The Pembrokeshire Herald and General Advertiser

TAKIKO IT COOLLY.—A few evenings back, two gen- tlemen entered the Cafe Anglais, Paris, ordered and con- sumed a sumptuous dinner, costing seventy francs. One of the gentlemen departed immediately after the dinner, and the other wrote a note to the proprietor requesting to be given into custody, as he could not pay. The guard were summoned, and they found that the gentleman was very soft spoken and extremely polite. Gentlea^n," said he, with a low bow, I thank you sincerely fc^the trouble you have taken 1 have the kindness, if you please, to conduct me to the guard-house as a prisoner!" You will not, then, pay for your dinner?" I should like to do nothing better, for it was excellent, but I have not a farthing in the world." Then why have you made a dinner of seventy francs ?" To get arrested I" What a strange idea 1" exclaimed the guard. Perhaps it is; but what would you have ?" returned the polite stranger. I have not the courage to commit suicide, and I will not turn thief. I have already done enough, but I will not dishonor myself completely. I know the law-l shall have three months' imprisonment." The polite dinner- eater then went on to say that he was a sergeant in the 70th regiment, on leave of absence; but that, having sold his equipments, he could not venture to return to his re- giment. He had had, he said, nothing but that dinner for five days; and he had chosen the Cafe Anglais to dine at because he thought it could afford the loss. But why not have contented yourself with a simple dinner of eight or ten francs? asked the perplexed proprietor. "If I had you would perhaps not have detained me!" Per- haps not." Well, then, you see, my dear sir, that I did well to take the dinner of seventy francs. I have arranged my affair perfectly well. I wanted to be arrested and yet to commit the least serious offence possible. Have me arrested without delay, my dear sir, I beg of you His wish was complied with, and he continued to express him- self in the politest possible manner, and to offer repeated excuses for the trouble he had occasioned. He had taken a great deal of wine and spirits at his dinner, but was not tipsy, and nothing in his manner showed that he was act- ing a part. On reaching the guard-house he pointed out the cell in which he was to be locked up, and when the guard left him he again politely demanded pardon for the trouble he had given, and most courteously bade them good night. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—Much alarm was caused In Kendal on Monday morning week, in consequence of the delay of the train due at a quarter before twelve o'clock and its arrival two hours afterwards brought the tidings that a fearful collision had taken place near Mitnthorpe, involving a great destruction of property, with the loss of one, if not more lives. A luggage-tram from the south had preceded the passenger-train by a short distance; and to give the latter the opportunity ot passing it at Miln- thorpe had moved off the down line on to the up-line, where it was left standing. The luggage-train had an engine both before and after it. In consequence of its great length, it could not be placed on the sidings, and was, therefore," shunted off, as we have said, on to the up-line. While thus waiting, a cattle-train, containing upwards of 160 fat cattle for the Manchester market, came dashing on at a speed of twenty-five miles an hour; and whether it was imperfeetly signalled, or not signalled in sufficient time, it ran into the other train with a fearful crash. The rails were torn up for several yards, the two engines that came into collision smashed to pieces, and the carriages and trucks strewed in all directions, while the poor beasts were many ot them most shockingly maimed, and lay helpless one upon another, uttering the most terrible cries of agony. Some were tnrown on the fire-pan and literally roasted alive while one was under the engine, where a stream of hot water was poured con- tinuously upon it. Some of the animals took the oppor- tunity of escape, and have not yet heen recovered. The two engine-drivers of the luggage-train were off their en- gines, in an adjoining public-house, and the stoker, seeing the cattle-train dashing onward, jumped off, and escaped with only a few slight bruises, The driver and stoker of the cattle-train were both severely hurt, and the latter is dead. The engine-driver of the cattle-train, who is known as Hell-fire Jack," is in custody. The train from the south came up about ten minutes after the accident, but the havoc that had been made prevented it from proceed- ing. The loss to the company, it is supposed, cannot be fess than £ 5,000. A coroner's inquest was held on Fri- day, when, after a lengthened inquiry, a verdict of acci- dental death was returned.-Kenclal Mercury. SALMON JUBILEE.—The first jubilee year to salmon ever known in Scotland is now begun. The Duke of Sutherland, in all his fine rivers in Ross and Sutherland, of which his grace is sole proprietor, has issued orders that no fish shall be taken above the influence of the tideway, either by net or the angler's rod, until the first of Febru- ary, 1840; thus giving the salmon undisturbed rest and possession of their own domain for 18 months. This will in a few yeara solve a very interesting problem-whether by giving the inhabitants of the deep a jubilee now and then, when they enter our rivers from the sea, and are allowed to follow out their natural instincts undisturbed by hand of man—whether they will increase with us, the same as the salmon in the uninhabited portions of the globe, to that almost incredible amount as in the Salmon River in North-west America, of which travellers who have visited it give such wonderful accounts as to the Immense number of salmon seen there. Whatever may be the result, his grace the Duke of Southerland deserves the thanks of all fur his noble and costly experiment, giving up a year's rent of all his rivers in the north, for the purpose of knowing whether or not, by intervals of rest, th« salmon fishing of Scotland can be improved, and a large increase of wealth and food thus added to the country.—Northern Warder. SAGACITY OF A DOG.-Nine years ago Mr. Hele, post-master of Alphington, trained a dog of the bull-terrier breed, to fetch from the guard of the Bath mail, as it pas- sed through the village, the bag of letters. On the guard sounding his horn, the dog would leave the office and meet the inaili and when the guard dropped the bag, he would bring it-safe to the office. From hit sagacity and faithful- ness, a collar was given him with the following inscrip- tion ;—Mungo, guard of the Alphington mail-bag." Many gentlemen and passengers have witnessed his per- formance during eight years. On Tnesday last, the mail was taken off the Plymouth road, but the dog was in waiting for the bag at the usual time, but no mail arrived, and he has been apparently in great distress ever since. He may be seen every day waiting, and walking up and down the ro3ii« and wl" n.°.t leave the accustomed spot. A correspondent says—" We hope his case will be repre- sented in the former quarter, and tlist he will receive the reward of filtblul service.— iV?tteru limes. I'. b.a<¡ been stated, that 106 parts of Ill of rye, 117 of oats, 1 ,'40 of barley, 138 of Indian corn, 177 of ricp, 895 ot potatoes, 1,335 of turnips, are equal jn nuiritive power.

FREE TRADE AND BANIv RESTRICTIONS. A series of admirable letters, which we shall hope to see republished, has appeared in the Standard, on the natural consequences of freC-trnde legislation. These productions are marked by extensive practical knowledge, clearness of statement, closeness of reasoning, and perfect mastery of the subject the writer has undertaken to discuss. The last letter of the series is devoted to an examination of the effect of free trade on the currency of the country, as al- tered by the bill of 1844. The conclusions at which this writer arrives must, we are convinced, be those of every one who duly, with an unprejudiced mind. considers the subject. We entreat attention to his a lmirably-expressed tho;lg-hlS "There remains yet one more argument of the Free Traders to be considered. Let us,' say they, 4 have but large imports, and you may safely leave the exports to take care of themselves. If gold should be exported, the value of money at home will rise, the price of commodities will fall, and exports will be forced. Gold is like Rny other commodity. It is bought with our industry, and may as well go out as anything else.' Experience has already, in some degree, tested the value of these assertions. The misery and ruin of the process were (as is usual with theorists) entirely over- looked. They omitted to predict the ruinous rise of in- terest, the impossibility of discounts, the inevitable failure of solvent houses, the paralysis of industry, the stoppage of trade, the desperate endeavors of men to cut down and throttle their own industry and that of their neighbors, so that the transactions of the empire might be dwarfed and stunted to fit the existing amj apprehended short allowance of the circulating medium of the civilised world. The theorists do rot appear to have foreseen, what we now know by experience, that, while the balance of trade is against us, even favorable exchanges will not relieve us. They do not appear to have considered that a stream of the precious metals, poured into a young and thriving country like the United States, produces effects exactly the converse of what we see here—stimulates industry, multiplies transactions, creates its own demand, counter- acts its tendency to return. In their zeal for generalisa- tion many of them overlooked the fact that bull.0,1 is not otvly a commodity, but is and will be the money of the earth and the universal measure of value, regulating not only private engagements hut the pressure of taxation, and the real amount of public debt.everywhere, so that its presence or absence, its exit or entrance, its plenty or scarcity, are governed by peculiar laws, and produce pecu- liar and momentous effects. But before the experiineu- ters laid their unhappy patient on the operating table they took care to tie him hard and fast. In order that their darling theory of free trade might be sure to work, they passed the act of 18-14. The intention of that act was to deprive the currency of its power of expansion in periods of distress, taking away the ancient spring which broke the shock, to make it at once rise or sink in value, just as if it were entirely metallic. In vain did men grown grey in affairs remonstrate against this measure. It was carried in contemptuous defiance of their warnings. We now behold a portion of the consequences. Do not let your readers flatter themselves that the present awful crisis is like its predecesssors, a mere temporary embarass- ment. It has already lasted from April to October (of course with varying degrees of intensity) I the circum- stances are entirely different, and the crisis different from anything that has preceded it. Nothing like it has been since the establishment of our financial system at the revolution. Between the joint operation of the mea- sure of 1844 and the measure of 18+6, unless the govern- ment retrace their steps, the trade and wealth of the coun- try will be ground to powder. Under the old system of protection, the currency might be with safety, and, as Lord Ashburton shows, often was, relaxed in a period of severe pressure. Imports were then systematically checked by import duties; exports r, were free there was, therefore, a constant tendency in the general balance of trade to be in favor of the country. You might, in the event of a bad harvest necessitating an extraordinary import of grain and export of bullion, relieve the money market by an issue of notes, without danger to their convertibility, securely depending on the balance of trade, which, in consequence of your arti- ficial tariff, must, in the long run, be in favor of this coun- try, to bring back the bullion, and so enable you in easier times to contract vour issue of notes to its safe and ordi- nary amount. The paper portion of the currency was then an ingenious contrivance, in the nature of an elastic band, which enabled you safely to expand the currency in time of distress, and to contract it in time of prosperity; it thus equalised the tension, and has, in fact, done so for generations. Addison, writing in the time of Queen Anne, somewhere says (though I speak from memory, and cannot here lay my finger on the passage), when the bullion leaves us, we make credit supply its place. This union of elasti- city with convertibility in the paper currency was not, indeed, the invention of pretended political economists it came from a much surer and saier source of knowledge, from actual experience. But the bill of 1814 is a return to simplicity, or, more correctly speaking, to barbarism. It deprives the currency of this compensatory and self- adjusting action, and leaves, and it is intended to leave, the bullion to go out and come in, and the value of money to rise and fall just as it would do if the currency were en- tirely metallic."—Britannia.

THE CHINESE JUNK ARRESTED FOR DEBT.-The Chinese jnnk, the Key Ying, which arrived at New York on the 8th of July, excited there the greatest curiosity. Her light and graceful build, her sails of matting suspend- ed to her bamboo yards, her smooth and rapid movement —thanks to which, if we may believe the Chinese crew, they have never suffered from bad weather-in short, the singularity of the furniture, which includes some dogs with tongues as black as ink, brought by the captain, all combined to attract a crowd of spectators. The prettiest women of New York loved to boa3t of having visited the Chinese junk. Unfortunately the enterprise does not appear to have had the same success in a pecuniary respect. The Chinese sailors, to the number of twenty-six, not having been paid their wages, have arrested the vessel, and Mr. Lord, their advocate, has pleaded for them before the civil court of the district. The crew claim, in the first place, their arrears of wages from the month of Sep- tember, 1846 and in the second, to be sent back to Can- ton at the expense of the captain. According to the sailors' account, they were only engaged for eight months, and were not to go beyond Batavia and Singapore. The advocate of So-Yin-Sang-Hi, the Chinese captain, replied that the sailors who had worked the ship could not pretend that they had been made to cross the India Sea and the Atlantic without their knowledge. With regard to the question of wages, the captain had promised to pay them, on their return to Canton, with the produce of the Ameri- can goods which he was to take on his return. He added, that he did not think the sailors had any right to com- plain the large recompenses they had received fully compensated for what was owing to them. The court decided in favor of the crew, maintained the seizure, ordered the sale of the vessel, and condemned the captain to pay each man 100 or 200 dollars, according to his rank. INUNDATIONS IN FRANCE.—The inundations which the approach of autumn generally ushers in have com- menced. Torrents of rain have been falling near Mont- pellier and Nimes. The river Herault has overflowed its banks and caused much damage, carrying away with its current casks, wood, and other objects of value. The rising of the waters has been destructive in many towns along the banks of this river. AtSumenethe water reached as high as the first floor in many houses, damaging property to a large amount. A silk-manufactory had especially suffered. Several bales of silk had been carried away by the current. At Vigan a flock of sheep had been drowned, trees uprooted, and carts and horses lost, the carmen themselves with difficulty escaping. At a mill near Gig- nac several people were saved by the greatest chance. The mill was at work as usual, when a strange noise was suddenly heard, and the corn fell into the sieves, only par- tially ground. A cry ot "The Herault has risen!" was heard, and preparations were made to save the flour in the place by bringing it to the top story. The water, how- ever, continued to rise, and soon covered the floor of the highest part of the mIll. The boat belonging to the place had been swamped, and there was no chance of escape but by swimming. A boat, however, luckily came to the as- sistance of the inmates, and the inhabitants of the mill saved themselves by coming out through the windows. A quarter of an hour after, the highest point of the roof had disappeared under the water. At Alaix the Gardon had risen considerably, and the people had been obliged to move their goods out of the lower stories of their houses, in order to save them from being spoiled by the water. At Lasalle serious damage was caused. No loss of human life has, however, occurred. DISCOVERY OF A NEW COAL FIELD IN CHESHIRE. —The towns of Parkgate and Neston, in Cheshire, were last week the scenes of considerable rejoicing, inconse- quence of the complete success which has attended the trials made to prove the fieJd of coal on the Cheshire side of the Dee. It is stated that an extensive field of coal, of most excellent quality, and which, no doubt, is a continu- ation of the Flint and Bagilt coal fields, has been proved. AWFUL DEATH AND EXPLOSION BY GUNPOWDER.— An awful and almost unprecedented occurrence took place on Tuesday last at Lissanoure Castle, near Ballymoney. Mr. George Macartney, the proprietor of Lissanoure, pre- vious to the reduction of the yeomanry force was captain in the body, and was in the habit of storing large quanti- ties of gunpowder in the castle. There were from eleven to thirteen barrels of powder lying in the mansion for a considerable length of time. was usually kept in a dark and narrow passage leading fr0111 one wing of the castle to the other. In this passage ^ery little traversed at any L time, some of the gunpowder had become damp, and was ordered by Mr. Macartney to be laid out to dry. What quantity was taken from the barrel is as yet unknown, but it must have been considerable from the effects which I ensued. The powder had remained for some days spread out in the passage. On Tuesday morning Mrs. Macart- ney, the lady of the proprietor, having occasion to pass through the passage, took with her a lighted candle. Whether she knew that the destructive material was in the situation described, no one can tell; but she had scarcely been a minute in the place when an explosion took place, the roar of which was heard Hke a burst of thunder, and in an instant, with the exception of the op- posite wing from the spot, the castle was a mass of ruins, the unfortunate lady being blown to atoms It is impos- sible to know how the melancholy event primarily ensued. Whether Mrs. Macartney had stumbled and fallen with the light among the powder, whether a snuff had fallen from the candle, or whether it had accidentally dropped from her hands, are matters that will in all human likeli- hood remain a secret for ever. The state of mind into which Mr. Macartney had been thrown by the lamentable occurrence, the strongest terms for the deepest agony would be weak to describe. The lady who met so sudden and violent an end was universally esteemed. THE BISHOPRIC OF MANCHESTER-—A well-informed correspondent states that the Rev. James Prince Lee, M.A., (late fellow of Trinity College, ^.a"jbtidge,) hon. canon of Worcester, and head master of Iving Edward's Collegiate School, Birmingham, is to be the first Bishop of Manchester. The rev. gentleman stands very high as a scholar, and the distinguished kaors obtained at the universities by exhibitioners from the school under his charge demonstrate the excellency and efficiency of his labors. Much good is anticipated from his deserved pro- motion to the episcopal bench. THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIULE SOCIETY.—Se- veral cases containing Danish Bibles and Testaments have, arrived by a vessel from Christiana, and are intended for gratuitous distribution by the British and Foreign Bible Society; and the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury have, through their Secretary, given directions to the revenue authorities for their delivery, free of duty, for the purpose mentioned. It will be recollected, that we hjve had occasion recently to notice several arrivals of copies of the Scriptart-s in the Dutch language, consigned to the same society, and for a similar purpose, the present being the first parcel, which has of late been imported, printed in the Danish tongue.

AGRICULTUIIE, &c. SEWAGE MANURE. For many years past both scientific and rconomicil writers have pointed out the vaiue of sewage manure as a vast source of profit improvidently wasted. The sys- tem now about to be begun will be carried out, bearing with it the blessings of health and wealth to the com- munity. It has been estimated by careful calculation, that the contents of the London sewers, as in va- rious public journals, would, at the selling value ol manure, be worth upward-; one millions pounds yearly. it has been contended with confidence, that the annual value of the sewage of all the towns in Great Britain, now wholy wasted, would equal the entire burden of the national debt! Liquid manure is found to be the most economical fertiliser. Inthu Svotsiwin it is stated, that near Edinburgh was a tract of land, almost barren, whose annual value was, on the average, no more than half a crown an acre! One of the sewers was turned into a stream of water that ran near this worthless tract, and the mixed fluid was made to How at certain time. over it. The result far exceeded the most sanguine anticipa- tions of the projectors. In four years, the land that had previously been worth only 2s. Gd. per acre, was readily taken at rents varying from £15 to -.e.w an acre! At the town of Mansfield there is a sewer which the Duke of Portland caused to be turned into a stream, and the mixed fluid to be applied to some very inferior land which had previously let for 40s. per acre only, two or three years application of the sewage water raised their value from 10s. to j £ 10 an acre. The chief object is, to convey into the country from towns, arid apply to the soil the profuse fluid, and how can this be best carried out? What is done by the water companies? They briny; the water from the country by steam-engines and pipes; they send it in 0 the streets, from the streets up to the very tops of the tallest houses and notwithstanding the machinery, they are enabled to supply it at a cost of somewhere about a farthing a gallon. All the liquid thus sent from towns might pass out of it again saturated with highly-fertilis. ing materials, which flow otherwise into rivers, pollute the waters and are wasted in the sea. Why should not the same machinery that sends the clear water from the country inco town send the dirty water out of towns back into the country, to be a source of incalculable wealth ? If a steam-engine and pipes can supply the for- mer at a very trifling cost, the summits of houses, the like machinery can surely convey the latter, at a still less cost, to the flat surface of the soil. The value of sewage-water has been established at Edinburgh and at Mansfield, and the ease and cheapness of transmission is shewn by the daily experience of the water companies. At Edinburgh, at Glasgow, at Mansfield, in Switzerland, and at Milan, strong proofs have been given of its singular efficiency as a manure. Besides these, several market-gardeners and others, have described the large use of it bv them, and its great value over manure in a solid form. Mr. Dickenson, the noted horse-dealer, has stated in a print the results of its application to some meadows on his farm, proving the fertilising- results of sewage manure, and sewing that he had grown in a year, under the stimulus of liquid manure, somewhere about ten-fold or twelve-fold the average one! Professor Brandt, and other eminent chemists, who have analysed the liquid of the sewers about London, proved that it contained all the elements of fertilisation in proper quantity and proportion. A greater extent of benefit would be derived if the farmer paid more attention, not only to the collection, but to the quantity of the liquid manure he carries on to his land. In Belgium, and other continental states, where liquid manure is very extensive- ly and profitably applied, great care is bestowed upon its preparation. They are not content to employ some merely discolcred water, but they systematically strengthen this with cow dung, and other matters. "The best pro- portion of mixtures is three-fourth of water to one-fourth of excrement, if the cattle be fed on corn; but if in course of fattening one-fifth of excrement to four-fifihs of water will be sufficient." (See Johnston on the Fertilisers, p. 197.) Now, how seldom does the quantity of solid matters in the liquid drainage of the farm-yard approach this proportion, will be readilv believed. It is needless to urge the value of such applications of liquid manure. Every holder of such meads, or even of a water-meadow. will confirm the rapidly forcing nature of such fertilising matters and this effect is not confined to its application to grass the late Mr. T. A. Knight proved them to pos- sess a similar power when applied to fruit trees. To those who, in the employment of liquid manure, ob- ject to the excrements of animals, the use of soot will be found at once easy and economical. It appears from the statement of Mr. Robertson, Gardeners' Magazine, vol. ii. p. 18, that this manure is highly advantageous when mixed with water, in the proportion of six quarts of soot to a hogshead of water. The Chinese, who are re- markably skilful in the management of manure, are par- ticularly careful not to waste the smallest portions; and, according to Sir G. Staunton, they prefer the dung of birds to that of all others, and next to that night-soil, which they apply in a liquid state. Their first care, says our author, is to construct large cisterns, free from absorp- tion, to contain, besides this manure and soil of every kind, all sorts of vegetable matter, as leaves, or roots, or stems of plants: with all these they mix as much animal water as can be collected, or common water, to dilute the whole and in this state, generally in the act of putrid fermentation, apply it to the ploughed or broken earth. The Chinese husbandmen, we learn from the same autho- rity, always steep their seed-wheat in liquid manure until it swells and germinates, which they say hastens the growth of plants, and at the same time defends them from the attack of insects; they also apply liquid manure to the roots and plants of fruit-trees, &c.; and how grateful liquid manure is to vines, &c., is well-known to most Eng- lish gardeners. The immense produce of grapes, by the great Hampton Court vine, has been supposed to be mainly owing to its roots having penetrated to an adjoin- ing sewer belonging to the palace; and the roots of nearly equally celebrated vines at Valentines, in Essex, are known to reach to an adjoining stagnant canal.

FARM-YARD MANURE. The improvement in the quantity and quality of the manure ot the farm-yard is an object of too much impor- tance to the cultivator to render an apology necessary for our again recurring to the subject, and we can hardly se- lect a better period than this, when, at the commencement of the farmer's year, his yards will speedily be again filling with straw. This great agent of all the farmer's success has, there is no doubt, for a long period been generally im- proving in the tarm-yards of England, both in bulk and value. This was a necessary result, as soon as the intro- duction of turnips and other C'reen crops enabled the far- mer to keep, during all periods of the year, a much larger live stock than was possible with the husbandman of the olden time, who was compelled, for want of winter green food, to kill off at the close of autumn a large proportion of his live stock; and what he did preserve of these, from the poverty of their food, yielded to him a manure of very in- ferior value. The introduction of the practice of feeding stock on corn and on linseed-cake was another great ad- vance in the improvement of the value of ordinary manure. It was long, however, before the farmer was enabled to reason with useful accuracy upon this subject, and to see the true principles so clearly laid down by the German chemist, Sprengel, when he remarks on this head (Jour. R. A. S., vol i. p. 45S):— When animals are so badly Kept as iney oauy lose flesh, their excrements also become lower in quality in the same proportion, since the body in such case not only ex- pels fewer of its own worn-out particles, but the food itself becomes more powerfully exhausted by the digestive organs. If, on the contrary, the animals are kept on abun- dant and nourishing food, their excrements also are very strong in quality, for these will not only contain much re- fuse animal matter, but the food itself also is less exhausted. Hence the manure of fattening stock is the oest. Animals immoderately fed give, indeed, for reasons which do not require explanation, the most powerful manure, with the disadvantage, however, that the food has not undergone a proper change. Accordingly, the more nutritious in general the food is, the better are the excrements resulting from it, supposing the animals to obtain so much ofit as to gain instead of 100sing flesh and fat; for the excrements re- sulting under these circumstances are abundant in phos- phorus, sulphur, soda, potash, chlorine, lime, magnesia, and nitrogen. Fatting stock, as we learn by experience, yield very strong manure when they are allowed the free use of salt. It is likewise maintained that the excrements of oxen fed on scalded fodder are of a superior quality to those of stock fed in the ordinary manner: this, how- ever, is scarcely possible; they must, on the contrary, with equal quantity and quality of food, be inferior, for by the process of scalding, the materials are so prepared for the digestive organs as more easily to yield their best por- tions. For this reason we give cows a less quantity of the scalded fodder, than of that which has not been so pre- pared. The excrements of oxen fed on scalded food come sooner into effective operation, since the woody fibre and the hardened veg-etable portions of the food are softened by the procees of scalding, and, consequently, when in the state of excitement, are decomposed more rapidly. On account of this quicker effect, the excrement, of cattle fed on scalded food is supposed to be the best, though it is not really so." We have added what Sprengel says about the imaginary alteration in the riches of the manure by previously boiling the food of the stock and this may be true, provided the same food is given in both cases; but we are not to con- found this state of things with the result produced upon the manure by boiling only pretty similar food—food which, without this previous preparation, would not, per- haps, be available by the feeder. To stich a class we may assign the plan of boiling linseed as food in the way re- cently described by Mr. J. Marshall, of Bedale, in York- shire (Jour. li. A. S., vol. vii., p. 304), who remarks, when speaking of its effects on the manure of the yard,—" The increased quantity and superior quality of the manure thus derived have doubled the produce of my farm. Indepen- dently of other matters, the main source from which the feeder of stock should look for remuneration is his manure heap. He cannot grow corn without manure, nor have manure without cattle. Whoever can feed the largest quantity of stock, and thus secure the most and the richest manure at the cheapest rate, ia the best able to augment the produce of his farm, and thus to meet competition in the market. Up to this time, linseed cake, given in large quantities along with roots, has been considered to yield the best manure. But why should linseed unadulterated be inferior in its feeding and manuring properties to lin- seed, from which all its richest, and most feeding matter has been extracted, and which has afterwards in many cases been adulterated with rubbish of any and every des- cription ? The effects of this system have been So ap- parent, in the increased fertility of the farm where it has been practised, as to induce my neighbors to follow my example." And at p. ;HI,} Mr. John Hutton, of Sober Hill, near Northallerton,states as the result ofhis practice, the manure is of the best quality, and very soon fit for use. No manure I have seen has equalled inefficacy that derived from this process." And at p. 3!)7. Alr. T. S. Walker bears his testimony to the same fact-" From this mode of feeding cattle (with linseed), the manure produced will probably contain more oil, and less of the phosphate of lime, and other saline matters of the linseed than the manure produced from cake-fed stock." The accurate ob- servation, therefore, will be very valuable, which shall de- termine the comparative fertilising duration of both. It is certain that the saline and other portions of the linseed, are of very coiziaerable value, but we are not inclined to go the length of M. Kuhlman, when he concludes (Trans. High. Soc., 18 VI, p. 622) that if the oil were extracted from linseed-oilcake "It would not be diminished in its fertilis- ing effect upon the land." And he admits that the practice of the Belgian farmers does not accord with his opinion,'for,, he tells us that, in the neighborhood of Lisle the-farme)* makes a distinction between the oilcake of the, town and country. He gives the preference to the latter,.because, t being manufactured by the le.<« powerful of the 1 windmi'ds, they retain more of the oil than'atlfe oiliake made in the manufactories, where til" presses "ar« driven made in the manufactories, where til" presses '9f." driven by steam power." And this i, the more remarkable,be- cause th«' Flemish firmer* «re in tl»f» hnbit of mixing oil- cake with the excrements of cattle in their liquid manure tank1;. This would appear to support the idea that it is to the oil ofthelinaeod-cake that its manuring powers must be attributed. The analysis of Professor Johnston, however, shows tint the oilcske contains not only a larger propor- tion o( oil than is commonly supposed, hut alw double the amount of albumen and gluten, which, from these contain- ing nitrogen, must form a valuable portion of the manure now these more abound in the cake than in the same weight of linseed. Professor Johnston found in English linseed-cake Aharatac !Uti, p. 4-5)—■ Water 10.0) Oil 11.03 Acid ot ,"59.10 AIbumen and gluten 22.11. Woody fibre i 15;1" Saline matter, &e Still it is well to remark, that according to the analysis of Dr. Thomson, (ibid, p. 11), beans contain more nitrogen than linseed, and yet the manure from hean-fed sInd: is certainly not generally regarded by the farmer as superior to that of cake-fed stock. The following is the result of the analysis of both :— T I jLinseeti. iieans. Carbon 42.01 40.7G Hydrogen 1;22 Nitrogen 3.78 4.13 Oxygen. 26.35 — Asli 3.22 Water 14.20 10. GO And it is also noticeable, that the oil contained in linseed is more considerable than in any of the ordinary varieties :if food employed by the owner of stock. Dr. Thomson found the following per centage of oil in various vegetable substances (I'arl. Paper, p. 57) Barley 2.1S Malt 1.37 Bean-meal 2.03 Linseed 4.00 Bean-meal 2.03 Linseed 4.00 We perceive, then, that not only the oil, but the other in- gredients of the linseed, must be regarded in our estimate of the fertilising effect which, under one form or other, these seeds add to the manure of the linseed-fed stock. The whole subject is thus clearly and briefly summed up by Professor Johnston {Trans. If. Soc., IS Hi, p. 201), "One hundred parts of oilcrtke contain 21b. of phosphoric acid; on the other hand, our common kinds of corn (1001b. wheat for example), contain only lib. of phosphoric acid. Therefore, by laying on bone, or tor supplying the ma- terials of bone to growing stock, oilcake is twice as valua- ble as wheat, weight for weight, and more than twice as valuable as oats or barley, which are covered with a husk. This circumstance supplies us with an additional reason why the manure of full-grown store-fed stock, fed upon oilcake, is so much richer than that obtained by the use of any other kind of food. It is richer because- First, the proportion of the protein compounds (albumen, &c.) is greater than the animal can appropriate, and thus much of them passes off, in a more or less changed state, and is mixed with the dung. Secondly, the oil also is in larger proportion than can at times be laid on their bodies even by fattening stock, and this unquestionably contributes to the fertilising quality of the manure. Thirdly, the full- grown animal appropriates scarcely any of the phosphates the whole of them, therefore, which the animal consumes in its food, appears again in its dung, and as the oilcakes are richer, in these phosphates, weight for weight, than any kind of corn we use for food, the dung thus made is also richer in these phosphates than that which is obtained from animals frd upon almost any other kind of food." These scientific results will hardly be lost upon any of our agricultural readers they all tend to advance the useful- ness of the farm-yard and to show the invaluable masses of manure which the great source of all cultivated soil pro- duces.—Bell's Weekly Messenger. HAY F AIR.-A much larger supply of stock than has been known for many years this may be attributed to the scarci.y of keep. I'at cattle were in brisk demand, but lean stock (the greater portion of which the owners were never asked the price of) seemed to return to their old quarters. In the sheep-fair ewes were in request, but any- thing else not meaty was flat; horses were very numerous in offer, but few good ones showed, sales dull cart suckers sold well, averaging j610 each. A great quantity of cheese and butter was pitched, and deal of business done. PONTYTOOL F Al R.- There was a tolerably gnod supply of fat cattle, horses, sheep, and pigs, most of which changed hands at good prices. TnK STORING or TURNIPS.—A correspondent residing in Northumberland states that "his turnips are all to large and ought to have been stored this week, for the last swelling of a turnip is that which makes tlnrHeart soft and hollow, where the first symptoms of decay always begin. Now if the turnip be stored before the last swell, that which would go to size turns to sugar, keeps the centre of the fruit hard, and makes it keep three months longer than those which are allowed to attain the extreme size and growth. He finds by so doing his turnips keep better and longer, and enables him to get in his wheat seed at a more desirable season."—Morpeth, Oct. 16. FRUIT STORING.—At the present season of the year, the most important duty of the fruit-grower is the gather- ing and storing of his crop, so as to preserve it in perfec- tion to the latest period possible. The room should occupy a northern aspect, be kept dark, and have a low uniform temperature. Its shelves should be of scentless wood, and those for Flemish pears, inclosed. Apples and pears may be kept in perfection between layers of sand and still better, if first wrapped in a paper. Or, wrapped in paper, and enclosed in earthen jars, with due regard to temperature, &c. they keep long without shrinking.

THE LONDON MARKETS. METALS. X q. d. £ s. d SPELTER-On spot.per ton 0 0 0 to 18 15 0 For arrival 0 0 0 to 18 15 0 ZINC—English Sheet 0 0 0 to 27 00 QUICKSILVER per lb. 0 0 0 to 0 4 6 IRON*—English bar, &c.per ton 0 0 0 to 9 15 0 Nail rods O O 0 tc 10 150 llaops 0 0 0 to 12 0 0 Sheets 0 0 0 to 13 00 Rails in Wales 0 0 0 to f) 0 0 Bars in Wales 0 0 0 to 8 12 t) Pig, No. 1, Welch 4 10 0 to 5 5 0 No. 1, Ciyde 0 0 0 to 3 100 Foreign—Swedish 0 0 0 to 11 10 0 CCND 0 0 0 to 16 00 PSI 0 0 0 to 16 00 STEEL—Swedish keg.per ton 17 10 0 to 17 15 0 Faggnt 16 5 0 to 15 5 0 CoppEK—Shect&sheathingp.Ib. 0 0 0 to 0 0 10 Old. () 0 0 to 0 0 8 Cake per ton 0 0 0 to 93 00 Tile 0 0 0 to 92 00 Chili 0 0 0 to 71 0 0 Tir;-Eiiglisli block 0 0 0 to 4 12 0 bars. 0 0 0 to 4 13 6 Banca 0 0 0 to 4 14 () Straits. 4 11 0 to 4 12 0 Peruvian. 1 9 0 to I 10 0 TIN PLATES—No. IC. p. box 1 8 0 to 1 10 0 No. IX 1 14 0 to 1160 LEAD-Sheet. per ton 0 0 0 to 19 10 0 Shot, patent 0 0 0 to 19 15 0 Red 0 0 0 to 21 10 0 White. 0 0 0 to23100 PIG-LEAD-Eiiglish 0 0 0 to K) 15 0 Spanish 17 10 0 to 17 14 0 American. 0 0 0 to 17 15 0 Iron 5s. to 7s. 6d. per ton less at Liverpool. TIMBER. £ s. d. £ s. d Baltic Timber, per load of 50 cubic ft. 4 2 6 to 4 15 0 Yw.Deals,perstandardhundred 15 10 0 18 0 0 Deck Deals, per 40 feet 3 in.. 1 5 0 1100 Crown ditto ——— 0 00.. 0 0 6 Pipe Staves, per mille 100 0 0.. 117 10 0 Lathwood, per fm. of 4 feet. 6 10 0 8 0 0 Peters burgh, Riga, and Archangel..) lg Q Q 7g Q () Yo. Deals, per 120 red d ) White. 14 0 0 11 100 Yo. Battens 1G 100..18 100 Riga Logs, for 18 feet cube 3 15 0 4100 Stettin Pipe Staves, per mille 75 0 0.. 120 OOj Gothenb. Y o. Deals,per 100 12f.3in.9in 25 0 0 27 0 0 White ditto —— 2300-2500 Yo.Battens,perlul. 12ft.2Jin.7in. 41 10 0 16 10 0 ChristianiaY.Deals,per.hd.l2!t.3in.9in 28 10 0 29 0 0 White. —— 26 10 0 27 00 Yo.BatteDS,perhd.l2ft.2Ain.7iii. 0 0 0 0 0 0 Yo. Pine, per 100 red'd 16 0 0.. 18 0 0 Red Pine —— 10 0 0 26 0 0 Red PineTiinber, per load ot'50 cubic ft 4 0 0 0 0 0 Yw. ditto 3 7 (j.. 3 16 0 Birchditto. 2150.. 450 Ash ditto 4 15 0 5 CO

HAY MARKETS. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, X3 Os. to £ 4 Os.; Clover ditto, X2 5s. to X3 8s.; and Straw, £1 14s. to.Cl 16s. per load. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, £ 3 0s. to £ 4 Os. j Clover, dit,to, X3 10s. to e5 6s.; Straw, £1 14s. to £ 1 his. per load. WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, JCSlOa. to £ t0s.; Clo- ver ditto, t3 Os. to £ 5 18s. and Straw, jSl 2s. to £ [ 16s. per load.

CORN, IMPERIAL MEASURE. (From the Mark-Lane Eapress.) (From tlte 11Iar!Lane Aà¡>ress.) WHEAT, ESSEX & K F,NT, red 50 53 White ^7 New 47 39 New 55 Norfolk and Suffolk.. 47 52 White.. ;G RYE, new 3 INIHAN CORN 30 35 Extra" 40 7i BARLEY, Chevalier,new 3'i 37 Malting.. Distilling 25 30 Grinding —" Scotch.— —Irish. MALT, Brown 54 (iO Pale Suffolk & Norfolk 60 f « W are pale CG 68 Chevalier OATS, English, teed 25 29 Potato,&c. 27 9 Irish, feed 24 27 New — Do. Potato 27 29 New —* Scotch feed 22 24 Potato 27 PEAS,white, Essek and Kent,boilers new 40 Do. fine Suffolk 40 J? Do. do. extra 41 J Do. fereign Do. non-boilers — & Maple new 37 *4 Grey or Hog 43 *? Blue 71 J A BEANS,Tick new 0 Oold 36^ U 11 arrow 0 0 46 I Pigeon 0 0 51 Mazagar, — — —- FLOUR, L'own-made & first country marks,per sack 44 v Norfolk and Sutlolk 36 J Stockton and Yorkshire •—* j*- American. 24 27 Canadian 24 t) „ tli, Wheat Barley Oats Rye Beans pea- <t) A vrrage of thel ■ I Tl (i weeks which! | regulates the 0 duty 53 8 32 11 23 6 33 8 45 9 & Dutiespayable j n on foreign corn 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 00 Ditto on grain from British POSSESSIONS « 0 'H out of Europe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LONDON AVERAGES. J J £ s. d. £ *■? '«( Wheat qrs. 2 14 8 Rye qrs. 1 J; 4 Barley Ill 8 Beans 2 1 Oats 1 4 8 Peas 2 131

BREAD. The prices of wheaten Bread in the metropolis are tffvj 7Jd. to 8d. of household ditto, 6d. to 7d. per loaf. kT r*i

TOTAL ACCOUNT OF CORN, &c., r Arrived in the Port of London, from 11th October, to Itith October, 1847, both inclusive. English. Scotch. Iri«h. Forjjjj^ Wheat 6162 10 644 599^ Barley 4140 — — 54^ .1" Malt 4074 — 70 Oats 954 296 1720 2062" -jv Kye — — — 55j> Beans <8i — — Peas 675 — — 23W £ Tares Ill — 10 Linseed 8 — — 125^" (, 1 Rapeseed. !» J Brank —■ — — -"T Mustard seed — — — Seeds 120 — 94 50'^ Flour, Sacks. 3533 — — 47^ tSI SEEDS. s. s. So Hemp.. perqr. 35 38 Coriander, fine old, x *9 small 35 38 cwt. d Canary 66 68 new is TurnipSeed,Swedes Carraway, new 43 .r „ otherqualities 16 21 „ fine 45 Mustard, white new 10 12 Tares, foreign, per brown „ 9 10 bush Trefoil.. per cwt. 16 — „ winter new — „ extra .22 23 Linseed Cakes, per 1,000 £ 12 10s. to £ 13 10s. ltkt Rape, per ton, jt5 to jSo 5s. Jllo, ,j[c« SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET. Cj Per 81bs. to sink the offals. s. d. s. d. s. d. •* j*«e. Coarse and inferi- Primecoarsewool- ,4 iH,; orBeasts 3 10 4 2 led Sheep. 4 10 2nd quality,do. 4 4 4 6 Prime south down i ?*ge Prime Oxen 4 8 4 10 ditto 5 4^j| Prime Scots,&c. 5 0 5 2 Large Calves 4 Of i Coarse and infe- Prime small do 4 8 » ( rior Sheep ..4 2 4 4 Large Hogs 4 d W5tl 2nd quality, do 4 6 4 8 Small porkers.. 4 8 jO.'j JS 1I.,e BUTTER, BACON, CHEESE, AND HAMS. It Irish Butter,new,p.cwt. s. s. Cheese, per cwt. s.$ Carlow, new 94 — Double Gloucester. # Sligo 80 — Single ditto 52 f Banbridge — — Cheshire 56 d Cork, 1st 90 — Derby 5S £ Waterford 98 100 American v., English Butter, Foreign 46 j1 Dorset, per firi'ia 54 — Bacon, new Foreign Butter, cwt. Middle — Jiuz Prime Friesland 102 — Hams, Irish 80 y Do. Kiol 102 — Westmoreland 8-i Foreign Butter, cwt. Middle Prime Friesland 102 — Hams, Irish 80 y Do. Kiol 102 — Westmoreland 8-i Fresh Butter 12s.6d.per doz. York 90 —- HOPS. V„„ BOROUGH, Monday, October 18, Sussex 60s. to 66s. East Kents —s. t Weaids 70s. to 80s. Do. Choice —s. to5ine Mid. Kents. 80s. to 110s. Farnham —s. to^^ PRICES OF TALLOW. 41' 1844. 18W. 1846. Stock on Monday 18180 11493 7490 Delivery last week 2132 2 418 2704 Ditto trom 1st June 28039 34511 25842 jU* Arrival last week 1369 8013 3699 J li Ditio from 1st June 27119 24487 22717 7(0 Sc, Price on Monday 41s 3d 41s 9d 48s 6'd Ditto town last Friday. 45s Od 44s Od 50s 6d 1847. S Arrivals for the week from St. Petersburg 16591 |jro< „ „ Odessa, Taganrog, &c. h, „ Hull S „ „ South America. — t, „ North America. — D< „ „ Frdnce }II. » Anstralia 484 ~T L »> „ Other places 113 2* Total 1718S 369g w to PRICES OF SOAP. ly* "te s. d. s. d. s. d. g- [W Yellow Soap 48 0 to 52 0 Melting Stuff 38 Oto^y Mottled do. 50 0 53 0 Rough do. 24 0 Curd do. G4 0 pt Graves, 20s.; and good Dregs, 5s.percwt.; Rougb :1 average 3s. per 81bs.. RAWHIDES, SHEEP& CALF (V, at per stone of 14lbs. Per skin. i s. d. s. d. s. d. Best steers and Market Calf 6 9 0 heifers 5 4 5 8 Long woolled Middling hides 4 8 5 2 Sheep 0 0 J: Inferior ditto. 4 2 4 6 Short ditto 0 0 *ti( PRICES OF LEATHER AT LEApENHA^ V. Tuesday, October 17. JtL, Per lb. KIPS.— Petersburg!1'^ A Raised Butts. ,14d to.lGd Unsli3Ved. Sha'^ Jit' Crop Hides, 30 to lbs. lbs. d. d. d.. 351b 9d 10Jd 4 to 7 15 to ltij— to Do. do. 40to451b lOd 13,jd 7 9 15 17 — Do. do. 50to«0lb 12J 17d 9 10 J4 16 — Jn, Foreign Butts 9d 18d 11 13 13 15 — English ditto ..lid 24d Ah Dressing Hides 9d lid CALF SKINS, j, Do. do. shaved.. l()J,d 15d Unrounded. Kaddiers' Hides 18d 14d libs. lbs. d. d. d. Horse Hides,En- 20to28 II to 14.. 12 to .g glisii &Uermanl2d 16d 30 35 11 14.. l3 L jUJU Horse,Spanish..l(id 18d 35 40 12 17..15 £ jv Do. without Buttslos 21s Id' 40 45 13 18..15 qf x!- Seal Skins 8d 20d 45 50 13 19..17 Si: Basils 7d lid 50 55 13 20..17 f li' 55 60 15 21.. 17 »> KIPS-East India. 60 70 16 20..17 Dry Salted Best 70 80 15 19..16 \i 5 to 71bs 15d 17d 80 90 14 18..15 V" Do. do. 7 to9lbs. 12d 15d 90 100 14 17.. 14 Do. sec lid 13d 100 120 13 16.. 13 Do. thd 9d 10d v

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TEA, COFFEE, SUGAR, AND SPICE MARKET. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16. TEA.—The market has again been inactive this week, but the few transactions that have occurred have been without any material alterations in price- Catalogues are issued tor sales to take place on Tuesday next. COFFEE.—The market I1-1S been in a heavy state this week, both for export and home trade, and the parcels brought forward to public auction have been very slllll 2,170 bags and 150 casks plantation Ceylon; the greater part, however, sold, at lower prices,—-low middling, 4-1-s. 6d. to 53s.; Middling and good middling, 60s. to 68s. Native Ceylons have not been pressed forward, but the quotations nominally remain at 00s. to 33s. 6d. for good ordinary. SUGARS.—There has been a further depression manifest this week for this article. The arrivals have been rather numerous, andinconnectton with the straightened supply ot money, have tended to render Sales very difficult, except at reduced prices, to which importers have been compelled to submit, in order to eiFect sales. The transactions in liritish Ptaiitation for the week amount to about l,!i00 hhdi., which have sold at an average decline of fully Is. per ewt. At public auction, there have been offered 14,220 a, bag# atitf-fiOO casks Mauritius, chiefly common qualities, EiiS1 int)stiy^et with buyers, but at reduced prices,—and pne yello«^R3f- Mj^43s. per cwt. ;—5,400 bags Bengal oi Which.osly a small pj £ t sold, at a reduction of'Ts. to Is. 6'd. netlby.; prices rarig^l to 48s. tid.—45Q casks PofW Rica: about ij^.i-tountl buyers, at 38s. to 47s. 6d. per'cjvt., which were deemed cheap. In the-market,'generally, little business has iii;ir ot yelle bvefl Uoue, without atiy alt6 £ d}i< £ jo prices. • v ■' 4

I THE WANDERING FIDDLER, BY ABKAIt ELDER, KSC>. (Continuedfrom our font.) Great was the shoutinsr of the children, who had joined them in the drawing-room when he brought this anomalous piece of iftuxic to an end. Si^g us another song !-sing us another They all cried together. I Sir)& I ^ill suijf you each a song," said the ifddler; and he treated them to it similar entertainment that he had given the children at the Two Elms farm, concluding with the little song of the Babies in the Wood," which he played and sang so plaintively that lie sent the children all crying to bed. "One of the pirty made some observations upon his per- jforrfiarxe in French. To warn them that he understood the language, lie suddenly changed from what he had been flavins to a little French chanson, accompanying his in- strument with his voice fnr two or three verses. "You understand Frwich then," said the squire. I have wandered in France with the instrument," was the reply. Where else have you travelled ?" asked the fair-haired girl. An air from Der Freischutz," the first verse or two sung in German was the replv, Oh that's Germany! Where else have you been ?" The instrument replied with a Swiss mountain song. Well, and where else ?" An Italian opera air was the reply of the violin. Pray give us some further account of your travels?" "The violin now turned topsyturvy became a guitar, accompanied by his voice in « foreign language. I suppose this must mean Spain?" The fiddler nodded, and putting his instrument to his shoulder again, gave them Auld Robin Gray in his best and most careful style of execution, and when he came to the part where the poor girl's misfortunes began. the notes assumed a tremulousness as if the intensity of grief almost denied them utterance. Great were the Tiraises that were lavished upon him when he concluded. fjr his audience had lived for many years in Scotland, and the air reminded them of days long gone by. "That is beautifully played, indeed," said the dark- haired beauty. "Did you ever wander as far as the Highlands. The fiddler made no reply, but set to work with the pegs of his instrument, screwing one down and another up, then trying the notfs. then screwing away again, till he had got matters to his liking. Then getting up from his chair, his fiddle gave one prolonged bass note very disagreeable to the ear; then upon another string he played a highland pibroch, the bass note continuing to act the part of drone. During the whole time he was playing, he continued walking up and down the room with bent knees and toe and heel following in one straight line. The imitation of the bagpipes was so close that the decep- tion would hardly have been discovered if the instrument had been out ofsieht. "Ah! that is the Highlandq, itidepi-otir own bonny Highlands; these are the real pipes, and the true piper's walk." Extraordinary as it may seem, this mimicry of what musicians describe as the vilest musical instrument that «ver was invented, gave more satisfaction to this family of taste and refinement than the most beautiful airJ he had played upon the violin-the most perfect instrument that is known. While the bagpipe notes were ringing in their ears, the fresh breeze from the blooming heather was blowing on their cheeks, and scenes of bye-gone days were present to their view. Friends and relations who had been long gathered to the dust were restored for a few transitory moments to health and enjoyment. But when the music stopped, the heathery mountains, the rapid stream, and the joyful forms of the friends of their childhood faded away again in the dark shadows of the past. The fiddler now rose to take his departure. He had been engaged to play at a haymaking dance at Farmer Robins's who lived a mile out of the town, and he would be sorry to keep the company waiting. Our good wishes attend you," said the squire. I have no wish to pry into your secrets, whatever they may be, but we would be happy to be of assistance to you if we knew how. What say you to our getting up a concert for you in the townhall ? I think we could procure an audience, and I am sure that you would give them satis- tion." With regard to my secrets," replied the fiddler, I can only say that I am just what I represent myself to be -an itmerant fiddler, and I have at present no othtr means of subsistence but what I earn by wandering about with my instrument; with regard to the concert, it would be too great presumption for a street-fiddler to think of it. I understand, however, that there is to be 9 public ball here next Friday. If I might be allowed to be present to accompany the orchestra, and play between the dances, I shall feel very grateful." f will try if I can manage it for vou," said the squire, at the same time dropping a sovereign into the fiddler's hat. He now took his departure, and. on his why towards Farmer Robins's, he stopped and played occasionally as he passed through the streets. He found his rustic com- pany assembled and waiting for his arrival, and amongst them was a poor boy of about thirteen years of age, who, he was told, was the son a poor pedlar who had died sud- denly a day or two before in a neighboring cottage. He liked the appearance of the lad, and told the farmer that if he would get the pedlar's little stock sold and invested in the savings' bank in the boy's name, till he was of age or in want, he would take charge of him in the meantime, and make him his travelling-companion. The dance went on merrily, the fiddler sitting on a stool under an old oak tree: and in the course of the evening he had the satisfaction of seeing his friends, the squire and ladies from the manor-house, amongst the spectators. Shortly after their departure, he looked into his hat to see how his contributions were getting on, and, finding a half-crown there, he threw it out saying, Somebody has given a bad penny! "You great silly man," said a buxom country-girl, it's a half-crown." I never take silver at haymaking dances," was the reply. "It was one of the ladies from the Manor-house that put in the half-crown." Oh that is quite a different thing," said be, and put the silver in his pocket. Besides the half-crown, he earned that evening one shilling and ni-nepence in copper, for which he expressed his gratitude. The fiddler's fame now spread far and wide, everybody talked of the wonderful talents of the mysterious wanderer. When he played in the streets, he did, indeed, obstruct the thoroughfare, but no constable or magistrate interfered. When he played before a house, instead of being turned ■away, he was shown into the parlor. Numerous messages lie received to come to play in this house and in that house, and a silver shower was failing pretty steadily into his hit. He was, however, perfectly aware that it was -not simply his musical accomplishments that effected all this. But there was, in the first place, the mystery—the -green shade,—the general impression that he was by birth and education a gentleman,-his rejecting the silver at the haymaking,—his continual refusing to pick up halfpence that he had not first played for,—his kindness to the ped- tar's boy-and, indeed, to many others: and, secondly, the variety of his performances. When he put his violin to his shoulder, no one could guess what was coming from it. He thus kept up alconstant expectation |of something new. He now announced, wherever he went, that it was his ,intention of leaving the place on the Saturday next, and that he would enter the neighboring town at two o'clock on that day. He took occasion to fiddle opposite the inn at the time of the coach starting, to get an opportunity of impressing this fact upon the coachman and guard. He also spent a pint of beer upon the carrier for the same purpose. He knew that his fame had gone before him, andfa good entrance into the town be thought would be ,greatly in his favor. The ball in the town-hall took place in due time. The flddler ensconced himself under the orchestra in an door- way that led to a small inner room, as much out of notice as possible. The squire and his ladies, as might be ex- pected, soon found him out, and the fair-haired lady, look- ing into his hat, exclaimed, Bless me! who in the world has put a halfpenny into your hat ?" I put it in myself, ma'am, it is the nest egg." The first quadrille was daiwed, and when it was con- cluded, the last note of the music appeared to be prolonged in a most unaccountable manner, but so faintly that it ap- peared to be only the impression of the sound that was "left on the ear. Presently the tune that had just been con- cluded broke forth again, but in a diflerent key, and then the air with a number of fanciful variations. Then the air was played in a different manner altogether, with vari- ations altogether new. The company, who from the com- mencement of his playing, were gradually crowding around liira, were much astonished at the taste with which he played, and the wonderful command he had over his in- strument: and when he concluded, shillings and sixpences showered into his hat, which was placed on the ground bolide b The next dance, a waltz, was treated in somew'i t the same manner, the last note was prolonged, and th )f air broke out in a new ftym, was tossed ,about ,1 played with, and then decked out in a new cos- tume ,(. other tricks played with it. The iV'rtl ilrM^e now drew to a conclusion. The com- pany began as beure to crowd round the wandering musi- cian; but the last not > was not prolonged as^ before. To look at tiw musician, me would have imagined that he was not aware that hi turn had come again. He was loaning back.1II his cha r with his instrument in one hand and his bow in the or he-, apparantly looking intently at •the tips of his hob-nailec ;hoes. I think he U'going t., sleep," whispered one young jadv to her partner. u Wt think he is ftiddieii,' whispered a dowager to her ■neighbor. These fiddlS. are very much addicted to it." Presently his instrument went up to his shoulder, and liis bltw waA hid across it, suddenly a fragment of a merry laughing air rung out so clear and sharp that it startled the wbist-players in the "rher roorn. It ceased as sud- denly as it began, and the bow dropped again upon his knee. The how now :t,t(] crossed the strings, and gave out a most mournful tl>. ge. Again the bow was towered, tnd there was a pause. Again the merry air was repeated, but for the concluding notes were substituted the concluding iiites of the dirge. The merry tune now broke out into -11 manner of fanciful variations, but never whole or un- oken, for the mournful notes of the dirge were continu- 'y thrusting themselves in. Sometimes was heard the ginning of the dirge, and then the merry laughing not., •uld overpower it, and trip along singing its joyful carol te the blithsome heart of thoughtless youth rejoicing in wsy. But then agsin and again the mournful notes .\1d creep in, deaths, sickness, or misfortunes were npling down its spring flowers. Sometimes in the high lie the merry notes were chirping, sometimes in the K\ or again running down into the base. Sometimes manner of hit; execution wat altered, as if the mirthful "118 seeking a new direct but ever would the urnful sounds intrude and m K themselves up with the icing, though never able to overpower t; gradually music became less loud, :il! at length it faded away ileace. pause, the moufnful lirg* was repeated, but in gentler tone, like the -an feelings of one that feels t left alone this clr- a • world, after that which sde all his joy a ( pride hit b *n taken away from him tt neither could e ve grief rei iaiiunalloyed, for the merry ,.e continually c1" ep, iuild,y 10, .ike gleams of sunshine uwg over the dre^ ry wasie j iigh and low the measure iered, sometimes glow, 01 etimes fast, sometimes in e manner, soinettin es aiul/r; but ever the gleams of ashine flitted over t' o 1 they could not brighten his landscape. Themu.i< ;ain faded away, and fell -ience. Again a pause. .e Tierry cul. »'5» >ed, but the execution itireiy cba.igc • 'f' -iw no softness i>> the All is han»h r nd «;J-I >ch strong emphasis upon -twular notes; there I C "ousr%essand unevfiiness rxertMiou. t !<» more he shouting ot the re- 'he tvto,, rw cAr( L, f early youth. The air -He aid bass note;, and the mournful air continually growling in like the consciousness ui utter ruin breaking in upon the drunken excitement o; tlie sanibler, or the vfiice of guiit whispering into the eai of the reveller, am ever try yodr side." In vain the shouting is loud, and the sound of forced laughter bois- terous the demon is ever there, and the skull grinning in the corner. Suddenly in the midst of a wild tuinult ot notes, the musician stopped. After a pause, thp dirge was pluyed again, but not with the softened notes of hallowed grief, hut like the voice of despair, violent, loud, and irregular) the merry tune ever breaking in upon it, as it seenled, in a tone of mockery and sardonic laughter. Then a pause.- The two airs are now mingled together in an extraordinary manner, as if striving for victory. At length the merry tune has it all to itself, chirping and carolling its joyous notes in the high treble. Gradually i: comes down again the contest is renewed, and at length the dirge groans out unrestrained its voice of mourning. Again a pause.—Now the merry air is played simply by itself as at the beginning. A pause, and the dirge is In like manner repeated as at first. Great applause and commendation followed this performance, attended by a substantial shower of silver into the wanderer's hat. It would be in vain to describe in words the different freaks of the musician,—his fantasias or unearthly Pdga- nini notes, with which he wiled away the time between the dances. At length his friends from the Manor House persuaded him, with some difficulty, to sing one of the little comic songs that he had amused the children with a night or two before, which afforded high amusement to his more adult audience. The ball was now drawing to a close, and the last qua- drille was about to be danced, when the fiddler, having finished his flourish, thus addressed the circle that sur- rounded him :—" Ladies and gentlemen, I feel so grateful to you for your kindness and liberality to me this evening, that I will attempt to play you a piece of music that I never attempted before in public. It is the tune that Patrick O'Howlegan played on the pipes when he made the table dance. The story goes that he was engaged to plav at a ball, but arriving a longtime before his company, nis fingers itched to begin his tunes. So he determined to play to the table. At first the table took no notice of him or his music then it seemed to get a little fidgetty or rieketty, as they call it in a table; then it kicked out its right foot like this (giving a jerk out with his own foot) repeating the kick at regular periods in time to the music; then the' left foot kicked out, and it went right, left, right, left; then the third leg kicked out, and it went one, two, three, one, two, three; then the fourth leg, one, two, three, four; and it waltzed round the room at a terrible pace, till it tripped over the coalscuttle, and smashed itself to pieces against the fire-place. The landlord brought an action against Paddy, and got damages; and it is said that the Irish chancellor granted an injunction against Patrick Howlegan, to restrain him from ever playing that tune again in a furnished apartment." Loud cheers, and cries of Bravo, fiddler." The gentlemen in the orchestra are tired; and with your permission, ladies and gentlemen, I will endeavor to twist the tune into a quadrille." "You must bring your fiddle into the middle of the room," cried several voices. The musician declined producing his worsted stockings and hobnailed shoes to the broad lamplight. You must, you must!" and several of the young peo- ple of both sexes took him by the arm3 and by the coat, and fairly pulled him off his chair, and led him into the middle of the room, and there they seated him again. I am getting quite nervous," said he; "I really can- not do it, Patrick O'Howlegan was the prince of pipers, and I am but a poor tramper." After a little pressing he consented, on condition that nobody should dance that was not merry, and that they would humor the music as far as they could. The dance commenced; it was rather a funny quaint air, but nothing extraordinary in it. At length there popped in a little jerking note, most of the dancers took the hint and gave a kick, the second time they kicked all well together—they kicked in the grand rond--they kicked in the pastoral -the kicks grew double and treble and fourfold, and on the last grand rond they all fairly kicked themselves out of breath, and sank down exhausted on the benches, when the notes of the fiddlle were fairly drowned by the merriment and laughter of both dancers and spectators. It was a heavy hat when he lifted it from the ground to take his departure. The following morning, at an early hour, he was on the tramp, he had engaged to be at the next town by two o'clock. When he arrived at a lonely part of the road he observed two ill-favored looking men sauntering on before him, they presently stopped and joined his company. You made rather a nice thing of it, I should think, at that last town," said one of them to the fiddler. I should rather think I did," said the fiddler; "that ball last night was the primest go of all. I put my hit on the ground by my side, and the great nobs of the county kept shelling their silver into it, till it was nearly half full of metal-no copper there—all silver, with just a yellow- boy here and there, like plums in a pudding. If my hat had not been a right good eight-and-sixpenny one the crown would not have stood it. As it was, I do not know how ever I should have walked home if I had not got some people there to give me two or three five-pound notes in exchange. Very pleasant it was, walking home afterwards with I my hands in my pockets, making the money chink as I went along." While the fiddler was relating this apparently innocent tale, the two men repeatedly winked to one another. When he had concluded, one of the men familiarly nudged his elbow, saying, We will do you the kindness to help you to carry some of that money for you—so fork out, or you are a dead man." The fiddler gave a long whistle of derision, saying, "You really do not suppose that I am green enough to carry money about me. Did you never happen to hear of such a thing as a post-office order? It's tne finest thing in the world; you just go into the post-office,—shell out your money—tell them the name ol a person a hundred miles off that you wish to send the money to-give the post- master a sixpence or two for his trouble, and then walk out again as light as a feather. It's very convenient, isn't it." Well, I don't know," said one of his companions, ap- parently thinking to himself. Do you know," continued the fiddler, that I rather expected to meet you somewhere about here to-day. There has hardly been a coin dropped into my hat the last two days, without your having oounted it. Good morning to you." A party were now seen descending the opposite hill; they turned out to be people coming to meet tne wanderer. The formost of them was a stout agricultural-looking man, with a red waistcoat. "You are the fiddler that was at Two Elms?—Thought so.-I am the farmer's brother-all right now-got back to the old rent again-landlord kind —agent gone to the Says you did it all with your fiddle.—Must come to my house and bide there while you stay in the town." The fiddler thanked him j for which he nearly got his hand squeezed off. The plot now thickened; the entrance to the town was absolutely crowded. Everybody was talking about the mysterious performer; and those that had been at the ball of last night described him as something almost superna- tural and, besides, everybody expected him at two o'clock. When he procured his instrument to commence operations, there was nardly room for him to move his elbow for the crowd. Here Bobby, the boy he had got charge of, proved himself of great value in collecting the contributions in a little tin box. Invitations without end poured in upon him, to play at this person's house, and that person's house, all which he accepted, but always played in the streets as he went from one house to another The mana- ger of the playhouse offered to make him leader of his orchestra, which was, of course, declined; but the fiddler offered to play him one tune upon the stage, in his proper character of tramping fiddler, with Bobby and his tin-box by his side, for five pounds. The manager laughed at his impertinence; but, after some time, having consulted his better-half, or some such personage, he thought it would Pay..and accepted the fiddler's offer, who, however, stipu- lated that not only he was to appear onl the stage in his own proper dress, but that his fee was to be put into the tin-box by some one present in the ordinary manner. Our hero performed with great applause, and brought the manager a full house. He was introduced upon the stage, in the middle of a play, to a turgid character called the King of Mesopotamia, as the "minstrel from the far west;" and at the conclusion of his performance his ma- jesty dropped the five sovereigns into the tin pot, saying, minstrel, take this guerdon." Ten minutes after he was fiddling again in the streets. At a day and hour appointed sometime beforehand, he made his appearance at the next town. His entry was alike triumphant, and he filled his box in like manner, with great honor and glory to himself. The musician continued travelling round from time to time, always taking care that his fame should precede him, and that the exact time of his entry into each place should be known beforehand. At length he thought of returning, visiting again the same places that he had passed through before. The manager got him to play again, but now at ten pounds a night. The fiddler played for each of the four nights he remained in the town. Again he visited the Manor-house, nor did he forget his friend the farmer at Two Elms, where he had just got in time for the harvest home, and there he fiddled to the reapers all the evening. He arrived in London again on the 9th of September. He first called upon a private friend with whom he had previously deposited his clothes and other articles, and to whom he had consigned hit earnings daily. He then esta- blished himSt If at the Crown, and wrote the following letter: DEAR TOM,—Don't forget that you are engaged to dine with me to-morrow at six o'clock. Ever yours, GEORGE POSTERN." Tom arrived at the hour appointed, and was delighted and surprised to see hi-4 friend looking so flourishing. P'j'ner was served. Bobby waiting behind his master. 'That's not one of the regular waiters here, is it ?" said loin, when the la^ had left the room. Oh that's my valet," said the fiddler he is rather young, to be sure; but he is very trustworthy; he has been in the habit of being trusted with untold money. II But where does all the money come from? Oh, it does not cost much; but really I could not go on any longer without a servant." Now the cloth is off," said Tom; "I WIll tell you some news. Sniggins, who got hold of your property of Broadacre, has no more right to that property than I have." Well, I knew that two years ago,—what of it Why, it can be proved, that he has no right to it! There is something in that, however.4' But there is one great difficulty in the way, it cost you at least forty or nfty pounds to establish your claim. How in the world are we to manage that? You know I cannot help you." I think I have got more than that in my pocket just now," pulling out a purse heavy with gold on one side, and stutfed with bank notes at the other. The fact is, I have got plenty of money,—indeed, I don't know that it is worth while my bothering mysetf about this little property, except, you know, it is a sort of family thing,— one ought not to let a property go out of one's family." The next morning they consulted their lawyer, who said that he thought it very probable that Sniggins would give up the property quietly, rather than subject himself to a a criminal prosecution. The lawyer judged correctly, and George Postern became the undisputed owner of Broad- acre and our wandering fiddler immediately started for his new possession. He did not# however, take the short- est road to Broadacre Hall, but contrived that the manor house should come in the way. He drove up to the door in an elegant equipage, and sent in his card, MR. POSTEUN, Broadacre Hall, Neither the sitiire nor the fair-haired lady recognised him in hit new character of a country gentleman but the iark-haired Jady blushed up to the eyes when he entered the room. His visit was first extended from a few hours ;o a few days, then to a few weeks, and at the end at the I month Mr. Postern departed to take formal possession of Uroadacre Hall, attended by the black-eyed lady, in eha^ r icier of Mrs. Postern.—lient w'y'i Mmcellan*

COAL MARKET.—FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15. (Price of Coals per Ton at the close of the Market.) Carr's Hartley, 22s, fid.—VV est Hartley, 17s. 3d.—Wv- nam, 1üs.-Wall's end :—Hilda, 25s. 9d.— Killingworth 26s. 3d.—Eden Main, :27s.-Braùdyll's Hetton, 27s.-Sid Hey's Hartley, 22s. 6d.