The Pembrokeshire Herald and General Advertiser

FE'TLTESPJ, SELECTIONS. i VALUE OF,MORALITY IN FACToMES.—Dr. Ure, in speak- ing of a mural and religious discipline in mills, says-" So efficacious is religious discipline, steadily enforced by en- Tightened masters, to keep his dependants in the paths of virtue, that it may he laid down as a general rule—whenever '• Mill-workers are noted tor dissolute manners, the owner or manager will lae found to be of licentious life, or at least indifferent to the welfare of the people committed to his care, who are ready to be influenced for good or evil by his pre- cepts, regulations, and example. The following testimony places this, positional .a clear light:—'Some masters insist OIl better conduct, better dress, and more respectability. The overlookers are steady and suppress anything bad. There is a great competition for admission into their factories. I have known thirty young women on the list at a time. What a,tribute to virtue in the proprietor of a mill! Like mas- ter like man, is a proverb no less applicable to public works ..ihjip |o,.private families. The-mill owner who has a nice Rs rii „ jt puijty in heart and life, a just comprehension of his v (jwn interests, and a conscientious concern for the well-being of his dependants, will adopt every practicable measure to raise the standard of their behaviour. If, on the other hand, be is lax in his own principles, and careless of their conduct, except as to their punctuality at their task, he will experience the consequences of this unconcern in slovenliness of work apd in personal disrcspect. Let us figure to ourselves a pro- prietor of extensive factories, a man of old experience, an i wearied worshipper of Mammon, and, of course, a stranger tf> the self-denying graces of the Gospel. Such a man knows • liiinself to be entitled to nothing but eye-service, and will therefore exercise the most irksome vigilance, but in vain, to prevent his being overreached by his operatives—the whole of whom, by natural instinct as it were, conspire against such a master. Whatever pains he may take, he can never command superior workmanship, he will find the character of his gpods to be second-rate in the market, and he will of course get a second-rate price and set of customers. His whole business is blasted as it were by an evil eye. Aware yf his unpopularity with his work-people, he strives to regain their favour by conniving at their vices, and views their intemperance on Saturday night and Sunday with indiffer- 'ence, provided it does not interfere with their labour on Monday morning. Such policy may have been compatible with profit in times of narrow competition tail now it sel- dom fails, as I could prove by examples, to counteract pros- perity at least, if not to impair the fortunes realised under Letter auspices. It isr.|herefore, excessively the interest of every mill-owner to organise his moral machinery 011 equally sound principles with his mechanicals, for otherwise he will never cujnmand the steady hands, watchful eyes, and prompt co-operation, essential to excellence of product. Improvident work-people are apt to he reckless, and dissolute ones to be diseased thus both :re ill-qualified to discharge the delicate labours of automatic industry, which is susceptible of many grades of imperfection without becoming so obviously defec- tive as to render the work liable to a tine.. There is, in fact, no case to which the Gospel truth, 'Godliness is great gain,' is more applicable than to the administration of an extensive f,Letory.Alirr,ur. ANECDOTES OF MR. MOORE.—In his younger days, being in Grattan's company, the latter was holding forth on the servility of literary men, and the manner in which they almost universally prostituted their talents to the great and powerful. He appeared to exclude no one from this sweeping censure but, suddenly recollecting himself, he continued, but there are some exceptions and, turning to Mr. Moore, who stood near him, and patting him kindly on the shoulder, he said, I'm wrong my young friend here is one who wears his hat before the king."—At a reform dinner, Mr. Moore's health having been drank, he rose to return thanks, and was received with enthusiasm. He ventured, in the progress of his speech, to say, England will not permit so large a segment of her orb as Ireland to remain for ever shrouded in darkness." He expected this sentiment to itwaken a few cheers of sympathy but there was a dead silence. It was evident he had entered upon forbidden ground: he therefore sounded a retreat, and slipping gently into some other subject, restored harmony. He could not, however, avoid feeling surprise at such a result, and after he had sat down he asked of some person who sat next him, a stranger, what could be the reason that the sentiment about Ireland was received with so much coldness? "Ah, sir!" said the other, Irishmen and pigs are very unpopular all along this line.—Life of Griffin. LONDON LoDdXGS.—Even where the lodgings are dear, and tolerably good, and the people of the house think it worth while to qe civil, you seem planted in a spot to which you never can grow. The furnitures and all the utensils intended for your use are so awkward, so heterogeneous, and placed in such inconvenient positions they run so counter to your habits, or your habits to them. You arc not ac- riinted with them, and they seem to have no desire to make mselves agreeable, or to accommodate difficulties and as for anything like familiarity, or cordiality, on either side, the thing seems out of the question. Then your servants are so dissatisfied with their accommodation, declaring that they can get nothing in the world they want whilst the maid of the house, accustomed to the same complaints on every fresh arrival, turns a deaf ear to their remonstrances, knowing, from previous experience, that, in a few days, they will get used to things as they are, and resign themselves to evils they cannot redress. Then, how you arc to be provided with food, and how it is ever to.be cooked, so as to render it eatable, seems a problem worthy of Euclid. Breakfast appears difficult, dinner impossible. You hear something about a quarter of a pound of mutton chops, and potatoes and you see the maid-servant of the house coming across the street with a slice of butter in a hit of greasy white paper, and you wonder whether it can be intended for you. It is, vou tnay rely on it and so is the loaf she is carrying under her anil. You had better not look any longer, for there comes the little girl that runs of errands carrying the milk in a white basin, and she is taking a sup just as she turns the corner! In short, however the tables and chairs and wash- ing-slands may in process of time become more amenable to reason, the feeding is generally hopeless.—Men and Women. BUILDINGS IN SPAIN.—From the Bidassoa as far as Cadis one does not find a single handsome domain. If in Andalusia they build some place of shelter in the midst ot the fields (carttjo), it does not deserve the name of a house its walls, white-washed to reflect the heat of a burning sun, are not sheltered by a single tree, nor is there the least verdure which can afford a shade. From this we may judge what will be done for fields under tillage by those who show themselves so careless about what is immediately under their -eyes.—Faure. THE RIVULET. (By Bryant, the American Poet.) This little rill, that from the springs Of yonder grove its current brings, Plays on the slope awhile, and then Goes prattling into groves again, Oft to its warbling waters drew Mv little feet when lite was new. When woods in early green were drest, And from the chambers of the west The warmer breezes travelling out, Breathed the new scent of flowers about, My truant steps from home would stray, Upon its grassy side to play, List the brown thrasher's vernal hymn, And crop the violet on its brim, With blooming cheek and open brow, As young and gay, sweet rill, as thou. And when the days of boyhood came, And I had grown in love with fame, Duly I sought thy banks, and tried My first rude numbers by thy side. W ords cannot tell how bright and gay The scenes of life before me lay. Then glorious hopes, that now to speak Would bring the blood into my cheek, Passed o'er me and I wrote on high A name I deemed would never die. Years change thee not. Upon yon hill The "tall old maples, verdant still, Yet tell, in grandeur of decay, How swift tne years have passed away, Since first, a child, and half afraid, I wandered in the forest shade. Thou, ever joyous rivulet, Dost dimple, leap, and prattle yet; And sporting with the sands that pave The windings of thy silver wave, And dancing to thy own wild chime, Thou laughest at the lapse of time. The same sweet sounds are in my ear My early childhood loved to hear As pure thy limpid waters run, As bright they sparkle to the sun: As fresh and thick the bending ranks Of herbs that line the oozy banks; The violet there, in soft May dew, Comes up, as modest and as blue As green, amid thy currents stress, floats the scarce-rooted watercress And the brown ground-bird in thy glen Still chirps as merrily as then. Thou changest not-lmt I am changed, Since first thy pleasant banks I ranged And the grave stranger, come to see The play-place of his infancy, Has scarce a single trace of him Who sported once upon thy brim. The visions of my youth are passed- 'Too bright, too beautiful to last. I've tried the world—it wears no more The colouring of romance it wore. Y et well has nature kept the truth She promised to hiy earliest youth The radiant beauty shed abroad On all the glorious works of God, :Shows freshly to my sober'd eye Each charm it ware in days gone by. A few brief years shall pass away, And I all trembling, weak, and gray, ^Bowed to the earth, which waits to fold My ashes embracing mould, (If haply the- dark will of fate indulge mv life so long a date), ay come for the last time t look Ion my childhood's favoarii- ok. u dimly on my eye shall git rparkle of thy dancing streii •untly on my ear shall come 1ttling current's merry call: 't thou flow as glad and bright thou met'st my infant sigj'it. all sleep—and on thy, side, ages glide, r early sports shall try, and die. year, ss THE DUKE AND THE NAP. I The Duke sate in his Sovereign's hall, Among the great and gzW, While music's thrilling swell and fall Diil'used their syren swsftr; While all was life and light around— The Queen, bright star of all,- lie fell into a doze profound, And dreamt of Ind and Gaul. lie struck once more his coup iTAssm/e, His youthful battle-field, lIe saw Yittoria's dreadful day, And where the squadrons reel'd At Talavem-then, right on, His dreaming fancy flew, Till he thunder'd down from Mount St. John, And won red Waterloo. The lovely Queen, in laughing mien Thcn woke the dreaming Duke. Her bouquet shook, his old ann took, And smiled a sweet rebuke:— My dear Lord Duke, pray do not snore, Such strains we can't allow, You conquered one great Aap before, Pray chase another now."

MISCELLANEOUS. PROPELLING BALLOONS.—Mr. Morick Mason, who it is known, has for some time been devoting his attention to the subject, has conceived the idea that the Archimedean screw, as it has been applied to move vessels through the water, may also be applied to move balloons through the air. He has, accordingly, submitted this idea to the test of ex- periment. He has constructed a balloon somewhat in the shape of an egg. Beneath the egg-shaped balloon he has placed a, slender wooden frame, of the form of a canoe, to the centra of which he suspends an. oblong-shaped car. Out ot t' a:. end of the car which is to go first, he has placed an iion rod, or axle, at the end of which is a short portion of an Archimedean screw, the surface of the spiral being made of a very light material, and proportionally very large. It is placed at the most suitable angle for effectually pulling or sucking forward the balloon as the axle revolves, and for offering the least resistance to its progress. At the stern of the car is a.large oval-shaped rudder, which can be placed vertically, and moved to the right hand or the left, to guide the balloon on either side, or horizontally, and then, by depressing or raising it, influence the balloon to rise or de- scend. How this Archimedean screw is to be set in motion, and kept in motion for any length of time, is an important problem not yet found out. Mr. Mason employed, to exhibit the effects of the screw a piece of clockwork, acting by a spring, which being wound up in the room, and placed in the car, set the screw in motion, and unquestionably the screw propelled the balloon round the room. It is certainly proved by this experiment, that floating in a tolerably calm atmosphere, like that of a room, a balloon may be pro- pelled with considerable velocity, and probably guided. It is due to the ingenious adapter of the Archimedean screw to aerial navigation, to say that he regards the experiment as merely establishing the possibility of applying this propel- ling power to balloons and he leaves to future experiments, and perhaps to other inventors, to find out the machinery which may be most advantageous to give motion to the screw. —Daily Papers. CROWS v. ALCOHOL.—We extract the following from the Pcori (Illinois) Register.-—"Colonel B. has one of the best farms on the Illinois river. About one hundred acres of it are now covered with waving com. When it came up in the spring the crows seemed determined on its entire des- truction. When one was killed, it seemed as though a dozen came to its funeral and though the sharp crack of the rifle often drove them away, they always returned with its echo. The colonel at length became weary of throwing grass, and resolved on trying the virtue of stones. He sent to the druggist for a gallon of alcohol, in which he soaked a few quarts of com, and scattered it over his field. The blacklegs came and partook with their usual relish and as usual, they were pretty well corned and such a cooing and cackling—such strutting and staggering! The scene was like—but I will make no invidious comparison—it was very much like —. When the boys attempted to catch them, they were not a little amused at their staggering gait, and their zig-zag course through the air. At length they gained the edge of the woods, and there being joined by a new recruit, which happened to be sober, they united, at the top of their voices, in the haw-haw-hawing, and shouting either praises or curses of alcohol it was difficult to tell which, as they rattled away without rhyme or reason, so very much like —. But the colonel saved his com. As soon as they became sober, they set their faces steadfastly against alcohol. Not another kernel would they touch in the field, lest it should contain the accursed thing. They have too much respect for their character, black as they are, again to be found drunk." PEOPLING OF THE ISLANDS IN THE PACIFIC.—Mr. Redfield, an American writer, in an able article recently pub- lished in Sillimatis Journal of Science, states his conviction that a knowledge of the currents and winds of the Pacific will solve the question of the peopling of its islands from the Asiatic continent, in opposition to the long-urged objections of the trade winds. As corroborative of his opinion, Mr. R. says—" A case is still recent where the wreck of a Japanese junk, with its surviving crew, was drifted the entire distance to the Sandwich Islands, thus completing nearly half of the great circuit of the winds, and currents of the North Pacific. Near the equator the north-west monsoon of the Indian Pacific affords an additional means of transport, extending, according to recent inquiry, at one portion of the year, as far eastward as the Society Islands, or more than half the distance from the Indian ocean, to the coast of South America." A QUESTION NOT EASILY ANSWERED.—Lord Brougham considers that the tenderest part of a man's character is the virtue, not the vice, for which he is the most distinguished. A man of notorious bravery is, according to him, most piqued by being branded with cowardice Junius, in a private note to Woodfall, proposes to make a charge of cowardice upon George the Third. Lord Brougham observes-" I need hardly add that the utter falsehood of such a charge was ad- mitted by all parties, even in the utmost heat of factious conflict; but this writer, with the malignity of a fiend, frames ,his slander in order to assail with certainty the tender point of his victim. According to this the tender point of Aristides was his honesty of Joseph, his continence of Howard, his humanity of Hampden, his public spirit. We should be at a loss, upon this principle, where to have Lord Brougham- which is his "tender point ? "-A then&,um. THE LAND TAX.—This is equally borne by the property in towns and the estates of the landed aristocracy. In one jforni or another it has existed since the Normans introduced the feudal. government into this country. Under the Com- monwealth it became a permanent money tax on the lan,d. jFour years after the revolution a new survey and valuation were made which survey and valuation, notwithstanding the vast increase in the value of the land, have never been altered to the present day. In the reign of Queen Anne the tax on the survey and valuation of king William was rated at four shillings in the pound of the rent, and this has never been exceeded in a period of more than 130 years so that, even where the tax has not been redeemed, the original four shillings scarcely amounts to a sixpence. LUXURIES OF MONTEZUMA.—This Mexican monarch, who was put to death, indulged in great profusion. He had a multitude of wives he never put on the same apparel a second time, but gave it away to his attendants his meals the emperor took alone. The well-matted floor of a large saloon was covered with hundreds of dishes. Frequently his steward indicated those which he preferred, and wero kept hot by means of chafing-dishes. The royal bill of fare comprehended, besides domestic animals, game from the distant forests, and fish which the day before were swimming in the Gulf of Mexico! They were dressed in manifold ways, for the Aztec artistes had penetrated deep into the lyla mysteries of culinary science. Among the dainties served up at the emperor's table we find enumerated a "fricassee of young children." A RAJAH'S CARRIAGE.—Bukhus Bullee, the rajah of Ajeegurh, possesses two carriages, that are intended to be drawn, I should guess, bv bullocks. One of them is about twelve feet long, by nearly Jive feet broad, and at least six fpet high, with Venetian window's, without springs the other is of a similar shape, but smaller dimensions. If you were to meet either of them on a turnpike-road, it is probable that you would converse with the driver, to ascertain the nature and properties of the imprisoned wild animals, although Bukhus Bullee uses them for the comfortable conveyance of his womenkind. Being entirely destitute of springs, I should guess that their motion over the natural roads of the country must be productive of much delightful and salutary exercise. —Davidson's Travels in Upper India. STRIKING A BALANCE.—Curran, when Master of the Rolls in Ireland, was going one day to a levee at the Castle. There was a great press of carriages when, all at once, he was startled by the pole of the carriage which followed him crashing through the back of his. He hastily put his head out of the window, crying to his coachman, Stop stop the pole of the carriage behind is driven into us!" "Arrah! then it's all right again, your honour," said Pat, exultingly, for I've just druv my pole into the carriage before." This, as a sample of the Irish bull, Curran used to cite as perfect. SCARRON'S DEDICATION.—The celebrated comic writer, Paul Scarron, in dedicating one of his books to Louis XIV, who afterwards became the husband of his widow, addressed that vain monarch as follows:—" To do me a little good would be doing yourself no great hurt: if you do me a little good, I shall be more cheerful than I am if I were more cheerful, my comedies would be merrier if my comedies were merrier, your majesty would be more diverted if your njajesty were more diverted, your money would not be thrown away on me. All these conclusions hold together so naturally, that methinks I could not resist them, were I a great monarch, instead of being a miserable indigent creature." A pension was granted. DEFORMITY TURNED TO PROFIT.—During the infatuated mania of Law's Missisippi Scheme in Paris, 1720, the brokers and speculators used to rendezvous in a street called the Rue QuinquempoLc, where a hump-backed man gainer*, in a short time, fifty thousand livres, by letting his hump as a Writing desk (for which purpose, it seems, its shape Vas pe- culiarly well calculated), to those persons who wq'pted to sign tneir names in the street, for the transfer of notes, or other purposes relating to the traffic.—Memoirs of the Re- gency, vol. ii, p. 31, quoted by Gifford, in his Ifistory of France, 1795. RESIST TEMPTATION IN TIME.—A perfect knowledge of human nature was in the prayer, Lead us not into tempta- tion.' No man ever resists temptation, after it has begun to bp temptation. It is in the outworks of the habits that the defence must lie. No apprentice ever refrained from his master's gold, after his eye had once hegun to gloat apon it, and he had got over the habitual feeling which mad^Any ap- proach to its appropriation an impossibility. No Joseph ever resisted, except through the impulse of pure feam after he once begun to,revolve the possibility of giving way.— *minster Revieiv. MISTAKE.—A country editor, in speaking of a "She had Welxtfrirthsin her ladies' cabin." Jqimcd old lady, en realing the J d. ust have been A THUG'S RESPECTABILITY.—In conversation we often wound the feelings of others without intending it. Mr. Davidson, talking with a Thug on the subject of a clever robbery, tells that "the lively, nay, ultra-professional joy I which illuminated his countenance tempted me to exclaim, rather unguardedly, 'Perhaps you were employed in that little affair yourself, or it may have been executed by some of your agents?' His manner immediately changed 'from lively to severe,' and, with a look that might have frozen a less innocent querist, he exclaimed with a sneer, No, sir! murder, and not robbery, is my profession A DIFFICULT TASK.—Of the various executive duties, no one excites more anxious concern than that of placing the interests of our fellow-citizens in the hands of honest men, with understandings sufficient for their stations. No duty, at the same time, .is more difficult to fulfil. The knowledge of character possessed by a single individual is, of necessity, limited. To seek out the best through the whole Union, we must resort to other information, which, from the best of men, acting disinterestedly and with the purest motives, is sometimes incorrect.—I'resilient Jefferson. THE ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY.—His majesty the king of Wii-temberg has entered into a contract for the application of the atmospheric railway from Stuttgart to Darmstadt— a distance of five miles. An authorised agent has arrived in London, in order to oversee the completion of the necessary apparatus for carrying out this interesting project.—DMin Mercantde Advertiser. ONE OF THE FATHERS OF MANKIND.—In Stedon church- yard, Holderness, the following inscription appears on a tomb:—" Hear lyes the body of W. Stenton, of Patrinton he was buried the 2Bth of May, 168.5, aged 79. He had children by his first wife, 3f—by his second 17 own father to 55, and grandfather to 8(5—great grandfather to 97—great great grandfather to 230-he lived to see of his own gene- ration 251." SHOEMAKING BY MACHINERY.—The .Journal de Paris states) that an operative in the Rue des Vielles Andriettes, who for some time attended a course of lectures on mechanics, has invented a machine to make shoes, by means of which any person possessing sufficient strength to turn a wheel can, in the course of a day, finish fifty pair of excellent shoes of every size. It is calculated that of 34,000,000 inhabitants in France, 20,000,000 are destitute of shoes because of the want of means to procure them. A rolling stone gathers no moss." A very doubtful adage, says an American paper. We have just seen in a country paper the marriage of Peleg Rowlingston to Ophelia Mosse. SOMETHING TO SMOKE.—" What harm is there in a pipe?" says young Puffwell. None that I know of," replied his companion, except that smoking induces drinking drinking induces intoxication; intoxication induces the bile bile induces jaundice jaundice leads to dropsy dropsy termi- nates in death. Put that in your pipe and smoke it."

IRELAND. CONSPIRACY TO MURDER THE REV. E. NANCLE.—The C'ustfebar Telegraph of yesterday contains the following ex- posure of a pretended conspiracy:—" We can assure the Constitution that this wicked story is without a particle of foundation, having been concocted by one of the most des- picable and degraded characters in the county, and whispered into the Rev. Mr. Nangle's ear for the twofold purpose of self-enrichment and the malicious implication of innocent men in a very serious charge." DUBLIN.—The note of preparation has been sounded in the matter of the State Trials. Wednesday the 3rd was fixed by the crown for striking the special jury, but as the new revised jury list was not printed, an application was made by Mr. Mahoney, the agent for the traversers, for a copy. The recorder expressed his readiness to furnish it, if he were legally empowered to do so—he considered it a fair accommodation but without the consent of the crown, the clerks of the peace could not grant it. Those officers were ready to comply but as the crown refused, the list could not be given. This was complained of by the traversers as ) sharp practice." Mr. Mahoney formally protested against it, and served notices to that effect on the crown solicitor and the clerk of the crown. On Wednesday, the day appointed for striking the jury list, application was made on the part of the traversers for a delay, in order to enable them to in- spect the jury book, which, up to that time, had been seen by neither party. Mr. Brewster, on the part of the crown, explained that his object in offering any opposition, was to ensure a trial, and lie apprehended that was the last day for effecting that object. After some discussion, a delay of twenty-four hours was granted, in order that each party might receive a copv of the panel, which consists of 700 names. It is said there are about 450 Conservatives, and the remainder Liberal Protestants and Roman Catholics. Active measures have been i adopted by the police for the prevention of the importation of illicit fire-arms. — The registry of arms was proceeding rapidly throughout the country and Lord Eliot's communication, though not relished by the magistracy, has prevented a repetition of such scenes as occurred at Macroom. At the Skibbereen sessions many who had been objected to at Maeroom were admitted.-For several weeks the opening of the Atmospheric Line from Kingstown to Dalkey has been interdicted by the Lords of the Treasury, owing to the remonstrances of parties owning property on the line. Mr. Walker, the eminent English engineer, has arrived in Dublin, having received instruc- tions from the government to hold an inquiry on the subject. — A large annuity reverts to the crown by the death of Arthur Hume, Esq., of Dawson-street, Dublin, who has left an immense property, and a vast number of bank notes of many years' standing, and several lottery tickets, many of them unclaimed prizes.—A deputation waited on his excellency the Lord-Lieutenant on Saturday, the 30th ult., to convey to him the resolutions passed at the Mansion-house on the 1 6th ult., relative to giving increased facility to the communication between this city and London. The deputation was most graciously received, and the Lord- Lieutenant expressed in tne handsomest manner his earnest anxiety to do all in his power to forward the objects for which the meeting in question was held.—The Repeal Association met as usual on Tuesday, but their proceedings possess little interest. Mr. John O'Connell spoke at some length on the subject of a recent article which had appeared in the Edinburgh Review, and which he attributed to Air. Trevelyan, who, he said, some time ago, published some letters, cafum- niating Ireland, in the Morning Chronicle. The learned gentleman moved the insertion of extracts from the article on the minutes of the assosiation. At four o'clock the repeal rent for the week was announced to be £ 2u9 2s. 2d. STRIKING OF THE SPECIAL JURY, DUBLIN, JAN. 4.— This day at twelve o'clock, the counsel and agents on the part of the crown and the traversers attended on the crown officer to strike the special jury. Great dissatisfaction was expressed at the exclusion of the press by the crown officer.— Mr. Whiteside, Q. C., on the part of the traversers, opened by protesting against the exclusion, from the special panel altogether, of sixty-five qualified special jurors, chiefly Roman Catholics, and he applied that the sheriff should have the list returned to him, in order to put on those names.—Mr. Brewster, Q. C., on the part of the crown, contended that the clerk of the crown could not interfere with the panel, as sent in by the sheriff.—Ultimately the objection was disallowed, and so also were various other objections, and extreme dissatisfaction was expressed, on the part of the traversers, at the course of proceeding adopted. Ultimately, after a scene of the greatest excitement, protracted for three hours, forty-eight names were drawn out of the ballot-box, as the special jury-list. At twelve to-morrow the parties are to attend, to reduce the list of forty-eight to half that number, by striking off twelve each. There are but thirteen Liberals among the forty-eight eleven of those are Roman Catholics, several of them most respectable merchants of this city. The question is, will the government—will Sir Robert Peel—sanction the striking off those Roman Catholics from the jury-list. CLARE.—The cess-payers of Clare were to meet at Ennis on Wednesday, to submit a representation to the landlord and tenant commission of the pressure of county-rates upon the farmers and occupiers of land. This is the first move in a very important matter, and will be followed most probably in other counties. CORK.—We regret to state that a fearful murder was com- mitted in the neighbourhood of Cloyne, back of the Deer Park, Castle Mary. The unfortunate victim was a young girl named Fitzgerald, a servant in the employ of an officer residing in the vicinity of Cork, and she was returning to her friends- in Cloyne, to spend the Christmas holidays with them, when she was met by some men, who, it is supposed, murdered her for she was found dead on the road, her face disfigured, most of her clothes taken off, with marks of violence oil other parts of her person. An inquest was held at Cloyne on Monday, but we have not heard the result. TRALEE.-The Kerry Examiner says :— A meeting was held on Sunday, Dec. 16th, at the chamber of commerce, Daniel Supple, jun., Esq., in the chair, for the purpose of taking immediate measures for giving Mr. O'Connell a public dinner in Tralee, should it be compatible with his present arrangements to accept the invitation. A letter of invitation was accordingly written." Mr. O'Connell in his reply, declined the invitation an engagement to dine at Clonmel on the 4th inst., rendering it impossible for him to visit Tralee. TIPPERARY.-Anothcr barbarous and brutal murder stains the annals of North Tipperary. In the present instance, the victim, John Ardell, was from the humblest walk of life an unoffending poor man, who eked out a wretched existence in the triple capacity of ploughman, hostler, and watchman to Mr. Richard Falkiner, of Rodeen, near Borrisokane. The reason why he was murdered has not yet been discovered. The probable cause is, that in his capacity of watchman he discovered some persons stealing turnips that they attacked him, and ultimately murdered him. The particulars strength- en the supposition:—Ardell's house is about three fields distant from his master's. In one of these fields there grew a crop of turnips, the care of which formed a portion of his duty. It was through this field that he passed for home on the night of his murder, St. Stephen's night. At its ex- treme gap, leading into a stubble field, there were tracks of many feet, and about midway from that to his house his hat was found with the crown of it broken in. Further on, about 40 perches, the victim was found, his head beaten almost into a shapeless mass and lying in a pool of blood. The ground around bore evident marks that the death-struggle was desperate, and there can be but little doubt that Ardell broke away twice, perhaps three times, before he was finally overtaken and murdered—murdered within call of his own cabin, for his wife and children heard his death-screams from their own fireside, and, before they could reach him, though the distance was very short, his assailants had fled, and he was not only speechless but insensible. The place of the murder is about a quarter of a mile from the scene of the Finnoe massacre. There was only one witness ex- amined at the inquest, the widow of the deceased. Ardell is described as one of the best conducted men in the parish.- The Evening Mail, in alluding to this murder, and the generally distracted state of the county of Tipperary, has the following alarming statement: "It is intimated to us, and we believe on sufficent authority, that a frightful cata- logue of victims marked out for assassination exists, and by some mysterious means has become so far known to the authorities that many havo been warned of the necessity of the utmost precaution for their personal safety."—The can- didate on the" J ,ibeml" side was to be selected on Thurs- day at a meeting at Clonme], where Mr. O'Connell was expected. The Conservatives have put forward Mr. Pon- sonby Barker.

II SOUTH AUSTRALIA. South Australia, with its genial climate and fertile soil, offers advantageous employment, and might thus afford a practical answer to the important inquiry—"What is the remedy for the evils which afflict our meritorious, toil-worn, famished population?" Various proofs of this have been afforded in our columns, derived from authentic sources, accompanied by the names of the parties, whose success has been narrated usually by themselves. We h ive it in our power to present another striking instance, of which our information has been obtained from a source having no conceivable personal interest to serve by the communication. The writer of the following letters lett the Isle of Man about three or four years ago penniless, and is now in the receipt of upwards of E500 a year:- DEAR BROTHER,—* I left England, as you know, without one penny, and this with a large family required some power more than common to sustain us, and worse than all, the captain we sailed with showed the most barbarous disposition, and attempted to treat us ill, in which in some measure he succeeded. But we got over, and he is now worse off than we are. I am now possessed of a steam-mill tor grinding flour, &c., which grinds from 500 to 600 bushels per week; for which I receive Is. per bushel, and from which I clear upwards of £ 500 a year. I have besides this 80 acres of good land, and, God willing, I intend erecting another steam-mill next year, having already sent to Scotland for an engine for that purpose. I have also bullocks, cows, and heifers, and a property in Gawler town, worth j £ 300, besides out- standing debts: indeed I have no hesitation in saying that I am as well off as any man in this colony without excep- tion, and as well respected. "The colony is in a prosperous state: wheat is now from 2s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. per bushel of 601b.; potatos, peas, carrots, turnips, and every description of vegetables, in great abundance and cheap; butter, cheese, mutton, and beef, ail plentiful, and from 2d. to 3d. per lb.; melons and grapes in abundance; indeed, we now export such to other colonies. The climate is beautiful: I have never seen winter since I left the Isle of Man. I remain, yours very truly, "THOMAS CAIN. "Union Mills, Currie-street, South Adelaide, March 26, 18,13." "DEAR COUSIN,—I feel happy to inform you of the safe arrival of our worthy friend, Hugh Bridson, in this province on the 14th of July last. He has brought me a few garden seeds there is yet no trace of the box of seeds mentioned in your last. I am sorry for this; for they would be invaluable here. There is no good variety of barley or oats for seed, and if you can possibly procure me a quart of each of the seeds mentioned in your last, they might prove a treasure to me. Say red oats, black oats, potato oats, or that very tall variety you had at Montecossina; the more varieties of oats the better,-as we have at present very indifferent crops here, for want of seeds suitable for the soil and climate. T have 80 acres of good land, 12 miles south of the town of Adelaide; and my worthy friend, William Kelly, the saddler's son, at Sulby, lives about 24 miles north-east of Adelaide. He has about 100 acres of his own, and from 700 to 800 head of sheep, and would be glad to nurse my seeds for a year or two. The custom-house would take charge of them and forward them to me: I care not for the expense. I feel happy to inform you that my last undertaking has been most successful. The former, which were saw- mills, proved a failure; and I was fortunate enough to dispose of it when timber and sawing became valueless. I have now erected a flour-mill; the engine cost £:00, a pair of French burstones cost £60, and I made a pair of colonial myself. We are in full operation day and night; we grind 80 bushels of wheat per day at Is. per bushel, for barley we receive Is. 6d.,and for maize 2s. The whole of my family are employed in the mill, and we require only to hire one man. I have therefore, as you will per- ceive, a sure means of competence, if not something more. My place is known as the 'Bullock Saw and Flour Mills.' "Mrs. Rachael Looney atul her son are safely arrived; she duly handed me the barley, which I accept as a token of respect and gratitude from a friend. Mrs. Looney has already seen more of the colony than I have; and she, with her husband and son, are settled on forty acres of land within three miles of Adelaide, which Mr. Looney bought after her arrival. Rachael does not find the people here so soft as she expected, and she cannot as yet tell [ what she would be at. We have salt-mines within six miles of the town, and she talks of making salt; she also talks of making soap, of distilling, brewing, and so on; but her plans have all failed as yet. "Wheat can be bought here just now from 2s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. per bushel of 601b. We are all well, and doing' better than ever: we earn from £ 20 to £ 30 a week. I have sent to Scotland for a steam-engine, to set up our section of land, which is in a beautiful and thickly- inhabited neighbourhood; and, God willing, I intend to erect a mill, and purchase a section for each of my chil- dren before I return to the Isle of Man. My character at present-I hope not undeservedly—stands as high as that of any person in the colony, which is a great comfort to me, and which I hope will be pleasing to my friends in the Isle of Man and elsewhere. I trust, so far as I am concerned, to let the world see that Manxmen are not behind others in industry and skill, conduct and be- haviour; and able, in every respect, by honorable means, to acquire wealth and enjoy it. There have been a great many failures here this season among the better class ot people, as I call them, and there are thousands dissatisfied with the Govern- ment; but I pay little regard to these matters. Times may be bad when made bad; but there are no such oppor- tunities to do well, or rewards for industry and good con- duct, either in England or the Isle of Man, as there are here. You must pardon me for not writing sooner. I did not wish to trouble you twice with one tale. I remain, ever yours truly, "THOMAS CAIN. Union Mills, Currie-street, South Adelaide, March 26, 1843." -Colonial Gazette.

THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.—The whole river front now assumes an imposing appearance, being carried up uniformly to the height of two full stories above the base- ment of the building. The whole length of this extensive front is embelished by innumerable heraldic ornaments, niches, figures, royal cyphers, scrolls, and hy the richest mouldings and tracery of the most florid style which distin- guishes the Gothic architecture. Considerable progress has latelv been made with the north and south extremities of the building where it is intended to erect the Victoria and clock towers. These extremities, which extend at right angles to the river front, have been carried up to about the same height as the river front itself. In general terms, therefore, it may be said, that the whole exterior shell of the building, com- prising the river front and the wings at each end, are com- pleted to the height of two stories, or fifty feet above the surface of the ground. The space comprised between the two wings is considerably in arrear of the main part of the building, being built to a height not generally exceeding four- teen or sixteen feet. The mechanical arts minister here in a thousand ways which ten years ago were quite unthought of iron railroads, of excellent construction, laid not only on the ground, but high in the air, serve for the easy conveyance of stone, mortar, bricks, and other materials to all parts of the building. Powerful machines, termed "travelling cranes," with numerous wheels for multiplying power, traverse these railroads, carrying, suspended from their huge frames, large stones, often weighing many tons, and the stones, when lowered from these cranes, are carried off in trucks to the inmost parts of the complicated building. Each stone bears upon it some distinguishing mark to indicate its allotted place in the structure, so that no confusion arises in the disposal of them. The proximity of the building to the river affords unusual facilities for the delivery of the lime, sand, kone, and other materials. All the principal part of the building which is not purely decorative is composed of the stone termed in geology" magnesian limestone," which prevails extensively in this country, as one of the lower members of the new red sandstone formation. Its texture is firm and tough, the particles being closely aggregated and finely wedged together, so that there is every probability that it will effectually resist the variable action of the atmos- phere. It is procured in large quantities from quarries at Bolsover-moor, in Derbyshire, and Huddlestone and Anstone, in Yorkshire. LIGHT GOLD COINAGE.—On the 1st of January the order in council, issued by her Majesty on the 2nd day of October last, on the light gold currency, came into operation, which commands "that light sovereigns of less weight than 5 penny- weighs 2^ grains, and every gold half-sovereign of less weight than 2 pennyweights 13 grains and one-eighth, shall not be allowed to be current, and shall be cut, broken, and defaced by all government employes and officers, receivers of the public revenue, so that they be no longer circulated." The governor and company of the Bank of England have given notice that on and after the 2nd of January, they will receive gold coin below the legal current weight in amounts of not less than £5 at the rate of X3 17s. 0»d. per ounce and further, that at the respective branch banks of the Bank of England it will be received in like amounts at the rate of £3 17s. 5d. per ounce, being, after deducting the charges of transmission to London, equal to the above price OfX3 17s.6^d. per ounce. ATLANTIC STEAM NAVIGATION.—The mammoth steam ship Great Britain is at length definitely appointed to proceed on her first voyage from England to New York on the 25th of May next. Sonic conception of the vastness of her size may be formed from the fact that her burden is 3,500 tons, and her engines 1,000 horse-power, whilst those of her sister ship, the Great Western, are respectively 1,600 and 450. Although Bristol has all the honour of projecting and con- structing the Great Britain, Liverpool, will have the credit of first sending her to sea. We understand the Great Bri- tctin will visit the Thames in the course of a few weeks, in order to display her gigiuitic proportions and superb internal fittings to the inhabitants of the metropolis.—Daily paper. MERTHYR (TOLLS).—The population, being solely a ma- nufacturing one, and one not given to travelling the roads, had not any complaints to make against turnpikes those who do use the high roads find here the same vicious turn- pike system as elsewhere prevails in South Wales. There are two trusts here-the Abemant trust, and the Merthvr trust, on both of which there is the usual quantity of extortion and neglect. On the two first miles out of Merthyr, on the road to Brecon, there are two turnpike gates and a bridge- gate to pay, or for a horse and cart two sixpenny tolls, and 9d. at the bridge. Trustees of roads here usually contrive, where there is a toll collected for a bridge, to place as many turnpike-gates near it as they can, by way of keeping it company.—Times. DEATHS IN 1843.—During the past year one prince of the blood, two dukes, one marquis, six earls, two viscounts, eight lords, twelve baronets, two knights, one bishop, two (Irish) judges, five generals, five majors-general, three lieutenants- general, two admirals, two rear-admirals, and one vice-admiral, have died. AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL.-A seminary is being established in the county of Northampton, where the rudiments of agri- culture and agricultural chemistry arc to be taught, combined with a classical education.

AGRICULTURE, ETC. THE TULLIAN SYSTHM. SIR,-A subscriber of the Farmer's Magazine wishes to be informed, through your interesting publication, whether any of your readers have made any experiments upon grow- ing wheat llpon the Tullian ¡;ysteJ11, which is two rows only with a partition of six or more inches upon ridges of three feet and whether they have had recourse to mineral or animal manure, to render the soil more fertile, in addition to the repeated ploughings in the intervals. To make the system more generally known I would suggest to some generous landlord, a member of an Agricultural Association, to offer a premium of £5 5s. to the farmer who produces the greatest quantity of wheat upon an acre, sowed in the maimer above described and as proof of the produce a square yard of it should bo taken where it is the most regular, which should be cut out by an uninterested person appointed, who should send it to the secretary, dressed and sealed, with the number of ears, weight, and measure of the grain. I would also suggest to some other gentleman, a member of the same society, to make an offer of X4 4s. for barley, and to a third £ 3 3s. for oats but prejudice may possibly prevent a trial of the latter, if not of the intermediate grain but, of the former there may surely be six persons found to be competitors for the prize of £ 5 5s. The produce of a square yard is attended with more care than trouble is soon and easily prepared, and seldom or never exceeds a pint, nor more thim 300 ears, some of which are not unfrequently sadly defective, from the nutriment being curried off' by other more vigorous plants whereas, upon the Tullian system the same number of ears as in broad- cast sowing may tie produced with less destruction of vegeta- ble matter, and those more abundant, provided the weeds in the intervals are destroyed by repeated ploughing, and the partitions hand-weeded or hoed, as circumstances may require. Should any person favour me with a reply, I wish he would be so kind as to state what kind of manure he has applied, with the quantity, and the most approved what he believes to be a competent distance from row to row, and from two double rows his method of harvesting the crop, and the number of years be has had wheat in succession. I am your's, &c., &c., AMICUS. MANAGEMENT OF PORR.-In Europe, the Russian pork bears a high price, and its quality is supposed to be owing to the pickle in which it is preserved. This is called" the Empress of Russia's brine," and is prepared as follows —Boil together, over a gentle fire, six pounds of common salt (that in most common use in Russia is rock salt), two pounds of powdered loaf sugar, three ounces of saltpetre, and three gallons of spring or pure water. Skim it while boiling, and when quite cold pour it over the meat, every part of which must be covered with the brine. Small pork will be sufficiently cured in four or five days hams intended for drying, two weeks, unless they are very large. This pickle may be used again and again, if it be fresh boiled up with a small addition to the ingredients. Before putting the meat into the brine, wash it in water, press out the blood, and wipe it clean. Pickling tubs should be larger at the bottom than at top, by which means, when well packed, the pork will retain its place until the last layer is exhausted. When the pork is cool, it may be cut up, the ham and shoulders reserved for bacon, and the remainder salted. Cover the bottom of the tub or barrel with rock salt, and on it place a layer of meat, and so on till the tub is filled. Use the salt liberally, and fill the barrel with strong brine, boiled and skimmed, and then cooled. To FINE CIDER.-The usual system is to filter, fine with isinglass, and rack frequently, leaving the bunghole open until fermentation has ceased. Place in the cellar your pipe of cider which had been a day or two previously pressed from the fruit. Add toeachcaskfourouncesofisinglassin solu- tion, and one pound of coarsely-powdered charcoal. Bung it down, and introduce a tube through the bung of the shape of a siphon, the contrary end dipping into water, for the purpose of excluding the atmospheric air, and at the same time ensuring the saidy of the vessel. When it has dropped tolerably fine, rack it as quickly as possible, adding another quantity of the solution of isinglass and charcoal, stopping it down as before. At about the expiration of three weeks, fermentation will cease. Withdraw the tube and stop the hole in the bung it will become bright.

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AT LAMBETH.—This build- ing, which is situated opposite the Blind Asylum and Beth- lehem Hospital, is rapidly approaching completion. The foundation stone was laid in April, 1840, on which occasion the church was dedicated to St. George, the tutelar saint of England. It is the largest ecclesiastical edifice devoted to the Roman Catholic worship that has been constructed since the Reformation, when Henry VIII. destroyed and reduced the majority of Catholic establishments. Its external dimen- sions are 250 feet long by 64 feet broad. The height of the tower at the west end at present is no feet, but when com- pleted its extreme elevation will be 330 feet above the ground level. The style of architecture preserved throughout the building is the florid Gothic. The interior height of the church, from floor to ceiling, is 57 feet. The chancel window is very large, measuring 30 feet by IB feet; the mullions are of stone, with rich foliage the interstices will be filled with stained glass of various colours, containing an emblematical representation of the history and passion of our Lord. It is the gift of the Earl of Shrewsbury, and will cost £500. Underneath will be placed the principal altar, which will be decorated with statues of saints and bishops. Another large window is placed in the tower opposite the chancel window, and is considered a fine specimen of the florid style of archi- tecture. The church contains in all 28 windows. The roof is constructed of carved, stained timber, which will be sten- cilled in various colours and devices. The roof is supported by two rows of fluted stone pillars, consisting of eight in each row. The floor of the nave and aisles will be covered With red and blue Staffordshire tiles. At the south-west corner of the south aisle will be placed the large and richly-orna- mented baptismal font, carved in Caen stone. No pews or closed seats will be allowed, but open benches will be placed down the aisles, constructed with low backs, so as to afford an unobstructed view of the interior. The seats will yield ample accommodation for 3,000 persons. The cost of erecting the whole will be £ 40,000. At the east end of the church is a large sacristy, and adjoining are cloisters, which connect the edifice with a presbytery, containing a spacious dining- room, and affording accommodation for several priests. Abut- ting on this is a convent for the Sisters of Mercy, and a school for 300 children. The convent is fitted up with kitch- ens, refectory, dormitories, a small chapel with a belfry, and will furnish an abode for 13 Sisters of Mercy. The church and nunnery together stand upon an acre of ground, measuring 42,000 square feet. The entire edifice is built from the design of Sir. Pugin. Subscriptions towards this undertaking have, for the most part, been raised in the pro- vinces through the exertions of the Rev. Mr. Doyle, who is the principal officiating priest. The Earl of Shrewsbury and the late Mr. Benjamin George Hodges have been the princi- pal contributors. A considerable srm has also been sub- scribed by the poorer classes inhabiting the parish of St. George. The names of the King of Sardinia, the King of. Bohemia, and other foreign potentates also figure largely in the list of contributors. A liberal donation is expected from Louis Phillippe, the King of the French, who, during his stay in England, was a resident of St. George's parish. The church is the largest structure in Great Britain that has. been erected by voluntary subscriptions.

BAiTSRirPTS iisr the lonsoh gazette. Friday, Jan. hth. W. Fuller, Cotteiv-street, Poplar, coal-merchant. J. M. E. Stokes, St. Alban's, Hertfordshire, gas-contractor. T. Sanders, Ramsgate, Kent, shoemaker. W. P. M. Croft, Great Windmill-street, Haymarket, vic- tualler. J. Walker, Wheaton Aston, Staffordshire, machine-maker. F. Peters, Manchester, wine-merchant. G. Newton, Seaham-harbour, Durham, hosier and potter. M. Cooke, Evesham, Worcestershire, hotel-keeper. Tuesday, Jan. 9th. Dunnet, William, Manchester, commission-agent, Evans, Evan, Llangendeirne, near Carmarthen, draper. Easthope, William, Shrewsbury, whitesmith. ufcjutiiiiiii i iwnnii——■—

WEEKLY CALENDAR. The MOON'S CHANGEs.-Last Quarter on the 19th, at 18 minutes past 6, at evening. J-UJi.i .M.UU1" Jan. U. 2h. 30m. A.M. 1 Jan. 17. Gh. 2m. A.M. 15. — 3h. 49m. 18. — fih. 51m. 16. 511. Im. I IÐ. 7h. 31m. The Sun rises. Clock before Sun. The Sun Sets. Jan. 14. 8h. 3m. 9m. 9scc. 4h. 16m. 19. 7h. !S5m. 10m. 51'scc. 4h. 24m. January the 13th-Camhridge Term begins. January the 14th-Second Sunday after Epiphany. January the 15th—Oxford Term begins. About the middle of this month four planets will be visible in the evening—Mercury first, appearing very near the western horizon Venus next, very brilliant, and a little above him higher still, Jupiter, not much inferior to Venus in brightness higher, and nearly south, the ruddy orb of Mars arrests the attention. Towards the end of the month Venus and Jupiter arc very near each other. FAIRS. CARMARTHENSHIRE.—Llandovery, first Wednesday after Jan. 17 Llanghynnyg, Jan. 18.

THE LONDON MARKETS. 1 (From the Mark-Ixmc Express.) ■ CORN. A The arrivals of wheat coastwise into London have small, only 5.269 qrs. having been reported to SaturoW M evening. The quantity exhibited at Mark>lane by isW' M carriage samples, from the neighbouring counties, hi*5 I also been moderate. On Wednesday a few parcels offef* I ing from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk met a brisk sale? fully the advance established on Monday; and thoUP1 there was not quite so much activity in the demand latef in the week, the stands were pietty well cleared on Friday, without the slightest giving way on the part of factors. IMPERIAL MEASURE. WHEAT, Essex & Kent, red 411 54 White 48 60 Du. new 48 50 Do. new.. 50 Norfolk and Suffolk. 54 59 Do 60 66 RYE 30 BARLEY, Chevalier, new 34 35 Malting.. 35 Distilling 20 32 Grinding. 29 29 Scotch 29 30 Irish MALT, Brown 56 5# I'aleSufl'olk ;¡ & Norfolk 60 6'" Ware pale 60 63 Chevalier 60 OATS, English, feed 17 20 Potato,ite 22 2j[ Irish.Youghall&Cork,bk— 19 Cork,whitel9 Dublin „ 18 19 Westport 19 Clonmel „ 13 20 Limerick. 19 2j Londonderry „ 16 16 Sligo 17 Newry 20 21 Galway. — Waterl'ord „ 18 19 Ballina. — V Scotch, teed „ 20 22 Potato 23 P PEAS, white, Essex and Kent, boilers 23 3# Do. fine Suffolk 83 & Do. do. extra 34 Do. foreign 32 j Do. non-boilers 29 j Maple 28 » Grey or Hog 27 Blue — BEANF, Tick 26 27 — Harrow 27 28 — Pigeon 30 32 Mnzagan — — — FLOUR, Town- made & first conntry marks, per sack 45 Norfolk and Suffolk 37 •*? Stockton and Yorkshire 36 Wheat Barley Oats Rye Beans PeaS" Average of the -a 6 weeks which regulates the J* duty 50 8 32 0 18 830531 5 32 ? > Dutiespayable I on forn. corn 20 0 6 0 8 0 10 6 10 fi 10 Ditto on grain from British possessions out of Europe 60 0 6, 20 2 6, 2 0 1^ possessions out of Europe 60 0 6, 20 2 6, 2 0 16 LONDON AVERAGES. £ s. d. £ s. d' Wheat 2 11 1 Rye 1 10 0 Ha* ley 1 14 2 Beans 1 8 J Oats 0 19 4 Peas i 1 10 I BREAD. The prices of wheaten Bread in the metropolis are froto 8d. to 9d.; of household do., Md. to 7Jd. per 41b. toaf, BUTTER, BACON, CHEESE, AND HAMS. Irish Butter, new, per cwt.i Cheese, per civt. s. S. s.!Doub!eGloucester. 52 Carlow, new 84 88Single ditto 48 Sligo 72 —Cheshire 52 Banbndge 79 —'Derby 54 Cork, 1st &4 —Foreign ditto 40 W aterford 70 76, Bacon, new 36 English Butter, |Middle 40 4j| Dorset, per firkin 52 — Hams, Irish 64 Foreign Butter, cwt. Westmorland 6(i Prime Friesland 94 102,York 76 Do. Kiel 95 1061 Fresh Butter 14s. 6d. per duj HOPS. There is an advance to be noticed in the quotation? of nearly all descriptions of Hops. In fact., we ad* something to our former prices for aU but mid. Kent aøà Faversham. The demand has become brisker, and stod6* being reduced, buyers are compelled to get them on tlíI holders' terms. The latter are sanguine as to furthet material rise before the next crop is available. are 4s. to 6s. higher, Wealds 2s. to 8s., choice do. 9s. t/J 10s., and mid. Kent bags, and East Kent Pockets abo"' 5s. per cwt. dearer. The better qualities are the dearest in comparison. Farnham have been least effected. l'be market is firm, at the quotations. A better demand b3* existed during the last three or four days of the past week Sussex 120s. to 130s. Mid..Kents .140s. to 180s* Wealds 120s. to 130s. East Kents .145s. to 210s* Do. Choice .135s. to 140s. Farnhams 195s. to 210s* METALS. The market has assumed more energy since our last, to which the favourable accounts received by the two last India Mails have no doubt given a trefft impulse, Of Quicksilver several large entries, to the extent Of 2,000 bottles, have been made for Calcutta and BombO, which have certainly created a great sensation, from øe extent of the quantity addres3ed to markets where djj consumption has been hitherto considered comparatively insignificant. The Copper market continues very steady and several small sales nave been effected at about quotations; this article looks very favouar«b)e. 1^ is without change, but steady. Foreign Tin continues to engage the attention of both the trade and the speculator^ and the high price of 70s. has bcutt obtained in instances tor Banca; it is now held at 72s. and eveaat these improving rates holders sell very sparingly. B'K tish Tin nas followed this progressive prices are higher. British Iron looks apparently a Htde better, but C4 net on board in Wales has been accepted.. In Swedish Iron some small sales are reported to bave been effected, but the price has not transpired. SlothioS- done in Steel. For Tin Plates the demand continu"* very animated. In Spelter no transaction has taken place* it s. d. it s. ti- SPELTER—Foreign ton 22 0 0 to 2.2 10, ZINC—English Sheet 0 0 0 to. 28 0 .j? QUICKSILVER \>erlb. *0 4 § IRON—English bar, &c.. per ton 5 <) X Nail rods. 0 0 0 to 5 15 .? Hoops 6 15 0 to 7 0 9 Sheets 7 15 0 to 8 t) Cargo in Wales. 000 to 4 0 0 Pig, No. 1, Wales 0 0 0 to 3 5 No. 1, Clyde 0 0 0 to 2 0 P For., Swedish 0 0 0 to 10 TO 0 .?= Russian, c.c.N.D. is 6 0 STEEL- .perton 0 00 to 1-70 0 Faggot 0 0 0 to 18 0 COPPER—English sheathing .per lb. 0 0 F Old 0 O m Cake per ton 85 0 0 to 86 0 0 Tile O 0 0 to 84 0 S. American 75 0 8 to 80 0 P TIN-English, Mocks, &c. per cwt. 3 6 0 bars. 0 0 0 3 7 0 Foreign,Banea 3 10 to 3 3 Q Straits 0 00 to 2 18 0 Peruvian 0 00 io 2 10 0 Tin Plates, No. IC. p. box.. 1 3 6 to 1 7 6 No. IX 1 ? 6 to 1 13 # Wasters 3s. p. box less.. LEAD—Sheet milled ..per ton 18 5 V Shot, patent 0 0 0 to ^0 15$ Red 21 10 0 White 23 10 0 PIG-LEAD—English 17 5 0 to 17 10 Spanish 0 0 0 to 16 10 Spanish 0 0 0 to 16 10 RAW HIDES, I SHEEP & CALF SKl^ at per stone of 141bs. Per skin. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. Best steers and Market Calf 7 0 8 heifers 4 8 5 6 Long woolled 2 6 3 a Middling hides 4 0 4 4 Sheep 2 6 3? Inferior ditto. 3 6 8 10 Short ditto. 2 8 3. THE TALLOW TRADE. The holders are selling to the consiitners at about 411.' to 41s. 9d., according to quality; fine first sort Y.C. beiw very scarce for January and February and March 6d. to 41s. 3d. In new Y. C. deliverable naxt seaso"' there has been a little business doing at 42s. to 42s. but there is not at present much attention paid to it.

TEA.—The demand has been steady for all descripti°r'j of Tea since our last arid prices have still an upwajf. tendency common, and good common sound Conigr u cash selling at Is. to Is. Id., ordinary Twankay Is. Id.; Is. 2d.; and common Hyson Is. 9d. per lb. HoldEr, show firmness, and have refrained from offeiing any a public sale. COFFEE.—This market was firm on Tuesday for a" sorts of Coffee adapted for home consumption; sales to fair extent were made, and good common Ceylon was to be obtained under 61s. per cwt. SUGAR.—No return whatever has been made of ttn1 brown, or muscovado Sugars, bought or sold in the weefo ending the 2nd day of January, 1844. BICE.—East India secures a fair sale by private. cO tract, and middling to good white Bengal fetched ICS. to 1 Is. per cwt. There was no public sale. PEPPER.—Several parcels have been sold privately stiffer mtes. White pepper has been in, Request at former value.

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