The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

poss-i'sre. -0- THE SHEIL !—i'tlE SIIEIL! I. CerFe O'("):l('i1, Mastering Tailor, List 0 Daniel unto ;tie We have got thy aercest Tuiler, Our CvrnmU-ioner to he. True, he nothing knows about U3- True, he never went to sea But then he c^n't get on it 1lS • — And that's thj reason ou't d'ye see. ff. Well we knows l-.c's but a lubber, Good for nothing, as we larn, But lo cant and sqnf—1 and bhbhn, While he s^ins a three hours' surn.. But 'I1;¡t sij,-ni.ie5 complaining, TiH) Whiis they must supported bp, An,l h,- And so they've scut him here d'ye see. BI. rv Lord, says lie, "it seems vour Lord-shin, Warns to draw me otf from Dan hy then my Lord 'twould be a hardship, Ii I don't get ali.1 call. What I want is something casy- Something for iiiv wile and me, Or divvle a yarn I'll spin to please ye. And so they've sent hiia here d'ye see. IV Of our chest 111"11 make a handle, • Dravin-i thenco bright old in store Anti he shall have both coal anil ca;ld:I- House room, and swabbcry, calore. HI: shall drink and eat at leisure, Grog aud prog and all shot-free ;— If he'll biit do Lord Premier's pleasure ;— <" For that's why he came here d'yc see. V. But fhe'use for old blue jacket '1'0 pin hiyarn against this here, Or think by kiàiug up a racket To get'em to ludo that tLer, They've got the helm, and zig-zae steering, They 'll do just what they like*, d'ye see ;—• I should'nt be surprised at hearing I They'd made a L IL\CELLul: of M;; JOHN JI NK. BO'S'M. GREENWICH ILNSI'ITU..

SCIENCE. TO THE EDITOR, OF TirE C, A'Ti'E & GUARDI AN. Sjit. — In your Jiiurtial of Saturday, Jan 27, your correspondent I) enquires, "Why a hall, or other -olid body; dropped from a balloon at a hiyh eleva- tion will meet the earth in a perpendicular line from lIip. ballooa at the period of separation from it V In ausweriuur this question, let us consider the balloon, according to your correspondent, stationary. If then a hall be dropped from it, file ball will meet the erti-tb in a time depending on the alt itude if this be 3uan feet) file descent ill be the square root of 3000-16, or V 187,5 = 13,693 secot.ds; for fulling bodies obey this law, namely, as the squares of the times of fullinsj: and, as your correspondent state*, I liat 1, tile bull, iu is descent, travels at the rate of 120i) feet per minute, and would come in contract with the earth ill two minuIPs and all half." It is necessary to explain the rate for falling bodies. In the 1st second the ball falls I ii Ft. 2nd' (2 x ■>) = 4 & 4 x I C) 6J it. 3rd (3 3) = 9 & 9 lô = 114 (t. 4th (4 x 4) = 16 &16 x 16 = 25Gft.&c. It is thus found that 3030 feet = (13,693 13,093) x 16. The spaces fallen through are, as the iiiiin- tiers 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, &e. for each succecdiug second. which is evident from the calculation. I know not how I) derives his rllle of 1200 feet iu a minute, for a body fallill to the earth from any altitude. The time then of the balls reaching the earlh, from the height 3000 teet = 13,693 seconds and now we will explain by what law in physics it is so. The earth revolves from west to east, carrying the air or atmosphere wiili it, just as it carries the ocean or the rivers on its surface, and this respirable fluid (the aii) is a material substance, although of a very subtle nature, being to its pretty much what the water is to fi-hes they are buoyed along as well as irquatic birds, reposing on the bosom of the waters, iusensible to the diurnal and annual motion of the earth -so it is %vith bodies in the air. The bdlloon has tlie motion ofoui- plauet, conveyed to it by the atmosphere and the compound motion (the diurnal and annual path round the sun) are no Inore fell by the aeronaut, or the birds on wing, than is this same motion felt hy navigators, aquatic birds, or fishes. Were it otherwise, or that the eartli cut through the air, as we do in travelling, the result would be destruction to animal and vegetable life. The constant and rapid change of almospheric in- fluence would cause sterility in all climes, and no animals could endure the effects of the velocity with which they must come in contact. When we travel rapidly we are at once sensible of its effects; but assume that the air is not carried with the earth, as part ol its covering or appeudag", we encounter this dilemma: uieri, aud all other animals, and vegetable produc tions, must be rushing through the medium at the rale of 600 mil-es au hour in our latitude for diurnal, and 68,0;)0 uii'es per hour for the orbital motion. Migratory birds travel distiiievs; the passenger pigeons (Columbce migratorine) pur- lIue theIr wi:ralatiot1"J from Hud..ou'g B.IY as ('II' south as the Gulf of Mexico, at the rate at 60 or 70 miles an hour; they travel in vast flocks along the desert and illimitable air," and extraordinary flights they are; but from the organic structure of the feathered race, ihey can meet the air and make w..y where other animals would he destroyed; but let the earth cut through ttie atmosphere or leave it behind ill its double motion,could tliese same tenants of the air then make way ? for whilst they jouruied (>0 or 70 mile* from west to east, the earth would travel miles, how then could they reach their destination? it is needless to answer the ques- tioll. 'I'lie watl(lc-t'i:ig ali)it(ross (Ditnte(fil from lis peculiar air cells, intervening between Ihe muscles and skin, in addition to the vast spread of its wing*, ^10, 11, or l2teei) cuu so diminish its specific gravity, thai it is enabled tojloat in the air, as a fish does in water, This extraordinary bird has been seen suspended in the samei-pot motionless tor many seconds; if the earth kll, or cut through the air, the bird could not be seen after the lapse of a few seconds. The earlh would have out-travelled him, at the rate" of about IS miles per second. So with the -balloon I have see,, this noble exhibition of human skill and daring ascend majestically not moving (except with slight oscillations) to one side or the other, till it had attained a certain altitude. Where would ihe balloon have been, during this oil any other principle than that the mr or atmosphere was attached to our earlh, aud moved with it, as do the rocking billows or the ocean itself? The balloon has been iu sight for a considerable tune, and such a speck in the heavens would be invisible almost instantei, if we moved w iih our accustomed velocity, and the balloon partook not of the same velocity, But the earth does not leave the balloon, or the air they partake of her motion, varying oely as the allitude of the object. The ball let tall hCls the same motion impressed upon it, and we shall presem ly see how it reaches the eartli- Again, in estimating the power of winds they are classed according to their eil'ects, agreeably to this table, l'ronnrtif'l!1al force on a -1 Miles an hour. square to at in lbs. Winds, weight. 15 .V.V 1107 ■••• L>'isk Glle' 3"-> 4,4 -HJ ) „ 35 «,()•>: S •"•Higrh wind. 50 12,300 ,to,-in. 100 4U,JO A hurricane. Somc of us have doubtless witnessed these various w inds and their consequences—disastrous to life and property; but. Compare the hui rieane to the effects of earth's rushing through the air, and we can then imagine what would ari>e from 6S0 times this p iver bt iug exercised on the surface of the globe. Under such circumstances we must have a new order of things, a fresh adaptation through nature. Repro- duction could never go on • desolation would every where present itself and chaos would come again Birds of prey (the vulturidce especially) build their nests on the pinac^es of the highest rocks: they soar to immense heights, and from these, eminences descry their prey on land and sea; their desceut is astonishingly rapid, but in a few seconds if the earth were not accompanied with the- atmosphere, the prey would have vanished from these r-.iptoviul birds, and instead of pOllucing upou it direct from their aei-ial the prey would have travelled miles away, (la in every second of lime). But the atmos- phere belongs to the earth, is moved with it; and! all objects living or otherwise when in the air par- take of the earth's iliotio", iu the same manner that we partake of the motion of a ship or carriage. Birds, and aeronauts ill, their excursions are carried round with the motion of the globe; the only difference is, that the higher they are the greater is the velocity with which they move, a sub- ject we shall speuk of preseutly. Once for all, we inay consider our atmosphere as a vast envelope to the earth both partaking of the same motion which is communicated to every object within range; auy other hypothesis must not only reject all the physical data we are as yet furnished with, but set at nought the well-known principles of projectiles and flling bodies, on which enough has been written by philosophers and men of science tested by experiments, to prove that the eai-ti) and the air, or atmosphere, are borne aluli,, witil the same velocity, varying according to its altitude. Dr. Hultou says, in his dictionary, The atmos- phere surrounds the earth to a considerable height, partaking of all its mutionst both aunuai and diurnal," But although to our senses the fall of the bod »• from the ballowi is a perpendicular line, in reality it is not so, for the earth has travelled jn its diurnal motion 40 miles eastward iu'2 £ minutes, or 3 62 miles in the 13,693 seconds, besides z58 miles for the arbital motion, together above MO miles in 13,693 secotids, and tlii.,4 distance is passed over by the ball from the ballou in the time named in a vast s,,eep or,curve line (iiisen,ible to us oil the caitli, impelled by its motion) called the parabolic curve, the laws of which are in the ctfuic sections. Birds having the same motion impressed oil them must always perform their flights' and d<SCeiH8iu this well-known curve, the parabola. I With resp-'ct to the ball thrown across tho deck o! a ship. D. says, it will cross at right angles true enough, i! the ship be at rest, and Ihe same would happen if thrown by a person on shore, the ship b inj at rest. Were the ship movijtg, Ihe ball would cer- tainly pass to the opposite side, aud arrive at the same point in the ship as if at rest—but the ball although describing a right angle to all appearance by those on board, (having (he motion of the ,ship) would not iu fiict describe a right angle but the line of a diagonal ot a parallelogram irising from the compound force given to it one the moving of the sh;p, the other the throwing across the ball. This i, a,i(I wzi-, illu(Iod t,) afiiotigsi other subjects some weeks since, in' yutit- Should the ship move to tjie east, and tb- ball h. thrown to the hortb, the line %vi I be it) it direc- tion but how many points to the one or other must depend on the rate of sailing, width of dec! &c. ■ 1 I remain, Sir, Yours very obediently, G. L. TvknioTtvE ENGINT.S, &C.—At a meeting ol the of C'ivil a paper on Locomotive Engines, by Edward Woods, was read. Ibis paper contains an account of the alterations which were soon found necessary in tin- fir-t engines used on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. I hese consisted principally iu strength- ening every part of ilit? engine, and the consequent increase iu the we:giit was such that it became ne- cessary to re-lay the whole line with stronger rails, aud, as a temporary provision, to add -a third pair ol wheels behind the fire box. The author then de- tails certain necessary conditions iu the structure of locomotives, aud the means adopted to obviate the rocking motion and the unsteadiness arising from lateral undulations. With respect to the objections urged against the use of six-wheeled 'carriages, he ohserve. that the adhesion, though less, is sullicteni aud that the additional weight does r.ot exceed two hundred weight,or produce a diminution in traction amounting to more than one -two-hundredth of ihe whole; and tlpit the additional strain and friction on passing curves fIIay be enlirely obvialed. 11,. then describes IlIe distribution of the whole weight of the engines o:i the wheels, which weight on the average, amounts to eleven and a half tuns. A paper on improvements iu water-wheels, by Isaac Dodds, was then read. The author suggests the adoption of two air vessels, forming the sides or water guides to the wheel, by which tlie wheel should be raised or lowered with the view of lessen- ing ther evil produced by the back-water. These ai.. ves.c! heill! p:-op,.rly ,llast"r!; any required dip may be given to the wu«h-boards aud Ihe race is so adapted that the dam head may be raised in the same proportion as the back-water.— A thenceum. M. CJMMAUD-—M. Gaimard lins been ap- pointed, by the French Government, to a new scien- tific expedition. Denm irk, Sweden, and Norway, are to be the scenes of his researches; and he is particularly desired lo bring back specimens of the rocks of Sweden and Norway, a series of trilobites, fragments of the rocks of Lapland, skeletons of the Narwhal and the elk, aud the heads of bears Athenaum. making mineral*, has submitted to the Academy of Sciences some stalactites of carbonate of lime, which have been pi-otiticeit iii a itiuiitli he liii- also succeeded in making microscopic glasses of melted rock crystal, which answer perfectly well, and magnify 2j[) times.—Athenttuni.

ELEC foil A L CA LEN I) u. ——. -a- March I.-Atiditui-i and Assessors of IJoroughs elected. 2.-).-Ollerseei-ti to be or within four- teen days. April 5.—The returns for the collection Gf ||,rt As- sessed Taxes are made up to this day. Persons discontinuing the use of any taxable article shoo-ld do so Oil the 4th, or they ,will be liable for the year ensuing. June 2d.—Overseers must give notice to receive claims for votes. Persons on the register need not make a new claim, unless they have changed their qualification. July 20.—Assesscrl-taxes and Poor-rates due on the Gib April last, miisi be paid by ihe electors, o: they will lose their votes. — Last day of sending in claims fit- voting in couuiics. 3L-List of county aiid borough voters nude by overseers. August 5 and 12.—(First two Sundays.) Borough and county lists to be exhibited at the door of everv Church aud Chapel. 20.—Last day for entering objections to county voters. 25.—Last day of claim as borough electors. 31.- All taxes alld rates due on the 1st March must be paid on or before this day bv persons claim- ing to Of: enrolled as burg-cs¡;es uudcr the ;,luuicipai Corporation Reform Act. September 8-—I own Clerk in boroughs lo cuu.-e Burgess list to be uilixed to some public place until 15th. 15.—C' lims and objections to ihe Burgess list to be sent to the Town Clerk in writing. 24. Copy of the said objections to be exhibited in a conspicuous situation within tlie borough until. 1st October. 2-Charchwarliens, surveyors, and rated house holders meet, to prepare a list from which the justices select a Surveyor yf highways. Ou the two Sundays preceding the 15lh, the list of otgeciions to county and borough voters, qualified by the Reform Bill, must be attached lo the door of every place-of worship. Also a list of persons iible to serve en juries, with notice of when and where ohjections will be heard. October.— Mayor and Assessors to hold an open court for a revision of the Burgess list within a fortnight. November 1. — Borough Councillors to be elected. 9.— Mayor and Aldermen to be elected.

ADVICE TO LA DIMS.—Ladies, always delight fu),and not (he least so in their undress, are apt to deprive themselves of some of their best morning beams by appearing with their hair in papers. We ;¡ve notice, that essayists, and of course all people of laste prelcr a cap, if there must be anything; hot liltir i, iiiillioil times over. To see grapes in paper bags is bad enough; but the rich locks of a lady in papers, the roots of tho hair twisted up like a drummer's and the forehead staring bald in- stead of being gracelully tendrilled and shadowed! it is a capital offence --a detiance to the love and admiration of the other sex--a pfovocative to a paper war; and we here accordingly declare the said war on paper, not having any ladies at hand to carry it at once to their head quarters. We must allow, at the same time, that they are very shy of being seen in this Condition, knowing well enough how much of their strength, like Sampson's, lies in that gitted ornament. \Ve have known a whole parlour of them fluttered off, like a dove cote, at the sight ot a lricud coming up the garden. Leigli iiii)tt. CHARGE or AHSON.—Uybert Miers, a linen draper, residing in High Street, Marjlebone, has been committed to Newgate for trial, on a charge of setting hre to his house, with a view of defraud- ing the Union Assurance Col-ni any of £2)800.

FROM TEES LONDON GAZETTE5 -ç:" Lomlo: BANKRUPTS. William linillc, of 15 riijhtlielmstone, Sussex, diaper. Sumuel No'ule, of Grown Wharf, Woolwich, Kent, builder. Hannah Muria ^foore, of Aiiiidstone, Kent, iron- founder. George Baker Billows and George Billows, of Poole, Dorsetshire, ;rl!:l!llOI1i!P s Andrew Boil, of eueastlu-upoii-Tyno, rnifrcliant- taib-r Wil;iam Dirkioil, )f K;char>l Richmond of Ayclitfe. Durham, shoemaker. Matthew (iroucott, of l.eamingtmi Prior*, Warwick- shire, dealer in gl^ss and china. John Fairfax, of Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, printer. Thom-is Aubri-y, of Trrdc^ar, Monmouthshire, sta- tioner, March 5 and April 6 at ten. at the King's Head inn, 'Newport, Monmouthshire. Mr Frederick Webb, solicitor. Newport; and Messrs Weeks and Gilhertaon, solicitors, Cook's Court, Lincoln's Inn, London. Thomas Deakiu and John Yipnnd of Pontvpool, Mon- mouthshire, ironmongers, March 3, at twelve, and Apr;! 6, at one, at the Commercial Booms, Bristol. lir J. Wil- liams, solicitor, I, Verulam Buildings, Grav's Inn, Lon- don; Messrs Bovan and Brittan, solicitors, Bristol; and ,Nl,- Willia, Foster Gndcli. sl)licitor, Joseph Kislier the younger, ot Stroud, Gloucester- shire. woollclI draper. William Trepess the. elder and William Trnoess the younger, of Warwick-, build.u-s. .lames Brunt, of Flash Bottom, Alstonefield, Stafford- shire, silk m.'reliant. Rouert D;4vis, of l'idford House, Isle of Wi -ht, mer- chant. ° London, Tuesday, February 27. BANKRUPTCY F.NLARGED. Mahlmi Broaiitient, of Saddle worth, Yorkshire, woollen-clothier. I. N K ri, u Willinrn Norkells and John Barsham, of Marshlane- gate-lane, Stratford, Kssex, oxalic acid manufacturers. William Morean, of Cheltenham, builder, (;fifJith Mor:;au, h:e of Dolyddbyrion, Carnarvon, tanner. Matthew Hawkes, of Sharrington, Vorfolk, auctioneer. Richard Murray, of St. George's Norwich, stationer. Samuel Hide, or Leicester, engineer. •Limes Bide, of Leicester, engineer. John Daft, Nottingham, money scrivener. George Sharland, of fixeter, wine and spirit merchant. Henry l' reeth, of Bith, perfumer. Bichard livaiis, late of Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire, innkeeper. Kinte,. FAIRS FOR MARCH. UJ Glamorganshire.—Aubrey Arms, near Cowbrid^e, Monday 12th; Cardiff, Wednesday, 1,4th; Cow- bridge, Tuesday 2')th Gower Hill, Kilvrough, Tuesday, 2Qth Merthyr Tydvil, Monday, 19,h. Monmoitthshirc. — Abergavenny, Tuesday, Ol h. Breconshire. — Brecon, Wednesday, 7th; Pont- neddfechan, Salnt day, l7th Talgarth, Monday,12th. Carmarthenshire. Cross Inn, Friday, 23rd Llangadock, Monday, 12i(iMeidrim, Monday, LATEST PRICES OF MKTALS. C., 91 0 0 Ti!e, -le 92 0 0 Sheets, I er II) 0 0 It 0 I I) I .S. American (dj 37* i-wt) bd..toil. 0 0 0 (ion British, pig, No. 1—ton 6 0 # Ihr-t<,n. 9 1J 0 to tI 0 0 I)o. Cargo in VVales U II 0 Bolts ton It) 5 0 Nail Hods Lpn 101 Hoops Sheets, tingle .1°" 12 10 0 (Others ill propoilion.) Foreign- Swt'iifs, cu bd ton 1:1 0 0 4 tor Si eel, ivar inks) Out) 30s. y toa.iitjo Oto ::5 0 0 (ier toll jKu&siacom ton 12 10 0 I P » 1. ton I 0 0 ccnu tun 19 10 0 Lead, British Pigs ton 21 fl 0 Sheet ton 22 10 0 Sillt tOM 20 II 0 Red ton '2 1 0 0 VViiire (iti j ) 3D 0 0 Da. (^d in oil) '"ii .'j'I 0 0 L tiiaiI'I- on 24 0 0 Koreieti—Spanish (dy -10s per tun) bd ton 19 In 0 Tin 4 10 o ("It 1 12 0 Plntes, eonniwii I it II to I I 0 tobts(,per l X 1 17 o t<-> 2 0 0 lu x. (. i x x 2 3 0 to 2 G 0 W.uiers of the Mk-; 3s less, all niln.-is 6s less. (Oihsrs in prop uiion )

"n -0-4" SlJIPPING IN TELL IGENCE. -a- C:AHVIFF. COASTERS Tsw AltnS. The John and Robert, Parry, from Bristol, with tin the Venus, 0>vena, the John George, Guliitbrd, from Bridjjewatcr, and the Amity, Rogers, iron Bristol, with sundries; and the Elizabeth, Pockett, Irom Gloucester, with apples; threo vessels with ore and Is in ballast. COAST Kits OUTWARDS.—The Amity, Rogers, the Merthyr Packet. Edwards, the Friends, Davis, for Bristol, jthe Robert Claiupilt, for Newport, and the Cardiff Packet, Jones, for London, with sun- dries; the Spread Phi'lips, the Si. Clement, Dllnll, the Frtincw, Cowman, the Shannon, Fuleher, the Murpn-e, Evans, for Liverpool, the 13allotj 'birdie, file siliclaii-, the Jane, Peleroil, tor Glasgow, the Robert and AIIII, Ridler, the Friendship, Dowell, for Newport, the Mayoress, Rray, the Mary, West, for Newcastle,'the Diamond, lluxtiihlc, for Loudon, aud the Hope, Stcvet)-, t'or Bristol, with iron H) vessels with coals, and four in ballast. NEWPORT. INWAITN—The Providence, Robinson, and the Rebeccfu, Hooper, wish flutir; the Active, Guy, and [lie Fortitude, VVare, with timber; ihe William, Smith, the Robert aud Ann, Ridler, the Friendship, Dovietl, the Carleon, Harwood, the M oderalor, Johns, the George, Coomb*, the lirislol Packet, Tiver, the Mary, Gaiuey, the Switl, Richards, the Fanny, SCOtl, the Bristol packet; Prewitt, and the Turtle, Oxlaud, with sundries. OUTWARDS.—The Brenda, Watkins, for Con- stantinople; the Don, Vaulicr, for Messina; UAdeliiie F,ix, liarban, for Rouen,^wiih iron jSiie Lydia, William*, the Experiment, Aiming, the Mount Edgcumbe, Odjrers, the Hope, Tasker, the Gomer. Richards, the Nl'il'It itil, Collins, the Ocenn, Morgan, the Perseveranee, Pearce, the Aid, James, the Arvonia, Jones, the British Queen', Morris, the Fife, Dare, the Amity, JOlles, the Osprev, Phillip*, the Friends, Thomas, the Ruth, Lewis, the re, ■Limes, the Venus, Curie, the Friendship, Dowell, and the Robert aud Ann, Ridler, with iron and till plate. i the Carleon, Harwood, the Moderator, Johns, the George, Coombs, the lirisiol Packet, Tiver, the Mary, Gainey, the Swift, Richards, the Fanny, Scott, the Bristol Packet, Prewitt, and the Turtle, Oxlaud, witb sundries, and 60 with coals. SWANSEA. ARRIVALS.—The John and Elizabeth, Paddon, from liarnstaple, the Pluenix, Lod-^e, the Julia, Small, the Poimerston, (Meamer) Bailey, from Bristol, the Sarah, Croaker, from Gloucester, the Resolution, Reed, from Bridgewater^ the Jane, Parker, from IIfracotnbe, and the Mountaineer, (steamer) Ed- wards, from Liverpool, with sundries; the Anll, Busheii, and the Sprayeolllb, Marsh, from Bridge- water, with bricks; the Hope, Cummins, from Dart- itioutil, atirl the Endeavour, Rowlands, from Ply- mouih, with lime stones; the Lord F-inehester, Davy, from Bude, with mall,; the Duke of Welling- ton, Crock lord, from Bridjjeu ater, with timber the Dolphin, Hawks, and the Defiance, Sperry, from Gloucester, with fruit the Ruschill Watson, the Tom Cringle, S:mp*on, frott) Cuba, the Periquitr, Hawkins, the John aud Edwards, Melluish, from Fowcy, the St. Austle Packet, foui Charles- town, the Jaue, Jones, the itkinrel., Rees, from Penzance, the Jane, Stribley, from Padslow, the Minerva, Quick, the Fame, Greenfell, and the Wil- liam and Amelia, Smith, from Ilayle, with copper ore and 15 in b dl ist, LLANELLY. ARRIVALS.—The W i liam, Williams, from Truro, the Traveller, Strubley, and the Sarah and Ann, Evans, from St. Ives, and the Twins, Cooper, fiom Swansea, ail with copper ore the Britannia, Furzmau, from Teignmouth, with timber the Charles, Roberts, from Bristol, with sundries; the Zephyr, Kemry, from Loudon, the Pulnanter, Johns, from Swanwen, the Sisters, Lewis, trom Carmarthen, the Peace, Crispin, 'from Bideford, the Nepian, Tamsett, from Bridport, the Industry, Griffiths from SouthamptOlI, the Mary Aun, Richards, from Bristol, the Utile, Malm, froui C, loucciater, iu bal ast.

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LITERATURE. =- Memoirs of Grimaldi, the Clown. Edited by Charles Dickens. The author of the Pickwick Papers has jmt written the life of GRIMALDI,the celeOruted clown and however unpromising such a subject for biography may appear to be, the volumes a»e re- pllite \\ith incidents that" O'IU step llle lIIode.tv of Ilature"and the probabi'ities of trllth, a mucl as did the performances of Grimaldi in Pantomime. The accuracy ot the following romantic occurrences are vouched for. The first is far too long for extract; the substance is tliii "Joe had a younger brother, called John. who, as a lad, went to sea, it is supposed as a common sailor, and was never sr-en for fourteen years. In November 1803, llrimuhli was visited at the theatre during the performance, by a well-dressed man, who had conic horn? with plenty of money, and who turned out to he the brother. Alter much affectionate conversation, and many inljlliries Oil both sfries at this sudden inter view, it was arranged that the twø brothers should go at once to their lnoifier, and the sailor undertook to wait while Grimaldi changed his dress. When the latter came down to tjie entrance-lobby, the brother had just pone olll,Bani'o!t!r had 'J!;st spoken to him' -Vo-.ve(t had seen him go up the street.' Grimaldi hurried out at the door-collld nol rilld him,-and haliterled on to his mother's bouse, think- ing he might have gone on there, as he liad-giveii hit" tile afidfeits. Several persons had that moment seen IÜm,' but from that ni^ht of November 1*03, to-this month of January 1&33, the missing man was never seen again, nor was any intelli,;ence, or any clue of the faintest or most remote description obtained by any of his friends respecting him. It srhould be observed that he had identified himself to his brother hy a mark on his breast, and had made a boastful display of money which he carried aboot his person." The other remarkable event' runs after this fzt,; ti i,r) At this period he got entrapped into the society of a fashionab'e party in Charlotte Street,' of I twelve indies n,,4 to whou silso. iu the innocence of his heart, he introduced his wife. The set turned out to be what is termed 'marked peope" One of the eq,' Ntr Mackintosh, is indicted for burglary, utul Grimaldi ii subpoenaed an a witness. The denouement is worthy the boards of a theatre :— Grimaldi h--i n, naturally very desirous to put a fetv question* to him eonoernrvr the twelve ladies and gentlemen, he dissembled his d is i ike,and placed some refreshment before hi in, of which he partook. lie then gai,i, Mr Mackintosh, I cannot suppose you to be £ <»ihy of any act of this kind, for you have so many circumstances in your favour. Putting my- se'f out of the question — I am merely an actoi- working for my subsistence -voti can call, to prove yotir nliM, gentlemen of station and undoubted respectability. Mr Fanner and his friends,for in- stance, could not fail to have great weight with the court.' A very pprcecrfible change overspread the countenance of Nir Mackintosh when he heard these words. He shook his head with great mence, anJ looked stroog'y disposed to faugh. Grtwialdi, who was one of the simplest creatures, in all worldly matters, that ever breathed, paused for a reply but, finding his acquaintance said nothing, added, 'Besides, the ladies. Dear me, Mr Mackintosh, the appearance of those gentle- men's wives would be almost enough to acquit you at once.' Mr Grimald' said Mackintosh, with a slight tremor in his voice, which, despite his serrotrs situation arose from an incipient tendency to lai» £ lKer,—* Mr Grimaldi, none of those" omen are married.' Grimaldi stared incredulously. Not one,' said Mackintosh; they only pass for I married people, they are not really so.' 'Then, how,' said Grimaldi, waxing very angry,—'how dared you toiuvite my wife among them* and induce me to take her there?' I am very sorry. Sir,' said the man, humbly. I I'll tell you what, Sir,' inter- posed the other, '1"11 put off no longer: this is not the time for secrecy and falsehood, nor is it your interest to tell me any ihuig but the truth. J'iow, I demand to know at once the real characters or these people, and whv you shook your head when men- tioned your bringing 114viii forward as witnesses.' Mr Griina! di,' rep! ied the man, with great apparent humility, they would not come if they were sent for; and, beside. if they did, if would injure, not assist me, for they are all marked men.' Ilarked n. eii e,etaiined f;ri;naldi. 'I'oo true, Sii- said Mackintosh; despsrate characters every on," I What! Fkiriner' [IL- was sentptice,l to I"tti at the Old liailey, and got a reprieve while s.tanding on the drop beneaih the ga I lows.' 'And Williams ?' Williaimi is a forger of notes.' 'And Jessonl' 'He and Barber are bnth burglars.' Attd the Jewish-looking itiari-I forget the rascal's name— the man. who siogs Kel-y's songs — what is he'' 'Oil, he helps to pdS the forced notes, and has been three times in the pillory.' 'There is one other uian have lI.,t named—that fellow Jones, tvha*r i.% be ?-a '0, sir, only a bur- glar,' answered Mackintosh." Pickwick Abroad; or the Tour in France, Parti. London: Sherwood and Co. The Monthly Magazine for February reached us too Bear the close of the month to rertder any digest of its. contents necessary. We presume by this time many ot" our readers are tolerably well acquainted with them. Pickwick abroad, however, which is reprinted from its page-s may fairly be an exception to ordinary rules; and as all the world read the adventures, in of that illu^triums liian, .o..ill all the world and hits wife too, read the accounts of his travels in France. Fastidious lolks may think they see a difference, -a fa/ling off in raciness, perhaps, in the style of this treader iu the steps of the original Boz. They Itlay liave leartied our own ditty,- Say can we have a fecond Boz ? 0 no, we cannot, and that's pM." Nevertheless in the MM. Boz (which means not Monsieur, Monsieur, but only plain English — Monthly Magazine) they will find much food for hearty laughter, much genuine fun and frolic. Samivel Veller shines forth in all the brilliancy of simile; by which we mean to aver that Sumivel abroad is very similar-to Samivel at home. He is so at least in his language. Witness the follow- ing Of the first Frenchmen he saw, he says: A preshus qneer set they appears t" be, if von may judge by tpst appearances, as the vite man said to his-selt ven he got among the selvidges vich made a fire to eat him." And P'rDps yon d also consider that mob, and then assure me if there isn't nijaciiiet meant, as the Ilindian remarked to his friend veil they met the alligator." Gazing at a crowd assembled to meet him1— "Dear me," said Mr fiijk'wick,after a pause, this is very flattering—but very disagreeable" As the sugger said,, ven lie vent out to be shot, accompanied by the uhole regiment and muffled drums," observed Mr IVellers < i I Of France the some worthy 0bsen'c :I'is a ost country,—a nation without principle; since a period vieh they calls the evolution, there hasn't Öecn no manners in France; there's no sich thing as a gen leman known —a servant is as good as his lilit,-ter, tbe-; ,iir all its tlic, u(,b'e- uuin said, ven he gave the chimKly-sweep a cheer \chair), alld told ¡Iilll (I) m¡lke .bis-sl'lf at hlJlllc' Tiiis reminds us of the Irish story of the visit of three ladies to a Romish Clmpel when the pries; ordered from the ii),,tley ei-e%v bolo.e lii,ii,-itiere being no tl.-cent sea's at such places, three cheers :01' the ladies; to which they responded, not \vith solid recept IC!PS for the fdir ones, but with shouts "hich put the solidity of the building itself to the test. ï II" captain of a slc>;¡rnC' W;¡ "oélitl'ùtillg" Mr \\elier: lie..VP.hld a-jjone on vifh his argi- nients, but ln« okkipition obleeged him to go into a hole beneath the brier for a moment, and Mr Vinkie vanted a glass o'brandy an'-vater, vich un- foreseen accidents caused us to separate, as (lie <eientitic guit'lemati said ven he tell :Voin the j/ari- simot." 1 We ii'T-v come to French Coo'ierv • — ''Mr \VeUer,w ho had disaj-pea'edon the c-ntrance of the waiter, now returned to the coffee-room where his masters "ere seated, and shnffied un- easily round the table, as if he were desirous of unburdening his mind ot some oppressive weight. "What is the matter, giiil,. ?" said Mr Pickwick at letiatli, pitying the embarrassed sittiatioi, of lii-, domestic: has any thing new occurred J" Heg pardon, Sir," returned Sam, "but I'm just a come trom the kitchen—and a iziorl, etirioset- pifice I never see." "Indeed, Slm," slid Mr Pickwick: "what is there so remarkable V "III tIlLit 'ere kitchen, Sir," said Sain, qerioiisiv, there's nothink that's common to a kitchen in England- Fust, Sir, there are half-a-dozen man- cooks, vith vile night-caps and aperns; and each al-)I,ears to be file cil)taiii o' teii or twelve different sarsepaus—ail of bright eopp,r-ranged soldier- vise, on a large stove: and then the contents o' them 'ere sii-sepans, is astonishing to a degree. I op:,ned the li,l o' von, iinbelnowii to tlif-- cook as vos the presiding diwinity o' that quarter, and sure enough, I see-f a partridge a-stooiug vith «eggitable« and massages. Says 1 to myself, This is rayther qt;eer,' as the banker observed, yell he looked at the cheque as vos forged. P'riiip", you'd like to larn French cookery, young man?' Said von o' the vaiters, vith a vink o' slyness to von o' the vanning pans," "To one of the warming-pans!" exclaimed Mr Pickwick, somell hut angry, for he recollected that the unfortunate-subject of warming-pans had served as material evidence against him, in the mouth of Serjeant Buz-fuz on the occasion of his memorable trial. Hallwgorical,. Sir-purely hallegorieal, Sir," returned Mr Weller, as the critic said to the atu Uior, ven he cut up his writings." Well—to return to the kitchen, Sam," said Mr Pickwick, whose momentary anger was speedily subsided, and who entertained some vague idea that his domestic alluded to a chambermaid, al- though the synonyme was at first rather obscure. 1 If it suit your con-wenience Sir," continued Sam, to listen to my wagaries, I d m't know no hobjec- tinit to niv coniintiiiiciitiii- of tlieiii. So to continue. 'P'rhaps you 'ud like larn French cookery suit.' the vaiter. IVery in(jeli obleeged, yolin-, lily-viell said I; b,it had rayther let it alone, as the mon- key said of the hot poic(-r. Voiild Y()ii iikejist for to taste o'this'ere dish, Mr Vellerperse wed the vaiter, fur he 'd ]at-nt iiiy tiaiiie t'roiii the top of tiiy band-box and, taking the kiver off vo,, o: the sarsepaus, he shovyeJ me a piece o' biled beef done to rags. 'Time to take that oly" sa).ii f.- ') ,ieh thin, suill he. looking ;it the clock: must stew till six.'—'Andvot's in that'ere large kaldron?' said I. not weuUirin^ on a look of asto- nishment, a« 1 vos uteard of 'traying my ignorance. —' Stc-< ed weal,' said the vaiter; and therellpou he took aT the lid of die C0pp!r sársepln, and showed me a piece o* meat vith bits o' fat banging about it oil all sides. This he called a Ibch-an l-go: but I s'pose 't«as his' impemi'-e-—'Pray do you use pe:laties in ,fri.lllce" said I. (,ertainly,' said my trietid the vziiter; 'here is some prime uns,1 and sure enow I seed some pertaties cut into slices, and kivered over with butter and parsely, jist ready 10 sarve up." We conclude with Sainivel's he-pistle to his she- wife: — VVhen Mr Samuel Weller had partaken of a ("opio". rcp»»i in the kitchen of hotel, lie lepaired to the bed-room which was destined for his reception. Being armed with w riting materials and a ¡?;Iass ofbrandy-and-aler, be took a seat at the table, and prepared himself to compose an epistle to hi" beluved spouse, whom he had left oehind him at DullVich Lodge. Wery particklerly good you air," observed Sam. apostrophising the brandy-and-water, and smack- ing his lips alter a lollg drallbt of the tempting beverage; and may ve meet as frequently as con- wenient, as the gen'leman said to the pus vich lie foun' in the street. An' now for this 'ere little he- pistle of mine," continued Sam—"and mind ve put in as much—or p'rhaps rayther more than the vttiter's informed us of-uot:forgetting about the vine and the sugger's trousers." With these words Mr Weller applied himself manfully to the la-k. and never left of Lii 1 he had accomplished the following letter. Kail! ft ance. nowcmbcr 12. Ili dear niari, Ve got safe to franco, an I a nation quere place it is. ttie ii-tisei alone is like inglish houses, but the metes is qurte other. so is the vimen. they givd us fro-g's for Itillilititi. alid Mister tuppirlan-woinitted is sliair in the governor's lapp and over his unmenshonables, vithout sain bye or villi yer leve. the guverner maid a speche on the okkashun vioh vos unannymusly applorded by all the servints as voz prezint. and wery much to is creditt it vos tu. A,- ve ct)in alotig the rode to dover ve stopp'cl at shuter'a ill and see the old genehnan vich vos in good elih and- spe*ets, he vos a smoakin and driaiiiu br^ndi-and-va'er. lie arsk'd wery kind arter you, muri, and the babbies, lie liadiit setIL- nothink df the red-nusd man since he left dorkin, and dusn't vont for to see him agin nayther, as the sciiijle-boy stsid o' tlic, ;oait. 1, voli iliiist (-k,ktlse titili had ritin. btit freiicli penus vau't spel inglish like inglish vons, and the paper is so thin you dropp MIIII o' the letters threw off t'ot,,er side vich gets on ihe blottin-paper and is lnsf it) consek-vel)ce. i diis'nt Zet sich g,)od bak- ker in franee as i does in ingland. and the peple ere alvavs drinks vine, cos there's no strong here. clarit is wery p'eoiituli in this cuntry. and the sug^ers vears redd briobes. the servint gals a'I vears vite capps an gouns chat dlJSIÙ cum lower ttihn their vaistis. I "now, mi dere mari, take ca:r o' the babbies an ol yerselt as is more preshuser still if possible, i don't now ven ve shall be back. butt you now Mister Vinkle tolde his vife that he vould'nt be long avay. and as he's a aroin to parris on his father's agency bisness, an the guverner vent vith him under pretense o' takin care of him tho ralv as an ekskuse for sein Innis his-self, it is all rite as the ckicllshoner said veil he ajllsted the curde round the genelinan's neck at the old baly. take cair o' yerself, mari, and so no more now from yer ever affecshonate usban, SAMIVEL VELLER. P. s. i forgot to sai that the Rervint gals vears peltico:es..altho" their gouns don t cum lower than their vaistises. "To Missus mari veller. ousekeper. Du'lich "lodge residents u' Samivell pickvick esk-vire. l)¡¡lIich, nc>re lundlln, by vuy 0' dover." Aud a wery eligant little he-pistle it is." said Sam. complacently eyeing the eltort of his imagi- nation and mental capacity, which will tor ever remain a monument of the genius of the VVeller family. "\ow for a vafer, and to the post, as the viuning orse said at the races." ELIZABETH, AND MARY QUEFN OF SCOTS..— Elizabedi, for same time before she had resolved to put M iry to death, debated with herself whether or not she should proceed to this extremity. She was u-ed to talk with hei-selfoli the subject, so as to be overheard, and very oft co repeated the following v* ords,— "Aut fer—aut furi— ^Xejeiiure,Je>i." SCNIPTURE ILLUSTRATIONS, (No 234 )-" And in tile latcef time of their kingdom, when the traus- gresaors. are coins to the full, a king tierce counien- auce, and .understanding d%rk sentences, sl.all stand up. And bis power sii.J! be mighty. Wat aot by his own power: ami 'he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prospdr, practise, and shall destroy the mighty and itie hpl_y people. And throatth his policy also he shall C»USQ crafc .la prosper iu his baud > and he shuli magtuly hilUli in' hin Jieart, and uy peace shall destroy many he shall iiso stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall he brokon without ^isuni.—-Duruel, viii. 23-25 roajreader conversant ill the hi>tory of Rome, the..ehaw.cter of the Romans will appear to Le most accurately defined in this justly celebrated prophecy; a heilig, I. A people of "fierc counten- ance," of great personal courage 2..Nuted also fur Vueir policy aud wisdom: S. Rising" to dominion atrd power, not so much by their own strength, uv iiy7 the assistance of their confederates, and, not seldorb, the feuds aud divisions of ilieif cucwicf j 4. Eugaijed ill almost prrpefual wars, and making dread in I havock nnd sbmyhter on the earth: fj. (jcnerailv successful in Ibcir <le~:?ns: 6. ingureat and ii lu-t i ious m i ions and, 7. appointed b) Providence as an instrument for the punishment of !hp how-, the> hl)ly people of Gor!. 8. Corruption soon prevailed «mon<; the Rom ins fraud alld ex- lortion prospered iu their provinces. 9. This peo- ple assumed high aud lofty (i.les, treating' their con- quered enemies \vi:h ufreat insolence and pride, aud c nsideriug themselves as sovereigns of the uni- verse. 10. In lillles of p?ace feasting their eyes with cruel and bloody spectacles. 11. And, to com pletc the whole, we see a Roman magistrate judging the Messiah, and passing the.jjcntonce of death upon "the Pi iuce of princes." It must be allowed that the annals of II >me are adorned with n ■ !j!e examples of gvuuine aud disinterested virtue. Yet, whatever, encomium is due t0 the great mid splendid qualities of several i 11t:sti ions iudividna's, displayed both in public and in private life, perhaps (he national character of (lie Komans cannot be more clearly delineated than in the portrait which is here presented to' us.— Dr. Zouch.

-=r- CHURCH I'ASTOK-II. AID SOCIKTY—THIS clay two years (Feb, ID, 183íJ) the Church Pastoral Ai1 Society was instituted, from a printed- circular ol the committee, dated this month, we take the following statemen.t :Tlle prjlJc;p¡;¡ of the Society are few and simple. They at e briellv these — that in a Christian and a Church established should'adequately provide lor the spiritual instruc- tion of all the people; and that it is part of the duty of a Christian legislature to furnish the Church with means to this end —but that, if the legislature fail of this duty, then, rather than sou s should perish. Christian men must join tr.gothertu supply the deficiency, and make the is as it is in their power to do. The Church Pastoral Aid Society has adhered stdctly to the vie-ws of the wants of the Church oil theone hand, aud the order of the Church oil the other. It would make the Church eiiicietit it would carry the Gospel, by means of the Church, to every man's door, but it never obtrudes its aid: —the incumbent must apply for aid or sanction the application; and till this is done the Society cannot move. When aid is sought and granted, the parochial minister must say how it is to be employed i-he IIII,St nominate the persons to be eiiiployed ;-lie,e t lieiri, as well as superintend and entirely control them -all that the Society dofis in to provide for their remllm.ration and while so dohr;t. to ask satisfactory proof of their qualiiica1 ious. In t he case of clerical assistants, the liceii-e ol* the Blsbnp II] list be had to itiake tiie al)poi;ltlt]L'l It In this way aid has now been voted to U" Purifies and districts, for the maintenance of 100 additional clergymen, and 23 lay assistants. The aggregate population of these parishes and districts is about 967,600 souls, in whose spiritual care, before the aid or this society, only 12 i ministers were employed, the incumbents having in charge, upon an average, 8790 souls, with an average income of X 1,5 9 a y cli r each: 54 of the incUIITbenls have not a glebe-house or parsonage.# The Bedouin Arahs were exhibiting their feats of strength and agility at the Court Theatre of Brunswick, iu the evening the 4th uli., when the following deplorableaccidellt happened :—Que of them was throwing a soinei'»"t over the heads of his companions-, and at the same time firing a nutsket chared wit h powder, vyheu the youngest of the pnrty, a youth, aged 16, without uttering a cry or speaking a sy liable, withdrew behind the scenes, and there staggered and fell. A medical man immediately examined the poor boy, and lound that the wadding of the gun had entered the back oi his neck. The matter was extracted, and hopes were entertained that the wound was not serious; but in the night vomitings came on, and before morning tlie sufferer was dead. 011 examining the wouodcd part after- wards, it was found that one of the vertchree of the neck was brokefi and the spinal marrow injured. During this operation the countenances of the Bedouins expressed tire deepest distress. The man who had caused the death remained crouched in a corner, with his eyet, fixed on the body, without gesture or motion, as it completely stupified. On the 6th the body was washed, and then deposited in the burying ground without any terelliolly, according to the customs of Alt-ica.

CHIT CHAT. bii'RoVF.MEN'T OF Cms isf.—"This Would be an excellent cheese, if toasted," said the matronly Mrs I)., at a recent city dinner. "Then suppose we toi-st it, said our fat and facetious friend, Sir C. I' (tiling a bumper.—"The cheese—three times iliree Scott iised to qiifite the maxim of an old lady in on, or Miss Ferrior's novels, that a visit should ever exceed tliree dity-, —" the rest day, the dressed day, and the pressed day." ATTENTIVE SE--IVANT.Ilastcr. You rascal why don't you answer the bell? I have run it seventiiiies" Servant: "Indeed, Sir! I only heard it rung four." A NEW LOAN.—"I say, .Tack," shouted a smith- lield drover the other day, to his pal, "these eurs'd sheep vont move in this weather; lend us u iiatk ot your dog, vii you ? Oil NO. Murphy promises frost, it turns onr to h, sn.(). tie -oui's ia«t asleep when he ten's us 'twill blow f or his rain we t;et sunshine, for iii^h we have low, et he swears lie's infallible—ivcaiher or no, P*. THE Bun GUT.—People begin to express some Mtrpiise that though the session comlllcnced in November, not a word has been yet heatd of the budget; and curiosity is the more raised'to know -vhut Mr Spring Rice purposes lo do in the altered state ot the demands upon the public purse which lhe Whig rebellion in Canada will have produced. Mr O'Connell has obtained leave to bring in a Hill lo amend the law of slander."1 There is not in Europe a llIal) wllo understands the subject better, or one who, for thirty years, has dealt so largely in tlial coiiiiiiodi-ty, as the tionourable and learned member. The RETORT PROFITABLE.—One day last week, as a gentleman was passing along the High Street, he saw a school-boy" with satchel on his back," looking wistfully upon the delicacies in a pastry- cook's window. What, my lad, (said the gentle- man) 1, suppose you are in the optaiiic i viood," Yes, Sir, (rejoined the yotitii), and I hope you are in the d itire case." The boy got a shillingjor his quickness. Worcester Jo u rvat. A MEUICAN A N I:CI>OTK.—The late Mr Hush used to tell this story of a brother Barrister:—As the coach was about starting after breafast, the modest limb of the law approached the landlady, a pretty Quakeress, who was seated near the tire, and said lie could not think ot going without fust giving her a kiss. It Friend," said he, "thee mllst not do it," "On. by heavens, I will!" replied the Barrister. Well, friend, as tiioti hast sworn, thee may do it; but thee must not make a practice of it."—Ameri- can Paper. CONUNDRUM.—What i tIle difference between and Vaux? D'ye give it up: The one wanted to blow up the House of Commons, and the other does blow up the Lords. DKATH ON THE PAtE HOr..SE,-The Llanfylliri Poor-law Union, in Shropshire, extends above 40 miles! so that the medical men who have been ap- pointed to it must needs have a stud of horses, and be incessantly riding to come in after the d L, a t) I., I 1-OVVKRING TilE FUNICS.—Why is a man who deals in stale jokes like a stock-jobber 1 Because lie depends on fun-dead property NATIONALITY. — An Italian, travelling in this country, some years since, being in company with a true son of New England, remarked with much enthusiasm, in his foreign accent, "Sar, you have no delight in America, that we have in Italy—«e have there, Sar, the i)eatitiftil siiy-ttie fine land- scape. "Ve have tiiet-e, Silt., Vesuvius, that sends its tire to the heavens!" The true Yankee boy stood it long enough—his pride came up—he turned round to the Italian before he had time to let his hands fall from their gestures of admiration for his country, and kvitt) a tone of impatience, i-eiiiieti, I-Coti(otind your Vesuvius. We have got a iMiagura will put her out in five minutes!"—■Ame- rican putter. A gentleiiiiii, tvatitin-, to learn the price of coals, liailed one 01 the labourers at work in a' tier of j colliers, with, "Well, Paddy, how are coals?" 15'ack as ever, your honour," replied the Irish- iniu. AUSENCE OK MIND.—An old farmer who resides in Toledo, while in-the aut of adding more fuel to the lire, actually put a chunk of wood, with spec- tacles on, in his arm chair, and threw himself on tiie lire as a back log. The tiuiely arrival of his wife, who stared at the new visitor with spectacles, relieved him, after coming out coat aud paiituloolls minus. ï h:, New Or!cf!1Js Picu?,'el/l!c gives the following accoillilof a little love tragedy between alconp!e of coloured gentlemen. One of the darkies had been talking French to the sweetheart of the latter. The following discourse ensued What's dai you saying dere, nigger?'' "Just passing de com- pliments ob de season, dat's all." "You lie, nigger; you was poking soft tings in her ear, (tat's wtiitt yoti was." "'VlIy, 100:. here, you dosl'lI't mean what you say. does you "Diit"s what I does—1 b'iieves you was tl,y:l", (o constrain dilt virtuous lemale nigger's affections from 1, the legitimate source, dal's I At the same time giving the supposed offender a cut under the short ribs with a kuile. The jealous Othello was lodged in the calaboose. CORRESPONDENCE EXTRAORDINARY. — "The electors of Nottingham present their cotnpliments to the electors of Westminster, and would (eel particularly obliged if, upon the next convenient occasion, they would be kind enough to take Sir John Cum Hobhouse off their hands." A NSW i-R. The electors of Westminster present their com- pliments to the electors Nottingham, and would be most Iwppy to comply with their iequesl, but un- fortnnuteiy they are troubled with a very bad lot, which triey some tilrlê since took in exchange. They recommend the electors of Nottingham to upf,iy to sOllie stinking trisl¡ dllll;!hill; ,and it they don't know the way, Air Hume will kindly follow his nose, and show it them." We have not heard the result-whatever it is, our readers hall be apprised indue time, form, and order. — Age. A SHARP OUTWITTrw. The Leeds- Intelligencer hils the followill conntrvman bought of a Quaker, at the last Knaresbto' fair a cow, which was aifuined to possess every good, and only one /quality—Thou sees, friend, her milk goes in at her mouih." The meaning of this, Hodge found next day to be not what he had hoped —that she milked well when she fed well, but that she 1 i 11 e rail y ''sucked, hcrscl/ Not relishing his bargain he took her early on the morning of the 1st inst. to liipou fair to sell again, and hardly had he taken his stand on the pavement when, to, he was accosted'by his demure "friend," Obadiah BroaJ[)rilll. What, tired of thy cow already, friend. ''Aye, indeed; w hoy she sooks liet-soil." litisli, friend. Thou knows I told thee her milk went in at her mouth; but I'll try to help thee (,If with her a,,ain." Placing himself within obser- vation, presently two customer-looking persons approached, when quietly stepping between them tMid the COIV-" h llJis cow thine, friend ?" quoth Obadiah, ''nee beast-very-ii)ilks %veil ? I don't mind jf 1 offer thee „ £ lo for her." ( £ '2 by the way, more than he bad received.) "Hod yer hand, sur," The Quaker, deserted for once by his own cunning, natural and acquired, extended his open palm, and received a slifp that would have shivered a tomb. stone. She's your's," roared the boor. How, friend] I didn't mean that; dose'nt thou know what I said to thee?" "Ah naythur knaw nor care ,,flat ye sitid--biit tljis all knakv, ype've bovvt' co,v, anù uh"se nH,ke ye pay for her." And catching Hie Quaker in his own craftiness he returned home with a heavier pocket and a lighter heart.

Lay DON MOXEY MAllKET. 1 cr.osixc RIIRCFCS OF u;ttY..s!I STOCKS—\Vt;n-<nsmy. Bank stock 206! i 3.} per o.1;nt. R.-duced.. 101 India Stock 1per ccnt New 100i •1 per cent. Gonjols 9 4 per cent. IU26 — Consols for Account n?? Inc^in Uonds GO 3 per cent. Reduced 93ii K*chequer Hills 59 TiUCL'.S or FORHIGN STOCKS Krazilian Uonds 5 per ci. 75 iGre.e.kAng. Bds5.r ct. — Chilian, ft per cent. — j Mex. Bonds, finer ct. 294 Colombian Honds,5 pr ct 29 j Portuguese Bds. Sperct Danish Bonds, 3 per ct. 75 Portuguese Reg.Bond* Ifii Dutch per cent 5-JfI Russian Bonds, 5 perct 11 Si j Ditto per cent 10:jj Spanish (1831), 5 perct lOi l' reach Rentes 3 per ct. — Belgian Bonds, 5 per ctlOol