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LITERA TURE. The Third Vol. of Lockhart's Life of Sir Walter Scott" h,ts appeared, and contains a very painful pori ion of his existence, namely, that in which he embarked on the stormy ocean of business, as a printer aud publisher, in connection" ith Bal- lantyue and Constable, a connexion that produced those reverses, that ruined his fortune and destroyed, his life. It will be remembered by some of our readers that the authorship of NVavei-ley," was assigned to Thomas Scott, the brother of Walter; the mystery of authorship is, in many cases, a fruitful source of profit. Sir Walter, in his letter to his brother, thus, somewhat disingenuously, invites him to tall in with ihe popular error. "Oil the publication of the third edition of; Waverley^ says Mr Lockhart, 1 find him writing thus to his brother Thomas, who had by this time olle to Canada as pay master of the 70th re:,ri ryelll I)tlar rrom, a novel here, called Waverley, has had eugrraous success. I sent you a copy, and will send you another, ,iih flie I Lor(i of the which will be out at Christmas. The success which it has had, with some other circumstances, has ioduced people lo lay the bantling at a certain door, Whe-c laying store of faults, they'd fain heap more.' You will gruess for yourself how far such a report has credibility; but by no means give the weight of your opinion to the transatlantic public; for you must know there is also a counter-report, that you have wiitten the said Waverley.' Send me a novel iiiteruiixinop your exuberant and natural humour, with any iticidf-nits and descriptions of icetieo-y you ">Hy see—particularly with characters and traits of manners. 1 will give it all the cobbling lhat is necessary, and, if you do but exel t yotirsel f, I li" ve not the least doubt it will be worth 9500. and, to encourage you, you may, when you send the MS., draw on ine for 9100, at fifty day's .ii,-ht-so that your labours will at any rate not be quite thrown away. You have more fun and descriptive talent than most people; and all that you want, i, e. the mere practice of composition, I can supply, or the devil's in it. Keep this matter a dead secret, and look knowing w lieit %Viivericyl is spoken of. If JOu are not Sir John Falstaff, you are as good a mau as lie, and may, therefore, face Colville of the Dab*. You may believe I don't want to make you theauihor of a book you hav never seen; but if people will, upon their own judgment suppose so, and, also, on their own judgment give you £ 500 to try your hand on a novel, I don't see that you are a pin's point the worse. Mind that your MS. attends the draft. I am perfectly serious and confident, that in two or three months you mh:ht clear the eobs. I heg IllY compliments to the hero who is ufraid of Jeffrey's scalping knife.' Scott was offered Ihe laureateship, which he declined, being admirably advised thereto, by a letter from the Duke of Buccleuch, which we cannot resist the pleasure of copying:— "MvdearSir,—treceivedy{-ster<!ay,your letter of the 24th. I shall, with pleasure, comply with your request of gtiarauteeing the £ 4000. You must, however, furnish me with the lorm of a lelli r to this effect, as I am completely ignorant of transactions of this nature. I am never williug to offer advice, but when my opinion is asked by a Irienu, I am ready to give it. As to the oiler of His Royal Hiohuess to appoint you laureate, I shall frankly say, that 1 should be mortified to see you hold a situation which, by the general concurrence of the world, is stamped ridiculous. There is no good .eason why this should be i-o but so it is. WalierScott, Poet Laureate, ceases to be the Waller Scott of the 'Lay,' Marmion,' &c. Any future poem of yours would not coine forward with the same probability of a successful reception. The poet laureate would stick to you and your productions like a piece of court-plaster. Your muse has hitherto been inde- pendent—don't put her iuto harness. \Ve kllOw how lightly she trots along when left to her hat ural paces; but do not try driving. I would write frankly and openly to His lloyal Highness, but with respectful gratitude, for he has paid you a compliment. I would not fear to state, that you had hitherto written when in poetic mood, but feared to trammel yourself with a fixed periodical exertion and I cannot but conceive that His Royal Highness, who has much taste, will at once ee the many ob- jections which you must have to his proposal, but which you cannot write. Ouly think of being chaunled and rccilatived by a parcel of hoarse and squeaking choristers on a birth-day, for the edifica- tion of the bishops, pages, maids of honour, and geiitlempn-petisiotici s! Oh, horrible, thrice hor- rible! Yours sincerely, BUCCLF.UCH, &C." Letter to the Right Honourable Sir flenry Har- dinge, K.C.B., .17.P., oiL the Effects of Solitary Confinement on the Health of Soldiers in ll'arm Climates. By John Grant Malcolmson, Surgeon, E. I. C. Service. London, 1837. ° This pamphlet contains some startling facts from the pen of one who has abundant opportunities of verifying them. It pioves, beyond all contradiction, that no constitution can, in a warm climate at least, stand long coufinement on bread and water. We doubt, indeed, if such a punishment could be sup- ported by any delinquent, in any part of the world. Without exercise in the open air, no food, however nutritious, will long preserve life; where the food is bread and water alone, the stomach is soon weakened, the body is subject to pains, and chronic disease is sure to seize on the victim; in fact if he be a soldier in a warm climate, he is in many cases, pronounced incurable; and if he survive he is soon unfit for service. Reud the t*oilowing Many men, particularly those of indolent habits, endure a confinement of four or six weeksj on bread and water, without injury to their health- but, in some instances, a shorter period is sufficient to cause a total loss of appetite,—the bread is hardly touched, and on other food being allowed, the patient is unable to eat or to digest it. The stomach becomes weak there is uneasiness across the region of the stomach spleen, and liver the latter is torpid the bowels ar confined, or they are relaxed with slimy dichargelil unaccompanied with pain, yet the swollen red tongue indicates the existence of irritation of the mucous membrane of the digestive canal. The pulse is quick and feeble; and the clammy skin, vertigo, debility, headach, and sleeplessness, show how much the constitution suffers from diminished nervous power. The convalescence is slow, and the treatment requires to be adapted to the enfeebled state of the system. The effect is, however, more clearly seen in men sentenced to six or twelve months solitary confinement. Two of these were in hospital at the same time, with decided symptoms of scurvy:— one was admitted after five months confinement, during part of which he had heen allowed extra diet at my recommendation. It was observed, that for some time previous to his removal to hospital, his daily allowance of bread was removed almost un- touched. He complained of pains oflhe limbs, along the spine, and across the loins; tenderness of the shin hones; hardness, pain and feeling of stiffness of the calves of the legs, and the skin over the painful muscles was of a dark livid colour from effused blood. The gums were spongy, livid, and retracted, and he suffered from sleeplessness, some pain of the region of the liver, and slight griping. The tongue was yellow and its edges red. The other had been a shorter time in confinement, and complained of debilitv, disorder of the bowels, pains of the shin bones,'&c. &c. A blister was applied, which caused a foul sore, from which dark coloured blood flowed on the slightest touch. My fiiend Mr James Shaw, having furnished me with a report on the health of these men, two years after 1 lett the regiment, I am ellabled to tllte that the one had hardly been out of hospital during that time, and had not then completed his full period of confinement; and that the other was very flequently on the sick list witil a variety of complaints. Indeed, very few men are able to un- dergo a long period o solitary confinement on bread and water, without being much in hospital during the period of sentence; and many continue to mutferfroin the variousdiseases to which men of exhausted consti- tutioiis are so liable ill warrn climateti. Jt lIIay not be improper to add, that I have observed the minds also, of prisoners confined for long periods, more especially when oil a diet they believejo be destruc- tive to their health, to become gloomy, or even furious, and disposed to commit every crime; a fact which was forcibly stated many years ago, in the House of Commons, by Sir Robert Peel, in reference to the substitution of solitary confinement for other punishments in this country. When the solitary confinement is long continued, the severity of the punishment is increased in a much greater propor- tion than the length of time, and any addition in the shape of restricted diet, which may be necessary in short confinements, is quite uncalled for: the long seclusioll without employment is itselfsufficient. "The following facts, selected fi-otu distinguished medical writers, will shew that the effects ascribed to confinement on bread and water, are what might be expected to arise. Magendie fed a dogon "white bread and water," and he died in fifty days. When a similar experiment was conlinned for forty days, and emaciation had gone a certain length, although the animal afterwards ate of other food, the diges- tire organs were irreparably injured, aQd the duo stimulus could not restore them, or save the animal. The experimet was also made with sti,ar, &c.; and this great physiologist ascribes the effect to those all the chemical elenients bodies not containing all ihe chemical elements required by animals for their nourishment. Dr. Bostock,in reference to these experiments, observes, that the stomach can be excited to the due perform- ance of its functions only by supplying it with all appropriate stimulus, and that by the long and unin- terrupted continuallceol one and the same alimentary substance, that substance loses ils sit inula!ing power, and thus the stomach becomes ill capable of digest. illg it." This system of confinement on bread and water must be abolished, t logging, the pillory, the stocks, the 1)illoo-v, ttie stocks, hafd labour-any thing is preferable lu il.-Atlas,
POETRY.
POETRY. THE BIRD OF PARADISE. Resplendent Wanderer; followed with glad eye! Where'er her course mysterious Bird! To whom. oy wondering F"ucy stirred, Eastern Inlanders have given A holv name-the Bird of Heaven And even a title higher still. The Hird of God! whose lJessed will She seems performing as sho flics Over the carth and through the skies In never-wearied search of Paradise— Region that crowns her beauty, with the name She hears for us—for us how blest. How happy at all seasms, could like aim Uphold oor Spiiits I\ITfd to kindre.1 flight On win *s that fear uo lancc of God's pure sight, 1'<0 tempest frlnD his "reath their promised rest Seeking with indefatigahle quest .Above :i vorldthat deems itself must wise When most enslaved by gross realir ¡"s. Wordsworth, ORtCtSAL CIL\.IU Dr.-x v j L On mountain hpight no human footstep tripi, Or where the dreadful avalanche impends, Or where the tempest sweeps the polar skies, My firtt in wild and eddying wrath descends. Yet 011 the robin's plumage, oft unfeU, In m ildn cl imes it falls with feathery grace, And oft into mv second will it melt, Upon the warn, and sleeping infant's face. Not flowers that load with odour summer's air, Charming each sense—and grateful to the soul, Youth's joyous spirit ever will compare With the meek, pendent pIOSOlllS uf my whole. Kr* SCIHPTURE 195. the Lord Cod is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek," &c. &c. &c. Our Lord, in the Syna^ogne at Nazareth, opened the book of Isaiah at the place referred to in the text, and declared that it was fulfilled in himself—and it deserves to he noticed that in the commencement of his sermon on the mount (Matt, v,) the third verse relates to the first, and the- fourth verse to the second verse of the ixi of Isaiah. Indeed, the whole of the sermon on the mount is rich in Old Testament allusions. And we can well understand how attentive the people must have been, when the sacred words, with which they were familiar, were thus sounded in their ears. He weaves his discourse, says Chrysostom, out of sentences familiar to them from their infancy, that it might not seem alto- gether the voice of a stranger."—Professor Ttwluck'i exposition of the Sermon on the Mount- PF.RVERSENF>S—"Bishop Parker tells the
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following1 anecdote:—That the Quakers not only met the oftener because they thought they were forbiihlen to meet by stat. 35th of Elizabeth, but that a lurire assembly of them, in the reign of Charles 2nd, having protracted their sitting to a very long and tedious period, could not be prevailed with to break up, till a merry wag thought of the following- stratagltl; he caused it to be proclaimed in the King's name, that 'no one should depart without his leave.' On hearing of which they all immediately rose and went awuy, that it should not be said they paid obedience 10 any mau.-Dis- quisitions on Existing Orders of Society. MR. WYNN.—MrWynn, a man learned beyond a'1 others in the history of the assembly whose privileges I aID endeavouring to support—skilled beyond all men, deeper than all the children of men in the knowledge of the voluminous records of parliamentary precedents—a man who is even supposed by most people to know the whole of the journals of the house by heart, who devotes to their study the light of day and the mid-night oil, whose accuracy in everything connected with padiament is so rigid, that many persons imagine he really comes down to the house every morning at 10 o'clock, the hour at which the house ought to assemble according to the strict letter of the adjournment; in short, a man whose devotion in this respect can only be equalled by that of a learned ancestor of his, who, having fainted from excessive toil and fatigue, a smelling bott'e was called for, but one who knew much better the remedy adapted to the case of that gentleman, exclaimed, For God's sake, bring him an Act of Parliament, and let him smell at that Opinion* of Lord Brougham. SENATORIAL ELOQUENCE.—A BURST WORTHY OF THE GREAT MURPHY, OF MARVLEBOVE Dr. Niles then offered an amendment for reducing the duty on coal to one do'lar per ton,after December next, and to60 cents per ton after December following. The learned doctor supported his amendment in an extraordinary speech. He was in favour or bringing coal down to the Minimum price. It is something, Sir lo takcj the tax off salt. Salt,Sir, is indispensable to make the food of man savoury. The poor cannot do without saltneither can the rich, for that matter. Nobody can get along without salt. But, Sir—Mr President-salt alone won't do! No, Sir; fuel is necessary. What would be the use of salt to the poor, without fuel to cook their food ? Therefore, Sir, they must have fuel Yes, Sir! And what do I now propose? Do you not see, Mr President? Does not the Honourable Senator see ? Does not the whole Senate see? DOES OT THE WHOLE COUNTRYSEK THAT I AM ENDEAVOURING TO MAKE FUEL CHEAP, WIIEN I PROPOSE TO TAKE THE DUTY OFF COAL? IVIr President, coal; coal, Mr President, is coal. 1 say, Sir, coal, coal." AMERICAN ENGLISH.—In 31 words how many thats can be grammatically inserted?—Answer, 14, He said that that that that man said, was not that that that one should say; but that that that that man said, was that that uian should not say." This reminds us of the following says and saids:—Afr B, did you say, or did not say, what I said you said because C. said you said you never did say what 1 said you said you said. Now, if you did say that you did not say what I said 1011 said, then what did you say SUNDAY ON 'CHANGE.—(From an American paper.)—" An affray took place in the Philadelphia Exchange, on Sunday evening last, between two gentlemen. No fisly-cuffs were employed; but legs and jaws were used with violent and sanguinary effect. At last one of the combatants caught the nasal organ of his antagonist between his teeth, and was thus lifted from the floor and carried round, followed by a whole crowd of sympathisiug citizens, anxious for his fate! The Philadelphians are cele- biafed for biting each other's noses off." A MISTAKE.—One Sunday, when that eminent Christian, the Rev. Sir H. Moncrieff, was minister of Blackford, the precentor came to church with the back part of his large curled wig turned to the fore part of his head. The minister gave out the 71st Psalm to he sung, beginning at the 71h verse. When the precentor stood up to sing the first line, which run, ''To many I a wonder am," the people could not help looking and laughing at him. Sir Henry observing the point to which the people's eyes were directed, looked over the pulpit, and seeing the mistake, gravely said, And so. Sir, you are a won- der to many; turn the Bide of your wig foremost."—Glasgow Courier. PERPETUAL MOTION AGAIN.—By the Georgia (American) Messenger, we learn that a Dr. String- fellow, of Macon, hai actually discovered the loug- eounht and never-before-found perpetual motion. The editor thus partially describes it:—"The machine is very imple, the whole consisting of a very few pieces, yet comprising the most iugenious and the most perfect principles of mechanism. It is com- prised within a square frame of about 18 inches and the parts consist only of two perpendicular spindles, and two horizontal cog wheels, a trundle ht-ad three small suspension chains, a spiral spring and weight and a small JIlclwed plane. ° MAKING TEA.——lea is almost always ill made. Instead of allowing the water to stand on the leaves for a definite time, and then pouring off the infusion the water is allowed to remain for an unlimited period an error which was committed and reprobated when tea was first introduced, as appears from the fcllowino- passage of Sir Kenelm Digby's ''Cookery" (London" 1669,) quoted by Dr. Kitchener:—"The Jesuit that came from China, A. D. Iti64, told Mr Waller that to a drachm of tea they put a pint of water, and frequently take the yolks of two uew-laid egjs, and beat them np with as much fine sugar as is sufficient for the tea, and stir them all wet! together. He also informed him that we let the hot water remain too long soaking upon the tea, which makes it extract into itself the earthy part of the herb; the water must remain upon it no longer than while you can say the miserere psalm very leisurely. You have then only the spiritual part of the tea, the proportion bf which to the water must be about a drachm to a pint." By letting the water remain so long we do not procure any more aroma from the tea, but merely draw out what the Jesuit called earthy parts," or chemists now term bitter extractive matter." The proper time 'or making infusion of tea is five or six minutes, and it should then be poured off into another pot. Fenny Mag.
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CHIT CHAT. MARRYING THE DFAD.- -Navarette mentions a curious custom prevalent in one of the provinces in China, where, in the event of two persons betrothed dying at the same period, they are married while their dead bodies are still in ther former dwellings, and afterwards burnt together. A congratu- latory address to Sir Francis Burdett from the Con- servatives of Liinerick is in progress of signature. A quarrelsome officer, lately traversing one of the Boulevards of Paris, observed a person turn towards him and laugh. Becoming indignant, he ,i<ked, "Why do you laugh, sir, as 1 pass I 10 Much the other quickly rejoined, "Why do jOIl pass, sir, when I laugh?" Such was the affec- tion of Sir Walter Scott for his daughter, Mrs Lockhart, that he sai.d at her approaching union, ''The man who marries that woman brings ever- lasting sunshine upon hi$house!! —-RADICAL LRONOMY—IMPORTANT SAVING.— The finance commit tee of the Kadieul town of Worcester have iesolved that the silver hands to the hats of the mayor's officers be dispensed with, as an unnec-es- <ary expense.—— I he dial ot our faces does not always shew the time of day in (iiir Jieui-iv, and un- clean spirits may inhabit tne house who do not look out of the window In a late debate. Sir Robert Peel said that he had heard of an act of Parliament, by which the penalty inflicted was imprisonment, one halt to the informer the other to the King.- -—EXCLUSION OF ENGLISH MEDICAL MEN FROM BO-ULOONE.—A strong feeling has been excited at Boulogne by the resolution of the French government to deprive the British residents of the assistance of English medical gentlemen. The prohibition is to extend against any English physician whatever going there to practise.— Evening paper. -Hie Duke of Bucclench's equipage to the races, last week, was among the most splendid of the visitors to the course. His Grace drove three sets of beautiful greys, from Newman's the postilions wearing rich sat in jackets. The Marquis of Lothian and the Hon. Henry Las celles were of the Noble Duke's party An Irishman, on being arra igned, was told that he might challenge the Jltry, Aye, and I'll sliool 'eiii too, if they don't acquit ine," said he. The Duke of VVellinglofn off the occasion of his grand Waterloo dinner, on the ISth of June, intends to exhibit the magnificent service of solid sold plate presented to him by the late King Geoi-p-e IV. It is yet uncer- tain whether the Noble Duke will give a ball and supper on the same evening.- The worthy Member who was locked into the library, and lost his ote while calculating the chalices of the divi- sion, it is said, has not lately taken to books. The enemies of the Church at Poole were again defeated in an attempt to prevent the making, a church rate. A woman obtained a summons lately, in Glamorganshire, against her husband,tor beating her. "Had you given him no provocation said the Magistrate. Indeed, your bonotir, i tilti n (, fh i tiri "And that's why I beat her, your honour," said the husband.- At a late hour on Monday night week, a duel took place, by moon- light, near Chalk Farm, between a supposed editor of a scurrilous periodical, and an aged individual, formerly a clerk in the Bank of Iland, residing in Somers Town. Neither of the parties were wounded, but both were nearly frightened to death, ENORMOUS FRENCH PETITION. — A petition of the beet-root against the sugar cane, got lip on the British plan, measuring about 50 feet in length, and covered with 6,000 signatures, has been handed round the alle des Conferenees at Paris, where it had been deposited. A sporting printer, a few days since, bought a dog of the pointer breed, but the animal, on a fair trial, not pos- sessing the requisite qual itica,tions, was returned by the purchaser, accompanied by a note, quaintly stating that the "dog knew nothing of punctua- tion?*- At the celebration of the Princess Victoria's birthday, in Derby, on Wednesday week, it is stated that 1000 females consumed 2000 penny buns, fifteen stone of biead-and-butter, and seventy gallons of tea. The good folks of this county are confirmed tee-totallers —-JuniciALHORSEMAN- SIIIP.—The entrance of the champion and his knights, on well caparisoned steeds, at a coronation, gives to Westminster liall the anomalouscharacter of being a school of good horsemanship. In the result, however, it does not appear to sustain that character; for in addition to the instances of im- perfect equitation, we have now to record that a short time since, Lord Denman's. the chief justice, horse rearing with him, slid the Learned Lord off by the tail; in addition to which, Mr Justice Cole- ridge has signalised the commencement of the pre- sent term. by a somewhat similar disaster. Happily in neither instance, has any serious consequence ensued. Sheridan used to say that if any Irish family was entitled to the Regal 0' it was his own—for, said he, "I oice every body. It is said that such is the demand for hay from London to Scotland, that the salesmen find it diffi- cult to keep pace with it. During the we¥- before last, not less than 31),0,10 stones of hay were pur- chased for Lei th, Peterhead, Aberdeen, and Banff. -THE WINNER OF THE DERBY is the pro- perty of Lord Berners, the veteran father of the turf, formerly well known as the sporting Colonel Wilson. His Lordship is in his 78th year, and enjoys excellent health, attending all the meet- ings at Ne%vinairket, &e.-HINT TO AUTOGRAPH COLLECTORS.-In the catalogue of a bookseller living in the neighbourhood of Covent Garden is a book, specified "A Relation of the manner of the Execution of John Ellice, a notorious Pyrate," with this note appended-" lvith the autograph of John Ellice on the titte-page." How the said John Ellice should be able to write his name on a book after his execution, is something puzzling !—Oxford Herald. Mr Roebuck has given notice of a "field day," upon the state of the nation The King presented the Princess Victoria, on her birth- day,"with a magnificent grand pianoforte, by Broad- wood, of ahe value of two hundred guineas, as a mark of his affection. NEW. CHANNEL AT THE RIVFR NEVA.—A new channel is about being cut at the mouth of the river Neva, with a view of facilitating the navigation between Cronstadt and St. Petersburg. "°ne of lhe haPPiest hits ever made at the bar was made at Erskine in the days of his renown. He was arguing on a patent right relative to some new kindI of buckles; his opponent, Mingay, strongly contended that the invention was worth nothing. Erskine started up, and said, in a solemn tone—" I sai(J', a"d say again, that our ancestors would have looked on this invention as singularly ingeniolls-tliey would have been astonished at these buckles. "Gentlemen of the jury," said Mingay, with equal solemnity, « I say nothing of my ancestors, but I am convinced that my learned friend's ancestors would have been much more astonished at his shoes and ttockings.11 The court burst into a roar. Blackwood's Maga- zine..FINE APHORISM. Gratitude has a strange retractive force, which loses its effect, and perishes in its exertion.-S-ir F. Burdett. — Speech in the House of Commons—; THE FREDERICK STREET M URDBR.This tragical affair still con- tinues enveloped in the deepest mystery. No clue has yet been obtained as to the real murderer.— Observer Somebody asked Mr Fowell Bux- ton, at Epsom, what he thought of the winner beating the favourites? Gad," said the exem- plary brewer, I should have thought Phosphorus better for a mritch.Nlr Jorgenson, the cele- brated watchmaker of Copenhagen, has invented a clock, which at the end of every twenty-four hours, indicates the average temperature of the preceding day. The losses both upon the Derby and the Oaks, this year, are admitted on all hands to be less in amount than usual and that being so gene- rally distributed over the sporting circle as not seriously to affect any one.-FfL[ENDLY PRE- PARATIONS.—An Irish gentleman having been found one day by a friend practising with his sword against the wainscot, and being asked the reason for his assiduity at this exercise, replied, I have .some company to day to dinner, with whom I expect I shall quarrel." M ILITI.V. U" IFORM OF OFFICERS.—WE understand that his Majesty has been graciously pleased to command that the tini- form of the ollicers of the militia ot the United Kingdom shall in future be laced in silver, and that the officers of such regiments as are royal, shall wear, by way of distinction, silver embroidery instead of lace -THE SCHOOLMASTER IN ANIERict.-A Sunday-school teacher asked a child lvlio killed Abel?' "General Jackson, was the reply. Another inquired of a scholar. In what state were mankind left after the fall r "In the State of Vermount. ^rtineau s Society in America. The famous Glenartney, winner of the Riddlesworth, and second tor the Derby in the Mameluke's year, once allied at three thousand guineas, was so.a a ersa s, a week or two ago, for twenty-one g"' *??.■ At the illumination for the Princess V,ic.oria's birthday, in VVestminster. the people tilolight the letters P V meant PLUS FIVE-the amount ot the glorious Ministerial majority but on the city-side ot Temple-bar, where the V takes p a o ie the populace interpreted them POOR VIQS.- Found at the back of a tattered Bank Note, by Lady Douglas. Farewell my Note, and wheresoc ir ye wend. Shun gaud/scenes, and be the poor man s inend. ve left a poor one go to one as poor, And drive despair and hunger from Ills door. -Lockh,irr., Life of Sir Walter Scott. AME- RICAN RACE HORSE.-A nag that can't "beat a bullet" round a ten-acre field, had as well stay t'other side the oreek."
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SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE EMPLOY- MENT OF ADDITIONAL CURATES IN POPULOUS PLACES.—THE KING, PATRON. (From the Morning Herald.J T his association has been but recently formed, and is quite distinct from "The Pastoral Fund Society," which was commenced nearly three years since. I hat society, which is very similar to this before us, ditters essentially from it in one essential point— namely, the admission of lay teachers, which the new society will not sanction, for reasons very obvious to every one well versed in ecclesiastical intorinati«.n, and with the history aud progress of dissent. We have already given our own opinion upon this question some months back, in which we briefly, but, we believe, clearly stated, the strong and valid objections that exist against the practice 01 employing laymen to give spiritual instruction, except where an absolute necessity may exist ill the spiritual teachers not being in proportion to the wants ot the community, as did happen to be tne case when that sincere Christian preacher, Johll Wesley, made such extraordinary and successful etforts to extend the influence of the gospel. This pious man saw that the harvest was givat, but that the labourers were few, aud therefore he (elt him- self compelled to adopt a practice, which it is not likely he wouid have sanctioned, if he had been able to command a sufficient number of clergymen to do the duly. But there is Ilut any difficulty now, wc apprehend, to ifnd a sufficient uumber of gentlemen, educated and in orders, to undertake those very onerous duties; these are the proper teachers of religious principles, for very obvious reasons, and they are directly accountable to the superior clergy tor the princqjUs which they inculcate. 11 y The object, therefore, of the present society, is to increase the means of pastoral instruct ion and super- intendence at present possessed by the church, and tor that purpose to provide a fund for contributing to the maintenance of additional clergymen in those parishes within the seveial dioceses of England and Wales, wherever those services may be most required. Amongst the annllal subscriptions we find- I he King 30u/, the Queen lool, A,-clit)iliol)s of oi k and Canterbury, and Bishop of London 200/ each, Bishops of I)iii-haiii Gloticestea, lool, Lincoln, Sudor and Man, St. Asaph, Bangor and R:pon 50/ each Earl Howe 50/,&c.
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CAST HORSES FOR SALE. LOT I.-A full-boned blundering job horse, called Laiab, IOllg accustomed to hackney work; was some time in the Notion iVews. —A diminutive but layer little horse, called John has some time worked as leader in the Reform coach, and occasionally jobbed in double harness with a large Irish horse. 3.A favourite good-figured, wen-conditioned, aud showy lady's horse, called Cupid; has been worked various ways, and seen much work, and rather aged, but even now carries a lady well. 4.—A rough-looking hard-working horse, called President; ist.))))ous in job or omnibus work to be seen at the Berkeley Mews. 5-—A heavy Itardy-actioued Scotch horse, called Glen; wants good driving, and be-t fitted for slow work has been to the colonies. 6-A tine-nosed,thick-set litilellorse, called Cam was originally considered serviceable in the army, hut bolted on being flogged. 7. —A clumsy little horse, called Jim Crow; has been much cut about in being worked beyond his capacity is strongly recommended to the driving of some very good-natured country gentleman. 8.— A large, heavy, ill bred Irish horse, called Dan; very powerful, and generally said to do all the work in the cabinet coach. This horse is remarkable for his vice and a very long tail. Further particulars of the remaining horses in a few days. R.
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The produce of the Isle of Wight i:1 in greater excess over the amount of it; i)oi)ulatioti than any other equal portion of the King's dominions. Upon an average, there is corn enough produced in the island in one year, to maintain the inhabitants aud visitors for seven while of lambs alone, between 7,000 and 8,OJO are aunually sent to the London markets. PEKSIAN GEOGIIAPHY* Ihe following curious extract has been sent to us by a friend. It is trans- lated from a Persian work entitled Jamaat- towarikh, or University History, by Rashi lad-din. who commenced it in tIe year of the Hijrah 714 (A.D. 1314.) — Ireland (Irlanda) is au js|aucj tlie midst of the Ocean. Fi-oin the excellence of its soil, poisonous reptiles and rats are not produced upon it. The people are long-lived, red-haired, tall, strong and brave. There is a fountain of water there, into which, if a piece of wood is thrown, in the course of one week its surface becomes stone.— The larger island is called Lug-Und (Ingletterra.) In it is a mountain which has numerous mines of gold, silver, copper, lead, and iron. Fruit trees are abundant. Amongst the wolidet-s of that land is a tree which produces birds. It is thus: At the time of blossom a sort of bag appears upon the tree; within this the bird is attached I)N, its beak. When the fruit is npe, the bird makes a hole with its beak and comes out. They keep it two years, by which time it gro w,, to the size of a goose ot- duck. It is the common meat of ihe people of that country —In both these islands there are sheep, from the wo'il of which they mike cyprus and scarlet clotits.-The king of both these islands is called Scotland." JUMPERS AT M, IN 1697, Coming to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, we found it crowded with a numerous and distracted mob, making a hideous clamour very unfit for that sacred place, and better becoming Bacchanals than Christians. Getting, with some struggle, through this crowd, we went up inlo the gallery, on lhat side of the Church next the Latin Convent, whence we could discern all that passed in this religious frenzy. —They began their disorders by round the Holy Sepulchre, vvitti all their tnig-hl and swiftness, crying out as they went, lluia, which signifies this is he, or this is it an expression by which they assert the verity of the Christian religion. After they had, by these vertig-inollscircubtionsand clamours, turlled their heads, and inflamed their madness, they began to act the most antick-tricks and postures, in a thousand shapes of distraction. Sometimes they dragged one another along the floor, all round the sepulchre; sometimes they set one mau upright on another's shoulders, and in this posture marched round: sometimes they took men with their heels upward, and hurried them about in an indecent manner: sometimes they tumbled round the sepulchre, after the manner of on the stage. In a word,nothingcau be imagined more rude or extravagant than what was acted upon this occasion.Muundrell's Travels. WASTE OF COALS.— Buckland, in. his Bridgewater Treatise, no:ic"s the disgraceful and almost incredible fact that during many years, more than a million of chaldrons of coals per annum, being nearly one-third part of the best coals, produced by the mines near Newcastle, have been condemned to wanton waste on a fiery heap, perpetually blazing near the mouth of almost every coal pit of that district (vol. i, p, MG); and adds, that this destruc- tion, though diminished since the law. of 1800, directing coals to be sold by weight instead of measure, still goes on to a frightful extent that ought not to be permitted but he does not advert to what would be a far more easy and effective cor- recti"n of the evil than the legislative interference he recommends, tile adoption in London of the plan constantly practised at Leige, Aix-la- ChapelJe, &c., of mixing up the small coal with clay into balls, which, at less than half the price of large coal, give out in an open grate un intense and loug continued radiant heat, very superior to what new coals afford. If some speculative London brickmaker would import a cargo of the Newcastle small coals, And make it up into balls and then show by experi- ment, to the Soiety of Arts, or other public body, that as much heat could be got from a ton of clay coal balls as from a ton of large coal, aud that they could be sold at less than half the cost, and if, which is essential, this new article were duly puffed, and a'so patronised by patriotic individuals iu the upper classes, so as to induce their poorer fellow citizens to adopt it, there can be little doubt that a demand would soon arise for a large portiou of the New. castle small coal now so ifnt>rt>vidently wasted.
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PAPER AND PARCHMENT. (From a Correspondent.) PAPER.—This term is derived from papyrus, a large bulrush, which ahounds in the marshy lands, near the Nile. It grows to the height of 15 feet, and.is commonly 18 inches or more in circumference When the outer skin is taken off, there are several inner skins or coats easily separable from each other. These, when separated, made the paper used by the Ancients, which was hence called by them Papyrus.. It is probable that the most ancient way of writing was on the leaves of the palin tree. At a later period, the inner bark of a tree was used for this purpose; which hark being, in Latin, called Liber, and in Greek, Hi bios, from hence a book has been ever since in Latin, called Liber, and in Greek, Iliblos. The Chinese still make use of such inner bark of trees for writing. Another method adopted by the Greeks and Romans and as old as Homer, (who mentions it), was to write on tables of wood, covered over with wax. Their pen for this purpose was an iron .style, and from this practice is derived the phrase still in use, of a in composition, &c. This method was principally practised in writing epistles, (so called from being sent) or letters. Such epistles are in Latin, called TabeUtu, and the bearers of them Tabellarii. On the discovery, however, of the papyrus, every other vehicle for writing « as soon superseded. When Ptolemy Philadelphia, King of Egypt, planned his great library, he caused all his books to be copied out on this sort of paper, and so general was its adoption that it was largely ex- ported for the use of other countries. PARCIIMKNT.— Eumenes, King of Pergamus, however, endeavoured to obtain as large and brilliant a collection of books as Ptolemy, and was anxious that his library, at Pergainus, should out- do that of Ptolemy, at Alexandria. This induced Ptolemy to prohibit the farther exportation of papyrus, and from this prohibition is to be dated the discovery or adoptionbv Eumenes, of making books ot parch meat. From Pergamus, also, is the word parchment itself derived. Its discovery and large use in that cityohtained for it in Latin. the name of pargumena, or pergamena, and hence has the term been adopted by us; which is nothing more t-han jtargement, converted into parchment. As for the paper now in use, it is made of the paste of linen rags, and it has been in almost universal reception, since the invention of printing, for ordinary writing; parchment being for the most part restrained, by reason of its durability, to registers, records, and legal instruments. The invention of linen paper is probably of an earlier date than is commonly supposed. It has been asserted by some, that it was un- known in Germany, until 1470 but a book was printed on paper, at Mentz, in 1400, and was known to be in the collection of Dr. John Moore, Bishop of Ely, upwards ol 100 years ago. There was also, upwards ot a century ago, a book of wills, in the liegistry at Norwich, all made of paper, herein registrations were recorded as old as 1370; ami there is also ample evidence of the existence of a paper registration of certain acts of John Cranden, Prior of Ely, as early as 1320, the 14th of Kill, the Second. It is most likely that this invention was first brought out of the East. For many of the oldest MSS. in Arabic were written on this sort of paper.
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE GAZETTE & GUARDIAN. SIR,-l saw a paragraph in your paper, last week, lamenting that the fairs in Glamorganshire are on the wane. I quite agree with that assertion, but, I must beg of you, in your next, to state the reasons for such a falling off. First, this spring was particularly deficient in fodder; consequently the fat and lean stock has been much kept back. I know several Gentlemen Farmers that were not able, this last winter, to bring their stock to per- fection of course it follows that the real larinei, on his own resources, could not of course do better. Now, I hope, another year with, plenty of good hay and a good crop of ttirnips, ttiat the fairs will still bear their original name. You hint, in your paper, that Mr E. David, of Radyr, and Mr Powell, of Egl wysnunyd, were the only two persons that could bring good stock to perfection this year. I Inust beg leave to contradict that, by saying, that a small farmer, not a hundred miles from Lantris- sent, sold better cattle than either of the above persons were ever possessed of, namely, a better sort by far for instance, Mr David's cattle are hadly bred, Mr Powell's cattle are a large awkward breed; consequently, they should not be the only persons looked up to as breeders in this county. And besides, it does a great deal of harm to the fairs, to publish such a report, as to say that there are no cattle worth coming at a distance to buy but theirs. I remain yours, A BREEDER. N.B. It would be wise for the landlords, this year, to-put off their rent-days for a few months longer; 1 know it would be good policy as well as honesty.
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ROLLS' COURT, WESMINSTER, MAY 27. MONTGOMERY AND OTHERS V. CALLAND. This case came on upon exceptions to the Masters report. The Bill was filed by Mary Montgomery, widow, aud others, against Charles Callatid. Mr John Betinet Popkin was the owner of K.i111e-hi 11 farm, and Kittle-hill demesne, and other lands and premises in the parish of Pennard, in the county of Glamorgan. In 1780 he mortgaged a portion of his land, Kittle-hill farm, to Mrs Elizabeth Lewis, who afterwards became mortgagee in possession,and in 1800 conveyed her mortgage to a Mr Hawkins, who had become also possessed of Kittle-hill demesne. Hawkins in 1814 conveyed Kiltle-htll demesne to the defendant, Mr Calland, and in 1818 transferred the mortgage of Kittle-hill farm to him Popkin by his will devised all his estates to the plaintiff, Mary Montgomery, by whom the bill was filed to redeem the mortgage granted by Popkin The Vice- Chancellor decreed in favour of the right of redemp tion, and referred it to the Master to take an account of the rents and profifs of the mortgaged estates received by Elizabeth Lewis and her assigns and directed the Master to apply the rents, first in discharge of the interest, and then in sinking the principal of the mortgage money. Lord Langdale said, as to tlus first point, Eliza- beth Lewis was mortgagee in possession up to the time of her death, iu 1811. III ISIS the tlIorlgage was ttatlsferred to the defendant Calland, who had ince Iheu been in possession up to the present time. The Master was directed by the Viee-Chaticedor s decree to take the common account against mort- gagees, but instead of doing that he had acted upon an agreement which had been produced to him. He was of opinion, that the Master had no what- ever to determine that he would take the account on the foot of that agreement or to say that he would take it iu his own way, and not as the Court directed. All the exceptions taken to that account must be allowed. With respect to the premises comprised in the mortgage deed, his Lordship said, the defendant took possession of the purchased premises in 1814, and of the mortgaged premises in 1818. He gave the plaintiffs no information, but left them to make out their title how they could. He (Lord Langdale) thought that it was made out that the lands in dispute were taken possession of by the defendant iu 1818. The only evidence that occasioned a tI V dOli ut was the maps; but it did not appear for what purpose these maps were made, neither was there any evidence that these disputed lands "rre taken possession of as part of the pre- mises purchased in 1814. There were, however, marks of old fences, but no fences were now sub- sisting. From this he must infer that these parts of the laud had been taken possession ot in 1818, which decided the question that they passed under the llIortgag-e deed, and therefore that branch of excep- tions must be disallowed. Mr Spence applied to have the plaintiff's costs of these exceptions allowed, but His Lordship said, the costs must be divided.
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TRADE IN SHEFFIELD.—Trade here continues declining every week, in consequence ofthe arrivals ofpflckels frolll America without titotiey and every week adds considerably to the list of unemployed me- chanics; so much so, that in, passing through the town, numbers of respectable and talented work- men are seen walking with their hands in their pockets, in all dii-ec(i otis.- York Chronicle. A society has been formed, and subscriptions largely entered into, for the purpose of paying an annual stipeud to the clergy of the many new churches now erecting. This society, which will provide the means for the people to worship God after the manner of their ancestors, is called The Bath and Wells Diocesan Association, for providing a fund tor the maintenance of IIddilional curates in populous parishes."
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imperial$)avitamnu. HOUSE OF LORDS—THURSDAY. The only business done was the presentation of some petitions, uqid the lorwarding of some private Bids. HOUSE OF COMMONS—THURSDAY. The Birming-ham and Derby Railway Bill (No. 2) was read a third time and passed. Mr C'URTEIS again brought forward the Petition of Mr Mills, the engineer, complaining of irregular n t signatures in the subscription to one of the Brighton Railway Bills. Ordered to be printed and circu- lated with the votes, and further considered on Tuesday next. Sir J. HOBHOUSE presented a Petition from the Last India Company to be heard by Counsel against a Bill for compensation to certain maritime officers ot the company. It was ordered to be pdllted and circulated with the votes. Sir E. VVILMOT presented a Petition from Leeds in favour of the Summary Com ictions Bill. Mr CURTEI8 presented a Petition from 74 medical practitioners of Sussex, complaining of the working of the present poor laws, Mr HUME compained ofthe generality ofthe complaints preferred against the existing laws; he wished the several petitioners on thit-subject wouid be more specific, and slate of what they complaiued -a sciiiiiiient that ,a- nitich clieere(l. All- T. DU ¡\,CO.lfBE presented a Petition, signed by 400 persons who were dependeut on the theatres in favour of the Theatres Regulation Bill. Mr BAINES gave notice that he should, on a future day, move for returns regarding expenditure by churchwardens, for repairs of churches, &c., payable out of the rates. On tiie motion of Mr PEASE, a messuage was ordered to request that the Lords would communi- cate the evidence taken by their t,ordshii)sl Com- mittees, on the substitiou of a declaration in lieu of oaths wherever practicable. On the motion of Mr F MAULE, the Lords' amendments to the Penitentiary (Millbank) Act Amendment Bill were agreed to. Mr HINDE inquired whether or when it was the intention of Government to introduce any Bill on the subject ot Church Rates, founded on Ihe resolu- tion carried Oil T uesday, as it caused much anxiety in the country, and parties were anxious to know what was contemplated, particularly Church Lessees. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, not expecting the question, Was not prepa-ed with an answer, aud trusted that one would uot be pressed now. Mr til.L)F, said, if inconvenient, he certainly would not press for au answer. M r S H A ll M A N C R A W FOKD moved /or leave to bring in a Bill Kfpcal the Act of Ihe 5th aud 6th IV., c. 48, intituled "An Act for the Pre- vention uno more speedy Punishment of Offences endangering the public Peace ill Irelalld," Lord MOllPk* said that the Government could not acquiesce in the motion, which was then nega- tived by ayes o, noes 87. Mr ilUTT obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend that part of the Municipal Corporations Act which regarded the levying of a Watch Rate. Mr MACKINNON moved the appointment of a Select Committee, for the purpose of taking into consideration the claims of D"'Arcy Talbot, Esq., and other claimants 011 the French compensation fund. Mr GOULBURN, in particular, strongly resisted the proposal, as he considered that the arrangements which had been made were final, and that the claims were closed. The House divided on it. The numbers were:— For the motion 39, against 49; majority against it 10. Lord DUDLEY STUART, in a very th n House, brought forward his motion lot- the production of copies of any correspondence between this Govern- ment and the Governments ot Russia, Prussia, or Austria, or between this Government and the Go- vernment of Cracow, relating" to the entrance of Foreign Troops into ihe territory of that republic; and also for copies of any correspondence between this Government and the before-mentioned Govern- ments relating to the appointment of a British consul at Cracow. But, while his Lordship was speaking, it was moved that the House be counted, and there being only 31 members present, it was of course counted oijl." "#-## HOUSE OF LOltl)S-FRILIAV. Petitions were prcOIenled-for and against Church Rates, ug-ainst Knilroad Travelling- on Sundays, and for the abolition of Capital Punishments. The Newark Estate Bill was read a second time. Lord Ellenblrough, the Duke of Kichmond, the Maiquis ot Salisbury, 111(1 L)i-d Wharucliffc, corn- plained of the indifference of Ministers on the subject of a General Turnpike Bill. 1 lie Dublin Police Bill passed through Com- mittee; the first clause was agreed to, and the second was lost by 28 to 17; majority 11. Lord DUNCANNON, on the part of Ministers, then said, that without this clause the Bill was useless, and he moved that the House do resume. Lords Elleuborough, Hatherton, Brougham, and 1 itzgerald, agreed in condemning the clause as drawn, and in easting-the responsibility on Minis- ters, if they threw out tlie Bill rather than draIV up a clause le?ss ohjectionable. Lord DUNCANNON persisted, and the motion was agreed to. Adjourned to Tuesday. HOUSE OF COMMONS—FRIDAY. Lord JOHN RUSSELL gave notice that on Thuisday, he would move for a Committee to inquire into the manner ofletling Church Lands, by Bishops, Deans, Chapters, &e., and to inquire whether an increased value could be given to them by a different mode of. lettillg such property. He added, that it was not intended to lake any further proceeding on the resolution regarding Church Rates [carried on Tuesday hyth ïlJajoity of five] until after this Committee had made their report. A conversation took place respecting the forward- of ItL t ing ot the writ for (Glasgow. Lord J. RUSSELL moved that the House, nt its rising, do adjouru till Tuesday next, which was agreed to. His Lordship aftcrward said that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had fixpd the making of the" financial statelllent" [budget] for that evening; but that he had, at his Lordship's request, deferred it, that the Poor Law (Ireland) Bill might be further prflcecoed nith, Mr BAIILOW Hv)Y, however, intervened, by moving for the production of certain papers relating to certain presents sent to this country for their Majesties, bv the King ot Oude. Lord J. RUSSELL aid that he would leave it to the House to decide whether a notice of motion should take precedence ot au order ot the day, on the day set apart for orders. Mr BA RLOW HOY said that he would not press his iiiotioik. The House then went into Committee on the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill, which occupicd most of the remainder of the sitting. There were several divisions, particularly on the 24th clause, regarding the appointment of magistrates as ex officio guardians of the poor. After agreeing to all the clauses up lo ihe 35th, the Chairman reported progress, aud the 35th, the Chairman reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again. The other orders were then disposed of, and the House adjourned. (For continuation of Parliament see second page.)
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Retommendalion of Sir Henry Halford, fyc., to Medical practitioners, icith respect tll the Re- gistration of Deaths. NVe, the undersigned, President of the Royal College of Physicians, President of the Koyfil College of Surgeons, and Master of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries, having authority from the several bodies whom we represent, do resolve to fulfil the intentions of the Legislature in procuring a better Registration of the causes of Death, being convinced that such an improved Registration cannot fail to lead to a more accurate statistical account of the prevalence of particular diseases from time to time. We pledge ourselves, therefore, to give, in every instance which may tall under our care, an authentic name of the fatal disease. And we entreat all authorized practitioners throughout the country to follow our example, and adopt the same practice, and so assist in establishing a better Registration, in future, throughout England for which purpose we invite them to attend to the subjoined explanatory statement, in which they will see set forth the provisions of the recem statute, and the means whereby the important object we have recommended, may most effectually be attained. (Signed) HKNRY HALFORD, President of the Royal College of Phys ician*. (Signed) ASTI,EY COOPER, President of the Royal Co,lege of Surgeons. (Signed) J. IIINGESTON, Master of the Society of Apothecar.es.
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—■ I AGRICULTURE, COMMERCE. I AND LONDON MARKETS. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE. «• 8. t. inferior Red Wheat.. 46 a 53 White 36 a J3 Middling do 54 a 56 Boilers as a 42 57 a 5!) Beans, Small 4M 46 Inteliur White fi.J a 55 Ticks.. 34 a FillC 50 a ti i Harrow S,.I)e.-tilie t; i.oz,ti, r,ed 2J a 28 Mailing. Barley 31 A 3i Fine a Onuding 25 29 Poland 26 a 31 Rye J;" :I¡ Fme It ) 'dalt 5) ti2 i'otatse 2S a 33 '1,e — a — Fine — a — I'etis, llog 33 » 3/ rail a- 3ti H 39 a — PRiCB OF HOPS IN LONDON, VER CWT. New l'ockets. te Bags. £ » £ g East Kent 4 0 a 6 U Farnham a- Mm.Kent.. 3 ;5-a 6 II M d.Kent 3 10 a 5 5 t kssex 0 a u u U East Kent 3 li/ a 5 b •» Sussex 3 10;i4 4 Suss, i.. 0 0 a 0 0 I Fariiiiiin. 0 a a00Essex 1)0a 04) SMITIIFIELD MARKET j Per suine ol Sibs to ttink. lk« olTals. sdsd s d a d Inferior Beef. 2 J to 2 6 P, ime Beef 4 0 to 4 6 I) tto Mutuni.• • .'I 8 io 3 t# Ditto MuUon .4 4 t»> 4 ti > M.d ling H.ef ..2 li) to 3 8 Veal 4 0 to 5 0 Ditto iluitou 3 2 to 4 2 Pork 6 to 5 # .L iinb, "b* 10 (j,. 4c1 I LONDON COAL EXCHANGE. Helton's 23 3 Pontop 0 tiainnion's t2 9 Tanluld Moor — 6 Stewart's 2! li j Braddyl's, W. E 0 Ttes, W. E 2> 6 j AJerlhyr 2S 0 Dixon's liutte-tnoivie .1/ 6 1 Northumberland 20 3 BRITISH AND FOREIGN WOOLS-Per lb. a. d. d. Electoral Saxony woo', from.. 4 S to 5 2 l-'iri-t Austrian, B .lieinian, it other Geunaii wools 3 # to 3 It S,c -I'd ditto 4 to 2 10 tnleiior ditto, in locks and pieces 2 0 10 2 4 Diltll, LamlJ8diuo.2 3to 3 U Utilitarian sheep's niito 2 0 10 3 0 I l.e»iiesa sneep's ditio 2 6 to 3 0 I Se-ovi.i ditto 2 0 to 2 S Soria diIt' 2 10 3 0 Caciiris ditto 2 6 .0 3 0 ■ ■Sp mish L iinb's wool 1 ti to 2 8 German and Spanith cross diro 2 4 3 j Poiiugal Mieeji'ji ditto 2 to 2 # >. Australian, line crossed native snetp's 2 6 to34 Van Diemaii's L ind ditto 1 6102 6 liiilisli ditto j 0 lo 3 O PRICES OF METALS, &c. Copper—Bi it. Cakes, ton 84 0 0 • r do 82 t> 0 j Sheets, | er lit 0 oil I Bottoms 0 I 0 r .V Americ.iH (dj 3/s wtj bd..toii. 0— U I Iron Britiali, pig, No. 1 5 JO 0 I Bar—ton 9 0 0 10 10 tOO Do. Cargo in Wales 8 0 « Bolts ion 9 10 0 Nail ltods ton 111 10 4 .ton li u 0 Slieets, sinnle ion 13 0 0 (OtUeisin propoilion.J Foreign— Swedes, cn bd ton 13 la tf for Sieel, (var mk-) Duty JOd. J tomt'15 0 0 lo 35 0 0 per ton Russia .-om ton 12 10 0 f' f v 8 .ton 15 0 I) c C N o ton 19 tt 0 Lead, British Pigs ton 22 0 0 S|ieet ton 2300 Shot to,, 26 0 0 Ned ion 24 0 0 While (dry) 3'» 0 0 Do. (^d in oil) ton 32 0 O j Litharge 24 0 O Forei.II-S"IIi.h (dy 40s per ton) bd tou 20 0 O Tin British—Blocks cwt 4 15 O ewt 4 1/ 0 I'lates-, common I ic I 12 0 to J 16 O to best, per • tx 1 18 0 to 2 2 0 box. (ixx 2 4 0 to 2 8 0 Wasters of the above fllks 3s less, all oihcis 6i less. (Others in prop6rtion.) Wasters oflhe ahove fllks 3s less, all oihcis 6i less. (Others in prop6rtion.) LOCAL MARKETS. CARDIFF. i Wheat lGS:b. 23.«. O.lto25s. 0d. | Veal 5 firf ( Barley. I5s. OX. l(is. Oil. Liimb, per It: 7,1 („ yd 0;its 3s. Oil. 3s. till. Butter 13,1 J6*i [■ Beef, per lb. 0s. ftd. 0s. 61!. Snlt do 131 ||d i^'k Os. 5d. 0s. 6<i. Fowls,prcouple2s 0.1 to 2.-3* Mutton 0s. lid Os- 7d. 1 Eggs .dez S)i to 80(1 1 MERTHYR. s. d. s. d. < Fine Flour 4 Uto5 0 Beef.perlb 0 5 0 C £ liest Seconds 4 6 5 0 Mutton 0 « 6 H Butter, t're.ib, per lb 1 2 0 0 Veal. 4 0 & Ditto, salt 0 10 0 0 Pork, per lh.050* Fowls, per couple 2 0 2 fi Lamb, per lb 0 8 0 9 Ducks, ditto 3 (i 4 0 Cheese 0 8 0 0 E^s, per hundred 5 OtoO II Bacon per score..7 0 8 6 NEWBRIDGE. NkwBRIDGE, Wednesday, May 31, 1837. Red Wheat (Imperial bushel) 6 9 to 7 & White, ditto 7 6 to 8 6 3 0 to 4 3 f Mailing ditto 4 0 to 4 6 I Oats—I'otatoe anil Poland 0 0 to 0 0- f Feed Oats 2 3 to 3 6 [ Clover Seed 0 OtoO O li^ef from 6dto 7.} I | Cream Cliee-e Od t» M .Million /dto8d Slieeps milk ditto 8 1 I* 91' "d to 0d Fresh Butter .13il*»l5d Vrai • 5-i'l lo 7il Snlt ujtto )0ii to 12ii Pork -r>ii' <0 7d Lard 7d to 8d N E \,rH. Saltinif Ping 4^iJ | Fresh butter. Is Iii Potatoes, per cu't as ) Cask do 1 Wheat. 8 0 to 9 0 Parley 4, 0 to 4 6 ()ats 12 0 to 18 O COWBRIDGE. Wheat (W. bu,) 7s. 6,1. 8. Oil. rilitton (perlb.)Os. 711. of. od COWBRIDGE. Wheat (W. bn.) 7s. 6J. 8s Oil. Mutton (perlb.)Os. 7<l. ot. Od DoWinch.bushel Os. Od. 0s. d. Veal l>s Od. 0s. Gd Barley Os. Od. 5s. fni. Pork 0s. d 5i<l Oats 3». 3d 3s. 91. Lainb 0*. Oil. 0». 6ti Clover, per lb.. — Od — 0J. Fresh bolter.. Is 2d. 0s Oct Trefoil, ,tit I.) Orl 0,1. Eggs (per doz) a. fJ d. Os. OLt Beef Os. 5t os J, SWANSEA. Wheat 8*. fit. I Oats 2s. M Barley 3s. 4<1. I Beans 0». —it MONMOUTH. Wheat. 56s. 9ti. I Beans -s. Olt Barley —s. 0>i. I Pease Ol. 0 Oats —g. Od. | TREDEGAR. Rnnf 0 7J 0 Si I Lamb 0 0.1 0 lot Mutton 0 0J 0 tfd Pork 0 7d 0 Tica Veal. 0 7d 0 S;1 I Flour 9d to lOd. Imp. b. Hav £ 9 per ton. Fresh butter Is 3d. per lb.-Stlt ditto, 9d, tv, lis. Potatoes 9s. to lis. pet sack. ARERGAVENNY. Wheat £ 2 5 1 Barley £ J f O:\ts — 0 0 | Beans 0 » ('ease 0 0 o 1 CHEPSTOW^ Wheat 56s. 7d. I Oats.. •*»» 23s. 0d 'Jarlcy 34s. 8,1. | Beans s 0d BRECON. Wheat Imp bu. Cs Cd to 0s 9 I. 1 Beef (pe-r lb.) 6:1. to 7" Barley 4s. Oil. 4s. 2d. I Mutton *.I (id. 7 Oats 2s. 4d. 2s. 7d. j Veal Oil. •»' Malt —s. Od. 40s. 0,1.' Pork.] 5d. 6<1: I'fase 6s. 2d. 6s. 4d. Fine Flour —s. — f CRICKHOWEL. [ Wheat 7s. 6d. | Vetches Os. f j Barley 4s. (id. Pease 5s. fr Oats 3s. Od. I Butter, per lb. lOd to & V CARAtARFHKN. Wheat,per 041bs..7 3 to8 0 I Cask Butter, per 91 Barley 3 10 4 0 Fresti, ditto, 24 oa.. Oats 1 9 2 6 Cheese, ditto 0. 0> BRISTOL CORN EXCHANGE^ s. d. g. d. c-t. d. d Wheat, Red. 4t> o to 56 o Rye — o to White 58 o to 60 0 Beans, New, 40 u to 41 Barley,Grinding22 o to 26 o Old.. 42 o to 44 Malting 30 n to 34 o Peas, White 43 o to 44 Oats, Feed 16 o to 18 oj Malt. 56 o to 6Q> ( Potatoe 22 o to 25 o Flour, Fine 44 o to 46 o, Seconds 39 o to 40 « Thirds 30 o to a? a Pollard, per ton 125 o to t3tt a Bran 115 o to *20 o PRICE OF LEATHER. AT BKISTol"! „ d- d. d t Crop Hides, per lb.ll £ toI(i £ Horse But* a ft JI I Foreign Hides lu 12 Calf Skin- i,eYt 22 224 LU.| Foreign Mid. 12 13.^ Calt c0mmO' 14 2*4 1 Heavy ditto 13 14 lris>, sl( ij 14 f Enulish, Butts 15, V'eish Skins. 13 20 ""U,8 !• Kips. English&Welsb 11 IT I Bcs Saddlers'^des.. 5 S Foreign Kips, PeterH. | Common ditto ui bur!.h j4 17 li* ForeiS'kVpV. i: Shoe hides ,2 ]3 Imlj;) 19 1 •• 12 13 Small Seal Skins 19 20 12 13 Mi,t.llinp ditto 15 16 I Best Bull ditto )2i Larfje ditto 13 i* f Common d.tt lu5 u' BH3fls ,0 13 f Horse d >. 12 13 orrAL. 1 Welsh dU|-0 11 13 Foreign Bellies 5 • ? Gcrmand-,uo J4 Shoulders 8 10 Spanish ditto 14 18 DressingHide.Bellici.. 9 94 t Shave j do. without —Shoulders.. 11 h'jtts.l 1 s. to 15s.Od. each. MOON'S AGE. I NEW MOON, JlIN 3, at a in the Morning. 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