The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

FASHIONABLES, LITERATURE, fee. The King has given a subscription of 1001. and the Queen another of 501. towards the repairs of the Brighton Chain Pier. Sir H. Taylor has also subscribed 10J. HER MAJESTY—At a dinner given the other day to Mr. Clay, one of the representatives of the Tower Hamlets, the health of his Majesty's Minis- ters was given from the chair, and we are informed, was drank without a single cheer; but when the health of the Queen was given, the room rung again with acclamations. Tire venerable Earl of Chatham is gone to Brignton for six months. This amiable Nobleman, notwithstanding the retired habits of his life, and his extreme taciturnity in general society, was held in the highest esteem by his brother, the Right Hon. William Pitt. It was always understood that Mr. Pitt took the advice of Lord Chatham on all impor- tant measures relating to finance. The sinecure "Governorship of Gibraltar, salary and emoluments, 4,000'. per annum, held by his Lordship since the demise of the Duke of Kent in 1820, will, it is gene- rally believed, be abolished at the Earl's death, when the Earldom will become extinct. THE LATE EARL or PLYMOUTH.-A very hand- some -,u rii has beeu subscribed by the Members of the Worcestershire Yeomanry Cavalry towards a monu- ment to the memory of their late Colonel, the Earl of Plymouth. SIR PETER LAURIE.—A piece of plate of the value of 339 guineas was presented to the Lord Mayor of London (Sir Peter Laurie) by many of the citizens for his services during his mayoralty. The new building for the Carlton Conserva- the Club" is to cost upwards of 21,000/. Mr. Smirke is the architect Messrs. Hunt and Bennett obtained the contract. There were seven tenders selected from which to make the choice. There was not 10001. difference between the offers of any of those candidates. LAVDABLE ASSIDUITY.—It appears from the evi- dence of Lord Fitzroy Somerset before the Committee of the House of Commons that during the six years his lordship has discharged the duties of Military Secretary to the General Commanding in Chief, namely, since 1827, he has not been absent .from the Horse Guards more th&n a fortnight at a time. Sir Herbert Taylor, it seems, found the duties of the appointment so oner- ous that he resigned it. The salary is now 2,000/. per annum it was formerly 2,5001. Lord Firzroy re- turned to his residence in the Stable-yard from a brief visit to Brighton, where his eldest son. Lieutenant Arthur Somerset, is doing duty at the Palace with a detachment of the Grenadier Guards. Mr. George Beilinghani Graham, the eldest son 0" Sir Belliugham Graham, Bart. and heir to the baronetcy, enlisted as a private into the Royal Horse Guards (blue) on Wednesday last. The Brightonian Reformers very 11 (lisititer- estedly" say that the King has now another glorious opportunity of distinguishing himself, without giving any offence to the Lord, he might create a Pier for Brighton." On Tuesday, Mile. Dosne, the daughter of the Receiver General of the department of Finisterre attained her 15th year, and was married to M. Thiers, Minister of Commerce. The lady is small, pretty, and above all, very rich, having, it is said, a fortune o 2,000,000f.—Galiynaiti.

DIB DINS DICTIOVA R Y. From the Comic Offeringfor 1834. Bucks-Dashing beaux; animals of the deer kind; part of a county, the remainder of which is in ham shire. Coventry—A place to which disgraced people are sent, but don't go; a punishment said to be unspeak- able. Gentility—A word, the use of which betrays in- curable vulgarity. Heart-Of a statesman, in his head-of a soldier, in his (irms-,of a coward, in his legs-of a beauty, in her boiinct--of a dandy, in his moustache-of a wise man, in his reputation-of a blockhead, in his want of it. I NOT U-But if a letter pass between the two, 0 then I will be indebted to you. Islington—A place formerly two miles from Lon- don, which is now three beyond Islington. Jack-A jug, a flag, a roasting machine, a marine curiosity, the hammer of a harpsichord, or a musi- cian. She called me twangling Jack.Shak- tpeure. LI-Fifty-one, and a falsehood. Jlonky-A hard substance, hard to gain, harder to keep, which hardens the heart, and makes the pos- sessor hardy enough to dare all other hardship! Necdlr-A thing of point, and with an eye to business, it can jell in better style than a butcher; hem with less pain than a pacior; herringbone faster than afihmorlger; run neater than a racer; seam a greater variety of things than Proteus; by one stitch (in the side, or elsewhere; save nine, and the soberest man in the world may get 4 sown up by it. Opera-The songs out of one musical play intro- duced without cause or connexion into another; also a theatre formerly celebrated for private boxes, fans, flirtations, and folding hats; it is uncertain now whether this establishment exists; when last seen it was walking into Drury Lane and Covent Garden had on when it went away a new German dress French dancing shoes, Tyrolese coeffure> an opera hat trimmed with humming-birds, and an English ridicule containing a long purse. Theatre" Things as nobody never thinks on now-a-days. Vcrax. Women—An article I have not sufficiently studied, but have always thought them admirably calculated to make-men happy, and expose the anomalies and ugly absurdity of a gigot sleeve. X-Pretty well! XX better. XXX—Super- lative thirty to one. Zoolonicat Gardens—K place of Sunday worship for bears, bulls, asses, demoiselles, jays, monkies, geese, and black swans, who go to look at their bro- thers and sisters in dens and cages. DUBLIN.—A correspondent in the south as- sures us that a regular organised system against the payment of rents is in progress in Cork, and other districts in Munster. Less was not to have been ex- pected. Why should not the poor people" have their land for nothing, seeing that they have ob- tained every other wish and object by clamour and disaffection Dublin Evening Mail. REVISING BARRISTERS.—It is understood that before the next registration a general meeting of all the barristers employed will be held, for the purpose of comparing their rotes of disputed cases, discuss-ingr their various decisions, and deciding upon the correct interpretation(!)<f the Reform Act; the result to be ul- timately submitted to the consideration of a certain number of judges, whose decision is to be held as binding on the whole body of revising barristers.— Lincc.lashire Chronicle. BRISTOL CORPORATION.—Messrs. Drinkwater and Gambier, the Corporation Commissioners, have c'oped their inquiry at Bristol. On the last day, Mr. Manchee. a prominent leader of the anti-corporation party, brought up the subject of the late riots, and ad- verted to thevpublic feeling against the Corporation as evinced by the meetings at the Commercial-rooms, held after those fatal occurrences, at which resolutions, condemnatory of the conduct of the Municipal Autho- rities on the occasion were passed. Mr. Seijeant L'.ullow, Town Clerk, objected that this was a matter wUèh ought not to be raked up afresh after the Attorney-General had abandoned all the actions in- stituted against the Magistrates, and a warm discus- sion was continued for a considerable time, during which the learned gentleman .challenged any one to bring fo.wuid a charge against the Corporation, if they bad any to make, and not to condemn them by surmises. If, he s-aid, the inhabitants themselves had done their duty, the fires would never have occurred. Both Commissioners bore testimony to the unvarying readi- ness of the Corporation and its officers to give every facility to the iuquiry. HONEST ROGUES.—Wednesday,- a carrier from the Highlands gave an old porter twetve one pound bank notes to go and pay several accounts in town. On calling at the first shop the poor man, to his utter conste:nation, found the notes had slipped from his waistcoat pocket. Next niot-ninghe received an anony- mous epistle enclosing ten of the notes, and express- ing regret that the fiuders could not send the other -two, having I- got upon the fuddle" and spent them, promising, however, to make restitution as soon as they could muster the needful "—Perth Courier.

THE CAMBRIAN, GLOUCESTER, AND LON- j DON RAILWA Y. (From Felix iarley'd joitrnal.) In pursuance of a requisition addressed to his Worship the Mayor, on Monday last, a Public Meeting was held at the J olsey, Gloucester, for the purpose of taking into con- sideration the propriety of adopting the plan proposed by W. Wooddeson, Esq. Civil Engineer, f"r making a rail- road from Gloucester, hy way of Tewkesbury, &c- to Blf- rainphau), and there to juin the new railroad from thence to London, the line being in continuation of one already proposed by him and sanctioned by recent general meetings, from Swansea and Merthyr, through South Wales, to Gloucester- We observed a full attendance of the most influential merchants, manutacturers, and agricultural proprietors of the city and its neighbourhood on the occasion A beau- tifully executed plan of the proposed line of road was laid on the table, for the inspection of the company. William Montague, E q. proposed that his Worship the Mayor be requested to preside on the r)ccasioi,L proposi- tion which was seconded hv 0. W. Price, Esq. His Worship, on taking the chair, opened the business of the day by reading the requisition addressed to him for ca'ling the meeting, at the same time reinaikiuj upon the high respectability uf the signatures attached thereto. After a short desultory conversation, at the suggestion of Mr. Montague, Mr. Wooddeson was requested to state the outline* of his proposed plan. Mr. Wooddeson then rose, and proceeded to develope the contemplated undertaking neaily to the following effect: After a few preliminary remarks, he said the caxulaliens he was about to submit, were made from information lie had collected, and observations he had made; and having observed that it had been suggested at previous meetings held at Swansea, that it would be eligible in furtherance of the undertaking that the Cambrian line to Gloucester should be continued to Birmingham, there to join the Birmingham and London railroad, and Birmingham and Liverpool, thus opening a communication between the two great marts of the kingdom, and placing Gloucester in a situation fairly to compete with both Mr. W. then proceeded to state the outline of the plan, and the probable income to be derived in the event of its adoption. It appears, that the imports to Gloucester, in the year ending August last, were 124.425 tons, and the exports, for the same period, collected from difiV-rent ports, aud brought down the Severn, ami by the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, were 109 039 tons. Ilr. W. here remarked, that as the proposed railroad would be at no distant period the carrying port for Birmingham, there could be no doubt the exportation would be double. He said, his calculation of passengers w as in proportion to the number of inhabi- tants residing in the different towns, through which the line would pass, computing ten in every thousand, as the pro- babie number, and which he estimated at 3s. each, as an average. These three statements amounted to the sum of III 4321. per annum- Lime, limestone, and manure, large coals, and smallcoaU for lime-burning and maltsters, live and dead stock, srain and provision from Ireland. and from all the small villages and hamlets,through which the railroad would pass, would be diffused through the different towns in this populous andt-xtensive agricultural county, with a small charge upon the engines, concluded his farther cal- culations upon the profits that will accrue. The transit of this produce would be 26,6301. making a total of 138,2901. per annum. Mr. W. then went on to state, that by the junction of (he Cambrian line with the Gloucester and Birmingham there will be an accession of income arising out of the transit of the following produce:—The quantity of iron sent to Lon- don is 69,410 tons, and 13 060 tons is the quantity sent to Liverpool j there is also 100,000 tons of Lancashire ore imported into Cardiff and Tsewport for the Welsh furnaces. Again, there is 62,400 tons of hoop iron, nail-rod iron, tin and copper, sent from Swansea, and the other manufac- turing and mining districts, to London and Liverpool. The income upon this is 386461. and as by this junction there would be a vast acces-ion of passengers, Mr. W. has made his calculation upon the number of passengers from the population on the line of road to which the grain and provision from Ireland, the live and dead stock, fish, oysters, &e. from the immediate neighbourhood, with lime, limestone, culm, small coal, pennant stone, granite and builuing-stone, all calculated ior the London, Liverpool, and othermarkeis on the th; eefold line, and, in consequence o of the cheapness of transit (being only one halfpenny per ton per mile), it is perfectly oovious that no other mode of conveyance could present equal advantages, either in reference to the rapidity and safety of transit and prompti- tude of delivery. The total income was calculated at 277,295/. a-year. W. Price, Esq. then rose, and, after suggesting the pro- priety of Mr. Wooddeson withdrawing f„r a few minutes, (a suggestion wi,icli was of course Immediately complied with) proceeded to address the meeting to nearly the fol- low ing effect:— That after the statement which they had just heard read, it became the business of the meeting to consider in the first place, whether the undertakingnowsubmitted to them was one which it was worth their while to entertain, and it they thought it was, what would be the best course to adopt to bring it fairly under notice. It certainly was his opinion, and he believed every gentleman in the room would agree with him, that the formation of a line of railroad which would connect the port of Gloucester with the town of Birmingham, would be attended with the greatest benefits not fonly to those two places, hut to the intermediate line of country through which it would pass, and to the nuhlic at large. With respect to the remuneration that mieht be expected to accrue upon the capital that would be necessary to be invested in such an undertaking, they had all heard the estimate ot expenditure, and calculations of profit that had been detailed to them by Mr. Wooddeson. For hi* own Part' hv^?V,er' woulJ freely admit, thai experience of the Past hllT> to receive [with great caution any statementso tt.ns nature for the future, as he had invariably found them P«dt|y overrated. He thought they might safely de uc o per cent, from the estimated revenue, and still find en-' 0 eft to yield a moderate and reasonable return to those who invest their capital in it. Taking this view of the subject,he felt disposed to go a little further into the matter, and he thoaght their best plan would be to form a co 1 ee of a few gentlemen who would under- take to ma e enqui,jeSi collect information, commence correspondence with, and, when thought expedient, form deputations o other places and persons; by these means much valuaote information would be obtained, and the sentiments an opinions of those most likely to take an interest m tne scheme, clicited. Should the result of their efforts appear to warrant such a proceeding, a general meeting mig i then be called, when the subject would undergo a more extended discussion; and the feelings of the public be more accurately ascertained. To accomplish this purpose he would take the libertv of reading a tew resolullons which had been hagtijy drawn'up, with the r°P at other gentlemen would come forward and express u. sentiments, and with no other desire than that they s ?u he amply discussed, and adopted or re- jected, as mig t appear most conducive to the object in view. He concluded by moving the first resolution. The resolutions, whicn will be found adveitised in another cloumn, were then put seriatim, and carried unani- mously, .lr. rice at the same time justly observing that they bad been drawn up in such a manner as to pledge no one in any ay to the undertaking. ° At a meeting of the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal Company, on Wednesday week, it was resolved after considerable discussion, to affix the seal of the company to a petition to arliament in favour of the proposed line of railway from foxes Bridge to Purton Pill, in the Forest of Dean.

GLEANINGS. 1 ROBERT Dt'KE OF NORMANDY IN THE DUNGEON OF CKRDIFF (.'ASTLF.-As you enter the ancient gateway of Carditf Castle, a dungeon is shown on the leit hand, in which it is said Robert Duke of Nor- mandy, brother to William Rufus, and Henry I. was confined upwards of 26 years. It is pretended that, attemping to escape, he was retaken, and, by he orer of Ills cruel brother Henry, blinded in the following d manner-a hot brass basin was held so near his face, ''•j' humour of the eyes were thereby dried tip, and the optio nerve destroyed. This story however, is contradicted by several of our best historians. Matthew Paris rather inclines to it and thus relates the cause of his death -11 It happened on a feast day, that King Henry, trying on a scarlet robe, the the hood being too sreight, in essayingt o put it on, he tore some of the stitches; thereupon he desired it to be carried to his brother, whose head was smaller, it having always been his custom whenever he had a new robe, to send one cut from the same cloth, to his brother, with a polite message. The garment being delivered to Robert, in putting it on he felt the trac- tion on asking how it became torn, the story was related to him whereupon, falling into a violent passion, he thus exclaimed—alas alas I have lived too long! behold my younger brother, a lazy clerk, who has supplanted me in my king- dom, imprisoned and blinded me—and now not content with these injuries, he insults me as a beggar by sending me his cast off clothes From that time he refused to take any nourishment, and miserably weeping and lamenting, starved himself to ne was Duried in tiloucester 1 aitiearai, where hig image as big as the life, carved in Irish oak and painted, is yet shown. A dark vaulted room beneath the level of the ground is pointed out as the apartment in which he was confined; though the least consideration will shew the impossibility of this bein- trtic. It has already been said he was here above 26 years; but no human being could have lived a year in this unwholesome dungeon. On the contrary it is probable he had the whole range of the Castle wherein were many noble rooms. Lord Lyttleton from the authorities of Odo Vitalis and William of Malmsbury, says, Henry made his im- prisonment as easy to him as possible, furnishing ihim kwitti an elegant table, and buffoons to divert him pleasures, which for some years, he had pre- ferred to all the duties of sovereign power. GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE.—The Governor may be deceived, or he may do wrong without being deceived he beareth the sword, and may strike with it improperly. But if to remedy an occasiokal incon- venience of this sort, you dissolve government, what wiil be the corisequence ? More mischief vv II be done by the people, thus let loose, in a month, that would be done by the governor in hat fa cetitu ry. Bishop florne. IRON FOUNDERIES IN PRUSSIA.—"On a sandy hillock, about half a mile beyond the wells of the city (Berlin) stands the Volks-Deukmal, or monu- ment of the people. It is formed, with its taber- nacles and statues, entirely of cast ircn, in the manufacture of which the Prussians ha\e arrived at great perfectfon. The iron is principally ob- tained from the mines of Tarnowitz, in Upper Silesia and the expense of transporting it is greatly lessened by a canal which, leaving the Oder imme- diately above Frankfort, connects that river with the Spree, coming down from the Lansi:z towards Berlin. The loundery itselt is in Berlin, and sup- plies cast iron monuments to all Germany. They even make, in relief, copies of celebrated pictures. I saw the "Last Supper," of Da Vinci, cast in a space of about six inches by four, with a neatness and precision which could not have been expected from such materials, and on so small a scale. Larger busts are excellently well done; the fa- vourite ones are those of the Queen and Blucher for every Prussian-will sacrifice a great deal to pos- sess a memorial of either the one or the other. During the war, the church bells of a great number of villages were melted down into cannon; and the Kiner is now melting down iron cannon to give the churches cast-iron bells. The difference, in point of expense, is enormous, and they sound just as well as most of our own country bells. The director seemed to entertain little doubt, that, in a few years the Prussians would leave all Europe, except Otlr- selves, far behind them in ornamental iron work. He had been sent over to examine all the great iron establishments of England, Wales, and Scotland; and (hanging over an English grate of hammered iron, which he pronounced to be inimitable, and and allowed could not yet be made in Prussia) he spoke of the perfection which he believed us to have attained, in a strain of enthusiastic eulogy altogether professional. It was honest; and this willingness to learn is the first thing to produce the capacity of teaching. A Frenchman would have found out, either that we knew nothing about the matter, or that all we did know which was worth knowing^ had been derived from his countrymen. The directors of the Berlin foundery even ventured to make a steam-engine, for the purpose of blowing their bellows. Though they succeeded in construct- ing one which works, it cost them, they say, more money than if they had ordered it from this country. Yet they were much more successful than the direc- rors ot the iron-mines, at Tarnwitz, who, having got tin engine from England, could not put it together so as to make it work. It refused to make a single stroke, till a workman was brought out to correct their blunders. It is said that they displayed a rather forcible desire to retain the Birmingham wanderer, and that he at last, made his escape only by stealth.-—HussclVs Tour in Germany. GERMAN LAWYERS.—At the University of GOT- tingen the proportion ot: lawyers among the students is extravagantly large; more than one half of the whole number were matriculated in the juridical faculty. Various small offices in the German States are open to those only who have had a legal (or, at least what passes for a legal) education. It is true that the salaries are small; but then to say nothing ot his own chicane, there are legal imposts on the litigants, which give the little preetor a direct interest in fomenting and protracting suits; and under so imperfect a system of controul as every- where prevails, he must be a marvellously stupid or a marvellously honest Dorfrickter (village-judge) who cannot raise his gains to an ample recompence for his talents. The same person is occasionally judge in two different small districts. It sometimes happens that it is necessary for the judge of the one district to notify something that has happened, the escape of a thief, for instance, to the judge of the other and instances have actually occurred of the same person in the one capacity, writing a letter to himself in the other, and then answering his own letter, that he might lose none of the fees attached to the performance of these duties !]bid. AN IRISH WITNESS.—Pray, Sir, said the Bar- rister at the Armagh Sessions, to a sturdy Milesian who was giving evidence about an unsound horse, was there any blemish or eye-sore.on the horse when he was sold ? Och! then, your woi tship, replied Pat, with a fine rich brogue, sorra one of myself but went over and examinated him at the time, and devil a blemish" was an him thin, and nothin' that I could percave about the baste, barrin a weeshy little bit of a sore eye upon his tail that didn't magnify that, snapping his fingers. The Court was convulsed with laughter. CONJUGAL AFFECTION.—The passengers on the high road to the west of this place were rather puzzled a few days since by observing a man busy digging potatoes in a field, while a young woman sat beside him equally busy at some piece of machinery with a large wheel in motion. Some supposed that a new agricultlral implement was at work, perhaps in the preparation of the roots into Sir John Sin- clair's flour. 11 was at last discovered that the loving couple were still in the honey month, and, that nothing should separate them within doors or with- out, the frugal wife carried her reel upwards of a mile to the field, and was winding pirns beside her equally ardent deary, reminding one of the time when Adam delved and Eve span!Scotch Pal)er, A BRITISH KNIGHT.-Oile of the most cruel deaths on record is that of Sir Thomas Blount, of Bolton who had engaged with his kinsman Nicholas in the attempt to restore Richard II. to the throne in the year 1400, He was hanged, says Burke, in his Hisrory of the Commoners ot England;" but the halter was spon cut, and he was made to sit on a bench before a large lire, and the executioner came with razor in his hand, and knelt before Sir Thomas, whose hands were tied, begging him to pardon his death, as he must do his office. Sir Thomas asked "are you the person appointed to deliver me from this world The executioner answered « Yes, sir, I pray vou pardon me and Sir Thomas kissed him and pardoned him his death. fhe executioner then knelt down and opened his belly, and cut out his bowels and threw them into the fire. While Sir Thomas was dying, one Erpyngham, the king's chamberlain, insulting Blount, said to him in deri- sion, Go seek a master that can cure you." Blount only answered Te Ileum laudamus Blessed be the day on which I was born, and blessed be this dav, for I shall die in the service of my sovereign lord the noble King Richard. His head was soon after cut off, arid he was quartered.

AGH1CULTU11A L IN T EL L1G L E. Mr. Poulett Scrope has addressed a letter to the agriculturists of the West of England. The subject of it is the continued and increasing depres- sion of the markets, while the outgoings of the far- mer have scarcely fallen at all. The market has been kept down by the continually increasing importation of Irish produce, raised under peculiar circumstances. The Irish grower, for instance, is enabled to under- sell the English grower through the unjust and ut, warrantable difference of the laws under which he cultivates his land and the Englishman his. In England," says Mr. P. Scrope, the poor laws have kept up the standard of living among our agricultural labourers, in spite of their redundant number and have prevented wages from falling below an average of Is. 6d. per day. In Ireland, wages are from 4d. 11 to lOd, per day, because there is no poor law !-How can an English farmer, paying Is. 6d. a day to his labourers, compete in the market with the Irish farmer, who pays an average of 7d. a day to his labourers ? In England a farmer is forced by law to pay from three to ten shillings an acre poor late while the Irish farmer pays no poor rate at all Is it wonderful, then, that the latter can beat the former out of his own markets? But this is not all To make the difference still more galling and unjust, a very large proportion of our heavy poor rates is paid to maintain in idleness the surplus labourers of our parishes, who are deprived of the employment they would otherwise obtain in London and all the large towns of the kingdom, by the hordes of starving Irish that are driven over here from the want of a poor law in their own country. Indirectly, we pay forthe support of the Irish poor as well as our own while the Irish landowner, paying no tax of the kind at all, and hiring his half famished labourers for one- third of the wages the law compels us to give, sends over to our markets his corn and cattle, his buttei- and bacon, raised at half the cost of our produce, which has to meet It there, and pockets the difference in the shape of an exorbitant rent."—Mr. Scrope affirms that the farmers of Ireland aie" worse off than the serfs of Russia—that the whole produce of the soil of Ireland goes to the landowners, except the dry potatoes on which the peasantry support a mise- rable existence. And he contends that if the Irish cultivators are not raided to the level of the English, the English must sink to the level of theirs, (From the Gloucester Chronicle.) We call the attention of our readers to a com- pressed account, in another column of our paper, of the proceedings at the Buckinghamshire Agricul- tural Meeting, on Wednesday se'nnight- The Stan- dard, of Saturday last, contains some judicious and able remarks on this Ajeeting. We have, in former uumbers, adverted to the benefit with which well conducted Agricultural Associations are attended, even in quiet and ordinary times, but "O%vt when the spirit of change is abroad, when, to use Lord Chaudos' words," whatever may be the assurance to the con- trary, however you may be lulled into a false se. curity from believing that the question of the corn laws was set at rest last sessiot, the question of their repeal will most assuredly be brought forward in the next session and supported by all the strength of its advocates." Now, when the very existence of the Agricultural Interest and all dependant upon it, is at stake, is the time for that Interest to rouse itself, to -how its powers, its influence and its virtues. These qualities, excellent in themselves, are useless either to the possesors or to the public It allowed to slumber in inactivity. They are worse than useless it not exerted by men who are capable of rendering themselves the benefactors of their countrY-are deservedly scorned if they give themselves up to apathy and sloth, and men who will not employ their energies in their own just defence, have the bitter- ness ot defeat doubled upon them by the. derision of their neighbours. Amongst the must obvious and the easiest methods of combining the power of the Ag- ricultural tInterest, and enabling it to act with decision and effect, are well-conductcd Agri- cultural Ass,Deiations these Associations should be formed in every county and in every district, and we confidently hope, that Gloucestershire, considering its population, its wealth, and its agricultural im- portance, will not be the lust to forlll and support these societies, and that the example of Cireheester will be extended over the whole of our county. But if any thing is to be done it must be done quickly, it must not be deterred to the nioirow in a very short time that Session of Parliament will commence in which we may confidently expect the crisis of our fate. What fatuity then will ii not show, if we wait till that crisis arrives before we even prepare to meet it; Let Agricultural Societies be formed without delay and then the land may say to its repre- sentatives, in a voice that must be obeyed," we seek not to live by the spoils of others, but we expect to obtain redress and relief for the Agricultural In- terest, and for the millions dependant upon it." On Wednesday last the Buckinghamshire Ag- ricultural Association held its annual meeting, the Marquis of Chaudos in the chair. The great topic at this meeting was—to oppose any alteration in the Corn Laws and to effect a repeal of the malt tax- With rcspect to the former subject, the Marquis said:— Whatever may be the assurance to the contrary, and bowever you may be lulled into a false security from be- | iiQVing that the question of the repeal of the corn laws was set at rest last session, yet it is my duty to tell you, that I know most certainly, whatever may be the views and intentions of the government, that the question of the repeal will be brought forward at the next sesssion, and supported by all the strength of its advocates. There is a spiiit abroad in the manufacturing districts, which will find its vent in their representatives in Parliament, and if you would successfully resist their powerful efforts, you uiust be awake and stirring. They will try by every means to after the existing corn laws and I ask you whether we are to look tamely on and be despoiled of our only chance of protection, and only safeguard from ruin 1 We are assailed by a cry iiitendcdj to excite the people against us; it is ttiat of cheap bread.' I say at once, ahd avow in the name of the farmers, that we seek not to live on the spoils of others, but only to obtain that fair and equitable remuneration, which shall support us and enable us to pay our labourers. Let me again assure this meet 109 of my auxiety to forward the wishes and resolutions of this association by every means in my po .ver—uiy only object being to obtain redress and relief fur the agricul- tural interest and the thousands and millions dependant on it There are great obstacles in the way of our ob- taining what we seek, but they are to be surmounted by activity, unanimity, and perseverance. If i such induce- ments could be held out to all the body of agi-icuittiriets s would bring them to a union on this subject so vitally important to them, such a blow would be struck as would give you the most perfect assurance of success." The Marquis, after alluding to the resistance to the assessed taxes, observed, I'll tell you that these taxes will be conceded by the government and they will yield to the disloyal efforts of men, whom they should have compelled, in the first instance, iuto pro- per alld loyal behaviour." In another part of his speech he said- I urge you as men who have their all to look to, to come forward to advocate your own interest, and not allow clamour to averawe loyalty, or let disaffection govern the land if you persevere and send in petitions stating your distress, the repeal of the malt tax must eusue as surely as there is a sun in the heavens. I know and am sure such petitions will be acceded to. Look to the distress iu this county. There is land, I know, which now only fetches 7s. an acre, which a few years ago produced 35s—How can the labourer then be maintained; how then can the farmer exist ?

DEATH OF ONE OF CAPTAIN Ross's CREW.— An Inquest was held last week, in London, on the body of J.Ayres, one of the expedition (the cook) just returned from the Arctic regions. He was taken ill on Sunday, and died on Tuesday in a state of delirium. He complained frequently of heat; but the surgeon who attended him was of opinion that change of diet, and not of climate, had caused his death; and the Jury returned a verdict-Died by the Visitation of God. The poor man was a great favour- ite iiinong his shipmates. FiUE-—Soon alter eight o'clock, on Wednes- day evening, a fire broke out on the premises 0f Messrs. Wright and Bagnall, in Bridge street, which continued burning with great rapidity tor some time, and was not subdued uutil the upper stories aud the roof of the buildiug had been completely destroyed. It has been ascertained that the fire originated in the binding-room, owing to the carelessness of a woik- mn iu snuffing a candle with a pair of shears over a tub of paper »i:avin»s, just at the moment of leaving the room. It is wonhy of i-eiiiaik that this is the second fire which has occurred on these premises under circunistauces precisely similar, except that iu this instance, unfortunately, Messrs. W. and B weie not insured. It appears that they had intended to transfer their policy of insurance to a London office, aud were simply waiting the result of their aunual stock-taking and other arrangements, which would have been completed oil the following day. The loss sustained by Messrs. W. and B. must be very consi- derable, as the whole of the stock iu the printing- office and binding-rooms is completely destroyed, and a large part of that which is saved, is injured put all I rezuedy.-Brittol Journal.

SCRIPTURE ILLUSTRATIONS— NO. 18. Redeeming the time because the days are evil." Eph. v.16" The wheels of nature are not made to roll backward; everythingpresses on towards eternity from the birth of time an impetuous current has set in, which bears all the sous of men towards that interminable ocean. Meanwhile heaven is attracting to itself whatever is congenial to its nature, is enriching itself by the spoils of earth, and collecting within its capacious bosom whatever is pure, permanent, and divine, leaving nothing for the last fit e to consume, but the objects and the slaves of concupiscence, while everything which grace has prepared and beautified shall be gathered from the ruina of the woild, to adorn the eternal city "which hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it; for the glory of God doth enlighten it, aud the Lamb is the light thereof. Let us obey the ,oice that cal's us thither; let us seek the thiugs that are :above, and no longer cleave to a world which must shortly perish, and which we must shortly quit, while we neglect to prepare for that in which we are invited to dwell for t:ver. R. HALL.

ANOTHER BAD BISHOP.—On Friday evening last, 205 tenants of the small allotments let out by the Bishop of Bath and Wells were regaled at the Bishop's table with their annual substantial enter- tainment of solid English fare, roast beef, plum- pudding, &c. His Lordship attended, for a short time, the convivial party, and proposed as a toast, Success to the allotment system," which was drank with the most lively enthusiasm after which, Good landlords and good tenants." Mr. Lmery, the steward, then proposed his Lordship's health, which was drank with acclamations; after whieh the good Bishop retired. The whole of the evening was one of true old English hospitality.-Bath Journal. CHURCH PREFERMENTS.—The Lord Bishop of Winchester preached on the 21st ult. at the parish church at Portsmouth, to a most attentive and crowded audience, and it is worthy of remark, that in the course of his observations he communicated the following creditable fact, that he had bestowed twenty-two livings, eighteen of them to curates, and not one to a pluralist, AN ESTIMABLE CLERGYMAN.-Sich was the uni- versal esteem in which the ReV. Mr, Keary, Protes- tant Curate of Headford, county Galway (whose de- mise took place on Thursday se'nnight), was held, that at his interment the people (an immense assem- blage of whom attended on the melancholy occasion) both Protestant and Roman Catholic, took the horses from the hearse, and drew it to the grave, a distance of three JJespatch. CHURCH KEFORM BILL.-Ttie draft oftlie English Church Reform Bill has been submitted to the Arch- bishop of Canterbury, and, through his Grace, to the Bench of Bishops generally. The Archbishop ap- proves of the measure in part to some clauses he will offer unqualified opposition. The Bill will be brought into the House of Lords at the opening of next Session; and it is whispered that royal influ- ence will be exercised to induce some of the leading Peers to absent themselves, and let the bill pass." THE CORPORATION iiNQt,,HY"CHARITIES IN CORK.—The following abstract contains the total of the sums contributed by Protestants, and the total of those contritbuted by Roman Catholics, with the number of each persuasion to whom relief has been afforded _Lu_ The total amount of the suDscriptions to the eleven charities for the last year was Of this sum there were subscribed By Protestants. By Roman Catholics 408 The number relieved by the above charities was 55,986 Of this number there were Protestants 2,880 Roman Catholics 58,606 So much for the charities. Now lor the cholera Fund —a fund to which, if ever human wretchedness ap- pealed with effect to human sympathy, it were to be expected all would have contributed cheerfully and liberally. How stands the fact 1 The total of the donations amount to A:3974 And of this sum there was subscribed By Protestants £ 3304 By Roman Catholics 670 Independently ot the above return the Protestants of Cork support fifteen daily and twelve Sunday Schools, besides upwards of twenty other benevolent estab- lishments but these being for the use and benefit of Protestants only they have not been introduced into the return made to the commissions-These facts speak for themselves.-C.ork Constitution. RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATIONS,-The income of the three following societies, supported by the church, viz. for Promoting Christian Knowledge, for Propagating the Gospel, and Church Missionary Society, amounts to 152,619. The dissenters support the VVesleyan Missionary, the London ditto, the Particular Baptist and the General Baptist Societies, whose incomes amount to 90,000 only.

LOVE, COUliTSHIP aNU MATRIMONY. (From the Chelmsford Ch)-onicle.) Wm. Barker ot Woodham Ferris, a decent-looking "married man," was charged with attempting to break the bonds of Hymen with a broomstick, and, the said bonds being rather tough, damaging in the effort Mrs. Barker s head. b A few short years ago, Master Barker reached the pinnacle of manhood.—there he sat for a time, daz- zled by the rustic beauties around him, and ejacu- latinjg— Indeed I must a courting go, 1 hough girls I am afraid of: For truly now I waut to know What sort of stuff they're made of. To courting, then, he went with all his heart, and courting of course brought on thoughts of matri- mony. Visions of connubial happiness, and social fire-sides, and children running to 'I lisp their sire's return, rose upon his imagination—coupled of course with one Miss Mary, to whom love-or something very like it-had given a wonderful power over his bewildered senses. Indeed he could not help think- ing- A wife would make good household stuff If she were downright clever: And Mary suits me well enough, If she would let me have her." To Mary he accordingly hurried and after sundry gigglings, and sighings, and hints of drowning, in FLII which— It seem'd as if his heart would break The buttons off his jacket. Mary consented to let him have her and. all things went on swimmingly for a time. But alas!—"A change came o'er the spirit of his drearn "—frowns began to flit along the horizon of matrimony-the grumbling of the storm was heard in tbadistance- jand he soon discovered that An hour of bliss Is fo Uow'd hy an age of care." For the first fortnight only the matrimonial bar- ometer stood at smiles and kisseis—-then it sunk to contradiction—then to sulky—and at last to blows. Finally Master Barker threatened to kick Hymen out of doors for jilting him and as he felt no im- mediate desire to visit the shades below," he proposed to send Mrs. Barker on this voyage of discovery, that he might have the pleasure of at- tending to her epitaph. Breaking, her heart, how- ever, was out of the question—that was of too tough a material—and he therefore proceeded to operate upon her head, for which he was now called upon to answer. Mrs. Barker appeared terribly afraid of being sent off on the voyage aforesaid, and declared she dared not live with her husband again. Indeed both parties appeared quite prepared to- Part without the leagt regret, Except that they had ever met." In default of finding sureties not to send the weaker vessel" on the uncomfortable cruize for the next six months, Master Barker was sent to ruminate for that period on bread and water and matrimony.

MEDICAL REFORM NIEETING.-At a meeting of general practitioners, held at the Sussex Hotel, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street, on Saturday, Nov. 2d, 1,1 to take into consideration the infringements made on the profession by unqualified persons, aud to confer on the most efficieut mode of reuioving this injury," it was resolved, "That a public [iieel-.iig of the medical profession be convened for Friday, the 15th iustant, at the above hotel, at half-past seven, exact time, for the furtherance of the above object." (Signed) SAMUEL PROCTER, Chairman. LUNATICS.—Inste.nl of a Lunatic Asylum the province of Antwerp possesses a lunatic village. It is called Gheel, and the poor creatures are allowed to roam at large in it, and where their infirmity does not incapacitate them, the inhabitants give them work. Many districts in the Netherlands send their lunatics to reside in this village, and pay for their board and clothing. It has been found that where one cure is. effected under confinement, ten are brought about by kindneM and abeeaM of coercion.

UNIVERSITY a t OXFORD, NOVEMBER, 7. I This day the following degrees were conferred | Doctor in Civil La to.—-Rev. Francis Orton, St. Hall. ef; Masters of Arts.— Ri v. Williams Williams, g. liev. llcnry Button, Wadh.im; liev. Thomas James worth, Jesus Edward Kensington, fialliol; Tkoin»s rence, Exeter. Bachelors of Arts.—Francis Robert Peter Clarke B Magdalen Hall; Ashworth Percy Macaulay, In a Convocation holtien the same day, the Rev. S(J< Herbert, M. A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, mitted ad eundem. tn mitted ad ezindc"L The Archbishop of Dublin has presented the Rev.1' j Mayers, Domestic Chaplain to the Earl of Wickl°,((( I the Kectory of Kilbride, part of the Union of Ml [ lately become vacant by the death of the Rev. Cb^ I Smith Lord VVicWIow has most liberally undertake0 I build the new parish church at his own expense. [ The Lord Bishop of Cloyne has been pleased to aP^(. I the Rev. George E. Cotter, Vicar of Ralian, to f tor of Templenecarriggy and the Trjasurership I diocese. „>*r I At an ordination of the Bishop ot Peterborough, terborough Cathedral, on the 27th ult. Thorns' j Wetheroll, A B. Trinity College, Dublin, was adm1' j into the Holy Order of Deacon.. From the Oxford Journal.. Brasennose College.—A Fellowship is vacant. A larship is likewise vacant, open to candidates unniatrIv\ lated, and to members of the University not exceedioj 0 year's standing. On Thursday last Frederick James Crouch, M-A- Isle Grant Overton, JJ.A. Scholars of Corpus Christi V I lege, in this University, were admitted Probationer Fel'° | of that Society. j From the Cambridye Chronicle. | On Monday last Joshua King, M. A. President of | College, was elected Vice Chancellor for the year I The subject of the Norrissian prize essay for the | suing year, is The Divine Origin of Christianity pro I by the accomplishiueut of the Prophecies delivered Christ himself." I On Monday last the following gentlemen were de £ v. I Scholars of S;. John's College :—'Messrs. Rolfe, j Low, Nevin, Kichards, Jenner, Coates, Welidon, J I Barnes, White, K. Barber, C. Fellows, Dodge, I Everard, Bird, C.iR. Hoare, W. Roberts, Harper, H. | Cotterill, C. Bromijy Kegnion. I A meeting of tli £ philosophical Society was held I Wednesday, the 6th iust., at which the officers I elected for the ensuing year :—President: The Presid« I of Queeus, V.C, Vice Presidents: Dr. Clark, Airy, Professor Milicr. J I On the 28th ult. the Lord Bishop of Exeter instito' | the Rev. Wm. Hocken, B.A. of St. John4s College, in # i University, to the rectory of Endilian, on the present&l' | of the King. At an Urdination held by the Bishop of Exeter, On I 27th ult., the following gentlemen of Litis University*0 ordained • DEACONS—Louis Gregory, B.A. and Henry Alford, B; Trinity College John Robert Thomson, B.A. St. Clement Winstanley Carlyon. B.A. Clare Hall j Bowden Were, B.A. Queen's College. j I PRI&STS.—Edmund ^Fearon; B.B. Fellows, B.A- Wm. Hocken, B-A. St. John's College Henry Atkin*0 B.A., Magdalene College. B.A., Magdalene College. DURHAM UNIVERSITY. I The members of this University went into mourni Sunday last, for the late Kev. John Carr, M.A. of Mathematics. The mourning to contiuuc for foui't*^ days The Dean and Chapter have received SO of valuable books from R, Suitees, Esq. of Mainsforth>' of valuable books from it, Suitees, Esq. of Mainllforlb, f. the library of the University also a copy of Stephen, Thesaurus, iu 7 vols, folio, from the Rev. Oeo. Towu*eB-, Prebendary of Durham and a copy of Hoogeveen'a con Analogicuin, from the Rev. J. Tate, Canon ReslûeJ1 tiary of St. Paul's and late Master OJ Richmond School; "J the hauus of the Rev. W. Petle^; also Gibbou's Decline #IJ Fallot the Roman Empire, and Beza's Testament, fr° Mrs. Andrews. -Newcadle Journal.

THE JIA RKETS. PDI FF. J Wheat, 1681b. 17>. 0cttol9s.^<l,|.I,anib 6i ,tf Barley 9J. Od. IDs. :^d. Butter lid jjj Oats 2s. Cd. 2s.' 3d. S:Ut do .S Beef, per lb. 0s. 5d. 0s. fid. Fowls, per couple 2s3d to 2* Veal.. 0s. 5d. 0s. fid. Ducks Vs 6d to Mutton 0s. 5d Og- 6d. | Geese, per lb 6s 5d MERTHYR. i I I. d. II. d. d. Pine Flour(28tt>).. 4 9to0 0 Beef, per th o401 Best Seconds 4 600 Mutton oo0 1 Butter, fresh, per lb 0 10 0 0 Veal 0 0 1 Ditto, salt 6 8 0 0 Lamb, per lb 0 6 • i) Fowls, per couple 2 0 a 6 Cheese 0 5 0 Ducks, ditto.• 2 0 3 0 Bacon Figs (20tbs.J 7 0 1 i Egt?s, per hundred 4 OtoO 0 Potato^ |>er 7lb.. 0 2# COWBRIDGE. Wheat(W.bush.)7s. Od.toOs. Od. | Veal 0s.— d.toO*- £ Barlej ditto Od. os. od. | Pork 0s. 0s. Oats .Us. Ud. os. od. I Lamb 0s. 0u. W- Alutton (per lb.) Os. 5 £ <i. os^tdki Fresh butter. Oa.lod. OS- Beet'0s. 4^1. oj^|^||^(per dozen; Os. ud. OS- NQB&RIDGE I Wheat( 1681b) 18s. Od. to 21s. Od. Oats 8s. 6d. to <>»■ ei Barley 8s. Od. to 10s. Od. J SWANSEA. j Wheat (Winch, b.).. 6s. JOd. Oats j». I Barley 3s. !>d. (Beans os. j ivi ox.Ni o u'rii. Wheat 8s. 0 d. Beans flj. I Burley 4s. 6 4. Fease 0*. Oats. 3s. 0 d. ABERGAVENNY. Wheat, per quarter.. £ 2 6 4 | Barley £ 1 5 'J Oats 0 0 o 0 Pease. 0 0 0 CHEPSTOW. | Wheat 41s. lOd. | Oats.. |6s. 'J Barley 27s. 9d. | Beans —s. BRECON. I Wheat (10 gals,)8s. Od.toSs. 6d. Beef (per lb.) 6d- W? I Barley 4s. Od. 4s. 3d. Muttou fid. I Oats 4s. Od. 4s. 3d. Veal 6d. j Walt 9s. Od. Os. Od. Fork 6d. • I Fease 0s. Od. 0s. 0d- | Fine Flour(persack; 43s. I CRICKHOWEL. Wheat, 801b bushel.. 8s. fid. Vetches f>»- | Barley 6d. Fease 5s- I Oats 0s. Od. | Butter, per lb lOdt#1* | Oats Os. Od. Butter, per lb. loitoly | CARMARTHEN. I Wheat r.s. 6 d. I Oats Is. Barley ..2s. 9 d. J I BRI^PS^RN EXCHANGE. J SFFTTTRAHTEIL' -1 PJS* I S^i. s. d. s. d. *■ I Wheat, Red. 46 o to 50 o Kye — ° to —- I White 52 0 to 04 o B#ans ° to g Barley, Grinding 22 o to 24 o Ticks ..40 o to 42 I Malting 28 o to 29 o Peas, White 5t o to 50 9 I Oats, Feed. 10 o to 17 o Malt 48 o to W Potatoe.. I'J o to 10 o I RAN SACK or 2801b. I Flour, Fine 40 o to 41 o | Seconds 38 o to 39 o I Thirds 26 o to 28 O I Pollard, per ton I"5 o to 110 o | JUrau .100 o to 100 o I PRICE OF LEATHER AT BRISTOL. d. 4. d. Crop Hides, per lb. 12tot8 Calf Skins 20 to2 I English Butts 15 21 Best Pattern Skins 23 Bnlfaloes jj 13 Common ditto 22 | Middlings 13 15 Heavy Skins, per lb. 17 I Butts 14 21 Calfskins, Ir.s'n 13 j Extra Strong ditto. 18 21 Curried. 18 I Best Saddlers' Hides. It> 18 Welsh N Shaved ditto 14 jg Kips, English & Welsh.. 15 I Shoe hides 13 14 Shaved ditto 18 jg I Common ditto 12 13 Foreign Kips 15 I Bull ditto 12 13 Small Seal Skins 18 I Horse Hides (English).. 14 17 I^arge ditto 13 '3 [ Welsh Hides. 13 Jtj Basils. 11 |J I German di'to 15 jy Foreign Shoulders 9 'gi | Spauish ditto .18 22 Bellies 7 ™ k Shaved do. without butts. Dressing HideSlioulders 19 {0 | 9s. fid. to 14s.(id.each. ———^Sjlnes tfj Horse Butts .11 13 | MOON'S AGE. | First Quarter, Nov, 19, at 49 minutes past 7 morniag- J TIMES OF HIGH WATER AT THE FOLLOWING PLAC*^ j NEXT WEEK. | BaisroL. SWA.Niti. Nivvpo,ki. MOHN.EVEN. HORN. EVEN. MOKN.IKVEN. MOTTN.^VT^, [ DAYS. H M.I H. M. H. M. H. U. H. M. KM. 11 ».| j Sunday 11 12 11 36 9 57'la 21 10 47 11 11 1» 59 1* Alonday. — 2 10 ij 10 47 'it 35Sil 37 II 4?;'1 Tuesday — 2s— 49 it 13 11 34 ;— 3— 1:4 — ^"7 VVetinesuav 111 1 43 11 St — 28 ■— 46 1 It, — yf l'liursday2 14 2 5ii — 5: 1 36 1 49! 2 21- 2 1 46 Friday 3 2., 3 69 2 I, 2 44 3 lj 3 3, 3 13 4J SaLurdav 4 31 4 50 3 1 3 41 4 7 4 3i t A bt MEK-fHYll TYDVTb Printed and Published WILLIAM MALLALIEU, at the Otfice. High where Orders, Advertisements, Communication*/ ate requested to be addressed.