The Welshman

DEATH OF ECLIPSE.-The celebrated race-horse Eclipse died at Kentucky, on the 10th inst., at a very advanced age.—Express. OUR POLICY IN IN DIA.-Lord Dalhousie, the newly appointed Governor-General, is reported to have said, that his business in India would be not to carry on war there, but to send home cotton a sentiment wor- thy the representative of a great commercial nation. THE NEW IUISH POOR LAW.—The objection to the New Poor Law on the ground that the rate will soon eat up the rent, proceeds on an entirely false assump- tion. The advocates of this opinion quietly assume that Ireland has been hitherto without a Poor La w. The truth is not so. There is no country in Europe which has been hitherto rated so severely to the maintenance of its poor. There was the O'Connell tribute, and the Repeal rent. Those were the two first items in the levy. There was every idle hour which was wasted hy the peasant in listening to the orations of his favourite demagogue—that was the third item. There was the system of terrorism which drove from the country every person who would have expended capital upon its soil- that was the fourth item. There was disunion between the classes into which an agricultural population is of necessity sub-divided—rack rents, ejectments, exter- mination of tenantry, twilight slaughter of landlords- that is the fifth item. We might enumerate others without end, but we will content ourselves with naming, as the sixth and last item that went to make up this fearful rate, idleness substituted for industry throughout a whole population.- Times. A CONTRAST.—An incident occurred at the Middle- sex election which is not unworthy of a passing notice. First at the opening of the second day's poll appeared Baron Lionel Rothschild, the millionaire, and one of the newly-elected representa'ives for the City, who re- corded his vote for the Liberal candidates. In the same booth, and precisely at the same moment, a poor voter presented himself, who was objected to as having for some time past been unable to pay his poor-rates. The objection was overruled, as it appeared that the poor man had been relieved from payment of the poor- rate, and he recorded his vote for the Conservative can- didate, Colonel Wood. The circumstance is worth men- I tioning, as a curious illustration of the working of our free institutions. One of the wealthiest individuals in Europe, the head of a house whose favours have changed the destinies of nations, stands in the polling-booth side by side with a man who has been relieved by his parish from the payment of poor-rates, and they record their votes on opposite sides-the man of millions giving his vote for those who belong to a party which has time after time been charged with aiming at the destruction of all property-the man who cannot pay his poor-rate votes for the candidate who professes the strictest con- servation of property. A DESIRABIE NEIGHBOUR.—" Mother wants to know if you won't please to tend her your preserving kettle, 'cause as how she wants to preserve?" We would with pleasure, boy, but the truth is, the last time we loaned it to your mother she preserved it so effectually that we I have never seen it since Well, you needn't be sarsy about your old kettle. Guess, it was full of holes when we borrowed it; and mother wouldn't a troubled you again, only we see'd you bringing home a new one !"— Galt Reporter. SPECULATORS IN CORN.-The abundant harvest which has gladdened the hear's of a terror-stricken people, like a burst of sunshine, has fallen on the corn- jobbing community like a blight. Selfishness has con- verted God's blessing into a curse of man's enterprise. Great schemes of gain to be wrung from a starving people, are exploding in bankruptcy daily, and every one creates a separate vortex of ruin. Even the Gover- nor of the Bank of England could not resist the tempta- tion to win a plum" or two, at the risk of his position, and he has sunk beneath the downward pressure of over speculation. Let it be noted that the governor of the greatest monetary corporation in the world has been bankrupted in the first year of free Trade. The British merchants, it would appear, have cast upon the waters of the world twenty millions sterling in the corn specu- lation. The corn-growing countries have been swept, nntil some of their governments have been forced to forbid the profitable exportation, to save their own peo- ple from starvation. Disease in the potatoes, sickliness and scantiness in the grain crops, have been feigned to elevate prices and an artificial scarcity has been created to force them up to the frightfully high fortune-sweeping point. The shipping of the world has been absorbed, to the utter prostration of ordinary commerce, in carrying the supplies which it was daringly declared were insufficient to avert scarcity. Yet, after all--after confounding the fair trader, puzzling the miller, and cheating the farmer -after risking millions of capital, character, legitimate trade, national position, the speculators have simply succeeded in over-reaching themselves. Their magnifi- cent calculations of enormous profit are a heap of ruins. The corn speculation was to have prospered by holding back corn but it has failed, because corn has been held back. The corn jobbers held a little too late, and the harvest, by GodV blessing, caiiie-for them at least—a little too soon. For it is evident now, that had the nlarkets been fairlv supplied, the consumption would have been greater, because tie price would ha'-e bee:1 less and the accumulation would have been less, be- cause an excessive importation would not have taken place upon u sandy foundation of falsehood. — (jlotujetter- M/m c. 1 \'n onii-le.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE FREE-TRADE SYSTEM. [Fiom the Atlas.] It seems to be too generally supposed that having dealt a heavy blow and great discouragement to mono- poly by the repeal of the corn laws, we may now sit down under our vines and under our fig-trees, and suffer the principles of free-trade and protection to struggle on in a sort of mechanical antagonism indefinitely. But there is something to be accomplished still; you have to produce conviction in the minds of numerous persons, high and low, which is seldom effectually done by act of Parliament, before you can be said to have performed the whole task which the present age has set itself in this matter, and to have emancipated industry completely from the shackles which the wisdom of our ancestors put upon it. The navigation laws constitute a branch of the great system of monopoly which, next to regulations abso- lutely excluding certain articles of commerce, may be said to occasion the greatest mischief, hampering our intercourse with foreign states, and, by interfering with the means of conveyance, as effectually excluding us from the use of certain commodities as a set of prohibi- tive duties could do. In coping with this evil we find ourselves beset by a multitude of prejudices; for our maritime strength having grown up while these laws have been in operation, it is too natural to infer that it owes its development to those laws, and that without them we should scarcely have been a commercial people at all. What is now wanting, howevpr, is not the wholesale abolition of the navigation laws without the slightest discrimination. In that complicated system, though there be much that is undoubtedly bad, there may be some things which ought to be preserved. Reformation is not destruction. Parliament, as soon as it assembles, should enter upon the consideration of this subject, and be prepared to deal with it, not in the manner that may be suggested by deference for particular interests, but as may seem best calculated to promote the general wel- fare of the community. It would be to little purpose that we have broken down the landlords' monopoly if that of the shipowners be allowed to produce nearly the same effects. Cheap- ness is the object aimed at by free-trade; but if men are allowed to fix an arbitrary price ea the carriage of goods, what advantage would you derive from the apparently free competition that has been created amongst the pro- ducers of all lands ? The small cost of an article in any foreign country signifies nothing if the price of freight be so high that by the time it reaches the home market it is rendere d Aear there must be a free competition amongst the growers of corn and manufacturers of goods, otherwise nothing can be more visionary than the hope of deriving extensive benefits from the abolition of heavy and vexatious duties. At the present moment- numerous mercantile tran- sactions are held in abeyance by the absurd operation of the navigation laws. Certain articles of importance are much wanted in this country, and in certain other places they are produced in abundance, and may be obtained cheap, yet the British consumer is actually excluded from the use of them by the extravagant price of freight. And what keeps up this extravagant price ? Simply the absence of competition only certain classes of ship- owners and certain descriptions of ships can engage in the trade and as in such cases it is easy to combine, or, if they like it better, come to an understanding, the price of carriage is kept up, and the consumer utterly de- frauded of all the advantages he might derive from the use of the articles. At the Chartist demonstration just held in Lancashire it was stated by one of the oracles of that party that the I only way to obtain cheap bread is for every man to grow his own. This may be very contemptible political economy, but it is, nevertheless, the economy of our  shipowners. They maintain that every country ought exclusively to use its own vessels; but as in commercial transactions there must always be two parties, tr ey are constrained to admit that the privilege you claim for yourself you must accord to your customer. Here how- ever, they contend, all concessions should stop They will have no intermeddling third parties, who might in- troduce a system of cheap freightage, and thus circum- scribe the gains of the native speculators. Of course it is quite easy to invest this modification of the protective system with the appearauces of a patriotic policy; and accordingly we are told daily of the mys- terious dangers which our navy would iiscur were the navigation laws to be abolished, When our maritime power was too feeble to move about, save in a sort of political go-cart, these laws may have been useful. But those days of weakness are pas- our navy no longer requires such artificial supports, its strength being pro- portionate to that of the state, or, in other words, superior to that of any other country or people what- soever. It has nothing in its composition of mere conventional grandeur, but is the healthy, genuine representative of our internal force, as it no longer requires the swaddling bands of navigation laws, or any other contrivance of the political nursery. Let the country reflect upon these facts, and not suffer itself to be terr-ified-by a rhetorical bugbear into the endurance of sacrifices and privations which, during a whole century and more, it has been in the habit of submitting to for the benefit of the shipowners. The question, no doubt, is new to most persons, and therefore opinions are divided, and the antagonists on both sides a little haunted by the consciousness of uncertainty. But if the question be once looked fairly in the face, the navigation laws will speedily follow those which were enacted for the protection of native industry in the matter of corn- growing. We have granted to all nations the privilege of contributing to feed us, and we do not see why they should be prevented from bringing us food, whether they grow it themselves, or receive it from others who do.

STEAM-BOAT EXPLOSION ON THE THAMES. An accident of the most terrific and unusunl nature attended with a serious loss of life, occurred on Friday morning about half-past nine o'clock, at the pier of the halfpenny steam-boats, below Hungerford-bridgc. As the Cricket," halfpenny steam-boat, with the deck crowded with passengers, was about to start for London bridge, a fearful report, which was heard at great dis- tances around, drew alt eyes in the direction of the steam-boat, and. to the horror of the beholders, frag- ments of the vessel and human beings were seen scat- tered in the air in every direction. The boilers had burst, and the explosion sent a41 behind the paddle-boxes to atoms. Only the keel of the afterpart of the boat remained, all the rest having been scattered about in pieces in every direction. The unforitiziate passengers -shared the same fate; some were precipitated into the river, and others cast upon the shore and the numerous craft lying near the spot. The boilers burst into frag- ments, and parts of them were thrown to a distance of twenty or thirty yards. In the confusion which naturally attended the first announcement of the accident, exaggerated rumours were widely circulated, and generally believed, as to the number of lives lost: by very few was it estimated at less than from 40 to 50, and others stated it to be upwards of 60. We are happy, however, to say, that the catastrophe has not been of that dreadful character which might have been expected, when is considered the numbers that every hour throng the cheap steam boats on the river. Fourteen persons, all severely injured, have been taken to the Chbi ing-cross Hospital, and two of them have since died. Three dead bodiis have been found in the river. It is highly probable that some of the iil-fated passengers were carried away with the tide which was running down very strong when the accident happened. The whole extent of the mischief will not perhaps be known for some days. A reporter, who was an eye-witness of the catastrophe after describing it proceeds thus:—Many of the persons who escaped without serious injury had suffered various losses which they stood bewailing upon the pier. Amongst others, we oberved a young man in a sailor's dress, who had evidently been among those on board at the time. I might as well have been killed at once," he said, for I've lost all I've been working for these seven years." On inquiring of him what was the ma*ter, he told us that he had lost a portfolio con- taining his Trinity house certificate and all his papers- that he could not get another mate's place without them then, descending to minor evils, he said he had lost all his clothes, some money, and other things: his papers, however, were the great things. How he had himself escaped was most, curious he described him- self as having been standing by the funnel at the time, when he felt himself shot up into the air. What hap- pened after that he could not tell," lie said, because he was blinded by the smoke and steam, but presently after he found himself lying upon a heap of people unhurt," to his very great surprise. He managed to scramble on to the pier, when, he added, "the first thing I cast a thought to was iny portfolio." A little while afterwards, however, amongst other things which were saved from the wreck was a small black paper case, which -he immediately recognised ail hia portfolio; ha rushed after it, and we trftsi found his certificates safe. The "Cricket" was aii- iron beat, fitted up with Joyce's high pressure engines, with oscillating cylin- ders. The fore part of the boat is little injured, and those passengers who had the good fortune to have taken lilt a position in that part escaped with compara- tively little injury Fearful as this unusual accident is, it is some consolation that the vessel had not pro- ceeded on her trip to London-bridge; for if she had done so, and were in motion, and in the middle of the stream, at the time of the accident, the loss of life would have been infinitely greater, and the injuries sustained by the survivors still more serious and extensive. The boiler is lying in the bed of the river, about forty yards from the vessel. The top of the steam-chest was hurled by the explosion on to the bank, within a few feet of the Waterman's Adelphi Pier. where many persons were standing. Fragments of the boiler and machinery fell on Mr. Pugh's wharf, under the Adelphi- terrace. One end of the vessel was blown out. The force of the explosion may be estimated from the fact, that it perceptibly shook the houses in the Strand as far as Waterloo-bridge. By more than one person in the neighbourhood the shock was mistaken for that of I an earthquake.

Of the members composing the last Parliament 141 have not offered themselves for re-election. THE REGENT-STREET ROMANCE.—The soi-distant nephew of the Duke of Wellington, Ellam," has again figured in the newspapers. He summoned Esther de Villars to the Bloomsbury county court, for the sum of E15 mqney lent but failing to make his appearance, the noble youth has been found liable in costs, in- cluding El to the lady for her attendance. EDUCATION.—The Morning Advertiser has announced that it has good grounds for believing that Ministers have abandoned the idea of persevering with the system of State Education which they brought forward last session and that it has equally good reason to believe that next session Lord John Russell will bring forward a new measure based on the principle of secqlqr educa- tion alonf"

IRISH PROPRIETORS AND IRISH PAUPERS. I [r rom Douglas J err old s A ewspaper.] I Ireland is now thrown upon its own resources, the Relief Fund being exhausted, which, for many months, provided rations for three millions of the population. Henceforward, property will he called upon to perform its duties, and the people will be entitled to a poor-rate, even though rents should fail and mortgages be fore- closed. The long postponed day of reckoning has come at last, and the terrified owners of the soil, scared by the prospective demands of pauperism, and the impend- ing writs of the attorney, are ready to throw themselves into the Repealers ranks. From certain danger they seem prepared to rush towards the uncertain assistance of a very doubtful asylum of refuge; for we fear there is no escape for the indebted proprietors through political agencies. Nor can we perceive how the complete aboli- tion of the Church-of-England in Ireland, however desira- ble on other grounds, would raise Tents or discharge mortgages. The real evils of Ireland are social, and we know of nothing that better illustrates its condition than the fable of Hercules and the Waggoner." The im- providence of the proprietary class and the laziness of I the p« ople, the former squandering and anticipating their incomes, the latter living from hand to mouth, being productive and not reproductive laboure;s, have inflicted infinitely more misery than all the misrule of those vilified Saxons who have so recently rescued their ungrateful calumniators from the horrible death of famine. Surely the'British Government has not prohi- bited the proper culture of the land it has not forbid- den the reclamation of the wastes no statute of the im- perial Parliament denied to the people the right of open- ing their abundant mines, or actively prosecuting their valuable fisheries. We look upon those agitators who are eternally appealing to the days of Cromwell aud William the Third, as the very worst enemies to their fatherland, since they incite the public mind to brood with revengeful feelings over the past, instead of apply- ing itself to remedy present evils. When the wolf is at the door, in the gaunt form of ravenous hunger, what boots it to chatter about the Battle of the Boyne ? The first lesson the Irish landowners have to learn, however distasteful it may prove, is that exclusive pio- perty in the soil is a trust, and that when the duties of the trust are unperformed the trusteeship is forfeited. If this doctrine is pronounced to be revolutionary, how shall the opposite doctrine be -eSiaracterizeil, which pre- tends that a man may do what he likes with his own, and consequently leave, if he pleases, thousands of acres uncultivated, and thus introduce famine into his district? Society has advanced a step further in knowledge than this, for it now proclaims that property has duties to perform as well as rights to enjoy but individuals are | not to enjoy at the expense of the masses. However it may be denied by some economists, high in official authority, that the supply of food to the people is a con- stitutional question, we are prepared to assert the con- trary but for our present purpose it is sufficient to affirm, that according to the ancient polity of these realms, the appropriation of land to exclusive ownership was never absolute and unconditional, but that it was always liable to forfeiture for various acts of commission and omission. True it is that we have got rid uf the feudal monarchy and the tenures of land which it created and upheld, but if the forms of ancient institutions have disappeared, their spirit still remains, and notably in a legal provision for the poor. We fully grant that the poor hare duties to perform as well as the rich the poor are bound to work, but the rich are bound to find them work, or else to support them when idle, since the land has been appropriated even to the wastes and com- mons. We hesitate not to affirm that the claim of the poor to subsistence out of the soil is paramount to that of the landlord for rent or to the crown for taxes, since government is merely an institute to which is confided the welfare and protection of society,—and above all the feeding of the population. A Government which permits people to die of hunger, when that people are perfectly willing to earn their bread in the sweat of their brows, is quite as worthless as a Government which is incapable of saving its people from being slain by the sword of a foreign invader. In applying these principles to the existing state of Ireland, and having to choose between the inconvenien- ces of the proprietary class and the life-sustaining de- mands of the peasantry, we hold that if a landowner is unable to farm his estate as it ought to be farmed owing to a want of funds, he should sell the whole or a part, sinfce the commonweal is injured by his retaining pos- session of lands which he is u::nb)e to turn to good ac- count. We know that family pride looks fondly on au extended territory and grieves at the reduction of acres we may respect that pride and sympathize with its mor- tification when summoned to surrender a portion of its hereditary patrimony but the splendid afflictions of an humbled aristocracy must not blind us to the obscure and unostentatious sorrows of a peasantry doomed to compulsory idleness we desire not to drag down a class, but we do desire to elevate a nation and we have a right to take care that Irish landowners shall no longer periodically dip their fingers into British purses to make up their own deficiencies. If they cannot sus- tain themselves, they nitist yield their parchments to their creditors to avoid that most grievous evil, let them economize their personal expenditure aud super- intend their business as systematically as the manufac- turers and traders are wont to do, and learn to consider that personal labour is not so derogatory to their station as personal indebtedness. One of the evils, perhaps the greatest, of the social evils of Ireland, is the fatal facility with which it finds a market for all its produce in England. Free traders may be startled at such a doctrine. Let us explain our- selves. The labour, or wages market of Ireland, is very much lower than that of England the food market of England is very much higher than that of Ireland. The consequence is, that the Irish labourer is unable to pur- chase the produce of Irish labour. Therefore his style of living, his diet, clolhi!ll{, and lodging, are necessarily inferior in quantity and quality to those of the English- man. Thus badly remunerated, he has no heart to work; hence the laziness with which he is reproached why should he be an improver, unless he shares in the benefits of his improvements ? What, then, is the re- medy we would propose ? It is this either raise Irish wages to the level of English wages, in which case Irish produce would be consumed in Ireland, or prohibit ex- portation, in which case Irish produce would fall to the level of Irish wages. All the misery has arisen from re- garding man as a machine! he is oiled, that he may not rust, but lie is not generously fed, though he raises the food. We believe that dietary has much more to do with the mental and moral elevation of a people than political economists have ever dreamed of; had Ireland lived on beef and porter, instead of potatoes aud butter- milk, she would not be in her piesent forlorn condition. In confirmation of this view, we appeal to those Irish labourers who have been located in England they are not lazy, because they are properly compensated; would not the same result happen in Ireland, if the standard of living were la'.sed ?

IRELAND.—All accounts agree in stating that the potato disease has re-appeared, and simultaneously in various coun'ies, nnd in districts far distant from each other. But the blight, as yet, is less general than in the two preceding years, and has exhibited itself in a form much less virulent. Up to this time the potatoes at market have been very fine in quality; but a consi- derable portion of those consumed in Dublin have been imported from England. The price ranges from ten- pence to fifteen-pence per stone of fourteen pounds; but at this rate they are beyond the reach of the work- ing classos, who find an excellent substitute in Indian meal and oatmeal, both in abundant supply at very mo- derate prices. With regard to the grain ciop, nothing could be more satisfactory than the accounts from all quarters as to the quantity and the yield. The green crops, too, are getting on well, with the exception of very partial injury to turnips, but the breadth sown is enormous. The weekly meeting of the Repeal Asso- ciation was he!d on Monday. Mr. J. A. O'Neill (the unsuccessful candidate for Kildare) presided. The chairman, in an address of considerable length, vindi- cated his character from the ilsper"jol\!i which had been cast upon it during the recent election, and attributed his defeat to the alliance of the Whigs with the Tories of the county, combined with intimidation, which had been extensively practised. Mr. J. P. Somers, M.P., Rev. G. Doyle, P. P., and others having addressed the meeting, Mr. John Reynolds, M P., also addressed it at some length, and handled rather strongly Mr. Gregory's want of punctuality in paying the Sheriff his share of the expenses, whilst he insisted (through his agent) in that functionary not putting him (Mr. Reynolds) in nomina- tion till he lodged his share the contingent. Mr. Jt.>Itft- O'Connell having spoken at some length, the rent for the week was announced to be £.32. The meeting then adjourned. ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING OV A SWEETHEART.—We learn from the Worcester JournallbaX death had resulted in that city from the incautious use of fire-arms. Thos. Waldron, it appears, on Sunday last, was making ready a gun to shoot some pigeons in the garden. The gun was a percussion one, and a cap was found upon the nipple, which Waldron took off and threw away, sup- posing that the gun was unloaded. At this time Jane Steel (Waldron's sweetheart) expressed a desire to see the gun fired off, as she wished to know how it was done. Her mother accordingly proposed that she should fire off a cap, but objected to any powder being used, and while some of the family were looking for the per- cussion caps Waldron was clearing the touchhole with a pin. While doing this the hammer fell, exploding a small quantity of the percussion powder which had been left on the withdrawal of the cap, and lodging the whole contents of the gun in the face and head of the unfor- tunate girl. She fell from her chair covered with blood, and expired without uttering a sound. Is THAT A Musciurrro? —" And so you're giling out to the East Hingies, my dariint, Mrs. Alaroonev said an old Irish crone to the young wife of a soldier about to embark for Madras; I've been in them parts myself, and well do I remember the torments I went through night and day with the muskcatoes. They have long suckers hangiug down from their heads, and they'll draw the life blood out of ye, before you can ,ay peas.' This terrifying account lived in the memory of the young woman the vessel made Madras roads, the decks were soon crowded, all hands delighted at sight of land, Mrs. Maroolwy amongst the rest, but Itei- joy was of short duration, for on the shore she perceived an elephant; horror-struck at the sight, and in breathless agitation, she approached the mate, exclaiming, with uplifted hands, Holy Mother is that a muskcato ?"—American Sun. HUMANE BUTCHERY.—The Albany butchers, it is said, now administer ether to the aniipals they are about to slauhter. The poor brutes ?.re ?us disposed of withou the least pain:

SOCIAL AND POLITICAL T DISORGANISATION I IN FRANCE. [From the Morning Chronicle.] I The fact is not to be disguised—every packet that reaches our shores bringg some additional confirmation of it- ti.,at the French people are losing all confidence in the institutions under which they live. We are not now alluding to dynasties, or cabineis, or any particular clique of men, or set of measures. We contemplate rather with melancholy forebodings the fact that the most centralised, and, in national feelings and political aspirations, the most homogeneous people in the world are beginning to have no centrc at all of that weight and st«bilfty'*which their centripetal and their cen- trifugal intensity alike so imperatively require. Subject as the French are to Government control in the mi- nutest details even of local and municipal atfairs- accustomed to have everything prescribed to them and done for them, and originating little of themselves, no people required so much to preserve an unhesitating faith, both in the soundness of the institutions under which they live, and in the integrity of their rulers. The wisdom of those who govern them they might not and indeed they have no reason to think much of; but to distrust the patriotism of their rulers, to doubt their honeslv, to believe that there is nothing above them- selves but rank above ranI; of unmitigated knavery public and private, political and pecuniary corruption and villany—what greater calamity can befall a people than to have this gloomy conviction every day brought more home to them ? Let it not be said that we exag- gerate the symptoms of this revulsion in the feelings of the French people. When in the provinees public func- tionaries, for the simple reason that they are func- tionaries, are hooted in the streets, and saluted with the cry of au voleur just as the spies of the Restoration used to be with the cry of an mouchard, how widely must not suspicion have spread, how long must not the people have brooded over their distrust, how grim and deadly must the exasperation be which bet rays itself in such a hshion. N OIV it is a long time since the people of France—that is the humbler classes, and the agricultural population, who form so preponderating a portion of the whoie—have been in this mood of mind. It is only in the pamphlets uf Courier, written a quarter of a century ago, that we find any adumbration of it. It bodes worse for the stability of the present system in France, and, therewith, of ti-9 p.'ftdlllirtum of Europe, than would much noisier and more emphatic demonstrations, if confined to the spfons and boulevards of Paris, and the other leading cities. The latter are dexterous expe- dients, sometimes for effecting a change of Ministry, or organising a new opposition, or section of an opposition. But before the popular indignation finds spontaneous utterance in the fashion to which we have alluded, it must be deeply seated and widely spread, ready, if timely warning be not taken, to break forth into open conflragration. Not that we anticipate any such im- mediate effervescence of the public sentiment in France. We rather mourn over the shock which recent events have given to that faith of all classes in each other and in the State, which is the only security for a consti- tutional equilibrium. As things are now, we cannot more aptly express our view of the present crisis than by saying that in our belief the fabric of the French constitution has lost all its cement, and that any sem- blance of coherency it still retains is owing to mere juxtaposition, and to the force of gravity with which the superincumbent portions weigh down the rest. Left undisturbed and unmeddled with, it may hold together for a good while.. But once assailed by any violence from without, or undermined by any disturbance from beneath,the whole fabric will tumble into instant ruin. Its only chance of temporary salvation is perfect quietude within and without. How long France may be left in the enjoyment of that quietude it would be difficult to anticipate, Even our columns of this day plainly enough show that from all quarters the signs of embarrassment are gathering thick. Tiley may pass away though. In his private and public career-as subject and as Sovereign—Louis Philippe has been— very fortunate.

THE WESLEYAN CONFERENCE FOR 1848.—It is finally decided that the Wesleyan Conferance for the ensuing year will be held in Hull. The Wesleyan Society in that place have stipulated to board and lodge 400 ministers during the sitting, which extends over several weeks. THE BROAD GAUGE FROM GLOUCESTER TO CHEL- rEILUI-The opening of this line is, we hear, likely to be delayed for some considerable time. It is said that it will be necessary to lower the rails under the bridges, as the broad-gauge rails are laid on the Bir- mingham and Bristol railway, to enable the Great Wes- tern engines to pass under with safety. We hope this alteration will soon be finished, far the public have been for borne time past, eagerly waiting the completion of this line. A break of gauge, and, in some instances delay, will be thereby obviated.—Morning Chronicle. EXPEnrTURE OF THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD.—The following bill of fate for one year (1840) may not be uninteresting to economists and the public:—Bread .t2,OjO butter, bacon, cheese, and eggs, £ 4,970; milk and cream, £ 1,478; butcher's meat, £ 9,472; poultry, £ 3,033; fish, 1;1,679; grocery, £1,6H; oilery, £ 1,793; fruit and confectionary, £ 1,741; vege- tables £ 487; wine, £ 4,850; liqueurs, &c,, £ 1,843; ale and beer, £ 2,811; wax candles, 1:1.977 tallow candles, 1:671) ^an»p.tt,. £ &1G6,; fuel, £ 0,849 sia- lionery £ 824; turnery, E-376; braziery, £ 890; china, glass, &c., £ 1,328; linep, £ 1,08.5; washing table linen, &c., £ 3,130; plate", £ 500. — Globe. GLOUCESTER AND DEAN FOREST RAILWAY.—The third ordinary meeting of this company took place in Gloucester on Thursday. The Chairman, Mr. S. Baker, said the Dean Forest Railway now stood air integral part of the South Wales Railway Company. They were now in a position to carry the whole of the traffic from Hereford and the adjoining country, and all the pas- senger traffic from the South of Ireland would now pass over the Dcin Forest railway. There was no competing line. All the traflic from London must pass over their line. There were no counteiacting disadvantages. Since the last general meeting of the Forest of Dean Railway, the South Wales Railway Company had purchased the Bullo Pill railway, and access would be thereby gained to the heart of the f-rest. A arraiigriiit-tit had also been (.fleeted with the Severn and Wye railway. It was clearly made out and established that the Dean Forest would be a good passenger und mineral traffic line. The period for the competition of the line ""OU]!! be extended, as the present depressed state of the money-market would not r.dmit of the ready payment of calls The South Wales Railway Company were pro- ceeding very rapidly with their works. The directors, in their report, state that they had purchased a large proportion of the land required for the railway, and had entered into contracts for the purchase of other por- tions. The engineer has completed his arrangements for the prosecution of the works, the contract has been agreed to, and the works commenced on the heaviest portion of the line. The directors congratulate the propiietors on their obtaining a bill for the construction of docks in comniunicatiou with the Gloucester and Berkeley canal, from which they expect important ad- vautages to accrue to the company. CONFINEMENT INSTEAD OF TRANSPORTATION.— Arrangements have been concluded between Major Jebb (Inspector of Prisons), on behalf of the Govern- ment, and the Hon. E. Lascelles, M P., chairman of the Weet Riding Quarter Sessions, on behalf of the West Riding, for the occupation of 400 cells in the newly enlarged prison at Wakefield and that number of pi isoners, under sentence of transportation, will shortly be removed from the Millbank prison to Wake- field, at the rate of 100 per week, and in batches of 25 each. These convicts will have a separate chaplain, surgeon, and wnrders, tire former at a salary of £ 250 a year, the latter at salaries varying fro-i; E90 and 1:80 to £ 00 per annum -but though these officers are nominated by Government, they must be appointed by the visiting justices. The rent paid by the govern- ment is at the rate of t6 per cell per anntitn the burden uf maintenance fulling upon the Government. upon the Government. IosT DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE.—We are con- cerned to announce a melancholy occurrence which took place at Cas he I on Tuesday last. We have received different accounts of the painful transaction, which we do not consid? prudent to publish at present. Mr. Francis D'Rr., of Cahel, having had an altercation with his 8oiitraticii O'Ityaii, jun, (an interesting young man, is ta, m*r%e at his majority in a few iii(iiit h s ) the father dL?4--k months), the father dufcKQfged a loaded pitol at him ihe the right eye but taking an oblique direction, om the brain. It is with satisfaction we have to state that the medical at- lcndanrs on the wounded gentleman entertain hopes of his recovery, although the ball has not yet been ex- tracted. Mr. F. O'ltyan, sen., is in custody for the offence. The following came to hand as we were going to press :—Mr. O'Ryan, sen., has a family of grown up sons and daughters. The eldest son lived with his father, as did his daughters. Mr. O'Ryan having been some time a widower, recently married a young and interest- ing lady, who, according to the version of the story on the father's side, became an object of the son's passion. That this sentiment was reciprocated by the youth's stepmother, the father had, as is stated, for some short time back, more and more reasons to be suspicious and on Tuesday evening on entering his bedroom he was horrified to find- his place occupied by his unfortunate son. Maddened with. rage the infuriated father reached a loaded pistol, and fired. The ball entered the head of the young Mr. O'Ryan, immediately beside the eye, totally destroying that organ, and traversing the skull, rested at the base of the occiput. The lady made a precipitate retreat, and escaped before her infuriated husband could re-load his weapon. An instant alarm was given and Mr. Ryan was taken into custody, and con- signed to the gaol at Cashel. Our informant, who left Cashel yesterday morning, says the ball was extracted from the head of Mr. O'Ryan the lireviotif; night-tbe intervenin g time being occupied in searching for it. The ,c,?ls i bi l ity, an d wounded man remains in a state of insensibility, and no lopes are entertained of his recovery .-Linie,ick Chronicle. MARRIAGE NOTICES.—A western (American) paper gives the following notice :—All notices of marriages, where no bride-cake is sent, will he set up in small tvi)e and poked into some outlandish corner of the paper. Where a handsome piece of cake is sent, it will be put conspicuously in large letters; when gloves or other bride favours are added, a piece of illustrative poetry will be given in addition. When, however, the editor attends the ceremony in propria persona, and kisses the bride, it will have special notice—very large type I and the most appropriate poetry that can be begged, borrowed, stolen, or coioed foaip \1\, brain editorial, The will of the late John Walters, Esq., of Bearwood Hall, Berks, and Printing-house-square, London, was executed by him on the 9th of February, 1847, and he died on the 28th of July. He has devised to his son, John Walter, Esq., M.P., the entire freehold premises and warehouses belonging to the establishment of the Times, in Printing-house-square, and leaves him all his interest in the business. The freehold and copyhold estates which he possessed in the counties of Bcrk" and: Wilts, together with the right of presentation to St. Catherine's Church, Bearwood, he leaves to the trustees under the terms of the settlement on the marriage of his said son. The residue of his real and personal estate to his wife, Mrs. Mary Walter, for her own absolute use, and has appointed her sole executrix. The personalty THREE GENERATIONS OF VOTERS.—Col. Tynte, of Hateewell Park, Lieutenant-Colonel Kemeys Tynte, M.P., of Cefn Mablv, and Captain Tynte, of the Gre- nadier Guards, polled for Lord Granville Somerset, for different estates, at Chepstow, Abergavenny, and Monmouth. Three cheers were given for the Member for Bridgwater," on his leaving the polling booth at Abergavenny, and Captain Tynte (who was accompanied by the Hon. Mr. Paul Methuen), was loudly cheered at Monmouth. POLITICAL IMPORTANCE OF BUILDING SOCIETIES. --If the late Anti-Corn-Law League had never achieved the downfall of monopoly nay. if instead of making free trade a watehword throughout civilised Europe, they had struggled in vain, and left monopoly in the same rampant state as they found h, and commerce groaning beneath its hereditary" fetters, they still would be entitled to the gratitude of all lovers of free- dom, whether civil, religious, or commercial, for the lesson they have taught the people on the importance of the forty-shilling franchise. The rent charge systern of the League was unquestionably an admirable one, but still fell short of the building society scheme, for al- though the former secured in perpetuity a fixed annual payment, with the right of voting for representatives in Parliament for capital invested in a bulk sum, the latter, by a gradual mode of payment, comparatively liht in its operation, secures to the working man and his heirs the same advantages. With what safety power may be entrusted to the members of building societies was s hown on the 9th instant at Bethnal-green polling dis- trict, when 18 members of a house property association voted, in right of their shares, one after another, for the Libcral candidates, while only one member of that society gave a Tory vote. SINGULAR Lass OF LIFE.—AS two men were en- gaged in fishing in the mill-pond, at Sidlesham, near Chichester, on Friday night, about 12 o'clock, one of them was suffocated by a small fish leaping into his throat, and there becoming fixed. No proper assistance being at hand, his partner could not extricate the fish from its position, and in five minutes the poor fellow was a corpse. He has left a wife and three children.— Sussex Advertiser. MURDER OF A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND.—A ver- dict of wilful murder" has been returned by a coroner's jury against Robert Pilkington, who murdered his wife on Sunday last, at Heaton, by splitting her skull with a poker. The prisoner, a man of dissipated habits, had been separated from his wife for some time, and com- mitted this horrible crime in consequence of her having refused to give him up the management of a farm, of which she had been left in charge. A servant girl, who tried to prevent the murder, was seriously injured in her attempt to interfere. MURDER AND MUTILATION.—On Monday an inquest was held in Birmingham, on the body of an infant. It appeared that a young woman, named Elizabeth Stead- man, who, it is alleged, is the wife of a young man re- cently transported, has latterly filled the situation as domestic servant, at a public-house in Caroline-street, in that town. On Friday last (20th inst.) she was found to be very unwell, and for the satisfaction of her em- ployers.a medical man (Dr. Mackay) was called in, who, after seeing his patient, expressed his opinion that she had been lately confined. This being denied, a diligent search was commenced on the premises, but it was not till Saturday afternoon that the remains of an infant were discovered in the cesspool attached to an outhouse, in no less than seven different parts, the body having been so divided. From the evidence it appeared that after her delivery the prisoner cut the child to pieces in bed but, remarkable as the fact may appear, the wife of the supposed father, who slept with the accused, and who was perfectly aware of her condition, never heard the slightest noise from either mother or child. The details of the case are unfit for publication. The jury returned a verdict of Wilful Murder," and the prisoner, as soon as she has sufficiently recovered, will be removed to Warwick gaol for trial at the next spring assizes. HORRIBLE ATTEMPT TO MURDER Two MEN, AND SELF-MUTILATION BY A MADMAN.—The following appalling occurrence has taken place in the Holbeck workhouse;—It appears that an inmate of the house, named Joseph Robinson, had lately shown symptoms of mental aberration, but he was never considered a dan- gerous person until his conduct became so strange that he was placed under the care of the medical man belonging to the workhouse. After the lapse of a few days his symptoms improved, she was again considered to be perfectly harmless, but during Thursday afternoon whilst sitting in one of the wards with four men—one insane, another an idiot, the third old and blind, and the foiii lh a very infirm person—he suddenly seized a large coal shovel, with which he made a most desperate attempt to murder the two eldest men, by striking them with all his might upon-their head?. The Idiotic pauper on seeing this, ran out of the ward. and, as well as he was able, gave an alarm, but before any assistance arrived Robinson had illflicted 80me severe scalp wounds on the poor old blind man, whose name is Thomas Cooper, and who is 77 years of age. One of the poor fellow's fingers was also completely smashed, this having apparently been the result of his attempting to protect his head from the blows. The other man, Samuel Gibson, who is o4 yeart1 of age, was al:'5o most severely inj ured, his face laid hare with the edge of the shovel. As soon as the alarm was gh en Rohinson threw down the shovel and secreted himself in the water-closet, and, on his beil1 discovered, it was fonnd that he had cut his throat alld stabbed himself several timed in the abdomen, besides drpadfulJy mutilating other portions of his pert-on. The knife with which he had indicted the. injuries on himself was one which he had horrowed fronl the old man Cooper, to cut his flesh with, as he termed eating his meat He had also cut bis -hoes and destuyed his trousers with the same weapon. He was secured, and, with the two men he had so frightfully injured, was taken to the general dis- pensary at Leeds. MURDER AT NOTTINGHAM.—For several years past a practice has been prevalent in Nottingham, which has bpen thc means of sacrificing the lives of many young women, as well as a great number of infants, and at length a case has occurred which will cause an example to be made that ought to operate as a warning to all who cngae in acts of the description alluded to. Two women have been committed to gaol for murder, but the circumstances being of too delicate a nature to permit a particular description of them to appear in print, a few general remarks must suffice. A woman, named Ann West, alias Wood, residing for some years in Rose- yard, Bellargate, with a man of the name of Wood, has been earning a livelihood by a profession which is immoral in its character and murderous in its result. For a fee varying from 10s. 20s. to 30s., she undertakes to procure abortion at any stage of pregnancy. In the case for which the present commitment has taken place she operated upon a young woman, Sarah Henson, aged 20, and the result was, that on the 11th of this month (August) Henson was confined of a the months' child, which, contrary to expectation, was born alive. The birth took place at 8 o'clock in the morning, and the death of the infant at 1 the same day. West professes to be, but is not actually, a midwife, and therefore she was not sent for till after the birth hence a discovery was made by a regular midwife, which caused informa- tion to be given to the coroner, Mr. Browne, who directed Mr Thompson, surgeon, to atten d the case and to investigate the circumstances. Sufficient evidence was quickly oblaiued, which led the coroner to order a jury to assemble on the 12th inst., at the uatchhouse station, and by adjournment on Wednesday last. Full proof was given of the attendance of West upon Henson many times before her confinement, the acts committed, and the premature death of the infant owing to these illegal practices. The jury returned a verdict of Wilful Murder," against West and Henson, who were both committed for trial at the next assizes. "West has been previously apprehended on a similar ehare, and owing to legal difficulties was set at liberty, hut not wilhout receiving a severe admonition from the coroner. In Uns case the jury expressed a strong wish that Hen- son may be admitted upon the trial, as a witness against her, on the part of the Crown. A HINT TO COUNTRY GENTLEMEN.—The Earl of Yarborongh is adopting some valuable improvements on his estates at Brocklesby. "Upon his estates," ob- serves the Eastern Counties Herald, as upon many others, the majority of the cottages have been let with the farths hitherto, the farmer subletting them to the labourers either for rent in money or as part of their wages. Lord Yarborongh has long been convinced that a radical evil existed in a system which placed the labourer so completely at the mercy of the farmer. His lordship, therefore, is now making arrangements for separating the cottagers generally, with certain ex- ceptions, from the farms, and making the labourers direct tenants of the earldom, and consequently free to work for any employer they can agree with. The exceptions are where the locality of the cottages, ad- joining the farmsteads, or amongst the buildings, makes it quite necessary, in justice to the farmer, to give him a complete control over the occupation of them, and where cottages are required for the ocoupa- tion of a foreman, shepherd, or yearly confidential ser- vant of that sort, and when, in fact, the cottage may be considered as part of the farmer's house, although de- tached for the sake of convenience. This change is to take place next spring. In cases where cottages have less than a rood of garden-ground, more will be laid to them, so as to make up at least that quantity, and facilities will be given for keeping^fcows where the la- bourers are in a condition to procjre them. His lord- ship is also about to build a j^d-sized school, for above 150 children, with master's house, near to Lim- ber,—the number of children there, and in the adjnining parishes, being considerable, and at present very badly off for the means of obtaining anything like a decent education. This school, we are informed, will be con- ducted upon the same liberal principles which have made his lordship's school at Housham, near Brigg, so I tuccetsful." mi THN GImAT BRITAIN" STEAM-SHIP AFLOAT AT LAST.—On Friday, the 27th inst., the vessel's best bowers having been left out, as on the previous days, as soon as the tide rose, the hands aboard com- menced to warp the vessel off the shore, and succeeded in shifting her from the position which she occupied, a distance of upwards of eighty fathoms sea-ward. She now lies in a position which will enable Mr. Bremner, to remove her into deep water with a common tide in fact, she would have walked off into the channel this evening, but that it was thought desirable to make an examination of the bottom before proceeding further sc-award. Mr. Bremnei's success now appears certain, as far as every human probability is concerned. The vessel will now float with an ordinary tide and, having one-thousand horse-power (the steamers Birkenhead" and Scourge" to assist her), it will be very strange indeed should Mr. Bremner's anticipations not be rea- lized. As soon as the Great Britain" was discovered to be fairly afloat, there were three rounds of cheers from the Birkenhead," which were lustily responded to by the men on board the former vessel. Those in attendance were much gratified at being present (al- though not avowed Repealers) and witnessing the Re- peal of the Union" between the Great Britain" and Ireland.—[,4t»>idyed from the" Northern Whig" of Saturday last.] The Great'Britain arrived in Liverpool on Monday. IMPORTANT TO THE PUBLIC.—At the late Wilts Assize, an indictment was tried against a person named Edwards, for having narrowed a public footpath through a lane. Lord Chief Justice Wilde told the jury that no lapse of time, or ad verse enjoyment could deprive the public of a right of way which they had once pos- sessed." A verdict of guilty was returned. DARING ATTEMPT OF THREE PRISONERS, UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH, TO ESCAPE.—A very daring attempt to escape fromdurance vile" was made on MOllday by the Ihree prisoners now under sentence of death in the county gaol of Kilkenny—James Larkiu, James Daniel, and Henry Walshe. After breakfast., on the above day, the prisoners wete turned into the corridor from their cells, for the purpose of giving them an opportunity of praying. One of the turnkeys, Wrn. Lee, after unlocking the cells, was leaving the corridor to go down stairs, when he was overtaken by Larkin, who struck him on the head, saying, Now, you thief." Lee then seized him, and Ltirkin rushed towards the stairs, calling out to Walshe and Daniel, who followed him, Boys, come on—what are you doing ?" Walshe left the corridor close behind Larkin but Daniel foi- lowed more slowly. When Walshe reached the stairs, the turnkey laid hold of him, and a scuffle ensued, which lasted until they reached the back-door leading to one of the smaller yards. Here Larkin again came upon Lee and struck him a blow on the head with a paving- stone, which felled him to the ground. From the wound inflicted by this blow Lee bled profusely. Larkin then attempted to run out through the door-way, followed by Daniel and Walshe, but was stopped by a prisoner named John Forbes. The other culprits ran along a passage leading to the front yard—this passage being at the time lined with convicts. A prisoner, named P. Brenan, caught one of the culprits, and took two stones from him. The governor, having before this got the alarm, ran into the police guard-room, where, with one of the constables, he loaded all the carbines, while Sergeant Coghlen and the other constables ran to the interior of the building and captured the prisoners, whom, assisted by two of the turnkeys and some of the prisoners, they, with considerable difficulty, conveyed back to their cells, and placed in irons. In the evening the prisoners confessed that they had agreed upon a plan to murder the three turnkeys and the governor, in the hope of effecting their escape. Larkin and Daniel will be executed on this day (Wednesday), and Walshe on next Wednesday.—Kilkenny Journal, of Wed- nesday last. GROWTH OF WHEAT.—'Louis Phillips, a gardener at Hastings, sowed last autumn 410 grains of red wheat on one rod of ground, in drills 12 inches apart, and by single grains near eight inches asunder, This produced within a few days past the enormous quantity of five gallons, being at the rate of 100 bushels per acre the quality of the grain is good, and it weighs OOlbs. per bushel. The weight of straw was 681bs. The ground had been previously planted with potatoes, which being blighted were dup up. Sixty-two straws and 1,741 grains were counted as proceeding from one grain. The ground had been manured in the winter of 184;)46 with a quarter of a load of rough dung, and the wheat, when young, dressed with one gallon of soot. A CHARTIST BANK.—The Chartists arc raising, sub- scriptions to establish a bank, to be called the Labour Bank," with a capital of £ .50,000. A PRESSING LETTER.—The following extract from a letter sent by a settler to his friends abroad shows that our country is not the worst in the world :—" My dear Bob,—Come to sweet Ameriky, and come quickly. Here you can buy paraties 2 shillings a bushel, whiskey and coal same price, because we ain't got no turf here, a dollar aday for digging, and no hanging for staling. lOch, now, do come."—American paper. GOULDHURST.—The following touching epistle was lately laid on the breakfast table of a gentleman of the highest respectability in this neighbourhood. It was written in a wiry text hand, covering two sheets of blue wove post, with the lines pitching fearfully down hill-the paper highly scented with bergamot. The repeated corrections and inky finger marks plainly bespeak the labour it co..t ill correction, and the turbu- lence of thi; writer's reelings. As a specimen of ortho- graphy it ought to be preserved :— my dear william, i no it is not fayshunable for ladys to rite fust but you must exkuse this as my feeiins is so great, I cannot help it, no doubt you are not aware there is a bein as loves you sincerely and that heir is no other than myself i have indulged what is by un feelin people a ope- less pashun for a very long time aad that pashun is senttred on you o william wiUiani when i fust see you i had a strange sencashun fil my bnssum wich sencashun i diskivered to be love, i never noed till then what it was to love in fact i had olvis laf'd at it, until then i coud ohis sleep of a nite's as well as anybody, eet too, but now alass I cant sleep a wink nor eet a mossel, sich is my felins, i have thus praymaturely ritten to you opin that complaysent smyle of vourn woud ripen to love, a shoud you kondesend to take compayshun on a young lady as coud kiss you very fit o how appy I shoud be, i no mv fortun is small in comparysun to vourn, but then you no as the poet says resiprocal love is better than fortun and in myself you'd have a konfidin kreecher, i no my mama would be pleezed if you was too metishun the siibjeck to her, do come down deer william it. ant fur, she will let you no my quallyficashuns in ousel! an ùo- mestick dooty's of course it would not look well for me to pray's myself on that snbjeck, o william William when I see you at your window tast nite i thought i shou'd have dropt, but i am not in the abbit of going off so i supported myself deer william pray rite by return of post if it is but jest to give me comfort. i am yourn till deta julia. p.s. i forgot to menshun i have been very ill with what the doctor calls the spasmatic in the chest which i attribute to you, he has suckseeded in rcnumu the dreadful pane as it as flue to my face and left a orroblc two-thakc, which i can't kure i have tried every thing i could think on exkuse this bad ritin as i am al! haste an speed.—Maidstone Journal. A RATIIER ODD FUNERAL.—A few days ago there might have been seen two persons conveying down Kirk- gate the mortal remains of a young child; the first individual had the coffin under his arm, walking at a good pace, while the second jostled along as a mourner, with a short black pipe in his mouth !—Leeds Intel- ligencer. EXTRAORDINARY ADVICE.—The Kurrachee Advertiser of June 19, relates the following story :—" On the borders of our [euitory, within the bounds of the Hydrabad col- lectorate, there lived, not long since, an old man who was subject to occasional fits of madness. His son, who had arrived at man's estate, kept him within tolerable bounds, but, as he lived by his labour, he could not pay f undivided attention to him. One fine day the old gentle- man got particularly unruly, and committed a violent and unprovoked assault, on a neighbour. The villagers assembled, and determined that such freaks should be put an end to in some way and they hinted to the son that as he could not restrain the old man, they would, in self-defence, be under the necessity of taking the law into their own hands. Under such circumstances he sought the advice of his uncle, who addressed him some- what to the following effect:—'This has now become a serious affair. You cannot keep the old man in order, and the villagers will not subject themselves or their children to the constant risk of being assaulted by him. Some one of them will shoot him, nnd this will lead to a feud; besides, you will have to answer for any crime he may commit to the government. My advice, therefore, is, that you, being nearest of kin, shall kill him at once, and put an end to our trouble. No one can find fault with you, he being your father were he not, I would do it myself.' The son was convinced, and the father's life was taken the following morning in the most humane manner, by being shot dead on the spot, and the matter was supposed to be concluded to the satisfaction of all parties. Not so, however the fact coming to the ears of the nearest magistrate, he had the parricide ar- rested and placed in durance vile, where he now remains to puzzle the authorities, and to give a lesson to the country that a son may be called to account for killing his father, even though he be nearest of kin." DISTILLATION OF SUGAR.—" Mr. Green," said a tolerably dressed female the other day, entering a gro- cery store in which were several customers, have you any fresh corned pork ?" Yes, ma'am." How much is this sugar a pound r" One shilling, ma'am." Let me have," she continued, lowering her voice, "half a pint of gin, and charge it as sugar on the books.4merican paper. GALLANTRY.—A polite Frenchman is said to have carried his ideas of gallantry to so high a pitch of sublimity as to run round to the other side of a lady, when her shadow fell, so that he might avoid stepping on it. GOING INTO THE SAME BUSINESS.—There is a talk of turning the Fleet prison into baths and washhouses. There could not be a building in London better adapted for this purpose, the prison having been so many years a sponging-hovse on the very largest scale.— Punch. A PROLIFIC CONTRIBUTOR.—What would the news- papers do if Rumour was to strike, and declare she would not write another line ? Take away Rumour, and scarcely a newspaper would live. The fashionable papers, especially, would be left without a paragraph. What would become, too, of "Our London Correspon- dent?" He would not have a thing to write about. As it is, with Rumours to back him, he writes as with a hundred pens. By-the-bye, if Rumour was paid for everything that. appeared in her name, what a deal of money she would make at penny-a-lining !—-Punch. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters pateng to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dig01. ties of Viscount and Earl of the United Kingdom ° Great Britain and Ireland unto General the Right Rc? John Baron Strafford, of Harmonds?orth; in the coun; of Middlesex, G.C.B., and the heirs males of his bl'il lawfully begotten, by the names, styles, and titles 0 Viscount Enfield, in the said county of Middlesex, an Earl of Strafford. The Queen has also been pleased t" direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Sell, granting the dignity of a Baron of the said Unite Kingdom to Archibald Acheson, Esq., (commonly called Viscount Acheson), and the heirs male of his body la" fully begotten, by the name, style, and title of harog Acheson, of Clancairney, in the county of Armagh. T&e Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity 0 a Baron of the said United Kingdom to Richard ]3gLroll Cremorne, of that part of the said United KingdølØ called Ireland, and the heirs male of his body lawfuW begotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron Dartre1. of Dartrey, in the county of Monaghan.

AGRICULTURE, MARKETS, &c. (From the Mark Lane Express.) I The weather has throughout the week been higW favourable for the harvest operations, and a vast quanta 1% of corn has been carried we learn, however, that tbo I rain which fell about the middle of the month did rn t or less inj ury, the grain having in some installo sprouted in the car. In regard to the yield to the arf the reports are generally of a satisfactory character; a it is now the prevailing opinion that the produce Wheat will be fully equal to that of average season* whilst Barley and Oats are described as very abund, crops. The accounts in respect to the late-plants potatoes have, on the other hand, become less favourable more particularly those received within the last few dalo from Scotland and Ireland but, owing to the beliefs- there will be an abundance of grain, the partial failure0 potatoes is looked upon with less alarm than formerIF" and prices of all articles have continued to decline at the leading provincial markets held during the wed The rpceipts of English Barley have been quite mode rate, but more liberal supplies being expected so so11 as harvest operations shall have been brought to a eU»?e' buyers have shown no anxiety to purchase. Of infc?' foreign Barley there is an abundance on the mar?' and comparatively little being just now required for feeding, it has been almost impossible to make s?Ic? to any extent. In the absence qi.busiuess Q? iCI.: is difficult to give quotations there can be no dU\lb however, that importers would gladly have made a furd ther concession if by so doing they could have succeeded in placing large lots. Quotations of Malt have nner- gone no change requiring notice, more firmness haVing been shown by holders of this article than might, under ail circumstances, have been expected. A slight increas2 has taken place in the arrivals of home-grow-n Oats, 67* qrs. having come to hand from our own coast, and 9$' qrs. from Ireland from the latter quarter we may cill- culate on soon receiving some quantity of new. with this prospect before us, and with continued large art". vals from abroad, the trade has remained in an exceed- ingly depressed state. *• a. s. 9'4 Wheat, red. 52 to 54 J Oats, Engl, feed 22 22 White 5.5 58 Yotighall Black 19 -21 Norfolk & Suffolk 60 — 54 j Scotch feed 22 White Irish Galway 15 1 Barley, Maltiiig.. 35 -35 Dtiblin Chevalier 36 40 Londonderry Grinding 26-321 Waterford White 23 — Irish I Clon,nel 18-21 Scotch 40-42 Beans, Tick new 44 — -16; Seed, Rape 30J. 32 Harrow 48 52 Irish — —I. per la5:. Pease, Boiling 42 Linseed, Baltic 46—49 White Odessa. 41 0 Blue ———, Mustard, white 8-1 Maple. 37 — 40 Flour,Town made Malt, Brown 65 6D j and best country 50-55 Hyp,new. 35-37, marks 50 — Indian Corn 25 35 i Stockton. 44 LONDON AVERAGES. £ s. d. ?. &■ Wheat..2,414 qrs. 3 4 10 Rye 60 qrs. 1 16 Barley.. 47 2 0 1 Beans.. 178 2 8 2 Barley 5441 7 2 1 0 7 10 1 ? Peas 249 1 18 Oats 1 7 10 Peas.. 219 1 18 9 GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF CORN. Week ending Aug. 28. — Imperial-Gt>n('ra.l WeeklY Average,—Wheat, 62s. 6d. Barley, 38s. lid. Oats, 285. 9d.; Rye, 3:;s. ;3d,; Beans, 53s. 2d.; Peas, 40s. 4d. Aggregate Average of six weeks which governed Dutf —Wheat, 71s. lid.; Barley, 43s. 7d.; Oats, 30s. Rye, 51s. lid. Beans, 53s. Is.; Peas, 47a. 4cl. SMITHFIELD MARKET The following imports of live stock have taken place from abroad into London during the past week :—Beasts, 1046; Sheep, 3429; Lambs, 192; Calves, 336; Pigs, 2* At the outports, about 3,200 head of each kind of stock have been landed from Holland and Germany. The supply of foreign stock here to-day was again brge, viz-i 820 Beasts, 3,220 Sheep and Lambs, and 125 Calves, i" the quality of which a slight improvement was noticed. From the northern grazing districts we received about 2,000 sliort-liorns front the eastern, western, and mid- land counties, O;) Kerefords, runts, Devon*, short-horns, &c.; from other parts of England, 600 of various breeds; and from Scotland DO Scots. The numbers of Sheep were about 2,000 more than those exhibited on Monday last. On the whole, the Mutton trade waa inactive, y? last week's currencies were pretty gcneral1y supported; the primest old Downs, which were again scarce, pr0"/ duced 5s. 4d. per 8ibs. Wit4 we r,? tfri supplied. Most breeda moved &!f slowly, at but little, » any, alteration in value. We had rah(Ir a large numbef of Cahcs on offer, yet the Veal trade was tolecablJE. #iJ'1IIw at late rates. Prime small porkers were in '?'?'?* quest, at last week's prices. Otherwise, the Pork tr? was dull. A COMPARISON of the PRICES of FAT STOCK, sold ill S.MiTiiFtELD CATTLE MARKET, on Monday Aug. 31, 1846, and Monday, Aug. 30, 1847. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. Aug. 31, 1846. Aug. 30, 1847. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d- Coarse & inferior Beasts.. 2 10 to 3 0 3 4 to 3 8 Second quality do. 3 2 3 6..3 10 4 0 Prime large Oxen. 3 8 3 10 4 2 4 4: Prime Scots, &c. 4 0 4 2.. 4 4 4 6 Coarse and inferior Sheep 3 6 3 10 3 10 4 2 Second quality, do 4 0 4 2.. 4 4 4 6 Prime coarse woolled, do..4 2 4 4 4 8 4 10 Prime Southdown, do. 4 6 4 8 5 ID 5 4 Large coars Calves 36 4 0 4 0 4 6 Prirnesmall do. 42 46..48 (j 0 Large Hos. 3 8 4 6.. 4 0 4 6 Neat small Porkers 4 8 4 10 4 8 4 10 BUTTER, BACON, CHEESE, AND HAIS. s. s. Cheese, per cwt. s. s. DorsetButter, p. fir. 98 102 Double Glo'ster 60 6& Fresh Butter, 13s. 0d. Single ditto 48 58 per dozen Cheshire 56 76 Irish, do., per cwt. Derby 62 66 C?now. -\ew 92 —I American 54 60 86 — j Edam and Gouda.. 48 56 Cork, 1st. 84 Bacon, new 76 84 Waterford 88 — 'Iiddl Foreign Butter, cwt. j Ilams, Irish 50 70 Prime Friesland 100 102 Westmoreland. 88 Do..Kiel 96 York 98 PRICE OF TALLOW, &c. 1843. 1S44. 18 5. 1846 1847. Stock this day 1,9962.. 13,210..10,688.. 9,844.. 12,559 Price of P.Y.C. 42s. Od. 41s. Od. 40s. 9d. 42s. 6d. 47s. Od.

WEEKLY CALENDAR. TSIE MOON'S CHANGES.—New Moon on the 9th of September, at 3h. 30m. evening. HIGH WATER AT THE FOLLOWING PLACES FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. [ICarmar- Cardigan Tenby i DAYS. ithen Bar. and -.And 1 Aberyst- jj Han?-Uy. Bristol. Milford. '"?- SEPT. II H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. Saturday. 41 0 45 2 13 0 58 2 43 Sunday 5! 2 9 3 34 2 19 4 4 Monday 61 3 30 4 51 3 36 5 21 Tuesday 7. 4 32 5 17 4 2 5 47 Wednesday 8?l 5 23 6 7 4 53 6 38 Thursday'9 6 3?6 48 5 33 7 18 Friday 10 j 6 37 7 22 6 7 7 52

LONDON GAZETTE. BANKRUPTS.—f Friday, Aug. 27. )—Geo. Maddison, Swaffham, Norfolk, grocer.-P. B. De Verville, West- hourne-creseent, Hyde Park, boarding housekeeper.— C. Robertson, Leicester-squarer master mariner.—J. j Rawlins, Foley-piaee, coaehmaker.—J. SpaMing, OOTI- bridge, brazier.—J. A. Harper, Harrington-street North, Hampstead-road, lodging housekeeper.— W. Vaughan, Rvde, Isle of Wight, glass dealer.-G. Clayton, Camber well, auctioneer.—D.'Winton, Guttcr^lane, commission agent.—II. Bowen. Coventry, clotliiei- John Fenton, Ockbrook, Derbyshire, hosier.—T. Wakefield, Notting- ham, merchant.— W. Bedells, Leicester, paper dealer.— W. Smith, Idle, Yorkshire, cloth nianiifiteturer.-Henry Rogers, Sheffield, victualler.—J. Stephenson, Horneastle, Lincolnshire, linen draper.—T. Simpson, Newcastle- upon-Tyne, innkeeper.—J. Perrin, Hereford, grocer.— W. Goddard, Nottingham, hosier.—H. Thompson, Man- chester, corn merchant.—John Sharpies, sen., and John Sharpies, jun., Manchester, cotton spinners.—J. T. Hob- son, Liverpool, drysaitei-C. Jones, Birkenhead, printer. W. Crosse, Liverpool, stock broker. BANKRUPTS.—(Tuesday, Aug. 31.)-Wm. Guttridge, jnn., baker, North-end, Futhani.-P.. Abbey andJ. Smith, brewers, Cl;il)ha!-n.- G. Holford, jeweller, Wolverhamp- ton.—J. Hall and H. Hall, earthenware manufacturers, Wooden Box, Derbyshire.—M. Lyons, druggist, Bir- mingham.—T. Paley, builder, Durham.—G. Bagnall, music-seller, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.—T. Benbow, Llan- idloes, draper, M(intgoryshire.-S. Clough, woobtaper, Bradford, Yorkshire.—C. Phillips, engineer, Bristol.

ADVERTISEMENTS AND ORDERS RECEIVED BY THE FOLLOWING AGENTS:— LONDON Mr. Barker, 33, Fleet-street; Messrs. New- ton and Co., Warwick-square; Mr. G. Reynell, 42, Chancerv-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-stieet 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. Printed ami Published in Guildhall Square, in the Parisb Of St. Peter, in the County of the Borough of Carmarthen, 1 the Proprietor, JCSEFH KEGINBOTTOM, ofPicton Terrace Carmarthen aforesaid. FRIDAY, SEPT. 3, 1847. -NOM