The Cambrian

THfi BIRTH OF THE YOUNG PRINCE. TuXB —"G«o<f Old O'qs of Allam anil Eve." By JAMES BETUTON, author of Happy Land." The following wis written extempore, and by the author at the Stationers' Comwiiy'" tinner on Lord Mayor's Day, under the di- rection of Mr. G. Stansfou ry. j Attention to a new-made dittv, Which does nat boast of beiiig witty, Maie in th- hu) no of t!i" mcunent, And while the brains were ia a foment. Mercy, therefore, is requested, For n thing so in digested; Forgive the bad in the feeling loyal That prompts a song on ths young Prince Royal! Sir: hev sing ho and let's be loyal, Hail the birth of the vonng Prince Royal. The Prince was born the ninth November, Eighteen forty one—remember He chose that day to be born, the deary, Out of compliment to Lord -'favor Pirie But this event had been expected- That a Prince would come some had detected For tliL- post office had it fall to view, sir, Some davs before A mail is due, sir Sing hey sing ho &c. Tolled every bell from every steeple, Fired everv gun to rouse the people The Tower, too, would have join'd the roar, sir, But that had tired some davs before, sir Couriers thev to all parts wing d 'em, To spread the tidings o'er the kingdom Next morn 'twas seen by all the gapers That her Majesty's Heir was in the papers Sing hey! sing ho &c. For some days past, to please the jewel, Nurses were husy making gruel. Or stir-about to please the Queen, sir, And such a stir about was never seen, sir! Custards too, so nice and tasty, Hastv pudding and pudding hasty Of caudle too, they'd not bereave him, Because they'd cordially receive him Sing hey sing ho &c. A baronet, oh who'll be now, sir ? Rather doubtful 'tis I vow sir; I wouldn't wish to be a talker, But I should say unto Johnson, Walker!" But if to Johnson it is given, Pirie's heart need not be riven In the same luck they'll be each a brother, For the Queen ere a year will have another. Sing hey sing ho &c. News like this can never doom me, Though November, to feel gloomy Thai mouth can nev-r dullness wear, sir, That brings us such a son and heir, sir. A soldier the Prince will be, I vow, sir, For isn't he one of cue infantry now, sir; I'm certain sure he'll join the wars, sirs, Though he's his father's boy he's a son of Ma's, sirs Sing hey sing ho &cc oft"qw-" i———l—

DRUIDIC EISTEDDFOD. To the EDITOR of The CA MBRIAN. SIR,—Surely the b-ittle between the survivor of the Iloratii and the three Curatii must have been mere child's play compared to the paper war befween the three doughty champions Cantab, the Reporter, and Crito, with the ogre" Iago — rour verv hnnih'e servant-which has for some time past been carried on in tli- columns of your paper. There is something exceeding mystical in the six-lined note of the Reporter. As far as I can comprehend its drift, it seems that he denies having made a mistake in reporting Mr. Jenkins's speech. I stated in a former letter that lie had done so, nor does the manner in which be, has met the charge, irt :ny mind, re- move the onus from his shoa'ders, of having misled a portion of the pnb'ic, as it has Cantab. But, Sir, the force of the joke con- sists in the fact, that a letter from Mr, Jenkins, in the Cambrian of the week before the insertion of mv communication, cleaMy shows that "The Reporter" has committed a blunder. This, however, f for one would have excused, had he received the very civil notice thereof in a proper spirit as a servant of the public he should have known his doty better, and ho should further re- member that an apoiogv, rather than a flippant affectation of contempt, would more become one standing in the predicament be-cioes before the public. And now for the redoubtable" CrilO" This literarv quixote can scarcely claim to be noticed. I am induced from the vein of soreness which runs throagh his epistle, more especially in his defence of the report, to believe that Crito must have had a hand in concocting the delectable article -perhaps be, with spectacles on nose, leant over the shoulder of the knight of the goose quill when tie co:,ied the quotations from his note hook, and strung them together as so many beads- without being at all particuldr whether they were pat right or wrong. 0 Crito! Crito! your logic is something like your defence, very ve, y weak; yon at- tempted to prove every thing assertion, and have proved most fullv that assertion is your forte. I am almost ashamed, Mr Editor, to waste your valuable space on this unworthy subject, but there is one thing I must notice, and then farewell to Crito. He asserts that I contradict my own statements, and selects a passage from each of mv letters, and draws a conclusion which he nnwittingly states to be paltry shuffling," in which version I most heartily agree bnt Crito has been guilty of a gross viola- tion of justice in this attempt. I asserted that Mr. Jenkins did not make YV" of the words stated, nor anything to that effect," viz., That the ONLY wav to introduce the English language into Wales was bv the medium of commerce," &c. However in- genious Crito mav be with his pliable logic, I think he will find some difficulty- in proving the identity of the two passages, as there is a manifest difference between ONE of the ways" and the ONLY way." He labours bard todefend his pet report ( we must consider it bis own, or his adopted at least), by stating that Mr. Jenkins should have objected to it sooaar, that is to say, at the time of its appearance this is rather bold, but I would ask, is he quite pertain that the above-named gentleman did not object to it? Thereby hangs a tale, which Reporter shall bave for the were asking for my own part, I had not read the report, having been present at the Eisteddfod both days. So, most sapient Crito, eood niirlit. eood niirlit. And now, Mr. Editor, I must make short work of our poor patient Cantab, who labours tiiider that intolerable disease the cacoethes scribmdi. Verily, his writings contaitseth an infinite deal of nothing, his reasoning may be likened unto two grains of wheat in two bushe's of chaff—we may search for them all day and not find them, and if found, are not worth the having." r have read Cantab's letter carefully, as I have his former epistles f have sifted them diligently, thinking, perchance, that even some pearl might be found in the rubbish -that some uselul matter might be found -that beneath a lively sallv some serious moral might be discovered, but alas I found none. I am driven to the conclusion that, if a Cantab, he is some half incubated parson, w bo, despairing of distinguishing himself in an honourable way, is determined on gaining notoriety at any price perhaps he has been an nnsuccessful competitor at some Eisteddfod, which mar afford a cine to a source of the rabid disease which seems to affect him annually. There are some things on which I think in common with Cantab — the policy pursued by many ofthe Eistedd- fodau, to wit-the offering of prizes far absurd subjects, deroid alike of public interest and public IItlllty-the waste of time, energy, and monev, in idle ceremonies and senseless parade bat, on the other hand, when I see an important feature appear- ing even amid a vast heap of absurdity, I hesitate, as I think every lover of his species ought to do, before I would destroy a superstructure which mav be directed to useful and important purposes. and more especially when the welfare of my country- men and Hen Gymry are involved, and such a feature has pre- sented itself in the Druidic Eisteddfod, which Cantab has so sedulously endeavoured to heap with obloquv and discredit. I am not the champion of the Druidic Eisteddfod or Society, I am not their mouthpiece, nor am I a Druid, as Cantab seems to tbi iik I never put Oil flowing robes, indeed so great is my aver- sion to such absurd imitation of barbarous customs that I oppose it wherever it is met with, whether in the classic shadps of an University. or the more vulgar atmosphere of a Town Hall on the occasion of an Eisieddlod, where the goatish beard is superadded —t»erh,;ps assumed as much to hide the countenance of some laughter-loving Druid at the absurdity of his holiday costame- as the double dose of gravity into the face of some Church digni- tary, or the pompous style of a Cantab, to cover some defect of heart or head which would vainly be sought for in the character I of the humhler masquerader. Cantab aff els a great deal of contempt for cobblers, aud uses some extraordinary logic on the subject in his last. Now, as I am liftt a cobbler, any more than a Druid, it is unnecessary that I .should defend them but this 1 may observe, that from 1he very homh.'er ranks of society have risen individuals far more es- timable for their character, and more famed for erudition than Cantab can ever hope to be, unless he employs his time to better •purpose than he has vet done. The vein of contempt which runs through Cantab's communications for anything in the form of cheap and pOl/ular education, at once stamps his character as one of those tyrannical spirits such as we conceive were the monks of the dark ages—men who would swav the iron sceptre over an onenli^hieiied and degraded worfd-who would acquire knowledge as the miser would the glittering; store for the meanest of all purposes. His contemptuous allusion to the Penny Cyclopaedia is not well merited, especially from one who I firmh helieve is iDdehte.1 to that publication for his ideas on the origin of lan- guages— thon-h he had not even the nitto give a summary of the same without committing a blunder, or the honesty to acknowledge the source of his information. Whal'sa' yonr j,tr;oll 0' yuur schools, "Your Initio names for homs and slools, If honest nature made Y041 fools. What sails vour grammars! better ta". up spades and shoots, Or knappin'-hanmieis. A set 0' dolt conceiterl \1a.h. Clllltllse Iheir brains in college classes! Their gang in stirks, and coine out asses, Plain trull) to speak And syne they 11I1nl< 10 climb Parnassus By dint o' Gieek." Did I expect co iiinoti courtesy from Cantab I should have been disappointed it is of little consequence to lago Goch whether Cantab" thinks him honest or not. T have only to repeat that I knew no: of lilt JJeporler's mistake, nor did I seek it until Cant ti) pointed it out. I acknowledged his rizlil to argue from the report, absolved him from consequent iraputatiou, and there. I hnmbly conceive, the matter should hare ended. Can'al, is not satisfied with the list I have referred him to of thert-n) uns of the antient literature of our country. I think it fair tocoiupare the literature of surroun ling nations of the same dates, and then draw a conclusion as to their respective merits. I beg to rep, at mi <)tf iOiott th.tt the laws, the literature, and the music of the ansieni Ijiiiish, arguing from analogy as above stated, mast hu e exerci eil an important influence on the same depart- ments amooi the European nations. Cantab professes himself not satisfied, hill as Holier hath it- A man convinced against his will, Is of the same opinion still." So that i' would he oseles to contend with him. In taking leave of him, I would seriously recommend him, should he ever again appear in discussion hetore the public, to conduct himself with a tilt in re propriety, to be less dictatorial, less flippant, to he a. 1, contradiction, to keep his temper, and not fall into such a whirlwind of passion as in his last,-and lose both his dignity as a philosopher, and his manners as one who has Teceived a gentlemanly education"—by heaping on his opponent such a mass of absurd invective and ungentlemanlv abuse, such as is neither creditable to his cause nor reputable to himself. In conclusion, Mr. Editor, I have to thank you for that spirit of liberality which you have evinced in lending the columns of your paper on the present, and in feed on every other occasion, for the pupo.se of open discussion, and w liate-ver your opinion may be o< his letters, believe that yon have a very obedient aervanllO IAGO GOCH. Swansea, Nov. 8th, 184L I To the EDITOR of The CA M B RIA N. Swansea, 9tb November, 1841. SIR,—As onr Municipal Elections are now ended for the season, may we not hope a little more activity will be shown by those gentlemen in the discharge of their various duties; certainly none of which require a more early attention than that of the Paving and Cleansing Commission. I have noticed much fault has been found with gentlemen, for their laxity of attendance at these meetings, but perhaps their absense may be attributed to a high sense of feeling; for it is reallv ludicrous to read the reports of these meetings, and to fancv the time thus wasted bv its mem- bers in gravely arguing, whether the Board can or cannot pay a poor devil of a creditor a few shillings for work done, and due to him or whether they shall sign, or not sign, a checque for 31. or 41, due to another poor creditor, under his promising not to pre- sent the cheque. Really, Mr. Editor, some excuse may be pleaded for non- attendance under such a system; but then, instead of staying away, or perhaps only attending when it suits iheir convenience, or when, perhaps (for the sake of a little paper vanity), thev come ,lp for the opportunity of declaring thev cannot agree to anyaddi- tional tax being levied on the peoiile. Would it not be more consistent with their duty to attend, and attempt in a straight-forward way to remedy the evil, bv fairly levying the rate, and laying the burthen on the right shoulders. I notice some of the Commissioners (no doubt with the best motives) wish to induce the town to allow a voluntary rate to be levied for three or four vears, for the purpose of stopping the present gap but, sir, I for one would object to such a rate During the period I have lived in this town, I have fairly and honourably paid all my rates, therefore why should I, and others thus situated, agree to pay extra rates, simply to m'lke good a deficiency, caused by others not paving a-iy rate whatever. I am told, and I believe the present rate would be amply suffi- cient, and more than sufficient, if properly and equitably levied, to show whicii I wish, llr. Editor, IIOlt, m some of your numerous inform ns nearly the number of houses rated, the occupiers of which have not paid the last two rates, and more especially the number of housei iclii,\i are not rated at all. Many charitable gentlemen are led to believe it would he hard upon those poor occupiers to enforce the late upon them, and so it undoubtedly would if they had to pav it; but what is the con- sequence of the present system ? It is not the poor occupier that is benefitted, but the whole of the rates thus lost to the town goes into the pocket of the landlord. For instance, if a farm is tithe- free, will not the tenant pav a higher rent to his landlord, because he has no tirhe to pay. So it is with those houses they being excused from paying taxes, the landlord enforces and receives a much higher rent. What induces men to build and own those small houses, in preference to others of a better class? Simply because they obtain an exorbitant rate of interest for the outlay in such buildings. If a house with us is not valued at 51. per annum, it is not deemed rateable, the consequence is, the owner, with the view of keeping it unrated, endeavours to mislead the assessor, and the tenant is persuaded to join in the deception. These houses, although re,illy paying 8/. or 91 per annum, remain un- rated, and the town deprived of its just due. Consequently, the very description of buildings which harbour and produce the burthen on the parish (the poor), becomes wholly exempt from bearing any share in the expenses incurred by the infliction of such burthens, thus enabling the owners to exact exorbitant rents, which they collect weekly, monthly, or quarterly, procuring in 'he aggregate large annual incomes, and, as before stated, wholly exonerated from bearing or sustaining any share of this burthen- a burthen attached to all property from whence income is derived, and which does in every other case really so attaches, and which injustice should more especially be applied to property of this particular description. Now, Mr. Editor, it is high time the fault of the system should be remedied, and it is easily done, if those gentlemen of the Council will fairly and independently perform their duty but it also behoves us, the rate-paners of the town, who are the aggrieved party, to aid and assist them in so doing. The remedy can only be obtained by a new Act such a one as has been found, of late years, absolutely necessary for every large and increasing town to obtain, whereby premises of every description are made rateable, and all houses or tenements under a certain value, say 10/. per annum, or let to weekly or monthly tenants, to be rl/led and charge- able to the landlo>d or owner. Thus the poor occupier avoids altogether coming in contact with the tax-gatherer, and thus all and every property bears its fair share of the public burthen. No disinterested party can say this is not a fair view of the thing. Nevertheless, we may readily believe that the gentlemen of the Council (if not supported by the parties whose interest it is to see justice done) will find some ditBculty in carrying the plan into effect, although it is (as I before stated) the mode now universally adopted through the kingdom. Perhaps the best method of obtaining the public opinion on this subject, would be by a public meeting of the rate-payers of the town, and that the proof of the party attending, and being one of right to vote at that meeting, should depend upon the production of his receipts for the last two rates. This would prevent the good intentions of the meeting from being swamped by parties who are deeply interested (however unfair it may be) in wishing things to remain as they are; and no doubt if the proper authorities should be empowered to apply for a new Act, they would avail themselves of the opportunity to in- troduce a clause to enable them to apply the same mode of taxa- tion to the poor-rate, and all sucb other rates as may from time to time be leviable within the district. I am, sir, your obedient servant, A RATE-PAYER.

AN EXTRAORDINARY CASE. The following narrative, relating to Joshua New- burn, who has recently returned to this country, after having been captured by the natives of New Zealand, and after having served for nearly nine years and a half under the chiefs of various tribes, during which period he underwent the cruel torture of tattooing, is antheuiic, and may be de- fended upon. There is someting so truly extraordinary in the historv of this young man's life, during his nine years and a half's residence in the interior of the island of New Zealand, that a few observations relating to him cannot fail to prove extremely interesting. Joshua Newborn is the eldest son of the late Mr. John Henry Newburn, for many years a freeman of the Worship- ful Company of Goldsmiths, in the City of London, and was born in the parish of Sl. Luke on the 27th of March, 1817. His family are still living in that parish in respectable cir- enmstances. He received a plain education at an Hoxton academy (Gloucester House), under a Mr. Pearce, and was afterwards apprenticed to a gas fitter in the city but his inclinations being seaward, his father caused his indentures to be cancelled, and on the 27th of February, 1832, he was articled for the term of three years to a Captain Plant, master of a whaler bound to the South Seas, named the Marquis of Lansdowne. After a voyage of three months and tit'teen days from the date of leaving Portsmouth, the ship reached the Bay of Islands on the New Zealand coast, where she brought up, and young Newburn, who was then but fifteen years of age, having suffered much sickness on board, obtained leave to go ashore to seek medical advice. As there were several cauoes manned with natives around the ship, trading with the crew, Newburn took the advan. tage of bargaining with a rungaleree, or lead boatman, to take him ashore but after they had left the ship, instead of the men rowing into the month of the harbour to the English settlements, they made away for a sandy beach at some distance off, and, having dragged him on shore, they stripped him quite naked, beating him at the same time with their paddles, till they left him insensible; they then took to the canoe and made off. As soon as he had partially recovered from the effects of their violence, he wandered about the island in quest of a human habitation, desirous, if possible, of alighting upon some white man. This he con- tinued to do for two days and nights, making the best of his way tbroujrh forests of fern, breast high, which (he being quite bereft of clothing), shockingly chafed and lacerated his body. On the third morning, as he sat under a tree famished with hunger, and exhausted with fatigue, he was perceived by two native youths, the sons of a chief living hard fly, who, pitying his condition, conducted him to the hut of their father, who was lyin^ sick upon a mat. Seeing that he (Newburn) was destitute of clothing, he furnished him with an ol 1 pair of canvass trousers and a tattered shirt, and having afforded him such refreshment as his circum- stances would admit of, he sent him to a neighbouring chief, who, lie said, would use him well. To follow the life and adventures of this young man from that period up to the time of his quitting the country for England; to detail the chequered circumstances he met with during the nine years and upwards he served with various tribes of the island; to depict the scenes lie wit. nessed, the imminent perils he encountered, the severe, almost incredible hardships he endured, the dreadful priva- tions he underwent, and the miraculous escapes he experi- enced, would occupy the space of a large volume. He is now in London, and although he speaks his native language correctlv, yet it is with difficulty that he at times can find words wherewith to express his ideas. His body is cica- trized in many places from the wounds he has from time to time received from the spears and knives of the natives whilst he was engaged under different chiefs, contending with militant tribes; and his face has undergone the horri- ble operation of tattooing, which gives him the appearance of a New Zealand Chief. Althongh he is now only in his 25th year, from the acute sufferings he has undergone (having been at one period exposed for fourteen months in the bush), he appears considerably older, and his constitu- tion has been so severly shattered, that it is quite impossible that he could have subsisted another vear had he remained on the island. He speaks the New Zealand language with the utmost fluency, and became ultimately so thoroughly initiated into the ways, habits, and manneis of the natives, that they identified him with themselves, and styled him by a term of distinction "Mootooah," which means "tat- tooed spirit." In describing the scenes he witnessed amon" the tribes he is exceedingly simple and imparts what infor' mation may be sought of him in a very clear and artless manner. He states that the first instance of human butchery he witnessed in the island was shortly after his arrival. A canoe landed a crew of natives whilst he was standing on the beach near a pah, or village, named Korozaika; he perceived two females among them, who were particularly good looking; among them was a very powerfully made man, who held a tomahawk in his hand, and who followed close upon the heels of the women as they proceeded on the beach, when he suddenly stepped before them and with one blow with his weapon nearly severed one female's head from her body; he then performed the same tragical opera- tion upon the other female, and teft them weltering in their blood upon the beach. As soon as he had sufficiently col- lected himself he ran home to the pah, appalled at what he had seen, and communicated, as well as he could, the cir- cumstances to his chief, fearing that himself and his tribe might be beset by the party. Upon inquiry, however, it was discovered that the women were the slaves of a neigh- bouring chief, who had given his command that they should be tomahawked out of his own settlement for their disobey- ing his orders with regard to his children. He, moreover, states that some time afterwards, when he was at a pah called" W arakaika," he bote witness to one of the most re- volting acts of butchery that it could be destined for the human eye to behold. The chief of the tribe under which he served had waged war with the chief of another tribe located in a pah a short distance off them. They sallied forth just before day-break, armed with muskets, spears, and tomahawks (for the natives, he says, when they want to surprise an enemy, consider this the most seasonable time, entertaining an idea that sleep lays its hand more heavily upon the slumberer at that particular period than any other that is appropriated to repose); and the chief having fired off his musket on their arrival at the pah, as a signal for the commencement of hostilities, they all began the war dance, which was kept up for about two minutes, when they fired their muskets into the mat-honses of the enemy, and then took to their spears and tomahawks, and after a desperate s trnggle the pah surrendered, and the tribe were made prisoners and bound. Then the chief of the tribe went round to each prisoner and despatched the whole of them, one after another, by striking them on the head with his tomahawk. He, moreover, adds that there were among the number of the captives one chief of high rank, as also a seer or diviner, and a noted warrior, who were all three seated upon a rush mat by themselves. The chief of his tribe advanced towards them, and with his tomahawk tapped their several heads and drank the blood as it ran from them. Another man of his tribe took out the eyes of the wretched victims and ate them raw, life not being out of the former. They finally cut off their limbs and quartered them, ready for the oven. But the most dreadful feature in this act of massacre was that of a man and a woman bound together, the former being the son of the opulent chief of the pah, the latter his wife, who held a child, about nine months old, in her arms. This young warrior had murdered with his own hand, several of the tribe to which he (Newburn) belonged; and having dragged the woman, after having untied her from her hus- band, into an adjoining compartment, and after having com- mitted the grossest acts of violence upon her, they tore the infant from her protection, and taking it up by the legs bat- tered its head against the sides of the hot. As to the nn- fortunate husband, they cut slices of flesh from his body, and, thrusting the same into his month, asked him if it was good, and tasted well." He stopped in this place for two days with his tribe, during which time they were employed in cooking their enemies, in such a manner as to keep them for some length of time. This process is performed by first cutting a«ay all the flesh from the bones, and separating the lean from the fat; the fat is fried in earthen vessels to yield a lard the lean is baked in the oven. The latter is then put into calabashes, and the fat poured over it; by this means the meat will keep sound for upwards of 12 months.

POLITICAL OPINIONS In an article suggested by the auspicious birth of the young Prince of Wales, the Herald observes—" Why should not her Majesty commemorate to the lates' posterity of her own Royal house, and of her people, the birth of this Prince, by instituting, in honour of what may be termed his heredi- tary princedom, an Order of Saint David ?" It would be competent, too, to her Majesty, by a generous extension of the scheme of its appropriation, to render it at once a mere diffusive distinction-such as appears to be demanded by the enormously-increased aggregate of the nations (not to say it vauntfnlly) who own her sway, as compared with those which the British Crown could reckon at the oiiginal institution of any of the four existing orders and an ob- ject of emulation to which all might be entitled to aspire who should approve themselves competent to render dis- tinguished services to their country, whether in military or in civil service; in the ranks of diplomacy and statesman- ship, or the extension of the sciences; in the much of me. chanical inventions adapted to the improvement of naviga- tion, manufactures, and commerce, or the progress of mari- time discovery, and geographical research, or in processes eminently aiding the advancement of agriculture and hus- bandly."— If Englaird has her Order of St. George Ireland, of St. Patrick; and Scotland, of St. Andrew, we do not see why, on a principle of fair play, Waels should not have her Order of St. David. The Herald's suggestion is an ex- cellent one, and we should be glad to see it acted upon. The Times has a tending- article on the subject of Capt. Elliot's appointment to the Consulate at Texas, the immediate cancelling of which it strongly recommends, ob- serving:—" By the universal acknowledgment of the entire British press, irrespective of party differences on ot her points, Captain Elliot's conduct in China is almost without a parallel in the an als of official incapacity. The discarded officer (discarded by the very Whigs who had appointed him) comes home among ns with the advantage of being thoroughly known as a tried man. If any retiring fruit- seller were now proposing to intrust him with the manage- ment of a respectable apple-stall, the suggestion, as far as concerns the judiciousness requisite for such an oneious occupation would be scouted by the humblest street-hawker in the kingdom. Yet this is the very same gentleman upon whom the incompetent Whigs, after having been neces- sitated to condemn his proceedings in China, thought fit, among their latest Ministerial acts, to confer the appoint- ment of British Consul at Texas, with a salary of 20001. a year. Considering that Elliot's notorious mismanagement had compelled them to supersede him, by the appointment of Sir Henry Pottinger, the venality of again employing him in the public service, would deserve to be unsparingly reprobrated."—This Texas appointment certainly confers little honour on the Whig Ministry, and should, as the Times reprobrated."—This Texas appointment certainly confers little honour on the Whig Ministry, and should, as the Times suggests, be cancelled as soon as possible, and the situation conferred on some one who, with a knowledge of the coun- try and its present political and commercial relations, com- bines promptitude, energy, and foresight. The Morning Chronicle makes the following remarks on the subject of the gradual encroachments of Pnseyism on the Church discipline:—"The fear of losing power is always a sufficient stimulus to action; and the fear of losing power has thrown tip Pnseyism on the surface of English society. But when there is an aggressive energy in a religious move- ment, we may give it credit for possessing a certain amount of faith. Pnseyism is at once active and aggressive. Di- rectly and indirectly it is animating the hitherto inert mass of English ecctesiastieal forms. It looks abroad as well as at home. Jerusalem is not too distant for its care, nor Scotland too near."—The spirit of Pnseyism is nothing more than an attempt on the part of some of the more active and intolerant members of the Church to renew their old dominion over men's minds in all its pristine severity. It is an effort to revive the haughty dogmatism of Latid-tiiit great stickler for the ceremonial forms of religion-modified, however, in accordance with the changed character of the times. That it will never succeed to the measured "f its ambitious desires, may be predicted with tolerable confi- dence, but, meantime, it may do mnch mischief, by unset- tling the minds of the credulous and the unreflecting. The Advertiser says:—"It is of the essence of Puseyism to repudiate the right of any man to think or act for himself. It demands the surrender of his private judg- ment, and the independence of his action, to the teachings and injunctions of the Church. Men are to be mere ma- chines—passive agents, equally in civil and religious matters. Hear the Church,' is the sum and substance of Pnseyism. It sets aside, with unceremonious hand, the Bible and the Constitution and would compel universal obedience to its despotic dicta. It usnrps anthority over the State and the Sovereign, and is prepared to trample on Monarchy itself, should it dare to oppose its designs."—This is strong lan- gnage, but nevertheless it is a just definition of Pnseyism and we defy any thinking man, who has read the Oxford Tracts with attention, not to come to the same conclusions as our Contemporary. Puseyism, however it may deny the imputation, is in essence neither more nor less than Cathol- icism. It tramples, equally with the Vatican, on the right of private judgment; passive obedience is the leading fea- ture of its creed; and he who adopts and does his best to promulgate this creed, has no right to remain longer within the pale of a Church which professes toleration, and as such virtually repudiates Pusevisin. Referring to the Rev. Mr. Sibthorp's recent conver- sion to Catholicism, the Times says For ourselves, we blame and regret the secession of Mr. Sibthorp, and we see no more reason to anticipate that the men against whom the censure of our Contemporaries is directed will follow him in this respect, than that they would imitate him in the sale of his church to a clergyman of views opposite to their own. Nor can we see any probable ground for mistrusting their consistent perseverance in the doctrine, which they have always taught, that Catholicity is to be found in the Church of England. That Church could not afford to lose either them or their principles; nor would thev gain any- thing, upon their own principles, by separating from her." That Puseyism is the first step to Catholicism has been acknowledged by others beside the Rev. Mr. Sibthorp; and such being the case, we still think, notwithstanding the hypothesis of the Times. that these zealots would olllY be acting consistently and conscientiously, by hauling down the false colours under which they are at present fighting, and following the example of Mr. Sibthorp, who professes to have been convinced and converted by their Tracis. The following is from the Post All intelligent persons know that the Oxford Tracts (with blemishes of various kinds which even their authors are not the men to deny) have had for their general object, not to favour Ro- manism, but to show to all whom it might concern, that they could have whatever support and consolation the Faith and practice of the Primitive Church could give them, without quitting the Church of England. Many had grown weary and faint under the burden of mere Protestantism, which is with regard to Church matters a formulary of non- belief, and therefore no support at all. They wanted a be- lief and a guidance other than that which their own fallible judgment gathered from the original documents. They weie going over to Rome, when the Tractarians stepped in to show them that the Primitive Church afforded all they wanted, and that the Church of England is the true deposi- tary of all that the Primitive Church had, without the ad- mixture of modern fancies and strange unedifying observ- ances, which have disfigured the simplicity of the Catholic faith in the Church of Rome."—That the Oxford Tracts have exhibited a decided, though not avowed tendency to. wards Catholicism, is put beyond a doubt by the recent conversion of the Rev. Mr. Sibthorp, who, after studying them attentively, and examining all their bearings, became convinced that they had a Catholic leaning, (and, as a ne- cessary consequence, boldly embraced Catholicism. The result of his impartial investigation satisfied him that Pusey- ism was the first step to Popery. The Herald says :—" The entire life of every man is but an education for for eternity the establishment alone of schools for youth is a mere palliative; national health can never be restored by such inefficient means. Books and lessons are excellent so far as they go, but unless more powerful agents are administered, their excellence has but a temporary effect. If we wish to bring about an improved state of things, we must amend the moral condition of the adult and the aged as well as instruct the young. So long as parents are vicious, discontented, and irreligious, it is in vain to expect to see children moral, satisfied, and Christian. A great want of the manufacturing districts are undoubtedly churches, to remind and invite the people of the worship of God but there is an equally serious want in the deficient supply of clergymen.Ir is not churches, nor clergymen, nor clerks, nor pew-openers, that the manufactuiing dis- tricts are in want of; their want is of a far more pressing and appalling character—they want bread J Of what use is it to build up a church for a starving population? To ex- hibit a sensitive uneasiness for the safety of their souls, when their bodies are ill a state of absolute inanition? Such a proposition is a cruel mockery—aye, the most cruel of all mockeries, because it wears the disguise of a kindly consideration. Build new churches if you please-for it is better to build them than new gaols or new barracks—but at least take care that the congregation shall be in a fit state to attend those churches. The spirit of meek, placid devo- tion can never exist in the bosoms of a ragged, starving population; and we have yet to learn that the act of listen- ing to the liturgy or a sermon, can stave off the cravings of hunger.

MISCELLANEOUS. FUNDING EXCHEQUER BILLS.—It was ascertained from inquiries made at the Treasury, that the whole amount of Exchequer Bills left in circulation by the funding is 19,500,0004., and that out of this amount 17.200.000t have been ascertained to be genuine. It is further stated, with regard to the funding, that about 2,800,000i. has been con- verted into Stock, and consequently that the utmost further amount which will be sent in, in Exchequer Bills, for the funding does not exceed 600,000i. THE NATIONAL DEBT.—George the Third came to the throne in 1760, and found the national debt 120 millions; he reigned fifty-nine years, and left the national debt 820 millions, 700 millions more than it was at his accession to the throne, increasing on the whole period about 36 thou- sand per day, nearly 28 pounds per minute. At the begin- ning of his reign the taxes amounted annually to six millions, at the ending sixty millions. STATE OF TRADE AT MANCHESTER.—There was little change in the market on Tuesday. Owing to the advance o' the season, and the non-arrival of a Hamburgh mail, the demand for yarn for the continent of Europe has consider- ably abated, but no material alteration has taken place in prices. Manufactured goods, with the exception of fustians, continue greatly depressed, and it is difficult to force sales without submitting to se, ions sacrifices. Some attempts have been making to bring about a more general agreement for limiting the hours of labour; but hitherto, we believe, without success.—Manchester Guardian. DUKE OF CORNWALL'S BALL.—Within the next fort- night, a "Duke of Cornwall's Ball," for the benefit of the poor, might be got up in every parish in England. The sum that might thus be easily raised, being devoted at once to the immediate relief of the most necessitous all over the kingdom, would of itself produce a manifest effect upon the poor generally, and unite all classes in rejoicing over an event for which all classes are grateful. We earnestly press this suggestion on the attention of our readers: three active minds in each parish, if united, could accomplish an object so desirable. This suggestion need not interfere with any such plan of permanent commemoration as is contemplated at Eton and elsewhere, by the appointment of Committees to consider the best means of celebrating the event.-Atlas. ASSESSED TAXES.—We understand that, although the Board of Stamps and Taxes are desirous of getting in the assessed taxes with more punctuality than they have hitherto been collected, and of preventing the retention of the money by the collectors, and are therefore giving up the suaviter in modo for tliefortiter in re, they are in some mea. sure doing only what has hitherto been neglected—that of giving notice to the parties in defanlt of their liability. Whether or not they will pursue their threat, by adopting measures more rigorous than heretofore ill enforcing pay" ment, remains to be seen; at all events, we hope there will be a discretion used, so that what may savour of oppression may be avoided at the same time we recommend those who have the means to do so, not to run the risk of the ten- der mercies of the authorises, but to pay their taxes. TIlE NIGElt EXPEDITION.— The Dadalus arrived at Liverpool on Wednesday, brings an account that the Ni«er expedition enteied the new branch of the Niger be- tween the 13th and loth of August, the Soudan leading. The expedition had, up to that date, lost nine hands by death.—Advices from Montevideo state that a commercial treaty has been cOl1"hlded between the Consular Govern- ment of the newly-styled Republic of Paraguay and the Province of Corrientes (the southern adjoining province, on the banks of the river Parana.)—" We sincerely hope (adds the writer) the British Government will not lose sight ot this important circumstance, but avail itself of the first op- portunity to acknowledge the independence of this exfen- sive an 1 wealthy dis rict of country, whose Rulers exhibit every disposition to develope its abundant resources il) the encouragement of free commercial intercourse." DESTRUCTION OF BAWDSEY CHURCH, SUFFOLK.— On Friday the 5th instant the Church of the village was burned to the ground. The accident was caused by two men going on the steeple wilh a turpentine ball, which they set on fire, and a part of the ball falling on the thatch of the Church it immediately ignited. All exertions to put out the flames were fruitless. The men were taken on the following day before R. N. Shawe, Esq., and Mr. Norton, and after unde going a long examination they were liberated upon condition that they would appear at the Sessions. THE FIRE AT THE TOWER.-Theinvestil1;ationinto the cause of this calamity still continues. It has been proved that the cause of the rapid progress of the fire was not merely attributable to the want of water in the tanks facing the Armoury, but also to the difficulty in removing the massive stone work covering the apertures communi- cating with them. The-e stones were upwards of a foot in thickness, and some of them had to be smashed by the fire- men before access could be got to any water whatever. It has also been ascertained from a source which is held to be an undoubted authority, that the cause of the entire de- struction of late of our great public buildings is attributable in a great measnre to their having no division in their roofs, so as to stop the draught of air, which is certain to take the file with it: and the roofs of these buildings are generally of such size and strength that it is a work of time to stop the communication otherwise than by means of gunpowder, the use of which in so crowded a city as London would be almost certain to cause a loss of human life. O DONNELL.—General O'Donnell, whom the recent disturbances in Spain has brought before the world, is de- scended from an ancient Irish family, of the county of Donegal in the province of Ulster. The O'Donnells lay a claim to a royal Milesian descent, and deduce their lineage from the common ancestor of the O'Nials, Earls of Tyrone (originally Kings of Ulster), and the O'Mealaghans, Kings of Meath. Turbulence seems to have been the leading characteristic of the O'Donnells, and desperate enterprise their delight. In Spain, retaining all the chivalry of their ancestors, they followed the military profession of their an- cestors, relying on it for an increase to their fame and when the British army landed in the Peninsula in 1807, four brothers held commission in the Spanish service—viz., Henry, Charles, Joseph, and Alexander. The present re- presentative of the O'Donnell family in Ireland is Sir Richard Annesley O'Donnell, Bart., of Newport House, county of Mayo, who succeeded to the title on the decease of his brother, Sir Hugh Moor O'Donnell, in 1828.-Irish paper. IjBItAINTREE CHURCH-RATE CASE.—In the Consistory Court on Wednesday last, the Queen's Advocate stated the facts connected with the Braintree Church-rate case, from which it appeared that the necessity for the repairs of the church having been admitted, the Churchwardens had called a Vestry meeting, when the paiishioners refused by a large majority to make a rate, and the Churchwardens and rate-payers, being a minority, forthwith made a rate of two shillings in the p mnd. The Learned Gentleman moved the Court to decree the parishioners of Braintree to be cited to appear, and show cause why the said rate, made on the 15th of July, in obedience to the monition of the Court pre- viously issued, should not be confirmed.—Dr. Lnshington, in giving judgement, said—"in this case there are these two points—suppose the decree to issue, and be returned, and there be no appearance, whether the confirmation would produce the effect of closing all objections to the rate; secondly, whether I can confirm the rate under the circum- stances. Now I am ready to confirm the rate instanter, and then you may sue for it and then will come the ques- tion, which must come sooner or later, whether a rate made by a minority is good or not. I shall confirm the rate without hesitation but I shall consider the whole question hereafter, for I entertain considerable doubt whether, hy issuing a decree at this time, I could include the whole body of the parishioners."—Tlie rate was confirmed. EMIGRATION TO AMERICA.—Tlie American line-of- packet ship Gladi ttor, Captain Thomas Britton. commander, left the St. Katherine's Dock on Thursday morning in tow of the General Steam Navigation Company's steamer the Royal Sovereign for New York, with fifty emigrants on board, who intend to set tie in the United States. There were forty in the steerage, principally small farmers, and ten chief cabin passengers. The Gladiator has taken out a large catgo of every description of British manufactured goods, and her freight is larger than any of the American liners which have sailed from London during the present year. The number of emig ants, however, is unusually small, the liners generally taking out about 220 passengers. The small number on this occasion is accounted for by the advanced period of the season. The Royal Sovereign was to tow the Gladiator to the Downs, and she will left Ports- mouth on Friday. The Gladiator is a fine ship of 700 tons burden, and made her last trip from New York to St. Katherine's Dock in sixteen days. SHIPWIIECK, AND LOSS OF LIFE—The Anna Maria, arrived from the Cape, has brought papers to the 12th of September. An accidental supply of labour had been thrown into the Cape market by the wreck of the Prince Rupert, emigrant ship in Tahl. Bay, which, as it was at- tended with suspicious circumstances, had furnished a mat- ter of investigation for the Magistrates.—The matter at- tending the loss of the ship has been the subject of very general discussion among the shipping interest hele. The main charge against the Captain is, that Monille Point, against which the vessel struck, was so much in the way of ships entering Table Bay that tlap Juliana another vessel, recently ran up n it in broad daylight; that the Commander of the Prince Rupert was then second mate of the Juliana; that he ought, therefore, to have been aware of the danger, and .should not have attempted to enter during the night, which it seems was the case. The fate of the passengers by the Prince Rupeit appears to have been a peculiarly hard one. There were about 100 passengers, consisting of gar- deners, carpenters, cabinet-makers, blacksmiths, and la- bourers, who had by the wreck of the vessel lost their pro- perty and were thus thrown destitute on the shores of a strange coun'ry, without the least prospect before them. The most melancholy pal t of the affair uill be found in the following extract from the South African Advertiser of the Hth of September" When the Prince Rupert struck, about fifteen minutes past nine o'clock, she was, on firing a gun, observed from 'the Bucephalus (Indiaman), at anchor about two miles from the point within the Bay and a boat, under the orders of the chief Officer, Mr. J. H. Merewether. put off to render assistance. Mr. Merewether succeeded dining the night in making three trips between the wreck and the Bucephalus, bringing off 30 of the people, besides others that he put on board the boats that were near him at different periods of the night. About five o'clock, fancying that some person still remained on board the Prince Rupert, Mr. Merewether proceeded to the wreck a fourth time, with a crew of seven men, the surgeon of the Prince Rupert, and a Mr. Frood, a passenger, whom he had previously brought on board the Bucephalus. When they came under the stern of the wreck a short sea broke over the boat and nearly fiiled it, and the succeeding wave upset her, and this gall nt and humane young Officer, with three of his crev and Mr. Frood, perished in the surf among the locks. It is impossible to express the grief which the untimely fate of this excellent young man has caused on board the Buce- phalus, where his talents, his many accomplishments, and his most noble and generous disposition, had made him the object of universal respect and affection. His body was found in the course of Sunday, and buried on Monday last being attended to the grave by a large number of the ioha* bitants of Cape Town." FALL OF A BELL AT Bow CHURCH, CHEAPSIDE.—On I Tuesday morning, about half-past eleven o'clock, the ringers at Bow Church, Cheapside, were alarmed, while ringing a merry peal, at a lond crash in the belfry, and, on looking up, j it was found that the gudgeon which supported the tenor bell had broken, and the immense beil, weighing three tons and three quarters, was observed resting on its e !ge ..gtinst a beam. The men, fearing the bell might fall on the floor of the belfry, hastily left the steeple, and the peal instaiiily ceased, to the astonishment of the inhabitants. Mr. Watts, the keeper of the steeple, having been informed ot the cir- cumstance, the bell was sufficiently supported liil .trrn><ire- inentsare made for irs being taken down. It appeared that the bell give way during fair ringing, and had if f?,!len on the floor, it would probably have found its way to lh? !)15C of the edifice. It is a singular fact that a precisely similar accident happened to the tenor of St. Sepulchre's, Snowhill, on the 9th of November, 1829, whi:e the civic processioa was passing along Ne.g.te-street, Alderman Kdly being then Lord Mayor. St. Sepulchre's tenor was biokeu to pieces, and afterwards recast. PUMPING IN THEQPREV'S BF.NCH.— \t UNION HRII on Wednesday Wi'ijam Joluisnn, Herk to Mr. Gi'lnm, so- licitor, of Symon d's Inn, applied for a warrant jurist seve- ral inmates of the Queen's Bench, for pump'ng" on him in that prison. The applicant stated, that on th piece Sing day he went to the prison for the purpose of exi-ou:i.ig a process against an individual ai. the suit of his (api.iicain's) employer. Applicant exhibited ihe writ to that individual, who refused to notice iI, and threatened him, at the same time seizing him by the collar and sh king him most -in. mercifully. Applicant resisted, un; his assailant thmst him down the stairs, calling out "hnrrah for the pnmo," hy which he soon collected a crowd, and applicant was draaued along to the large pump in the yaid. The person against whom he made the application then offered any sum of money to any person who would "pump" upon applicant, who was held by his assailant under the spout of the. pump while three men took the handle and pumped upon him with all their strength until he was drenched. He was then suffered to leave Ihe prison, glad to have escaped with whole bones. The applicant added, that the object of the present application was to obtain a warrant airainst the parties, in order to lodge a detainer against 'h"m, as he determined on preferring hills ot indictment ag dust them at the next Mirrey Sessions. Ihe Magis.iute granted the application. A CAIHOLIC LOi(D MAYOR—The last Catholic Lord Mayor of Dunlin was sir Thomas Hackett, in 168S. History has recorded him a rigriti biwot. Before him there was not one for 80 years. Thomas Lyons, Esq., a Roman Catholic was on Monday elected Mayor of Cork by the new town- council, a! a salary of 1,2001.-L-lmerick Chronicle. It may not be generally known, though it is a singular fact, tiiat the present Catholic Mayor of Cork is descended from the family of Hackett. Thus, after a struggle of over 150 years, are the Catholics of Ireland restored to their rights ill this identical family. It need not lie added that the record "rigid bigol" airainst Sir Tnoinas Hacked means nought else but "staunch Papist," a characteristic identifying the connection.—Cork Reporter. A RACE OF GIANTS.—There is now a person of the name of Scoff, a nurseryman, about three iniies noin Man- chester, and near the Independent College now building, who is one of six sons, now living, and whose united stature j is the exraordinaiy one of 38 feet, r six feet four inches on the aterage. The lowest in stature is six feet two inches and a half. The father of this race of giants, who was mar- ried when thirty-nine years of a;:e, his now living nine children, six sons and three daughters, two of the latter being very tail, whilst the other is by comparison Jiminu- tive. The n.other was only nineteen at the lime of her main ige, and she died about twelve months ago. LONGEVITY AND FECUNDITY EXTRAORDINARY.—The following array of faels, which wonl i have astonished Dr. Maltlms, and perhaps thrown him into a fit of the a:rue, are taken trom the note-book of a com mere id traveller, who obtained his infoimation from a most respectable quarter, during a recent visit to LancashireOld Peter M'Gee died at Whitehaven, in 1790, aged 108. His wives, eight in number, corresponded with ihe o Id years of his pilgrimage, and by these he had the extraordidary issue of fifty tliree sons and one daughter! My informant, Mr. Cooke, painter, Garstaiig, married a daughter of the thirty-third son, who was himself an old man when his youngest brother came into being, while his only sister, the last born, was of course still younger. Although her father wa" thiice married, Mr. Cooke's wife was the sixteenth child by the same mother. At the time of her birth, the father was 70 years of ..ge, and became sire to four more sons and daugeters, all of whom survived at the time of his death. The precise data I is not given, but even his span seems to have extended to I' 110 years. CURIOUS ROBBERY.—On Lord Mayor's Day, as the procession was p ssing the Mansion House, the thieves were, as might be expected, very busily employed. Amongst the persons robbed was a French gentleman. The way"in which the robbery was committed had a good deal of cool- ness and comedy about it. The gentleman had his watch, 10 which there was a guard, in one waistcoat pocket, and a purse containing 15 sovereigns in the other, anJ he kept his armM down so as to protect the property in both pockets. As he walked along a well-dressed person, who had noticed I him for some time, said to him, Oh, Sir, if YOII carry your arms in that way, you will have your pockets picked as sure as ever you were born." Ah," said the French gentleman, "Sare, I shall thank you let me know how 1 carry my arms." Why, this way to be sure," replied the polite adviser; and taking hold of one of the Frenchman's, raised it np, and, with amazing quickness, whipped out the purse, while the grateful foreigner passed along, saying, Sare, I thank you very much for showing me how nut to be robbed." The gentleman did not ascertain that he had lost anything till he had got into Wood-street, where he visited a family and meniioned the adventure p'etty nearly as it is stated above. The statement of this robbery at the Mansion House brought to mind an impudent robbery which was committed on Luri:!3re,Hill in the mayoralty of Alderman Thompson. Upon that occasion a little elderly dressy man, who had a diamond pin in his shirt, stood out of the crowd upon the steps of a hall door, and was enjoying the procession with great dignity. The spaikling gem in his shirt, however, soon attracted the attention of a gang of thieves, who went over to the place on which he stood, and held him by his arms, while one of the fraternity quietly took the pin out of the little fellow's shirt, and fixing it in his own, said, I say, old fellow, dont it look a precious sight better wheie it is now, el, 1" It was in vain the loser cried out. The gang drowned his voice by their vociferations; and, getting among the crowd, proceeded in their work without any interruption from him. DII it A DFUL STRUGGLE wITH A ROBBER.—Between J ten and eleven o'clock on the night of Tuesday, Mr. J. Dixon, of Raneforth, was returning from market in his gig On arriving at Felton-hill, he was accosted by a man dressed as a farmer, who asked if he would "give him a cast downward?" Mr. Dixon assented, and took the man into the gig. He proved an agreeable companion, and chatted away pleasantly on agricultural prospects, the markets, the Corn-laws, &c., on all of which topics he ap- peared to lie well conversant. On aniving at the cross road lead ng to Ranetorih, Mr. Dixon inquired which way the stranger was going, intimating that his (Mr. Dixon's) road lay to the right. The man replied that he was going to Hill wood, and that he would alight. Heaccordingty got out of the gig, and after wishing Mr. Dixou a good night walked off briskly along the main road. The man had scarcely proceeded twenty yards, when Mr. Dixon, in ad- justing the skirts ot his great coat, discovered that his pocket book, containing 1394. in bank-notes and checks was missing. Feeling confident that he had the pocket-book in his pos- session a short time previously, his suspicion fell on his ) -te companion, and he immediately drove after him, his person being still visible on the road. The man turned as the sound of the gig wheels reached his ears, and then running a short distance sprung over a gate into an adjoining field. Mr. Dixon reached the gate in a few moments, and springing from his gig rushed across Ihe field in pursuit. The fugitive gained the hedge at the opposite side of the enclosure, but the hedge being extremely high and thick set, he was baulked iu his attempts to break through it. Mr. Dixon came upon him, and a desparale strngjZle took place. Mr. Dixon demanded his pocket-book, when the fellow, with the ferocity of a bulldog, sprung at his throat, which he seized with an iron grasp; at the same instant giving Mr. Dixon several tremendous kicks, which brought him to the ground, the man falling heavily on him. However the shock of the fat) released his grasp on Mr. Dixon's throat,and that gentleman, who is a powerfully built and active man, ma- naged to raise himself on his knees. Before he could re- cover his feet, he received a severe blow over his left eye from a large stone, which, it is supposed, the fellow had picked up during the struggle, and was ag,.in knocked down, dragging the man along with him. At this juncture, the sound of approaching wheeis was heard on the road, and Mr. Dixon called out Murder several times, upon which the man struggled violently to release himself, striking Mr. Dixon several blows on the face and head with the stone, and at last succeeded in breaking away, jnst as two men came to \Jr. Dixon's assistance. The men who arrived thus opportunely commenced a pilI suit after the retreating robber, but he succeeded in effecting his escape. In making a search afiei the unfortunate gentleman's hat, which had fallen from his bead ir the struggle, one of the men, to the great surprise and joy of Mr. Dixon, picked up the missing pocket-book, which had doubtless dropped from the robber's possession during the conflict. Mr. Dixon's face and head are severely cut, and his legs dreadfully bruised from the kicks he recced but lie managed to drive to his own resi- dence, after having liberally lewarded the men whose timely aid probably saved him from b< ing robbed, if not murdered. — Doncaster Gazette. ——————— THE LOlw CHANCELLOR SEVEN HUNDRED YEARS SINCE.—The salaiy of the Lord Chancellor as fixed hy Henry the Fiht, amounted to five shillings per diem, and a livery of pi ovision. n A MEMBER OF THE M.P.il.S.—Some time ago the proprietor of an alaniode beef-shop in the City added after his name, over the shop window, the letters F.R.S," which caused many per-ous to suppose that he meant to in- sinuate thai he was a Fellow of the Royal Society. When asked, however, for an explanation, he said the letters meant famous for rich soup. This was something like the young Englishman, travelling in Fiance, who, with the view of keeping up what he called hisjcousequence, signed his name in the travellers' book, inset ting aftei it the letters "M.P.R.S." On being asked by a friend what the letters meant, he answeied, Member of the Paddinslon Readinsr Socitty. AN OBJECTION UPSET.— While some beautifully- made wheelbarrows were placed before the Prince Royal, one of the Persian noblemen (who always affected to des- pise European improvements) said, — "This is all very well, but it consumes a considerable time to empty these wheel- barrows." Sir James Sutherland said to him, "Indeed, Sir, it will not; and if you will only get into the wheel- barrow, I will show you it will not." The Prince insisted on making the experiment. Sir James trundled him away at a quick rate; and, approaching a muddy part of the square, he gave the wheelbarrow a cant, and to the great entertainment of the Prince and spectators, turned the Persian Khan into the mud.—Bridge's Mission to Persia. QUIDDITIES.— I prefer yonr room to vour com- pany, as Ihe rabbit said to the ferret when the latter paiif him a ftomicitiary visit. Vaunting ambition doth o'erleat> ,as the sp!der said to the fly when he hopped into the cobweb — We are very hospitable to strangers," as the traD said to the mouse when she put her head inside. Slaneh- of 'i1? |»l,e £ ent," as the chambermaid observed when- she was killing fleas.

t I BANKRUPTS from Friday's Gazette. To Surrender in Basinahail st eel HKNRY DCNCAIFE RUSHBCRY, money scrivener, Fitzroy-place, SouthwHrk-bridge-road, Nov. 19, Dec. 24. Alt. Bickley. Duke-street, St. James s. y' Wt! LIAM NASH, tea dealer, Budge-row, London, Nov. 23, I Dec, 24. Alt. Adamson, Ely-plane, Holborn. AUGUSTUS BOHTB^ tailor, Sackrille-street, Piecadillv, Nor. 24, Dec. 24. All. Pike, Old Burlington-street THOMAS WINTERBOIJRN, Tavern-keeper, Piccadilly, Nov. 21, Dec. 21. Alt. Cooknev, Lamb's Conduit-place !h:J\I! N AnR°Nf; furrier, Knowles-collrl, Doctors'-comrnons, Nov. 27, Dec. 24. Atts. Wood and Ellis, Corbet s-court, 0rncech u rcll -sl reet. RfCllARD GRIFFITIIS WELFORD. printer, Strand, Nov. 19. » rc. -4. All. Wilkinson, Abraham LFVY Bi-NSUSAN and JOSHUA BRANDON, merchants, albrook-buildings, Nov. 26, Dec. 24. Alls. Jones and Son cjze-lane. HRNRY CHAPMAN CA RTER, builder, Hammersmith, Nov. 23, Dec. 24. Att. Lonsdale, Temple-chambers, Fleet street. T<> Surrender in the Country. JOHN KIRKLEY MYKRS, victualler, Durham, Nov. 20, Dec. 24, at t.ie Bridge Hotel, Bishop Wearmouth. Alt. Wilson, Sun- (ierland. 'WILLIAM WALKER SALFORO, timber merchant, Stockport, Nov. JJ Dec. 24, at the Commissiuner.s'-rooms, Manchester. A-Is. Atkinson and Saunders, Manchester. Hetty FELL, bleacher, Sharpies, Lancashire, Dec. 1 and 24, at I'6,, V?" Bollo'i-le-Moors, Lancashire. Alt. Briggs, Ifo'tun-Ie-Moors. h WILLIAM WATON, jnn., coal merchant, Leamington Priors, w arw.ck, Nov. 22, Dec. 24, at the Lansdowne Hotel, Learning ton Priors. Alt. Cope, Leamington Priors. R!CI,ARD LOI;- A»D James LOE, bankers, Ati h'r°U- b PBCi" a"^ 1,1 l'le George Inn, Portsmouth. Atts. Cruickshank and Wakefield, Gosport. FOW-KES, hosier, Leicester, Nov. 24, Dec. 24, at the CastIe of Leicester, Leicester. Att. Lawton, Leicester. r\LPu WALKER, earthenware manufacturer, Newbold Moor, Derbyshire. Nov. 23, Dee. 24, at the Rutland Arms Inn. BakewelL Derbyshire. Atts. Lucas and Cutis, Chesterfield, W ILLIAM FELL and THOMAs FELL, provision dealers,Sharpies, Boiton, Lancashire, Dec. 1 and 24, at the Swan Inn, Bollon- Ie-Moors, Lancashire. Att. Hampson, Manchester. ECCLES SLOANE, woollen draper, York, Nov. 19,Dec.24. at the Guildhall, York. Att. Pearson, York. COPPER ORE MINKS. 2f aw?! RED^^A^sm^ 1841' Wh. Friendship .18 Vivian & s"„* Ditto. b4 Freeman *„,l Co., and Sims, Wi'llyanKS Ditto « Dit « vvf"!1'0 fi"! -nrt Co. 4 0 0 VVU. Irosper Vivian & Son, a o « Ditto. 43 Freeman, Hnric0. Fowev Cons. l«l Ditto „ Ditto 91 Ditto Ditto fi9 Ditto « Wh. St. Andrew 71 Vivian and Sons, p, Grenfell and SOliS, Dino -n IVitr p" Foslcr' an(l Co- 4 0 O J?1' 0 Wi",am., Foster, an<t Co.210 Ditto 53 Ditto 4 it n Ditto. 44 P. Grenfell and S*ons,'and Williams, foster, and Co. 4 Dim,"11" •' fv"ir VVil,Xams' Nevill, Druce,'iDd Co'. 7 6 6 Onto 81 Williams, hosier, and Co., t 4 n Ditto 30 Freenian and Co. Q n | Levant 65 Williams. Foster, and Co. g o « Ditto (J4 Pascoe, Grellfell, and SOli III 15 6 Dillo. 45 Freemall ano Co. 8 II 6 Ditt0 3.t p. Grenfell and Sons 5 i-> n nT,raS •• '-y ?J,ns' VV'll>»'"s,NeviLI,Druce, & Co.' 4 7 « P r '• 09 Orente 11 and Sons | Providence Mns. S4 Mines Royal Co. ft 9 rt Ke'is.lan 6-0 Williams, Foster, and Co. 6 8 0 JUU. e Vivian and Sons "jj a « WH. Busy 54 Freeman and Co. and Williams, Foster w^n.d n lll J 1,703 Average Pro(iii ce fine Copper, "6 ton, 6 cwt. 0 qr.- A:llotlnl of Sale, ;Clo,,Zli 8s. dH.—Average Standard, £ |-jS 1-fn. High Water in Swansea Harbour and at the Passages, FOR TIIE ENSUING WEUK. DjIYS 1 Sw»N.SKA HUIHOUK. Til K P»ss,0K». I Morn. Even, jHeiyhtt. Morn. Eveii? I H. »l. H. M. P. 1. H, M •Saturday, Nov. 20)10 14 10 3!) 12 3, U 34 li so •S'lay 21 It 7 II 4'i 11 0 12 27 I <j Monday 22 12 0 12 43 11 3 1 211 2 a l ues,lay 23 J 20 I 53 11 6 2 40 3 13 Wednesday, ..24 2 2ti 2 54 12 3 3 40 4 I* I iiu sday 25 3 20 3 44 13 6 4 10 5 4 Friday 26 4 0 4 29 14 9 5 26 5 49 MOON S AOK.—First (Quarter, 21st day, 5h. 57m. morn.

lt^A^R 'LA^E' LoJLdon> November 15.—Although the supply of Wheat from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk this morning was not part f culathj large, the quality and condition of the samples generally ua» a"i "'as verV progress made for some time during the day with the sales. Towards the close of business, however a tolerably good clearance of the fresh supplies was effected at about the same rates as last Monday for the driest and best parcels, but Jo all other sorts the trade was nearly If. per quarter cheaper. Ihe. transactions in Foreign Wheat were on a very limited scale, but there was no material variation in prices. —Malting Barley met a moderate inquiry only, andeoen the best samples were Is. per quarter cheaper whilst Jor the secondary and inferior qualities the reduction wasjnll is. per quarter.—Although tnere is not an abundant shov of Oats at market, yet the condition and quality generally is far from, good, and there is consequently no animation in the trade. J dec litis PRICE OF GRAIN.—Ptf>- Imperial Quarter. R..I 5*3 Maple f. S» ;ie wi.iie. iV it ii? y V *• "• 72 Holers 41 4* White (new) 60 64 Small Hea.rs 4(5 48 h,'ne 70 Old ,s r: 72 74 Tick. 32 34 74 76 Harrow 3« It '{>e. ••••• 30 38 Feed fiarley, grinding 29 3| Filie ff Ditto, line mailing 34 36 Poland "o3 "alt 60 64 Fine £ r.,ne„ 6i 60 Potato 2i tt Hog 1 ease 35 36 Fine Zi FLOUK, per Sack ofiHOlb. esl_ to o5j. I Seconds S3». to 60s AVERAGE PRICE OF CORN, per Or = ™ "j" -> '"Purl.lfioll. Wheat 65 5 Oats » Bt,sils 'j *■ B4rlt>' •• 7 I Kye 38 ? Pease ° Q TI 1 R MEAT. SMITHFIEI.D, NOV. 15. rhe show oj Beasts this m.,rnm<i is much larger than last Mm lau and trade taken generally, is not good, but for prime sorts, on ac- Z V proportion, we may make an exception, there being a fair disposal, and even at a trifling advance; other descrip- tions are less easy maintaining prices, but there is not variation, enough to alter their quotations.-Sheep are not in number many more than last week, nor is business much improved notwithstanding. and terms are scarcely held.-Calves are short, and find a tittle ad- ditional inquiry, which have made the salesmen firm in their demands and m some cases enabled them to obtain a little more moneu.—Pia* are worth an advance oj 2d. To sink I lie olfal-per 81 bs. beef 3s. 4d. to 4s. 8d. IVeal. 43. Od. lo 3s. 0<! Million.. 3s. lOd. lo 5s. 01. Pork. 4. 4d. to 5,. fl<j 0s. Oil, to 0s. Oil. Him. 3, ii'i. 1..4,1.1 3,; *»'• Lamb Os. 011. to Os. od.. PRICE OF^IIOPS, nt the Borough, per Cwt. KantKent Pockets 7 0to 8 0 Yearling ditto ,^6 *0ta^S *«• Ui»o Ba|{» « 0 7 0 I Choice 000 » Mid. Kent Pockets ..hill 6 15 I8.'i9 bags & pocks! 4 4 6 0 10 5 '5 1835, 1836,1837 & 1838 2 0 4 t> PRICE OF SEEDS. I'utnip, Swedes, per b,i»l,l* Clover, Red, per cwt — Olner sorts j8 — .Viusiard, 14 New Hamburg — White 13 French — Canary, per qiiarterlOO 105 (Trefoil "|6 Rye Grass 42 Caraway 59 5-A lares.. New 60s. Old.. 6 8 Coriander PRICE OF TALLOW AND SOAP, per Cwt. d. 8m d* A A Town Tallow 47 6 Melted Stnff 36 0 Curd diilo 60' ft* Yellow Russia 49 (I Ditto Rough 24 0 Pahn 0 Ditto Soap 50 II Yellow Soap — o Greaves" 18 (» White ditto.. — 0 Mottled ditto.. 54 0 Dregs 5 0 White ditto.. — 0 Mottled ditto.. 54 0 Dregs 5 0 PRICE OF IRON7 £ s. d. £ .7. d Btilisli Bars, Staffordshire 0 0 0 to 7 0 if Welsh 0 0 to 6 5 O Pi«s, Staffordshire 0 0 0 to 5 10 0 Welsh op 0 to 4 5 n KKfSTOL PRICE CURRENT.—12 There has not been much business transacted in our raw suaar market this ueek, winch is chiefly on account of the poor assortment oj samples at marke as there is a fair disptsilioii shown to buy and every useful lot has been taken at very full prices. SUGAlt. S. V. COYYKa. ø. 8. M11 s c. ve ry 15 row n per c.) 5V5V Fine ditto" 1121ull-l 59 V"y'i»e 120 125 G^nddhn1^ ( 4 f I do Good and tine. 73 Leeward Isle ..2 I 2 3 lolasaes 28 29 i.ocwooi). £ Jamaica (per ton.) 6 5 g jo COHKKK. St. Domingo 9 0 In <j Jamaica, triage (per cwt.) 60 65 Campeachy 0 o 0 U Ordinary fiS 70 Fustic, Jamaica 6 0 o a <;oort ditto 72 75 Cuba 9 0 9 a l ine ditto 78 88 OIL. Middling 10.5 11.5 Gallipoli (per tun) ..0!)0700 Good ditto 1-20 125 Sicily 0 66 0 Average Price of Brown Muscovado Sugar, for tlie week ellllil1>( Nov. 10, 38s. 21d. per CWI. PRICE OF LEATHER." lb. lb. d. d. |b. lb. d. d. Crop Hides 3Uti>35.. i I tol'i^ German Horse Hides Ditto ditlo 40 45..12 14 Horse Butts 9 || Ditto ditto 50 60..15 IG Call Skins, BestP. 30 se'U 18 Foreign Hides 3.5 30..11 12 Ditto (common).. 40 50..18 24 Ditto ditlo 35 40.. 12 13 Ditto ditto 58 64..21 26 Bulls, English 16 20..14 16 Ditlo ditto 66 70..21 28 Ditto ditto 24 26..15 16 Ditlo ditto 75 100..19 21 Ditto ditto 23 3D..16 17 Irish Skins 24 40..14 18 Ditto ditto(extra) 34 3(>I6 18 Welsh Skins 24 36..13 15 Ditto, Foreign 16 20..14 15^ Ditlo ditto 40 45..16 13 Ditto ditto 22 25..14 Ifi Ditto ditto 50 56..19 23 Ditto ditto 28 30..15 16 Ditto ditto 27 35..12 13 Diilo ditlo (extra)34 36..16 17 Kips, English and Welsh 15 If B. 34 38..11 14 £ i Ditlo, Petersburgh 6 8, .17 19 Common ditlo.. 40 45..11 14^ Ditto ditto 9 10..14 ir Shaved Hides 16 20..14 17 Ditto, East India ..12 18 .shoe ditto 20 23.. 11^ I24 Seal Skins, Small ..17 13 Cotn)nondiUo..27 34.. 11 13 Ditto, Middling ..14 la Welsh Hides .11$15 Basils 7 10 Bull dillo .10 11 ,houlders, English.. 9 n Knglish Horse Hides ..12 13 Ditto, Foreign 8 11 Welsh ditto .11 13 Bellies, English.. 1 9 Spanish ditto .14 18 Ditto, Foreign a Do. without Butts,15s. to 18s. Od. ea. Printed and Published by WILLIAM COURTENAY MURRAY AND DAVID REES, At No. 58, WIND-STRBBT, SWANSEA. SATURDAY, NOVEMBEB 20, 1841.