Monmouthshire Merlin

A SONG, AFTER, A TOAST. » IF he to whom this toast we drink Hath brought the needy to h'n door,- Or raised the wretch from ruin's brink With the abundance of his store; It he hath soothed the mouru'.r a woe, Or helped vouag ta-iiit intu tauie, ( This night our cups shall overflov. In honour of his name. -r-* If he be poor, and yet bath striven To ease the load of human care, If to the famished he hath £ iven One loaf that it was hard to spare If in hiii poverty erect, He never did a deed of shame, Fill highwe'il drink in deep respect Abmnpertohisnamc. But rich or poor-if still his plall IJns been to play an honest part, If he ne'er failed his word to man, Or broke a trusting woman's heart: t f Emulation fire his soul Tosnatehthemcedofvirtuousfamc, Fill high we'll drain a flowing howl In honour of his name. MACKAY.

U S K FISHER Y.—LETTER XII. ( Continued from last week.) For there in the spring-time of youth anù its joy, When the bright eye is beaming with gladness. When hope, Jovc. and pleasure e,fch moment employ, Anù time is unrobed of iu sadness, How sweetly t! e fleet-winged moments havc fled, While each innocent pastime pursuing, ■ When no pang felt the heart, and no pain knew the head, And our pleasures were ever renewing, Then hey for thc lishn, the creel and the gad, And he y for the scenes of his pleasure Q'er Usk's smiling sides, rvith a heart light and alad, How he flings up the glittering treasure." One more specimen of /is/iy-ological logic from another unseasonable salmon taker which shall suifice. Not IUH^ since a lady of this town made the enquiry of him WIITH offering her his fish for sale,—" What sort of a season have y ou had 1 Citn t be woise ma'am. Oh nonsense, how can you s; y ,;an't be worse? I'll tell }ou what it is ina'am, you'll new i have salmon here again! Pshaw, that's idle talking. Well, it is as I tell you, man have taken the management of the se.i< into his own hands, and God a'mighty is so angry with them, that he have given up the seas and the rivers to them, ai.il wont have any thing more to do with them. Why, you cauuoi suppose that the Supreme Being would delegate his authority into the hands of man ? 0, I doa't know him, but I know (j;>d a'mighty will have nothing more to do with it, and it is <ili "wiog to that man with the odd nan.e. that writes such Icnu letters in the Merlin! I hope I shall not be deemed gu 'iy t of any lightness or profanity in introducing the name of i deity in the manner it is, but the above dialogue is literal v word for word as it occurred it will tend to sheiv the utier ;¡:) wilful ignorance, and blindness to moral and natural con-t- quence?, manifested by this canting destroyer and all others ol the same staftip. Pyscotfwr's letter j ttie cause of the scariiiy of salmon indeed Marry Come up! I humbly hope they have been the means of opening the eyes of the blind ai d careless in some degr^ t0 causes of the gradual decreet of this noble fish m our rivers, and to the destructive systerr s, ^■ong and cop'urgaiiy practised. The command first given was, waters b?ing forth abundantly the moving creat-re l. oath lifeand in blessing them it was, Be fruitful ^r:ii multiply, and fill the waters in the seas." And when man I'S- masterpiece of the creation formed in the likeness of Ii:, internal, he was to have dominion over (he fish of the sea, a- well as over the fowl of the air, &c.; but it cannot be impi^d, neither was it ever intended that he should needlessly dcsi. in that which was sent for his proper enjoyment only. The person above alluded to was heard to boast that he too cunning for me the last winter, and that he caught and so hi ID defiance of me, and the means I used to discover him. D c- he know the old proverb that the pitcher that goes too oHm lo the well comes home broken at lastlet him take the plication. I am well aware of the many artifices used by L n and others. A woman was in the habit of meeting this n ii beyond the turnpike gate, on the Chepstow road, and there and theo receive ths unwholsome salmon from him, and c-iny From the^j to pontypool for sale as a treat for the n^;i e> .er«, Respectable persons of correct taste, who regard ilio ^naractersand the tone of their stomachs, would not encour •■j,- this base traffic, but there are some without decency. Bew .re. for although your ancient town is celebrated in the old rhviIf as being lined with loold Anå trosnant's lined with silver," it shall not save you from the consequences of encouraging Ih, unlawful and filthy trade. I have been told also that on ma -i occasions thi$ dainty fare has been packed up in trunks, conle and addressed, 30 as to appear as passengers luggage, and t'in forwarded bv our steamers and other conveyances to Bri^ui t atn sorry to be obliged again 10 revert to this city, but I am told by one of my corresponJenK, the Brisiolians ait- for cheap salmon no matter where it comes from, or quality; it is of all other places in this kingdom the market for the sale of rubbish. There are a iew gentlemen I':¡ send to Gloucester for it, but the generality of the gentry thci- ..ill buy salmon in a rotten state, this 1 have been an m witness to for many years." Oh Biistol! Bristol! c)e.T.- yourself from this pollution. Last winter a gentleman w.i> travelling per coach, and when some distance from Chepstow the coach stopped to take up a sack frolU a person. lí pon ex- amination the gentleman found it to be lull or nearly so t. salmon, poached from the Wye and when he exclaivieis against such proceedings to the coachmao, he rep! .■), oh sir, this is noting to what I take up su; <; times! The sack and its contents were addressed to person in Gloucester. The fair city bears the palm am. nr other towns and cities "ayont the Severn," for the open all" shameless encouragement of the odioU3 trade notwithstanding the constant exposures by the press and the continued exert IOII- of one meritorious individual, (Mr. G. S: Davis,) it srill "< on, and I suppose will continue until new rulers and ju5,^ occupy the seat of justice and judgment in that plate. U .,r cester, the faithful city, i* also, t fear, growirrg apathetic in cause, as I hear of no active me'sures being entered into. L however, still hope that 'ere long something really effective > it be resolved and acted upon in that town, in conjunction "I I other towns ot; the banks ot the Severn, in order to free !^r noble river from the vile practices which at p.resent i njure «ru! | debase it. But, lo return to the Usk. What think you, ■- Some of our turcifer fishers will have it that since I commence^ Some of our turcifer fishers will have it that since I commence^ agitating this subject, the river has been bewitched, >o th I am fairly in for it at last, being now put down as a <te Wizard Surely, this ignorance is not bliss, therefore it ca^r-at be folly to be made wiser but as this is a part of my sut'1 that should not be treated too lightly, I would fain expostu've and reason with them in the spirit of mildness and persua^ou, and endeavour to engage their serious attention, to point ou' I. them the ruinous consequences to themselves attending the ■ s- tew pursued by them and others for many years. In the fi place they must admit that for every effect there must be a cause Now, how is it that they and their families are in a grt! j state of poverty than their fathers were before them, and followed the same calling as themselves ? The river flows n.-m as it did in their days; the laws of nature in the production ami increase of fish remain the same, unchanged and unchangeable time was, yes, and it must be in the remembrances of som* o them whose heads DOW bear the white snow of age, that salmon was commonly sold in this county, at from 2d. to 4d. per !b They must also admit that the abundance of any article i- alone the cause of its cheapness, and that its dearness is in- consequence of its scarcity. The diamond itself would not bta' the high price it does but for its extreme variety. Wrere it as common as the marble it would, of course, only be of the s.vi„ comparative value. "lany of our poor fishermen complain Uiat owing to th41 small take of fish and the consequent badnes- of their trade of lateyears, they can scarcely pay the rent of t':ei> several takings, although, I am told, they are let very lo-v. One instance I can specify a fishery of nearly three nules in extent, between Newbridge and Caerleon, :s let at only rivt guineas per annum. Now this, on many of the Irish (iii'i Scotch rivers, would let at as many thousands, and even ir-m h more. Mark this contrast I am informed upon the tins! respectable authority, that for two miles of fishery on ilie n r: Spey, the Duke of Richmond receives £ 11,000. per anou-u t This immense difference can alone arise from the greater pro- j ductiveness of the said waters, and which can only be attained by a stringent and careful preservation iu the feuce m jtiti;3l and also the prevention of unlawful fishing at all times. I ills and atsothe prevention of unlawful fishing at all times. th". inference is both clear and reasonable. In 1840, a sain.on fishery was adtertiited for disposal io shares or other vise, th • produce of which, in the seaSOD of 1839, was 28-1 tons, all sent j to England, and which realized nearly £ 23.000.; and af er paying all outgoings there was a clear profit of more than £ 10,000! Now, with these fact* staring us in the face, will any man be b'ind or wicked enough to deny the vast impor- tance of our home fisheries, in a local and national point oi lIiew. H.I. are the means of wealih employment fur ihou- sands of our present workless population, with abundance o) wholesome or delicious food for then suppoit but alas these blessings are denied in consequcoce of the infatuated conduct of the sufferers themselves, and which would admit of an e-isy r8lDoval; but :>0 it i" sDd we must. 1 suppr.se, wait 1\11t: patience the course of time and events. PYSCOTTWR. [TO KF CONTINUED."1

LONG YARNS.— I he services in one of the churches in Pt ih. on Sabbath last, were protracted to ten o'clock at night, with the exception of a very short interval aboui eight oV!.„ k. The substitute, on such occasions, of quantity for «,ua; > v, rtsmmds usofa circumstance which occuned in Kirkaldy in • .v years afO, The jwiisb minister, after a lengthy and fatKM.p sederunt, was bringing the service towards a clcse sonip'v i." prematurely, as was thought by a slepk and demure niemLx u settion, who checked his clerical superior with a whis i "Canny, sir, canny, or we'll 1:0. out afore the Seceders. — 4

BRITISH IRON COMPANY. The half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of the above company was held at the London Tavern, Bishopgale. streeet, on Friday, the 13th inst. L. HOUSLKV PALMER, I-Jsq., in the chair. The circular convening the present meeting, and themisutes of the fast having been read, the chairman apologised for the absence of Sir G. Larpent, who had unfortunately been con- fined to his house by lameness for the past two months.—') hg directors' report was then read, as foIlows;- RETORT. The present is an annua) genera) meeting of the proprietors, held in puuumce of the deed and regula iuns of the company. At this meeting two directois—viz., Mr. Crawford and .Mr. Ravenshaw-will go out of office, and, having given the re- quisite notice of their inteution to become candidates for the I office of director, and no other proprietor having done so. a re- solution will be proposed that they be again elected. It will UIMO be necessary for the meeting to elect an auditor, it. the '¡ room of Mr. C. Bavley, deceased. The directors now lay upon the table the account ol the receipts and payments of the com- pany for the half-year ending on the 30th .Tuoe and December last, and the balance accounts of these dates. 1 he directors regret to say, lhat the seiious depression io the s'ate of the iron trade, which existed at the last meeting, has not 1( only continued, but has greatly increased since that period. ,>o I severely has it been felt by the ironmasters generally throu^ out the kingdom, that with a view to its mitigation, an arrange- ment was entered into bv them all for a reduction of the make of iron to the extent of 25 per cent, notwithstanding which, however, very low piices, and an almost entire want of de- mand, still continue. This sldte oftlllngs, has, of course ,MU j a most injurious effect upon the half-year s operations of th" I company i but the directors see uo reason to alter the opinion which they formerly expressed, that, under an ordinary slate of trade the works in Staffordshire and at Abersychan possess the capability of affording profit equal to any works similarly situated. In the meantime, by the reduction of wages and other measures, every exertion has been, and continues to be made, to render the loss as small as possible. The loss upon the half-year's mde account (exclusive of Ruaboo, where the workings are being brought to a close) is £ 5421. 8s. 5d.; and upon the whole year, on the same princi- ple, £ 2575. 14s. lOd. the directors nave none everyinmg in ineir power to DrIng some of the actions, against proprietors who have not paid the calls to trial, but they have not yet succeeded ill that object, in consequence of the great delay which has taken place in the counts respecting the pleas proffered by the defendants. The Chairman stated he was placed in a most painful posi- tion he had endeavt ured, by every means in his power, to contribute to the inteitcts, and to settle ttie difficulties, of the company, which, as yet, he iiad not been able to effect, With regard to the proceedings of the company up to the present time, there could be but little doubt, that the reversal by the House of Lords, oi the judgment which had been given in their favour, was the sole cause of the bickeiings And disputes that had arisen, and the enormous liabilities with which the com- pany was now saJdled. When that de. ision was reveised, it tvas decided that the directors should call for £25. per share, to liquidate the principal part of the liabilities of the company, eaviog all amount of 1250.000. ou standing, and which addi- :ional capital would, it the calls made had bean met honorably !»v the dissentients. be«D ample for that put pose, besides put- :ior, the company in to wind up the concero; and t was impossible that the company coulti be in that much wished-for situatiou u,,11! the liabilities were reduced, Resou'cc might have been ha to the money market, but the litigation at present proceeding had greatly impelled thai course, by injuring the credit of the company, for, in 1838, Mr. Attwood stiil continued his litigation, and no oue would buy a oncern "I:h such a suit connected with it, and, when it was settled in 1840, trade had become bad, H,rI at present was worse. It was not only the iron irade, but every branch of productive industiy that had suffeied from the late depressed stale of commerce. In Staffordshire the fmnares were blown j out in all directions, and the reduction in wages was quite ap- palling, for they were at present working up ihe mineial fiom the mines at 8s. per week, from which cncumstaoce some idea could he formed of the stale of the trade. However, the lisbi- lities must be inet-it was the interest of all concerned to get rid of them, and, with thai view, within ihe last week or two, a meeting of the mos- influential of the shareholders was held, | who, he believed, had some plan under consideration to put a close to ihe liabilities, by finding some method of liquidating the demands against the company, and a plan of that kind would, if feasible, have the support of the directors. It was as much the directots wish, as that of any of the proprietor! to bring the company to a close, but, in Ihe pit^eut state of the j eompauy, and ot trade, it was impossible; it musi still be ear- rie-j on for a while, and the remainder of the £25, per shait be paid up. when, in the course of a year, he trusted some plan would be brought forward, by which nil the difficulties of the company would be got rid of, and the concern brought Io close, to the credit an interest of all, The promissory t)LII"" of the company, amounting to £ 200,000., tvhi. h weie issued in May, 1841, for the puipose uf enabling the arrangement with Mr. Attwood !o be earned into effect, had, in the present month, been renewed for twelve months longer, at 5 per CClIl. interest, instead of the 6 per cent. prevu>u>ly paid. Mr. W. Crawford and Mr. Herdi Raventhaw were then i- • elected director?, and Mr. J. Simon Smith was elected ;¡ auditor in the room of Mr. C. Bayley, deceased. ,I

Tim IRON TUADK,.— vVe ARE luppy to state that, in ViII sequence of recently received extensive orders, tfie men n the employ o! Mr. Botfield, at bis great iron vvoik^, t11 W'ellingtor, contrary to expectations, are to be contu"" ¡J at full work. It was feared several hundred vvork-pe< would have been put upon half time, or their -,erv: e- wliolly (¡¡SCfJII; ¡ljl}rd,- .\lining Journal. A church-rate of a penny in the pound was carried „) Brighton, Oil Friday, by a majority of 72 to ,1. in -ves,: No poll \Villi demanded,

TRIAL OF DANIEL GOOD, FOR THE MUFTDEFT < >i JANL JONh- O HKR'u 15L GOOD, CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—FRIDAY. I he Court, tins morning ivas literally besieged by persons da- sirous of obtaining admission to hear the Irini of Daniel Good The attendance of counsel was unusually numerous, and, BS upon all like occasions, there were a inajoiity of females, among I the auditoiy. Immediately after nine o clock 'he Recorder en- teied the court, r.nd took his seat on the Bench. tl)e court, Pn(I li;s ,e"it ol At half-past nine the Attorney-General entered the Couit. A few minifies before ten o'clock his Royal Highness the j Duke of Sussex took his seat upon the Bench aqd at ten, Loid j Chief Justice Denman, Justice Coltman, and Baion Alderson i arrived. Daniel Good was then placed at the bar, lie was dressed in the prison dress of the country, and he resumed his old posi- tion of leaning on the dock, with his face resting on his let, hand, and now and then playing with his figers. The prisoner, when called upon to plead, said Not Guilty," in a very fdl. tering voice. The Attorney-General said that all the witnesses for the pro- secution, except the medical witnesses, were required to go out of court. This order having been complied with, the Attorney- General, addressing the jury, said it was his duty to detail to them the circumstances under which the prisoner at the bar was charged with the ciime or murder, and he trusted that whatever they might have heard of the case, or read in the public prints, they would dismiss from their minds, and be guided solely by the evidence, and receive the law from their Lordships u ho pie- sided. The learned gentleman then proceeded at great iehgth to detail the facts of this fi ightful case, which are already before the public, and which were to be submitted in evidence. He concluded by stating his belief, that however painful the result might be, yet if the case he stated were supported by evidence, that after giving the prisoner the benefit of any reasonable doubt that might arise, yet the jury would return a, verdict that would accord with their own consciences, and satisfy the ends of justice. William Gardiner, police constable of the V division, was the first witness. He deposell to the finding of the body in the stable, having gone there to search for another purpose. Tile head, arms, and legs were gone, as were also the intestines, the abdomen having been cut throughout the length and across to facilitate their removal. Robert Speed corroborated Gardiner, as to the finding of the mutilated trunk, and also the escape of Good from the stable, by locking in all the persons who were there with Gardiner. Thomas Oughton. the gardener, deposed to seeing a great smoke from the chimney of the harness-room, on Wednesday, the 6th of A)! and that prisoner alone had access to the stable ,ind :-t;tl ".z,i)t ti)e kev; Josiah Tye, a police constable, pn a that 011 examining the stove in the harness-room, he found two pitcesof bone (parts of a human skull), which he produced. j Inspector Dusair produced a large clasp-knife and an axe, each stained with blood, together with some fragments of female attire, with gouts of blood upon them. [The production of the knive and cleaver gave lise to a thrill of horror in the couit.] He also stated, that on examining the neck of the deceased, near where it had been separated from the head, he found a mole of dark coluur. Messis. Allen, Rid^e, Tam, and lie. Murdo, surgeon, were then severally examined, and they all concurred in opinion th;it, from the appearance of the body, which did not present the slightest trace of disease, together with the fact of the vassi-ls, both veins and arteries, and the ventricles of the heait being totally void of blood, that the deceased person had flied a violent death, and thut death had been produced by hemorihage arising from the division of some of the large vessels, such as the carotid arteiies, or juguiar veins, and that such wounds had been inflicted before death. One of those gentlemen (Mr. A lien) gave it as his opinion, lhat the deceased was pregnant al tile time of death. Mrs. Browne was next examined She stated that she kept the house, No. 18, South-street, Manchester-square, where the woman named Jane Jones, who latterly went by the name of Jane Good, lived that the prisoner was in the habit of calling to see her, and passed as hot husband. On Sunday, the 3j(1 of April, Jane Good went out, promising to return, but never re- turned again. On the next day ( Monday) prisoner came to the house and told witness thai Jane Good was gone into Ihe coun. try, to take care of a gentleman s lodge, and would not come again. He also took the lodgings for ihiee weeks longer in order,as he said, to dispose of Jane Good's mangle. 0 n the T ues- day and Wednesday nights, he came to the house at a late hour. Some articles of female attire were here produced, which were identified by the last-named witness as having belonged to Jane Good. and as having being worn by her on the Sunday when she left her residence in South street, for the last time. Several witnesses were then produced, who proved that hoe Good was in prisoner's company up to an advanced hour on the Sunday afternoon, and that they appeared to be quarrelling the woman finding fault with him in consequence of something being said to the prisoner by one of the witnesses, in presence of Jane Good, about a female named Butchcr, sleeping one night in prisoner's harness-room. Lydia Susannah Butcher was then examined She said that sue knew prisoner, who brought her a bundle containing some clothes, on Wednesday, the 6th uf April, and gave them to her. he had told her sometime before this that he would give her some clothing which had belonged to his wife who was dead and the clothes which he then gave her she considered to be those he had promised. She gave the clothes afferwards to a policeman; they were those produced on the trial. He told her when he gave her the clothes that there was also a mangle for her, and she was to come to town on the following Satur- day to look at it. She also slept in the harness loom with him over night. Witnesses were then called, who proved t've clothes which were given by prisoner to Lydia lJulwer were belonging to Jane Good, and some of them those she wore un the Sunday she left South-street for the last time. Oilier witnesses traced the prisoner bringing tiuuks of clothes and other piopeny from South-stieet to Molly Good, said to be i.is— wife, who is indicted as an accessary after the fact. The ap- prehension of the prisoner at Tuubridge was then proved. The f whole of the evidence having been gone through, Mr. Dearie, counsel for the prisoner, addressed the jury for the defence, aud conjured them to discharge from their minds all they had heard I out of court concerning the melancholy transaction he con- tended that the evidence was not so strong as to lead to a con. viciion in the minds of the jury that a murder had been COlli, mitted, and that it was done by the prisoner, and sugges'ed the probability of the woman (Jane Good) if indeed the trunk found in ihe stall was the body of that person; that she had io a paroxism of jeaiousy, arising from what, she had heani from one of the wituesses about Lydia Butcher sleeping in the harness room, destroyed herself, and that prisoner on behold- ing the dead body, overwhelmed with apprehension lest he should be impeached with the crime of murder, had mutilated and destroyed a poition 0f the body. Lord Dennman minuIPiy recapitulated the evidence to the jury, and it was then for them to say whether under all the circumstances they believed that a murder had been committed, and, if so, whethei the deed had been committed by ihe hand of the prisoner. 1 he jury then retired, and alter au absence of about half-un- born returned a verdict of Guiiiy, Lord Denman then addtessing the prisoner said, that he had >een convicted on the clearest evidence of one of the most revolting murders ever laid before a court of justice. There is no doubt said his lordship that on that Saturday night you I ored the unhappy deceased to your stable, intending to take her nfe, and to hide her afierivaids from the eye of men. I hat place was entirely under your control, and you thought jou might succeed in disposing of the body unperceited but although you were watched by no human eye, your proceedings were brought to light in such a manner as lo afford a poner/'ul warning to all other criminals, and showed how such crimes might be discovered. It is absolutely necessary that your hie stiould be forfeited to the laws of God and tnan, which \ou have so grievously offended; and your case will bear this aggravation, that you will leave the world unregretted by any one. I hope that no Englishman, on the day that will be so fatal to you, will give expression to "his leelings of abhorrence at your crltTIe-but it is oniv a proper aggravation in your case, that you will not leave one behind who will not thillk a good I aeerl, done when your life is put an end to. Ih lordship having conjured the prisoner to look to heaven alone for mercy, as none could be shown him here, concluded hy passing on him the dreadful sentence of the Isw. When the learned Judge had concluded, the piisoner, who appeared not in Ihe least affected, addressed the Court, and said—" [ declare to you, and to Almighty God, that I never took the life of that woman. Susan Butcher is the cause of that poor woman being lost. She is the cause of it all. When we left Mrs. Hosier's, Jane declared that she would destroy herself." The pi isoner then uttered some violent exclamations against Butcher, and proceeded as follows :—" I led her in the stable, and she made away with herself. I told her I could nol let her sleep in the harness-room, for that the old gardener told everything that occurred to try master. She was very angry with me about Butcher, and declared she would drown herself. j I told her she should not fly in the face of God by doing such a thing, and I prevented her going out of the stable. I shook down some hay in the stall where the trunk was found', and told her to siay there till I came back. and when I rttuined I f und her hiog dead In the sallie stall with her throat cut, and 'zor and a sharp penknife, with which the had done it, lying by her side. She was lying dead before me when 1 went into the sta- ble and I did not know what to do with her. I threw ttie knife over Hammersmith-bridge. I went out of the stable, and looked the door, and did not know what to do I afterwards went back and covered her with hay. On the Monday morning a man, of whom I occasionally bought matches, rung at the bell, and I told him what had happened, and showed him the body, arid asked him what 1 had betterdo, and he said, I'll tell you — we'll conceal the body. t offered hini a sovereign it he would conceal it for me, and he consented and he came on the Tuesday morning, and [ gave him the axe and the knife, and left him in the harness-room, and locked him in, and told him not to make a noise, lie cut off her head and limbs while I was away, and he told me we must have a fire, and then burn some of the body that the head could not be con- cenled, and that it must be burnt. He came to the stable about one o'clock on the Tuesday, and he made a fire, and he burnt the head and the limbs. 1 declare to God I had' nothing to do with it. I gave him a sovereign, and he took away some of the burnt bones, and he was to come the next day, and fetched the trunk, and have thrown it into the liver, but he did not come. I took her ear-rinj;s out of her ears, and the ring fiom her fiuger. It wJS my wile's wedding-ring. She was not my wife. I was uot married to her. The next dav I went to Susan Butcher, and gave hei the riug and the bonnet, and the shawl, anfi told her what had happened, aud she s^id she was glad of it, and that she was out of the way. She kepi the CHP, the shawl, and the ring, and did not them up ,0 the Police I declare to Almighiy God Susan Butchci is mc cause of all that has happened." The prisoner concluded 1[1 the following termstiood rnght all, ladies and gentlemen, I have a great deal more to say, but 1 am so bad I cat'no! ■say it."—He was then removed from the dock. Mr. Doane said he felt it n^ht to Inform the Court that there was 110 such statement as the prisoner had just made iI. h:') brief, and ihnt he (Mr. D.) had adopted the line of deh e he did from a conviction that it was ,ha on! C0UI>e ,eft h.n., I he Court then adjourned, the (rial hdv,ng hs;ed 11 hm»s. A threat ciowd were in waiting in the Old Bailey to hear the resuli, and the moment it was known that he was convicted, they uttered o tremendous volley of cheeis and !he uniia; i" wretch was taken to hIS cell with the cheers of thet ringing in his eOirs. On Saturday, Mary Good was lndicled for feloniously h.u- bounng Daniel Good, knowmg lha, he ha(1 beeB mi,, murder, and Richard Gamble was indicted with receiving •* r rain articles, knowing them to have been stolen. No evick ■" was offeied ia either indictment, an,j ,he p,i,oneri> were .«■- I quitted *r>d discharged-

HER MAJESTY'S FANCY DRfiSS flALL, I BLCRIKGH\>i PALACK, TUVI; JD.AV.—1 hts long expected and I gplendid ball took plttcc on Thursday evening last. To de- scribe such a srene as this nllgnjf¡,ent and brilliant fete pre- sented, adequately, even with all the advantages of time, and a perfect knowledge of all the persons represented, and the cos- tumes woin, would be a difficult task. Even to one accustomed to all ihe pomp ;in splendour of th-i Iiittish Court as manifested i on state occasions, it must have e.v'ited both astonishment und I delight; it realised the liveliest creations of ih:.1 imagination, and presented as it were the description of the ancient chroni- clers bodily befoie us. The dresses, as might naturally be ex- pected, were of the most magnificent description, and those which did not dazzle with their magnificence, attracted the eye by their singularity, or amused the fancy by their quaintness. It would be quite useless to attempt anything like anenumera- tion of all the costumes which deserved notice; they were far tion of all the costumes which deserved notice; they were far too numerous, and we must content ourselves with noticing such as amongst such a gay and bnlliant crowd forcibly at- tracted the attention. The leading feature of the ball was the assembling and thei meeting of the two Courts of Anne of Bretagne (the Duchess j of Cambridge) and Edward and Phillipa (Her Majesty and Prince Albert.) A separate entrance at the palace was set apart to the Court of Brittany, the Duchess of Cambridge assembling her court in one of the lower rooms of the Palace, while the Queen and Prince Albert, surrounded by a numerous and brilliant circle, prepared to receive her Royal Higlinew in the Throne-room, which was altered so far as to be made as much as possible to hatmonize with the period. The throne was removed, and another erected, copied from an authentic source, of the time | of Edward III- It was hned (as weJI as the whole alcove nn which the ihrone was placed) with puiple velvet, having worked on it in gold the Crown of England, the Cross of St. George, and emblazoned shields with the arms of England and France. The state chairs were what might be called of Gothic design, and the throne was surmounted with Gothic tracery. At the back of the throne were emblazoned the Royal Arms of Eng- land in silver. Seated on this throne Her Majesty and Prince Albert awaited the arrival of the Court of Anne of Brittany. About half-past ten the heralds marshalled the procession from the lower suite of rooms, and the Duchess of Cambridge appeared in a magnificent costume, led by the Duke of Beau- foit, as Louis XII., equally magnificent, and followed by the test of the Court. These were divided by herslds and marshals inlo quadrilles, and marched in the following order:—After the royal parly, consisting of Prince George, the Princess Augusta, &c., came the Highland Quadrille, the Greek^Quad- rine. the Hungarians, the Knights Tempters, and the Saracens. These on reaching the Throne-room passed before the Sovereign. I' making their obeisances, and then formed themselves for dancing, which immediately commenced. Among the cos- tumes in the train of Brittany, the Duke of Beaufor' and the Eaii of Cardigan were the most conspicuous. Nothing could possibly be more regal than the appearance of her Majesty and Prince Albert. Among their circle the Marquis of Normanhy (in armour), !he Duke and Duchess of Argyle, the Earl of Hillsborough, the Duke of Buccleugh, Earl De Grey, Lord Brabazon, the Duke of Devonshire, were most conspicuous. Th3 Earl 01 Liverpool appeared as an Ancient Seneschal, and I conducted her Majesty to the supper room. The Earl of Ches- terfield, the Marquis of Exeter, Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer, the Duke of Xorfolk, the Duchess of Inverness, Lady Frances Sandon, Lord Brabazon, Mrs. Cavendish, £ cc., were among those whose costumes attracted most attention. Her Majesty left the ball-room about a quarter to three o'clock, but dmcing was continued for about an hour after- wards, (From the Court CircuLr.) The costumes worn on this occasion were most splendid and magnificent, especially loose iu the different quadrilles of Fiance, Germany, Spain, Italy, and Scotland. I he gentle- men and ladies forming these sets assembled in the lower suite of rooms, and at half-past ten o'clock, having been marshalled, passed in procession up the grand staircase to the presence of her Majesty and Prince Albert, who were attended by the principallacJies and officers of the Court in most magnificent costumes. The general company began tOllrrive soon after nine o'clock the ladies, with few exceptions, in dresses of d.fretent ages and countries, many of great splendour; and the gentlemen in nu- merous instances also in costumes of the greatest splendour and the most picturesque effect, many of them being strictly I histoiical. The foreign Ministers in their respective uniforms, attended by their secretaries and attaches, arrived at the Equerries' en- trance. The members of the Royal family and the parties composing the different quadrilles entered by the garden entrance. The Marcjuis of Norman by, the Earl of Warwick, and several officcls of the Queen's household appeared in suits of armour. The entiie suite of state moms were opened and most blil- lianilv illuminated with chandeliers, candelabra, and branches, The company danced in the Throne-room and Ball-room, in both of which quadrille bands were stationed. The Marquis of Anglesey, Sir R. Peel, the Earl of Carlisle, Earl Spencer, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Palmerston, the Duke of Buckingham, the Earl of Minto, and Sir A. M'INab, were among the earlier arrivals. I ne following ate some of the costumes worn on this acta- sion. It will be seen that his Grace the D»ke of Beaufort was the most brilliant in this brilliant scene, which surpassed even; in splendour the ylorious Fete of the Cloth of Gold, and the j magnificence of Henry and Francis:— Her Majesty's Dress—Over a skirt, with a demi tiain of pondeau velvet, edged wilh lur, her Majesty wore a i-urtout of brocade, blue and gold. The centre and the edges likewise lined w.'ih minever. From the upper edge of ttteceotre of the minever stomacher is a band descending or jewels laid on gold tissue, anu Ihc other parIs of the dress, the armlets, &c., ore r likewise studded with precious gems. Shewofeanampte mantle of very splendid brocade, gold and silver, wilh flowers of silver mattes aod brilliants, over 1\ gold ground, whose IIIar- vellous tissues were made, as well as the blue and gold brocade, by the Spittalfields weavers. Her Majesty's hair folded inwaid a la Clovis, bore the light crown of graven gold. His Royal Highness Prince Albert.—The magnificent costume of his royal hIghness in his assumed character of Edward 111, is a truly regal habiliment it is composed of a mantle or clonk of scarlet velvet, of the finest British manufacture, bordered by a biojd gold figured lace, set on each side with large peatls, upwards of 1,000 in number; it is lined thtoughoutwith ermine; a band of purple velvet connects the cloak when on. tht band bein" studed with fine huge diamonds, rubles, and emeralds, and rthe centie slud. which is larger than the others, contains an enormous torquoise. of a mostlmlhant. colour; twelve smaller studs of diamonds and emeralds ornament the band, which i> also beautifully embroidered with gold on each side the band is fastened by a massive gold buckle set with milliants. rubles, emei a Ids, and other precious stones. The robe is a long lace garment,'peculter to those worn by the highei classes dunng that reign il is of a rich hlue and gold brocade, of the most costly description, and was expressly manufactured lor this i os- tome. It re'.ches from the neck, which is bare, to the ancles, the close collar round the neck being ot purple velvet, and the opening oil the left side being bordered by the same, on which is embroidered sapphires, topazes, luiquoises, rubles, and eme- raids; the opening above mentioned is for the purpose of dis- play i n o the Garter worn by his royal highness. Pantaloons of scarlet silk, with shoes en suite, richly jewelled. Head dtess a regal coronet ot gold, set wiih precious stones of great value. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge.—The cos- tume selected by her royal highness was (hat of Anne of Bre- (aone. It was remarkab.e for the sumpiuousness of its materials, and had a gorgeous effect. Her royal highness's dress was ol crimson velvet, open on each side, beneath which was a robe of silver anil gold tissue, embroidered wirfi diamonds, .ubles pearls, and sapphires the corsage was entirely covered with diamonds and precious slone3. Head dress, a regal crown, set with biilliants and valuable rubles and emeralds,°with puff of crimson velvet, from which hung behind a long tulie veil exquisitely embioidered with gold. The costume altogether was remarkably recherche, and highly suitable to the elevated station as weij as the assumed character of the royal duchess. The Duchess of Beaufort (costume of lsabelle de Valois- A most superb costume. Was composed of a magnificent (far. gent shirt, embroideied in relief with boquets of flowers, but. terflies of gold and precious stones, of which the effect surpassed anything ot the ktnd we have, ever seen, The under skirt, of loyal crimson velvet most magnificently embroideted with silver pearls, and diamonds, appeared to us by its dazzling effects to be more the work of fairies than of mortals. The body a reverse of the same material, covered with diamonds, terminating with a ressillesp Eagnolle of pearls and silver chains. The band was of most costly stones, and the sleeves of the velvet a cre- vees o'argent, embioidered with diamonds and pearls falling gratefully, and most nobly ornamented with the Spanish ret- tery. In fact ail description is so much under the reality, that it must fail to give a just idea of the splendour and magnifi- ccn"e of this most hutyroya) costume, so highly graced by the lovely duchess wl10 wore it. Dakeof Beaufort (Costume of the reign of Louis* XII. of ['ranee.)—The noble Duke having been selected by her royal highness the Duchess of Cambridge to personate Louis XII. in the French quadrille, of which her royal highness is the lea- del. his grace appeared in one of the most splendid dresses handed ttown by Maulancon in his Monarchie Fraucaise) The dress consists of rich blue velvet, sumptuously embroidtred in 8°' with which were intermixed rubies, emeralds, pearis. and other precious stolle" with a latge diamond star in the cen- tre, and an opal of priceless value, set with diamonds. ftle cloak was of clolh of gold, lined with white satin, and tiimmed over with powdered ermine. The bell worn bv the noble duke on t IN occasion was ot crimson, richly studded with precious stones, an astened in the centre by a large diamond buckle. S«or a va ui >le specimen of the art of thai period, the hilt being o go exquisitely chased a crimson velvet hat with teatners confined the front by a costly jewel. 1 he Marquess of Worcester (Costume of the time of Char- lemagne.)—/ unic of rich purple satin, elegantly flowered with go ine wtt i crimson satin, and trimmed with sable ihe o y an gi. e profusely ornamented with jewels; pante- loonsof crimson silk .sandalled with gold, with shoes of cloth °' lUS^n| C r°'n l^c 8'rt"e was a silver antique hilted Suord, elaborately^ chased, wllh crimson velvet scabbard. and silver chastugs. Cap uf Clllnson velvet, trimmed with sable. I;;

uoest Of LORD^r. sl,v he house wab principally 4l J 1 i i, .J uu-upied in the consideration of f,or<J Brougham s oih relating to hri», » t ra-»ii j tonbery and corruption at eke- itotis, «l;ich was reaa a stcond time. FRIDAY, MAX I3_ Their lordships met at two o'clock to hear .he toyal as.ent given by commission to several bill,, aiIJ0 wm „,e Cheltenham and Greit Western Union Ra,i„ay, Severn Nuvi- gallon, and «evei >l o.hers public and private Lord Brougham gave notice, lhat, on Fridav tho 20t'. of May, he should present a petition OQ T|,E SUBJECL Jf )H FJ. hend peerage. The house, at its rising, adjourned to Friday next. J{

HOIlSK OF COMMONS.-VV*Dnhday m 1 .Mr. Roebuck presented a pennon f,oln c rtain i ()| Brighton to disfranchise that town, because ot the 5rmX'' ness and the immorality produced by the lale election The N'ewe.istle-under-Lyne Flection Commit,ee reported Mr. Ihrns and his apeuts had been gmlty of bribery and « .s oot duly elected corrupt practices, according to the con.miiue prevail in ihst borougtu Mr. T. Duncombe wishtd loobtaic an explanation from Mr. I' Roebuck ab to the reptile" who drew up the National Peti- tion, bul the Speaker nould not allow the lion, member to &*k the question. tt was stated that Mr. Roebuck would nominate his commit- tee on Friday, and Mr. T. Duncombe gave notice of motion to call on each member of that committee to subscribe a declaration that he was himself innocent of all bribery. Sir James Graham moved for leave to bring in a bill to con- tinue the Poor-law Commission for five years. The right bon gentleman announced that he meant to repeal Gilbert's Ac but did not mean to interfere with the law as to Local Art-. The bill was biought in, and rend a fiot time. The house ¡ transacted no other business of importance, and adjourned at eight o'clock. THURSDAY, MAY 12. Al four o'clock the Speaker proceeded to couul the house, I when, there being only 32 members present, an adjournment took place. FRIDAY, MAY 13. On the motion of Sir R. Peel, it was agreed that the house ¡' on its rising should be adjourned to the 20th inst. Mr. Roebuck moved that the following gentlemen be ap- pointed the committee on compromises of election petitions: — Mr. Bramston, Mr. W. Miles, Sir W. Heathcote, the Hon. W. S. Lascelles, Sir W, Somerville, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Strutt, Lord Woisley, and Mr. Roebuck. After a few remarks from Mr. W. Miles, Mr. Hume, and Sir J. Walsh, the motion was agreed to. Mr. T. Duncombe then moved that each member appointed io serve on the select committee on compromises of election petitions, should subscribe the declaration he proposed. Mr. Ward opposed the motion, because it appeared to him to be calculated to cast ridicule on a most grave and useful pro- ceedinlZ of that house. Sir R. Peel said it was for the house to judge of the com- mittee from the known character of its members, without re- sorting to such a test as that proposed by Mr. Duncombe. In the formation of election committees there was no such test; and it really appeared to him to be the object of the mover to put an end to the inquiry altogether, for he evidently imagined 'hat there were not nine gentlemen in that house who could conscier>:iously make ihe declarations. After some observations from Mr. Roebuck, Lord J. Rus- sell, and Mr. Wakley, a warm altercation arose between Mr. Duncombe acd Mr. Roebuck at its termination a division took place, and the motion was negatived by a majority of 143 the numbers being—for the motion, 17 against it, 160. On the motion of the house resolving into commmittee on the new Tariff. Viscount Howick moved a resolution to the eifect, that in making a new arrangement of the customs' duties it was not expedient to impose different rates of duty on the same articles when imported from foreign countries or from British posses- sionsinanycasa where no such difference now exists; and that in those cases in which such a difference already exists, il is not expedient that it should be increased. The noble viscount argued at considerable length that those differential duties were not of any service either to this country or to its coloniesigjpd from the manner in which they were levied he was quite at a loss to understand by what principle they were governed. Mr. Gladstone admitted the force of the arguments of the noble viscount; but contended that the duties levied by the new tariff would possess all the advantages of the colonial system, without being open to the comtneicial objections which were alledged against it. Mr. C. Wood and Sir C. Lemon objected to the application of the differential duties, as not likely to be attended with any advantage to Ihc colonies, aoci as calculated to expose this country to a system of fraud which it would be impossible 10 guard against. Lord Stanley protested against the principle laid down by Viscount Howick, that precisely tbe same commercial system should be established with the colonies as if they had no claim whatever upon this country in the shape of nationality; and expressed a hope lhat no short sighted principles of poli^-v would lead the house to incur the risk of injuringstradenf such vast importance to this country—a trade far more advan- tageous to the integrity of this scattered though powerful em- pire, than all its miiitary and naval forces. Mr. F. Baring said the speech of the noble lord was a powerful one against the proposition of Sir R. Peel, and, in fact, against in any way meddling with the existing tariff. SIr R. Peel said the proposition of Viscount Howick went 'he whole length of placing the colonies, with respect to com- merce, precisely upon the same footing as foreign countries thereby striking at the root of the colonial system of this coun try, and acting with gross injustice towards the former, which were compelled to give a preference in their maikets to the pro duce of Great Britain. According to the noble viscount's prin ciple, it would be better at once to allow the colonies to declare their independence, and leave them to govern themselves. He hoped the house would not create alarm throughout the colonies by adopting a principle which they would perceive to be fraught with danger 10 their interests. After a few observations from Mr. Villiers and Lord J. Rus- sell in support of the motion, the house divided, when the numbers were—for Viscount Howick's resolution, 108 foi ti.e committee, 281: majority, 173. It was then arranged that the remainder of the Army and Navy Estimates should be taken next Friday and that on the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday following the Tariff should be proceeded with. 811 R. Peel stated, that if the progress which he anticipated was made with the Tariff on the three days named, he would move the third reading of the [ncome Tax Bill on the following Friday. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the hoiise adjourned until Fiiday next. h__n

MISCELLANY. MEMS fon MAKHIED MEN.—If your wife be seized with A violent fit of kindness, be very careful what promises you make while it lasts. If you would live comfortably, always '.vhi.le and laugh while your \\ife i* scolding. 11 YOllr wife boasts much of her relations, praise them, but trust them as little as you cau. If your wife gets into a fury, take yourself off with- out trying to pacify her. Bottled Ale," like many other good things of this world, owes its invention to a priest. Dean Newell, Master of West- minster School in the reign of Queen Mary, was a noted angler. One day, when the dean was catching fishes, Bishop Bonner was laying his lines to calch Newell. News came III the angler of the danger in which he stood, and he transferred himself from the banks of the Thames to a ship on its bo'Sorn, and was transposed to a place of safety. When the days of persecution were ended, he returned home, and renewed his recreations as an angler. He theu remembered that he had left behind him, on Ihe day of his flight, the provisions which he had brought to the river iside for Ihe sustenance of his inner man; and on eXAmining the hole in the bank which he had converted into a cupboard, he found the victuals untouched. Among other things, there nas some ale, which he had put into a bottle; and on drawing the cork, he was surprised to hear a loud report, and to find that the liquor was extra-excel- lent. 1 his (says Fuller) is believed to be the origin of bot- tied ale" in Lngland. Sometimes ihere are living beings in nature as beautiful as in romance reality surpasses imagination and we see breath- ing, brightening, and moving before our eyes, sights dearer to our hearts than any we ever beheld in the land of sleep. It is belter, in conversation with positive men, to turn off the subject in dispute with some meny conceit, than to keep up the contention to the disturbance of the company. Stuliz, the German tailor, complained histtade was falling off, and Hut his customers seemed to lequire fewer coats than tormeiiy. It is easily explained," said a friend, "took at the number of turn coats in the House ot Commons." RACING A r CA BOOL—Their horse-races would perplex the jockeys of Epsom and Newmarket. Horse racing is a favourite amusement, and the horses for ihe purpose ate generally trained for a fortnight or three weeks preceding; and they require this, for a race here is not a matter of one or two mile heats, hut a j regular continued run for twenty or twenty-five kos (forty or fifty miles) across the country, sometimes wading through morasses and swimming rivers, but more frequently crossing their magnificent extended plains: one of which, as level as our best race courses, and with a beautiful green covering, not unfrequently extends Ihe eutire distance to be run. The scene on these occasions is highly animated, as not only the racers, generally about twenty in number, set off, but the whole of the sporting assembly, perhaps 100, or even 500 in number, ac- company them, for the first three or four miles. A judge bar, been sent on in advance; and the competitors seldom return untii the nexi day. The prizes are certainly worthy some exertion; and in one case. when the donor was a man of good substauce, they were as follows the first, aud most clas- sical, was a young maiden, generally a Huzarah or Chitrali, hoth pri"ed for their personal attractions; the second, fifty sheep; the third, a boy; the fourth, a horse; the fifth, a camel; Ihe slxlh, a cow;, and thè seventh, a water-melon, the winner of which becomes au object of ridicule and banter for the rest of the meeting. Another and more amusing kind of race is the following:—One man placers a goat ou the horse before him, und t-fsoffat full gallop; fifteen or twenty oihers immediately stail off after him. and whichever of these cau seize the goal. and get safe off with it beyond the reach of the lest, retains it for his prize. The rapiditywith which the goat sometimes changes masters is very laughable; but the poor auimal is oc- casionally loin to pieces in the scuffle.

TOMYLOV): The SUll up-getting. The dews at setting The leafy treeses, pIe kisses glowing, The glances knowing, The girls all crying, The men all lying- j They move the heart so, That I can't part so; And e'er I know it, I shine a poet. •. I O. AmaryUis! I Or Rose or Phillis, Or, as it may be, My Poll or Phoebe— Don't be su cruel, j My ùarJing jewel. Conle 011 not slaekly, But near YOllr quack lie,- Hadam, your servant 1o command, J, WAK-LEY- I

ALTERATrON IN tHE Hup D^'TY.—The propositiou ol Str It. Pepl to reduce the duty on foreign hops fro-II £8.11s. to f4. 10s. per cwt,h»s not caused any alteration in the price of hops, us 's considered by all who are quainted with the subject that the Right Hon. Baronet h made a difference in the import duty which will not athcr the price of hopa, excepting at extremely high rate?. I

LONDON MARKETS. 7 CORt; EXCHANGE, MAFI(t-LANE. MONDAY,-MAY 16, There was a fair supply of wheat from Essex and kent tbis morning, for which 2s. adrance was realised, and Clclcaraucw made. Free Foreign is a better sale at last week's prices and there is some demand for bonded, but as yet verl little doty has been paid, arid it is likely to be reduced h. on Thursday next, and will probablr remain stationary for some weeks <- fterwards. Bflrle., has declined Is. the malting season being iwfthed.—' There is no alteration in either pease or beans.—The ott Uadf* has revived, and must he written U. dearer. Current Prices of Grain per Imperial Quarter. s s I si Wheat English 48 to 58 Old Beans. 35 to 4(? Rye .an, <34 to 36 Tick Beans '27 to 32 Barley .24 to 31 Oats ^Potatoe) 33 to V> Malt 50 lo 59 Ditto (Feed) 20 to 23 Bartey .24 to 31 Oats ^Potatoe) 33 to V> Malt 50 lo 59 Ditto (Feed) 20 to 23 White Pease (Boilers) 33 to 35 Flour 45to58 Grey Pease.29 to 33 Official Corn AverdgCi and Duty, May 13. Wht. I Barl.l Oats, i Rye.} Beansj Aggregate average s. d. s. d. s. d, s. d.l s* d. s. d; of 6 weeks. 59 8. 26 II. 19 0, 35 8 30 9/ 30 5 qr. qr. <jr. qr. | qr. q*. Duly on For.Corn 13 0 10 0< 7 Oi 10 6f 6 W" hi. bl. bl. bl. J bf. W- 1_ 7|1 1 3,0 10§1 1 3fj 1 3f *_gt SEED MARKET, MAY 16. S. s.. 8. 1 urnip,New,perbush. Oto 0 I Clover,white,new. 0 to 0' RyeGrass,English,do.30to42 I Trefoil 161035- CIover.red^ng.percwt.SStoHo J Rapcsecd^erlast.jCSfi- HOP INTELLIGENCE.-MAY 16. I he market is quiet to-d«jf and there is a change in the amo"n* at which the duty has been laid, viz. £ 150,000. The bettings, indeed, are very limited, as it i- remarked that bot few parti" come forward to supply the places of those who have died or retired from the market. PRICKS.—Bags, 1836, —s. to —s.; Pockets, 1830, — s. » — s.; Bags, 1837, none; Pockets, 1837, none: Bass, 183& — s. to —s.; Pockets, 1838, —s. to —s.; Ba^s, 1639V 80s. to 90s; Pockets, 1839, 80s. to 90s. SMITHFIELD MARK ET-MAY 16. We have again to notice a great depression in trade here meat of all kinds. The supply of beasts was not very larstr this morning, but of sheep and lambs the sopply was abundant.- Calves and pigs were an average number. Beef and routto"1 sold very heavily on Friday's terms, and in veal and tamb,2d^ per stone lower prices were freely submitted to to effect while pork, tor both coarse and fine younr quality, were a do!* sale, at 4d. lower rates. Tbe supply in ail cases far exceediof? the demand, a great many head of cattle were turned out unsold. Per st. of 8lbs., sinking the offal. A- s. a. s. a. s. a. Beef. 3 2 to 4 6 Lamb.. 6 10 to 6 » Mutton 3 6 to 4 10 1 Veal .4 4 to 6 b Poik, 4s. Od. to 5s. Od. WOOL MARKET, MAY 16. Per lb. s. d. s. d. Down Tegs i ojtol J Half-bred Hogs. 1 04 I f Ewes aud Wethers oil 0 llf Blanket Wool 0 0 0 0 Flannel ditto 0 0 0 0 Skin, Combing 0 0 0 0

PRICES OF SHARES AT LONDON. BRITISH MINES. VT l\ IB 5 b No. ol NAME Of '.aT3 Sv Shares COM FAN*. c'S Si" \< 500 Anglesey 5 — j 4,000 Bed forù 11 2t 4,000 Bissoe Bridge 5 l| 20,000 British Iron 70 66 di* 8,000 Blaenavon 50 120 Brewer — 10ft 120 Brewer — 10ft 79 Budnick — 100* 1,000 Cam Brae — 180 2,000 CornubianLeadCompany 2 6,000 Cornwall GreatUnited 10i 1 Cuddra 10 — 512 Cook's Kitchen — 50 112 Charlestown — 500 5,000 Dartmoor Consols 5 H 10,000 Durham County Coal Co 37 3 2,000 Danescombe.. I — 2 6,000 De Dunstanville — 200 Diamond 31 1,200 East Mulberry Hills i 31 256 East Pool i — 380 4,000 East TretoiI l| J 128 Gavrigan — 22 100 Great Consols 97 lllW 3,200 Great YVh.Prosper. 71 6i 4,000 Great Wh. Charlotte 3 if 10,000 Hibernian 12I 2# 1 000 Holmbush. ]4 45 2,000 Isle of Serk (Guernsey). 11 20,000 Mining Co. of Ireland .I.* 7 6,000 Polbreen 4 3,000 Polberou Consols 10 £ 2,000|Relistian I 5, OOOj Redmoor Consolidated 5! H 10,000'Rhyrnney Iron. 50 16 lOOiRosewall Hill 180 800 South Towan 10 I 64 South Wheal liassett UR' 4,000ITregollan 4i'$ 4,000 Treleigh Consols V.Y. II! 4j! H 4,505 Tamar Consols 3 2f 6,000 Tin Croft 6ii 4,300|Tretoil 1 i! 1 1201 Previskey and Barrier I 96Tresaveau — 1350 120;Trethellan — 180 4,000!United Hill 5 6» 6,000'Wicklow Copper. 5 3,845 West Wheal Jewel «. iQ LATEST CURRENT PRICES OF METALS. LONDON, MAY 13, 1842. J. 4 0 Iron, English—Bar ton 0 0 0 to () Ditto Cargo in Wales ten •» 0 Hoops ton o *rt 0 Sheets tun « 0 P',8. Nol .ton 5 o Ditto in Wales. ton < D Foreign-/Swedes, cd t(,n 12 j 0 1 Russian com ton 14 /» aos.i .pi m >J J per ton. c.C.N.d 18 « 9 Steel, English Blistered. 25 0 45 q Shear ditto ditto .45 0 o 80 0 q Cast ditto ditto.. 45 0 0*. 8* 0 Foreign—f Swedes in kegs bd. ton '7 ]jj 0 Duty 20 -? Ditto Faggots hd. ton 19 0 per cent.(.Milan hd.ton ? J, J Copper, Biitish—Cake .ton 9o "JJ 0 Tile ..ton 94 Sheets .lb. Copper, Foreign (duty 37s.) „"7h 0 Tin, British -Blocks cut. 3 ,« 0 Bars cwt. H 0 Banca 0 0 to « 9 Straits 0 0 to v. () Tin Plates—1. c. (box) 1 10 Oto J 0 1. x. ditto j 16 0 to 1 1 r r, • (^f',ers >n propottion.) ,/i 0 Lead, British—Pig ion 18 0 Sheet '.ton 20 1} 0 Shot ton 22 0 Red .ton 22 1J » White (dry) .ton 25 „j/. Ditto (ground in oil) ..ton 22/*a, 0 foreign—Spanish (duty 40s.) ton 1? Vi 0 Spelter 0 Oto 37 0 Kordelivery .0 0 0 to 3° rt English Sheets 49 0 QUlcksllver-( d Ilty Id per lb) tt PRICES OF SHARES AT BRISTOL. J6. COMMERCIAL ROOMS, BRISTOL, )II; iial Great Western Railway Company 65 — 6*1 Ditto Half.Shares 50 — |0 Ditto One-Fifth Shares 4 — 40 Great Western Steamer 90 — BristolSteam Navigation 130 — 4* Bristol and Exeter Railway 70 — ,« 5$ Birmingham and Gloucester 100 — y, 'Jl Cheltenham and Gt. Western Union 724 L\ 1° TaffVale 100 J 40, Severn and Wye av35 — l#j> Kennetand Avon Canal .av40 —" ,.7? jif West of Eng. & South Wales Dist. Bank 12$— 1 Ji Eastein Counties 23 London and Birmingham 90 £ 3 London and Southampton .38 17s 9d fl4 Leedsand Manchester. 70 — CURRENT PRICE OF GOLD AND SILVKh* gr For. Gold io bra. peroz.jgU 17 9 New Dollars.4 111 Portugal pieces 3 17 5 Silverin bis (stndr)1^

To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. SIR,—In the columns of your journal of the 7th, you kin MY inserted the letter oi a Rate Payer, in reference to a vestry meetio?, held at IJanover church, the purpose for which it was convened, and the reasons why it was defeated in its objects. The proceedings at that meeting afforded sufficient proof that tire expenditure of the parochial funds and other transact'on^ connected with4he-parish, could not be too narrowly watched. On Thursday, the 12th instant, a third meeting was called and considered legal from forty to fifty of the rate payers attended thfc overseers'and churchwardens' hooks were produced, and their accounts examined, which proved satisfactory, with ihe exception of those tienis charged tor the remuval of paupers hy oite of the overseersthe. meeting considered them highly e\ 4ravagant and unsatisfactority accounted for, 3nd agecd that it should be presented to thi; Board of Guardians, and thro ,:h them to the Commissioners, with an applicatioj for J new i Ve- t tioo of two Guardians for the parish, and the appointment 11 ( paid Overseer. The minutes of the meeting upon these h, ..Is were delivered at the board the same day. W. Powell, b'1" the assistant commissioner, being present, promised they sh; ;ild be attended to immediately. Youi obedient servant, Llanover, May 16th, 1842. RA'TK PAYER.

SHERIFFS' COURT, MONMOUTH. the monthly sitting of this court took place bdore Mr. Undei ■ ¡i Sheriff, Powles, on Wednesday se'nnight, at the Comity Ha! The enly case tried was that of ROlJEnr JOY v, THOMAS JAMLS, A very respectable jury having been sworn, the L ndcr-sh- l'iff stated that this was an action for debt, to recovcr the sum of I £ 2. 18s, 6' brought by the plaintiff against defendant, and the particulars ot which would be gnen by 'lie gentlemen cn- i,,cd. Mr, OwEs, for the plaintiff, having read the declarati.i, stated that this notion was brought to recover th5 sum of V-2. 18s. 6d., for goods sold Ptid dei'vereii to the defendant. The defendant plep.d- that he owes the plaintiff but 15s, which sum he had paid into Court. Of course, theiefore, if he Mr O. failed in proving that he owed more than lhrtl sum, the ver- dict of the jury would be against him. He beggedto observe that he had no personci interest in the case, as he was not the attorney employed, hut was retained by Mr. Jackson, and lie should, therefore, !ay the pirticularg before them fairly and if he proved that the plaintiff supplied goods to the amount he claimed, he should be entitled to their verdict,— Mr. Joy is a respectable engraver, residing in Bristol, he employed a person of the name cf Mc Donald, as a traveller, to procure orders through the country. In the month of July last, Me Donald called upon the defendant, and procured an order for 5"0 labels, 7s. 6J.; 50 enamel enrds, 2i. 6,1. 400 invoices, 12s.; 200 ditto, ruled, 7s.; 100 half-aheets, 4s. 6d. label plate, lis. invoice |>)ale, 14s., making a total of £ 2. 18s. 61. From the nature of these paiticulars, it was evid^ni that Mc Donald could not have invented the order; but lie was sotry he could not produce that person, whom they had subpeened, but had not appeared tor (vhsit cause, he, Mr. O. kDew not. He should produce Shell a r d, who was, at the tirre of the transaction, a j carrier, and who would p'ove the delivery of the goods from Mr. Joy to James. He would also put in a correspondence wh;.h hud tnken place between the psiiies, and in which the defend- ant admitted the ddivery of the goods. An attempt would, probably, to be made to prove that more goods had been sent to the defendant than were ordered ? but the law says, that under such circumstances, the goods must be returned, or the rnust pay for them. If the defendaut did net perform that duty, then the plaintiff was entitled to a veidiet. The reason he con- tidently appealed foi their verdict was, that Mr. James had kept the goods, and, therefore, lie did not care what the onler ] was; and so the learned Under-sheriff would tell them. It may be said that Mr. Me Donald had done more than he ow;ht io have done if so, the defendant had much helped him in keeping the goods. Mr. Owen was prccfeediiig to read a lettei trom the defendant to the plaintiff, when the Couit asked if he meant to prove it ia evidence. Mr. Owen said that the docu- ment was one ordered to be produced by the Judge, and Le, therefore, considered he had a right to read it. They weic pro- ducing what they had been called upon to Jo. Mr. J. G. George, for the defendant, objected to the use of • the letter, by the plaintiff; iia production had been ordered for the purpose of the defence, and, therefore, the plaintiff could not use it.—I he Under-sheriff was of the same opinion. Mr. Owen continued that it was a hard case upon Mr. Joy, who as a respee:able I;¡an, and who would not claim Iron. | Mr, James, what was not due from him. It was nOi Ills faull, however, that proper materials were not provided for him. He He would call Nathan Shellard, on being sworn, stated that lie was a earrier between Bristol and Monmouth, in February and July of 1840, He knew the plaintiff, who lived in All Saints-street, Bristol, and is a copper plate engraver; he also kne v the dc, I fetidant, Mr. Thomas James, who is a shoe-maker, living in Monnow-street, in Monmouth. In June 1840, he received a parcel from Mr. Joy, and delivered it to the defendant. A ko >k was produced to the wituess, who stated that the signature shown him was his. The bonk was Mr. Joy's delivery bonk, and he delivered the parcel to Mr. James, on the following day. He saw the parcel opened in Ali. James's shop it contained papers, which he thought were bill-heads other parcels t'h!f in it one was directed for Mr. Taylor, which was small he did not not notice the othe's it was a large parcel.-Cross ex- amined by Mr. George: Theie were papers in the parcel, but he did not know exactly what they were.—Re-examined lie thought they were bill, heads from their coming from Mr, Jos there were different sorts of things iu it. Mr. Gcorge said that he submitted he was entitled to a ver- I ic dict for the defendant, as not a particle of evidence had been given, proving either that the order had been given, that it had been packed, or tiiat it had been delivered. The parcel which Shellard proved the delivery of, may have been blank paper for all they had been informed in evidence, and, therefore, unless such proofs were substantiated, the plaintiff could not recover rhe amount claimed from his client. The Under-sherif fsubmittted that no case had been made out by the plaintiff. The declaration stated that a sum wa« due from 'he defendant, for goods sold, work and labour di :,e, and also on account, but neither of these allegations \\U'e proved. The defendant admitted that goods to the amount oi I 15s. had been received by him which sum he had paid into Court, and, therefoie, the plaiutiff having proved nothing as lo an order being given, or the amount of it, the only question was whether any thing beyond the 15s. was owing by ihe defendant, —The jury immediately returned a verdict for the defendatr. At the conclusion of the case the Under Sheriff said, that without any allusion to the question which had been decided, he could no! help advising those who heard him, whenever th-y gave an order to retain a copy, and get ir countersigned by the cas- n person to whom they gave it. It was a very common case in tiis own experience for clients to consult him upon cases in which orders had been sent them by wholesale houses of double the amount which ha j been given, and the payment of which was sought to be E:nforct'1. If they were signed, however, as he recommended, this would be proved.

I A FRACiMKNT. I His eye was stern and wild,—his cheek was pale and cola as ciay Upon his tighteu'd Up a smile of fearful meaning la}', He mused awhiJc-hut not in doubt—no trace of doitbt was thera It was the steady solemn pause of resolute despair. Once more lie look'd upun the scroll—once more its words he read Then calmly, with unflinching hand, its folds before him spread. I saw him bare hi, throat, and seize the blue cold-gleaming steel, And grimly try the temper'd edge he was so-soou to feel! A sickness crept upon my heart, and dizzy swam my head,— I could not slÍr-l could not cry—X telt benumb'd and dead Ulack icy horrors struck me dumb, and froze my senses o'er; I closed mv eyes in utter fear, and strove to think no more. » 4 Again I looked,—a fearful change across his face had pass'd— He seeni'd to rave,—on cheek and lip a flaky toain was cast; He raised on high the glittering blade, tlan first 1 found a tongue- Hold, madman stay the frantic deed I cried, and forth I sprung He heard me, but he heeded not; one glance around he gave; And ere I could arrest his hand, he had begun to shave