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MATRIMONIAL ODE.
MATRIMONIAL ODE. TO MY WIFE Ol" HER WEDDING-DAY. r»K Benedick Oldham, Esq. "Sriing object of my earliest sigh Sweet wife T, ,T'rs' 4ay"')eam my life! 1 he earliest, fairest star in all love's sky r:>l sPr'ng-flower in the garden of my heart! p How beautiful thou art! "fighter than meteor, or war's blazing rocket! Dearer, far dearer than the merry light Of beacon bright To him who o'er the murky ocean roams. [Oh here she comes- Abusing all the maids like a pickpocket.] When first I saw thy face And pressed thy hand, I thought none in the land Possessed more grace. My passion knew no bounds. J ihey said she'd have ten thousand pounds But that was all a hum- She won't have half the sum. My young heart yearn'd to call thee mine. Waking and sleeping, Smiling and weeping. No thought had I but thee, my Caroline! Thro' good and ill, Thro' storm and calm, I lov'd thee yet. Thine was the altar my heart lov'd to bleed on And still My love has nought to feed on But—[Mutton and turnips! bah! you know, my dear, Mutton and turnips are what 1 detest: They always make me ill. But pray don't bother me about the dinner, get Whatever you like best. And pray, love, don't ask me to get the wine!] My love has nought to feed on but thy smiles. Those smiles, so sweetly gilding my sad lot; Those tones, that make a pal ace of my cot; Those cares, that make a year but seem a day Those tender pledges of the nuptial vow That raise their little voices clear and fine ;— [Good heav'ns pray take that squalling I My dear, D'ye hear! Who do you think can write with such a row Those thousand soft endearments without name [There, now the nurse is bringing in The other h< tn /] r -u" ^°''S 'e t^ese make life indeed a heav'n P "efe now comes t'other nurse with t'other seven !] And leaves the humble bosom nought to sigh at. T. „ [Decimus, be quiet !] l tie sun that shone upon our wedding day, In words of light Thus sweetly seemed to say Life shall to you be as a summer's morn, Golden and bright; And bland Contentment, like the gladd'ning dawn, Shall shed its blaze 5 O'er all vnur dav«. Good heav'ns your pa gazetted xoonds! h<»re goes my half ten thousand pounds !"] )ntent, that with its magic wand, Turneth sadness Into gladness; V'-ottt, and health, and innpcence, and mirth, i ;ri i I those joys that make a heav'n of earth, Shall wait Upon your state. (Your brother Abel gone off to New York Oh lawk!— And I'm his bond !] In some sweet woodland spot, Far from the world and all its care and strife, You too shall pass your life- A life of fairy— Wand'ring by shady grove and silent grot Quiet, not dull: alone, not solitary. [Your mother and seven sisters coming why, my dear You must be in your dotage ( How could you ask 'em here ? I'm sure they never can get in the cottage.] 1 hen oh! my Caroline sweet solace of my days Thy name shall ever be To me A charm, a music, a most holy spell rTi AH angry thoughts to quell. | i nat whisker d Irish cousin call'd again, my dear, I tell you once for all, I will—not—have—him—here.] Life's stay! sweep prop [The empty fop j My only love! [They laugh, by Jove !] Fountain of bliss [By heav'n, a kiss W as ever impudence like that false woman's! Hey, John! hollo a cab-as quick, Sir, as you can— And tell the man To drive to Doctors' Commons.]
REPOaM DXZTHTBB. ATf MSEDa-
REPOaM DXZTHTBB. ATf MSEDa- The grand Reform Festival to the. Members of the West Hiding, took place on Wednesday, the 18th instant, and never, perhaps, in the West Riding of Yorkshire was there a more influential assemblage. The largest room in the town was procured for the occasion, but was not capacious enough to accommodate more than half the number of applicants for tickets. So great was the competition, owing to the confined extent of the room, that in many cases two guineas were offered and refused by the fortunate (possessors. Amongst the most distinguished persons present were—Sir George Strickland, Sir Francii Lindley Wood. the Hon. Sir v' Tj3S^r' .l^e ^on. Charles Howard, Edward Baines, tuTU' tM-Jran!el Haskell, Esq., M.P., John Gully, Esq., Lister, Esq., M.P., John Parker, Esq., • Vm. Busfield, Esq., the Hon. and Rev. William lierbert, andi*.nany other gentlemen of consequence and dis- Tnlh In this riding of the county. ne absence of the Mayor, who was confined by severe j° ISPost'ion, the chair was taken by Mr. Alderman Tottie. i"!> aP°'°py for non-attendance, arising chiefly from were read from Lord Ilowden, Lord Howard of nSh%m, ihe Earl of Carlisle, the Earl of Burlington, Lord M°USK1 ^f'am lng'eby> Sir William Molesworth, liav* an(* many o'her persons of distinction. The cloth disposed6" remo anc^ usua' loyal toasts having been # 1 Chairman proposed the health of Lord Melbourne his Majesty's Ministers." The toast was received with 8 most enthusiastic applause. When silence wag restored, Lord Morpeth rose to return thanks; after which he pro- ceeded to address himself to the principal subjects of public discussion. In allusion to the recent dinners and meetings of the Conservative party in the North, he said—At these "•cetings we cannot repine on the contrary, ever since it has cen my good fortune to be mixed up with the public affairs ? *s county and this Tiding, now seven years, seven most "important and prolific years (cheers), the Tory party in this v*st and industrious and energetic district, has lain so com- pletely prostrate—its vaunted blue has so paled before our sun. lit standards (cheers), that I think we must hear with a pleasurable degree of excitement of the actual presence and Substantial muscle of an embodied adversary, whom we can fecI in our grapple before he rise from his overthrow. (Loud and continued cheering.) As to any practical results, not- withstanding their big boasting and much talking, I have yet to learn that their camp has been swelled by any material desertions from our own—that the venerabie legions of Con- servatives have drafted any recruits of importance from the quarters of the Liberals. (Cheers.) And from an attentive and impartial survey of what has been effected by Conserva- tive piowess, I think it may all be summed up in one line, and that of them it may be said, as the poet wrote of the tra. velled youth —they Jndicious dranV amTgr^atTy-daring cttnea." (Great iaugttter and cheering.) His Lordship then alluded, with much force and effect to the loud boastings of the power and influence of the Conservative party, and the utter humi- liation and degradation of the Whigs, indulged in at these Meetings an(j j|icn proceeded — Well, then, you high onservatives, I challenge you to the question. (Loud C If these things are so, if you, who might say. utter, Tk rL,,era,e 'hem, believe them to be the truth, or anything Wh ,ru'h, why are we the Administration? (Cheers.) j.y* n)o|1,h after month, do you suffer us to cumber and po ule the soil upon which it is treason to the national safety 1 | °' US Temain for one moment longer than is abso- .unav°idable. How can you see us distributing the a'V •'kCC* *D- Church and State without moving one foot, oft w,t, rai*ing your arm to secure, what you have so Islh Qsy°u could easily accomplish—an assured victory ? » he vessel of the State so utterly valueless in your eyes, that you can see her dashing upon the breakers, or drifting towards the quicksands, without making that effort, which ycu have declared to be within your reach, of re-manning her crew. and altering her tack ? (Cheers.) I ask you, con- trasllDg one series of your representations with others, are you 0 convicted on your own shewing, as the most unbashed of che' €r?' T m°3t Pus*"an'mous recreants? (Loud 1 'here ever so much swaggering, or so much 'rV* 1Dg' such a blowing of trumpets before the charge, and FP '*l'u|e in the onslaught? (Laughter, and cheers.) as on then, rail on then, candid and lofty-spirited men, lie Sh keep the field, and slill hold the helm. (Enthusias- land —He then proceeded to discuss the state of Ire- whi h T i nr^'n&> w',h m"ch eloquence, the strong claims T r C had on the sympathy and affections of English am a Ii |rne^S* u 6 what has been the return? The tPnr>«eSfS • Municipal institutions—the slightest pre- ,i •" 0 Prov'ding for the government and management o .l r own ar8est, most busy, and most thriving cities—nay» very name and record of that mode of polity which is associated with every trace of British, and not only of British, opian freedom, has been utterly, completely, and ,0'!iS c n'ecl 'hem. (Great cheering.) L-o you in Ho, m^nf 'hem, and instruct your repiesentatives also r°T l'ia* denial of the common rights and w!iich you enjoy, should no longer opposed to their manly and persevering demands. (Cheers) His Lordship then remarked on the extraordinary silence of Sir Robert Peel on this subject in his late speech at Glasgow. The confidence inspired in the people of Ireland by the just and equitable conduct of Lord Mulgrave was the main cause of tranquijjty in that country, and of the diminution in the number and character of the outrages, as proved by official documents. Well, then, though true it is that the general tranquility of the country is on the increase, yet the agitation -those normal schools of political agitation which were re- lied upon as the leading bugbear of Lord Lyndhurst by the House of Lords, to check the general current of equal legis- lation-was hardly ever in such a state of prominent activity. (Applause.) Such is the precious result of the egregious policy, which, not content with setting up lines of demarca- tion between the three combined nations of an united empire, with an admirable ingenuity of mischief has so charged its proceedings with insult, that whereas whatever there was of real advantage in the defeated measure, it would, for all direct purposes at least, have been con- fined to the inhabitants of the large towns yet now, from the tone adopted upon the occasion, the rejection of the measure is attended with a sense of injury which has pierced every cabin, and rung around every hearth-stone, which has awoke to indignant eloquence the most unfrequented echoes, and stung to energetic action the most slumbering spirits. (Loud cheers.) He described in glowing terms the anoma- lous state of the Irish Church Establishment, which absorbs for the use of 852,000 individuals, the number professing Church of England doctrines, the whole of the public fund devoted to religion, leaving the remaining seven millions without any assistance. Lord Wharncliffe tells you that he values an establishment because it is the provision which the State makes for the religious wants of the poor. The Church of Ireland does exactly the reverse. (Loud cheers.) Sir Robert Peel tells you, I mean to support the national es- tablishments which connect Protestantism with the State in the three countries," and further on in his speech he says, "Our establishments and religion shall remain deeply rooted in the coavictfons, the feelings, and the affections of a Pro- testant people." That is just the rub. (Cheers.) The English and the Scotch may perhaps with propriety be called "a Protestant people," and therefore these leiigiousestablish- ments may be very suitable to them. But if the Irish can be called anything—if it be necessary to distinguish a people by their religious professions, the Irish cannot be called a Pro- testant people they must be called a lloman Cotholic people and therefore, though I think a Protestant establishment may be very deeply rooted in the convictions, the feelings, and affections of a Protestant people, I feel that they will not be equally deep-rooted in the convictions, the feelings, and affection* of a Roman Catholic people. (Cheers.) It is principally for the sake of the establishment now compelled to fight what ought to be the pure battles of the faith against the fiercest odds, and with the most unseemly weapons of earthly warfare (cheers), and for the sake of the clergy, who often are the most exposed, and sometimes the most blame- less victims, to the necessities of a position which they do not make for themselves, but which many of them think it a point of duty and of honour not to relinquish-it is as a Protestant and a Churchman attached to the establishment and to the clergy that I feel the time press most fearfully for a speedy adjustment of this much-vexed question, convinced that if it be not speedily accomplished, the establishment itself must be inevitably and inetrievably lost. (Cheers.) In speaking of poor-laws for Ireland, his Lordship said, that no other question could be compared with it in urgency, for early consideration, and for deep importance of complicated detail. The Noble Lord then proceeded, at considerable length, to discuss several other subjects of internal and foreign policy, and concluded thus:—Constituencies of England, lead us on upon the same path (Enthusiastic cheering.) It is a career too lofty and too glorious for us to desert whilst there is a remaining triumph of good government, of rational free- dom, of human amelioration to be accomplished. (Cheers.) I may be thought to be too much of a party interested to urge upon you the propriety of a vigilant attendance upon the couits of registration, and to preserve mutual union and co- operation amongst yourselves. (Applause.) These are the duties that devolve upon you as electors. It is for the repre- sentatives of a free people-it is for the Ministers of a great empire, to perform their parts with honesty, fearlessness, and zeal (cheers), to labour in your service, to be jealous of your credit, to promote your welfare and advancement in improve- ment, to consult your permanent interests, even if it should be necessary, in opposition to your momentary impressions, to surround British freedom with every safeguard-to array it with all the lustres of the liberal arts, and of all manly, and mild, and Christian virtues-to be as devoted to your cause in the Senate and in the Council as your soldiers ever have been in the battle, and your sailors on the billow or, to sum up all in one short sentence-to be worthy of such a country. The Noble Lord resumed his seat amidgt the most enthusiastic cheering, which continued many minutes. The meeting was subsequently addressed by Sir George Stricklaod, fyr. Parker, the Member for Sheffield, Mr. Baines, the Member for Leeds, and other gentlemen. The meeting, on the whole, has imparted a strong additional im- pulse to the already ardent zeal in the cause of Reform of the people of the West Riding.
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DINNER TO SIR ROBERT PEEL, AT GLASGOW. [The large mass of matter connected with our local politics, which Crowded our columns last week, left merely space for a brief paragraph on the Glasgow entertainment.] After some preliminary remarks, the Right Hon. Basnet .4 proceeded io enter into a full exposition of his political vsfews. Since the time he was entitled to trespass upon them was but short, he would at once go to the main point. He did not wish to- conciliate their confidence by wearing colours. There- fore he would declare that he meant to support the national establishments which connect Protestantism with the State in the three countries. (This declaration was received with the highest enthusiasm.) For he felt, and he trusted they felt the same, that it was right the State should pay that homage to Christianity, which was implied in a religious establish- ment. Then again, he would avow that he meant to sup- port, in its full integrity, the authority of the House of Lords, as an essential, indispensible condition of the continued existence of the mixed form of government under which they lived as tantamount to the maintenance of the British Con- stitution. He meant to consider every plausible proposition that might be made, not directly assailing that integrity, but covertly tojundermine it; he meant to consider them, not upon their abstract merits, but the ultimate tendency they might have to undermine the House of Lords and destroy the British Constitution. (Enthusiastic cheers.)—Sir Robert then entered into an able and eloquent defence of the Upper House; and drew a striking contrast between the governments of England and America, shewing that a republican form of government was wholly unadapted to the wishes and neces- sities of the British nation. This was a country of ancient feelings and associations, and they could not transfer to it the republican institutions of America. If they intended to abolish hereditary authority if they resolved to make a per- manent democratic assembly, they must prepare themselves, not for the institutions of the United Stales, but for that ter- rible and fiery ordeal through which France passed In her first revolution .-Gentlemen (said Sir Robert) let me advise, before you attempt such an experiment, your perusal-if yon have not already read it—of a work written by a very able and intelligent native of France, who has made the condition of the United States the peculiar object of his study. ( Hear.) Read what he says—he is the strenuous advocate of popular principles, in their extended sense. I allude to M. Torque- ville. His feelings arc with the present dynasty of France, and he thinks the democratic principle in some degree neces- sary but he lakes an irllpallial view of its effects, and thus, in Ameiica, he gives this accouut of the results of republican institutions. (Hear.) lie says—"That he has known no country in which there is so litile independence of feeling or of mind, or so little freedom of discussion, as in America. In America the majority raises barriers to liberty of opinion, and an autbor within UieieLarriej:s-.aiay wufe.as he pleases but he will severely repent it if he step beyond them. In a democracy, like a republic, the authority of the majority is so absolute, that a man must give up his rights as a citizen, and abjure his qualiticalions as a hitman being, if lie strays from the tra'k pointed out by it. (Hear, hear.) J fever," proceeds this Fienh author, "the institutions of America are destroyed, it will be attributable to the tyrannical exercise of authority by the majority, which will urge the minority to desperation and physical force; and thus anarchy will be the result which democracy has brought about." He then (proceeded Sir R. Peel) quotes the opinion of Jefferson, whom he says he considers a derided advocate of democratic princi- ples. He said—" That the executive power was not the most prominent object of his solicitude it is the tyranny of the Legislature which is most to be feared." (Cheers, and hear.) I now ask you if you would wish to change the condition of society in this country with that which exists in the United Slates-if it were in your power, or the means of doing so at your command 1 I ask you, I say, to read this book, and to converse with intelligent Americans, before you attempt to change the coudition of society in this country for that existing in America. (Hear, and cheers.) In conclusion. Sir Robert observed, I dont ask you to rest your defence and affection for the British Constitution merely upon these points, hut I ask you to examine the rhetoric and arguments upon which the Reform of the House of Lords is urged. It is said that their privileges are hereditary. Why, for the functions they are called upon to discharged, they should be so, because it gives them a character of stability which they would not possess if subservient to the influence of popular feelings. Unless, therefore, you prefer a democracy to the present mixed form of government under which you live, the here- ditary peerage cannot be done away with. You might as well say that tire majestic breakwater, whose foundations are as stable as the lofty mountain, could possess its present utility while it (lo.itcd upon tlrat element it was created to controtil, as that the House of Lords, as at present constituted, should be abolished. And when I hear as an argument -I g;i i, against an heteditaiy peerage such leasons, as that men are Ila 1,, not hereditary tailms, or hereditary carpenteis, and therefoie these should he no hereditary Pf;(;IS-W!:CU. for such argu- ir.tuls as this, we are culled upon to abolish the House of Lords, how long, I would ask, will the argument of an here- ditary Monarch prevail if, from the changes that have taken place, there has been a corresponding improvement, ought it not to be a reason for us to pause before we carry on innovations on the organic principle? What answer is there to this argument 1 None. I he improvements which take place in public morals must chiefly depend on the civil and religious institutions which instil them and for the testi- mony to this, this true and disinterested testimony, let us hear Lord John Russell's advice, and determine to cling closer to our native land. Now, gentlemen, I have made a long encroachment. I have never desponded when fighting your battles. I knew that the time would come, after the fust intoxication which naturally occasions mighty changes— I knew that the time would come when the old, the ancient parts of England and Scotland would rally round their insti- tutions. If I did not despond then, have I not a right to feel confidence in returning shortly to take part in defending those institutions ? The vibrations that accompany changes are now beginning to settle quietly-tfie influence, the dis- turbing influence of foreign events, is gradually lessening-the dazzling illusions of glorious days are beginning to permit us to see. The convictions—the (eehngs-tbe affections of the' people are gravitating towards the old customs in which their fathers were reared ;—the same respect for property, the same attachment to long-established institutions. Yes, from these walls a spirit shall go forth that shall survive, when this edifice shall be an unsubstantial pageant; it shall sur- vive, uniting, as in remembrance of this night, and spreading its influence into every part of the kingdom, cheering the des- ponding, encouraging the timid it shall go forth exulting in," but not abusing its strength it shall go forth in remem- brance that in the days of prosperity we did not forget the vows we made, and the pledge we which we gave in the time of our despondency; it shall go forth uniting us all in our disposition to redress grievances, our disposition to improve and resolution to amend, depending on that spirit which is the chief defence of nations-it shall go forth and prove that our ancient institutions shall survive. By them the proud King of Britain shall stand—he shall stand doubly proud of his kindred and coeval Peers, protecting the rich from spoila- tion, and the poor from oppression. No tawdry emblem of revolution shall ever flaunt over the ruins of our ancient in- st tuiions. That" flag which has braved a thousand years ihe battle and the breeze" shall still float over them, aud4w faith of old national establishments—that faith shall survive with those establishments. Those establishments which we all love, and have sworn to protect, and to which tbe-national honour is wedded as an essential part of the great national compact, shall survive, and our religion shall survive'in the diffusion of sound knowledge; and tried as we may be by the storms of adversity, we shall come out of the triil-rooted deeper in the convictions, in the feelings, and in the affec- tions of a Protestant people."
WELSH MANUSCRIPTS.
WELSH MANUSCRIPTS. We are much gratified to announce to our readers that the plan we strenuously advocated of establishing a Society for Printing Unpublished Welsh Manuscripts, is likely to'meet with success. His Majesty has been graciously pleased to consent to be Patron of the Society, as have also their Royat Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the Princess Victoria, and the Duke of Sussex and these august personages have more- over signified their approbation of the object in view. The names of several noblemen of the highest rank in the realm will shortly appear in our columns as Vice-Presidents and Subscribers to this undertaking. We cordially hope and be- lieve that this will form an era from whence may be dated a fresh impulse to emulation amongst Welshmen for we sin- cerely agree in the opinion of Mr. Williams, of Aberpergwm, that they have the power, if they would have the will." .We subjoin a Latin Ode recently composed by a Welshman, con- spicuous for his classical attainments. A poetic translation of it into Welsh would be a worthy exercise of the Awen of some of our Bards. ODE AD CAMBRIAM, CAMniUJEQUE CAMENAM. I. Somnos inertes excute, Cambria, Viresque natas pectoribus tuis Deprome, majorumque factis Adde novas, rediviva, laudes. II. Non quas ferebat fortis et impiger Arcturus, aut a monte Badonico (1) Aut amne Dulassa revertens Sanguine Saxonico cruentus. III. Sed quas Ancurin (2) carcere mersus et. Pressus eatenis, pondere non levi, Dilexit exardens amore Et patriae et decoris futuri. IV. Rupes Eriri (3) quae colis arduas, Seu Caderidris culmina te juvant, Camena Bardorum resurgens Alma tuos foveas Britannos. V. 0 si revisas pectora Cambrica Moresque priscos mentibus inseras Sic corde depelles veternum Et veteres revocabis artes VI. 4* Per quas tuoruro gloria claruii —r Et gens ITuenx*7ie%ibTisiBctytti~~ —1 Servavit antiquos honores, v Jura colens patriosque ritus VII. Ex quo relicto litore Pontico (5) Deduxit olim, per mare mortuum (6) Impuné Cadarnus (7) colonos Sedibus ut propriis locaret. VUl. Hinc rusticorum (8) mascula civium Exorta proles. hine genus Aedi (9) Sangttisque Divorum Belinus (10) Dulce decus columenque gcnlis. IX. Hinc et duellis inclyta nomina et Montes paratæ propatria uiori Minaeque liomanis letortffi Cccsaris (11) et fugientis arma. X. Queis te Velaunum (12) laudibus efferam. Curruquc ductos ordinibus suis, Artes et aurigas cientis Martis opus per aperta campi. *»*»»* XV. Sed Paris artes jam recolas velim, Vatumque pandas rite volumina, Inscripta Cambrorum triumphis, Quos memorcs retnlere Fasti. XVI.. Nam dicta Musis plurima jam latent (13) Qua; Vaticani vel domus ardui, Vel tecta Germans Viennro Clausa suis teneant latebris. XVII. Tandem tuorum cuncta recolligas, Nobis que certas (14) instituas domos Doctrina qua sedes teneret, lngenia et colereut Britanni. XVIII. Sic vera virtus cresceret et fides. Sic pellerentur nubila mentibus, Sic luce gaudentes Athenas Surgere Gomeridis (15) videres. XIX. At parce (16) nobis Anglia tu potens, Auro clientem neu spolies tuam, Neu, dives, agnam deprecantis Pauperis e stabulo reposcas, (1) Two spots renderetl illustrious by Arthur's victories. (2) Author of the Godotin, (3) X;nvilon and Citdcridris, the l'arnassus and Helicon of the Bards. U) llowel the Good, the reviser and publisher of the Ancient Welsh Laws. (5) The shores of the Tliarcian Bosphorus, whence the Cumri de- duce their origin. ((>) Morimarusa, Mor Marw. (7) Hu Gadarn, the patriarch and founder of the Cumrian race in Britain. (8) The racc was, in laws, habits, and feelings, essentially agri- cultural. (V) Aed the Great, one of the pillars of the race. (10) A favourite patron, or perhaps God of the Bards. (t I) Julius Oesar was virtually defeated in his attempt on Britain. (12) Cassi Btlaunus, the name was Velaunus, as we may see in Vclauiiodunum. (1;1) There is every reason to believe that the number of unpub- lished Welsh MSS. is very great and valuable. r (14) Hints to the founding of a Welsh University. Gomeridae, sons of Gomer. a favourite name of the Cumri. ( Iti) A Protest against converting the tithes of North Wales to the endowment of the two new Bishoprics in England
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MONT OF PREVENTING BFER 4-KOM BECOMING ACID.—A patent has been taken out in America, for preserving beer from becoming acid in hot weather, or between the tempera- tures of 74° and 94°. To every 174 gallons of liquor, the patentee Mr. Storewell directs the use of one pound of raisins, in the following manner Put the raisins into a linen or cotton bag, and then put the bag containing the raisins into the liquor before fermentation the liquor may then be let down at 65Q or as high as 70°. The bag containing the rai. sins must remain in the vat until the process of fermentation has so far advanced as to produce a white appearance or scum all over the surface of the liquor, which will probably take place in about twenty-four hours. The bag containing the raisins must then be taken out. and the liquor left until fermentation ceases. The degree of heat in the place where the working vat is situated, should not exceed 660 nor be less tham 60°." To prevent distillers' wash from becoming acid, two pounds of raisins should be put into 150 gallons^nf the wash, the raisins being chopped and put in without a Ijag, and 106 of hops should be put into the wash vat for effcry eight bushels of malt at the time of washing, and ioTa pound of hops for every bushel of malt brewed, to be boiled on in the liquor in the copper.—Journal of the Franklin Institute. On Saturday se'nnight a curious animal, supposed to be of the wolf species, made its appearance in the inclosure be- longing to the railroad company, near Luston-square. It was chased by the workmen for two hours, and after biting-two or thiee of them severely, made its escape. It returned again on Sunday morning, and sprang over a wall wall six feet high, and attacked some hens which were in the yard, and was eventually killed by Mr. llobinson, of Drummond-street. It measured about one yard and and a half in length, and was about 26 inches in height, and is supposed to have made its escape from some of the travelling caiavans.
AGRICULTURE.
AGRICULTURE. The following communication—forwarded to us by an in- fluential and patriotic landed proprietor^in England—will, we hope, be read and reflected upon, by our Agricultural friends, with an interest commensurate to its importance.- Irish paper. Are tenants in your neighbourhood thriving 1 If they are not thriving, can rents be long continued paid? and if not paid, can they be laid out with the shopkeepers? If tenants are not thriving, what is the cause ? Is Ithe land less productive than formerly; are there not enough hands to till it 1 or is capital wanting to pay them for their work? Capital is evidently not deficient whilst interest is low. Why then not use it in paying the surplus hands to till the soil, which is now overrun with couch grass and thistles Some think if these weeds were removed, and wheat grew in its place, it would become too cheap but however cheap, would it not pay better rent, tithes, rates, and taxes, than weeds? The Chairman of the Agricultural Committee of the House of Commons, 1836, in his letter to his constituents, says:— Nothing can be more fruitless than any attempt to ascertain what may be considered a remuneiating price to the farmers. In 1814, 96s and 80s per quarter were considered the lowest average price at which wheat could be grown—vide Report of Committee on the Corn Laws. Now, we find it may be grown to a profit, according to the testimony of some persons, at 40s and several witnesses, of great intelligence, concur in considering a price varying from 50s to 56s to be quite suffi- cient. Every thing depends on the skill of the farmer and as a practical farmer I entertain no gloomy anticipations for the future. (Signed) "CiiAnr.Es SHAW LEFEVRE." But it is said the English farmers are too poor to pay for sufficient labour. A Norfolk tenant, who is thriving by diligence in the midst of a district where bankruptcies abound, says all far- mers might thrive too, if they gave up half their land and kept the Jame capital on the rest, as he shows by the success of the plan of stall-feeding, which has answered so well that he has doubled his stock this year, and the latter end of August sold 20 head, on which he had gained ten shillings each ppr week since May, and they were attended only by a woman at 7d a day, and a boy of 12 years old to help to cut their food, wlrieh was brought to them by another boy, but the princi- pal advantage arose from the quality of the manure, which was well trod without ever having been washed by the rain. These 40 heifers are kept in pairs, each pair divided from the next by two poles, and two poles also towards the yald they are not tied up, but move freely in a space of nine and a half or ten feet square, and are perfectly healthy their food bins are cleared out three times a day, ;md what remains, taken to the lean stock, Their principal food is tares, cut grass, beet leaves, and turnip tops, cut with hay and straw. The expence of feeding these black cattle in summer is about 6d a week per head, exclusive of a donkey and a boy at 18d per week. These cattle never go into the farm-yard, consequently there is no straw laid down, and when it has, by the treading of stock under cover, been made into manure, it is carried out and formed in ridges, like the roof of a house, not more than three yards wide, to prevent heating, and to pievent the rain washing out its nutritious qualities, and after lying in such heaps three weeks it is fit to spread on the land. The supe- rior quality of the manure, and much less straw required, leaves no doubt that land tilled under this system produces double the quantity of manure, as well as keeping one-third more neat stock independent of having the pasture fed by sheep on this plan, cleanliness and capital are essential. But as the same capital on a third or hI/If the number of acres re- turns equal projit, the great tithes, rates, and tales of the rest may be saved. A premium of £5 for the pair thus longest stall. fed in Sussex, was given at the last Lewes Christmas Cattle Show, and £10 is offered at the next Christmas Cattle Show, for the best pair of bullocks that are not tied up, and have not been from under shelter for ten months; also, there are many competitors for similar premiums in Norfolk, and the Earl of Gosford's little tenants of four and five acres have been raised from their wretched and hopeless condition, owing to his agent imparting to them skill and security. Skill, by the prescribed plan of stall-feeding and rotation of crops, as printed by Curry, Dublin, and security, from leases of 21 years at a fair rent, instead of giving eight or ten guineas, and even more per acre, for one crop from ground, the turf of which was burnt; after which the exhausted land was left useless to the landlord till years enabled it to be again broken up. Whilst these poor cottiers, even after they had paid this rery high rent, were not safe, for if the first hirer of ihe land ^ftid not pay his rent, the cottier's last pig was liable to be «C«ed to pay his rent over again. -WiHi such insecurity, labour and manure, which can only be repaid,by a succession of crops, of course were not to be exMcttd. The cottier's rent of eight and ten guineas was obtained by performing English harvest work, to the great loss of home- born workmen, and also of all ranks among whom their earn- C, ituscirculate. oeTort>Sirid how can gnsjto.English tenants be relieved but by eftAfing rents 1 if they paid neither rent, tithes, or rates, how long MvdfPld-thc land bear corn, if not manured or weeded ? Btettile as America is in the hands of the industrious, the few native hunters, with full possession and free of tithes and taxes, often die of hunger; and hunting parties cannot, for want of sufficient game, remain any time together, so that when the English wished to make a treaty with the American chiefs, they were obliged to send provisions into the woods, that they might remain long enough together for the treaty to be ratified. It is a homely adage, that" without pains there are no gains," and a thriving tenant says, if it will not answer to faun wet!, it will not answer to him to farm ill. So he keeps all the year round four men, besides boys, per £ 100 parish rental, for all but marsh land and those who would give up all the land they have not capital to pay tllis proportion of labour upon, would find their gains increased. (This farmer was the founder of the Agricultural Half-crown Book Clubs, for purchasiug the Quarterly Journals and Prize Essays of the Agricultural Society of Scotland.) It has been said Ihe farms are too large, I know of no farm too large, with adequate skill and capital, nor any farm small enough without them therefore, there is no occasion to divide large farms, as there is choice of tenants with ample capitals for the largest farmers nor need formers fear grow- ing too much. Do not manufacturers find their profits in- crease, the cheaper they bring their goods to matket ? and in what essentials do farmers and manufacturers differ 1 By skill, diligence, and capital, each produces marketable ar- ticles nor can too much be produced till our markets are so stocked. Strangers cannot affoid to pay carriage for theirs, and as that time appionches, competition for labour will di- minish wages, and thus naturally check population. But Holland shews, that time is far distant, and in the mean time, by well tilling the soil, tenants would thrive, rents be well paid, and labourers have full employ, and their gains would circulate amongst all trades and professions; and if each farmer engaged four labourers per £100 parish rental, they would ffnd it most profitable to keep their single men all the year round in their houses, as is still the case in Berwick- shire, where 500 acres is the common siza of the farms, though some consist of several thousand acres, on leases of from 15 to 30 years. On such farms the married men receive only f4 a-year in money, the rest in (hts, Barley. Peas, and Wheat, with keep for a cow ( bought by the labourer), that is Grass during the Summer, and Turnips, &c., for it in Winter; and as mvicti prepiiej and manured land as he can plant wilh six bushels of Potatoes, with a house and vegetable garden found by his employer. The result of \\hjeh is rhat. There is no discontent lo be heard, nor to be observed ar.y disorderly conduct. (Signed) BI IINET GIUEVE." Brot»m-House, Berwick."
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J The preliminary investigations into Meunier's affair rapidly lira", to a conclusion. The public prosecutor, no longer hoping to obtain from him any disclosures, by reason of his continued obstinacy, is delcnriined to hasten his trial. To all the questions hitherto put to hnn, Aleunier has replied that no one was awate of his plan that it arose from a fatal idea that beset him, and which he could not shake off. I was prompted by the devil," said he, I am aware of the enormity of my crime, for which I am heartily sorry, but 1 could not help committing it." As further delays are likely to tend to no good, we are informed that M. Eugene Persil has drawn up a petition requiring the immediate trial of the prisoner before the Chamber of Peers. It is also proposed to decide on the fate of those who had suffered any annoyance consequent on the crime. A separate list was made out, and they will be laid before the competent authorities as being charged with illegal association. The number of these amonnt to twenty five, three of whom, Maria, Arnat, and Marie, have not yet been arrested, although warrants are out against them. Others who had been arrested in the first instance, have been provisionally released, owing to the tri- vial nature of the charges brought against them. They are Quetin, Valiere, Moulin, Porcher, Barbe, Floriot, Leclerc, Dufong, Bernard, Cleniencet, and Chatain. 1<inally eleven others, who, upon investigation, were found to be more se- riously concerned, are sii 11 detained. 1 heir names are Saint- Auhert. Clement, Wasmuth, Duhamel, Gateau, Dumontier, Laureau, Neneve, Lecomte, Joffray, and Legoff. The mi- nutes are now being prepared by M. Barthe, and will shortly belaid before the Court at a secret sitting, the trial, in all probability, commencing early in February. HOSI'ITABI.E COAST !—A ship from Naples lately suffered shipwreck on the Sicilian coast, near Messina the crew, however, and the greater part of the cargo were saved. It may be readily imagined how astonished the Captain was, when, by order of the Board of Health at Messina, not only the goods which had been saved, but even the remains of his ship, were burnt. Nay, the captain himself and the sailors were in danger of being shot. because, disregarding the sani- tary regulations, they had set foot on shote, and whither they had been diiven by the fury of the elements, from which they had laved themselves with extraordinary difficulty and labour! This is out of the frying-pan into the fire with a vengeance.
TO CHRISTIANUS.
TO CHRISTIANUS. Be thou a spirit of health or goblin damn'd, Bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell. He thy intents wicked or charitable, Trior contest in such QUESTIONABLE SHAPE, That I will speak to thee. SHAKSPEARE. SlIt,-I shall just speak to you and that is all. In your sixth letter upon Church-rates I am classed amongst" Ollt- lairs" and back u,oot)dsmeit, and am designated a "paltry demagogue," who uses "trickery" instead of argument. And you have the impudence to use such language in the face of a British public, when, but a short week or two ago, you stated, in your fifth letter, the following sentiments I profess a hearty good will and charitable feeling towards all those ulio differ from me." I thus bring your uncalled-for profes- sion before the public, that that public may judge whether or not, your practices are in accordance with it, and if not, that it may determine what degree of confidence is to be placed in a being who thus belies one week (by his actions) the words he uttered the preceding week It is quite evident that you, yourself, felt that the veil, in which you endeavoured to en- velope your naked deformity, was too flimsy to hide the con- tinued out breakings of your naturally vicious heart, or you would not thus have entered upon unasked-for professions. But the public is-not to be deluded though your lips drop honey," it is but too evident that the poison of asps" is under your tongue. The charitable words which issue so from your mouth are insufficient to hide the hideous and na- tive malignity of your heart. Now, Sir, (if ONE you are), I have declared my sentiments in a public address, and, consequently, in my own proper name and that address has been published in a tolerably correct form. There are some verbal inaccuracies in it—one or two that somewhat alter my meaning-but neither of them occurs in the passages to which you refer. This address, thus put forth, you have deemed it pioper to attack, and I readily allow you or any other man (if man you are), a full right to do so. Indted, I am proud to find that my sentiments have excited so much attention. I am persuaded that they will bear the severest scrutiny, and, that the more they are inves- tigated the more they will prevail. The best evidence of their force, I find in your conduct: for though I am only a "demagogue" who uses trickery," and not argument, yet, this II trickery" of a PALTRY demagogue," is of sufficient importance to call forth a long letter from Christianus Had yott been silent, I should have feared that I had not been honest. As to my replyipg to you, I have only this to say, when a man with MANLINESS attacks MY sentiments (not as you have done, sentiments which I lIeverentertained or uttered ) and when he will fairly contest the whole argument, and not isolated portions of it, which may thus be made to mean anything or nothing—when a man will thus enter into the discussion who will be neither afraid nor ashamed to attach his name to what he writes—when such an one will condescend to reason" instead of to "rail"-when he can write with good will," and" charitable feeling," I shall be proud to discuss the matter with him, BUT NOT TILL TIIKN. It is unjust, ungene- rous, unmanly, base, sneaking, and cowardly to attach) alla- iiymoitsly, what has been spoken openly. You, sir, have not yet given evidence that you can comply with any or either of the above requirements—and, uutil you can give evidence of the possession of these qualities, and throw away your dis- guise, I'have nothing more to say to you, but WRITE ON-for, though you prejudge my audience as "prejudiced," I am sure they were not so ignorant as to misunderstand t/ou. For myself, 1 can only say, the more you write in the strain of your six letters, the more will the claims of the Dissenters prosper-and, were I not convinced that no Dissenter could condescend to such unworthy, base, and cowardly means -were I not convinced that there can be no such poltroon amongst us, I would be inclined to think that you were a Dissenter in disguise, who wished to bring the opposite party iuto contempt by pulling into their mouths anti-Christian and unmanly sentiments. C. CONWAY. Pontsewydd, 21st Jan., 1837.
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OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED ENGLAND AND IRELAND UNION RAILWAY. To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. Sln,-The railroad speculators are hard at work preparing for the proposed England and Ireland Union Railway. No- tices have been served on the owners and occupiers of land for the Bill proposed to be obtained in the ensuing Session of Parliament-the press is, therefore, loudly called upon to shew the evils likely to ensue to the English and Welsh labourer, farmer, and landlord, should the Bill become an Act of the Legislature. They tell us Ireland will be benefitted by their scheme if it be carried into effect, and we readily admit that it will; but I would ask the English and Welsh farmer and landlord, if they are in a condition to allow the Irish greater facilities for the disposal of their cattle, their corn, their butter, and their pigs, in the English markets than they now have? Certainly not-for the price of land in England must come down as a consequence. English and Welsh landlords look to yourselves! Can you afford to lower the rents of your estates 1-will you permit this undertaking to become an Act of the Legislatuie without offeiing to it your most strenuous and determined opposition ? Again* is employment so easily found for the English and Welsh labourer that we can suffer, without opposition, the influx of Irish peasaotry which would be wafted to,us on the proposed railway Would not our poor-rates be increased by the scarcity of work for our peasantry ? No wonder the supporters Of the measure are nearly all Irish Members of Parliament, representing their own country and their own interest; and as it is designed to benefit the occupiers and owners of land in Ireland, let it be supported by them if they will but let the English and Welsh, who must of necessity suffer from it, opjinse it., The promoters of the proposed railway are strangely de- ceived in their calculations if they suppose any interest can be paid on the shares. What is the travelling on the line of road from Gloucester to Carmarthen ?-It is barely sufficient to maintain on the road two daily mail coaches and two daily stagecoaches. What is the carriage of goods?—foui weekly stage waggons are all that are employed. [For this J'a-t see the protest in our lust week's paper.] There should be at least sixty daily stagecoaches, and a proportionate number of stage waggons, for it to be possible for any interest to be paid on the shares. The proposed line of railway is not called for, inasmuch as the Grand Junction and London and Birmingham Railways will take all from the North of Ireland, and the Great West- ern Railway all from the South and doubtless the directors of the Great Western Railway will oppose the passage of the proposed measure through Parliament, as it is so decidedly against the interest of the shareholders of the Great Western Railway. The income arising from the tolls on the direct line of road from Gloucester to Fisguard does not amount to £15.000 per annum, and this sum will go but a little way towards keeping the rails in repair, to say nothing of the interest the share- holders will expect for their money. The mode in which the tolls have been taken is defective for instance, each horse, gi", carriage, &c. &c., was counted and we know that many horses, such as a butcher's or a surgeon's, wonld pass through the toll-gate of a town four or five times a-day—the same may be said of farmers' carts and waggons ;—besides, this is travelling which would never exchange the road for the rail. way. For this reason (although the tolls arising from agri- cultural pursuits are in this line of road by far the most nu- merous) they should be deducted from the gross amount. The carriage of heavy goods (iron and coal) will not pay, as the damage done to the rails by the transit of heavy goods is found to be greater than the compensation made for them. It is only by passengers and light parcels that a profit is realised. Who then will be a shareholder in the proposed England and Ireland Union Railway?—No one who knows the value of money "All me what perils do environ The man who meddles with cold iron." The speculators may put their names down for shares wil-h the hope ollalking the shares up to a premium and then sell- ing out, and !etting the unwary ia but let any man who has money to invest lay it out in a less mad scheme than this— which is sure to be a perfect failure in the way of interest for money laid out, and which will only benefit the civil engineer and the lawyer, who are paid by a committee, and whose interest it is to serve their employer by shewing the bright side of the railway to the public but it will look dark enough to the unwary shareholders when they see no interest for their money and to the farmers and labourers when the price of agricultural produce and labour is reduced by the ltish over- supplying our markets. Earnestly, therefore, do we entreat the owners and occu- piers of land through which the proposed England and Ire- land Union Railway is to pass at once to meet in their parishes, and agree without loss of time to oppose it, as, on the adoption or rejection of this measure, their interests are fearfully hazarded. Let it be done at once and to give effect to their opinions let them instruct thtir representatives in Parliament to do the same. In conclusion, I will only add, let the projectors, the promoters, and the speculators enjoy all the fame and all the profit which may arise out of the pro- posed England and Ireland Union Railway. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Jan. 18th, 1837. A CONSTANT READER.
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Major-General Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby, who aj y died rather suddenly on Thursday se nnight, was a valiant and most distinguished officer served with great reputation in the Peninsula, and at the battle of Waterloo, where he successfully charged the French at the head of the 11 ill Hus- sars, on which occasion he was wounded by a grape-shot, and lay apparently dead on the field of battle. While in this situation, one of the enemy's lancers pierced him in three parts of the body with his cut off his epaulets, and gal- loped oil", but the M ijor-General survived his wounds, but felt the effects to the day of his death. His decease will be a severe i low to his venerable father, the Earl of Besborough, and will be severely fell by his friends and relations. By his death the Colonelcy of the Royal Dragoons has become vacant. SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.—A sheep, which was in a field at Hatfield Broad Oak, Es^ex, was missing on the 26th ull., and was not meovered until the 8th iust., when it was found it had been buried in the snow thirteen days, but was still alive, and likely to recover.
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MTGCCLLANT}. RAN DOM SHOTS.—The Bath Gaiette states that the keeper of a gentleman at Nettleton, Wilts, having observed an ex- traordinary number of starlings alight on the branches of a small plantation, went in the night, accompanied by some men and boys, with a lantern, and firing twenty-six shots at random among the branches, brought down no less than 802 birds, which completely filled a four-bushel sack, and their weight being 140Jbs.' In the morning upwards of 100 mots were picked up wounded-making lillle short of 1000 birds at twenty-six shots. LONDON AND PAlus.-tn reference to the comparison of cost of living in these two cities, an English resident in the latter says—" What are called regttldr prices are at all times sufficiently high here; and I have been frequently astonished that a preference should have been given by English families of small fortune to Paris over London. All articles 8f fife- cessity (excepting bread, and here I should remark, that eten bread, such as an Englishman can eat, is quite as dear as iti London, the ordinary bread being made of sour leaven), costs as much as in the English metrOpoHs and even in one of the articles of luxury, wine, the advantage is in favour of lng. land, to all who prefer the generous wines 01 Spain and Pdf" tugal to the ordinary wines of France." It has been calculated that no less a sum thannvethit- lions of francs have been lost in Paris since 1830, by unsuc* cessful attempts to establish peiiodivil works. As the book- sellers have learned prudence from experience, they seldom have. any concern in such undertakings so that this loss has mostly fallen upon shareholders, though it is true that many an author, who hoped to secure the edHorship, has sacrt- ficed the whole of his little property in them.—Foreign Quarterly Reviow. EXTRAORDINARY OLD AGE.-On Monday, Thomas Gub- hins, an old man of great respectability, a debtor at the suit of the Earl of Denbigh, died in th4 Warwickshire county gaol at the age of one- hundred and four years !—Leamington Chronicle. HORRIBLE DEATH BT HvDuoprioBiA«-—We can conceive nothing more dreadful than the state of suspense a man must be in who is hourly apprehensive of an attack of hydro- phobia, and whose suffering is prolonged for months, and finally ends in ..ost horrible death. An eye-witness gives in the Alorristown New Jerseyman the following account of such a case :—" Nathan Smith, a resident of Stanhope, Sus- sex county, New Jersey, was in a store in that town in June last, when a mad dog ran in and bit him on the back of one of his hands. The wouoded part was soon after cut out and cauterized. From that time until the 21st of November last nothing occurred to relieve or increase his apprehensions re- specting the issue. During this interval he partook of skull- cap tea. The wound healed, but was at times sensitive, and occasional exercise or passion would cause it to break out afresh. The first symptoms of malady appeared on the above day, when he complained of a pain in the head and in the wounded part. The following day, restlessness, fever, and increased pain came on. Toward midnight appeared alarm- ing spasmodic affections in the throat, and a feeling of suffo- cation, attended with a general agitation of the system. These occured at intervals, and increased till Thursday even- ing, when an abundant flow of saliva began, and the spasms increased in violence. During the intervals, he begged his attendants to hold him more firmly, as he should probably run raving mad, and he did not wish to injure any one, which he might do if not prevented. The last spasm occurred on Thursday evening, about nine o'clock, and terminated his existence. He lived about two days after the first attack, and all that time presented a spectacle of horror beyond de- scription. His countenance was vacant and unearthly, and his sufferings extreme. He begged, in the most imploring manner, for some one to put an end to him, and rid him of the misery of being choked to death, such was the extent of his sufferings. His thirst was extreme, and when drink was presented to him he was seized with indescribable horror, and ordered it away. If he did attempt to drink, violent spasms ensued. He left a wife and two children, and was 25 years of age."
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FRIDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE, JAN. 13. BANKRUPTS.—R. Campbell, Deritend, Aston, Warwick- shire, brassfounder.- R. Whittingham, Livefpool, flour- dealer and baker.-W. Matthews, Sherrard-street, Golden- square, victualler.-Pierre Marie Auguste Rougier, Wood- street, Spitalfields, si lk-m anu fact urer.-E. Jones, Bristol, oil and colourman.-G. Lush, Bristol and Bath, provision-mer- chant and carrier.—W. Pett, Bridge, near Canterbury, Kent, carpenter and builder.- R. Hubbersty, Liverpool, baker and nour-deater.—M. Smith, Liverpool, druggist.-E. Jones, Bristol, Soda-dealer.—J. Harwood, Birmingham, share-bro- ker and commission-agent.—H. Evans, Paddington, Lanca- shire, soap-boiler.
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CJjc lloitiion CORN EXCHANGE. The supply of wheat is by no means large, yet it is suffi- cient for the demand. A large portion of it comes to hand in a very cold damp condition, and last Monday's prices can scarcely be obtained even for the finest dry samples, and those out of condition are difficult of sale at an abatement of Is to Us per qr. BarUy is exceedingly dull, even for the finest samples, and this article seems declining in price. Malt continues very dull aniess for the very choicest Cheva- lier samples. Fine oats go off much the same as on last IVxondaiy the inferior sorts, and beans and peas of all kinds, are exceedingly dull of sale and lower in price. Per Qr. s. s. Per Qr. s. s. Wheat,KentScEssex 46 to 64 Peas, Grev 36 to 38 Suffolk 46 — 63 Small Beans 44 — 48 Norfolk 45 — 60 Tick ditto 30 43 Rye 30 36 Oats, Potatoe. 26 — 32 Barley 30-35 —— Poland. 25-31 Malting'Barley —— Feed 20 29 Peas, White 34 — 36 Flour 40 50 —— Boilers 36 — 39 Ditto, fine 50 ó5 Malt 52s to 60s. THE ARflIVALS ADE- Wheat. Barley Malt. Otts. Beans Peas Flour Eng. 9288 9632 8159 4530 2319 2130 11771 Scotch. — 60 26 5056 — — — Irish. — — 2244 — — — Foreign 700 1543 — — — 506 1 3000 Average Prices of Grain in England and Wales for the last Week-(Imperial Measure). Wheat .59 0 I Oats 24 0 I Beans 41 0 Barley .36 0| Rye 38 0| Peas .40 0 Aggregate Average of the Six Weeks, which regulates Duty. Wheat .59 6 f Oats 25 1 Beans 43 8 Barley .36 1 | Rye 42 11 Peas 41 3 SMITH FIELD MARKET. JAN. 23.—In this day's market, which was, throughout, but moderately supplied, trade was, with Mutton and Veal, somewhat brisk, at an advance of 2d. per 8lbs.; with Beef and Pork dull, at Friday's quotations. (By the quantities of 8lbs., sinking the offal.) Coarse and inferior beasts from 2s 2d to 2s 4d second quality beasts, 2s 8d to 3s 2d prime oxen, 3s 6d to 3s lOd prime Scots. &c., 4s 2d to 4s 4d coarse and inferior sheep, 2s lOd to 3s 0d second quality, 3s 6d to 3s lOd prime coarse- woolled sheep, 4s 6d to 4s ICd prime Southdown sheep, 5s 2d to 5s 6d; lambs, Os Od to Os Od; large coarse calves, 4s 4d to 4s lOd prime small ditto, 5s 2d to 5s 6d sucking calves, 165 0<1 to 33s Od large hogs, 3s 2d to 3s 8d neat small porkers, 4s 2d to 4s 6d; and quarter old store pigs, 12s Od to 20s Od each. HAY AND STRAW. SMITHFIELD, JAN. 21. Hay 88s Od to 90s Od Clover. 115s Od to 120s Od Inferior 80s Od to 81s Od Inferior.84s Od to 105s Od Straw 38s to 44s. NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL. Monday, Jall.23.-(lly the carcass, per quantities of 8lbs. being one hnl ilC Imperial stone and lib. additional.)— Beef, 2s 10dio4s0d; Mutton, 2s lOd to 4s Od Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 6d Pork, 3s 6tl to 4s lOd. PRICE OF SUGAH. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com- puted from the returns made in the week ending Jan. 17,1836, is 35s iOjfd per cwt., exclusive of thedutKS of Customs. BOROUGH HOP MARKET.—PEII CWT. Currency: East Kent, in pockets, 1833, £ 0. Osto £ 0.0s 1834, J'O Os to £0. Os 1835, f3. 10s to J5. Os 1836, ft. 6s to i8. 0s Mid-Kent. 1833, £ 0.0s te £ 0.0s; 1834, £ 0. Os to £ 0. Os 1835, 13. 10s to £1. 4s 1836, X4. 10s to £ 7. 10s Weald of Kent, 1833. £0. Os to fO. Os; 1834, SO. 0s to jEO. Os 1835. £ 3. 8s to f3. 16s 1836, f4. Os to £4. 168 Sussex, 1835. f3. 5s to £ 3.15s 1836. £ 3.15s to £ 4.12s; Farnham, 1835, £0. Os to Xo. Os 1836, £ 7. Os to £9. 10s. SEED MARKKT. Turnip, White, per bushel, 25s to 27s Red, 25s to 26s Greeq, 25s to 26s Canary, per qr. 40s to 46s Cinque Fois, 34s to 35s Tares, new, 44s to 48s ditto, old, 38s to 40s Rapeseed, f32 to £ 35; Clover, Red old, per cwt. 54s to 76s; White, 54s to 80s Foreign Red, 58s to 76s White, 60s to 82s Trifolium Incarnatum, —s to —s Trefoil, 18s to 22s Linseed Cakes, English, fl3. 0s to .613. 10s; Foreign, f9 9s to £ 10.10s per ton. LIVERPOOL WOOL MARKET, JAN. 21. Foreign wools command good prices, and have been in considerable demand. The consumption has been princi- pally confined to the inferior descriptions—Russian, Moga- dure, and Peruvian, which have sold freely at last week's quotations. The imports of the week amount lo 685 bags.— English wools admit of little, if any, variation from the cur- rent prices of last week. The inquiry has been principally confined to broke and fleece wools for combing, which have brought good prices—Down ewes and wethers, 18Jd. to I9jd.; ditto tegs, 20d. to 21d.; combing fleeces, 19d. to 2Od.; ditto skin, 17d. to 19d.; superior skin, I7jd. to 18Jd.; head ditto. 15^d. to 16id. per lb. Newport, Saturday, January 28, 1837 Published by the sole Proprietor, EDWARD DOWLING. of Westgate-street, at the Merlin Office, in the same street; and Printed by him at the House of Mr. LEWIS EDWARDS, Commercial-slrect, in the same Borough, to which, or to the Publishing Office, all Orders to the Editor are to be addressed. London Agents:—Messrs. Newton and Co., Warwick- square Mr. R. Barker, 33, Fleet-street; Mr. G.Reynell, 42, Chancery-lane; and Mr. S. Deacon, Coffee-house, No 3, Walbrook, near the Mansion House, where this Paper is reyulaily filed. Aseriu for Ireland, Johnston and Co., Eden Quayi DubliOi