The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality

Hitnaturf, ^rimrr antf 9rt. The health of the mind is more important than the health of the body. Anguish of mind has driven i thousands to suicide anguish of body, none. As a 7, zo, is best whetted in oil, so wit is set sharpest bv politeness. The lack of edge in both is discoverable from the offence or pain they give. Three boa constrictors were recently landed at Salem. One of the sailors of the ship which brought them from Africa, says, They are the most affectionate creatures he ever saw-always ready to embrace anybody." Philosophers tell us that the rain which falls from the clonds makes a component part of whatever grows upon the earth, water entering so largely into the formation of all animal and vegetable life. Thus, in a passing shower, we may be unconsciously pelted with the future component parts of bulls, sheep, poets, patriots, and painters. HEAIUNO THROUGH THR OPEN MOUTH. — A corres- pondent of the Notes and Queries states that a deaf friend of his found that he could hear with tolerable distinctness when he placed the rim of his hat in his mouth. The correspondent has tried the experiment with other deaf friends, and generally with success, It may be questioned if the rim of the hat has anything to do with the case. The mere opening of the mouth, by allowing the sound to pass in by the Eustachian tube, be what enabled these persons to hear. It is for the sake of this help to hearing that, when we are very intent upon listening, we instinctively open our mouths. Mr.iAi.n itoicAi, DISCOVERY.—Tungsten is a metal which has hitherto been little studied in a practical point of view. It appears, however, destined to operate! a complete revolution in the manufacture of steel. It has been lately discovered that an alloy formed of SO per cent. of steel, and 20 per cent, of tungsten, possesses a degree of hardness which has never been obtained in the manufacture of steel. This alloy works on the latter with incredible facility, and can even cut it. Experiments have been made with this new com- posi??.?l at Vienna, at Dresden, andatNeustadt, Eurts. ??l and ccjasiderable quantities of the alloy in question, arc, íf is affirmed, being manufactured in that part of the world. Many old tin mines have been bought up with a view of evtracting tungsten ore, aud considerable prices have been paid for some that have not been worked for a long time. AN ANTIDOTE TO STRYCHNINE.—Dr. Bewley, wish- ing tolill a angy cur, and having read in Magendie's Reprt on Strychnia," that the sixteenth of a grain will kill the largest dog, determined to make sure of this very little animal by giving it about half a grain. But either Magendie's statement was incorrect or the drug was adulterated, for at the end of ten minutes the dog, though suffering frightfully, was not dead. Dr. Bewley resolved to put him out of his misery at once, and accordingly mixed half a drachm of prussic acid with a little milk, and put it under the dog's snout. He lapped the milk with avidity, and in less than a minuto vomited, got apon his PgR. ran away, and recovered.—Library Gatttte. THE LOCOMOTIVE.—On the recent Irish trials, counsel was desirous to obtain an admission from a witness for the Crown, that having himself been one of the sworn membersof the league, he had been bribed to become a spy upon the others. Having vainly laboured for nearly an hour to get a reply, he said, Come now, sir, did you not come direct from these men to Dublin on Monday last ?—"Bedad, I did so," promptly answered the witness. 11 Well, sir, that is direct at all events. Xow, will you tell me, in as brief a way as possible, what motive brought you here 1" The locomotive, to be sure," replied Pat,to the discomfiture of his tor- mentor. Most of the engines on the Great North of Scotland: Railway have been provided with a smoke-consuming apparatus, the invention of Mr. D. Clark, the former, locomotive superintendent. The apparatus is very efficient, produces a saving of fuel, and the passengers are saved from a gœat annoyance. WOOD GAS.—Wilmington in North Carolina is now lighted with wood gas, which it is stated can be obtained more cheaply than coal gas. A ton. of coals yields about 10,000 cubic feet of gas, while one cord of wood produces 08,000 feet--in the production of light being as seven to three in favour of ligneous oils over coals. BROTHERS AND SISTEES.—As fathers love their daughters better than sons, and mothers love their sons better than daughters, so do sisters feel towards each other. None of the little vanities, heart-burnings, and jealousies that, alas for poor human nature are but too apt to spring up in female hearts, can (or, at all 6nts, should) arise between brother and sister each 6 proud of the success of the other, because it c!a=t interfere with self—nay, on the contrary, is flattering to Blf. Ilence, lif there be a bond of family union more free from the selfish blots that interrupt all others, it is that which exists between an affectionate sister and hor brother.—L<idy Blessingtvn. WHAT THE FIRST ATLANTIC CADLE EFFECTED.— The secretary to the Atlantic Telegraph Company states that during the working of the cable the messages actually recorded, omitting conversations by telegraph between the clerks at the respective termini, were as follows: From Valentia to Newfoundland, 97 messages, containing 1,102 Aiords, and 6,476 letters. From Newfoundland to Valentia, 269 messages, containing 2,840 words, and 13,743 letters. Total, 360 messages, 3,942 words, 20,219 letters. Among these I were the message announcing the safety of the Europa's passengers after her collision with the Arabia, and two messages for Her Maj esty's War Office to Halifax and Montreal respectively, by which latter a large sum was saved to the public treasury. LIGHTING PICTURE GALLERIES WITH GAs.-The commission composed of Professors Farraday, Hofmann, and Tyndall, R. Redgrave, R.A., and Captain Fowke, K.E., of the Department of Se ienee andArt, pronounce that no ill effects arise from lighting picture galleries with gas. There is gas adequately free from sulphretted hydrogen, and if means for carrying off the sulphurous acid and other deleterious activities generated by com- bustion are provided, no ill effect will ensue: the Sheepshanks' Gallery is cited aa a case in point. A longer and more extensive trial, considered as a "painter's experiment," is however recommended. REASONING OF A NEWFOUNDLAND Dor,Extraordi- nary as the following anecdote may appear to some persons, it is strictly true, and shows the sense, and I am strongly inclined to add reason, of the Newfound- land dog.—A friend of mine, while shooting wild lowl, with his brother, was attended by a sagacious dog of this breed. In getting near some reeds by the side ot a fiver, they threw down their hats and crept to the edge of the water, where they fired at some birds. They soon afterwards sent the dog to bring their hats, one of which was smaller than the other. After several attempts to bring them both together in his mouth, the dog at last placed the smaller hat in the larger one, pressed it down with his foot, and tlius was able to bring them both at the same time. Jesse's Anecdotes o f Logs" TOBACCO SMOKERS.—Spenser in his Fairy Queen," written soon after the introduction of the plant into England, calls it divine tobacco," and since his day most literary men have been addicted to the soothing pipe, that aids in concentrating their nervous energy upon intellectual labour by allaying all extraneous irritation. Some of them who indulged in the practice to the greatest excess lived to a great age. Dr. Parr was 78,when lie died, and Hobbs of Malmesbury, who Was very potent in smoking, had his pipe put out at the age of 92, ) Tontoco CH EWERS.- Chewing tobacco is a practice hardly to be commended in the abstract, and few have anything to say in its favor except those who are addicted to it. Still no generous votary of the weed can withhold his sympathy from one who is deprived of the use of it in the form which use had made dear to him. Never may it be our lot to behold a gallant sailor in woful plight, hard up in a clinch, with no knife tA cut the seisings, and no backy to chor." The following letter of a tar is touching in its earnestness. Gravescni], March 24,1813. Dear Rrother Tom,—This comes hopeln to find lon In Rood health 88 it leaves me safe ankor'd here yesterday at 4 P.M. arier a pleasant voyage tolerablo short and a few squalls—Dear Tom- hopes to find poor old father stout, and am quite out of pig-t ill. Sights ot pig-tail at Gravescd, hut unfortlnly none fit for a dog to chor. Hear Tom, Captain's boy wi'l bring you this, and put pigtail in his pocket when bort. Beit In London at the Black Boy In 7 (Hies, where go acks for best pig-tall-pouiid a pig-tail will do, and am short of shirts. Dear Tom, as for shirts ouy took 2 whereof one Is quite wored out and tuther most, but don't forget the pig-tail, ai I a'n't had a quid to thor never since Thursday. Dear Tom, as for the shirts, your size wHl do, only longer. I liks urn long-get one at present; best at Tower-hill, and cheap, but bo partieler to go to 7 dilesforthe pig-tail at the Black Boy, and Dear Tom, iteks for pound beat pig-til, and let it be good. Captain's boy will put the pig tail in his pocket, he likes pig-tail, so ty it up. Dear Tom, shall be up about Monday there or thrreabouts. Not so pevticulcr for the shirt, as the present can be washed, but don't forget the pig-tail with- out fail, so am your loving brother, T. P.' P.S.—Don't forget the pig-tail. j SOUTH KKNSINGTON M\JsEuI.-The collection of original designs by Raffaelle and Michael Angelo which were purchased some years ago for the University of Oxford, at a cost of 7,0001., are now at South Ken- sington, having been lent by the heads of the "Universiiy for exhibition to the public ;fperraission being also given to photograph a selection from them. They will be PIT1 in the rooms that have been prepared for the Vernon and Turner paintings. These celebrated draw- ings, in number upwards of 230, include some valuable studies by Michael Angelo, and many unquestioned and admirable designs by Itaffaelle, such has have been an enjoyment to men like Delia Vite, Reynolds, Ottley, and others who have at various times possessed some of them. There are a few careful silver point studies, and many in chalk, pencil, and pen—suggestions, some of them, for his great works, as, for example, one of his sybils, a sketch in red chalk—and several portions of his treseoes, in the V atican; otners tne nasiy lWl. Ul his passing thoughts. In order that Raffaelle may be more fully illustrated, other valuable drawings from private collections have been lent, and a largo series of photographs of his designs will be shown: these in- elude the collection of his drawings in the Louvre, and in many other public and private galleries, The series of the phtographs of the cartoons are also placed with them. I BARGAINS.—In dealing with a man there is but little fear that they will take care of themselves. That first law of nature," self preservation, is-doubtless for wise purposes—imprinted pretty strongly on the mind of the male sex. It is in transactions between women that the difficulty lies. Therein-I put the question to the aggregate conscience of us all-is, it not, openly or secretly, our chief aim to get the largest possible amount of labour for the smallest possible price ? We do not mean tiny harm; we are only acting for the best -for our own benefit, and that of those nearest to us and yet we are committing an act of injustice, the result of which fills slopsellers' doors with starving seamstresses, and causes unlimited competition among incompetent miliners and dressmakers, while skilled labour in all these branches is lamentably scarce and extravagantly dear. Of course! so long as one con- tinually hears ladies say Oh, I got such and such a thing for almost half-price—such a bargain or "Do you know I have found out such a cheap dressmaker!" May Isuggestjto these the common-sense law ofpolitical economy, that neither labour nor material can possibly be got" cheaply —that is, below its averaged acknow- ledged cost, without somebody's being cheated? Consequently, these deyotces to cheapness, when not victims—which theyjfrequently'are in the long'run—are very little better than genteel swindlers. There is another lesser consideration, and yet not small either. Labour unfairly remunerated, of necessity deteriorates in qualitv, and thereby lowers the standard of apprecia- tion. Every time I pay a low price for an ill-fitting gown or an ugly tawdry bonnet—cheapness is usually tawdry--I am wronging not merely myself, but my employee, by encouraging careless work and bad taste, and by thus goin in direct opposition to a rule from which springs so much that is electric and beautiful in the female character, that" whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well." If, on the contrary, I knowingly pay below its value for really good work, I am, as aforesaid, neither more nor less than a dishonest appropriator of other people's property-a swindler—a thief.

I BRITISH ART, COMMERCE, &c. Lord NAPIER, our late Minister to the United States of America, who presided at the celebration of the 105th anniversary of the Society of Artp, held in St. James's Ilal), made the following observations on proposing "Prosperity to the Societv." DEPENDENCE OF THE NATION UPON ARTS, MANUFACTURES, &C. It cannot be too often repeated that more than half the population of the British Empire live by arts, manu- factures and commerce—that is they subsist on the re- sults of skilled labour, or, labour directed by specu- lation, invention, and design, in contradistinction to the simpler forms of industry, still for the most part asso- ciated with the culture of the soil, and which are more directly governed by material laws. A vast proportion of the manufactured productions of the British people are exported to foreign countries, often guarded by pro- tective tariffs, or with the productions of other States stimulated by commercial rivalry and administrative en. couragement. Nor are the resources of the home market to be enjoyed in security or negligence, for though we possess in the unrivalled mineral structure of our soil a broad basis of natuml advantages, and though we derive from the thrift and contrivance of our ancestors a noble heritage of aecnmuUted capital and knowledge, yet we can only maintain our superiority by ceaseless vigilance and exertion, and we may not expect any artificial de- fence by a recurrence to the prohibitive system. The industrial movement of England at home and abroad is therefore of anxiety and strife, and it is our bounden duty to levy from every department of intellectual in. quiry auxiluuies in maintaining and enlarging our pre- sent ascendancy. EXPANSIVE CAPABILITIES OF OUB_COMMERCE. If we he true to the examples of the past and watcnrui of present emergencies, I would not speak with apprehen- sion of our commercial future. Far from thinking that the universal demand has attained its fuU proportions, OT Ct British c,i :t r has necessarily reached its i minating point, I conceive that the powers of consump- tion in the world never appeared so capable of indefinite expansion, and that the incalculable activity of another ace may revert with curiosity, and perhaps with indul- gence, to the respectable efforts of the 19th century. Passing over the home demand, which is susceptible of a steady development proportioned to the increasing num- bers and wealth of the nation, there is much of an en- couraging nature in the prospects of the foreign market, whether we regard those half-civilised nations which take off the commodities of common utility, or those commo- dities at a higher stage of culture which afford a market for articles of luxury and beauty. CHINA, JAPAN, INDIA, AFRICA, &C. I Gentlemen, the ancient and stagnant empires ui mo East, recently disturbed by our diplomacy and arms, swarm with a population equal to the united numbers of Europe and America. Surely we are justified in expect- ing that the vehicles of our exchanges with those regions will not long continue to be silver and opium, the former of which owes no portion of its value to the manipulation of the British artisan, while the latter is the creature of monopoly and the cause ot demoralisation, .u f uu, enthusiastic to anticipate that when the barriers of tra- ditional prejudice and fiscal exaction are dissolved, the multitudes of China and Japan will gradually unfold an immense matket for the ordinary fabrics of Europe, Turkey, Persia, and Central Asia, without any important staple of exportation, and inhabited by a sparse, indigent, and in part vagrant population, approximately estimated at forty millions, annually absorb more than seven millions' worth of British manufactures. At the same rate the inhabitants of the remoter East, who must even- tually exhibit greater facilities of consumption and ex- change, would draw sixty millions' worth of goods from Great Britain—an amount equal to more than one-half of the produce of the United Kingdom exported abroad. If Brazil be selected as the standard of comparison, a far higher result would be obtained. Add, then, to those portions of Asia but half appreciated and explored, the nations of India, Africa, and the Pacific Archipelagos, all of which are by conquest, commerce, or conversion, being subjugated to European ideas and manners, and the boundaries of our uncivilised market appear to re- cede into an impenetrable distance. THE HIGHER BRANCHES OF MANUFACTURES. But, gentlemen, the aspirations ot tne muisn peopie, and those which guide the society which I have the honnour to addrew, are not limited by the grosser con- ception of cheapness and quantity. I must not be a leged that the gracious genius of English industry merely drudges in the service of a barbarous demand. It is our aim to invest the most familiar and useful objects of manufacture with some appropriate charm, and to rival the accredited seats of cultivated labour in the production I of articles of a purely decorative and wsthetic characttep r. o'm RIRING STATES AND COI,nNIFS. If the markets of continental Europe ne partly closed against us bv the existence of older establishments, or by the force of conventional fashion, or by the obstinate impediments of illiberal legislation, we may still find in the new markets of rising States, in those which have been planted by the adventure of our own race on the plains of America and Australia, a fair field and ample scope for thc higher departments of invcntion and design. The discovery of gold has been the chief instrument In the formation of the markets to which I allude, and it will long continue to be the basis of their prosperity. The importance of that discovery is not to be sought so much in the amount added to the circulating medium, or III aleneral rise of prices, which is precarious and in part delusive it is to be found in the sudden dispersIOn over vacant countries of men furnished with aH the faculties and feeling, all the necessities of clv" jsatio?, engaged in a description of )abourrequinngnother I gtdn o;f¡n n: il:r(linnu\ of time, but resulting in ti.e deHvery of a commodity which, if it does not directly add to the mass o. produc- tive capital, is at least always in the highest demand, and sub j ect to the smaUost auctuations of value. In no i eufa;: rsucs;:[¡I:,eoJI Of exchangeable produce have been annnally raised with such celerity, and no motive save the intoxicating cu- pidity belonging to the pursuit of the precious metals, could have impelled mankind to such immense migra- tions. Nor is the consequence of this great movement of the English rac, to be measured by the mere value of the precious metals now or hereafter coUec:eI1; for while one portion of the population set on foot by that primary incentive sift the auriferous soil with increased assiduity, or apply more scientific process to the reduction of the rock, or carry their insatiable inquisition and predestined power over those desolated empires escaping from the paralysed grasp of the Spanish colonist, another portion are ever betaking themselves to various kinds of acces- sory labour, and to the creation of other articles of traf. fic, which, though not in such instant demand, will, in the long run, become a profitabe addition to general commerce. If it were compatible with the natule of this occasion to enlarge upon the topics which I have hastily touched, it would not be difficult to show that the wants I of other nations and the dissemination or our own are sufficient, if wisely used, to provide abundant employ- ment hereafter for the industrial energies of England. OTlIER EDUCATIONAL INSTfTOtMXS OF AN Aims no IUND. Allied with the Government of England, or sanctioned by our laws, you find many institutions of a corporate character, which, though not designed for the encourage- ment of arts, must yet, in an intelligent and cntiral age, hy their opulence and associations, become powerful vehicles in fostering the principles of good taste. The Church of England has been a main instrument m the correct and discricriminating revival of the mediaeval styles. The Universities in rcpaiiing and enlarging their venerable establishments must have greatly contributed to the same result. Every catheral should be a seminary for musical, architectuml, and sculptural training, and we have seen at Canterbury, Norwich. Ely, and elsewhere, howChapters even may become provable ca%t I stewards of the structures and revenues committed to their charge. The Temple and Lincoln's 1"" "s- trate the munificicnee and ability of the legal bodies, while many buildings belonging to banks, municipalities, and railways, prove by their beauty how far our citizens and commercial companies are removed from a sordid eco- nomy, and afford a proper theatre for the introduction of new materials and forms, as well as for mechanical adaptations of an ingenius and unprecedented character. Next in order might be enumerated an array of insti. tutes, founded and supported for the direct promotion of the science?, the arts, and manufacturing industry. Foremost in antiquity and glory stands the Royal So. ciety, the Roval Academy, the Arundel Society, the So- ciety of Antiquaries, the Art Union, the Institute of Civil Engineers, and a score of others, which have all their zealous adherents and proper spheres of activity, deserving the highest commendation for the value of their inquiries or the beauty of their records. MUSEUMS AND SCHOOLS OF DKbluao. .1 I also humbly think that whetner we legaiu Government of the country, or the forces spontaneouly operating in the ancient and complex form of our so- ciety, there arc many causes uniting to affor,l an intellec- tual and artistic education to the working orders com. mensurate to the task which lie, before them. And first with respect to the action of the Government and Parliament, there is now, perhaps, in principle as much direct intervention as is consistent with the spirit of our free institutions. In theBritish Museum, at Hamp- ton Court, in the National Gallery, at the Kensington Museum, and in other repositories of national posses. sions, the historical examples of arts and manufactures are rapidly accumulating, which we hope to see placed in magnificent and instructive combination, and which will then only obtain their fu'l value for imitative and suggestive purposes. In 78 schools of design, cheap instruction is afforded to 79,000 pupils, whereby the poorer classes have the opportunity of discovering and improving gifts of native genius, and although 1 shall not venture to affirm that our public edifices and monu- ments recently constructed can be regarded with nn- qualified approval, we may at least hope that the Govern- ment has a poignant sense of past errors, and it has certainly shown a desire, by pecuniary rewards and competitive exhibitions, to draw the highest talent to the service of the State. BRITISH HOMES. Our treasures are not only laid up in museums, like grainin warehouses; they are also seattered:in our homes, like good seed in pleasant and fruitful places. Many do not worship in the public temple who have built domestic altara to their arts. Consult those quiet habitations of the beautiful and good, how many modest deeds and gentle voices attest the prevalence of a beneficient cul- ture. Such multitudinous though insensible influences are ever conspiring with your disciplined efforts to diffuse a better education belotv, an education which shall edu- cate the strong intellect and exalt the quick invention, and fix the bewildered taste, and rear up in England a woiking class capable of ministering to refined delights, capable, too, of labouring with cons-iousness and under- standing, of sharing a divine satisfaction in beholding and approving their accomplished work. Without fur- ther observation I beg to propose, Prosperity to the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce."

ACCIDENT AT SOUTH SHIELDS. It was announced that the Primitive Methodists were about to lay the foundation stone of a new chapel and lohool room on Monday afternoon, near the South Shields entrance to the Jarrow Docks; the chapel to be Bbl. to contain 700 persons when finished, ADd the school room 400 children. Tile erection has been in progress some time, nnd a large concourse of people were gathered together on Wednesday at the hour announced for laying the stone; the builders had the building up to the secontistory. The assembly was very great, when Ro. bert Wallis, Esq., J.P, the gentleman announced to lay the stone, arrived on the ground; and amongst the gen- tlemen present belonging to other denominations were the Rev. J. Featliers-one (church of Scotland), the Rev. Mr. Dinwiddie (Free church), the Rev. Mr. Glover, Mr. J. C. SLeptienson, &c. The foundation stone was to be laid in the nerth-eazt corner of the building, and as the wind was high and blowing in a direction from ths people, it was determined not to use the temporary plat- form that hnd been rigged up for speaking, but some one very ill advisedly called upon a number of persons who were standing on an adjoining bill to occupy it, and above one hundred and fi'ty persons, mostly pitmen and boys, went on to it. Just as the ceremony was about to commence, a cry arose-" The beam is binding," and, in a moment, it snapped with a horrid crash, the fractured ends sinking into the gronnd, and thus, as it were, mak- ing two inclines, down which the people rolled to the ground beneath. So ooon as they recovered their fright, as manv as could get to their legs did 80 and made off. A good number, however—apparently a s'or'7"r"' injuries more or less from the fall, the more serious cases being Francis Place, tailor, who was carried ont IIppa- rently dead; a young man, named John !lfedealfc, seemed to be hurt across the abdomen and buck; and James Kelly, butcher, bruised in the side; and a pit lad, who appeared to be injured on the knee. They were attended by Mr. Callender and Mr. Wallis, and we are happy to state that none of the cases are likely to prove of a serious character. In the confusion some pickpocket had rushed in amongst the crowd, and relieved the Rev. Thomas Smith, of Ncrth Shields, of his watch. As soon as a moderate amount of quiet could be obtained, the ceremony was proceeded with. The Rev. Mr, Shield opened with singing and prayer, and Mr. Smith gave a lucid outline of the principles of the Primitive Methodist denomination. Mr. Bulmer then presented a silver trowel and a mahogany mallet to Mr. Wallis, who pro- ceeded to lay the stone. Mr. Wallis, who is a member of the church of Englaad, delivered a speech characterised by great liberality of sentiment and kindly feeling. Other ministers took part in the proceedings, which concluded shortly after 4 o'clock. A large tea party was held in the old chapel afterwards at Teinnle Town, and a public meeting in the Glebe Chapel.—Newcastle Chronicle,

A judgeship in the Court of Bankruptcy in Ireland has becomn vacant by the death of the Hon. Patrick Plunket, one of tho numerous sons of the Iat3 Lord Plunket, who expired on Monday at Kingstown, in the 60th year of his age. He succeeded his colleague, Mr. Macan but a few weeks, and wanted but a year of service to entitle him to bie full retiring pension.

I STRIKE IN THE BUILDING TRADE.-GREAT MEETING IN HYDE PARK. r>. On Wednesday evening, between 40,000 ana of the the workmen connected with the bui ding trade met in Hyde Park for the purpose of co.'sider ? hc step the master buyers were about to take in sillittillg up their shops rather than concede the hour ?r day ? for by the men ° The arrangements for holding the meeting were very good. The assr-mhly arranged themselves in a circle, and some thousands sat on the ground, thus enabling thoso in the back rows to sei what was going on. In the ecntre, a platform of chairs was raised for the speakers, and chairs were provided for the committee and the repre,cntatives ofthePress. The proceedings wee of a most orderly character, and not the slightest approach to ft disturbance occurred, Mr. Tracey, a working niin, occupied the chair, and said the object in calling them together that evening was not to argue the question of the nine hours' movement, but to make a demonstration to prove that the assertions made by the mastors, that the working classes cared not about the movement," was false: and also to prove that the working classes had the movement at heart, and were determined to make it a success. They must stand up and show their employers, and the Government which was supporting them, that they would rather die in the work- house; and for himse:f he would rather die in the street, and let his bones lie unburied till doomsday, than sign it. Their employers had met their request with the most lawyer-like policy, not by argument, but by misrepresent- ing their case to the publio. They had not time then to argue the question, because a meeting there after sunset was illegal, and therefore he would not dwell longer on the subject, but call upon thrm all to maintain order, and after the meeting was over disperse quietly to their respec- tive homes, (cheers). Mr. Cremer, a joiner, moved That this meeting views with regret the position of antagonism assumed by the employers, inasmuch as the spirit they display is calcu- lated to widen the breach already existing, by endea- vouring to trample out the spirit of humanity winch originates and still animates the nine hours' movement; and as the pledge which they would extract from us by sijzning the document they propose submitting would rob us- of every privilege of free men, anCl reuuce us 10 me CVII- dition of serf", we determine to US3 every moral power to resistance, and pledge ourselves to use all constitutional means for bringing the nine hours-movement to a suc- cessful termination." In supporting the resolution he said if their employers closed their shops, they must act in a firm, respectful, and courteous manner; and if they saw any one attempting to commit a breach of the peace, they must endeavour to prevent it, for their employers were endeavouring their utmost to get them into a breach of the peace; and if they could their punishment would be severe. He concluded by urging them, in the words of Shakespeare, to be true to themselves, and then they could not be false to any one (cheers). Mr. Bloomfiel.l, a bricklayer seconded the resolution and said the question that evening resolved itself into this-whether they were to exist as free men, or whether they were to become slaves. The masters had held their meeting, and had told them they must be slaves-they were in fact, to be I- tieket-of-leave men," with this excep- tion, that those men had their tickets to show their free- dom, while :the working men were to have theirs to show their slavery ( hear, hear, cheers, and much laughter) The masters had given them a challenge, were they pre- pared to accept it ? (Yes, yes.) They said thay were their masters, but that they should never be. (Cheers.) They were their emploverr, but they should never be their masters (cheers). He had been asked by some of the masters' friends, where was their John Bull spirit to allow a society to control them 80 P But his answer was, 1 Where was their John Bull spirit, to allow a few capitalists to ride rough-shod over them?"' (cheers.) The masters had said that they had so much interest in the men that they had started a benefit society but were they going to do it in the same fashion that others had done it-by robbing the men of twopsnce a weekt or after the fashion of Messrs. Pe'o, Brnssey, and Co.. who kept th'ir houses out of the working mail ? No doubt they wodd take thrir money and take care of it, and wonid then bury them when they were dead but, sooner than he would belong to a society under the conditions proposed, be would tramp through England, and be buried at last by the parish. (Cheers). They had raised the flag of the nine hours, and it wa;, their part now to do their duty, and if they did they would carry it through. (Cheers). The masters had threatened to shut up their shops, but they would soon be glad to open them again. The men had got the workhouse to go to, and the masters had go', the Insolvent Debtors' Court. (Loud ch°ers). To those who were in societi s he said, Be firm," and to thoso who were not in societies he said, Do your duty to yourselves, your wives, and families.' They must now be determined-no shirking—no com- promise-but forward for the nine hours' movement. (Cheers). Mr. Pacey, a mason, felt surprised that the metropo. litan builders should have assumed the position they had, for they must know something of the great document strike at Liverpool. The first protracted strike was through the document, and many through necessity signed it; but the next which followed in 1847 was successful, and not one man s'gned it. Tho next document in that part of the country was last year, when the whole of the builders in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire entered into a combination to annihilate the whole of the trade societies in that pHt of the country; and how did they succeed ? They called in the men to sign a document to discounte- nance any trade society that would protect their labour. They closed their shops one night; but some of them took the precaution to open them the next day. Some more obstinate than the rest kept them shut for three week., and the result was that in a short time most of the principal builders were in the Gazette. That would be sufficient to induce the working men not to sign away their birthrigbt. He believed that most of the metropolitan builders would not be foolish enough to do it; but they said they would make the operatives sign the document. (Cries of "No tbe wont.") He did not believe that Sir Morton Peto's honst at the Freemason's Tavern, that they had capital to spare to that extent that they could afford to lose X15,000 or £ 16,000; but even if they had, the met. of the building trade hid shown that they would not have the document, and they bad been able success- fully to resist it. There was an old proverb which would apply to their case, and that was- That they shall take who have the power, And they shall keep who can. (Cheers.) Mr. Potter then addressed the meeting, and wau enthu- siastically received. He had to inform the master buildsra 1..1u_ C!_1.L.1.J__ T_1_- _1_ tnat tney nau not 10 ngui me uuuuero ui uunuuu uiouo, but the men of the whole country. AHmeeting would take place to morrow at Oxford in favour of the movement, and there were no less than eighty of the principal towns of England that had sent in their determination to sapport it. The masters had begun a conflict which they would regret they had engaged in, and a conflict which nothing in their demand warranted. How were the working olasses to get education if they had not the nine hour,? Machinery was now in its infancy, and was like a great mountain, and they were at its base. They must go on, and he thought it was time that it relieved the working men of a little of their labour. When they were shut out on Siturday he advised every man to their homes, and let their masters know that if they did not open their shops until Messrs. Trollope's shop was filled with workmen, there was not one of them would ever open his shop again (cheers). They had been charged with being liberal at other people's expense, and not sat ing anything about a reduction of wages but when he saw working men living in garrets, with six in a room, out of work three months in the year, and averaging only a pound a week, he did not think they could afford a reduction of wages (hear, hear). Sir Morton Peto had said that this nine-hour movement would cost the country X300,000 a yelf; but, if it did, how could it be better spent than in improving the working clnsses (cheers)? Sir Morten Peto advocated the Saturday half-holiday, which oost the country X200,000 a year; and yet he wou'd resist this demand, which would cost only £100,00J a year more, and be a much greater boon. He could not say more to them then than "Lihrty to them that dare contend for it" (cheers.) The resolution was then- carried, and three hearty cheers were given for the nine hours movement. Immediately afterwards a copy of the Times news- paper, suspended by a gibbet, was burned amidst the hisses of the multitude. The meeting then quietly dispersed.

STRIKE IN THE BUILDING TRADE. I (From the Ulohe). The operatives of the building trades have entered upon a coarse which cannot fait to be injurious to tbem person- ally, the cause of great misery to their wives and families, damaging to the publio service and the country generally. They have determined to strike. Under a recgime of free trade and unrestricted competition, the mere abstract right of striking cannot be logically denied. But the exercise of the right should be governed by a great many considerations—the justice ofthecause, and probability of success, some regard for tb. sufferings which a strike is sure to entail on others. In the present case there is not one reason in favour of the expediency or justice of the proceeding. If it be considered that success is a justifi- cation, then is this movement unjustifiable, because it is sure to fail. If the men rely on the charactar of their demands for justification, the case is still worse, for more unjust demands could hardly be made. The readers knows already ostensible ciuse and course of the movement. The bui'ding operatives have enjoyed a period of tolerable prosperity. Within the last twenty | years their wages have been raised. They have accumu- lated a fund for contingei cies like the present. Some time since the leaders in their societies, who alone profit by strikes and discord, conceived the brilliant idea of obtaining ten hours' wa"es for nine hours's work. They initiatcd"wha has been called the nim hf)ilrs, movement, and the foolish workmen, tickled by the Utopian project adroitly p;M?d before th m, readily gave in to the sc'?eme Of rs(? it is the tenors, secretaries, orators Iona who I reapanroStinthcsetrMMetions. An agitation hegan, M?.epubtic nieeti?g? were held; but the rt?:t' actioti wiis carried on within the soc!et)'6c!ub-rnom!rhcr?.as no wMtofpiMsiMcYCMonsonthepa?oftheicajerswttere- with to ull the workmen. Take,'orinst?nM. the fol ow- ing statement, which we find in a letwr addressed to one of our contemporaries:— The case really stands thus. There are always a large number ofcarpenter in London unemployed; at the present moment they amount to about 3,COO men (less or more) who are totally without the means of providing subsis- tence for their families. The mas. er builders work th,ir hands us close as possible, and where (as is very oft, 11 the case) they are hard presse I for time in completing their contracts, in- stead of taking on the unemployed they compel their own men (against their will) to work overtime till nine or ten atnipht, and sometime* later. With the view of bringing Pt)out,a better state of things the nine hours' movement was agitated and promoted, based on a cnlcuhtion thit it every man worked .nø hmif a Anv 1PH and rofused to work overtimtt altogether. I ;¡id.aue- i;te-r¿em:m,1 for labour, and be the means rL?;t t?ng employment for nearly if not all those who are at pr???- it ho'?t' No one ein deny that th?? i plausible. It wou'd certainly be desirable that everybody should have full employment. Bat observe: the talk about "creating employment for nearly if not all thoso who are at present without" is only the pretext under cover of which the real object is to be fought for. That real object is not the obtaining employment for those who are without it, but to obtain for those who have employment larger pay for less work. The benevolent intents put forward to mis- lead the public change at once into selfish and nnjust designs. The workmen at present arrive at their work- shops, say at six in the morning. They are occupied from five to ten minutes in making ready for work. The time thus occupied is charged for as working time; but a far different state ofthings ocenrs when the clock strikes six at the close of the day. Then every tool falls and work instantaneously ceases- Very few men finish even the hamme: ing in of a nail if it be half finished on the first stroke (if six, A?ain, the great employers ot labour allow their workmen to quit work an hour and a half earlier than usunl on Saturday afternoons. At, the workmen's expense? No; at that of the employer. Under the system of day work the good and bad workmen are paid alike-to tlie loss of the employed as well as the employer. The society which enfoiccs the payment of five shilling and sixpence to a man who does not earn four shillings in the day, is the society which cillsout loudly for a fair day's wages for a fair day's work, and exemplifies its interpretation of the words by demanding ten hours' piy for nine hours' work. The mode adopted to enforce this demand was no doubt thought to be a master-stroke of tactics. It appears 10 have b?(?n intended tht the employers should be ea? in dc?i). Wh-n. therefore, the htter decided? refused to concede the unju-t demand of ten hours' pay for nine hours' work, the society, which domineers in these matters like a despot, ordered the workmen of a particular firm to strike. The order was obeyeo. lht it would argue imbecility on the part of the employers to suppose that they would allow themselves to be eaten up one by one. On the contrary, they have determined to take the bull by the horns, and strike in turn. If, therefore, the men are not reduced to reason before the 6th of Aug. all the great building firms in London will close their factories. This will frustrate the dMP design of the scheming leaders of the misled workmen. The latter will be thrown at once upon the fund they have painfully saved, and which they will soon exhaust. The employers therefore are sure to succeed, as they ought to succeed, in resisting an unjust demand. But who will suffer? Thousands of persons will be put to the grea'est inconvenience. Public and private works will be left unfinished. Enterprises, as beneficial to labor as to capital, will be arrested. The honest workmen, who arc under thi dominion of their society, will be forced against their will into poverty and idleness. Old habits of irregularity and drunkenness will be formed. This is the result of all strikes. They leave a trade in a worse condition than they found it, and they demoralise the character of the individual workmen. But let it not be supposed that the workmen suffer the most. They do not. They smoke and eat and drink, and gossip as of old. It is the women and children who have to endure the tormenis of a strike. It is on them that the chief penalties, the miseries of empty cupbonrds and homes broken up, fall. In the present cise, siuce the eropl iyers dare not concede an extravagant demand, since there is some reason to fear that the demagogues who rule the society men have fairly got the whip hand of their vic- tims, it is apprehended that the snife will be long and severe.

LONDON JOINT-STOCK BANKS' HALF- YEARLY MEETINGS. THE Joint-Stock Banks in London have beeu holding their litll,-yeftrly meetings, and considering the adverse nature of circumstances relative to commercial affairs during the six months, the reports upon tho whole are very satisfactory. The f.ondm and Westminster show a net profit of .1102,652 2s. 6d., declare a dividend of 6 pr cent, per annum, and a bonus of 5 per cent, on the paid up capital, carrying forward for the next account £ 18.116 18s. 6d. The London Joint-Stock Blink show a profit to the 30th June of £32,7:37 14s. 7d. and in order to pay a dividend of 12! per cent. per annum have withdrawn from the guarantee fund the sum of £ 4,762 5s. 5d. The Union Bank of London report a balance ofXOO,122 09. 6d., being £ 67,581 8s. Id. profit for the half-year, and X22,540 12s. 5d. brought forward from last account. The Directors declare a dividend of 10 por cent, per annum, and a bonus of 2 per cent., being, with what was paid in January last, at the rate of 15 per cent, per annum. The Oommercial Bank of London appear to have reahsed a profit of £ 10,113 8s. lOd. in the half-year, and have an- nounced a dividend at the ra'.e of 7 per cent., per annum. The City Bank profits for the six months amount to X29,520 5a. 10d., and the Directors declare a dividend of 5 per cent. per annum, and a bonus of 15s. per share. The Bank of Londm report a net balance to the credit of profit and loss for the six mouths ending the 30 h June last of X270 39 19s., and pay a divUend at the rate of 5 per cent., per annnm.

SINGULAR SERIES OF ACCIDENTS ON THE TYNE. On Monday evening a singular series ot alarmmg accidents occurred on the Tyne. About four o'clock, while the foundation stone of a new Primitive Me- thodist Chapel was being laid at the high end of South Shields, a central beam of the new building gave way, and about 200 persons were hurled down with the falling material to the earth. About a score were more or less injured, about half a dozen somewhat seriously. On the same afternoon two brothers, who had gone from South Shields to the village of Ryton in a steamer with a pleasure party were drowned while bathing in the Tyne. A few minutes before eight o'clock in the evening, the Bon Accord steamer, laden with a pleasure party, in going under the Old Tyne Bridge had its smoke-funnel knockeed down upon some of those who were sitting at the right-hand side of the vessel, inflicting considrable injury. The most serious wounds were inflicted on a youth of about fifteen years of age, named William aite, of North Shields, who had his back severely injured by the tube falling upon it. He was unable to sit upright, and remained in a recumbent position until he arrived at Shields, where every attention was paid him. Another youth, of about the same age, named Robert Scott, also of North Shields, had his head severely cut, and his shoulder rendered complely powerless. The category of accidents was filled up by a broken arm and burnt hand, sustained by a young man about twenty-one and many scalds and burns received by others of the passengers. The cause of the accident was two-fold; the high tide, and the negligence of the man in charge of the vessel. The height of the water necessarily raised the vessel near to the top of the arch, and it was only by letting drop the top division of the chimney and going exactly under the centre of the span that it was possible to get safely through. These precautions, however, were not taken. The chimney was lowered, but the vessel was sent against the Newcastle side of the arch, and the iron tube was knocked with force against the aecn. ltie danger of the position was seen on shore before the accident occurred, but so uproarious was the conduct of those stationed aft the vessel that it elicited marks of indignation while the boat remained along- aide the quay, where it pulled up for repairs.

ACTS or PARLIAMENT.—Only "three" public Acts have as )et been passed in the New Porliament, which began on the 21st of May. Locd Acts have been some- what abundant. RESIGNATION OF THE BISHOP or EXETER.—It is stated by the journal which is the organ of the extreme Tractarian party in the Church of England, that the Bishop of Exeter is about to resign the episcopal super vision of his diocese, and that he will ba succeeded by the Right Rev. Dr. Eden, Bishop of Moray and Ross. Bishop Eden is in English orders, and was for many years rector of Leith, Essex. THE CORONATION or THE KING OF SWEDES.—A Berlin letter states that Field-Marshal Wrangel is to proceed to Stockholm with a large military suite to be present at the coronation of King Charles XV. The Queen of Sweden, daughter of Prince Frederic of the Netherlands, is niece of the Prince Regent of Prussia.

Elie lioniioit iMatl'.fte. ,1IAIŒ LANF, ACCUST J, In Ma k !.mc to day the attendance of tho tradrc wa< largo and the tone calm. Pric" of mC1St article* of the wJe were unaltered, or tendingdoivnwaida The euppty of homo grown grain wa* smal1. The imports of foreign grnin ¡n!o London since last Monday were reported this morning as Lir ?f flour, !arpe of,lie Rt'a?)d very ]a-ge ofo18 but @mall (f I)ari?y. Will AT -Engluh s'ow sale it last Monday's advance. Fo- reign unaltered at last M^uday's ratd. Kngish white. 409. to 468. red. 35h. to 439. per qr. Dantzic and KoiVijr^x-r#, 428. to 40s. per 494ib Rostock, Us. to 5:19,; other Bii5ie purls, 409* to 164. French, 388. to r.s, FI.OUK, quiet at last Monday's prices. The top ptice of town flour was reducid 31. per sock, lown, 35s. to Nor- folk, 2" t) 29s.per2-cib French 30s. to 33S. per Ame rican, U.S., per barrel. HAKLEV slow pale ot vbout last Monday's rat-1#. Several samples of new Engli811¡\rinding were exhibited, of thin. and light Quality, valued at 2fts. to 2 58. per lr. Engli h. 248. to 3 la. per quarter; Raltic, 24s. to 27s.; other eoru, -as. to 278. per OATS sold Cd. per qr. under last Monday'* ritep. British, 20sU to 30s. per qr»; llussian, 219. 6d. to 23s. perqr,; other BalMc norts, 22J. to J7s. p?r ouarter. nEAss.-English and -¡¡y?ti; a:hecr.h. l gli, t 3"  ",u''l' "¡na" ?ore-gn? ?. per qr. Egyptian, .? r.. quarter. ?FE? ? quiet at last Monday'* rates, boilers, 4?o5f)s;ho.and?y.3?.to<?.orc.gn.wh?..4? Metropolitan MARK-r. ALG ). -CATTLE-We have rather a "?''P'"?' ??? ?ra?q?t.tyis very miJJ?g. Tride- is dn '? aie not lower. There are a f'ore.h.ep.??th? are, however, readily disposed of at ?"y'?''?,?' are not so plentiful as they have been, a,d pr e-' on ,ne ave- rage are better. From Gr.?.y and Holland re .ue 1,240 beasts, 5.951 sheep, and 176 calves. Spain, 120 beasts l SOOt- land, 45 Norfo.k and SufTdk, 300; Ireland, and 800 sheep and lambs, and 2,000 beasts from the :;0,t1le", and MId. land c ti.. Hops Borough Aug. I .—The hop plantations arc progress ing in the most favourable way, and the duty firm at :;o,oOOI Trade very dull. Best eot., Herefords 4 $ ?i l? Bt Do & Ht bi\d SI? Beat Short-horns 4643B'?t -ng,?o?l, 4 6 Tio ::Oq'¡eai> I B.B' 4_6 _IO Calves. 4 0 4 III I Ewes & see, quality 4 0 4 0 f»jgs 3 8 1)0. do. Shorn Best Dn*&Half.brds 4 10 5 0 G| I Lambs 5 4 6 0 Beasts at market, 4,610; Sheep ami Lambs, 29,030; Calves, 220; rigs, 210. Tallow The demand for tallow from the trade was agaia very moderate last week i prices, however, advance J in conse- quence of the continued purchases of foreign buyers f ¡r deli- very in October and December next It appears to be the de- termined policy of the holders of tallow in Petersburg to keep over a large quantity this year, and they are already ware- housing their tallow in Petersburg as it arrives from the in. terior. From Petersburg prices come higher again, Hi g. ra. on spot. 56 s. rs. August (Kx. 34 15-161.). These operations, coupled with the purehaaea here (or the last tho ee rnonths. have produced an advance, which is well sustained to day, and our closing prices are-Spot, new, 53s. 3d.; otd,5ts. 9d. London CORN Exchange, Wednesday. The fresh arrival of Knglish grain vrere quite limited tbis morning, but there were good imports of foreign articles of the trade. English wheat commanded Monday's prices, with a t !ady sale. The demand far foreign was of a retail charac- ter. without any change in value. Fresh countryVl mi sold on former terms. Barley realised-is much money, with a mode- rate demand tor good grinding qualities. Malt was in limited request at previous prices. There was no chango in beans or pea?. The inimen? quantity o f oats now on sal" en ibled the defers to get into stock on rather lower ter:n aain, but ?)e) were not large. Seeds of most kiuds were much the siineas on Monday. HAY AND STRAW. SMITHFIELD.-Ol-I ineadOVY hay 60S. t" 9\s new ditto 759. to 85s. Old clover 80s. to 110s.; uew ditto 85j. to Straw 268. to 328 per load. Demand steady. CUMBERLAND -Old meadow hay 60s. to 95.. new ditto 75s. to 85s.; old clover 80s. to 110s. new ditto 80s-to 95s. Straw 2fis. to 32s. per load. Trade fair. WHITECHAPEE.—Old meadow hay 60s. jto9 "s new ditto 7.. to 8.. Old olover 808. to 110< lIew d tto SOs to 95s. Straw 26s. to 30s. A st6"dy demand. HUNGKRFORD -Fille upland meadow an1 rye grass hay 93s. to 95s.; inferior ditto 60s to 6ós. Superior clover 108s. to I I os. inferior ditto 9 -s. to 95s. Straw 2 is. to 329. per load of 36 trusses. MARKET LETTER. Town Tallow S3 a Fat by ditto 2 91 Yellow Russia Tallow 3 Melted Stuff 40 6 Rough ditto •• ..246 Tallow Graves 1\ 0 Good Dregs 7 0

THE CORN TRADE. The following reports will shew the state of the com trade in the different places named at the markets held on Saturday:- I CAMBRIDGE.—iner« was a moderate snow 01 wncar, ana, with a rather better feeling in the tradè, white m"de 44s. to 48s.; red, 40P. to 42s. per 36 stone. The supply of spring corn was small Oats were in full request, at fully as high prioef as in the preceding week-namelsr, 243. to 28s. per 24 stone. CHELMSFORD.— The market to-day and the other markets of Essex this week have been thinly attended, in consequence of the harvest, and there has been little alteration in p ices. GLOUCESTER.—^There was a large supply of samples on offer, and among them a good many of new wheat and barley, some of which were sold. Generally, the sample is not so good as 1 last year, being rather coarser and thicker in the b an. Tile market was rather firmer than on this day se nni^ut, but we cannot quote prices any higher. GRANTHAM —There was a small show of wheat, and a fair business was done at an advance of 18, on last week's rates. White samples sold at 484. to 40s. red, 4 4s. to 47$, per 36 stone. LEICESTER—The supply of wheat from the farmers wag small, and there was a fair amount of business doing at an advanoeof Is. per quamr. LINCOLN.—Yesterday there was afaircupply of wheat which met a steady demand, at an advance of I s. to a. on the cur. rencies of last week; white realized 46s. to 50s red, 42s. to 46s. per 36 stone. Other descriptions of grain were a small supply. Oats were in slow inq iiry at la t eek's quotations, 28s. to 30s. per stone. Beans are held toler.it>!y firm, at fall prices, 443. to 5 Os. per quarter. NORWICH.—At this exchange to-day there a good sup- ply of wheat, and some of the millers showing a little more disposition to purchase the sales made we e 011 fully the terms of this day se'nnight, while for the best simples in some in- stances U. per quarter more money was given. L'ttle othsr grain offering. OXFORD.—A. small supply of wheat at this market to-day; and as buyers refused to purchase except at rcduced prices, which holders would not submit to, but very few sa;es took place. Two samples of new wheat were exhibited and com. manded great attention, the prevailing opinion was that the present wheat crop is not so good in quality as that of last year. A great number of flelds of all kinds of grain have in this neigh. bourhood have been well hou ed, and more would have been but for the shortness of hande. PETERBOROUGH.—There was a fair show of wheat, which ex. perienced a rather improved demand, white .J!in; at Hs, to 1628,; red, 40s. to 46s, per 36 stone. The little barley that was on offer sold at the currencies of the preceding week, namely, 35s. to 40s. per quarter. In eprin* corn there was not much doing, tha prices of last week being for the moit part realized. Oat., 28s. to 32s per 24 stone. Beans, Us. to ?>o?. per 3d stone. READING The wheat market was again very well supplied. the stands being occupied almost 8a extensively as at seasons when the farmers are nut so much engaged as now. At the commencement a demand of 2. to 3s. advance was made, but the mealmcn held off, and trade was consequently blow, the earlier transactions were undoubtedly about J s. dearer than last week. but subsequently there wad a reaction, and the mar- ket closed at about the same terms as this day week. ROCHESTER—The weather during the past week has been extremely favourable for harvest operations, and reaping has become general in this neighbourhood, a cjnsiJerable quantity of wheat having been already secured in splend d condition. The crop throughout the Weald will be fully "0 average one. but the quality of the wheat is not considered to be Fo good as that of many former years. The attendance, II irmers at the corn exchange was more limited than u.u.1. and leB wheat was placed on the stands. The trade was in a*tate ol ?ta<ro&- tion. Farmers afterwards reduce it IILI i* demanGs and a trifling amount of business was done at an adviiiiceof Is. t) 28. for best sorts, while others could with diificulty make the rates of last market. Oats were not much sought after, and a dragging trade was done at previous rates. There were scarcely any beans or peas on offer, and with the reports of the favourable nature of the crop prices have a downward tendency. Many of the millers have made a trifling advance in the price offlour. At the several looal markets held huring tbe week the supply of wheat was rather short and pr.ces have undergone an im- provement at Is. to 2s. per quarter, "ilil an even trade. YOEK,—There was a fair show of wileat which met a slow demaud, at the prices of the week preceding; white made UI. to 48ø.; red, 40s. to Us, per 36 stone. The show of oats was small, and the trade ruled heavy, at the currencies of the pre. ceding week, prices ranging fro n 2;S. to 26,. per 24 stone.

I Tbe <Sa?Ettes. I FRIDAY JULY 29th. I Bankruptcy Annulled. Mary and W. W. Todd, late of Sewry, Ireland, merchants. I Bankrupts. J. Moon, jun., West India road, Poplar, optician,1 W. L. Wood, Puckeridge, Hertfordshire, grocer. J. Ward, jan Queen street, Pimlico, glass dealer. J, Wohlquast, Oxford street, dealer in cigar*. F. Tapley, Arbor terrace. Commercial road East, draper. W. Richards, Is'ington, licen@?d victualler. ol?l sL Pancras roa(l, and H. HoM?'d ?. Tillel (??hrit? ?cet, Old St. PanerM road, Mj Southall, and Farl strcet brfekmakers. F. Orgill, Loughborough, Leicestershire, master. J. Harris, Highweek, Devonshire, coal merchant. J. M. Pearson, Costham, Yorkshire, builder. W. Lancaster, Bury, Lancashire, coal merchant C. J. Goodwin, Manchester, and Chestcrneld.^Dereysiiire, tavern keeper. TUESDAY, AUGUST 2nJ. Bankruptcies Annulled, .• H. Tallerman, Houndsditch, City, wholesale cloth Ie". T, P. Brettle, Walsall, Staffordshire, grocr. Bankrupts, >! O. Titchraarsh, Wimpole, Cambridgeshire, farmer, Lauise tJamant, Dukestret. Portland place, and Somerset street Porrman squaiv, milliner. J. E. Ford, Aidermanbury, and Addle street, City, stock and tyo i anu cturer. G. J. Adamson, Twicl<enham, builder. Y, Rushi n, AVrexiiam, DPlibighshire, drilper. J. Swan, Newcastle«upon-Tync, and Bellevue, Durham, shipoiner.