North Wales Gazette

FURTHER PARTICULARS OF TIIE ME- LANCHOLY SHIPWRECK of the JOHN. Ox Thursday night the 5th instant, the John I of Cork, Captain Dunbar, bound from Cork to Liverpool, laden with provisions, the wind being N.N.W. blowing hard, attempted to take shelter in Holyhead harbour, artd succeeded in getting pretty close to,the Pier'-M-fead, but the storm in- creasing, lie r, in two. Ano- ther Ltil.owillqut, btit to no purpose, she drifted then at eight o'clock being increased :to a complete, hurricane) and struck on the fweks under the Penrhos demesne, the seat of Sir J.5T. Stanley, Bart. A number of persons had collected to the spot by the time she struck, in tlfe hopes of lendedngassistance amongst whom were "Captain Hugh Evans, the Harbour Master, and Mr. Sparrow, with his brother Officers of Customs, who got on the rocks, so near as distinctly to hear the piercing screams of women, and children, and men, in great agony calling out for help,. "Save, Oh! save us." The men were directed to cut down their mainmast, which was calculated would reach the rocks we were upon, but to our great grief we heard they had no axe, nor any thing to cut it down with. The wind blowing over the wreck rendered it impossible for us to throw them any thing. The screams of the women and children now became greater, but soon died away. The men on board were now desired to throw a line towards the rock, and a man having a rope round his middle, went from the rocks into the breakers to attempt to catch it, but tried in vain. We were now compelled to quit our station, afs we were completely surrounded by the flowing tide, and our anxiety of mind prevented our noticing our danger, and two men very narrowly escaped being carried off by a great wave which went completely over us, but we held one by the other. The poor crew now seemed distracted, as all was apparently over. One man now appear- ed undressed and was seen to throw himself over, but sunk to rise no more. The tide having now raised the vessel, and & part of her cargo floating about, she came much nearer to another great rock we got upon, when after a number of unsuccessful attempts, at last with great danger c we succeeded in catching their line, to which they fastened a strong rope, which we drew on shore.— Proper directions being given them to have their rope in readiness, they were to tie a man around his middle, atid we to drag him ashore, but they were so distracted that the rope got entangled, and they could let out no more. Mr. Simpson, the a°-ent at Penrhos, on this sent up to the house for ropt^ and while we were-tying them together we sa-w one niam rope, hold- ing fast legs arid anns, and so moving slowly on, arid to the surprise of all, who kept encouraging him to hold fast and he would be saved, did arrive safe on shore: another follow- ed his example, and also arrived safe, but no more durst undertake the dangerous attempt. By this time we had got our ropes ready, and giving pro- per directions, a third was safely dragged through the heavy breakers on shore; a fourth immedi- ately followed him.; a fifth was now fast, and only left, the vessel, when we perceived a sixth close behind, which two as they (through more difficulty than the rest) reached the shore, a dreadful crash ensued, which shivered the vessel to atoms and stunned our ears. The six men who so narrowly escaped a watery grave were hu- manely taken to Penrhos (the seat of Sir J. Stanley), where every perparation had been made for alleviating their distress, and by about mid- night they seemed tolerably well. They had left Cork that morning, with a crew of eight men and eleven passengers, who consisted of a Mr. Church, half pay in the army (this was the per- son who attempted to get on shore, being an ex- pert swimmer), a sergeant, two men and their wives, and small children, who all (with two of the crew) perished. Eleven of the bodies have since been found. IVG.

MARKET As account of the Prices of Wheat, Jfarteji. and Oats, in the week e/oxed Saturday {a;1. in the nndcr-mcntioned counties — qr. > iuchcder measuiw Anglesey Carnarrvn. Denbigh Ft in!: Merioneth- Montgomery. Whoat. 47s to 54s 4<!s — 56s 57s — Wis 5:5s (■• Ss 55s — (iSs 53s — 67s Barley. .'Ms to 30s :5-;s — 39s .) C:SO ,S I ;;0, 33s 30s — 33s 30s — 33s 30s — 33s 30s 33s Oats. 18s to 22s 10s —22s 19s 22s ISs 20-, I Ss :ls tSs :2./s

I. RAW HIDES. Best Heifers anil Steers, st. 3s 0d to 3.v 2d Middls. 2s 8d to 2s Kid Ordinary, 2s id to 2s &d Market, lvtlf, each, Ss Off Eng. Horse, ON oil to Oct

BEAUJWA.UIS. St. David's Day. rw-mi? WVIVERSARY of ST. DAVID 1™ celebrated at the BULL'S HEAD of March next. Dinner on the Table at 4 o clock. » G PANTON, Esq. President. j WILLIAMS, Esq. Vice-President. To be Sold by Auction, (UHHEB AN EXECUTION) ..a,, r}oat Inn, in the Town of Carnarvon, on Viarday, the 2lst day of February, 1924,'be- Twpen the hours of three and five of the clock the afternoon of the same day, subject to such conditions as shall be then arid thefe pro- duced- THE HULL ofthe stoop TRUE LOVE, of Barmouth, now .lying at the Port ofCar- tiaryon-together with the Sails, Mast, and tI\tr Spars, Anchors, Ropes, &c. belonging to said Sloop. t For further particulars, apply to -Mr.WILLIAM • .JOKES, Solicitor, Cae^mawr, near Carnarvon. THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED, price 2s. Sewed, and 2s. 6rf. Boards, Vols I, of I J 1 COLLECTION of SERMONS, in the Lv" Welsh Language, j PREGETHAU YN ylt IAITH CYMRAEGv Alt „ ,r(ldorion Gwybodaeth ac Y marweddiad Cre- fvddol, Genuadwri, Siampl, a Swyddau IESU (S IIIST, Ac awdurdod ddwyfol Vr ysgrvthyrau Sirnctaidd we<li eu amcantt- Kr inwyn egluro a chadamhau Athrawiaeth laehusol ac Efangylaidd. Eglwys. Loegr. printed for and sold by Poole and Harding Carnarvon and C lu stt r; M. Lewis, and David Robots, Bangor; I. Gee, Denbigh; and R. Saunderso», Bala.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19. fft ?»«• tUis wee^ appears with an entire FYPE, which our readers, we trust, wi ll receiye as a tribute of our gratitude i for the liberal patr(m*g# awsupport,,we have experienced for so many years.1 ■ -+-

BIRTHS. On Monday last, at the JParsonage, Shrigley, tbe lady of the Rev. Hugh Jories, Of a sort. On Friday last, at Llanerchymedd, the wife of Davies, Surgeeif/ qrfadanghter. J MARRIAGES. Lv. J)P. Tucsday-ife* in^itoy it* Rev^John Jøøes, Curate of miiflHiingM y Pennant, the aev. John Jones, Rector of Llanllyfni, to Eli- z#beth Wynne Jones, youngest daughter of the Jftte John Jones, ofBrynkir, Esq. and sister to 0. J. E. Nanney, of Gwynfryn Esq. on the 13th lust. at Trawsfynydd, Evan Willi- ams, Esq. of Maescwn, to Miss Kate Roberts, of ttbiw?och* On the to^^at St. George's, Hanover-sq. j^odon, Edward William Smythe Owen, Esq. Condover Park, Shropshire,* to Charlotte Ma- jift, third daughter ofthe late John Edward Ma- docks, Esq. of VrOn lw, Wttbl-ghihire. On Saturday week, at Malpas, Mr; Humphrey Topham, °' Northwich, to Sarah; seconddaugh- ter ot Mr- J°seP" Kirkham, Escoed, Flintshire. 0,1 Friday, at Llanrhaidr, Denbighshire, Mr. T- Jones, Glanlanant, to Miss Pearsoh, of Cae- cfldutton, „, On Friday last, at St. Philip's Church, Liver- oooli Mr. Gibb, to Miss E. Davies, only daugh- of Mrs. Davies, household broker, Matthew- „treet, Liverpool. DEATHS. On Monday last, in this City, aged 60, after a "ery short illness, deservedly regretted by her friends, Bridget, wife of R. Cnadwick, Esq. Bar- rister at Law, of Longstorie, Co. Tipperary. On the 15th inst. at Brynkir, the infant son of Sir Joseph and Lady Huddart. On the 2d inst. at Willington; near Hanmer, aged 71, Mr. John Large, after a short but Severe illness, borne with ehrietian fortitude. He was a ,nan universally respected. On the 15th ult. in the parish of Ruabon, Dolly Barclay, aged 101 years., She retained her facul- ties, eye sight, an, amg in an astonishing de- gree of perfection; and eat her fopd with an ex- client appetite but never drank tea in her life till she took to her bed,.aboutsix months since. She was the mother of 14 children had 13 ff,and- children and 30 great grand children. g We regret to state that dispatches, h;vye been received at the Colonial Office, Downing-street from Naples and Malta, comnmn,eating the intel- licence of the death of Sir Thomas Maitland, by aooplexy, which topk place at Malta on the 17th ..it He had pr»vfcM»8lj6)*en.$n the enjoyment of perfectly good health. Sir Thomas was a G.(j.W. -and G. C. H. He was Cotonel of the 10th A)r Foot, Governor of Malta, Commander of the Forces in the Medjteqraneaji, and Lord ifigli (jommissioner of tlie Ionian Islands. The widow of the late Pretender died on the 2i)th Jan. at Florence, at the age of 72. She was allowell ir-JOOO a year by the English govern- ment. I On Sunday, »lie 1st inst. at Cheltenham, aged 78, the Rev. Sir Henry Bate Dudley, Bart. '"IS father was a respt*cfable clergyman at Chelui(s- ford. in Essex, by whom he was educated, and afterwards sent to Collet His first engagement in public or political lif«> was hisestablishillg the w I Morning Post and Morning Ifprjild newspapers, the lattei in lNi), the former a few years previ- ous. He also commenced the Courier de'iL"- rol)t,, pri.iied in French, and the Kdglish Chroni- cle. Of the Morninir Herald lie was many years sole proprietor, and he supported the paper with extraordinary success, by his wit and versatility or talent.

NORTH WALES SPRING CIRCUIT, fief ore Jonathan Itaine, Esq. Chief Justice, and William Kenriek, Esq. Beaumaris, Tuesday April 6th. Carnarvon. Monday April l-jth, BU.i,, Siii urday April 17th. Lady Bulkeley has generously offered to the town of Stocpoct, for the sake of improving the Market place, a plot of land, at the price of for which the sum of Z2500 had been tendered to her ladyship. Great alterations and improve- ments are projected in and about Stockport by .means of Building Societies." PPRINCE LLEWELYN.—We understand that the rince Llewelyn Steam Packet will enter upon "er usual line very shortly.—In the early part of ^he spring, she will be joined by a new and beau- tiful Packet, (now in a great state of forward- ness) which will be furnished with very power- ful engines-her accommodations for passengers will be fitted up in a most magnificent style.— From the constant opportunities which will be thus afforded to travellers and pleasure parties, of embarking cither from Wales or Liverpool, we anticipate a very great influx of, visitors the ensuing season. s A snug quiet,party of twelve, dined on Friday last, at the Hare, Hotel, in the ancient, though disfranchised Borough of Newborough, and wil- ling that the olden time should serve as a prece- dent for the day's proceedings, seated themselves at table at notlhe most fashionable hour, for the precise instant when great folks are saying grace before, meat, the jolly-boys called for the shot, and then disco vered that they had drank 2 .bowls of punch, 2 bottles of whiskey, 1 bottle of rurri, I bottle of brandy, and 5*2 quarts of ale—th!. charge for eating was agreeable to but one halfpenny worth of bread to their intolerable deal of sack." < The Anniversary Meeting, of the "Anglesey Auxiliary Bible Meeting, was' held in the Na-1 tional School Room, at Llangefni, on Tuesday. last.—The Secretary, Mr. Robt. Prichard, 1)av ing introduced th, object of the Meeting, and read a letter, addressed to him by the Most No ble the Marquis of Anglesey, stating his Lord- ship had written towH. Griffith, Esq. to request him to preside in hfo 'absentee.—It was, after;»a- motion to that effect, agreed to., It.. -Griffith, Esq. upon takingithe Chair, addressed the Meet; ing, as nearly as we could collect, in the follow- ing terips:- GENTLEMEN—^Tfe cannot too much lament the absence of our taorthy Lord Lieutenant, the Marquis of Anglesey, whom I have the honour to represent this day, and whose presence ahd abilities would have greatly contributed to the subject now before us. I am, however, happy to see so good an assemblage here in the cause of. religion; and, indeed, when I consider the subject we are now met upon, I am not in the least surprised al .it, for it must afford us all the highest grafiiic itton to know, that the scriptures areso, generally disseminated, not only over Europe, but in parts of Asia, Africa, and Ame- rica, arid thus they afford all ranks an opportu- nity of searching them for our blessed Saviour enjoins every one to search the scriptures, as they testify of liiih. Indeed, do we not plainly discover the happy state of every country in which religion flourishes and if I confine myself to; tilis highly favoured country ifor such remark, surely nothing can more fully convince us of the blessing of Divine Providence, than the peace and comfort we enjoy in this happy realm; and it is from England and her connections, I say, from Eng- land and her domestic connections,, that, the s,crili- tures are so liberally dispersed all over the world-and I, trust in God, we shall all of us reap the benefit ofojjr exertions.— 1 understand that there are inany here who intend to deliver their sentiments on the present occasion, and who, no doubt ar<$;better qualified than l am to enter- a$Jiargv->uto the subject—though, at the same ti^e,fii^alve48aVe to say, that none are more sincere in thejs^ase of religion than myself. The sRe^ Mr. t/arigle'y; from Shrewsbury, addressed the MeeM»g;in most appropriate and impressive manner, as did ^lso the Rev. J. Elias, in the "Weffsh Iang:uage. The Meeting was very respectable and numerous—a large' iwrty afterwavds, paitook of an exe«U«nt dinner at thfe Bull's ttead In)i. A;Meeting .was. also held in this city In the eyening, attended by the same reverend genHemea and a numerous au- ditory;; :i"o' LAW.—The great aiifetion cause depending be- tween JIORTESR 6|LLAB^WLT,'Auctioneer, Plaintiff,and Nanney, pi^k, Dgfeygdant, having being tried at Shrewsbury, and afterwards argned three times in the Court'of Exchequer, was, on the 3d instant, filially determined in favour o/ the De- fendant, after an able display of abilites by Coun- sellors Taunton and Richards for Pleintiff, and, a most ingenious reply of Mr. Scarlett for De- fendant, which soon settled the point. Chester Courant. » The Court of Common Pleas has refused a new trial to the County Fire Office, in the case nf Thomas Thurtell's; loss by fire. It appears; by an estimate which has been laid upon the table of the House of Commons that the number of seamen to be raised for the present year will be 29,000, includin"- 9000 Royal Marines.; This will be an increase in our naval service of between 3000 and 400o men. A MAN Wilo BURIED TWENTY WIVES.—St.Je- rome says that he saw a certain fnan at Rome" but whom he does not name, who had outlived 20 wives. The last wife was herself a widow, and had been married to nineteen husbands. When she died, lie had a crown placed on his head to follow her to the grave, as though it was a thiiig to rejoice at or triumph over. Capt. Cochran, who had undertaken the ardu- ous task of a pedestrian tour through Russia and Siberia, for the purpose of Minutely exploring that inhospitable region, and also for ascertaining iiie disputed fact of the separation of the Con- tinents of Asia and America, has; after a two years survey, decided thp question in the affirma- tive, there beffig a continuous channel betweeiv the Continents, tliough frequently blocked up with ice during giVdt part of the winter. MUADEH.-R^ORIDTIY se'nnight, about half-past se,,nin., ten o'clock, aS' Johfl Jones was returniag home,, accompanied by his son, a boy about fourteen, from atieiidiri'G a fiSeAdly society of which he was' ameinber, he WI»SI ^TTTMJKED;. HI Vauxhall-road, °PI»osiie TW end OF Muguire-street, by three men. They ^ERMFMTID W-ith|»luc^ppns and, ift* soon as ^ONFES >T;AINE up,: they struck the unfor- TUNATE MAN ^E^ BLOWS on the head with these « DLY. W6A(MAD,D>HE fell almost instantly,— L NE'savages, having accomplished their diaboli- ^AL Purpose,'IMMEDIATELYMI but, the shrieks- ?.Y VING .ATLRACTED THE watchman, AND TR persons to the spot, the villains were pur- JJ'ED, and one OFLTHFEIII was fortunately secured. Bridewell, to await the TINCl,TU>ST* MEANWHILE, the unfortunate TINT M "P INSENSIBLE, when it was found, B O V UL<U S9 dreadfully fractured by the RHTTIVAL AS TO LEAVE NO ^'AIICE of 1 iii' 2 WAS CO'W-FLYED home, and, after noon T !i asVn> EXPIRED on T.iesdav at j., Vd\A SAVvyer, and had con- ihe trade L»AVE^°F N(>TWL'.hSTanding the bulk of ,t TO. W!M': ?■ TLME1PA8T' BEEN standing out to. way S and Ins conduct had" it is Su»- pos.,1, excited the hostility of the pther men. I HE M,in who was taken in endeavouring to IRT ike his escape is also, WE are informed, A sawver. The bludgeon with which lie was armed is a piece of square mahogany, so formed as to be firmly^grasped by the hand, and to STRIKE with great force/ The NAME ot the in lividual «h »has been taken into custody IS Henry Griffiths A«'ed about 21 years, against whom, and other I at IH e- sent unknown, A verdict of wilful mur tcr litis been returned, J On Saturday last, Mr. Armstrong, of White- haven, extracted a needle,^ an inch and a quarter long, from the arm of Miss Fisher, of Lower Church-street, Whitehaven, which she had swal- lowed upwards of two years ago. Some of our countrymen seem determined to rival if not surpass the fame of the English pe- destrians. A few days back, an inhabitant of Mayence went from that city to Frankfort,, and returned to Mayence, a distance altogether of sixteen post leagues, in four hours and fifty-five minutes. Considerable bets were laid upon this twolegged racer, though the man himself under- took it for 36 francs. A very singular circumstance respecting a case of divorce, has recently occurred in the State of Illinois. The Kaskaki paper contains at length the petitions of Catherine Wageman and Johana H. C. Wageman, reciprocally complaining of each other, ami mutually praying the Legisla- ture to'f ef ease them "from their vows. -The Le- gislature gran-ted their request; and in three lit- tle months afterw^rdi^, thfc Sjariie parties took each other for better foi* wor'St^, and were again united in the holy bands of matrimony A letter from Stockholm, dated January 30, states that Field-Mtirshal VVrede had died at the age,of (>ly after a long and painful illness. He carried with him, it is added, the regrets of the King; the Nation, and the Army. In the war of 17BS lie .commanded the detached corps in Care- Via: nilSOG-7 he cominanded a division sent again:St:.the Frcrtch: ånii"in 1809 he headed the ^rmy .qf the North destmed to act against Russia. In lKlbVe was intrusted with an embassy extra- ordinary <at Paris. -lil"w'a'' triteted to submit certain, jy'^posals-to. the States Gjenepal, then asr sejiibled at (J relio, t,ov tHerJCing 1^1(1 tie was tlie fiifet \vh6' tfeqiiaifit^d th,e; Diet w,ithtthe result. His iVjl IJI STY (theiptesent Iving). had ordered the due preparations for the funeral of the Marshal, when, on opening Ms will, it: was discovered that 4ie wisjleil his body to he interred without, pomp at his country seat.and carried to his grave by tin* peasants: -He lias left behind two sons one of whom i$,.j^id-de-.C^mp.;to. the King, and the other has "beaii appointed an officer of Ordinance. A very numerous shew of cattle crowded our fair on were many buyers from Briminghain and Liverpool. Fat beasts obtained od. and per lb. and a few very choice animals 6d. Store bullocks sold readily indeed every thing was disposed of. Fat sheep were abundant and sold l kd. to 6d. Fat pigs expe- rienced not so brisk a demand as was expected prices Sd. to 5d.; stores were tolerably well sold. Of,butter a large quantity remained unsold; I uinps 81. toSi'd pei- lb.; ttibs, 1)1. to The marts were cleared of cheese, expect a few lots of skim. Best, dailies 57s. to 65s. per cwt.; middling quali- ties 50s. to Ms.; skim 38s. to -15s. Hams 7d. per lb.' A few Horses of figure were brought to town. and were picked up by dealers without appearing in the fair. Several yagrants and beggars have been committed to prison by the Magistrates dur- ing this week one ofthem, when searched in gaol, was found possessed of ten sovereigns, besides crown pieces and other silver.—Shrewsbury C'liro- When the troops went into garrison at Antwerp,i in 1815, they found the streets ex- -cessively dirty. To their complaints the Ma- gistrates answered, Miaf the city of Antwerp was cle-t-n. -The British Commandant then or- dered our soldiers to sweep the siree's, and to pile up the dirt against the houses of those Ma-, a, r An! giftra'es: W;li<> nmiii'itiiie l that the city- werp was qletin. The mouivains of (lirlt C(),Ilec.e(i by the soldiers in one morning blocked up he windows, and it 'i.\swi'hdifficuLIy that,<he Ma- gistrals could get out, of their £1oorsJ' When they <lid they imineiliateiy. bestirred themselves, convinced that the ci>y of.Au,twerp was hot .clean, and 'hey ever afierwards;Jiook.due cart} that tlie strtets'^ho|tltl'be regularly oj Tidn'm is' about to appear in two characters i» ay# t^rjig«dy; the first''finishes- with the se- cond! and the"last begins'in'tfii* third act.. -Amorig the little presents which have been interchanged among friends in Paris during ihe Christmas holidays, the Melodious Fire-screen has been a great favourite. Every one of these screens is a little repository, consisting bf a num- her or musical pieces, which present themselves to you in succession as you sit by your fire-side. Music has furnished the idea of another toy of a similar character, ealled the Grotesque, Musi- cians. U consists of a collection of movingflgures, representing musical amateurs, and admirably caricatures all their ait sand gestures. Thomas Brown, residing near Hadwick, tra- s vels tl\e country as a higgler, having an ass, the partner of his trade. Fvoni suffering. under a paralytic, a,lfection, he" is in the habit of assisting himself on the road by keeping hold of the crup- per of the saddle; or more frequently the tail of the ass. During a recent severe wmter, whilst on one of his journeys near Rule Water, the old were suddenly plunged into a wreath of mow. There they lay long, far from lnjlp arid ready to perish, at length the poor ass, witli.a severe struggle, got out, but. finding his unfortunate master absent, he eyed the wreath 'for some time, with a wistful look, and at lvist forced liis way through it'to where his master still lay, when,'plJiemg his body in such ft positltiri as to* afford » j™ ffrasp of the tail, vthe ljoJie,st higgler was thereby enabled' to take his accustomed "hpldi". was actually dragged out by thefaitIirnl beast to a place of s a fet y.—1\ elstt Mail. ,¡ Some bodies having been stolen from the church yard of a remote parish Ml Ntirthumberland, the owner of the estate, to prevent such depredations in future, has directed the graves to be made ra-! tlier shortt<r than the coffin, and to be excavated -at the bottoin, as to admit the head under the the solid grotinidi-i If is then impossible to raise it by the )feét, and the ground mist be cut aviray aljovetjie head, a work of more time thatîeould always be commanded for the opera- tiou. In saddition, a mixture of percussion pow- der and gunpo wder, placed on a wire in the inside of thl; coffin, explode oil Hs being opened, had cbt|en.^ortj3d.to, 'rbis -^11 retain its explosive pow^f feW irtonth, in which time the corpse will be generally .unfit for dissection. In the year 1783, during the riots in London, it was a conifton practice to write in chalk on the street^loojf and shutters of the houses, "c"No, Popery." seeing it, went into the streets and says, "Vat is uIl'a}}óut!" When he was in- formed tha| h? inust write on the outside of his house No Popery;" upon which he immedi- ately goes iri the front an writes up, No re- jigion at aU here," which was so good-naturedly read by the rioters, that he and his premises were passed unmolested. POPUUATIOM.—The nymber of inhabitants of a country is to that of tlie families,' as l,00j to 222^. By taking a mean also, it is found that in 2-y families, there is one where there are six or more children. The proportion of males and p o p. females in a Country, i^rV as Is to 19. It is found that there are marriages annually among 337 in- habitants, so that 112, inhabitants produce one marriage. •-The proportion of married men, or marriage. The proportion of married men, or widowers, to married women, or widoys, is nearly as l2o to 1+0, and the whole number of this class of society is tile whole, of the inhabitants, as 2(J; to l. Among 631 inhabitants, there are married eouples, 7 or 8 widowers, and 21 or 22 widows..1,S70 married couples give 357 children. The number of servants is to the whole number of inhabitants, as 130 to 1,535 nearly. .r. Tlios. jervis, Isq. is appointed Puisne Judge of Chester, and Horace Twiss, Esq. is nominated Counsellor to the Admiralty and Navy, in the room of Mr. Jervis. A Committee is now actively employed in ad- ding to the subscription already raised in the Principality towards erecting a monument to the memory of the brave and lamented Lieut-Gen. Sir Thomas Picton. A gang of swindlers are now circulating base sovereigns and silver coiii,' in South Wales and the adjoining counties, they are easily distinguish- ed from the true coin, being defective in the weight an(lring.1 The pressure oftheatmosplllwe may be shown by a very simple experiment. Place a card on a wine-glass with water; then invert the glass, and the water will not escape the pres- sure of the atmosphere on the outside of the card being sufficient to support the water. Upon seeing a Highland regiment land at Demerara, tlie N their friend King Georgemuat have been in great haste to send out his soldiers, since he had hot given them- time to jiiil on their breeches. It was proposed the other night in the House of Commons, that the' Emperor of Austria, who h is couipfoiuised his "debt to England, for JOs. in the pound, should be (facetted with a Ctiussv-^The London (litib have re- v' ceived an iuvitation. to two with the Paris Club; The challenge has been accepted, and on'Tuesday last the players here were ap- pointed. TJ¡ty('onsr,;t'orh'COl:!lmiLtt'e, of which the are a quorum, who are make the moves, and transmit them, \mitinirs, no doubt, will be gratifiiid in witiiefismg tliis scientific contest* which will dispiav the .skid of, jirobably, the first players ur Eiu^piv The stakes, arc 50 guineas ea« h g line. \V e sliall occasionally com- municate the moves. FIRE ATHÚI}IEIS)llTi,\hout 10 o'clock on Tuesday night, the .Hamlet of Hainiuersiuiih was thrown into the greatest. confiisi,on by the alarm of Fire I" and the bursting forth of flames from the lower -part of the hoiise of Mr. Cox, grocer and Chandler, l^ing-street: and so rapidly did the flaines extend,'that scarcely had the family time to fly from the dreadful danger before the fire commuiiicated to the first floor, and burnt upwiu'ds,with tremendous fury.—'The parochial and other engines of the .neighbourhood Were soon oil the spot, and plenty of water Iw- ing obtained they were immediately in full ac- tion but at the most critical juncture, when the interior of the liousi; was nearly in flames, were heard the shrinks of a female..Some persons instantly recollected that a young woman, who was brought to bed.about ten days before, was in the house with her infant, and a thrill of hor- ror ran through the multitude, all believing she must inevitably perish However, the female succeeded in making her way to the windows, where her seilses left her. She was, however, rescued by one of the Bremen, and taken into a house, when, on recovering her recollection, slie exclaimed, "Oh! where's my child The Suddenness of the fire, and its subsequent con- sequences, had, it appeared, deprived every one of his memory, and the poor infant would have perished in the Barnes, but for its mother's ex- clamation. Several persons instantly rushed into the burning house; and one man most intrepidly exerted himself, and succeeded in finding the in- fant asleep on a couch, and making his appear- ance at the window with it, finding he could not return, as tlleistairs were- giving way, aud the rooin, in liictV- was ift Aatites, he held out the child, and some person stepped forward to catch it in his attilS, but at the, itioiiient the infant was dropped; lie withdrew hi^arais accidentally, and the cliild falfeg on the ipaafement was killed on e thespof; The!ntan, who was scorched, was Obliged to jiiiiip out, in consequence of which he was nitieli bruised. The body of the infant was earriertinton house. The rapidity of the fire was such, that Mr. Cox's house was burited to the grounds Faux, in, his Memorable Days in America, says he met with the once celebrated Joseph Lancaster, at Baltimore, sinking fast into po- verty and contempt, aud teaching a few small children." A SINTMJLAFT Cin<:uMSTAJJCE.—On Friday, the K>th ult. Mr Hancock, ofTregondale, Menheniot, lost two fine lAmis in extraordinary nuuiiier. The tams wej-e, coupled together by a chain round, thse|r lfecks,,and;turned out to graze in a field with a colt little more than 12 months old. In the morning, as Mr. Hancock went round to view his flocjk, he found the rams dead. The colt, it, is supposed, had lain down, and the rams in grazing passed the chain across him, when, rising suddenly, he must have taken them up with him. Theeolt, was little injured, except. exhaustion by fatigue, The instruinetits,to.be used by Capt. Parry on the new expedition are ordered to be shipped by the 1st of May ;i so Jhat we may presume it will sail about the mjkfdje of that month. A village pastor was examining his parishio- ners in their catechism. The first question in the Heidelberg.catechism is this-" What is thy only consolation in life and in death?" A young girl, to whom the pastor put the. question, laughetl, and would not answer. The priest in- sisted "• Well, then," said'she, at length, if I must tell yon, it is the y<?utig shoemaker who lives in the Rue A^neaux."

AN EXCUSE FOR NOT ACCEPTING THE INVITATION OF A FftlEND TO MAKE AN EXCURSlON WITH HIM. A POKM, 1IY 1>R. JENNER. 1. Thg/JiolloW Winds begin to blow, j 2. The clouds took black, the glass is low, 3. Th& sos)t falls' down, the spaniels sleep, 4.; And spiders from their cobwebs peep, s 5. Last üighttbe sun went pale to bed (i. The moon in halos hid her head; 7. The boding Shepherd heaves a sigh, 8. For;.s; rttiabo-,ir spabs the sky. {). The walls are datnp, the ditches smell, 10. Clos'd isjhe'pink-ey'd pimpernel I, 11. Ilark r how the chairs,and tables crack, 12. Old Bettys ^qiijtS are qn the rack; 13. Loud quack |he clucks, the peacocks cry 14. The distant ljills ttre looking nigh. 15. How restless are the snorting swine, 16. The bifty fli^s flisturb the kine 17. Lowso'er tiie grass the swallow wings s IS. The ticket, ioo, how sharp he sings 19. PaSsrtott the hearth, with velvet paws, 20. Sits, wipiiigio'er her whisker.'d jaws. 21. Through the clear stream the fishes rise, 2. Arid-nimblr catch th' incautious flies; 23. The glow worms, numerous and bright, 24. It-luiii'd thd dewy dell last night. 2; At dusk the squalid toad was seen, 26. Hopping and crawling o'er the green; 27. The whirling Wind the dust obeys, 28. And in the rapid eddy plays 29. The frog has cliiiiig'd Iiis yel'ow ves', 30. And in a russet coat is drest. 31. Though June, the air is. cold and still 32. The mellow phckbird's voicJ 's shrill. 33. My dog, so alter'd in his ttste, 34. Quits mutton-bones, on gr-, s; to feast: 35. And see, yon, rooks, how ond their flight, 36. They imitate the gliding I ite, 37. And seem precipitate to,faH- 38. As if they felt the piercing ball. 39. Twill surely rain, 1 see, with soirow; It. ur jaunt must be put off t<>morrow. ) A woman of the Staffordshire potteries send- ing for some snuff a few days ago, in the after- no on, was asked hy her husband what she had bought in the morning 1" H Half ounce she re- plied, what is thatJo'r a woman giving such I" CAnps.-Cards ctiln« from Egypt. The colours are two—red and black, which answer to the two equinoxes. The suits are four, answering to the four seasons.—Their emblems formerly were and still are in Spain for the heart a cup, the emblem of winter the spade an acorn, the em- blem ofititttiiiii the club a trefoil, the emblem of summer; the diamond a rose, the emblem of spring. The twelve court cards answer to the twelve months, tnd were formerly depicted as the signs of the Zodiac. The fifty-two cards answer to the number of weeks in the year; the thirteen cards in each suit, to the number of weeks in a lunar quarter. The aggregate ofthe pips, calculated as follows, amount to the nuni- ber of davs in a ear The number of all the suits (4, 55 pips each) 2*20 Tlie: covii-t iii titij)lit,,d 1)), 10 1-20 Ihe l1ulllbt' 01 court c¡u'ds, "0'0 '0"0" 0 12 The number in each suit. 13 u.. — .5. v'f 36.)

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE. TUESDAY, One o'clock. The Corn Exchange to-rite/ JM.V irelt attended h-f Country Dealers. who, it." well as Sftnc.-daLors, bought freely <f Wheal at J'uUy M. per bushel adra nee on the prices co idd h a re been a i.trd on Saturday. The demand for Oats- win Uea-itf the sales Were inconsiderable. In other-art iei'ei there was little done. Wheat, 70IT). ,v. d. s. d. English Old 10 0 a 11 6 New D 9 a 10 11 Oais i 6 a 3 Barley. 4 0 a .) 0 Flotn\ 2101t). s. d. A. d. English Jim 52 0 « 58- 0 Irish.)0 57 a 5S 0 American in Bond, }-l96:b.. 30 0 a 31 0

LONDON, Coiti We had a good arrival of Wheat and Flour last week, and the meidtng trade continued declining after Monday's nttirkel, a ufl migltf be considered .full "is. per quartertjiwenm Frid>i:j this morn- ing we had a tolerably fair show of Wheat J ro-n Essex, Kent and-Kit (folk, but there see:sie'd ilwdi more lijill th^ tMde. xind good parcels-met a 1wu(llxa!c 01,1 tpiiie ast/tml terms as this dWf sennight,. Barley is about 2s. jwr quarter lower than Monday but at this reduction it sells more freely. Bedhs Ure here in some abundance, and hare decliliälii1 eahte fro,n is. to 2s. per quarter. Pease b&th. sorts also arc equally lower We have -it goodj>Uj>ply of Oats now at market, but there seems more disposition to purchase, and though we consider The trade from I.V. to 2 s. per qr.lower than this duy se:might.sides aTe read •t) effected al this abatement, Flour rcmainx Wi last stated. Wheal (while) 50s a Is Barley 3 i s « 2s malt. 52 s a 56s -Pease. its a +6s Oat.k (ilotatoe). 25s a 3 in Poland. 21s a 29s Feed 2M a:),.

PRICK OF FLOL'IF. Town made Flour, 60s a 05s per sack delivered. DiUo Seconds. ;,};}s ([ tiOs ditto. Essex and Suffolk Flour, 50s a 55s on board tJtijr. Norfolk and Stockton ditto 45s a 50s ditto.' Bran gs a 10s Quarter. Fine Pollard 14s a 18s ditto 1Sew Rape Seed, < £ 26 to £ 30 per Last..

PRICE OF BREAD. Peck Loaf to weigh 17lb i'oz Half ditto. lib 1 lor Quartern ditto I. i'b i>^az M,W Half Quartern ditto. 2tb kaz The highestptfee of Bi-ead in the Metropolis, fr 1 Id. for the74%; Loaf—there are others who sell from a halfpenny to three halfpence below Utat rate.

SMITHFIELB, MONDAY, FEB. Hi. Smithjicld is ta^lay* well supplied with (food Beef, and the fineness rif the weather has made the sales brisk at 4s. id. per stone, for good (rvifilleg white the choicest small Ikasl reach to ls. Ud. The finest Down Sheep arcsaiso (W. per stone, cdthough 4s. -W. is the very gent,-0.1 price forJairftiarketeifite articles: there is area- "x diness to pprhase m these terms, and nlJdolfbt but a general clearance will be effected.— We hare but a small shw of Calves, and the best sorts go off at (Ss. per sttfn#; We continue to quote Pork at 5s. for the Stpfcerf, in our figures, although some of the most, delicate certainly sells at from, 2d. to M. beyond that rate. This article, we learn, was very'short at Barnetthis morning and there also bs. Ad. was given withimt hesi'ta- tionfor dairy-fed Pigs of from 10 to 12 stopw- the smaller ones were worth 2d. more. To sink the, qf(ii-pet- stone ofStb, Beef. ,3s Cxi to is 4rf I Veal 4s 0 6s Off Mutt on..3s Oil to £ s M Pork 3s 0 os 0d Head of Cattle this day. Beasts, about.Y. 2S74 I Calves J2() Sheep 1S050 j Pigs autt

SHEEP SKINS. Downs, 3s Od to 4s 3d-Polled 4s Oil to 5s Oel 7

PRICE OF HOPS. Kent Poekets 81. 105. to 10/. ON. to 121. Ov. East Kent 8f Catderb. 171. 0s. to -I 0s. Sussex Pockets St. W. to 1)1. 9s. to 101..5.v. Essex Pockets St. Os, I"k 101 Ox. to tH. 1 Is. Farnham, fine, to 21t. ON. I It. Os. to I C)II. os. Kent Bogs, 8/. Os. t;(dJI!'k to 10/. Sussex Bags, 71. lOs. /o 8/. Sa-. to 0,y. Essex Bags, 71. 10s,.(o 9/. 0v. !<> 10/. 0 (

PRICE OF LEATHER. Butts, 50 to 56lbs friti-hper Ibi.. 21 to 23d Ditto, 56 to 66lb. eadk. 2 UI to 2od Di-essing Ilides Hid to lU¡} Fine Coach Hides ^Orf f„ •> | Crop Hides, 35 to 40lbsfor cutting.. 17 d to ISA Ditto..45 to 50lbs 19<7 to 2Id Calf Skins. 301» 40 lbs I Si/ (o 2&1 Ditto.ôOto,(Olb 2klto27d Ditto 70 to 80lbs • 22d to 24 d Small Seals (UreenlUIUi) I si" to 19d Large ditto. WtI to 18d :1..

PRICp OF TALLOW. Town Tallow 39s Orf Yellow Russia 3(is Orf While ditto 33s 6d Soap ditto :J2, Crf Melting Stuff. 29s Od Ditto Rongji Hi, Orf es I (is Od I bss Curd S(-s Od (iood Dregs. Os olli Price of Candles per doz. Ss C)d,-Moitids I Os (id per doz. ullowedfor ready money.

PRICE OF POTATOES. Marsh Champions.. 3/10* to 0/ 0sper t m Ware 1 ok Ki(litfgs 3Uis to 31 10s pert 11& Sco vii Jt'cda ol 0s to 3.' 5s pe. t 11