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London, England, 1846-09-15 00:00:00

CONDITION OF THE DORSET

SHIRE LABOURER.

BEAMINSTER, THURSDAY.—This afternoon a nume-
rous and highly respectable meeting of the inhabitants of
Dorsetshire, was held in the parochial school-room in
this town, for the purpose "of taking into consideration
the propriety of forming a society for bettering the con-
dition of the labouring classes by the field garden allot-
ment system.
The Right Hon. Lord Stavordale took the chair ; and
amongst a large attendance of clergymen on the plat-
form, were the Revs. Messrs. Crookson, Mayers, Morris,
Worthy, Blennerhassett, Whitehead, Helyar, Lane,
Ward, and C. Fox. Several ladies were also present.
Lord STAVORDALE, on taking the chair, observed that
a circular announcing the meeting had been sent to the
gentry, the landowners, and the occupiers of land
throughout the district. Before he called upon the gen-
tlemen who had consented to take a part in the proceed-
ings of the day, he would beg to state the motives that
had induced him to be present, and the limits within
which he was prepared to support such a society as they
contemplated establishing. He was not one of those
who believed that the field garden system was a perfect
remedy for all the evils and ills of the condition of
the labourer of this country—that it would totally
put an end to the distress to which they were some-
times liable ; but he did believe it would be an alle-
viation of that distress, and, therefore, he was prepared
to do what he could to assist in this undertaking. It
had been said that no prospect was so pleasant as that
from a man's own window over his own land. That
sentiment savoured of considerable selfishness, and he
should be sorry to inculcate it into the labourer, but in
a limited sense he was inclined to receive-it. He was in-
clined to believe that no pleasure was sweeter than that
which a labourer naturally takes in the plot of land,
rented by himself and cropped by his own exertions and
those of his family.—(Cheers.) With regard to the
practical question—what chance they had of establishing
such a society in this district, he would observe, that in
that town the allotment system had already been estab-
lished, and he had been informed by the founder of it,
that there was an extensive competition for the land. He
had no doubt other towns were similarly circumstanced,
and, therefore, he thought there was a good opening for
their exertions. He was quite aware that the establish-
ment of a society was a matter of some difficulty and
delicacy, but he thought, with proper management and
forbearance, they might bring over those who at present
were doubtful of the success of their scheme. If the
tenants would look with favour on the scheme, and en-
deavour to unite to form a society, he did think that
they would find it of benefit to all classes.—(Cheers.)
Captain STEEL, the secretary, then, at the request of
the Chairman, read letters which he had received in
reply to circulars sent to Lord Ashley, the Lord Bishop
of Salisbury. the High Sheriff of the county, Mr. N. B.
Cochrane, M.P. for Brid port, Sir Dudley Hill, Captain
Scobell, the Rev. John Mutes, Rev. J. F. Johnson, Rev.
Mr. Maskell, and Dr. B. Wills, M.D., of Brixton. The
most important parts of these communications we
subjoin:—

(Front Lord Ashley.)
" Ryde, August 28.
" Sir,—lt would give me much pleasure to assist the
projected association for the benefit of the labouring
classes in Dorset, by every means in my power. I shall
be happy, if I can thus render any service, to become
one of the patrons.—Your very obedient servant,
" ASHLEY."
(From the Lord Bishop of the diocese.)
" Swo.na,ge, August 29.
" Sir,—l am very sorry that it will not be in my
power to be present at the meeting; but if the associa-
tion be formed for the purpose of promoting the object
referred to in your letter, I shall be happy to become a
member of it, in such capacity as the Committee may
desire. I have been able to do something in the fur-
therance of the field garden system in the parish of
Chardstock, where I have set apart twelve acres of land,
under the management of the clergyman of the parish,
to be occupied in this manner. It appears to be the
surest mode in which a certain amount of good can be
done to the poor of our agricultural parishes.
" I am, Sir, your very faithful servant, . _

" E. SARUM."
The High Sheriff, in his letter, stated that he " had
ong had allotments en his estate, and under his rules
,hey had been found to answer well, Our limitation
has been quarter acres, except where the families have
been large, when half an acre has not been found too
much."
Mr. Cochrane stated that, " in my parishes, in Scot-
land, I have always found the system adopted with the
happiest results."
Captain Scobell (who has had extensive experience of
the system) supplied the following suggestions, which
he recommended as rules for the contemplated society:—
"1. That there must be no favourites among the
tenants ; neither exclusion in the onset from previous
misdeeds. This is not only a preserving, but a reclaim-
ing system.
" 2. The tenants should be (except in cases of sick-
ness or accident) self-maintaining labourers and jour-
neymen mechanics—no higher grades, or permanent
paupers.
"3. The land should be of good average quality.
They can uphold it. Its situation should be convenient.
"4. The size of the respective field-gardens ought to
be from 20 to 40 poles, enough to grow for home con-
sumption, but not enough to make them salesmen.
"5. Above all, the rent should not be more nor less
than the proportionate charge to the farmer for similar
land. If it is more, the motive will be suspected ;if less,
it will look like charity, and seem to want permanency.
"6. Let the rules for occupation be few and simple ;
easy to be understood, and not likely to be questionable
in performance. A tenant should never be displaced but
for a proved breach of one of these rules.
"7. A portion should be planted (and from the potato
failure a large portion) with vegetables, not potatoes."
Colonel BRAGUE then rose to move the first resolution.
Having briefly expressed the pleasure he felt at seeing
the excellent young nobleman in the chair, supporting
the measures of another Noble Lord (he meant Lord
Ashley) he moved—
" That practical experience, both in the neighbouring
county and elsewhere, has shown that field•garden allot-
ments have been the means of administering to the com-
forts of the labourer and of reclaiming him from idle
and dissolute habits."
The Rev. J. F. WHITTT, in seconding this, contended
that the system realised both the objects stated. That
an increase of comfort was needed by the labourer no
one there he should think would doubt or question. It
is well known that there was in many parishes great
destitution, and in seasons of great trial the afflictions
of the poor would be enough to make those surrounded
with the comforts of life shudder at the extent of them.
The Rev. Gentleman bore testimony to the good effects
of the system in the county of Suffolk, where he had
seen it carried out by Sir Edward Kerrison, and where
many poachers had been reclaimed by its influence.
Mr. BANIDINEL proposed the second resolution. He
said he thought it was their duty and their interest to do
all they could for those whom God had been pleased to
place beneath them, but upon whom he looked with an
equal eye—(Cheers)-- but that that object was carried out
better by the landlord and the farmer than by any one
else they had ample experience.
The Rev. Mr. WARD, of Compton Valiance, seconded
the resolution in a long and able speech. He said he was
not a very proper person to address them on the subject
of allotments, because about two years ago he gave a por-
tion of his glebe land as allotments, and this year it had
been returned on his hands ; but this he must add, that
his parishioners were blessed with a landlord who was a
father to them, and a tenant vsho was a very good mas-
ter. Were that the case throughout the country, there
would be no need of such associations as this. In a
neighbouring parish, however, he had been struck
with the difference in appearance produced by the
introduction of the system, and, as a further proof, he
might mention that in the neighbourhood of Naples—
the plain of Sorrentet—la found 35,000 people living in
comfort and comparative affluence upon a piece of land
four miles long by two broad, There were no poor
laws, and there were no beggars, which in Italy was a
remarkable thing. Every one had a fair day's wages
for a fair day's work. The country was principally cul-
tivated by the spade, and the product was so enormous
that every creature found a comfortable subsistence.
How happened it that within these British dominions,
the richest in the world, there were large numbers of
the population more miserable than any population in
the world ? How came it that the peasantry of Eng-
land were the worst educated of any in Europe ? He
did not speak of that county in particular ; yet still there
was distress enough in some parishes to warrant them in
calling for the formation of a Dorset Labourers' Society.
Such society was not needed on estates where they had
paternal landlords ; but it was needed where the land

was in the hands of persons of small property, as he
knew a large portion of the west of Dorset was. But,
atter all, it was to the landlords of England that they
must look in that emergency.—(Cheers.) If—he might
say it fearlessly in that county—if the landlords of
England would but do their duty, every one else
would do theirs.—(Cheers.) He believed that an enor
mous responsibility in the sight of God rested upon them.
Let them not look to what was wanted in the large ma-
nufacturing towns—let them look at home. The land-
lords had no right to expect those under them to take
their places in tending to the wants and comforts of
those who were their especial care—the poor.—(Cheers.)
But when he affirmed it to be the duty of the landlord
to have the tenantry on his estate under his peculiar
care, not only those in his own pet cottages, but those
in the most remote corner of his estate—when he said
that he would not debar the tenant from his privilege,
for surely it must be to him a great happiness to ride
over his farm and find his labourers glad to see him, in-
stead of saying, " Here comes master," and hiding
themselves.—(Loud cheers.) But when he thought 1
their own responsibilities and duties he confessed he
felt at a loss for words to express his feelings. It had
been asked how could the clergy interfere ? His answer
was, from first to last the clergy had the education of
England's best hope—the young heirs of her fair broad
lands—and a word spoken by them had had immense
effect. He did believe that if the clergy would do their
duty, England would be in a very different state. If
landlord, tenant, and clergy would do their duty, then

would they indeed see increased domestic comfort in
their peasantry—then indeed would industrious habits
be encouraged, and our Queen would reign (to use the
words of King George the Good) in the hearts of a
loyal and religious people.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. GILBERT proposed the third resolution, which the
Rev. Mr. LANE supported.
The fourth resolution, forming the society, was pro-
posed by Mr. J. Gundry, a large manufacturer of Brid-
port, and seconded by Mr. Gilbert. It was determined
that the Lords Ilchester, Portarlington, Bridport, Ash-
ley, Rivers, and the Lord Bishop of Salisbury, should
be patrons ; the Lord Stavordale, president ; and the
Hon. and Rev. Somerville Hay, the Hon. and Rev. W.
Scott, the High. Sheriff of the county, the Members for
the county, the Members for Bridport and Lyme, Sir J.
B. Smith, Mr. H. C. Compton, M.P., and Mr. R. B.
Sheridan, M.P., vice-presidents.
Mr. SPARKS (and the Rev. W. B. Whitehead, vicar of
Chard) then, at the request of the Chairman, detailed
the progress of the society with which they were con-
nected—the Crewkerne, Chard, and Ilminster Field-
Garden Allotment and Labourers' Friend Society, which
had been in existence fourteen years, and now comprised
thirty parishes, and more than 800 allotments. The
Rev. Gentleman expatiated on its good effects at consi-
derable length, and commended it for saving the la
bourers from the demoralising, detested, and degrading
influences of the union workhouse. It also, by amelio-
rating their moral condition, elevated them morally and
religiously, for the Bible was a plant which would never
flourish well amidst scenes of destitution and pauperism.
He advocated, with it, clothing clubs, loan funds, savings'
banks, and parochial schools. He was not foolish enough
to suppose that they could ever attain an Arcadia.
Vain were the search for scenes like these :

No view appears,
" By sighs unruffled, or unstained by tears."
But let thew remember that though the poor were " not
to cease out of the land," it was in their power to remove
the sting from poverty.—(Loud cheering.) The Rev.
Gentleman, in conclusion, congratulated the county on
having, by such a meeting, given so noble a refutation to
their heartless traducers.

Captain STEEL said, he would not call in question
whit had been said, nor would he justify what had been
written of the county ; but he wished to remark that
this meeting had not been called forth either by the re-
port of the Committee of the Commons on field-garden
allotments, or by the animadversions of the press. The
committee, at their first meeting, were deeply impressed
with the necessity for such a society. He could also as-
sure them that the gentleman who appeared there as an
emissary of the parent society, had as little to do with
any of those animadversions as he had.
The resolutions having all been carried nein. con.,
Mr. J. PoPE, tenant farmer, proposed a vote of thanks
to the Noble President ; and, in reference to an obser-
vation respecting Mr. Sheridan, observed—Let the Hon.
Gentleman exercise the same discretion in carrying out
his benevolent intentions as the Noble Lord, and be shall
have as hearty a welcome.
Lord STAVORDALE returned thanks, and observed that
he firmly believed that Mr. Sheridan's motives had been
misconstrued.
The meeting then separated.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HO USE.
HUMANITY IN THE LAW OF DEBTOR AND CREDITOR.—
A case having come before the L, rd Mayor in which an
unfortunate debtor was stated to have been incapacitated
from attending to answer for having omitted to pay cer-
tain rates,
The LORD MAYOR himself represented to the appli-
cant the obligation upon him to do all with charity, and
stated that Mr. Burden, the governor of Whitecross-
street Prison, had, on Saturday, on presenting his entry-
batik to the gaol committee, pointed out a passage of
which the following is a copy:—
" Richard M--n was committed to the Debtors'
Prison, Whitecross-street, on the 9th instant, by the
Court of Bankruptcy, under the Small Debts' Act, for
forty days, for a debt of 51. 16s. 11d. The prisoner,
aged sixty, was brought in a cab, and appeared to be
labouring under imbecility of mind and iu a low sinking
state of bodily health, requirint him to be immediately
put to bed in the infirmary. On the following day the
Governor made an affidavit of the facts, eccompanied
with the surgeon's certificate, and applied to Mr. Com-
missioner Fane for the prisoner's discharge, under the
62d clause of the 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 96, which
application (although the first of the kind) was granted,
and the prisoner was restored to his home on the same
day, having his immediate necessities relieved from the
Sheriffs' fund."
His Lordship observed, that nothing could be a more
persuasive indication of the advancing improvement of
the times than such an evidence of the lenient
character of the laws respecting debtor and credi-
tor. Formerly poor wretches, who, like multitudes
of paupers of the present day, were criminal
only by their poverty, were dragged from their beds
of sickness and of straw, to gratify the viedictive spirit
of creditors. By the untiring labours, however, of bene-
volent men in the Legislature and in the press, the
frightful inhumanity exercised against poor debtors and
poor paupers was undergoing a certain, although a slow
change. He trusted, and he believed, that neither the
Parliament nor the press would be silent so long as the
evils which were so powerfully condemned by the friends
of the poor existed in a shape at all formidable. In
speaking of those who were unable to pay their debts, he
of course excluded the persons who had dishonestly con-
tracted debts. To quite a different tribunal he would
submit the case of all such individuals.
The following is the clause upon which Mr. Burden
applied for the discharge of his prisoner :
" 62d. And be it enacted, that if it shall at any time
appear to the satisfaction of the judge of any such court,
by the oath or affirmation of any person, or otherwise,
that any defendant is unable, from sickness or unavoid-
able accident, to pay and discharge the debt or damages
recovered against him, or any instalment thereof ordered
to be paid as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the judge
in his discretion to suspend or stay any judgment, order,
or execution given, made, or issued in such action, for
such time as the judge shall think fit, and so from time
to time, until it shall appear by the like proof as aforesaid
that such temporary cause of disability has ceased."
His Lordship finally observed, that it was satisfactory
to him to be able to state that the sheriffs' fund, which
was applicable to all cases of the kind, had lately ren-
dered essential services in the great mass of cases in
which prisoners who had been confined were discharged
without being possessed of property to the amount of
one farthing. He thought that the expression of his
feelings and opinions in a place to which such numbers
of cases of misfortune and suffering were brought would
attract the attention of the benecent to the general
condition of the poor, and wake more manifest the ne-
cessity of a more extended and active sympathy.
A young man, named John Edwin, who looked like a
simple country lad, was charged with having stolen
several silk handkerchiefs in the course of his rambles
on Saturday. The prisoner turned out to be a perfect
" filch " and a philosopher.
Haydon, City policeman, No. 274, stated that on
Saturday evening, as he was coming ashore from a
steam-boat at Swan-pier, he saw the prisoner close
behind a gentleman, and observed, from certain move-
ments, that " something was about to be done." The
prisoner walked deliberately out of the vessel, and the
officer went round, met him in Swan-lane, and took him
into custody, having given notice to the gentleman to
follow. Upon the person of the prisoner were found
five silk handkerchiefs, one of which was at once identi-
fied. One he tied neatly round the calf of each
leg ; another was adding in like manner to the
size of each arm, while the fifth was elsewhere inge-
niously disposed about him. Ile had made each of the
handkerchiefs change its master on board the steamer in
the short voyage from Hungerford-market to London-
bridge. As the prisoner was going to the station-house,
with a crowd behind, he said, " well, it is a bad job,
and no mistake ; but it was to be, and how could such as
me stop it ? I'm nailed, but I can't help it."
The LORD MAYOR—WeII, prisoner, you had a good
day's work I perceive.
The prisoner—l have been dreadful hard up, your
Lordship, I do assure you ; why, I have been obliged to
beg. I tried on everything before I tried on this, but it
would not do.
The LORD MAYOR—People do not go into steamers
to beg.
The prisoner—They'll go anywhere to beg, please you
my Lord.
'The LORD MAYOR—You are an expert hand, and I
shall send you for trial.
The prisoner—Don't send me for trial—there will be
no merit in conwicting me. It's too plain a case.—
(Laughter.) Consider my poverty this once, please you
my Lord, and give me a summary.
The LORD MAYOR—No, you will not do for London.
The prisoner—Well, my Lord, if you can't be per-
suaded to do a kind thing, why then I must do as you
wish.—(A laugh.)
Committed for trial.
GUILDHALL.

EMBEZZLEMENT.—A youth named William Tbbutt,
in the employment of Mrs. Henderson, a baker in Fore-
street, was charged before Mr. Alderman Hunter with
embezzling several sums of money, varying from 6s. to
305., received in payment on acconnt from different cus-
tomers. Some charges were established, but the case
was remanded till Friday next, in order to give the pro-

secutrix an opportunity of ascertaining to what extent
the system of embezzlement may have been carried on.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
James Martin was brought up, charged with stealing
wearing apparel, the property of John Brodie, labourer.
The complainant said he was in bed that morning
about.twenty minutes to six o'clock, and was awoke by
a noise as of some one in the room. He looked, and
saw the man at the bar making his way to the door,
with a bundle of clothes under his arm and a pair of
shoes in his hand. He pursued him down stairs into the
back kitchen, and there found him with a pair of his
shoes on his feet, and a bundle containing a waistcoat,
neckerchief, trousers, and coat, all belonging to the com-
plainant. He said the man was an entire stranger, and
had no business in the house.

The defendant, whose-excuse was quite beside the
point. was committed for trial at the ensuing sessions.
Mary Gordon was placed at the bar, charged with
stealing several articles of wearing apparel from the
house, 21, King• street, Soho.
Mary Cooper said she had left her rooms for a few
minutes, and on her return found the woman at the bar
with a bundle of clothes in her hand at the bottom of the
stairs. The complainant left her nephew in charge of
the woman and the bundle while she ran up stairs and
examined her drawers, when she found several articles
missing. She gave the woman into custody. She
identified the contents of the bundle as her property.
The nephew and the policeman gave corroborative
evidence.

The prisoner, who was crying, and who said she did
not know what she was doing at the time, was committed
for trial.

MARKET NE WS.-(Y_ES TERDA Y.)
C ORN-EXCIZA.NO E.m
The arrivals of English Wheat for our arket last week
were considerably on the increase, those of all other articles
of home produce, including Flour, small. From Ireland and
Scotland the receipts of Grain were very trifling, while the
imports from abroad were on a limited scale. Fresh up, to-
day, a full average quantity of home-grown Wheat came to
hand, coastwise as well as by land carriage, from Essex,
Kent, and Sussex, hence the stands were much better sup-
plied with samples than for some weeks past. This, together
with the prevailing fine weather, had some influence upon
the trade. Fine dry qualities were, however, in steady re-
quest, at an advance in the quotations obtained on Monday
last of Is per quarter, being a decline of Is on
Friday's prices, but the middling and inferior kinds were a
slow inquiry, at the rates quoted on this day se'nnight, and a
clearance was not effected without difficulty. We had a fair
average quantity of free Foreign Wheat on sale. Holders
were not quite so firm as last week, and a few sales were
effected in the secondary qualities at a trifling decline on
Friday's rates. The transactions for export in bonded qua-
lities were confined to a few low qualities of Dantzic. Very
little Barley was on show. The finest parcels moved off
freely, other kinds slowly, at late rates. Fine Malt, ready
for delivery, was taken off readily, at very full rates, but the
middling and inferior hung on hand. The supply of all kinds
of Oats was very trifling; the trade was; therefore, tolerably
steady at Friday's advance of from is to 2s per quarter. Very
abort supplies of this article may be expected for some time
hence. Several parcels of Rye found buyers at extreme
figures. The show of Beans was again small, but equal to
the wants of the buyers, who purchased sparingly at late
rates. In Peas comparatively little was doing, and prices
were with difficulty supported. Flour moved off slowly at
our quotations.
CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE
Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier.... • • 66s to 67s
Red, New.. • • 49s to 56s Oats—Yorkshire and
Ditto,White, Old.. 563 67s Lincolnsh., Feed. 27s 29s
Norfolk and Lin- Potatoe • • 29s 32s
coin, Red... • • 50s 57s Youghal and Cork,
Ditto, White.... • • 56s 64s Black . ... •• . 25s 28s
Irish, Red.. •• —s —s Cork, White ... • . 24s 3ls
Ditto, White •• —s —s Scotch, Feed..... 268 30s
Rye—Old ............ 34s 36s Beans—Tick ..... 36s 39s
New. .. .... ••• • • . 36s 37s Pigeons • • 46s 50s
Barley—Grinding..... 30s 32s Pease—Grey.
Malting . .•• • • • 37s 42s Maple ...... ••• .. 41s 42s
Chevalier •• • • 43s 44s White ... .• • ... 50s 54s
Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers .... • .... 54s 58s
folk •••...• • • • • • 59s 64s Flour—Town-made... 48S 5C s
Brown ...... ••• • . 52s 55s Suffolk ..... ••• • • 44s 46s
Kingston and Ware 64s 65s Stocktn & Norfolk 405 42s
SMITHFIELD.
We had on offer about 650 Beasts, 2,100 Sheep and Lambs,
and 30 Calves from abroad, in, generally speaking (if we ex-
cept the Sheep), good condition. Nearly the whole found
buyers, at late rates. From our own grazing districts the
arrivals of beasts were somewhat on the increase, but of
middling quality; altogether the Bullock supply was large.
Prime Scots, moved off steadily at last week's quota-
tions; but in some instances the value of the inferior breeds
had a downward tendency, and a clearance of such was with
difficulty effected. The droves from the northern districts
comprised 1,800 short-horns ; from the eastern counties,
300 Scots, short-horns, &c. ; from the western and
midland districts, 900 Herefords, runts, Devons, &c. ;
and from other parts of England, 600 of various breeds.
The numbers of Sheep were again seasonably extensive, yet
the Mutton trade was very steady, and last Monday's cur-
rencies were readily supported. In Lambs, the numbers of
which were good—a full average amount of business was
transacted, at late rates. The Veal trade was steady, at full
prices. Pigs moved off steadily, at our quotations.
Per 81bs. to sink the offal.
s. d. s. d. s. d. to s.
inferior Beasts ••2 10 3 0 Second quality ditto 4 0 4 2
Second quality ditto. 3 2 3 6 Coarse-woolledditte 4 2 4 4
Prime large Oxen.. 3 8 310 Southdown Wethers 4 6 4 8
Prime Scots
Large coarse Calves 310 4 6 Large Hogs • ••• • 3 8 4 6
Prime small ditto .. 4 8 410 Small Porkers .• 4 8 410
Suckling Calves ..18 0 30 0 Quarter old Pigs •16 0 19 0
Inferior Sheep
SUPPLY AT MARKET,
Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs.
4,131 1 31,070 f 192 481
NEWGATE .8.11111 LEADENHAX.X..
Owing to the continued warm weather, scorcely any
country slaughtered meat has arrived hither since this day
se'nnight. The supplies on offer killed in the metropolis
have, however, been tolerably good, yet the demand has
ruled firm, and in some instances the quotations have fur-
ther improved. Several carcases of foreign beasts, sheep and
calves, have appeared on sale, and produced full prices.
At per stone, by the Carcase.
s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d.
deaf, inferior.. 2 8 210 Mutton, inferior .. 3 6 310
middling •• 3 0 3 2 middling.. 4 0 4 2
prime large .. 3 4 3 6 , prime .. •• 4 4 4 6
prime small .. 3 6 3 8 Pork, large.. • 3 6 4 2
Veal ........ ••••• . 3 10 410 small ..... 4 4 410
Lamb. 4s 8d to 5s Bd.
BOROUGH HOP MARKET.
Owing to the large quantities of new Hops daily arriving
here from Kent and ussex, the demand has been inactive,
and lower rates have been again submitted to. Many par-
ties have, however, withdrawn their samples for the present.
Sussex Pockets are selling at from 80s to 88s; and Kent
ditto, 84s to 1003 per cwt. These low prices are undoubtedly
caused by the favourable accounts from the plantations, and
the excellent condition in which the Hops come to hand.
In Yearling and Old Hops, which are offering at considerably
reduced figures, scarcely a transaction has taken place. The
duty is now called 200,0001.
BOROUGH AND SPITAX.PIELDS.
The supplies of Potatoes still continue large, but compara-
tively speaking, of inferior quality. Selected qualities are in
good request, at from 51 to 61 per ton, but the diseased par-
cels are selling as low as 31 par ton.
OOL.
The imports of Wool into London last week were 800 bales,
111 being from Hamburgh, .541 Algoa Bay, and the remainder
from various quarters. The public sales, which commenced
on Thursday, continue to be well attended, and most of the
parcels offered have found buyers at fully the last sales prices.
In the private contract market very little business is doing,
yet the holders are not disposed to accept of lower rates.
TALLOW.
This market is very firm, and prices are steadily advanc-
ing. Fine old Y.C. is 42s 3d, and fine new Y.C. 42s 9d per
cwt. Town Tallow is firm, at 41s 6d net cash. The advises
from St. Petersburgh received this morning have a tendency
upwards; the prices paid are higher, at which a fair business
is doing. The shipments are limited compared with former
years.