for employment , who are found begging in the streets of Paris ; all these facts demonstrate the existence of great distress ,
SPAIN . PROGRESS OF THE IKSUREECTIOX . The advices from Spain fully confirm the intelligence Trhieh we were enabled to " give last week of the r ising of Zurbano in Old Castile . Subsequent accounts , though they are by no means full , enable us to state that the insurrection is rapidly extendin ' . The news produced a great sensation in Madrid , rh qngh the Government had endeavoured , by decla - rations in the Chamber , to dimmish its importance . 2 sarvaez stated , is rep 3 y to questions addressed to him , that Znrbano was merely at tie head of a few brigands , and that , he expected a few hours would terminate the rebel ' s career . The following article , from the Jvurs ^ l .. « I'd-cn of Saturday , contains all that was known at Par ; * , or < m the frontier , of tie proceedings of Zuroano - '
At the ursi news 01 £ h « march of Zurich .. . thr C : » i . uu ! . &ensrs 3 ofStirgvs 2 nsr * = hed n . z the ijead - - -i" r ~ . vv L-artahou :-, Znriiano Had a ==-einhl—2 hi ? i «>! Io- « rers t- _ - tir !; aabrr vf : •< . < cr 60 . in the envirtn ^ o ; ' L-. croiiv . On ihr -ouTh i-ani .-2 the Ebro . ami had suddenly entered tbr . ' -rtir- tomi i .: itaiera , between Logrviio and > aci < j Dtociss-o it 1 * Calrada . On the 14 ih , the Commandant Crenerel \ d L .-crono , iiaTing advanced in a 3 haste on Xajera , Zurbano t-racasted it , after fca-rruj : received a mm of 50 iuuros r- ' ** ? - ) ns pan of a contribution -which he had levied on the riace . Be here added about 12 or 15 horsemen to his band , together with a few young men whom he compelled to 2 <> m ids troop , trhoch he deasnated by the title " Armv for the restoration of the constitution . " X > nring his > t 3 T at Sajera , he proclaimed the government of Espartero , and shot the ageiK . of-public security , an ofSce- ^> eTriT c-reatt-d , and which uoxeers to our eommissarv of police .
X ) nniig his short slay Zurhano- toolj possessioiJ t'f all the horses which were in a state for service , dismissed the different anthorines , and established a new mcnidpalitr composed of Esparterists and repnblicans . All the vonng men . -who could effect their escape from his forced recruitment , sought refuge at Logrono , or in the-mountains , ¦ where lbs * soon spread the alarm of what had taken pla . ee . The province of Lojrronohas been declared in a state of siege . The same step has "been pursued with regard to Santandtr , but the reason of this has not transpired . Bj a Soyal decree , counter signed by 5 arra £ 2 , General 2-arbano is deprived of his rank , his honours , and his decorations , as gnUly of high treason . An order has been given that if caught he sbal ! be immediately shot , without any other delay than that required to confirm hi = 5 dent :: T . The following is the proclamation issued by Zurbano on his taking up arms against tie Spanish Government : —
Soldiers and Comrades , —Let as rise to combat despotism for tht fourth time : Let us rise to beat to the earth for ever that scuurge of humanity , a thousand tones more infamous Than ihux v . hich , at the cost of tht blood cf the lovers of freedom , you crashed on the plains Oi Savarrt ; ' Believe ii , soldiers that what you nu \ v beiold is z nation chained to the earth and jrrcaaijig uii Jer the nn .-st deadlj opprtsrluu , without rights , without li-• benr , xvithoui a tanm ; wii _ vtnernblv code enarrd . which , it the ct ~ : of srrearns o- blood , i : pleased llt-a ^ -tn to grant you . A vile and txisiard faction is now ihe ir"biter of the destinies and interests of this magniiiccnt aaaon , in whicli the spark oflife tha : vet remains i ^ m . jrt sad than death ixsclf . Shall I say thai yvu are not her sons , because yuu have been deceived , and that you have ~ b&en used as instruments in their libertiridt plan > ? 5 o . Jj >< an say thai you are not aware of belonging to that
© jjpressed people wnose rignrs von are charged to defend ? 2 ? t > J 1 JibM iiot do jon su -m-nVVi injusiice . T o joti "belongs that liberrr of which yon hava * been -deprived to yon StheJongs to regain and protect that ' constitution , now wounded to death , "which , with solemn oaths , you have so often sworn to defend . On it depends the security of jonr fenuHes and your interests . If you allow it to perish , you are forging the chains of your country , and in favour of the most detestable of monopolies . The choice hetween the sIztoj and liberty of your fatherland cannot he doubtful- A slight effort is only required , because tyrants are always coward *; and tyrants are not ¦ worthj of Tnlrag a nation so noble " and so valiant as jonxs—teat nation of which your oppressors became possessed "by means of the hlaciest infamv , hj abusing in the most infamous manner your credulity , vonr generostj , and your good faith .
Soldiers and Nationals '^ -Gome and join my ranis ; where yon know that I have been , and shall be , ever the foremost in the hour of danger . Come . ' and 1 « haTl soon proudly lead yon to victory ; and our -watchword , our ral-Miig sign shall be , as in the ' other provinces— " FircZa cWtituSon . ' " " Tica Jidbdla JL Constitutional : " ' ri- ;< la Ju-ata Central : " " Ylva General EsparUro : " " Ttta la Jndej-aidemcc Salional . '" Yuar-creneral ana -Coca-aafi . 31 isn ? j ZrxBjLso . 52 era , 5 ov . 15 th , 1844 .
Addiuon . —I am authorized l > y the ^ upr ^ nie Centml Junta to grant immediate pronioik > n to eytrr ^ chieiand omctr who , hejng ^ rtcognised as suoh , may join the ranks of iht amsy of liberty ; as also to diminish by two years of service those soldiers of the const-ri ] . t }< m of 4 ] and 4-J vii .. shall present themselves to n ; r : whilst the -nhok : " those of the present conscripnun , on aii- ? -un : o : " its iik--gtliiy , shall be sent to their hoiucs , 1-rcau ^ e the uturj .- ^ - © ovemment had no faculry u > rms-e tiieiii , i , it had r ^ . t the authoritj of the Cortes . SiBAGOSSA . —The intelligence of Zurbano s revolt reached Saragossa on the night of the lith . and produced an extraordinary sensation in that liberal town . The inhabitants openly sympathised with the Tevolters , and on the 16 th the Tjublic excitement rose
to such an extent that Genera ; 1 ' reton declared the place toT > e in a state of aege , and distributed his tmopsin commanding positions . On the same day ths political chief issued a bando , directing every cioien to deliver op , within twenty-four hours , all the arms , offensive « r defensive , in his possession , under pain of severe penalties . Several domiciliary Tisits were made in the course of the 17 th . On the evening of that day ( the time of the departure of my advices ) Saraeossa ' was in a very agitated state , and there is lifcle ~ doubt that if Zurbano can maintain Idmself a feT days longer the capital of Aragon will pronounce for the constitution of 1837 . Ctneral Breton has applied to Ms Government for Tonlwcements .
Onihexsth the two villages of Castillo de Echo and Castillo fie Ans , between the valley of Roncal , Upper Aragon , * nd the Pyrenees , compelled their aTuntamientos to rtsi gn , and pronounced for the constitution of 1 S 37- S » me troops and the Custom Soose « ffieersin the nei ^ bourhood have been disarmed without any difficulty \ y the insurgents . Babooosa . — A Barcelona leV * r of the 16 th . states that the authorities having made se «> ral domiciliarv Tdats in Bearch . of arms , most of the innjjitants who lad retained any had taken alarm , and n ^ bt after night muskets , pistols , &c , were thrown inv , the street * . Seven persons vrere arrested at Rues , on the Jlibf on a charge of conspiracy , and removed tc different points for imprisonment .
Insures Ei Assji&ox . —Letters irom Bayonne oi tiae 21 st , follv confirm the previous accounts of the rapid progress makbg by Zurbano in Upper and
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Lower Arracon , and give the lie completely to the stories circulated by the Spanish Consul at Bayonne , of his having taken refuge in Navarre , On the 18 th General Znrbano and his troops entered the town of Soria , where he was well received by the inhabitants . He , however , found that previous to his arrival the political chief of the placeliad issued a bando , ordering that Zurbano should be shot , if taken prisoner , tipon his ample identity being proved . Zurbano , ttpon this , ordered , the political chief himself to be shot , as an example to all persons in authority not to publish such atrocious and samroinarv mandates
These orders were at once carried into execution . A battalion of theregimentof Saragossahas ^ wwwiiw ^ crf , and gone over to Zurbano , and it is expected that the example will be followed by more of the troops . Information has also been received that a rising has taken place in the province of Guipuscoa in favour of the constitutional cause . Two towns , Ascotia and Aspetia , have pronounced , and General Iturbide has placed himself at the head of the move ment . It is reported that a further rising has taken place in the province of Galicia , which is known to be in a state of disaffection .
Madrid . Nov . 19 . —General Araoz , a distinguishei officer , has been arrested and thrown into prison , for no other apparent reason than that he -was some years asro the commanding officer of General Prim ; General Ramirez , thouii with the weight of eighty years upon his -liouldeiv , is indVml otf to the Canary lslan « l > . and . on his remonstrating , is arrested , thrust hno a < - «; u-h . < iixl carri ' . ' <] to ib < - castle of St . ' ' ataiina . at I ' adiz . till an opportunity offers of sending him lx' \ n : > d \ fae mus . Kveii ill bt'iilih i > i : >> prut action a- ^ i-jist siii-js liifii as i \ w a « i'iiLS of Nrvrvae ? in Madrid .
llfiicnu K »;> i !!< iZii . in thi- i * : u- of a inettii-al roj > ort tluit in- i > uniit tu bv nmi'ved . is sent off under an esi-ort to lVit'i ltii-o . whili' General An- ' istazabal is x'nt in a ^ im ilaj- suniman mai ; nrr t < i Cuba . Such pi \ it-ec » 3 in'js would , i : i : ; ny case , bo harsh and arbitrary ; V » ut in the present " msuinw ^ . theiv ljeintr in fact no ehartro against the officers in question ; and no reason for th' -ir arrest and banishment , but a vague -and guilty fear on the part of the Government , their deportation can only be looked upon as the grossest tyranny and oppression . Peul—The greatest attention was still excited by the condemnation of General Prim to an imprisonment of six years in a fortress out of the Peninsula . The result o ' f an appeal to the Supreme Council of War and Marine was anxiously awaited .
State op the Lssurrectios . —The silence of the French telegraph in regard to Zurbano ' a movements —the false intelligence propagated by the Paris Ministerial journals , and notably by the DibaU , Globe , and Presst—the fact of seven provinces in Spain being declared in a state of siege ^—the bandos of divers Captains-General , decreeing the penalty of death to be eniorced at their will and pleasure—the cruel and oppressive conduct of the French authorities at the frontiers towards all liberal Spaniards—all these matters , we say , indicate pretty clearly that the insurrection is progressing , and that the cause of liberty is gaining strength . The more ^ arvaez boasts of bernc able to put down the revolt , the more are we satisfied that the reign of his power is at an end . We cannot foreet the significant language of Mendizabel when addressing recently one oi * the attaches of the Spanish Legation in Paris— " In three numtfos time you will rettive your orders from me . "
The SenttHilh tf « Pyrenees , in announcing the movement of the two towns , Castillo de Echo , and Castillo de Anso , adds that the insurgents had disarmed 200 troops of the line , in addition to the carbineers and Custom-house officers . The same journal also declares that the valley of Tena has also made its movement . The Bayonne correspondent of the Sational writes on the " 21 st instant : — " ¦ tVhilf ZurbaiiO was briievtd V > be in the hands of his fG ? aii « fr a > oiitary wander * r on the mountains , the intrepid i hief ha * by n bold manar-uvn : p > t into the capital "f th- province "f Si . ria . ii 5 1 am told , and thidinfT . on i !! i < ri !! K . a prfTlaniati-in i > f the political i-hh'fi > o « li-d up
in the streets , snvinp orders t « - > fire on the insurgent fii-n « - ru ! , •¦ r . \ i iaK » -n aiivi-, if > < hoo ! him within an h <> ur , Zurban .. ti-t-nt ii : imr- < liat-ely t <> thr rt-sidfnt nf the polirica ] , xirr-steil him , ai ; d j pplyii !} . ' to him tin- Vs ? - 'io / iii . had him * hn : within the hour . I am also informi-d tliat the trf « " > ps in the city of Soria ha ^ e joined the insurrection ; and it L > likewise given to me as a positive fact that a battalion of the Sarajrossa regiment , sent out in pursuit of Zurbano , has passed in a body over to bis cause . No one can tell at what point this terrible and indefatigable leader nmy appear «> n the morrow . A letter from St . Sebastian hasb ^ en communicated to me , which states that General Iturbe , who inhabited Guipuscoa , has declared himself , and drawn with him the towns of Aspeitia and Ascoitia . Movements are also said to have been made in Galicia and Andalusia ; and , according to reports from travellers arrived from Spain , the fidelity of the Queen's troops is
tottenng m all parts . An official account has arrived here , announcing that the whole of Upper Arragon has pronotmced itself , and that the carabineers and other parts of the troops have made common cause with the insurrection . In fine , 1 am enabled to assure you that the report published here in the ministerial journal , that the movement is made in the name of Espartero , is completely false . Zurbano , and those who second him , raise no other cries than " The Constitution of 1837 : " ' Down with the tyrants . '"' The flags of the liberating army bear these words , "' Isabella II . and the Constitution ! " Some soldiers , on joining Zurbano , have cried , *• Long live Espartero ! " but this was a souvenir , and not a political act . It i * fai ^ e that Espartero has been proclaimed . The insurrection is made in the name of the Constitution , and in hatred of the violent counter-rtvolution , and has a character of nationalitv in « hich men act from principle .
> Lm > rtd , Nov . 20 . —The correspondent of the Time says , " I have it from agt > od source that Zurbano , undisturlied and undismayed , continued to proceed right on in the direction he had originally , as it now appears , and as I believe I already anticipated , he intended , towards Saragos ? a ; and that he had arrived in the neighbourhood of Tiidela , close to the Arrasronese frontier , at the head of 500 infantry a . nd 200 horse . He liad sent a . messenger to Sara <_ r o * sa , to inform hi > friends there of his intention to move on that place . The mesvienfrer was . however , taken
and shot by order vf the Captain-General . A person who arrived here last nicnt , on foot , brought the above account to tho * e much interested in the movement . One fact i > certain , that two expresses arrived here last evening , one within an hour or two after the other , with despatches from some of the military authorities in that part of the country to the Ministers of War and for the Interior ; and tliat the Government has not published them up to the present honr—and it is now half-past eight o ' clock pjm . This of itself looks as if news were not of an encouraging kind .
It is added that Narvaez , after perusing the despatches , sent for the couriers who brought them ; and using the very significative sign of plaeing his finger on his lips , and drawing his hand across his throat , intimated to them the danger they would incur by blabbing . The fact , however , that despatches have been received , and that the Gazette , Seraldo , and other official and semi-official organs are silent , is in itself most suspicious .
GERMANY . DisTtntBAXCES . —Berlin papers of the 20 th ., state that troops were despatched from Schneidnitz on the preceding night to the weaving districts of Silesia , and that it was believed that disturbances had again occurred there . The inmates of the prison Brieg-, in Silesia , made a desperate attempt to escape on the IPth . At the request of the governor a battalion of infantry was sent by railway to the above-named town from Breslau .
SWEDEN . Refojims . —The King of Sweden has approved of all the mr > difieations by the states in the fundamental law . The principal modifications are : —Convocation of the diet every three vears . The right of the king to give or to refuse his sanction to projects of lawadopted by the states during the sitting of the diet . The . suppression of aU distinctions of nobility amongst the members of the supreme tribunal . The abolition of tlj- r itrht of suspending the publication of journals .
C 1 K < A > SIA AXD GEORGIA . fcLoiuors Tr . irMrns 07 the MorxT . uxrERs . —The flying- reports which ( luring the last few months have successively reached Constantinople from Da < rhestan authorise a belief that the disasters of the Russians and the triumphs of Fhamil Bey have , this campaign , been to an extent hitherto unknown . An individual from that country , just arrived from Daghestan , says , that during the la > t sprimr and summer no less than seven or eight severe battles - had been fought , in which the Russian * lost , besides an immense number ol men , no less than forty-five places or positions . So reduced were they , that the bonds of discipline were loosened : and at a plaee called Bassil Bav , two
generals , with all their troops , came over to Schamil On this , the Russian general-in-ehief called a council of war , which was held at the baths of Sidjak Sou ( this was probably early in September ) . It was there proposed , that the- « -ho ] e army should make a grand attack upon the mountaineers ; but many of the officers asserted that their men could not be trusted , and it tras nnally determined that overtures should be made to Schamil Bey for an armistice . Sehamil , who was rather short of provisions , consented to this , on condition that , during the interraption of hostilities , the Russians should furnish his casnp with food ; and on these terms an armistice was cotcluded up to the dav of Kassim t"th November ) , when the Daehestees
intend to renew the war with augmented vigour . A letter from that part of the world states , that the losses of the Russians , between killed , -rounded , and missing , amount to 60 , 000 men ; whilst those of the mountaineers amount to 12 , 000 . This may possibly be true ; but had the numbers been more moderate ' , one would have been more likely to give credit to the assertion . Certain it is , that the forces of Russia have been concentred in the neighbourhood of Dag-^ estan . In fact the IiSes of the Koubar tare now so bacty guarded , that the Circassians of Abazek and Cabai ^ , are * onstantlj crossing the border , attacking Rus ?« n village ? , and bearing off rich spoils in slaves , horse * , cattle Jeheep , and other property . mt
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POLAND . Mows RtTBsiAH Ttrannt . —It is said that the Emperor of Russia has issued an order by which all natives of . Poland are prohibited from marrying till they have completed their thirtieth year . UNITED STATES . GLORIOTJS TRIDMPH OP THE AMERICAS DEMOCRACY . —ELECTION OF MR . POLK AS PKESII > ENT . *"" ' "" _ g ^^ fc Liverpool , Saturday . — The steam-Bhip Great Western , Captain Matthews , arrived in the Mersey shortly before noon . She left the wharf at New York at fifteen minutes past two o ' clock on the afternoon of the 9 th inst ., and made this port in thirteen days sixteen hours and a half , the shortest passage she has accomplished during the season . She brought thirty-one passengers . The contest for the Presidencv , esteemed so doubtful , is decided in favour of Polk , foremost in whose policy are the annexation of Texas to the United States , the support of the institution of slavery , and
to use his own words , " such a tariff for revenue as will yield a sufficient amount to the Treasury as will defray the expenses of Government , economically administered . " Other questions are likewise involved in this decision given by the citizena of the United States—the bank question , the distribution of the surplus revenue , affecting the repudiating States , Native Americanism , and other minor matters . According to the Neir York He rail , the tarin may be fomewhal mollified at the next session , though it never « -an lv essentially altered ; v . u hank , no disrri'tiitifui ran take plaee filr the present ; new nepiciatimis may be opened for the annexation < tt Texas , hut as the Senate will be Wlii < r for two years at least , nothini : can he done effectually as re « -ards
that matter for some time to come . This journal regards the Whig party as utterly and forever disbanded , and conceives that on their rnin $ will spring up the American Republicans . In another article it reviews the effect of the election upon the repudiating States in respect of the settlement in the negative of the question of distributing the surplus revenue among the States—a measure of great importjince both to this country and to the United States ; and considers it a . result most fortunate for the character of the country and the prospects oi ' the stockholders , as compelling them to depend solely upon themselves in order to redeem their character . The days on which the several elections took place
-were—November 1 st , Pennsylvania 26 electors , Ohio 28 . November 4 th , Now Hampshire 6 , Connecticut 6 , Virginia 17 , North Carolina 11 , Georgia 10 , Maryland 8 , Kentucky 12 , Indiana 12 , Illinois 9 , Missouri 7 , Michigan 5 , Arkansas 3 , Rhode Island 4 . November 4 th and 5 th , Mississippi 6 . Noveniber 5 th , New York 36 , Louisiana 6 , Tennessee 13 . November 5 th and 6 th , New Jersey 7 . November 11 th , Massachusetts 12 , Majf t * % Alabama !) . November 12 th , Vermont 6 , Delaware 3 ! December 1 st , South Carolina 2 , by the legislature . Of these , news from the following states has already arrived to an extent sufficient to ascertain the result in each . The figures denote the number ol electoral votes to -which they are respectively entitled _ —
Clay . Polk Pennsylvania 0 ... 26 Ohio 23 J . 0 Connecticut G ... 0 Khode Island 4 ... 0 New Hampshire 0 ... 6 Maryland 8 ... 0 New York 0 ... 30 V irginia 0 ... 17 New Jersey 7 ... 0 48 H 5 STATES -1 OT ASCEKTAINED . BUT CONCEfcFD . AifiifcarflUSefts 12 ... ( I Vermont 6 ... 0 Kentucky 12 ... 0 Maim- ( I ... 9 * outh Carolina 0 ... 'J Alabama ( I ... i IJlintiis u ... 9 Missouri , 0 ... 7 . \ rk .- « n « a » ( t ... 1
78 ... 131 STATtS NO ! AMLKTA 1 NII > , NOR CONCEDED . Delaware !} North Carolina 11 Georgia 10 Mi . stjssipi 6 Louisiana t > Tennessee 13 Indiana 12 Miehigin 5 The total number of electoral votes is 275 ; and the number necessary to elect 138 . If , therefore , the figures of the above table are correct ( and we take it from the Whig New York journals ) , Polk but requires to carry one State of not less than seven votes , and there are four such , and he is elected . James K . Polk was 49 years of age on the 2 d inst . We take the following from the yew York Ilerald of the 8 th inst . : —
A Dai or Excvtemxst in New i obx . — Yesterday was one of the most extraordinary days ever seen in New York . All the principal streets exhibited a popular excitement , which had a character of -anxiety more than anything else , to a degree altogether unexampled . In the morning the Whig papers came out very boldly , and claimed the State of New York for Mr . Clay , thereby giving him the Presidency . Side by side with these journals the ultra-democratic journals also came out , and claimed the State in the same way , by their invincible figuring for Mr . Polk . The respective reader 5 of those journals sallied out in the moruing—and a beantiful morning it was —the sunshine bright and warm , and the air balmy and inspiriting—and as they encountered each other , there could be at once se < -: i a difference of opinion—a discussion —a debate—a comparison of > "U-s—and all that variety of gesture and commotion which indicated unsettled minds in both parlies after going ilnnugh the discussion . vThai gave nlge and interest t <) ihc speculations and discussions of many on tht : iill-alisurl'ing topic of the day , was the fact , that immense * uius of money wen * pending on the result in th < - -Slate of New York , and also on the general question . At a \ ery low estimate it may be reckoned that several millions are pending in this city on the result of local eleciions and also of the general election ; and if we include in this estimate the probable amounts pending in the various cities and towns throughout the country , we should not bo at all surprised if eight or ten mUlions were to change hands in a few days on the general result being ascertained . Thib is , perhaps , one of the weightiest reasons which can be assigned for the intense anxiety which characterizes the present excitement —an excitement visible in the countenances of all ; an excitement differing altogether from that which precedes anelection , when all is hope and buoyancy .
In the streets the scenes -were often indescribably amusing . Throughout the whole morning , at every corner , groups were collected , listening to two or three oracles debating the probabilities of Clay or Polk carrying the State of New York . At one corner you would see a venerable gentleman with grey hairs , but a bright eye , leaning on his crutch , weighing the probabilities of the case , as if he were a judge of the Supreme Court , and deciding with the most consummate dignity in the world that it was highly probable that Mr . Clay would get the State , and again that it was very probable that Mr . Polk would get it I In another corner some attache of a newspaper- *—some half-and-half editor would be arrested on his way and asked what his opinion was , and what was the character of the returns which he had in his pocket that morning .
Throughout the day both parties continued to claim the State most manfully ; but both admitted that the vote was extremely close , and that the probability was , that a few . hundreds would determine it either way . In some quarters the'Whigs wore blazing away , in paroxysms of rage against the " natives , " for cheating them out of a large majority in New York , after they had maufully and decently abandoind their own ticket and gone for the " natives . "' It appears that the Whigs had calculated on at least from six to nine thousand majority in this city , in conseyueuce of the coalition with the " native ? , ' ' and they
are now extremely furious i « their abuse oi their respectable al ! i . s , whom they accuse of being cheats , r - creants , and ruyu-s , for not vi ting—as they had given the Whigs reason to .-uppoM . —for Mr . Clay . On the other hand , ulht-rs . jf the s . inie party were equally luufl and in-i dignant in thtrir denunciations of the abolitionists—•• the fanatics "— the egregious blockheads , " wiiower-p sticking b \ their own man instead of voting for Mr . Clay . All sorts of vengeance were indeed vowed by ihe Whigs against the abolitionists , because they had thrown away their votes on such a man as Birney , instead of electing such a glorious " feller" as Ilenry Clay .
Throughout the afternoon it was generally agreed that the vote of the State of New York for Mr . Clay would depend on the abolition vote in the western counties ; but whoever gut the State , it was agreed that it would be by only a thousand or two—thereby realizing the prediction we made a long time before the election , that whoever got the vote of New York would get the Presidifccy . Dp to a late hour in the afternoon the same doubt—the same discussion—the same anxiety—the same care-worn aspect —and the same immense number of groups were visible , particularly in Wall-street , in the business districts , in some parts of Broadway , at the hotels , and in many
quarters throughout the whole city . About half-past five o'clock in the afternoon the groups moved to the newspaper offices , filling every nook and cranny , and crowding up the streets and side-walks . The Herald office was the scenu of great throngs , waiting for the arrival of the steamer from Albany with the decisive intelligence . About half-past six our messengers arrived at the office with the intelligence . It was announced to the crowd that New-York had gone for Polk and Dallas , and then such a shout rose up to heaven as we never before heard—some cursing , some swearing—some hurrahing , as wild 3 B the very fiends themselves .
Altogether this has been a much more interesting and j t . vciting election than even tliat which resulted in the , triuiujjlj of General Harrison , and the decision of the j Stafc . " - «•« York and the Pr- -kidney will relieve lnulti-• tudes -a a . ; p-eat deal of anxiety , a great deal of un ^ a ^ inesSj . and a- _ grcat * hs « J more money than they can well E-pare . , Rascally L'akos of the New-York Whigs . —As the uses made of popular power at the recent con-
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test -ior the -Presidency in America has filled the Tory press of England with loud mouthings against popular rights ; and as . foul practices of every description have t ) een charged upon the Chartist supporters of Polk , we beg to present the enemy with the following account of tnfe manoeuvres of their American partisans . We extract the following from the Democratic Caniqaign . of the 2 nd November : — IMFOBTANT Detection . — We stop the press to announce the astounding discovery which has just been made of a plot of the Whigs to carry the State by a system of double ballots . We have a package of them before us , printed on thin paper , procured from their centra ] source of supply , with peculiar marks , and ingeniously folded with a little flyleaf to catch together , so as to appear but a single ballot , and to part when thrown down into the ballot box .
They would deceive all but the most vigilant scrutiny . The law is , that when an excess of ballots is found in the box above the number of names on the poll-list , an equivalent number shall be drawn out by lot—a process by ^ which , in such a case , the Democratic party alone must suffer . These have been sent uniformly all over the State ; and in counties where the ticktts had been already printed , the hitter are destroyed , and the fraudulent double ballots substituted . There is no deception nor mistake in tliW inform ation . The same system js doubtless extended to other siut > .-. It may , perhaps , be tou late now f <> riiujiteraci th > ; il . treason ; but , wherever this paper ni : i \ i . w h ii . sejwn before tin- election , u .- < iimii ] n ! i -, i : r fVii'iids t" h ¦ i , tt ,,-. r
guard , ; t !)« l to insist ih ; i ! tin- inspector * shuii t ^ ainiiu e . i « -l \ Imllot b < tore it go ' i-s mti > tin- \> . ^ . If ilie Whigs should elie . it the d ' .-i . nocr ; u' > . [ ¦• : - . ' n i Iretion by su' -h mean * us this , u .- would m . t : it : » v . ' y I ' m tlie coiiM'cjueiu-t' ! .. " That it would b' pati < -ntiv * ulmiiu < il to , may well be doubted . CiiAiufTEK oc . VIk . i ' oLK . — As the character ol JaincH K . 1 'oJk , the Diartist . I ' n-Mdent of America , is oi' value , and consequently has been violently assailed by the Clay money-mongers of America , af * well as by their English colleagues " on 'Change , " we deem it right to give the following from the bt ' iiiucratic Campaign , American paper , of the 2 nd November : — Columbia , Maury Co ., Tennessee , Oct Hi 1 MJ .
I reached this town yesterday , iti the stage coach from Nashville , forty miles , on a good turnpike road . This is one of the finest counties of land in ihe State , and inhabited by an intelligent and wealthy class of people . As you are aware , Gov . Polk , the Democratic candidate for President , resides in this place . I had the honour of taking tea at his house last evening , and of enjoying tne society of himself and hia amiable and splendid lady . His features are strongly marked by evidences of intellect , blandness , firmness , and benevolence . His head would be esteemed a splendid model by phrenologists , in which the intellectual and moral faculties are largely predominant . His forehead is high , broad , and furl , and perpendicular , if not projecting . The upper part of the head rises high above the ears . The organs of benevolence , veneration , and firmness are prominently developed . Col . Polk ' s character , through a long public life , is known to correspond with these characteristics of his mind .
lie represented the Congressional district in which he lives , for fourteen years . While he has at all times had strong political opponents in Tennessee , he is without a personal enemy in the State . AH , with one accord , declare , that they know of no spot or blemish on Colonel Polk ' s whole private life ; that a better neighbour , a kinder master , a more indulgent and faithful husband , Or a more upright , honest , benevolent and moral man , they never knew . When the Roorback slander reached Tennessee , eved the Whigs cried out , " Shame , —oh ! for shame . " Of all the slanders e \ er started against him , this was the most unlike the truth . All his opponent * in Tennessee , admit that there is not ; i kinder man to his
servants to he iound in the State . Col . Polk is not rich , lit has a moderate property , and owing nothing , is independent . He doet not own forty slaves in the world . What he has , consist of fainilies , many of them small , having inherited them principally through his lady . Ik- has parted with some of his best servants t .. gratify Ih . ir « i > h to be with t ) i » 'i r wives . Iu other iti . itaiio s he fi .-i ^ p : i ri-hnsed ; it liiirli rates the wives of his men from other partie--. : in < i als" rlie husbands of hi > women , in order , iis l '; tr a < -- possible , tv kvep families t » fr « -tlier , and In rhat MKaris to make tin-in mote comfortable and happy . His lady is both beautiful and accomplished , m ; i 1 is a consistent member of the Presbyterian church . There is not a human being living that is an enemy of hers .
It is painful to find that a man likt Colonel Polk , whose whole life has been pure and without reproach , should be so shamefully assailed as he has been . During his whole life he has been strictly a temperance man in everything ; in liquor , tobacco , in eating , andjn all respects . He never gambled . In all his life he never gave or accepted a challenge to tight a duel . He is an anti-duellist on Christian principles . He believes duelling to be morally wrong , and has the moral courage to put in practice the moral principles he professes . He is a much greater man , and a much better man , than the world , and especially his opponents , have ever given him credit for . He is a modest and retiring man , but bold and firm in the discharge of his official duties , when called upon by the people to exercise them . I ( should say the most prominent trait of his mind was that of moral courage—a rare and valuable trait of character .
He made a good and faithful representative , an able and efficient Governor , a prompt , able , and impartial Speaker of the House of Representatives ; and , if elected , will make an able , judicious , sound and safe President of the United States ; one that will aim to maintain the rights and honour of the country in our foreign relations , and secure , as far as practicable , the peace and prosperity of our people at home . I have not had time as yet to call on Oen . Jackson , but am happy to learn that the old patriot enjoys better health of late , exhibiting tokens of a calm and contented green ijlci nge . The political excitement in the West , and especially in Tennessee , is tremendous The whole country Is « tuilded with hickory and ash poles . Whatever may be said oi Tennessee , it certainly produces the tallest hickory poles in the ' liiou .
At t'lurkesvilte , 1 saw one continuous stick , " * > tect high . At >* hpll > y \ illi \ I " -aw one stick lu . ' i feet high , and at l . vtichlmrg , Hedford , 1 s ; iw oiu single stick 117 feet hi ^ h : J bei ng I- inches in diani ' fir near flic tiasc . It "us drawn into the vilage by 37 yoke of oxen , i . scortcd li y a uniform company called the- lirdford Hickories . The low state of water in the Western rii . rs , ( -.. mhined with the political excitement about the Presidential election , has almost suspended business . Captthk ok Hriuij : ss , the British Former . —This villain was captured on Light-house Island , in Boston harbour , and was safely lodged in Levant-street gat ) l ready for delivery to the British authorities . Neville , an Irishman , living on the island , and at whose house Burgess stopped , received 300 dollars reward
on the spot . We subjoin the following particulars : — Burgess , who was apprehended soon after Elder strangled himself in the gaol of BoBton , in a most miserable condition , in a small island 15 miles from Boston , is now on his return , in the custody of John Forester , the officer , to England . It appears that when Burgess escaped from the hotel at Nahant , a small peninsula joined to the main land by a neck of land about four miles in length , he rowed in the dark for a considerable time , and at length , after having been tossed about , he landed , and made the best of his way to a small cottage in which a poor Irishman and his wife and three cliildren resided . From thence he seiit to the waiter of the hotel at Nahant his keys , with directions to take
possession of the money contained in his bags , and convey it to him . John Forester , who managed the whole business , with the ready assistance of the officers granted by the authorities , with consummate skill , took care to cut off the means of escape by land , and met the bearer of the money on his way to a plaee of appointment . The bag , which contained . £ 126 in gold , and in dollars and notes £ 468 , was directly sent back to the hotel , while the pursuit was continued . In the most wretched condition , with no more than a half-crown or a couple of shillings in his pocket , and half naked , the unhappy Burgess , after
great exertion , reached another cottage , at the distance of about eight miles across the water , and there remained under shelter for nearly a ni ^ ht and day . lie then sent the owner of the cottage with a note to a Mr . d ' raiit , who had had some transactions with him in a pecuniary way , requesting money . 'Mr . ( irant , who had been duly infoimcd of the forgery and robbery of the Bank of England , immediately gave the information where it could be made most available , and the person who know the place of concealment of the fugitive was prevailed upon—but nut without a great deal of persuasion , and a reward of 300 dollars—to give him up to the police .
It was evident from the whole of the proceedings of Burgess and Elder , after their arrival in America , that they looked with the utmost confidence to permanent security from arrest . Burgess had been lodg ing about a fortnight at the hotel at Nahant , and had purchased a piece of ground of Mr . Drew , the landlord , on which lie was about to build a house , . and it was odd enough that before the foundation was laid he purchased carpeting , bed-linen , glasses , and other articles of furniture . An inquest was held upon the body of Elder before Mr . Pratt at Boston , and it was stated before the jury tliat the deceased was found dead in the gaol by strangling himself with his silk handkerchief , the same handkerchief being fastened to the grate of the window of the room of the prison . The Mormons . —More troubles amongst the
Mormons were anticipated , and it is said that 200 of the sect were encamped within a few miles of Cartilage , but for what purpose is as yet a matter of conjecture . Much excitement prevailed at Carthage in consequence . It is said that this movement was made by order of Governor Ford , but this is very inrprobable . Sidney Rigdon has established his branch of the church at Pittsburgh , and publishes a paper there . One of Sidney Rigdon's men had addressed a meeting of the sect in New York , and , after a long , rambling , and rather incoherent narration , descriptive ot the early part of Joe Smith ' s career at Nauvoo , the elder went on to speak of a " vision" which Joe had ten days before his death . lie and Hiram went out , he said , to the prairie to call on the name of the Lord , and then Joe beheld in vision the tragical scene in which he was soon to take a pan , at Carthage gaol . From that momont Joe was an altered man—ne lost all spirit , and , as the elder said , " his
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countenance fell '' from that moment . The-elder went on to argue that Joe's death was ordained of the Lord , on account of his transgressions—that he did not apostatize , but he " wrought abominations , " and was therefore deemed unfit to direct "the kingdom , " and share in its triumphs . The transgression was in introducing the " spiritual wife system . " On thi ? subject it was expected that the " elder" would hare gone into the ] details , and exposed it fully . * But he contented himself with a general denunciation of it ^ - said tfiat it was universally prevalent at Nauvooand that it was to free " the € hurch " from that evil
that Sidney Rigdon had taken a separate stand . Elder Winchester called on all the faithful to come out and separate themselves at once from their corrupt brethren at Nauvoo , which was , he said , doomed to destruction ] and was fast falling into decay on account of its iniquities . The " Twelve Apostles , " as they call themselves , were very busy at Nauvoo in the very delectable business of defaming and slandering one another . It is estimated that the recent Mormon war will cost the state of Illinois 20 , 000 dols ., and that the aggregate expense incurred during the vear on account of the Mormons would not fall short
of 50 , 000 dollars . I CANADA . ; The Rle < . tion *—Vktoiiy op the Government Party . —Curious enough , while the States were agir . 'iteil from centre to circumference by the Presidential ck'ctioiK the flections in Canada were going on at : lu- same tiiiid . The result has Iven the triumph of the I iovt'rnnr-iu'ijtTul ' s party . From tlir latt ^ treturii * wo are enalilfd to state , that 42 Conservatives atv fleeted . L' 3 Radicals , and it doubtful . This lo . vves ill in . iiv rotuhis to come in , but whatevcr . be their j ;; ihiiv they eaui ; ot ailed ill" irem-ral dicisjon . Trih wrstick seems to be . settiuir in very ' early this
seaswn in Canada . A heavy fall of snow had occurn <\ . and in many districts the roads were impassable . A letter irom Buffalo states that the shock of an earthquake , which had extended into Canada , had been felt , and is described by . all who heard it as rtwinbling tlve noise made by a heavy waggon driven rapidly over frozen ground ; the rumbling preceding and following the shock , it says , was smart enough to shake windows , stores , and crockery upon the shelves . In one instance , it threw down a store ,- and in another , it ; cracked the walls of a brick building . It was noticed by persons residing in various places over a territory of at least 100 square miles , and how much further I have not learned . ¦
MEXICO . Our Mexican advices are very scanty . President Santa Anna j was married to Senora Dona Dolores Fostang Gomes , on the 2 nd ult ., in the National Palace , with all the solemnitv due to the occasion .
J TAHITI . More Fighting . —We have received intelligence from Tahiti , by way of the United States , to July 15 . It appears , ^ by a report given by the captain of the whale ^ sliip Martha , which had arrived at Rhode Island , that , j on the 20 th of June , a body of natives having assembled at Point Venus , and their" proximity being considered too near for safety , Governor Bruat had marched against them at the head of 400 French . The natives , having received intelligence of their approach , placed themselves in ambush , and allowed the main body to pass ; but as the rear-guard were passing in front of the English mission-house , they opened their fire upon them in a direct line with the house , and Mr . M'Kean , one of the missionaries , who was walking on his verandah , was struck by a ball , and instantly killed . The native loss is unknown . The French loss amounted to three killed : inrl fivft wounded .
At the same time , on the south side , another action took place , in which the natives were routed . In this action five French were killed and seven woimded . The native loss on this occasition is also unknown ; but the day following the natives again advanced upon the town , and succeeded in burning th < - Fiv > n < -h mission-house , chapel , 4 m .
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ii i . i . iK . s ha * njriH'd Covcnt Garden Theatre , for pp'ini'iiadc concerts , for a month . Many < ni vti : rkeit sovkueiuNs , bearing the image of Queen Victoria , are in circulation in Brussels ; they are dated IS : }? . Rr . Tt-iiN of Emi < s' ? wtb . —By the last outward-bound packet-ship from Philadelphia , 200 Irish emiGrants returned to Ireland . Loud Pundovald ' s patent for his rotatory steam engines has been extended for the further . term of fourteen years . Public Baths . —The town council | of Hull have granted 5002 . ; to make public baths , adjoining the new water-works . Population . —According to the last census , the population ofiBohemia amounts to 4 , 467 , 120 souls .
Poland . —A letter from Warsaw says , that four fortresses in- Russian Poland have cost 300 , 000 , 000 francs . Byron ' s Statue . —Thorwaldsden ' s statue of Byron , excluded from Westminster , is about to be erected in the Cemeteryj of Kensal Green , Postage . —f ' TJie total number of letters despatched through the Post Office in 1838 , was 75 millions ; in 184 . 3 , upwards of 230 millions . Queer Memorial . —It is proposed to erect a lunatic asylum for Cumberland and Westmoreland , by way of a memorial to the late Earl of Lonsdale . Electro-Magnetism . — A new electro-magnetic light has been invented at Cincinati , of such power , that one of them , at a height of 200 feet , is expected to illumine the whole city .
Francis Qievisset , the bravo , who , as our readers will recollect , attempted to assassinate King Louis Philippe , wak arrested onth « 22 d ult . in New Orleans , for a similar attempt on a citizen of that city . At Tours , ! one of the finest of its historical monuments , the Ablxy Church of Saint Julien , of the date of the twelfth century , and in perfect preservation , though . secvinu' just now as coach-house and stables , is otfeivd foi ' i'siilc or hire .. A ( iiiDST Thrashed . — Last week , a fellow who hail U-rrih ' ed sonie <> t' tin- inhabitants of Handsworth by peixinatius ; a t ; lm > t , was waylaid by six men , who thrashed him so severely that he had to be taken to the hospital . \
Wild Bmabs . —The Journal tie * l ^ batu states , that for some time past troops of wild boars have appeared in the forests of St . Aim 6 and De Fossard , in the Vosjres , and have committed much injury in the surrounding country . What ' s in | a Name ?—Cliloronaphthalohyposidphuric and chlorbnaphalosohyposulphuric are names proposed by M . le Dr . N . Sinin , for two acids formed by the action ofi sulphuric acid on corresponding combinations of napthaline with chlorine ! Solitary Confinement . —The Revue de Paris ,
commenting on the system oi solitary confinement , says , that practical experiment is not favourable to the system ; andlthat , during the sbc months it has been pursued in the prison of Senlis , two suicides have been committed . Interestin g to Farmers . —Some merchants have despatched ships to Iehaboe , ballasted with plaster of Paris and umber , both of which are used in the adulteration of guano . The cost of loading and detention to get a fnll cargo is thus saved . About fifteen cwt . of umber mixed with five cwt . of Peruvian guano makes a finej-looking article .
New Mode of Defrauding the Revenue . —A . new system of defrauding the revenue has been discovered on the Belgian frontier . The officers of t ^ ie customs at Verviers , jwho , it seems , are always wide awake , having conceived some suspicions of thirteen terrines , or earthenware pots , bearing every appearance containing pates , dt foisgras , from Strasbourg , and even smeared outside with that appetising confection , opened then ? , and found them to be filled with 980 sealed letter ^ , which , it was hoped , would arrive at Brussels free of postage .
A Bride kemixded of her Ditt . —During the solemnization of a marriage , at a parish church ; in the Fyldr 1 , on Wednesday last , the ceremony having proceeded Ji- far as the bride ' s promise to obey , serve , love , honour ^ &e ., by uttering the laconic sentence , " I will , " the bridem-oom , who resides in the semi-civilisoddistrictjof Marton Moss , emphaticall y exclaimed , " Sec as ta docs . " The officiating minister very justly rebuked him for his untimely remark , -when the boor replied , " he bod wonted to remind her for fear boo should forcet . "
Trial hv ^ Juhy . —Not a hundred miles from Peterborough , at a late quarter sessions held in an ancient town-hall , it is said that a remarkable circumstance occurred . On the trial of a prisoner charged with robbing his \ master of various articles , the business had proceeded so far as to leave the matter in the hands of the jury ; and that body not being able to come to a satisfactory determination whether the prisoner was guilty or not , and not being locked up , the foreman proposed , in order to shorten the question , that the poker fi-om the fireplace should be placed exactly upright , and that if it fell to the right the prisoner ; was guilty , and if it fell to the left he wjas not guilty ! The poker so placed fell to the right , and the poor prisoner obtained three months ' imprisonment in consequence . .
Lvterestixg Facts . —Tlie following is the substance of a communication from Southport , the favourite watering place , about twenty-three miles north of Liverpool : — "On Monday , the 11 th inst ., after a heavy gale , which had forced out the tide far beyond its ordinary limits , a poor boy picked up a pocket book which had drifted to the shore . lie hastened to display the prize to his father , who , after examining the contents , and discovering that they consisted of { upwards of £ 120 , immediately went to
consult the Rev . Mr . D ., who kindly ascertained that the treasure ! belonged to a gentleman who , on crossing the Mersey ,. { -sit Liverpool , on the 9 th inst ., was nearly drowned , and on l > eing rescued from his accident found that his pocket Ibook was still in the water . The tide must have carried [ it down the Mersey out to sea , and ! thus brought it into the hands oi' the worthy labourer in question , who , on restoring the property to its delighted owner , was presented with £ 15 , and is : now building : hiinseh' a mou ' est cottage with the reward of his probity , i ¦ * . * & '
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Irish Flax . —At a . late meeting of the Roscommoa Agricultural Society , Mr . Hogg stated that he prepared forty-five acres of worn-out stubble for a flax-, crop , and though without manure , the crop was good . One acre which he had , scutched produced i clear profit of £ . 25 . and he estimated the nett profit , of aJ ^ acre of good flax at £ 80 .. This was received wjtk great applause ; but no steps , it appears , were taken , to enable the farmers to follow ' cut Mr . Hogg ' ssac-., cessful practice . Through the agency of the Agricultural Societies and Poor Law unions , with thelloyal ,
Agricultural society as a centre , it would not be difficult , if the gentry were wisely liberal , to extend tie growth of flax to every district in Ireland . . One act * of the fine alluvial soil of T . ipperary or Limerick , would yield a more profitable return , with good m& »! nagement , than three under a wheat crop . The present time is peculiarly favourable to its encourage ment . Railways will soon connect the most distant points of the island with the Belfast market , affording cheapness , facility , and safety in the conveyance , —Trake , Chronicle .
EXTBAORDINABY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE . — -MeSeTB Toole and Mackey , seed merchants , 41 , Westmorlandstreet , favoured us with a view of samples of Aftringh-am carrots and Swedish turnips , grown by John Ge-nty , land steward to Henry Murray , Esq ., Mount Murray , near Muliingar , couuty of Westmeath . It is only necessary to say , in praise of Mr . Genty ' s superior culture , that the combined weight of six turnip . s is 1021-bs .. and that of twelve carrots 20 lbs . Mr . ( Junty had forty-seven tons of the turnips per Lrisk acre , and of the carrots twenty tons per ditto . The
latter are now selling for three pounds per ton in Dublin . Mr . G . states in bis letter , that he " obtained the prize for the best mangold wurzel and Ahesden turnip , at the Westmeath Agricultural Show . " The former he had sixty-one tons per Irish , acre , the latter forty-one tons per ditto . We feel peculiar pleasure in giving the above statement—first , as we are happy agriculture is advancing so rapidhf in our native country ; and secondly , that Irish educated fanners ( to which class we are informed Mr . Genty Iwlongs ) are so successful . —Evening Packet .
Importation op Foreign Cattle and . Sheep . — The Ocean steamer , Captain Hast , belonging to the General Steam Navigation Company , arrived from Rotterdam , at the Brunswick Pier , Blackwall , on Sunday morning , at eight o ' clock , and landed 24 head of cattle and 195 sheep , all in fine order . Captain Hast reports that a brig , with 45 head of cattle , had left the Brill for the same wharf , and might : bo expected shortly . Cattle Imports .- —The arrivals of foreign cattle by the steamers at Hull . this week consist of forty-six head of very fat bullocks by the Leeds , and twentyseven head by the Victoria , both from Hamburgh * with sixty sheep by the Emerald Isle . The Queen of Scotland yesterday arrived with thirty-one cattle . — Eastern Counties Herald
. Agricultural Imports . —The Rotterdam steamer has this week brought to Hull 100 qrs . of garden bean for seed , with about 940 bushels onions ; sheep , swangeese , and wfld ducks—the birds , be believe , for the Zoological Gardens , and a quantity of dead ducks , ill hampers , for the market . —Eastern CownU ' es Herald The Duke of Maelborough . —This noble Duke , at Lady-day last , let some land of his at Waddesdon , in allotments for spade husbandry . It had been " dont
bad" for years , and had "done up" the tenants instead of their doing that for the best . The lowest of it is let at 48 s . per acre . It is rather a stiff rent for such stiff land , but still it is ^ very desirable to working men , and will do them good . The parties did not take to their land till after Lady-day , and yet the chike sent hissteward up this Michaelmas-day , who demanded of each tenant 12 months' rent . Sharp practice this , for poor men to pay six months in advance . —Aulf . tbury New * .
Thorough Draining . —An agricultural meeting and dinner took place in Gloucester hire the other Jay , which exhibited nothing beyond the usual routine of such affairs—a good show of stock , and & strong desire on the part of landlords tliat nothing should be said or done to "' offend" the political feelings of our Conservative Ministers . There wag , however , one exception to this line of conduct , which , coming from a practical man , shows that the shoe is beginning to pinch : — " Mr . Peter Mathews said , if the landlords would drain the land as completely as the farmers had been drained during the past year or two , it would be most effectuallj done . " ( Great laughter and cheers . ) " Captain Waltebs—1 » that what you call thorough draining , Peter Mathews ? ( Bursts of laughter . )
" Mr . Mathews—Thorough draining it is , and no mistake . ( Continued laughter . " ) It is satisfactory to think that thorough draining principles are now understood by at least two agriculturists in the country .
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Lekds Corn Market , Tuesday , Nov . 26 . —Our supplies are good of all grain this week ; wheat iff not in great demand to-day , but the prices of last week are supported for best dry qualities ; damp and secondary descriptions slow sale at rather lower prices . The barley trade continues in a dull inactive states more particularly forbad qualities , which are difficult to work off except at a further decline in value . Beans , both old and new , as well as oats , are now offering more freely , and are the turn lower . THE AVERAGE PRICES OP WHEAT , FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 26 . 1844 . Wheat , Barley . Oafs . Rye . Beans . Peas * ( ir e . Qi-s . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . 41 . 57 1137 373 0 432 20 £ s . d . £ « . d . £ s . d . £ 3 . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . 2 t ! 3 i 1 14 2 * 1 2 Of 0 0 0 2 1 3 i 1 19 0 I . r . EKs Cloth Market , Thursday . —There appears to !¦ a shade of improvement in the cloth markets , though the stocks in the cloth halls are much greater than they were a few weeks ago , indicating a falling off in the demand .
State of Trade . —Owing to the advance of the season , the demand for yarn ( which has been so exceedingly active during the last few weeks ) has now somewhat abated , und rather lower prices were yes terday accepted for certain descriptions of warp and of cop-weft , which had previously commanded higher relative prices than other sorts . For all the ordinary shipping numbers and qualities , however , the price * remain quite as high as heretofore . For goods , the demand is still limited , with a slight tendency to a decline in prices , in some few fabrics . —Manchtsttr Gvardian of Wednesday .
Richmond Corn Market , Nov . 23 . —We had a very heavy corn market to-day of all kinds of grain . Wheat sold from 5 s . to 7 s . ; oats , 2 s . to 3 s . 6 d . ; hat ley , 3 s . 6 d . to 4 s . ; beans , 4 s . 9 d . to 5 s . York Cokn Market , Nov ^ 23 . —There is great bustle and noise , owing to the fair-day ; but the business transacting in grain is trifling . Wheat , in condition , and the beat malting barley , are nearly wor th the rates of last week , but inferior qualities are 1 b . p «* qr . lower . Oats have declined one farthing per ston ^ and beans 6 d . per load . Malton Corn Market , Nov . 23 . —We had only a short supply of all kinds of grain offering to this dart market . Fine wheat and Jbarley sold on much the same terms as last week ; inferior rather lower . la oats no material alteration . —Red wheat , new , 44 s . to 48 s . ; old ditto , 50 s . to 52 s . ; ditto white , new , 509 . to 54 s . ; old ditto , 52 s . to 56 s . per qr . of 40 stone . Barley , 28 s . to 33 s . per qr . of 32 stone . Oats , 9 id to lOjd per stone .
Newcastle Corn Market , Saturday , Nov . 23 . — We had again a large supply of wheat at market today from the growers , as well-as a fair show of samples coastwise , ana the business transacted was at a decline of 6 d . to Is . per qr . on last Saturday ' s rates ; but duty-paid foreign met a moderate demand , without any alteration in value . For barley the trade ruled extremely dull , and to effect sales of all except the finest malting qualities , lower prices must hare been submitted to . Oats were in good supply , ^ command late rates . Malt must be q-uoteoashaafl lower . Iu rye we had very little passing . Beans and peas were taken off on similar terms to last weeK « The arrivals of flour are large , and prices Cd . to 1 & per sack cheaper .
Manchester Cokx Market , Satuuday , Nov . 23 . — A t our market this morning Wheat met an extremely limited sale , and we repeat , nominally , the quotation * of this davse ' nnight . There continues to be an & sence of all activity in the demand for even- description of sack Flour , and on even the best qualities * decline of fully Is . per sack was submitted to , whilst on that of middling and inferior manufactures a ftffther reduction would have been made had buyers come forward . In the value of Oats no change canM noted ; and 25 s . 6 d . per 240 lbs may be considered the top price of choice cuts of oatmeaL There was not much inquiry for Beans , and the tendency » prices was towards a decline .
Liverpool Corn Market . Mo . vdat , Nov . 2 o - " With the exception of Flour and Oatmeal , of whicfl we have had good supplies , the imports of Grain , **• for the last seven days are of limited amount . ifl . only change in the rates of duty on foreign produce i » an advance of Is . per quarter on Rye . With a moderate demand , we have to report the trade S ^^^ Z firm ; the little relaxation as topriccsfor new W heac and Oats , observable on Tuesday last , was recovered on Friday ; fine samples of the latter brought * -i good mealing 2 s . lid . to 2 s . Hid . per 45 lbs . Flour and Oatmeal each quite as well sold . No change in the value of Barley . Irish new Beans have sola a * 40 s . to 42 s ., Egyptian at 34 s . to 35 s . per 4 S 0 lbe . ; ana a few lots of Baltic white Peas have been taken tor
the country at fully last week ' s rates . Liverpool Cattle ¦ Market . Monday , - - -f ; T We have had a large supply of Beasts at market ^ today , the greatest portion of second-rate and inien quality . The supply of Sheep has been smaU , wUWB wore all sold at an advance in price . Any tiling SP ~ either in Beasts or Sheep were eagerly souglit at «* , and sold readily at advanced prices , oeet 4 * o-5 id ., Mutton 5 d . to 6 d . per lb .
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Market Intelligence.
MARKET INTELLIGENCE .
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THE NORTHERN STAR .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 30, 1844, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct973/page/6/
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