The Welshman

FIIZf",lL),)DI.E'S ('ONFLSSIONS. I KRDM THE ocrouK.R NLMBKR OF Fraser's I (i'uniiu<u-d t'fun our Urnt.J Ah, Ilirsch my lion of JudHh!" says I, "you have brought me the pipe-stick, h.tve yoli ?" Yes, my lord, and -even pounds of the tobacco you said you liked. "lhs real Syrian, and a great bargain you get it. I promise." i':aJ:" re:);irl I, affl:ting an air of much careless ingenu >usness. Do von know, El irsch. niv boy, that the youn: est of th< Miss Lowes—M iss Anna, I think you call her | "Minna," said Hirsch w tii a zi,iii. Well, Minna—M inna, Hirsch, is a devilish fiiie girl i.poll mv $oL, now, she is." Do you really think so ?" sys Hh'sch. "'P)nn'yh);.om', I do. A?d yesterday, when she w ts 'P t!;e pi)'e-st!ck,she looked so confoundedly handsome that I-I quite fell in love with her; really I did." Ydl, you do our people great honour, I'm sure." answered Hir ch. Father a warm -.nan ?" "Varm How do y u mean vnrm ?" "Why, ru-h. Nl'e ciill i ri(-!i inati rearm in England only you dO,II:t understand the language. How much will he give his daughter "Oh! very little. Not a veek of your income, my rd," saicl Hirsch. Pooh, pooh You always talk of me r>s if I'm rivh j hut I tell vuu I am poor—exer.:ding'y poor." "Go away vid said Hirsch, incredulously. }" poor! I vi"h I !I-id N,t!ar of your income; that I do" (and I litve ii,) (lni b: lie did, or of the revenue of ,,iy one I*cl be a rich mar., anu ha't.- debest kouse in Bonn." Are yun sr. very poor yourself, Hirsch, that you talk in this way?" asked T. To which the young Israelite replied, that he h-.d not one dollar to rub against allother; tltat I r. Lowe wis a tlose man and finally (uuon mv pressing the point, like a cunning dog as I was), that he would do any thing to earn a little monev. Hirsch," said I, like a wicked young repiobate and Don Juan, wdl you carry a letter to Mi.-s M inna Lowe ?" Now there was no earthly reason why I should have made a twopenny-postman of Mr. Hirsch. I might with just as much ease have given Minna t!)e le ter mvself. I saw her daily and for hours, and it would be hard if I could not find her fur a minute alone, or at least slip 3- note into her glove or pocket-handkerchief, if secret the 110te must be, But, I don't care t« own it, I was :.s ignorant of any love iiiakiii., which requires mystery as any bishop on the bench, and pitched upon H irsch, as it were, because in comedies and romances that I hold read the hero has always a go-between—a valet, or humble follower— who performs the intrigue of the niece. So I ii<«ked Hirsch the above question, Would he carry a letter to Miss Minna Lowe 1. Give it slid he, with a g-in. But the duce of it was, it was'nt written. Rositia, in the opera, Itir hers ready !:¡ her pocket, and Says l-kcufo when Figaro makes the same request, so I tolu Hirsch that I would get it ready. And a very hard task i found t to;, in sitting clown to compose the document. It shall he i-i verse, thought I for Minna understands some B'nghsb; but there is no rhyme to Minna, as every body knows, except t cockney wbo might ni,tke th;nr;er, dinner, winner," &c. answer to it..knd i, for Low:, it is just as had. Then it became, as I my painful uuty to send her a note in French and in French finally it was composed, arid I ijlugh now when I tiiini, of the l,onsei.se and bad grammar it contained —the conceit above all. '1 he eay vulgar assurance of victory %ith which i, a n.w 1 d from the stupidest Lou?try in Europe, wh ch i, a r,.w I d trl,:ii t',Il StUi).1,?,-St LOU.,try iii i:Ltr(,pe. to bribe the fellow to silence, I agreed to purcha-v a gre it hideous amethyst brooch,which he had oflered me a dozen times for sale, and which I had always refused till now. He said it had been graciously l'ccei ved, but as "II the fm1Ïly were pre- sent in the evening when I called, of course no allusion could be made to the note; but I thought Minna looked particularly kind, as I sat and lost a couple of fredericks at {carte to a very stout Israelite lady, Madame Lowe, junior, the wife of Monsieur Solomon Lowe. f think it was on this night, or the next, that 1 was induced to pur- chase a b ile of remarkably tine lawn tor shirts, for old Lowe had every tiling to ,ell, as is not uncommon with men of his profession and persuasion and had [ express- ed a fancy for a coffin or a hod ot mortar, I have no doubt Hirsch woull have had it at my door nextmoruill". I went on sending letters to Minna, copying them out rat a useful little work Petit Secretaire I'ni/icais, and easily adapting them to circumstances, by altering a phrase here and there. Day and night I used to dangle about the house. It was provoking, to be sure, that Minna was never alone now her sister or Madame j Solomon were always ivith her, an:1 as they natufulIv spoke German, of which language I knew hut few words, my evenings were passed in sighing, ogling, and saying nothing. I must have been a very charming companion. One evening- wa" pretty much like ancther. Four or five times in the week old Lowe would drop in and sell me a bargain. Berlin-iron chdns "?dtrt)'kctgfnr:uy family at home, Naples soap, case oi d-! <. hiojue; a beauti- ful dressing-gown, lin,-1 ••- •• ii iur lor the Winter; a rifle, one of he famous FratiK.o. c nn.Ke; a complete collection of the german cla.ies and dually, to my awful diigust. a set of the Byzantine historians. [ mu?t k!l you that, although my hu.king fund had furnished me with half a stone of Syi'.m tobacco from his hrorher at Constantinople, and though the most beau- tiful lips in the world had lirst taught me to smeke i, I discovered, after a few pipes of the weed,that ii was not so much to my taste as that "Town in the West Indies; and as ?■ is Havannah cigars were also not to my liking, I was compelled, not without some scruples of conscience at my infidelity, to procure my smoking supplies else- where. And now I come to the fatal part of my story. Wih'er. who was likewise an amateur of the weed, once c.une to my lodgings in the company ot a tobacconist whom he patronized, and who brought several boxes and samples for inspection. Ilerr Rohr, which was the gentleman's name, sat down with us, his wares were very good, and— must I own it ?—I thought it would he a very clever and prudent thing on my part to exchange some of my rare Syrian against his canaster and Havannahs. I vaunted the quality or te goods 10 111111, and, going into the inner room, returned with a packet of the reai Syrian. Herr Rohr looked at the parcel rather contemptuously, I thought. I have plenty of these goods in my shop," said he. Why, you don't thay tho," says Wilder, w ith a mill "ith the we.d wegular Thywian. My friend Fitth- Boodle got it from hith bankerth, and no mithtake!" "Was it from lr. luwe?" says Hohr, with another provokinz sneer. "Exactly. His brother Israel sent it from Constanti- nople." B ill!" says llohr. "I sold thisverytobacco,seven pounds of it, at fourteen groschen a pound, to Miss Minna Lowe and little Mr. Hirsch, who came express to my shop for it. Here's my seal," says Mr. Rohr. And sure enough he produced, from d very tilt anù dirty fore- finger, a seal, which bore the engraving on the packet. ou sold that to Miss Minna Lowe groaued poor Gecrge Fitz-Iioodle. Y èS, allll she bated me down half a gro in the price. Heaven help you, sii 1 she always makes the bargains for iier father. T ere's something so pretty about her that we can't resist her." "And do you thell winetJt, too,—Thypwuth and Medoc, continued the brute Wilder, enjoying the joke. N o," answered Mr. Rohr, with another confounded sneer. He makes those himself; but I hare some very fine Medoc and Greek wine, if his high well-born loidship would like a few dozen. Shall I send a panier?" Lcuiv the r.tom, sir:" here shouted I, in a voice of uncontrollable ferocity, and looked so wildly that little Rohr rushed awav in a fright, and Wilder burst into cfie ot his demoniacal laughs again. Don't you thee, mv good Iwielld," continued he, how wegullarly thethe people have been doing you? I teU you their cha.vacterth are known all over the town. There'th not a thtudent in the place but can give you a hithtorv of the family. Lowe ith an infarnal old uthuwer, and hith daugluerth wegular niantwapth. At tile Thtar, where I dine with the otiicerth of the garrithon, you and Minna are a thtandard joke. Captain Heerpauk wath caught hi uselt for near six weekth; young Von 1 wommel wath wemoved by hith hnends; old Colonel Blitz wath at one time tho nearty gone in love with the elder, that he would have had a divorce from hith lady. Among the thtudentth the mania hath been jutht tlw thame. Whenever une wilth worth plucking, Lowe uthed to have him to hull houthe and wob him, until at latht the wath- cal'th chawacter became tho well known, that the thtudentth in a body have detherted him, and you will tind that not one of them will dance with hith daughterth, handthomeaththeyare. Co down to Godesberg to-night allll thee." '• I am going," answered the young ladies asked me to drive down in their carriage and I flung myself back on the "vb mid puffed away volumes of smoke, and tossed and tumbled the tivc-Icng day, widl a horrible con- viction that something of what Wilder hdd told me might be true, and with a vow to sacriiice, at least, one of the officers who had been laughing at me. There they were, the scoundrels in their ctfrsed tight frock-coats and hay-colullred moustachios. t wid i ng round in the waltzes With the citizens' daughters, when, ac- cording to promise, I arrived with the Israelitish ladies at the garden at Godcsherg, where dancing is carried Oil twice or thrice in a week. There were the students, with their long p.pes, and little caps, and long hair, tippling at fhe tables under the leaves, or dancing that absurd waltz which has always been the object ot my coatempt. The bet I' I am not a dancing man. Students and odicers, I tnou-dit, every eve was looking I at me, as I entered the garden with Miss Minna Lowe on my arm. VV dder tells me that I looked blue with rage, and as I should cut the throat ot any man I met. WI: had driven down in old Lowe's lea dau, the old gentleman himself acting as coachman, with Mr. Hirsch in his hst clothes by his side, hi the carriage came Madam ?oiomon, in yellow satin M)<s Lowe, in light a:)een (it is astonishing how persons a hjd't coin; lexiori will wear this detestable colour;, ''? ¡J M.rin.! was in white muslin, with a pair of i>l->■•*•" • ?hitemushn.withapuirofid.? k. ,iict beautiful arms, a pink riband rom. •! ^-r o, ;;c .?? t, ind a p!ks:ar.ou her shciiiilers. fv' day,—anil the iasu! ,n exists st.ll s'?'?'to.'t?-' ??'nt"—it was the custom of ladies to dress wnnoseive vhat Vie call an evening cosrume for ?mibi-t?.ne:.?--?'w.??.}?y?.? Minna a?tred. As I sat by her on the back seat, I did not ?ayonesm?iew<.))d.!et'ttfess,but!o??.d mi?nc!-a!j.e [htit?s,and forg<)t in her b'.auty all the siNpiciu^ of the nlO:llil\. I hadn'taskcdhertow.dt/for.the fact is, t didn'tknowhowtowattx (thuughliearnedatt?rwmds. as you shall hear), and sooniy begged her hand for a quadrille. We entered thus Mr. Blintztier's garden as I htve described,the men staring at us, the lovely Minna on my" arm. I ordered refreshments for the party we sat at a table near the boarded place where the people were dancing. No one came to ask Minna to Waltz, and I confess I WdS not surry for it.I()r I own to tLolt dog. in. the-manger jealousy which is common to one came but poor little Hirsch, who had heell a!,))el.t to g'd sand wiches to the ladies, and came up making his Low ust as I was asking Minna whetlwr she would give no response to my letters. She looked surprised.—looked at Hir>oh, who looked at me, and laving his hand (rather familiarly ) upon my arm, put the other paw to his great, red, blubber lips, as if eujoyning silence illld, before a word, carries off Minna, and began twisting her ruuud in tiie waltz. Tne little bruts had assumed his best clothes for the occasion. He had a white hat and a pair of white gloves, a green sntin stock, with profuse studs of jewels ui his shirt; a veilow waistcoat, with one of pink Cash- mere underneath very short nankeen trousers, and striped silkstockings; and a swallow-tailed, short-waisted, hght-brown coat, with brass buttons the tails whirled in j the wind as he and his partner spun round to a very quick waltz,—not without agility, I confess, 011 the little scoundrel's part,—and oh, with what incomparable grace on Minna's The other waltzers cleared dway, doubtless to look at her performance; but though such a reptile was below my jealousy, I felt that 1 should have preferred to the same music to kick the little beast round the circle rather than see his hand encircling such a waist as that. 1 hey only made one or two turns, however, and came back. Minna was blushing very red, and very much agitated. Will you take one tllrn, Fraulein Lisa?" said the acti ve Hirsch; and after a little to-do on the part of the elder sister, she got up, and advanced to the dancing place. Vv h it was my surprise when the people again cleared off, and left the pair to perform alone! Hirsch and his partner enjoyed their waltz, however, and returned, iooking as iU-humoured as possible. The band struck up presently a quadrille tune. I would not receive any of M inna's excuses. She did not wish to dance; she WdS faint—she had no «>.«-<». Hirsch," said I, with much courtesy, take out Madam Solomon, and come and dance." We ad vanced—big Mrs. Solomons, and Hirsch, Minna and I, — Miss Lisa remaining with her papa over the Rhine wille and sandwiches: There were at least twenty couple, who were mustering to make a quadnlle when We advanced. Minna blushed scarlet, and I felt her trembling on my arm no doubt 'twas from jev at dancing with the fashionable young Englander. Hirsch, wh a low bow and a scrape, led Mad-mi Solomon opposite us, and put himself in the fifth position. It won rather disgusting, certainly, for George Sav.ige Fitz-Boodle to be dancing vis-a-vis with such an animal as that; Mr. Hirsch clapped his hands with a knowing air, to | b-»gin. I looked up trom Minna (what I had been wlns- pering to her must not be concealed,—in fact. I had said so previously, es :st schr n-at«; but I sa.d it with an ac- cent that must have gone to her heart) —when I say I j looked up from her lovely face, I tound that every one of the other coupie had retired, and that we fuur were left to dance the quadrille by ourselves! Yes, by Heavens! it was so! Minna, from beinz scarlet, turned ghastly pale, and would have fallen back j had 1 not encircled her with my arm. I'm ill," said she: ("ietmegoback to my father." You must dance. said j I, and held up my clenched tist at Hirsch, who I thought would have moved otl too; on which the little fellow was compelled to stop. Andsowefourwenttui-oughthe quadrille. The first figure seemed to me to last a hundred thou- sand years. I don't, know how M inna did not fall down and faint: but gathering courage all of a sudden, and j throwing a tierce look round about her, as if in defiance, and a look which made my little angel for a moment look like a little demon, she went through the dance with | as much gracefulness as a duchess. As for nie,—at first the whole air seemed to be peopled with grinning faces, and I moved about almost choked with rage and passion. ThFn gradually the film of hry wore off, and I became wonderfully calm.-nav, had the leisure to look at Mon- "icur Hirsch, who performed all the steps with wonderful accuracy; and at eVl-ry one of the faces rotlod about it, otrcers. students, and citizens. None of the gentlemen, probably, liked my face,— for theirs wore, as I looked at them, a very g-ravc IInd demure expression. Hut as Mi'?na was dancing. I heard a voice behind her cry, sneerirgly, Brava!" I turned Ql1ick» round, and caught th" speaker. He turn. 1 very red. and so betrayed himself. Our eyes met,—it W,¡S a settled thing. There w ? no used o! an y further arrangement, and it wns- then, as | I h?v? s..ij, ."at the 61. cleared ati, ?n.d 1 1.avt. :?t:m)k ('apt. He •!■ ,u»; tor g-tting through tiie qu..d:ile without an apoplevv. I "Did you heir (hit — tint voice. Ilerr George?" said Miss Minna, looking beseechingly in my thee, and trem-i bling on my arm, as I led her back to her father. Poor soul I saw it all at once. She loved ine,— I knew slH: Lli(l, and trembled lest 1 should run into any danger. I stuttered, stammered, vowed I did not hear it; at the same time swearing inwardly an oath of the largest di- niension*. th.it would cut the throat whence that "Brava!" issued. I left my lady for a moment, audi finding Wilder out pointed tiie man to him. Oil, iIeerpauk," says he. "WIUI do) you want with him ?" "Charley, says I, with much heroism and ferocity, I want to s.'tnut /m; just tell him so." And, when on demurring, I swore I would go and pull the captain's nose on the ground, Wilder agreed to settle the business forme;and I returned to our party. It was quite cl ear that we could not stay longer in the gardens. Lowe's carriage was not to come for an hour yet lor th^ e banker would not expend money in stabling his horses at the inn, and had accordingly sent them luck to Bonn. Vt hat .should we do ? There is a rtrned castle at Godesoerg, which looks down upon the fair green plain of the linine, where Mr. Blintzer's house stands (ami let the reader be thankful that 1 don't give a des- criptioll (f scenery here): there is,l Say, aeistle at Godesberg. L.iptoruns l" shatto," says I; which elegant French Hirsch translated; and this sug.estiou was adopted by the Ihe b¡aeIitcs, to the fairest of whom 1 offered my arm. I ,ie l?)vcly t,,ok it, I?lki ;,?v?ly we went: Wild.-r, w ho was sramiing at the gate, giving me a nod, to s.y :!H was right. I saw inai presently j Li:, iti,2 Iii" ?lt.il'f wi,:l "I i an officer, I with :;i" t¡ ,i;i; Ei? daughter, and as the old banker was infirm, the pair Walked b it slo'.viy..Monsieur Hirsch had given his arm to Madam S, Slic wit. I fat woman; the conso- i quence was. that M inna and I were soon considerably a- head of tiie reat of the party, and were ascending the alone. said several things to her, such as only lover say. ( "om 'i /ay b.i <«.< say.s i, in the most insinuating wily. even I continued admirably varying my phrase. She did not speak; she was agn.ued by the events, oi the evening, and no wonder. That fair round arm resting on mine,—that lovely creature walking bv my side in the calm moonlight, —the silver Rhine Hashing before us, with Drachenfcls nd the Seven mountains rising clear in the distance,—the music of the dance coming up to us from the plain below, —the path winding evei y now and then into the darkest foliage, and at the next moment paving us rich views of the moon- lit river and plain below. Could any linn but feel the influence of a scene so exquisitely lovely ? Ii Minn. says 1, <.tS she wouldn't s peak,—" Minna, love yo.i yo.i have known it 1.)111, long ago, I know you I have. Nay. do not withdraw your hand; your heart has snoken for me. Be mine then!" and taking her I,and, 1 kissed it rapturously, and should have proceeded to her cheek, no doubt, when she gave me a swinging box on the ear, started back, an,i incontinently fella screaming as loudiv as any woman ever did. l" Minna, I heard the voice of that cursed Hirsch shouting. Muuia, nre.Ve wttiu and he rushed up the hill: and Minna flung herself in his arm, crying, Lorenzo, liiv husband, save iiie The Lowe family. Wilder, and his friend, came skur- rying u i the hill at the same time; and we formed what in the theatres they call a taLleau. "Y Uti coward 1" says Minna, her eyes flashing fire, "who c01!.d see a v.on,au insuked; and never defend her ?" "You coward!" roared Hirsch; coward as well as profligate! You comm nicated to me your lawless love for this angel.—to me, her affianced husband; and you had the auda.ity to send her letters, not one of which", so help me Heaven, has been received. es, you will laugh ut Jews, —will you, you brutal Englishman ? You will insult our people, will you, you stupid islander? ^sha! i spit upon you!" and hereMon«ieur Hirsch snapped Ins fingers in my face, holdi_ ng Minna at the same tine roulld the w ust, who thus became the little nionster's buckler. They presently walked away, and left me in a pleasant condition. I was actually going to fight a duel on the morrow tor the sake of this fury, and it appealed she had Hung me oil" for cowardice. thad allowed myself to be swindled by her father, a id insulted by her filthy little bridegroom, and for what? All the consolation 1 got from Wilder w,ls, I told you the my boy, but you wouldn't lithii, you gweat thoopid, hluudewing ignowa- niuti, and now I shall have to tiiee you shot and buwied to-morrow alld I dare thay you won't even remember me in your will. Captain Schlnger," continued he, pre- senting me to his companion, Mr. Fit/B >. die the captain acts tor ileerp iuk in the mOnllllg, t.I!Jd we were just talking matters over, when Webecea yonder quied out, ami we founa her in the amrth ot llwhll de Bois Guilbi rt here." Captain Schlager wa.» .i little, social, good humoured man, with a u.oustachio ot a straw and silver mixed, and a brilliant purple sabre-cut acro-s a rose-coluureit nose. He had the iron cross at his button-hole, and loolad, as he was, a tierce little fighter. Ptit he was too kind- hearted to allow of two boys needlessly cutting each other's throats; and much to the disappointment of Wilder, doubtless, who had been my second in the Martingale affair, and enjoyed no better s port, he said, in English, laughing, Veil, ma,he your mint easy, my goot young man, I link you af got into enough sgrabes about dis tam S hewess.and dat you anu iieerpauk haf no need to blow each other's brains "tl." t Atl; for Fitth apologiihing." hurst out Wilder, that'th out of tlie qtiethlion. lie gaw- tiie challenge, y" ou know alid how ciie a'^nth ith he to apoiogithe now ? He give the challenge, and you took it, at(l you are de greatest fool of de two. 1 say the two young men t shall not fightand then the honest captain ente: ell ititt) a history of tiie worthy family of Israel, which would have saved me at leat tilty pounds haell known it sooner, It did not differ :u substance from what Rohr and Wilder had both told me in the morning. The venerable LGwe was a botl;l tell[ III,- ,it t,tie wa.?;a ployed as (i- coy-ducks, in- the first f ice, for the university and the gatri?on, and afterwards for young s'n'an?ets. such as my wise self, who visited the plaee. There was some very sad story about the elder Miss Lowe and a .e e f-' tutor iVom Si. John's College, Cambridge, who came to Bonn oil a reading tour; but I am not at hb -rt% lo set down here the particulai s. Aid with regard to [II illlla, I there was a sf.ll more dismal history. A tine,handsome young ,indent, the pride of the university,had firstruiued himself through the ofifces of the fattier, ami then shot himself tor love of the daughter; from which time the whole u-iwi h .d vnt the family i;:t Coventry; nor had thev repealed tor two years i!t'h!ieu.itilu!'?nthe pre- j di, "I:ti t :? v: r i) 't; :jl: il III \J:ll:l,ll I: eP(li1'(! not ( :,e. He v. is of a r i. h Frankfort family of the! pei serviiie his epp: ei:: i ces h in with l.OWe, a Co'.V- i ll, and t' c oe lined husband of tiie vounger daughter. lle| trade 1 as much as he could on his own account, and would run upon any errand, and buy or sell any tiling for j a consideration. And so, instead of lighting CapLli¡¡ Heerpauk, 1 agreed wiUkiy'v enough to go back to the hotel .? (i iiksherg, and shii-:e hands with that officer. ThFrc'?)f? i llation, or, rather, the acquaintance between w?il o\ er ;i I)t)t rle ot %,v'!iv, it Mr. Biintzuer's hotel and we rode comfortably back in a drosky together to Bonn, where the fricIIdship \\as tdl more ckeJy ce- mented by a supper. At tne close of the repast, Heerpauk made a speech on England, fatherland, and Genfan truth and love, and kindly saluted tne with a kiss, which is at any lady's service who peruses this little narrative. As for Mr. ilirsch, it must be confessed to my shame, that the next morning a gentleman having the air of an old ciothesman oil duty piesented me with an envelope, containing six letters ot my composition addressed to .NJ :ss ,ve rl )I,9 them was a little p.e.n in ?k-ilicli 11 is S"IIlce cill?2(i tears from the eyes of more than one lovely girl): and, furthermore, a letter from himself, in which lie, Battm Ilirsch, of Hirschen- wald (the scoundrel, like my friend Wilder, purchased his tic' it, tl)e "I it l' T I, r,Itli")-iii .%iiiii )i, I say. B iron Hirst h, ot H irschenwald, challenges me for insulting Miss Miuna Lowe, or demanded an apology. Tnis, I said, Mr. Hirsen nng'.i, have whenever hechosc to come and fetch it, pointing to a horsewhip which lay in a corner; but that he must COtn early, as I proposed t) quit Bonn the next morning, 'I lie baron's friend, hearing this, asked whether I would like some remarkably flue cigars fur mv excursion, which lie could give a great bar- gain He ki t; then snewn to the door by my body, servant; nul il.d IL:c¡ von H irschenwald come for t!12 apology. Twice every year, however, I get a letter from him, dated Frank. >i t, ami proposing to make ine a present of a splendid palace in Austria or B"helllia, or :WO,OOO florins, should I preier money. I saw his lady at Frankfort only last year, m a front box aT the theatre, loaded with dia- monds. and at least sixteen stone in weight. All! Minna, Miuna! thou mayest grow to be as ugly ItS sill, and as fat as Daniel Lambert, but I have the amber inc.nth- piece still, and swe^.r that the prettiest lips in Jewry have kissed it The M. S. here concludes with a rude design of a young lady smoking a pipe.

i\Y'}l'q1"  \1' ?AX?i'iTY A?.XL'K\TA(T. I Subjo'.ncs an analysis of the New Act:—- 1 COMlirCE.VIKN'T OF ITS OPERATION. The Act 5 and 6 Vict. c. 122, which received the Royal Assemu the 12th of August just passed, after referring to e Act for the erection of the Court of Bank- ruptcy, by w:h so many alterations were made in the administratif of the law, goes on to recite that the general provons of the Act, except those specially reserved, sha take effect on the llth of November, and then in the sond c:ause repeals all former statutes, so far as they aninconsistent with the provisions of this Act, but leave.them otherwise unaffected. Wli MAY BIC MADE BANT\IVUPTS, I By the secor.section of rth Geo. IV, c. 16, it had been II declared, that i persons might be made bankrupts who were in husinesas bankers, brokers, scriveners, under- writers, warehisemen, wharfingers, packers, builders, carpentcrs, shivrights, victuallers, innkeepers, dyers, printers, bleaclrs, fullers, calenderers, cattle or sheep salesmen, perso, using the trade of merchandise, or seeking their livg Ijy buying and selling, buying or letting to hire, or by theworkmanship of goods, whether men or women, aliens o denizens.* It will be observed, that all the occupations re specifieJ inJirate an employment in which the efforts 0 the parties are employed on the pro- perty of others, al in which they possess only a tempo- rary, or, to use legal phrase, a chosc in action right. When the debts ivre contracted for goods simply sold and delivered, the litliitv of a trader to bankruptcy was evi- dent but this fct declared, if not for the first time, at least not decidriy, that a man's faculties are his property, and that as lie an sell the use of them so must he, by natural consiq.ence, be responsible for the materials which are urcessar t> render the use of those faculties effectual profiu.'e. The preseut act, in the loth section, goes on to enlaire the list, by the addition of livery stable keepers, cochproprietors, carriers, ship owners, auction- eers, apotLca-ies, market gardeners, cowkeepers, brick makers, aim makers, lime burners, and millers, all of %vtit)tji hre icladed in the catalogue of trades, and are responsib!'accordingly. ACTION OF THE CREDITOR. j In the lU section the Act asserts the right of the creditc,r Rl;i declares that in the event of his not being able to brig his debtor to flccount by any other mea us, he may make in affidavit of his debt and require payment into court am.may summon the trader before the Judges of the Coirt oiUankruptcy, provided he has first delivered a statemrit ofiecount containing the particulars of his claim tothe debtor. In answer to this claim, the debtor is allow.f i by the 12th section to appear to declare on oath what pill fir the creditor's claim lie believes ought to be paid, and vhat part he conscientiously believes he can resist, whia statement is to be reduced to writing and signed by tfe debtor. CONDUCT OF THE DEBTOR. I It is enactd by the 13th section that in the event of the I trader not a.peariug to ireet such demand by attending the summon, or refuiog o adoait the demand or any part thereof, payi g or making a deposition of belief that he has a good dtfesce ogainstthe claim, or not compounding within fourtem dal s, or it in such allotted time as the judges may a how, or shall iot enter into a bond with two sufficient securiti«s, to be pproved by the court, to pay the expenses of any action, or recovering the same toge- ther with costs, be shall beseemed to have committed an Aet of Bankruptcy au the fteenth day after service of the summons, provide J a Fiat f Bankruptcy shall be issued nithiii two months. It is father filso provided that every trader so sammoued who siall have signed a paper of admissi.m, and wh) shall nt pay or offer to pay or com- pound with his creditors, fourteen days next after filing such admission, shall lje considered to have com- mitted an Act of Bankruptc. And by the 15th sectiun it is enacted that every trade who shall adinit a part only of the demand, and yet refue to take any notice of the remaiuder, who shall not witin fourteen days of personal service of the creditors' suimons, or within such time as the jllJge may allow him to ome to a satisfactory adjust- ment with his creditors, shit also be deemed to have committed an act of binktuicy. It is considered hv the 16t clause as tantamount ,to a refusal to admit a debt :f thelebtor upon his appearance before the court refuse to sia the admission whether he assigns any reason for so doii; or not, while time is given at the discretion of the court ) allow the debtor to retract his plea or to swerve from hi: resolution not to enter iuto the born! prescribed in the preious section. By the 17th section it is provided that an admission signed elsewhere than in Cout if attended by the attorney of the trader, mal be filed, an will then be of equal virtue with that given in Court uder a summons. For the encouragement of candid dclarations the 18th section decrees that a trader who shll attend the Court to make these admissions shall receivesuch costs for his trouble as the Court may direct. And m ther, iU order to his pro- tection the ntxt clause decres, thrst when any one who sues the bankrupt shall heremake a declaration of debt which he is unable to substatiate fully, the defendant is to be entitled to costs for hi trouble find loss of time, which costs are to be made set off against the debt, whatever it may be, and afer that is satisfied may he recovered by execution like 4iy other debt prct-ed under record. Another act of Baolru,.tcy is committed where a debtor who is liable to executou enters into no contract r.f composition w ith his creators within fourteen days. Another is incurred, when atrader disobeys any order of any Court of Equity, or ordir in Lunacy or Bankruptcy for the payment of money afer a peremptory day has been fised for that purpose. Aiother, and the last Act of Bankruptcy specified in the kct (Section 22) is the filing a <c];Hatir¡n (,f insolvency in the oflice of the Secretary of B ir. krupts. CHEDITOIS' RIGHTS. I Bv the 3d clause it is declared, tha'- t.he Lord Chanfcellor shali, if he think fit. dispense with the bond usually entered into by the petitioning creditor. The fourth clause provides for the speed; opening of the Fiat. and declares that where the petitioning c;edWor does not open it within three days the court mny foithwith open it, aid no petitioning creditor who fails iu this way shall again have the privilege of the fiat, yet any sutUeieht intimation that tne debtor is about to depart the realm he may be seciired bv arrest on the petition of the creditor. But not- wittistnnding thi-, it is slated by the 6th section, that any debtor so an _"ted may apply fllr his discharge, and the court has the power to discharge the prisoner or not, but the order of the court may be j'pealeù from by the creditor if the discharge he granted. The next clause, the 7th, directs that no person shaH b made a bankrupt fnr any act committed twelve months ntfore. 1 JY the next clause tl«e "rius which lay upon a bankrupt for conccrtmg an act of Bankruptcy with his attorney is removed. Thf9[hc!au<fsatesthata)n?nm!ty bfm?<'eahank- rupt by any one to whom he owes e50. or two persons .LiD, or three or more persons XK'b, or upwards and it "ho?,, d )t is not due, but IS coming tine, miiy joiniu;'e?t?"6 ?'tL one whose debt .,IIMF,T OF PI(AUD. 1, U, 1,; By the 32d clause it is enacted, that any bankrupt not surrendering himself and submitting ue examined, or refraining to make a discovery of his estate and effects, or not delivering them ur his books up, or conccaling any property to the value of 10, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and be liable to transportation or imprisonment with or without hard labour. Anrl by the 34th section it is enacted, that any bankrupt who shrill destroy or falsify anv of his books, or make false eiitrj^i, therein, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and be liable to imprisonment with or without hard labour. 1 he same guilt attaches by the obtaining tmods under false p'eteuces, on credit within three montns of bis bankruptcy, or removing any that he has obtained, and concealing them, and f ;ie court who con- duct tne fiat are empowered by tne 3Cth section to pro- secute for these offences. TIlE cr:r..TlIrICAiP:. I The 37th section directs the aliowance of the certificate I and discharge for all debts which the bankrupt owed at the tiiie of issuing of the fiat If he shall have conformed in every respect to the refprirements of the law but the release is oBly a personal oue, aod \\iU IJOt di"charge a partner who has not himself conformed. The certificate is denied by the 3Sth section in cases when the bankrupt shail !J;¡H lost £2ü by iramiog In aoy one day, or oC200 in twelve months, or £ 200 by stock jobbing, or when he shall have been guilty of auy of the offences just enu- merated. The certificate is to be granted at a public sitting, of which twenty-one days' notice is to he given in the Loudon Gazette, and it is not to be a full discharge, unless the court, under hand and seal, certify to the court of review a full conformity with the terms of the act. All contracts to induce creditors to forbear opposition are made void, and in the event of any creditor obtaining mouey or goods a an inducement to forbear he is made liable to a fine of treble the value of whatever he has received. The certificate is to Ic. i/rai/ti d by the jiedi/es, and itol depend Oil the signatures nftlw creditors us heretofore. AL,T.OWANCE TO BANKRUPT. I By the 41tli section is decreed, that every bankrupt who shali have properly conformed, shall be allowed out of his estate 5 per cent, aud not exceeding £ 400, where the creditors have received 10s, in the pound 7t per cent., and giot exceeiiin,4 £ 500, if 12s. 6d. he paid and 10 per cent., and not exceeding £600, if 15s. be paid the allow- ance not to be made till twelve months after the fiat has been issued, anil till the requisite dividends have bten paid. If after the expiration of twelve months, the estate should not have paid 10s. in the pound, the court are cmpowaer1 to allnw the bankrupt 3 per cent., and not more than C300. out of the proceeds. And by the 45th section it is decreed that out; partner may receive the allowance, though others should not be entitled. PAYMENTS IN FULL. Clerks and servants are to be allowed three months. wages or salary, alld the court may order wages not exceeding forty shillings to be paid to a labourer or workman. The as-djnees are empowered to take out search warrants to investigate all matters of doubt, so that they may come to a correct decision. These are the chief provisions of the Act in which the public will be generally aud practically interested for the working of its more technical machinery, we must refer to the Act itself. Pages 17 to 41. I GI?NI;HAL EFFECT OF THE ACT. I The whole effect of this Act appears to be this, that in the first place it becomes the rule of law in all cases of ba!JkrHpty; that, to fal:ilitate the creditor's lÍ¡!ht, the bond formerly necessary from the creditor petitioning for a fiat, may be disprused with. The amount nccessary to entitle a creditor or creditors to a fiat; is reduced tu one debt of amounting t-o¡;dher to £íO, or three together to £ '100. The acts by uliell bankruptcy are incurred are more specifically stated, and where no act can be rcadiy proved, the creditor may, after affidavit of the debt, call the debtor into court upon a summons, and there claim his debt and thiis is elabled, ;It* tl)e debtor can neither deny nor pay the debt, or if he rdues to answer to the summons within fourteen days after its ervice, can compel a bankruptcy as a matter of course. Ou the occurrence of the bankruptcy the whole of the debtor's cSects become immediately vtsted i i the creditors through the official assignee, while means are devised for securing the money after its rtiiiizittitin and for its proper (listri'iution. Further, the allowance made to the debtor out of his estate is nnt.to he paid until twelve months afta the fiat, and until the dividend. the amount of which t'nti; him td it are paid. A creditor whose debt is not due may join in the petition with one whose debt is due and a creditor may cdfer reasous to tliC CJt::t why a debtor's certificate should nJt b, granted. On behalf of the debtor the Act provides for his pro, t.ecti m against any false claim by enabling him to come into court and deny or disprove the debt, or any part of it; or, in the event of its being just, allows him to pay or offer to pay or compound with his creditors within fourteen days after service of the summons to appear, and screens him from vexatious process by assigning him costs for appearing to unnecessary summons. The Act decrees, that no man shall be made a bankrupt for any act com- mitted more than twelve months before the issuing of a fiat; and a debtor is to have notice when adjudged a bankrupt, and is allowed five days to show cause against the adjudication before that adj udication is advertised. The allowance made to a debtor out of his estate, provided he conform to the rules of the Act, is to be 5 per cent., and not exceedinir e400, if JOs. in the pound be paid 712 per cent., and not exceeding £500, if 12s. 6d. be paid 10 per cent., and not exceeding £ 600, if 15s. be pgid and one partner may receive allowance though another be not entitled to it. The loss of £20 by gaming in one day, of £ 200 within twelve months, or of £ 200 by stock jobbing disentitles a debtor to his certificate; and the concealment or destruction ot books or fraudulent entries in them or the concealment of any part of his property, or the proof of a fraudulent debt under the fiat with a view to defraud the creditors, will have the same effect. The refusal to sur- render and submitting to be examined to make discovery of his estate or to deliver it up, togeher with his books, or the concealment of property to the amount are acts of felony, and makes him liable to transportation for life, or imprisonment for seven years. The destruction or falsification of books with a view to defraud, is made a misdemeanour, which incurs the liability to imprisonment for three years. The certiifcate is not as heretofore to depend on the creditors, but is to be given by the court if it adjudge that the debtor has in every respect conformed to the rules of the Act. Twenty-one days' notice is to be given of the sitting, at which it is to be allowed in order that any creditor may oppose it; but it is of no avail unless sealed, and certification be given to the Court of Review that the debtor has fully conformed to the Act. The certificate frees from all prior debts. [End of the analysis of the Act for the Amendment of the Law of Bankruptcy passed the 12th of August, 1842.]

ill:: GRAVE OF Bt'RNS. Fresh as the flower, whose modest worth He sang, hi" czeiiu,, glinted" fonh. like a -,t.,ir tlt:tt tOLIC"Iil)g LaVtll, For so it seems, Doth glorify its humble birth With matchless beams. The piercing eye, the thoughtful brow, The straggling he-art, when be they now ?— Fall soon tiie aspirant of the piou^li, The prompt, the biave, Slept, with the obscurest, in the low And silent grave. W ell might I mourn that he was gone W! lose light I hailed when first it shone, When breaking forth as Nature's own. It showed my youth How verse may build a princely throne Oil humble truth. Ai m.' where'er the current tends, P.rgret pursues and with it blentis,- H ige Crilfel's hoary top ascends By Skidd iw seen,— Neighbours we were. ,i!icl loving friends ) We might have been; True friends, though diversely But heart with heart and mi.id witli mind, W here the main fibrt's are entwined, TltrvlJgh aturt"" skill.. May ev'n by contraries be join'd More ciosel;7 still. I M <>r Isicur'h's Last Volume. of Poems. E1

I HE BITF.!? BIT.—(lluisToi. MARRIAGE. )  E InTI::{ BIT. BtISTCl. ,L:uu.\GE.) [ From the Cupidity is always credulous. the shark bites at a red rag. The rapacious grasping tiiaii is nu easy dupe. In most cases of imposture it will be remarked that the suf- ferer's greedioe-s 111's led him into the snare. Yet the dul,e ii I)itied by people u ho doa't asK themselves the question what lie was about, what was the character of the spiculation in which he was overreached. I'lic r(.giie oit,ii aufles tor I.is victim with the temptation of a rfguery, half ti-e fraud which succeed in the world would tail if they encountered a few h ntst scruples on the part of the persons on whom the attempts are made. An old gentltman is tuld tiiat a youug woman with a lartre fortune is in IlJv with him, he believes it because he t is instantly ardently iu love w ith her fortune, lleconsents readily to marry her without having seen her. for all that he cares about is htr money, Th«.ut;h his affianced is a low, uncducatt (f, valour woman, he is not deterred frpm i his match wl.en he at la.st sees what she is mi, her sup- posed money makes him ipiite conteut with his engage- II went; and it is only when he discovers too late that the woman has 1,0, the fortune upon hich he had fixed his affcctinii.s, that he tiuds out also that the lady is more fit to be his servant than his wife. He has a right to com- plain of the imposture, hut hot that his wife is a low per- son, uneducated, auti vulgar, for that he must h1t\e per- ceived (uuless the love of litfruione) had completely hliuded him) in the at quaiutance, short as it WHS, before Ills mar- riage. 1 iie whole is a fraud hut ffif,rk the s, r did motive that has made the man the easy ilnpt. If lie had beta iuformcd fh.it a womau without fortune was in love with him lie would probabiy have laughed at such a clumsy attempt to take him in, 01', if very credulous and vtry suseeptmle, would at least have ii,si>ttd oil an ac- quaintance, and on assuring himself that the lady was agiteabie, and of a ch.uaclir that would promise him hap- piness and rtspectanility. hut in the case of a fortune, the lortune, and nothing but the fortune, was thought of We confess that we have no pity for a dupe 01 this kind, j and the example should [joint me moral of tiie dai.ger ol I Soldi.! cupidity- In a larce proportion of the cases oi frli..ù IC:\t to the vl¡!t.y of the impostoi is the mcauuess, or tAoiiie [Ðall meaiiueas, 01 the dupe. USE"UL HINTS TO SHIPOWNERS. — It is well known :0 ''hemists that carbonic acid gits j, a substance which immediately eX'.iiieuisiie. fi.e, the existence of ih ■ la tier b:i .g totally incompatible with the presence ot the ga nent ouamu y of thi.- gas uil !> >nr d in reservo i rs, lor A..eminent m.»n has aivi -cd thai ml ship., should carry a L I .l t .11 or piwciifijii ef h csc dies at sea vvaic h

A LORD AND LADY-HORRIBLE DEPRAVITY, J It will excite the surprise and of course the disgust also of the simple-minded and virtuous population in the rural I parts of the Principality to learn that in London women are every day bought and suld-and that too under cir- cumstances infinitely more revolting and iniquitous tnan are seen even in the Slave Trade itself! A case of this kiud was recently brought before Mr. Long, the police magistrate. Lord Frankfort and a Miss Alice Lowe, a singularly lovely gill, were the parties. Thedetaiisart- too disgusting for publication. Suffice it to say that (probably through one of those detestable procuresses with which the metropolis abounds—a Fanny Mitchell was named) this young creature was shut up in the house of nis lordship, for the gratification of his lordship's Set,- suality during six entire weeks she never quitted the sensual stye of his lordship's house; and when his lord- ship's animal appetite was sated, the girl went away taking with lrr it is alleged certain articles of jewclJery-not however (so his lordship affirmed) as the price of her prostitution, for he charged her with having stolen them. The girl is now in custody, having been remanded until Saturday, (to-morrow.) In the coutse of Lord Frankfort's examination, the tol owing occurred:—Mr. Adolphus asked him "What did she say when shc came ? She said she would stop.— Without you ever asknig her to do so, or suggesting any thing of the kind ? Yes.—And you were together night and day for about six weeks? That is so.—Had she dresses sent into your house whi e she was with you ? She had. I supplied her with those things after she came. —Did she go out to order the dresses? No. I used to order them myself under your lord- ship's protection did she ever go out at all, other by day or night ? No.—Was it by your lordship's desire that she was kept so secluded while with you? It was ac- cording to our agreement. If she chose to stop with me, those were the terms."

THE AMERICAN TREATY—BOUNDARY I QUESTIONS. In the course of some observations on Mr. Feathers- tonhaugh attempted defence of the recently concluded treaty, the Globe pertinently says:-Ali that America has gained in the way ot concession from Great Britain has been at the expense of" rigoh t," "good faith," and strict justice;" while all that America has conceded is the result of the physical impracticability of what is first insisted oil We have made sacriifces it is admitted, and VU been prodigal of concessions to those whom Mr. Featherstouhaugb describes as our best customers." He probably agrees with a weekly contemporary, who appeals rather oddly, to the worth of the beef and pork now in bond at Liverpool," as articles that ought to be weighed by those who attach importance to such nominal matters as British honour and interests. It is true that Mr. Featherslouhaugh contempiates the possi.bili.ty of our making up for our concessions to America by- a vigorous assertion of all our rights with our neighbours ui Europe; which is perhaps an antici- pation of the proverb, about having to fight another day, that may be hereafter realised. It is, however, but p. poor plaister for wounded honour, to calculate on making up for a submis ion to an iiictignity from one side bN, a display of valour 111 another direction at some future period. It is the safer as well as the most dignified course to insist on nothing that is not fair and right; or, perhaps, even we unght admit that a demand from one nation to another should also be consistent with what is called good policy; but this ground having oaCe been taken up, the ministers who recede from it betray the honour and interests of the country they are permitted to govern.

POST OFFICE OUDEUS.—We fully concur with the Caruarvon Herald in all the following observations. We find that some judicious alterations have been made in the ?ive I)een made in the regulations relative to the issuing of the Post Oiiice money orders The new arrangements will we understand, tend to render, if possible still more safe than heretofore, the transmission ot small sums of monev. It is gratifying to find the public in general becoming more and more sensible to the advantages offered to them bv so truly national an institution as" ,Or,le)- Office," as evidenced by the increased and increasing numbers tbatavnil themselves of the Opportunities which it ailords. Its advantages can scarcely ue adequately appreciated. It guarantees the safe transmission of any sum from Is. to 40s., for the small charge of 3d., and from J.;2 to X5 for 6d., to all parts of the United Kingdom—thus embodying, as far as equal ratls tor the most unequal distances are concerned, the great principles of Mr. ILowland Ilih's postage plan, and merely charging the rate as a small insurance for safe delivery, and to cover the expenses. We are glad to state that there has been, in the Carnal van Post-ofiice, an increase in the amount remitted during the quarter ended in July last, of A'-iOt) and upwards, over the corresponding quarter of last year-the amount of increase in the number of letters being one hundred and twenty. We believe also that a similar increase has taken place in other post-offices, more or less, throughout the Kingdom. The iucrease in the amount of business transacted by the office must add con- sidernbly to the duties of Post-masters — an important class of public servants, and one whose services are uot in all cases duly remunerated. We are not advocates for a wasteful outlay of public money, but as the transit of a cash remittance, per Post-office Order, necessarily in- creases the responsibilities and duties of the officers, we think toat in equity they are entitled to a remuneration proporlioual to the extent of the business they transact. G) BOON'S flisrORY.-It was most unfortunate that Gibbon's irreligious follies should have been transferred to his "Decline and Fltll of Rome," for in all other res- pects he stauds at the hetid of the hUtorians of his time, liis copiousness of knowledge, his rich though formal style, and his singular power of arrangement, rendered his vast history the first in the world. Its massiveness of magni- ficence reminds us of the architecture of antiquity one of those Great Basilicas, at once a palace, a seat of judg- ment, and a temple, exhibiting boundless ornament, I costliness, and solidity of material yet degraded by many an impure emblem, filled with talse worship, and breathiDg the iaceuse of the passions. BlackivojJ for Odohcr, "A PRACTICAL STurmi" controverts the assertion Of a contemporary that the land-rail is little other than one lump of fat," the bird being "extremely lean;" neither (says be) are they bad to keep," for he "has h,-d them by him for several days, before skinning and stuffing them." lie has bought them in Edinburgh, Newcastle, Manchester, and Liverpool, for from is. to Is. Gd. per brace. Our correspondent, in conclusion, wishes to know from some naturalist, how it is that all birds begin first to decay on the left side ? i. e., if a birJ be laid on his back for skinning, with its feet towards you, it is the side of the abdomen next your left thumb, where decay first takes place." Our p. wh j also is A Practical informs us that his experience does not coincide with that of our correspondent. He always finds, he says, when he has a plump bird on the table before him, that it is nut "the Lo FT side" that decays first. But he admits that after the one side has disappeared, the left side" very soon follows 1 — Gateshead Observer. THE MONTH OF OCTOHER.- The historical events I during the thirty-one days in this mouth include seven great battles which have had a special influence upon the destinies of human nature. The first is that of Salamina, which delivered Greece and saved civilization. It happcned ou the 20th of October, 480 years A.C. The second and third were the battles of Issus, and Arhela, which assured to Alexander the conquest of Asia (29th and 2d of October) The fourth is that of Philippi, in which perished the last of the Romans, and with them llomau liberty (23d of October). The fifth was that which saved Constantine, upon the banks of the Tiber, almost at the gates of Rome, The victory made him sole master of the Roman empire, aud raised the Christian relitnou upon the throne of the Caesars (2Sth of October). The sixth is the celebrated battle of Lepanto. which delivered for ever Kurope from dread of the lurks; and, like the battle of Saiamis, saved a second time civilization (7th of Octob, r); in short, the seventh is the battle of Jena, gained by Napoleon over tlit; King of Prussia, in which, says a French historian, an army, believed to he invincible, was dispersed id stipuium ante faciem rcnti. All the world knows the importaut re- suits of that day. A DI)SE F()It A DOCTO.,t.-A medical man, who prac- tises in Sovitii Dtirlitiii, on the ball ks of the Tees, was formerly in the habit of hiring hack horses for his pro- i tessional journeys; but, patients and profits iiierea,ttig" He recently purchased a tit, that he might have "a horse of Ills OWII." jt would seem, however, that lie had not mad e the Queen acquainted with his favourable change in his circumstances; and Her Majesty, threlore, received no advantage from the addition to his establishment. But tne eye ot a qoverulllerll functionary was upon the flourishing Practitioner; and the other day, when the latter was trotting through the streets, the assessor came alongside of him, and observed, with all air of perfect in- nocence., "That's a nice hit hack, Sir, YOU'Vl' got asH ide upon." H ack I" exclaimed the offended medical: "what d'ye mean by ca]]ing- wy hurse a hack?" "Oil!" rejoined the Queen s caterer, "it's your own horse, is I'll send you a paper to fill up, Mr. K- promise of a paper of powders to Mammy's darling, } to physic the worms, could not have been less acceptable tlitu the assessor's pledge to the soil of i,iu:i.- Gateshead Observer. 11I:MEDY FOR SEA-SICKNESS. —Take as much Cay- enne pepper as you call bear in a basin of hot soup, and all sickness, nausea, or squeauushness. will d.sappeur.

THE CONSPIRACY AT BRISTOL. j j The extraordinary conspiracy, th'? details of which appeared in the Mercnni of Saturday last, still continues to occupy a very large share of public attention, not only in this city, but in the metropolis and every other part of the kingdon, from lolin O-Groat's to tlit,- Land's Et Id When Ann Bryers st began to practise on the credu- lity of her too cor i ,g- relative, she employed the name of a daughter of a i,. :ilv respectable gentleman of Kings- down, and not that of the amiable lady, Miss King, which she afterwards so unwarrantably used to further her designs; and which we regret has been forced before the public by the legal proceedings. Th immortal bard has said, "The course of true love never did run smooth," and so in the present instance, it stood upon the choice of friends," all of whom upon the lady's side, with the exception of a venerable aunt, were averse to Miss forming the alliance matrimonial" with any man. The maiden aunt, Mrs. was well to do in the world in fact, she was what in worldly phrase is denominated ,ii,, d it litppened "a forty thousand pounder:" and it happened (according to the statement of Bryers ) that good Mrs. did not get her dividends regularly, and was under the necessity of writing to her dear boy," as in her letters she used familiarly to call Mr. V\ 'dley; w')° nothing suspecting. sent the cash, Bryers comfoi^nS him with the assurance of speedy and ample return for L:<; money, and producing for his perusal a regularly dravvn-up will, by which the old lady left the smitten Miss C20,000, her dear boy £ •3,000, and sundry other legacies. requested he would become the custodian of this document, to which, believing it to be genuine, he consented. Aitc" divers letters had passed and repassed, and various arrange- ments had been made and postponed, and some seventy' pounds of good and lawful money had been handed over to Miss Bryers for the temporary use ot Miss the former lady thought the time arrived at which it was advisable to change her tactics. She then disclosed the unconquerable passion of Miss King, and lm-ing induced him to converse and think of the ncwly-prolfered alliance, she forged or caused to be forged a letter from Miss upbraiding him for his inconstancy, and declining from that moment the further favour of his suit The impu- dence of Bryers is beyond all comparison it has already appeared that once or twice in the course of the sup- posed courtship, Mr. Woolley's mind was visited by some faint glimmering of doubt as to his own powers of con- quest, and oil those occasions he took some measures to test the trurh of the matter. In one instance a fricnd suggested to him the necessity for caution. Bryers, who overheard the conversation, took no notice of it at the fmr, but in the course of the morning told him,without any reference to it, that she had been invited to take tea with Mrs. King, at Brislington, and would be glad if he would walk as tar as the house with her. iNI r. Woolley accompanied her within sight of illrs K. 's residence, and then returned to Bristol. The next day he accidentally met a gentleman who, in the course of the conservation, assured him that he hud seen Miss Bryers at the Theatre the previous night. Miss B., on being taxed with it. stoutly denied that such was the case, blamed his want of confidence and generosity, and told him she would pro- duce a letter from Mrs. King which would establish her veracity, It has been ascertained, that different sums intrusted to her to pay tradesmen's bills have not been so applied; and there is no doubt on the minds of those who have witnessed her recent extravagance in dress, and other matters, that she expended those sums, and the C20 clieck (which she obtained upon thepret. nee that Miss King wanted it to convince her brother that Mr. W oolley was a respectable man, and kept a banking account), in the purchase of finery for herself and the impostor Morgan. The fugitives have been remanded till Wednesday next, but we are assured, upon good authority, that Mr. Woolley will not proceed against them, and that they will consequently be liberated — Abridged from the Bristol Mercury of Saturday. c:az:;¡.IIr'RJ

AL G it I c u 11 T u it 1!11. I Though Hme lias been applied to land almost from time immemorial, for the purpose of increasing the quantity of produce, we are yet very imperfectly acquainted with the process by which the action is exerted, or with the quantity that is required Oil dif- ferent soils to produce the result. The effects of lime are in many cases certain and abundant, but the mode of operation is yet unknown. Numerous speculations have been entertained on the subject but the best informed and more experienced practical men suppose lime to act as an alterative in rendering stiff soils less adhesive, breaking she firm texture, and changing them into a state more porous to the roots of plants, and more conducive to vegetable life and also as a stimulant by exerting an influence on other substances in the soil, by converting them more readily into food, or by quickening their action. On soils lIearly similar in composition, lime has produced very different effects and on lands of a very opposite nature it has produced results which must have proceeded from causes unseen and unknown to us, and if known might be beyond our control. Altogether agriculture is not more unfavourably pitted than other art; for the greater part of human knowledge is derived from es- tablished facts and analogical deductions, to be proved, confirmed, or rejected by practical application.

LODOZETTE. I Friday, Oct. 7. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.—John Weston Paimer.OId Buekenham, Norfolk, grocer. Ii 4XKRUPTS.—John Charles Smith, Woolwich, grocer. —Will rim Matthews, Bushey, Hertfordshire, carpenter.— John M'Connal, Liver pool, tea-dealer.— Benjamin Holmes, Birmingham, boot-maker.—John Burton, Levenshulme, Lancashire, victualler. Tuesday, Oct. 11. BANKRUPTS. — Samuel Thorp and Thomas Thorp, Manchester, merchants.—John Thomas Boor, Lower 1 hamss-streer, eating and lodging house keeper.— Alexander Jacob, Manchester, merchant. Thumas M'Conkie and Adam llowie, Lambeg Down, bleachers, and traders in Lancashire.—-George Davenport Thomas, Wetn, Shropshire, grocer, ironmonger, and i,.i-iltstei-. John Thorp, Manchester, merchant.-George Ridley, formerly of Mincing-lane, afterwards of St. Mary-at-IIill, and Southampton-street, Cainherwell, now of Gould- square, City, wine and spirit merchant.

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E E ILL V CAL K SBA Sfc. THE Moon on the 19th October, at lib. 12m. morn. Th e Moon rises Oct. lo.— 3h. 27m. P.M. Oct. 1). 4h. 29m. P.M. 1(3.— 3h. 41m. 20. 4li. 51m. 17.- 3ii. 5- 21. 511. lUm. 18.- 411. Ilm.- The Sun rises. Clock after Sun. The Sun sets Oct. Ii, 2111). Mm. 6 StC. oh. fim. 2!.6h.35m. 151,?- see. 4h. 53m. Oct. lG. Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity. Proper lessons, morning, llabak. 2, Luke 2 evening, Prov. 1, (ialat. 2- Oct. 111. Length of day, IOTJ. 37m. Day's decrease from the longest d-,ii,, 511. 57,x,. ditv breaks 41t. 3-im. twilight ends, Oh. 57m. Oct. 18. Haverfordwest fair. Quarter Sessions commence this week. TIDE TABLE. HtGH WATER at BRISTOL, during the week. .Morning. !,I F.venin I' CUll/hal. 1 fla,tlwrst g. Gall's. II. M. j II. M., FT. INC. FT. INC. Oct. 15 4 10: 4 37: 24 7 i 13 4 Id 5 1 5 20 26 10 115 7 17 I 5 41 5 59 is 3 17 0 18 C (j 31 i; 29 4 IS 1 19 G 49 7 7 i, 30 4 19 1 20 7 20 7 3fi I 30 6 21 7 47 I 8 8 j, 30 ti I 19 3 EQUATION OF THE TIDES.—Thesetquations, applied to the above table, will give the approximate times of HIGH WATER AT THE FOLLOWING PLACES: — II. M. a. M. Aberystuith ndd 0 15 liolytie,i(I te,,i 45 Carmarthen-bay sub. 1 5 Liverpool ndd 4 l i Cardigan-bar sub. 0 15 Luudy Isle sub. 1 3n Cauliff-road sub. 0 55 Milfoi (I iiaven..1 30 Carllarvou add 1 45N,7p,,rt, sub. 0 45 stt,5. 0 Chepstoiv sub. 0 L'llSwansea-bar .tub. 1 45 Pishguard-buy sub. 0 3uThames' mouth, sub. 5 5)

3XAUKI2TS. I I WEEKLY REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN f MARKET. (From the Mark Lane Express of Oct. 15.) I The quantity of wheat en which duty was paid previous to the 5th of August (together in round numbers 700,000 qrs.) was cleared out of bond from time to time by the millers for immediate use instead therefore of commenc- ing on the new crop, with a stock of old Foreign Wheat of nearly three millions, the quantity then on hand in the dif- ferent parts of the kingdom did not much exceed two millions, and a considerable proportion of that has since passed into consumption. The land works admirabiy, and a larger breadth of Wheat had been committed to the soil 1\ than is usually the case thus early in the season. This is an important step gained, and may be regarded as the foundation for a propitious crop. Farmers have been so j busy with out-door labours appertaining to the season that u little time has been afforded for thrashing, and at most of tj the markets in the agricultural districts moderate supplies of Wheat have been brought forward this, with a demand for seed, and a slight improvement in the enquiry from the miiicrs, have checked the decline in prices, and ia partial 1 cases a trifling advance has even been realized for the finer qualities. At a few of the leading maritime ports prices have also made a stand, holders of free Foreign hav.. « ills shown less anxiety to force sales. The arrivals of English Wheat into London have been moderate. The arrivals from abroad have been very small this week, only 900 qrs. having been received but there are a considera- ble number of vessels Wheat laden close at hand, princi- pally from the Mediterranean, many of which will no doubt get up in the course of the next eight days, and their cargoes be landed under lock. We have not heard of any sai's of bonded wheat, although there have been occa- sional inquiries for the article, we believe, for shipment to Belgiu."1!! the prices asked by holders have been too high to allow oi the few orders which have been received from that quarter bcio? executed, J The accounts l'om Birmingham, Bristol, and the ad- joining markets are generally dull. At the former place on Thursday there was more .Foglish wheat offering than could be disposed of, and its Vuhte had a downward tendency. At Bristol, quotations UQuC.went no change, but the enquiry for both home-grown and foreign \\h",t was languid in the extreme. MAitK-LANE, MONDAY, Oct. 10. S. 8.1 s. f- Wheat.HngL, red 5 0 to 55 Rye, foreign — White 54 6??Oats, En?t.Poland 21 24 Fine red 56 651 Potatoe 21 -24 Do. white 68 — 72] Feed 17 — 20 Scotch — Scotch, Potato 22 — 24 Uo. white. Fine 23 Foreign, reJ.W 511 Irish, Potato 16 18 Uo. %vilite. -1 Feed H-16 Russian, red.. -?Tares per quarter 40 barley. Malting..31 —34Rapeseed37?.to40/. I)istillilig.27-30 per last of 10 qrs. Gi iiming 22 26 Clove rseed,red,for. Beans, Tick, 27 32 White, do. Harrow 32 —34! English Pigeon 34 — 38 Linseed, Baltic aad Peas, Boiling 31 — 3i Russia 40—42 Hog 28 30 Flour, Town-made 31aple 30 32 and best country Malt, Brown 5n — 50; marlis 41-48 Pale 5G 60, Yorkshire. llye, English 32—36. Norf.& Suffolk 40 -42 I Wheat I IJarley I 0? I, Rje_ I Beans I Peas Average of the I I Peas Ô ?,ks uhich I j regulates the | ,?g,ilat,s theS.- I '? 1 1'27 6! 13 5 30 6 33 4 33 o UmiM payable ItSO (J 018 0106.96 96 Ditto on gram ) from British pos- | I sessions out of | Hurupe. j?o 26J2026 1010 PRICB OF BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Breid in the Metropolis are fi-otii 71,1. to Sd. of tiouschold ditto, Cd. to 7Jd. peI 4IlIs. loaf. BUTTER, BACON, CIIEESE, and HAMS, per Cwt. NEWIUISHBUTTER.S. S. CHEESE. 8. 8. S I i,,?o N?Ell-I ITIS 11 BUTTER.7!S6 78 ? DoubJeGloucester 56 64 Carhm- 93 Single ditto 50 56 ENGLisnBuTTER,per firk. Cheshire 56 76 Dorset 56 — BACON, New. 36 54 FOREIGN Middle 48 — PrimeFriesIami,ct.I05 — H AS, York. 70 80 Do.Kiel 104 — Westmoreland 66 74 SMITH FIELD CATTLE MARKET, Oct. 10. (Per 8 th.to sink the offal.) d. s. (i. d. s. d ltifei-ior Beists 2 10 3 0 Southdown Sheep4 0 4 6 6 Large coarseCalves3 6 4 0 Prime large oxen3 8 3 lOi Prime small do. 4 2 3 6 Prime Scots, &c.4 0 4 2, Large Hugs. t 0 4 6 Inferior Sheep.. 3 0 3 4(SmalI Porkers..4 8 5 0 Second quality.. 3 63 gÎSuckling Calves18 t) 30 0 PRICES OF SOAP. YellovvSoap 45sOd to 50s 0diMeltingStuff3ts0d to—sOd Mottled do.52s Od 5 Is 0d|Rough ditto.21s Od -so(i Curd do 62s Oil.. Os odl Graves, 16s. and good dregs, 5s. per cwt.; Rough Fat average 28. H?d. per 8)bs. 4. ll'(1. per 811)s. CURRENT PRICE OF HOPS, Oct. 10. 18JO. per c?t. I 1841 per cwt. 18JO. I 1841. Kent Pockets. 90S 102s Kent Pocheta. HOstM Choice 108s !a0s :hoice Pockets. 135s )70 Sussex Pockds. 80s 90s Sussex Pockets. !06s 112 Choice. gds 102s Choice Poekets. lith 122 East Kent. 100s 108s FastKetitpockets 130b 110 Choice 115s 132s Choice 180s200 RAW HIVES, Sil EEi) SKINS. at per stone of 14lbs. Per skin. s. d. s. d. I s. d. s d. [3est 5 10 6 2 Market CaH.(i 6 86 Middling hides.. 5 4 5 8 Lon woolled sh. 3 0 4 0 (nfprior ditto 4 8 5 01Sh(ii-t ditto 2 6 3 4 LONDON HAY MARKETS—SATDEDAY. Smithfield. Whitechapel. Coarse Meadow Ilay 65s SOs tiOs 80s llay 85s 112s 80s 115s WheRtStraw. 3Ss 40s S8s 409 Fine Upland and Rye Grass 90s 93s 90s 918 WOOL MARKETS.—BRITISH. Down Ewes and Wether 100. to WAd. Down T™ nd. to 12d. Down Wethers 9jd." lio,s 91Ù.   lIalf-bredH,.gs 12d. to 12Ad. Fiannel Wool 8id. to P2d. Illaiiket Wool 53. to 7d. METALS. s. IRON, Eng.—Bar ton 6 0 0 ])0. Cargo in Wales. ton 5 5 0 Hoops ton 8 15 0 Sheets ton 5 50 Pig, No. 1 ton 4 0 0 Do. in IVales ton 4 0 0 STEEL, Eng.—Blistered 25 0 Oto45 0 0 Site,it, do. do. 45 0 0 to 80 00 Cast. Jo. do. 45 0 0 to St 00 COPTER, Brit.-('ake ton 87 0 0 Tile tail 84 0 0 Sheets lb. 0 0 0 TIN, Brit.-llIocks cwt, 3 8 0 Hars cwt. 3 10 0 Bana 0 0 Oto3 8 6 Struts. 3 3 6 to 3 4 0 1m Plates-I.c. (box) 1 6 0 to 1 10 0 n' ''?- do. ? 12 0 to I W 0 ?, ?' TBirilt t.—-Pig !9 0 0 ?"?t.ton 18 5 6 ?'t .ton 22 5 0 White (dry) ton 21 0 0 0 0 to 27 10 0 For delivery 0 0 0 to 0 0 0 TEA, COFFEE, COCOA, SUGAR, AND SPICE MARKET. SATURDAY, Oct. 8. TLA.—The Overland Mail from China arrived this m:/rniug, and from the letters, it appears that the British have had au engagement with the Chinese, which proved rather disastrous to the former. The trade, however, was still going on at Canton. The Market has experienced DO fluctuations in prices. A little more firmness, however, is displayed by the holders. The public sales, which were to have taken place yesterday are postponed until Thura. day next. COFFEE.-The public sales have contained 200 casksof B. P., 2,780 bags Ceylon, 1,428 bags East India, 600 packages Mocha; the whole of which went off heavily, and only a part found buyers; and a further decline of la. to 3s. per cwt upon most descriptions was accepted. SUGARS.-— The Market still remains in that dull and inactive si ate as noticed for some weeks past and prices for all descriptions may be considered lower, more parti. cuiarly the low brown sorts. SPICES.-In this market a fair extent of business has been done at full prices. Printed and published for the Proprietors, by Jolim LEWIS BIIIUSTOCKE, at the Welshman Office, situate anil being in Lammas-Street, in the Parish of Saint Peter, in the county of the Borough of Carmarthen—Friday, Oct. 14, 1842.

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