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L A R G E A N D I M P O R T A N T SHOW OF

N E W D R A P E R Y G O O D S , A T

COMMERCE HOUSE, B A R N A R D C A S T L E .

P. I M E S O N B E G S most respectfully to

S T announce his return from London and other markets, with an extensive and carefully selected

O C K O F N E W G O O D S , of every description, suitable for the Season.

L L the L E A D I N G N O V E L T I E S in B O N N E T S , H A T S , English and. Foreign Shawls, Mantles, Fancy Dresses, Prints, & C - , &c> at prices not to be surpassed by any other House. P . I M E S O N begs to call especial attentiou to the undermentioned

CHEAP LOTS, which he has purchased

A G R E A T B A R G A I N . AN Immense Stock of Straw and Crinoline F A N C Y B O N N E T S , new shapes, commencing at 6d each. 70 D O Z E N of Girls ' Straw and Crinoline H A T S , new shapes, commencing at 3fjd each. . A Stock of French and English B O N N E T R I B B O N S , consisting of 400 different new styles—a decided bargain. A large parcel of B L A C K F R E N C H G L A C E S I L K S , purchased previous to the recent advance ; Wide widths from 2s I J d per yard 85 Dozen M U S L I N C O L L A R S , at extraordinary low prices. 8 Dozen M U S L I N S L E E V E S , at half their value. 15 Dozen P A R A S O L S , in all the newest styles and colours—remarkably cheap. j 60 Dozen C A M B R I C H A N D K E R C H I E F S , much under present market value; all Linen, and of a superior make,

commencing at 2d each. 40 Pieces of U N D R E S S E D H O L L A N D S — a great bargain—yard wide, commencing at 4$d per yard. A large assortment of F A N C Y P R I N T S , perfectly fast in colour, commencing at Od per yard.

P . I H L S O \ also begs to announce that he has made arrangements to Clean and Alter every description of H A T S and B O W E T S , upon an improved principle, into A l l the newest shapes, at O N E S H I L L I N G each.

A D I R E C T O R Y O F T H E C O U N T Y OP Y O R K was B O R R O W E D from the Teetdale Mercury

Office, a few weeks ago.—It U requested that the Book may be returned at the earliest convenience of the Borrower.

Barnard Castle, March 25th, 1883.

B O W E S R E G U L A T E D P A S T U R E .

WA N T E D , a number o f 8 H E P H K R D S for the above Pasture; any person wishing to engage

most make application to the F ie ld Reeves, at the School Room, Bowes, on Saturday, the 4th o f A p r i l , at 2 o'clock, p.m., by order of the Field Reeves.

M O N T H L Y C A T T L E S A L E .

MB . T A R N begs leave respectfu lly to announce that i f al l be well, he w i l l Sell by Auct ion, on

• W E D N E S D A Y , the 1st day of A p r i l , 1863, in G a U a t e , Barnard Castle, the following valuable lot of C A T T L E , v i i . , 15 present calving Cows of great promise ; from 60 to 80 geld Cows and Heifers, of good quality and condition ; a number of Bullocks, one and two years old , various other Cattle, and 41 half-bred Hogs.

Sale precisely at 11 o'clock. The above belong to the Auc t i onee red w i l l be sold

without the slightest reserve. A L S O ,

T O B E S O L D on the Same Day and at the Same Place, 200 black-faced Ewes near lambing to a Leices­ter Tup. The above Sheep belong to M r . A . C. Dent , of Howgi l l Grange, Baldersdale, are quite equal to those sold in former years, and w i l l be sold without re­serve.

S A L E A T 2 O ' C L O C K . Credit w i l l be given on approved security, t i l l the 1st d a ; of October next, or 6d in the pound for Cash.

S A L E O F F U R N I T U R E , A c , A T B A R N A R D C A S T L E .

MB . L A X has received instructions from M r McNaught, to Sell by Auction, on Thursday,

A p r i l the 2nd, 1863, in front of his premises in the Market Place, Barnard Castle, the following House­hold F U R N I T U R E and other Effects, part of which are unredeemed pledges, comprising 1 mahogany centre table i 6 mahogany chairs in hair seating; 3 mahogany elbow chairs; 1 mahogany dining table; 1 mahogany work table ; 1 night-days' clock, in a very elegant case, banded wi th mahogany and maple ; 1 oak centre table; 1 French bedstead and mattress; 2 prime feather beds ; 1 carpet; 1 painted washstand ; 1 oak night commode; 6 sets of polished steel fire irons ; case of stuffed b i rds ; 2 fenders ; 2 tea trays ; kitchen table; 1 music s tool , 2 dish covers; 2 kitchen chairs j 1 elbow chair ; warming pan ; a front shop glass case ; 2 looking glasses ; r id ing saddle.

Also Six 8il»er Watches, and Twelve Silver Tea Spoon*. Sale to begin at 1 o'clock.

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ImMti JJteprg. BARNARD CASTLE, MARCH 25**, 1863.

F R E E H O L D D W E L L I N G H O U S E B A R N A R D C A S T L E .

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TO 1 B E S O L D by Private Contract, or L E T , wi th

possession on the 13th o f May next (or earlier i f desired), a l l that large and commodious Messuage or D W E L L I N G H O U S E , with the Yard and Stable behind the same, situate in the Horse Market, in l i a r nard Castle, and now in. the occupation of D r . Robinson.

The house, which is 3 stories high, and handsomely stone-faced, contains good sized Dining and Breakfast rooms, spacions entrauce, Kitchens, A c , on the ground floor, and a large Drawing room, numerous Bedrooms, Water-closet, Ac., on the floors above; and from its extent of frontage, eligible situation, and other con veniences, is well adapted either for the residence of i private family, or for conversion to purposes of busi-

I N our columns this week will be found a report of the proceedings of the Staindrop Farmers' Club at their meeting held on the 20th instant; including an excellent Paper, read by M r Hawdon.

The Polish Insurrection has received a check through the defeat and flight of Langiewicz. The insurgents, according to the latest advices, were about to elect another leader.

There has been no change in the state of affairs in North America. There are rumours of losses and gains on both sides.

L O C A L & G E N E R A L N E W S . P E I I T C E or W A L E S ' S M A B B I A Q B D A Y . —

W e omitted to state in our report of the celebrations at Barnard Castle, that the Bridge End M i l l was beautifully illuminated wi th a orown and star, and other devices, the designs having been made and fitted up by the workmen of the establishment.—The schol­ars of Baldersdale were provided wi th an excellent tea, in the Roraaldkirk school-room, through the liberality of Mrs K i p l i n g , of Newhouses.

A L O C A L P R E A C H E R ' S S U M M E R S A U L T . — On Sunday evening, the pulp i t of the Primitive Methodist Chapel, Williamson-terrace, Monk wear mouth, was occupied by a Hetton pitman, a local preacher connected wi th the Primitive Methodist body, who, after discoursing on the Jewish year of Jubilee, proceeded to wind np wi th a bri l l iant peroration of unusual force and power. Whi l e leaning over the front of the pulpi t , and delivering himself wi th mucli fervour, he suddenly over-balanced himself, being man of many inches, and came tumbling over into the singing pew, to the great dismay of the congregation. He appeared to fairly turn a summersault, carrying the book board over with him, and probably his descent in this manner saved him from fracturing bis skull on the floor. Fortunately, no one happened to be sitting below, and the fallen orator came down wi th his broadside, upon a music stand, shivering its timbers in a very complete manner. Of course, there wat much alarm among the congregation, and much shriek­ing from the female part of i t , but our hero was soon "himself again." Ruling to h i f feet wi th wonderful alacrity, he exclaimed "Be calm, people, I ' m no worse; and bless God, I believe i f I ' d fallen twice as far, I wouldn't have been k i l l ed . " The layman then brave ly mounted a bench in the singing pew, and, though, aa fervid as ever, managed to finish his peroration without upsetting his second locus standi. I t was said the poor man would have to walk al l the way to Het ton Colliery aftei his unlucky tumble.—Daily Chron­icle.

The tenant wi l l shew the premises, and further par ticulars may be learned pn application to

MESSRS. W A T S O N , Solicitors, Barnard Castle.

Barnard Castle, 24th March, 1863.

Hujrli I t i i i l t o n , F R U I T E R E R , C O N F E C T I O N E R , & c ,

HORSE MARKET, BARNARD CASTLE.

BEGS to announce t o the public that he w i l l W e aa u s u a l , H O T X B O S o n the m o r n i n g o

GOOD F B I D A T , A P K I L 3rd, 1863. A l l orders punctu­ally attended to .

H . R. also calls attention to his large and w e l l se leeted Stock o f F r u i t , Confectionery, and Gingerbread which cannot be excelled ; observe the Stamp on t h e Gingerbread ( K a i l t o n , Barnard Castle).

First-class Oranges, Lemons, Ac. German Yeast « d a y s a week.

Agent for Newcastle, Manchester, and London Daily and Weekly Papers.

S T A I N D R O P F A R M E R S ' C L U B .

The Staindrop Farmers' Club held its meeting on Friday, the 20th inst., when M r Thomas Atkinson, of Marwood, was elected a member. The subject for the next meeting on the 8 th May was ohosen, viz..-—"On the cultivation of Root Crops best adapted for this district ," introduced by M r Mcintosh ; after which M r Hawdon brought forward the following paper :—

M r President and Gentlemen, the subject on the card for this evening's discussion is, " The Breeding and Management of Sheep for this Dis t r ic t . "

His tory informs us that the rearing and keeping of Sheep was an occupation of delight amongst the ancients. Sacred history tells o f the thousands kept by the patriarch Job, also of David being called from tending the ewes big wi th young, to rule over the peo­ple of Israel. I n the present dsy large flocks are rear­ed and kept in countries where almost i n the remem­brance of many present nothing in the shape of an animal useful to man was to be met w i t h . The dis­course given by Sir J . Donaldson, at the Penrith Farmer's Club last summer, on the management of the vast flocks on the continent of New Holland, is an illustration, they having raised a country in an incredi­bly short time from being a barren wilderness.to be one of the most desirable settlements of the capitalist,or en­deavouring emigrant. To give you some idea of the immense value of the subject of ray address, I w i l l copy a few remarks on the progress o f the growth of wool in E n g l a n d and Anetralia, from M r Baker, the inspector of factories. I n 1862, the supply, after de­ducting exports, amounted to upwards of 118 mil l ion

lbs. The production o f wool in the United Kingdom is estimated at 175 mil l ion lbs. ; skin wool, 43 mil ­lion lbs . ; woollen rags torn up to be used as wool, 30 mil l ion lbs. The whole yearly supply in the United Kingdom is 360 mill ion lbs., and s t i l l too l i t t le . I n 1862 there were 2,182,609 spinning spindles at work ; the looms produce 147,977,000 yards of goods per annum. Pure wool required for a fair steady trade, is estimated at 318 mill ion lbs., and wi th a larger supply would be extended.

To the value of sheep, look at the annual sales of the breeding stock obtained by our established flock masters for their best blood, both for home use and exportation; some fancying the neat and prolific Down sheep, some the high grazing and bright wool-ed Leicester, others the large and massive Cotswold, or the heavy woolcd and rent-paying Lincoln, others the healthy and handsome sheep of Northumbeiland and the Scottish Borders ; each k ind having its advo­cate, or more strictly speaking, each for the district to which i t is adapted ; the close wooled animal for the windy heath, the lustre or long wool for deep pasture and the trough.

When the tanner has sold his years cl ip o f wool, wnich in a large flock amounts to a considerable sum, he feels himself none the poorer, s t i l l retaining the same number of animals on his farm to grow mutton for the use of that great population required in the manufacture of the wool.

Having shewn the subject to be of such vast impor­tance, I wish i t had fallen into abler hands to have dealt wi th i t , bnt having been a breeder and feeder of sheep all my life, I w i l l lay before you the system fol­lowed by me, which, upon the whole, has been toler­ably successful.

M y occupation extends over 500 acres of land which is known to most of you present. I h e soil is a mix­ture of bad, good, and indifferent; about 290 acres are arable, the remainder is ia permanent grass, but o f that there arc about 50 acres of oar land not fit for sheep to be depastured upon, except very l ight ly in the months of May and June, on account of its rot t ing them.

The tillage land is farmed in the four course shift, making about 70 acres of seeds and clover to add to the summer pasture and meadow. We grow annually about 60 acres of turnips, only one th i rd of which are fit to be fed off where they grow, by sheep, except in very favourable weather, on account of a mixture of clay in the so i l ; though al l well drained i t holds the water when poached in wet weather by sheep, causing a very uncomfortable lalrage.

W e keep a flock of six score ewes, they were of the strong Leicester breed, but have recently crossed them by putt ing a Shropshire ram upon half o f the flock ; the other half being kept pure. M y experience up to the present time does not enable me to decide which is best, but am inclined to the crosses, getting perhaps i n the first cross a lit t le less wool, which I expect to redeem by putt ing the country ram back to them. The carcase is equally as heavy, coming to maturity as aoon, and decidedly better to sell to the butcher, having so much more lean meat than the fat Leices­ter.

When the lambs are weaned i n tbe latter end o f July, the ewes are put into the barest pasture unti l the milk leaves them, attention being paid to drawing the udders so as to prevent undue inflammation, or the loss of teats.

The draught or call must be made of sheep intend ed to be put O f f ; those consist of aged, false made cotted wooled ones, and all that are any way defective as a breeder or a mother, they are put forward into good keep so as to fatten. The holding ewes being kept in the worst pastures un t i l about the first week in Octber, or 2 weeks before the ram is put amongst them, which is generally about the 20th of that month. For three weeks after the ram is put wi th them, they are continued at tresh succulent keep, ex pecting by so doing, to insure a good crop of lambs. Tbe rams are usually changed at the end of 3 weeks in case any ewes break to one, they may breed to an other. Their keep then is to clean up tbe clover, un­t i l ploughed, occasionally getting turnip tops in fresh weather. As winter advances they are put on the old or permanent grass; and when snow covers the ground they are supplied wi th bay once a day. Two or three weeks before they are due to lamb bay is supplied daily, with a few turnips occasionally ; white or yel­low are better than swedes and ought always to be stored away for them.

Houses are prepared before they commence lambing in a convenient lambing garth. These are made by placing hurdles parallel to each other, at about [4, feet apart, one end sheltered by a north wal l , the sides walled wi th straw to prevent the young lambs leaving their division, or losing themselves ; the whole cover­ed with straw.- This is found a good protection when the weather is stormy, as they gain strength. They are drafted off into fresh fields where there is shelter, supplying them wi th turnips when necessary. O n no account should the ewe be allowed to fall off her milk for want of proper food. As the spring advances they are sent off to the early station. Rye,grass, and clover, aa they come forward, where they run, u n t i l the

these we buy 150 more. I have generally purchased Northumberland or from tbe border counties of Scot­land about a fortnight after being weaned. They are a l l dipped so as to k i l l cads and vermin. We gener­ally use Brigg's dipping powders; i t is perhaps as good as, any, but i t dregs the wool too much. We re­serve an old pasture field w i th plenty of fresh grass (it ia not necessary to have i t of the richest quality,) to put the lambs into when first taken from their dams, and when the clover fogs are fit for stinting they are put there, care being taken to have them out at nights for the first week or two ; and en the yonng clovers they are kept un t i l the beginning of October, when they are put on turnips, being confined during the day on the rack, with a constant supply of bay un t i l they have learned to eat, which they w i l l do in four or five days, i t being important in the manage­ment of lambs or hogs, as they are now called, to have them forward in condition, and taught to eat befor? the cold weather sets i n , for i f poor and pined upon the tillago land, not knowing how to eat turni ; s, one or two succeeding bad days and nights, or a cold fro-t may be the cause of great loss amongst a flock. Good shelter is indispensible to the well doing of a flock Dur ing the whole of the winter months they are kept on the turnips, excepting in very wet weather, giving a supply of hay or straw in the racks, and a daily allowance of oats, bran, or peas. This winter they have had unthrashed peas, upon which they have done remarkably welL We generally commence giving them swede turnips in February or March , cutting a portion into troughs for them, and leaving tome i n ­putted in the rows. They usually eat as many uncut at cut i n a day. I f k e e p be scarce an addition of a quarter of a pound cf linseed cake is given t o each on the pastures, to push them forward for the butcher against shearing time, when we commence selling, and continue drawing t h e m o f f as t h e y get f a t through the summer, generally finishing wi th September. The Hogs are washed about the middle nf May, the Ewes about a week: later. We use a tub placed by a stream of running jwatcr on t h e farm ; a portion of s o f t s o a p at the rate of one ounce to each sheep, is dissolved and wt 11 stirred about in the tub. By this mesns tbe wool is made very w h i t e and clean, nor do they get dusted again at is often the case when shcey have to travel a mile or two along a dusty road from the wash beck. They commence to shear t h e m about a week or ten days after washing ; care is taken to have t h e sheep and weather dry during the process, and to have the work neatly done. The H o g and Kwe fleeces are kept separate when packed, so as to enable the wool buyer to fairly examine the clip. After tbe sheep are shorn, and during summer ,caps are put on those that are likely to heat on the head by flies, and the ahears ready to clear any '.hat may scour and get d i r ty behind ; when properly attended they seldom maggot. ! The male lambs are castrated when young, either by drawing them when a week old, or in May before the hot weather puts in ; by the hot t ront at that age they B u f f e r l i t t le f r o m the operation. »

The selection of Gimmers for supplying the place of the Ewes drafted out to keep up the number required, is done at the time of shearing, the shepherd slightly marking about th i r ty of the very best that come under his shears; the points to attend to are wool, size, form and quality.

Such, Gentlemen, is a sketch o f the year's rout ine in the management of my flock. I am aware there is nothing novel or new i n i t , but i f f r o m the discussion which our worthy Chairman has the tact of eliciting from you, I may be unable to introduce any improve­ment, I shall feel amply repaid for my t ime.

nent, should be cleared. The j u r y also announced that they were "unanimously of opinion that great in­efficiency and negligence had been exhibited and dis­played i n the general manage Bent of the l ine."

W I N S T O N .

The ROT . W . Webb, M . A . , p i t c h e d bis farewell sermon in Winston Church, on Sunday last, from the text,—" These things I say unto yon that ye might be saved." Tbe address was earnest and elo­quent, and seemed to make great impression on the large congregation assembled to hear the last words of their pastor. We feel convinced that many presen t were deeply sensible of the lots they hive sustained in the call of the rev. gentleman to • wider field of labour.

M I D D L E T O N I N - T E E 3 D A L E Tbe period shooting, o r class firing, o f tbe

members of the 12th Durham Volunteer Bine Corps, for the year ending the S1 «t mst., has just terminated, of which the following is a brief summary :—

Figure of merit 4375 Per centage 67'67

George Turner has made the highest score at marks' man, having made at 650 yards, 4 points ; 700 yards, 7 points; 800 yards, 8 points ; and at 900 yards, 6 points ; total 20 points. He was the successful com­petitor for the silver tea pot at the batailion shooting at Bishop Auckland last autumn.

O n Saturday sen., a Silver Watch and Chain, were shot for by the mem ben of the 12th Durham Volunteer Rifle Corps. The match waa to have come off on Tuesday tbe 10th inst., but the stormy state of the weather prevented i t . The prize was given in commemoration of the marriage of H K. H . the Prince o f Wales with the Princess Alexandra of Denmark. The day was very favourable, though cold, but free from wind or ram, which attracted a large number of spectators to the practice ground. The r-hooting was conducted according to the class firing ; Sergeant Pinkney being the winner of the pr.xe; the money prizes being awarded to Sergt. J , French, and private G. Forster, in the 1st class ; private Joe. L i e and Sergt. McKentie, 2nd class ; and privates Cl-rke and Redthaw, in the Srd class. Sergt. Pii>kney, is the present owner of the cup shot for at Bishop Auckland last autumn. The following is the score :—

l t t Class.

Y O R K S H I R E S P R I N G A S S I Z E S .

T H « ACCIDENT ON THE RICHMOND BBINCH RAILWAT.—Iu the Crown Court, on Friday week, be­fore M r Justice KEATING, the Grand Jury returned true b i l l against Thos. Dixon, Robert Atkinson, and James Dixon (on bail) for the manslaughter of Hannah Dickinson, at Moul ton , on tbe 3rd of November last. The Foreman read the following presentment of the Grand Jury : — " I t appearing that the death of Hannah Dickinson was occasioned by a railway collision at Moulton Station, a.id i t also appearing that there is no distant signal at that or any other station on the tame branch ot the North-Eastern Railway, the Grand Jury present a strong expression of their opinion" that the lives of the public are endangered by the want of such distant signals being provided at every station."

M r Justice KCATINO promised the Grand Jury that their presentment should be forwarded to the proper authorities.

THOMAS BROWN, EOBET.T ATKTNSON, and JAMM DIXON, (on bail,) were indicted for the manslaughter of Hannah Dickinson. M r Barstow and M r Darn-brough conducted the prosecution : the prisoners were defended respectively by M r Shepherd, Mr Serle, ,and M r Maule. The deceased on the jsorning of the 3rd of November last, (which was very foggy) was a pass­enger in the parliamentary train leaving Richmond for Darlington at 6-50. A t the first station (Catterick), there waa a cattle train also lor Darl ington, of which the prisoner Dixon waa the driver and Atkinson the guard, and before the passenger train came up, both of them applied for leave to uroceed, but the station-master related permission, and cautioned them to be particularly care'ul on account of tbe foggy state of the weather. The passenger train having proceeded on i t t journey, was immediately followed by the cattle t ra in , without tbe consent ot the station-master, or waiting for the porter whose duty i t was to open the siding, the train being started by order of Atkinson. A t Scorton, the'second station, they were about to stop, but. most unfortunately, the atation-mastei (the pris­oner Brown) waved the train on, and i t proceeded t > the Moul ton Station, where i t ran into tbe peraenger t rain. Two of the carriages were smashed, and the one in which the deceased was sitting waa so much fractured, that ahe fell through. She was extricated and removed to the station, where she died in an hoar afterwards. The negligence charged against Dixon and the guard was, that inatead of waiting on the sit­ing, as they should have done, et|iecially when they were cautioned, for five minutes after the passenger train had passed, they had gone on immediately, and against Brown i t was said he ought to hare stopp­ed the train for fire minutes, instead of waving i t on. — M r Christison, the manager of the Company, said tbe red light should have been exhibited at tbe Moul­ton station, on the morning of the accident. I n an­swer to his Lordship, the witness said distant signals were in preparation for the Richmond branch. This was not in consequence of the presentment of the Grand Jury last week; the directors had passed a resolution on the 28th of November, ordering that far signals should be placed at all the stations where they were not already erected. The Judge intimated that he should certainly forward the presentment of the Grand Jury to the Board of Trade. I n defence, i t was urged, on behalf of Brown, that be was, in allow ing the train to pass h im, simply exercising that dis­cretionary power which the rules of the Nor th Eastern Railway Company gave h i m . — M r Serle argued that the sacrifice of the life of the deceased was not due to the prisoners at tbe bar, but to the company, for tbe looseness of their precautions against accident.—On behalf of Dixon, M r Maule urged that whoever were to blame, i t could not be h im, inasmuch as he had only attended to the rules which were laid down for his guidance.—The learned Judge, in summing up, said i t appeared that not one of the precautions laid down in the rules for safety i n fogey weather, bad been observed, but aa regarded Dixon i t teemed to him that he had simply obeyed Atk inso j (under* whose orders be wat, a t to starting the train) i n leaving Catterick station, and there did not appear to be any evidence of negligence on h i t part at all.—After an absence of an hour and a quarter, the jury retained a verdict ot " N o t G u d t y " aa to a l l the prisoners. The decision waa received wi th cheers, which were instantly sup

• yds. yds yds. yds. 200 800 400 600 Tota l .

Lieut. Sherlock 14 8 10 6 S8 Ensign Graham 10 IS 8 6 37 Sergt. French IS 11 9 9 42 Corporal Watson 12 8 11 4 85

" Cameron 16 7 11 6 39 Private G. Forster . . . 14 12 6 8 40 Corporal Mallison . . . 9 7 10 7 83

I st Cleet .--2nd Section. Private Joseph Lee . . . 12 l l 11 8 48

" John Raine . . . IS 8 7 4 82 " John Bel l . . . 11 11 9 2 9a

Sergt. McK&uzie 9 9 10 7 35 Private R. Lee . . . 11 9 4 11 35 Corporal J . Pinkney 14 12 10 9 46 Private T . Pinkney . . . 8 8 6 S 24

" G. Turner . . . 12 6 11 • 83 " J . Watson, 2nd 9 7 9 11 88 " R. AldVreon . . . 9 6 9 7 8 1

Corporal R. Bell 10 11 I t 8 84 Private M . Colt man . . . 9 10 8 4 S I

« J . W a l l 7 t out « G . Watson . . . 10 2 do.

2nd Cl-.t«. 9 28 Private W . hardy . . . > 8 6 9 6 28

« J . Bel l 11 11 9 2 33 " T . G o . ling . . . 7 2 out " T . J . Clark, Srd Clatt 10 8 11 2 29 " T . Al l in ton . . . 11 6 7 8 25 « J . Rrdahaw . . . IS 6 ' 2 U •xe

B I R T H S . A t Barnard Cattle, on tbe 10th inst., the wife of

Mr . J . W i n d rota, of ton. . At Bowbank, Lunrdale, on the 6th mat., tbe wife

of M r Thomas Qibson, of a t on . A t Mick'eton, on the Srd ins t , the wife of M r

Joshua Raine, of a daughter. A t Keltoa, Miebleton, on the 2nd the wife of M r

Valentine Raine, of a daughter. A t Mount, Lunedale. on tbe 23u l t H the wife of M r

J . Shield, of a daughter. At H i l l , Middleton, on the 13th inst.. tbe wife ot

M r Isaac Wethrell , of a son. A t Mount Pleasant, Middleton, on the 28th u l t ,

the wife of M r Thomas Bussey, ol a daughter A t Lane Side, Forest and F r i t h , on 11th inst., tbe

wife of M r Matt. Dowson, of a daughter. A t Ettersgill, Forest and F r i t h , on the Srd met.,

the wife of M r H . Bein bridge, of a daughter. M A R R I A G E .

A t K i rby H i l l , on the 14th ul t . , M r . Wil l iam Bland, of Newtham M i l l , to Mrs Mary Iveeon, of Low Start-forth.

D E A T H S . A t Street Head, Barnard Castle, on the 20th m a t .

M r Thos. Rob-on, ecru, agbd 88 years,much respected. A t Staindrop,on the I d h mat., Eliza, the b e l o v e d

wife of M r A u ^ i n Malowny, rged 54 years ; on th • 11th hist., Annie, wife o f M r John Trotter, mason, aged 27.

A t Roug'i Rigg,Forest and Fr i th , on the 16th ni t . Gibson, son of M r W . Raine, aged 6 years.

A t H i g h Dyke, Middleton, on the 5th inst., Matthew, son of M r . Wal ton .

A t Appleby, on the 20th inst, M r Wi l l i am Saisbitt, watch maker, aged 82 years.

A t Dar l ing on, on the 12th inst., Mary, relict of the late Mr John Edmonton, of the Golden Cook I n n , and t i t ter to the late M r T . Barker, of Barnard Cattle, aged 63.

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companied wi th a Life Policy, or B u i of Sale, Imple­ments of trade. Machinery, Post Obit Bonds, or u\> « the personal security of Noblemen. Gentlemen, Clare* • men, and others ; or upon Farming Mock.—Apply personally, or by letter, to Messrs. J A T A Co., 6 Sytnondt I n n , Chancery Lane, Loudon.

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I pressed, his lordship directing that the portion o f tbe latter and of July, when we wean about 170 Iambi j to court in which these manifestation! were most prom-

T A Y L O R ' S C L E A N S I N G N I N E - P E N C E E A C H .

T A Y L O R ' S G E N E R A L O N K - S H I 1 . L I N G S A C K .

U a e q u l l e d far Stoppage or Maw-boand, Milk-Perec or Ttrappi' t after Cal l ing . B U i n , Long Slough, or Gorget. Yellow*. Drying tc

N O T I C E , — T h e Drinks ant in B i t * paper, aad bear O w t i a M t a r s tf the proprietor THOS". T A Y L O R . M . I I . C . V . S . Barlae-ae-Treul.

Sold by all Chemiata.

M A R K E T S . Newcastle, Tuesday.—The supply of beef e o a t r i n i

1,082 head. The number of sheep was 4,170. Pit-. 684. Prices :—Beasts, prime heilert, m Od to Ot Od • secondary torts , 7s 6d to 7 t 9d ; good steers 7 i W w

Oe Od; midd l ing , 7s 8d to 7t 6d ; cows, 5» 9d t i 7; O d ; stags, 5s 8d to 6s »d ; pork, large, 5« Od to £>• 9d ; small, 6t Od to 7s Od per atone o f 14 lb . Sheep —Good vendable wet here, 9d to Od ; middling, c. 3

to 8}d ; tups, ewe*, Ac. ,7d to fid. Richmond, Saturday.—White Wheat, IS t Od i B«j

do., 1 Is to 12s 0d t Barley, 8* Od i Beans, l i t 0* per boll. Oats, 2s 4d to St per bushel. Butter, I t " 1

per roll of 24oz. Egg., 20 for 1* 40. Potatoes W per peck. Duck., 0 . Od. Chickeut, St OX Xurke". 6eto7>.

AUSTRALIA AND ItS PROSPECTS. A very interesting letter from a correspondent at Mel-

bonme, dated J senary 26, on the present state and future prospect* of Australia, appeared in tbe columns of a morning contemporary. We extract the following :—

Data within tbe last fortnight, which hat brought ut two or. three refreshing raine, we have bean suffering from the very severest drought t i t colony has known for many year*. A D almost unpreceden'.edly dry summer baa eucooeded to at unprecedantedly wet t winter. Unlike previous visitations of the some kind, which have almost hrvarlaMy. been merely partial in their operation, Ibis drought hot mere or lets afflicted tbe whole of Aaalrala-•eie. Very decided trmptome ef its breaking up bave, however, shown themselves in Queensland and in New Sooth Males, In both of which colonist soma fine ramt have fallen, but not before tbe lio-e ttock had suffered fetch from wast of water. The crops in Victoria and in South Australia are much lighter than nans! from tbe SOON cause; minora' opcationa bare been retarded; tbe fruit* even in our subarbau orcVards aad gardens are shrivelled up, and our vintage itself wil l be but scanty unlets we are soon blest with copious rains. OUT "hot and copper eky r hat been frequently overcast, a del age of rain baa frequenOy teemed impending: but, at i t charactvietic of these droughts, the olouda have paaetd away, tbe steady sky h i t returned i u eternal brae, and we bave been again and again r t m i i u d to patience and hope. Perhaps there is a good even ic Ibis evil. A drought come* to as with a certain regularity on the average about every ten years, and bad we not this drawback, so much would be found done to cur hand, that, like some of the Sooth American communi­ties Mr. Darwin describee, we might be liable tc fall into a too indolent acceptance of the bounty of nature, and do next to nothing for ourselves. I t is aa atcet-

. tamed meteorological foe*, that, tbe rainfall here ia greater than in England, bat i t i t too irregular, aad much el i l rune tc waste. Here i t someiXing for human industry to master and correct. Water storage, which an-country people are now to energetically discussing, would make Australia the most productive country ia

-the world—a fact already proved by tbe strikingly sue-etaafpj experiBi«BU in irri tation already made in different parts of the colony..

General business at this holiday season i t aiwayt languid, t ad traaeactioci in the commercial world appear from the published reperti to be of a vary deanhory character. The liveliest part of commerce stil l consists of shipments to New Zealand, and as the most glowing accounts continue to come from various nearly-discovered gold fields in t h t t colony, the de­partures of diggers for the new El Dorado coaticoa to outnumber the arrivals from it- Many wave's are laid aa here for Dunedin—a fact which mutt be taken at Indicating that their owners expect to fill them, or they would be taken off the berth. But that horses are some­what in request for that country just now they would be almost unsaleable in Victoria, as they already are in soma parts of New South Walts. A t Broidwood, in tbe western district of tbe sitter colony, several service ible horses were tbe other day knocked down at auction for l t t . 6d. each, and one colt at Sd. A ninepeoDy colt no doubt eounde ttrangely ; bat the ridiculous price shows, not ecarcity of money, but superabundance of horseflesh.

1 When a cemmoxity like ours potte-jes many more animals of any kind than i t can either eonenme or export, they become Hills better than a larger a c l more expensive kind of vermin; and. at poor K i c t f d says, " What a man does not want i t dear at a p t B D 7 - r

G o l d R e t u r n s . From cor Customs returns I find that the tr tol ship­

ments of g t U for the year 1862 amouat to 2,019,839 ounces, including $08,831 ounces of New Zealand gold transhipped in oar bay for England. The shipments of Victorian gold alone for the pott year amount te 1,712,508 ounces, which, although a considerable falling off from the previous year, i t partly explained by the late large withdrawal of working hands from the Vic­torian mines to those of the titter coleniee, and pa*tly by the keeping back ef gold from shipment until this month, for the i l i petjnj redaction cf export doty eorc-mencicg on the let o f January. New discoveries are being made almost daily in our own territory, aad improvements are constantly occurring m the

rest of extracting tbe gold from quartz a London paper of the l " t h of September

last, our borne friends are informed that one ounce of gold from the ton of eaartx yields a profit. This-true at i t io, ia to much within the troth, at to fall vary l s j abort e l showing what miners by their present meant end aflfmmtna* ware new do. A t the Black M l Quartt atinisg Company, Baflarat — the extensive and costly machinery of which I have seen in fal l play—they hare been paylrg for months past thirty par cant, on capital invested, and this from only about two penny weigbtt end a half of gold to a ten ef rock. This moat appear almost incredible to some of tbe early diggers who have returned to the mother country; for at one tone i t wat thought that nothing leas than two ounces to the ton ef quarts could pottibly pay. Bat tbe change i t easily explained. The prime object (and, therefore, the constant study cf miners} hat always been to reduce te the lowest point the cost of labour. Tbe Black-bill Company have placed their works (which, large at they are, look but a email patcfal on and about half­way op the tide of a eery large hi l l , which i t veined irregularlv with reufs and leaden of quarts- A long adit if eat into tbe bi l l immediately behind the hoppers and stampers; all the rocY, good, bad, aad ^different, without going to tbe expense of packing i t , is put through the mills—the crashed Stuff la washed along o f

( o turns of tbe machinery tailed • ripple eetrine working tbe whole), the (old I locked boxes, and every week the i

ker. with, o staled. I fi

; and deep alluvial ranking tc-ing (however the great prod owe i from year to year] wfll be on

I i t precipitated into I boxes, aad every week the accoanti ef expen-

tUtnreaad return are takes, with, on the average, retailing profit 1 have stated. I leal, therefore, between qoarlx-croahiBg gather, regular gold mining may, and mntt, dimtekh fr occupation o l a aware lasting" character 'than might I be supposed for every veemettea ef the oeet of working fa in itself the tamathmgat the rx>otthrt discovery of ]

Beat

Oeneral Product* and Probable Export*. I rom the South I 1 yet be heavy I

Notwithstanding the droaght, I collect from the Sooth | I that the horvett wi l l '

enoagh in that colony to allow of their exporting tome 1 fifty thousand tons of floor. The i m r of that part it to I rood that i t eetaeaatrdt always lha kigbeet price ia thai Malboarae market. T~ nets red to ail thee •raaaaly from tea fa nan aad New hoc lb Wales winea, lis aaaaasil by thai tatters at tbe Great Exhibition of IMS. The cement I bare for colonial sricet hat become great, aad • r e e t 4 h l [ extending ; aad every wio» merchant in ear eolouy a l l B O W obliged to keep them. A t Albnry, en the Murray" Kiewr, cne maker gw< lax* year lea. • gallon on the spot forth be could produce; aree.lt whir! eat canoed prc-taletttt el loatjtaea to epea throw ejet, end to that a hundred aoea or to ef good and wen-tend any he ea paying at a prod mine. Weil c ceJlort jmd other ammtery f t i f tnUjae tor w ta a Urge

y tad it ipteatted. Want et Small Change and tbe Difficulties

attending it , Before I aalt that portion of my letter which

paatlrtittrly relates to oar social state, let ate at awaata a a at us which will perhaps omy omasa yen England, moot) aa it hat annoyed enatt of at here, f a * l ays befcaa the late adjournment of the for tme Chrittmat rent*. aaonte answer anoeeuoo, which is caricettly radical of our npidly-akedao; drrnmeteeste • I with,' aay member, " to aek the ueaeotrer whether ha boa hod a t t e n t i o B stalled t o the oab>ct of amall change 1" Trrflii a t the qaeation teems to be, i t aleatssl a* a real, and I jtwar people, a aerWae itamealty. Wben gold came ia I auefc prodi^saw qaaatktss some tea years aaj aetata, capper went eat, aad for years the waeaaldom yean t h

however, aad dim lain •oet of production having taaae made an aay obtainable at (tot price of a penny, tbe want

Slat became felt, and as unaroiJtbia tmeU n to aff l ict the poor. A man at the gotd-nardt J.

a ahoy to bay eoaaathteg price tw lajware tethroej and be put t tlxpence ou tbe coon tor. Tbe ahapiat had no obange, th . cnetemer had no coppers. What t to he done? The richer or mor would walk away, leaving hie Wxpwbot behind Sari purchase. Th* wittatm to whom ptaee wen of ate ecetttqueoet wptUd bawlttlt, and then he weakd be offer i ^ f 1 & i * • eaUatmeat ef the This absurd alternative, than ao frwqwwnily c o r i n g , ,

hroaght about o tort of fct dote gar In sea for evi

sob of the royal