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THE BRITISH CORN TRADE.|
THE BRITISH CORN TRADE. (From the Mark Lane Express Monday.) Under the present aspect of affairs it is with no ordinary satisfaction that we note the almost completion of the important process of Wheat-sowing with favourable cir- cumstances the breadth we learn being as extensive as prudent and legal limitation will allow in England, while in the South of Ireland this is reported to be beyond pre- cedent. In early-sown places where the plant is up, it has a vigorous and promising look, and with the blessing of a forward season there will be a proportionate diminution of anxiety as to the holding out of present stocks and fo- reign supplies. There is no immediate pressure except in the way of price, and this has been lessened by the contin- uation of falling markets, after the heavy reduction of the former week, by a general abatement of about 2s. per qr. more on all qualities of new Wheat but so far as fine old is concerned it has only placed :it more in reserve, as holders being certain that it cannot be replaced, have pressed nothing on the market. The discouragements pro- duced by the deterioration of the weather, and a conse- quent fall in price,, seems already to have partially influ- enced the supplies in the country markets which seem less than of late, Flcur excepted. Frost, however, being more frequent, with fine drying winds, we may shortly expect drier samples and unless the rumours of peace be better founded, some reaction in favour of the growers seems probable. Our prices arc now below those of Holland, Belgium, and some paits of Germany, and the urgent de- mands of Turkey have at least temporily closed the Ports of Spain against us and, as investigation into the cereal produce of Europe proceeds, we are only more convinced that there has been very little exaggeration in the general reports of deficiency. While the arrivals at the several seabords of America continue in excess of the demand, the unusual rates everywhere preserve a quiet aspect in the trade but should it turn out that her surplus has been over-estimated, the season must close with a sharp action, and the richest country be best provided. Foreign demand this week has not been active, the prices making it a some- what hand to mouth affair but we rely upon it as certain that, with more or less regularity, we shall not be clear of continental custom till next harvest. Cargoes afloat have neither been numerous nor much sought. Egyptian Wheat is held at 58s. for extra fine: more is demanded. The sales of home growth last week were 117,40-5 qrs., at 83s. Id. in the previous season they were 109,070 qrs., at 74s. 4d. The foreign arrivals have only been 27,438 qrs. The whole sup- ply of Corn in London during the past week has been un- usually small. The Wheat market on Monday commenced on a previous week's supply of 9,000 qrs. home grown, and 2,700 qrs. foreign 800 qrs. of the latter were from the East Indies. The exports however were small, viz., nly 185 qrs. The morning's supply of English was very moderate, but the condition not being fine, with a large supply of Flour, and some talk of peace, tliedull aspect ot the previous Monday was resumed, and millers appeared wholly indifferent about getting further into stock, unless at much easier rates. At the Kentish stands a concession of 2s. was made, and some business was transacted but the Essexs factors deeming it unnecessary to lower prices, had to carry over most of their samples for the chances of another market. Scarcely any inquiry was made for foreign parcels, and quotations remained unaltered. On Wednesday there were 870 qrs. per coast and 690 foreign. English factors being little disposed with such arrivals to concede anything in price, very little was done. On Friday, with only 250 qrs. more per coast, and a mere cotchel of foreign, the renewed ru- mours of peace seemed so to influence buyers, that to make sales it was necessary to accept 2s. less for new Wheat, though fine old and foreign were firmly held at previous rates. The arrival of country Flour consisted of 20,734 sacks, from the continent there were 400 sacks, and from America 10,117 brls. This large supply not meeting with an ade- quate foreign demand, the upward tendency of Norfolks through the week was lost, and they became difficult to quit at 59s. Samples of American were not pressed, but to make sales some abatement was necessary, though hardly quotable. Spanish having become scarce through the ex- port demand was unaltered, as well as the top price of town-made qualities. On Wednesday we received per coast 920 sacks, and 100 sacks foreign. The dulness of the pre- vious day continued, and some sales of Norfolk were then made at "585. 3d. On Friday there being only 570 more sacks per coast, and nothing from abroad, the trade was slightly improved, Xorfulks making 58s. 6d. with more facility, and fair American btinging40s. per brl. Scarcely any foreign Barley had appeared, the week's total being only 135 qrs., but English samples were increased to 8,900 qrs., and there was a further fair show in the morn- ing from Kent and Essex. Brewers having made an early selection of a few fine lots for malting, everything below this description became difficult of sale, and could only be placed at I S. per qr. leas money. On Wednesday there were 1,380 qrs. per coast, arid no foreign still the trade was heavy, and tendency of prices doivnwards. With scarcely 800 qrs. more per coast, and not a single addition of foreign through the week, the market was so dull that sales could not be made without submitting to some reduc- tion on Monday's quotations for even the best malting qualities, the other sorts being still more difficult to quit. Malt, without quotable change of value, has been a very slow sale. About the average quantity of foreign Oats was reported, viz., 20,300 qrs. the Irish were only 2,863 qrs., the con- trary winds keeping them out; the remaining 2,000 were English and Scotch. Very sweet heavy parcels of old foreign, though a slow sale, could hardly be called cheaper but all new sorts were to be had at 6d. per qr. abatement, and on parcels out of condition the reduction was greater, with increased difficulty of sale. On Wednesday the re- ceipts of Oats were trilling, the foreign being under 2,000 qrs. business, however, was strictly consumptive, the late regular arrivals having placed dealers amply in stock. On Friday, with literally nothing up, no movement was per- ceptible, and with little more than granary samples show- ing, and these not numerous, the trade continued in the same inactive state, an expectation of Irish supplies making buyers hold off with indifference. Of Beans, in all, there were but 909 qrs., 130 only being foreign. There were 1,600 foreign Peas, and GOO English. Both these descriptions of pulse, excepting the very choicest old, were Is. per qr. cheaper, with an exceedingly languid demand a retail trade only has continued through the week, with a little more inquiry for both boiling and hog Peas, at unaltered prices. Of Linseed there were but 1,057 qrs. The scantiness of the supply, however, did not further improve prices, and the successive enhancements in value left business slack. Graziers have lately laid in their stocks for Christmas, the same aspect for both Cakes and Linseed has continued. The high rates demanded for Cloverseed previous to the commencement of the season has been a barrier to the lay- ing in of stock on the part of dealers, who seem disposed rather to take the chance of future supplies than anticipate the trade. The extravagant rates paid for brown Mustard- seed, from its great scarcity, has somewhat favourably influenced the prices of white in the hands of holders. Tares, Canary, Hempseed, and seeds for the purpose of confectionary, much as last quoted. This week has shown a greater equality in the pace of the London with the country markets—the reported dulness and partial decline of Monday having had a nearly universal influence, but not to a point of much depression. Hull, Gainsborough, Melton Mowbray, Lewes, Lynn, and Leeds were dull, but hardly cheaper for fine dry Wheat. Binning ham, Spalding, Boston, Woodbridge, Wakefield, Newark, and Ipswich report Is. per qr. less. Bristol, Louth, Man- chester, and Market Easen were Is. to 2s. cheaper. Liver- pool, on Tuesday, noted a decline of Id. to 2d. per 701bs. on red American on Friday, at the close of the market, there was a tendency upwards, and with some slight conces- sion much might have been sold. Indian Corn 45s. 6d. Spring Corn has generally been reported rather lower, and there has been a decided reduction of Is. to 2s. on Barley, and on Beans and Peas about Is. Country Flour has been a heavy sale, and somewhat easier. Reports from Scotland are similar. In some localities potatoes are not said to keep well, but the generally-re- ported large produce will, we hope, make up these local defects. Glasgow and Edinburgh were about Is. to 2s. cheaper for new Wheat, and lower also for Barley. Ireland has felt the influence of English markets, and the general reports are dull; so advices from Dublin, Belfast, Cork, and Waterford describe their several markets, with, however, less fall in Wheat than here.
FOREIGN CORN TRADE. I
FOREIGN CORN TRADE. A calrn has set in upon the Paris flour market. Millers, though willing to take If. to 2f. per sack less, have found the trade still indisposed to purchase. Sales are limited to actual wants, prices for the four murks being 108t'. to 109f. per sack. Other marks from the neighbourhood are offered at 105f. to 109f. Wheat is offered more plentifully and difficult to sell. For some small lots 58f. to 59f. per 120 kilos. have been paid. Ordinary sorts are wholly neglected, nominal prices being oof. to 57f. per 120 kilos. ltye and barley maintain last quotations. Oats rather easier. The country markets vary in wheat from a fall of 33 cents at Houdan to a rise of 1 franc at Lille per l i hectolitre. At Havre, American supplies had rather fallen off, but they had still afloat abont 97,000 barrels of flour and 337,000 bushels of wheat. West winds prevailing, arrivals were daily expected. At Marseilles the market was quiet, but not lower. Red cloverseed has fallen at Paris 4 to 5 francs per bale. Foreign inquiry was slow. At Nantes the price was 162 to 164 francs per bale. Little offering at Toulon, and prices 151 to 158 francs per bale. The vessels loaded with rye at St. Petersburg have been allowed to put to sea, but the prohibition to export further remains in force. The last accounts from Santander report sales of Spanish flour free on board at G5s, for May delivery, to be shipped to Constantinople, and nothing was placed on offer for the English market; indeed there were reports from Seville and Malaga that exports would be prohibited, and it re- mained in doubt whether these reports were authentic. At Bilboa little was doing in flour, in consequence of these doubt-. White wheat, 37f. per 80 kilos. Letters from Hamburg say that there will be no prohi- tion to the export of corn from Denmark and Sweden. The excitement of the corn market there had somewhat subsided, and prices were rather lower. For the last month prices have been advancing at Malta. Egyptian, 21fr, 2.5c: to 24f. 75c. per hoc. 33fr. JOe. to 35fr. for Spanish 30fr. for old Turkish 32fr. 25c. for Danube, per liect. A letter just received from Groningen describes the defi- ciency of the late harvest thus:—" It is very inferior to last year. White wheat has wholly failed, and the failures being made up with red spring wheat; this latter has not yielded one-third of last year's produce. Rye, though better as to quantity and quality, is short of an average. Of winter barley there is little, though there is a fair quan- tity of light summer. In many fields where wheat, barley, and rapeseed had failed in the winter, oats were sown, and consequently there is an unusual quantity this year, but of very light quality." Antwerp is in calm, and notes an arrival of 700 qrs. wheat from Yarmouth. The Dutch markets have been quiet. The weather at Berlin was quite winterly, and trade had not changed its features, though prices were hardly so firm. Sales of flour were heavy. Much such a state of things obtained at Stettin. I Zurich, however continues advancing in the price of rye, which is G2 cents, higher 1J heot. Wheat has fallen 68 cents. Barley and oats, 5 cents lower. The rise at Leghorn has spread over the whole of Tus- cany to the extent of lfr. 40c. to lfr. 65c. per hect. Good red is worth 33fr. 60c- to 34fr. 15c. per hect.; white, 34fr. 75c. Alexandria, which is abundant, was rather cheaper, viz., 21 fr. 25c. for red, and 25fr. 40c, for Saidi. Last accounts from New York describe a rise of 6d. per barrel on flour, though arrivals were beyond export and con- sumption. Wheat was also rather dearer. The exports of wheat from the 1st to the 16th of November were 733,151 bushels; corn, 112,869 bushels. Common brand flour, 9d. to 9d. 37 jc., extra to lad, 37 je. good white Canadian wheat to 2d. 35c. red Western, 2d. to 2d. 5c. per bushel. At Riga river navigation was stopped by ice, but steamers still had communications. The supply of sowing linseed was small price, 6J to 7 silver roubles arrivals 19,000. Crushing seed neglected, and rather down.
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STEAM CULTURE.—THE PLOUGH. Of late it has become fashionable, with a certain section of the public mind, to condemn—though reverenced by our forefathers with a sort of religious veneration-the plough, as possessing all the bad qualities imaginable. SqueezlOg," "screwing," "wedging," "consolidating," &c., have become as familiar to the ear as "household words." With perfect cultivation it has nothing to do. The baron's hall and the ploughman's cabin, as well as the fireside of the farmer, have rung with the ever-welcome toast of "Speed the plough;" but the mechanical pro- gress of steam-going times is about to proscribe all this. In short, to enumerate all the imperfections of the plough would fill a volume. That conclusions of this kind are premature, is a pro- position which hardly requires proof; for though "there is nothing perfect under the sun," it is always prudent to observe the well-known practical maxim, "Throw not aside a bad tool until a better is found." It will be high time to condemn plough cultivation when mechanical science has given the agricultural world something better to supply its place. The objections to the plough are not only thus easily set aside by a general sweeping refutation as above, but when taken up individually will be found much less tenable at the bar of practice. For example: (1). The first we have to notice is "squeezing." The mould-board or turnover" squeezes the furrow-slice, and thus (we are informed) injures the soil. Now, those who arrive at this conclusion must never have answered the question, What is squeezing ? or they would have discovered that, instead of doing harm, it produces the opposite effect by breaking the furrow-slice, and thus penetrating it for aeration. One of the princi- pal characteristics of a good ploughman is, that he squeezes the furrow-slice equally from headland to headland whereas a bad one turns over parts of it unsqueezed, leaving them behind him "flat" in the furrow like a brick from a brickmaker's mould. In a similar manner, in hor- ticulture, the intelligent gardener, when digging, squeezes the clods rather roughly with his spade, chopping them with its edge where this is insufficient. With him, squeez- ing is one of the great realities of successful culture, the imaginary spell of evil never entering his mind. On the contrary, were any one to tell him squeezing did harm, he would briefly answer, No squeezing, no crop," The idle, slovenly horticulturist, again, takes it easy in seed-time, and reaps accordingly in harvest. If any of our readers will examine the work behind a good and bad ploughman, and compare the properly- squeezed furrow-slice with the parts not squeezed at all, he will readily perceive the important work which the heel or back part of the mould-board performs. In the former, for example, it breaks the fallow-slice into in- numerable pieces with a crushing, drawing action, leaving it so full of cracks and fissures that it cannot be lifted whole; whereas in the latter the furrow-slice either falls from the fore-part of the mould-board, or if it reaches the back-part, escapes, owing to its dimensions or posi- tion of the plough, imperfectly squeezed, and often scarcely touched at all after it is turned over conse- quently it is left behind the plough comparatively free from fissures, having no more than what were effected by the share and fore-part of the mould-board, so that large lumps may be lifted, with scarcely a crack in them. Between the fissures thus made by the fore part and back part of the mould, there is a characteristic difference deserving of special notice. In the former, for instance, the fracture is made without any longitudinal displace- ment of parts, so that the two sides readily adhere toge- ther again, forming an unbroken whole behind the plough. The crushing action of the back part, on the contrary, displaces the two sides of the fracture, so that they are united again with greater difficulty even in the case of clay soils, while on those of a friable character a union seldom takes place at all. Between the two, it will thus be seen there is a wide difference in favour of the aeration of the soil-one of the most important condi- tions required to effect successful culture, especially of clay lands. During wet weather, in winter, when tenacious soils are full of water and in a poachy state, an objection to squeez- ing may raised on the grounds that fissures are not then made; but the best refutation of this is a practical one, for clay lands in such a state ought never to be ploughed unless under circumstances of the most extreme necessity and even then the question resolves itself into one of comparison between rectilinear and rotary action. Now, it is manifest that when crushing by the back part of the moulc»'joard will not produce fissures, rotary action can produce no improvement. One of the great advantages to be realised by steam culture is obviously this—that the farmers of clay lands may then profitably keep a sufficient strength of steam engines to cultivate their farms between the wet and dry, in which condition the squeezing of the plough is the most effective. Those who have any experience in the cultivation of this class of soils must be familiar with this fact, and the benefits arising from it, and therefore will readily appreciate the importance of steam power in com- parison with that of horses for an engine when idle costs nothing, whereas our teams when not in harness soon eat off their own heads. (2). The objection-" Screwing"—has obviously refer- ence to the action of the middle part of the mould board- that which inverts the furrow-slice. First, the share and fore part with the coulter separate the sod from the un- ploughed land, elevating it gradually more and more on the" land side secondly, as the plough advances, the middle part turns it over in a screwing or twisting manner, depositing it in the furrow on its edge and, thirdly, the back part squeezes the furrow-slice into its proper position, keeping the open furrow-tract of the implement at a uniform width. Now the effect produced by this screwing process is, less or more, to break the furrow-slice, espe- cially on the upper two sides consequently, instead of doing harm, the reverse is produced. (3.) The wedging action of the plough is one of the greatest objections brought against it. First, the sole or heel compresses the subsoil, counteracting the work of drainage; secondly, the deposit from the wearing of the iron forming the immense wedge poisons both the soil and subsoil with the protoxide of iron thirdly, from the large surface of soil in contact with the wedge, and from the lever action of the beam and handles working lesi or mere against each other and this wedge, the draught of the implement greatly exceeds in proportion the work pro- duced. These and many other grave objections of a similar character are brought against the wedging action of the plough. Now, what do they all amount to ? Simply, nothing for in steam culture the objectionable parts may be profitably dispensed with; so that the ob- jectionable is levelled against an implement which may never have existence beyond a few trials at the commence- ment. Under the improvements contemplated, the share and coulter are the only parts of the plough which would act as wedges, the mould board being merely an inclined plane or turnover for inverting the furrow'slice; and as the effect produced by the whole of this inclined plane is the cracking and breaking of the furrow-slice, it consequently follows from what we have already said, that, instead of do- ing harm, it produces the opposite effect. Those who bring this objection against the plough, ob- viously overlook the nature of the wedge as a mechanical power the fact being that all cultivating implements are wedges, and that the majority of rotary ones proposed are more powerful wedges than the plough. The coulter and share, for instances, are more powerful wedges than the mould-board and sole. All the tilling apparatus of har- rows, grubbers, sacrificers, and cultivators are wedges; and the wedging action they produce is far greater than that of the plough, incurring a greater waste of iron, and consequently deteriorating the soil by protoxides of that metal in a greater degree. (4.) Consolidation of the soil. This objection also falls to the ground, as there is no probability of it having any existence in connexion with steam culture. The horse's feet are doubtless great compressors, and so is the sole of the plough but one of the greatest advantages of the steam plough is, that neither will be required. Hence, What objections can be brought against them ? Under this head many erroneous conclusions are drawn. In making comparisons, for example, between the soils of gardens cultivated by the spade, and lands adjoining by the plough, the latter" (it is said) "are in a more con- solidated state than the former and, therefore, the plough is the more consolidating of the two implements." But although we have long advocated spade husbandry, in preference to the plough with horses, we cannot admit that the above conclusion is legitimate: for the system of cropping and manuring, as well as culture, is so very different that a comparison can hardly be made between the two In the former, for example, the character of the soil is soon changed by manure, while it is cultivated to twice the depth, and sometimes more. Now this depth of culture and greater quantity of vegetable matter does more to prevent consolidation than the mere mechanical process of digging with the spade; so that the question has yet to be solved—Can the steam plough by similar means produce similar effects ?. (5.) The next objection we shall notice is, the imperfect inversion of the furrow slice. The plough does not invert the soil it cultivates, but only wedges, screws, and squeezes it to one side, in a manner better calculated to transplant surface weeds, grass of grass lands, &c., than bury them to undergo decomposition, and increases its fer- tility The question here raised is one of comparison between ploughs and rotary implements. Now as in our opinion the latter do not invert the soil so well as the former, the objection falls to the ground. It will be high time to raise objections against work done by the plough when that done by rotary cultivators is superior in quality. "Practice with science," or science founded on expeii- ment, does not permit of conclusions being otherwise drawn. In making this objection it ought always to be borne in mind that there are only two modes of inverting the soil-either by the reciprocating action of the spade or turn over" action of the plough. Several patents have been taken out for reducing both principles to practice under steam culture but as yet the reciprocating move- ment of the implement has not been crowned with success. On the contrary, farmers have long been familiar with the practice of inverting the soil by trench-ploughing, i. e.. one plough following another, the first turning the top spit into the bottom of the furrow, and the second throwing the bottom spit upon the top of the last. This old practice involves an important principle which may yet play a successful part in steam culture. (6 ) The last objection to which we shall refer, is the imperfect work of comminution which the plough effects. A much finer state of pulverization is required by plants than what can be had by ploughing. The plough only scommences the work, leaving the harrow and roller to finish it. The shortest refutation of this objection is perhaps to tate the question in a practical form. Does any intelli- gent farmer, after ploughing his lands in autumn or winter for spring sowing, yoke the harrows and roller ? There may no doubt, be found exceptions where lands are so full of weeds, that the cleaning of them at this season is the le ast of two evils; but in such a state they must always be accounted slovenly managed, and therefore under proper cultivation the exception. But where they are in a healthy state for cropping, no practical farmer would yoke the harrows under such circumstances, for the rougher the winter furrow so much the better. Gardeners who have stiff soil are familiar with the beneficial influence of the winter, frost, &c.; hence how they ridge up their bed: in unbroken spits. No doubt, in wet seasons clay lands are too difficult to reduce to a proper mould; but would they be otherwise with rotary cultivators ? Certainly not.
DECORATIONS IN THE CHURCHES…
DECORATIONS IN THE CHURCHES OF ST. PAUL AND ST. BARNABAS. In the Consistory Court,on Wednesday, Dr. Lushington delivered judgment in the suits of Westerton versus Lid- dell and others, and Beal versus Liddel and others, in the matter of the decorations in the churches of St. Paul and St. Barnabas. The court was crowded with interested auditors. It may be recollected that Mr. Westerton p&ayed for a faculty to remove from St. Paul's the high altar, the cross, the gilded candlesticks and candles, the credence- table, and the coloured altar-coverings. Mr. Beal prayed for a monition to the churchwardens of St. Barnabas to remove various articles of a similar character, including a metal cross studded with jewels, a rood-screen and cross, and brazen gates. The articles must be separated into two divisions-such as are ornaments, and such as are not. The communion-table and credence-table could not be con- sidered as ornaments. The communion-table used in St. Paul's is not stone, but highly-carved wood. As to mate- rial, therefore, it is in accordance with the law but as to moveability, one of the things enjoined, it is certainly very massive, and could not be moved with facility. But as it is of wood and capable of being moved, Dr. Lushing- ton did not feel bound to pronounce it contrary to law. But the altar in St. Barnabas is of stone, and all tables of sione are illegal: credence tables are not permitted by law. So much for what are not ornaments. The Judge next entered into a l!)flg and learned examination of the several questions touching the use of ornaments in the church, and especially such ornaments as crosses, candlesticks, and altar-cloths. No other ornaments, save those in use by the authority of Parliament, are permitted. The learned Judge stated at great length the difficulties that beset him in the inquiry as to what ornaments are permitted, what prohibited. In the order in the book of Common Prayer immediately preceding the Morning Service, it is stated that such ornaments of the Church should be retained and be in use as were in this Church of England by the authority of Parliament in the second year of the reign of King Edward VI." But nothing has been prescribed by that authority. He had therefore determined to consider everything and follow a course not strictly conformable to legal rules, but least repugnant to them, and best calcu- lated to meet the exigencies of the case. Following this course, he found that nearly all the Bishops at the time of the Reformation protested against crosses and although Queen Elizabeth retained both crosses and crucifixes in her chapel, yet the Bishops persisted in insisting on their disuse. She gave way to a remonstrance, and again re- lapsed. The perseverance of the Bishops is the strongest proof that they believed they were supported by the law of the land. In fact, all crosses were abolished before the reign of Elizabeth under Land they were again intro- duced but in the time of the Commonwealth they were destroyed, and not revived until within these few years. It was said that Bishop Butler put up a cross in his pri- vate chapel and a cross in his study. What was the opini- on of the Church, or of its head, expressed at that time ? The words of Archb:ahop Seeker, M reported by Bishop Halifax, are as follows-" As to putting up a cross in his chapel, the Archbishop frankly owns that for himself he wishes he had not; and thinks that in so doing the Bis- hop did amiss." Dr. Lushington came to the conclusion that the cross in St. Paul's and the two crosses in St. Barnabas are not warranted by law. With regard to candlesticks and candles he came to these conclusions: that lighted candles on the communion-table are contrary to law, unless used for the purpose of giving necessary light; that candlesticks and candles unlighted may stand on the communion-table for necessary purposes. With regard to the five differently coloured altar. cover i ngs, -a white one from Christmas to the octave of epiphany a red one on the vigil of Pentecost to the next Saturday, Holy Innocents, if on a Sunday, and all other feasts; a violet one on Ash Wednesday to Easter eve, Advent to Christmas-eve, Ember week in September, Holy Innocents, unless on Sunday a darker violet one on Good Friday and funerals a green one on all other days, these were in accordance with the practices of the Romish Church, and there is no warrant for engrafting them on the Church of England. With respect to the brazen gates and rood screen of St. Barnabas, he was not satisfied that, although objectionable, they are contrary to law. The decree issued is to the following effect-" As to St. Paul's, that a faculty do issue to the incumbent and both the churchwardens to remove the credence table and the cross on or near to the communion- table to take away all cloths at present used in the church for covering the com- munion-table during Divine Service, and to substitute one only covering for such purpose of silk or other decent stuff that this decree do not issue for one fortnight from this present time and that, in case neither the incumbent nor Mr. Home declare in writing to the Registrar his consent take such faculty within the time limited, the acuity do issue to Mr. Westerton alone; that, if either the incumbent only or Mr. Home only do so declare his consent, then that the faculty be issued to Mr. Westerton, in conjunction with the party so declaring his consent. With respect to St. Barnabas, that a monition do issue to the churchwardens to remove the present structure of of stone used as a communion-table, and to substitute therefore a moveable table of wood: to remove the cre- dence-table to remove the cross on the chancel-screen, and that on or near the present structure used as a corn munion-table to take away all the cloths at present used in the church for covering the structure used as a com- munion-table during Divine service, and to substitute only one covering for such purpose, of silk or other decent stuff; and further, to remove any cover used at the time of the ministration of the sacrament, worked or embroidered with lace or otherwise ornamented, and to substitute a fair white linen cloth, without lace or embroidery or other or- nament, to cover the communion-table at the time of the ministration of the sacrament and to cause the Ten Com- mandments to be set up on the East end of the church, in compliance with the terms of the canon. In the case of Faulk ener versus Litchfield, Sir H. Jenner Fust re- versed the decree of the Court below, granting the faculty which had been prayed, but he did not admonish the churchwardens to remove the communion-table or the credence-tabe. It is necessary to explain why the decree was made in that form. The proceeding before the Court of Arches was not an original suit, but merely an appeal, and the onlyprayer which could properly be made by the appellant was the reversal of the decision of the Court below granting the faculty, this the Dean of the Arches did, and he could not in that form of proceeding have admonished the churchwardens to remove the tables. I believe I take a correct view of what Sir H. Jenner Fust did, and his reason for not doing more, because, having declared these matters to be illegal, I apprehend that, if the form of proceeding allow, no alternative is left to a judge but to cause that which is illegal to be removed it would be contrary to all sound reason for a judge to be calltd upon to pronounce his judicial opinion that things were contrary fo law, and at the same timanto leave them to continue in defiance of the law. For my reasons, I shall give no costs in either case. With respect to St. Paul's, because many years have been allowed to elapse before resort was had to a judicial tribunal, and because neither the present incumbent nor the churchwarden, was to blame for what was done before this time; because also this long sufferance, and the opinion of a large part of the congregation, fully justified their appearance in this suit. The same reasons apply to St. Barnabas, and, thought less forcibly, still sufficiently to justify my following the same course." The judgment occupied three hours in delivery. On several occasions there were plaudits, which the officers of the court bad great difficulty in represssing. On Mr. Westerton passing into the quadrangle outside the court, he was loudly cheered. An appeal has been lodged against the sentence in both cases. Two THOUGHTS OF A CONTEMPLATIVE POLICEMAN.— Impudence may put on a bold front, but the falseness is most apparent. The strings of the "Dickey" will peep out.—Long preparation raises expectation; as when a gentleman takes out his purse, a beggar naturally expects something handsome.-Puncl.
I DESTRUCTION OF WORKS OF…
I DESTRUCTION OF WORKS OF ART. Reprint of a letter to the Times, inserted November 22nd, 1855. As the proprietor of the celebrated engraved plates recently destroyed, and as having been the person under whose order this act, which has unexpectedly called forth so much public notice, has been done, 1 feel confident that you will kindly permit me a space in your potential columns, in answer to some of the observations made, and to justify that which I have done—first, as the exercise of a private right, and, secondly, as having for its end a public good. The first point may, I think, be disposed of in very few words; the plates were mine, they were comprised in a very large pur- chase from Sir F. G. Moon on his retirement, and they were bought for profit; and if I considered that in their destruc- tion I could in a desirable manner realize a profit, I had a right to do so. I mean an abstract right; but, if in exercising this right, acknowledging the public duty of every member of society not to mar by an' act of his the social good, I perceived that that good would be benefitted, I say then that that act would be doubly warranted. This then, I have, se- condly, to prove but, before I proceed to this, it would be well to state one or two facts bearing upon the case in question. The plates, when destroyed, were, undoubtedly, all of them in fine condition they were all steel, and capable, if I had pleased, of taking off 3000 impressions each, which have been attributed to them, arising from the superior excellence I and talent of those who engraved them. But they were not taken in such numbers; a very limited number of impres- sions were taken for the purpose of being sold at a very moderate price, sufficient to accomplish the end of remune- rating the marketable value of the plate to be destroyed. In a trading point of view this was the object, all ulterior bene- fit was to the public good. At this moment most of them may be obtained by the public at about half their original publication price, but the number being so limited as it is, they will, doubtless, from the nature of the case, rise in va- lue as each impression leaves the maket. This is not to be denied of some of them I have myself now not one impres- sion left. Of the positive certainty of rhe destruction of the plates, under the circumstances of this private transac- tion having been so prominently brought forward as a public principle, there cannot be obtained a doubt. As to the motives which induced the destruction of these famous plates which have cost such an enormous sum, it is not, and has not been pretended that they were sacrificed for the pure object of public good irrespective of private interest; but I do claim the credit of having public good in view, though associated with a hope of private interest. I beg also to state that no impressions from the plates were destroyed, as has been asserted by some writers. In a public point of view, I maintain that the fame of the country as regards the fine arts-I now refer especially to that of engraving—is involved in the non-depreciation of the finest works of our best English engravers and that it those works are, after the first few years of their production, so far thrown open to purchasers at a very moderate price that they may be had in a perfect and reputable state at the reduced price of half their original publication, or, in some cases, less, it is the lowest minimum to which for the benefit to art, and, therefore, for public benefit, they ought to be permitted to fall. This is historically correct with regard to the plates in question. For nearly three years they have been open to the public so to be obtained; if carried further than this, and what is called made cheap, the plates more generally fall into a worthless state, the printing and ma- terials are done at a cheaper rate, and consequently very inferior, and so art is damaged the destruction of the plates at the right point of time, before their original good qualities are gone-I speak of the finest plates-is in fact not the act of Vandalism it has been called, not the destruction of tine art, but in truth its preservation in comparative purity and this is what has now been done. But there are other considerations: the productions of the graver are now twentyfold what they were about that num- ber of years since, and therefore the destruction of a certain number of plates of an important character, and which have had their meed of admiration which they will always up- hold—tends to make room for present and future aspirants to fame. There is still a much more important point, which I feel assured must carry its weight of argument with all those who are capable of forming a right judgment on the subject. It is this :—All classes of engravings are not adapted by their very nature to all classes of society; the class suited for the mansion is very often not suited to the cottage, nor is the class suited to the cottage adapted for the mansion. But more than this, there is a principle that high class art lowered too much destroys the production of high class again. If the high class of engravings referred to were customarily to be made cheap plates, as before mentioned, it would go far wholly to prevent the productions of our best artists being engraved in that way of which they are so worthy, by the eminent engravers who have furnished to the country such splendid specimens of their talents, and for these reasons :— The cost of some of our finest plates has often involved in the production of each plate an outly of four, five, or more thousands of pounds; the cost, with its fair profit, can only be obtained back by a considerable price for the impressions from the plates this price can only be paid by the wealthy— they are the patrons of the work. If the same work is to be made hereafter common, inferior, and cheap-a few shillings I instead of pounds—because, though the same subject, it possesses none of the fine qualities of the original, these patrons, that would be, cease to purchase them at the high prices. If the high price demand ceases the cost cannot be obtained back; if the cost cannot be reimbursed the under- taking cannot be entered into; and thus high art, however high it may be, so far as engraving is concerned, will be smothered in its birth, and such noble and beautiful speci- mens of the graver as we have now for some years past been accustomed to gaze upon with so much pleasure will cease to be produced. It was upon a due consideration of the points which I have endeavoured to set forth in this letter, that I destroyed the twelve beautiful plates which have caused so much sensation. The plan seemed to me to combine three leading good points,-first, justice to the patrons of art who had bought at full prices secondly, an opportunity for nearly three years past, and still existing, for purchasing good impres- sions of fine works at very moderate prices and thirdly, the sustaining of fine art in its essential reputation and character. With my best apologies for the length of this communica- tion, I can only say that I shall feel greatly obliged by the insertion of it in your mighty record. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, 467, Oxford-street, Nov. 13. THOMAS Boys. NOTK.—The twelve plates which were destroyed, and are referred to in the above letter, and in the numerous letters on the same subject inserted in the public press, were as undermentioned:- The Waterloo Banquet: painted by W. Salter; engraved in Line by W. Greatbach. The Christening of the Princess Royal: painted by C. R. Leslie; Engraved by H. T. Ryall. The Queen receiving the Sacrament: painted by C. R. Leslie Engfaved by S. Cousins. "Shoeing —The Smith's Forge painted by Sir Edwin Landseer engraved by C G. Lewis. The Smithy painted by Sir E. Landseer engraved bv C. G. l.ewis. The Sanctuary-large plate painted by Sir E. Landseer; engraved by C. G. Lewis. The Sanctuary- small plate, painted by Sir E. Landseer; engraved by C. G. Lewis. The Return from Hawking: painted by Sir E. Landseer; engraved by S. Cousins. Crossing the Bridge painted bv Sir E. Landseer engraved in line by J. T. Wil- more. The Deer Stalker's Return painted by Sir E. Landseer engraved in line by C. G. Lewis. Christ weep- ing over Jerusalem painted by Sir C. Eastlake engraved by S. Cousins. The Three Hunters painted by Sir E. Landseer; engraved by C. G. Lewis. PLUM PUDDINGS FOR THE CRIMEA.—We understand that Mr. Robert Feast has prepared and shipped, partly by the Osprey, and the remainder by other vessels, some 2000 plum puddings for the army in the East, the whole of which will have ample time to arrive before Christmas. The puddings intended for the officers are of the very best materials, and those for the men but little inferior. They are contained each in a hermetically sealed tin case in two wrappers, the inner one serving to re-boil the pudding in, and the outer, if the attacking party be in want of a table- cloth, to eat on. TREATMENT OF EXILES BY THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE.— The lower classes are still less against the exiles; they are generally on the side of the punished. On the borders of Siberia, the name of exile" disappears, and that of unfortunate" is substituted. In the eyes of the Russian people, a man is not dishonoured when the court of justice has condemned him. In the province of Perm, in the streets of Tobolsk, the peasants are often seen to put milk, bread, and kwas (a sort of beer), on the sills of their open windows, to assist one of the" unfortunates," should he be escaping from Siberia.—My Exile in Siberia, by Alex- ander Ilerzetz. A SYSTEMATIC BURGLARy,-Two ticket-of leave men named William Renton and John Clark, were examined at the Leeds Courthouse on Saturday on a charge of bur- glary and robbery committed in the house of Mr. John Haines, of Knostrop, near Leeds. From the evidence adduced on the occasion it appears that Mr. Haines is an ironmaster, residing at Tipton, Staffordshire, but has a house at Knostrop, at which he sojourns when he visits the neighbourhood of Leeds. Between 2 and 3 o'clock on the morning of the 21st of August last, while Mr. Haines was in bed, awake, at his house at Knostrop, his bedroom door was opened, and a man entered with a lighted candle in one hand and a bludgeon in the other, and his face browned. The burglar advanced to the bed- side, and seeing Mr. Haines awake, said, Be steady." Mr. Haines asked what he wanted ? The burglar- Your money." Mr. Haines—"Be a man, and I'll give it you." Burglar—"Where is it?" Mr. Haines—"In my trouser pocket." Burglar—"Have you no money in the room ? Mr. Haines,—I -have not." Burglar—" Are you not the landlord of the house ? Mr. Haines-" No; I am only a lodger." Burglar—" Are you sure of that?" Mr. Haines—"On my honour I'm not; there is my port- manteau. You may look for yourself, and you will see that I am a traveller." Burglar. How often do you come here?" Mr. Haines.—"Once a-montb, or two months, as it happens." Burglar.—" Now are you sure you have no more money ?" Mr. Haines—" I am sure I have not." Burglar—" Where is it, then ?,' Mr. Haines In my trousers' pocket; I'll give it to you." Mr. Haines then reached his trousers, and took out 9s. or 10s., a knife, and some keys. Another burglar who had en- tered the room during the conversation took up the money at the request of the other fellow, who then said to Mr. Haines," Now, no noise;" to which Mr. Haines said, Not a word retreat in peace." Both men then disap- peared. Mr. Haines soon afterwards awoke the man and woman who had charge of the house, and, on examining the premises, it was found that an entrance had been ef- fected through the breakfast-room window, and several articles of provisions had been carried off. Renton, who was positively identified by Mr. Haines, was committed to the assizes; Clark was discharged.
I MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE.
I MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. Wednesday Evening. TAVELVF, O'CLOCK.—Tho reported fall of Kars has in- fluenced :he Stock Market, and a decline of about 1 per cent has taken place. The transactions, however, are still limited, Consols have been 88& 88J, and 88i 881; but they at present rule at 88a 88J. The Reduced 3 per Cents, are 88! to 88;. Two O'CLOCK.—A further decline has occurred in the English Funds, and Consols are 884 88f. The New 3 per Cents, are 88, Bank Stock is lower, namely, 209, and Exchequer Bills have fallen Is, being 7s to 2s dis. HALF-PAST THREE O'CLOCK—The Funds close at the decline previously noticed, Consols being 881 881 ex div. Bank Stock is 209 to 209J. n."
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I PRICES OF THB FUNDS AT For-it oCLocx BACH DAT. |Th Fri. jSat. MonTuejWed Bank Stock 209 :210 212 210 210 201,91 3 per Cent. Reduced ,89* !86f 89§ 89 ,89 :88f 3 per Cent. Consols 0.000.0.;90 ,90t 90| !90J ,90i — India Bonds 3 |3 4 ,6 6 New 3 per Cent. Ann 89J ,891 88f ;!6 89| i891 IS8} Bank Long Annuities 0." 3 31 31 '34 3; '3J India Stock.0" 0.. 227 227 !— j22/ ,— i- Exchequer Bills 3 3 I 16 6 |7
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RAILWAY SHARES. Wednesday Evening. Railway Shares arc all decidedly lower by sympathy with the movement in the Funds. Great Western, however, are an exception having advanced about I per cent. on yester- dav's quotations. Caledonian, owing to the unfavourable traffic, have fallen fully 1 per cent, since yesterday. Caledon- ian, 544 to 54J. Eastern Counties, 81 to 84. Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, IH to 161. Great Northern, 871 to 88.4. Great Western, 504 to 51!. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 77t to 77i. London and Brighton, 9H. London and North Western, 93t 94. South Western, 86. Midland, 63! 64. North British, 29 294. South Eastern Berwick, 6H 68i. North Stafford, 91. South Eastern, 58. 5H. The Foreign lines are stationary. Paris and Orleans, 44. Royal Swedish, 21, and Sambre and Meuse, 8j. Great Western of Canada were rather lower, being quoted 231 23f. East Indian Guaranteed 5 per Cents., 2U? 20. Great Indian Peninsula Guaranteed, 51 to 6t. The quotations give the actual price, without reference to I premium or discount, and amollnt paid up. Share. Paid. Names of Lines. Tues. Wed. 50 50 Aberdeen. 23 23 20 20 Birmingham and Oxford June. Stock 92 Bristol and Exeter. 81 81 Stock 100 Buckinghamshire Stock 50 Caledonian. 54 1 541 50 50 Chester and Holyhead 12 12 50 45 Dublin and Belfast Junction 44 44 Stock 20 Eastern Counties. 81 8i Stock 100 East Lancashire. 694 69J Stock 100 East Lincolnshire, 6 per cent. Stock 50 Edinburgh and Glasgow 511 614 Stock 100 Great Northern. 88 88 100 100 Great North of England 100 100 Great Western. 50l õOt 50 50 Hull and Selby — — 50 50 Lancashire and Carlisle 72 72 100 98 Lancashire and Yorkshire 77* 77 i 50 all Leeds Northern, — lih Ilk London and Blackwall. 61 61 Stock 100 London, Brighton, and S. Coast 96 96 12? 121 London and Greenwich — — Stoct k 100 London and North-Western 94 94? Stock 100 London and South-Western 87 87 Stock 100 Midland. 64i 64; 20 100 Ditto Birmingham and Derby.. 38 38 Stock 100 Ditto Bristol and Birm. 6 per ct. Stock 100 Norfolk 46 46 Stock 100 North British. 30 30 20 17t North Staffordshire 8 8 20 50 Oxfd., Worcester, and Wolver.. 24 50 100 Scottish Cen tral. 102 102 Stock 50 South Devon. 12 12 50 100 South Eastern 584 58t Stock 50 South Wales. 314 314 Stock 100 Taff Vale 20 all Vale of Neath. 20 20 50 100 York, Newcastle, and Berwick Stock 20 York and Newcastle Extension — — 25 100 York and North Midland — — 25 16 Northern of France 35J 35J 20 10 Paris and Lyons 46J 45? 20 20 Paris and Rouen 52 20 20 Rouen and Havre. 274
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BOARDS OF HEALTH.—The proceedings before these tri- bunals are not only useful and important in the suppression of nuisances, but also in the publicity they afford for in- forming all interested of many matters which may seriously affect their health or comfort. A proof of this as reported in a recent number of the Stockton and Hartlepool Mercury, was given by a complaint brought before the Local Board of Health of Hartlepool, of an offensive and intolerable nuisance which for some time had existed on the sands. The clerk stated that the nuisance had been brought to his unhappy experience within the reach of his own olfactories. Being at the end of the old pier, the most insufferable vapours were wafted towards him. On inquiry, a fisherman pointed out the cause-a cauldron, thick and slab," like that round which the weird sisters danced in Macbeth and three of the fishermen came forward and said, We are obliged to leave the pier ourselves, sir, it is so horrible." It turned out that a number of persons were employed in the manufacture of English Cod Liver Oil" from the livers of the Ling- fish in the last stage of decomposition. The nuisance was ordered to be instantly abated. It is to be hoped that this will not be all the good effected. No doubt a great deal of the enormous quantity of spurious and adulterated oil sold is thus manufactured for the purpose of competing with Dr. de Jongh's Light-Brown Cod Liver Oil, the general estimation and use of which have led to many attempts to substitute impure and pernicious compounds, represented to be the same, or of equally fine quality. Without such guarantees of genuineness and punty as are presented by Dr. de Jongh's Oil, it is obvious that the public may be exposed to the successful operation of such delicate and wholesale culinary processes as were brought before the at- tention of the Hartlepool Board of Health. DEATH OF AN ACTRESS. Mademoiselle Julie, whose clothes caught fire during the performance of the Good fcoman of the Wood, at the Plymouth Theatre, on the 20th ult., expired on Sunday morning last. This ill-fated young lady, who was only 18 years of age, had the part of the Fairy of the Lake" assigned to her, and it was during the ballat which closes the first act that the sad accident occurred. The back scene represented a fairy lake, in front of which was placed a row of argand burners, with chimneys of green glass, to impart that colour and to give a transparent appearance to the water. To hide the burners from the audience there was in front what is technically called a set," or ground piece, about 22 inches high, on which the shore of the lake is painted. The corps de;ballat stood into two rows, four on each side, with scarfs which were thrown up in the air, where, from their extreme lightness they kept poised, and formed an arch, under which the principal performer walked down to the front on her toes. In order to obtain a greater effect, Mademoiselle Julie, who did not correctly measure her distance, stooped over the burners, when her green tarlatan dress became ignited. Unconscious of the fact, she made two or three pas towards the audience whose exclamation, You're on fire," she applied to something unbecoming about her dress, which she modestly endeavoured to smooth down, and then, for the first time, discovered her perilous position, and rushed off to the wings. The scarf of one of the young girls, Miss Higgins, took fire, but it was let fall on the stage, or the calamity might have been much worse, the whole corps having dresses of very inflammable materials. Mr. Fox, Mr. Whipple, the surgeon of the 58th Regiment, and Dr. Moore, were constantly attending the sick room, which was gratuitously supplied with every nourishment, and the Rev. J. Hatchard, the Vicar of St. Andrews, as- siduously administered religious consolation. Her medical attendants ascribe death more to the shock on the nervous system than to the burns, which were of a superficial character. Deceased partly supported a young brother and their mother, who had been with-her day and night since the accident. On behalf of the family a subscription has been commenced. THE CHARGE OF BIBLE BURNING.-DLTBLIN, Monday. -At the sitting of the Commission Court this morning, traverser John Hamilton was put on trial, charged witn having torn and burned copies of the New Testament at the late burning of books at Kingstown. The traverser was acquitted. The verdict was received with loud cheers by a crowded court. The Roman Catholic inhabitants of Kingstown and its vicinity illuminated their houses very generally on Saturday night to celebrate the triumph of Father Pecherine; there were also some illuminations in a few of the streets of Dublin, and the excitement displayed by the populace on the occasion appears to exceed any felt by them since the memorable period of the State trials.
LONDON OlZlIIt |
LONDON OlZlIIt | BANKRUPTS.—( Friday, Dec. 7.J—A,. Mac Carrol, music seller, Brighton.—John Solomon, beer merchant, Minories, Sadler Smith, carrier, Shoreditch—Bernard Hagen, mer. chant, Aldermanbury.—Thomas P. Courtenay, cow keeper- Thames Dutton.—John Vertue, undertaker, Newman-street, London. J- Butler, jeweller, Rochester.—John W. Maude, lighterman, trading under the firm of Covington and Co., Nicholas-lane.—H. F. Norton, brush seller, Westminster.— John Granger, licensed victualler, Blackman-street, South- wark.-G. F. Hipkins, patent spring manufacturer, Bir- mingbam.-S. Jackson, machine maker, Sutton, Yorkshire. H. Baird, linen draper, Sheffield.—J. Lewin and T. Lewin, wine merchants, Liverpool, T. S. Sladen, corn dealer, Manchester.—A. R. Fry, builder, Sunderland.-William E. Brocket, money scrivener, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. BANKRUPTS.-( TUllday, December 11 J—Wm. Thomas, publisher, Catherine-street, Strand.—T. Varty andE. H. Owen, booksellers, Strand.—G. Butcher, coal and stone merchant, Northern Wharf, King's-cross. H. Hodd, licensed victualler, Brighton.—John Bond, shawlman, Ludgate-bill.-R. Harrison, Berlin and fancy wool ware- houseman, Grove Library, Church-street, Hackney. -J. H. Colborne, draper, Poole.—T. Bennett, tailor, Margaret- street, Cave,. dish-square.-J. Jameson, shawl warehouse- man, Honey-lane, City.—H. Hodd, licensed victualler, Brighton.—H. A. Shilton, trimming manufacturer, Co- ventry.-W. Sweet, house carpenter, Stoke, Devonport.— F. Jaques, silk dyer, Droylsden.—J. F. Shallis, straw plait dealer, St. Alban's, Herts.—S. Davis and T. Bryan, engineers, Birmingham.—J. Stephenson, joiner, Hogsthorp S. Weller, leather dealer, Gilt.pat-street.-W. Bourne, cabinet maker, Barnes-place, Mil -&"A, Middlesex.
I CARMARTHEN CORN RETURNS.
I CARMARTHEN CORN RETURNS. I WEEK ENDING, DECZKBSS 8, 1866. Total Quantitiet. Wheat, 124 quarters. 7 bnsktls barley, 23 quarters, 6 bushels; oats, 156 qnarterfi 3 bushels. Average per Quarter.—Wheat, 75s. 8d.; barley, 42s. 8d. oats, 26s. 8d. ————— « CARMARTHEN.—Beef, (per lb.) óid. to 7id; llmtten, 6d. to 61d. Veal, 5d. to 6d. per lb. Ffeah batter, (24 oz. Is. 8d. Salt, llid. to llid. Chickens, 2s. 4d. per couple; eggs 7 for 6d.; cheese 28s. to 29s. per ewf. I Potatoes, 7 to 81b. for 6d. Household Bread, teL the 41bs. Loaf. LONDON MARKETS, MONDAT, DBCBMBBK 10. MARK-LANF..—We had a liberal supply:of English Wheat to this morning's market, the condition of which was mostly inferior, and only a portion was sold at a decline of ¡ 4s. per qr. from this day week. The arrivals of foreign were moderate, and holders being unwilling to submit to the same reduction in price, very little business was done. Flour met a dull sale at 2s. per sack less money. Barley was 2s. cheaper. Beans and Peas each Is. lower. The arrirals' of Oats were small, and new Oats met a alow sale at a reduction of 6d. to Is. per qr. from this day week. Floating cargoes of Wheat and Seed Corn were neglected, and were offered at 2s. decline without finding buyers. AVERAGE PRICE OF SIX WEEKS. Week ending Dec. 1. Imperial General Werkly Average.—Wheat, 83s. Id.; Barley, 42q. 3d. Oats, 2. 10d.; Rye, 53s. 3d. Beans, 53s. 3d. Peas, 52s. 6d. LONDON AVERAGES. £ s. d. £ s. d. Wheat 6279qrs. 4 4 4 Rye 22 ClTl. 2 16 5 Barley. 2112 2 3 8 Beans.566 2 10 2 Barley 1231614 2 1 2 10 3 0 8 1 Peaii 346 2 16 0ats 1364 1 10 0 Peal. 346 2 18 7 PRICES OF BUTTER, CHEESE HAMS, Set. Butter, per cwt. a. a Cheese, per cwt. a. « Friesiand. 110toll8 Cheshire 70 84 Kiel. 100 110 Double Gloucester M 7. Dorset 110 116 Single do. 70 Waterford. 98 102 Hams York «XJ ioi Cork. 94 106 Irish 90 98 Limerick 98 102 Bacon. 76 80 Sligo. 91 102 Green 6$70 BARK AND OTHER TANNING MATERIALS. Per load of 45 cwt. English, Tree £ 13 10 0 to 1 16 io < Coppice £14 0 0 g 16 0 0 Mimosa. per ton iC 12 0 0 jE14 f) 0 Valonia and Smyrna.. £ 15 0 0 A 17 0 B ttEAD.-The prices of Wheaten Bread in the MetroDolia ire from lld. to Ilid.; of Household do., 9d. to 101d. per 4 lbs. loaf. TALLOW.-We have had a very inactive market for Tal- low since Monday last. To-day, the demand ill heavy, and P. Y .C. on the spot is selling at 66s. 6d. to 67s. per cirt. Rough Fat has fallen to 3s. 7d. per 81bs. OIL.-Linseed Oil has sold slowly at -428. 6d. per cwt. OR the spot, and 43. to 44s. for forward delivery. All other Oil* are very dull. Sperm, ZIZS to £ 129. Pale Seal it held on former terms. Seal Oil is worth 67s. to 68s. Turpentine is heavy. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS.—MONDAT, DBc. 10. As the arrivals of potatoes have been extensive since Monday last, the demand is heavy, and prices are rather drooping. York Regents, 95s. to 110s.; Scotch do., 76s. to 95s.; do. cups, 75s. to SN. Kent and Essex, 75s. to 95s.; Lincolns, 70s. to 75s.; Blurs 75s. to 80s. per ton. Last week's imports were three sacks from Antwerp, 29 bags from Amsterdam, 8 baskets from Rotterdam, and 100 tons from Jersey. COUNTRY POTATOE MARKETS. York, We had a good supply of potatoes, of excellent quality; they sold at from 7d. to 8d. per peck; 2s. 4d. to 2s. 6d. per bash. Leeds, Dec. 4. —A moderate show of potatoes sold at front 8d. to 9d, per 211ba. wholesale, and from 94d. to lOd. retail. Malton.-A good supply of potatoes aold at from 2s. to 2s. 3d. per bushel. Richmond. Potatoes. 2s. Id. per l bush. Manchester, Dec. 4.— Potatoes 7. to 10s. per 2521bs. POTATO TRADE.—The trade is very heavy, owing to the southern markets being supplied from all quartera and prices may be quoted at 2s. per ton lower for all sorts than during last week. Numerous cargoes of potatoes lately received in London from Scotland have turned out almost unfit for consumption. When shipped, they were perfectly sound in appearance. It would appear, therefore, that the root will not keep well during the winter. Our Dunkeld correspondent writes us as lollow. The disease which has appeared in the potato crop is very prevalent with the farmers in this neighbourhood, and great quantities are being taken from the pita and disposed of at the farina works. It is consolatory, however. to consider that. while the farmers are only getting 9s. to 12s. per boll for what they expected (in conformity with the high prices of other pro- vision*) to get 20s. to 25s., still these prices are higher than they received a good many years ago for the best; as it requires no great stretch of memory to recollect when 7s. to 8s. was the current price of potatoes delivered for family use. Various causes are assigned for the recur- rence of this disease, so disappointing to the agricultural interest and the public in general. A very natural cause has been mentioned. Two farmers in the Stormont, near to Clunie, whose farms ate contiguous, planted their potatoes much about the usual time; the one farmer planted his about fourteen days earlier than the other, and was about fourteen days later in uplifting them, so that his potatoe crop was about one month longer in the soil than those of his neighbour. The potatoes which were longest in the ground have kept well in the pits, while the potatoes which were the shortest time in the ground have decayed in the pits. The farmers may have been deceived with regard to the ripeness of their potatoes this season, on account that the foliage was early prostrated by very dry weather or early frost.-Pet-eh Courier. ISLINGTON. The arrivals from Ireland last week, direct by sea, amounted to 72 Beasts and 160 Pigs. There was a moderate show of foreign stock in to-day's market. The supply of Irish, via Liverpool, amounted to 300 Beasts and 600 Sheep, in good condition. From our own grazing dis- tricts the receipts of Beasts fresh up this morning were but moderate. In their general quality, however, we observed a great improvement. For all kinds we had an active de- mand, at prices fully equal to those paid on Monday last, and a good clearance was effected. The arrivals of Beasts from Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire, amounted to 1,600 Shoithorns; from other parts of Eng- land 500 of various breeds and from Scotland 250 Scots. Amongst the foreign supply were 130 Spanish Oxen. With Sheep we were but moderately supplied as to quality, but their number was seasonably good. On the whole, the Mutton trade was in a sluggish state at last Monday's de- cline in price. The top figure for Downs was 5s. per 81bs. The supply of Calves was moderate, and the Veal trade was steady at 2d. per 81bs. above Friday's currency. The beat Veal realized os. 2d. per 8lbs. Pigs, the show of which was tolerably good, sold slowly, yet prices were well sup- ported. Per 8lbs. to sink the o.ffal.-Coarse and inferior beasts 3s. 8d. to 3s. lOd. second quality do. fs. Od. to 4a. 4d. prime large oxen 4s. 6d. to 4s. lOd. prime Scots, fte. as. Od. to 5a. 2d. coarse and inferior sheep, 3s. 4d. 3s. 6d. second quality do. 3s. 8d. to 4s. 2d. prime eoarse woolled sheep, 4s. 4d. to 4s. 6d. prime South Downs 4s. 8d. to 5s. Od., Lambs, Os. Od. to 0s. Od., large coarse ealves. 4s. Od. to 4s. 8d. prime small ditto, 4s. lOd. to be. 2d. large hogs, 3s. lOd. to 4s. 4d. neat small porkers, fe. 6d. to 5s. Od. Beasts, 4388, Sheep, 22,880, Cslves, 117 Pigs, 510. HIDE AND SXIW MARKETS. s. d. s. d. Market Hides, 56 to 64 Ibs. 0 31 te 0 0 per lh Do. 64 72 lbs 0 3* 0 4 Do. 72 80 lbs 0 4 041 Do. 80 88 lbs 0 41 0 44. Do. 88 96 lbs o 44 Horse Hides. 6 6 0 0 iack Calf Skins, light 20 30 Downs. 2 10 « 4 Lambs 39 45 METALS. A. a. d. E. a. d.. BNOLT9H IKON. Refined t 11 0 Bars at Caidifl and Grain 0 0 0 Newport. 8 5 0 Fine Grain 9 0 0 Newport 8 0 0 1Ditto bar@ 0.0 0 Rails (Wales). 8 0 OIDltto bars. 0 0 0 Staffordshire 11 0 0 Do. FOREIGN STEEL. FOKBIOK TIX. Swedish keg 211 10 0 Bane&, in bond 97 0 Do. Faggot. 0 0 0 Straits 6 0 BNOHaM COPPM. jT? PL AT IS Sheets, Iheathing 0 2 & Ch*l> >s 0 and bolt. per lb. 0 1 2{rr'r'h.??*.?t?P"—'L"—"Ii ?? ? «0 Tough cake 126 0 0 dr°•••;•••• • J 0 0 Tile. 126 0 o}}S p r„ ''••• 1 i 1i5 f 2• Old copper per ;K.: pound 0 0 0 T In »Shue>etts l 30 0 ENGLISH LEAD. Pig per ton 27 0 0 roMax tMX. a. Sheet. 27 0 0 Swedish. U 10 0 ENGLISH TIN. RussianCCND.. 17 0 0 Block per cwt 6 6 0 Ind. Ch. Pigs in Bar. 6 7 0 London. 6 0 0
WEEKLY CALENDAR.
WEEKLY CALENDAR. Tus Moom's CHANGES.—First quarter, Dec. 16th, at SII. I 57m. morn. I HIGH WATER AT THE FOLLOWING PLACZ. FO. THE BNSUINa WBBC. i Tenby Cardigan' Carmar- DAYS. .f/ and and th n Bar. D?A?Yt8 ?. ??h. ? ?? BrMtol. tLlMtHy. H. M. K. M. H. M. H. ?. Saturday, Dec.1510 810 68 x ? 4M3 9 M. 28 Sunday, 16?ll 511 Mio 40 10 M M?dS.17?2 812 58 ?ll 43 11 28 Tue? .18 IS' 2 8 12 53 12 38 Wednesday ..19 ? 2 25 3 15 1 50 1 45 Thursday .20 3 31\ 21 ? 6 2 61 Wednes d ay .:?:S2k 0 1 4 3 1 4 64 33 8 3 28 Friday < ? ? ? 28