The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

POETRY. A CHANT FUit MANY VOICES. TUNE.—" The Old English Gentleman. ——— BLACKWOOD. Come, strike again the good old strain and let the welkin ring For BURDKTT bold, who fast doth hold, by country and hy King And when the paltry" pismire" tribe his gallant spirit stin, For Church and Crown, the gauntlet down right man- fully doth liing. 0 Like a fine Old English gentleman, All of the olden time, gallant English gentleman he evermore hath been, And though some few vagaries we pcrchancc from him have seen, Yet when 'twas known, and fairly hown, what Whig Ileform mi»ht mean. He spurned it from his threshold, as most hateful and unclean, In the sight of English gentlemen All of the olden time. Full well he knew the traitorous crew, whom oroudly he defied Full well he read the English hearts, on whom his heart relied; For every true Conservative in that good contest vied, While SINCLAIR bravely led the van, and would not be denied," Like a gallmt Scottish gentleman, All of the olden time. The fight is tione-the field is woii-ttie day is all our own The gabbling goose of Middlesex from Westminster hath flown; The gosling whom he brought with him a standing jest has grown. For Io a guest in his old nest, who strikes the proper tune For fine old English gentlemen, All of the olden time. Long live the pride of Westminster—the hero of THE Tow E It And may those crouching, creeping slaves—those minions of the hour. Who league with goose or gosling thus to save tlieiriiiii- us'd power. Perceive at length they've lost their strength, like small beer waxing sour. Eschewed of English gentlemen, Al', of the olden time. Oli 1 pleasant 'tis throughout the land, to peasant and to peer, From m rry England's noble heart glad tidings thus to hear; And ere the shout that fpiails the foe hath" died upon the ear, May there be heard from palace yard just such another For ANOTHER fine old gentleman. All of the olden time. ORIGINAL Cil.-IltADE.-XVIII. Lady aake-to slumber now Is to invite thy certain fate; Malignant glares my jirst-atid tholt Must rise,-this moment or too late. Awake—th' assassin's foot is near: The startled hare whose path he crost, Beneath my teconil cowers in fear, Lady awake-or thou art lost. Ah!—she is saved-my whole—a Bird Her voice had taught, her hand had fed, Uttered her name, as steps h0 heard- She wakes-and screams—the ruffian fled.

SCltlPTURE I LLUSl'HA TIONS.—No. J96. ACT I. 11 Ye men of Gallilee, why stand ye ijazing up into Hca.,en. APRIL 7,1697.—"This morning we set out again 11 to see the sanctuaries and other places on Mount ( )Ilvet, and crossing the vailey of Jeliosaphat, we began immediately to ascend the mountains. On our ascent, we were shewn the place where thev sav Christ uttered his prophecy concerning the final destruction of Jerusalem, (Mattli. ii. 4.) A few furlongs to the northward is the highest part of Mount Olivet; and upon that was anciently erected a high tower, in memory of the appari- tion of the two angels to the Apostles, after our blessed Lord's ascension, (Acts i. 10, 11,) from which the tower itself had the name given it of Viri Galileei.' This ancient monument re- mained till about two years since, when it was demolished by a Turk, who had bought the field in which it stood but nevertheless you have still, from the natural height of the plaee, a large prospect of Jerusalem and the adjacent country, the Dead Sea, &c. &c. On the descent by another road, they shew you Gethsemane an even plat of ground, not above 57 yards square, lying between the foot of Mount Olivet and the brook Cedron. It is well planted with olive trees, and those of so old a growth, that they are believed to be the same that stood here in our blessed Saviour's time; but the evidence of Josephus contradicts this, who says Bell. Jud- Lib. 7, and in other places, that Titus in his gieoe of Jerusalem cut down ali the trees within about one hundred furlongs of that city and that the.soldiers were forced to fetch wood so far for making their mounts when they assaulted the Temple. Here they shew you a small shred of ground twelve yards long and one broad, supposed to be the very path on which the traitor Judas walked up to Christ, saying, Hail, jVTaster, and kissed Iiiiit.' This narrow pkiii is separated by a wall out of the midst of the garden, as a Terra damnata; a work the more remarkable as being done by the Turks, who, as well as Christians, detest the very ground on which was acted such an infamous treachery."— 111(iutid,-tllls Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem-

CHIT CHAT. The immense number of eggs continually im- ported at Kamsgate trom France is truly astonish- ing. Scarcely a day passes that does not witness the arrival of one or more vesseh laoen with them. They are carefully packed in long wooden brnev put on shore there, examined by the Custom I!otige oibcers, all(i ittiniediately si)ipped for London by the hoys. In this manner upwards of 20 vessels are constantly employed. DEATH OF JUE ('.RIMALDI.l his celebrated character died sud- denly last week., at his house in Southampton Street, Pentonville, at an advanced age. He survived his son five years. One of Smith s last jokes is, that a clergyman preaching a sermon for the "Penitentiary," and seeing olliv shillings in the plate, said it ought to be called Th:.> Ttvelve-PSr-tentiary." Another is of a penny Latinist who said that there was a battle before the creation of the world, even in Chaos. for he had read in Ovid that "IIIILjif," (fought.)— A gold watch was found on theclin near Herne Hav this spring, which was lust by a visitor fast summer, and after lying such a length of time, and through such a severe winter, it proves to be en- tirely uninjured. No owner ha yet pllt in a claim "or Sidmouth attained the age of 80 on Tuesday se'nnight, on wliicn occasion his Lordship entertained a large and distinguished party at his seat, Richmond Park. —^ ^AT SKELETON.— During the American war, whilst Colonel I-irgoyne commanded in Cork, he saW a corpulent soldier ainon-, the spectators on parade, whom he "Who are you, Sir ? you must be drilled twice a day to bring do«n your cor- pulency. Who are yon Sir? Please your honour," replied Pat, "I am the skeleton of the 5th regiment of Foot, who have just marched over from America." he tact was so, for such was the carnage of the disastrous war, that only this fat soldier and Captain Webb returned to Europe, out of an entire regiment that went to America. I'tie keeper of the State Paper, on examin- ing some of the papers of the reign of Klizabeth, lately discovered some in the handwriting of the Queen, and marked "The Thirde Booke." On carefully searching further, he found the papers of four other books, which turn out to be the transla- tion of Bietius de Consolalione Philosophies. Nearly ihe whole of the work is in her Majesty's own hand- writing.- The delicate state of the health of the Duke of Devonshire prevenis his Grace from accepting any invitation* at present, and the mag- nificent hospitalities of the Noble Duke, which usually take place at this season, have been post- poned sine (lie. Qousque tandem I" Sö id a Conservative, on hearing the Radical candidate's speech at Westminster. The tandem must go where the Leader pleases," said a bystander. -Great crowds were last week attracted around the shop of a fishmonger, in London, by the exhibi- tion of a line young shark, seven feet long and 300 lbs. weight; the spread of its tail was above two feet. It was said to have been taken off Margate on Tuesday. -The Marchioness of Londonderry's display of brilliants at the ball at the Opera House, on Thursday night week, surpassed all others in profusion and value. Consolation to a Spendthrift. Tho'you're wasting your substance, don t be in a fright Tho' you squander utl left. Tom, yon must be all right Nearly 2,0;10 dogs have been destroyed in Sheffield since the two recent cases of hydrophobia in that town. The Cork Operative Conserva- tive Society has forwarded a congratulatory address to Sir F, Burdett, by the president, Dr. Adams, it was printed upon parchment, mounted on rollers, ornamented tvith gold devices, and trimmed with purple.-Cork Standard. —FOREIGN ORDERS. — A great traveller boasted that he had the honour of receiving" orders" from almost every crowned head in Europe. Ye- said Kogers, (aside) "orders to quit then-dominions." TURNING THE TABLE. -The table at FontainebleaulIPon which Napoleon signed his Act of Abdication, is the same upon which the contract of marriage between the Duke of Orleans and the Princess Helena was signed. VVhat a change! I"apolenn- ho saw the end of one Duke of Orleans-himself, an Emperor and an exile, gone! The son of that duke now occupies the throne of Napoleon, and he who bears that duke's name is a bridegroom at the table where an empire passed away. WATCHES BY TH E PECK. -In a silversmith's shop-window, in Tottenhani- court-road, there is a peck measure full of silver watches, with a note to this effect, "This imperial peck measure of watches, 132 in number, to be sold for £ 105." FRIENDSHIP. -A navy chap- lain being anxious to shew a grateful recollection of his patron's kindness, brought him home a club from the South Sea Islands, adding that it was the instrument with which the inhabitants of the Friendly Islands slaughtered one another! Mr Lavelle, the proprietorof the Free man's Journal, died at Dublin on Sunday week. The O'Connell subscription in that city on the same day amounted to £ 1,600. Thursday se'nnight was the anniversary of Lord Howe's Victory in 1791. Eight only of the veterans who fought on that day are now in Greenwich Hospital. To each the King sent a present, and the day was celebrated hy a grand dinner at the Naval Club House, in Bond Street. An Emir bought a left eye of a glass eye-maker, supposing that he would be able to see with it. The man begged him to give it a little time: he could not expect that it should see, all at once, as well as the right eye, which had been for so many years in the habit of it. In examining the apartments of an eccentric old gentleman who lately died at Dieppe, a sum of 50,000 francs was found concealed in some straw and rubbish in an apple-garret, all in old gold and silver coin, but chiefly in six-franc pieces YVe learn with regret that the plague had made its appearance in the Greek Island ot Poros. A GOOD OSE I-A dashing Kentuckian intimates to you the richness of the soil saying, "11 YOII plant a nail at night, 'twill come up a spike next morning.'1 There is a new rumour in the Continental papers on the subject of the Princess V ictoria, according to which the second son of the Prince ot Orange is to be her husband. These writers ore as well informed as usual.-It is with great pleasure we announce that an addition of £ U)0 a year has been made to the pension of Mrs Soinerville and that a pension ofXIOO a-year has been conferred on Miss M itfo,d.- Observer. "Mr Stevenson," says Sir Walter Scott, in his Diary, happened to observe that the boat of a Sanda farmer had bad sails. ♦ if it had been His (i. e. God's) will that you hadna built sae many lighthouses hereabout, answered theOrcadian with great composure, should have haduew sails last winter., unpleasant rumours re- specting the African settlements of France, circu- lated in Paris on Saturday, are repeated in the French papers, one of which even says that Abdel- Kader had gained a victory over General Bngeaud. -Baron Werther, late Ambassador of the King of Prussia, at the French Court, left Paris on Saturday for Berlin. -George If. used to say, when riding through Brentford in dirty weather, «' I do love this place,it is so like Yarmony." The Courrier Francois of Sunday states, that already a naval expedition against St. Domingo, under the command of Admiral Gallois, had been ordered by the French Government, to give effect to the negociations already opened with the President of the Republic of Hayti. The expedition is to consist of a ship of the line and a frigate, two corvettes, and two brigs. Amongst the missiles at the Westminster hustings was a dead cat, which touched Mr Hume. "No wonder it stinks," said D-, for it has just been ex-humed." The Hon. Member good humouredly replied," No Sir it stinks because it is a pollcat.The Courrier Francois states, that a naval squadron, under the command of Admiral Hugon, will in all probability be ordered to the coast of Catalonia. The ships are ready to sail; but the government will wait until no doubts remain respecting the intention of Don Carlos to make Catalonia the centre of the civil war. At the sale of some of Lord NI-attr- ford's horses, at Tattersall' one of his hunters was called in the catalogue Salt-fish• General G. (we never mention names) asked the Marquess why he called the horse Sait-fishl %vily," said Lord Waterford, "I call him Salt-fish because he is good for a fust day. Since the general election, S2 Peers, besides Bishops, have died; and the va- cancies, during the same period, in the House of Commons, have amounted to 60. "T-cele- brated has amateur rod-fishing in the Tweed lately become, that the fashionable Loudon tailors are vieing with each other in the production of Tweed fishing trousers."—Berwick ^Swift having been acurvily entertained at t e sign of the Three Crosses," owing to the violence 01 the landlady, wrote on the window ot his bed room- Landlord," Three Crosses" grace thy door, Hang up thy wife and she'll make/our. -The Carlton Club has contributed X200 to- wards the erection of the new church in the popu. lous and extensive parish of Si. James .— Union Street, Borough, over the door ot a vendor of varieties^' is the following: —William Smith, Licentious dealer in Backy and Snuft. 'I here still remains upon the window of a green grocer s house the following inscription, which, tor a long time, remains upon the window of a green grocer's house the following inscription, which, tor a long time, baffled the investigation of the curious—Hoy, I Sack, and Flour to let; which is intended to sig- nify, a second floor to let. -When the canal was stopped for cleansing, the other day, the quantity of goods waiting for conveyance to Liver- pool for exportation to America, was 10 tons; on the same occasion last year the quantity uas 200 tons I.Birptinghum Journal.

CHURCH REPAIRS. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE GAZETTE & GUARDIAN. SIR,-A pamphlet, teeming with more than the ordinary quantity of misrepresentation, now so industriously disseminated on the subject ol Church Rates, has been largely quoted, ii not entirely copied, in the Courier, and made ihe staple of a leading article in the Cumbrian of May 27. By a paltry s!lu!fle on the word .( CUlitolO," an effort is made to upset the unanswerable arguments and multiplied proofs of our valued Representative tor the Eastern Boroughs, of Mr Deacon, Mr Hills, ot Chatham, Mr Metcalfe and others; and the writer sits down, with matchless command ot countenance, to shew that a tax, cheerfully paid for the last 800 years, ami recognized both b.v the common law, or IIMmemorial custom of and by the statute law, is "divested of legal foundation, and a modern abuse. Before making a few remarks, *on what your amusing contemporary calls the elaborate investigation of the Tractate," sutler nie io put the question, whether Mr Hills has not mauled ihe argumenr" ofSI r J, Campbell beyuod hn pc of recovery, however bolstered up by the author ot the Tractate, or certain portions of the public press. 1. The Attorney General is pleased to maintain, "that the parishioners are not bound by law to repair the parish church" An opinion, however, contrary to that of all his predecessors, yet of great importance af the present juncture. ■' Antiqius omnibus unnru" Ohjicit." Against this groundless assumption, the following' c ear tnd concise authorities have been iIJledpd by INI" llills, iti lkis Letter to Sir W. Follctf :—" In Bail f.Cr(>ss; Molt, Chief Justice, said, By ihe common law, the parishioners of every parish are bound to repair the So, in Hawkinsr. Rouse, the same judgegaid, 1 It is by the peculijit- law of this kingdom, tbllt the parishioners are charged with the rppairs of the churc; If this is not plain, words have lost their meaning. There are, however, many auihorities to ihe same effect, in every writer on the subject and none against it. What shall we say, then, of the disingenuous trick of dressing- out a Popish canon against these authorities, which canon has been from the fir-it, invalid, and though thrust upon the country by different Romanists, in the dark ages, has yet, by the liberality ann firmness of Britons, always been resisted,sothatnotoneinstance can be found of its operation in this country. Though the Attorney General may, in this inslance, have locked himself ou', he has not taken away the key of knowledge from others; nor can we believe his first position, in the teeth of every precedent of common law, and of the important statutes 13 Ed. 1 mid 25 H. 8. c. 19. The latter of these statutes gave a power to the King, to appoint what canons should be abrogated and what continued by the 85th of those sanctioned iu lC03, the repairs of the church are clearly thrown on the churchwardens and quest men. Their office is as old as the time of Chaucer, at least, who mentions thein as "Church Reves, and for'what other purpose than taking charge of the fabric of the church it originated, no one has pretended to say. 2. The second preposition is, that it is entirely optional with the parishioners, whether they will repair the church or not, and that if they refuse to make a rate, there are no means of compelling them." Any man who will read half the proofs brought for- ward of the error of the ist proposition, will find that this falls lo the ground with it. It is a settled, an invariable principle, in the laws of England, that every right, when withheld, must have a remedy, says Blackstone; therefore,as by immemorial custom, they are bound to repair the sacred edifice, there is a remedy when the parishioners refuse a reasonable rate for that purpose. "No," says the Attorney General, echoed by Mr J. C.Symous, B.A "a man- damus is not issued oil their refusal, and the non- interference proves the act discretionary." But n-hy is not the mandamus issued? The Courtof King's Bench tells all, who have ears to hear, because the Constitution has provided another specific remedy. The statute of 13 Ed. 1. sends the matter to the Ecclesiastical Court for remedy, and the Attorney General overlooking its jurisdiction, asserts that the is optional, that there is no remedy. The Court of Common Lair, in the case of the King, r. Churchwardens of Thetford, declares that the making a Church Rate is "a subject purely of ecclesiastical jurisdiction and, again in another, (4 M,wle ¡¡nd Selw, :50) that it is proper:y of ecclesiastical cognizance, the rights and powers of which are saved by the act." Yet we are told, that there are no such rights and powers to compel a rate, and the argument against us is built on the sup- pression, by the Attorney General, of the reasons assigned by the Courtof King's Bench for det-iiiiiiig to interfere. "Yet," says the Court" we will put in motion their functions in ordine ad, i. e. to assemble, in order loenquire and agree, whether it be fit that a uitc should be made." Can party spirit more sadly. warp a candid and upright mind, than when it leads to this prevarication' and the denial oil such grounds as these, of any remedy at a'l? Well, but admitting that the making- a rate is of ecclesiastical cognizance, what can those Courts do to enforce its being made ? They cannot interdict you from "bell, book and caiidle us it is ur,-ed, to take off our thoughts from what they can do. But, the law of the land says, „iey can ,)inder from being a juror, or a witness in any Court or from bringing an action, real or personal; and'if, after 40 days, you do not,on due notice submit, they may, under the statute 53 Geo. 3 e 121., which is not yet old or obsolete, arrest and imprisoll voa ill the county gaol. This thy can do, (however unwilling to come to an extremity) until you acknow. ledge the arm of the, law stronger than your own, and pay that obedience to lis ralid directioils which your duty to your neighbour aud your God alike enjoin. Further, the churchwardens,if the rate be refused, however ludicrous" it may seem to recusants' riiay make it ivithout then). On ibis head Mr Hills i-elet-s us to Bacon's Abridgement, to Viner's Abridge- ment, and to Gibson's Codex, p. 220. See also. r. Nictioll's letter to Lord Stanley, 1). 32. In a case decided by the Court of King's Bench, reported by Ventris, 1 Vol.307. The Court said, that tbechurch- wardens (if the parishioners were summoned and refused to meet or make a rale) might make one alotie for the repairs of the Church, if needful • because, that if the .repairs were neglected, the churchwardens were to be cited and not the parish- ioners. These are also plain words,and it is certain that no good cause can want to be propped up with quibbling and untruth, If there really he no law in favour of Church Rates, why muster such force to attack them as a grievance? If they be not indeed compulsory on "the wilful and obstinate," as Bacon has it, why mistake a windmill for a giant, and affright their defenders with the slogan, "Ihe Campbell is coming." Now, let us turn to the learned and laborious Mr Symons, of the Cambrian, to whom, "rem mandans iiiaxiiiio lapi(ii :the champion looks for countenance and aid. His countenance may be useful, for it must be greater than his learning Thus he blunders the expression, "Common Law," used by a Canonist, Lyndwood, for the "common Canon Law" of Rome, into meaning the Common Law, or Ancient Custom, of England, which, 011 the subject of Church Repairs, is directly opposed to the Popish canons; and which, making the clergy con- tribute to the State more than is dotieon the coitlitietit, therefore exonerates them from certain burdens. When Mr S. mentions a law, quoted in so common a book as Prideaux, "Directions to Churchwardens," as lately exhumed from the archives of the Hereford Library," he is simply aud exceedingly ignorant, (maugre the Cambrian's praises): but when heblames Mr Venn, for quoting the original law, which said, S00 years ago, that (i all the people (of the parish) ought to contribute to the lepair of the church," and accuses him of cowardice in not joining him (Mr Symons) in the nonsensical trash which he makes, by jumbling together two different quotations in Godolphin's Repertoi ium, we can only rejoice, that he has found, in our neighbourhood, a congenial* Editor,—one who gives his "confusion worse con- founded," the ad vantage of an original and laborious various reading of "the Sth^Canon ot the Synod, held at London. He reads Dei. do mo in su.s pro- prio," i.e. turn the House of God into a pig-stye. The like you have", in ninety-nine Cambrians out of a hundred among Its usua. choice specimens of "modern abuse." Yours, &c. SILENTIARIUS.

Repeatedly during spring we directed atten- tion to to the dreadfully stormed state of the Cum- berland mountains, and accumulated masses of deep driven snow which far exceeded anything found on 13en Nevis. W hen Crittel was merely powdered, the opposite range of hills literally made the spectator cold to look at them; and as the snow lay long, and was repeatedly renewed, we are not surprised to hear that the mortality has been dreadful around Keswick. One farmer is men- tioned who has lost 4<>0 out of 1,009 sheep, and we were informed lately of an individual in a different part of the country who had lost 50 scores of hogs, gimmers, and ewes. A third storemaster is spoken of who estimates his loss in lambs at £ 500 ster- ling. The mortality has been dreadful in North Wales; indeed, far beyond anything yet recorded of the La mlllermll irs, or any ollier part of Scotland, -Dititif?-ics Courier.

EXPENSE OF COLLECTING THE REVENTJK. It appears from a Parliamentary paper just published, respecting the collection of taxes for the year ending January 5 1837. that the following sums were not paid into the Exchequer, but were deducted from the gross amount received by the Revenue Department, viz: customs, including drawback, £ 913,368, £ 2,506,645 5s. 7d.; Excise, including drawback 4'8(j8 -570, £ J2,023,963 14s. 9d. Stamps, £ 283,272 17s. 3d.; Taxe*, if'229,564 9s. lOd Posi-ofhce, £ "724,025 14s.; Crown Lands, 1"384,550 11s 5d. small sums of hereditary revenue, finE", fee", and forfeitures, « £ >5,392 14s. 5d. Thus the total amount of deductions by several departments from the gross receipts, and not paid into the Exchequer, was 1:6,155,417 7s. 3d. The total receipts by all other departments from all sources except Parliamentary grants or issues from the Exchequer, was £ 707,439 Os. lid. The total amount for charges of collection and other charges on account of the Post-office was X721,739 17s. lid. ROBBERY OF THE LORD CHANCELLOR'S PURSE AND ROBES.—Monday, on the rising of the Court, his Lordship called the attention of the bar to the present insecure state of the court, in respect to depredators. About two months back his chamber had been broken into, and the purse and robes carried off. The ralue of the former was fifty guine s, but fortunately it contained no money at the time. oil Saturday last the chamber was again entered by means of breakingsome panels out of the door. The thief, or thieves, however, found nothing on this occasion in the apartment, save a curtain, which was taken away. His Lordship complained that the board of works should permit the courts to remain in so very insecure a state. — Dublin Paper. SPITALFIELDS WEAVERS' BALL.—Last week a grand ball was given at the King's Theatre, by com- mand of his Majesty, at which the ladies appeared in satin or silk of SpitalHelds manufacture, while the gentlemen wore fancy waistcoats of the same fabric. The theatre was transformed from its usual sombre hue into one of excessive splendour, being most gorgeously hung with festoons ot satin and silk. In the absence of their Majesties from indisposition, the Princess Victoria occupied the L centre seat in the Royal balcony, surrounded by her illustrious relatives. It is computed that 2,300 were present, including the whole of the foreign ambassadors. The gracious design of their Majes. ties in commanding this fete has been fully answered by the powerful stimulus it has given to the silk trade. GKEENACRE. There are several claimants to the reward offered by Government of ifloo, and ^5U by the parish of Paddington, for the discovery of the murderer of Hannah Brown. Her brother, William Gay, who gave the clue that led to the apprehension of Greenacre, has made repeated applications. The authorities have not decided to whom it shall be given, and Gay hascommenced an action (under a local Act) in the Court of Common Pleas against Mr Pittman, the vestry clerk of Paddington, to recover the sum of £ b0. It is understood that the reward offered by Government will remain in abeyance until a decision by a competent tribunal is pronounced on the subject.

SKETCHES OF SOCIETY. (From the literary Gazette.) The fluiizours bf the A?neric(in Press often attract notice 011 this side of the ocean; and the following recent selection will, we hope, serve to amuse our readers: A Tailor's Sign B()nrrl.-Microcorn's habiliments fashionably fabricated, in visibly renovated, metamor- phosed, and depurated, by J. \Vayte, cosmopolitan. Definitions.— Experimental philosophy is the asking a man to lend you money. Moral philosophy is his refusing to lend any. A Desirable Loc(tlity.-In New South Wales, an old maid is a much rarer animal than a black swan. The fair emigrants from England, no matter what their age or condition, are snapped up at once. It is even asserted, that they receive offers of marriage through a speaking trumpet before they leave the ship!! What fl glorious country for those unfortu- nates who have passed the eventful period when they wonder who they will have, and, arrived at that when they wonder who will have them. A New }"orki,ft call", their omnibuses "infernal machines," and says, that they have more victims prostrated before their wheels than the car of Juggernaut and he further observes, that no circus has succeeded at New York si nce the introduc- tion of these conveniences (query?); for the ground and lofty tumbling to be met with in our streets costs nolhiu to look at. In this, as in other thiols, it appears that Jonathan is determined to go a-head ot-, rtt least, not fall far behind Lis Loiidoneri. An American Journalist is hold enough to impugn the doctrine of early rising ill the following terms — "We are no worshipper of the sun ourself, and willingly confess Ihat we don't belong 10 the rising generation: there is no doultt, to be sure, but that sleep, the great restorative, like other restoratives (champagne, for instance,) may be taken to excess. Some constitutions require more, some less; but every individual should find out his own measure; and if your advocates for 'early rising' would make that the foundation of theirargu!iients,and, moreover, at-, use early rising, as a relative term to be dated from the hour of sleep, their labours would be more rational and more beneficial. As it is, all theories upon the subject are whimsical. We must rise early, forsooth, because the stilt does, and the lark does; for the matter of the lark is not a respect- able character he is sometimes up all nii>ht; and, as for the sun he gets up when he pleases, and noi always at the same hour indeed, it our memory serves us, there are some quarters of the globe where that red-laced Christian lies a-bed for months. Rise before the sun, And make a ueakfast of the morning dew Served up by Nature on a grassy hill, ) You'll tind it nectar.' You don't say so. There's a breakfast to recommend to a sloul gentleman wit!, an appetite. If he had written 'mountain dew,' now, there would have been some reason 111 it; but these pot-Is arestratijye fellows; and Thompson wiote that panegyric in bed at mid- day. In conclusion, we are willing- to believe that the rising sun' is a very magnificent object. A Yankee Judge.—-One of the judges lately appointed in Connecticut, in a recent charge to the jury, addressed them thu»; •< j know nothing about the law, and presume that you do not you must decide as you please." The IVIichez Newspapers give, with every death that they file name of thc medIcal genile- man who oiffciated: the readiest method, to a dead certainly, of making known the relative extent of practice in the piofessiou, A Favourite Actor at New Orleans had a recent benefit at the conclusion of the performance he addressed a crowded house in the following manner: Gentlemen 'as it is the modern custom to make a speech upon a benefit occasion, I appear at your call. 1 could make a long ,I)eec!h, btit that's all lfummery you are here I have your money and am satisiied; I hope you are; good night. Wooden Types are advertised in the American papers, of every character and size, and at so reduced a price, when compared with metallic letters, a" to atl'ord no unreasonable expectation of their supersed- ing the latter. It would be a cuiious incident iu the history of the art ot printing, if this invention should lead to the revival of block printing, for such standard works as are now stereotyped.

SPECIAL ILLUMINATION. Says Joe to Dan, Don't join the celebration Of this minority majority; Sure it's no matt r for congratulation •' Anil wliy our clubs should have a large P. V. Stuck up, upon my soul I cannot see." Pooh! friend," the burly brawny beggar cried, Shr mllst UP hurnhllgg'd That I know," wplied ,g Wise Joe; but why not put P. XXIII You've lost your wit," said Daniel, in derision P. for Princess, V. for Victoria stands." heugh cried poor Hume after the late division, \V bile wardering home, thinking of rates and lauds, I met Lord ]J—gh—in, and. as I'm alive, He told me that I'. V. meant Pass'd by Fivt- T. H. R. FOSSIL POLU-.N.—M. Kunth has proved, that I he fosil POnell, discovered by M. Goeppert, is that of the Jietula (tt)iiis, aiid is s.) well preserved, that it looks as if it were quite recent. GLASS—M. Dubus-Bonnel, of Lille, has pre- sented to the Socie e des Eufans dn Nord several specimens of stuff made of woven glas, which are most brilliant in colour and lustre. He is now pur- his discoveries, in order to bring them to still gieater perfection, but they are already solid and per. tectly taexible atid the price of them will be moderate. 1 he Queen of the French has bestowed a gold medal on M. Dubus-Bonnel. INVENTION OF PRINTING.—The 24th June next is to be kept at Metz as the.fourth centenary of the invention of printing. The printers, tf pe-founders, and bookbinders of Edinburgh propose to celebrate the day but we have not heard that any similar de- monstration is to be made in London. THE ATTORNEY GF.NEKAL'S LAW !—It is a matter of common conversation among the pro- fession, that a great part of the errors of Sir John Campbell's Church Rate Law has arisen from his erroneously translating the words da eommuni jure," (in a passage from Lynwood,) common, instead of yeneral Canon Law. The mistake was very natural, but we should have expected that so high a legal officer would have known better. "Lord Coke, and several other great lawyers, clearly understood Lynwood to mean, by the expression de communi jure, the general Canon Lawof Europe." Dr. Nicholl, in his admirable "Observations on the Attorney General's Letter to Lord ltatiley," e litides to the above "erroneous translation." Mr Joseph Mills, of Sharnatt, Wilts, has re- cently, at his own expense, new pewed the parish church, and furnished rich and handsome velvet cloths to the altar, pisil.,)it, and reading desks an example well worthy of imitation in not a few of our country churches. We have had the pleasure (and amazement) of hearing the Brobdignag Paganini, recently ar- rived, who is making our stringed instrument players quake before him—and Dragonetti declare, that he must have dealings with the Great Un- known! We mean, in plainer phrase, M.Langlois, the most wonderful artist on the contrabasso that we (and we imagine the world with us) have ever heard. What with pizzicatir like cannon balls dropped into water, and flourishes strong, nimble, and surprising, and singing tones—the whisper of an elephant—and harmonics-think of harmonics on the double-bass !-we should have felt excited beyond all precedent, had we not also felt a little awe-struck. It is music to make those who hear, have nightmares in their beds" (as Hood hath it.) —Athenceum. IMPOKTANT DISCOVFRY.-Sir Everard Home, in delivering- his introductory lecture on the phy- siology of the blood, at St. George's Hospital, ex- plained a discovery made by him 011 the component parts of the blood, in the year lgjg—a fact which is known but to few of the profession. Sir Everard's new theory is, that carbonic acid gas forms a large proportion of the blood, and that this fluid is of a tubular slructure. I te Immortal Harvey, the dis- coverer of the circulation, and Hewson and Hunter, who have most studied the composition of the vital fluid, failed to make this important discovery and should time, the only test of truth, prove the justness of this new theory, Sir Everard will be ranked amolig the fit's, physiologists. He asserts that car- bonic acid gas exists in the blood in the proportion of two cubic inches to an ounce, and is given out in quantities fl oin the blood of a person aftet- a ftill meal, and very little from the blood of a feverish person. The fact of the appearance of the tubes passing through every panicle of the blood, Sir Everard was led to discover by observing the growth of a grain of wheat daily through a microscope he then saw a blob, aud then a tube passing from it; the blob was the juice of a plant, and the tube was form-l by the extrication of carbonic acid gas. Reasoning from analogy, he examined a globule of bloJif aud found it composed ol Similar tubes, which he was enabled to inject under the exhausted receiver of an air pnmp. His discovery will probably lead to important lesults, S t

A GKi CUL TV RE, COMMER CE. AND LONDON MARKETS. AND LONDON MARKETS. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE. «. ». < • Inferior Red Wlient.. 45 » 50 White n •' 9 M (lilting du 51 a 54 B:>ilcrs U/ » 1 Pine 65 5/ Beans, Small 4n a Inferior White 5ii a 55 Ticks. J4 » 3" Fine 58 a oS Harrow — a— Superfine bi a til 0-.it*, Feed 21 a 2ii Mailing Barley 30 a .'i.'i Fine a Grinding do 2-1 a 2H Poland 2C,a31 Hye ;)d37 Fine — » — Mult a 62 1 l'otntse 28 a n e. Peas.JJog 33 a ?.J ran a-" Maple 30 a 39 Pollard, fine. — a —" PRiCE OF HOlS IN LONDON, PER CWT. New l'ockets. £ £ s B .gs. C a E;tst Kent 4 5 a fi 5 Farnhum -a — Mid.Kent 3 15 a G u ikl.d Kent 3 111 a 5 Essex 0 k II 0 0 East Kent 3 ID a 5 Sussex 3 15 a 4 10 Sussex 0 0 a 0 0 Famlium 0 o a 0 0 lissex o o a o f Ptr iione, of 8iba to gink tfee offal*. s d s d s d s d Inferior Beef. 2 0 to 2 S P, jnio Beif. 4 2 lo 4 S JD.tto 10 |o 3 2 Ditto Mutton*4 4 to 4 s Middling Beef ..3 II to 5 lu Ve;il 4 0 to j Ditto Multon 3 4 u» 4 2 Pork 6 lo 5 Jj imb, bs to 4d LONDOX COAL EXCHANGE. Helton's 22 91 P"lIl"p (I 1, LmmDtou'* 22 li Tanlu-td Mo.ir "23 » sifwHi-i'* 22 li Br,uldyl'V.B Tees, W. E — 0 Afertliyr — » ¡. Dixon's Uiitteikuotvie 1/ 6 I Northumberland BIUTISH AND FOREIGN WOOLS-I'er lb. s, il. ». d. Electoral Saxony wool, from 4 2 to 5 2 I F'l i Austrian, B .lieinian, & oilier G.-iilUn wouls 2 la K. 3 III i ) InUuior Uitlo. in lock* and piecei I 4 Ditto, Lambs ditto 2 2 to 3 M iliii) £ *i lan slieep' oillo 2 0 ,o 3 Le-'ucsa sneepVditto 2 6 to 3 Segovia ditto 2 U to 2 S c Soria ■! 11 to .2 2 to 3 0 Ca.:ari. (åttu 2 6103 0 Spanish L irab's wo..1 1 Sio J 8 German and Spanish cross ditto 2 4 to 3 2 Portugal Miec-|s ditto 2 2 to 2 Australian, iiu," crossed native sheep's 2 6 t0 3 4 Van Uillish ditto i o to 3 PIUCES OF METALS. &c. Copper—Bi it. Cukes, ton 82 0 0 'lVs^do S'i 0 0 Sheets, per lb o n II Bottoms u j q X. American (d> 3/s rwt) bd..ton. It — 0 Iron British, pig, No. 1 5 4) 0 Bar—ton 9 0 0* io 10 10 l» Do. Cargo in Wales SO" Bolt! 'on 9 10 O Nail Ua(js |o 0 0 ^°°l18 ton 11 1(1 0 alieets, sinsle ton 1210 0 (Others in proportion.) Foreigii- Swettes, cii bd too 13 10 0 for Sled, (Vdr llIlu) Duty 30s. J to., EI5 0 0 1. 3500 I per ton \Uussiacom 12 100 f "1 ..ton 15 0 0 c c N D ton 19 0 0 Leall, British Pigs ton 22 00 Sheet ton 21 H 0 S'ioi tort 22 10 W Hed 25 to O While (dry) 24 0 O ))0. (>;ll in oil) 30 0 0 Litharge 32 0 0 Foreign—Spanish (dy 40s per Ion) l>d tou 24 0 0 Tin British—Blocks 4 10 0 .cwt 4 12 O 1 late*, common l I c ( 13 0 to 1 Hi O to best, per < 1 X 1 19 0 to 2 2 0 box. lixx 2 & 0 to 2 8 # Wasiers of the above Alks 3s less, all otheis 6; less. (Oihers in proportion.)

LOCAL MARKETS. 4 CARDIFF. I Whet 168:b. 23,. 0"t,,25. 0,1.1 Veal.5 10 Gd Barley 1 5k. 0d. 16s. 0d. Lamb, per It; ^,1 Oats. 3s. Od. 3s. tid. liutter 13,| liecf, per lb. 0s. 5d. «s. G<i. Sail do!13d 1',<' Pork. 0s. 5'l. 0a. 6<l. Fowls, pr couple2s Udta^ Mutton Os. (id Us. 7<t. | Esgs.dez 9d to MERTHYR. *• d. d. J. t. i. Fine Flour 4 9lo5 0 Beef.perlb o 0 • f:i Best Seconds 4 6 5 0 Mutton. 0 Butter,fresh, perlb 1 2 0 0 Veal 4 # Ditto, salt 0 10 0 0 Pork, per "lb". 1 0 5 0 6 Fowls, per couple 2 0 2 6 Lamb,perlb.. 0 7 0 S Ducks, ditto 3 (i 4 0 Cheese II 8 # Eg^s, per hundred 5 OtoO o Bacon per score. « 8 e NRVVI5RIDGE. i NEWBRIDGE, Wenedsday June, 7 1837. r Red Wheat (Imperial bushel) 6 9 to 7 3 i White, ditto fi to 8 6 B irlcy 3 0 to 4 3 (litto 4 0 to 4 6 Outs—I'otatoe and Poland 0 OtoO 0 Feed Oats 2 3 to 3 6 Clover Seed 0 OtoO 0 Beef from 6d to 7 J I | Cream Cheese 0 1 to M Million 7d to 8d | S.'ieep'mi Ik dil to 8 to Lamb 0,1 to 0,! Fresh Butter .ISdtolM Veal 5.J I to I Salt ditto lOd to l2d P"i"k. 5^d to it' La rd. 7dto NEATH. Salting PI. 4J.1 | Fresh butter 1« I1* Pol;ktoes, per cwt. 5s ) Cask do. nid Wheat 8 0 to 9 0 Barley 4 0 to 4 6 Oat o. 12 0 to IB 0 CO WBRIDGE. Wheat (W. bu.) 7. 0 I. Os Od. Mutton (perlb,)Os. 7d. (It. g DoM'mch.bushel Us. 0d. 0s. d. Veal #s il. OS. Barley Os. Od. 5s 6». Pork tig. d — Oats 3s. Col Os. 01. Lamb O.v (M. 0s. Clover, per lb.. — 0 1 — 0 1. Fresh butter.. Is 2d. 0s Trefoil, ditto.. — Od —Od. Eggs (per dost) a. Od. 0s. Beef. 0s. 6 £ d. os. yd. SWANSEA. Wheat 8s. M. I Oats 2s. | Barley 3s. 0d. Beans 0s. — MONMOUTH. Wheat. 6^Is. Od. | Beans —s. tKl H.-trley —»• Oii. I Pease 0s. Oats —s. 0d. | TREDEGAR. TSfiftf 0 Sd 0 Od Lamb 0 0-1 0 Mutton. 0 9d 10,1 Pork 0 6d O Veal. 0 7d 0 Sd Flour 10s. to lis. Imp- b- Hay £ 9 per ton. Fresh butter is 3d. per lb.—Salt ditto, 9d. to Is. Potatoes I Oi. to I Is. pei sack. ABERGAVENNY. Wheat £2 5 1 I Barley £ 1 9 6 Oats — 0 0 1 Beans 0 o '• I'ease 0 0 o| CH EPSTOW. Wheat .r>6s. 7,1. | Oats. Zis. liarley 34s. 8d. | Keans s BRECON. Wheat Imp bu. 6s 10dto7s Oil. | Beef (per'lb.) tfil.to 7 Barley 4s. 2d. 4s. td. I Mutton 6d. 7 Oats 2s. Od. 2s. 9d. I Veal. 0.1. Mait. Od. i3s. oa.fpork. 5,1.6d I'ease 6s. 2d. 6s. 4d. | Fine Flour s. — CRICKHOVVEL. Wheat 7-. 6,1. 1 Vetelies 0s. t* Barley 4J. Gd. | Pease 5*. ft Oats 3s. 0d. I Butter, per lb 10ii to » CARMARTHEN. Wheat,p«r6tlbs..7 3 t>7 6 I C ask Butter, per 11>—.0 9i Uiirlcy .4 0 4 6 Fresh, ditto, 24 oz. I 6' Gats 2 0 2 7 ( Chees. ditto •• t. 0 BRISTOL CORN EXCHANGE. '■ '■ d. s. A. *■ Wheat, Red. 45 o to 56 o Rye — o to White 58 a to Oil o Beans, New 30 o to 3» Barley,Grinding22 o to 24 n OIL. 4jl a to -it Barley,Grinding22 o to 24 n OIL. 4jl a to -it Mailing 28 o to 32 o Peas, White 40 o to •» Oats, Feed. 16 o to 18 a Halt o to 14 Potatoe 22oto 250 Flour, Fine 51) 0 t0 51 0 Seconds 42ato 44 o Thirds 28 o to 35 a Pollard, per ton 125 o to 126 o Bran 0 to 120} o PRICE OF LEATHER AT BRISTOL. d■ d■ d. i <^rop Hides, per lb.] ] £ tolC £ Horse Butts*9 il Foreign in 12 Calf SkillS, besh. 22 22. Liyin Foreign Mill, 1*2 ir» £ Calt Skins,coismon«« 14 2'1 J Heavy dilto 13 14 Irish Skins ]2 14 English Butts 15 1'1 13 20 Foreign Bulls 13J 17 Kips, EnglisliSiWelsh H 11 BeslSaddlers'Hides.. 15 IG £ Foreign Kips, Peters. Common ditto 13 £ burgh,. 14 17 Shaved ditto 15 18 Foreign Kips, lia-l Shoehides. 12 13 India io 17fc Common ditto 12 13 Small Seal Skins 19 20 Welsh 12 1:3 Middlint; ditto 15 lit Best Bull ditto 1) £ 12.} Larue ditto 13.11 Common 10 11 Basils JO IJ; Horse d (English).. 12 13 OPFAL." Wflsh ditto 11 13 Foreign Bellies 5 81 Germanditto 12 11 Shoulders. 8 M»- Spanishditto. 14 18 Dressing Hide,Bellie. 9 9J Shaved do. without —Suoulders.. II llji butts,lis. to 15-1. Od. eacil.

MOON'S AGE. FIRST QUARTER, JUNE 11, nt Win the Mornimr. Pr nted and Published BY JOliN GRAINGE, Printer,, of Hiah-street, Merthyr Tydvil, in the County of Glamorgan, at the Office. High street, Merthyr Tydvilf where Orders, Advertisements, Communications &c. are requested to he a(fdres,(i.-Al,;o, published at: Brecon, by JOHN Wll.LLAM MORGAN, High Str-et. inferior, in the Cliapelry of St. Mary, within the- Parish of St. Jolin's, iu the Comity of Brecon, Saturday, June 10, 1U37. J

RELIEVING GUARD.—"To relieve the guard, the corporal marches up one of his men to face the sentinel on duty. These two make a rattle with thier firelocks, and hold them in a transverse position, which looks pretty then they advance to each other with two long strides, and stick their faces close together, to the manifest danger of flattening their noes, the corporal standing by all the time, as if to see that they should not bite each other au, ther slap on their firelocks to rattle them then the new-comer goes over to the sentry-box, and the other takes his place then the corporal utters some mysterious gruinbling-such as "Haw" 4' Who!" the men throw their transverse muskets upon their arms, as if they were going to nurse them another grutJt from the corporal-('he relieved sentinel joins the main body, the corporal puts him- self at their head, gives another mysterious g-ron 1. and tramp, tramp, they go, again to perform the same interesting and intellectual ceremony at another sentry-box, until, having finished his rounds, the corporal marches back into the guiard-house twelve wet men, in lieu of twelve dry o iie. that he took out.-F-i-oyn Lover's Itory O'More. A BIRD'S NEST IN A BOTTLE.-Tiie Lough- borough Telegraph tells us, that a gentleman at Kempstone has in his possession a six-quart bottle, the neck of which, though but one inch and a half wide, contains a black crested wren's uest, with the bird sitting. Brougham says he has often found a t ottte at Bird's-nest, but never a bird's nest in a bottle: and Bibo Wilks says he hould never have thought of discovering a wren in such a position, but would not have been surprised at finding a swallow near the neck. IODEST ASSURANCE.—A "Jeremy Diddler stepped up to a gentleman who was quietly discus- sins; a Real Havatitia," with, "I'll thankee for a light, sir." "With pleasure, sir" extending the lighted comforter to the new acquaintance. "I But I've no cigar, sir you taa'nt such a thing as another one of them beauties as you use, have you ?" "To be fure 1 have," handing Jerry his well.filled case: "wont you take a couple?" "Thank you kindly, I don't care if I do borrow a couple only, for I may meet a friend presently.Detroit Spectator. ESTIIY CATS.-Robt. Brook, Esq.jof Melton Lodge, near Woodbridge, has four or five cats each with a collar and light chain and swivel, about a yard long, with a large iron rillg at the end. As soon as the gooseberries, cnrrans, and raspberries be^in to ripen, a small stake is driven into the ground, or bed, near the trees to be protected, leaving about a yard and a half of the stake above ground; the ring is slipped oter the head of the stake, and the cat thus tethered if) sight of the trees, no birds will approach them. Cherry trees and wall-fruit trees are protected in the same man- nier as they successively ripen. Each cat, by way of a shed, has one of the largest-sized flower-pots laid en its side, within reach of its chain, with a little hay or straw in bad weather, and her food and vater placed near her. In confirmation of the ahove statement it may be added, that a wall of vines, between two hundred and three hundred yards along, in the nursery of Mr Kirke, at Bromp- ton, the fruit of which, in all previous seasons, had been very much injureu by birds, was, in 1831, completely protected, in oonsequence of a cat having voluntarily posted himself seutry upon it.-Tranv. Hor. Society. 1