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L 0 N D 0 U rti A P, K L T S MARK-T.ANE, MONDAY, NOV. 24. The arrivals of whe.-t are model ale, and the tiade this morn- ing is quite firm, rmd there !is been a good demand this morning at an improvement inpiiceof Is. per qr. from the currency of this day week. Flour sells more readily, at fully laic nus, There is a free sale for good samples of 1I1.1]ting harlev at last week's piices, but distilling and giindmg qualities are Is. per qr. lower. New beans are Is. to 2s. per qr. lower. White peas are Is. to -!s., and giey yeas Is. per qr, lower. The airivals of oats are large, as leported; but the greater patt of the supply was on sale this day week. Our dlalers pur. chased freely last market day, at a reduction of 6d. t.i Is. per qr.; the trade is firm to-day, and we have had a moderate extent of business at nearly the rates of this day se'nnisrht. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. WHEAT,Essex & Kent, new red 58 6! White 64 08 Old, red (iI (i:3 Ditto 66 1 i RYE,old of 38 New.38 40 BARLEY, grinding,31 34 malting 36 M7 iev,) I iei- 40 Irish 30 Here .() 27 MALT, Suffolk and Norlolk 58 63 Brown .56 GO Kingston? and \Vaie (ill -— Chevalier ..05 — OAIS,Yorksh & Linco'.nsh, feed ''0 27 Potato .ao :i-l Youghall & Coik, black. 27 Cork, while.29 31 Dublin — West port..29 30 Waterford, white. 27 — Black .25 26 Ne-.vry 28 — (.•alwny 25 2n Scotch, feed 2X 29 Potato .20 3-'i CloRinel '-7 23 Limerick 2ti 0 Londonderry 27 23 Sligo 27 2B BF.ANs.Tick, new 12 44 Old, small,52 51 PEAS, Grey 4. <H> i\ l:l pIe. ..4;) 'i0 \V Lite 5-i 61 Boilers 50 fiouii, Town-made.5) «i<> Suffolkf)!) per sack ok"2-80lbs •Stockton iV Noilolk 48 Irish ..f>n 52 FOREIGN CHAIN AiNi-) IN IIONI). WHEAT. Danuio 56 title 02 Hamburg 52 51 Restock 5! 6 Ba rt 1.1; 26 "s OATS, Brew 24 2ii feetl.2S 28 BEANS. 44 4S Pr\s 5! 55 Fi (in K, Amevrean, per barrel-. 28 ,2 Biltie.— — LONDON. IMONUAY, Nov. 24. The ai rivals last week from Ireland were 22,2:33 fit kins butter, and 4.GR0 bales >>acon,;nrd from t<u/tgn ports 5,048 casks hnUm, The Lish butter murket-still continues in a duil and inactive stale, and but a moderate business transacted during the past week; the advices from the Irish markets being high, prevent any material reduction in price, holders n .1 pressing side; The bacoti market is also quiet, the late arrivals having given the dealeis a temporary supply. We experience but a slow sale, as they will only purchase to supply their immediate demand. Prime fresh sizeab'e, 55s. to 5fis,; and heavy, 52s. to 53s. landed on board little or nothing doing. There is more business doing in lard, at a reduction of Is. to 2s. per evvt. Stock and deliveries for the week ending Nov. 22:- LIUIIEU. I A CON. Stock. Delivery. Stock. Delivery, 18!3 50,710 8,790 6.280 2,650 1844 25,640 12,600 4 2,770 3.030 1815 48,130 10,350 4;700 3,7-10 BUTTER, BACON, CHEESE, AND HAMS. IRISH BUTTER (new)# s. CHBI-SE, pei cwt. s. s. per cwt. — — Double Gloucester (V2 08 Carlow, new, on bid. 100 — Single ditto 48 f>2 Sligo 93 — Cheshire !>G 76 Coik, 1st 08 — HAMS. ENlilJSII BunF.N. Irish 50 64 Coik, 1st 08 — HAMS. ENC.I tsir BunF.N. Irish 50 64 Dorset, per fit kin 54 — Westmoreland 66 —• FOREIGN. York (ID 70 Piiin, Frieslaud, ct 104 — I BACON, new 48 62 Ditto, Kiel 100 i i\liddJes — — SMITH FIEL1) MARKET—Nov. 24. From our own grazing districts, the receipts of beasts fresh up this morning were on the increase, arid of considerably improved quality yet, owing to the unusually large attendance of country buyers, the beef tr -de was active, at an advance in the quota- tions of 2d. per Slbs., aud at winch a good cleaiauce was eli'ected. The numbers of sheep being rather mnre than equal to meet the wants of the butchers, the mutton tr./de was in a slug- gish state, and pievious figures welc with dlliculty suppoited. Prime small cjvps sold freely, at full prices; otherwise the veal nade ruled Ouil. The pork trade was again steady, but. no advance can be noticed in prices. Per Bibs., to sink theo.Tal. s. d. s. d. s. a. s.a. Coarse and Inferior Prime coarse wool- Beasts .,2 10 3 0 led Sheep 4 b 4 It, Second quality do.3 2 3 6 PI ime South Downs Prime large Oxen.3 8 4 0 ditto .4 10 5 0 j Prime Scots, &c..4 2 4 0 Largo coarse Calvcs4 0 4 0 Loaise and Inferior Prime small ditto..4 8 5 0 Sheep 3 4 310 Large Hogs 3 10 4 G Second quality do.4 0 4 6 Neat small Porkers.4 8 5 2 Second quality do.4 0 4 6 Neat small Porkers.4 8 5 2 •sucKiiug v>aives, IBs. to ols.; an t quarter-old More rigs, iv to 21s. each. Beasts, 3,624, Sheep, 27,040; Calves, S3, Pigs, 52!. LATEST CURRENT PRICES OF METALS. LONDON, Nov. 21, 1845. JE- s. d rHON-Bara. Wales .f ,m 9 5 0 London 10 0 0 Nail rods K) 10 0 Hoops (Staf.) 11 III 1.1 Slieet 12 10 0 Bars" if 10 U ISculchpigb Clyde 4 0 0 Rails 11 15 0 Russian c CCND.. 15 10 0 PS1 16 0 0 Gourieff 14 10 0 Archangel 13 15 0 Sweedish d, for aniv 0 0 0 011 the spot 12 0 0 Steel, ftigt 16 15 0 he g s c. 15 15 0 z 9a 0 0 'lough cake 03 0 0 Best selected 06 0 0 Ordinary slice's — lb. 0 010^ bottoms 0 Oil' TIN—Com. blocks 0; 5 5 0 brn s 5 6 0 Refined 5 10 0 Straits h 4 U liiitica 4 15 0 TIN PLATES—Ch IO. i bur 115 0 IX lit it 8 2 1 0 Coke, IC 1 IX 1 16 0 LEAD—Sheet k 20 5 0 l,ig, ielitied 21 0 0 common 19 0 0 Spanish, in bd • 13 15 0 American 17 15 0 Sr-ELTER—(Cake)/ 21 15 0 Ainc—(Sheet) export 30 0 0 QUICKSILVEU n "IV N 4 <; REr.N.ioMuTAL v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.vw; 7 2 6 9i r^- t> Nel cash. c Discount 0er e ir iVt(m»0i* B ^e8S & inch, f Discount 3 5 ll0.24 p?1 cent, h Net cash, in bond, i Dis- count o pev cent, Ditto '2.| per cent, Wtca.h bond m Discount 1J per cent. „ d„cou,u 1| p,r cent. For home use it is pei ton. KKIM ARKS. U rrr^^bre5S l,as ,>,en done a,o^ notations in U elsh and Staflordsh.re iron Scotch p,,s have'fluctuated a little, varying: from ,s to 80s. p( r ton, at Glasgow, and the demand is rather improved. COPPER LI AI>, TIN'1'I.ATVS, and T,N( 3re firm, and in good demand lOas pei cwt. has been paid for E1)g]i,h tin, which is an advance of os. per cwt., and foreign is also better. Stocks of both are baie. SPELTKH continues dull. PRES 15NT PRICE OF PIN pTvTLS NEWPORT. Nov. 2-2." s. it. L" s d No. IC. per box 1 li 0 Wistei\s.0 ~Z () No. IX. per box 1 17 o M o ?, 0 No. 1\X. per box. 2 3 0 0 3 tj BRISTOL IIAY MARKET, Nov 26. Hay pei ton. 2 7 6 to 4 0 0 Straw pet' »•»» 0 l 2 to 0 4

FOMEiwii lIT £ LLIW€i:. FRANCE. At Fontevrauit, in Franoa, liie othea day, a young o(fio:i giieving to excess for the loss of his wile, threw himself up her grave and biew out his brains. An ingenious mode 0f smuj B1" iig silk goods down the Rhine and Rhone, by mean* of air-tight z uc tubes, fastened under rafis floated down tlnise rivers, lus ijtely been discovered by the offi- cers of the French customs. PA ms, Nov. 20.0wir.g to the increase in the price of bread, and the exportation of buck-wiieal, considerable agitation would appear to prevail tilong (he coast of Brittany. Some riots have taken place ai Dinan and St. Malo's, whither military reinforce- ments had been marched on the 17th inst. MARSEILLES, Nov, 1:The Snd, government olgan, puh. li,dles this morning an important piece of news, if true :—" Yes- ii-rday, a! ten o'clock, at the moment of the departure of the n".aii from louion, a letter was entrusted to a IPlveller for us, which we publish, with grains of allowance. We may add, h,)WeVlOl. that Ihe author is wi homme serienx, Rnd perfectly" ell known to us A steamer from Orau has just arrived a bulle- tin has been dispatched. Thesubjectthereofisnotsssamatter than the death of Abd-tl-Kader, who, having baen traced and surprised, fled; his hoise, in descending a steep hill, fell and crushed the Emir. His body, though defended with all the des- perate energy of which the fanatics wbo surrounded it wel3 cap- able, re mained in our power." SPAIN.—It is said in the tai'way world, that George Stephen- ton's visit to Spain has saved the English projectors of Spanish railways half ft million of money ;t one coup. SMYSINA—Several shocks of eatlliquakc weie felt at Smyrna. nnd ihedisniet round about during the weak from the Illh to the 18th October. Little damage was done at Smyrna but at Mitylene and the neighborhood, many houses were destroyed. INDIA. Expresses in advance of the Oveiiand Mail have reached Lon- don. The principal news relates to Lahore, where Jowahir Singh, the Wuzzeer, has been put to death by (lie Sikh soldiery, j in revenge for the death ofPeshoa Singh. The Queen-Mother continues to direct the s 1 {>;e aiitirs, amidst much contusion. Tlieie are eiuht or nine lines of iailwsy already pioposed, and likeiy to be formed, in India one in the Mauiitius, one at Syd- ney, and one at the Cspe of Good Mope cf which those in India alone will, it is calculated, require about 600,000 tons of iron, fOi rails, Çb.1ÎIS. :Xc, A ue vsp-qKr w„s published for the first time in St. Helena, in Juco Est, AMERICA. CANADA.—Fiom private sources just received, we learn that the Coverno) Genpra) was determined, at all hazuds, to attend to business, though he was suit suffering so severely, thai little hope was entertained of his recovery. During a trial at Hudson, New V oik, lately, two barristers, one of whom was John Van Burcn, Attornuy-General of the State, and S In of the late President, hail a regular boutat nsty- a.'fls, and was committed for contempt of court. COil N IN THE lJNITFD STACKS.—The New York Herald esti- nutes ihis year's crupot wheat at 125,000,0tl0 bushels. The home consumption, it calculate-, wil/be grenter Ihln in previous years, in consequence of the failure of the potatocrop, but deems !hat 15.000,000 bushels can be spared for expoitaiion. THE ORIC.ON TEHIUTORV.The most interesting feature in the newspaper discussions in America is the Oiegon question. Most of the papets think that President Polk will take hi»h ground in his message, and will lay positive claim to the whole of the disputed territory, and it is even intimated that California •vili be demanded from Mexico, in oider to prevent its falling into the hands of Great Britain or any other European power. A plan of mediation, on the following basis, is said to be coun- tenan ed by the British government, aud is expected to be nude the subject of neguciation — "That the President name four subjects of her Majesty (herefrom to select two, and the Queen name four citizen- lor 'he President to select two, to whom the question is to be given with authority to these four commissioner to choose an •uepire' whose decision is to be conclusive. That in case the commis- sioners so selected do not co.no to ;I,n agreement such as they would consider likely to be acceptable to the majority of the community of both powers lhat then they should designate, as far as practicable, such portions of ihe territory in dispute, same to be regarded os neutral ground, until the vear I860, or as soon afttr as the resident settiers thereon, for five preceding years, .cached 100,600. that then the said resident settlers should have the pnnltge III convention, under terms to be fixed for holding the same. by said commissioners, l;nJ that upon two- tiiirds agreeing to form an independent government, or annex themselves either to the United States or to her Britannic Ma- jes y, but granting to each of said powers equal privileges as to trade, fee. 1 he lands, in the meantime, to he open to actual .esident sett.ers, to the extpnt of 200 acres, if five miles from tide or navigable waters. 100 acres within five miles, and 50 acres if within one mile, one fourth of said 50 acres clear to front the navigable waters; same to be regarded under such autho- rised agency as should be mutually agreed upon by the commis. sioners." ° By the ai rival of the Grot Western, we learn that excitement ún ihe Oregon question increases, and the papers opeuly call upon the President to dem.vid the whole territory OKI-GON.—Within A few days we have read ssveral letters from gentlemen in Oregon, written at the close of the spring, which speak of some suffering in consequence of great freshets, caused bye::ces,ivc rains during the early pHt of Ihe season. Lands that had Dot before been known to overflow, were sub merged, and a good deal of injury was done to crops and build- ing. The same letters speak of the continued arrival of emi- grants over th" mountains. Some of Ihese had sufFered much during th. ir journey, parlieuhrly the laller pint of it, flom want uf food. Cases are mentioned of great destitution, Rnd one in- stance of a family not having a particle of (00:1 remaining when they reached the set1Îellient. The wriiers give it as their opinion th,,1 persons ndvanred ill Ide shúuld not attempt In pass hy land f:om the States to Orcgnn. They find unexpected ditlieuliies, ir.d some which their strength cinoot surmount. Some of the last emigrants will add energy and strength and moral .wcrtit to tire present feeble Ip"pulat:on of Oregon, 2nJ tI. i" no v a nu- dens formed, which, wiih discreet management, will give im- pnltance to lint. LIst growing region. The writers speak of the excitement pfoding the first election fur government (}flieer" Ahhongh so far removed, as it msy be thought heie, from poli. ticil strife, th-pritizensff Oregon had their caucus meetings, and popular meetings very much the same as they had been accus- tomed to lie in the United State;. There were two parties, as we have before mentioned, the Hudson's Bay Company, and the American emigrants; the result was in favour of the latter-by a large majority ,-New York Pllper. NEW ZEALAND. THIRD DEFEAT OF BRITISH TROOPS BY THE NATIVES. We have intelligence from New Zealand, which extends to the 12th of July. It'describes a third conflict between the Eng- lish and'omp friendly natives, and the indomitable Ileki's party. A body of about500 men, composed of regulars offbeat" and 59th refriments, and some militia volunteers, with a party Lorn licr Majesty's ship Hazard, under Lieutenant Phillpotts, who hn l distin ctshed himself so much in the former encollnter-were senl forward" with some lumbering artillery, to storm the pah of Ileki, orwal< wI', a stronoly entrenched fort, with a double stockade, and so built that a six-founder could not get through the sides of the stock- aile. Of the artillery sent with him, a clear idea si;iven in Col. D iscard's despatch, by the narrative of the fact that they ffe- queotlv upset from their own firing. Finding this argument not likely to effect a speedy reduction ofthephcp, a gun was begged from the Hazard, and brought some fifteen miles to the spot, I when it was ascertained that on!y twenty-six rounds of ammunitisn had accompanied it, which, of course, were very soon exhausted, and not e.tsdy replenished. During its fire a daring attack was made on its position from the rear by na- tives, who succeeded in dislodging a parly of the friendly Maous. They were, however, themselves immediately driven back by Major Bridge, with a detachment of the 58th. A storming palny was now, io absence of other means of attack, ordered to advance on the pah, provided with hatchets and axes for cutting away the paliisading of the pah, and with ropes for pulling li. e m down. I hey did so with intiepidity and ardour; but on coming up t" the stockade it was tvund that ihe accessaries required lor en- trance had all been thrown away, or left behind by those ap. pointed to curry ihern. The consequence was, that after heavy loss, the for/olu hope werc obliged to fall Inck, The detach- ment kept their ground before the place in spite of tiiii repuLe, and the movements began at length to take an air of Greater dis- cipline than they had hitherto worn. S .me more heavy and effi- cient artillery was obtained from the hazard, and an adequate supply of ammunition. A rising ground comrnandwg the pah was then sought out and found, nnd. the btttery being placed on it, compelled an §early evacuation of the fort (so says a private letter, but the state ment' is not borne out by Colonel Despanl's despatch), without the further loss ofil man. The spoil, of victory were four gutis and the flag of the flagstaff hater, who, liku Douglas of old. —" is the Heki fatal to all those Do wear those colouis on them."

RAILWAYS.—-This wetok has been a dull and unprofitable one in railway transactions, as the srecu/alors ?on.! jouhers are Inok. ing forward to theresttit of the grand settling day (the 30th iostani), when the bills of the new schemes must. be sent ill. and deposits paid. AVe understand thai the number of applications for new bills relative to Scotland, to he nude thig next session. already anJounts to the unptece tented number of 205, of wl,i" tho principal part are (rom raih.ay companies. The Edinburgh Gazette of last week extended to seventy-two pages, contained no less than sixty.two applications connected with railways. Our oivu government Gazette for the last fortnight formj nearly a large volume of new railway schemes, and bills for extensions, or junctions, gO that there will be no Lick of business fur the members and the lawyeis tins elJslling session. On the whole. the market has bsea pretty sle3,Iy. It was generally supposed in the tiiy that the directors of th_* Bank of England would raise their discounts from 3^ t" 4 per cenr., the same as the Rank of h-etandhas done; but, after a long deliberation, held on Thurs- ILlY, it was decide,1 Ihat, for the present. it should remain ill slain <]"<'• Money is rather difiiau't to be obtained from the peneial discounters, nod at high premiums, and that only on gord sccoriiy. The panic which lias prevailed mav be said to have sJ;o>IJed, and a re-cl!;J11 In tole market \111 soon take place in good ol,1,ler!uklOfS, ar schemes, where their stabi- lity is insured, as neither money nor speculators are wanting when they see a aecurity for their investments.— Mining Journal. THE BRISTOL TOWN COUNCIL AND THE DOCK COMPANY.— The negotiation between the Town Council and the Do. k Com- pany. 'or a lra!!5^;l ''le docks to the city, lias come abruptly to a close. The latter will not take whrtt the former offsr, and there is an end 01 the matter; unless, indeed, the dockers come to their senses and accept reasoua'de terms—-a most remote and improbable contingency, taking into account the past demeanour of the parties. The public can scaicely believe that ai! is over, There had been so many elaborate preliminary movements, and thioi>s appeared 10 he going Oil, so smoothly and harmoniously, •haMhe sharp nnd sudden pii!tn>" at the lust has taken every one by surprise. Nearly all difficulties, too, had been over- come. 1paitiea had agreed, or were likely to agree, on all point's save one. "We will give 2% per cent, interest on the dock shaies," said the Council. We must have 3 per cent," said the Dockets. We won't give 3 per cent. said the Coun. cil "And we won't take 2J," said the Dockers. "Then go )0*the. _t" said the Council. "Amen!" say the citizens. And that, as far ns we can make it out, is the present position ol the "dock question." D is a great disappointment. A Rc.ne. !.Ie {Ie 0' ral fe ling pievaih-d that "something" was going to be done at last orid people began to indulge in romantic visions of docks filled with ships, shops crowded with customers, wages rising, and the value ol land and "house-property increasing in all qua^r. ters. Men were beginning to "put forth the tender leaves of hope," when Io there comes a frost, a killing frost," in the shape of a resolution of the Do- k directory, and hopeful aspiia. tious and anticipations are at fin end. Bnslol is in her old place auain !—the lad in the race of competition with the other poits of the United Kingdom,— Mercury.

r 1WMESTIC NEWS. Ehe Great Western steamtr arrived at Liverpool on the 21st instant. It is said the Queen will probably pay a visit next month to Lord Northwick at NOrlhwick Pork in which cachet Majesty will inspect ins lordship's snlcndid pictuie "allery at Thirlestaine House in Cheltenham. ° A fdct (i!at lilfl maternal grandmother of Lady Adela V illiers also eloped with her husband, the late Ear! of Westmoreland, in the spring of 1782. Mr. Child, the opulent banker, father of the tady, pursued the fugitives on that occasion, and was oa the point of overtaking their carriage, when Lord Westmoreland, from the wimkws of his post chaise, shot one of Mr. Child's horses, and in the confusion arising from the fall of the ho'se pushed on, and was married to the lady at Gretna be. fore her father tcachedthntpiace. The opening of the ports has become a matter of very general consideration throughout the kingdom, the chief manufacturing towns having resolved on petitionino Government in favour ol the desideratum. With famine starin-' a large portion of the Utiited Kingdom in the face, these appeals will carry immense force with Ihem. 1 r It is rumoured that IlIe Iron Duke has been opposed by the t remier in an attempt io introduce the E:srl of Ellenboroui;ii into the Post-office, and that a rupture has taken place in consequeoce Anti-Slavery meetings have been held to a great txtent in Cornwall during the past week. The &tea¡ner Coral'J.II" reppntlv 20!'omplisht:d Ihe \'I)yage from Bristol to St. Ives—a distance'of 170 miles—fo the very sho.t time of thirteen hours and a half. \Y iliiam Cobbett, Esq., banister, and son of the great Cobbett, now lies in the Queen's prison, for con empt of the Court of Chancery, in refusing to pay certain co5ti as oideied. An extensive lire has occurred on the farm piemises of Mr. W alker, of Beeston, near Nottingham by which, damage to the amount of £1000. was caused, of which sum but £400. was in- sured. The fire is thought to have been caused by an incendiary. A scoundrel named John Bryant was charged at rhe Bristol po.icc con.t last week, with having fraudulently obtained from a poor w ,!o v namd Catherine Donovan, the sum of f2 7s., un. fter pietence of having an execution against her for rent. The poor woman submitted to the greatest privation to mice tho sum, and u >s(qoently found that the pretence was false. He was committed to take his trial fur the offence. Ihe Li >n K.ng, Mr. Carter, is exhibiting in the Egyptian Hall, Piccadiily, the Mammoth Hoise—an animal twenty hands high, and weighing twenty-five hundred pounds. He is named Gene al Washington. Mr. Carter is also exhibiting General Tom Thumb, the smallest Shetland p»ny ever seen. The contrast be- tween the animals is rcmark -.ble. There is DO* exhibiting in Bristol a collection of one hundred ani.oa-s of directly oppasitenatu.es, living ,n the most delightful harmony together. ° urj' ^Y^i^i' ^s(l'*f°r Urisiol, has given £ 5. to the \\i.,ow and Orphans Lund ot the Bristol Ancient Order of roresters. Major Henry Simte has been appointed Provincial Grand iW aster ol the freemasons in Bristol, vice Col. D. Bi.llte MP. resigned; and Wilham Dane Bushell, H,q., ha.. been appointed Deputy P.Sjr.M. • r' The Anti Corn-law League intend holding a meeting in Bris- toJ next month. Lord Ducie to preside. Mr. Eve!I, of Dursley, died suddenly on Sunday week, while giving out a hymn to a dissenting chapel :n that pbice. The late Itev. Walker Grey, of llenbmy, has oiven £3000,10 different Biistol charities. ° Richard Whiting, a man residing in Collet,street, Bristol, has been committed to take his trial at the Gloucestershire B^siz^s on a charge of manslaughter, for luving caused the death of his wile by violent ill-usage. The Secretary of State has recommended for the consideration of the magistracy throughout .he kingdom, that debtors com- mitted for fraud or contempt of court, shall be wholly restricted to pri-on diet. and only enjoy the visits of friends once a week. A gentleman, sixty-two years of age, challenges any gentleman of the same age to ride a horse through all his pace> for £15., plsy billiards for £ 15., bagatelle £ 5., a match ata-iieket for £ 1,' and a game at racket and tennis for £ 5. each game, and he cau bo heaid of at the Dolphin Ion. ILiniyy. Sin JAMES GIUHAM ANI> M ANUMcvanrs. The RMit Hon. Secretary of State for the Home Department has suddenly evinced himself a convert, to the extension of manufactures by offering :0 cut up his ia the establishment d factories, workshop" aDd the introduction of manufacturing machinery there, oiving his .eason for so doing, his desire to benefit the district bylntio- docing new channels for the development of industry and for bettcllng the condition of the population. The association for the discouragement of duellino, established in 1842, has just published its second report. Tha number of its memhers i. now between five and six hundred. Of these, nearly tbree hundred are officeis of the army find navy. It contains twenty Peers, among whom are Lord Westminster, Lord Bur. lington, Lord Eifingham, Lord (Denelg, and Lord Stoiuton. The following lMembeis of Parliament are members of the association, whose n:imes we publish, as names are of use against a practice which rests upon opinion, and whose names, as we write them, will show that noblemen and gentlemen of all puties nre united in this good cause ;1he Earl ot Arundel and Lord Ashley, Lord Bernard and Lord Robert (irosvenor. Lord Ehrinoton aód Lord Slndon. Sir Robed Ligiis and Mr. Cowper, Mr. Plumotre and Mr. Ewail, tMr. i'usey and Mr. Chri.uie, Sir Thomas Acland and Mr. lloss Mangles, Mr. Dudley Ryder and Air. Childers Messi». HHUV, Abel Smith, Toiemache, C. Howard, M-Geachy, and Colonel Verner. All these gentlemen, in becoming mem- bers of the association, have declared their intention to dis- countenance, by their influence and example, the practice of duelling"—in other words, ibey will abstain from duds them- selves, end do everything in their power to induce all within the reach of their influence and example to abstain also. It is im- possible not to feel that, within the last two or thiee years, much lias l.e .n done to lessen the hold of duelling on the public mind, and that the improved practice, and the declared opinions of public men, hsve gone much further than even the most sanguine anti-duellist coulf have huped. to make this sinful fashion un- fashionable. 'V w L\r.:o- A ty pajwi' < u err nfnu^, ,f,f \Jld¥T upon duelling, signed by King Frederick William, wherein it is 6lallrol, thai in oa«e of a duei occurring between an offieer and a non-commissioned officer or a civilian, the principal, the bearer or bearers ef the message, the seconds, and all persons concerned in the transaction shall have actually foughtadue); and that in Cdse of the death of ei her of the parties, the punishment shall be confinement in a lorirtss for a period averaging from two months, to two years but should death ensue from any unfair practice, the punishment to be death. JUL INLAND COAL TRADE.—We understand that such is the present demand lor the best Leicestershire coal, especially to go southward, that the proprietors of the collieries are not able to supp.y the wants of the custoaysrs. If this is the case now what must it he when winter sets in. DURLIN, Nov. 20 —A cireumstancehis just occurred, which has thiown a gloom over this city—no less than an announce- ment of the failure'of Messrs. Richard Williams and Co., who have, for perhaps half a century, been the notaries to the Bar.k ol Ireland and Messrs. Latouche and Co., and enjoyed the lepu- tation of being the largest share-brokers in Ireland. This year Lord G. Bentinck has woo 53 races with 25 horses, netting £]7,372; besides a cup, value unknown, being the Sreatestwinnet of the season. A subrcript'on has been entered into at Tewkesbury, for the purpose of supplying the poor of that borough with coals, at a reduced price, during (lie ensning winter. The dinner to the Hon. F. II F. Berkeley, M.P. for Bristol, in tesHroony of his exeriions to amend the law of debtor and cre- itor, took place on Tuesday week, ai the White I,ion, iu that c"y. II was alle"derl by gentlemen of all political parlies, and passed off with much satisfaction. Si>F.r,D. — A special train on the Great Western Railway, con- veying several of the directors from Exeter to London last week, accomplished the distance, 194 milts, in four hourR and nine minutes, including tha usual stoppages, and. io addition, a stoppage of twenty minutes between Extter and Bristol. CHARGE OF MIHIDEPV AT LEDBURY.— Much excitement has been occasioned in Ledbuiy, by a charge of murder hrought against a man named Thomas Dalies, formerly a supervisor^of excise there, arising out of the death of FJizabeth Johnson, whose deaiii he is alleged to have caused at Liverpool in the early part of last summer. The amalgamation of railway companies is now becoming very general. Four hundred and fifty thousand persons bathed in Hyde Park dnnng the late season, with on y one fatal accident. Last week, mmo than thirty vessels, laden with corn, arrived ta the port of Gloucester, principally from Ireland. An Anti Corn Liw meeting will be held on the 1st of of next month, at Gloucester; at winch Moists. Cobdeu, Blight, and others, :He expected to attend. Public baths, on a ve. v extensive scale, are about being formed at Worcester. The sixth anniversary of the Worcester Anglers' Society will take place on the 1st December. Sixty potato-pairings were planted in the last week of May, 1845, upon 150 square feet of land, and the produce wass.x and a half pecks, which is, in round numbeis, something like 470 bushels per sere. The parings were no thicker than usual. M ANUFACTUP. !■OF LOCOMOTIVES ON THE CONTINENT.— Ihe number of railway locomotives ordered o: the different engineers in Prussia is 237 of which number, 78 have been ordered from Messrs. Rosig, Brothers, and Co whose workshops arc n".)r Leignitz. From 900 to 1,000 men are continually employed on these machines, fn Prussia, the price of a s'eum-engine, with its tender, is now about 13,000 dialers,— Mining Journal, BRITISH InON COMPANY.—The half-yearly meeting of this company took pia, on Wednesday se'nnight, at the offices in OidBroad-strtf. The^hair was tnkei. by i^ir George Larpent, Bart., who read the report to the meeting. The leport oi Ihe j receipts and disbursements of the somptny in Oie ha!f year end log in the 30 h June last, and the balance sheet of that duta. both signed by the auditors, were laid upon the table. The state of the company's aft',its at that period was n« follows Debts due by the compnny in promissory notes £ 33,1)00., inter,!Si on the sai,,e £7oG 4s. 8d., t0 other cledltO!S £4243, 13,. 101., making together £ 38,009. 18s. 6J. against which w:e the fol- lowing assets, namely, cash an.1 bills on hand .fi4.54L 12>1.5.1" debts due to the company £3,481. 15J, 5:j., together £13.023, 7s. 10d., which deducted,'leaves lhe balance of debt due by the company on the 30ih June last, £19986. 10. 8r!. As the balance of debt on the 31st December l»*t was £ 107,502., the reduction in the half-year was £ 86,843.15s. Id. Since the 30th of .Iul1e £2,920. 19, 2,1. hall bc¿n rer,elved on calls, II (HI £16,000,01 the debt of £33000. on promissoiy notes had been P'tid reducitTg the sum to f)7.000..which was the amount ou'st.inding in notes. Although the amount of calls In lureH considerable, the directors h id a confident belief that £ 1. per share at the utmost would close the affai.s of this unfortunate company. After a few words from Mr. M'Lauren, Mr. Stewait, 0!,d others, a vote of thanks was unanimously passed 10 the cllairro»n and director?, whan the meeting separated. S^'IHAMPTOU DOCK'.—It has been decided to raise £ 450,000 immediately, for the purpose of proceeding with ihe constiuciiou a i "inner dock at Southampton, to meet Ihe extension of Irade expected fiotn improved railway communication between ,l,e P-"t aud the interior of the country. The dock is to affo,d between 4000 and 5000 feet of additional quay room, and ample warehouse accommodation. I Corke's patent economic firing appears likely to supersede all others. ], j, ,he invention of Mr. Parsons of whom it has been purchased by Mr Coike, who has secured his right by patent. The firi, consists of blocks of various sizes, which ignite on touching Them wuh a lighted match as readily as the wick of a ean<l!e." Those blocks burn with a pu*e brilliant flame, giving out an intense heat. The patent firing is entirely free from smell and fiom dirt—in its ignition it somewhat resembles Cannell coal l)ut is (I)(,re powerful, more brilliant, and more lasting. Ua!iU> the generality of artificial L'tL, it bums admirably in an ordiofirv ciiUt1# A couii'ry gentleman who had taken some pains to uutruct the rustic inhabitants in the proper signs of respect due to |,im, being lately on a horse somewhat given to shy, and oUe.v,„g a lad waking before him, called out. Boy, don t take off your hat t" "I yvorft'l ft su' A

OMNIBUS. TilE BENJ-.FIT OF Go II) TRAINING.—In the recent race for tli vacant Excise Commi^^nership, Charley Ross won in a canter and Manners Sutton was nowhtie. Old Charley has been toi long a whipper-in not to know how to distance a competito when the Treasury stakes were in view. A private letter fiom Palermo, where the Emperor of Russia i: staying, pdues that a roynl contest of politeness oecuired tin other day, when the King of Naples and the imperial visitor wen about to enter a carriage* The point of etiquette to be seltlec was who should take the place of honour, each insisting on giv ing place to the other. This mighty affair ended by the ruler o Naples taking rhe footman's place behind the carriage, amidsi the laughter of the spe. tatois. How like a lacquey king Wa5 there not space enough in the same carriage for two potentatss The letter further states that the kind Bttention paid by the empe- ror 10 the empress, who visits Palermo for her health, is the sub- ject of general conversation and admiration among all classes. It is something marvellous, we suppose, for an imperial husband to !>e gentle and atten ive to his wife. The peculiar mode of placiog the extended finger and thumb against themost prominent feature of the face, called taking a sight," which is generally believed to be a vulgarism of mo- dem orifin, has been discovered ro have existed in the classic ages of Rome. A gentleman of Kensington has in his possession a piece of Rom.H1 tile, found by him during sorne lesearches in Italy, in which a youth is represented as attempting to take a garland from a damsel, who is denoting her defiance to his en- deavours by placing her thumb to hsi noss io the mode above referred to. What is money? D'ye give it up 1 It in dew in the morn- ing and miit at uight. Why is a person that never lays a wager as bad as a regulai gambler 1—Because he is no better. Why is an extravagant housekeeper like a caterpillar I—Be- cause she makes the butter-fly. An Irish gentleman, the other day, in the excess of connubial affection, exclaimed, Heaven forbid, lhat I should ever live to see you a widow. LADII-.S MANNKKS.— 1'heie is no country in the world wheie w') woman is so worshipped and allowed to have her own way as io America and yet there is no country where she is so ungrateful for the place and power she occupies. Have you never, in Broad- way, wiien the omnibus was full, stepped out into the rain to let a lady take \ur place, which the most unhesitatingly did, and with an inditferencs in her manner us if she considered it the merest trifle in the world you had done 1 How cold and heart- less her thank ye." if she gave one Dickens makes lhe same remaik with regard to stage coaches—so docs Hamilton. Now, do such a favour for an 1I,dian lady, and you would be rewarded with one of the sweetest smiles that ever brightened on a human countenance. I do not go on the principle that a man must always expect a reward for his good deeds; yet, when 1 have had iny kindness as a stranger received as if 1 were almost sus- pected of making irnpioper advances, I have felt there was little pleasure in being civil. The gruzic, Stgnore,"aud smile with which an Italian rewards the commonest civility, would make the plainest woman appear handsome in the eyes 01 a foieigner. riley also become easily animated, till they make it all suntight around them. ![;MJ)<Y A\D REVENGE.—A striking instance in proof of the existence of these faculties in animals occurred some time since at the seat of a noble lord, in Surrey. In the park are Iwo large pieces of water, divided by a small isthmus, which widens consi- derably at one extremity, and, at the lime in question, a pair of swans were the occupaots. A doe and her fawn, belonging to a herd at deer in the paik, coming down to one of the pieces of water to drink, were iiiirvitiiial(-Iy set upon by the swans and the fawn, by their joint efloits, was got into deep water and drowned. After a considerable interval of time, when the swans were oee day on tNe wide pait of the isthmus, and thus separated from their ek-nierii, and at a disadvantage, a rush wa3 made upon them by a number o! the deer, which trod undeifoot and utteily destroyed one of them. The bereaved doe must have had some means of communicating her loss to the other deer, and of urging them to help her in her revengf; and the most temarkable part of the transaction iq, that the deer must have had a kind ft con- sciousness. of the fitness of fire moment, when the swans were, to a great extent, defenceless, or deprived of their greatest advant- age, and h;>d no means of eft'ectingftheir letreat to the water. AN- ANFCIJOIK FROM THE L>Y*WAYS OF PARISIAN LIFE.—— Some davs since, a widow, keeping a well-known book stall near the Pont St. Michael, was addressed by an old man, to whom his load 01 wretchedness seemed a heavier burden than even that of his years. From beneath an old tatiered garment, the stoop- ing man drew forth a thick volume, torn and stained by too, use; and, offering it to the book dealer, sald-" lnlrinsicall) this is worth a mere nothing it had a value to me, however but I have not the courage to let myself die of my hunger,—so give me for it what you will." i he volume in question was the History of Astronomy amongst all Nations," by Bailly and in its worn-out condition was dear at ;58 centimes but the fe. rrule merchant, pitying its owner's destitution, gave him a franc j and the latter immediately entering a baker's shop, brought out a portion of a loaf, and sat down to eat it solitarily by the river's side. M. v-, a cation of Notre Dame, a hunter of the book stalls io this neighbourhood, had been a witness of the scene; and taking up the book when Ihe old man was gone, he found, on the reverse of the titlepago, the following lines, firmly traced, hut whose ink had assumed the colour of rust-" My voung friend, I am condemned to die — at this hour to-morrow I shall be no more. I leave you friendless in the world-in a time of dreadful trouble; and that is one of my bitterest griefs. I had promised to be a father to you God wills Ihal my promise sliali not be performed. T«ke this volume as the pledge of my earnest love-an;] keep it in memory of me. Bailly." Deeply affected by this sad record of such miseries, at the opposite extieme of 50 years, the canon flung two francs to the merchant for her bar- gain, and hastened with it to the old man, of whom lie had not for a moment lost sight. From the latter, he learned that he was the natural son of a person of high rank had been, after his death, the pupil and almost the adopted child ef Biilly and that, on the eve of his death, the illustrious philosopher sent to him this copy of the work which, in 1784, had opened to him- self theAwwtMif the Academy. This unfortunate punil of an unfnrt"1" -i-x.. t™»uig occu lung engaged in the busi- ness of public instruction, had been attacked by illness, which compelled him to resign his functions and had since been gra- dually sinking into the statj of destitution, under whotle gnaw- ing promptings he hod turned the last gift of his friend and be. nefactor into bread. The canon took the old man to his hame and has since laboured successfully to procure his admission into the Hospital of Larochefoucauld, where the remainder of his days are at least sure of temporal comforts. TLLUE, PROBABLY. Adela, tha "fugacious," when asked by the Earl, Why at a poor Captain she IlDatch'd- Confess'd, like an open and dutiful girl, She hated to live unatlach'd THE RUNAWAY. Eerl Jersey does race-horses keep, But clekrly, since they never caught her, No race hoise in his lordship's stud Runs half so fast as did—his daughter! THE PSEUDO SEF-R. Alas! such is the human rnind- The man who prophesies all ill la disappointed if he find Events do not the same fulfil I Hence, if no panic should succeed, How exquisite will be the shock His nerves must undergo, indeeit- The Prophet of fam'd Puddledock! A DLIAL) SUBSCRIBER. A subscriber for years being sad in arrears, S:ill neglecting his bill to pay, To (he editor said—" Uotess I am dead, 1 shall pay you 0:1 Christmas-day. The time flew by, and the debtor was shy, But the editor thought what he said In his paper next week, the truth he did speak, And announced his subscriber dead THE GLOIUOUS UNCERTAINTY I"—-Temple Toast. Good judges tay-iktid with good cause— So much the Legislature hurries, That while it makes one set of Jews, It breaks another—Lindley Murray's On Tu sday last, in delivering judgment as to the construction of a particular clause in an Act of Parliament, the Court o Exchequer said, Undoubtedly the language of this section like that used in most modern Acts, is obscuieand ungramma- tical

PUNCH'S PRIVY COUNCIL. Sir R. Pet! My lords and gentlemen, it is not often that I look into lhe newspapers, but having lately peeped into some of them, I hope I don't offend the prejudice of any one present if I say -1 fear there is a failure of the potato crop. D'jke of Wellington: Much exaggerated. Fellows in the newspapers say anything. If a failure, what of it ? S.r Robert Why, don't you think, my Lord Duke—mind, I have no wish to be precipitate in anything no. I think it al- ways shows greater address to run alter a calamity than to stop it; nevertheless, don't you think we may beyin to consider the future propriety of some day or the other—with famine, as it were, menacing 115--10 consider the propiiety, I say, of gradu. ally opening the Sit E. Knaichbull My dear Sir Robert! The venerable in- stitutions ot our countiy! Our blesst-d constitution! Church and Statf The House of Brunswick A bold peasantry, our country's pride Well, you do surprise me Open the poits And as that Moleswoith said-but you msyexpect anything of a man who reads Hobbes—open the ports, and who'll shut, 'em agHin ? It's a virtual lepeal of the Coin Laws and they once repealed, how are we to pay our daughter's dowlles-our pin Think of pin-mooey, Sir Robert. Sir J. Graham: It's very true; they do say potatoes have failed in Inland. But with O'Coonell there, who's to believe anything thai comes from that country 1 Lord Lyndhurst: If the potatoes are rotten at heart, it's only because O'Connell's been making Repeal speeches to them. And then for the Irish, are they not aliens in -—— Lord Stanley Now, my dear Lyndhurst, be quiet on that point, They are aliens but don't say so. Lot us stick to po- led u!oes. tt the crop has latled SirJames: Pooh, pooh if it has, the starch is all right. And people may live very well upon starch—and resignation. Be- sides, I'm convinced of it, hunger is only a vulgar habit—a wretceed prejudice of the common^people —nothing more. The Duke: Good deal of that true, Graham. Tried it in Spain, Soldiers there lived on chesnuts. Lived well. Fought like devils. Sir Robert: Nevertheless, to return to the opening of the ports. Earl of Aberdeen I'm jmt thinking we cannot bee too deli. berate. Earl of Haddington: Certainly not. Besides, if the people are hungy, why can't they, like saitorson short allowance, why can't they chew tobacco ? Sir Robert: Thai never struck me. Again, as the noble earl sajs, we cannot be too deliberate. Besides, there's the sliding- scale, and Parliament must meet in February. Well, wheal may go up—so there's a great load taken from my mind. By- the by, what beautiful weather we've had for November! The Duke Seven Ihis morning saw a butteifly. Duke of Buceleueh They say the goosebetry bushes are actu- all shootinp. Eail of Ripon Shoubln t wonder. [And, with this remarkable observation of the nobleearlth e council broke up.]— Punch.

The mortality of London, and indeed, of England generally, shows a uradual annual decrease whilst it is known the popu- lation increases considerably. The lates of premium for Life Insurance have been greatly reduced dunng the last few years, yet the offices continue as prosperous as formerly. These facts clearly demonstrate that some cause, either unknown or un- heeded, must have prod need such favoui able results. Amongst tbege causes the increased knowledge of anatomy and the many very valuable discoveries in medicine will stand most prominent The small-pox that annually carried off thousands, has been successfully combatted, vaccination and Gout, that used to claim its numerous victims, has been thoroughly van- quished, by Biair'S Gout and Rheumatic Pin?.

MONMOUTH TOWN COUNCIL. e Oil Tuesday Week, a meeting of the Town Council was a lieki, at which the M.iyoi, and Messis. Gratiex, Tyler, r Yeates, John Powell, l'iobyu, Yauglian, Walkins, Cosseus, an<i Whiting,were present. s Before the business for which the meeting was called was proceeded with, nn application was received from twenty individuals, who ate lorming a leading and literary society, I for the gratuitous use of a room at present untenanted, ( attached to the new market-house, for a limited period, witli a view to its ultimate rental, when the society is established. The application was unanimously complied with, for the term of three months,upon the undetstanding that the society would resign their occupancy, should the Couucil let the room. The next subject discussed was that of the New Watch ltate. The Mayor explained that the new members had, upon the previous evening, given him their attendance for the purpose of his explaining to them the origin and pro- gress of the measure, with a view to their own information; and thM they may be enabled to meet the other members of the Council upon equal ground, should any discussion arise on the subject. The first question, however, to be decided was, whether, after the various discussions which had arisen during the progress of the measure, before these gentlemen had joined lhe Council, it would now open the question afresh, by debating the principle of the measure, or whether it would consider that that part of the subject j was already disposed of. Mr. Gratrex and Mr. Tyler contended that the principle of the measure had long Slllce been adopted, and that, by the terms of the notice, it was incompetent to entertain it tlirn. Messrs. N an, Walking and Cossens, argued that, as the resolution referred to had been carried but in part, the question should be considered as entirely open, and espe- cially as no part of it had yet. been acted upon. The Mayor and Mr. Tyler dwelt upon the inconvenience j which would result were questions to be opened, at the accession of new members but the former gentleman stated that, upon this occasion, he should not object to the princi- ple beinj; re-discussed, if his colleagues concurred. Mr. Yaughan and Mr. Cossens rejoined that they could not understand why any previous pains should have been taken to mfoim them of the state of the question, if they were now to be prevented discussing its merits. Eventually, Mr. Gratrex moved a resolution to the effect that the principle of the watch rate had already been ad- mitted by the Council, and that it should not be again opened lor discussion. The motion was carried by all the members voting for it, except Messrs. Vaughan, Cossens, and Watkins. A suggestion was then made by the Mayor, that these gentlemen should explain their views upon the subject, which they declined, stating that it was the principle of the measure, and not its details, (hat they had been prepared to discuss; and they had hoped to have shown the Council that no late at all was wanted, but that by further econo- mising the borough funds, they would prove sufficient for the current expenditure. Now, however, that it was decided by the Council that the question of the rate had been carried, they had not a word more to offer on the subject. This decision of the new members appeared to give dissatisfaction to their colleagues, and after a pro- tracted conversation, it was agreed that the Corporation accounts should be submitted to them, with a view to their reporting upon them, in connection with the subject of the watch rate. The further consideration of the question was then postponed. JONFS'S ALMS HOUSES. The Cou ncil, on account of some erroneous opinions upon I the subject of disqualiifcations for applicants to this charity having been entertained, unanimously resolved firsl, "That the receipt of parochial relief by any applicant does not preclude the individual from the benefits of the alms houses and secondly, That a le gal parochial settlement is notconsideted indispensiole to candidates." ADMISSION OF REPORTERS. The question of the admission of reporters for the public press, was next discussed: Themeasuiewasadvocatedby Messrs Cossens, Yaughan, and Watkins and opposed by Messrs. Gratrex and Tyler. The Mayor and Mr. Probyn were undecided. The -argunients by the proposer and supporters of the question were-the principle involved in it, of the right of the represented to the full knowledge of the manner in which their affairs were conducted—the possession of the arguments and views which guided the decisions of the Cotincil-ait acquaintance with the progress of public business — the prevention, by authentic accounts being fur- nished to the public, of erroneous statements being piomul- gated, and prejudiced views being entertained, of the pro- ceedings of the Council-lhe only means of providing a fair field, and no favour, to all the press, by preventing an undue advantage being taken by one person connected with it, who was a member of the Council; and the example afforded by other [corporate towns. The objections urged against the measure were—that no good would thereby accrue to the public-that the conversational method of transacting the public business would give way to oratorical display- that the mention of names and local circumstances which are at present occasionally and legitimately brought into discussion, would, if publicly reported, subject members to unpleasant collision with their townsmen; and that persons unac- customed to public sneakim*. would fait '—r opinions, n ttiey hau the check of a reporter's presence in the room. After a lengthened discussion, the question was adjourned till the next meeting.

DEATH IN THE AIR-INVISIBLig BULL.Ta.-Tlle atmosphere which we breathe is composed of 79 parts, by volume, of nitro- gen, and 21 parts of oxygen, with a proportion of carbonic acid, varying from 4 to 7 parts by volume in 10,000. Experience has. incontrovertibly proved, that any considerable deviation from this, its normal or piojier constitution, is incompatible with the due and healthy performance of the functions of animal life. Any sensible addition of other gases, although they may be quite inert and harmless in their nature, has invariably been found to disturb the integrity of the respiratory and the digestive processes. If such gases, also, possess pernicious and poitonous qualities, of course the injury to the vital functions must necessarily be pro- portionably greater. Are, then. the gases evolved from the decomposition of human bodies similar-identical in their com- position with the air we breathe, or are they dissimilar and, if dissimilar, are Ihey harmless in their nature, or deleterious ? The disgusting and offensive smell teaches us that something in addition to the usual components of the atmosphere is present. The facts which I shall adduce, elucidating their effects on the animal economy, apart from their known chemical constitution and properties, will most clearly and inconleslibly prove, that these gases are by no means innocuous, but, on the contrary, powerfully and virulently poisonous. The proximate principles, or the constituents of which our flame is composed, are for the most part, exceedingly complex as regards their elementary com- position. They are formed in the grand laboratory of nature. The most skilful chemists have never hitherto succeeded in pro- ducing ihern by art. They were originally generated, and their integrity is constantly preserved by a mysterious something- which we denominate the vital principle, or life. When this con, servative power is wanting, when life ceases, they fall under the dofDiniuH of the immutable, the genetal, laws governing inorganic matter, resolve themselves into simpler compounds, and are arranged, usually, according to their chemical affinities. The compounds generated are for the most part gaseous substances, viz., sulphuretted, carliurelted, and phosphurelied hydrogen, ammonia and its hydro-sulphuret. carbonic acid, and sometimes nitrogen and hydrogen, holding a considerable quantity of a peculiar volatile fatty matter in suspension or solution. Some of these gases when respired are knuwn, and have repeatedly been proved, to produce disease, and even deatb." Interment and Disinterment by G. A. Wa:ker, £-q', author of Gather- ings from Grave Yards," The Grave Yards of London," &c. A comprehensive project for the supply of gas, appears to have been (juiftiy matured by some gentlemen at Birkenhead, of whom it is snid Mr. Jackson is at the head, and the necessary legal no- tices for going to parliament have already been advertised. It is proposed to lay down pipes throughout ail the metropolitan dis- tricts, including an area of uine or len miles round the post-oftice. aud take powers for contracting with the existing gas companies either to supply them, or purchase their entire works. rights, and privileges. They also apply for power to lay pipes in a northern direction through Hertfoid, Bedford, Buckingham, and North- ampton, to Normanton in Derbyshire—about two mi'es from Derby. They wiU thereby be enabled to obtain coal at the pit's mouth for the manufacture of gas, and thussupplyit at one-fouitii of the present cost, leaving a large profit. A similar project was suggested from the Welsh coal-field, but th s is the first company c'.er formed on the subject, and their notice of going to parlia ment shows them to be in earnest. A comprehensive project of t his nature was, some years since, proposed by the ingenious Mr. Rogers, of Nantyglo. Some of the daily papers state, that companies are about to be formed, for the supply of salt and fresh w.ter both to London and the principal provincial towns. The meeting of the proprietors of the Bristol and Exeter rail way. on the 13th in-tanl, having appointed a deputation to wai- on the directors, with the resolution then passed, calling on tbemt to resign their offices, the parties had an interview at the com- pany's offices, in Bristol, on Thursday last. Little conversation took place, the deputation merely desiring that whatever deter- mination the ditectors had come to, it should be given to them in writing, and the following resolution was handed them by Mr. Gibbs: That the diieetors were always ready to bear the epin- ions, and to receive suggestions from any shareholder, when fairly and legitimately expressed but, feeling that ihey were respoosi- ble foi the management of the undertaking, it was iheir duty to exercise their best judgment, in the selection of such officers as they deemed necessary, and be.t calculated to promote the inte. rests of the company."—This ca/alier answer has given the most complete dissatisfaction. Copies of the resolution have beea sent io all the committees which have been organised in various parts of the kingdom, anJ it is very generally expected the directors, by their, to say the least, nncourleous conduct, have kindled a fiame they will find it difficult to extinguish.-— Mining Journal. A Cobinet Council was held at half-past two o'clock on Tues- day afternoon, at the foreign Office. The ministers present were Sit Robert Peel, tbe Duke of Wellington, Lord Wharn- cliffel the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir Jamea Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Haddington, the Earl of Ripon, Lord Granville Somerset, the Earl of Lincoln, and the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert. The council sat in delibe- ration four hours. The Lord Chancellor was able to leave his room on Monday and we are happy to say that the accounts received in town yes- terday from Turville Park were of a satisfactory character. Sir Charles Napier has been voted the freedom of the city of Edinburgh. The vacant deanery of Canterbury haa been bestowed on the Rev. Wrn. Rowe Lyall, Archdeacon of Maidstone. The building trade has never been so good in Birmingham for years past, as at present. Irade in general is flourishing. A young man, named Colebrooke, last Monday attempted to commit suicide on board a Blackwall steamer. A young woman, named Fanny Gosling, was last Monday killed at the Abingdon-road statiou of Ihe Great Western Rail- way, by foolishly attempting t0 Ci0ss the line, too late to preveut being instantaneously killed. A splendid dinner has been given on board the Queen, at Ply- mouth, to the Russian officers belongiog lo the Russian men-of- war lying there, which recently occompanied the Grand Duke Constantine to this country. The dinner was characterised by the most cordial good-will and hilarity*

THE AMELIORATION OL Tll E CON'iJlHOX Oi- Til E WORK I NO CI. SSI'S. • Mr. Simp on I .l<)y driiv; i>d .1 licii.e on t!« ,< .-nii- ject, in Ihe Belfast 'L'ue.tt e, lo a ciowd' ii i.i-J n..>-1 n- j.i i t- able audience. llis WDIS iij), Hit- nil',or, j>sidt-.j <n the occasion. W'E think the lectuie w.il be read l>) ,i;» portioll of our leadem — csptctaily among the vvj.kin^ classes-with a great deal oi pleasing interest. Mr. Simpsou commenced as follows: Tne obseivalions which he had to offer them, divided themselves into two great questions-acid thesequestions were the condition and the character of the working classes, He delighted to see before him, that evening, that class of the WOI king men which he might call their aristocracy-the aristocracy of the working classes. When his firsiatiempts in the cause were made, they were rediculed; but his answer always was, I know the people better than you think." Of the nobody knew better than they did that the great majority of the working people were over- I abou red (efieers)- under.fed-thal they were imperfectfy clothed, and wretch- edly lodged and, besides, in consequence of all that, they were, in many cases, improvident, and often not only im. provident, but intemperate. The views which were enter- tained with regard to the imperfect lodging, led to the whole of the important inquiry which had been instituted into the health of the towns. In some of the large towns, human beings were crowded into small apartments, occupying one wretched thing, called a bed and medical men who have gone into those wretched places, left them vomitting, and their very odour did not leave their clothes for a week after- wards: and millions of their unfortunate fellow-country- men we e now living ill that state. In those over-crowded dwellings of the poor, the people died, and what was to be. come of their bodies? They could not bury them; and they often lay there ten days, and a fortnight, before they could be removed; there the corpses lay, until the living remaining with them, witnessed the changes that came upon them and at last they died themselves of the same disease to which others had become the victims. The hor- rors which had been described of the keeping of the dead, in the crowded houses of the poor, were, perhaps, the most dieadful features in the revelations which had been brought before their notice. Their grave-yards, too, were over- crowded-they were over-crowded to such a degree, that pestilence arose even from the deepest graves. There was no security, in this country, for the health of the kingdom in the present state of the grave-yards; The miasmita, the poison, was even to be seen in London. They all knew, also of the extortions which took place through the instru- mentality of the getters up of the funerals-lhese were hor- rors in themselves. It had been absolutely proved, that funerals were three limes more expensive than they ought to be; and they came with all their evils, at a time when the bereaved family were least able to bear the expenses attend- ing them, In London, it was astonishing how they sub- mitted to this abominable system of plunder; -a proper and much more economical system of sepulture would follow, when the Government plan would be carried out; and those evils, of which complaint were justly mad-e, would be altogether done away with. There was, he (Mr. Simpson) thought, a farce called The Funeral. That, in his opinion, need not have been dramatised.—The poet Crabbe had shewn up the system in its true light. On the other side of the Channel, however, they were doing away with the plumes, and with the enormous expense which generally attended the getting up of funerals. He had it from the late Speaker of the house, that when Dr. Reid first venti- lated the House of Commons, the air there there was as pure as it was in St. James's Park. He said, that, before that, he never knew how it was that he was always ill, that upon a Friday he w&s a regular dead dog. But he used to say, that since Dr. Reid had ventilated lie hou>e, no matter how hard the week's work might be, he was all right nil Friday again: They had Zoological Gardens in Edinburgh, and they had some respectable monkeys. While the air was bad there, they had thirty-six monkeys, which were looking very shabby; but, when they got better air, the Edinburgh monkeys ceased to die. One day, he (Mr. S.) met the manager, who was a gentleman from England, and in the habit of going into the lion's den, and who had a good deal of fun about him. He pulled off his hat to him (Mr. Simpson), and made him a very low bow. He asked him in what way he was indebted to him that he should receive such a mark of courtesy and attention from him. He re- plied, that, in his own name, and in the name of thirty-six other monkeys-(Ioud laughtel )-he begged to return him his most heartfelt thanks, for having carried off their bad air; and that they now were as happy a set of monkeys as any in the dominions. (Cheers.) Now, he could lell them that what was good for monkeys was good for men for they must know that monkey's lungs were made of the same materials. The grand cry of the day was—Water. (Great cheering.) How simple a cry it was There was no town, in all Great Britain or Ireland, had seen water yet, So said the royal commission which had been instituted. They should have water in such quantities that they might drown themselves in it. He heard, in passing through Glasgow, that Lough Katrine was to come up to that place; and, jumbling up the two places in his imaginings, during his late illness, he dreamt that lough Neagh was coming up to Belfast by a first-class train. (Laughter.) lie slept again, and he still saw him on his journey, and he asked him the reason of his travelling-" I am going up to surprise 8P\F*WT CA*»#A ) '■* .».-MI^ eagh was about len miles from Ballast; but could it not come to Belfast as a canal T They should unite and drain Lough Neagh through Belfast. (Cheers) "Lough Neagh shall come to Belfast, said Mr. John Mulholland. Done," said he (Mr. Simpson); and that was all he could say on the subject. It would be a capital experiment, which should be first—Lough Neagh to Belfast, or Lough Katrine to Glasgow. One grand use of Lough Neagh would be for the baths, which he hoped to see in Belfast. There were some who would ridicule this idea, and say, Oh, you are going to wash the great unwashed t" but, when Prince Albert, on one occasion, sent down the sum of £100, to- wards the furtherance of the designs of cleanliness, it fell a 1 lunderbolt among those who had scoffed at the notion of baths for lhe great unwashed. Alter lhat there was no further opposition; and they were allowed to go (In wt ieir pans uncensured. They in Edinburgh were in the way o ing able lo do the thing on a larger scale-- they meant to brmg the sea up to Edinburgh, to have salt walei in vast abundance and they would have two splen- did baths. The working man would have his bath for two pence, or something under. The poor in London had neither water nor air-not even ihe means of drying their clothes, and thus often put on their garments nol b'eiter lhan half dry. It was a grand mistake 10 say that the body re- quired stimulants all the stimulants that were required, were exercise and air. The celebrated Professor Lt'ihig said, strong drinks ulcerated the viscera, and brought the whole human system to a mass of corruption. (Hear, heat ) But, until there was a diminution of their use among II)f, higher classes, they need not expect to see it done away among the poorer classes. He had had a conversation with Sir James Clark, a short time since and he said he be- lieved, that in ten years, one gentleman would not be found to take a glass of wine with another at dinner. Now one word more: there was another poison in piodigious use among the people i-there was a horribtethint; called to- bacco, in use. It was said that Sir Walter Raleigh had done vattsenice to the country by the introduction of the potatoe; but in his (Mr. Simpson's) opinion, he had done more harm by the introduction of the tobacco, than ever he did good by the introduction of the potatoe. (Cheers.) Tobacco, in every shape, was a poison, and, to those who used it, it did serious injury. It poisoned the universe, end shortened the days of man. There was another class who had not empty stomachs—he meant their cigar friends. (Laughter.) He thought that those gentlemen should be included in the provisions of the Act of Parliament for long chimneys. (Lauglner.) There was another abomination which was taken into the nose. It would not be believed in an after period, when they would be told there was a time when a pungent powder was taken into the nose, which had the effect of destroying those powers which God had given it. That was a feature of the face which was not celebrated by the poetic writers; but how would a beauty look without her nose? (Laughter.) The nose ought to 1M! respected—(renewed laughter)-and they all knew that it expelled the snuff wilh considerable indignity. (Hear, and laughter.) Another great thing was the education of the people; and, until they had educated mothers, they need not expect to have an educated population. They must take care to educate, and not to pervert, the people. The old system of education did do so; there had been a great deal of mis-education, and the wonder was, that they all were as they were. Take, for example-for all that God did was good-the feeling with which God united the sexes -a feeling which was found in all their poetry, in all their song-a feeling, when properly inculcated, intended to be thp source of all their happiness, but when not inculcated, the source of all their misery. That Iceling-a heltng of love-must be carried into every circumstance in Life; it must be exhibited in the education of their youih. Formerly, violent corporeal punishment was resorted to, in schools, and in the family circle; was that necessary? No; and many a poor mother had reason to regret it. They had olten heard a parent say, when spoken to with reference to the misconduct of a child, It is my laull, for I have often beaten him, till he was black and blue"-(laught(Of)-but it often turned out, that those who were so beaten, got an amazing capability of beating others blue and black. (Laughter. ) He was happy to say that this barbarism was fast dying away and a new method-thlt of appealing to the better feelings of the young—was taking its place a method which was attended with every success. This method was now beginning to be recognised in all their institutions; even the criminal was not now looked upon withjvengeance, he was rather looked upon as an unfortunate being, who had been led into crime by want of proper edu- cation. There was still a great reform necpssary-there must be no more hanging. (Loud cheers ) Lord Nugent said, some time ago, that il in fifteen years more, another man was hanged, he would consent to be hanged himself. There was no Scripture authority for one man taking the life of another; and he hoped to see it done away with. (Hear.) Mercy was kindiaess-it blessed him that gave and him that received and when it came from God, it blessed all his creatures. It was lhe charity which thinkelh long, and is kind,endureth all things, truslelh all things, and belie vetil all things; there is faith, hope, and charity, says theApostte; but the greatest of all these is charily. Did they ever understand the whole height, tength, breadth, and depth of this great trtith-tbat the meek shall inherit lhe earth? For his part, he never heard it; that he did not feel it, in his inmost soul. lie saw before him the promised taxi. which, he hoped, they would arrive at, and the certaii,ty that, suie as the sun would rise to morrow, they would arrive at that land-a land flowing with milk and honey, (Enthusiastic cheers.)