The Cambrian

DIPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING AN AMICABLE IN. TERCOURSE BETWEEN FRANCE AND ENGLAND. To the EDITOR of The CAMBRIAN. Sm,-At '1 moment when danger impends of an inter- ruplinn of Ihe amicahle intercourse .whIch Ins subsisted for many years, we ineline to commend anveflort, however feeble, employed bv the press to maintain ollr tnendly and pacific international relations, and 10 check and discountenance every blower th'11 fans the flame of war. Will the Edilor of the Cambrian deign so far to participate in these views as to insert a few short remarks of this character to be found in a hte number of the EdiTlburgh Review. Thev occur in an article reviewing" SOllie remarks on the Foreign relations of England at the present by Montague Gore, Esq. The reviewers observe, that the IInportant questions connected with foreign affairs are among the mosl grave and in. teresting Ihat can occupy the thoughts of statesmen, and they are inseparahly connected with the pence and the improvement, as well as with the llhertles of the world. In advening to the penod since the peace or 1814 and 1815, they introciuce Ihe subject of tht actual working of the new arrangements made at that time, by saving that they now have tbe light of experience to guide them in deternllmng how far many departures from sound prin- ciple, made upon the specious but hollow and dangerous pretext of securing order and peace, have,been 10 the event subservient to this end. After an extended view of the policy of different nations, are the following concluding remarks — The happy footing upon Wllldl England and France have been together ever since the Revolution of 1830, is no doubt the result of that popular influence, whose beneficial effects we have been tracing upon the whole frame of international policy. The ancient maxim that the Iwo countries were nataral enemies is now exploded and has been succeeded by a conviction that the near neighbouihood which makes each Ihe best customer of th" other, oug-ht io a mereh cummerclal view to make them natural allies. But, indeed, the very circumstance of their proximity and their strength, which exposes each in war to the greatest hazards from the otber, offers an irrefragable reason for their living upon friendly terms, and never suffering any trines to in- terrupt tlJeir amicable intercourse. These things were always sufficiently evident yet the governmen: of the two natioos being in the hantis of courtiers and princes, while the people had lillle or no weight in the administration of affairs, tbe course taken bv the two stales was directed, not by the enlightened reason and common sense of mankind, so much as by the refinements and caprices and prpjudices of the governing few the interests and the feelings of Ihe many being alike disregarded. Hence a spirit uf ri\a!rv and mutual enmity grew up 01' hoth sides of the Chan- Del, and" the two nations formed by nature to be friends, were filled with a spirit of batred and apprehension. The salutary influence of amity and unison between these two great powers, is felt to the very ends of the earth it tends to thp security, 10 tbe improvement, to the pacification of the world. England now resumes her station as the head of the liberal in- terests in Europe. Wrhat part she bore in the contests of the Kith IInd 17th centuries for religious freedom and Ihe reformation, that same part she now maintains for civil liberty and national in- depenc1"nce. But now her course is more clear-her success more secure, hecause now she has France (or ber mighty cOfid- jotor; alld with Fiance her co.oper&tion is cordial, as ber amity is assured. The peace, not or these two states arone, but of all Europe and of the world, is in the keeping of France and England. While they continue friends-not a gun can be fired in any part of the world without tlaeir consent." May peace be rnulliplipd and abound among the nations, aod among their inhabitants respectively, is the ardent desire of A CONSTANT FRIEND.

T9 the EDITOR oj The CAMBRIAN. Cambridge, Sept. 27,18-10. SIR,-As the Editor of a public journal I need not remind you of a certain class of individuals, whose ofticiousness brings them before the public whenever a correspondent ventures to make any suggestions in ^our columns, to taunt him with the hackneyed phrase of II enlighlenlllg tbe public," thereby think. ing, no doubt, to throw ridicule 011 your correspondent, and so frighten him from presuming any more to lay Ihe truth even be- fore loan Odo, or John Black, or any other appellarion wbic\.a the honourable gentleman may lay claim to. ff he imagine that sucl. a proceeding can silence Cantab," tell him, sir, in the most delicale manner possible, that he is decidedly mistaken. It is not by a shadow that I 8m to be frightened, though that shadow were composed of the ghosts of all tbe bards that hue ever graced or disgraced the 18tb and 19th centuries. My purpose is fixed- I am yet young-and if tbe number of years generally allolted to man be granted to me. be may rest assured tbat not 8 year, not a month, not a day shall pass hy, as long as I can pnt pen to paper, but will find me agi- tilting (that's the vulgar word), until I light a flame tbat sballset fire tu a pile, on which c. loan Odu"-unless he be himself a bard — will see the bardic throng, in all Ihe pomp of minstrel super- stition, burning triumphantly, and received by heaven a welcome innellse of the IlIst gasp of barharilJ aod heathenism; from ollder which will spring Wales, young and vigorous as one of her mountain Iambs, and not tue old superstitious, crushed, and abject thing- tint slie IS at present. ThIs may appear impossible—so did tbe Calholic Emancipation Bill and tbe Reform Bill some hyenty years ago-so does reformation III Wales I say reformation in Wales for unless you begin 10 reform hy undermllling her lao- guage, ,100 might as well attempt to wash the blackamoor white. Our Members, whose duty most sacred and most Imperalive it is to lak: Ihis matter op, good easy men, never trouble their brains I abont It. But things are not now as they were twenty Jears ago. As I was walking the other day from Cambridge to Trumpington, I witnessed a boy driving II donkey-cart; the donkey was lazy he would accommudate IlIlIJself tu no pace but to that which suited his own leisure. The boy, humane enough I musl confess, used every gentle art Ihal be could think of to urge the beast on — NOlhing would do.-However, as a last resource, I obsened that be had a slick armed at one end with a pin-this he applied to a certain portion (which for the benefil of your lady readers I shall not name) of the donkey's hinder quarters. Tbe etrect wastrulv astonishing. This suggested to me a,good moral, Ihe application of which might, I thought, be of service in certain cases. 10"11 Ddu" says Ihat I do not clearly comprehend the object of Cymreigyddion Societies. They may. he says, have two ob, jects ill view; the one to propagate tht" language in the Princi- pality the other to perpetuate our ancient literature. Now I am not entirely ignorant of the doings" 01 our Welsh societies. For the latter object I am aware of Ihe existence of a society laudable in the extreme, at Ihe head of which, as well as a most able conlrihulOr to the efforts of the societv, I find the ladv of one of our worthiest Members, Sir John Guest. That societv, unless I am mistaken, is called the Cymrodonon Society. I have also dipped a little into the transaCllons of Ihe Cymreigvddion Societies or Eistec1dfodau; and I am sorry 10 say (that is, sorry for in v friend "Mr. Back," wh" evidently, notwithstanding å certallJ degree of lonclness for these societies, wtllch makes me strongly suspect he is a bard, views the matter in Ihe same light as I do), thai I have never been able 10 find among their noblest efforts (heaven bress the mark !) other matters more worthy the attentionof our fellow countrymen than the following: — A medal for the best hislon of the Welsh Indians in America Now, I am perfectly willing to set common senSe aside, also I ain willing to make allowances for that which is commonly called uncommon sense; hut, in heaven's name, what verdict would anv commission of lunacy give on the soundness of mind of the male or female God forbid it be the (ormer !-who gave out such a subject as this. Again, I find in another part a I. or so for the best history of Jest) nap Art! or of Daf)dd ap Lleidin," or of Rees ap Llvman," and so fMlh. Can any body point out to Il1e whether or no it be a matter of ditrerence or indifference 10 the presenl generation if any of these gentlemen confined themselves to I he abst racl ing from their neighbours black or white cattle onl y. Thus, :1 r. Editor, I could !l;0 on through even one of their sub- jects, and in each I should find nothing but folly, ignorance and superstition, the most abject, the most worthless, tue most con- temptible that call be conceived. Once more then I cry shame on ye who take the most prominent part in these jugglings. Away Wllh your mummery. Renect upon the enls which you bring upon your country, and opon your countrymen, hv reviving these national frivolities. I can make allowances for nation;¡1 p:ide-I can sympathize, nay, I can feel, with you Ihe pang consequent upon the death of nur language, which sooner or laler must be the case. I love the old language, I revere and I admire it The first fond accents lliat ever fell upon my \oung ears, gentle as the flowi g stream," from the lips of a beloved mother, were I uttered in that ton¡.{ue. The first effurls I ever milde to pronounce the endeui,,¡{ woi d "mother," found utterance in Welsh. Do ye then suppose Ihat if is wi,boul a pang I can parI with that lan, guage which at the moment recals to my mind so manv endearing recollect ions of my younger day s. Nay I love the old language but I love my country moie. But to return to Mr. Black." He accuses me of not having snfficlenlly explained the prOposItIOns whlcb I have laid down. I have carefully reperused Illy JE'tter-1 find 110 propositions whatever in it. — at least what we here generally call propositions. True, there are some suggpstions made bUl, m",hemalica:lv speaking, suggestions are not propositions. Indeed if I had made any propositions, I should consider it an unpardollahle presumption on my own part. I leave them to older and wiser helch. Mv object was, and is now, nothing more Ihan to agitate the question ill the Principality; for I stron¡1;ly suspect that thert: are there man) who view the matter in the same light as [ do, a/Hi who, r Irust, will, when they see these letters of mine, corne forward manfully and embaik i;, Ihis truly national cause. Let them not be daunted by the mighty names that stand at the bead of these Eisteddlodau—though even a royal scion preside in person. ".eallh, power, influence maJ fur a tillle be in the transcendant but eventually reason lIIust and surely witl be triumphant. 111 another place I alii aeclIsed of making random assertions against these societies. "Mr. John Black," I have no doubt from his letter, is a most serhib/p ami rational man. Now I ap- peal to his gooo sense, and ask hiru candidly to confess whelher or no. afler reading any uf the sllhjecls proposed in anv Eistedd- fod (I care not which), he will have the slightest hesitation in saying, that the proposers of those subjects llJu:;1 be either drunk or mad. and that those who write uponlhem must be very fast ap- proximalillg to hoth such blessed conditions. I 8111 again asked if [ am aware thai 1ne cnnditions of obtaining any portion of that grant (National Education), are such as 10 render il almost impossible for seven tenths or our Welsh popu- lation to avail IhemselHs of it In rtply to this I wi:1 merely remark, that if we could get only su/licient for elen one-tenth, we should deelll itenou¡!;ÎI to IrJ Ihe experiment. Of his remark upon the plan of establishing an English pre. ceptor in i-ach little village I shall say nothing, until I hear his own reasons for its appearing to hiiu the only mode of per- petuating that ignorance which, he says, I appear so deeply to deplore. Last I v, he says that after having wacle ,hose allegation of" per- petuating the perambulations of drunken and deislical bards," "hicll hv lite by, are Hengist s words and not mine, J ought rnanfullv to annex my plain Bill Slumps." I will add Ihat. unlil he can prove to me the sohermindedlless of the bards and their Maecen asws, I am content 10 be known under 110 other sig. nature thall, dear Mr. Editor, Your hu¡¡,ble obedient and grateful servant, CA :<\TAB.

SEW POST-OFFICE STAMP -The postmistresb of C'ap- poqnin, county Waterford, lately gave birth to a daughter which had a red mark 011 its cheek. This, for a few .days, did not attract any particular notice, until the medical at. tendant, on minute investigation, fO'1Od In the mark an exact resemblance to the new Post office stamps.

FUNERAL OF THE LATE PRINCESS AUGUSTA. The remains of her late ({()vr\1 Highness the Princess Augusta lay in State from eleven till four o'clock on Thurs- day, at Froginore. The apartment in which the mournful solemnity took place was bung and lined with black, the sides lighted with nnmerons silver sconces, containing wax- lights in double rows, all escocheon of her late Royal High- nes,'s coat of arllls being placed between each row. The coffin was uncovered at the end, displaying the crimson velvet and g It ornaments, and at the top of the coffin was placed the cor onet ot the late Princess, on a cushion trimmed with gold. Three ma-sive and very handsome gold candle- sticks wete placed on each side of the hody, containing large wax candles, and on the wall nearest the coffin was a hatchment of the Royal Arms. At eleven o'clock, when the public were admitted, £ ,ady Mary Pelham, the Lady- in-U a ting to the late Princess Augusta, sat at the head of the Body as Chief Mourner, and on either side stood Miss Wynyard, Bedchamber Woman to her late Royal Highness, and Lady Caroline Logge, Ladv of the Bedchamber to the Duchess of Gloucester. Robert Laurie, Esq., Windsor Herald, and James Pnlman, Esq., Richmond Herald, stood at the too of the coffin, wearing their splendid tabards, over which they wore scait's of crape. The Ladies were relieved every hou by others of the R i\ al Household until the close of the solemnity at three o'clock. Her Royal Highness's Pages were also in attendance. The passages both for in- gress and egress were entirely covered with black cloth, and were lighted by 8:I"er sconces. A party of the Rifle Corps were on duty in the grounds of the Lodge, and the external arrangements were under the control of the London Police. The public were admitted to the ceremony with the greatest facility. At seven o'clock on Friday, the remains of her late Royal Highness were removed from Frogmore to Saint George's Chapel, in the following order: — A detachment of the 9th Lancets (the Queen's Royal Regiment) three abreast, bearing flambeaux. The band of the 1st Life Guards performing the Dead March in Saul between the flourish of trumpets, drums, &c. Trumpets and drums of the Itoyal Household. Sergeant trumpeter. Footmen and grnoms of the Royal Family in state liveries, with silk hatbands and black gloves, bearing flambeaux. The carriage of her late Royal Highness, in which was the coronet of her late Royal Highness, attended by a Gentleman Usher. THE HEARSE, Drawn by eight horses, decoroted with escocheons of her late Royal Highnesse's arms. The carriage ot the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. The carriage of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex. The carriage of his Rova'l Highness the Duke of Cambridge, containing his Royal Highness, and his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge. A mourning coach, drawn by six horsesKcontaiuing Lady Mary Pelham and Miss Wynyard. A mourning coach, drawn by four horses, in which were the Pages, &c of her late Royal Highness. A mourning coach, drawn by four horses, in which were her late Royal Highness's Dressers. The whole of the procession was flanked by the 9th Lancers and 1st Regiment of Life Guards, on duty at Wind- sor, every third man bearing a lfambeau. Upon arriving at Windsor Castle the cavalry filed off, and the procession was flanked by the 90th (the King's Royal Rifle Corps) Regiment of Foot, every man bearing a flambeau, from the guard room to the Guard of Honour at the entrance of St. George's Chapel, where the drums and trumpets of the Royd Household, and the footmen and grooms of the Royal Family filed off without the door. At the entrance to St. George's Chapel the Dean and Prebendaries, attended by the choir, received the body and the procession having been formed, was flanked by the Life Guards,every man bearing a flambeau, and moved down the south aisle, and up the nave, into the choir, in the following order: Pages of her late Royal Highness. Apothecaries who attended her late Royal Highness, Messrs. Moore and Stevens. Curate and Rector of the new parish church of Windsor, Rev. Isaac Gossett, Rev. Mr. Selwyn. Etjuerries to the Queen, Col. Cowper, Col. Sir Samuel G. Higgins. Equerry to Duchess of Kent, Equerry to Duchess of Colonel Wildman. Gloucester, Colonel Sir A. Macdonald. Captain Seymour, Equerry to Prince Albert. Colonel Bouverie, General Sir E. Bowater, Equerry to Prince Albert, Equerry to Prince Albert. Grooms in Waiting to the Queen, General Hon. Sir William Lumley Hon. Wm Cowper. Lords in Wailing to the Queen, Viscount Torrington Lord Lilford. Heralds, Robert Laurie, Esq., Windsor James Pelham, Esq., Richmond Charles George Young, Esq., York. Norroy King of Arms, Francis Martin, Esq. Choir of Windsor. Prebendaries of Windsor, Hon and Rev. Mr. Stopford, Hon. and Rev. Mr. Cust, Hon. and Rev. Mr. Moore, Rev. Messrs. Roby, Markham, and Canning. Dean of Windsor, Rev. Dr. Hobart. The Master of the Horse, The Lord Steward, Earl of Albemarle, G. C. H. Earl of Erroll, K. T. Clarenceux King of Arms, Joseph Hawkins, Esq. A Gentleman The Lord Chamberlain A Gentleman Usher, of her Majesty's Household, Usher, Mr. Hobhouse. The Earl ofUxbridge. Sir W. Martin. F THE CORONET A Gentleman \of her late Roval Highness/ A Gentleman Usher, < upon a black velvet cushion,Usher, Major Diggle. Jborri by a Gentleman Usher,t Capt. Green. e Mr. Blackwood. j THE BODY. Supporter of the Pall, Lady Carteret. Supporter of the Canopy Sir W. Hutchinson. Supporter of the Pall, Ladv Mary Pelbam. Supporter of the Canopy, Colonel Keate. Supporter of the Pall, LiadjLontsaCornwallis. .Supporter of the Canopy, Sir James Rejnett. Supporter of the Pall, LadyGeor^inaBathursi Supporter of the Canopy Another Ollioer. Covered with a black velvet pat). adorned with eight escocheons of her late R°. igbness s arms, under a canopy. A Gentleman Garter Principal King A Gentleman Usher, ot Arms, carrying Usher Albert W. '"■sceptre, Thomas YV. Woods, Esq Sir Wm. Woods, K.H. King, Esq. Supporter f 1 HE CHief MOURNERSupporter to ''le I n Duchess of to the Chief Mourner, | Bedford, veiled, her 1 Chief Mourner, veiled, -< train horne by >. veiled Countess Lady Whatley, Countess ot olhciaiing as of Charleniont. I a IWonet's Wife. J Sandwich. His Roval Highness the Duke of Cambridge, wearing the Star and Collar of the Garter, his train borne by Lieutenant-Colonel Jones. His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, also wearing the Ensign of the Garter, his train borne by Colonel Cornwall. Women of the Bedchamber to her fate Royal Highness, Miss »\ y nyard, Miss Vyse. Ladies invited. Marchioness of Cornwallis, Lady Agnes Bnller, Lady Charles Somerset, Lady Caroline Legge, Lady Charlotte Dundas. Gentlemen invited. Lord Hill, Lord Bloomfield, Lord Carteret, Baron Munchausen, Sir Brooke Taylor, Sir Henry Wheatlev, Sir William Free- mantle, Sir Henry Campbell, Sir Frederick Watson, Sir Joseph c W hHtley, Dean of Hereford, Rev. J. R. Wood, Lieut. Frederick Stephenson, Colonel Vyse, Sir Charles Thornton, and Colonel Wvnyard. Her late Royal Highness's Dressers. The processiun passed up the nave between the ranks of the Lite Guards (dismounted), carrying flambeaux, and enteied the choir, where the Funeral Service was per- formed. The sentences sang out of the Burial Service were the composition of Dr. Croft and H. Pnrcell. The Psalm was chanted to Purcell's Chant. The two Anthems were the Qnartett When the ear heard her then it blessed her," anll Chorus. "She delivered the poor that cried," and the Qnartett, "Her body is buried in peace," and the Chorus, But her name liveth evermore." Dr. Elvey presided at the organ. Upon entering the choir, the body was placed on a platform, and the coronet and cushioti laid upon the coffin. The chief rnomner sat at the head of the corpse; the supporters on each side; and the supporters of the pall near the body; the Lord Chamberlain at the feet of the corpse. The part of the service before the interment being read, the corpse was deposited in the vault, and the Dean having concluded the burial service, Garter Principal King of Arms proclaimed her late Royal Highness's style. The Knights of the several Orders present at the solemnity wore their collars, with white rosettes.

IMPOKTWT TO THE Dp.ER TfUDH.—A decision of considerable importance to the members of the beer-trade and to the public generally has been come to at the Bient- foid petty sessions. Aunit three weeks since Mr. Thomas Weedon, the keeper of a beer-shop at Soil th all, was sum- moned before the magistrates, at the instance of the police, on a charge of keeping his bouse open for the sale of beer after the hOllrs allowed IIv law, A policeman proved that on the Wednesday mornini; previons, he went about 2 o'clock to the defendant's housp, which lie found open, and 011 en- tering saw fittten persons sitting therein. In the course of his cross-examination by Mr. Brandsgrove, a solicitor, 011 the part of the defendant, it was acknowledged that none of the persons had any beer before them, neither were there any pots 011 the table, but only some cups and saucers. Mr. Brandsgrove then contended that no offence had been com- mitted, inasmuch as there was no proof of the house being open for the sale of beer, as laid in the information. The facts were, the defendant's bouse was situated close to the cattle-market at Southall, and was much frequented by the graziers, salesmen, and drovers attending tlie market, for whose accommodation on the mornings of the market day. which was Wednesday, the defendant opened his house for the sale of tea ami coffee, and nothing else, which was no of- fence either against his licence or the Police Act. The bench said it was a question of great importance, both to beer sellers and the public, and they should take time to consider their decision. On the case coming again last week before the bench, the chairman sta ed the magistrates were of opinion that it was the intention of the legislature that beer- shops should be closed and opened at cei tain hours, and that between those specified hours no bnisness of any kind should be transacted on the premises so licensed. They, there- fore, felt bound to convict, but, as it was the first case in which the point had been mooted,they should mitigate the fine to 10s. and costs.

COURT-MARTIAL ON CAPTAIN R. A. REYNOLDS. The Court met on Tuesday pursuant to adjournment, when the President made some observations respecting the publication of the first day's proceedings, in opposition to the direction of the Court. As the object of the Court had thus been frustrated, the Court, he observed, did not much care for it hereafter. A minute was then read fromC.pt. Reynolds, requesting the Court to allow him till Thursday for his defence, as he found it impossible, without injustice to himself, to complete it before that day. After some delay, the Court granted the request, and the proceedings were adjuurncd till Thursday morning. The Court re-assembled on Thursday morning, which, as on the former days, was densely crowded. Captain Reynolds then commenced his address, by ex- pi essing his embarrassment in being placed in his present situation, and in having to answer the charge brought against him by the Earl of Cardigan, and he would contend that he had as much to complain of the conduct of the Earl of Car- digan as the Earl had of him. The letter which occasioned the present Court Martial was written under the most aggravating circumstances. The Gallant Officer then pro- ceeded to state that he had served in India without reproach, and resumed to England in the year 1838. On the 28th of August he heard that the Earl of Cardigan had said that he (Captain Reynolds) should never enter his house again, and consequently he felt deeply injured by this remark. He felt that it was a stigma on his character, and particularly coming from his Commanding Officer, and he a Peer of the realm. The words were given in the dark, and he could not answer them. This ga\e. rise to the first letter. He thought the Earl would have viewed his letter in its proper light: it was both courteous and obedient. There could be but one opinion on that letter. The Earl had said that he might have spoken to him instead of writing. The Earl had said to the best of his recollection that he did not use the words relative to him mentioned by the young lady and at the Pavilion-stables on the 28th of August: he did not deny having uttered them. The Court would judge whether Captain Jones's testimony was accurate of not. He would ask if he had not done as an Officer ought to have done? The Earl of Cardigan might have sent the cause of com- plaint to the Horse Guards, where redress would have been afforded him. Why was the parade selected for an expla- nation? and why did he order all future communications to be strictly ofncidt ? If any Officer endeavoured to stab him, was he not to try to disarm him and if he attacked his haracter privately, was he not to resent it? The letter he wrote to the Earl might have been objectionable in some points he might have been unguarded in some expressions. There were certainly some words, and he owned that he woul not have made use of them towards Lord Cardigan, had he not been goaded on by the insults he received from ..1' his Lordship; and he who was notable to command himself was not able, he would contend, to command others; and the Court would ask whether under such circumstances he had not a right to a lenient consideration ? His conduct in India for fifteen years he hoped had been such as became an officer aud a gentleman. He should call several Officers, who would prove that Lord Cardigan's character had been most arbitrary and oppressive. The Gallant Officer then proceeded to say, that his character had been on all occa- sions that of a gentleman and an officer: he wished he could as much for his opponent. Was an officer to be crushed under such circumstances, and his character to be blasted for ever without redress? The public took an in- terest in this case they hated oppression, and felt indig- nant. He hoped the decision of the Court would prove that wealth and rank, eminent as it is, "as not to crush an humble individual tike himself, and blast his hopes for ever. [The Captain, during his address, was deeply affected. At the conclusion of his speech the auditors expressed their approbation by loud applause, which was immediately stopped by the President under fear of committal.] Lieutenant John Cunningham was then sworn: he stated that a young lady had told him she had twice asked Lord Cardigan why the Captains Reynolds were not there (at his Lordship's house), and that Lord Cardigan had said they should never enter his house again witness communi- cated that report to Capt. Reynolds his brother-in-law, Mr. Lewis, was present; Capt. Reynolds said he should write to Lotd Cardigan to ask him to correct the report: witness gave his statement to Major Jennings, who took it down, and witness signed it. (This was compared by the Court with his present evidence).—Major Jennings said he had been desired by Lord Cardigan to obtain that state- ment.— Lord Cardigan here put in a written paper, and the Court asked witness who corrected that statement ? To which he answeied, "My brother-in-law, air. Lewis" they were made with his concurrence at the York Hotel the same day he signed the statement: he considered his conversation with Major Jennings to be strictly private: he repeated the report respecting him to Captain Reynolds but did not tell Major Jennings he considered their con- versation to be private. Some unimportant questions were then asked by Lord Cardigan of the witness, who is only 20 years of age. Major Cooper was then examined, who gave Captain Reyno'ds the highest character for honour, integrity, and gentlemanly conduct, and as being incapable of an insub- ordinate act, and had interfered in one remarkable instance, when a lie had been given by one Officer to another. Here the witness was stopped, when the President observed that they should not enter upon any extraneous matter, and they should not enter into any other matter than the charge before them. The Court then adjourned. On the opening of the Court on Friday morning, Capt. J. W. Reynolds (the second Capt. Reynolds) was sworn. He stated his age to be 24, that he had been in the armv five years, and a Captain of nine months standing. He stated that the prisoner had mentioned to him the report, that at Lord Cardigan's house his Lordship when asked why the Captains Reynolds were not present, had replied, tnat as long as I live they shall never enter my house." itsoner felt strong indignation at the report, and repeatedly expressed that it was calculated to injure him and stated his intention to write to Lord Cardigan, and subsequently that he had done so. ° t Capt. Reynolds then announced that he had no further evidence to offer relating to the charge, and now proposed to produce evidence as to character. Major Morse Cooper was then examined. He had known Capt. Reynolds nine or ten years as a man of the highest ho our and integi ity, a zealous, active officer, and in every sense a gentleman in conduct,perfectly subordinate. Did not believe ht-coutd be guilty of insubordination, unless under extraordinary provocation. [The witness was ordered not to mention names, but in a case he alluded to the officer was evidently Lord Cardigan. The witness began by stating that, "in a dispute with the Commanding Officer, who used most offensive expressions, I made an appeal to Capt. Reynolds.] 1 v The Court would not let the witness proceed, and Capt. Reynoldli withdrew the question out of respect to the Court. Major Brown, a Waterloo officer, had known Capt. Reynolds since 1827. He had served 14 years in the 11th. Deemed him utterly incapable of forgetting the respect due to a commanding officer, "unless under provocation which 110 man of honourable feelings could endure." The evidence of Capt. Roper, who had been 14 vears in the 11th Light Dragoons; Lieut. Paterson, who had" been in the regiment 8 years; Major Rotten, 20 years; and Mr. n. Sandham, surgeon III the regitneut 20 years, was precisely to the same effect, all testifying in the strongest terms to his zealous conduct as an officer and honourable bearing as a gentleman.—Capt. Forest also, who had served in the regi- ment since 1833, considered him an active zeatousouicer, and did not believe there was a more honourable or gentle- manlike officer in the British Army: he had always known Capt. Reynolds to be most respectful to his superiors; and when he (witness) was told that what he had said was false by his Commanding Officer- [This created a "reat sensa- tion in Court. The President intimated that it was contrary to the decision ot the Court to enter into the particulars of any quarrel or disputes in the regiment.]-The Court was immediately cleared, and on the re-admission of the public, the President stated that the Court would not permit state- ments made either directly or indirectly implicating the character of other individuals. The latter part of the evi- dence was then struck out: and the witness continued the preceding sentence as follows-" And I know that on several occasions, when different officers had their feelings highly excited, Capt. Reynolds has been the means of allaying their angry feelings and preserving harmony in the regiment." Capt. J. W. Reynolds was then recalled,and examined as to character, and on being asked his opinion of the accused as an officer and a gentleman, s id—" I have had the honour of being his intimate friend for the last four years, and for that time a more highly honourable, or less quarrel- some man, a stauncher supporter of military discipline, or one more respected or beloved by his brother officers I have never known. On many occasions o'f difficultv, in which mv own feelings were excited, I have been assisted by his aei. vice, and recommended to a temperate course." Letters were then put in and read—from Col. Brutton, late First Lieutenant-Colonel of the lttli Dragoons, and Col. Childers, late Lieutenant-Colonel of the same regiment; Major-General Brown Major Smith, late of the lltli Dra- goons and Capt. Laurie,of the79th Highlanders—all giving the highest testimony to the cliaiacter of Capt. Reynolds as an officer and a gentlemen, and speaking in the highest terms of his high sense of honour, his disposition to maintain militaty discipline and subordination, and of thegieat re- spect he had ever shown to his superior officers, and of his honourable and gentlemanlike character. This closed the case for the defence, and the Court ad- join ned The Court resumed its sittings on Saturday morning.— Major Jenkins of the 11th Hussars,said he had written the statement of Lieut. Cunningham, which that Officer signed that on the day of opening the Court Martial he had applied to witness to ask Lord Cardigan foi it, and also wrote to him for it by his servant witness enclosed a copy in an enve- lope, and gave it to the servant he gave no direction to the servant about it.—Henry Bird, the servant, took his master's letter, with orders to bring him the answer immediately he went at half-past eleven, but his master was not at home on his return, and he did not give him the answer till half-past three.—The inquiry and defence having terminated, Earl Cardigan said lie should be prepared with his reply on Monday morning, and the Court adjourned. The Earl of Catdigan has, we are told, brought another officei of his regiment under the notice of the authorities at the Horse Guards in the course of the last few days, for an imputed bleach of discipline and disobedience of orders but as the scandal that any public notice of the circumstance would create at this paiticular juncture is fully appreciated, the alleged offender has merely been private'y remanded. The circumstances, as they have been related to us, are as follows: — A few days ago his Lordship, whilst driving in his phaeton through the streets of Brighton, happening to meet Lieut. W. C. Forrest, of his regiment, who had been for some time past on duty at the Pavilion, got out of his car- riage, and in language the most contumelious (being evi- dently in a stale of considerable excitement at the time), asked him how he dared to persist in retaining the key of his quarters, of which he had kept possession during his tem- porary absence from them, in accordance with a rule which the Horse Guards bad expressly" made and provided" for Imp ra 1_Mr*Fori e8t attempted of course to jnstify him- aeit trom the breach of discipline with which he stood cnarged, hot respectfully declined to surrender the key of us rooms, on the ground that he bad not had an opportunity ot removing his property from them, and that he had not in- tringed any standing regulation bv its detention. The next day a complaint was made by Lord Cardigan to the Horse Guards, and Mr. lorrest has, we understand, since re. ceived a severe reprimand for his contumacy.—United Ser- vice Gazette. A correspondent of a morning paper states that Captain e\nolds whose Moselle bottle it was so painful to Lord < aid,g;in to contemplate, "is son of the late General Rey- noh s, whose services were highly esteemed by the Duke of ellington, in India. His mother was widow of Colonel Delancey, who died 011 the field of Waterloo. None of the leioes who perished on that great occasion were more deeply regretted, as ncne of them surpassed him in gallantry of spirit and devotion to the service of his country." An Indian Officer" has addressed a letter to Lieut-Gen. Lord Keane, in which, referring to the Earl of Cardigan's allusions to "Indian Officers," he says :—" Were I an Officei of rank like your Lordship, I would convene a public meeting of Indian Officers, aud in the name of the assembly add teas a letter to the General Commanding-in-chief, re- questing him to callnpon the Earl of Cardigan for an expla- nation of, and ample apology for, the affronting words he has uttered. The deeds of the Indian Officers are happily be. yond the reach ot such commentators as the Earl of Cardi- gan but it would be as well, as an example to future would- be envious detractors, to make the present sensible that he has wantonly insulted a body of men who are proud to acknowledge as their head the Duke of Wellington." As a proof of the nnivesality of the feeling in society against the Earl of Cardigan, we take the following sen. tence from the Morning Post of Saturday — _^j.'lave n.° particular reason either lo defend the Earl of 0 Caidigan, since that gentlemen with whom he has lately qnarrelled are, we believe, as much Tories as he is himself. Moreover we cannot but admit that any one who is so unlucky as 10 get into disagreeable disputes with his brotfier-oflicers very often must, in all probability, have some fault which renders him not the best possible person in the world to command a regi- ment." ) ° The Earl of Cardigan's penchant for duelling is well known. The following observations upon this pratice in the Times are perfectly just, and, taking into consideration the source whence they emanate, is another instance of the ge. neral detestation in which the Noble Earl's conduct is held :— If the Jaw is not to be altered, it ought to be enforced and vindicated. A little" ungentleinanly" prison discipline wonld he the best thing in the world for gentlemen of the Cardigan school; the terror of cropped heads, oatmeal diet, and the tread- mill, would be more effectual in aristocraiical circles than hang- ing itself. Ojr readers will remember that this penally was strictly enforced upon the gentlemen who assisted as seconds in the last lamentable affair on Wimbledon common, of which a linendraper named Mirfin was the victim. In vain did those convicts petition Lord John Russell to mitigate the severity of their punishment. His Lordship was inexorable. Let that case be remembered on the present occasion, and let equal justice be dealt to rich and poor, the peasant and the noble. Let not oc- casion be given to any to say, that to break the laws with impu- nity is a laxury reserved for legislators, officers in her Majesty's service, and peers of the reatm or that the same offence which was visited as a felony upon the associates of the linendraper Mirfin is excused as an act worthy of a man of honour in the Earl of Cardigan."

MISCELLANEOUS. REPEAL OF THE UNION,—On Tuesday se'nnight Sir J. H. James was sworn ill Lord Mayor of Dublin with the usual formalities. On the following day his Lordship and the Sheriffs were presented by the Learned Recorder of the city to Viscount Ebrington for official approbation. In reply to the address of the Recorder, the Lord Lieutenant took occasion to advert to the proceedings of the Association which had recently been formed in Ireland under the direc. tion of Mr. O'Connell, to effect a repeal of the Union. In the course of his remarks his Lordship observed- 1 f'n,y t° declare for myself and everv member of her Majesty s Government, both iu Ireland and Great Britain that we bold the maintenance of the Union between the two countries, which has now existed forty years, to be indispensable to the security and permanent stability of the united empire. I believe, and am convinced, that a repeal of the union by those legal and constitutional means which the advocates of that re- peaj declare to be the only ones they will ever resort to for the attainment of that measure-I believe that by such means the attainment o the repeal of the uuion is truly impracticable and if, which God forbid, an attempt were made to force it upon the Legislature hy any other means, I am satisfied that that attempt would recoil with discomfiture and disaster upon this countrv. I believe further that even if it were possible to attain it, its attain- ment would miserably disappoint the expectations which have been formed in someqnarters of the benefits to be derived from it; and I believe that many of those who are the most prominent of its advocates would be the first to feel the effect of that dis- aster to which I have referred, and that it would be necessarily followed by a separation between the two countries whilst that separation would be fraught with the deepest calamity to England, I believe it wonld be fraught with still greater calamities to this country. If I have not recourse to any stronger or more active means for the suppression or prevention of the agitation of this question, it is certainly from no sympathy on my part either with the object or the feelings of those who are embarked in it, but it is from that respect which I have alwavs felt for the constita- tional rights of the subject, in openly and fairly discussing all acts of the Legislature by which the people may consider their interests or the interests of the country affected—provided those discus- sions are carried on in a proper manner in endeavouring to obtain, bv legal and constitutional means, the assent of tbe Legislature to the alteration of any particular act. I have not considered the danger likely to arise out of these meetings, or the sentiments expressed at them, to have produced such an effect upon the general tranquillity of the country as to jusiify, in my wind, the interference of the Legislature for the forcible prevention of those meetings, which interference I conceive, if not justified by grounds of paramount necessity, frequently tends to foment the spirit which it was intended to allay. If however I should feel that the manner in which those discusHions are carried on should be likely to create any interruption of the public peace, or that they should afford just or reasonable grounds for alarm to her Majesty's subjects, I trust [ shall be found as ready to exercise the powers of ihelaw with vigourand energy, as I have shown myself bitherto disposed to evince respect aud forbearance towards the constitu- tional right of the subject. I trust also that in that course I suall be supported by an overwhelming majority of the people, by a great majority of even the Repealers themselves, who, whatever opinions they may entertain upon tbe subject, will, I am sure, feel with me that it is alike the duty of the Government and the people to uphold that obedience to the law, without which 'here can be no security or permanence to any of the 111- stitutions of the country, or indeed safety or comfort to the people themselves." COMMERCE AND TKAD.E.—There has been something of a revival of trade at Manchester, and things for a day or two past have put on a livelier appearance than for some weeks past. Yarns are in improved demand, and some heavy stocks have been satisfactorily disposed of at better rates than could have been expected a few days ago The market for goods is steady, and considerable remittances have been received, principally fiom the Mediterranean and Levant. The Germans are making heavy purchases of yams. I' cannot be denied amidst all that the state of our foreign relations is felt to the detriment of the commerce and ma- nufactures of this part of the country orders from the south and east of Europe come in very slowly, and a feeling of "icertainty prevails in venturing upon operations even of small comparative magnitude. The wool markets in the "lanufacturing districts show little variation the accounts from Rochdale state that there is a steady business at pre- vious prices, and inquiries for finer goods. At Huddersfield things continue to improve, larger purchases are made, buyers are numerous, and better prices obtained in heavy goods especially the demand is considerable, and all new goods are cleared as soon as they come in. For fancy Roods of a light description the demand continued very brisk. In superfine woollens mere was not much doiuy, but prices remained firm. At Leeds on Saturday there was a fair de- mand for cloth but on Tuesday the market was flat. At Oldham the mills are in full employ, and the silk trade of Middleton is better than for twenty years past; the foreign silk weavers have extra wages, and some of the shawls ma- nufactured sell at 121. each. BKITISH METALS—The market for metals has very much advanced during the time which has elapsed since the commencement of the rumours of a general European war. British lead, copper, and tin have all been bought largely by speculators, no less than 200 tons of tin having been ex- ported to France within the last few days. Owing to pre- vious large accumulations of British iron, 'Ins metal has not advanced in value at a corresponding rate; but the pro- vincial newspapers contain accounts of large orders forrait- road iron for the United States, which have no foundation in reality, and are conjectvred to be put forward by certain iron-masters in the midland counties for the purpose of ob- taining an advance in the price of iron at the ensuing quar- terly meeting of the trade. The only order tor railroad iron for tbe United States is one of 5,000 tons for the Erie rail- way, the contract for which has been taken conjointly by two London houses, the iron to be furnished by the British Iron Company from their works in Wales, The iion-masters of Staffordshire are at all times unable to furnish bar iron at the same low rales as the iron-masters of Wales, and these prptended orders being announced in the journals of the midland counties, leads to the belief that the Staffordshire iron-manufactures are about to raise the value of a material alieady sufficiently high for the benefit of the general ma- nufacturers of iron goods. So far as the approaching meet- ing of the Staffordshire iron-masters may be intended for such a purpose, we can distinctly assure the public of the midland counties that the late paragraphs in the newspapers are entirely without foundation, and that not one ba) otiron has been ordered in Staffordshire for the market of the United States. The ordinance of the King of the French reducing certain duties 011 imported goods includes the articles of fishhooks and needles, in which latter article particularly it is thought that a considerable trade may be established from Biimingham to France.—Morning Post. ACCIDENTS ON RAILKOAD.S. —It is. we understand. the intention of the most able and influential men in the corporation of London to bring the subject of the numerous dreadful accidents which have occurred upon railroads under consideration in the Court of Common Council, with the view to petition Parliament, or to adopt some other measures to diminish the hazard to life and limb. It is the opinion of the gentleman to whom we allude that the go- vernment should appoint a board of the most eminent engineers in England, who should be empowered to call before tliem all the engineers employed by the several railway companies, and examine them as to "the knowledge of the engineers and as to their other qualifications: that the board should give certificates as to the capabilities of those who should undergo such examination, and those who were not appioved of should be be discharged. He calcu- lates that the engineers' board might be constituted on the same principle as the Trinity Board, who license pilots to take charge of vessels, and feels confident that it would be no difficult matter to induce, amongst such a multitude of engineers of great talent and experience as England pos- sesses, a sufficient number to come forward without fee or reward, and form a board for tbe preservation of tbe livea of their fellow-creatares. ATROCIOUS ATTEMPT TO FIRE SHEERNESS DOCK YARD.—Considerable sensation was excited on Saturday by the report that a diabolical attempt had been made on the previous evening to set fire to the above Dock-yard, and we regret to add that the report was subsequently confirmed. It appears that after the workmen had left the yard on Friday evening at six o'clock, and the Inspectors reported that the lights were extinguished and all right, Mr. Henty, carpenter to the Camperdotcn of 120 guns, lying in the fitting basin close to the stern of the north and middle docks, in which were the Amazon frigate and Achille second rate, having for. gotten his umbrella, he therefore returned to the ship, and dis- covered smoke issuing from the after cock-pit; he immediately gave the alarm: Captain John Hill and all the respective officers were immediately on the spot,and discovered that the fire had commenced in one of the lockers of the midshipmen's berth on the larboard side, which was extinguished without any damage beyond the destruction of the locker. When the locker was ripped up, there was found a birch broom cut open over a bundle of tarred oakum picked loose, pounded resin, and a lock of hay immediately over the shelf piece and beams leading into the openings between the timbers. After this discovery had been made the officers found other combustible materials secreted inside one of the latticed racks, consisting of pitch, tallow, oakum spread out in trains, and a lucifer match at the end of each train, and matches also intermixed with the oakum; powdered resin was also mixed with it, and a birch broom placed at. the top of all a match at the end of the trains had evidently ignited and gone out. The ship was then thoroughly searched, as also the Monarch, Achille, and the Cornwall, and a captain's guard was then called in from the garison, and the sentries outside doubled. Mr. Henty de- clares, that on his proceeding down into the after cock-pit, on discovering the smoke, he heard a heavy footstep running across the cock-pit, as though the person had nailed shoes; but, being dark he could not see any person. A portion of the inferior officers and men, with the principal officers, as- sisted by the marineskeptavigitant look out dnring- the night. The Earl of M mto and Sir C.Adam left town for Sheerness im- mediately on the intelligence reaching the Admiralty. Infor- mation was received in town late on Saturday night that a man had been taken into custody on suspicion of being con- cered in the diabolical act.— In connection with the above, it is satisfactory to be able to state, as the result of the inquiry which has been prosecuted thus far into the origin of the conflagration at Plymouth, that no evidence any other than that the fire was the result of accident has yet been adduced. The suspicion of incendiarism in that case is gradually sub- siding.—Several of the police have been despatched to Sheer- ness, and every precaution is taken calculated to secure her Majesty s ships and yards for the future. Strangers will not, as heretofore, be allowed to go round them without being at- tended by a constable additional sentinels will be posted, and fire engines, as is already the case with the Trafalgar at Wool- wich, will he placed in all the large ships in the different yards and ports. On Saturday three persons named Wright, Gritt, and Britt were taken into custody on suspicion. An inquiry took place before the principal officers of the dock- yard, the result of which was the discharge of Britt on bail, and the remand of the other prisoners till the following day (Sunday).—In the afternoon Far! Minto and Sir C. Adams arrived, with a view to a strict investigation of the affair, and proceeded, with Admiral Digby, on board the Camperdown and those portions of the dock-yard, and the vessels in it, by the inspection of which their object was to be obtained. Their lordship s survey was carried on in the strictest privacy but it was ascertained that the facts given above were perfectly borne out. The Lords of the Admiralty, the Admiral of the Port, and the officers of the yard, continued their investiga- tion throughout the day, and the men in custody underwent a new examination before them. Reporters were excluded, but it was believed that the evidence against them was slight and unsatisfactory. We have been able to ascertain that they were men employed in the dock-yard, but not on board the Camperdown. In the course of Friday they quitted the vessel on which they were employed, and made their way to the Camperdown for a "skulk," as it is termed in the dock-yard, or for the purpose of shirking their work and chattering with their fellows who were employed on board that ship. They remained talking for some time, and then returned to their own posts. Additional evidence, however, has also been ob- tained, tracing one of the prisoners to lodgings, from which hay similar to that discovered in the Camperdown, and bear- ing upon it a white powder as on that found on the ship, was on Sunday produced. The hay has the appearance of having been used to stuff a bed, together with wool or some other material of that description, and the powder is spoken of hav, ing much the appearance of dust which would be produced by its being employed for such a purpose. Beyond this we have no reason to believe that there is any real evidence tend- ing to confirm the suspicions encertained against the prisoners. The general opinion among the persons with whom the pri- soners were acquainted is, that they were in nowise concerned in the foul attempt, for that they could have no interest in its success, and that their degree of intelligence was not sufficient to induce them to undertake such a scheme for any purposes of their own. THE FIRE AT DEVONPORT..—The inquiry as to the origin of the destructive fire at Devonport on Monday is still proceeding. In referring to this subject the Globe of Saturday remarks-" It. is satisfactory to us to be able to state, as the result of the inquiry which has been prosecuted thus far into the origin of the conflagration at Plymouth, that no evidence, any other than that the fire was the result of accident, has yet been adduced. The suspicion of incendiarism in this case is gradually subsiding in every quarter." A distinguished naval officer writes—"The sailors have no doubt that the Talavera was burnt by the painters cleaning their brushes iu oakum, tow, and old canvass, which having been left in the ship, spontaneously ignited; for it appears the new work done in that vessel had been primed when the shipwrights left it about a week before the accident happened." DEATH OF ADMIRAL SIR Ross DONNELLY, K.C.B. —This gallant officer died on Wednesday last, at his resi- dence in Hai ley-street, in the 77th year of his age, after an illness of a few weeks. It will be in the recollection of our readers, that a commission of lunacy was issued, at the in- stance of his family in June last, the gallant admiral having been for some time previously incapable of managing his affairs. The deceased admiral's commissions were dated as follows: — Lieutenant, 21th September, 1781; commander, 6th July, 1794; captain, 24th June, 1795 rear-admiral, 4th Jnne, 1814; vice-admiral, 211h May, 1825; and admi. ral, 28th June, 1838. For his distinguished services he was nominated a knight commander of the Bath in February, 1837. When senior lieutenant he was in Howe's action, and succeeded to the command on the death of the captain of the Montagu in that victory. He commanded the Nar- cissus at the reduction of the Cape and the capture of Buenos Avres; and also the seamen and marines at the landing at Monte Video. THE BRITISH QUEEN AGAIN.—A Treasury Minute has been issued, directed to the Commissioners of Customs, ordering hat the two men, Lancaster aud Roche, the gunner and carpenter of the British Qoeen steam-ship, who were lately convicted of smuggling large quantities of tobacco, should not be liberated until they have been in prison six months fiom the day of their conviction at the Thames Police Court. This severe example has been considered necessary, in consequence of the extensive contraband trade carried on in tbe article of tobacco by the crew and stokers of the vessel. Since the last departure of the British Queen for New York, an information has been filed at the Thames Police Court, by direction of the Board of Customs, against Captain Roberts, the commander of the vessel, for not duly entering some cases of wine which he took out with him in the ship, according to a law relating to the customs. The penalty sued for is 100/. and it is expected that the matter will be heard directly after the arrival of the British Queen from New York. SUNDAY TRADING.—At a Court of Aldermen held on Tuesday a letter was read from the Bishop of London, with a Memorial signed by 51 Clergymen, calling on the Court to suppress navigating vessels on the River on the Sabbath Day. The Lord Mayor stated that he had referred the Memorial to the Water Bailiff, who reported that the Cor- poration received the tolls for bondholders, to whom a debt of 150,0001. was due; and that the suppression of vessels na- vigating the River on Sunday wonld only divert the trade into new channels (by railroads and otherwise) without di- minishing the desecration of the Sabbath, and to the cletl i- ment of the bondholders, unless the Legislature deemed it expedient to put a stop to all carrying 011 the Lord's day. Several of the Aldermen expressed their opinion that the suppression of the navigation on Sunday on the River would only injure one party to the advantage of another; and on the motion of Mr. Alderman Farebrother, a respectful let- ter was ordered to be transmitted to the Bishop of London, stating that, however desirable such a regulation as suggested might be, the Court had not the power to comply with the request of the Memorialists. MACHINERY FORDKAINAGE.—At the British Associa- tion meeting, held in Glasgow last week, Mr. Fairbairn exhibited a model of an engine for raising water, which he had suggested for the purpose of draining the lake of Haar- lem, in Holland, which covered upwards of 50,000 acres. It was his opinion that this could be accomplished by the ap- plication ot a Cornish engine of from 200 to 300 horse-power, attached to a scoop of 30 feet square, the one end of which was made to move on the centre. In the bottom of this scoop, which was curved, were several valves opening up- wards, on the side nearest the engine. By the descending stroke of the engine this side was immersed ill water and filled through the vaives. The returning strokp, or I ather the weights attached to the other end of the beam, raised the scoop, and threw the water into a canal at a higher level than the lake. Such an engine as he proposed would lift seventeen tons of water each stroke, and make seven or eight strokes a minute. The a-'erage depth of the lake was ten feet. The engine was so constructed as to give the dipping end of the scoop a larger or short stroke as re- quired. AMERICAN ALOE—There is now in full bloom, at S•. Margaret's, near Isleworth, the seat of the Marquis of of Ailsa, a beautiful specimen of the variegated American aloe, the Howerstem of which is upwards of twenty teet in height, supporting neaily two thousand perfectly distinct flowers, each of which, as it opens, is found 10 contain what is described by floriculturists as a large globule of pellucid nectar. Its enormo-i, flower stem has grown up fiom the t.unk since the 10th of last June. This specimen of the variegated aloe is considered to be the finest ever seen in England. The noble Marquis has given instructions to his gardener for ihe public to be admitted to his grounds to view this rare flower of a century," and severa) hundred have availed ihemselves of the privilege dining the past week. To TKICTOTALLKKS. —There has been in all Govern- ments a great deal of absurd canting about the consumption of spirits. We believe the best plan is to let people drink what they like and wear what they tike to make no sump- tuary laws either for the belly or the back. In the first place laws against rum-and-water are made by men who can change a wet coat for a dry one whenever they choose, and who do not often woik up to their knees in mud and water; and in the next place, if this stimulus did all the mischief it is thought to do by the wise men of claret, its cheapness and plenty would rather lessen than increase tbe avidity with I which it is at present sought tor.—Sydney Smith. MARRIAGES ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.-A gen- tleman of fortune, in Berkshire, who kept three servant mauls, was married to one of them on Friday last, and on »atnr(jay his two sons followed his example by marrvin"- fh« other two—^drertwer, July 14, 1740. 0 6

BANKRUPTS from Friday's Gazette. To Surrender in Basinyhull-street. JOHN THOMAS REEVE, victualler, Gravesend, Oct. 9, Nov. 13. Att. Dimmock, Skinner s-place, Sise-lane. EDWARD MATTHEW, plumber, Kennington-row, Lambeth, Oct. 8, Nov 13. Att. Gough, Leicester-street, Leicester-square. To 8urr"nrle," in the CUll,lt, y. MAKMADUKE NEWBY, maltster, Northampton, Oct. 14, Xov 13 at the George Hotel, Northampton. Atts. Austen'and Co., Raymond s-buildings, Gray's Inn, or Flesber and Blencowe' COPPER ORE Sold at POOL, October 1, 1840. KINh;v. „ 21 CWT- PURCHASERS. [.R,CF t-ast VVli. Crofty 111 p. Grenl'cll and Sons 06 Vivian and Sons "4 t « |>in° •• 94 Williams, Foster, and Co. 7 S 11 Ditio 1>'rHnV"ii'Su,Ycn(i JMJreufell Sons I !<j g uiito- "5 Du'r,el1t'3 '» « onto. e? Dmo •• j? » >i»o 5(j Dilto 0 •• SI Viv,an and Sons I Ditio -In uri'r' NeviH, Drnce, and Co. 10 7 s r„ 20 y'lh.ms FoMer, and Co. 1 1 o Lonsclose 93 P. Grenfell and Sons 5 8 0 East Pool.. 117 Freeman and Co. and Williams, Poster, R,. and Co. 6] I 0 00 Viviall all,1 Sons.) 15 0 •• 51 Mlnef R»y*ICo., P. Grenfell and Sons', d«, „ rxsszfsr-.r" j" United Hills eg Mines Royal Co. ? J?1"0 •• ..Gti Vivian and Son9 j Ditto 50 Ditto Ditto. 37 Min.s Royal Co. I « Dilto" t Enstish Copper Co. and Vivian '& Sons 4 14 0 unto 30 Vivian and Sons Do coath 75 P. Grenlell and Sons ii "ana Ditto .57 Vivia,, and Sons 5 Si" 30 nu";n^h,urnce;;nd c; s,f « T7VM Foster, 'and Co. 9,4 °0 Dilto' 42 Diuo VV,">'lmS' Nevill> Drn«e» an<l Co. 4 0 6 Ditto 38 Ditto 6 IB 3 Povvey Consols Vivian and Sons t it k D«io 101 Ditto 8 rrancis's Ore 99 F.eeman and Co. f „ Dmo. 65 Mines Royal Co. r wV.' 39 Freeman and Co. DUto har,°"e Sons, VVillyams, NeviM, Drnce, and Co*. 4 « 0 61 Vivian and Son# ami Williams, Poster, Ditto 23 Vl«iiC0, "c •• 2 6 0 rr» •• »ivian and Sons -a -r a Di. ;? L•• ::US "5? J'J J S Ditto. 34 Ditto 9 8 18 6 WD,"a"iet fir'er'v"dC- •• I I Du.0 20 Vivian and Sons, "Freeman a'n'd Co. 3 ° Camse. 59 P^ma^rCo F°S, £ r' 7 0 Pl'to .14 Vivian and Sons 7 4 0 „ Ditto 13 Mines Royal Co. 3 5 (J West Wh. Jewel 73 Williams, Foster and Pn S 14 B Ditto. 8 Mines Royal Co^' "856 Jreieigh Consols 63 Williams, Foster and r'n 15 4 Cuddra 22 P. Grenfell and Sons f! 0 Ditto 20 Dilto 2100 Wh. Sparrow 18 Williams, Foster, and Co. G JJ T0tal 3,285 Average Produce, f>a.—Quantity of fine Copper 220 inn. 1 „ Amount or Sate, £ 17.725 2s. 6d.-Avera^Sund^Vo' os qr'~

High Water in Swansea Harbour and at the Passages FOIt TIIE ENSUING WliUK. russageSt DAYS T„b P,SSA0K, I Morn■ Even- Height,- Iw; 77 H. M. ■«. P, I. H « u Saturday, Oct. It) 5 23 5 4:j 17 6 «• Sunday 11 J 6 1 6 16 19 5 7 2, 1 Monday I2 0 33 0 53 21 3 7 53 K Tuesday 13 7 0 7 14 21 7 8 m Wednesday, 14, 7 30 T 51 20 10 8 50 0 n lUursday 15; 8 13 8 32 19 0 9 33 „ ii *'day .6! 8 50 9 23 17 5 » MooN's AGE.-Full Moon, llih lay, 711. Im. m-in.

.ftft4rttt'tø. MARK-LANE, LONDON, Monday, Oct. 5 The suddIu of e7sxkT kTl ZV7'\ lar9t''hls corning from the counties 0/ rival 'nnf?h' "V"" the ^ry fair J. rival and the condition also is better as regards man,, ofthe samuUs trade has consequently ruled rather heavy to-day. Some clearance decliZrof°nS 7 £ °f Engl'Sh W'leat t0WUrds lhe dose °fth« da,J al uechne of nearly 2s. per quarter since this d.iy week. In the foreign last Mondiw""6T^en P"r quarter since y* ,e ,s a good supply of new malting barley to day, and quality about the Same as last week, the tr.idefor which has been ery slow; and ut order to make any progress from Is. to 2s. per quarter less has been taken. Grinding qualities are unaltered in value. Beans w not abundant, but there is a very slow inquiry for them, and prices are full Is. per quarter lower; and peas haue de- clined Is. per quaYter. The arrivals of new oats from Ireland and Boston are increasing, and there is very little life in the trade, as both dealers and consumers are expecting lower prices. In some d esc rip- l!°"s. Ver quarter less has been taken,but the trade for all soils is jult Is. per quarter cheaper than last week. The flour trade contimu>» steady, but not much animation in it. PRICE OF GRAIN.Imperial Quarter. VVlie.il, Red 5« fo 5*1 Maple '• ,V"e Ml White.. H'f., 08 Boilers. « iv, e 58 Small Means 42 ^lne (. 62 65 Old 44 ,SV,,l,er"e 85 74 Ticks | 1* „ 70 Harrow 30 40 Feed Oat .J »«rley 31 Fine 24 Ditto, lino mailing 3s 42 Poland 26 J?alt 62! Fine 29 64 6B Polato 31 Hog 1 ease 42 Fine 32 Pl.OUR, per Sack ol'280Ih. 34 Seconds 50». lo53j AVERAGE PRICE OF CORN, per Qr For lhe Week ending Sep. 21, 1840, and by which imnorlali„„ is regulated. H"rlaiIOn ''■I s. d. Wheat 65 4 Oats 28 7 Beans £ Barley .35 3 Rye 39 8 Pease!! !!« PRICE OF SEEDJT *• I'tnnip, Swedes, pu blish.—to— Clover Tl^ri >.t»s. Other sorts lo 18 Klemi.h Per50 60 Mustard, Brow is — NewHamh 40 u0 White 11 is Frencli "6it Canary per quarter 69 7S!Trefoi| Kye Grass 42 Caraway* 10 23 Tares.. New G0s. Old — 34 Coriander 50 52 PRICE OF LIOPS, in the Borollgh, per ewt. Kent Pockets.. 1839.. 7' 0/oS* 0 Kent Baes £. II. t'f. IS39.. 7 0108 BaI(3. IS3S.. IJ 6/oS 0 Ditto choice — 7 10 9 9 Choice u 8/08 0 liasl Kent Pockels 7 0 9 9 lS38's .Sussex ditto — ..0 0 7 0 J837's 4 15 6 0 „ PKIC1^TF_M7^VT.-SmmmKf „ 0" °, ° ° 8 There is a good sort of trade this mornina for l they are making rather an improved figure fr!J, 1 ,eas,s> an(l not objecting to 4s. 6d., but far the fZhdZlh b"'Jers heavy, there being a great many of that nualit ""J market is ponding demand. In sheep there is not a brittV ? c«rres- sinets on the whole is steady, and choice kind, lS*">S" bu- terms of 4s. 10< Of Downs, however the numhT 'r last though there are some others of a nice sort C„i,, ls',ery limited, are as many as are required, and 5s 2d. is all thf„ °'e J V'1 ">er« have gone back a trijle, the delicate not exceeding 4s?10d° l''9S To sink the olfal_Per Slbs Beef 3s. 4d. 10 4s. 61. Veal '•>, Mutton 3s. 8d. to 4s. lOd. Pork o," al' !° 5s- 0<1- !«•«* 4s. 6d. "to 5S '05s- M- Head of Cattle this day. Beasts, 3,047; Sheep, 30,531); Calves, 1AQ- l>,„, 4n^ Head of Cattle Oil Friday. Beasts, 662; Sheep, 8<jtl0 Calves, 344' Pigs, 327, NKWGATB and LKAIIKNHAII n„ .1 n Beef. 3s. 2d. ,0 4s. 2.1. VeM °y C"r?T* a Million 3s. 4d. lo 4s. 4d. Pork 1!' SH r*' H'1' 4sk*Wto^. 4d". °"* PRICE^OF TALLOW AND SOAP, per Cut Town Tallow 53 6 Melted Sl.,ir 3H *0 C.ml diito 64*' Yellow Russia o2 o Ditto Hongli 2(5 o Palm Ditto Soap 54 n Yellow S-.ap (1 Greave's"14 o White ditto.. — 0 Mottled ditto,. 58 o Dregs 5 JJ PRrCE 0F IRON'. £ .~s~d £ T British Bara, Staffordshire 0 0' to 8 V 0* Pi.s, Staffordshire" I! l". 0 2 !o 'n Wel*h » 0 0 to 5 0 O 0 0 lo 0 0 0 BRISTOL PRICE CURRENT.-Oct 2 We anticipation of an advance iniliteed a few buyers to come for- waid in the early part of he weekend rather more business was thi cmisequence; but as the London advices, '.hough firm, have not re- ahsed such expectation the disposition to purchase has snbsuled. The confidence oj the merchants compels full prices f„r everything that is taken, and as the deficiency in the storks is rather increasbu, there seems no rational probability oj „nxj present decline.. SUUAH. ». I'OKI'KB. s M use. very Brow n (per c.) —to— Fine ditt.I IV>II"« |)r, Urown .80 81 Very line M iddling 82 86 RUM. s.d„j t*ood middlings 87 88 Jamaica fper gal.) ..5 0 6 ft Good and tine.88 89 Leeward Isle 3340 Molasses .).}— ).OG\V()(H). ps. L. Jamaica (per ton.; 9oio COl'h'lit:. St. Domingo .12 0 13 ty Jamaica, triage (per cwl.) 80 90 Cainpeachy 14 0 15 y Ordinary 92 1011 Fustic, Jamaica .8 0 9 0 (ioort <iitio 102 (Mi Cuba .12 0 13 a '• me ditto 108 112 0 Middling IIS 120 Gallipoli (per tun) 55 0 56 0 °d dillo 130 141 Sicily 52 0 53 0 Average Pne.e of Brown Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending 56s. 9d. per cwt. PRICE OF LEATHER. lb- ll>. d. d. lb. lb. d. A. <rop Hides 30f»35..II/ol2.J 'Jerman Horse Hides ..13/olfJ Dillo dilto 40 48.. la 14 Horse Hints 9 11 Ditto ditto SO 60.. 15 in Calf Skin*. BestP.5fi 64..26 28 Foreign Hides 30 3.j..l2 '3.0 Diito(foiiuiionj.. ti.'i 70..25 27 M iddlings .12 13 Dilto ditto 80 100.0 21 Uutts, English I(i 20..I t 15 Ditto dillo 10l> 120.. is 28 Dilto ditto 24 26.. 1.5 lo Dillo ditto 30 36..12 15 Ditto ditto 2S 30.. Ili 17 Irish Skins .|3 Dilto d itto (extra) 34 3I..I7 19 Welsh .Skins 31 40.. 14 |H Ditto, Foreign Hi 20..14 15 Ditto ditto 40 ,7 Ditto ditto 22 25..14i 154 Ditto ditto .45 ,g Ditto ditto M8 30..15 16 Dillo (into .27 Ditto dillo (exlra)34 36..IB 17 £ ips, Knglish and WeM, '5 17 B. Saddlers'Hides 37 40..I44 I5i Dillo, I ti rsburgli (j 8 ) j* Common <1 it 35 40..13 N4 [ o d„lo J » Shaved Hides f 6 thtlo lEast £ Mine <1nto 20 Small "17 iq Common ditto 27 34. •11 'Middling "14 10 Welsh Hides ->14 Jf-i Kasils "nS Kail dillo -• ..10 11 *Hon|<|ers p ..nil l-.nglish Horse Hides ..13 16 p„,V B'nh ..9 11 Welsh ditto.. IS Bellies i„Ji ? 11 Spanish ditto .12 15 Din,, p" 1 7 a IJo. without Butts, 12s. to Itis. 6d. ea. elSn 6^ 8 WILLIAM COURTENAY"mURrav* Al 58. VV! \'o s AN° 1,AVID REES' T" "IT, S W AMSR». SATURDAY, OCTOBEBTIO, 1840.