The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-04-13 00:00:00

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HOME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL.

WANTED TO KNow.—What sort of implement does
a mail use when he cudgels his brains ?---Judy.

THE Buroorr 111'mm:ix—The Bullioniat remarks:
—" On a review of the Budget, of which we have
sketched the leading features, there is one thing that
is deserving of reprehension. An excellent ol portunity
has been let slip for adjusting more fairly the balance
between direct and indirect taxation. Had the Chan-
cellor been bold endugh to revive the sugar duties and
add only one penny to the income-tax, increasing still
the tobacco duty if he pleased, he would have obtained all
the money he required, and at the same time would have
equalised the burdens of taxation on the various classes
of the population. The tendency to throw extra bur-
dens on the payers of income-tax is increased by this
Budget, at the very time the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer professes to deprecate taking that course. To
raise from three to three and a-half millions—it will be
the latter figure ultimately, if the tax is kept on for
another year—by direct taxes, and only three-quarters
of a million by indirect, to provide for precautionary
" war " preparations in the interest of the whole
country is politically unwise, and we regret that this
course should have been taken by a Cowervative ad-
ministration."

HOUNDS ON THE RAILWAY.—An exciting incident
occurred at Gruff, near Nuneaton, on Saturday evening,
While the pointsman at the Grill siding of the
Coventry and Nuneaton Railway was on duty he
espied a fox upon the line and the Atherstone hounds
crossing a field in pursuit. The greater portion of the
pack were soon proceeding along the railway at a
rattling pace. An express train was approaching; the
pointsman, seeing the hounds were in imminent
danger, signalled the train to stop, and it was pulled
up just in time to save them from destruction.
FACTORY INSPECTOR'S REPORT.—The report of her
Majesty's Inspector of Factories for the half-year
ending in October last has just been pregented to
Parliament. Mr. Redgrove, the chief inspector, notes
the fact that improved machinery is now being rapidly,
introduced for dressing and cleaning wheat of an in-
ferior quality, such as Is now largely imported from
India. This wheat, after being thus prepared, can
afford to be mixed with English wheat, assisting very
materially to reduce the price without deteriorating
the quality. Attention is also directed to the improve-
ment made by means of the use of machinery in the
production of straw plait for hats. Respecting the
employment of adult women, Mr. Henderson adduced
such evidence to show that the Factory Acts are
exceedingly popular amongst the adult women em-
ployed in factories and workshops of London, and
refutes the charge brought against the Acts that they
encourage vice and immorality of women. The Factory
Acts, he maintained, have encouraged tii• employment
of WOMfill rather than the reverse.

HOW GOOD OF HlM.—The Emperor of Germany
has caused an order to be given in regard to the Paris
Exhibition, which is quoted as a proof of his great
kindness and delicacy. In consideration for the feel-
ings of Parisians, he expressly forbids that any military
paintings shall be among those sent from Germany to
Paris. According to the most recent advices, His
Majesty had not, from the same motive, restored to
France either Alsace or Lorraine; but it is supposed
that he is only waiting for an opportunity.—Judy.
DEATH THROUGH THE BITE OF A DOG.—Dr. Diplock
has held an inquest at the "Latimer" Hotel, Notting-
hill, on the body of Mr. George Jackson, 64,
a gentleman whose death was caused by the bite of
one of his own dogs. It appeared from the evidence
of deceased's daughter that he was out for a walk, and
had, as was his custom, his two dogs with him. On
returning home he told the witness that when he was
out a gentleman threw a biscuit to one of the dogs,
and deceased, in trying to take it away in order to
divide it between the two, was bitten slightly on the
hand. On the following Sunday he felt so ill from the
effects of the bite that a doctor was sent for, but
deceased gradually sank, and died on Wednesday in
last week. Dr. A. J. Bannister stated that on being
called in to the deceased he found his hand very much
inflamed from the bite, which appeared to be a mere
scratch. Erysipelas supervened, and the deceased suc-
cumbed on the 3rd inst. The witness said that death
was in no way due to hydrophobia, but from erysipelas,
which might be caused, in an unhealthy subject, by
the scratch of a cat or dog. The jury returned a
verdict "That the deceased died from the accidental
bite of a dog."
CURIOUS.—Someone (married, of course) remarks
upon the strangeness of the flct that, while a woman
takes to it intuitively, very few men have the slight-
est idea how to hold a baby. Quite true ; and it is even
more extraordinary, when you come to think about it,
that even fewer men ever want to learn.—Judu.

LETTERS OF MARQUE.—The riritC3 publishes the
following letter :
Sir,—lf England were at war and no letters of marque
were issued, would her mercantile marine be more secure
than it was when privateering was lawful? A Government
can, at any time and without an hour's notice, commission
any private vessel or public ship of war, and also can give
commissions to merchant seamen. Does not England regard
merchant ships that are readily convertible into war-ships
as part of her naval reserve? Perhaps when England is
engaged in war she will discover that the article of the
Declaration of Paris about the abolition of privateering is
worthless,seeing that it is as easy to issue commissions as
letters of marquee.—Your obedient servant, JOHN BAKER
HOPKINS. London, April 6.

INCREA SE IN EMIGRATION.—The returns just issued
of the emigration from the port of Liverpool during
last month show that 63 ships left the Mersey, having
on board 3,659 passengers, of whom 1,756 were Eng-
lish, 17 Scotch, 546 Irish, 1,197 foreigners, and 143 not
known. Their destinations and numbers were 2,911
to the United States, 530 to British North America,
18 to Australia, 64 to South America, 59 to the East
Indies, 16 to the West Indies, 16 to China, and 45 to
the West Coast of Africa. These figures are 1,131 in
excess of those for February, and 674 over March of
last year. There is an increase for this quarter over
the corresponding quarter of 1877 of 1,546.
TOAST FOR THE PARIS EXHIBITION. Making to
"Our absinthe friends ! "—Judy.
GROCERS' LICENGES. A Parliamentary return
shows that the number of licenses issued to spirit
dealers in England to retail spirits for consumption off
the premises in the years which ended the 31st of
March, 1875, 1876, and 1877, was in 1875, 4,402; in
in 1876, 4,706; and in 11877, 5,100. The numbers of
grocers and other persons in England keeping shops
for the sale of goods other than intoxicating liquors
who had on the let of January, 1878, licences for sale
by retail of beer, spirits, or wine not to be consumed
on the premises was as follows : Holding beer
licences only, 8,301; holding spirit licences only
(bottle), 288; holding wine licences only, 1,732; hold-
ing both beer and spirit licences, 272; holding beer
and wine licences, 588; holding spirit and wine
lieences, 1,402; holding beer, spirit, and wine licences,
1,832; grocers selling spirits in bottles, but who have
not obtained a magistrate's certificate, 95.

QUERY FOR SIR WILFRID.—When a man loses his
balance, where does it go to?—Judy.
AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN.—The follow-
ing are the average prices of British corn for the week
ending April 6, as received from the inspectors and
officers of Excise; Wheat, 505.; banley, 425. ; oats,
255. 3d. per Imperial qr. Corresponding week last
year :—Wheat, 51s. 5d.; barley, 41s. lid. ; oats,
255. sd.

_
ITINDOO EDUCATION IN ENGLAND.—According to A
circular recently published in India, Dr. Lehner, of
Lahore, intends to return to England in order to open
an institution for young Hindoos who are preparing
for the Indian Civil Service Examinations. Care will
be taken that residence in the institute shall not entail
loss of caste. There will be Hindoo cooks, and even
water from the Ganges. Similar arrangements will
be made to meet the case of Mahomedan pupils. The
insititution is to be supported at first by subscriptions
from native gentlemen and noblemen.—Academy.
FROM CONSTANTINOPLE.—Another theatre which is
"closed for the present."—The theatre of war. (N.B.
—The next piece is supposed to be in active rehearsal.)
—Judy.
THE SCALE OF LUCK TURNED.—I am told that the
time is fast approaching when the assistance of lady.
helps will be a matter of necessity—when every lady
must wield her own dustpan, and every gentleman be
his own shoeblack. A lady spent the best part of last
week in a registry-office, enduring a variety of snub-
bing and fault-finding from women, who turned up
their noses at her ample wages and her moderate work.
At last she was taken pity upon by a person, who con-
sented to preside over her kitchen. And do you know
what it was that finally turned the scale of luck in
favour of my suffering friend? It was not the noble
wage, the fat and tempting perquisite, the number of
the kitchen-maids, the absence of blackbeetles in her
basement. "You live on a terrace, ma'am ?" said Mrs.
Cookie, mollified. "I have refused six hexcellent
situations because 'street' and 'place ' sound so
vulgar for one's address. But 'terrace' will look
pretty at the top of my letters!' "—The World.

AMERICA.N ADVERTISEMENT.—MARIA DE MEDICI.—
In a narrow, wretched little street in the famous city
of Cologne, and within a stone's throw of its magnifi-
cent cathedral, stands a mean, low, weather-beaten
house, which is one of the land-marks of history, for
here died in squalid misery one ot the most famous
women of which history contains any record. She was
driven out, of France by her son and became a wander-
ing fugitive. In succession, England, Germany, and
Switzerland drove her away from their confines, till
at last, deserted,by every one, sick and dying, she
found her way to Cologne, and .there, in a wretched
tonement, perished, almost of starvation and neglect,
the wife, the mother, the daughter of a king what
would she have given in her dire extremity for a paper
of Improved Corn Starch—but though she could not
procure it you can get it by inquiring of any respect-
able grocer. They are the best in the world—try
them.

MR. LINCOLN'S COTTAGE,—The little brown cottage
in Springfield, in which Mr. Lincoln lived before he
went to Washington, still remains almost as he left it,
furniture and all. It is related that it had at first but
one storey, and that Mrs. Lincoln, for many years, un-
availingly teased herhusband to raise the roof. At
length she seized an opportunity when he was attend-
ing court in an adjoining town to employ workmen
and have the half-storey added, windows put in,
paint put on, all completed—save payment of the
bills—before his return. Coming up the street, he
comprehended the situation at a glance; but, feigning
bewilderment, and pretending not to recognise the old
place, he walked past, as if searching for home, till
his wife, who was watching behind the shutters, called
after him, " Abrim ! Abrim ! " •
OLD PROVERB WITH NEW FACE.—lt's a nil wind
that blows nothing to anybody.—Judy.

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THE LAST WESTERN INDUSTRY !—Gentlemen who
are fond of suggesting fresh fields for agricultural
enterprise are invited to make much of the iollowing
paragraph from The Pacific Rural Press :
Frog culture is the latest Western industry, and is being
systematically carried on in Minnesota. It is a simple pro-
cess, consisting chiefly in the protection of eggs and tadpoles
from birds and other enemies by means of wire screens. The
product thus far reported amounts to 3,000 dozen legs, of
which two-thirds have been shipped to St. Louis where they
bring an average of 20 cents per dozen.
A frog farm would be interesting to the eye by day,
and to the ear by night !—Mark Lane Express.

_
A HIPPY LAND.—Japan seems to be a country
where men never lose their temper, where women and
children are always treated with gentleness where
common labourers bow and beg pardon of each other
if they happen to jostle accidentally, where popular
sports do not inflict suffering upon the lower animals,
where a paper screen is a sufficient protection against
all intrusion—even that of burglar, and where cleanli-
ness takes such a high rank among social virtues as to
be carried almost to a ludicrous excess.—From
"Modern Japan," in the "Fortnightly Review."

TIME ENOUGH.—Astronomers have discoverid that
the moon is drawing nearer to the earth by about an
inch a year. But it is hardly worth while taking to
low-crowned hats on that account—or neglecting to
have one's boots heeled just yet. It is pleasant to
think that we shall be able, a few millions of years
hence, to reach out a hand, and pat the face of Miss
Luna as she goes by, before she actually takes up her
abode amongst us. They are useful people, astro-
nomers !—Judy.

AN ALLEGORY. A correspondent writes from
Athens :—I have said that the Greeks are addicted to
politics, and the remark does not apply to one of the
sexes only. A few days ago a lady related to me the
following parable :—" A little boy was in his father's
orchard gazing at some beautiful apples which hung
upon a tree. A strong man stood beside him. Pre-
sently the boy made preparations for climbing the
tree and gathering the apples. If you climb that
tree, you'll break your neck,' growled the man. Then
help me to get them,' said the boy. 'l'll do nothing
of the kind,' answered the man ; and if you persist
in trying to pick them, I cannot undertake to say that
I shall not box your ears.' Do you consider," con-
tinued the authoress of the allegory, "that the con-
duct of the man was noble ? " It is, perhaps, super-
fluous to explain that the orchard represented Hellas,
the apples Thessaly, Epirus, Crete, RA., the boy
Greece, the man England, or the English Govern-
ment.

A USEFUL ACT OF PARLIAMENT.—" The Factories
and Workshops Bill, which was briefly discussed and
read a second time in the House of Lords on Tuesday
night, merits the tribute which was paid to it by Lord
Shaftesbury" (says The Times, in a leader). "He
said that he was lost in wonder at the amount of toil,
of cloße investigation, and of perseverance which
the Home Secretary must have put forth in the pre-
.paration of the measure.. It sums up, in fact, all
the legislative decrees which will for ever be con-
nected with the name of Lord ShaftEsbury himself.
In the compass of 107 clauses it consolidates, re-
peals, or harmonizes no fewer than 45 acts, which
have been passed in the course of the last fifty
years. Its provisions cover nearly the whole indus-
trial life of factory workers. The sanitary condition
of factories and workshops, the fencing of certain
machinery, the cluning of machinery while in motion,
the hours during which young children and women
may be employed, the time for their meals, the holi-
dayls which they must receive, the hours of compulsory
attendance at school, the special regulations for metal
grinding and lueifer-match making, all these are
examples of the minute rules laid down by the Bill."

TURN AND TURN AGAIN.—Gent :-" Which side
are you for, Ox or Cam?" Little Girl:-" I was for
Cam, but now. am for Oxford." Gent :-" you
shouldn't change ! Very wrong." L. Girl:-" -Dt".
do change, and mamma saysel must always believe 10
the side that wins."-Fun. to find
PUBLIC BATHS.—It is somewhat startling -
that to remove one's clothes for the purpose of teak°. g
a bath is about to be made an offence against decenel
by the Legislature (says The Week). 'Yet the Public
Baths and Washhouses Bill, now passing through the
House of the Lords will certainly hive that effect, for
Section 10 provides that "any bath or washhouse or
open bathing place or covered swimming bath estab•
lishing under this Act, or the said recited Act (011ber
Baths and Washhouses Acts), shall be taken to be
public and open place, so as to make offences sfsillsef
decency therein criminal offences." Now to tata:'..-
one's clothes in a "public and open place
hitherto been considered an offence against decel2`2i
This measure reminds us of one which was introd°'''"
some time ago by some High Church members of Pfll's
liatnent, and which proposed to subject to divers Pla
and penalties of the law any clergyman who silo r.
preach "in any garment whatsoever except a IT,
plice "-which might be a little hard on consuniPtll
cnrates in this damp and chilly climate.
THE BUDGET AND THE CUSTOM-HOUSE.—Thure....dal
in last week was a busy day at the Custoras-110"7:
when no less than £252,018 is. sd. was receivedt;
duty. This receipt is the greatest recorded 111,de
history of the Department, although it only
e
by some £2,000 the amount paid on the 6th 0. -
the
1853, when a quarter of a million was paid int°
Exchequer. Tobacco and spirits was freely paid ttS.;
but the most remarkable " run " was on tea. in
ioapost at 6d. per lb. collected on this article alolei
the four days ending Thursday amounted to ID 'e
than £329,889 15E4-Civilian.
NOT QUITE THE SAME THlNG.—Mercifillao
"Your little horse has been going well. vvue- tv
you bait him?" Pat: " Ah, shure, it's been a 111.
livil road, Sor ; but oi 'll have to baW him 1213
Sloggin Derry Hill, Sor !"-Punch.
The
LARGE ARRIVALS OF AMERICA ..-v N BE • to
quantity of American beef and mutton brought
ed
Liverpool last week was very large, and was convey
in the following -steamers :-The City of Montt°
brought 592 quarters of beef, 76 carcasses a mutn
and 176 dead pigs; the Sarmatian, 600 quarters °
beef; the England, 785 quarters of beef and 472 Lsff
cases of mutton; the Britannic, 1,580 quarters 0140
and 650 carcases of mutton; and the Nevada, a' •
quarters of beef and 1,200 carcases of mutton. Thijc
last consignment is by far the largest that blatvco
arrived in this country in a single steamer, allui; by
exceeds the quantity brought during many wee- be
all the steamers. The steamer Faraday reached e
river with 299 head of live oxen, while the Lin,
Nepigon had on board 80. The totals for the
were-6,557 quarters of beef, 2,398 carcases of muttout
176 dead pigs, and 377 live cattle.
A LIGHT EMPLOYMENT. The LampligbterifjP.
Judy. . d
Iso tile
THE COST or WARS.-In 1813, 1814, an to
war expenditure of Great Britain amounted ied
£197,647,315. In one year (,1813) the funds exPen,°o
on army and navy, and ordnance araountea „t
£71,316,435. In the year 1814 and 1815 Govern-Merl,
borrowed £54,805,410, which was owing for a Se
siderable period. In 1815 the taxation paid bit°ndi.
Exchequer was £72,000,000, and the excess 0f_.43111; of
ture over the income was £20,000,000. 1:7121"^-
20,000 men were killed during the Crimean war' .
ars lance
THE INCOME TAX.—It is exactly ten ye ?,)
the Income-tax first stood at sd. (says /11.410a1 -
Ominously enough, it was then raised
to
(having continued during the three previous YeviVvies
4d.) to meet the charge of the Abyssinian war. itt
raised to 6d. for the year 1868-69, and stood ag"--3d,
sd. between 1869-70. Mr. Gladstone left it
„Nat nrd
and, with the magnificent surplus which Sir 81111-
Northcote inherited from his predecessor, the C
re
cellor of the Exchequer was, in 1874, enabled to:nd
duce it to 2d. But legacies are soon run througl,s7.,
In 1876 the tax was raised to 3d., is now agsli' 1,0
and may, for aught we know, be 101 next Yea,r2„,i at
1855, the Crimean war being at full swing, it sr•u,,,,e.
16d. When Sir Robert Peel invented the In°2l;ed
that sTt
tax in its present form, a rate of 7d. prtAuee
R 5,350,000. To-day a 7d. Income-tax would
more than double that sum, or £12,600,000-
-The
THE COST OF THE UNITED STATES •-• very
authorities at New York have published sole , foe
interesting statistics of the expenaiture incurregowhe
keeping up the navy of the United States.
largest amount expended in a single year Wag i there
when it reached 122,617,434 dole., after which.,
etto
was an annual diminution until 1876, when I?tione
18,000,000 dole. The coat of the various exPeuipoutr
is also given. In 1856 the expedition to the ,
regions, under the direction of Dr. Kane, involvecAley
expenditure of 11,6,546 dole., and the PolAris iour,o
to the North Pole in 1872 cost 54,000
dole. , .5
transit of Venus expedition absorbed a sum Of I°9:the
dole.; while 187,018 dole., were spent duringve
years from 1823 to 1858 in the suppression a the s'
0
trade.
THE INCOME-TAX.—" The Vather of a
".185

writes to The Times : 6-05
"With reference to the proposed additional inconli the
I beg to ask you whether, in fairness to the officers° off
British Army, the tax on their pay ought not to be tatitiot
altogether? It has always been an unfair one, and ae" 0
there is a-probability of war it is to be incroased.
right that this should be? Peke
A DAY or MISHAPS.—The visit of the Grand dby
Nicholas to the Sultan was, I hear, accomuseie
many mishaps (says Vanity Fair). The —del 4., be
beautifully fine, but the Bosphorus did not seero ;ter
favourably disposed towards the Duke • the
was very rough, and as he was landing al the gt;
he very nearly fell between the calque and the I4ce
in fact, had it not been for the prompt aseiettoula
Ahmed Vefyk Paella, his Imperial Highness -
have suffered a most undignified sort of dueldeg. ona
Turks attach great importance to such omene,botil.
this little affair was soon known all overPte ode
But there was still another mishap in store. 10
evening the Duke drove up to Pera, and iv,irh ere
visit the Russian Embassy, the eagles of wt,la the
now uncovered. As the carriage was entel:Tthel
gates one of the horses stumbled and fell, to
became so entangled that the Duke Was obrir-acji•
descend and walk. / should not like to be that c°
man.

THE MARKETS.
,asIDO
MARK-LAN--"ry E-
'`;' were
f(e
Business at Mark-lane to-day was not brisk. oludersesirod
not anxious to press sales, nor were buyers at all todoc
to operate freely, hence but little was done. The at suPPli.
was tolerably good. English wheat was in short re.
The trade was quiet but steady, at about late PricetfeTb
r.
gards foreign wheat a moderate supply
.was on O
OpPjA
trade was quiet, at about previous currencies. Ills On;
of barley was only moderate. Very little was done, haat
being lifeless, and quotations remaining much
same. Malt seld on firmer terms. There
was less
for oats, of 'which a short supply was on offer, bal'ijs
138 doh
were steady. Maize sold quietly, at full price,i, was
peas were steady, but not active. The flour niar
nricei
et
at late rates.
.IVEDOSP',IO.O

MARK-LANE.- •
A quiet tone prevailed at Mark-lane. The attendat,e;kliml!
less numerous, and business was not so extensive. r'nt
wheat was again sparingly offered, and foreign weemat
plentiful. With a quieter demand prices ruled e"-oidllos'
A
same as on Monday. Barley, both malting and -1/3 IP,- •
was less sought after, and remained about the same
wino
Malt changed hands on former terms. Oats, 01 coo Tra
moderate supply was on offer, were not in 5uch.1406
quest, and ruled without appreciable alteration.
quiet, but steady. Beans and peas favoured buYeqoper''
rates. The flour market was dull, with a tendeneY -
weakness,
MOP-
METROPOLITAN CATTLE • „,, Dee„
The cattle trade has ruled quieter. Supplies
about the average, but the tendency of Pri"et, ofh°,,Tat
against the seller. As regards beasts the suPP'Jare
fed stock was short. The quality and condition v,il tbrotig
on a par with previous market days. The deroa°S, nioretipri;
out lacked activity. For the choicest elllakt bree
quiry prevailed, and they realised tolerably full
best Scots and crosses realising 68. to 6s. Td• Per Snifficiiput,
and second-rate stock, on the other handNorfo,o
move, and somewhat irregular in value. xr°7,out ltncl
from ether parts of England about 400 and ISuffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we reoeived a sooteer,,n
, 0,% foreZir
98 head. There was a fair show of beasts on d sPit
side of the market, including 140 American,
sprinkling of Spanish and Danish. The trade 1d ojiio
about late rates. Tne sheep pens were .better vd.
gards number, but heavy breeds again preponder,a_k ofee_A
market was very dull, at a marked decline from ircliavSp
prices. The best Downs and half-breds, in the V,°,°. t0.63.1'150630f6
hands at 6s. 10d. to 75., and ditto clipped at 53. 1°"dp181 100
lb. Lambs were steady, at Bs. to Bs. sd. Calves an, so De
dull and drooping. At Deptford there were abouliolcsidi
and about 11,000 sheep. The quotations were se cLIJ, ;
Coarse and inferior beasts, 4s. 6d. toLeeoto 6s•hesp,
ditto, ss. to 6s. 6d.; prime large oxen, ss•
prime Scots, &c., Ga. to 6s. 2d. • coarse and sa.; Prsios,
ss. to ss. 6d.; second quality ditto, ss. 6d. to be•snothdflyelf,
coarse woolled sheep, as. Bd. to ss. 10d. : Prime arse 01,00
ss. 10d. to 6s. ; lamb's, 8s to 88. 6d. ; large co large eso,
6s. 6d. to 6s. ; prime small ditto, 6s. to 6s. 8d• ;6s. per
44. to 4s. 6d. •, and neat small porkers, 48. 6d• t°
to sink the offal. 210't1' a
METROPOLITAN MEAT lIIRH-r-A-• ty riot
There was only a moderate supply of meet °--re Is'
with cool weather, the trade was somewhat firinesa.. pBa.,
beef, Is. to Is. Sd ; middling ditto, 48. tO
large ditto, ss. to ss. 4d.; prime Scotch, 53- •
45•
inferior mutton, Is. 4d. to 4s. ; middling
ss. 4d. ; prime ditto, ss. Bd. to 6s. 44. ; larnb, $0
veal, 65.;
large pork, Is. 4d. to 4s. ; small ditto, 4 "
s. 4d.
veal, 6s. to 55. Bd. per 81b. by the carcase. sea
POTATOES: on 16. to
There are but limited supplies of petav°-5 te,
the trade continues very steady :-Kent reSe!)4oB,
2405. ; Essex ditto, 130 s. to 1965. ; rocks, 100 s. totlon.
200 s. to 2405. ; and Victorias, 1905. to 2203. Per 09
re •
HOPS. opt fortatloof
The hop market continues very quiet; and ex quo o
fine qualities, which are reported as ecaretAttect,olo
droop. American hops, which have attrate Old he'
late, are in good supply, and less firmly held.
almost neglected. 91' ;
10
GAME AND POULTRY. to .Airie
Hazel grouse, is. 3d. to 2s. ; ptarrnig
black cock, 3s to 35. 6d ; capercailzie ss• '° sow sci.
is. 9d. to 3s. ; large fowls, Os. 6d. to 1"o
;_c, 68 ;
Is. 6d. to ss. 9d. ; chickens, 2s. 3d. tol,o,
4s. 3d.; ducklings, 4s. to 7s. ; guinea low oe 2o*
pea fowl, Bs. to 145.; hares, 4s. to ss. 6d. ;, d. to e
to Is. ; tame rabbits, is. 9d. to 3s. ; wild ditto
each ; plovers eggs, 4s. to 7s. 6d. per dozeil.
floii
PROVISION. last
wee el'
LONDON, Monday, April 8.-The arrival:ale% BasVir.
Ireland were 3 firkins Butter, and 3,315 and 2, ogee j
from foreign ports 3e,295 packages 13Utter,
the Pxsoreeee
Bacon. The Butter market ruled slow durilogwitn ta..oviso•
buyers cautious, expecting lower Price! ,05. to l'pateloil
supplies. Normandy ranging from about,.. . best
cnoersdintog
ito32sq.uaTlihtieesiacJoenrameyarsk
best Irish cleared off as it arrived. At the inwlrvelandtire'ol:
in cousequenc, of prices paying for pig
SWAterfaCibre
hare were advanced 2s. per cwt., say best , sises ,nrth
up to 775. 6d. landed; no change in HalxlL-44.0,
but stout and medium advanced 3e. Lai". ddereC6
market ruled
etd°
Butter, per cwt. : s. s. cheese, per ... • 116 1,4
1.
Dorset 156 to 160 Cheshire_ I:,ne' ,ter aes
advance of 2s per cwt. made of best Irish.beivia !,.3 to
Friesland 130 136 Double ~ 0
Jersey ll2 130 Cheddar •
Fresh, per doz. l6 18 Arrieriv.cenari •• •po 9964
Bacon, per cwt.: Hams :
Cumberlana
filr3r2st
_ilootstuipLifrepopol
Wiltshire
Irish, green. f.o.b 72 76 e--s
Fair. to otire •
Fresh herrings, ss. to 6s. ; roused auto 6s. Pe' to
20s•
ditto, 6s. 6d. to Bs. tid. ; red ditto, 3.s . xfp_p_7o-1,
trawl haddock, 20s. to 255. ditto
4f6ioa.
to iaar-
ditto whiting, 18s. 6d. to 26s ; soles, _ basket ; to
_.„l
, 46.
55 to Bs. 6d. • bloaters, 4s. to
2s. 94. to ss. red mullet, 4s. to Ss. : b%,201
lobsters, t°
lobsters, lls. to 335. per basket c,f,e '
dozen; salmon, is. Sd. to Is. 61 Per '