The Welshman

EDITORIAL MISERIES. An editor sat on a lofty stool, A very long pen was stuck in his ear Before him productions from rogue and fool, In hieroglyphics not over clear. He opened one, and he opened all, More like a machine than a man, (How imperturbable editors are,) And thus the Medley ran Are you for taking the duty off tea What's the age of the Pope ?" When will the next Good Friday be?" Are you pretty well off for soap ?" h Oblige me by stating the longest night ?" Did Shelley make a will ?" "Mister Heddetur sur who von the fight, The Nobbier or Brummagem Bill?" Can a policeman legally knock me down If I ask him the way to the ferry ?" Who wrote the life of Grimaldi the clown ? Whom did Julius Czesar marry ?" When was Tawell the Quaker hanged ?" Who bought Lord George's Gaper?" Is the Anabas Hcandens double-fanged ?" Are. you going to reduce your paper ?" When did Hannah More breathe her last ?" Four threes 4t Cribbage, what's the score ?" Is the potato panic past ?" "tate the baker's name who fed Jane Shore ?" Do they pay for gas in Temple-court ?" Is Lamb right in Ariel's gender ?" Do you think angling healthy sport ?" Have you seen the new mail tender ?" Is bone dust really made into bread ?" Are the Jumpers increasing in Wale« ?" Where is it that angels fear to tread ?" Have you tried the patent scales?" What colour was Polyphemus' eye?" Was the great Alexander a Spartan ?" When may an oyster be said to die Who's the oft-mentioned Betty Martin ?" Now entered the office an inky youth, A mass of most picturesque splashing 'Twould have done good, a dive after truth, If but fur the sake of the washing. AwaiUng the editor's orders he stood, No emotion hi, tattoed face tinted Comets and corn were the same to him, lie did not care what was printed. The editor handed the boy a list That would cover a drawing-room floor, And said, Just insert these initials, and say We have answered their questions before." Then he savagely fell to biting his pen, (An unsatisfactory ration,) And said to the boy, You can state again The amount of our circulation." The editor sat on his lofty stool, Before him a sheet of foolscap lay; So many subjects claimed his pen, That he hesitated what to say; On a sudden he thought of the starving world, And devising a plan to feed her, He dashed his pen in the pliant ink— Buy the paper and study the leader."

TESTIMONIAL TO SIR H. SMITH.—On Thursday a public dinner was given to Sir H. Smith at Whittlesea, in the Isie of Ely, when a superb piece of plate was presented to him, subscribed by his fellow townsmen, in grateful acknowledgment of hts military achievements in India. The Rev. Mr Peyton was in the chair; on his right sat Sir H. Smith, Earl Fitzwilliam, the Earl of Aboyne, Lord Milton, Mr. Childers, Professor Sedgwick, Colonel Allix, and the Dean of Peterborough and on the left, the High Sheriff, the Earl of Hardwick, Lord Charles Russell, Mr. Townley, Colonel Hardy, Admiral Morris, the Rev. W. Selwvn, Rev. H. Fardell, the Rev. George Burgess, &e.. at the other tables were seated the officers of the Yeomanry Corps, and many of the gentry of the neighbourhood. The dinner, to which about 250 sat down, took place in a spacious tent elegantly fitted up for the occasion, with flags, flowers, and evergreens. Immediately behind the chair was a transparency with a good representation of the hero of Aliwal at the lower end was a gallery filled with ladies, among whom were Lady Charles Russell and Lady Smith, with their friends. The usual intro- ductory toasts having been duly honoured. The Chairman proposed the toast of the day, and preseuted the testimonial in the shape of a piece of plate, to the Gallant Generai who had honoured them as a guest. The piece of plate, which is valued at E300, consists of a magnificent epergne standing about three feet high, and tastefully decorated with martial insignia. It was the result of local subscription. Sir H. Smith, who was received with unbounded applause, spoke as follows :— Lives there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land ?" Fain would I thank you for the honour you have done me thi day in this assembly, and the sumptuous* banquet you have prepared for r.(- but when the heart is fail the tongue refuses to obey it. (Cheers.) It is true, as our worthy president has stated, that 42 years ago I left my native land. Upon that occasion I parted with an affectionate mother; and dear to me is this day the com mem.) ration of her birth. (Cheers.) The last '[\rds she made use of tome were, I pray you, never eu;?r a public billiard room to play, and if you should be engaged with the enemies of your country remember you were born an Englishman." That mother had three sons at the battle of Waterloo. Providence pro- tected us all three though -we were" engaged in the hottest part of the fight, and, I believe, there is no such thing on record-those three are now here present to feel and thank you for the honour done to me and the memory of my parent. (Cheers.) How I fulfilled the first part of h^r affectionate admonition I well know, for I never did play in a public billiard room, and. therefore, I never was drunk in my life. (Cheers.) How I per- formed the latter part of my promise, my Sovereign, the Duke of Wellington, my country at large, and you, my fellow townsmen, have declared. It becomes me alone to acknowledge the feelings of enthusiasm with which universally, as well as locally, I have been received. (Cheers.) If it has been my good fortune to render any service to my country, it was from having been placed in those prominent situations which would have been equally well filled by others for, believe me, it is to the soldiers it was my good fortune to command that I am indebted for every honour I have received. (Loud cheers.) I never yet appealed to the courage of a CntisT) soldier that he did not readily respond to my call, and support me in the most trying emergencies. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I hope that war may be far distant, for, believe me, war, though a glorious, is a horrid profession. (Cheers.) Since the battle of Waterloo, that wonderful battle which has established pestee in our land for 32 years, I have been almost entirely absent from this country. But on my return I see all around me the beneficient effects of peace, in the improvement of the arts, in the progress of science, in the social and moral advancement of the people. (Cheers.) My earnest hope therefore, is, that we may continue to enjoy, under the blessings of Providence the benign fruits of a prolonged peace. (Cheers.) I accept with gratitude the piece of plate which you have offered to me; it shall be perpetuated in my family. (Cheers.) I have no children of my own but I have two nephews who were in India, and they are worthy of the coat they wear, or I myself would be the first to strip them of it. (Cheers.) I trust no individual of my family will ever disgrace this day's memorial. (Cheers.) To have been receh ed as I have been, by my Sovereign, by the Duke of Wellington, and by my countrymen, must, as you well know, be far more gratifying to me than I am able to express. I feel the honour not the less. (Cheers.) As allusion has been made to future services, I will only say, I shall be most happy if they be not required; but if they be, my only apprehension is lest I should fail to fulfil the expectations which my kind friends may have formed, or secure to the same extent those great results which in some degree I have already Cfntribnted to attain. ?Cheers.) My first martial order was created in the* Whittlesea troop of Yeomanry Cavalry, which I have this day inspected, (cheers); and I ha'.e had a great gratification in observing that they are even superior to what they were in those days. (Cheers.) I believe it was once said by a Minister to the King, in allusion to the French Revolution, and the state of Great Britain at the time, If your Majesty is afraid to arm your subjects, your throne totters to h.n- J' 'Æ_- =- ",L_a. iio uaar. upiiaiuii IlUW Hi) uiai, su lung as our nobles are true to the throne, the people will be true to them, and England will stand as she does now, para- mount in the world. (Cheers.) I will not longer detain voti. My heart is far too full for expression. Be assured of this, that however much I appreciate the many proofs of kindness and attention I have received after a long and eventful absence from my country, this mal k of attention in my native isle, from my fellow townsmen, goes deeper to my heart than all others. If I have been fortunate enough to be honoured, it is because I served in the school of that great commander the Duke of Wellington. (Loud cheers.) I have seen that wonderful hero in the most responsible situations; I have seen his generals and soldiers often anxious what was to come next but the moment he rode in among us, there was a smile on the countenance of every man, conifdence was restored, victory was secure. (Loud cheers.) If I have been honoured it was because ] had set before me his high example-because I fought like an Englishman, proud of my country,-and because I was taugnt humility by that rev. pastor my worthy tutor, Mr. Burgess, whom I am delighted now to see before me. (Loud cheers ) To you, my loids, who have come from other parts to do rue honour, I feel deeply grateful. Thus received and honoured by you the friends of my youth, many of you my schoolfellows and playmates, all of you so much respected and revered by me, I return to you the heartfelt thanks of an honoured but humble and most grateful townsman, Henry Smith. (Loiid cheers.) The conviviality was kept up tin a late hour. TO LADIES. 11 Avi-c de mauvais dents jamais lomme n'etoit belle. Arec de.julis dents jamais femme N'etoit laide.- J. J. KCJCSSBAU. VALUE AND IMPORTANCE OF ARTIFICIAL TFRTH.— MR. HOWAIID'S PATKNT.—The teetli influence the form and expression of the countenance much more than is Ktncraily imagined, and the finest face is disfigured if aiiv of the teeth ;,re lost, and a disagreeable impression is prouueNi.- Where the teeth are good, there is when speaking, or smiling especially, a fascination present, which prevents further examination of the countenance. The new Patent Incorrodible Teeth, introduced by Mr. Howard, Surgeon-Dentist, 61, Berners Street, Oxford- street, LODUOII, arc fixed without extracting any roots of

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THURSDAY, JULY 1 I On the question that the house resolve itself into com- mittee on the Health of Towns Bill, Mr. G. Palmer objected to the Speaker leaving the chair, on the ground that the bill contained various clau- ses enabling single individuals to abrogate acts of Parlia- ment, and conveying to the Crown rights secured to various public bodies for services which they were to render to the country. Colonel Sibthorp also objected to it, on grounds particularly affecting the city of Lincoln, over whose interests it was his special duty to watch. He also wanted to know why the city of York—which, when he had formerly visited it in his military capacity, was as distinguished for its hospitality, liberality, cleanliness, and good feeling as any city in the country—should be included in this bill, when the city of London, with aU its filth and insufficient sewerage, was to be exempted from it ? He was afraid that the savory steam arising from the Lord Mayor's kitchen overpowered the olfactory nerves of Lord J. Russell, and rendered them insensible to the villainous smells of Puddledock and other similar laystalls in the city of London. The bill was most partial, dangerous, and unconstitutional; and he should therefore meet it with the most strenuous opposition in his power. Mr W. Brown considered this to be the most im- portant bill of the present session, and hoped that the house would support it. Some better sanitary regu- lations were required in all our large towns, and particularly in the town of Liverpool, in consequence of the crowds of destitute Irishmen who were flocking into it. In the course of the present year 250,000 Irishmen had landed at that port, of whom 70,000 had since gone to the western world, carrying with them the seeds of pestilence and death. The remainder were, for the most part, still in Liverpool; and he was sorry to say, that there were at present 6,000 or 7,000 cases of typhus in the hospitals of that town, and that disease and death were spreading in every quarter of it, owing to the want of proper sanitary regulations. A medical gentleman who had recently arrived from that borough informed him, that in the course of the last fortnight the autho- rities had paid not less than E160 for coffins. With these facts before their eyes, he hoped that both houses of Parliament would give their support to Government in carrying this bill. If experience should show that there were defects in it, they could easily be remedied in the next session. Mr. Mackinnon did not mean to deny that the bill omitted many points which it ought to include, and that it contained much machinery which might be as well left out; but, still, upon the whole, it was a good bill and deserving of public support. If the Government had power to include in its operation the city of London, it would undoubtedly exercise it; but it had not the power, and therefore it was not fair in the opponents of the measure to twit the Government with not doing that which it had not the Dower to do. Mr. Spooner objected to the bill, as it was founded on the principle of centralization, on which we had acted too miieh ali-eady. If the system, of which the bill was a part, continued to be acted on, we should have nothing but commissions to govern the local affairs of the coun- try. He sympathised with the present condition of the boroush of Liverpool; but was the house, on account of the distress of that town, to pass a general and per- manent measure—from which, however, the city of Lon- don was to he exempt-to meet a special and temporary evil ? The bill established a most expensive machinery, of which nobody knew anything; and the most objection- able feature in it was, that it placed no limit to the expense which might be incurred by it. After a short speech from Mr. Bernard in favour of, and from Mr. Newdegate in opposition to the bill, Mr. Hudson asked the Chairman of Ways and Means whether this bill ought not to be commenced afresh, as out of the .58 clauses which it now cohtained 18 were I' completely new clauses, introduced since its second reading? The bill was a bill of patronage and of jobs, nothing else. It had already created a new commission, and he had no doubt that in another session Lord Mor- peth would come down to the house and propose that one of the commissioners should have a seat in the house, and of course a salary corresponding to his dig- nity. He also objected to the bill because it contained powers that were monstrous in respect to the unlimited rating of towns. Other bills contained clauses limiting the amount of rates to be levied in any one year, but no such clause was to be found in the present bill; and thus the commission would have the power of taxing all towns not within the circuit of 10 miles from St. Paul's to any extent which it pleased. -Air. T. Duncombe did not know why the metropolis was to be excluded from the bill, and was determined, if he could, to expunge from it the clause which -gave that exemption. His constituents were most anxious to have the provisions of it extended to their borough; and for that purpose he was most anxious to go into committee. He thought, too, that the salaries of these new commis- sioners, the future chief scavengers of England, should be specifically declared in the bill; and it was with a view of obtaining a declaration of that kind from the Government that he was anxious to have the bill committed. After a few words from Captain Pechell in favour of the measure, Mr. P. Borthwick delivered himself of a long speech ¡ against the bill, and showed himself particularly great on the subject of villainous smells and corrupt and putrefying matter. Mr. F. Berkeley observed that the city of Bristol was strongly in favour of this bill, and was only sur- prised that so intelligent a city as that of London should be opposed to it. The house then divided, when the numbers were- For the committee. 117 I Against it. 26 Maj ori t y 91 The house then went into committee; and before any clause was proposed, Lord Morpeth, to mollify oppo- sition, announced his intention of reducing the number of commissioners from five to four, and of making only one of them a paid commissioner. The rest of the evening was consumed in the discussion of the first seven clauses oT the hill, upon which some verbal amendments were made, but not one without the consent of the Government. The Chairman was then ordered to report progress, and the committee was ordered to sit again this day. The other orders were then disposed of, and the house adjourned. FRIDAY, JULY 2. I The House met at 12 o'clock, when, after some ques- I tions of great interest respecting the commercial relations between England, Prussia, and the states of the Zoll- verein, Lord J. Itussell moved the second reading of the Navigation (No. 2) Bill. Lord G. Bentinck opposed the measure, because he _¡ .1. tho nrocnnt nrntMKS 1 for thp SUStien- pretext for repealing them altogether. He analysed the return which Lord J. Russell had recently laid on the table, purporting to be a return of the number of foreign ships that had come to this country, and of the cargoes of grain which they had imported under the present suspension of the Navigation Laws, and contended upon that analysis that, so far as regarded the feeding of the people of this empire, the necessity for a further sus- pension of them was at an end. The repeal of the Navigation Laws, and not their supension, being in fact the question then to be discussed, he asked Lord John Russell to declare how he intended the navy of this country to be manned in future ? If the ships and seamen of foreign countries were to be permitted to compete with the ships and seamen of England, we must be prepared to abolish the regulations which cramped and crippled the competition of the British shipowner. He concluded by moving, as an amendment, that the bill be read a second time that day three months. Lord J. Russell could not discuss this bill with refe- rence to the maintenance or repeal of the Navigation Laws; but would confine himself to repeating what he had before said on that subject-nainely, that if any alteration should hereafter be made in those laws, Par- liament would be bound to consider the burdens to which the British shipowner was liable, and the disadvantages under which he consequently laboured. There was great inconsistency in the present conduct of Lord G. Bentinck; for he had agreed to suspend till the 1st of March the present duties on corn, in order to let it come into the country and yet he objected to suspend the Navigation Laws, placing thereby a restriction on the means by which corn must be imported. He then pro- ceeded to defend the correctness of the return which I Lord George Bentinck had impugned, and to give a detailed account of the immense efforts which had been made by the trade and commerce of the country to supply the people of the United Kingdom with food. He denied that the necessity of suspending the Navigation Laws would have passed away on the 1st of next September, and contended that, if there was a necessity for the importation of foreign corn, which recent prices proved that there was, a necessity also existed for the employ- ment of foreign shipping. He informed Lord George Bentinck that no determination had yet been taken to repeal the Navigation Laws, and concluded by assuring him that he should come to no determination upon that subject without considering the general principles of our commercial policy, and the effect of repealing those laws upon the naval force and naval supremacy of this country. Mr. Ricardo considered that Lord G. Bentinck must have some electioneering purpose in view when he described this measure as a flimsy pretext to undermine the Navigation Laws. He warned the House, that before long the House would be called upon to consider whether the best interest of the nation would not be consulted by a total abandonment of some portion of the Navigation Laws. Mr. LiddeU maintained, that the suspension of the Navigation Laws for six months longer would damage trade without benefitting the shipowner, because the ports of the north would then be closed from natural causes, and in other parts of the world corn freights would not then be attainable. In conclusion he stated that he saw no necessity for making the experiment proposed by this bill. Mr. Trelawny made a few observations in support of the bill. Mr. S. Herbert should have been ready to support this bill, even had it proposed to continue the suspension to a more distant period than March, 1848, for he took a very gloomy view of our prospect of procuring food to meet the wants of our population, and especially of the popuh.tiou of Ireland during the next year. Mr. Mitchell, as a practical man, contended that the necessity for continuing was greater even than that which existed six months ago for first enacting the suspension of the Navigation Laws. Mr. Chapman did not intend to oppose the present bill, but should have been glad to hear a declaration from Lord John Russell that he did not mean it to be a stepping-stone to the permanent repeal of the Navigation Laws, to which the naval superiority of this country was mainly owing. Lord J. Manners stepped forward to the rescue of Lord G. Bentinck, and vindicated the correctness of his facts, figures, and arguments. He repudiated the impu- tation of Mr Ricardo, that his noble friend had objected to the further suspension of the Navigation Laws for electioneering purposes. He suggested to Her Majesty's Government the propriety of introducing a clause into this bill in committee, suspending the heavy duties which the shipping interest had to pay for policies of insurance, &c.; and observed that as those duties were ojnoxious in the mode of levying them, and objectionable in principle, the suspension of them would serve as a pledge to the shipping interest that Ministers were fairly inclined to take every step they could, not only to secure the naval supremacy of England, but also to increase the efficiency of its mercantile marine. Mr'. G. Hud. n considered that it would be unwise to obstruct the Government in this matter, as there might be a feeling in the country that the suspension of these laws was necessary, and as the prospects of the harvest were not sufficiently developed to entitle us to run any risk on the subject. After a few words from Mr. Forster, Lord G. Bentinck declared that he would not put the House to the trouble of dividing, as he placed the utmost reliance on the de- claration of Lord J. Russell, that he would impartially consider the evidence taken before the Navigation Laws Committee. The Custody of Ortenders Bill then went through com- mittee, and the report was ordered to be received on Monday. On the motion that the Stock in Trade Exemption Bill be read a second time, Sir R. Inglis observed that so long as he had any hope that the Government would take up-the general question of rating, he had abstained from offering any formal opposition to these suspension bills but as this suspen- sion pressed hard on a great body of Her Majesty's sub- jects, he should feel it his duty to oppose the present bill, unless Government gave him a pledge that they would take the whole subject into consideration early in the next session. Sir G. Grey declined to give the pledge which Sir Robert required, because he might not be able to redeem it. He admitted that there was considerable inconve- nience connected with these suspension bills, but re- minded Sir Robert that they had been rendered necessary by the decision of the Court of Queen's Bench in 1840, that all rates were bad in which stock in trade was not included—a decision by which it became impossible to make a rate in any parish in England which could be legally levied. Hence the necessity for the exemp- tion bills. After a discussion, in which Sir J. Trollope, Mr. Henley, Mr. Newdegate, Mr. G. Hudson, Mr. Cripps, Colonel Rolleston, Mr. B. Escott, and Sir C. Bun ell took part, The bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed on Monday. The House then adjourned the morning sitting. In the evening sitting, after a variety of questions had been answered by Her Majesty's Ministers, Lord Morpeth moved that the order of the day for the committee on the Health of Towns Bill be read. Sir D. Norreys (who was in a state of painful excite- ment) renewed his complaints against the last report of the Relief Commissioners for Ireland, and again de- manded that the charges made therein against the gentry and nation of Ireland should be submitted to investigation. Lord J. Russell again asserted that no charge was made against the landlords of Ireland in a mass, and ex- pressed his astonishment that Sir D. Norreys should imagine that a general charge was made against them, when it was expressly stated that out of 1,700 committees there were only some instances of abuse, and that those instances were an exception to the general good conduct I of the remainder. Mr. 15. Osborne was ot opinion that the charges were intended to apply, not to the gentry, but to the Roman Catholic priests and the lower order of Irishmen. Much conversation then ensued upon the subject but there was nothing of novelty in it except a declaration from Lord J Russell, that he bad directed the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to call upon all the magistrates whose conduct was impugned in the report to give an explanation, if they could, of the charges made against them. Mr. Horsman, in a speech of unnecessary prolixity, asked the Government what it intended to do on the subject of intramural burials, and particularly called upon Lord Morpeth to state what was the great impediment which had forced not only the present but the late Ad- ministration to disappoint the public expectation on this subject, and to break the pledges which they had solemnly given. That there was some power unseen by the House, but not unfelt by the Government, was notorious to everybody. It was generally believed that the impe- diment arose from the opposition of the elergv but he discarded that idea, because the Bishop of London, who gave most important evidence to the committee which sat on this subject, had distinctly stated, that 2-5 years ago, when he was only a poor vector in the metropolis, he had become impressed with the absolute necessity of making some alteration in the mode of interment within it. Mr. Hudson observed, that great interest was felt on this subject throughout the country. As Lord Mayor of York, he had been requested to call a meeting of the in- habitants of that city to consider the impropriety of con- tinuing interments within its walls. Such interments materially affected the health of towns. Lord Morpeth assured the House, that as soon as he should have passed his bill for improving the drainage and sewerage of towns, he would use his best endeavours to carry a bill for the prevention of burials in populous places. He should, however, despair of doing anything effectual either upon that or upon any other subject, if hon. members would not confine themselves to the" ques- tion legitimately before the House. The order of the day was then read. On the question that the Speaker leave the chair, Mr. Wakley complained that Lord Morpeth had not given any answer to the question of Mr. Horsman. That gentleman knew as well as the noble Lord that the clergy of the Church of England formed the main impediment to the stoppage of the present disgusting practice of burial within the walls of towns. Everybody knew that this was a money question, for there was a perfect trade in burials in this country. The clergy were hostile to the removal of burials from old places, because such a measure must bring upon them a great loss of pounds shillings, and pence. But there was also another class quite as hostile to it-tlie proprietors of private ceme- teries but their interests deserved little consideration. Mr. Horsman protested against the abrupt manner in which Lord Morpeth had blocked his question, and against the pointed rebuke which he had given him for mooting it at present. Sir. Ma nkinnou had withdrawn his bill tfrl this subject last year on an express pledge from Lord J. Russell that he would make it part and parcel of his Health of Towns Bill. He therefore thought that the Government were bound to explain why that pledge had not been kept. The question of burial within towns formed an important part of the subject then before the House. What was the use of improving drainage and sewerage, when you left these plague spots which poisoned whole parishes in the very heart of your large towns ? Lord Morpeth did not mean anything disrespectful to Mr. Horsman in the few words which he had just uttered, but the House had now been sitting three hours, and had not made the slightest progress in any of the ques- tions reserved for that evening's discussion. He knew not of any insurmountable objection to a bill for prohibit- ing burials in towns, and in the diocese of London the It was, however, a question of vested interests, and must be so dealt with by the House of Commons. There were also feelings of the people of England to be consulted in such a measure. He had no reason for not bringing ia such a bill except the physical impossibility of passing it this session. Mr. Mackinnon knew the difficulties which the Go- vernment had to contend with on this subject, and main- tained that it had acted wisely in confining its attention this session to the Health of Towns Bill. Mr. P. Borthwick protested against the doctrine of Lord Morpeth, that the House had no right to consider the question of intramural burial, because it was not re- gularly before it, and denied that the consideration of it at present had been introduced for the obstruction of public business. Mr. Henley considered the House to be much indebted to Mr. Horsman for bringing this question forward, which was quite pertinent to the bill now going into com- mittee. He repudiated the assertion .of Mr. Wakley, that the clergy, as a body, were hostile to the removal of burials from their churchyards. It was not a question of pounds, shillings, and pence, but a question of feeling for be it right or be it wrong, the great body of the Eng- lish people liked to be buried in churchyards. The Speaker then left the chair, and the House re- solved itself into committee. The rest of the evening was consumed in discussing the various clauses of the bill, up to clause 16, inclusive. There were several divisions in the course of the dis- cussion, in all of which Ministers were victorious. The most important division was on a motion to expunge the 13th clause from the bill, which excludes London from its operation, by limiting it to a circle of 10 miles from St. Paul's. The retention of the clause was, however, carried by a majority of 112 over 70 voices. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned.

ALLEGED CRIMINAL ASSAULT BY A CLER- GYMAN. The Queen v. tlte Rev. Septimus Ramsey. The defendant was the minister of St. Michael's Church, Strand, and the prosecutrix the wife of a per- son of the name of Emerson, who had formerly been a brass-founder, but who fell into difficulties in 1843, and since then had been, with his family, dependent upon the exertions of his wife. She was a woman of twenty nine years of age, and had five children. She was a good musician, had a fine voice, and had had engage- mcnts at the opera ar.d several churches. In 1843 she was engaged at the Savoy Church to sing and direct the choir on Sunday mornings and evenings. She remained there till 1845, when she was engaged by the defendant for his church. It appeared, by the evidence for the prosecution, that after she had been there about three months she was one evening sent for by the defendant, who said he wished to see her in the vestry. He then kissed her, and behaved otherwise in such a manner as left no doubt that his intentions were of the most improper character, and it was with great difficulty that she escaped. In September, 1845, he called on her at her house in Walworth, and repeated the offence, a per- son of the name of Manning being in the house. He came on the pretext of telling her that he had got em- ployment for her husband with the Messrs. Ackerman. In October of that year the defendant again called on her, and repeated the assault, making a proposition which the witness said it was impossible she could grant. At the end of the year 1846 a disagreement arose '1.1 '1..1 _1.L_- .1. oecween Tne prosecutrix ana me ueienuant, ana, in January, 1847, the chir was dismissed Upon this the prosecutrix wrote a letter to the defendant, to the effect that she required payment for the choir for twelve months, as she had given a written undertaking to them for that time. As regarded herself, it appeared that he wished to get rid either of her or Mrs. W., and unless matters were arranged to her satisfaction she would inform her husband of what had occurred, and she would rather see him in the claws of a lion than in his." To this an answer was written, on the 9th of January, by the defendant's solicitor, Mr. Frederick Manning, to the effect that the circulation of slander and the letter she had addressed to Mr. Ramsey could only have the extortion of money for their object; that it was a serious offence, and cautioned her to avoid its repetition; and unless she rctracted her written insinuations, and the reports she bad circulated, it would be his duty to pro- ceed against her both criminally and civilly. He was prepared to arrange any just demands she had on Mr. Ramsey. On the 10th another letter was written by Mr.Manning,totheecfectthat,inordertoghean opportunity for explanation, there should be a meeting at his office between Mr. Ramsey, Nlr. Ackerman, and the chapel wardens, and he invited Emerson and his wife to attend. She \Vnt to the office, and in the pre- sence of those gentlemen she complained of the several indecent assaults, and persisted in her complaints. Mrs. Emerson was called and deposed to these facts. She was subjected to a very severe cross-examination as to the facts; as' to her propriety of conduct; her charging other persons with criminal assaults tamper- ing with the witnesses.; her expressing fondness for the defendant; h§^ dismissal from various engage- ments on accountjkf hqr^irnproper conduct; but she persisted in her evidence. She was four hours under examination. Joseph Manning, of Francis-street, Newington, book- seller, proved that. he was in the house of the pro- secutrix in SeptWllber, whe^ bis attention being attracted by the crying of one of the children, he pieped into the room itr which the prosecutrix and the defendant were, and saw the defendant pulling her about, and pulling her to him, and she struggled to get away. Emerson was put in the box, but no question was put for the prosecution Sir F. Thesiger declined to cross-examine, as he had been in court during the whole case. Sir F. Thesiger then addressed the jury for the defence, and signified his intention of producing evi- dence of the past life and character of the prosecutrix, so as to invalidate her testimony. He proceeded to remark on the conduct of the prosecutrix in remaining at the church of the defendant after the alleged assaults, for the small remuneration of E5 a year, which could not therefore be, as had been stated, her means of livelihood. He also commented on the incredible state- ment that a clergyman, who had hitherto borne the highest character, would have made such an attempt as the first assault at such a time, and in the vestry-room, with the door unlocked, and where everything could have been heard in the church. He then remarked on the improbability of the statement of the witness Manning, with regard to the assault in September, 1846. After all that had occurred, the prosecutrix not merely retained her place with the defendant, but she went out of her way to show civilities to the defendant, by small presents; and even after the most disgusting of all the assaults, in October, 1846, she continued to speak of the defendant with respect up to her discharge, in January, 1847. The defendant was a very nervous person, and easily excited by apprehensions, and that, if known to those who wished to practise on him, they might turn to their ad vantage and this was instanced in the letter of the prosecutrix addressed to him. The defendant might have got rid of the charge by the payment of the twenty-five pounds demanded of him if he had been a guilty man but he placed the matter in the hands of his solicitor, and courted inquiry. He would prove that the prosecutrix was, in 1813, a singer at the Tivoli Gardens, at Margate, and discharged for her immoral conduct, that she had made overtures of the most dis- gusting description to various persons, and ivhich would show that she was a most profligate and worthless character. She had admitted that another person than her husband was the father of one of her children, and he would show that she had tampered with the wit- nesses, and by bribes, to induce them to give false testimony and what credit could be given to her against a man of the highest character, and whose character had never been tainted by the slightest breath of slander ? He would call his diocesan, his rector, and numbers of clergymen, and persons connected with him in his duties to rebut the shameful attack on him. At the conclusion of the learned counsel's address con- siderable applause followed, which was immediately checked, and the court adjourned at twenty minutes to seven. The trial was resumed on Thursday, and as on the previous day the court was crowded to excess in every part. The first two witnesses called for the defence were Mr. James Jones and Mr. Thomas Phillips, the churchwarden* of St. Michael's. They were present at the meeting in Mr. Manning's house, when Mrs. Emerson repeated her charges against the defendant. She denied that she had given him any encouragement and said if he had paid her £ 25 she would not have made the charge. Mr. Jones had known defendant five years, and held him in high estimation. Mr. Frederick Manning, attorney for the defendant, gave evidence to the same effect. He believed the defendaiit to be one of the most moral men in London. He was of a peculiarly nervous temperament. Martha Ward, a pew-opener, was in the church at the time of the alleged assault in the vestry, and could have heard any noise there. Mrs. Emerson once told her she did not like to go into the vestry alone with the defendant. Mrs. Einerson told her she presented Mr. Ramsey with a turkey, and always spoke in high terms of him. Elizabeth Ward, daughter of last witness, remembered a bible presented to Mr. Ramsey on his birthday and, after that, Mrs. Emerson told her that she had given purses to him, and spoke of his kindness to her. She was a servant of Mr. Ramsey's; never saw any impro- priety in his conduct. Thos. Wood, clerk of the church, proved lie could hear noise in the vestry in the church. Mrs. Emerson never made any complaint to him. James Clark, organist at the church, said, in July, 1845, Mrs. Emerson told him Mr. Ramsey kissed her in the vestry, and that she had told her husband, who said he did not think the worse of Mr. Ramsey for it; never saw any impropriety in Mr. Ramsey. She also said he had behaved improperly to her at her own house, and this before the dismissal of the choir. He considered it a slander, and therefore never named it to any one. Mr. Braithwaite, an assistant in the choir, stated that the prosecutrix had several times told him that she was passionately fond of the defendant, and adorc-d the ground he trod on, that he had kissed her in the vestry, and she told her husband of his conduct, who laughed at it. D. M. Cormack, the deputy-beadle of the church, stated that he saw the prosecutrix at a beer-shop on the 28th of January last. She produced some sovereigns from her purse, and said" You are a poor man wit- ness what took place in the vestry for me, and I'll befriend you for life." Witness refused to com- ply with her request. She said she would never rest satisfied till she had stripped the defendant of 1: Heury Walton said that he was master of the cere- monies at the Tivoli Gardens in the year 1843. The prosecutrix sang there. She requested he would intro- duce her to gentlemen, and offered him a commission on doing so. The prosecutrix passed under the name of Sugden. Her husband had never threatened to hoewhip witness in consequence of what he had stated about her. John Rex, the organist at Belgrave Chapel, stated that the prosecutrix told him that a gentleman living at Brompton was the father of one of her children. Pro- secutrix had indicted him for an assault. Told her that one of the children was not much like his father. She said he had never seen its father. The children of the prosecutrix were here brought into court. They appeared very much alike. The following clergymen and gentlemen then deposed in the strongest manner to the moral and religious character of Mr. Ramsey, and expressed their disbelief of his being capable of the offence attributed to him The Bishop of London the Rev. Sir H. Dukinfield, vicar of St. Martins; the Archdeacon of Middlesex the Rev. Mr. Saunders, curate of St. Martin's; the Rev. Mr. Dale; the Rev. Mr. Mortimer; Sir John Bayley, and Mr. Woollaston, of the bar; Mr. Woolmer, one of the committee of the society for teaching the blind to read the churchwardens of St. Martin's. The Rev. Baptist Noel, and the Rev. Montague Villiers, were also called, but did not answer. This was the defendant's case. For the prosecution, a Mrs. Adams was called, and stated that she heard Mr. Emerson threaten to horsewhip the witness Walton for his conduct to his wife, and that he (Walton) begged his pardon. Emerson was also called, and gave similar testimony. Mr. Serjeant Shee then addressed the jury in reply in a long and powerful speech, in which he contended that no stress should be laid on the evidence given to the character of the defendant, as the clergymen and gen- tlemen who had come forward were the last persons to know anything about his immoralities that the wit- nesses who had been called to damage the character of the prosecutrix were unworthy of credit, and that the case against the defendant was proved. After an elaborate summing-up by the learned judge, the jury, without the least hesitation, returned a verdict of" Not guilty."—The case lasted till eight o'clock.

ARRIVAL OF PRINCE WALDEMAR OF PRUSSIA.. On Thursday night, at half past 11, the Wilberforce steamer, arrived at Blackwall, from Hamburg, having on board His Royal Highness Prince Waldemar of Prussia. His Royal Highness landed in a perfectly private manner and proceeded at once to Mivart's Hotel, where the apartments had been prepared for his recep- tion. The Prince travels incognito, under the title of Count Ravensburg, and is attended by Counts Grolben and Oriola and Baron Von Laner. His Highness, in person, is tall and well built; his features regular and handsome, his complexion and hair fair. The expres- sion of his countenance is thoroughly amiable and pre- possessing, and though in appearance not more than 25, his manners are grave without severity, and dignified without haughtiness. He has a thorough knowledge of English. The Times has the following article upon his Royal Highness's arrival :—" The visit of the crowned heads to England at the conclusion of the war was an earnest of the international amity which their combined efforts had established, and which a thirty years' peace was to illustrate. Courts now exchange courtesies with less of ceremony than cordiality, and a conference of Princes is no longer suspected as involving intrigue or portending war. After a lapse of centuries a British Sovereign has again" trodden the soil of France, an honoured visitant, and the isolated shores of England are now included in the ordinary progress of a continental Court. The dis- embarkation of a princely guest is now happily so fa- miliar an event that it scarcely calls upon the chronicler of the day for more than the cheerful compliment of gratulation and welcome. But Prince Waldemar of Prussia on arriving in the metropolis "of Britain to thank Her Majesty for investing him with the Grand Cross of the Bath, brings with him prouder credentials than even a Royal name, and higher claims than even a Royal stranger. But eighteen short months ago, and he was standing in the English ranks at one of the bloodiest battles which the present generation has seen, His tour was not the summer promenade of pastime and pleasure. He ex- changed the conventional circuit of modern travel for the perilous but instructive track of ancient adventure. He visited the English empire not at the home and heart of its power, but in the remotest extremities to which the pulsations of this heart extended. He knew that the scenes of action lay on the frontiers, and he betook himself to the frontiers with the hereditary enterprise of the House of Hohenzollern. He traversed that roman- tic peninsula of the Indian Ocean which has been con- quered and civilised hy the islanders of the North Sea, aud surfeyed au empire more nlagnifiecnt and miracu- lous thin was created by his own great ancestor amid the sands of Brandenburg. Fortune brought him an opportunity of learning how that empire had been won, and of witnessing how it was protected. Acting on the instinctive courage of his race, and the military genius of his country, the noise of the battle drew him irresisti- bly to those fabulous and inhospitable frontiers which supplied Roman poets with metaphors, and Macedonian conouerors with a barrier, and showed him tho ha" muster of English strength interposed between a batba- rous host and a defenceless territory. In the ranks of those troops who, at that moment and in those regions, were his countrymen and comrades, he awaited the im- petuous onslaught of the invaders; he witnessed the stern endurance of the overmatched and wearied de- fenders; he saw his friend and attendant fall dead by his side in the desperate struggle he reached the day of final retribution and victory; and he now comes to visit, on the banks of the Thames, a nation whose prowess he witnessed, and whose dangers he shared, on the banks of the Sutlej. Prince Waldemar needs no compliment of reviews or field-days. He has no curiosity to be gratified by the sight of an English brigade. For once an illustrious stranger has touched our shores who can comprehend and appreciate the duties lof the British army. He knows that the highlands of Asia are watched by those troops which are wanting in the Park, and that the re- giments which would swell the pomp of a parade are exercised in the realities of service on the other side of the globe. The acknowledgment of a Sovereign and the honours of a nation have been paid to him with a more meaning and appropriate attention than has character- ized such courtesies since his lion-hearted father, Prince William of Prussia, was invested after a glorious cam- paign against the common enemy of the liberties of Europe with the same military order which now deco- rates the breast of his son. All classes of society will hail the arrival of a Prince who has exposed himself to death in English wars, and a riband which might have been only a compliment to his rank will on this occasion be the more honourable guerdon of his valour. In mingling with a people whose power and progress he has witnessed in such distant realms, Prince Walde- mar and his brave companions—for we rejoice to learn that he is attended by Counts Groeben and Oriola, who shared the dangers of that headlong strtiggle-can now rerognize the wisdon which dictates its councils and the fortune which has crowned its policy. He will meet one of the most gallant captains and some of those gal- lant troops with whom he passed that eventful night of Moodkee, when the fate of all present seemed to be trembling in the balance, now returned to their native shores, having quitted a pacified province and an obliged and grateful enemy. With the interest which he can never have ceased to feel in the scenes of his own en- terprise, he will have learnt that the ferocious host whose murderous madness he so lately witnessed has now subsided into a disarmed populace or a promising contingent; that the Court whose drunken councils breathed nothing but rapine and slaughter against its meighbotirs, after owing its safety to the Power it at- tacked, and being purified from its most mischievous constituents, now furnishes an improving dependent and a thankful ally; and that the convulsion and bloodshed of which he was no unconcerned spectator, within the space of a year have bid fair to issue in the security and improvement of millions of people, and in the extension of European civilization to a more distant outpost in the wilds of Central Asia than it ever before reached since the Greek empire of Budakshan.

THE LAW OF MARRIAGE.—The Gazette contains the appointment of the Bishop of Lichfield, the Right Hon. J. S. Wortlev, Dr. Lushington, D.C.L., the Right Hon. Sir E. V. Blake, Sir E. V. Williams, knt., and the L,,r I Advocate of Scotland, to be commissioners for inquiring into the state and operation of the law of marriage. TOM THUMB'S NUPTIALS!—Tom Thumb is at Bos- ton. He has wooed a little maid," who has agreed to wed, wed, wed," and in a short time they are to be married. She is in her 16th year, weighs 19| pounds, and is 30 inches high. The united weight of the couple is 50 pounds.- -Burritt's Cl/.¡-istian Citi::en. To LADIES.—At this peculiar period, when the beauty of the season invites to out-door enjoyment, the fair sex are of necessity exposed to those influences which are peculiarly prejudicial to the charms of beauty. The solar heat produces on the delicate skin the permanent stain of tan, the disfigurement of freckles, and not unfrequently a discoloration and swelling, which gradually assume one of the multitudinous forms of eruption. These evils are increased and perpetuated by sea-bathing, which, however beneficial to the general health, cannot but prove injurious to the delicate and susceptible nature of the skin, unless care be taken to apply some remedial means to counteract the stimulating and acrid elements contained in salt-water. This Remedy is happily supplied by Rowland's Kalydor, a preparation composed of the most innocent, yet most efficacious ingredients, which has the admirable property of neutralizing the effects both of atmospheric action and saline influences npon the skin, and maintaining that healthy action of the minute vessels which produces continued delicacy of texture and of tint. Nor is its utility confined to the fair sex alone. To gentlemen travelling, or who sutler in- flammation after shaving, or other irritating causes, it will be found alike grateful and pleasing. Its purifying and refreshing properties have obtained its exclusive selection by Her Majesty TUe Queen," the Court, and the Royal Family of Great Britain, and those of the Continent of Europe, together with the elite of the Aristocracy, and 1; Haute Voice." The high reputation it bears, induces unprincipled shopkeepers to offer their spurious KALYDORS" for sale, composed of the most deleterious ingredients, containing mineral astringents, utterly ruinous to the Complexion, and by their repellent action endangering health. It is therefore imperative on Purchasers to see that the words ROWLAND'S KA- LYDOR," are on the Envelope (an Engraving of exquisite beauty from a steel plate by Messrs. Perkins, Bacon <y Co.) Sold by all Chemists and perfumers. OPENING OF THE TRENT VALLEY RAILWAY.— This line, of which it will be remembered, Sir Robert Peel officiated as an amateur navvy, and turned the first sod in November 1845, was opened to the public last week, and again the right hon. bart. took a prominent part in the day's festivities. A grand dinner, presided over by Mr. Tootal, chairman of the company, was given at Tamworth, of which from 1200 to 1300 persons partook, many of whom were members of parliament and leading individuals in the narrow guage interest. Sir Robert Peel, in the course of his speech returning thanks for his health having been drunk, said,—Gen- tlemen, it is probable that many of you who are present this day may be struck with the forcible contrasts which this ancient town of Tamworth suggests. It is a town the origin of which is lost in the obscurity of a remote antiquity. In the eastern part of the town there stands a monument of the reign of Ethelfrida, the daughter of Alfred the Great. On a spot in the western part of the town, we are inaugurating a memorial of the reign of Queen Victoria. That embankment, that mound in the eastern part was raised by Ethelfrida for the purpose of protecting the town that then existed from the irruption of Pagans and barbarians, who desolated it and the neighbouring provinces. It presents to you a record of barbarous manners, of terrible civil conflict, and of the work of a warlike people. This day, how- ever, we meet within sight of it, to celebrate the triumphs of science, civilization, and knowledge. (Cheers.) The interval that has passed between these two periods, between the reign of Ethelfrida and that of Victoria, comprises no fewer than ten centuries- A thousand years their cloudy wings expand." And, gentlemen, we cannot contemplate, without admi- ration, the wonderful contrast presented to us. (Cheers.) This day we celebrate a work-a signal example of one of those wonderful discoveries of science which will probably effect as great a revolution in the social state as that which has been effected by the art of printing. It is impossible to over estimate the effect which this won- derful application of science may produce. (Hear, hear.) My confident belief is that that effect will be for good—that it will promote the moral and social welfare of this country, and add to its moral, social, com- mercial and political importance. (Cheers.) Within a few months we shall pass along this railway our bodies will be conveyed with the fleetness of the wind) and our thoughts through the agency and with the celerity of lightning. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, let us hope, as I confidently trust, that the effect of this will be for good —that it will cement family affection by facilitating the intercourse of relatives that it will tend to abate pre- judice, to advance knowledge, and promote civilization. Looking to its political effects, I see nothing but cause for unalloyed gratulation. (Hear, hear.) I see this country, from its insular position, unable to support more than a limited military force I see that in the event, which God avert, of a renewal of hostilities, that we may be exposed to a fearful conflict. It is difficult to say what may be effected by steam navigation or maritime waters but of this'I am sure, that the pro- gress of railways, by enabling you to transport a small military force of arms and ammunition, actuated by the indomitable spirit of Englishmen, and the glorious example set them by their predecessors, will enable us always to contend with armies more powerful in number, for I, furthermdre, feel that a new element of political security is to be found in railway conveyance, by enabling you to transport with certainty and comparatively without fatigue, to a threatened point, any amount of military force that you may muster. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, it will draw closer the great metropolis of the empire with those other great towns which are also each of them the metropolis of an im- portant district. It will facilitate the means of commu- nication, and will cheapen the cost of conveyance. If we are to be exposed to rivalry with the industry of other countries, can there be a doubt but that the diminished cost at which we can transport our articles either of agricultural produce or domestic manufacture will enable us to bear that rivalry with greater chance of success. But above all, gentlemen, the completion of this railway will establish new points of connection between this country and the sister kingdom. It will facilitate intercourse with each, it will bring us nearer in thought, and the result, I trust, will be to promote commerce, to diminish any impediment to its progress, to unite the people of this and other countries in the bonds of reciprocal good feeling, and make us all loyal and affectionate subjects of a Sovereign-wlio, if zeal for the interests of her country and an example of do- mestic virtue constitute a claim on the affectionate gra- titude and devotion of her subjects, assuredly has that claim to prefer in at least as strong a degree as any sovereign that ever sat upon the British throne. (Loud and long cheers for several minutes.) Mr. W. Yates Peel proposed the health of Mr. George Stephenson, whom the hon. gentleman warmly eulogised for his dis- tinguished professional attainments. Mr. Stephenson, in returning thanks, characterisca the atmospheric sys- tem as very good in theory, but as humbug in practice. (Laughter.) With regard to the broad guage, he bad no hesitation in saying that it was a misconception. PURITY OF ELECTION-BIDDING HIGII.-The wants of the world beggar description. They exceed in num- ber and variety even the railway projects of 1815. The most prolific writer of the day could not keep pace with them. The fecundity of Mrs. Gore or Mr. James would be left fairly behind in an attempt to illustrate them in a series of popular PerHaps -they ALr. no where so fairly represented as in the columns of the Times newspaper. There the wants of the million have some- thing like an exponent. There everything that is wanted finds a voice and a voice that is heard by tens of thousands. A cook wants a place; or a place wants a conk. A family wants a country-house or a country- house wants a family. It is at all times amusing to see how every wanter might supply himself by looking into the next column; and to consider how, in spite of this, every one fails to be supplied. The subject is so suggestive that we cannot venture to discourse upon it. We purpose merely to adduce as an example of the wide range which the wants of the world take in the columns of the Times the following illustration, which, perhaps on the eve of a general election, we may insert without payment of the advertisement duty :—■ Wanted to purchase, of the value from E50,000 to 970,000, an estate carrying with it sufficient parlia- mentary influence to enable the purchaser to obtain a seat in the next Parliament. Address to Westminster. The name and address are given but we do not insert them. Anybody may satisfy himself of the accuracy of the quotation by referring to the Times of Thursday or Friday last. The advertisement ought to be headed Wanted a constituency." But there would be some- thing strange in such an announcement at the present time, when the general want is supposed to be a want of candidates. It appears to us, indeed, that there is really a very suspicios atmosphere about such an ad- vertisement as we have quoted above. The object of it must be to induce a belief that seats in Parliament actually have a value in this year of grace 1847. The announcement must have been put forth as a blind to keep up the value of a stock which is deplorably at a discount. It is scarcely credible that any such trans- action should really be contemplated. Scats in Parliament may be had on much cheaper terms. We should feel no sort of surprise at the sight of an advertisement in any one of the papers headed Wanted a Candidate, and offering a seat in Parliament to any gentleman willing to disburse from E5,000 to C7,000 but that any one should offer ten times that amount for a seat, even with an estate hitched on to it as a make-weight, staggers our comprehension. The advertisement must have been put forth by some parliamentary stock-jobber, with the view of keeping up the value of seats in the market of corruption. -,Itlas. A SOLDIER-SUICIDE, AND HIS COMMANDING OF- rlcrlt.-A soldier, one of a troop of the 7th Hussars, at present stationed at Ballinasloe, on the night of Friday, the 18th ult., while on guard at the barrack gate, discharged his carbine, loaded with a ball car- tridge at the Sergeant-Major of his troop. We are not now to inquire why or wherefore the attempt at murder should have been made, but providentially it was un- successful. Smith, the man who fired the shot, was instantly arrested. On the following morning, Satur- day, at an early hour, a private of the 75th regiment, named John Radcliffe, went to the cavalry barrack, and having heard that Smith, in order to prove that he had only fired a blank cartridge, required a ball to supply the deficiency in his ammunition, returned to his quar- ters, obtained a ball, and gave it to one of Smith's comrades. In the course of the day, the circumstance reached the ears of the officer in command of the de- tachment to which Radcliffe belonged, who at once caused the man to be put under arrest. On Sunday morning an investigation was held, in the course of which Radcliffe—being induced by the promise of miti- gated punishment, unlawfully and unjustly, though we feel assured from a kindly motive, held out to him by his officer, Lieutenant Goodwyn—and we are satisfied from all we have heard of this gentleman, no other could influence him—confessed the part he had taken in the transaction. The result of this investigation was then communicated to Colonel Hallifax, the command- ing officer of the 75th regiment, stationed in Athlone, and the following day he (Colonel H.) wrote the reg i- mantal order, which we re-insert here, and to which we call the particular attention of our readers Athlone, 21st June, 1847. Private Radcliffe, after his hair is cut close, to be paraded in the Company's room, by Lieutenant Good- wyn. before his men, and the following memorandum read MEM. Private Radcliffe's hair will be cut quite close to his head, and he will be kept in the strictest confine- ment, and any man seen speaking to him is immediately to be confined and punished for disobedience of orders." He will also be marched a prisoner on Wednesday next, at five o'clock, a. m., to Athlone, handcuffed, and be prepared to take his trial by a General" or Dis- trict Court Martia l," and most assuredly he shall re- ceive the severest punishment that can be inflicted (Signed) 1 R. D. HALLIFAX, Lieut.-Col. Commanding 75th Regt.' On Tuesday morning that order was carried into effect, and within a few seconds afterwards Radcliffe cut his throat from ear to ear with a razor. Such is a plain ungarbled statement of the facts. An inquest has been held, and the following verdict returned We find that the deceased, John Radcliffe, came by his death in consequence of having inflicted an extensive wound on his throat with a razor, whilst labouring under tempo- rary derangement, induced by the extreme severity of the order from Col. Hallifax produced in evidence.

AGHICULTURE, MARKETS, &c. (irom the Mark Lane Express.) The weather experienced since our last can scarcely be described as favourable; the last few days in par- ticular have been dull and cold, and the temperature at night has fallen very low for the time of year. Vegeta- tion has, consequently, been somewhat retarded but we are happy to say that the reports respecting the appearance of the growing crops are, up to this period, highly satisfactory. The auspicious character of the accounts from all parts of the kingdom on this subject, the improved tone of the advices relative to the potato plant, and the continued large arrivals of Corn, Flour, and Meal at the leading maritime ports, .have counteracted the effect which might otherwise have been produced by the smallness of the supplies from the growers and so far from any rally having occurred, an increased degree of depression has prevailed in the trade. Unimportant as are the stocks held by the millers and dealers, all parties having shown far more anxiety to dispose of what they have still on hand than to make fresh purchases, and importers of foreign have been under the necessity of landing for want of buyers. This state of things may probably last a week or two longer, and during that time the downward movement will continue to determine how long prices may be de- pressed is scarcely possible, as this will in a great mea- sure depend on the weather but that averv large de- mand must inevitably follow the 'present inactivity is certain. The reduction in the value of Wheat since our last has been considerable at most of the leading mar- kets. At Liverpool, on Tuesday, allarticles were quotfed much lower than on that day week; the decline on Wheat was Is. to Is. 3d. per 701bs., on Flour 2s. 6d. per barrel, and Spring Corn of every destription was obtain- able at proportionately reduced tiyms. Later in the week a further abatement took place. The fall at the other large consuming towns in the north has also been great, but not to the same extent as at Liverpool, which may, however, be readily accounted for by the mag-nitude of the foreign arrivals at this port. In the agricultural districts more firmness has been displayed than inillht have been expected the very dull advices from the chief markets of consumption having, in consequence of flw smallness of the home supplies, had less effect than might otherwise have been produced thereby. From Ireland the reports are of a very gratifying character the potato disease would, it was thought, prove much less serious than was at first apprehended; and as fpr the grain crops, they were, it appears, going on as well as could possibly be desired. Prices of provisions were consequently falling in all iparta ofohe island. The arrivals of English Barley at Mark Lane have been on, the same limited scale as before, but the receipts from, abroad have beeen rather liberal. This grain appears not to be wanted at present, and has certainly met with little or no attention this week. In the absence of business, prices have remained nominally unaltered, but lower terms would willingly have been taken if sales could thereby have been facilitated. What we have just stated about Barley will also apply to Malt, in which nothing of the slightest interest has transpired since our last. Whilst only 359 qrs. of Oats have been received coastwise and none from Ireland, the arrival of 53,188 qrs. from abroad has prevented anything like scarcity being felt. That the large dealers have worked very nearly out of stock in anticipation of the Russian supply cannot be questioned; but they still act on the reserve, being desirous of a further reduction ere they enter into investments. S- I a. a. Wheat, red 67 to 72 j Oats, Engl. feed 25 31 White. 72-80 Youghall Black 26 27 Norfolk 8c Suffolk 67 — 72 Scotch feed 32 34 White 72-78 Irish Galway 23-24 Barley, Malting.. 54 Dublin 28 — 30 Chevalier 54- Londonderry 37 48 Grinding 35 — 40 Waterford White 26 28, Irish Clonmel 34- Scotch. 43 47 Potatoe. 31 33 Beans, Tick new 43-45 Seed, Rape. 311. 331. Harrow 46 47 Irish —per last Pease, Boiling 56 58 Linseed, Baltic 48 — 50 White ,)6 Odessa. 47 5Q Blue .70-77 Mu6tard, white 8 — 10 Maple. 51 56 j Flour, Town made Malt, Brown t'3 — 65 and best country Rye, new 57 -60 marks 65 — 70 Indian Corn 40 — 42 Stockton. 58 65 LONDON AVERAGES. £ d- £ s. d Wlicat..2,?IS7 qrs. 4 8 Rve 0 qrs. 0 0 O E 1.90 d8 ? Rye 0 q r s. O 0 Barley.. 112 2 9 6 Beans 193 2 10 7 Oats 2,287 1 8 9 Peas 20 2 17 4 GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF CORN. Week ending May 15. Imperial-General Weekly Average,—Wheat, 91s. 4d. Barley, 52s. 4d.; Oats, 32s. lid.; Rye, 61s. lid.; Beans, 57s. 8d.; Peas, 57s. Od. Aggregate Average of six weeks which governed Duty —Wheat, 94s. lOd.; Barley, 54s. Od.; Oats, 34s. 6d. Rye, 70s. 8d.; Beans, 58s. 5s.; Peas, 59s. 2d. I n SMIl'HFIELD MARKET The following importations of live stock have taken' place in London during the past week :—Beasts, 693 Sheep, 2,603; Lambs, 47; Calves, 176; Pigs, 2. In addition to the above about 380 Beasts, 700 Sheep and Lambs, and 40 Calves have been landed at Hull and the other northern ports, mostly from Holland. The supply of foreign stock on offer to-day was' very extensive, viz, 381 Oxen and Cows, 3,492 Sheep and Lambs, and 29 Calves, nearly the whole of which found buyers at fully last week's quotations. For the tÎ,nc of year, the ar- rival of beasts from our own grazing districts were to- lerably good. Although there were several well-made- up droves on sale, the general quality of this descrip- tion of stock was by no means prime, and the butchers complain, not without cause, that the beasts die" badly. Notwithstanding the weather was unfavourable to slaughtering, the Beef trade, owing to the increased attendance of both town and county buyers, \v?s steady, -n- pr?cs mny c?nt ?. ?ut ? -y buyers, Nl--is steady,  those obtained on this Jay se'imight. The primer Scots were disposed of at from 5s. to 5s. 2d. per 8lbs. Compared with those exhibited on Monday last, the numbers of Sheep were small, but of full average quality on the whole, there was an improvement in the Mutton trade and in some few instances the primest old Downs sold at as. 6d. per 81bs.—being an improvement in value of 2d. per 81bs.; while the value of most other breeds-a clearance of which was effected prior to the close of the market—had an upward tendency. There was a fair supply of Lambs on show, yet the trade was firm at last week's currencies. The highest value of the best Down qualities was 6s. per 81bs. Calves, the number of which were but moderate, moved off slowly at about stationary prices. In Pigs next to nothing was (loinv.-at late rates. A COMPRISON of the PRICES of FAT STOCK.- ) sold in SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET, on Monday July 6, 1846, and Monday, July 5, 1847. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. July 6, 1846. July 5, 1847. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Coarse & inferior Beasts.. 2 4 to 2 6.. 3 10 to 4 2 Second qu-,tlity do 2 8 3 2.. 4 4 4 6 Priiiie large Oxeii. 3 4 36 4 8 4 10 Prime Scots, &e 3 8 40 5 0 5 2 Coarse and inferior Sheep 3 2 3 6?.. 50 5 2 Second quality, do. 3 6 3 8..4 6 4 8 Prime coarse woolled, do.. 3 10 4 0.. 4 10 5 2 Prime Southdown, do 42 44..54 5 6 Large coarse Calves. 38 46..40 46 Prime small do. 4 8 4 10 4 8 <5 0 Large Hogs 38 4, 6 4 0 46 Neat small Pl!rkers 4 8 4 10 4 8 5 0 BUfrrER, BACON, CHEESE., AND HAMS. s. s. Cheese, per cwt. s. s. Dorset Biitter, p. fir. 54 Double Glo'ster 60 68 Fresh Butter, 12s. 6J. Single ditto 48 52 per dozen Cheshire 56 76 Irish, do., per cwt..erby. 62 66 Carlow, New 90 American 54 60 Sligo .80 Edaiii-and Gouda.. 4;3 56 Cork, 1st 84 Bacon, new 82 Waterford. 80 Middle — Foreign Butter, cwt. 14 am s I Irish 80 — Prime Friesland 94 Westmoreland 88 — Do. Kiel. 92 York 98 — PRICE OF TALLOW. &c. 1843. 1844. 18 5. 1846 1847. Stock this day 18,829.. 16,614.. 11,191.. 10,343.. 8,422 Price of P.Y.C. 40o. 9d. 41s. Od. 40s. Oli. 42s. Od. 49s. 3d.

WEEKLY CALENDAR. THE MOON'S CHAXGF.S.—New Moon on the 12th of July, at llh. 21m. morning. HIGH WATER AT THE FOLLOWING PLACES FOR THE ENSUING "WTF.K. Carmar- Cardigan Tenby j h t_ DAYS. then Bar. and and -? Llaneliv Bristol. Milford. ?" JULY. H. :ILl H. M. H. M. H. M. Saturday 10 3 58 1 4 53 3 38 5 23 Sunday.u! 4 08 5 43 4 28 6 13 Monday .12! 5 51 6 ? 21 7 6 Ttiesd-y il' 6 30 7; 21 6 ? 7 51 Wednesday 141 7 18 8 3 6 12 8" 33 Thursday ..15- 7 55 8 49" 7 2O 9 10 Friday 16 8 31 9 16 8 1 9 46

LONDON GAZETTE. BANKRUPTS.—(Friday, July 2.)—G. S, Taylor, Whit- stable, Kent, saddler.-IV. Wright, Holland-roq,d, Jlrix- ton, builder.—H. Simmonds, Gresham-rooms, Basing- hall-street, City, law stationer.—J. T. Curtis, Norwich, grocer.—It. Nicol, Fenehurch-street, grocer.—E. Beck, Ipswich, doctor of medicine.—I. Boyd and R. Hanner, Spital-square, silk manufacturers.—Richard C. Coulson, Exeter, tea dealer.—G Cosway, Tiyerton, Devonshire, wool stapler.—A. Webb, Wrakefield, seed merchant.— J. England, Bath, grocer.—J. Hughes, Toxteth-park, Liverpool, joiner and builder.—H. Allen, Birmingham, draper. BANKRUPTS. — (Tuesday, July 6.) — Ellis Stevens, builder, Russell-cottages, LonlJborough-road, North Brixton, Surrey.—T. H. May, baker, Little Britain.— J. Bateson, joiner, and J. Holmes, mason, Leeds.— S. Smith and *W. Smith, worsted spinners, Halifax.—C. Cox, wine and spirit merchant, Salford.—T. Hutchins, coach proprietor, Hulme, -Ilan cliester.-J. Hall, mason, Bristol.—E. Andrew, fustian manufacturer, Manchester. G. Evans, miller, M«e#-y-pandy Merionethshire.—W. Davis, blacksmith, Liverpool.—W. Henshaw and T. Kemp, builders, Tranmere, Cheshire.

ADVERTISEMENTS AND 011DERS RECEIVED BY THE FOLLOWING AGENTS :— LONDON Mr. Barker, 33, Fleet-street; Messrs. New- ton and Co., Warwick-square; Mr. G. Reynell, 42, Chancery-lane: Mr. Deacon, 3, Walbrook, near the Mansion House; Mr. Hammond, 27, Lombard-street; W. Dawson, and Son, 74, Cannon-street; Mr. C. Mitchell, Red Lion Court, Fleet-street Mr. W. Thomas, Catherine-street, Strand; Mr. H. Clarke, 22, Charing Cross; Mr. G. H. Street, 11, Serle-street, London. THIS PAPER IS REGULARLY FILED by all the above agents, and also in London, at Peel's Coffee-House, No. 177 and 178, Fleet-street.—Deacon's Coffee-House. Walbrook, and the Auction Mart. Printod and PublishedTu Guildhall Square, in the Parishõf St. Peter, in the Countv of the Borough of Carmarthen, the Proprietor, J (lSEPH HKGINBOTOM, of Picton Terrace 10 Carmarthen aforesaid. FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1847.