The Welshman

CASE OF THE ENGLISH FARMERS. The farmers are becoming more alive, but they are not, and never were, sufficiently alive to their own case, position, and importance. They have been calumniated, insulted, oppressed—traduced as being enemies to the prosperity of their country, insulted as being "grinders" of the poor, oppressed by high rents, high taxes, high rates, high tithes and law-made low prices. Now what are the facts. Hitherto the farmer, like Sinbad the sailor, has been identified with the old man of the sea," (or rather of the land), which he has been compelled to carryon his shoulders. The agricultural interest has been repren- ted as the farmer's interest," but whether to his inte- rest or not is another question—at all events, rarely to the lessening of any of the burdens by which he was and is oppressed he has been enacting the part of the dwarf in the fable—getting all the blows, while his partner, the giant, got all the plunder and the praise. Few knew, or yet know, the real facts. Ignorant la- bourers are badly paid, and sometimes unemployed; and they think, forsooth (perhaps they are told), that the farmers are in fault. Tradesmen in manufacturing towns are taught to believe, during seasons of depres- sion, that farmers are getting rich while they are get- ting poor and they join in the -cry:that is raised around them. Alas for the farmer high and low, rich and poor, are set at him. Ministers of state squeeze him, because he is simple and solitary, and only speaks through his landlord. Landlords squeeze him, because if he do not consent to pay them the rent they demand, there are plenty more who will. Labourers are set against him, because, being squeezed by both, he cannot pay for their labour as much as he would wish. His days are full of care, his nights (it may be) of fear his toil pro- fitless—his life hopeless —his dear children unprovided for-the partner of his affections going down, as he is, with sorrow to the grave Is this picture in one tittle overcharged ? And, now, why should such be the case ? Are the farmers less useful than other classes of the community ? are they less virtuous < are they less laLourious ? are they less an integral part of the iyhole body politic ? Would their annihilation make us a healthier, happier, more united, more loyal people, or better than before? Do they eat the bread of idleness, of luxury, of specula- tion, of dishonesty ? Is it not a fact, that in all thesethings the negative, and not affirmative, is the proper reply ? Why then, again we say, should such be the case ? Let it be recollected, that the farmer, calumniated by the low, and squeezed by the high, has been the chief means of making England what it ia Until late years, no one could pretend for a moment that the farmer was not the chief producer of the national wealth. And how ? not by making men more unhealthv, but by making them more healthy: not by shutting them up in factories, but by employing them in open fields not by creating a hundred degrees of foul heat, poisoning the air with vitriol, or impregnating the water with the dregs of copperas and other deadly refuse, but by con- verting morasses into blooming fields, the fens of Lin- colnshire into smiling pastures, and the sunken b:)gs of Lancashire into golden arable. These are the farmer's doings who would wish it undone ? And in his avocation, who m,)re than the farmer contributes to the physical strength of the nation ? Is it in factories, or among hand-loom weavers, that we are to look for the broad chest, the brawny arm, the stalwart frame, the ruddy cheek, the vigorous, untiring muscle ? we opine not. The tables of mortaiity show us that the healthiest of all classes, because the hardiest, is that of the farmer. In morals, as well as in physics, who claims the pre- eminence ? Is the farmer, as a class, debauched ? Is the farmer, as a class, dishonest? Does he spend his days or his nights in gin-shops? Does he engage in strikes ? Does he conspire against any other class ? Do any other class attend, as he does, to the parish- churches or places of worslup ? .Are their lives as simple, as uniform, as laborious, as virtuous as his ? again we say, we opine not. If these things be so—and who will deny them ?—how is the farmer treated ? The state, which ought to recognize in him its sturdiest supporter, fixes him with its heaviest burthens, and deals with his produce as it pleases His landlord, who, without him would be nothing (how many landlords per thousand, arc there, who would rise early and go to bed late, after a whole day of toil, in cultivating their vast estates as he cultivates them ?)—his landlord, we say, takes advantage, of being 3JHUty in making those laws to double or treble his rents, knowing that he must pay whatever is charged because he cannot help himself. The Parliament, by its laws of settlement, saddling him with the maintenance of the poor after they have become emaciated in the fclctories-the church enforcing from him tithes which, being commuted when he received more, must be paid to the last penny while he is receiving less--tlie community at large compelling him to pay county rates to protect their property, and to provide their roads, without one farthing being contributed by the towns- people; and now he is to be the subject of further experiments, of how much he can take less-of how many more tariffs he can endure—of what varied form of admitting American or other wheat by a Canadian or other name; until, like Issachar'" a'>s between two burthens, he perish by the way-side; but, let us whisper to those who so treat him, if he be so permitted to perish by treachery, by party prejudice, or by insatiable avarice, he will not perish alone.—M. L. Express.

I THE CRIMINAL LAW. I [Abridged from the Morning Advertiser.] The case of the five men under sentence of death at Liverpool, for a crime of which four are morally innocent, is one of the numerous instances in which English lawyers, finding no law to suit their purpose, lay down a general principle to meet the exigency of the moment, and thus do more mischief to society than the offenders whose convictions their sophistry procures. Divested of all extraneous and irrelevant matter, the case has been almost of daily occurrcnce since it was made legal to sell game. The fatal result of an affray between game- keepers and poachers is merely an accidental difference, which serves to distinguish one of these outrages from another. In the case in question the five men were poaching in the Earl of Derby's preserves at Knows- ley, when they met with the keepers, with whom they had a struggle, in the course of which a poacher, named Roberts, who had a gun, fired and killed Kenyon, a gamekeeper. Of the unfortunate's death they are all held to be guilty, by a legal rule, which is neither founded in law, nor supported by the common sense which guides men's judgement on the actions of others. The crime of four of the men at Liverpool was poaching and if depriving a rich nobleman of his chance of selling a few hares to the Liverpool or Manchester market- people, be so high a crime as to merit death, let them be hanged for poaching but let us not have common sense outraged, and all our notions of the different mag- nitudes ef offences confounded, by hanging them for murder. A gamekeeper was slain by a poacher. lie was killed by a shot from a gun, and until there is proof that all five consented to the firing of a gun, they are as little guilty of the murder as incapable of all pulling the trigger at once. Their common purpose was taking a few hares, worth little more than as many shillings they were in danger from the fury of the gamekeepers, and a secondary common purpose was self-defence but even here there is no proof that they were unanimous in the necessity of firing the gun. It is not even shewn they knew anything of that act until it was too late for prevention. Under these circumstances the common law of England, interpreted by the common sense of Englishmen, considers the homicide to be the act of the man only who fired; and whether it were justifiable or not, there is no evidence. If the gamekeeper had fired, and shot one of the poachers, men engaged in no highly criminal offellce- an offence, be it observed, not against society or pro- perty universally acknowledged and i-esl)ected--blit against the game laws, enacted by the wealthy to monopolise the wild beasts to their pleasure—would his companions have been placed at the bar on the charge of shooting the poacher? We answer fearlessly, they would not; for they were the servants of a nobleman, while the poachers were poor peasants. It may be a question with some whether the law will be suffered to take its course, and the four men be hanged for what they did not commit; if it be, we can tell the questioner, that the sentence will not be carried into effect, because those who have the management of these matters, are concerned for the preservation of game, and they know that such a piece of cruelty and injustice would effectually put an end to all prospects of ever obtaining a verdict in future affrays of gamekeepers and poachers, which terminate fatally to the former. If justice were meted out equally to the ruffian game- preserver and the ruffian game-stealer, it would still be a subject of deep complaint to the public, that its peace should be continually destroyed, because the landed gentry have added dealing in game to their other modes of enhancing the value of their estates. We have addressed this article not to those who justly hold capital punishments in abhorrence, but to the common sense of those who think such inflictions in extreme cases to be necessary to the protection of society.

STATE OF THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY. I The following extracts are from a letter which was published in the Times months ago but as few of our readers have seen the letter and as it is not without interest and significance even to those who have, we find room for its spirit:— As long as the just and politic distribution of wealth remains the chief element of its production, it will be impossible for any Government to enrich and improve the nation without incurring the ill-will of such classes and interests as are the immediate losers by any such re-distribution, and it is too much to expect that they will at once acquiesce in any such sacrifice for the general good; a Minister, therefore, who believes him- self called upon to effect any such change will do well to consider by what means he can best weather this inevitable storm of temporary unpopularity, for if his measures are really wise and can bear the test of expe- rience, it is only a temporary dissatisfaction that he has to fear. Now, mere accordance of general political sentiment will hardly carry a government through such difficulties as these; something more is required, and that something is only to be found in individual confi- dence and personal attachment. These moral influences, these social influences, the present leaders of the Conservative party have totally neglected or disclaimed; they have declined to animate the dry bones of political opinion with any life of sym- pathy or affection, and the dislocation of theit party is the consequence. How much closer will be the party tic, when intertwined with habits of daily intimacy, and often with feelings of earnest friendship! How much easier for a politician to accomplish great objects at the cost of particular sacrifices when he can depend on such sentiments and such associations, than when he rests alone on the probable accordance of selfish interests or logical conclusions! When each public man lives in his own magnificent seclusion-when Ministers in the House of Commons pass the whole evening without a recognition of one of their followers or the least concern in anything that regards them; and hold no social in- tercourse at other times even with their own official subordinates,—when the members of the Government in the House of Lords are, with the exception of the Duke, unknown by sight to the majority of their sup- porters in the Commons,—when measures, not men," is literally acted on as a principle of Government, the uses of a political party are, in fact, superseded, and every man will embrace the opportunity of following the objects of his individual ambition, if that is his chief concern, or he will attempt to realize his own views of the public good, if actuated by higher and purer motives. The conduct of the present Government in these mat- ters becomes more obnoxious from its contrast with that of their predecessors. The Whig party had long broken through the 'social exclusiveness which masks its pride under the garb of refinement, and had shown how much honour, rank, and wealth do to themselves by welcoming talent and knowledge within their circle in the society of the great Whig houses the harshness of the mere political connexion was fused into the kind- liest interchange of agreeable feelings and intellectual gifts, and it is little wonder that the chain thus woven was sufficiently strong to hold thë- party together when every other bond was broken. The Whigs were kept in office for the last two years solely by the force of so- cial sympathies and personal feeling. But there are other and more important requirements of which the present Administration has shown itself entirely regardless; I allude to its conduct towards the younger and more active portion of the party. There are men, some of distinguished, social position, others of remarkable literary attainment, who will not content themselves with the vapid pleasures or vicious excite- ments of London life, and are desirous of devoting their energies and their abilities to the good of their country and fellow-men. Such men cannot accept the House of Commons as one club the more, but are determined to find in it a field for useful exertion. It is the coarsest notion to suppose that such men are greedy of place. Such subordinate official positions as they could reason- ably expect to fill are so very like mere clerkships, and imply so entire a suspension of all efforts at distinction or utility in Parliament, that they could only be ac- cepted by such men, under any circumstances, as dis- agreeable processes of political education, and would never be eagerly desired for their own sakes. these men want is not place, but occupation, not official distinction, but means of usefulness and, surely, it would not have been difficult for the Govern- ment to have gratified this most honest ambition. Surely all this virtuous ability, instead of being ignored as it has been, might have been recognized and applied to certain definite purposes, instead of being compelled, as it now is, to assert its own existence at every disad- vantage, and to force its own unguided way into that notoriety which, in this time and country, is the neces- sary preliminary of every kind of power. The art of directing mankind consists much less in gratifying their weakness es than in satisfying their stre-igtii and though a wise leader will always mould the vanity of his followers to his own advantage, he will trust much more to the activity and earnestness and enthusiasm which dcvelope themselves among them, and which he can guide, almost unconsciously to them- selves, in the channels of his own designs. With the incapacity, therefore, of the present Go- vernment to make use either of the frailties or the ex- cellencies of their friends, discontent reigns in the party, unchecked by private affection or public interest. Our enemies attribute all this alienation to political causes, as it is openly proclaimed that the sinews of Conserva- tism are broken, and that its principles are losing their hold of the minds of intelligent men. This deduction docs not appear to be ju:"t.

POOR LAW. A correspondent of the Times writes as follows The conduct of the board of guardians of the Hampnett Union, in the county of Sussex, and the immediate neighbourhood of his Grace the Duke of Richmond, has been the subject of such repeated remonstrance as might reasonably be expected to relieve it by reformation from some of that reproach, which, as far as I can learn, appears to be more peculiarly its own. I shall not trust myself to do more on the present occasion than make and authenticate the following statement: John Holder and Ann, his wife, resident within that district, are both of the age of 80 years and upwards, and of unblemished character. They recently applied for outdoor relief from that board, and it was refused. Application was then made on their behalf to the Duke of Richmond, his Grace being chairman of the board, and then at Goodwood. Without any needless remarK on the peculiar delicate treatment which that letter experienced (written as it was by a lady, and worthy as it was of the lady by whom it was written) in being laid before the board to be answered by his Grace's attorney as its clerk, the substantive reply was a slip of paper bearing the following words, viz., "John ahd Ann Holder his wife, aged 81. Admit the bearer." There is the long-suffering on high, and the hand was not struck with paralysis that wrote the words. The wedded life of some of the wealthiest in the land may be such as to make their separation a comfort at its tclose. Not so with this aged and innocent pair. But I will not weaken by any writing of my own the effect of the passage on this and, I fear it must be added other similar cases, which, though it be without leave, I will transcribe from a letter written, as I have no doubt, by the same hand as that which so recently addressed his Grace to no other purpose than as I have said:— For the first of these applicants something is about to be done by the farmers of the parish, who are making a private rate on the behalf, so that virtually the old poor law is working round again, and as long as the religion of our blessed Lord is not a dead letter, and there remains in the hearts of the people one drop of human kindness, the plan which is adopting in several parishes will stand, we hope, between the living and the dead to stay the vengeance of an insulted and incensed God."

I CATTLE SHOWS AND FARMERS' CLUBS. Useful as the meeting of agricultural societies have lately proved in some places, nothing can be more interested than the purposes for which most of them have been formed and are supported. In most cases they have been established under the patronage and to maintain the influence of a great landlord or of a clique of landlords in the locality. They are often, as in Somersetshire, under the especial protection and guidance of the monopolist county members, who there assemble their adherents, and give, or try to give the political tone to the tenant-farmers. Previously to 18-11, and the general election of that year, the societies were openly used for advocating the maintenance of the corn monopoly; now they have suddenly become non- political. That is, everything which is unpleasant to the landlord ear is to be carefully excluded. Thus in many places, as in Hertfordshire, the question of leases is political, and is tabooed accordingly and in all of them the subject which is exciting every farmer's attention, and quailing every monopolist landlord's heart, is peremptorily forbidden. They talk about the improvement of stock, they descant on the benefits of draining and permanently ameliorating the soil by manures and dressings, they urge the' use of new and approved implements, they preach the fullest employ- ment of labourers at the best possible wages, but they rigidly exclude the discussion of that question which must be settled before any of these improyements- valuable and necessary as we admit them to be-can in practice come into general use. Moreover, no one could be aware, by anything which falls from the land- lords, that such a thing as rent exists. The words Rent, Corn Laws, and Free Trade are not to be breathed at these meetings. The squires were not so mealy- mouthed three months ago.—London Paper.

THE JURY LOTTERY. CHESTER ASSIZES.- JVilliam Venables was indicted for killing and slaying John Venables at Sandbach. "The deceased was father of the prisoner. The prisoner quarrelled with a man named Sutton, and com- menced fighting. The father put him out of the house the prisoner, however, returning, supposing his father then about to interfere, said, Old rogue, are you com- ing ?' The father fell under the table, when the prisoner commenced AtC?/My him in a most brutal manner; he then went to bed in great agony, and died next morning from a rupture of the bowels. Two surgeons were examined, who deposed to the pro- bability of the rupture being produced by a fall; and the cause of the fall not being clearly ascertained, Mr. Tem- ple put it to his Lordship, as to whether there was any case to go before the jury? His Lordship thought there was. Mr. Temple then addressed the jury for the prisoner. The learned Judge having summed up, the jury re- turned a verdict of Guilty, but recommended the prisoner to mercy. The learned Judge: Upon what grounds) "The Jury: Upon the ground that it was by an accident. Mr. Justice Wightman (lifting up his eyes): If, gen- tlemen, you have gathered a correct account of the evi- dence, you ought, if you did not consider it a wilful act, to have acquitted the prisoner; if otherwise how can you return such a verdict ? You had better return, and reconsider your verdict then, if it is your opinion, that the act was not wilful, it is your duty to return a verdict of acquittal, but, if otherwise, it is imperative on you to pronounce a verdict of guilty upon the charge in the indictment. "The Jury hesitating, the learned Judge desired them to go to reconsider their verdict, which they did, and, in a short time, returned a verdict of Sot Guilty." Such a case as this exemplifies the occasion for a Court Appeal for criminal proceedings. How can the public be satisfied with the verdict of a jury that has so distinctly proved its incompetence ? A new trial would be the remedy. But there is a prejudice against trying a man capitally a second time for the same offence—a prejudice which had some humanity on its side when our criminal law was of revolting severity, but which has not now that justification. The highest humanity is now to look to the preven- tion of crime, and the best means of giving security to society. Had the stupid Cheshire jury committed their blunder on the side of severity instead of that of leniency, there would have been a clumsy remedy in the Home office, through the prerogative of mercy. And the considera- tion of the case in that department would virtually have been a new trial conducted in the most impcrfeci way. In cases of capital conviction, then, the only question really is, whether the new trial shall be had in the best or the worst method. At present the appeal is all one- sided. Interests is made for the convict, and represen- tations urged in his favour, but there is no one on the other hand to guard the cause of justice, and to rebut false statements, and mantain the truths of the case, and the character of the offence. In the existing system, what rude and imperfect re- medy there is for miscarriage in criminal proceedings is only where the fault lies with severity, but we can see no reason why there should not also be a better consti- tuted resource against error where it would wholly de- feat justice by undue indulgence to crime, for the im- punity of a wrlprit appears to us only an evil secondary in degree to excessive punishment. A spurious sentimentality may rejoice at a savage criminal's escape, but the example encouraging guilt is a wrong and a cruelty to society. Amongst the advantages of a Criminal Court of Ap- peal would be a diminution of the discrepancies in the measures of punishments, which at present are a scandal to the justice of the country. We lately noticed two cases of murder, the one of a son by his father, the other of a father by his son. The father the jury found guilty of manslaughter, through the case was clearly one either for a verdict of murder or an acquittal. The son, whose passion had yielded to the most grievous provocation, was found guilty of murder, but in the above instance, of incomparably worse a cha- racter, the unnatural ruffian escapes with impunity through a jury's indulgence for brutality. A few days ago some savages, who had deliberately killed a woman by throwing- her into a pit, because she refused to com- ply with their desires, were acquitted of murder and found guilty of assault only. Stolzer, who was convicted of the murder of a poor fellow whom he had stabbed without the slightest pro- vocation, and who, after the act, evinced the most blood thirsty and hardened spirit, was pardoned. And, on the other side of the account of inconsistencies, three men are now lying under sentence of death as accom- plices in a murder, they having been of the poaching party, of which the actual murderer made fourth, and so involved in the guilt as principals according to the rule of law.-Examiner.

INTENTIONS OF THE OPPOSITION.-The state of Ire- land will, it is generally understood, be brought before parliament very early in the approaching session. If in the Speech" from the Throne there be any allusion to the condition of the sister country—(and it is scarcely possible to assume that the engrossing subject of Ire- land should be altogether omitted from the Speech of the Sovereign at the opening of parliament)-an a- mendment" will be moved on the address." Jf, aware of the embarrassing position in which they are placed by the "state prosecutions," and the extraordinary proceed- ings by which the preparations for the trials have been marked, they be desirous of gaining a short respite from the consequences of a discussion in parliament on these topics, and Ministers resolve on having an opening Speech from which the most important and generally in- teresting topic, shall be omitted, then, on an early day, of which notice will be given by Lord John Russell on the first evening of the session, the noble lord will all- nounce his intention of moving that the house resolve itself into committee for the purpose of taking into its moat seiiuud consideration the state of Ireland.— Gloóc THE ANTI-COKN-LAW LEAGUE is gaining a new ad- vantage, for the agricultural Protectionists are arousing themselves to a direct opposition. Essex takes the lead in establishing a iUeague to battle with the League j and some other agricultural counties are preparing to follow; while a few societies already in existence are taking a more decisive course. Hitherto, the new energy has not been happily directed. A Northampton- shire society has forced Earl Spencer to withdraw from its ranks, because he is a Free-trader. It is not shown that he will be less a Free-trader for the exclusion; that he will havc less influence: or that his farming assocÏ:1.tes were assumed to share his Free-trade opinions because they consorted with him in fattening cattle and encouraging able ploughmen. The step, therefore, sa- vours as much of futility as of littleness. If they wanted to neutralize the effect of Lord Spencer's free trade among agriculture, they should have sought some equally eminent advocate of protection among manu- faeturs or commerce-say Lord Londonderry for want of a better. Mr. Charles Chaplin's Lincolnshire plan, of finding a person used to mob-oratory to meet Mr. Cobden, looks a little more apposite but his favourite notion of ducking the chief Leaguer does not say much for the controversial skill of the Parts of Lindsey it would superfluously prove the existence of water and boors in Lincolnshire, but it is not all calculated to refute the lowest of Mr. Cobden's arguments, or to weigh much with the Legislature. In Essex, strange to say, they manage these things better. Mr. Robert Baker, of Writtle, addresses himself to fight the League with their own weapons. He studies their method of warfare, and finds that their great arms are subscriptions and figures; and he straight evokes subscriptions and figures in Essex. The subscriptions, indeed are not quite so astounding as the Manchester offerings to Free Trade nor are the figures altogether so formi- dable. He evidently has more ambition than practice in the use of statistics, and does not even know their nature. He therefore makes mistakes, which, if he is young, he may outgrow. He undertakes, boldly enough, to meet the challenge to produce statements of the pe- culiar burdens on land and among them he counts wages, rent, and general taxation as if manufacturers did not pay wages, rent, and indirect taxes. THE REVIVAL OF TRADE.—Sailors in a calm whistle for a wind, and it is quite certain that a breeze will spring up, provided only that they whistle long enough. Like the whistling for a wind have been Sir Robert Peel's announcement of the revival of commerce in the winter, the spring, and the summer, of '42, and again in the same seasons of '43, and at last the cheering evi- dences of improvement are before us, both in the ac- counts from the manufacturing districts and the increase of the revenue. This proves as much for the premier's sagacity as the wind proves for the sailors' whistling. Sir Robert had only to announce, and announce, and announce the revival of trade perseveringly, and he was sure to be right at last. There are cocks that crow all night, but as the dawn comes in its time, they are not out in their last crow. The exultation of the Tories at the improvement in commerce is like the boast of one of their organs that the Queen can go to and fro in safety, and that her Ministers enjoy their recreations. Did they really suppose it possible that trade could be utterly extinguished under their councils ? To ruin this country is not so easy a thing as people imagine. It is what the French cooks call a piece of resistance" which will bear a monstrous deal of hacking and hew- ing. Its energies have yet proved superior to all the mischievous interference with them, and though their due developement has been impeded, they yet survive and rally, despite all disadvantages. When we see what the vigour of commerce is after all the perverse meddling to mar it, we may infer what it would be with fair play. If it can rally under such treatment, how gloriously it would flourish under a wiser system. Sir Robert Peel, on the meeting of Parliament, will be content to boast that commerce is not destroyed. The measures by the defeat of which he obtained power would have given the country some better cause of satisfaction than this; and by this time, instead of rejoicing at the signs of the mere revival of commerce, there would have been felt the substantial proofs of its vigorous growth and ex- pansion. The boast of the Tories is that it is not dead, the boast of the Liberals would have been that it had gained new life.—Examiner. A FREE TRADE BANQUET was held in Glasgow City-hall, on Wednesday evening. The hall was fitted up as it was for the banquet of last year forty tables were laid out in the body of the building, besides others in the galleries and they were covered with wines, coffee, fruit, cake, &c. The Western gallery was devoted to ladies, of whom about 150 were present; the whole assemblage numbered about 2,000. The Lord Provost presided. Many gentlemen deli- vered speeches and the eloquence of the evening flowed freely, with spirit and vivacity. Mr. Cobden especially made a capital speech but for the most part it neces- sarily went over old ground, as it was his office to ex- pound the new plan of the League, not yet officially ex- plained in Scotland. In describing the total fusion of classes and parties to be found in the Anti-Corn-law League, he mentioned two of their subscribers— Looking to the character of our contributors, we have men of every kind, from the Marquis of Westmins- ter—(Loud applause)—down to the man at Todmorden, who sent up the card, literally with sixpence, signed 'Beggar John Roughtops.' (Laughter.) This man was pointed out to me, for I was curious to see him, as a poor cripple, walking on crutches, and who got his living as a mendicant; and so we have an kinds of contributors, from the Marquis of Westminster down to Beggar John Roughtops—every class and every kind of society, and every class of opinions that distinguish parties. And I venture to say, that the cause that has the support of the best of the land, from the highest of the aristocracy down to'the lowest beggar that walks the streets, is a cause that never any thing can prevent from finally achieving a complete triumph.(Chears.) 0 A change of Ministry was alluded to as probable; and the allusion elicited vehement applause. Norwich is all aflame upon the subject of Church- rates. Proceedings have been instituted in the Arches Court of Canterbury against five most respectable pa- rishioners of St. George's Colegate in Norwich, for having wilfully and contumaciously obstructed, or at least refused to make, or join or concur in making, a sufficient rate for Church purposes which is as- sumed, on the strength of a recent judgmeÜ by Sir Herbert Jenner Fust, to be a punishable offence The Dissenters of Norwich are endeavouring to stay the proceedings in the Ecclesiastical Court, by obtaining the interposition of the Court of Queen's bench; and a public and promote subscriplions to defray the law ex- penses. With much strong language, a resolution was unanimously carried, recommending the case to the attention of the people generally, and asking sympathy and pecuniary aid and a subscription was opened with spirit. Mr. Westwart in his Village Church, writes :— The very children trod thy paths With hushed steps and slow, Their merry laughter all subdued To timid whispers low; Nor gathered they those little flowers That peeped the grasses through Perchance they dreamed the unconscious dead Might lJVe their beauty too." THE ALLEGED FORGERY CASE.—An examination into a wholesale forgery of wills has lately occupied the Lord Mayor at the Mansion-house, and the accused were le-examined on Tuesday week. They are Mr. Barber, of the firm of Barber and Bircham, solicitors, in New Bridge Street—the other partner being in no way im- plicated—'and a Mr Fletcher and <J yesterday, Mrs. Georgiana Dorey, the wife of a. respectable shopkeeper in Oxford Street, was added to the list of prisoners. The first case was that of a Miss Ann Slack, who had property left her by her father, amounting to more than £6,000. She seems not to have been very astute in business. Her guardian, Mr. Hulme, had the manage- ment of her affairs and he transferred stock to her name in two separate sums furnishing her with money as she required it. The guardian died in 1832 and the lady, who up to that time had lived in Smith Street, Chelsea, went to reside with a married sister and her husband, Captain Foskett. Miss Slack continued to re- ceive dividends at the Bank, on one part of the stock, while the rest remained forgotten; and having been unclaimed for ten years, was, on the 6th June 1842, transferred to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt and Mr. Barber became aware of the transfer. On the pretext that he was empowered to convey some funded property bequeathed to a" Miss Ann Slack" by a lady who had died six weeks before at Bath, he applied to Captain Foskett, apparently to settle some doubts as to the identity of his sister-in-law; and thus obtained information respecting the owner of the unclaimed dividend, and also Miss Slack's signature. A will in her name was now produced at Doctors Commons, purporting to bequeath the unclaimed stock to her niece, Emma Slack"; a note purporting to be from Emma Slack" was addressed to the Governor of the Bank, requesting that the stock might be trans- ferred to her and a person answering to that name attended at the Bank, and received the dividends due on the stock. Mr. Fletcher first appears in the business as introducing Miss Emma Slack" to Mr. Barber. In the next case, the forged will of a Mrs. Mary Hunt, of Queen's Square, Bristol, was proved at Doctors Commons by Barber who afterwards received the amount mentioned in the will, with the interest for ten years. Barber was accompanied on the occasion by a person who called himself Thomas Hunt, and who pretended to be the executor. That the document was forged there could be no doubt, as Mary Hunt died in 1806, while the will proved by Barber made it appear that she did not die before 1829. A book belonging to Fletcher contained an entry of the name of Mary Hunt, the amount of unclaimed money due, and the name of the solicitor and Fletcher is suspected of having per- sonated Thomas Hunt; but the evidence was not clear on that point. The third case, which was just like those described, related to the will of Elizabeth Bur- chard, in which the property bequeathed amounted to £2,000. Mr. Barber and his client were again remanded until the 2'2d instant. Last Friday, Mrs. Dorey was produced as the personater of Emma Slack, in which name she had taken lodgings in Francis Street, Tottenham Court Road and at her own house were found some articles of dress which she had worn as Emma Slack, and a seal like that on the false will of Elizabeth Burchard. The prisoner was remanded till Monday week, 'to be examined with the others. WELSH SERVICE IN ST PAUL'S CHURCH.—LIVER- POOL.—We rejoice to learn that our fellow-countrymen in the vicinity of the above church evince their regard for the Welsh service by attending it in large numbers, especially at three o'clock on the Sunday afternoon. The morning service at nine o'clock, it is complained, com- mences at too early an hour for many to be present; and probably there is some justice in this complaint at this time of the year. The cause of this inconvenience cannot, it seems, be removed until a separate church be found for the Welsh in the north part of the town. But it is to be hoped that the efforts which have been made by the various denominations of Dissenters to erect suitable and handsome places of Worship will rouse Churchmen to effect this desirable object. We under- stand that the ministerial labours of the Rev. William Hughes have, since his appointment to the Welsh lectureship, been attended with considerable success, and that a large increase has taken place in the number of communicants as well as in the congregation. This we take to be a proof that the Welsh know how to appreciate the ministry of the gospel, when it is preached with becoming solemnity, and in an intelligible manner, cither by a pious and candid clergyman, or by a Dissenter.—Liverpool Standard. WELSH MATINS.—The old custom of observing matins on Christmas day (whether for good or evil we shall not say,) for which much zeal was manifested in this town about forty years ago, is again revived. At that period, and for many years subsequently, it was usual among dissenters to hold religious meetings at five o'clock on Christmas morning. Many of these congregations afterwards proceeded to St. Paul's Church to attend the Welsh service, which was at that period performed by the Rev. Mr. Pughe. The custom has been discontinued by all the dissenters, but it has of late years been revived at St. Paul's Church to the great delight and satisfaction of a numerous class among the Welsh in this town. Evidence of this was furnished on last Christmas day, when no less than 700 or 800 attended the Welsh service at St. Paul's, at six o'clock in the morning. The prayers on that occasion were read impressively by the Rev. T. Harris, of Henllys, Pembrokeshire, and lately of Carnarvon; and an ex- cellent sermon was delivered by the Rev. Wm. Hughes, the Welsh lecturer, from John i, 14.—Ibid. The Morning Advertizer reports that a public meeting of the friends of popular education was held on Wednesday, at Marlborough Chapel, in the Old Kent road, to adopt measures for establishing schools in that district according to the plan of the British and Foreign School Society. Mr. Benjamin Wood, M.P., took the chair; and Mr. Hawes, M.P., Dr. Bowring, M.P., Mr. Wire, and several reverend gentlemen, were present. The Factories Bill of last session was the subject of some vehement reprobation. The Reverend J. Aldiss boasted that the Dissenters had prevented a gorged and tyrannical priesthood from laying hold of the minds of youth, snatching them from all hopes of Christian liberty, and dragging them back to the darkness of the middle ages." All the resolutions proposed were carried unanimously; and Mr. Wood led off a liberal subscrip- tion with the sum of £50. LOCKING UP A JURY.—On Thursday afternoon, in Mr. Justice Maule's court, the case of Sayear and Tattersfield," for burglary, was called on, the judge intimating that he would not take a long case. After three witnesses had been examined, his lordship became somewhat testy, and, complaining that the counsel foi the prosecution should have commenced with a case of that length at that hour of the day, refused to pro- ceed further with it. This was a little after six o'clock. and the jury found themselves in the pleasant position of being committed for the night to the custody of the bailiff, and locked up in York castle until morning, then to resume the trial.— York Gazette. A general meeting of the Royal Humane Society was held at their office in Trafalgar Square, on Tuesday Sir Edward Codrington in the chair. The report stated the receipts at £2,504; the expenditure at £2,254; leaving in the Treasurer's hands £250. The number of cases of drowning brought under the Committee's notice during the past year was 170; rewards had been distributed to 156 persons. The Society had offered a prize for the best essay on the resuscitation of life in persons apparently drowned but five essays which had been sent in proved to be only compilations from previous works, containing no new suggestions. Thanks were voted to the Duke of Northumberland for his patronage of the Society and various persons were rewarded with the silver medal. A HINT TO COURSERS, CRICKETERS, &C.—The public are aware that qui tam actions are pending against several of the most influential supporters of the horse races. To a common-sense reading, the statute upon which the proceedings are founded (9th Anne, c. 14) was evidently intended to apply to dicing and cards, governed, however, by precedents, which many great lawyers consider to have been originally wrong. The judges of the present day have invariably laid it down that racing is comprehended in the words other games" and this point, still vigorously disputed, will shortly have to be again determined in the courts of law, unless the Legislature shall previously resolve on the repeal of one of the most ridiculously anomalous acts that disgrace our civil code. But whatever doubt may exist as to its application to racing, there is none what- ever as it regards coursing. Racing is legalized by statute to the utmost extent, and further by 52 Royal Plates of 100 guineas each, and the Queen's Vase at Ascot, annually given; but coursing, or in the language of the courts, dog matches," were held in the ease of Daintree v. Hutchinson, decided after three several i hearings, so lately as June, 1842, (vide 10th vol. Meeson's and Welsh's Reports, p 85) to come within the meaning of the act; and coursing for stakes or other things of the value in the aggregate of 10Z., is distinctly amd indisputably contrary to law. In every sum of money, therefore, above the value of 101., whether in the shape of a stake, cup, or bet, the winner is liable, under, the statute of Anne, to be sued by the common informer in four times the amount won. We are not sounding the alarm upon weak or imaginary grounds; a petti- fogging lawyer has been quietly at work for some weeks past, and unless checked by prompt and vigorous measures in Parliament, will assuredly place the cours- ing community in a very unpleasant fix." We have seen a long array of names that are not unlikely to be qui tarn d, from which we make a selection, having no other purpose in view than to put the parties on their guard, and to rouse theui to action, showing them how indispensable it is that they should forthwith unite with the higher powers of the turf in endea- vouring to repeal an act that, if suffered to remain in force, must inevitably put an end, not to racing and coursing only, but to cricket, and all other national sports. The game aimed at in the contemplated pro- ceeding, include Lord Sefton, a winner of £20 with Synedoche, at Altcar; Marquis of Douglas, a winner with Chatelherault of £132 10s. at Clydesdale; Lord Eglintoun, the winner of several valuable prizes at the Scotch meetings Lord Stradbroke, winner of £200 at the Waterloo meeting in 1842, and of upwards of at the Newmarket Champion Meeting, in the same year Mr. Pollock, winner of £300 at the last Waterloo Meeting; Mr. Hunt, winner of the same cup, in 1842, and several other prizes; Captain Daintree, winner of upwards of £200 at the late Newmarket meeting Mr. Bagge, winner of the same amount, at the same meet- ing Mr. E. G. Hornby, winner of several cups and stakes at Altcar, Southport, Lyham, &c. Mr. A. Graham, Sir W. A. Maxwell, Sir H. Fleethood, Mr. Geddes. Mr. Etwall, Mr. Gurney, Dr. Brown, Mr. J. Gibb, Mr. Bake, Mr. Slater, Mr. Saberton, and several others, winners of stakes of sufficient value to excite the cupidity of the worthies now so industriously (we hope impotently) at work. All these gentlemen are liable and quite certain, if they sit at home with their arms folded, to be sued for and have recovered from them four times the amount of the several stakes won. And let the small fry remember, that 20 greyhounds entered for a stake of half a sovereign a piece constitute, in the eye of the learned judges, a dog match for £ 10." (Vide the case of Bidmad v. Gale," c.9, George III., whereiu a. match for £25 a side is decided to be a match for £50.) It is important to bear in mind that in horseracing there can rarely be any witness against the defendant, except the person who has lost the money, and if he is honest and refuses to give evidence, there can be no evidence at all; but of stakes won by coursers, the evidence is plain and incontestable, and the wit- nesses numerous and the whole case as easy of proof as the winning of the Derby or Doncaster St. Leger. In fact, the coursing stakes are all regularly published under authority, with the names of all the subscribers, and the amount won is officially and publidy paid over to the winner. To the lovers of cricket we recommend a perusal of a case tried in the Court of Exchequer, re- ported in the first volume of Crompton and Meeson's Reports," where it will be found that the Court decided that cricket is a game, in the same category with cards, dicing, and horseracing, and comes within the statute of 9th Anne, c. H.-Gloúe. The Queen has given a present of £20 to the Ojibbeway Indians, and it has been divided equally between them. Her Majesty has also ordered a variety of rich plaids to be manufactured for them. On turning to Johnson's dictionary, we find the verb to peel deri ved from the French piller, to rob, to plunder, and Johnson adds that it ough t by analogy to be writtcn pill, which would well enough fit the quack who would not give his prescription till he had got his fee. The examples which Johnson gives of the sense of the word, are wonderfully apt. Who once just and temp'rate conquered well, But govern í1l the nations under yoke, Peeling their provinces, exhausted all But lust and rapine."—MILTON. What follows is still more appropriate Lord-like at ease, with 'arbitrary power, To peel the chiefs, the people to devour, These, traitor, are thy talents."—DRYIIEX. Under the head of peeler, too, we find quotations not inapplicable •—- Yet otcs with her sucking a peeler is found, Hath ill to the master, and morse to the, ground." — Taffer. As 'tis a peeler of land, sow it upon lands that are rank."—MORTIMER. These two last examples we recommend to the at- tention of the landed interests and farmers especially. What is there in a name ?" is a common query, we answer, in Peel's everything.—Examiner. PROTECTION.—PROTECT THE FARMER.— The Atlas in the course of an able article on the accession of the Marquis of Westminster to the Anti-Corn Law League, has the following just remarks—The cause of total and unconditional repeal of protecting duties, now numbers among its avowed supporters, the wealthiest land pro- prietor, the first practical agriculturist, and the first private banker in the kingdom. The names of the Marquis of Westminster, of Earl Spencer, and of Mr. Jones Loyd carry with them a degree of moral influ- ence which cannot fail to exercise a marked effect upon public opinion. No agitation ever yet failed which combined the influence of property and high social standing, with that of numbers and popularity. It would be as easy now to stop the advancing tide on the sea-shore by a word, as to resist the progress of the great movement that has set in for the abolition of all restrictions and all monopolies. The Marquis of West- minster appears to us in his letter to have hit the right nail on the head. He bases his adherence to the cause of free-trade mainly upon the general principle of j us- tice to the labouring man. It is all very fine, he ob- serves, for gentlemen at agricultural dinners to prattle of tile-draining, guano, and all manner of fine-sounding agricultural improvements, but in the meantime, what is the condition of the agricultural labourer ? How has the system of agricultural protection worked for him ? [for him, the farmer and his men.] The Marquis of Westminster deserves the thanks of his countrymen for having had the courage to call things by their right names, and to tell the honest truth that protection for the landed interest is a very different thing indeed from protection for the agricultural labourer. If we under- stand rightly the general feeling of the more intelligent and conscientious portion of the country, with regard to the corn-laws, it is precisely this :-they object to them, not se much as being contrary to sound political econo- my, as because they consider them contrary to common sense and honesty. There is a deep and growing moral conviction among reflecting men of every class, that the Legislature has hitherto scandalously neglected the in- terests of the poorer classes that laws have been passed exclusively for the protection of property and affluence; and that nothing has been done to elevate the moral and physical condition of the great masses of the population, or even to give them fair play in the at- tempt to elevate themselves. As a first step in this direction, it appears imperative to commence by a repeal of the corn-laws. They are not only in themselves the most palpable and tangible of grievances, but they are the key-stone of all other grievances. The idea that protection to the wealthy and powerful classes at the expense of the poor is a fundamental axiom of the constitution, stands in the way of all improvement. JUVENILE ^ESTHETICS.—"Anything will do for child- ren" ought to be a sentiment quite exploded. A thing can no more be too good" for children than for adults it may depend on ideas beyond their comprehension, and therefore be unsuited to them-it may be too old for them. Things more especially suited to adults may have higher money-price in the market than things espe- cially suited to children but good" and dearness are not synonymous. A thing cannot be too good for its legitimate purpose it is best if it is as good as pos- sible.—Spectator.

THE NEWSPAPER. What is't can make the man of law Neglect the deed or plea to draw, Ca. sa. Fi.fa. indictment flaw ? The paper. What is't can soothe his client's woe, And make him quite forget John Doe, As well as Mr. Richard Roe ? The paper. What is't absorbs the wealthy cit, The half-pay sub, the fool, the wit, The toothless aunt, the forward chit The paper. What is't informs the country round What's stolen or strayed, what's lost or found- Who's born, and who's put under ground ? The paper. What tells you all that's done and said,- The fall of meal, the rise of bread, And how the Yankees go a-head?" The paper. Abroad, at home, infirm or stout, In health, or raving with the gout, Who possibly can do without The paper.

LONDON GAZETTE. BANKRUPTS.—Friday, Jan. 12.—P. Robotham, Al- dersgate-strect, licensed victualler.—W. Armfield, North- ampton, draper.—H. Southgate and W. M. Robertson, Fleet-street, auctioneers.—F. Tootell, Edgeware, Middle- sex, hay and corn dealer.—J. Sproule, Liverpool, wine merchant.—J. Ashton, Liverpool, chemist. INSOLVENT PETITIONER.—D. M. Thomas, Cwm Am- man, Carmarthenshire, surgeon. BANKRUPTS.—(Tuesday, January 16.)—James Pig- gott, jun., cabinet maker, Richmond, Surrey.—Moses James Dyke, innkeeper, Ramsey, Hampshire.—William Bromley, scrivener, Gray's-Inn-square.-Charlcs Stewart Sweeny, apothecary, Albion-place, Hyde-park-square.— Henry Slesinger and Joseph Slesinger, warehousemen, Catcaton-street, City.—Edward Hodson, linen-draper, Thrapston, Northin-iptonsliire.-William Baker, sur- geon, Lower • Grosvenor-street, Bond-street. John Chamberlain Knill, tailor, Gloucester.—George Phillips, dealer, Leicester.

Erratwn.-In the article referring to Sir J. Williams for" philanthropic philippic" read "patriotic philippic."

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WEEKLY CALENDAR. THE l\I()O'S CH ANGES.—New Moon, on the 19th of January, at 6h. 18m. after. The Moon rises, Jan. 2">.— 8h. Om. A.M. Jan. 23. 9h. Om.A.M. 21.— 8h. 2:Jm. 24. 9h. 18m.- 22.— 8h. 42m. 25. 9h. 3i¡m.- The Sun sets. The, Siin riseg. 1 Cloc beforesun. I 4 h. 29ni. Jan. 22. 7h 56m. 11m. 45 sec. 4h. 29m. 2;). 7h: 52m. 12m. 31 sec. 4h. 34m. Jan. 21.-Third Sunday after Epiphany. Proper Les- sons, Morning, Isaiah 55, Matt. 19 Evening, Isaiah 56, 1 Cor. 3. 22.—Mahommedan year 1360 begins. 25.-Conversion of St. Paul. 26.—Length of day, 8h. 46m.; day's increase from the shortest day, Ih. lm. day breaks, 5h. 51m. twilight ends, 6h. 36m. TIDE TABLE. HIGH WATEN at BRISTOL, during the week. -.r p I Cumherl j J}athurst JOJ.orn 1ng '1:eJuno. I ?,, -??r ?M?. ??-j c?. !II- INC. JAN. 20 7 33 7 55 31 11 20 8 21 8 15 8 33 32 4 21 1 22 8 51 9 7 31 11 20 8 23 9 25 9 38 30 9 19 6 24 9 I,- (; 10 9 29 3 18 0 25 10 27 10 38! 27 7 16 4 26 10 56 11 4' 25 5 i U 2 EQUATION OF THE TIDES.—These equations, applied to the above table, will give the approximate times of HIGH WATER AT THE FOI.LOWING PLACES:— n. M. H. M. Aber,-st,-ith. 117110 15 Ilolyliea(l a(l(l 2 25 Carmarthen-bay ..sub. 1 5 Liverpool add 4 6 Cardigan-bar .sub. 0 15 Lunch- Isle.sub. 1 45 Cardiff-roads sub. 0 55 Milford Haven .sub. 1 30 Carnarvon add I 45 Newport, Mon. sub. 0 30 Chepstow sub. 0 13 Swansea-bar sub. 1 15 Fishguard-bay.sab. 0 30 j Thames' mouth, .sub. 5 4s

AGRICULTURE, MARKETS, &c. r From the Mark Lane Express of Jan. 15. At most of the leading provincial markets, held since f our last, the trade has maintained a very firm tone, and (influenced no doubt by the advices from Mark-Lane of Monday) an advance of from Is. to 2s. per qr. on Wheat has been pretty generally established at the principal towns. From the west we have likewise advices of rising. The Bristol market was, on Thursday, indifferently t supplied £ both with English and Irish Wheat; these Ij kinds were quoted Is. to 2s. per qr. higher, and free foreign was held at a similar improvement; the latter description did not, however, sell freely. At Birmingham, on the same day, the show of samples was small, which induced sellers to demand high rates but buyers acting 1 on the reserve, the advance established did not exceed Is. per qr. The arrivals of Wheat coastwise into Lon- don have been moderate, 5,942 qrs. having been reported I within the last eight days. The show at Mark-Lane by land-carriage samples from the home counties has also been small, still business has been less animated then during the previous week, the millers having apparently become unwilling to follow up their purchase at the enhanced terms. Notwithstanding the late rise in prices of English, the averages continue to come low; that for London published on Friday (52s. Id.,) being only Is. per qr. higher than the previous return. The Flout trade has remained in a languid state, and though millers have been obliged during the last week or two to pay enhanced prices for the raw material, they have been [ unable to establish a corresponding advance in the manufactured article; indeed, the bakers have bought with reluctance at former terms, and towards the close of the week ship samples were very difficult of disposal. The best malting qualities of Barley have been held at 37s. to 38s., and other sorts at from 32s. to 35s. per qr.; but these terms have not been so freely paid as last week, and several runs were left over unsold at the close of business on Friday. The averages are at length beginning to move upwards; the last return for the kingdom being 4d. per qr. higher still it is by no means certain that any material decline will take place in the duty. Malt has been in steady request, and its previous value has been well maintained. The arrivals of Oats have been larger this week than during any previous week for some time past, but the prices demanded have II been an obstacle in the way of making large sales. The duties remained stationary on all kinds of grain and pulse on Thursday. iii. s. s. »• I Wheat, Engl., red 48 to 54 Oats, Engl. Foland 21 22 ) White 53-60 Potatoe 22 26 Irisli 48 -50 Feed. 21-22 I Do. white 50—52 Scotch feed 20 Z2 Barley, Malting. 31-35 Irish Galway. 17 -18 Cheyalier 3) -36 Dublin 18-19 Distilling 32 — 33 Limerick 19 -21 Grinding 30 -32 Tares pr. busl.4s. Od 4s. 6dl Beans, Tick 26 -27 Rapeseed English 2&sto26- Do. old 34 —38 per last of 10 qrs. Harrow 27 -28 Cloverseed, red 46-65 Old .35-36 White, do Foreign, 32 -35 French 50-70 Peas, Boiling. 34—38 Linseed, Baltic and White 33-36 Russia. 35—37 Grey. 32 -33 Flour, Town-made Maple. 31—33 and bestcountry Malt, Brown 56 -58 marks. 48- 60 Chevalier 60 -63 Stockton 38-40 Pale 60 63 Norf. & Suffolk 38—40 Rye, English. 30 -36 Duty on Flour, pr. brl. 12s. Avprage of Wheat Barley Oats. Rye. Beams I Pea. Average of the 6 weeks which regu- lates the uu- tv 50 5 1 18 7 30 5 30 1110 Duties pava- ble 20 0 6 0 8 0 10 8 10 6 10 « Ditto on I grain from British pos- sessions out of Europe.. 1 6 0 66|20 2620 1 LONDON AVERAGES. £ s. d. E S. d. Wheat.. 4,616 qrs.2 12 10 Rye. 181 qrs.l 10 4 f Barley.. 4 8"616 qrs.2 1 1.3 2 171 ? Beans.. 1,088 1 11 2 Oats.14,146 0 19 7 Peas 1,320 1 13 9 PRICES OF BREAD. I The prices of Whcaten Bread in the Metropolis are from 8d. to 9d.: Household ditto, 6d. to 7 d per 41bs loaf. ■ NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL, Jan. 15. At per 81bs. by the carcass-: Inferior Beef,2s 4dto2s 6d Inf. Mutton 2s 8d 3s Od Middling do.,2s 6d 2s 8d | Middling 3s 2d 3s lOd Prime large..2s lOd 3s Od I Prime ditto 4s Od 4s 4d f Do. small.3s 2d 3s 6d Veal 3s 2d 4s 4d Large Pork..2s lOd 3s 8d | Lamb Os Od Os Od PRICE OF TALLOW, &c. 1840. 1841. 1842. 1843. 1841. 1 Stock this day 25,512..35,344..38,641..31,656..33,782 I Pricc of Y.C.. 49s.6d..46s.6d..48s.0d..47s.3d.us. Od to to to to to —s.Od..46s.0d..48s.3d..—s.Od..41s.3d Deliv.lastweek 2,923.. 2,008.. 2,681.. 2,687.. 1482 Do.fromlstJnne69,771..68,021..70,400..61,932..58,175 Arriv. last week 23.. 364.. 627.. 366.. 3 Do,.rroI1l1t.J une,908..8,029..90,913..74,338.. 72,85S I Price of Town. DDS.Od.)ls.6d..52s.6d.SOs.Od..43s.6d SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET, Jan. 15. (Per Slbs.to sink the offal.) s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Coarse&Inf. beast3 0 3 2 Coarse woolled ..3 10 4 0 Second qualitydo.3 4 3 6 PiimeSouthDown4 2 4 Prime large Oxen3 8 3 10 I Large Calves.3 6 4 6 Prime Scots, &c..4 0 4-2 Prime small do..4 8 4 10 Coarse&Inf.sheep3 2 3 4 Large Hogs .3 03 6 Second qualitydo.3 6 3 8 Small Porkers..3 84 4 CURRENT PRICE OF HOPS, Jan. 15. POCKETS, 1843. Sussex 120s to 130s I Mid. Kent. 1408 to 180s Wealds. 120s to 130s Do. bags. 140s to 175* Do. Choice. 135s to 140s Farnhams 195s to 2108 RAW HIDES, I SHEEP & CALF SKINS at per stone of 141bs. Per skin. s. d. s. d. s. d. s- d. Best steers i r c q Market Calf.6 6 8 0 and heifers ) I Longwool.sheep2 6 3 9 Mid. hides.. 4: 8 5 2 Short ccitto .2 0 3 3 Infcrior do.. 4 0 4 6 LONDON HAY MARKET.—SATURDAY. I Smithfield. Cumberland Whitechapel Coarse Meadow Hay ..5 s 60s..55s 65s..45s 68s New ditto -S —s..—s —s..—s -8 Useful ditto 65s 70s..68s 72s..60s iZs Fine Upland ditto .72:5 77s..75s 80s..73s 785 Clover Hay.60s 98s..60s 96s..60s 100s Old ditto -s —s..—s —s..—s Oat Straw 26s 28s..26s 28s..25s ')19 Wheat Straw 28s 30s..29s 32s..28s 308 Rye Straw -S —s..—s -8. PRICES OF SOAP. Yellow Soap 44s Od to 48s Od MeltingStun'31sOdto—s.Od Mottled do. 50sOd..52s.0d I ,Igl,?itto.2OsOdto-s.O(l Curd do. 60s Od.. Os.Od Graves, 14s. and good dregs, 5s. per cwt.; POUO Fat, average 2s. 6d. per 81bs. J METALS. £ s. d. £ s. d. SPELTER—Foreign ton 0 0 0 to 22 5 0 I ZINC—English Sheet 28 0 0 to 30 8 0 QUICKSILVER. per Ib, 0 4 6 IltON-English bar, &c perton 5 5 0 Nail rods 5 15 0 to 6 0 0 Hoops 6 15 Ofo 7 0 0 Sheets 7 15 Oto 9 0 0 Cargo in Wales 0 0 0 to 4 5 0 Pig, No. 1. Wales. 0 0 0 to 3 5 0 No. 1, Clyde 2 0 Oto 2 2 0 For., Swedish. 10 lo Oto 11 0 0 Russian, C.C.N. V 10 g STEEL- per ton 0 0 0 to 28 0 0n Faggot 0 0 Oto 18 0 0 CarPER-English sheathing per lb. 0 0 91 Old 0 0 84 ( Cake. per ton 0 0 0 to 86 0 0 f Tile. 83 0 Oto8400 S American 77 0 0 to 78 0 0 Ti.N-English, block &c per cwt. 8 10 0 bars. 0 0 0 to 3 12 <> Foreign, Banca 310 0 to 3 12 0 Straits. 3 8 Oto 3 10 0 Peruvian. 30 Oto 3 0 0 Tin Plates, No. IC. p. box 1 3 6 to 1 7 No, IX 1 9 6 to 1 13 0 Wasters 3s. p. box less.

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