The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-15 00:00:00

LABO U.RERS' COTTAGES.

Never let us be deceived by the ignis fatuus of ans.
mental cottages, where the principal element, good drain'
age, is neglected. Your cottages or nee, where architecture
gives place to every o,ther consideration, aro mere " solemn
shams"—traps to catch the unwary. A. well-drained
roomy cottage, with fire-places in every room (a feature
oftentimes overlooked), and a good supply of pure Water/
are the three primary essentials.
Although condemning the ornamental to the partial °I;
total exclusion of the useful, we are by no means of th
class who consider cottage impnvements consist only
looking after the internal condition ; something must b!
done for the external. The romantic cottage of Curabs'..
land has its own peculiar charm, as well as the humbly:
thatched one of Hampshire, or the half-wooden one ofielt.
We must not cast all our cottages in the same mould, lra
the houses in some of our London squares, or much r
turesqueness would vanish from the land. We must 10'
vide for the pig and the small poultry-yard, as well as alea
rustic vase and the climbers and patch of vegetables 101.
flowers. In this case each family must be the judge 0f...11
own peculiar wants and capacities, according to the aln°,7,,
of space, labour, or capital which each can invest. ".'"
rule can be laid down except the necessity of providl
sufficient space. A cottage, with a simple railing round 1.0
is not of half the value to the labouring man that one 0
which has adjacent space for a pig and poultry, and
Many few vegetables and flowers. an industrious la':
with a good helpmate, will earn enough to pay
his rent Pi
such means. His manure heap also should not be kePt
of view, as there are many things at present discarded ell
useless which may be utilised, such as road scrapings,ditil
bottoms, the excreta of fowls, offal, fish, and night 15°
which latter may be rendered innocuous by the addition %
a little quicklime. It should not be left reeking outside th
dwelling, but as far removed as possible from it.
The system of garden allotments has also been found!,
be another powerful incentive towards improving 1;0
status of the agricultural classes. Small money Pti%
given for the best vegetables, flowers, and fruit, form
source of incentive to individual exertion' which cannot Da
too highly praised.
" The glorious flower that bore the prize awe d
is not to be deemed unsuitable as one of the constituents
cottage improvement, although we are not admirers 0.:
"statute-coloured tulips, and act-of-parliament P°l:gailht
thuses." The " gadding vine" is another tree which (Mg.
to be in every cottage garden, whether trained over. tn;
house, or the trellis-work and arbours.—Social Scten
Review.

COUNTRY MA RILL 2

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LEICESTER—SATURDAY. r 36
Old white wheat, 58s to 665; new, 46s to 50s per a,
stone. Old red, 54s to 57s per 36 stone. Barley, rnaltill;
new, 34s to 38s per qr.; grinding, 28s to 30s ; old oa
28s to 32s ; new oats, 22s to 25s per 24 stone. Be'w°f
new, —s to —s ; old, 42s to 44s per 38 stone.

NORTHAMPTON—SATURDAY.
New wheat, 46s to 51s ; old, 50s to 565. Barley, Ito
to 39s per qr. New oats quoted at 24s to 28e ; 01t,,, to
to 32s,per 24 stone. Beans, old, 39s to 425; new, b"
38s. Peas, 36s to 44s per qr.

NOTTINGHAM—SATURDAY. 56°4
White wheat, from 42s to 638 ; red wheat, 41s to oos
Barley—malting, 34s to 42s ; grinding, 288 to 30s. 349
old, at 258 to 31s Od; new, 23s to 275. Beans sold at
to 45s per qr, Flour, 41s to 445.

YORK-- SATURDAY.
to 240 '
0 Wheat, red 44s to 48s Oats.... ........
4022 , to 42,0
.....0
'White do Ns to 66s Beans
. ....,s to 404
Barley .30s to 36s Peas
Malt, 64s to 6Gs per qr. ; rye, 39s per qr. ii .fl°lll.'
to 42s per sack.

NORW ICH—SATURDAY. best oril
There was a tolerable supply of wheat, and the sl'o
were fully as dear. Sales proceeded slowly. Other g
unaltered.
White wheat. 46s to 50- Red wheat 430 to 354:
I
Malting barley ... 36s to 37s Chevalier barley 23
43 6 t
FAo 04
, g.••
Distilling d 0.... • 28s to 30s I Oats..
Flour, 34s Od to —s Od per sack from the miller'

-FRIDAY. rl
' Irish grain to-day, an- t
sqll'
reral buyers of foreign
and flour slow. •s• (110
s. d•
Beans.. .240L0 ,6 0
Bere . l5 3 to
0.
Rapeseed -- oto 1.6 6
Oatmeal l5 oto , 0
6
Bakers' flour
Indian corn
31 0 to