The Welshman

] PILLION-RIDING. F!? t,t, a /.we-Stor:' of f)ill Times. BY L EIC II HUNT. I This riding double was no crime lit the first great Edward's time No brave mail thought himself dugrac'd By two fair amis about his waist Nur did the lady blush vermilion Dancing on the lover's pillion. "W hy Because all modes and action s Row'd not then to Vulgar Fractions; N>T were tested a!! resources By the power to purchase hows.

c It a I u T.t those now l:int^li who never luutch'd before, AlaI those who always laugh*d now laugh the more." as the rheumatism said'to the teetotaller last winter. "I shaH never see thee more," as the mechanic said when he gave Ids week's wages to hit, wife. When I kiss. you pout," as the wasp said to the swollen •lips of ihe cottage beauty. I'll make everv inqtiirv," as the iady's maid remarked when she peeped into the letter ot her young mistress. Anartic!e in the ■ /■•••■mid lately threw a lawyer, in this town, troubled with tooth-ache, into so piofound a sleep town. tr(,Itl?le(i with I)fOL?,d?l e") tli:it a t,)otl, was extr:i,:t,d li-c,?:i h;s it.ziki THE (IOIID Oi.O TINTF.S.— LO? J.—Paid lis. Sd. the expense of bringing an heretic frtln London, and for one and an half load of wood t,) hllrn him, 2 s.; for gunpowder. ]<).: a stake and a staple, Sd." —E.ctrr.cl d front the. liecurds of' the Corjiorcdioa of A PKOUD ROAST.—A quack-doctor, in one of Ids bills, says, he can bring living witnesses to prove tl;e efficacy of his nostrum, which is more," says he, ''than others in my line can do." Pitoo.Rr.ss OF MAriiiNnr>v.— An engineer his just 'completed iie for making p I I71 lias contracted for a supply at a penny per lb. Tiow do VOII find yourself, Mrs. Judy. said a St. Bartholomew's surgeon, after taking ot} the arm of an Irish basket woman. "llow do find myself? whv, ".vitliout my arm-how the devil el-^e .■diordd I find my- ..jr:" was Mrs. Judy's reply. KENTUCKY GKNOOINE.— Be.ntiful umbelliferous s howprs, David, I reckon these: every thing springing up now likl: iii kc." livery tiling but one thing," said David. "What's that, "Cows tails, jeinmy; they oldy s¡\ring up in hot weat::er." j A:-i htI'1(O\II'TlI ,)i:RFoit -,I i-I. Tony LF-e, a plaver -n Charles the Second's reign, being killed in a tragedy, having a violent cold, could not forbear its he lay dead upon the stage which occasioning much laughter and noise in the house, lie lifted up his head,and addres- sing himself ta the audience, said, "This makes good what rny poor mother used to tell me, tor she would often say that I should cough in my grave." This set the h.)n-;e in a roar, and every one pardoned the solecism he had before committed. A PATIKNT ITASC.U..— Highland. h:;ve a great dislike ti.> be hanged l1pf¡,j a fir tu-e at least they were WOllt to have. rtill retain this unworthy é1l1d illiberal prejudice, we don't know. It happened IIpOIl an occasion when Donald was condemned to be hanged, eititer for some notorious breach of the law, or for disobliging "ta Chief," that "she" was allowed to choose "her" tree. Donald looked about, and selected a very diminuti"e gooseberry bush, whereupon might be justified. The finisher of the law exclaimed, with great indignation. "Tat tree wadna he iang eiieugh for fifty years to hang her." Donaid, however, was ready lor the objection :—"s h, was in nile hurry, Cot bless her —sdr? wad just wait till ta tree grew." How TO GET INTO TKOI IH.F.. — 1. /Mwiys keep a siiai p looK-out at tor your neighbours* cmict rns: Icoivledgr, yi>ii know, is power. 2. Get upon parish committees; if a party question, never mind which side you take-it will show your impartiality besides, it will let you into the secrets of each. o. Always speak your mind boldly -no matter where, or who hears you. 4. Do not refuse to be bail for poor Dob: it is only a tiiile. ■">. Take all active part in .1 popular election. <i. It a!! these do not succeed, go to law How TO CURE A T IGHT SOVERF.IOW— A I.'verpool paper contains the following account of a (rit k played in that town on Saturday:—Ti e narrator, who is employed in a foundry in Liverpool where some hundreds are pdid. on Saturday night received his wages. He and his cciii- panions adjourned to a neighbouring public house to change their sovereigns, when several were declared light, ?i!"( ] e(i t,) and subjected to deductions, varying from sixpence to a shilling. Our narrator not liking to pay so heavy a tax for hi, change, and recollecting he had a piece of sheet lead in his pocket, drew the edge1? of his sovereign upon the lead, of which fome pariich s adhering to the milling, increased its weight. When put into the balance, down it went wiiop." to use his own expression. This will do," said the landlady. A YANKF.E SF.RMON. I once called on a sii_K person w hOl1l the doctors had given I!¿ as [ gene rase. I asked hitii if he had made his peace vw'.h Heaven. lIe said he thought be had squared all up. I inquired i!" he had for- I given all his enemies. He replied, Yes.' I then asked him if iie had mule his jW:1!'C ,t!t llis printer. lie hesi- fated tor a moment, and then said, lie bf ,'ieved 11L. oixld him something like about two dollars and fifty cents, "which he desired to have .paid before he bid gcod bye to the world. Hi", desire was immediately gratified, alld from that moment he became convalescent. He is now I living in the enjoyment of health arid prosperity, at peace I With his own conscience, v.rth «leav», surf the world. Let this be all for you. my friends, Patronize the printer, take the papers, pay for them in advance, and your days will be long- upon the earth, and overwhelming with the honey of happiness." A gentleman of considerable wealth met an Editor one tine morlling, and after paying the usual conif liments of "How do you do," iirill t;Drtli, the g,iitle,ita;i Well, I alii IlIlleh pleased with vour paper; the articles which appear in it from time to time must give great sa- tisfaction, and in the end prove beneficial to our party. 1"( litor-" It Is excee( I tiL: i v ,rat i -S Editor—" It is exceedingly gratifying to find our labours thus appreciated may I be allowed the honour of en- rolling your name as a subscriber Gent.—" W'hy, eh 1 should have no objection, bill a friend kindly lends it to me, a 1111 thll;; I have all opportunity of seeing it for nothing; so that you see I aiti in the habit of r,\uling your paper. Kditor It is titat you may consider the person who lends you a paper, your friend, but most cer- tainly he is no friend of mine. How do you think a provincial paper is to be carried Oil, if gentlemen are to lie content wiih simply burro;?; what they to sub- scribe lor?" Gent.—" I do assure you that I have of tell thought of tile force of the argument which you now ad- vance, and that it is otti- citity to support those papers which advocate our opinions. There is not the shadow of a doubt that we ought to do SA. I am only surprised that does not take it in." Kditor.—" Perhaps vou will kindly allow me to place your name on the list; it may be the means of inducing to follow your example ?" Gent.—" I have no doubt I "hall do so before long; but I must think the matter over." Editor-" It ;Itf,>rds me much satisfaction to find that you are inclined to think the matter over; at the saae time a low nie to add ^without otlenee) that it all our subscribers were to be as long deciding upon merit as you are, we should soon shut up shop, and then jxoa could start a paper equally liberal in opinions as you are with your purse.

X. ETK18A 15 T VAKI23TSF.S, I DRUNKARD, stand forward, that we may have a look at you, and draw your picture. There he stands! The •ttiouth of a drunkard, you may observe, contracts a s in- and rawish and he u; perpetually licking or smacking his lips, as jf his palate-were dry and all dust. Ifis i., a thirst which Watl'r will uoi auerids. He miVlit as well drink air. His •whole being bums for a dram. The whole world is con- tracted into acaulker. He would sell his soul in such extremity, were the black bottle denied him, for a gulp. Not to save his soul from eternal lire., would he, or rather "Could Ile, if left alone with it, refrain from pulling out the plug, and sucking away at destruction. What a snout he tarns up to the morning air; inflamed, pimpled, siiubbv, and sn-irfy, and with a nob at the end on" t like one carved out of a stick by the knife of a-school-boy—rough allll hot to the very eye—a nose which, rather than pull, you would submit even to be, in some degree, insulted. A perpetual cough harasses and exhausts him, and a per- petual expectoration. How his hand trembles It is an effort even to sign his name one of his sides is certainly not by any means as sound as the other: there has been a touch ot palsy there, and the next hint will draw down his chin to his collar-bone, and convert him. a month before dissolution, into a slavering idiot. There its no occupation, small or great, insignificant or important, to which he can turn, for any length of time, his hand, )¡:s • heart, or his head. Christopher North. THE DANGERS OF DEFORMITY. <The personal peculiarities of criminals are realy a. matter of some importance to the honest part of society. It is dangerous to be too like certain persons in anything; a very lame and very respectable gentleman may be sub- jected to much personal inconvenience from a recent -burglary, by some Bill Sykcs with a halt. One cannot always squint with impunity, and at times such Zlll iiivo- luntary distinction as red hair, may put your honest in- dignation in a stil; more flaming condition, when it in- troduces you to a select party of policemen in a station- house. And it is really astonishing how much your prune scoundrels resemqle the lest of mankind; they each seem types of atid whcnever they get intoa scrape, i!?-otve u.H o'that?'a"s in ti.e preliminary conse- quences, which, though they stop sher,! of the debtor's door of Newgate, may be very disagreeable for all that. ?vcry one mut remember the number of persons I,: YL'Sted "?'? tl!e murderer; his description was so .J,:lighlfu.Ily gC'lJl>r:d, th:lt, as the old song says, ther??t'rc Within the readni Five hundred good as he 1 A week ago the run has been against hump-backs during 4he twelve hours for which the majesty ot British justice was distanced by tti.it crooked piece of ma!igiutv, whom we >ve will not condescend to lIame (the wicked copyist iit two removes of a vitc oii^mal)—the number of little def^ormed liicti t4) use a mild phrase, was astonishing. Before «ue siation-liouse a whole re<-iment of these unfortunate individuals was paraded. We pity I litem, and detest the act that led to the process; but there is an irresistible spice of the ludicrous in ihe whole affair. Notwithstanding the case of Richard the Third, a hunch- back is not inseparably connected ill our minds with murder; still less does it suggest regicide. They soon, ] however, become synonymous terms and things with the police. Even dear .?d Master Hmnphn v" conld hardiy have visited the "Old Curiosity Shop" in afty: fancy so kindly and ??i.' a being profaned by the touch ot one oi the K division! And who canted how many hearts as good, and feelings as keen, inay n?t have L?en outraged in the wholesale arrest of all who approached the description enly, even the ludicrous may have its serious side, and if jt were possible to reason with such soulless utiioiuu ..a„j ij" justice seems to delight to employ a- ller executive and detective power, we would try to infuse into them, m.d. r ueh circumstances a littie of this ojie qua'itv—di.i in.i..»t o t i I An ill-educated or an immoral man cannot find his j way into the American Clog.. there is no opening oi t or interest, or purchase, 11y which he C'ln make his entry into that body; and, being carefully chosen in the first instance, and having every conceivable motive for retaining his ground, and justifying the sound- ness of the choice; in the second, his zeal, industry, and correct conduct, being till called forth to their utmost, the greatest harmony of respect and affection almost uni- formly reigns between the pastor and his flock. The es- timation in which the clergy are held here, and the influ- ence which they consequently exercise over the taste and conduct of the community, is much greater than it is in England; and thus it is that the churches are more uniformly tilled the services are altogether more de- corous, more impressive, and more ellicient; the seats more commodious, the furniture more substantial, the singing ami music more refined, as well as more devo- tional the prayers more earnest, the sermons more searching, and the congregations more influenced by re- ligious motives, or respect to religious principles and observance. in l1r.ir genera! conduct in society. Tltr. WANT OF NEW PKOFESSrONS. Does not the world want HCIV professions l Are there not thousands of well-educated men panting, struggling, pushing, starving, in tlic o I (I ones ? Grim tenants of cham- bers looking out for attorneys who never cotne ?-phy- sicians playing the stale joke ct'beu?c?lcd out of church t!i!;)e?;.(€ )?' longer think lit even to laugh or to pity? Are there not hoary-headed midshipmen, antique en- signs growing mouldy upon litr, years' half-pay? '?ay, arc there not m1I who w 'u! p?y anything to be em- | ployed rather than remain idle ? But such is the glut of professionals, the horrible cut-throat coir,petitions among 1) 1 ")at coirpet:t* them, that th"re is no 't'?"'?"s in a thousand, be he ever so wiHit'?, or brave, or clever in the great ocean of life he makes a few strokes, and pufls and sputters, and ,tn d 1)u f"? ati, i sin ks, .and the innumerable waves overwhelm him and he is heard of r:o more. Ci1AR\;E! III E Tr:TH. It was useless. "The last o 1 I'rench gentlemen" rc- 1 mained firm and unmoved, and spake of "the Royal Guards" arid their devotedness to him. I assured him that no guards could resist a capital of pillag-crs, now moving on in carts, omnibuses, cabriolets, and every vehicle, all armed with bars, crows, pickaxes, pistols, guns, muskets, swords, and every other conceiva- j ble missile or weapon. A few rounds of grape-shot will disperse them," replied his Majesty "We know tire cha- racter of a Paris nwb," I thouht withill myself, "You OUG 111' to (now it indeed, for Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette were its victims;" but I did not dare say t'.iis aloud. I was introduced to the royal family; 1 found all ot them placid and prayerful. The King still confided in bis Ministers and in his good star. He believed that the Bourbons were indispensable to the happiness and glory ot Prance. I was conversing with the Duke d'Angou- leme on the destinies of Algiers, when we were inter- rupted in our conversation by the entry of the King. He looked pale and sad. What a chang-c had come over the spirit ot bis dreams within the last half hour He had re- ceived official intelligence that the massacre of himself, and of every member of the royal family at Raniboiillet, was meditated by Dubotug and those who belonged to the republican faction. There was no time for delay; not a Inoment could he spared; and half-an-hour after- wards the princes of the eldest branches of the house of l'lrbon W"fC (In their road to Normandy. It W.t" a 1t;1If- hotir pregnant with immense results to them, to Europe, and the world. BIOGRAPHY or WITS. HI the biography of men the most celebrated for wit in their day, the reader will be surprised at the paucity and poverty of the specimens adduced in support of the cha- racter for which they have obtained credit, and, with -iii( l vk. t l l Hamlet, addressing tlieskuil of Vorick, he will exclaim, Are these the flashes that set the table in a roar ? Are these glimmering rays the lightning that illuminates the social circles with its sparkling coruscations ? and is wit a spirit so delicate, so sublimated, that with ventilation it loses its odour, its brightness, and its freshness, and will not bear the conveyance of the most glowing language It is nearly so. Some brilliant effusions of the mind, some felicitous creations of the fancy, w ill always endure and shine by the force and power o( their native, innate lustre but, like "angels' visits, they are few and far be- tween," compared with the vast variety with which the j is to be content in their absence. The wit that every day circulates round the social board, and makes the night "a feast of reason and a flow ot .soul," is derived from the scene, and owesits force and efficacy to ad ventitious circumstances. What is the bright dolphin when he quits the flood and bounds upon the main I" I lie same may be said generally of wit, when removed troiu the- element in which it was produced. A JOURNALIST. j No man requires a larger range of intellect, more varied acquirements, or greater strength of character, I V,i I- 1e, l ;1(..i ll'('; lli:ll ts, oi, ?i,e, than tie conductor ot a public journal. 01 course, we allude to one who acts with a full sense of the dignity and worth of his calling, and in she conscientious desire to discharge its duties. Neither statesman, lawyer, nor j divine, moves in a more extended sphere, or has more occasion for the use of the iioblest faculties both of mind and heart. He stands in immediate contact with the public mind. He furnishes the intellectual aliment of the people. He gives a tone to public sentiment; is a leader ot public opinion; and the guardiau and guide of public morals. Thousands of men, each morning and evening, listen to Ins voice, are moved by his persuasions, are corrected 1)y his rebukes, or corrupted by his licence. The characters of men are in some tlegree placed in his hands. He may elevate the bad, or traduce the good. He can stimulate the worst passions of inflamed times, or give an impulse to wist- and beneficent movements. This influence differs fiom that ot "thers who operate upon the public mind, in that, while theirs is confined to particular and distant occasions, his acts incessantly. The orator | agitates only while he is speakHng the preacher is hertivned in by the walls ot his church and the limits of a Sabbath-day the statesman seldom steps out of his bureau the man of science is fixed among hisretoits and crucibles; and the teacher has an existence only in his school-room. But-the editor is at work. As the mails carry his speculations IVom one city to another, and from one state to another, his action spreads like the waves of a pool, in concentric ci rcles, and before the p waters at the centre are again disturbed. Even while he sleeps, his thoughts are awake, they are dilTfising good or evil, lliey are entering other minds, to mould them to a better or worse condition. They test not, stay not,—on, still oil they w illg The r flight"— and whether benign or PestiCel-ous, ',Ire producing ■their inevitable 1nlrrCSI()ll. THE F.TYVOI.OC V OF THE WOfto DIUITI. The word" Druid" was, by the ancients, derived from the Greek drus, an o:ds which etymology, probably, led Diodorus to give them the name ot Saronides, from Saron, a term synonimous with Drus. In the various dialects of the Celtic lairg»:ipf» the words dar, derou, deroun, dair, darakk, darollgiJ. &c slç;nlfy all oak, perhaps from the hardness and durability ot its wood, from deour," partis, robustis. Bobur, in the same manner became syn-mimous with quereus in Latin, and thus the CcJtic word deonr resembles the Greek drus. Since great virtue was attributed by the ancient Druids to the miseltoe, and much veneration paid to ;]u. oaiii ai] tiu'ir solemn assemblies being convened beneath its branches, it would lead to the conclusion that the name of the tree is the radix of that of the Druids. This, at least, is the opinion of Pliny. Others considered it to be derived from the Phenician word drcur, signifying liberty; or, an exemption from all seculiar employment and service while StlIIe have recourse to the W elsh word clerw, an oak. A learned etymologist, however (M. Feret), con- siders all these opinions to be erroneous, and thinks the true etymology of the word is to be found in the British and tr?h. h)'British poetry (?f the ¡flh and sixth cen- ;I tilt)'! wliell tll,, %v,,t,, not %vliollv extinct, these priests are termed Dorouydd (ing.) and dcrouyddn (plural); which leads M. Feret to conclude that ,he word is a compound of two Celtic words de or di, C,tf, n!?i (,r rhaidd, the participle of the Irish word Iihaidham, or rhouidhini, t9 speak, say, converse. I

PARLIAMENTARY DISCUSSION OF FIRST I PRINCIPLES. [From the Nonconformist.] A correspondent has requested from us a statement of opinion as to the wi-alora of attempting, at the present tiuie, to bring on for discussion by parliament the great distinctive principle of dissenters namely, the separation of church and state. The request has beeu made in conse- (luence of ,t recei,t ai-ticle iii the in which inir. SliarmtKi Crawford was rudely attacked, for intimatinc thft as church rates, in some form or other, are identified with the principle of an establishment, it would be far better to found a motion for their aboli ion upon a repu- diation of that principle, than upon any minor and less worthy grounds. S (it-ii a remark, one might have expected, would have found favour in the eyes of the organ of dissenters," not only as cvincing a thorough knowledge of the subject, Lutahearty attachment to, and confidence in it« intrinsic merits. But no! Mr. Crawford meets with nothing hut the t'a'nof'f sneers tndtfic whole quest ion of separation could not have bten held by that paper at a greater discount, if it had been n representative of the countess of Huntingdon's connexion, iustead of independents, and bap- tists, aud others. We proceed, therefore, at our corres- pondent s request, to bring the matter under notice, leaving, until our uext number, the full coii,ideration of it. Tv hatever may he thought of the expediency of thrust- ing upon parliament the question of separation, apart from any practical embodiment of it, yet, surely, it becomes the di-stuting body, in all their approaches to the legislature, to act opeuly, sincerely, and like men who have not lost all respect tor themselves. If they want the abolition of church rates on the ground of the vexatious character of ecclesiastical taxation, let them say so. If on the ground of objection to human legislation in matters of religion, let them avow it. Mr. Crawford gave them counsel which any man understanding the question, and not in the habit of heating about the bush, would feel himself bound to pintfer. It simply amounted to this, Let the House of Commons know the truth which mainly prompts you in asking relief at their hands. It is a great trutli-;t ii(ible oae—find, however, in this house, it may he disclaimed, it ,il! give importance and weight to any request." In this advice, we most heartily concur. l-Yom our inmost we tie of wilinilig, wliirnpering, and shuf- fling, whet her before par liament or elsewhere, such as dissen- ters have been guilty of, uniter the guidance of the Pulrn.t. If church ru-tt-s lie only a grievance—a thing with which a inau would much rather not be troubled-a tax, which it is exceedingly disagreeable to pay a badge of iliferiority- why then, let us seek their extinction on these grounds, and not go up to the legislature with any sing-song pre- tence of conscientious objections to the impost. Church rates, except as involun^ the principle of an establishment are no such grievous hardships. Tenpence is hut tenpence, and uultss the demand for it is, as such, a violation of some deep-seated principle of morals or religion, all the squinnying in the world about the loss of it will Dot make men think much of the injury we have sustained. But if our olifiositit-tzi to the exaction be founded upon our dissent —if we regard ecclesiastical taxation as involving a false principle which it becomes us to destroy—if possible, then let us base our proceedings upon that belief, and show that we contend, not for pence, but for truth. Thus much, then we thir.k, may be safely assertcc1- that in dissenting affairs, as weli as all oth.rs, Honesty is the best policy." If we go before the legislature at all, we ou<-ht tu en with a manly bearing—"Tell truth an;! h;¡me the (levii." Our proceedings, as disseuters, ouc^t to grow out of our principles, as dissenters— for the itt- tempts to separate in men's milld, the one from the other, us u is utterly contemptible, so it has provoked and iu- sui > d contempt without measure. L

HOUSE OF LORDS.-THURSDAY, Jt i.v 14. I I The Dean Forest Ecclesiastical Districts' Bill was real a second time. RAILWAY BII.L,.—LTpon the motion of the Earl of R I IION, the House went into committee on this bill. Lord CAMPBKI.I. proposed the insertion of a clause forbidding the lockiug-np of passengers in railway carriages without their consent. The Karl of ltipox considered such a clause unnecessary, the Great Western Company had abandoned the practice, { and no other company was likely to adopt it. The House divided-I a favour of the clause, 31 against it, 35; ma- jority, 1. The bill then went through committee, and was reported. MINES AND COLLIERIES' BILL.-Petitions against this bill, in its present shape, were presented by Lords Clarendon, Campbell, Wharncliffe, and the Duke of Buc- cleugh, and other peers and in its favour by the Archbishop of Canterbury aud the Bishop of London. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY impressed upon their lordships the propriety of not hurrying through their House a measure affecting ten millions of property. He looked upon the question, not merely as a coal-owner, but as a great national question, for it was an utterly revo- lutionising and upsetting a trade of the utmost importance in itself, and intimately connected with the navy and ship- ping interest of the country. The Ear! of DEVON then moved the second reading of the bill, statiiig the alterations that had been made in it for the purpose of conciliating its opponents. He hoped their lordships would at once adopt the bill as far as the exclusion of females was concerned. With respect to boys, he would fix their age, for entering at ten years their apprenticeships not to extend beyond the age of eighteen. He thought the owners of mines and other practical persons were entitled to attention with respect to the age of individuals entrusted with the care of an engine, and would propose that the age of fifteen should be substi- tuted for twenty-one, as the clause now stood and also that, instead of making the bill come into effect in six months, its operation should not commence until the 1st of March, ISH, Lord HATHKRTON stated that after the concessions that had been made he should not feel justified in further 'opposing the measure. The Earl of RADNOR admitted that the alterations had removed many of his objections to the bill, although he was still opposed to it on principle. He considered it an improper legislative interference with the freedom of the people in the choice of their employments. The Earl of GALLOWAY strongly supported the bill. Sir James Graham had promised it the best support of the government, and what pressing nt?e;?s?.ty had led her Ma- jesty's Minister in that House not to follow out the in- tentions of their colleagues in the other ought to be ex- plained. The Duke of WELLINGTON would vote for the principle of the bill, and cordially approved of the alterations that had been made in it. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY was decidedly adverse to the humanity mania out of which he said this measure arose, and would move that the bill be read a second time on that day six months. Lord WHARNCLIFFK voted in favour of the bill, in order to atlirui the principle. The bill was then read a second lime" ithont a division, and the house adjourned. I FRIDAY, JULY 1-5. I THE QUTEX'S PROTECTION* BIT,T,This bill was read a second time, and the standing orders having been suspended, the House went into committee upon it. On the motion of Lord Campbell, a clause was introduced to bring within the bill cases where fire-arms or other arms were found in the possession of any one with an apparent intent to use them, in order to injure or frighten her Ma- jesty. The bill then went through the necessary stages and passed. Upon the motion of the Duke of Buccleugh, the New South Wales' bill was read a second time. Their lordships then adjourned.

THE WAGES OF FARM-LABOURERS. I "Farmer—But, Sir, you must surely admit that the agricultural labourer is better off when the price is high, than when it is low his wages are always raised in pro- portion. Gentlemnn I by no means admit this to be better off his wagvs ought to be more than raised in proportion. Pray what may be considered the average price of wheat at the present moment ?—F. 3Ss. per coomb. G. And what wages per week do you pay your work- men ?-F. 10s. per week. G. What is the lowest average price you have known wheat to sell at ?—F. I have known it sold as low as 21s. per coomb. G. And what was the rate of wages then ?-F. I should say 8s. to 93. per week. G. Then, Sir, you have upset your own argument. "F. How so? G. Why, if a labourer earned 8s. a week when wheat was 21s. per coomb, he could procure with his money about (i pecks; whereas the man who earns 10s. a week, wheat being at 38s. per coomb, can procure only about 4 pecks-iii other words you ought to give your workman, according to the present price of corn, 14s. a week instead of 10s. His condition, therefore, according to your own shewing, is deteriorated instead of improved. But this is not all, the sudden fluctuation in the price of com, to which the agricultural poor are subject, is a serious disadvantage to them. The Corii-ltn- in the rural districts operates as a disturbing force en wages, but not as a regulating one. Between the price of corn and the price of wages, a principle of self-interest on the part of the employer interposes and acts inversely upon them, keepiug cui-it up to the maximum price, aud wines down to the minimum. And you will please also to recollect that there is still a large class ot persons whose wages, though ailected by the price of corn, are regulated by the demand and supply of labour in the market; I allude to the manufacturing labourers, the mechanics, artisans, and workmen in other trades on these a irreater injury is ofteii inflicted, for it happens, and not ull treqiicr. ti that when the price of their labour is unu<wtlly loin, the price of corn is u-iusuaUy high, and then we have, as a qneuce, one of those popular outbreaks rur which the people are blamed, and the gora ntner.t is iu l iult. The evil is cured by the usual state rciiudu, not a repeal of the obnotiotis law, but a fresh infrirmeat of the people s rights. Jyiulo,ie o/; ti>e Lutes LcUceen a i.<ehlleman and II rarmer

EDUCATIONAL CLASSES. I [From the Sta»durd.\ In the House of Lords, last night (Tuesday). Lord I Wliarncliffe presented a petition from the singing classes at Exeter Hal!, praying for assistance from the state. The debate gave occasion for speeches from the noble lord and others, which were interesting in so far as they had reference to the subject of education, but many will think no farther. Singing may be very agreeable to those who delight in creating or in hearing noise, but it is not easy to see how it can be either morally or physically useful to the mass of the people, even could any system of education extend its cultivation beyond a few great towns, which no system can effect. Education generally is a different matter; that, by a wise arrapgement, can be brought home to every cottage; but then a beginning must be made at the right cid-tlie time of the young must be hrst secured to them, before you can can upon I them to employ it in instruction. It is an absurdity to condemn children first to the unceasing toil of mines and factories, and then invite them to learn reading and writing, and forsooth sinybty i Just before the presen- tation of the shying petition, several petitions had been presented against Lord Ashley's bill, and Lord Wharn- cline explained, that 'vith regard to that measure the government mean to be perfectly passive. This will be a of deep regret with the public, and more par- ticularly with the Conservative party, who feel keenly interested in every thing that concerns the present government. If Lord Ashley's bill were supported by the government-and surely the government ought to take part on one side or the other in the case of a mea- sure of such extensive operation—it, we say, the bill the I supported by the government, it would pass through the House of Lords as b easily, and with as noble a grace, as it has passed through the House of Commons; but government a neutrality, which will be mis- represented as indicating hostility, the bill will probably indeed pass-for all the lords are not coalowners- but without reflecting upon the Upper House, and upon the Conservative government, all the honour which it is in the power of ministers to draw from it. In the House of Commons Sir Robert Peel presented a petition from the singing classes similar to that presented by Lord Wharn- cliite, and recommended the prayer of the petitioners in a few words. On, 0:' COD'S LIVER. IN SCROFULA. Dr. Ropsch (medical writer in Germany) adopts as his grand hypo- thesis, the fact that scrofulous humours show a predomi- nance of acid, and recommends, after the practice of the ancients, the use of absorbents, alkalies, and greasy sub- stances. He declares that, in countries where fat bacon is used, scrofula is rare, and recommends strongly the use ot cod's oil, which, having a chemically neutralising ac- tion, is stimulating, strengthenir.2', and nutritious.— d fed/eal Ti¡¡¡,e"[We know nothing of the correctness of the above theory, but seeing that it issues from a respec- table quarter, we should think it well worthy the atten- lioll ot medical practitioners, and also of those alllicted with the disease mentioned. The eating of ftt bacon or the incorporation of cold o>l with food, is so simple a remedy that it could do no harm to try it.]

1 ATTEMPT TO PROIilTilT imiTBH LINKX.| The commercial treaty between iVar.re rind Helsiam, by which France admits Belgian linens upon the old terms, but on condition that Belgium shall impost: upon British linens into that country the same rates of duty as France has allopted is concluded. This is intended as a direct at- tack upon English commerce, and to a certain extent it will proveinjllrious to our manufacturers but we are glad to hear that there are some descriptions of linen manufac- tures which can be produced here so much cheaper than in France, that they can afford to pay the high duty, and therefore the trade will not be altogether annihilated. We hope our ministers will know how to profit by this exam- ple in forming commercial treaties with other countries. If one branch of trade can exert sufficient influence to force the French government, and also the Belgian govern- ment, to impose prohibitory duties, there is no reason to doubt that other trades might find it convenient to follow the example, and in time the system of exclusion and pro- hibition would become general, aithough the bulk of the people, and even the ministers themselves, might be in favour of the principles of free trade and reciprocity. The only way to check the spread of this line of policy is by retaliation, and this we hope will be adopted energetically. We must make a distinction between our friends and our enemies, if we wish to secure their good will.—a lobe.

PASSIVE RESISTANCE TO TIIE INCOME-TAX.—At a recent public meeting in London, Mr. G. Thompson de- clared the course which lie, as an individual, meant to take, in the following words This is a crisi. Ifmo- nopoly live, our country dies. Monopoly has passed sen- tence of death upon the commerce, industry, and pros- perity of the nation. The sentence is in process of exe- cution. ill you see the tatal work completed ? A word to you, my countrymen. This demon has robbed and starved you; but you have power to starve the demon. Will you do this VV ill you support the injustice of which you are the victims ? Have you the spirit of self-denial ? If you have, the power is in your hands—a pure, peace- ful, irrepressible, omnipotent power. Do you believe you arc taxed unjustly, unequally—and to support monopoly if yew. do, then quietly leave the law to take its course. Abandon every taxed article that you can do without, and let your goods go to pay the income and assessed taxes. The law leaves you the choice of paying in goods, in money, or in person. The payment ot money is your own act. The taking of your goods is the act of the govern- ment. Let them go [loud and continued cheers.] I should like to see the government try to find purchasers for the goods of 5,000 persons who had refused to give the tax-gatherer his demand in money. Offer no resistance; reproach not the agent of government: bar not your door against him let him enter without obstruction. Gentle- men, this does not come from the committee-room: it comes from no council-chamber; it comes unprompted from my own deliberate thoughts. I have firmly resolved that until this law, which we all detest, which has cramped industry, robbed the poor, because he is poor, destroyed our trade and commerce, and made us a by-word and a reproach among other nations, and is leading other coun- tries which would not only be peaceable and friendly, but beneficial, to adopt retaliatory measures, and is every day rendering our condition in all respects worse and worse— I hr.vc determined that until this law is repealed, utterly and entirely, the course I have marked out shall be my course. This is my practical measure. If our conference should sit till parliament rises and re-assembles, the committee can submit to you no measure either more practicable, more peaceful, or more potent, than that which I have now marked out for myself. This is all I have to say to you this morning. I am persuaded I have uttered nothing that is illegal. I advise you not to com- bine, or do anything that, even by a forced construction, or a Tory construction, which you know is an exceedingly wide one, might bring you under the notice of the Attor- ney-general. I commend the counsel I have given you to "your own hearts individually. I call for no formal ex- pression of opinion. Take what I have said to you to your own homes. Take it into the country. I say not don't talk about it. I don't advise you to conceal from ochcrs what you mean to do yourself. f don't tell you to make it a secret among1 the people of Coventry, and Wol- verhampton, and Sheffield, and Paisley, and Glasgow. To-night's papers will give my resolution to the world, and those of to-morrow will proclaim it on their face to the extreme ends of the island. Sir, what I have said I have said, and I will abide by it." (Loud cheers.) KENT v. ALL E' -,CLAND.-Tliere never was, perhaps, in the annals ot cricketing a greater triumph than the one achieved on Tuesday evening at Lord's, by the players of Kent in their match with eleven selected from the various counties of England, and in which they, after two days of unrivalled play, were proclaimed the victors by a majority of no less than 50 runs. The English cricketers are un- questionably the finest in the world, and the Men of Kent" having now defeated, and without much difficulty, the elite of the gentlemen and professional players of this country, 'they are fairly entitled to the distinction of being styled the champions of the players of this fine game. A BIT or AUTOBIOGRAPHY.—"I was once a can- didate for the very pure and immaculate borough of Pontefract. (Great laughter.) I spent £ 1,000 in Ponte- fract. (Roars of laughter.) I have no hesitation in say- ing that that money was expended in gross bribery, treating, and corruption. (Hear, and renewed laughter.) I was defeated. Lord Pollington and the father of an honourable gentleman opposite assisted in defeating me; and till I hear that hon. gentleman contradict that state- ment, I shall not believe that any member was ever re- turned for Pontefract without the practice of bribery. (Hear, and cries of ordc, and loud fau?,,Iitei-.) Unfortu- nately, nho, I stood five contested elections for Hertford. In three contests I was successful, and twice I was de- feated and I may state, as I am now impugning the conduct of members of this house, individual)' and col- lectively, that I left behind me at Hertford considerably above £ -'10,000. (Great laughter.) I had to contend there with great aristocratic influences, inducting that of Lord Salisbury; and it was admitted that the contests were more expensive to the other party than they were to me. (Hear.) I had to contend with the system of seven days' leases. The poor tenants held under seven days' leases, and, if they voted in opposition to the wishes of their landlords, they were turned out. When they were turned out, I had to build houses for them—(hear, and roars of laughter)-and I either built or bought some sixty-three houses. (Renewed laughter.) A great deal of my money went in protecting these tenants from the abuse of their landlords' power a great deal of it went in treating, and a great deal in bribery." (Great laugii ter.) -ili-i?i « late Speech of Thomas L)unc/mibe, £8f}, ill. P., in the House of Commons. BUBBLE COMPANIES.—The concern in Adam-street, Adelphi, called the "Westminster Loan and Investment Company," so frequently denounced in this journal as fraudulent, has suddenly closed its doors, without leaving any intimation where the parties who conducted it are to be found. The fact was first made publicly known through the proceedings of one of the police-offices, on an appli- cation made by a partv who had left a bill for discount, and on calling for it the next day found the olfice shut up. By an oversight, this report, which consisted of a few lines only, and possessed no external character of importance, was not inserted in this journal. Of the extent of the frauds which this society has been enabled to practice, nothing is yet known beyond the case above referred to, which was of small amount; but the persevering boldness and address with which the operations were carried on, long after public attention had been directed to them, renders it probable enough that many persons had been taken in, to amounts small in themselves, but making a large sum in the aggregate. Among the latter devices of the parties was that of stationing agents at the door of a regular "savings' bank" in St. Martin's-lane, during the hours of business, who distributed hand-bills to lure away depositors with the temptation of a higher per-centag: and, to give themselves a character of higher authority, actually represented .themselves to be the officers of St. Martin's-lane bank. As the place of business, such as it was, is now closed, it is to be presumed that this and all other expedients have at length failed. Whether any other of the proceedings of this society will hereafter transpire remains to be seen, but in the mean time it is to be hoped that the lesson will not be lost upon the pub- lic generally, and that it will induce them to regard with salutary distrust all companies, or parties so styling themselves, whose first business is that of receiving mo- ney, and whose accountability for it is placed at a remote period. This will apply not only to pretended savings' banks and to banks of deposit, but to insurance, annt'.uy, r and" future provision" companies, with many others, where if fraud is really meditated the practice of it is easy, and the situation of those exposed to its range as helpless as can possibly be imagined. In this respect some legislative protection seems really to be necessary, for an array of great and respectable names is easily put forward, with or without the consent of the parties, who sometimes remain ignorant of the fact, and when they know it arc too indolent to give it a public contradiction; and thus much mischief is done, past all remed', before the least suspicion can be awakened. We believe that the earnest attention of many practical men in the city is I at this moment directed to this subject, with the design I of procuring, if possible, some more stringent legislative protection than at present exists in the case of joint-stock companies of the description referred to. Every day's experience proves how much the public stand in need of such additional protection.—Times. HOMICIDE.—On the night of Thursday week, a fight took place at Llangefni, between two men, one a native ui umi, i"«ct, ana the other ot Llaruulytnan, when the ionner diew his knife, and inflicted a severe wound upon the neck of the latter, which is said to have caused llH- metiiate death. A third person from the same parish as the deceased is also said to be wounded in the scuffle. The party is in custody and awaits the inquest of the Coro- ner.—(. ar/turcon Herald. BANGOR. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Friday evening, one of, t',Ie waggons attached to the train employed in conveying slates to Port Penrhyn, by some means got off the tram-road, and upset, by which occurrence an old man, named Richard Itoberts, 8.3 years of age, who was ill tlle WIggoi), had his leg broken. Death ensued on the following morning. He was employed on these works lor upwards of sixty yeais, and was in the habit of drawing the late Lady Penrhyn about the grounds in her garden chair. On Monday an inquest was, held at tle hospital, before Mr. Powell, when a verdict cf Acci- dental Death" was found.—Hid, HEINOUS BRUTALtTY.-On Friday night, some vil- lain cut the throats of two rams, belonging to Walter Palmer, Esq., of Pencoyd, which he had intended to ex- hibit for prizes at the ensuing Bristol Agricultural Meet- lng.: and this, too, is not the tirst offence of the same kind which that gentleman htis been a sufferer from within the last few years.—Furthermore, owing to several concurrent and most suspicious circumstances, added to the opinions of a celebrated veterinary surgeon, and also of a distin- guished medical gentleman, both of this county, who were present at the opening of the animal, it is strongly sus- pected that a young bull, belonging to Sir Ilungerford Hoskyns, was maliciously poisoned on Tuesday night week. It may be worthy of remark, that this noble ani- mal was only twenty months old, had 1321bs. of fat taken out of its itlidc, and that its gross weight was eleven stone and a quarter all but one pound. He woo the prize at Liverpool last year, as a calf only eight months old, against others of nearly a year old, and was intended to have been sent to Bristol as a competitor tor the prize for a yearling bull. Part of the of the inside has been sent to a chemist at Bristol to be analysed, and when the question respecting poison may have been better as- certained, the public shad be more tully informed of ivhat .iilist be interesting to every reader of this article.— llcn- furd Ti;;icis, j DrrnntrMs OF HIGH LtPK.Mr. Cr'oker is nn nntbo- rity in nil thnt concerns the vovmie il fm' of high life his criticisms on "Boswell's Johnson 11rt' expressed with the confidence of a huWne whose tact and discrimination are universally admitted. Such a one is the glass of i fashion and the mould of form," at which novices ought to dress themselves. None of his sayings or doings ought to pass unnoticed, for the most trivial may be pregnant! with instruction. This is in an especial manner the case with the practical lesson he read to the public in the course of his evidence on the trial of Nicholas Suisse.1 know," said Mr. Croker, "aFrenchwomnn of the namcnfEouretip. I have dined with her at the Marquis's table at Dorchester House. She appeared to me to be more a nurse than anything else." And again— I was in the carriage with the Mar- quis when he was going abroad in June last. The carriage drove to Clarges-street; and upon my asking what he was going there for, he said it was to take up Felicite Bourelle. I said I cotili not think of remnilling in the carriage with that person and accordingly immediately got out." The moral of the tale seems to be, that tor the sake of a good dinner you may hush delicate scruples and associate with persons whose company no Jess important a consideration could iiitlti(-e vou to tolerflte that mjihi/iriini on Von dins" has a right to exact greater sacrifices of taste than he who merely gives you a ride i:L his carriage.—Spcciator. STAGE COACHES IN THE DESERT.—The ,aily papers announce, by advertisement, the establishment ot Z stage coach communication between Cairo and Suez! U;Tt a few years since it was supposed that camcls or dromeda- ries, from their power of enduring thirst, could alone traverse these arid plains and penetrate the solitude of deserts. Now we have hotels established at regular in- tervals, with relays of horses, and a coach running, which performs the journey regularly in about eighteen hours. The announcement at the close of the advertisement is anit.,sitig: Itefi-esliment and provision supplied in the desert at vcryj.noderate charges.

ACIIICUIiTUllE, AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES. (ABRIDGED FROllI THE BRISTOL MERCURY.) The presence amongst us of the Royal Agricultural Society of England may render a few remarks on agri- cultural societies in general, not altogether inappro- priate. The common aim of all such associations is the improvement of British agriculture. Tberecannot be a more legitimate object. Agriculture is one of the ,ricu l ture is one of the great sources of national wealth-one of the main elements of national greatness it is, therefore, most important that its condition should be sound and healthy. The question naturally arises-is such its condition in England at the present moment? No man bestowing a thought upon the actual state of the country, and upon the topics which are agitating it to its centre, dare make answer in the affirmative. Agri- culture is in a false position. All the protecting duties in the world will never compensate the agriculturist for the decay of manufactures and the stagnation of commerce. And what is the present state of things? —Our manufacturing towns are rapidly falling to "cureless ruin," and our sea-ports and docks are crowded with ships as in the dead of winter, with brooms (signifying that they are for sale) at half the mast-heads. Capital is emigrating, skilled labour is emigrating, pauperism is accumulating. Such are a few of the consequences of artificial scarcity," and is it for a moment to be supposed that agriculture will continue to prosper in the midst of a poverty-stricken, non consuming population? The question would be an insult to common-sense. But, it is said that this country cannot compete with the cheap labour and light taxation of foreign lands. Such has all along been the cuckoo-cry cohort-sighted, selfish sluggards, who would rather live at the cost of others than by their own exertions, but such has not been the opinion of some of the most extensive landowners and ablest agriculturists in the kingdom. They take a most cheering view of the case, and contend that British skill and energy would be more than a match for the indolent liabiti and rude cultivation of the foreigner and it is not only remarkable that landowners who have most devotedly attached themselves to agricul- tural pursuits, such as Earl Spencer, the Marquis of Tweeddale, the late Earl of Leicester, &c., have held those opinions but also that just in exact proportion to ilie skilfulness of the owners of the soil, is pro- tection" repudiated or esteemed. The poor, and ig- norant. and slovenly tenantry of the Duke of Bucking- ham, think, with the Duke, that nothing can be done without corn-laws whilst larg-e portions of the skilful, scientific, and enterprising farmers of Northumber- land and the south of Scotland, whose farms are the admiration of all who behold them, look upon those laws as positively injurious. They know that, if such laws were swept away, British-grown corn i i,oiild fall to its natural value in the markets of the world, but they know also that rents could not be maintained under the plea of protection" afforded, and they cal- culate that their good roads and superior knowledge would enable them to beat, in the home market, the European farmer, with his bad roads, lazy and ineffec- tive serf-labour, and rude mode of cultivation, as Well as the ingenious Yankee, with his cheap farms but excessively dear labour, and thousands of miles of land and water carriage. This is the view which is fast gaining ground amongst intelligent, practical agri- culturists. In a late excellent letter from Sir George Mackenzie, to the members of the Highland Society of Scotland," he says As a member of the agricultural body, I feel strongly that we ought to strain every nerve to effect for ourselves the very thing which rendered the manufacturing body prosperous and wealthy: we ought to see our interest in our ability to undersell all the world." It is to destroy stubborn prejudices and to enlarge the boundaries of useful knowledge that agricultural societies are instituted and therefore, as we before observed, they may be re- garded as most efficient instruments in breaking up, with the I-ast possible harm, an unjust and injurious system, a continuance in which cannot fail to peril our most valuable institutions and to make shipwreck of the greatness of the country. Let but the baneful monopoly be destroyed, and we shall once more "see our healthful days again." Nor would landowners be losers. We are, therefore, strictly consistent in wish- ing, in conclusion,— Destruction to the corn mono- poly, and Success to the "Royal Agricultural Society of England."

IJOXDOX GZETTE. I Friday, July 15. I DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY.—William Leigh Jolliffe, Portsea, grocer.—Henry Trimley Gray, Grosvenor place, Commercial-road East, rope i-n('Ik er.-W illiant Saw- and, St. Leonard's, Boulogne, corn-merchant. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.—Joseph Wade, War- wickshire, currier.—Deane Samuel Walker, Great St. Helen's, London, india rubber manufacturer. Ilelen's, Lon d on, Fletcher, Biri-n i iigli.,irn, oilmiii. BANKRUPTS.—William Fletcher, Birmingham, oilman. —William Downing, Sheffield, draper.—Edward Rogers, Great Witley, Worcestershire, surgeon. C liristop li er Brayshaw, Great Castle-street, Regent-street, tailor.- Thomas Lediard, Cirencester, money scrivener.—J ohn II anford J ickson, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, grocer.— Edward Moss, Liverpool, draper.—Alexander Bower, Manchester, baiiker.-Williani Mills, Caterham, Surrey, innholder.—John Weston Palmer, Old Buckenham, Nor- folk, grocer.—Edmund Francis Green, Lcadenliall-street, merchant.—George Henry Watson, Stourmont-cottage, Moscow-road, Bayswater. Tuesday, July 19. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.—Charles Bindley, Birmingham, coachmaker, dealer in carriages, and livery stablekeeper. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED.—Jolin Johnson, Leeds, tow spinner.—John Dawson, Tudelev, and William Daw- son, Tonbridge, Kent, contractors and builders. BANKRUPTS.—Charles Massey Darby, Regent-street, St. Marylebone, printer, stationer, & bookseller.—Thos. Brooke, James Lang, Joseph Wilbv, and Jonas Milnes, Liversedge, Yorkshire, blanket manufacturers and scrib- bling and fulling inillers.-Sai-niiel Brown, Liverpool, millwright and engineer.-Samuel Halsted Smyth, Cam- bridge, coachmaker.—John William Vogel, Cloak-lane, London, bookseller.- David Low, Adam's Court, Old Broad-street, merchant.—James Atkins, sen., and James Atkins, jun., Coulsdon, Surrey, lime merchants.—James Stuart, Liverpool, draper and tea dealer.—Joshua lio I- shaw, Liverpool, sail maker.—Jonathan Smith Spinks and John Molson, Liverpool, coal-merchants.—John Hate, Bourn, Lincolnshire, feh'no,:¡gcr.-Williarn Wil- liams, Goudhurst, Kent, wheelwright.—John Sparham, late of Trostoij, Suffolk, miller and maltster.

WEEKLY CUE THE MOON'S CHANGES.—Last quarter on the 30th, at 2;i. -12:u. after. The Moon rises: Julv23.-8h.2tm. P.M. July 27. 9h. 16in. P.M. 24.- 8h. 37m.  I '28. 9h. 31in. 25.— 811. 50m. 29. 9h. 48m. 2G.— 9h. 3m. The SuN r i s  s. C l o,- k- before Suit. 1 Sli. Om. The SUN rises. Clok before Sun. The SuN sets. Ju!y23.4h.l2m. 6m, 6 see. 8h. Om. July 29-4h. 20m. Cm. 3 sec. 7JK 5lm. July 21. Ninth Sundayafter Trinity. Ilroperiessons, morning, ] Kings 18, John 12; evening, 1 Kings 19, 2 Tim. 3. July 2ft Length of day, 15h. 40m. Day's decrease from the longest day, Oh. 51111. day breaks Oh. 57m.; twilight ends 11 h. lom. July 23. Conference of V/eslevan Methodist nisters commences at the City Road Chapel, London. FAIRS In the Counties of Carmarthen, Pembroke, Cardigan, Glamorgan, Radnor, Monmouth, Anglesea, Carnar- VOII, Denbigh, Flint, Merioneth, Montgomery, and Brecknock, during the week: — Llanrhaiadr-yn- illociiiiant, 24 Castletown, 25 Llaufair, Llanelian, 2(>; Llanarmon-in-Yale, 30. TIDE table. ILFGH WATER at BRISTOL, during the week. -¡-¡');[.' Bdlhurst Morninr, ?t.'?"?.h 6'«<<.?. <??-. 1 If. M. I h M. FT. INC.' FT. INC. July 23 7 38 7 5j 29 1 j 17 10 21 8 ] 1 8 97 20 0 i 17 9 25 8 .10? 8 51 28 nil7 8 2(; I 9 10 9 25 28 5 ,17 2 27 9 3? 9 5?27 ? 16 3 28 10 !) 10 2G?2.) 6 15 3 29 1 10 40 10 5 25 2 j 13 11 EQUATION OF THE TIDKS.—These equations, applied to the above table, will give the approximate times o HIGU WATER AT TUE FOLLOWING i'LkCES- 11. M. H. nr. Aberystwith add 0 15 Holyhead tidd 2 45 Carmai then-bay sub. i 5 Liverpool add 4 46 Carrlig-au-bar.. sub. 0 15 Lnndy Isle suh. 1 35 Cardiff-road nub. 0 5.~> Milford Haven..su'>. 1 30 Carnarvon add 1 45 Newport, Mon.sttb. 0 41 Chepstow sub. 0 1;) Swallsea-bar ;wl,. 1 45 Kishguard-Uay sub. 0 30 Thames' mouth, sub, 5 5u •

q WEEKLY REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORX MARKET. ( From the Ma k Lane Express.) "When we last addressed our reader?, the weather had & decidedly unsettled appearance, and apprehensions were already beginning to be entertained respecting the effects a continuance of rain might have upon the growing grain crops these were, however, soon dissipated, the rain having ceased even before our paper went to press, since then the weather has been all that could be desired and where the crops were partialiy laid by the high wind and heavy rain of the preceding week, they have again re- covered an upright position, and the moisture with which they have been supplied has, therefore, been productive of much more benefit than injury. Under these circum- stances it is reasonable to infer that the yield of Wheat will prove somewhat more productive than was a short time ago expected for, notwithstanding the undoubted thinness of the plant, such weather as we have during the last month been favoured with, must have done much to overcome previous defects, and we are disposed to think i that long, well-filled aud thick-set ears will, to a consider- able extent, compensate for the deficiency of plant; but even with all these advantages and a continuance of auspi- cious weather from this time until the conclusion of har- vest, we doubt whether an average produce will be secured, so extensive nnd general were the complaints of injury suffered by the seed from the saturated state of the soil at the season ot sowing, and subsequently by the heavy rains, ravage* of the slug, &c. Taking this view of the case, and bearing in mind the position we are situated in with regard to stocks, not only in this country, but in most of the corn growing states of Europe (the quantity of old Wheat remaining on htcd being everywhere unimportant) we cannot yet see 8u.?cicnt reason to reckon on any ma- terial or permanent fail in prices, though a temporary decline must, unless anything occur to cause re- 'd occur to cause re- newed speculation, undoubtedly be expeTted. Within the last week or two the deliveries of Wheat from the growers have increased this however is by no means an 11Dusnal circumstance just previous to harvest, many farmers f€-> serving a portion of their stocks until late in the season, with a view of securing the high prices which are fre- quently obtained at that period. MARK-LANE, MONDAY, July 17. 8. S. 1 S. 9. Wheat, Ftigi., red 56 to 63 Ryft, foreign 32 48 White 58 70 Oats, Engi-Poland 22 20 Fine red 5ti Gi- Potatoe 22-2.5 Do. whitc.68-72 Feed 18-2J Scotch Scotch, Potato 24 26 Do. ii,liite. Fine 25- Foreign, red.. 58 67 Irish, Potato 16-20 Do. white. Feed 16 18 Russian, red.. 58 per quarter 36 44 Barley, Malting.. 30 33 Rapeseed 37/.to40/. Distilling 27 32; per last of 10 qrs. Grinding 22 27,Clovfrseed,red,for.- — — Beans, Tick 27 32 White, do -—— Pig-pon .34 38 Linseed, Baltic and Peas, Boiling. 38 -I Russia 44—45 II og 29 31 Flour, Town-made Maple., ..30 33 and best country M,r alt, Brown .50 —53j marks 52 GO Pale 56 621 Yorkshire. Rye, English .32 — 36 Norf,& Suffolk 48 50 \V heat | Barley I Oats R>e. Beans I Peas Average of the I 6 weeks which j regulates the duty. 64 1127 1121 3132 7 M I! :M 4 ')"tiL payable ¡ 8 0 9 0 6 0 10 6 U6 K 6 Ditto on grain f ) fro British pos- I I I seSSIOns out ot jI -=- )- 0 2 61 20 1 01 1 61 1 0 PRICE OF BREAD. fr The prices ?Wh?ten Bre?d in the MetropoHs <r? pfrcm. n ii if(?l|'l9"'1 of Household ditto, M- to W- pei 411)s. loaf. !?rrHR, BACON, CHEESE, and HAMS, per ??t N EW IRISH CUTTER, S. s.. CHEESE, g.$ SH?o. GO — DoubleGJoucester 50 64 (?r)ow — — Sin?te ditto 50 56 hxGnsnBuTTER.pernrk. Cheshire. 56 76 Dorset. 50 — HACoN. New. 52 54 FOREIGN. Middle. 48 45 PrimeFrieslandjCt.lOO HAMS, York. 70 80 Do. Kiel 86 90 Westmoreland 66 74 SMITHFIEJJD CATTLE MARKET, July 17, (Per 8 It-to sink the offal.) II. d. s. 5. s. tt I n f (?r i or B(!asts 3 034 Inferior Beasts 3 0 3* 4JSOUTBDOWN Sheep4 2 4 4 Second qualify.. 3 6 3 81 Large coarseCalves3 8 4 0 Prime large oxen3 10 4 0 Prime small do. 4 2 4 6 I rime Scots, &c.4 2 4 41I.»arge Hogs .4 044 Inferior Sheep..3 4 3 if'Small Porkers.. 4 8 410 Second quality.. 3 8 3 10 Suckling Calves24 #36 9 PlUCES OF SOAP. w YellowSo?p 46s0d to 50s 0djMeltingStulfT31s0d to—s d Mottled do.52s Od 54s Odl Rough ditto,21s Od -8 d Curd do ..62s0d.. Os Od Graves, 16s.; and good dregs, 5s. per cwt.; Rough Fat average 2s. 8d. per Sibs. CURRENT PRICE OF HOPS, July 17. 1810. per cwt. 1 1841. per cwt. Kent Poeliets. 90s 102s ) Kent Pockets. 110s 125 I Choice i08s 130s I Choice Pockets; 135s 170 Sussex Pockets. 80s 90s Sussex Pockets. lOGs 112 Choice 9Gs 102s I Choice Pockets. 116s 122 I Fast Kent. 100s 108s EastKentpockets 130s 140 Choice 115s 132s Choice. 1805200 RAW HIDES, SHEEP & CALF SKINS, at per stone of 141bs. Per skin. s. d. s. d. a. d. s d. Best steers&heif. 5 10 6 2 Market Calf 7 0 9 0 Middling hides.. 5 4 5 8 Long woolled sh. 0 0 0 0 Inferior ditto.4 8 5 0Shoit ditto 0 0 0 0 LONDON HAY MARKETS-SATURDAY. Smithileld. WhitechapeL Coarse M, ead, ow Hay. 70s 80s 65s 80s Clover Hay. 75s 100s 75s 100:5 Wheat Straw. 40s 42s 40s 42g Fine Upland and Rye Grass 86s 90s 85s 90s WOOL MARKETS—BRITISH. II Down Ewes and Wether 9d. I)own Teggs. II d. Down Wethers 91'd ) Down Hot?. nlj Half-bred Flogs 11M* Flannel Wool Blanket Woo!?? ?e?? '? tnf?!?? METALS. 9. d. IRON, En,13ar ton 5 150 Do. Carg. in Wales ton 5 0 0 Hoops ton 8 0 0 Sheets .ton 9 0 0 Pig, No. 1 ton 3 10 0 Do. in Wates. ton 4 0 0 STEFL, Eii,rli,tei-e(I 25 0 Oto45 0 0 Shear, do. do. 45 0 Oto80 0 0 Cast, do. do. 45 0 0 to 84 00 CorPEit, Brit.,—Cake ton 83 0 A Tile. ton 84 0 0 Sheets. Ib, 0 0 0 TIN, Brit.-Blocks cwt. 3 8 0 I 5ars cwt. 3 10 0 Ranca 0 0 Oto3 6 0 Straits 0 0 010 3 4 0 Tin Plates-I.c, (box) 1 6 0 to I 10 0 n. ix. do. I 12 6 to I 16 0 LEAD, P Brit. PIG ton 18 JO 0 Sheet. ton 20 0 6 Shot. ton 22 0 0 White (dry). ton 26 0 0 SPELTER 32 0 Oto33 0 0 For delivery. 0 0 0 to 0 0 0

TEA, COFFEE, COCOA, SUGAR, AND SPICF MARKET. SATURDAY, July 16. > TEA.—The public sales, which commenced on Wednes- day, have gone off steadily. There have already passed auction 36,000 packages, of which about 16,000 have sold, at very full prices, and for Hyson, Ganpowder, and Twan- kay, an advance of Ad. to 2d. per lb. was paid. It should be observed, that a great quantity in these sales were of so low and a bad description, that the trade generally reftmd to bid for them. COFFEE.—There has been a great demand for this article and in the early part of the week the public sales went off briskly, and an advance, in some instances, of Is, to 2s. per cwt. was obtained merchants have, however, continued to bring large parcels forward, which has caused dealers to be more cautious in their operations. SUGARS.—The market this week has been steady, and there has been a fair demand, at full prices. SPICES.—There appears to be more disposition to pur- chase, and prices for most sorts are rather firmer. Printed and published for the Proprietors, by JOHN LEWIS BRIGSTOCKE, at the lvelshman Office. situate and being in Lammas-Street, ill the Parish of Saint Peter, in the county of the Borough of Carmarthea.-Fi-iday, July 22, 1842. ADVERTISEMENTS AD ORDERS RECEDED /j BY THE FOLLOWING AGENTS:— LONDON: Mr. Barker, 33, Fleet-street; Mr. R. Winter, | 5, 1\0" miNt. Fleet-street; Messrs. Newton and Co., 5, \V arvvick-sqiiare; Mr. lane; Mr. Deacon, 3, Walbrook, near the Mansion House; Mr. Hammund, 27, Lombard-street; W. Daw- son and Son, 71-, Cannon-street; Mr. C. Mitchell, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street ABERYSTWYTH Mr. Joseph Roberts, Dr.tper. .*iiiKRGAvi;\NY Mr. C. R. Phillips, Auctioneer. BRECON :\tr. William Evans, Ship-street. BRIDGEND Mr. David Jenkins. BRISTOL Mesors.Philp& Evan, 29,Clare-st, CARDIFF Mr. Bird, Post Oilice. CARDIGAN Mr. Isaac Thomas, Printer. 1) Co ilL IN. K. Jolin,ton & Co. Eden Quay, l-b VEJtFOH DWEST., Mr. O. E. Davies, Druggist. LANDOVKHY Mr. Morris, Spirit Merchant. LAMPETER Mr. Hees, Druggist, LI.AJIKI.LY .Mr. Gawler. 4 I I L FORD., Mr. Gwvther, Custom IIoue. MERTHYK Mr. William Morrin. N ABUKKTII Mr. Williams, Post Master. PEMBROKE Nlr. R. C. Trewerks, Chemist. "V A I- SWAXSHA Mr. Grovf. Stationer, Wind-st, I KNBY Mr. Walkinton, Chemist. And by all Postmasters and Clerks of the Roads. 1 ins PAPER if REOUL AR L Y FILED by all the above agents and also in London, at Lloyd's Cotiee- House.—Peel's Coltee-Iiouse, Nos. 177 and 173. Fleet-Street.—The Chapter Coffee-House, St. l'aul's.-Deucon's Coffee House, Walbrook.—Jerusalem CutTce House, Cornhill, 1 and the Auction Mart, -_J: _-¿¡p. .A.

110 U S E O F C O M M O N S, W E D N ES D A Y, J UL v i 3. (Cunt'^dfrmn our lust.) ) Cutmcn EXTENSION.—Mr. HAWKS wished to know if it was the intention of government to support the propo- sition for church extension, of which notice had been given by the member for Oxford. Sir ROIJKRT PI:EL stated that he had no intention of sanctioning any grant of the public money for such purpose. THE SI ITLIES.—The House then resolved into a com- mittee of supply, and the following, amongst other grants. were voted:- .L;n, 1 1(J for the British Musnm. £106,OSS for repairs of public buildings, &c. ¡ X105,000 fur the works at the new Houses of Parliament. X19,326 for the completion and fittings of the model prison. £ <5'2,30o for salaries and expenses of the two Houses of Parliament. Mr. HeME objected that no items were furnished far the sum of £ 21,000 required for the House of Lords, and divided the committee on an amendment to deduct that sum from the vote. The numbers were-For the amend- ment, 23 against it, 90 majority, 67. After some observations in favour of reduction by Mr. Hutt, Mr. HCME moved another amendment for reducing the vote to £ 12.000, but no uivision took place, aud the orisinal item passed. The remainder of the sitting was occupied in discussing various other grants, including the expenses of the poor law commission, the consular establishment in China, See. which were ultimately voted, and the House resumed. Sir CIIARI.ES DOURLAS obtained leave to bring in a bill to compensate certain parties in the counties of War- wick and Lancashire, for their losses occasioned by the in- corporation of the boroughs of Manchester, Birmingham, and Bulton. The other orders of the day were disposed of, aud the House I THURSDAY, JULY It Mr. MUNTZ gave notice that he would, early in the next session, move for a select committee to inquire whether the existing distress had not been created by the unnatural state of the monetary system and the corn laws. Sir Robert Peel obtained leave to bring in a bill to con- tinue the act for the trial of controverted elections to the end of the next session of Parliament. Mr. HUME called the attention of the House to the re- port of the select eoramittee on national monuments, made in Ittne, Is11. nnd moved an address to the Queen, pray- ing that directions might he given to the trustees of the British Museum, and the National Gallery, to the autho- rities having charge of the armouries and jewels in the Tower, to the commissioners of Greenwich Hospital, and to all other persons having the management or directions flf public edifices and cathedrals, for the adoption of those facilities and improvements reeommendfd-in the repoi t of the select committee an national monuments. A debate ensued with the nature of which Mr. HUME expressed him- self satisfied, and, in compliance with the wish of the House, withdrew his motion. CUURCH RATES. Sir JOHN EASTHOPE upon the request of Sir Robert Peel, consented to withdraw for the present his motion for returns of the amount and applica- tiun of every church rate in every parish for the last three years. NAV-NL. I"RI)MOTION-lir. HUME moved for certain returns relative to naval promotions, of which he had given notice. Sir G. COCKBUR-, objected to the production in the shape required, and the House divided—For the motion, 23 against it, 98 majority, 76. The House resolved itself into a committee on the stamps and assessed taxes, and the resolutions having been agreed to, resumed and adjourned at two o'clock. FRIDAY, JULY 15. Petitions were presented from the shopkeepers of Man- chester complaining of the loss of their trade—against further grants to the college of Maynooth—in favour of the AHirmation Bill-and for the abolition of the tolls on the metropolitan bridges. Upon the motion of Mr. GLADSTONE, leave was given to bring in 11 k bill to amend the law relating to the Customs Act." SUI'PLY.—The House then resolved into a committee of supply. Upon proposing a vote of C39,200 for secret service money, Mr. WILLIAMS objected to any grant for home secret service, as there was a general impression that at least a portion of it was devoted to electioneering purposes. He moved that the grant be reduced by £ 20,000. Sir JAMES GRAIIAM denied that any portion of the grant was applied to election purposes. Lord PALMF.RSTO.N corroborated the statement of the right lion, baionct. The committee then divided- Fur the amendment, 13; against it, 117 majority, 101. Upon a vote of £ 13,215, for the ecclesiastical establish- ments in the British North American colonies, Mr. HUME proposed to reduce the amount to X,74 13s. id. The committee again divided, and the numbers were- For the amendment, 25 against it, ¡:H majority, 106. The other items were then voted, the House resumed, and adjourned at three o'clock.