The Cambrian

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF PRISON DISCIPLINE, AND FOR THE REFORMATION OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS. (Resumed from our last.) Tt is in vain to expect rectitude of conduct in future life, if the minds of youth are not early imbued with principles or piety. Happy formankmd, when these great and in- controvertible truths shall have made their due impression on the hearts and minds of all parents—of those who are entrusted with the care of the rising generation when such a conviction shall have produced vigilant action and persevering exertion, the grand causes of youthful depra vity will be removed, and this country no longer disgraced and afflicted by the deplorable criminality of those who are green in years, grey in iniquity. In the mean time, we must not CIII to impose every possible check upon a tniscflld so widely anc4 daily increasing. Tile COlJlInillee request the assistance of all who feel the importance of the undertaking. Detailed information fiom the country will be very acceptable exertions to procure instruction and employment for youlh of both sexes, when confined in prisons, will be most beneficial, aijd especially when the term of their imprisonment is expired to provide them with the means of labour, or return to their homes, if distant, will save many young offetidrr from ruin and destruction, AssociationsfofthesepurposeswiNdoinca)- culable service, and even the solitary exertionsof individuals will be eminently useful. I he Committee have now to explain to the public the reasons which induced them to enlarge their original plan, and comprise within their vie^s other subjects, if possible, of still greater importance to the welfare of mankind. In the course ûf their investigation into the causes of juvenile delinquency, they were necessarily led to make frequent visits to the Gauls in London and its vicinity. The system of prison discipline was universally found to be defective; or rather, an entire want of system was every where' apparent. It would be easy to supply a long and dis gusting catalogue of abuses, but the occasion does net require it. The House of Commons have commenced an inquiry into tile state of the Lonrton prisons, andfurther details may be, found in Mr. Buxton's Essay. The Com- mittee will therefore only add, that all those requisites which they consider to be mdlspellsable to the well lx lot; of the prisoner, and the real interests of society, were universally found Before this Report is con eluded, a general view will be taken of what is iiecessiir N to render a prison what common humanity, and even selfish policy requires. If the reader wishes to conceive the real state of the London prisons, Jet him figure to himself the reverse. Deeply impressed with the conviction, that the neglect of prison discipline was one great cause of crime and misery, and fully satisfied of the practicability of great and essential reforms, the Society determined to enlarge their tpiiet-eofaction.andtonttktthe consideration of prison discipline a primary object of their association. The subject is much too extensive to be fully discussed within the limits of this report: from lime to time, small Pllhiiea- tions, disseminating useful information, will be circulated the Committee must now confine themselve to a bare out line. And first, they will describe what requisites a prison ought to possess :— J. security, • • •" 2. SahdJrilY. 3. Classification according to age, sex, and crime. 4. Employment. 5. Means of instruction. 6. Opportunity and space for exercise. 7. Proper sustenance. 8. Clothing. 9. Cleanliness. 10. Attendance and convenience for the sick, to this list might be added many other requisites, which will readily suggest themselves to all who become con- versant with the subject; but if a prison possess not all which have been enumerated, the ends of punishment will be defeated, misery increased, vice promoted, and humanity outraged. Take, for instance, a gaol where is little or no classification: lock up in the same cell, or confine in the same apartment, a boy-of twelve years of age, committed, perhaps, for his first offence, with a veteran plunderer committed for his twentieth or the accused of petty lar- ceny, with him who has imbrued bis hands in the blood of a fellow creature: these occurrence^ are not rare; they are the daily practice of some of the'gaols* of the metro- polis, and of many others in this country :-what must be the, consequence ? Experience, the nature of man, teaches us that the infection will spread, and the comparatively ;"¡w,,ellt will lose all the remains of self-respect, and, in a very short time, become as thoroughly corrupted as his depraved and abandoned associates. Again, who does not shudder at the thought of throwing the girl of 15,1101 yet entirely debased, int« hourly contact with the lowest prostitute, long lost to ail sense af decPllcy and shame! Bitter are the fruits of such neglect: they ripen quickly, and produce abundantly prisons become the nurseries of crime, the parellls of. misery. There is another practice ■which has long prevailed, and still at this hour continues in Newgate, which cannot be mentioned without horror and disgust. So restricted is the accommodation for capital convicts (there are but fifteen cells), that almost alwavs twe, and generally three, persons under sentence of death, are tockedun at night in the same cell: boys from 10 to 36, with convicts of any age. But this IS lIot thc gleatest I gievance. He who is condemned for forgery, or some crime to which mercy is seldom extended, shares his cell with him who has received the same sentence for shop- lifting, or some other offence for which life is scarcely ever sacrificed. The one knows that the days of his existence are told the other is as certain that bis life will be spared. Of what unspeakable importance is the short remaining span of l.fe then, if ever, is the culprit to be reconciled ,by repentance to his Maker, and acquire fortitude to J Undergo the dreadful sentence of the law. And how ought this awlui preparation to be conducted ?—Surely in meditation, devotion, and religious comfort. Hut how is this possible with associates who have no fear or appre- hension of a similar fate, whose hearts are at ease, and ■whose consciences are asleep ? Surely lllis is a time wltcn the unfortunate sufferer, whose life the law requires, should receive nil possible assistance and consolation in his ex- tremity yet is he doomed to spend his last hours amidst ullrepcnting vice and iniquity; and his prayers for mercy are disturbed by the blasphemies and scoffs of his com- panions. These are abominations in the sight of God! 1 hey exist ill the richest city in the universe, whilst the expense of the remedy is discussed from rear to year; and the greatest importance attached to die question, seems to be, Who shall furnish the funds ? Perhaps the most injurious defect, next to tl.c absence of classification, is tiie want of employment. Almost all who enter the walls of a prison, depend for an honest nhlintclumce on Ihe produce of their own labour. Industrv is a habit, which, if once broken, is the most difficult to re-acquire hence it often happens, that those who have been confined for slighi offences, anri conderuhcd to pass a considerable time in prison in utter idleness!, never recover their former habits of labour; and, when released from imprisonment, become, for the remainder of their lives, idle and dissolute characters. Nor is this aU.—Emp)oyn)ent has been found absolutely essential to good conduct whilst under confinement: experience has shewil that all attempts at good regulation or reform are entirely unsuccessful, where there are no means of occupying the vacant hours. The advantages are innumerable; the prisoner may contribute to bill own maintenance, or even, in some cases, earn some small pittance for a family deeply suffering uir bis offences. For these, and many other reasons, it is earnestly recom- mended, that every prison be supplied with the means of employing its inmaies in useful labour. Amongst the requisites enumerated, there is not one which is not of indispensable importance to the constitution of a good prison; a place of confinement, where those committed for trial may pass the interval,' before being called upon for their defence, in honest industry, in regular and decent habits, without injury either to their health or morals; where the guilty may suffer the due punishment of the law, by undergoing the period of ilnprilionmenl allotted to them, without contaminating the minds of others; and where, by contrition for their past offences, and pro- priety of conduct, there may exist some hope of restoration to society, never again to violate its laws. How far each of these particulars contribute to the ultimate object. it is not necessary now to discuss, for the slightest consideration will satisfy ail, that such requisites are essential. It is the anxious wish of the Committee, that all places of confinement should be regulated upon these principles, and that a wholesome system of prison discipline should I be introduced as speedily as the varying circumstances of our different gaols will admit. They are all well aware, that so great and extensive a change cannot he suddenly ejected inveterable habits, want of space, of funds for for indispensable alterations in the construction number- less other impediments, must necessarily delay the entire adoption of an improved svslein but they teel confident that all must perceive the necessity of carrying into exe- cution the excellent laws at present in force, and of adopting additional measures, which, though not specially enacted by the letter of those laws, are yet entirely consonant with their spirit, and calculated to assist their beneficial opera- ration. They implore all who may read this report, to consider the unsheakabie importance of the end to be attained; they entreat them hot to be deterred by slighi obstacles or surmountable difficulties, but to lend their strenuous and active assistance towards tiw completion of the great work in hand. Let each, according to his ability, labour heartily, and the bcnencal effects of such simul- taneous exertion will won he manifested. Let no one be discouraged, because all that a benevolent mind could wish cannot be attained. There will still be violators of the law, desperate and abandoned criminals; no one, however enthusiastic, could expect a total reformation but let it ever be remembered, that success, whatever its degree, will amply repay the trouble expended in ensuring it. Amongst all the objects to which human attention can be directed, there is none so laudable, none so beneficial, as the prevention of crime. The gifts of charil y may be abused—the offender reformed, may err again but crime prevented, is a certain benefit, which no subsequent events can remove or diminish. Society is saved fioiu the injury, the individuul from the guilr of the offence. (To be concluded in our next.) TO THE EDITOR OF THE CAMBRIAN". Sur, Strange there should such a difference he, Twixt Tweedle-dum, and TIB edle-dee. If your Correspondent Investigator had investigated more closely, he would have found lines in Hudibras more ap- propriate to the lines" He that fights alld funs away, &c. &c." than those be has quoted in the Cambrian of the 15th.—Sec Hudibras, Part 3d, Canto 3d, lias 239. And therefore I with reason chose This stratagem t'amuse our foes To make an honourable retiear, A ml w.wf, a lolul sure cr.feat- (I Tor these thatjiy may jigh.t again, ll"hich he c(,n iievei- do th(it's sitiiit." Investigator adds, that "an.ondth.is not elapsed since he read. by way of motto to a very grave dissertation, an all alleged quotatioll from Hudibras, thus, A iiian convinced against his will Is of the same opinion still—" Which he calls a beautiful specimen of nonsense," and adds, that Hudibras is misquoted without mercy by the unlearned in his work." If he looks to Part 3d, Canto 3d, lines 3-17 and 343, he will find— He that complies against his will Is of his own opinion still." I confess I am not critic enough to find sense in these lines of Butler, if the alleged quotation" he nonsense. With all due deference to Butler's inimitable genius, there can be little doubt but that most of the sage reflections of Raipho (especially (hose respecting his personal safety) are copied from Falstaff's Swn'oquies before and after tiie battle ol Slnewsburv, in Shekepeare's Henry the IVt-h in one of nhich he comes to the coilclllsiol) Ihat Honour is a rlic:-e 'Sckitclieoii," all(i iii the other, when, in his dread of the" GunpElwrler Percy" he pronounces "Discretion to be the better part of valour, &c. &c." I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, A COWBRIDGE SCHOLAR. ANNIVERSARY OF THE PRINCE REGENT'S BIRTH-DAY. On Wednesday the supporters of the Welsh Charity met at the Horns, Kennington, to celebrate the birth-day of tbe munificent Patron of that excellent institution; S* WATKIN WILLIAMS WYNN, Bart, in the Chair. The healths ol Ihe King—the Queen—their Prince and Patron, and many happy returns of the day—-and of the other Members of the Royal Family, were drank with unanimous testimonies of cordial regard. Mr. Richards proposed the health of Lady Harriet Williams Wynn, and her infant Daughter, which pro- position was received with acclamations of applause. Upon drinking the City qf London, and its Cum- ivcrce, the Chairman observed, that Welshmen were both at the top and bottom of the Corpora- tion, as the venerable Father of the Ci ty, Sir Waikin Lewes, was a Welshman, as well as the Junior Alderman, Mr. Waithman. With regard to the I latter, though he differed from him upon some political points, he felt it but justice to contradict a calumny which had been circulated, of his having neglected his mother and relations. This he was able to do from being a near neighbour to the birth- place of Mr. Waithrnan, and he was sure all good Welshmen would feel proud in seeing one of their countrymen raising himself-by the honest exertion of industry and talents, from humble beginning, to the distinguished situation of representing the first commercial City in the world.-(Grcat Applause.) Sir Watkin next proposed the City of Westminster, and Sir Samuel Romilly, who, though not born a Welshman, hadd one his best to become so, by mar- rying a Welshwoman, and purchasing considerable estates in the Principality. The health of the Chairman being drank with the warmest demonstrations of respect and regard— Sir Watkin returned thanks in an impressive speech, observing, that from the character and con- duct of the Welsh Charity, he thought it the duty of all generous men, as well as that of the natives of W dIes, to contribute to its support. He could not, indeed, imagine a case in which money could be better expended than in promoting the interests of this noble institution; for he had carefully ex- amined the manner in which the Charity was con- ducted, and he declared that he never saw children at any public school better fed, clothed, and edu- cated, than those whom he had seen at the Welsh School.—C Applause.) The health of the Vice-Presidents and Stewards followed, and Mr. Brintl returned thanks in a very eloquent speech. Sir Watkin retired riinf, o'clock, but the! company did not disperse until eleven, after having spent a most convivial evening, the pleasure of which was heightened by several Welsh songs and popular toasts. DROITS.—It appears from the accounts relating to tiie Droits of the Crown and ot the Admiralty, which have been printed by order of the House of Commons, that the sum total received to the pre- sent time amounts to eight millions six hundred and sixty-six thousand eight hundred and fifty- four pounds and a fraction, out of which the following extra items have been paid, besides the sums appropriated to the public service:— PAYMENTS. To his Majesty's Physicians £ 16,697 10 0 To different branches of the Royal Family 209.843 15 9 To Buildings and Alterations; the Pavilion, Brighten, and for Furniture 58,360 10 1 To Expenses. in different Departments of the Royal Household, occasioned by the Visits ol foreign Princes to England 14,579 2 4 io the Prince Ivegent's Donation to the Poor of Spittifieta, 5,00,) 0 0 Io the Lord Chamberlain, on account of Txpeiises incurred in that Department for the Archdukes of Austria and ihe Prince of the Brazils 6,526 6 0 To the Paymaster ot the Household for do. 6,340 13 10 To the Master oi the Horse for ditto 1,163 19 0 OFFICIAL PERQUISITES. To Lord Arden, Registrar, for Poundage 17,900 9 6 To King's Proctor, Admiralty Proctor, and others 103,383 7 9 I Marshal of the Admiralty 46,975 7 10 Total Payments Extraordinary 4'486,753 2 1 Cruelty (o a Horse.—Tiie first trial which occu- pied the attention of the Court, at the late Suffolk Sessions, was that of Isaac Beard, a butcher, against whom a true bill was found at the last Sum-1 11 mer Sessions, for having, on the Oth July, 1817, made an unlawful wager with one James Gladding, that he would ride a bay mare from his own house, to the Bull in White-chapel, and back again, a dis- tance of 138 tniles, in 19 hours. It must be in tiie recollection of our readers that the poor animal, worn out by violent exertion, died on its return, I within a lulle of Ipswich. It was proved in evi- dence, on behalf of Beard, that he had not made use of excessive whipping or bpurring to lirge the animairoproceed. Several witnesses gave him an excellent character for humanity and general good conduct. Thejury found him guilty, and Ihe Re- corder, in passing sentence, deprecated in a feeling corder, in passing sentence, deprecated in a feeling m inner, the cruel usage so often inflicted on the brute creation, more especially that noble annimal the horse but said, in consideration of the contri- tion Beard had evinced immediately after the trans- action, and the testimonies to his general good con- duct, he should only adjudge him to pay the sum of 51. to the King, which having done, he was dis- charged. Bow-street.—On the 1st of March, 1817, the Edinburgh mail was robbed of Bank-notes to the amount of between 4 and 50001. which were in a parcel sent to Sterling from the Edinburgh Bink. I: On the arrival of the coach at Sterling, the parcel was missing, 1 he passengers had left the coach, and it was suspected that some or the whole of ¡ the inside were concerned in the robbery. An in quiry then took place, when it was ascertained that three persons, named Minister, Hamilton, and Carter, got into the coach at the inn in Edinburgh, previous to its starting. As the mail was passing the top of Princes-street, Edinburgh, Hamilton suddenly stopped it, and said he had forgot some important p .pers, and, as it would be no use pur- suing his journey without them, he must return home. lie h it the mail, taking his great coat over I his arm, saying he must pursue his journey the nest dsy. The j*;tssa6S*«5<2r, who bad hooked htmseit by the name ot M'Aliister, got out of the maii at Lithengrove, and did not return into it, although he had taken his place to Stirling. A description ofjtheir persons and conduct was obtained from a young woman named Brown, all outside passen- ger, who was admitted into the coach in conse- quence of Hamilton getting out at the top of Prince's-street, Edinburgh, aud she rode as far as Lithengrove. The proprietors of the Bank-notes have been 1 making every exertion to discover the robbers.— They applied at this ollice, and Adkins has been exerting himself, but without success, till a few months since, when a man was detected in the Italian Opera, robbing the company there, by cutting their pockets, which practice he had pur- sued for some time without suspicion, owing to his being genteely dressed, and resorting to the pit. On searching him and his residence some articles were found, which led to a suspicion that he was one of the passengers in the Edinburgh mail, and had been concerned in the robbery. Information being sent to the bankers, they sent Miss Brown, the female passenger before-mentioned to London, when she positively swore to the man apprehended at the Opera-house, as being one of the passengers. His name is Hamilton, alias Grey. He has been tried for the robberies at the Opera-house, and has been sentenced to seven years transportation. Adkins has secured one of them, named M'Aliister, alias Crowder; and Miss Brown has been sent again from Edinburgh to London, and has al^o identified this man as one of the passengers in the mail at the time of the robbery.—A Habeas Corpus has been obtained for the removal of Hamilton, alias Grey, from Newgate to Edinburgh, to take his trial for the robbery of the mail. Locusts in the United States.-Swarms of locusts have recently appeared in Massachusetts, extend. ing upon the right hank of Connecticut river, 20 or 30 miles south of Northampton. It is Impossible to measure the extent of the injury they are doing to the timber. Many trees are now apparently dead. The female locusts are armed wall a sting of nearly the third of an inch in length, and of the stiffness and point of a wire sharpened. They attach themselves to the under side of the small limbs, and commence the process of stinging.— Their progress is to the extremity of the limb, which is as distinctly marked as it could be by obliquely puncturing the limb with an awl, and so raising the awl at each puncture as to crack the bark in a regularly continued, and, unless im- peded by some obstruction, in nearly a right line. There are about three incisions to an inch, each penetrating to the heart of the limb, which is filled with small worms or eggs, of the colour or appear- ance of very small kernels of rice, but distinctly visible", to the naked eye. We are not able to state further particulars in relation to these ruinous insects, nor when nor where they first appeared, nor precisely how far they have extended them- selves-but their progress is marked as the progress of fire. Spirit from Potatoe-Apples.-Ripe potatoe-apples, when they are plucked, mashed, and fermented with one-twentieth of a ferment, yield from distil- lat.ion as much spirit as is obtained from the best grapes. Experiments made with them upon a large scale at Nancy, Dezicr, &c. leave no doubt respecting this application, which gives additional value to the potatoe, Fly Water.—To avoid the danger attendant upon the poisonous mixtures used to destroy flies the following is recommended:—To two drachms of ex- tract of quassia put half a pint of boiling water; when dissolved, and brown sugar or treacle, to make it very sweet, and set it in shallow plates or sauccrs, when the Hies will eat it greedily. Curing of Herrings, S(c.Mr, It bert Aiken, mer- chant, Stranraer, in Scotlond, has discovered a mode of curing herrings, so as effectually to pre- vent the yellow rust, and to preserve the fish in its original whiteness. After having accomplished his purpose in regard to herrings, he applied generally the same mode of curing and preserv ing to mutton, beef, pork, and butter, in which application he also succeeded.—Some months ago he corresponded on this subject with the Commissioners for victualling his Majesty's navy, sending to them specimens of the meat cured after his manner, lie in doe time received their acknowledgment of the great value of his discovery, with permission to use the name of- the Board in support of his claim to pnb!ic no- tice. He likewise communicated in general terms the nature of his discovery to the Commissioners of Customs, Excise, and the Fisheries, in Edin- hugh, who examined specimens of the herrings, mutton, pork, and beef cured by Mr. Aiken in November last. The result of their examiuation was the most unqualified admission that Mr. AI. ken's discovery is calculated to produce very great benefit, not only to fish-curers and victuallers in particular, but to society in general. The speci- mens exhibited shew, when cut, the fat and the lean of the several kinds of meat almost as fresh as newly killed meat, and the taste is particularly pleasant. On the 6th inst. died at the Ville of Dunkirk, near Boughton-under-the-Blean, David Ferguson, aged 124 years. Ferguson was a Scotchman, but had resided in the Ville of Dunkirk between 50 and 60 years; he was, until a few years back, a very industrious,active,and hard-working labourer. The following account, which he gave of himself, is extracted from a. memoir of this remarkable old man lately published He was born atNetherud, in the parish of Kirkurd, about 10 miles north of Dnimeiguir, the youngest of 15 children; his father's name was James, his mother's maiden name Somerville. He was at school at Dunsgre, in Lanarkshire, about nine miles from Lanark; his mother's friends came from Niebiken, in the parish of Carnwaith; he was bred a shoemaker at Linton on the Dumlries-road, about three miles from Cair Mutr; he first entered in a regiment of dragoons, called the Glasgow Grays (not the present Scots Greys), after this he served in the 70th regiment; that he was about twelve or thirteen years old at the battle of Shpriff Muir: remembers Q. Anne at the battle of Malplaquet, lias seen the Duke of Marlborough in England he recollects Lord Stair calling upon his father, who was a firmer, and left the estate of Cair Muir; in consequence of Lawson of Cair Muir throwing three farms into one for sheep." The remains of the old man were interred in Boughton Church-yard, on Sunday, attended by a numerous assemblage of both old and young persons, and one sentiment of regret seemed to pervade all classes, at the last farewell of their old friend, who was universally beloved. The following extraordinary fact is narrated in the Bamberg Gazette — Mr. Agricola, at Golnitz, in his all which, in the year 1316 bore 263 sorts of apples and other fruits; in fact, the tree has on it above 300sorts, but those last grafted have not yet borne. This gentleman has effected this curiosity for his amusement, by inoculating and grafting, and has iastened to every branch a little board with the name, of the sort of apples it bears. The tree has strange appearances, from the various shapes and colours ol the leaves, blossoms and fruits. Some years ago the Russians bivouacked near this tree, and were so surprised at the strange shape of it, and the number of little boards, that they did not injure it, though they cnt down other fruit trees for tire wood. Caution to persons smoking out of doors.—On Wed- nesday afternoon last, about two o'clock, a fire broke out on the farm belonging to his Majesty, situate at Ililsea, in the occupation of Mr. William Fidliu, as tenant: to the Board of Ordnance. In less than an hour the whole of the stock and pre- mises, consisting of wheat ricks, hay ricks, pea and bean ricks, dwelling houses, barn, stables, and other buildings, were entirely reduced to ashes.— About 30 sacks of old wheat, a cart, a waggon, and a cart colt were alone saved. It is not yet ascer- tained to what extent Mr. Fidlin will be injured, nor can the original cause of the calamity be ascer- tained. It is conjectured to have been occasioned by some person who had been smoking near the premises having thrown the remains of his pipe into the yard. When discovered it bore so little of that threatening appearance which it soon as- sumed, that the men endeavoured to extinguish it by distributing it abroad with their prongs, and trampling upon it. A puff of wind blew the embers towards the barn and a rick, and in a few minutes these two, at the distance of 30 yards apart, blazed with all the fury ond strength of the most ignited material. The loss, it is supposed, will not prove to amount to less than 3,0001. The Wellington Testirnallial.-The firit stone was laid on the 18th of June, 1817, the anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, in the most eligible situa- tion in the Phaenix Park, Dublin. The pile is com- posed, wholly, of that very durable stone called granite, and will occupy the attention of the artists for another year, viz. till the 18th of June, 1819, on which day it will be presented to public view. Its base is 100 feet square; sloping upwards it forms itself into a pedestal 50 feet square, with another pedestal in front, on which stands an equestrian figure of the illustrious Duke. Then above that rises the shaft of the obelisk, which is 30 feet at the base. The whole 210 feet. On each of the four sides will be engraven, in brass letters, the names of the different victories, cast out of the cannon taken m India, Spain, Portugal, and France. A subscription of 20,0001. (the whole raised from private funds, and every subscriber an Irishman), was complete in the course of a few weeks. Mr. H. Smike furnished the design. COPPER ORE Sold at REDRUTH, on Thursday Aug. 13. Mines. Tons, Purchasers, At per Ton Wh. Abraham 134 Vivian and Sons Jt.9 3 6 ditto 126 British Co. 6 16 6 ditto 125 Rose Co. 7 19 6 ditto 124 Birmingham Co. 7 1 6 ditto 119 Viviall and SOliS 6 0 6 ditto 104 English Co. 4 0 6 ditto 94 British Co- 9 8 6 ditto 92 Vivian and Sons 6 8 6 ditto 82 Williams and Grenfell anci Crown Co. Daniell alld Co. and Vivian & Sons 3 14 0 Oatfield 83 Viviall and Sons and Duniell and Co. 5 () 0 Crenver 56 ditto and Brass Wire Co. 5 17 6 Wheal Squire 111 Patten and Co. 10 11 6 ditto 105 Vivian and Sons 9 6 6 ditt* 101 Patten and Co. 12 16 6 Wheal Regent 116 Vivian aud Sons 10 18 0 ditto 104 ditto 8 19 0 Wh. Clowance 60 Cornish Co. 9 1 0 ditto 50 Rose Co. 9 12 6 W. W. Clowance 71 Williams and Grenfell and Crown Co. 5 8 6 Pembroke 93 ditto 7 13 6 ditto 91 ditto 7 13 6 Wheat Treasure 119 ditto 6 7 6 Weeth 100 EngtiiihCo. 9t3 6 Trenowath 77 Ddniell and Co. 550 Total 2345 Tons.—Standard £ 132, <' Lai&ly, in,the West Riding of Yorkshire, a MS- |] lent thunderstorm, accompanied by frequent se- [I vere flashes of forked lightning, which'spread i:s desolating influence to a considerable extent, des- troyed five sheep, whiist leedins in a pasture, the properly of S. Barber, Esq. of Biugley.

BANKRUPTS from Saturday's Gazette. TO SURRENDER AT G I' i T.i> II A T,L. J. Bent ley and J. Beck, Cornbill, jewellers. An". IS "9 Sept. 26. a TO SlrnRENDRIt IN THE COUNTRY. T. Hudson, Finlev, Lancashire, c.itton-niannfaciurer, Sept. 3, 4, t6, at the Commercial-inn, Boltonde-iMnors. DIVIDENOS to be malie fit Guildhall. Aug. 29. J. Fairlamb, Wynyatl-street, Persian-manu- facturer.—Sept. 5. G Penny, Wamford-court, merchant.— J. Parsons, Harwich, smack-owner.—Q. Dick, Finsbury- square, merchant. —12. J. Walker,{] ¡¡pcr Hn.wll sireJt, glue maker.—J. Davies, St. Martin's-lane, carpenter — 15. L. Cohnann and J. Lambert, Old Bethlem, merchants. 1)1 VIDENDS to he made in the COllJJ/ru, Sept. 7. T. Pickstock, Shrewsbury, mercer, at the Lion-inn, Shrewsbury.—8. E. Perkins," Liverpool, hatter. at the York-hotel, Liverpool. —1 J. Innes and R.Walkins, Bristol. chemists, at tiie Ctn-ninerenii Rooms, Bristol, 17. E. Ellis, Manchester, builder, at the Bridgwater Arms, Manchester.—Oct. t.J.Price, Bristol, ironmonger, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. CERTIFICATES. Sept. 6. S. Kirk, Leeds, ale-house-keeper.—E. Simonds, juji. Atherstone, hatter —J. Sadd, Fetter-lane, builder — J. Jump, Fore-street, hatter.—J. L. and G. Baker, Leeds, merchants. BANKRUPTS from Tuesday's Gazette. TO SURRENDER AT CU II, 1> IJ .1 1.1,. J. Whitfield, Old-street, St. Luke's, coal-merchant, Aug. S5, Sept. 5, 29-—S. Wilkins, High Wyeomb, f'elbmniger, Aug. 22, 29, Sept. 29 -J. Barcourt, Chard, Somerset, I banker, Aug. 2'2, 29, Sept 29. TO SURRENDER IN THE COUNTRY. J Breese, Caerwys, Montgomeryshire, grocer, Sept. 7, 8,29. at the Talboi-inn, Shrewsbury.—R. na. Norwich, grocer, Sept. 8, 9, 29, at the Rampant Horse, Norwich.— W. Smith, Leicester, woolstapler, Sept. 7, 8, 29, at thy Saracen's Head, Leicester. IHFIDEND to he made at Guildhall. Sept. 15. T. Flower and J. Mainwuring, Chichester- rents, Chancery-lane, jewellers. DIVIEDiS!I)S to b'e made in the Country. ^ept. 10. D. Pat'.inson, Carlisle, common-brewer, at the King's Arms-inn, Carlisle. — E. Forstcr, Rickergatc, near Carlisle, grocer, at the King's Ariiis. Haugh, Carlisle. cotnmoft-brewer. at the Arms. Carlisle'.— II. It, Greenwood, rodinorden, Lancashire, cotioii-iuauu* t'acturer, at the Dog-Mvern, Manchester.—14. J. Moore, Bishop Monkton J, Tennani, Leeds and J. Foster, Bishop Mon''ton, flax-spinners, at the Scssions'-hotise, Leeds.— 13 J. Coleman, Liverpool, biscuit-baker, at the George-inn. Livei pool.—Io. W. Midfileton, J H. Pemberton. and G. celton, Liverpool merchants, at the George-inn, Liver- pool. '22, S. Ready, Southampton, dealer, at the Star-inn, Southampton. CERTIFICATES Sept 8. J. Lansdell, Bexhili, Sussex, farmer.—J. W. Rose, Bishopsgate street, silk-mercer.— R. Pearson, Dun. caster, butcher.—J. Mayman, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, cfotfi- manufacturer. HfGlI WATElt ON SWANSEA BAR FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. Days. Morning. Evening. Height. H. M. H. n. p. I Saturday 9 46 10 5 3.5 11 Sunday 10 ta io 40 33 9 Monday 11 H9 11 35, n 8 Tuesday 12 0 ll> 43 JQ 4 Wednesday- 1 3-> 2 8 9 0 Thursday 3 0 3 31 10 1 Friday 4 5 4 3.1 11 5 HIGH WATER AT THE PASSAGES. FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. Dayt. Morning. Evening. H. <t. j If. fl. Saturday.- li £ JJ 55 Sunday 11 45 12 6 Monday 12 29 12 56 Tuesday 1 20 2 6 Wednesday- 2 50 3 23 Thursday 4 21 4 54 Friday 5 25 5 51 MARKETS. MARK-LANE, August 17. The supply of wheat fresh in to this day's market is very small, and the foreign irrival last week does not equal for- mer weeks but of barley and oats the quantities that nr- rive are still large. The few fine samples of English wheat that appeared, both old and new, went off readily at a small ad vance, and there is a trifling improvement in the suteofioreignsamptes Bailey is rather dearer. Beans also still improve in value. Oats sell heavily, and hardly support last Monday's prices. Current Prices of Gr'tin per Quarte* as under • Wheat 52s to 78s Od Polands lt 34,3 Rye 44s »o 4Bs <>d White Pease 5(), t.<> 54§ orf Barley 33s to 46» Od Grey do. 42s >0 46s <i<| Malt to 80s Od | Beans 54s to 66s Od Oats 21s to 25s Od I Tick ditto 54s to 58* Oi Price of FLOUR, F.FIournersack70s to75s. Second, per sack65s.to70 AVERAGE PRICES OF GRAIN IN WALES, &c. Wheat Rrje Barley | Oat« s. d. I s. d. s. tl. |s. 87 If 0 0 51 2 j 32 n Carmarthen | 101 4 0 ft' 9! Oj S6 8 Brecon 87 7 67 0 6> 3 33 3 Pembroke 80 5 0 0 50 0 22 3 Cardigan •• 9.1 1 0 0 48 0 I 24 0 Bad nor 97 8 0 0 51 -1 M8 6 Merioneth 94, 9 57 O 55 5 j 32 9 Denbigh 77 2 J 0 0 51 4 j 30 4 Montgomery g8 0 0 0 54 5 45 n Carnarvon 86 8 0 0 '47 3 ,S1 8 Anglesea 79 0 0 0 41 O1 s9 0 Flint 79 IS 0 0 52 4 f 32 0 Monmouth 89 4 0 0 48 O j 35$' Hereford 88 6 { 57 6 57 6 | 40 j Price of HOPS. J POCKETS. Kent 15? Os to 181 Os j Kent 19! Os to 22! Sussex .15! Osto 17/ Os | Sussex 181 Os to 20J Os Essex Of Os to 0! <)g Farnliam20/ Os to 24! Os Priceof MEAT.—To sink the offal, perstoneof 8 lb S W IT II F t E Xj D • N E W G A T Edf* I. F. 4 D F. N IM T I Beef 4s Orf to 4s 6d Beef- 3s Od to 4s Od Mutton 5s 0(f to 5s Mutton 3s 8sl to 4s 8d Lamb- 6s Od to 7s Od I/amb 4s Oil to 6- Od Veal 5s 6d to fis 6'< Veal 4s Od to 6s Orf Pork 6s 6d to 6s 4d Pork 4s Od to 6, Od Price of TALLOW. Town Tallow 8fe< Od to 00s Od Russia do. candle 77s Od to 00s Od Do. soap • 75s; od to OOs Od Melting Stuff Od to 65s Od Ditto rough 46s Od to 4Ss Od Graves. Os Od to 20s Od Good Dregs Gd to Os Od Yellcfj'Soap 1043. Od.-Mottled 116s.Od Curd 120s Od Price of Candlesperdoz. Us. 6d.—Moulds 12s. Od. Prices of LEATHER at LEADENUALL. Butts, 50to 561b each 22d to 24d Ditto,56to 661b. each 21d to 23d Merchants'Backs to 22d Dressing Hides 17d to 21d Crop Hides forcutting- 18^ to 21d FlatOrdinBry t7rt i0 Ol)d Calf Skins,30 to 451t). per dozen 22ff to 26d Ditto, 50 to 651b. per doz. 3nd to 36d Ditto, 80 to 901b. 30d to 33d Small Seals, Greenland, per lb. 22d to £ 7d Large ditto, per doz 40J. to 501 NORFOLK.-Norwich Corn Market, Aug. 15. We bad a very good supply this day of wheat; the new samples fetched about Is. per coomb more than old.- Wheat, new, 37s. to 39s. ditto, old, 39s. to 38s.; barley 25s. to liJfis, j and oats 18s, to 19s. per coomb. Norwich Castle Hill, Aug 15 A tolerable exhibition of Scots and homebreds, with a lot of Lincolnshire cows for the butcher, for which about 401. a head was asked we noticed, also, two droves of Welsh Ponies sold for four and fire guineas a piece.—Tjic sheeprpens not well iilled,