The Principality

HAVERFORDWEST- PETTY SESSIONs.-These sessions were held on Tuesday, the '29th ult., L-efoie William Walters, Esq., mayor, John Ll. Mor- gan, Esq., M.D., and George Parry, Esq. This was the day tor receiving ale-house licenses and granting fresh ones. The number -granted was 79. A practice has prevailed of the police and other constables obtaining the licences on behalf of, the publicans, thereby rendering' unnecessary the latter to attend. It was objected to this time for obvious reasons. The publi- cans should themselves attend, and the constables' duty is to inform the justices of.any irregularity. But this could not be done if the constables were permitted to act as they did. It also implied that the police and constables were frequent in- mates of the houses-that they were not doing these small matters for nothing—and could not be that public check on disorderly houses, which this office would impose. The court therefore* refused to part with the licences thus applied fpr. The court did very right, though it would have done better if it had inquired whether 79 public-houses were necessary in the town; The following figures perhaps may be of service next year. The present population of the town is about 6,500.. Allowing to each house 5 inhabitants, the number of houses will be 1,300. We have thus one public-house out of every 16A houses. Supposing that children under 10 years of age do not contribute towards the support of such houses, then every public-house must be regularly supported by 63 persons. But "I r,y if we limit the number to persons above 15 years of age, and exclude one half of the female population above that age, the town support of every public-house must be derived from-an average of 38 persons. Comment is superfluous. TITHE" COMMUTATION.—It is with pleasure and surprise, we learn from .the evidence of our highly and deservedly respected -townsman, Henry Phelps Goode, Esq., given on an arbitration case lately, that that gentleman has valued more than 200 pa- rishes in the counties of Pembroke, Cardigan, Carmarthen, .Glamorgan, &c., under the Tithe Commutation Act.. It is also a fact worthy of remark that he has within the last fifteen T.ear§ surveyed and mapped the greater portion of the above counties, either for the purposes of the said act, or in preparing estates for auction. A circumstance which we believe almost Unparalleled, and which speaks much of his practical know- ledge of the value of land and business-like habits.—Pembroke- shire Herald,

TENBY. DR. STOREE. of Bristol has been lecturing lately in this town on mesmerism, and has,, according to the public papers, been very successful in his experiments. The followmg têstirri6 'iiial was signed in connexion with one of them :;—We, the undersigned^ having witnessed the extraction of a tooth under Tncsmerism, induced by Mr. Evans, the dentist, have no hesita- tion in stating that there did not. appear the least indication of pain, and tha{ afterwards the patient, when awoke, declared her entire ignorance of all that had passed.—William Lewis, Williani G'ribbie, surgeon, J, It- Price, surgeon, W. E. W. Freeman, Henry Storer, M.D., C. G. Bevan, M. Evans. We, fear that success in this department would soon present iis with an extraordinary number of toothless subjects,

•• LAMPETER WE are glad to find that John Inglisih. Jones, Esq., the wealthy lleir of Dery Ormond, has lately arrived at his seat above-named, which we understand he intends making his home. The arrival of this young.gentlepaan is the source of great gratification to all the neighbourhood. Mr. Jones, ac- companied by his agent, Mr. Morgan, of Lampeter, has lately visited the farms that will in a few months come into his, pos- Car.it a),Ilten Journal,

NOliXEt WALES, DENBIGH.—Chief Justice Wilde has forwarded to Mr. Robin- son, late Inspector of Police, now Clerk to the Lunatic Asylum, an order on the Sheriff for L5 5s., as a reward for his activity in apprehending the four persons convicted at the late assizes at Ruthin, of house-breaking at the Clomehdy, and Tavern Galed, BearDenbign, and stealing therefrom wearing apparel. 11 arel. ON Wednesday week a-public meeting, called by the mayor, in compliance with a requisidon, was held in the Town Hall, for the purpose of taking into consideration the expediency of memorial- ising the Post Ofhee authorities, to convey the mail-bags from Rhyl up to the Vale of Chvyd by a two or four-horse coach, in- stead of the present insecure means of one-horse cart." Samuel Edwardea, Esq., having been voted to, the chair" in the absence of the mayor, Dr. Lloyd Williams, Mr. Lewis, of the National Pro- vincial Bank, moved the adoption of.a memorial to the above effect, which was seconded by Mr. P. N. Roberts, surgeon. The memorial was carried unanimously. It was agreed that the me- morial should be forwarded to F. R. West, Esq., member for the boroughs, and by him presented to the Postmaster General. The thanks of the meeting to the chairman having been proposed and carried, the multitude dispersed. ON the evening of Thursday week the Premier, Lady Russell, and family, arrived at the Penrhyn Arms, Bangor, per rail from London. They slept at the hotel, and about ten o'clock next morning left to inspect the Britannia bridge. They then pro- ceeded to Llanfair station, to await the arrival of the express train for Holvhead. RUTHIN.—-SERIOUS AccrDENT.-Ati accident of a serious nature occurred' on Friday, the 25th ult., on the farm of Mr. John Pulestone, at Plas Newydd, in the parisii of. Llanfair., An old man named Robert Richards,, upwards of 80 years of age, was engaged in stacking some wheat, and when at the top of the tack it divided, and the poor man fell to the ground, alighting upon his heels; the weight of his body dislocated both ancles, causing a severe fracture of the upper bones of the left leg, and also fracturing the small bone of the right leg, and inflicting several severe contusions on different parts of the body. He was immediately conveyed to'the Union workhouse, where every at- tendance was shown him by Dr. T. C. J OIeS. and notwithstanding his age and serious injuries, he is now doing well.—Carnarvon Herald: THE Rev. James Purvis, M.A., of St. Peter's College,- Cam- bridge, Master of the Free Grammar School, Deytheur, Mont- gopTeryshire, has been appointed to the Under-Mastership -of the Friars School, in Bangor. HARE TKAPPKI.).—On Tuesday week, as one of the trains on Chester and Holyhead railway was passing down the line at a wipid rate, a liare, startled at the noise; darted suddenly across the •rails*. Quick as poor puss was in her movements, she was not ^rapid enough to escape her death; for, in her spring, she was caught by the engine, and the head severed from" the body. It was found in the engine on its steppage at the Bangor station.— Carnarvon Herald. HOLYHEAD.—We have been blessed with a week of fine wea- ther, whi8fa,ih;is enabled the farmers to proceed with their harvest operations very rapidly* Nearly all the grain in 'this neighbour- hood has been cut, and a good deal secured in ;good condition. The potatoes are generally affeeted with the blight, but not to the extent we first apprehended., A.few weeks of fine dry weather will, we hope, arrest the progress of the disease,—North Wales ClwiJnid!e.. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.-Traffic for the week ended August 26, 1848, £ 2,290 17# This is exclusiveof toll from Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company, and of payment for conveyance of mails. GOOD FEELING.—The men employed on Mr. 'ANares' contract, Britannia Bridge, have contributed £ 7 in aid of the passengers «nd crfew of the Ocean Monarch. CONWAY.—ACCIDENT TO ME. ROBERT STEPHENSON, THE EN- EIJIFEKR.—An accident, which providentially was not attended wit-It any serious consequences, occurred on Wednesday week tto Mr. Stephenson, at the Conway station on the Chester and Holyhead railway. It appears that on the arrival of the ex- ,pre,5s. train from Bangor it was deemed necessary to put on another first-class carriage. The; porters were in the act of pushing the carriage across ,the down line, when the express 'train from Chester was observed coming along at full speed; an4 the men, to avoid the danger, left the carriage, andrus it afterwards appeared, before it was quite clear of the line. Mr. Stephenson, in company yyith a fiuend; Mr. Lee, had previously seated himself in/the vehicle. In a few minutes, the Chester express train came up at a great speed; the engine caught: the projecting corner of the carriage, throwing the whole about a yard from the rails, and smashing the wheels, glass door, and a portion of the framework in pieces. Immediately after the concussion Mr. Stephenson was seen descending the steps, and was observed to fall on his back. He was instantly taken up and supported to the station-house by Mr. Lee and Mr. Swin- burne. It was found that, he, was much stunned and rendered almost unconscious by the shock and fall but we are happy to say that in a short time he was able to walk to the Castle Hotel. The next morning he left for Chester. Mr. Lee escaped without injury, as, seeing the train approach, he pressed his back and feet to the sides of the carriage, and thus escaped. Great excitement prevailed when it became known that Mr. Stephenson had had so narrow an escape from severe personal injury.

LIVERPOOL. BURNING OF THE OCEAN MONARCH. The coroner's inquest on the bodies at Liverpool has been brought to a close, when the following verdict was returned by the jury .— "That the deaths of the five individuals were accidental, caused by drowning, in consequence of the ship Ocean Monarch takin"- fire and that at the same time the jury would show their marked approbation of the conduct of the captain, and particu- larlythatpfthe firtmate, during that most trying scene, as also the noble and praiseworthy efforts of the distinguished individuals who signalised themselves at that awful catastrophe, as well as the officers and men under'their command. Further, we wish to express our disapprobation of the conduct of the masters, of the two steamers Orion and Cambria, who might, we are, led to believe, have rendered most efficient service to the ill-fated people on board." The North. Wales Chronicle gives the following inci- dent of the wreck. It occurs in the narrative of a pas- senger on board the Prince of Wales (whose boats were instrumental in placing on board the Brazilian frigate several of the large number saved, in ad- dition to the seventeen persons set down to her account). A beautiful characteristic feature of disinterested human kindness was shown by an old man from GJossop, apparently about sixty years of age; he sat on_the edge of one of the sides of the heads, 'neath the bowspit, holding- in his arms a beautiful child from two to three years old. The old man says it clung to him after its mother had sunk, and he took it in his arms till he and it were saved. They were the very last that were taken from the wreck. The poor old fellow's hands, are much burned by keeping hold of the chain, which increased in hyat."The party, thus favourably mentioned was examined at the inquest upon the body of a child unknown taken at Menai Bridge on the Saturday following the wreck- His name, if our memory serves, is Samuel Fielding, fustian weaver, and his hands were bandaged, having in fact sustained, severe burnings in the effort to maintain his position with his little charge who was taken from him with some difficulty by their mutual pre- server. One of the jurors put the question what inducement a man at his time of life could possibly have to undertake so long a voyage, to which he replied, "lama widower and have two daughters doing well in America. At their re- quest, I was on my way to join them." "I suppose you will not make another attempt," rejoined the juror. The old man shook his head doubtingly, adding, I am not quite certain of that neither." Another juror observed" why not ?" The child, as already stated in this paper, found its way back to its anxious mother, who likewise was rescued from what seemed inevitable destruction. The Lord tempereth the wind to the shorn lamb." The collection for the relief of the sufferers already amounts to about £ 6,000. Sir Robert Peel has sent a sub scription of £ 5. A dmwing of the burning vessel taken by the Prince de Soinville, who was on board the Brazilian steam frigate Affdnso at the time of the catastrophe, was presented by his/Highness to be raffled for, the proceeds to be devoted for the benefit of the survivors. On Saturday the prize was won by a Mr. Hulton; there were nearly 600 subscribers at os. each. The precise cause of the catastrophe has not yet been ascertained; in which part of the vessel; or how the fire originated, is still unknown; the statements of those who have been saved differ very materially from each other as to both questions. It is probable that it was caused by the carelessness of a single individual, who perhaps, as the captain supposes, in order to gratify his passion for smoking, has been the cause of the loss of so, many lives, and the destruction of a splendid ship and a valuable cargo. Laws on^ht to be passed, and strictly enforced, by the com- manders of such vessels, prohibiting the use of such articles, unless under some restrictions as to time and place; hitherto emigrants have been allowed to do almost as they please on board vessels, the captain having no control over them; and it is impossible for a commander and a crew of forty men to control upwards of 3a0 persons, as in the present instance, when no classification or any discipline is enforced on board. The conduct of a sailor named Frederick Jerome—all ho- nour to his name—is worthy of being recorded as an act of pious heroism. This noble seaman, regardless of personal danger, plunged into the sea from his own vessel, the New World, an emigrant vessel, bound for New York, and hav- ing tied a rope round, his middle, swam to the unfortunate vessel, and with cool intrepidity lowered no, less than four- teen persons, after all others had given up all hopes of saving them; he, like a true hero, not leaving the burning ship till he had placed the last, in safety. Such deeds are Z5 far more worthy of honour than the victories of the most celebrated generals, who have by fire and sword succeeded in vanquish- ing the army ora neighbouring State.- The Royal Humane Society have awarded him a splendid gold medal, and the Queen has directed that £50 be paid him out of the bounty fund. The Queen and Prince Albert have given a joint sub- scription of £ 100 for the relief of the sufferers. The Hu- mane Society have also awarded gold medals to Thomas Littledale, Esq., owner of the yacht Queen of the Ocean; Admiral Grenfell, who was on board the Affonso Captain Lisboa, commander of the Affoiiso.; and, to Captain Dani, of the Prince of Wales steamer, whose gallant conduct was mentioned last week. Several other Wdal-s of the second and third class, have been awarded to the officers and sea- men of the Affonso; to J. Bragdon, mate of the Ocean Mo- narch and to many others, who, on account of the services rendered by them, were successful in rendering assistance'to the unfortunate sufferers. A Mrs. Taylor, of; Leeds, going to America with her two children to-join her husband, who has been there some time, when the fire first broke out tied her two babes to her waist with a cord, and then slipped over the side of the vessel into the water, where she was fortunate enough to get hold of the wreck of one of the masts,, which having fallen overboard was floating in tlie water, but her two children were soon suffocated by the water breaking over them, and tne rope L had slipped from. her waist to her knees, which, together with the weight of the two dead bodies rendered her quite helpless; a kind-hearted Irishman seeing her ùifficulty suc- ceeded-iar slipping--the rope oif, and she was then-relieved from the weight of her two dead children, whose bodies fell into the, water, and she. herself was saved and taken on board the Affonso, and has,since returned to Leeds. She gave it as her opinion, that the fire was caused by the cook, who had. gone down for the grog, taking-alighted candle naked with: 'n him, and she also says hat j Yasreportedtlrat the sailors being pleased with their having- set sail, had also got more or less groggy.

BRISTOL. BALLOON ASCENJ.—On Thursday week, the weather proving favourable for the disappointed aeronauts who wisely kept, on terra firma, during the, late high gales, they made a success- ful ascent from Clifton, and had a prosperous voyage over: Dundry tower, as far as Stoke Hill, where tfney descended in safety. The. parties were Mr. Wadman, proprietor of the balloon, and Mr. Carter, of the Clifton brewery, who describe tho bird's eye view of the British Channel, Severn, and>Sur- rounding districts, as most magnificent, whilst they were sail- ing majestically through the clear evening atmosphere. Before the final ascent, many of the spectators were gratified, for a consideration," by being let up about a hundred yards into the air, by ropes attached to the network, and drawn down again after enjoying their elevated position for a few rinniites. BKISTOL SK^TF.MBE# FAIH..—There was a respectable show pf.stock: in..tfee .cattleiuarket, but no largo amount blkq,"ne done, in consequence of the butchers having supplied them- selves, to a great extent, at the weekly market, on the preced- ing day. S(ore. cattle obtained fair prices, and fat beef from 52s. to 58s. per cwt. For store sheep the demand was tole- rably good. Fat wethers yielded from 5d. to 6d., and in a very few instances some prime sheep fetched 7d. per lb. Pigs were lower. Horses appeared in abundance. Most of the good ones were held by dealers, and sold at high prices. Hacks," rl sci-ea-s "rips," and "screws" brought their usual run of ad valorem figures. There was a brisk demand for useful cart colts at good rates. BRISTOL DOCKS.—The transfer which has been long repre- sented as so full of promise to the shipping trade of Bristol is now completed, and futurity has the questionable task of re- vealing the real value of the transaction to commercial men, and the amount of additional taxation it will inflict on house- holders. The latter is deeply felt to be a positive evil, and the strongest doubts are entertained of the former ever realising a compensating benefit.

Religious Intelligence. BRYNMAWR.—AS the number of Englishmen flowing in to the iron works is daily increasing, the Welsh churches are not backward in providing suitable accommodation for them. At Brynmawr the Baptists and Primitive Methodists have already built commodious chapels for English services. The Indepen- dents also have a few weeks ago formed an English interest in the place. On the occasion the Revs. D. Lewis, of Llanvap- ley, R. Thomas, Hanover, and T. Jeffreys, Penycae, officiated. The attendance was large and respectable. The new cause al- ready comprises about fifty members. The educational provi- sions of the place are rapidly increasing, and the Sunday schools are conducted in the most masterly manner. LLANELLY, B ILECOiSHIRE.-On Sunday, the 20th ult., anew English Wesleyan chapel was opened at the lower part of this place, called Gilwern. Several ministers officiated on the oc- casion, and-among them the Rev. J. H.Bunn, Independent minister of Abergavenny. The small chapel was inconve- niently full. NERO BRITISH SCHOOL.—On Tuesday, the 29th of August, a public examination of the British School at Nebo, Kilymaenllwyd, took place. The master, Mr. Thomas Bowen, conducted the classes through the different branches of education to which they had been attending since his return from Brecon in February last, such as Scripture history, mental arithmetic, geography, English grammar, recitations of select pieces in prose and verse, &c. The singing at the commencement and conclusion was conducted with decency and melody. Parents and others who attended, were highly gratified with the progress the children had made in various branches of useful knowledge in so short a period. Several ad- dresses were delivered at the close, expressive of their wonder and satisfaction with the proceedings of the day. The zeal, liberality, and perseverance of all classes resident in this neighbourhood are praiseworthy,: and a practical illustration of the superiority and efficiency of the voluntary principle. BRIDGEND.-A public meeting in connexion with the British Society for the Propagation of the Gospel among the Jews, was held on Monday evening, September 4th, at the Calvinistic Me- thodist chapel, Old castle. Mr. Samuel Marks was unanimously called to the chair, who briefly explained the object of the meeting, 9, and warmly ad vocated the claims of the Jews to our sympathy and prayers Messrs. Jaffe, of London, and Cohen, of Swansea (the deputation from the parent Society), then addressed the meeting, both relating at considerable length the various scenes of persecution, cruelty, and obloquy which the Jews have undergone at differeiit times and in different counties since the memorable period when their fathers put to death the Lord of glory narrat- ing the circumstances connected with their own conversion from Judaism to Christianity; and very impressively pointing out the obligations of Christians everywhere to sympathise with the Jews, to pray for them, and aid them in their labours to effect their own salvåtion. The meeting was then addressed by the Revs. J. D. Williams, D. Howells, of Swansea, and J. Mayer; and by Messrs. W. Hil)bert, and J. Lewis. The nlceting was very numerously attended. The collection was made at the,close, which amounted to the sum of THREE POUNDS.. SWANSEA.—MORAVIAN Af,.ISSIONS.-Oll Sabbath day last, three sermons were preached in this town by the Rev. Edwin J, Hart- land of London, in aid of the funds of the above missions. In the morning, at Lady Huntingdon's—afternoon, at the Welsh Metho- dist's, and in the evening at the Independent chapel. The at- tendance at each service was large and respectable, and the deep attention given to the sermons showed the amount of interest excited by this sublime preacher. Collections were made after the afternoon and evening services. Several interesting and thrilling anecdotes in connexion with the self-devotedness of the mission- aries of this society were given, and from which the warmest sympathies of the audience were elicited.

LATEST CURRENT PRICES OF METAL. £ s. d. £ s. d. IRON—Bar a Wales. ton -1 to 5 15 0 ..London. 6 12 6 6 15 0 Nail rods 7 15 0 Hoop (Staf.) 8 5 0 8 10 0 Sheet „ „ 9 5 0 9 10 0 Bars „ „ 7 10 0 8 0 0 Welsh cold-blast foundry pig 3 10 0 4 0 0 Scotch pig 5, Clyde. ———— 2 5 0 Rails, average. 6 0 0 Chairs. ———— 4 Q 0 Russian, CCND c •— 17 0 0 „ PSI. Gouriefl' ——— — -———— Archangel.. ——— -13 0 0 Swedish d, on the spot 10 15 0-11 0 0 Steele, fagt. —15 0 0 kegs-c. —r — 13 10 0 COPPER—Tile f, 78 10 0 Tough cake. 79 10 0 Best selected. ———- — 82 10 0 Ordinary sheets, lbs. 0 0 9 bottoms. 0 0 10 YELLOW METAL SHEATHING — 0 0 7| TIN,-Common blocks g. ewt. ——— 3 15 0 bars. 31G 0 Rpfined — 319 0 Straits k 3 14 0 Banca „' 4 0 0 TIN-PLATES—Ch., IC i, box I 80- 1 10 0 11 IX 1 14 0 1 16 0 Coke, IC 1 5 6 1 6 0 I?- 1 11 6 1 12 0 LE,ID-SIICCT k to, ———- 17 0 0 Pig, refined ———— 18 0 0 „ common. 16 0 0 16 10 0 Spanish, in bond 16 0 0 Red ——— 18 10 0 Dry White ———— 23 0 0 Shot(Patent). 1910 0 SPELTER—(Cake) Z on spot. 14 10 0 14 15 0 for. arrival. ZINC—(Sheet) m export. 20 0 0 21 0 0 QUIr;KSILVF,,r, ?t lb 0 3 6 a Discount 2& per cent. b Net cash. c Discount 2'4 per cent. d Ditto in bond. i Discount 3 per Cent. k Ditto 24 per cent. I Net cash. In kegs and i-inch. fDiscount3 per cent, g Ditto 2 per cent. Net cash. m Discount li per cent, n Discount It percent;

HOUSE OF COMMONS,, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, The Speaker took the chair at twelve. BUSINESS OP THE SESSION. On the motion for the third reading of the Distilling from. Sugar Bill; i Mr, Disraeli said that, after ten months, Parliament was .aboutto be prorogued, with a vast number of bills, either abandoned or little advanced, and the measures ernphatically recommended in the speech from the throne not duly considered. Two reasons were generally assigned as an excuse for this very unsatisfactory state of affairs-" too'ynuch talk," a ••complaint originated by the hon. member for West Yorkshire, who, though averse fr.om all other descriptions of tariffs, had no ob- 0 jection to a rhetorical tariff (laughter)-ancl the" cumbrous forms, and antiquated constitution of the House." He would inquire if the two assigned reasons were the real ones, that, after ten months' sitting of the House, so little had been done' and that little so ill. There had been this session 45 public committees of 15 members each, 28 election committees of 5 members each, 14 groups on railway bills of 5 members, 17 groups on private bills, and 111 committees on private bills of 5 members each. The committee on commercial -distress- sat "39 days; that on sugar and coffee, 39 days that on navy, army, and ordnance expenditure, 40 days and that on miscellaneous expenditure, 37 days. There had, too, been presented 18,500 petitions. Such were the statistics. Parliament had been summoned at a time of great commercial crisis, when famine was upon the land—when trade was dead—and when the great commercial dynasties of England were hurled from their high positions—and Parliament was especially summoned to inquire into the causes of that distress; but with the excep- tion of a desultory debate on the address, and one on the in- fringement of the Bank Charter Act, the discussions 011 -conv mercial distress occupied no portion of the time of the House and could therefore not be accused of having wasted it (hear' hear). Then came the financial question. On the 18th of February that question was brought forward by the Prime Minister, as it was too weighty to be entrusted to' a mere man of routine (a laugh)—it involved great constitutional questions, and having been introduced at an unusually early period of the year, and in hard times, the House was very favourably dis- posed to consider it. But every part of the House rose 111 op- position to it, its war estimates, and its proposed increase of income tax. An unearthly yell also arose out of doors. Where- upon, on the 21st, the Chancellor of the Exchequer was put forward to announce the resolution of the Government to sub- mit the estimates to select committees, and on the 28th the right hon.. gentleman volunteered a second budget, setting forth that, by filching with one hand and screwing with the other, he could: tide over the year without doubling the income tax (hear, and a laugh). Ten days were thus wasted, and the country was agitated; but the House of Commons was not, surely, to blame. On the 30th of June, in the midst of a sugar debate, the Chancellor of the Exchequer suddenly an4 impromptu threw his third budget on the table of the Mouse, and two days of the sugar colonies discussion were wasted 0:1 this third iinancial statement. Thus, from the 18th of Febru- ary to the 30th of June, there were committees sitting and de- bates going on on this subject, and yet the House had not ad- vanced a jot towards the solution. The committee of supply was virtually postponed, and the session was protracted; but the House of Commons was certainly not to blame. The Prime Minister. subsequently, with sublime coolness, announced that his right hon. friend would make his third financial statement. There ha,d been an administration of All the Talents"—this would be famous in history as the administration of all the budgets" (a laugh). Having likened the Chancellor of the Exchequer; with hiK fourtlr budget and his retura to a loan, to Don Quixote on his return home upon his abandonment of his ii, delightful delusions," the hon. member remarked that it was clear the talk of the House or its forms were not chargeable, so far as finance questions were concerned, with the delay rf public business. Two important measures were recommended by her Majesty for consideration—one, the improvement of the health of the metropolis and of large towns; the other, the navigation laws. After several editions, numerous new clauses, innumerable alterations, and five months' discussion, a sanitary bill was passed but there was nothing in the discus- sions relative to this measure to criminate the House of Com- mons. The subject of the navigation laws was introduced on the 15th of May, and then had two nights' debate it subse- quently had four more nights' discussion, beginning on the 9th of June; that was all the time consumed.by this most im- y portant question. But the Jewish Disabilities Bill had occu- pied much of the session, and this was one of those projects of change which a Minister should not attempt to bring forward unless certain of success. There was another question—the dis- tress of the West India colonies. On the 4th of February his noble friend (Lord G. Bentinck) moved for a committee, which the Prime Minister assented to, at the same time declaring his fixed determination not to depart from the principles of the act of 1846. On the 29th of May, the day on which the sugar commit- tee resolved that a protective duty of 10s. was indispensable to preserve the sugar colonies, the Prime Minister again declared his fixed resolution not to abandon the policy of his Sugar Act of 1848. But on the 16th of June an announcement of a Govern- ment measure was made, and it was an absolute departure from the principles of ther act of 1846. The1 discussion on the resolu- tions submitted took up ten days; but two of these were absorbed by the third budget, and two more by the incident known as the missing despatch. The arithmetical blundering of the measure was a fine specimen of the legislative genius of the Administra- tion, and the House of Commons was exonerated from any blame iii spending upoa it six nights and seven divisions in committee. The hon. member then instanced the time lost by motions for new writs for delinquent boroughs. The House had got into a mess at thebeginning of the session, and then it was that a great eoa- stitutional leather should have laid down some principle upon which to act. -But-the;Prime Minister had not done so. There had been nineteen motions made for new writs (hear). Sir J. Hanmer tried his prentice hand at a bill; that was and another was "introduced;; the second was also withdrawn. Theit came the Horsham Bill. introduced by the Minister, but the House got in to The Horsham Bill was withdrawn, 0 and the Minister introduced his bill called the Corrupt Practices Bill. That was stmt to another place," where the noble lord does what he likes. The Lord Chancellor strongly recommended tlie,,bil.'l to their lordships; the Lord Chief Justice condemned it; the great constitutional Whigs quarrelled among themselves and the Lori President, finally withdrew the bill (hear, hear). During, the ten months Parliament had sat there had been sedition in jEriglaild, rebellion-in^Ireland, and revolution in Europe. Had Whigs been in opposition, what glorious work they would have made of these advantages (cheers)! But as regards-foreign countries, or the condition of England, there had been no waste of public time in the House; and as to Treland, the Opposition had given only suggestions that were adopted by the Government; and the good sense displayed by the House generally proved that our Constitution combined the energies of a despotism with the enthusiasm of a repnbhb (loud cheers). It was apparent that to neither the conduct of members nor to the forms of the House was the delay of public bnainess attributed. The hon, member then read over the Bills of Mortality" of the session—forty- seven bins of important chatacter-two-thix(is of which were Ministerial measures. The real cause of obstruction was the po- litical incapacity and the vacillation of the Government (hear, hear). They had accepted office when they had not a Parlia- mentary majority, and'they persisted in, retaining office while still in that predicametrt. Their measures were altered, patched, painted, and either altogether changed in appearance or wholly destroyed. The House, too, instead of a legislative, was daily .growing into aa administr^tiTe Wdy, .aad it was running into the

MONTHLY REPORT. IRON for the past month has been dull, and we quote prices of all descriptions rather lower than on the 1st of August; the Stafford- shire houses are, however, fully occupied with the execution of old orders. Scotch pig has scarcely fluctuated beyond Is. per ton for some time past, and makers are arm. at present quotations; In foreign iron and steel" no. transactions worth noticing. The stock of Swedish iron is unusually low. Copper and Yellow Metal Sheathing have improved, in demand since the reductions in July. TIN.For English but little has been done for exportation, most buyers suspending orders until after the Dutch sale, which, took place at Rotterdam, on the 29th August, when, 8-1,940 slabs (about 2,600 tons) were offered in lots "of about 1,000 slabs, each 58,660 slabs were sold, at 40 florins per 50 lbs. Netherlands (about £66 10s. per ton) and the remainder, not finding purchasersv was bought in. What effect, if any, this sale may have (in English tin remains to bo. but, at present it is without change. Ions. The stock of Banea and Straits on bulk, was reported as,, 347 Add-r-amended by London Dock Company .27 Imported in August 000;.0.00000.0.000.0.0.000 3-30 377 Less—TSxported inAugust. 8 Cleared in August for home use 15-23 Stock this day 354 TIN,PFLATES.—Charcoal has been dull of sale for a long time past, but the demand for coke has been rather beyond supply—causing this quality to advance a little in price. Le'iD.pThe demand for English continues fair, but it is chiefly for home use. Of Spanish. 272 tons were imported here in August, of which nearly all was of ^ard, quality, seat for the purpose of being desilvGrised. SPECTER has been, wholly neglected for the last three or four weeks, no sale of the least impoitance having occurred the price has, consequently, dropped, and, in the absence of business, our quotations of to^day: must be considered 4s almost nominal. The imports last month were 535 tons. The stock on hand, 1st Septem- ber, 1847, was 2,900 tons; it is now 2,800.

GLASGOW PIG-IRON TRADE. AUGUST IIST.-Tliis week our iron market has been exceedingly dull, the transactions being on the most limited scale. The price, however, remains firm, at 44s. 6d. to 45s. cash for mixed Nos:Me on board here.

PRICES OF WELSH MINING SHARES. Shares. Company. Paid. Price. 1000 Abergwessyn 7 10000 Banwen Iron Co. 6 6l 8000 Blaenavon 50 17^ 10000 British Iron, New regis. 10 132 Do. do. scrip 10 ur 1000 Cwm Erflja 31 14 3000 Dyfngwni- 10 1 i,4 i. 6400 Gadair. 2 2* 100 Grogwynion. 5 1000 Llwyn Malys 5 — 3600 Llyiivi Iron 50 50 5000 Merionethshire Slate and Slate Slab Co. H 2" 40(0 Pennant. It l 100 PeUrhiw 30 6;), 10000 Rhymney Iron 50 13 10000 Ditto New 7 6" 2500, Rhoswhiddol Mine 10

our bewilderment became more intense as we discovered, that the influence of the Holy Ghost is to be increased greatly after confirmation. We could not imagine what could be more pressing than this., but it seems-th4 there is in reality some- thing so vastly superior to it as to cause its bestowal to be postponed for an indefinite period. Knowing that the good Bishop of St. David's is a very clever man, we thought it was just possible that Mr. Kaye Shut-tleworth wanted his services; or we thought it likely that Lord John Russell wished to con- sult a Father in God on the prospective endowment of popery; or that he sent for him to ask his advice about the Jews, But though these questions are of great moment, we still thought that the renouncing of the devil, and the receiving of the Holy Ghost, were far more urgent matters. We shall be anxious to know if our surmises were correct.