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London, England, 1839-06-11 00:00:00

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THE IVIARKETS.—(YESTERDA.Y.)
F BREAD.
he Metropolis is 111.- for the 41b
Scl,

PRICE 01
The highest price of Bread in tl
Loaf, Good Bread may be had at
COAL MAR]
s. d.
Holywell Main 2l 6
Ord's Itedhugh
Original Win,lsor's Pontop 20 0
Pontop Windsor l9 6
Townley
West Hartley 2] 6
Wylam 40 P
Walls End Ben icke and Co 2O 0
Walls End Gosforth 2O f
Walls End Heaton
Walls End Hilda l9
Walls End Hotspur
Walis End Newmarch l9 0
Walls End Riddell's
Walls End Smith l9
Ships arrived since lasi
PRICES OF SEE
Per Cwt.
New English Red Clover 70s. 112 s.
Old Ditto Ditto —s. —3. —s.
New Foreign Ditto Us. 90s. 995.
Old Ditto Ditto —s. 40s. Ps.
New White Clover Qs. 80s. 90s.
Old Ditto Ditto —s. 455. 60s.
New Trefoil 2os. 955. flOs.
Old Ditto
—q ISs. 22s

.ET.—June 10.

s. d.
Walls End South Tanfiell 18 6
Walls End Walker l9 6
Walls End Belmont 2l 6
Walls Endßraddyll'sHetton 22 9
Walls End Larnbton ........ 22 9
Walls End Stewart's 23 0
Walls End Hartlepool 23 0
Walls End Barrington Tees 19 3
End South Durham 2O 3
Walls End Seymour Tees 2O 3
Walls End Tees 22 0
Walls End Tees Helton 17 6
Walls End West Helton 2O 3
Walls End West Tees
ILlangenneell Coal
;t market day, 3.

:DS.—June 10.
1 Per Quarter.
St. Foin 40s. 44.1 48r.
Rye Grass .54s 3ss. 40g.
Incey Grass —s. 40s. 455;
Linseed, for feeding 455, 521. 56,.
Ditto, for sowini, —s. liSs. 03*
Ditto, for crushing —s. 435. 50s.
Canary --s 90s. 98.
I Hemp —s. 3.35_ 42g,
Per I3tsl-.0,
White Mustard, .11s. P. 1.55. rd.
Brown Ditto ..„..153. 0,1. 225. ('d•

Trefroium lU_. its. 13s,
Enzlish Carraway —s. 40s. 435.
Foreign Ditto —s. 40s. 445.

ortniidirr ......
Ra need, English Erie Cper Last) 3nl. ..... Foreign 341. 361,
PRICES OF POTATOES AT SPITAI.PIELDS.
York Reds (from vessel) 4l. 108. to 51 Os. per ton.
Scotch Reds ditto 41. ss. to 41. Iss ditto
Kidneys .1!. 103. to 51. Os. ditto
Shaws 2'. 15s. to X. ss. ditto
; PRICES OF HOPS.-June 19.
Farnham rockets (per cwt.) tit Os. 7/. 15s. to 91. ss.
East Pockets 4/ 103. 5/. 15s. to 81. 8..
i)itto Bags
Mid Kent Pockets 3/, 15s. 5/. ss. to 87 S..
Ditto Bags 3' Rh. 41. 10s, to V. is,
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Old ()Ids

HE CHARTIST AGITATION.— We are in-
clined to think that the recent " demonstrations " have all
but extinguished the Chartist agitation,which they were in-
tended to promote and extend ; and this result has been
brought about, not only by their utter failure in point of
numbers, but by the miserable shrinking of the agitators
from their previous threats. According to their speeches
and writings, the demonstrations were to derive their im-
portance, not only from the immense numbers who were to
be assembled, but also from the " ulterior measures"
which were to be there propounded and adopted ; and
large numbers of the deluded workmen spent their money
in pikes and fire-arms, in the full expectation that they
were to assemble in arms in Whitsun-week, and pro-
ceed themselves to establish the " Charter" forthwith.
The great falling-off in point of attendance, which was
manifest and conspicuous, notwithstanding the efforts of
their leaders to deny it, very much damped the spirits of
the multitude ; and when the ulterior measures came to
be propounded—when they heard that, instead of as-
sembling in arms, and taking the whole affair
into their own hands, their leaders proposed no-
thing more cogent than an abstinence from excis-
able commodities, which they do not choose to give
up—and a run upon the savings' banks, where they have no
money—their disappointment was extreme. We under-
stand, that, in all parts of the neighbourhood, they very
plainly avow their disgust with the conduct of the agita-
tors who have been fleecing them of their money, and
deceiving them by representations which they now discover
to be utterly unfounded. —Manchester Guardian.
DILEMMA OF THE FIDDLE STRINGS.—It has
long been a subject of complaint, as well as a serious incon-
venience to musicians, that catgut string cannot be made in
England of the same goodness and strength as those im-
covering of the intestines of the sheep; and in this coun-
try, they are manufactured at Whitechapel, and probably
elsewhere in considerable quantity; the consumption.
of them for harps, as well as for the instruments
of the violin family, being very great. Their chief
fault is weakness; whence it is difficult to bring the smal-
ler tones, required for the higher notes, to concert pitch ;
maintaining at the same time, in their form and construc-
tion, that tenuity or smallness of diameter, which is
required to produce a brilliant and clear tone. The
inconvenience arising from their breaking when in use,
and the expense is the case of harps, where so many
are required, are such as to render it highly desir-
able to improve a manufacture, which, to many indivi-
duals, may, however, appear sufficiently contemptible. It
g,
,
is well known to physiologists, that the membranes of less
animals are far more tough than those of animals which
are fat or in high condition; and there is no reason to
doubt that the superiority of the Italian strings arises
from the state of the sheep in that country. In Lon.
don, animaanlds areusleassdegreeslaughtered,of fattening,
and where
indeed,
at least for the purpose of food, is given to sheep in
particular, it is easy to comprehend why their membranes
can never afford a material of the requisite tenacity. It
on,
where
a n extravagant no
lean
is less easy to suggest an adequate remedy ; but a know-
ledge of the general principle, should this notice meet the
eyes of those interested in the subject may at least serve
he purpose of diminishing the evil and improving the
manufacture, by inducing them to choose in the market
the offal of suck carcases as appear least overburdened
with fat. It is probable that such a manufacture might
be advantageously established in those parts of the country
where the fashion has not, as in London, led to the
use of meat so much overfed; and k is equally likely,
that in the choice of sheep for this purpose, advantage
would arise from using the Welch, the Highland, or the
Southdown breeds, in preference to those which, like the
Lincoln, are prone to excessive accumulations of fat. It dying
is equally probable that sheen
of so me of the dis-
eases accompanied by emaciation, would be peculiarly
adapted to this purpose. That these suggestions are not
merely speculative, is proved by comparing the strength
of the membranes in question, or that of the other mem.
branous parts, is the unfattened Highland sheep, with that
of those found in the London markets. —Dr. Vie's Dic-
tionary cf Art.
We regret to learn that Sir Benjamin Stevenson
is dangerously ill. He is in so precarious a condition as
to create considerable apprehension for his safety. Sir
Benjamin was an especial favourite with their late Majes-
ties George IV. and William IV., and also with the Duke
of York, who appointed him one of his executors.
STRANGE CURE OF PARALYSIS.---.A corre-
spondent informs us, that on Tuesday the little steam-
boat Fox made *pleasure trip from Newcastle ; and while
among the broken water at Tynemouth, there was consi-
derable fear and alarm among the fair portion of the pas.
sengers. One lady of the party, who had mine from the
west-country, to spend a week at Tynemouth for the
benefit of her health, having recently suffered from a pa-
ralytic stroke, was so much afraid and excited that she
fainted ; and when she recovered from her swoon, she
found, to her wonder and great joy, that the use of her
paralyzed limbs was completely restored.—Gateshsad Ob-
server.