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I jpm MEMLHWt I Ketoport, ■ SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1837. k? WitTing of age of the presumptive heiress of the pH throne has, we find, been a day of almost general itirkg throughout the empire. The homage of a na- I love has been made, and the expression of a nation's r,ConveW to the royal girl, who, from the education ^1 Li^d, can so justly appreciate the generous of a, brave and puissant people. It would be bad ■ 'nd worse feeling to assume that the Princess has any ^1 al predilections, or that, if called to the throne, she for an instant permit her mind to balance between 'ding parties if the general interests of her subjects ^n<ied a prompt and vigorous decision on the part 01 I Jfown. It cannot, however, be denied that her Royal has ever been regatded with feelings of peculiai '^ion and loyalty by the great mass of the Reformers, I remember* tig the liberal views of her father—views I Hi* ^'S au^ys* spouse is known to have fully adopted — I .justified in presuming, that as such was the father, a- I i mother, so would the daughter be. Her uncle, I i* Presen' 8racious Sovereign, is a Reforming Mo- I while her maternal uncle the King of the Belgian* I h'8 throne to a revolution, produced like our owi> ■ Sr-1688, by a tyrant King endeavouring to force arbi I I &! '^W* 0n a PeoP'e l'iat willed themselves free. Thest I ,e,n'n'scences to direct with the lights of histon ■ r6'* ',er» the Reformers looked, and continue to look u| ■ f'er, as one yet destined, in her exalted station, to d( I I* ^reat service," by wielding the sceptre not for tin I if^fit of th« few, but for the advantage of the man). I was» therefore, prepared for the loud burst o' I Lcensure which came from all classes of Reforn I kl ¥r',en l',e conumittee of the House of Commons I f%ht to .light the foul treason brooded over by Oran^^ I ^frnidons of both high and low degree" in their secret I f«e5» who, to preserve thpir darling but hateful supre I ^y, dared to deliberate on a change of the succession I ° effect this, Orangeism was introduced into ilu I blank warrants extensively given to colonels of Brents, and an immaculate personage wooed, if pos- f51* (we don't aver that it would be possible) from hi ptfe pursuits, to become leader of the sworn and con- "rated brotherhood. The flight of a paltry intriguei tiered further disclosures impossible; but had the trea- Oft-dangerous as its original plotters might have thought '^displayed itself in a single overt act, the chivalrous Nds of Burke would have heen realised, and counties* Fords would have leaped from their scabbards in de. lice of the Monarch and his Niece. If, then, any clas» f Reformers did not openly express their feelings of sin r»« attachment on the late auspicious occasion, it surel) not emanate from an indifference towards our future een, but from motives the reverse of those assigned b) ir enemies. There can be joy without fireworks. Walty without beef and pudding, and health can bt 'sbed without healths being drunk with all honours." Of that we are so ascetic as to wish to see the natal daj our Princess uncelebrated, except in the good old Eng- ,'»h style. But we desire to be understood as dissenting I. that fallacious mode of reasoning wluchA i^ the ab- Vc- of mlrlb, supposes indifference, and conjures up thf ^g-bear of republicanism to alarm the timid, grieve ^e peaceable, and make the firm man laugh—because Wre was no run on the tallow chandler, nor explosion* torn the powder-flask. Reformers, however, finding such ccusation* made, will not, we hope, entirely pass then y in consequence of their glaring absurdity; but on th« r hext occasion, when the Princess Victoria's birth-day is to be > commemorated, shew their implacable foes that they car. 1 joy as others joy," and with perhaps equal, if not more, 1 sincerity. The Princess was born on the same day as hei tauwlkther George the Third, which, by the adoption of 'he new style, was fixed for celebration on the fourth o 44nP, instead of the 24th of May. The interest with whicl "he is regarded by her future subjects, independent of he. i ^ny amiable qualities, is natural to the English people ^io have ever had, with one or two exceptions, main i Masons to be proud of their female Sovereigns. The ab. 11 Surd Sakque law which prevails in France, and which til ,"lely Prevailed in Spain, never made its way into Eng. land, and she, therefore, was not compelled to discarc females from the succession and thus her Elizabeths and 6r Annes were left to enlarge her territory and add to her tenown. Our Boadicias, our Phillippas, and our Marga- •iets, will ever live in our annals; and although the twi latter were but Queen consorts, still their heroic quality Were nobly exercised (the latter unavailingly it is true) it defence of their husbands'thrones. The love of the Bri lish in favour both of their Queens and their Princesses, hat frequently amounted to enthusiasm. It is true the bruta and bloody Henry the Eighth was allowed to proceed un- checked in the murders of his Queens; but at that disma! period of our history the people were only emelgrng fron a state of barbarism, produced by feudal tyranny and brutalising civil wars, and were themselves thetrembtint slaves of a savage despot. Elizabeth, with all the faullsof j ber private life, was still enabled by the devotion of lie, subjects to set the then most formidable powers of Europ< I at defiance, and leave to her feeble successor a sceptr*, which his mind had hardly strength enough to direct, i ^°r the cause of his daughter, the Electress Palatine, Queen of Bohemia, the English people made many sacri- fices they sympathised with the woman, and were eve, ready to avenge her wrongs, and when the British Kinj. Sllit>d himself with her enemies, the remonstrances thai reached Windsor were both deep and loud." In con- Sequence of their descent from this excellent Princess, th, House of Hanover ascended the throne of these realms, and replaced a line, the monarchs of which shewed them- selves entirely ignorant of the habits and feelings of Eng- land and the English." The Queen ofGeocge the Second wa, ■ a woman of masculine understanding, and one whom 8" Walter Scott has most felicitously described in his Hear of Mid-Lothian. She was the ruling spirit of the times, that directed the war in Germany, in order to keep peact at home. The domestic virtues of Queen Charlotte madt the English Court the model for foreigners to study, ami obtained for her the gratitude and affection of her sub- jects. In more recent times, the "widow yet a wife," was supported by the people against all the excesses 01 power; and whatever might have been her .f errors," shf- was still a persecuted Queen, and the nation rallied round her in the moment of difficulty and danger. The death of the Princess Charlotte brought sorrow and.dismay into every dwelling-house in the kingdom, and the people mourned as if the wrath of God was over them." Need we, then, go further to maintain our position, that towards their Queens the English people have ever been sincerely and devotedly attached; and when they now look upon the Princess Victoria, born and educated among them selves, learned beyond her years, with every virtue that -1 ean exalt the woman and dignify the future Sovereign blooming around her, can the truly loyal cease to cherish the confident hope that there now —————————— promises Upon this land a thousand blessings, Which time shall hring to ripeness."

The Tory press have not ceased their exultations at the late small majority in the House of Commons on the Church-rate question. They use words without meaning, and 11 Church robbery and pseudo Whig legislation are repeated until the very stomachs of their readers become palled with the morbid dose Church robbery J Let them call things by their proper names and we shall not quarrel with their truculent zeal in defence of their party. Is that robbery which furnishes a just equivalent and puts an end to an odious system which more than places the Church in danger?—Church robbery!! We declare the charge to be false, contending as we do that on the Church itself originally devolved all the erpenjes attending divine wor- ship. Chorch-rates, Sif John Campbell says, "are cer- tainly not of the remote ajitiquity which has been supposed by soms, kU there "11 lie A* 4«u]bt that t. thie country all the expenses attending divine worship were originally defrayed by the Church itself from a portion of the tithes. The circeseeat or 'Church-short,' which King Minute or- dered to be paid by the faithful, Suggested to have meant Church-rates', consisted of the first-fruits of seed rendered to the clergy yearly on the feast of Saint Martin, and had no more connection with the repairs of the church than alms for the plough, or tithe of Animals born during the year, or Peters-pence, the payment of which he likewise enjoins." Mr. Justice Blackstone has affirmed that at the first establishment of parochial clergy, the tithes of the parish were distributed in a fourfold divison, one for the use of the Bishops, another for maintaining thfe fabrics of the Church, a third for the poor, and the fourth to pro- vide for the incumbent. tyndwood, Bishop of St. David's, a high authority in ecclesiastical law, says—"That by the common law the fabric or repair of the church belongs to this day to the rector, according to the appointment and cure of the Bishop, since under him that fourth due tothe fabric of the church has been transferred to the rector him- self, so that he who has the fourth ought to repair the church, so that tt common law the laity may not be com- pelled to do this. But certainly by custom even the lay parishioners are compelled to this surt of repair so that the lay people are compelled to observe this laudable custom." Thus it is evident that prescription gives no sanction to the legal demand of Church-rates from the parishioners. By he law of England at the present day, a Church-rate can. not be made only by a majority of the parishioners in ves- try assembled, and if they refuse to tax ihemsefoes there is no power in the land to compel them: true it is, however, that an appeal to the Ecclesiastical Court lies, which we believe can place the recusant parish under an interdict, by which the church may be shut up, and the administra- tion of the sacrament forbidden. This can only, of course, affect churchmen themselves, and is at the best an alterna- tive that could not be resorted to in the present day. A 'mandamus to the churchwardens to make a rate will not even be entertained by the Court. Rex. v. St. Peters, Thetford—5 T. R 364. Thus there being no law to com- pel an assessment of a rate, should the parishioners in vestry assembled refuse to impose one, no fund will exist or the repairs of the fabrics of the churches. The Minis- terial measure would have promoted peace and granted security, but it was and is denounced by unreasoning bi- gots as robbery and spoliation, and the result, as sure as cause follows effect, will be that the sincere supporters of the Church will yet have bitterly to rpgret the rampant zeal of those who for party objects now fling discretion to the winds, and, instead of seeking to allay the troubled waters, do all in their power to invoke the elements of strife.

The French papers are filled with particulars of lhe fetes consequent upon the Duke of Orleans' marriage. The French Court have done the utmost to make the event pa- atable to the Parisians; and if a profuse distribution of favours, the showering of orders, and the gorgeous festivi- ties of the banquetting hall, can make a Prince and his bride popular, the young couple bid fair to largely share in the national esteem. From Spain we are without ar- rivals of interest. Don Carlos still lingers near the French frontier. He is quite right to reserve f( r himself the power If secure retreat.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING. Accounts from Manchester state that matters had been re- viving a little when the last news from the United States ai- rived which threw a damp upon the markets. The meeting 01 tirectors at the Bank of England, at which important matters elative to the present crisis have been under discussion, has .gain adiourned without coming to any decision on Ame- ican affairs. It is atated that thev are to meet again at five Vclock for fmther consideration. and in the interim they are •oine to wait on Mr. Spring Rice, to consult with him. This •auses ereat excitement in the City among the American mer- hants.—Consols for the Account. 91 j.

MONMOUTHSHIRE AND GLAMORGANSHIRE BANKING COMPANY —In order that there may be nopossibtemiscon. eption as to the system of management adopted in this Com- pany with regard to the discounting of bills and the regulation .f the customers accounts, we are authorised to state, tn rejutu- km of wme unfounded rumour* tohich have been circulated to he contrary, that the whole dllectlon of these matters at the Head-office, in Newport, and at all the branches except Car- diffis loft to Messrs. Jones and Blewitt alone, and that, accord- ing to the prospectus and deed of settlement, no other director no shareholder has the right to inspect or controul, or has ever ttempt^d to inspect or controul, any of the customers accounts, r the discount operations. We are also requested 10 siate that the dvertis-ments which have appeared in the Merlin and other ewspapers, offering loans cf money on landed property, with reference to the office of this Company, were inserted by a cus- tomer of the bank who wishes to make investments in that way, jnd not by the bank itself—which has ample employment for ill its resources in legitimate banking transactions, and the di- rectors would never dream of looking up any part of such re- sources as dead loans. We have heard with much concern or an accident which occurred this week in our neighbourhood, and by which some of the members of one of the most respected families in the county were exposed to very serious danger. We are induced •o publish the particulars in the hope that it may act as a aution to servants to be more careful in the discharge of their tuties, and prevent from placing in peril the lives and limbs 01 .hose in whose service they live. Oa Thursday, the ladies o( die family alluded to went to- take an airing in a hristk-a, two of the young ladies occupying the hind seat; they bad not proceeded far when the seat fell to the ground in cdnse- .juence of the negligence of the servant who had the care of the carriage, and who had forgotten to place the nuts over the screws .vhich secured the box to which the seat was attached. One of (he young ladies escaped with a few bruises, but we regret to tdd that the other was severely hurt. The alarm of the ladies m the carriage was, as may well be supposed, extreme, when ihey contemplated an occurrence which might have been at- tended with fatal consequences. APPREHENSION OF TWO ROBBERS.—A paragraph having Appeared in the Merlin a week or two since, copied from the Bristol papers, containing an account of a murderous attack ind robbery committed by four fellows on two poor women who *ere returning from Shirehampton, and the apprehension of one If the robbeis, whose name was Shepard, Roberts, police- >fficer of Pontypool, having lead the paragraph thought it pos- sible that the three who escaped, or some of them, might 'lave come in this direction, and consequently kept a sharp look out for them. On Sunday last seeing two suspicious-looking ellows at Abersychan, he questioned them, and having ascer- ained that they came from Westbury, where Shepard was ap- jiehended, and that they saw him there on the day of the rob. nry, betook them into custody on suspicion, and having wrought them to Bristol, they were immediately recognised as 'wo of the fellows engaged in the outrage, their names are John Gregory and Henry Williams. Inspector Atwood ond Sergeant vVilliams succeeded, on Monday night, in apprehending the ourth, named Wm. Rowley and thus a very desperate gang ■ias been broken up by the activity of the above-named officers. CHEPSTOW.—The birth day of the Princess Victoria was •elebrated in this town with much enthusiasm. The bells rang out a joyous peal, bands of music enlivened the town, and 'very circumstance bespoke the joy felt by the inhabitants at he attainment of her majority by the Princess. INQUEST.—A coroner's inquest was held last week, be- ore T. Hughes, Esq.. coroner, on Thomas Middleton Hallen, wo years old, the infant son of Mr. Thomas Hallen, manager if the British Company's shop, Abersychan the week previous, [he little fellow having wandered into the brew-house unob- served, withdrew the spigot from the faucet of a vessel filled .oiling wort, which flowing copiously over him scalded him so i read fully that after great sufferings for a week, he died in con. equtfnee.—Verdict, Accidental Death. On Monday last, a melancholy and fatal accident oc- uned in consequence of inebriety and careless driving. 1\1,. Morgan, of the Cross Keys Inn, Usk, had entrusted a waggon oaded with hay drawn by four horses to a man named Thomas Probyn, to be delivered al Abersychan Iron Works he wasac. ompanitd by a lad about eighteen years of age, and on their etiirn at ) ontnewyoidd. near Pontypool, the waggoner, with ,ther | erso .s seated in the waggon, desired the poor lad to drive on an pass a beer-carriage which was on the road. The horses starting suddenly, the spreader between the first and second horse unfortunately caught the clothes of the young man md ihrt-w him down, when the waggon passed over his body I read fully crushing the abdomen the injuries he received were -0 extensive that he expired the next day. Thomas Probyn, the ",aggoner, we are informed, has been before convicted of care- lessness and furious driving. It appears from the contents of a letter received by the Mayor of Monmouth, on Wednesday last, from T.H. Saun- ters, Esq., a magistrate of Wilts, that the two men lately ap- prehended by the Moumouth police on suspicion of stealing a quantity of gleeh cloth, which they had in their possession, are runaways from Bradford, whence they absconded some time since. It is supposed that the cloth which they had with them was the property of Messrs. Cooper, Brothers, and Co., Staver- ton, who have succeeded in identifying a portion of their booty, which had been pawned at Bath. It unfortunately happened that the magistrates of Monmouth, had discharged the prisoners previous to the receipt of this intelligence. On Monday last, the members of the two female benefit clubs of Monmouth, being their anniversary day, walked in procession, to the number of 171, to St. Mary's Church, *i Ltie having attended divine service, they were escorted back to thpir head ouarters by a band of music. The hospitable hostess of the Barley Mow sustained her reputation for taste and liberality by furnishing her guests with a capital dinner, served up 10 her best style. cm. f RE \V. F. GEACH, GENT., ONE, tic.— 1 he report of the ar- gument in this cause, which was a motion to strike an attorney off the rolls of the Court, which appeared in our columns on the 20th ult. was not received from our own reporter (who was at the time unwell), and, as we have since found, does not con- vev a fair report of the case, inasmuch as it would thereby ap. pear that the Court considered the conduct of Mr. Blewitt, the gentleman on whose affidavit the motion was made, and of Messrs. Prothero and Phillips, by whom the application was promoted, to have been oppressive, and on that ground dis- charged the rule without passing nny censure upon Mr. Geach, although, as we have now learned, the Court declared that the application was a very proper one to be made, and thai the con- duct of Mr. Geach was most incorrect in itself, highly danger- ous in its nature, and it might he veiy mischievous in its con- sequences, but guggestt-d that a proper termination of the case would be for the rule out to be prayed to be made absolute, and that the costs of the applicauon should be paid by Mr. (reach, a suggestion which was adopted by Mr. Maule, the counsel in support of the motion, and the rule was thereupon discharged on the payment of costs.—Times.

Last week, as two gentlemen were exercising some spaniels near Prestwick Carr, they made a dead stand at a spot from which they would not attend to their master's call. On exami- nation they found them engaged with two fox cubs amongst a tuft of furze, which had been isolated during the long continu- ance.ofwet weather, where they had reposed secure during the bunting season. Tbe following is a list of viands provided by their dam Thirty goslings, three leverets, three rabbits, two bald e»ot*, o«« larje eel, and the remains of a hen pheassnt.

tit. MtmolfrAilftY. I On the esplanade jp,. front. ot Sinjytaton has lately been mounted, a itios. beautiful brass gtin («$pounder), valuable it a Specimen of the most highly-finished workmanship, auU interesting as one of the guns recovered from the wreck of the Royal George, sunk at Spithead in 1782. This memorial of times gone by, through the liberality of our. spirited member, has escaped the furn&w; and will be handed down to posterity as a oational testimonial of the perfection of art, and an awful record of the fate of Admiral Kempenfeldt and his unfortunate crew. Two shots were extricated from it by an officer of, the Royal Artillery at Swansea, but no vestige of either cartridge or wad- ding remained. As ihe gun is covered with sHell fish, a o/ies- tion aristes wlietlier i galvanic influence has not taken place between the iron and brass, similar to Sir Humphrey Davy's sheathing of zinc and copper.—Cambrian. HONESTY REWAllDED.-A tradesman, not one hundred miles fiom Swansea, lately lost on the sands a silver watch, valued at 16 guineas, whit h was found by a poor and honest boy who, on presenting it to tfte owiiar, was Awarded with a thank■ ye.— tbid HYDROPHOBIA.—A lad, about fifteen years of age, who was bitten by a dog in a rabid state some few weeks ago at the Mum- a bles, died on Saturday last at our Infirmary, after having suf- fered for several days all the distressing symptoms of the dread- ful malady. All dogs found in the streets, unmutzled, have, by an order from the Mayor, been ordered to be immediately dtitroyecl.-Ibid TAFF V AtE RAILROAD.—The first contract for this line has been just concluded for £ 40,000, the wtirk to be cottinienced immediately. On the 19th of May, Thomas Evans, second son of Edward Evans, Esq., surgeon, Cardiff, was admitted a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, London. The town of Cardiff was thrown into great alarm on Thurs- day se'nnight, about half-past nine o'clock in the evening, by the discovery that a malt house in Duke-street, occupied by Mr. Williams, brewer, was on fire. The engines were quickly on the spot, and all danger was speedily at an end, under the abte and efficient directions of Mr. Davtes of the poor-house) whose exertions were most praiseworthy. The Llandilo branch of Messis. Wilkins's bank is about to close its accounts. The want of business, it is said, has been the cause of this arrangement. Rumours are afloat that other parties will forthwith avail themselves of the vacancy. The schooner Eliza, Laugharne, master, from Newport to Dublin, laden with coals, settled on her anchor at the mouth of Hubberstone Pill, on Tuesday last, and fills when the tide flows. Her cargo is being discharged to stop the leak. The Fishguard Port and Harbour Bill has passed the House of Commons. On Friday se'nnight an inquest was held at Brecon, on the body of the wife of W. Jones, gardener, Llanvaes, who it was supposed had died in consequence of injures inflicted by her huoband. The jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter. FATAL ACCIDENT.-On Saturday morning se'nnight, a young man of the name of Thomas Williams, collier, aged 27, was killed at the Tredegar Coal Works, by a heavy load of coal falling upon his head. ACCIDENT.-An accident which might have been attended with fatal consequences look place on Saturday last at Cy- farthfa Works. One of the steam engines employed in blowing the finery had its parallel rods, connecting tod, and a piece of the air cylinder completely broken. Providentially no person was hurt. NARROW ESCAPE.- A n old miner named Rees Evans, work- ing in Cyfarthfa, had a narrow escape for his life on Monday last. A stone weighing from two to three hundred weight fell from the roof and struck his arm, by which it was broken. The iron trade partakes, to a considerable extent, of the de- pression now prevailing in the different manufactories of the kingdom. There is very little demand for iron and we find that the workmen are under a notice, most likely for a reduction of wages. We believe that the iron masters of the whole dis- trict still adhere to the resolution agreed upon some time ago of curtailing their make; and we consider this a much better plan than to glut the market, and force down its price. On Wednesday the 241h inst., there was a numerous and re- spectable assemblage of ladies and gentlemen at a tea-party, held at the vestry of the English Wesleyan Chapel, of Nan* tyglo, for the benefit of the Wesleyan Sunday School in that place. Afte. the tea was concluded they proceeded to the cha- pel, where several very appropriate and spirited addresses were delivered by ministers assembled for the occasion. The meet ing was of a most delightful and interesting nature, which feeling seemed to be impressed in every mind, glowing in every breast, and beaming in every countenance. In fine, as it was in the beginning so it was in the end-all order, harmony, and love.

BRISTOL. MUNICIPAL REFORM.—A statement, purporting to be a peti- tion from the inhabitants of Bristol, having been presented to the House of Lords, in which the Corporate Reform Act is de- scribed as having been productive of injurious consequences to the city, and the old close system of self-election as more con sonant to the feelings of, and more productive of benefit to, the citizens, the whole being used as an argument against extend- ing a measuie of equal justice to Iieland. A requisition, signed by a considerable number of the most respectable gentlemen in Bristol, was last week presented to the Mayor, requesting him to convene a public meeting, to ascertain the sentiments of the citizens of Bristol with respect to the working of the Municipal Act in that city, and their wishes as to its extension to Ireland. The Mayor having complied with the requisition, the meeting took place on Friday, the 26th ult., in the Guildhall, which was crowded on the occasion. The Bristol Marcitry, in alluding to the meeting, says that, though the proceedings of the day were certainly not characterised with perfect unanimity, the re- solutions, which passed by overwhelming majorities, may fanly be taken as expressive of the fetlings of the great body of the inhabitants. W. P. Taunton, E-q., was called to the chair. In stating the object of the meeting, he said, that they were called together to declate whether, as citizens, and as having the best opportunities of judging of the facts, whether the alle- Igations contained in a certain petition, lately presented to the House of Lords, as emanating from the inhabitants of Bristol, were or were not in accordance with their kelings-whelher, in fact, in their opinion, the working of the Municipal Act was advantageous or disadvantageous to the community at large.- The first resolution was moved by Mr. Cummingham, and se, conded by Mr. llarman Visger, who took up seriatim, the alle- gation in the petition, and gave then, from public documents, a full and triumphant refutation. The meeting was subse- quently addressed by Mr. W. Herapath, (who delivered an able speech), Mr. Lunell, and other geutlemen, on moving and seconding the several resolutions. Some interruption to the proceedings was experienced, arising fiom the clamour of a few individuals the attempts, however, of the friends of the old corporation, were unsuccessful, as all the resolutions were carried with large majorities.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Last week, a man named Jeffrey Pool, of Maisemore, near Gloucester, peiformed, for the trifling wager of five shillings, the extraordinary feet of gathering 106 stones, each one yard apart, in the short space of 44 minutes, being a distance of 10,100 yards, or five miles and 130 yards. Mr. William Weekes, of .King's Stanley, in this county, has taken out a patent for an improved mode of dressing cloths. 'Ihe Badminton Troop of \eomanry Cavalry had a grand field-day lately in Badminton Park. They went through their evolutions in very creditable style. They afterwards partook of an excellent dinner at the Beaufort Arms, Petty France, given by the Captain of the Tioop, R. B. Hale, Esq., of Alderley. TROTTING MATCH.—A trotting match came off at Maise- more, on Thursday week, between Mr. Michael Wadley's bay mare, and Mr. W. Wadley's pony, for a wager of two sovs., which was won by the pony which came in fifty yards a-head of his competitor. The distance was two miles, and it is gene- rally supposed that this pony excels the one which died from over exertion at the match on the Cheltenham road a shoit time since. PRICES OF STOCKS.

FOUR O'CLOCK. Friday! Sat. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Bank Stock 206 200J 206 2C6 20*J India Stock 2601 26il £ 26t) £ S per Cent. Consols 9l| 91 90j 9lJ 91 90| Old 3i per Cent P8 3 per Cent. Reduced Ann. 9oJ 90 1 89J Ofti 00 89| 3J per Cent. Reduced 9?| 98i 0? £ 97? 97j 97| New 3$per Cent (tnj 9tf| 0SJ «<4 99 India Bonds .37s p.|37s. p. 37s. p.'S7s. p. 36s. p.)38s p. Exchequer Bills 37s. p. 37s. p.]37s. p.;37s. p. 36s. p. 40s p. Consols for Account 9|J 9'j 9lj 91| 9I|j 90| Long Annuities l-t| H| ll| Hi

Negotiations have for some time been pending betwixt the Methodists New Connexion and the Wesleyan Association, in reference to the projected union of the two communities. The Tee-total principle is rapidly increasing.—Sun. The inhuman practice which has of late prevailed to a great extent, of harnessing dogs to heavy loaded carls and trucks has excited the altenlion of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. In consequence of Mrs. Smith, the wife of a rug. maker, at Kennington, having died of hydrophobia after having been bitten by a dog thus driven to madness; the Society have drawn up a petition to Parliament. On the breaking up of the various workhouses on formibg the Plympton Union, a labouring man of the name of Trehan, who had been receiving parochial relief out of and in the work. house at Meavy for more than twenty years, offered £ 200 for the house rather than be turned out of his favourite residence. West Briton. Dr. Chalmers, it is said, will come to London early in July to deliver a course of lectures at Freemason* Hall, in favour of church extension. A clergyman of the Church of England is to follow the Doctor, on the subject of the great benefits which the Establishment confers on the country. The bridge about to be constructed between Weymouth and the Isle of Portland, it seems, is to be built of limber on stone piers. It is more than probable," says a provincial journal, that if Portland stone had been distant more than a hundred miles from the site, the bridge would have been constructed of that more handsome, as well as more substantial material." COAL.—The greatest coal field in the world, olobably, lies in the valley of the Mississippi. It would cover a space of 900.000 sfjuare niites. equal to the half of Europe-or 1500 miles in length by 600 in breadth. LABOUR BEFORE MEAI.S.— History informs us, says Mr. Cur- tis, in his Observations on Health," that an ancient King of Persia commanded all his subjects to engage in some kind of la- bour or exercise before they ate their meals alleging as a reason for so doing, that he wished to reign over a healthy and lobust, and not over a sick people. BE"An.—A Suttee look place in this Zilah in the early part of this month. The deluded victim of this superstition was en. treated by her lelations-whose feelings in common with those of a large portion of the community, appear to have taken a natural channel since the illegalisaiion of the rite-to forego the dreadful ceremony but in vain. When the preparations were completed the police of the neighbouring thanna appeated to enforce the law, but were opposed by the people who had al- tempted to dissuade their relalion from the act. The ceremony accordingly went on.— Calcutta Journal, Jan. 14, SINGULAR CUI EMON IH.-The new Bishop of Salisbury, on his way to mat city to be enthroned, on aniting at Bishop's Down, about a mile and a half from the cathedral, was met by the chancellor, the registrar, and other officeis of the diocese and, alighting from his carriage, entered a tent which had been prepaied for the purpose, where, according to ancient custom, his lordship cut, with his own hands, a turf Horn the soil indi- cating his having taken possession of tIlt" temporalities of the see. Afterwards, in the course of his procession to the Chapter House, on arming opposite the Chorister's School, the senior Chonster addressed the Bishop in a short Latin speech to which his lordship leplied in the same language,

MAKfclAOlt OF tm DUKE or ORLliAltfl. ¡' ■ The French papers are filled with details of the marriage festivities AT Fontainbieau, and with tccoanii fif fh; V?IS( PFF* parations that are going on for the celebration of the fetes to be given by the city of Paris. Some hundred. of workmen are employed, night and day, in erecting theatre* and preparing SPEctacles tor the gratuitous use of an elated populace, whose, heads SEEM turned witfi t't- ariticipiiti&FT IF iridless pleasures and rejoicings. Ihe King and Queen, the Queen of the Belgians, and at the Royal Family, arrived at Fontainbieau, op Salu,day.. All the inhabitants of the communes tlirounh which the carriages passed hailed his MAIESTF AND t/iè FTOYAT famtly the warmest acclammations. These manifestations \)rè 51 F-0BJ>er when their Majesties reached Fontainbieau, where all the win dows were hung with tricoloured flags. Cries of Vive e Itol, did not cease unlillhe moment when the Royal family entered the PALACE, The Duke of Orleans left pn Saturday oiorntng for Ch$lons-sur-Marbe. He wês TP.stop for the night one stage on this side of the town, and wouid visit the Grand DUCHESS Dowager of Mecklenburg and the Princess Helena, who were to arrive at Chalons "on Saturday evening. His Royal Highness, on taking leave of the Fr mess, would pro- ceed to Fontainbieau. On Sunday the King lose at day !'ght, and busied HIMSELF in seeing that all the arrangements in THE Palace were comptete. FOSTAISBLEÀ U, 1\1 A r 29. Since morning, post-chaises have not ceased an instaht to drive in by the Meluo and Paris roads. ALLJ liovveVer, HIIVFE put tip it thS PaiSce; DHD scarcely 9ne at anihti. The Duke of Orleans arrived last night AT half-past eleven, with, some say, the Prince Talleyrand de Pengord.— His Royal Highness, who had gone to meet his bride, left her safe at Chalons-sur-Marne, where she slept last night. All the Royal Family with the exception of the King, set out at two o'clock for the Table du RtJi, to meet the Princess. It being contrary to Court etiquette, that fathers should go out OF their way for their children, the King has retrained in the Palace to receive his dautthter-In-Iaw at the top of the/iff a chevat (or horse-shoe) staircase, itl the court of the Cheval Blanc, fchere the National Guard and troops have oders to rendezvous. EIGUT O'CLOCK.—The entire military force was united and drawn up in the court at four o'clock. The Princess of Meek. leuburg was to have arrived at five. At half-past 5 the Dukes of Orleans and Nemours,drove up to the Palace with their suite, 10 carriages at full speed. At seven the Princess arrived. She WAS in a state carriage, drawn by eight post-horses, and, though the cortege moved at a slow pace, it was impossible for me in the confusion to see her well enough to describe her ac- curately. She appeared pale and tired (from the journey, per- haps). She has a longish face, is fair, and I should think, ra- ther taU. She saluted the people very graciously as she went along, AND must have been well pleased with the reception.— t'he spectators, from the highest to the lowest, were delighted with her, and observed that she would make a fine Queen.— She wore a white satin hat and a rose-coloured gown. Seven other carriages formed her suite, and the whole was escorted by a large detachment of dragoons of the regiment in garrison at Melun. The Princess was met at the gate of Fontainbieau by the mu. nicipal body, with the Mayor at its head, who welcomed her to their town, and the young ladies of the place, all dressed in white, were afterwards admitted to offer her a bouquet and to address her a compliment, which she acknowledged in a most courteous manner. On the whole, the future Duchess of Or- leans has made a most favourable impression on the people. When she entered the court of the Palace the troops paid her honours due to a Queen. She was conducted and presented to the King, before whom she fell on her knees. He raised and kissed her, and then de- livered her over to the Queen, by whom and the rest of the Royal Family she was teceived with tenderness and affection. Of the Duchess, her mother, or the other persons of her suite, I say nothing, having only seen the Prioress.. Immediately aflerwards the troups and National Guards were dismissed, and at 8 o'clock the Court adjourned to the banquet- ting-hall, where between 300 and 400 persons sat down at table.

HolUUfiLt MCfcDEft of mutt cfiltMiW BY THEIR MOTHER, AT FENTON, IN THE STAf. FORPSHIRE POTTERIES. On Sunday a litH«-affef ten o'clock, a most extraor- dinary sensation was producwl iff. the tewri of Fenton and its neighbourhood, by the report of the rippatfiri? fact, that Ann, wife of George Colley, constable, and lately sup?r)ni-rvl?nt of police in this place, had murdered her three youngest children, stffd had Ht temp ted to murder the other two, and afterwards to destroy herself. /*bo»t ten minutes past ten the eldest boy George, who is about e^evei old, and his brother Josiah, nine years; were observed runnip'g in the' iZfset/ with only their shirty on; whi^h were drenched in blood from wtteffde on or lipifr the throat; the eldest had one of his ears nearly severed from his head, aria tidier 8 dreadful gash in the throat; they told the persons who hrsr .N£'m fjfat their mother was murdering their brothers and sister, and that wey bad escaped from her by getting out of the back window. John Beardsworth, who lives at the next door to the one wherfc tHe rjf'eadfnl deeds were perpetrated, and two other per- sons, were first on the Spot, feu- fittditig all dark, one of them procured a light and they proceeded lip BUtftS; In the room where the whole family used to sleep, they wiiti&&M # seene which it is. impossibly to describe. The mother was on her knees Willi her Head downwards, and blood streaming from her throat. By her side lay the black-HafSt'cl ttible-knife which she had used in committing the murders. The girl Ann, about six years old, lay uncovered on the bare floor, in the middle of thfe room, quite dead, with her head nearly severed from her libdy; wtts cohered with congealed blood. Her right thumb was deeply cut near the fe'tofta lmnt, which was no doubt done by aitemping to resist her mother. öi1 t!i$right hand, in the room, was the boy Charles, about three years old, he was lying on his back, on some bed-clothes on the floor, which were covered with blood. lIe was quite dead, and had his throat cut from ear to ear. The other àild; a male infant about six months old, lay in across direction to the girl, with its feet rieflfly touching her side. It was on its back, and looked as if it were asleep, and as it was a very fat child the. cut in the throat, although it went to the vertebra of the neck, was scarcely perceptible. The countenance was most placid and beautiful. The body was not so bloody as the others, but quite deadi When Mrs. Col- ley was lifted up, her throat exhibited a dreadful woiltid j Mr. Cordon, surgeon, had arrived, and proceeded to sew it up. About twelve o'clock Mrs. Colley and her second son were taken in a car to the ftorlh Staffordshire Infirmary, about two miles distant. She is likely to redovefj but there is a doubt whether the boy will or not. On Monday morning thousands of persons flocked to the house where the heart-rending scene was to be witnessed. Great numbers were permitted to see the three children, who were in the same situation as they were first found. Such an effect is produced on the people, who are in utter consternation, that business tttld manufactuves in the town are completely at a stand. The inns were all filled, chiefly with strangers. < At two o'clock in the afternoon of Monday, W. Harding, Esq., Coroner,, and a respectable jury, held an inquest on the bodies of the three children, Ann, Charles, and the infant James, at the Canning Inn. The first witness, whose name was Beardsworth, deposed that he lived next door to the scene of the tragedy between eight and nine on the night before he saw the children alive. George Colley, the father of the deceased children, was parish constable, and had been superintendant of police at Fenton, but since his discharge from the latter place he had been in great distress, and unable to support his family; witness's wife had frequently of late given Colley's children pieces of bread, thinking they stood in need of it, for which they were always thankful. About ten minutes past ten, hearing a cry of mur- der, went into the street, and saw Josiah, one of the children who were wounded, running he then went with another man to the house of Colley, where they found the bodies of the mur- dered children and their mother as above described on asking her what she had done, she said, I am in want—I am in want —where are my children—how many are dead." The children were dead. On leaving the house met George Colley, the fa- ther, with his arms extended, exclaiming," Where are my mur- dered babes." He said his wife was not deranged. Russell, another witness, corroborated Beardsworth, and said on going into the room he found a black-hafted knife lying by the side of the woman he gave it to the constable (who produced it to the jury). He assisted in carrying the woman and her son Josiah to the Innrmary when there he asked her what caused her to kill her children, when she answered, MY spirit is so low it is quite overcome. It was poverty which caused me to do it." When witness left her, she requested him to come again, and bring her boy George with him. Charles Vale, of Fenton, constable, said—I knew Mrs. Col- ley, her children, and her husband I was fetched to Colley V house; I found many persons there; I went up stairs to the chamber where the family usually sleep I saw some persons round Mrs. Colley ] heard her call out my name she asked if there was no womanpwho would come to her assistance; my wife soon afterwards assisted her; in about an hour and a hall afterwards I helped to take her and her boy, Josiah, to the In- firmary on the road she desired me to bring her eldest boy, George, to her, and said he was a loving child I said I am surprised you should know me in your present situation. She replied, Oh, Mr. Vale, do you think I do not knuw you ] said to her, As you seem quite sensible, answer me one ques- tion what could possess you to do such a deed ?She said that two persons who had been in some measure instruments] in causing the dismissal of her husband from the police service, had caused this, and said They have an ill pillow to lay theii heads upon for my sake;" I then said, What have they done to you?" she made no answer, but appeared to be crying; ] asked her how she committed the dreadful deed; she said. I'L tell you at tea we had some eggs and bacon, and when it was dark I put the infant in the cradle, and when they were all fast asleep, I kissed them I catched hold of Ann and killed her; 1 then did the child, and Charles next;" she said, I should have done them all, and myself at last." When at the Infirm- ary, she begged I would get her husband and eldest boy to come and see her. Thtffbas Bowden was next examined he corroborated the other witnesses and added that he asked her if her husband hac any hand in the deed she said, K o-he was as innocent of it as a child she had done it all herself.

GWAITH HAIARN TROED-RHI W'R-CLA WDDD. (LOWER EBBWY VALE IRON WORKS.) Air, "Glân Meddwdod mwyn." DRIGOLIOX Siluria, yn benna', bob un, Rhowch glust o wrandawiad mewn tynniad cyttun Mae'n bryd gorfoleddu r'wyf innau'n eich gwawdd, I wrandaw fy nghaniad i WAITIITROED-RIIIW'R-CL.AWDD, Cydseinier gorlioian,—hoed h liffych i'r dydd, O'i herwydd am oesoedd, gorfoledd a fydd; Dydd mawr o lawenydd, ne anghonr yn hawdd, Mo hono'n dragywyad yn Ngwaith Troed-Rhiw'r-Clawdd, Mo hono'n dragywydd, &c. &c. Diwrnod nodedig i'w gonio fydd hwn. Yn nyffryn Glynn Ebwy gan filoedd mi wn; o ddyddlau'r blynyddoedd, y Maenafmewn flawdd, Yw'r dydd y sylfaenwyd Gwaith Ha'rnTroed-Rhiw'r-Clawdd, Yw'r dydd y sylfaerffcyd, &c. &c. Pan delo'r adeilad tra gorwych i ben, Ei lewyrch melltenawg drywana trwy'r nen; Yn ngrym ei oleuni eanfvddir yn hawdd Bob preswyl ae annedd fo' Nghwm Troed-Rhiw'r-Clawdd. Bob preswyl annedd, &c. &c. 0 gelloedd y bryniau fe gludir yn nghyd, Y mwyaf defnyddiol o gyfoeth y byd; 0'1' Tawdd-dai eiriasboeth yr haiarn a dawdd, Yn afon ferwedig yn Ngwaith Troed-Rhiw'r-Clawdd, Yn afon ferwedig, &c. &c. Yl1 fuan ceir gweled Glynn Ebwy ardan, Gan lu o beiriannau, yn fawr ac yn fan Bydd twrf v rhai hynny fel udgyrn yn gwawdd, Pob dyn a phob dynes at Waith Troed-Rhiw'r-Clawdd, Pob dyn a pbob dynes, &c. &c. Llais can a llawenydd fo beunydd yn bod, Ar lennydd nant Ebwy yn fwy na bu rio'd; Byth yno na chlywer dim chwerwder na chawdd Mewn palas na bwthyn o gylch Troed-Rhiw'r-Clawdd, Mewn palas na bwthyn, &c. &c. Hir einioes i'n Gwladwr,* perchennog y lie, A'n hanwyl Wenynen, wen fwyn gydag e' :— Holl deulu Llanofer bob amser fo'n nawdd, 1 Gymry, a Chymro, a Gwaith Troed-Rhiw'r-Clawdd, 1 Gj'mry, a Cbvmro, &c. &c. I Hopkinsf a'i feibion wyr lion ymhob lie, Boed hawddfyd ac iechyd, a phob peth o dde; Tri Cliymro calonog—-ni welir yn hawdd, Ragorach Golygwyr ar Waith Troed-Rhiw'r-Clawdd, Ragorach Golygwyr, &c. &c. Hir oes i Llywelynt wr enwog a Wayne,§ A phawb o gymdeithion gwladgarol y rhai'n; Penllywydd y bvdoedd fo'n gaer ag yn glawdd I bob un o horiynt, a Gwaith Troed-Rhiw'r-Clawdd. ° GWENTYDD GLAN SORWY. B. Hall, Esq., M.P., and the Uanover family. f Roger Hopkins and Song, Esqrs" Civil Kngineers. j J. Llywelyn, Esq" Abercarne. § Mr. Matthew Wavne, Manager of the Lower Ebbwy Vale Works.

ANSWER TO CHARADE. (No. XII.) When weary traveller prest with thirst At sultry noon-tide wends his way, At cottage door he hails your first- A cup—and quaffs his thirst away. At length he views his native cot— His much lov'd home, with plenty stored, His toil and troubles all forgot. He seats himself beside the board, With frugal viands overspread ( From oaken cupboard quick procured,) Refleshed-he rests on downy bed, Oblivious of his toil endured. Newport, June 1st, 1837. BARTLITT.

F A IRS IN JUNE. MONMOUTHSHIRE.—Abergavenny and Costell Bychan, Sa turday 24th Chepstow, Saturday 17th Monmouth, Monday 19th. HEREFORDSHIRE.— Brampton Bryan, Thursday 22d King- tonton, Wednesday 21st Ledbury, Thursday 22nd. BRECONSHIRE.— Buihh,Tuesday 27ih Hay, Monday 12th; Talgarth, Thursday 1st. CARMARTHENSHIRE.—Sr. Clears, Monday ,Vh Llandilo fawr, Wednesday 21st Newcastle-Emiyn and Talley, Thurs- day, 22d Abergwilly, Friday 22d. GI.OUCESIF.RSHIRE.—Coieford, Tuesday 20th; Xewnham, Monday 12th Sodbury, Saturday 24th.

GLASGOW.—James Ewing, the Tory, at the last election, polled 2,297 votes. Robert Monteith, the present Tory, has just polled 2.292. being five leMllhan Ewing. Will the Tories, we wonder, build any more Peel pavillion* there? When the Tories saw that they had no chauc* of r»*iuinitv„' Mr. Monteith, they put the oath to every ■<>i i(u Mr. t).i"PHt1, Acontem- pornry says that they a< Hi us, out II u, v,r j. Maxwell, Bart, of Pollok, although ttw:- l ,e.v >u:e ,\<r!l tint !•« has as much property within the Paiha n entaiY bouiuiaius a* could havp brought up 500 of the Toties stump and rump! I

LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY 31. THE KING v. rrn: REV. MICHAEL AUGUSTUS GATFTERTCOR I .—- The Attorney-General applied for a rule to show came why a criminal information should not be filed against the Re*, Mi- chael Augustus Gathetcole, for publishing certain scandal'sre* libels upon the inmates of the nunneries at Stockton and Dar- lington. It would be in the recollection of their lordships that in the course of last term he had applied for and obtained simi- lar rules against two booksellers for publications entitled The Churchman" and "The Fox Unkennelled." These persons .ad not shown cause against the rule, which had, therefore, !)een made absolute, as of course. The booksellers had since jflered to give up the name of the real author of the libels, and though he did not think that any bill ought to b«* passed to en- able a publisher to discharge himself fiom all liability by giving up the author, yet he was of opinion that in this case the book- sellers might be allowed to do so.—Rule granted. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MAY 31. COULD v. OLIVER —This was an action for a general average, brought by the owners of a vessel trading between London and' Quebec, a portion of her cargo having been thrown oveiboard in I storm. The vessel hnd been ladtn with limber, and the part of I die cargo which had been thrown overboard was stowed on the leek. The defendants set up the general rule of law, that if the goods lost were stowed on deck, the suffering party would have no title to contribution but the plaintiffs alleged the ex- istence of a general custom in the timber trade, of stowing the •aigo on deck, in order to overrule the objection of the defend- ants. The case came before the Court upon a special demur) er to the pleas. which raised the question of the existence or non- existence of the above-mentioned custom.—Mr. Sergeant Ste- phen was heard at some length against the demumr.—Mr. ,;e r, I Sergeant Wilde con)menced the argumer.t on the other side. The argument was then deferred. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, MAY 31. ADDENBROOKE v. SCOTT, BART.—This was a special case, ihe question in which turned upon the construction of a covenant in a lease of ceitnin iron works at Brainbry, near Wolverhamp- ton, io Staffordshire, .whi>-lt hail been granted to plaintiff by defendant's ancestor. 'Hie lessor covenanted to supply the lessee with a certain quantity per week of coals, to be ased in smelting the iron-stone. The coal which appeared to be in use then :he lease was granted was a particular kind, known bw the name of ibick coal other layers of inferior coal, known by the name of flying red and heathen coal, had since been disco- vered, and the original thick coal not affording a sufficient sup- ply, the question was, whether the covenant imposed upon the lessor the obligation of working the beds to the lower stratifica- tions, or of opening fresh beds of thick coal elsewhere. Mi. Busby argued the case for the plaintiff, the lessee, and Mr. Whateley for the defendant, the lessor.—The Court took tin.e to consider of their judgment.

BRISTOL PRICES CURRENT OF~LEATHER A-All) RAW GOODS. lb. lb. d. d. 1 ii,. d d. Crop Hides,per lb SO.35—12tol3 Beit Patru. Skins CO 70-21 22 35 fO-I2 H 50 60-11) 21 40 50—IS li 40 50—17 ]9 50 60—15 17 Welsh r»kins, heavy 13 ^u Butts, English. 16' 20—16 ltii iighf M lii 20 25-16 17 ¡ Kips, English 55 25 30-17 HI Petcrsburgh 14 17 Foreign. 16 20-15 16 East India 13 |(; 20 25-1,5 If, I Seal Skins, small JfI 2. 25 30—I5J 16^ large 12 14 30 35—16 17 Horse Butts 10 12 Extra strong ditto 17 18 Basils J04 14 Middlings 12 14 Foreign Hides. |8 35? „ 12 I RAW GOODS. 35 45 B. Shoulders, English 10 IS A. Hides 8 yi Foreign 8 10 1 -$ Bellies, English 9 10 Irish Hides, heavy none Foreign 6 8 ]lSht none Dressing Hides. 20 25—12$1S.V Uona 25 30—12 12J „ none SO 86—13 14 Market Hides 31 4 Best Saddlers' Skins 6 7 Hides 38 H-15 16.1 Shaved Hides 14 18 Bark. L7 to Es. 103 P-t ton. Bull Hides II 12 Valonia £ 1 a to £ 20 per ton. English Horse Hides 12 IS Shumac 14s to 15s 6d per c« t! German ditto 12 15 Horns 40s to 90s per 123^ Spanish ditto 13 18 Glu# Pieces, best. Ditto Shaved, -withtiftt 25s to 35* per cut Ditto Shaved, withttM 25s to 35* per cut butts 95 to 12s each. Common lis to 1<:t s

CftWNTKY MARKETS. Monmouth, Satuyi/ai/, May-27.—Wheat, per quarter. Impe- rial measure, 63s OA to 00s 0d; Barley, 00s Od to 00i Od • Oats, 0s Od to 0s Od. Bristol, May 30.—Wheat, per quarter, 53s Btl Barlev 24s Id Oats, 22s 4d Rye, 00s Od Beans, 4Us Ud Tea's" 43s 6d. Brecon, Tuesday, May 23.—Wheat, per bushel, Imperial measure, 6s lOd to 7s Od Barley, 4s 2a to 4s 4d Oats "Js 6d to 2s 9d Malt, 00s Od to 43s Cd Peas, 6s 2d to 6s 4d • Beef, per lb. 6d to 7d, Mutton, 6d to 7d Pork, 5d to 6d • Butter, fresh, I4d: salt, lid to ll^d. Hereford, May 27.— Wheat per bushel, Imperial Measure. 6s IOd to 7s Od Barley, 4s Od to Os 0d Beans, old, 6s 6d to 0s Od ditto, new. 5s 3d to 6s Od Peas (white), 7s 0d to 8s Od ditto (grey), 6s Od to 6s 3d j Vetches, Os Od to 0s 0d Oats, 3s 6d to Os Od. Gloucester, May 27.—Wheat per bushel of 601bs., 7s Od to 7s 8d Barley per Imp. Quar. 30s Od to 33s Od. Beans, per Imp. bush. 6s Od to 6s 4d; Oats, Imp. Quar. 22s Od to 30s Od; Peas, Imp. t^uar; 46s Od to 54s Od; Malt, Imperial Quar. 0s Od to 0s Od Fine Flour per sack of 2801bs. 44s to 468.

BIRTHS. On Thursday the 23rd ult., the lady of C. H. Stonehousc, Esq., of a son. At Clifton, on the 30th inst., the lady of John G. Palairet. Esq., of a Ion. MARRIED. At Brvngwyn, on Friday 26th, by the Rew W. Crawley Mr. George lippenp, of Court Robert, to Mrs. Ann ■Jones' Monmouthshire. On Monday last, at Newland, Mr. James Watkins to Mibe- Maria Howse, both of Monmouth. DIED. On the 20th Mat,<*t Caerieon, with Christian resignation most deservedly ira^smcerely regretted. aged 71, Elizabeth! the beloved and affectionate wife of Mr. Baron, solicitor On Monday, May 29th, Mr. John Rees, malster, and corn- factor, Abergavenn^, aged 70. On Friday weeV the "infant son of Mr. William Taylor druggist, Monmouth. On Tuesday last, aged tn, at Dingestow, Mr. Thomas Hill- bury. The deceased had been in the service of S. Bosanquet, Esq., upwards of 50 years. On Monday last, at Lydart, near Monmouth, aeed 77 Mr Thomas Stead. Lately, at Hare wood, respected by all who knew him, Mr. John Hawkins, aged 51. At Walworth Cottage, near Ross, Mr. Daniel Dew, aged 71. May, 18, at Horsley, Gloucestershire, aged 29, Elizabeth, the wife of Mr. George Roberts, late of Monnow -%iill, Mon- mouth. miller, and second daughter of the late Mr. J. Brewer, of Erwood. Breconshire. May 19th, aged 49, after a short illness, Matthew Charlton, three years turnkey in Worcest r county gaol. leaving a wife and eight children. He w<is formerly corporal in the 1st regi- ment of Life Guards, in which regiment he served upwards of 22 years, and when discharged, in IS33, was presented by the officers with a splendid silver cup. value 40gs. as a token of approbation of his gallant conduct at the battle of Waterloo On the 16th ult., at Dieppe. Lieut Daniel Harrington, R..N., an old follower of Lord Nelson, in whose ship he served at the battle of Trafalgar. He had been at the taking of 28 sail of the line, besides frigates, &c., and was in upwards of 30 engage- ments, being several times severely wounded. He was the officer who for six hours was in the shrouds of the Victory," endeavouring to secure the top-mast, at the imminent risk" of his life, and which nae at last happily effected. He has left a wife and five children, wholly unprovided for, except the wi- dow's pension which is granted on similar occasions,

NEWPORT. List of Arrivals and Sailings for the week ending the lit ol June. INWARDS.—L'Delphidf, Charvelon; L'Emelino, BÙIwct" from Brest; in ballast. Friends, Barnard, with I (XI casks of porter. Swift, Hiscox Hope, Burdgs;Tom, Harris; Turtle, Oxland Charles, Howe; with corn and fkrnr.' Mary, Slee- man; Maria, Mabley; Maria, Kiswell; Coron-ation* Wood- gate with iron ore. ".I ames, Vigors, with salt. Kc%ert, Clam- pit; Truro, Carter; Somerset, Towells; Nelly, MitchelJ; Liberty, Geach Carleoft. Haywood Moderator, Johns George, Coombs; Bristol Packet, Gisj»ey; Mary, Tiver; Swift, Richards Fairy, Scott; with sundries. OUTWARDS.—Mary Ann and Martha, Majf>r. for Newfound- land, wit1* roals. Neptune, Paeplow, for RotterdamVigo, Davies, for Roi'e'i; Maria, Johnson, for Barcelona; New Di- ligence, Jones Aid, Jollow liarl of Devon, Aiming Thomas, Alpass; Active, BalmaimO J Margaret. Pring; Adelaide, Grif- fitbs; Ranger, Pearse; Caerleoit, Scott; Vaga, Bowen; Mary, Jones; 7.Hry; Sleeman; Eliza, Owen Abbess, Harris; Charles, Howe; Rose, I/Otigman r Providence, Iiow.se; Joseph and Famn", Lohbett j Charlotte, James; Robert, ClaiJJpitt j Bubo- na, Davis; Ann, Lewis J'1t.ntÍte,- Jove,, Royal Oak, Masters Reward, Peake; Adonis, Kerf; Rljen and Mary, Whtdan; Wrtve, Murphy; Three Sisters, AliWffV ;■ with iron and tin glates. Caerleon, Ilarwood; Moderate** Johns; Georgf, Coombs; Bristol Packet, Gainey; Mary, '1 itur Swift, Rich- ard|; P*n»y, Scott; with sundries. Also loP vessels with C°AA CARDIFF. List of Arrivals and Sailings the week ending the o'q h of May. FOREIGN—REPORTED INWARDS.—Lamb tow, FbdeII, from Cherbourg, in ballast.—ENTERED Oimv.f*»s.—Active, Snell, for Op"r'». Priessa, Foth, for Stettin. Bt#eda, Backa, for Hamburgh.—tir-nktu OUTWARDS.—Lavinia, i^e, for Na- ples, with iron.. COASTERS INWARDS— Steifn^sLady Charlotte, Parht, tnd Nautilus, Allen, from Bristol with fi^dms. W llliam, Pearne, from Neath, with culm. X^nus- l Bridgwater, with bricks, John Georg^V Cook, front Lvd»ey f Gleaner, Bick, from Gloster; Venus, front Biidg-frafcr; -&ritn sundries Sarah, Lebeai*. from lo^vej with steles. -Re- becca, Hooper,- from Bridgwater, with bricks, bylpn,. Sim- mons; Talbot, Rcwe fronft Falmouth, with stones, -fenttyv Dyer; Charlotte, Thotttas; fr°nI Bridgwater with bricfesv Victory, Prewitt; Bransbv. Ftvrnt; from Lydncy, *yith stones. Endeavour, Martin, from'Bristol, with timber. Unkif!, Jonts, from Newport, with coal. Industry, W alters, from Chepsfofc, with oak plaifk. Caerleon. Harwood, from Caerleon,- with fin, Providence, Parser,from Aberthaw; Amity, Rogers; Begeda, Backer; Merthyr Packet, Edwards; from Bristol, wi«b sun- dries. Mary Ann, Swafflfi. from Plvmouth with sundries- Providence, Gower, from Lrdne}% wit)i stones. Glamorgan" Williams, from London, with sundries. Thirteen vessels with iron ore. Thirty-Rix vessels in ballast. COASTERS OUTWARDS,—|>ilot, Evans, for Greennock, witb timber. Emerald, Evaos/fot Glasgow Jane, Stewart, for Liverpool; with iron. Cambria, Fnirchrugh, for London; In- dustrious, Davies, for Liverpool; Marshal, Burch,for London dustrious, Davies, for Liverpool; Marshal, Burch,for London with iron, Bavne M'Quire, for Drogeda, with sundries. Ann and Betsey, Watkins, for Strangford, with coal and iroti. Friends, Davies, fat Bristol, with sundries. Harmony, Cadl)- gan, for Lydney; Helstcn, Spershott, for London; Robert, (Jlumpitt, for Newport; Tom, Scott, foi Liverpool, with iron. Thirty-four vessels with coals. LYDNEY. List of Arrivals and Sailings for the week ending the 31*1 of May. ARRIVED.—Lydney Trader, Knight Regulator, M'Neal; from Bristol, with British goods. CLEARED OUT.—Appollo, Hicks; St. Patrick, Rowland; Lady Kenmare, James; for Cork; Star, Bishop, for Gwsek, with coal. Lydney Trader, Knight, for Bristol, with Brit]?» iiey ?oods. Galley, Mills Princess, Pinegan Caroline, Malpass; Happy Return, Clarke|iSisters, Watkins; Newport, Jones; Argo," Clemment Elizabeth, Morgan; for Bristol; Union, Meechin; Sisters, Bray; for Chepstow; Galley, Storey Sally, Field; Hopewell, Shaw Union, Beynon Royal Forester, Furney; Prudence, Davidge; Sally, Roberts; for Bridgwater; with coal. Union, Bendall, for Newport; Bransby, Prout; Victory, Prewitt; for Cardiff's Berkeley, Dowell; for Swansea; with British goods.

Every man who respects the Christian religion will respect the Christian Sabbath,! and not only respect it himself, but en- deavour, by example and precept, to prevent its being desecrated and stained by others. But it is not a necessary result that he should fortify his arguments with fines and imprisonment, and follow Sir Andrew Agnew through all his mischievous vagaries. The Sabbath is a day of rest—cheerful, healthful, invigorating iest not of that cold, torturing austerity which some men would make it, leaving the stamp of discontent still plainer on the poor man's brow, and bringing his arm slill weaker to his Monday's toil. It is easy for the man who found his fortune ready-made, and to whom every day in the year, is a hohdav, 10 cry Chain up the stage coaches, and place an embargo on hired horses on the Sunday j" but let him toil amidst the fumes of a factory, or be chained to the leg of a writing desk, six days in the week, while his family aie pent up in a narrow room in a narrower street, and experience will soon teach him whether it is a sacrilege to inhale the pure air of health and heaven on the seventh.—Chelmsford Chronicle. THE PRINCESS HELENA.— I he Princess Helena (the bride of the Duke of Orleans) of Mecklenburgh Schweren, promises to become the idol of the Fiench people. Already the prrss teems with anecdotes illustrative of the fascination of her manner, the spughtUness of her wit, and the extent of her accomplishments. The national gallantry of the French has been evinced in the towns through which she passed, in the presentation of ad, dresses by the local functionaries in all the dignity and gra- vity of official costume. At Metz her Royal Highness was serenaded on the Moselle, and the entire garrison was paraded under her balcony. The citizens bestiewed the streets with flowers, and no noise was heard save sounds of festive rejoicing. On the 26th ult., at noon, the Princess and suite left Metz for Verdun. Dr. Gilbert, of Brazennose College, Oxford, has withdrawn the notice to the students of his college, prohibiting them from attending Dr. Hampden's Lectures. It seems that the Bishop of Salisbury, as well as the Bishop of Lichfield, refused ordina- tion to'applicants who could not produce ceiiificates of the Re- sius Ptoiessor of Divinity. The discomfited Doctor says, that he was met by a power which he did not expect, and will oot oppose." He has, however, managed to inflict a very seri- ous injury on many young gentlemen committed to his care. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent has been pleased to appoint Sir Robert Chermside, K.H. (residing at Paris), Physician Extraordinary to her Royal Highness. Prince Nicholas Esterhazy it held in the highest estimation by our female Nobility, in consequence of the amenity of his manners, and his personal and mental accomplishments. The Prince is understood to be already affianced to a lady of high rank in Germany, but the marriage will not take place until aftet Prince Esterhazy takes his departure for the Continent. The Archbishop of Canterbury has a revenueof.C19.000 a-year, the Bishop of London £15,000, and the bishops amongst them upwards of £ 180,000 a-year. Giimaldi the celebrated clown, died in London, on Wed- nesday. Loid Kenyon's addiction tociassica). or rather to Latin quo. tation, in one who could lay no claim to scholarship, musi ar- rest the notice of all who read his judgments, and was no less singular than unhappy. In a defective acquaintance with the learned languages, he had the precedent of some of his most distinguished predecessors. It is recorded of Sir Matthew Hale that in translating Cornelius Nepos, he rendered "etatusest in lecticula." he was lifted up in his bed Lord Hardwicke, in the House of Lords, repeating the phrase pendente bello," was interrupted by Lord Carteret in a tone of classical indig- nation, "Flagrante bello,' my Lord! you mean 'flagrante bello READINESS.—When Patrick Henry, who gave the first im- pulse to the ball of the American Revolution, introduced his celebrated resolution on the stamp act into the House of Bur- gesses of Virginia (May, 1756), he exclaimed, when descant- ing on the obnoxious act, Caesar had his Brutus Charles I. his Cromwell and George IH. ————— Treason," cried the Speaker: "Treason, treason," echoed every part of the House. It was one of those moments which ale deciaive of character. Henry faltered not for an instant, but rising to a loftier attitude, and fixing on the Speaker an eye flashing with fire, exclaimed-" May he profit by their example. If this be treason, make the best of it." It is an amiable prejudice that people generally entertain in favour of their national music. This lowest degree of patriotism is not without its merit and that man must have a hard heart, or dull imagination, in whom, though endowed with musical sensibility, no sweet emotions would arise on hearing, in his riper years, or in a foreign land, those strains that were the delight of his childhood. What though they be in'erior to the Italian? What though they be even irregular and tude It is not iheir merit which, in the case supposed, would interest a native, but the charming ideas they would reoal to his mind ideas of innocence, simplicity, and leisure; ot romantic enter- piise and enthusiastic attachment; and of scenes which, on recollection, we are inclined to think that a brighter sun illu- mined, a fresher verdure crowned, and purer skies and hap- pier climes conspired to beautify. THE EVILS OF DEBT.—If they but knew the fatal misery they are entailing upon themselves the moment they accept a pecuniary obligation, how they would start in their career! how EAIE they would turn how they would tremble and clasp their ands in agony, at the precipice on which they aie disporting, Debt is the prolific mother of folly and crime it taints the course of life in all its streams. Hence so many unhappy marriages so many prostituted pens, so many venal politicians. It has a small beginning, but a giant's growth and strength. When we make the monster we roske our master, who haunts us at all hours, andahakes his whip of scorpions for ever in our sight. The slave has no overseer so severe. Faustus when he "gned the bond with blood, did not secure a doom more terrific. •~D'hrueli. Liovs.—The following extract is from an article beaded as above in the New Mon thin for June:—"To define what con- stitutes a lion,' would be about as easy a task as to describe the colours of a chameleon. The elements of lionism are of necessity evanescent, as they are various. Provided the thing be not common-place and familiar, there is scarcely a particular that will not constitute us ownei a lion. The nearest approach, therefore, that can be made towards precision, is to state that a lion is—whatever society chooses to adopt for one. Under the j sanction of that great authority, the merest jackass in nature may arise to leonine celebiity and hence, probably, the origin of the fable. Had .ESOP'S lion not brayed, he might have con- tinued a lion to the end of the chapter; and so too might ours, if they could abstain from being too demonstrative in their way, make their angel visits few and far between, and take care to get out of town whenever they see themselves in danger of being superseded by something more taking and transmutative than themselves. Without THIS foresight, the thione of lionism is more subject to frequent and sudden revolutions than that of France and nothing IS more common than to see the lion of yesterday reduced to the jackass of to-day. Whatever, then, be the accidental quality which equips a man with the mane anrltail, and qualifies him to gtin at the unicorn in the king's arms, novelty is essential to the transformation. Few lions sur- vive the season and they even who have established the most enduring claims to that social etat, are never "rampant" for more than the first year. We look, for instance, upon Mr. Mootf, as being, by his poetic reputation, his agreeable talent, and his exhilarating powers of conversation, about as lading a lion as any the age has produced but he knows life too well, to enter into useless competition with a Turk, an Osage, or an Ashantee, at the moment when they burst on the delighted gaze of the town, in all the radiant brilliancy of a first arrival. Thus it is that one lion supersedes another, velut inula supervenit 1111- dum; that inferior claims, if unworn, are more powerful than the highest, when once they have become the worse of the wear; «#d that without refeietice to the kind ot the degree of personal tterit, io the matter of lionism, the !a?t fool is welcome as the former,'

ORIGINAL CHARADES. (No. XIII.) Hail, Britain thou my native home, Isle of the brave, the fair, the free V O'er thy white coast 1 luve to roam, And view myJint protecting thee. My next I lost in happier days, Yet thou of many a one canst boast, Whom fame hath crown'd with living boys, And ranked with an immortal host. When Spring adorns the hills-the plains Or Summer spreads her sweets below When Autumn blooms, or Winter reigns, My whole you cannot fail to know. Caerleon, May 30th. Llios.