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urkey, the į which I hoped a favourabie result, the matter being still under restraint, At 5 —＋ age ear they like to wander, and had 
short aS ild — = Ti D. oe for | his lordship’s consideration. In the meantime it appears 3 that, they a good r a mea dow, a „ they would 800 . 
— Piel 7 the wi uck, at the instance of Captain Lawson, several ships have already| mu tier than they 25 now. in your provision for them 
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ment ; but the principal merit of the work | sailed for these islands, and also tha sme Peruvian Min pri you have overlooked one essential, viz. lime or chalk. Fowls 
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s j longer remain a sec d It e this 1 of ‘lasing tear it off for . The works of 2 
author during the five years of his experience as a| the whole question before n growing * 
try-keeper. The following is one of his — that the agriculturists an 8 of this . — will not estroy the same space 
on this head: suffer such sn E y to be lost. I fearlessly se that not confine them to Barley, but every third or fourth 
t inge again for slaked oatmeal. 
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Jan. Ist, 1851. 8. d. 5. d. t is inj i cooling food in the vegetation springi ; 
Value of Stock ve eae „ „ 23 6 O co the British farmer and British shipowner. They must see cannot see them so easily as wh — up ; Nt, they 77 Jal 
31st, 185 tha abandoned. at least be more pleasing objects when — e 
„ whoever may be minister, — are equally doomed to suffer Watch your hen n more closely, and I * 
1 0 all the disadvantages of free-trade. It will be their own nest for nothing. — 
* Fowls .. one oe * 8 2 6 — = ys = not obtain ae of the oe It is uch instance. Are you woul she Him not eat — egg 
5 Guinea Fowls ene ove one 8 directly she has laid it? — Subscriber. Do you 
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Increase in value of Stock abs ae e — q he ye ar, 3 shoilt “for the pubic Af 
— Eggs sold, He. beh nea ity bg me? tion that it for ‘he „ the 8 — it give a detailed 5 "of the proce p “go such 
would now be sold in this country at less than 5l. a ton, renis — attainable.—F S. I think Ther ni — 2 
x 3 888 soe 2 st te oe the present price is press Egt: I have myself used plaints of bad eggs this year than I ever did. I hardly know 
ao . 38 7 9 s manure, and I speak from expe-| what r assign as the cause, but I am sure a Jong con- 
Wild Ducks s 27. ite rience when I say “that such are 11 ts 1 ordinary e and tinuance of dry weather and easterly winds are very bad 
Senators EE uch the advantages of its light carriage, ‘that with guano- things for poultry.—F B. I do not consider cuckoo fowls as 
ak P 51 EG St. pe r ton, distinct species * p reasons — the 1 three weeks 
m 77. n RL we nae tay it might not be cultivated with advantage. As a — ince for my opini ummer is a very bad ti 
EXPE ET farmer, Isay thatif I had the option —.— a 5s, duty on corn or poultry 5 — — — hardly forward enough, 
87 Bushels of Bar! — — an trade in guano, I w not hesitate a moment in nd 3 are in bad plumage and condition. John Bailey, 
— C — of f Barley-meal see tee | preferring the free-trade in Patong I believe the deposit upon hen oat 
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> sundries .., of birds, they would also appear be more extensive.| cultural Education, is the Rev. James Mules. 
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£51 4 0 |@aano is an article (per — oe the only one * can be Mlärkets. 
second part of the work_altogether it — — a a | mentioned — — — p pagesen mins = + ane — — 
an article of almos undless consu 
pamphlet of 40 small pages—relates to Mr. fr ill — ante OVENT GARDEN, APRIL 
successful attempts at artificial incubation. A — — er er — ne ance to. ship-owners 8 the continued coldness of w weather, the 
. hey and the a — are content to suffer all the dis- market is pretty well supplied with vegetables and fruit. 
advantages of 2 without partaking in its advantages. 8 oe see os poos: prices, as — — 
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New Guano. — [From a the Times}. — not an expensive colony? No; all that can ed is a be obta sagos are plentiful and | 
Sir,—There re been . tage ue ood ounts id in the singe sloop of war which — holst ers British fiag, and — re, the — — 25 are becoming 
lic papers relative to the discovery of guano upon some f that t flag per ships of every nation ple — Young oe Beans (both F — and Mazagan), 
ii fic. Allow m t, this is a — F hok: supplied from France. 
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your columns, to put the public in asession of the facts — tree, not a — not a drop of water upon it; a — are — good n quality. Mushrooms are 
— to this discovery. The islands ix are Lobos | harbour in which hundreds * vessels may ride in perfect cheaper, Cut flo * consist of Heaths, Epaerises, Cine- 
Afuera, lat. 6 deg. 59 min. S., sues 80 deg. 42 min. W., and | safety, but hitherto useless, or visited only by son alo ers for its s Mignonette, Camellias, Roses, Acacias, Azaleas, Pri- 
Lobos de Tierra, Tit- 6 deg. 34 min. S., long. 80 deg. 45 min. | seals, or whalers for the eggs of aquatic birds. ion has | mulas, Hyacinths, Tali ips, Lily of the ee and other forced 
W. ; the first about 50 miles, and the second about 20 miles, | ever hoisted its flag upon it, and it remains unappropriated the | bulbs. 
from the — of Peru. In Morrell's Four 83 » book | common property of all mankind. If the claim of the Peruvian 5 
blished at New York in 1832, is a minute account of these | G t to these islands be admitted, it will be solely at- Pine-apples, per Ib., Pears, dessert, per doz., 2s to 6s 
ands, — among other particulars the following remarkable | tributable to the apathy of the ag ieulturists and ship-owners of on 3 i, 147018. Oranges, per doz., 1s to 1s 6d 
sage—“ The Indians 8 s visit these — in large this country. I cannot close this letter without expressing aoon n, per 7 — — — per 100, 38 6d to 108 
— on powcr A xeurs — = . sod 3 vir the admiration which I feel for that intelligent American Stra spore s, p. — “dt tol — 3 * — 
three or four w ys foun o be v seaman to whom we are indebted not only for the discovery Apples, kitchen, per bushel, Lem r doz., 1s t 
civil and — gf Siri gr Benesi ms pbn ed kit nd | of the guano on these islands, = for the discovery of the 25 to 3s 6d | Nuts, s Barcelona, bsh, 20sto 228 
offices at their hands, such as * of fruit, vegetables, deposit on the island of Icha Benjamin Morrell was Almonds, per peck, 58 Brazil, p. 3 — to 148 
Ke, from the main. They sa bring their fresh water the captain of an American — in which character — sweet, per 1b., 28 aa Cobs, per 106 ibs. 
with them in thei byl is non ae e found in he made four voyages, exploring all the orig vir ETABLES 
th ands, which are covered with sand, rocks, and the dung | and islands in different quarters of the globe, To Cabbages, per 43 9d 8 i * moe a Ib., 8d to 10d 
of aquatic birds, the latter Se nt to to load thousands of ships; daunted energy in his profession he added a spirit oF | hatte —1— „p. 100, 18 2 Garlic, per lb., 8a to 18 
having been accumulating untol It is called inquiry which is but rarely seen. Inthe countries which he Broccoli, p. buneb „5d tol | —— per score 4d to 6d 
*guannar’ by — Spaniards, fay’ — probably the richest in the | visited he seems to have considered nothing which could — heads, year 2d to 4 4d — Cos, per score, Is to 28 
d.“ Captain Morrell visited these islands in Septe poral useful to mankind unworthy of his attention. That he was n Aspe paragus, p. bundle, 3s to 10s | Radishes, per “pe 8d to Is 
1823, long 9 guano was known as an artic le of * — common 8 is 5 attested by the fact, that, 3 Lay basket, 9d to 2s — Turnip, ls to 18 6d 
d long betore a p ton had been impor — ease’ from time immemorial whalers and sea ers of different Gre „28 6d to 48 Small Salads, p. pun., 2d to: 3d 
ared to me, rector of that this passage abe upon | nations have 1 ted these leah, and ugh a Bri sur- habark; T esa 3d to 4 Horse Radish, 
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the face of it ane charact and, knowing the value — — ship, 8 equipped tor the service, has minni Potatoes, per ton, Soa mob Mushrooms ott., 84 ‘oir 
of such a discovery e pown: — and urists of them, yet itis to Captain Benjamin Morrell that the world is = cwt., 28 per punnet, 9d to Is 
this country, I at once Spplied to the Government to take | indebted for the information that these islands possess one of | — er bush., te 64 to 2s 6d Sorrel p. bf. sieve, Is 3d to 1s8d 
ay of the islands, ec under the protection of the | the finest harbours in the world, and thousands of vessels may —— a p. doz, , 28 6d to 3s 6d | Artichokes, Jerus., do., 9d to 1s 
ag, make the expo! guano free to the ships of | load with guano from its shores. Morrell’s “ Four Voyages” . each, 6d to 286d | Fennel, per bunch, 2d to 3d 
all — By inquiry y — ~ Foreigo aiios I T aias may be found on the shelves of * Royal Geographical Society, Celery, per bundle, — ve Is 6d | Savory, per bunch, 2d to 3d 
that these nikada were not enumerated among the depend: to which useful institution I am indebted for my acquaintance | Carrots, per h, o 7d Thyme, per bunch, 2d to 3d 
cies of Peru att oie whan Fe ru declared ieindependenceand with the work, = page — will is seen a 33 of Lobos, Spinach, per Have, * rb Je 6d | Parsley, p. doz. bnehs., 2s to 38 
defined the extent of ert islands, | and at page 294 te description — Ichaboe, with a Onions, per go a to 4d Mint, per bunch, 
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ever exercised dominion over them. During the whole of the | manure to the depth of 25 feet.“ Upon the 2 rmation given Kaine pa score, 9d Is Gd Marjorim, do., 
war een Spain and England they had been freely visited in this book the first ships sailed from England to load at Beet, oot pee erg 1s to ‘28 Watercresses, p. doz. bunches, 
by whalers and sealera, and ships of all nations, as well as by — The discovery of Ichaboe lowered the price of Peru- Parsnips, per doz., at to Is 9d to 1s 
Indians in their catamarans. I found it distinctly stated in n guano from 200. to 100. = = a by bringing this valu- | Leeks, per — 4d 
* Vattel,” b. 1, chap. 8, that “all mankind have an equalright able manure into general us a lasting benefit on 
to.things which have not yet fallen into the possession of any | the civilised world. I am, sir, moat obedient servant, T. Went- Pr a Load of 36 Trusses. 
one; and those things belong to the person who first takes sent Buller, Whim; r, April 14. — opinion alluded MITHYISLD, April 22. 
possession of them. When, therefore, a nation finds a country | to by Captain Buller aul 2 ap Soeur in our ne: Ais Prime Meadow a 15 to 808 —.— „ 808 to 908 
uninhabited and without an owner, it may lawfully take posses- Infe Ta r do. 72 „75 80 
sion of it, and after it has sufficiently made known its will in —— Row senate 05 = Straw 323 28 
this respect, it cannot be deprived of it by another nation. i New “Hay e Be J. COOPER, 
Thus navigators, going on voyages of discovery, furnished with Notices to Correspondents, don RLAND MARKET, April 22. 
ecm: ion from their sovereign, and meeting with islands EMIGRATION To Nort Amenica: We have received from Mr. Prime Meadow Hay 7s to bog Inferior banc ted + 723 to 768 
+ or other lands in Ake desert 2 have taken A pae of them Vere Foster copies of a small Tract on this — contain- | Inferior do. ... — 3 
in the name of t nation and t hi titl s been usually ing much very useful information on locali and ated New Hay ... * — 28 30 
r provided f it w as soon after followed by a real posses- respective merits—on wages, cost of " sraveliing, * with Old Clover woe = 86 ‘Josuvua BAKER, 
All the best i great deal of detailed instruction, almost indis pensable, w 
t i — the opinion o a barrister, 1 in whose should think, to the humbler class of emigr Thes COA ARKET.—Faipay, 2 — 
aie and was assured tracts or sheets are to be wre tis, on personal —— 1 . Eden Main, 158.; Haswell, 
the Peruvian Government, not having occupied those te the author, at 5, — yard, Lo ndon, or by sending | 168. Wallsend oo 16s. ; — tg og renli 158. 6d.: 
islands, could have had no legal claim to them. Under their address and a sta Wal end rts, 16s.; Wallsend Tees, 16s.—Ships at 
these vee urg — the Government the | Ewes: PA W. Your — has —— been mislaid. pen 
im se importance of gua as a manure, the injury | FLAX: X. You should sow immediately, or as soon as there is 
| Sustained by the — i ta of the Peruvian Government, | prospect of rain, 10 pecks of clean seed pi e broadcast, ENGLISH 4 e . 24. 
: and the rerin of be A — of pera vag and shipowners | over any well and cleanly tilled loamy — The soil pre- RouND TIMB | IncH n Boann. 
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vantage new Genders: po — Sorri geno Shea . * <a drone supplied | Oak..,..£5 0 Oto£610 03s. Od. oa 5s. Od. ~ 14 0 44. 
e seems to have been discovered that they elg with testi h a percha tubing | Ash. ..., 3 10 0 — 410 02 3 0 
ing but trouble to the Foreign. office, and, when the kor or pump — wee seems — en — on this Elm. . ., 3 0 0—4 0 0 
t extent of our em in different parts of the world] subject. Beech .. 210 0—310 0 
idal ap aps the cg a se agp map the * 1 asks — information on 2 for 1 Lime. 3 0 0 — 4 0 0 
n can scarcely condemne Suffice it to e patent canvas hose coat with 
say that I did not succeed. Finding it impossible to prevail quite percha ‘is highly spoken of in the minutes published From the — ane i era 9 — — obtain, th 
5 Ston to take possession of the islands, 8 Boa a ard o of He esith. On — 1 s Kaar Ee ~~ rmation we have been ena . 
to try what private enterprise ht effect, en the hose is of gutta percha, 2 ó N 
inquiry in the city I discovered a — — who had for wt te yard; or, 1}in. diameter, 28. per yard, The prepared can- a i “the ade, that prices wili ren 8e 8 * z 
N r a — — vessel in the Pacific, Captain E. vas hose is 1s. — 55 yard. per ton in TOEO S Naan E a more 
i had himself frequently visited the islands, and, al- Letruces: Yorkshire Reader. e asked if Cos 13 es P 
i though he had taken no notice of the nature or extent of the — 2 ad greon ‘oa — ahi sows soon nae farrow- | English timber, £ s. £ Antwerp timber, s k £ 8. 
[ guano deposit, he could speak confidently of the goodness of | in any given, and would not ae — = pid. of 45 cwt, 13 Oto 13 10 per ton = aa 0 
— „the multitudes of seafowl, and the rainless cha- Do, Coppice, do, 12 0—13 10 Do. Coppice... h = 0 
racter of the climate, In ev respect except the extent of some one can speak from experience of them, 
fin Lawson E he confirmed the account given by Morrell. | Manure: @ A B. You cannot dissolve the bones except by an bed ag 
aptain had a vessel e ma point — 5 for — acid; but you may, after partially grinding or — ing the BRADFORD, TRURSDAY, April 22.—A rat ther more cheerful 
and promis: t Lobos bones, reduce them to powder by putting them (if there be a | tone m prevailed i in = Engish Wool market during the pre- 
ship —— the 14th December, 1851, O Captain Dixon, of the large enough quantity to heat when 2 together) in a heap | ceding week, and a sed amount of — to the ——.—— 
Bomb Wa wrote from San Fra following with some damp sand. As regards the night-soil, you had | trade 8 een the — — of this partial improvement. 
8 ent to Lobos. The — p thing mae 1 have said better mix it with ashes enough to make — —— and then There cannot, however, be auy — may of price — as in 
a N before this, I think I could load a thousand place it in the drill, under the Turnip seed, as farm manure is | the course of the transactions referred t o, it has _be — found 
— one, Q anch e. I think at one place ordinarily put. Probably 15 or 20 cwt. per ties, with 2 cwt. that any attempt to advance h ring the 
a —— into the ship.“ the same of the dissolved — — will be a sufficient dressing. ast week or two has been firml y — by — The 
Wich this — no taken from the POTATOES : Gamekiller, There is no such implement as a impression tbat business generally in this district has now 
— addition — dence — appealed to the ili — 5 the same as any other drill. passed through the worst part of the . for —— — oe 
2 ——— od — obtaining an assurance that a | POULTRY : Jgnora u have too many hens for one cock. | perienced, gains ground, and its i 
pge vuld islands. On the change of| You require — ‘The. space is large enough for all pur- |a gra adual but sudden — of chat — whieh 
interview with Lord Malmesbury, poses, but fowls, like human beings, are impatient of has so long been wanting, 
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