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HOUSE OF LORDS. I HVMBAT, JULV 13.—The Lord Chancellor took the wooi- suck at about five o'clock. Piscount Dune annua having moved that the Beet-root :Sugar J>ill be committed, the Far I of Uip<m said he saw very serious 'Jcc lons to this bdl. The principle upon which it proceeded was ad, because it went to levy a duty, which amounted to a pro uoitQry duty on a commodity which migllt otherwise give au a e-quato return ot profit to those whotte capital might be in the manufacture of this article. Ihe Marquess of Lni,sdvune said, if his noble friend could propose any other mode of raising a revenue of .[;>,000,000 than that raised from the sugar duties, he should be happy to hear his suggestion, and to consider the propriety of foregoing the proposed duty on beet-root. 1 he house then formed itself into a committee of the whole house, and the bill was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow, PAItUAMENXAKV ELECTORS BILL. v iscount Duncannon, in moving the second reading of thir, bill, thought it right to state to their lordships that its object v. as to give facilities to tho«e persons who had not exercised t icir franchise under the Reform of Parliament Bill, by giving ict?!. an extension of the time in which thev were called upon to pay their rates.—Lord lltdetdak moved that the bill be read time that day three months.— Viscount Duncannon understood to say a few words to the effect that he should divide the house upon the question.—The Marquess of IVestmin• ccrtainly hoped that his noble friend would not consent to waive f<" motion.—Lord Brougham said that their lordships wouId not lie surprised if, after the very strong expression of opinion on this subject on a former occasion, he should con- fur with his noble friend.—The Earl of Harro.-cby considered this as a main alteration made in the Reform Bill. If anything could add to the objections which he entertained to this bill it was the fact of the period at which it was brought forward.— Lord Brouohum begged to say that neither he nor those with whom he had acted, in bringing forward the Reform Bill, had considered it as a final measure. There was no such thing a» A final measure in legislating upon bills, or anything else there '.vas nothing in human nature that could be considered perfect and nnai. iscount Duncannon observed that with regard to the observations of the noble earl ( Harrow bv) there was no in- terterenee^in this bill with the respectability of the voters.—The hut i of Haddington maintained that it had been declared a dozen times over in that house, that the Reform Bill was to be a, tinal measure. The question having been put, the house divided—For the amendment, Ij6 Against it, 55 majority, 11. The bill is consequently lost. The Bishop of Lietei presented petitions from several pa- fishes in Devonshire against the abolition of Church-rates, and one from the township of Hull, in Manchester, praying for a repeal of the Poor-law Act. The Central Criminal Court Bill was read a third time and passed. On the motion that the Burglary Laws Amendment Bill be read a third time, a short discussion arose, in which Lord Brougham, the Lord Chancellor, and Lord Lyndhurst partici- pated and several verbal amendments were made in the bill. Lord Brougham then moved that the clause which enacted tnat offences hitherto capital, but on which the capital punish- ment had been remitted, should be sent, not to the quarter ses- sions, but before the judges for trial, should be struck out, on Rn understanding that a biU would be brought in Oil the subject early next session. The clause was struck out. and tll" bill was rend a third time. —Adjourned. IRIDAV, Jrt,y 14.—CAPTI w. Pi'MSJIMKVJS.— Hi, R.mul Duke of Sussex presented v. petition from a very respectable and highly intelligent body of persons, known bv f 6 a,tl0R ^Uilkers, of Ireland. The petition pravell for the abolition of the punishment oideath and the petitioners reterred to the case of other countries where this dreadful pe- i ty had been done away with, and where that fact had ope- rated most beneficially. The petition was withdrawn in conse- quence ot an informality in addressing their lordships as thfe* j Peers of the loited Kingdom, instead of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, &c. ML'NIClI'At. RATKS BII L. On the motion of Lord Brougham, this bill was read a third time and passed. CRIMINAL LAW. On the motion of Lord Denman, the several Criminal Law Bills were read a third time and passed. BKTTF.n OBSEltVANCE OF Till. SABBATH. The F./irl of Hodt.n presented numerous petitions from various parts of the kingdom, praying for the adoption of some legi.sla- tive measure to enforce the better observance of the sabbath. STATE 0.' 111 ELAND. The Earl of Roden referred to some returns on the table, to »how that although lesser offences might have diminished in num- ber during the last year in that country, yet homicides, and the. uiore serious crimes had encreased. The Lurl of Ma/grace said he had laid the returns adverted to by the noble ear! on their lordship's table, because he had quoted parts of them from memory on the preceeding dav.— He entirely denied the inferences which had been drawn from them by the noble earl, and maintained that they proved that outrages in Ireland had greatly diminished in the last year, The noble carl had stated that the smaller otfences had dimi- fished but that the larger ones had increased, and had quoted number of murders as a proof of that assertion. Now, the htct WllJ.5, that all homicides were, so termed but wheu they came to be investigated, it turned out that mo.t of them were committed under circumstances of immediate provocation, and were therefore onlv manslaughter. A great portion of the crimes committed in Ireland arose from distress; and he had the satisfaction to assure their lordships that the distress in that country was greatly diminished. There never also had been a prospect of a better harvest, and that would afford additional encouragement to labour. He held a diminution of mora! o encos to be the best test of the increasing tranquillity of a:iv country and he would confidently appeal to the npproachin'g a-wzes in Ireland for proofs of his assertion that the returns W ucli had been adverted to exhibited a «Lst diminution of crime. Thero was an utter absence of those insurrectionary ottences which were so common a few years ago. The people began to feel that equal protection, and" that just participation in the benefits of the British constitution, which it had been the object of the bill that had been brought in by a noble duke to procure them. CHURCH-RATES. isciunt Dnncanuon presented petitions from lteadin"; B!d- dlestone, in Suffolk Plaistow, Essex Hammersmith, and several parishes in London, praying for the abolition of Church- rates.—Adjourned.

'IC r°yal ass«nt was given, by com- mission, to a large number of bills. jr. POOR-LAW AMENDMENT ACT. r Stanhope presented a great number of petitions, pur- c T fr"orn agricultural labourers of the counties of nf#Th xf' ^untlnsdon, and Suffolk, all praying for the repeal tin i oor"'aw Amendment Act. 'J'he whole of these peti- l0'^evcr< n'ere signed by a reverend gentleman who n HSrC ,'rmun at ^e .lifferent meetings. Radnor rose to order. Ii appeared that all j sigr»ed by the iarne perion, and were 5 cop'es of «ach other, being worde<l precisely alike. Bv rK^ fn in^jS-U Petitions the noble earl was makinp-a joke oV °f ■thi,r lords^P»' tew. They conld onl>" be s^dthS'n P*tmoM of the Rev. Mr. Maberley, who'had Tile Bi.,hop Xorll'icll, who stated that the reverend gentle. SLt wirhin Tn1 Was W€n,Jed 10 a!i these petitions, was resi- bisfur»t<.tl,Su fSe,an(' lle w!is g»ven t0 understand trom be must co fi, /usef' to pay him his small stipend. Now, to excite a^f r' S Was n0t thc rnan who oug'»t to stand up TA, r\ n? against the law of his country. Mr. Maberley ^ereJorc>* ensured the conduct of the Rev. folk ■nd'on'1^ t'ien Pret:ented a petition from a place in Suf- rf^T,rther rora -Slr0ud> by 1800 persons, many of them clergymen, against the Poor-law Act. lPresented petitions from Montrose, Annan, e 1 S* ^r^roat^> ^or niunicipal reform and also peti- vr tt- r0,tn the Wesleyans of Birmingham, from South Shields, I. aK^i 5"1' f00,ts ^ent> a°d other places, praying for the abolition of church-rates.—Adjourned. x ONDAI JULY 17. 1 he utmost anxiety was evinced to ob- ? W',tneSS the Prorogation of Parliament. The the L^A ?r y n te^' x Several judg™el)ts were eiven bv h^l Wn n f!, anu Lord Brougham on appeals which Th n gue dunn? the session. bJn JS* S3id thHt the re'lu'red alteration having address to the petition from a large body of » substitution of Lords of Parliament"'for heL begged to present it. It prayed for the abolition wasenKSatUion! C°m'ng SUch a bod> anely n«? H™ !l°use Panted a mart animated appeal- Xe allowp P Pe WaS uno«-pwd. Below the bar, the P ? alIotted t0 Pe^ ww crowded. In the gallery not t MayU ma: w*« B*t#*«*tee, «d i* tk« |«n«n*s a namaar of l&dias vvora interspersed amongst th.« Pears. i.v«;y portion of the house wai completely filled. Pder« wer« incon- veniently crowded on each other, and many who could obtain I no sitting room were obliged to stand. The number of Peer; at two o'clock was above 1'20. To enumerate them would be to give the names of fill those who are conspicuous a1! poli- ticians or in the world of fashion. The entire cm ps diploma- tique were present decorated with the insignia of their various orders. The Duchess of Kent entered the house a few minutes after two, and took her seat opposite the throne. She was ac- companied by the Princess of Leiningeii, and attended by Lady Mary Stopford. The following Peeresses had some time be- fore taken their seats on the back benches of the opposition side, leavmg the front bench for Peers:—The Duchess of Richmond, the Marchioness of Aylesbury, the Marchioness of Salisbury, the Countess of Sefion, Countess Amherst, Counter Pculett, Countess of Burlington, Countess of Shrewsbury, Countess of Tankerville, Countess of Jersey, Countess Cado- gau. Countess of Alorley, Countess of Rosslvn, Countess of Haddington, Dowager Countess of Pembroke, and the Coun- tess of Caledon Viscountess Donernile, Viscountess Hawar- den, iscountess Hercsford, Dowager Viscountess Dillon, tic Dowager Lady tie Clifford, Lady Glenlvoii, Lady Brougham, Lady 1 eynham, Lady Roulesham, Lady Sondes, Dowager Lady Saltoun, Lady Ruthven, Lady Ravensworth, Lady Cot- tenham, Lady Langdale, and Lady Colchester. The Countess of Durham and the Hon, ATiss Lainbton were in the side, or peers' gallery. At twenty minutes past two, salvoes of artillery, and n flou- rish of trumpets, announced that her Majesty had arrived at the outer doors of the house. rather unusua1 de'^ ^]AC» ,n t|1(. robing-room nnd tran u,c iess 0 • K ont move than once looked towards the en- r. nce oonr very earnestly, and was engaged in conversation -"t.h the Duke of Sussex, who was near her; probably upon the j <4anse of this delay. At length a flourish of trumpets was again heard, and in a few seconds the heralds entered the house. ARRIVAL OF THE JJUEF.V. Tire lords in waiting succeeded the heralds, followed by the Duke of Norfolk with his wand of office, as Earl Marshall, the Lord Great Chamberlain, the Marquess of Lnnsdowne, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquess of Winchester, bearing the cap of maintenance, Viscount Melbourne the sword of state, and the Duke of Somerset, with the crown imperial on a crimson i leh.et cushion. Then came the Queen, attended by the Alar- chioness of Lansdowne and the Duchess of Sutherland, bear- ing her train, and followed bv the Countess of Mulgrave as the lady in waiting. Her Majesty, having ascended the steps of the throne, imme- diately took her seat, being surrounded by the great officers of state. The Queen was attired in a white satin dress, over which the royal robes were gracefully thrown. She wore a crown of dia- monds, said to have been the same worn by Queen Anne, She had on a magnificent stomacher of diamonds, as well ns a splendid diamond necklace and ear-rings; the riband of the garter was conspicuous over her shoulder. It is impossible to conceive any one more at ease. Her self-possession struck all who beheld her. After a pause of a minute or two, the peers and peeresses having all risen on her arrival, her Majesty was pleased to re- quest that the peers would be seated. This direction was given in an unembarrassed, though rather feeble, manuer. The peers and peeresses then resumed their seats. Sir Augustus Clifford, the usher of the black rod, kneeling at the foot of the steps of the throne, then received her Ma- jesty's commands to summon the members of the Commons. The Speaker, with a large number of members appeared at i lie bar in the course of a short time upon taking his station he addressed her Majesty in a speech in which he recapitulated the principal measures of the session, and concluded by pre- senting to her Majesty a money bill, to which he humbly prayed her Majesty would give her royal assent. Her Majesty's as- sent was then given to this bill with the usual formalities, as well as to several others. HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH. The Queen then received from the Lord Chancellor the manuscript copy of the speech, which she proceeded to read. Nothing could exceed the accuracy of delivery, every emphatic word was distinctly marked and the euphonious tone of her voice, which, although somewhat of a youthful character, heightened the general effect. Persons in the most distant part of the house caught every s) liable which sho uttered, so clear and so distinct was her enunciation. Mï LORDS AND CJENILEMEN, I have been anxious to seize the first opportunity of meet- ing you, in order that I might repeat in person my cordial thanks for your condolence upon the death of his late Majesty, and for the expressions of attachment and affection with which you congratulated me upon my accession to the Thione. 1 am very desirous of renewing the assurance of my determination to maintain rhe Protestant religion, as established by taw to se- cure to all the free exercise of the lights of conscience, to pro- tect the liberties, and to piomote the welfare of all classes of the community. I rejoice that, in ascending the Throne, I find the country in amity with all foreign Povvers, and while 1 faithfully per- form the engagements of the Crown, and carefully walt hover the interests of my subjects, it shall be the constant object of rny solicitude to maintain the blessings of peace. GENTLEMEN OI THE HOCSE or COMMONS, I thank you lor (he liberal supplies which you have granted' for the public service of the year, as well as for the provision which you have made to meet the payments usually chargeable which you have made to meet the payments usually chargeable upon the civil list. I will give directions that the public expenditure, in all its branches, be administered with the strictest economy. MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, In taking leave of this Parliament, I return you my thanks for the zeal ai.d assiduity with which you have applied your- selves to the public business of the country. Although your labours have been unexpectedly interrupted by the melancholy event which lias taken place, I trust they will have the beneficia! effect of advancing the progiess of legis- lation in a new Parliament. 1 perceive with satisfaction tha, you have brought to maturity some useful measuies, amongsl which 1 regard with peculiar interest the amendment of the cri- millal corle, and the reduction of the number of capital punish- ments. I hai) this mitigation of the severi'y of the law as an auspicious commencement of my reign. 1 ascend the Throne with a deep sense of the responsibility ■vlncli ia imposed upon me, but I am supported by the consci- ousness of my own right intentions, and bv my dependence upon the protection or Almighty nod. It will he my care to strengthen OUI institutions, civil and ecclesiastical, by -lisneet I improvement wherever improvement is required, and to do all in my power to compose and allay animosity and discord. Acting upon these principles, I shall upon all occasions look with confidence to the wisdom of Parliament, and the af- fections of my people, which form the true support of the dignity of the Crown, and insure the stability 01 the Constitution." Then the Lord Chancellor, by her Majesty's command, said, My Lords and Gentlemen, It is her Majesty's royal will and pleasure that this parlia- ment be prorogued to Thursday, the 10th day of \ugust next, t ) be then here holden and this parliament is accordingly pro- rogued to Thursday, the 10th day of August next." Hei Majesty had no sooner concluded, than the general re- mark throughout the house was, How admirably she delivered the speech." The exclamations in the strangers' gaHety. on the speech being ended were, What a silver-toned voice With what di<j- nity she moves!" In short, numerous, energetic, andrordia) were the eulogiums pronounced on this, the first address to both houses oi parliament, of our youthful Queen. Her Majesty then rose and quitted the house, attended in the same manner as on entering. She passed again down the royal gallery, and amid the acclamations of thousands and tens 01 thousands, returned to the palace. The House of Lords immediately broke up, and the peers, ambassadors, and peeresses all came forth in a crowd. There was but one theme of the conversation of all, and that was the unaffected, simple, sensible, and dignified manner in which the young Queen moved, looked, and s; oke thioughout the whole scene, in which she had thus so conspicuously, and under such difficult circumstances (as they must surely be considered) comported herself. It was just three as the whole ceremony was concluded.

HOUSE OF COMMONS. WEDNESDAY, JULY 12.—The Speaker took the chair shortly after three o'clock. .MESSAGE FKOM THE QUE EN DOWAGER. Lord Morpeth appeared at the bar and said—I have the honour to acquaint the house, that the geutlcmen deputed to carry the message of condolence tn her Majesty, the Queen Dowager, ye3terJay waited on her Mujesty, an11 delivered the message, to which her Majesty was pleased to return the fid- lowing gracious answer :— Gentlemen, I thank you most gratefully for the message ot condolence you have been charged to deliver from the House of Commons on the great affiiction I have lately sustained, The unanimous tribute paid by your honourable house to the upright character and patriotic intentions of our late beloved Sovereign, is the most welcome alleviation that could have been offered to my feelings." been offered to my feelings." Her Alajesty's message was then ordered to be entered on the journals. COLONIAL ACCOUNT COMMH ILI j}17-. Hume stated he had given not:ce, upon the understand- ing that there would be no opposition to the motion, that he should move the addition of the names of seven gentlemen to the committee on the colonial accounts. He, however, undcr- stood that there was an objection to that motion on the part 01 the noble lord opposite (Howick); if such was the case, he was not in a condition to pre^s the motion on the consideration of the house.— I ord Hawick had no doubt that it would be ex- tremely desirable that the evidence should be laid on the ti'.ble of the house, but he thought sanctioning the motion of the lion, member for Middlesex would lead to the establishment of an inconvenient precedent. I Coiui.el Stbihorp moved for the return Ü tile expencod in- curred Ly the appointment of the committee to inquire into the operation of the Puor-la>v Amendment Bill, with the amount I' paid to the rfverul witnesses who had given evidence before that committee.—After a few words from Mr. Fuzake.ihi, the motion was agreed to, The Hon. and Gallant Member then moved for a return of the contracts cntertd into by the several unions established under the Poor-law Amendment Bill, with medical attendants, with the amount of the salaries given to each, and the number of deaths that hud occurred, distinguishing the male and female, since the formation of these unions. — Lord Howick objected to the return.- Mr. Witl,s also opposed the motion.— 1 he motion: was subsequently negatived without a division Mr. Lnhou- rite/e brought up the report of the committee on the Negro Ap- prenticeship BilL-I he Lord Adrocaie then brought up the report of the committee on Fourdrinier's Patent Bill.— J'he house adjourned at five o'clock.

Tm.'RSDAY, JULY 13.— Mr. Freth/ield presented a petition from a parish in Derbyshire against the new Poor-law Hill. On the iiiotion of f.OIl"d John Ihtnelt, the Lords Justices' Bill was read » third time and pa«wd. LAW OI coviAITHE. Captitin >« nft> wished to ask the Attorney-General whether he would give an j.s»uranee that the question hereafter should be taken up by the law officers of the crown, who would be j much more competent to manage a bill upon the subject than he (Captain Pecheil) could possibly be?—The Attorney Gene- rni, in reply, observed that the gallant member was himself so vigorou- ;> reformer of the law, that he (the Attorney-General) be loath to take any measure of the kind out of his haivk. It wou'u! be better that the bill should remain where it I WA"- STANDING ORDERS. j ;Wr. P. Thomson moved the order of the day for the consider ation of the second report of the committee on standing orders. •*»lfr. Frtthftli t'»ei"# aeald M eflin. (tpiatoa upon the report.—The several order* were then oailed over by the 3peaker numerically.—Captain Pteheli thought it right that the landowners and occupiers should b:' fully in- formed of the property belonging to them through which any railway line wai intended to pass, and that a plan of the line should be delivered to them- Jf" accrTdinf)" moved an amendment to thtl.t eHect.—The remaining- standing orders were also geritfraiiy adopted after a desultory conversation.—On the motion of Lord John Hussetl, a copy of the last report cf the National Vaccine Institution was ordered to be laid oil the table. H:CL1:SI.\STlC,II. APPOINTMENT SUSPENSION fill L. LJ/d John linked gave notice that he would to-morrow move that the amendment introduced bv the Lords into this bill be taken into consideration.—Adjourned.

FRIDAY, JULY 14.—Loan BUTE'S Estate BILL.—On the motion of Lvrd 'Sandvn, this bill was read a third time and | passed. CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION. j Sir H.Illglis presented a petition from a number of the clergy for the repeal of the Roman Catholic Emancipation Act. NEWSPAPF.it Stamps. On the motion of *Ir. Haukes, a return was ordered of the number of stamps issned monthly to each of the provincial pa- peis in England and Wales from the 1st of January, 1837, to 30th June, both days inclusive; of the number of advertise- ments published in each newspaper for the same petiod and of the amount of duty on advertisements paid by each paper for the same period. On the motion of Mr. Hume, an address to her Majesty was agreed to for the appointment of a commission to inquiie into the state of the small livings of the Church of England, and as j to the expediency of consolidating them, in order to insure the residence of the clergy in their parishes, and to piovide for them an adequate income.— Adjourned.

SATURDAY, JULY 15.—The Lords' amendments to all the bills for the amendment of the Criminal Law, were, on the '.no- tion of Lord J. Russell, agreed to. BILLS of EXCHANGE HILL. Their lordships' amendments on this bill, were also agreed to. MUN ICTl'A I. COIi POH A JION BILl., The lords' amendments on this bill, were agreed to. CONSTITUTION Of HANOVER. Colonel Thompson gave notice that he should 011 Monday put '.he following question, Whether her Majesty's ministers view as authentic the proclamation or letter-patent, purpoiting to be tssin-d by the King of Hanover on the 51h of this present July, engaging to impait to the General Assembly of the States his royal resolution, touching the modification of the constituiion of the kingdom of Hanover, or whether the constitution siiali be brought back to what it was before the promulgation of the present constitution as given from the H,1Inhurg papers of the 8th July, in The Times and other London papers of the 15th." CLEItKS or fHE PEACE DOCUMENTS IIILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. The Speaker having intimated that he should take the chair at quarter past one on Monday, the house adjourned.

Penalties annexed to the Registiation Acts ha\'e not been sufficiently made public, and should be more generally made known. Registering of births in any manner contrary to the regulations 01 the act, a penalty of £50. Knowingly making false statements contrary to the regulations, punishable as per- juiy. Performing funeral service without having Ihe register or the coroner's ceitificate, or without giving notiee within seven days to the register, in casc no certificate hds been presented, exposes to a penally of £10. A penalty of £50 is incurred by alf who neglect to register marriages, or for carelessly injuring registers or certified copies of registers, or making away with them, felony. MALTA PRATIQUE.—Travellers in the Mediterranean com- plain, and not wiihout reason, of the length and inconvenience of the quarantine they art: compelled to submit to at Malta but to silence complainers, and enforce submi>sion, a gibbet stands within sight of the lazaretto, on which an Italian was hanged a few years since for breaking his quaraotine. The LORDS JUSTICES ÈILI.-The discussions which took place on this hill in Ihe House of Lords was as ridiculous as unnecessary. It might be necessary to leaislate against such a contingency but to contemplate it as standing within the prospect of belief" seen's intolerable. Why net let the measure pass with the sitencewhtch is due to a dead letter, such as every inie-henrted subject of our gracious Queen must play, as it is cheering to believe, that it may he, and ever will remain. Even f aeigners take a dt'cided and very correct view of this question. "lIlaut bien esperer, says the Constitntionuel of the fjth inst., dags l'interet et pour Thouneur d'ngleterre, quc Ie Due de Cumberland demeurera Roi de Hanovre et qu'il n'aura pas a infiioer au tibne des trois royaumes les dangers de son effmyante impopularite. THE SALlQlE LAW.—The number of female sovereigns upon Ihe thrones of Europe at this uay, occasions a good deal of speculation as to the oiiyin and wisdom of the law which so rigorou:yexduù"s them in some couritiies now very litlle is known with any certainly of this same Saliyue law. It is said to have come from the Franks but it is writien in Latin, and it is a certain fact that the franks could neither speak nor write Latin. The law in its present shape was written in the time of Charlemagne; but even at that time it passed as a law of the highest antiquity, and the preamble of this law mentions the anterior collections of Theodoric, Childebeit. and Dagobert. It was addressed to the people subjected to the einpue of the Merovingians and those who ascribe its origin to the ancient Alamans and Bavarians know really but litile about the matter. As to its propriety and wisdom, as one-Datfof Europe approves while the other rejects, it leaves the question unsettled Frank- tort Paper. MR. BUCKINGHAM.—This gentleman is about to tiavel again. The following is a summary of his intended future labonrs- which suggest pretty good occupation for an entire life.— i\iy first visit will he to the United States of America, in the princi- jaljcities of which it is my intention to deliver those leduies 01) the scriptuial and classical countries of the cast, whi< h have i now been heaid by nearly a million of persons in England, Scotland, and Ireland. After visiting the principal cities of I America, and examining carefully and impartially every part of that rapidly advancing country, it is my intention next 10 visit the British possessions in the West, including Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Upper and Lower Canada, and from thence to pass on to the West India Islands, and the Gulf of Mexico. As the question uf uniting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans is one of the deepest interest to commerce and civiliza- tion, I purpose going across the Isthmus of Daiien, and inves- tigating its localities, with a view to the formation of a compent practical opinion on the subject the more especially as I have had the opportunity of personally examining with ;:reat care the Isthmus of Suez. for the purpose of uniting the Red Sea with tbe 1\ledilerranean, and of showing jls perfer:1 practicability whenever it may he determined on. Being thus on the shores of the Pacific, it is my intention to pass on from thence either by way of Panama, Aeapulco, or Lima, to China; from thence by the Philippine Islands to Australia and Van Dieman's Land; and after visiting the principal stati0ns in the Eastern Aichipelago, including the Moluccas, Borneo, Sumatra, and lava, proceed onward by Malacca and Singapore to India combining throughout this portion of my route the occupations of the traveller, the navigator, and the meichant, collecting the most accurate information respecting each of the places visited, and defraying the expenses of such investigations, whether hy- drographical, scientific, moral, or commercial, hy actual opera- lions of trade and birter by the way. After this I hope lo re- turn again lo Europe by way of the Red Sea, the Isthmus ol Suez, and the Mediterranean, rensiting, probably, Ej;ypt, Pa- lestine, Syria, Asia Minor, Constantinople, and the Black Sea, the continent of Greece, and the islands of the Archipelago and after traversing Sicily, Italy, and the Adriatic, return home by Switzeiland, Germany, and France." BEES.—The training of bees, which, in the greater part of Euiopean countries, forms but an unimportant branch of rural economy, is in Russia, on the contrary, a source of existence to many entire communities. So large a quantity of wax is col- leeted in the Russian empire, thai, independent, of the domes tic consumption, from 12,00ï) to 15,000 pound? weight are annually exported to foreign countries from the ports of the Baliic alone; while honey is no less an object of national im- portance, nearly the whole of Siberia being indebted for its supply to European Russia. The best hooey is that which (he bees extract from the flowers of the white linden, and it is ga. thercd in greater abundance in the districts where those trees abound as on the banks of, the Oka and the Don, in White, and Little Russia, in Poland, and in the souihtrn pans of the Oural, situated in Europe. Although hives are to be found in almost all the government* of the empire, their numbers are in- finitely exceeded by those of the wild bees, which have their dwelling in Ihe government of Orenburg, mote particularly in the extensive forests of the Oural. Beyond this range of moun- tains, and throughout Siberia, no wild bees are to be met with. The tnbes who chiefly devote ihemselves to the occupation of rearing and training bees are the Bachkirs (who take the lead), the Tartais, the tchouvaches, the 1 cheremisses, and the Mech- tcheriaks, especially in the governments of Kaian and Oren burg. Amongst the first .named tribe, it is no unusual circum- stance for an individual to possess a hundred hives of bees within the limits of his own garden, and as many as a thousand hives, or hollowed tiees, of wild bees in the adjacent forests, annually deriving bom them lorty, and sometimes even one hundred pounds weight of honey. The greater part of the swarms of young bees are found in the woods, where they esta- blish themselves of their own freewill in the hives that have been prepared for their reception. The Bachkiis having se. lected, for ihis purpose, lhose trees which are of the strongest and slraiglitest kind, as well as of the hardest wood, fix ihe dwellings of the bees at about thirty feel from the ground they then hollow out the tree, smooth it internally by means of a hisel, and close the chief opening, leaving only some smaller apertures for the free passage of the busy insecis. It is gene- i.illv supposed that bees compose lheir honey solely from the sweets which they extract from flowers but in the environs of Orenburg iherc is every reason to believe that they suck blood, flesh, aud other mutters of a filihy nature. Rytchkof being desirous of ascertaining, by his own expeiience, if bees were really consumers oi fleshy substance, caused a dead fowl, plucked, to be placed within a hive. For the space of three or f."lr days it remained there untouched by the bees, but no sooner did it begin to decay, than they eagerly devoured it, leaving nothing but the bonel1.

INFfXT Mutitl. To tht of the Mi>n:tioUthnh^ e M&'hn. lift,—Amongst the whole of our modern institutions, I thihlt there is not one of more vital importance or better ca'ciilflied lo be of real, solid benefit and advantage to sociuly Hi large, than Infant Education, At the time tht: plant is young ami tender, it is as it were refreshed and matured with the invigorating waters of moral and ieli,>ioiis instruction—the one Mended with, and insepaiahle from the other feelings of adoiation towards tlDd and love 10 man. The tinest feelings of human nature are called forth, and those early impressions ingrafted into the minds and feelings of the cliildien which the hand of time rarely or ever can eraSe. Willi the knowledge of the above facts, it is with the deepest feelings of reglet that I admit the absence of such an institu- tion in thi, populous and rapidly improving town. llow to account for this fact I know not bul I am afraid that the be nefits to be derived from such an institution, are not fully known. I purpose, therefore, to tioubie you with a few amus- ing anecdotes relating to these men and women in miniature, humbly hoping that it may be the means of inducing those who have it in their power, to become the Infant's Friend. Two children, brothers, about five and four yeais 01 age, coming one murn;n;! lale inro school, were to go to their seats without censure, if they eould give sllch au account of what they had been doing as should be declared satisfactory by the whole school, who were lo decide. They stated, separately, that they had ueen contemplating Ihe proceedings of a large caterpillar, and noticing the different positions of its body as it crossed their path—fhat it was now hoiizontal, and now perpendicular, and presently curved, and finally inclined, when it escaped into a tree. The master then asked them, abruptly, n'hy did you no! kill it?" The children sUied. "Could you have killed it?" asked the teacher.—" Yes, but that would have been cruel and naughty and a sin ayainst Cod." The liitle moralists were acquitted by acclamation, having, infants as they were, mani- fested a character, which, wele it universal in the juvenile po. pulation, would, in anolher generation, leduce our penal code 10 a mass of waste paper, in one grand department of its bulk. The above is one out of many incidents shoeing the good effects of exercising kindness and consideration for otheis, in opposilion to reckless mischief, hard-heanedness "oil cruelty proving at once, if ploof were necessary, the illvaJuahle bless- ings of infant education. Willi the above anecdote and observations I conclude, re- marking however, that, should you deem them wo:tl.y a portion of your paper, I shall take il as an earnest that I may a»ain vcuture to forward you a few moie anecdotes, and an account of the inttreHing system of (riill hy jurij, adopled in most In- fant Schools. Your's, inc., Newport, 13th July, 18:¡¡. INFANT'S FRIEND.

PREPARATIONS FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION BAHNSTAI'I.L (2).-lt is said by a Tory paper that Mr. Henry Gomperu, of Porfland-place, will offer himsdf no Con- servative principles, to oppose that sound Reformer, Mr. J. P. B. Chichesier. BRIOGU AIER (2).—Mr. Courteuay has started on the Con- servative interest, io conjunction with 1\Ir. II. 13roadwood, against Messrs. Sheridan and Tynle. SOUTH DURHAM (2).— An altempt is 10 be marle to unseat Mr. Peas?, one of the most useful members of the House of Commons. FOI this purpose a requisition 10 Lord William Powlett is uow hawked about the south division lor sisnaturt's, MONTGOMERY (I ).—A miserable clique of Toiies arc foicing an opposiiion to Colonel Edwards, the present independent member for the :\Inntgnmeryshire lJO 10 II;, II 8 without the shadow of a chance, save Ihdt of spending money. OXIOKDMURI-. (3).—The freeholders are determined to send at least one consistent Liberal member to Parliament at the ensuing election; to attain which the requisition to I homas Sionor, Esq was numerously signed ill almost eveiy town of importance in the county. His canvass pioceeds with the great- est success. RADNOR (1).— Mr. Richard Price, who has represented this borough for 38 years, is again canvassing. READING ('2).—Mr. Fyshe Palmer and Mr. Sergeant Tal- fourd's friends have begun the great work jpibly. 1 here is now no doubt such is the unanimity of the Ueformers that we shall return two upright and sincere Liberals to the new Parliament. —Oxford Chronicle. WEST SOMERSET (2).—Two Tories, Mr. T. D. Acland and Mr. II. H. Dickinson, have started for this division ( with small chance of success), against Messrs. Tyute and Sandford. THAI EE (I).—Mr, John Bateman, of Oakpark, has addressed the electors in opposition to Mr. Maurice O'Connell. The Denny family, the old borough patrons, who unsuccessfully op- posed Mr. O'Connell on the last occasion, leroain ncutra) this time; all their voters, thus left to themselves, ill, no doubt, poll for the Eibeial, and let Mr. Bateman remain at home at Oakpaik.

SIGNAL DEFEAT OF THE IOIUES AT A COUNTY MEETING FOR CAMBRIDGESHIRE. The campaign hits opened well for the Reformers in Ihis county. The Tories have been defeated with their own weapons. As a party they wanted to show their pseudo loyally by getting up a county meeting to address her most gracious Majesty Queen Victoria on her accession to the Ihmne. lnslead of in a manly manner obtaining the signatures of respectable gentle- men of all political patties, they very cautiously confined the requisition to their own clique. So diligently had they kept it as a pocket-piece, that although it was got up at the county quarter sessions day, they did not even apply 10 Mr. Adeane, Ihe chairman at the sessions, and a Liberal, fur his fiignature. Nor WdS anything heard "f known of it fill the advertisement appeared iu the public papers. As the hour approached the Lilrerals, though Ihe Toiirs had studiously abstained from seek- ing their concurrence, presented themselves at the Shire-hall, and claimed their light of joining in the addresses to he pro- posed on the occasion. The country squires and parsons drop- ped into the hall rather thickly, and were soon joined by the sheriff and the lord-lieutenant of the county, Lord Hardwicke. The bench, from whence the Tory orators were to peifonn their pans, was tliiouged with the champions of the mosi rabid Toryism. The lord-lieutenant proposed an address to the Queen, which was approved of by all pames. so far as it went. I, affecled to be an echo of the sentiments contained in her Majesty's de- claration to rhe privy council on her first meeting them, aud was extremely laudatory of her unceasing sludy to maintain the reformed religion as bv Jaw established but there the ad- dress stopped in its reference to the declaration. Upon this Mr. Ashton, of Cambiidge, perceiving that a very important pari of the Queen's declaiation had been omitted, moved (se- conded by Mr. F. Gunning, of Cambridge) that the following words from that declaration be added to the address," securing at Ihe same time tll all the full enjoyment of religious libeitv." ro this the noble mover objected but finding, through his satellites, Ihat the feelinot (If the meeting was in favour of it, and fearing the result of á divÎ510n 1111 the clause, if PUI by way of amendment, prudently declined lisking such a catastrophe, and, for the sake of unanimity, consented to ihe insertion of the words. The address so amended was carried by acclamation. But the Ilest renlains behind. II turned 0111 upon a reference to the address ilself ( wtiich appealed to he a lithographed furm ) that at the very point where the additional words of the decla- ration were inserted the words "and religious libeitv'' had formed pail of the original addiess, hut had been marked through with a pen. So that the omission of the .sentiment was noi ,¡¡suill or accidental, hut designed. Here were loyal Tories affirming one part of the Queen's declaration, but dis affirming in the strongest manner another pait of it. They were, how- ever, bealen with tht;ir own we¡¡pons, and all decent men are ciying "Shame" upon such a scandalous proceeding. It was afterwards resolved that the movei and seconder, wiih the sheriff, present the address. We congratulate lliem on their agreeable errand, and their marvellously sudden admiiation of "civil and religious liberty."

_.0_ The Duke of Wellington, whose general health is said 10 he good, attained his 68th year the first of last month. N ATION AI DI-HT.— Up to the present period ..bout £ 8,000,000 of stock have been extinguished, and consequently Ihe national debt has been diminished by so much. This is indeed a driblet compared with the whole value of the debt, which, it may be a slight satisfaction to learn, w ill at the same ratio lo wholly ex- tinguished in six hundied years! EKFFCTS OF PULSSIC ACID IPON A HAIJI1I1.-0n Saturday evening Dr. Robinson, 01 London, delivered the ihiid of a se- ries of dissertations Oil poisons, before tile faculty, al Ihe Maid slono Infirmary. Ihe subject of the evening was principally corrosive suMima'e, on the mode of dftt-ct tig hints. At riie ,.1 ihe dissertation the effect of pmssic acid was tiied upon a rabbit. Three drops were administered from a glass (ihe surface of which m"st probably abstracted half of the quantity), and the animal immediately exhibited the usual symptoms—im-ieas«-d action of th" lungs, dilation of the pupils, and the peculiar slml! civ which in such cases is generally in- dicative of immediately appioac'ntng dissolution. In order io give it a chance of re< overy, however, a few drops of ammonia wt readmin s c ed, « iihout apparent beoefii. A constant sireim ol cold water was then pouted upon the base of ihe skull and along the spine, when the animal very shortly exhibited synip- tomsofresustit-ttion. It was then wrapped in flannel. In a I quarter of an hour it was sufficiently recoveied to walk. Dr. Robinson had in a foimer lecture mentioned that his mode of tieatment had been discovered by accident. A cat, which had annoyed the apprentices of a chemist, was poisoned by them with prussic aod. and thrown by for dead. Hv mere accident, however, il fell under a stream of water, which was pouring from a pump, the effect of winch was its gradual resuscitation. Benefitting by this hint, the same means have been since sue ctssfully applied to more (ban one human subject who had 1.iken prussic acid. No instance, however, had come within Dr. Robinson's knowledge where an animal had been restored after the symptoms which this rabbit exhibited and the singulaiitv ° k' u .case s,ruck the faculty as being one, a knowledge of which it was desirable should be pioraulsated, The rabbit is now in full health and vigour.

/HtsrHianu. Ant>U4uiM MAQRIAOM tRS Hian LIN.—It is rain«ur«d in the Parisian circles that Princess Clementina, the third daughter of Louis Philippe, is about to bestow her hand on the hereditary Prince of Saxe Coburg. We understand that the Hon. Captain Fitzmaurice, of the second Life Guards, will shortly be united to a lady of great personal attractions, re, siding near Windsor. It is also said that Caplain Martyn, of the same regiment, brother to the candidate for Nottingham, is shortly to be married so a lady of Welch extraction, and of great beauly and a. complishments. The Duke of Beautorl has purchased the splendid mansion of the Maiquess of Camden, iu Arlington-street, which will un- dergo an entire re-embellishment pieparatoiy to their Giaces' return to town next session, wheu a scrie5 of pailies, en a scale of great splendour, wiil be given. POSTING IN FRANCE.—M. Conte, the indefatiguable direc- tor-general of the posts, has directed that all the postmasters throughout France shall affix a placard in front of their houses, stating all the places they serve, together with distances, a tariff of prices, postillions, v\;c. in order that travellers may, without having the official post-book, know with certainty the exact distances, and the prices which they have 10 pay. The different items of taxation to which post-horse masters are liable are 3d per mile for the post-horse duty, and 2s 6d a day for the first three days in a letting for three days, or in con- tinuation Is 9d a day for the next nine, and in continuation up to twenty-eight, that is twenty-seven inclusive, Is 3d a day, or one-fifth of the sum charged. Besides this, there are five gui- neas a year on eveiy pair-horse carriage, and £3.55 on eve/Y two wheeted carriage, and the license duty, which is 7s 6.1 per annum. A BENEVOLENT SINGF.H.—We find the following anecdo'e in the last number of the Gazette Musicule:—The principal singer of the great theatre at Lyons one day lately observed a poor woman, with her four children, begging in the street. Her decent and respectable appearance, in the midst of extreme poveity, interested the kind-lieaited vocalist, lie desired (lie poor woman to follow him into the Place Bellcour, where placing himself in a corner, with his back to the wall, his head being coveied with his handkerchief, and his hat at his feet, he began to sing his most favourite airs. The beauty 01 his voice drew a crowd around bin) the idea of some mystery stimulated the generosity of the bys-standers, aud tive-frai.c piece* --how- ered into the hat. V\ hen the singer, who had thus Ie the good- ness of his heart transformed himself into a street minstrel, thought he had got enough, betook up the hat, emptied the contents into the apron of the poor woman, who stood motion- less with amazement and happiness, and disappeared among the crowd. His talent, however, betrayed him, though his face was concealed Ihe slory spread, and next evening, when he appeared on the stage, shouts of applause from all parts of tht house proved (says a French journalist) thai a good action is never thrown away. RAPID TRAVELLING.—A gentlemen left Liverpool on Friday, by the half-past two railway train, for Biimingtiam. Thence he posted it to Londou, which, af'er sundry disasters on the road, he reached at six o'clock next morning. From London lie proceeded by the ordinary stage-coach conveyance to Bir- mingham, and arrived at Liverpool, by the last railway train, shorily alter eleven o'clock on Saturday night. Thewhofejourney, upwards of 400 miles was thus completed in the short space 01 3"2 J hours the quickest, there can scarce be a doubt, on record. LVINC. IN Bhu AWAKE.—Nothing can be more prejudicial to tender constitutions, or sludious and contemplative persons, than lying long in hed aher one is distinctly awake, or has slept a dUt" and reasonable tune: it necessarily thickens the juices, ener- vates the solids, alid weakens the constitution. A free open all is a kind of cold bath, especially afler rising out of a warm bed and consequently makes the circulation brisker and more com plete, and braces up the solids, which lying in bed dissolvcsano soaks in moisture. The erect posture, and the activity of walk, ing, make the peispiiation moie powerlul, and Ihe gross eva- cuations more readilv throwlI o It". This is evident from tb. appente and hunger itiose thallise early feel, beyond that whict they get by lying in bed. Add to all these the influence of ttJ, fiesti, benign morning air-rhe retreating of all the noxiou damps and vapours 01 the night, together with the clouds an. heaviness that are thrown upon the brain from steep an lastly, that cheeifulness and alaciily that are felt at the approacl or presence of the glorious luminaiy, the sun, which adds r true fo ce to the heart. and gives a spur to lagging and jadt. spiiits,—C'heyn» on Health, M UNCO PAP.K'S SON.—It was at Accra that Mr. Thoma Park, son of the celebialed traveller, was landed as a midship- man, from the Sybille, with three yeais' leave of absence, ti travel into Ihe interior, and search lor his father. Ht: was a fine tail Scotch lad, only 19 years of age, and wiihout any know ledge ollhe woild. His death has been commonly ascribed I, poison, adrriinisiered 10 hm. in vengeance for having imprudent!, ascended a tetiche or a sacred tiee but the real cause was hi obstinacy in rejecting the advice 01 the resident merchanls o Accra. He lived lor thiee lIIt\uths In the lown, and though b, had frequent invitations to t"kc up his quarters with the Euro peans, 1:13 preferred lemaining In a hut with designing natives who plundered him. There he indulged in drinking spirits married an Accra wife by way of learning the language, thougl the dialect at Accra is totally diffeient from lliose in the inte rior; and took long walks in the he<it ot the day, with the view of hardening himself. The consequence of these imprudence- were, that when he set out to cioss the Volta his consiitutioi was already completely btoken he was thin rmd weak ht caught a fever afler a few marches, and fell anoiher victim II African discovery .1 I t'H/Ii du 's I oi/uge. CAUCASIAN SUGAII.—Here 1 was made acquainted with then manner of proiuiing sugar, which is derived from the walnu: tree,"that flourishes here ill extraordinary perfection. During spring, just as the sap is rising, the trunk is pierced, and a spi- got ieft in il for some lime, when this is withdrawn, a cleai sweet liquor flows out, which is left to coagutate and on somt occasions they refine 11. For diseases of the lungs, and genera debility, they consoler it a most valuable medicine. Clarifiec honey, bleached in the sun, till il becomes quite white, is an other substitute Îor Circnssij. DON MIGLI-.L.—A letter trom Rome states: — "The day afler the celebration of tfte annual fcie at the Portuguese churcl of St. Antonio, 01 Padua, Don Miguel complained of not hav. ing lJeell invited to he piosent, "mll!t the answer he receivt:1 was, that as the coiporaiion had never recognised him as So- vereign of Portugal, it was not consideied neeessaiy to ir.vin him. The next day, as the charge d'affaires o! Donna Maria -vas proceeding in his carriage to the residence of a Portugues» who is president of the corporation, lift was attacked by four m dividuals who had been concealed in the neighbourhood for some hours. The president, attracted by the noise of the scuffle, ran to the spot, well-armed, and a smarl comtiai ensued, when one of the tour disguised assailants was wounded, and the rest retreated to the palace of Don Miguel."—French paper. A POZKK.—The Queen, it is reported, in an interview wiih ihe Duke of Norfolk, preparatory to creating her half-bioiher, the Duke of Saxe Meiningen, a Knight of the Garier, after the preliminaries were arranged with the Eail Maislul, said, with simple iia'iretcl. My Lord Duke, wheie am I to wear the Gai- ter ?The Duke, in reply, said he recollected seeing some piint of Queen Anne, in which the Garter was placed on her :eft arm. Uy reference to various authorities that fact was csla blished. BICE SIOCKINGS.— The appellation of Blue Slodiing" is understood to have originated in the dress of the old Benjamin Siillingfieet (giandson of the bishop), as he used to appear at the parlies of Airs. Montagu, iu Portman-square. He was jilted by a nnsuess 10 whose remembrance he remained faithful; and, in spile of a disappointment wheh he then deeply felt, re mained to the last one of the most amiable of men and enter- taining of companions. Mr. Stillingfleet almost always wore blue worsted stockings, and whenever he was absent from Mrs. Montagu's evening parties, as his conversation was very enter- taining, the company used to say, Wecan do nothing without the blue stockings," and by degrees the assem biles were callels blue stocking clubs, and learned people blue stockings. MATRIMONIAL MAXIMS FOR MAIUIIED LAOIES.—The follow- ing maxims, it pursued, will not only make the men in love wiih marriage, but cause them to be good husbands. The first is 10 be good yourselves. To avoid allthoughls of managing a husband. Never to deceive or impose upon his understanding, nor give him uneasiness, but treat him wiib affection, sincerity. and lespact. Remember that husbands at best are only men; subject, like yourselves, 10 error and frailty. Be not too san- guine, then, before marriage, or promise yourseives happiness without alloy. Should yuu discover any thing in his humour, or behaviour, not altogether what you expected or wish, pass it over, snwutilc your own temper, and try to mend his br atten. tion, cheerlulness, and good nature. Never reproach him with misloi lunes, which are the accidents and infirmities of human life, a burden which each has engaged to assist the other to support dud io which both parties are equally exposed but, instead of murmuiing, and reflections, sliaie the woe between you make the best ot it, and it willue easier to both. It is the innale office of the softer sex to soolhe the troubles of the other. Resolveevery morning to be cheetlul that cay and should anything occur lo break your resolution, sutler it Dot to pur you out of semper with your husband. Dispute not "ith him, he Iheoc{,s!OII whatil ma y; but much rather deny yourself the Iritbug satisfaction of havirg your own will, or gaining the better of au aigument, than risk a quariel, OJ clealc a heart-burning which it IS impossible 10 foresee I he end of. 1 mplicil submission in a man to his wife is ever disgraceful to both but implicit submission in a wife !o the will of her husband is what she promised at the altar; whal the good will revere her for, anel whal is, m fact, Ihe gteal- est honour she can receive. Be assuied, a woman's power, as w. II as her happiness, has no other foundation than her hus- band's esteem and love. wllleh illS her interest, by all possible means, to preserve IInd increase. StuJy, ibeiefoie, Ills temper, and command your own. Enjoy with 111m his satisfaction, share and soolhe his carts, and with the ulmost assiduity con- ceal his infirmities. 11 you value youi own and youi hu-band's case lei your expenlif's and iJe.,iles UI:: ever within (he reach of his circumstances for it poveity should follow, you must sliaie the evil. Be very careful never 10 give hilll any cause of jea. lousy. Let not many days pass without a serious examina) on inlO YOl1r conduct as II wtle; aud il, on reflection, you a7e guilty of anv foibles or omissions, the besl aionement is to tie mom careful in lutuie.—t'/d Aeuspaper. TH>. SCOTCH AND 11:lsli IN AMLHICA.—Them ere fellers (Ihe Scntch ) cut their cve leelh ature Ihey ever sel foot in this counlry, I expect. When they 5et a bawbee they know what to do \II.jlÎ1 II, that's a tact tbry open tlittr pouch and drop il in. and it's got a spnng like a fox-lr.11'-11 holds fast all it gets, like grim death to a dead niggei. tttey art- proper skin-flints, vou may depend. 0..1111.-011 IS 110 -teal shakes al hest; It lant t'nn as good foi a louse as (t'al y..lI.-r Yarginy corn, but I guess I warnt long in finding out that the guish.ndly paid for the riddlin. No, a Yankee has as little chance among them as a Jew has iu New England llite sooner he clears out Ihe better. Y nu can no more put a le>«k into them that you can send a chisel into leak wood—it tuins the edge of the tool the fiist drive. II Ihe blue, noses knew Ihe value nf money as well as Ihey do, they'd have more cash, and fewer clocks and tin refiectois, I reckon. Now, i's diffeieul with the Lish ihey never cany a puss, for they never have a cent io put in U. 1 liey are always in love or in liquor, or else in a row; tht'ya7e Ihe meriiest shaveis I ever seed. Judge lieelei, I dare say you have heerd tell of him—lie's a funny teller — he ) u) a notice uvei his factory gate al Lowell. no cigar. or Irishmen adoiille l wiiliin ihese wall. 101. said Ihe one will set a fl ime agoin among my ,.o1tons. and (..I her among n.)' galls. I 1\11111 have 011 such in flammable things about me on no account. When ihe British wanted our folks to join in the lieat\ lo check Ihe wheel-, of the slave trade, I recollect hearin old Julin Adams sav. we had ought 10 humour them for. s'ys Ite, they Supply uswhh Iaboui on easier terms hy shipping out the Irish. Says he, they woik better, and they work cheaper, and they dont live so long, The blacks, when 1hey "It past wink, hang on for ey.er, and a propel bill of expense they ue but hot wcathei and new mm tub out 'he poor-rales for t'other ones—-77ie Ctockmaker or Saying* d/lll Doingi of' Sum Slick, to ef th« <uicm«T W «n the face and ik'ui is a'source of terioas iMonve«lenc« U> dies of deUc-alecomplexion, io producing freckle«, tan, sunbofo^ &c. To uiTessfully oppose those innoiatioss, we recomrrwi's Rowland's Kalydor, the long tried virtues of which need be pointed out (see- Advertisement) to ihose unacquainted will its properties, and cannot be too frequently impressed on lb attention of ladies,—particularly lhose residing in the countrj who sometimes may be unavoidably exposed to the influence' a vertical sun. ScRpRisiNG HORSE.—Among thp. horses which work tK North Devon cOiJdl fiom Taunton to London, is a bay one, b*1 longing to Messrs. Wiiitrnash and Co.. the proprietors, whi has daily worked as a leader during the last thirteen years with out the intermission of a single journey, never having heen il'li and regularly performing ihe allotted distance between Somef* ton and VYincanton. This useful animal must consequent^ have travelled 4120 miles every year; or, in the thirteen yeaiM the extraordinary distance of 53,560 miles and is now, thought sevenlen years old, as fresh and as good as any in the set. distance so performed is considerably more than equal to twici the circumfeience of the globe This fact powerfully atlesy the advantage of careful driving, and is very creditable to StfJ vens, the coachman, to whose conduct the North Devon coaoi has been entrusted so long.—Taunton Courier. SCUTT AND JOHN KEMELK.—I have heard Scott chuckle wi; particular glee over ihe recollection of an excursion to the *a"j of the Ettrick, near which river the party were pursued by* bull. Come, King John," said he, we must even take thl water," and accordingly he and his daughter plunged into IbI stream. But King John, halting on the bank and surveyilg the river, which happened to be full and turbid, exclaimed, his usual solemn manner, -——— The flood is angry, Sheriff"; Methinks I'll get ine up into a tree." » It was well lhat the dogs had succeeded in diverting the buW because theie was no tree at hand which could have sustain^ King.lohn, nor, had that been otherwise, could so stately | personage have dismounted and ascended with such alacrity *1 because theie was no tree at hand which could have suslain Kin, Tohn, nor, had that been otherwise, could so stately King.lohn, nor, had that been otherwise, could so stately | personage have dismounted and ascended with such alacrity *1 circumstances would have requited. He at length followed W friends through the river with the rueful dignity of Don Qui, ote.—Lockhnrt's Life of Scott. (

FRIDAY S LONDON GAZHTTE, JULY 1G. J BAN Kite PIS.—Ileniy Upward, of Great Sf. Helens, m chant.—Elizabeth Waterlield, of Dunstable, BedfordsM'T dealer.—William Carver, of Horsforth, and of Idle, Y'orkshifJ grocer.—Thomas Holland, of Binningham, iron tube manufaH lurer.—John Hardman, of Kearsley, Lancashire, shopkeep, —Geoige Ilawonh, of Crawshaw-booth, Lancashire, and WjH" liain Haworth, of Manchester, calico-printers.—W illiam f" urim and Richard Pilgrim, of Noftinghafn, drapers.—U illi3^ Dickinson and Thomas i hrop.of Blackburn, Lancashire, itool founders-(ieorge Barber, of Manchester, baker.—Joseph N" rowsmith, of Binningham, japanne;—Henry Beverly, of AJ»*t Chester, horse-dealer.—Thomas Minshall, of Worthing. Susse*1' broker.—David Morgan !he younger, Machynlleth, Nlonte, meryshire, draper.

ORIGINAL CHARADES. (No. XX.) My first's a maiden's sweet, romantic name, To young Alphonso's ardent heart more dear Than power, or wealth, or worlds, or life, or fame: t Soft as some cherub's on the lover's ear It fell, like that a seraph might proclaim, Aud angels in their lioly state revere A He vowed to love no other name on earth, ,I.' For here he found c'cn all that life is worth. And nought could tempt him from the fond embracc Of her who bore this soul-enchanting name But still he gazed on that adored face, As from his melting eyes flashed passion'^ flame, For nature's loveliness fie there could trace, Adorned, or unadorned, to him the same;— But riehes-t gems from India's coral shore, j Set in my next the modest damsel wore. 4k Around her brow a wreath of flowrets shone. jf Culled by her lover's hand--her diadem j- She looked like one selected for a throne, From 'mongst the daughters of Jerusalem. Mv whole—a starry flower, she called her own It glistened on her brow like .some bright gem Brought from the deep blue ether, or some mine Wroughl in supernal spheres by hands divine.—Lsotf

ORIGINAL CHARADES. (No. VII.) Come maidens fair and young Listen to my lay The fervent lover's tongue Breathing language gav, Would very useless be Except you had my first, j ou and he would scarce agree, And he'd surely have the worsl V ith money—dear, oh dear !— I ho' he lIlY second wore, Y ou.d have him, never fear, If he numbered years threescore. Wv whole will typify False lovers. When they woe you To gain yotir try Only to undo you. •B AHTLfcTT.

itrbr ilottfton .Jittlar1\rtø. CORN EXCHANGE. Monday, July 17.-111 consequence of the very short supp" f wheat, this a,ticle has bef-n taken olf al an advance of 2s piaiter on iast Monday's prices, and all other articles of grjllØ u 11 y maintain their piices. Per Qr. s. s. | Per Qr. s. t A"hoat,Kent&Essex 52 lo 65 Peas, Giey 30 to r MI no Ik 50 — 60 Small Beans 36 — 6 Vorfolk 48 — 58 Tick ditto 30 — 4', l*ye ;J0 — 3f) Oats, Potatoe 23 — 35 l*ye ;J0 — 3f) Oats, Potatoe 23- Parley '25 30 I' Poland 23 — 9 Waiting Barley —— Feed 22- Peas, W hite 32 — 36 Flour 40 — 4l Boilers 37 — 40 Ditto, fine 45 —■ Malt, 46s to 58s. Tin; A RHIVA I S A II f— P Wheat. Bailey Malt. Outs. Beans Peas Fiou' English 3580 1 809 j 5014) '220 796 { 121 518* Scotch. — j — ( — — j — Irish. — 427 j 5 189-14 j — — r'oreign 6?5 — | — | 12035 I {>17 ] 552 l29j Average price ot Grain for the week ending June 30. | A heat .56 4 Oats 24 7 Beans 39 *1 Parley .28 3 Rye 34 8 Peas 40 ^4 SMITHF1EEI) MARKET. Monday, July 17.— Ihe supply of beasts in our market t" day, though by no means great, was sufficiently numerous I here was, perhaps, the largest supply of sheep ever ro have been witnessed here by the oldest salesman, viz., 33,5$ owing to which a depression of full 4d per Ribs, took place,' an' 1 large number left the market unsold. (By the quantities of 8lbs,, sinking the offal.) Coarse and inferior beasts-from 2s 4d to 2s 6d sccon<K quality beasts, 2s 8d to 3s 2d prime oxen, M 4d to 3s lOdf prime Scots, &c., 4s Od to 4s 6d coarse and inferior sheeP'^ 2s IOd to 3s 2d second quality, 3s 4d to 4s 8d prime coarst woolled sheep, 3s 10d to 4s Od piime Southdown sheep, 4d to 4s 8d lambs, 4s 4d to 5s 4d large coarse calves, 4s to 4s fid prime small ditto, 4s Hd to 4s lOd sucking calve5 I bS Od to 34s Od large hogs. 3s 4d to 4s Od neat snia" porkers, 4s öd to 4s tOd and quarter old stote pigs, 12s Od 20s Od each. HAY AND STRAWT,"sMnrHFIELD, Jriv 15. Hav. KK)s0d to 106s 0d (Clover 120s Od to 126s Inferior. 89s 0d to 95s Od Inferior. 95s Od to 105s Straw 38s to 40s. Straw 38s to 40s. LORTMAN JVIAIIKKT.—Coarse Heavy Lowland lIay, -5 to— New Meadow Hay, — s to — s; Old ditto, 100s to 110s; u»«' ful ditto, —s to —s New Clover ditto, —s to —s j Ol, ditto, 120s to 130s Wheat Straw, 40s to 46s per load 36 trusses. NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL. Monday, July 17.—(By the carcass, per qualititiesofolbil being one half the Imperial stone and lib. additional.)^ Beef, 3s 4d to 4s 6d Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d Vea), 3s to 4s 8d Poik, 3s 4d to 4s Rd Limb. 4s Od to 5s 4d. BOROUGH HOP MARKET—PiU CWT. Monday,.luhj 17.—The accounts from Mid-Kent quote to increase of the vermin, but from other plantations the itdvicc are rather better. The olu duty is up to £ 165,000. Currency East Kent, in pockets, 1833, £ 0. 0s to £ 0. 1834, £ 0. 0s to £ 0. 0s 1835, £ 3. 5s to £ 4. 0s 1831 £ 3. 18s to £ 6. 0s Mid-Kent. 183,3, £ 0. 0s to £ 0. 0s: 183* £ 0. 0s to £ 0. 0s 1835, £ 3. 0s to £ 3. 12s 1836, £ 3. 15s J £ 5. 0s Weald of Kent, 1833, £ 0. 0s to £ 0. 0s 1834, 0. 0s to £ 0. 0s 1 <135, 12. 16s to £ 3. 5s 1836, £ 3. 10s to £ 0s Sussex, 1835, £ 2. 16s to £ 3. 3*; 1836. £ 3. 12s to £ 4. 4» Karnhani. 1835, £0. Os to ff). Os 1836. J6. Ids to f8. IOs. SEED MARKET. Turnip, While, per bushel, 34s to 36s: Hed, 355 to 38si Green, 35s to 38s; Canary, per qr. 34s to 41s; Cinque Foi"; 40s to 42s l ares, new, 3(!s to 44s ditto, old, 34s to 385; Hapeseed, it, t31 Clover, Red old, per cwt. 41s to 64S1 White. 54s to (jOs; Foreign Red. 40s to 60s: White, 54s 11 64s Trifolium Incainatum. —s to —s Trefoil, 14s to 20sj Linseed Cakes, English, £ 11. 0s to fl I 10s Foieign, £ Os to £ 7. K's per ton. LIVERPOOL WOUL MAKKET, JCLY 15. | The briskness reported in our notices of the wool marke' f the two preceding weeks has been fully maintained by the I L\ ness transacted since in English and Irish wool. Several latf sales of combing skin have been effected al an advance of I6, per lb. No change in the price of other sorts, and the demaO1' ) steady. Scotch wool is next to unsaleable. We should thil^ the entire sales of the last three months would not exceed JoC bags. No new wool has yet ariived. Repoit states the clitj j to be light, and the holders unwilling to forward at preset rales. We have heard of one sale being made of a small pari eel of Laid Highland at 7s, but 8s lîd to 9s is still demanded hI large hoideis. According to the value of English wool at prd sent, we should say Laid Highland is worth about 7s 6d. A' stated in our last week's notice, Ave anticipate that Inverne* Fair, which is held this day, will assist prices in attaining more settled aspect. Several lots of Foreign wool were takef off the market after the public s^le lasi week. These last twj or three days the sile has fallen off. 1000 bales of New Soul!) Wales wool are advertised for public sale on the 20ih, antk probable the quantity will be increased before the day of sale., ENGLISH.—Down Ewes and W ethers, 12d to 121d ditt. Tegs, 13d to 14d 1, Combing Fleeces. 12d to 13d ditto SkiO; lid to 13d Super Skin, lid to 13d: Head ditto, lOd II lid per lb. IRISH.— Irish Fleece, mixed lots, ll'd to 12Jd Iiish Wetherrf lldtol2d, Ir sh Hogs. 12d to 13d Irish Combing Skin. 1 lj' to 12^d IrMi Shoit Skin, 9d to lid per lb.-Imports this wee* j 16 bags; previously this year, 1550 bags. SCOTCH.— Laid Highland, 7s 6d to 8s fid White Highland 10s 6d to lis 6'd La<d Galloway, 9s lo 10s White GallowaJ, 12s to 13s Washed Cross Cheviot, lis 6d to 12s 6d L'nwaslv< Cross Cheviot, 10s to lis; l'nwashed Cheviot, lis to L-<. Washed Cheviot. 13s to 14s White Cheviot. 15s to 20s; W hi' Combine: Skin, 18s to 19s White Combing Grey, 7s to lis pt stone of24lbs.—Imports this week, 17 bags ditto for the yeal 3321 ha gs. J.

PIlICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, con'i puted from the returns made in the weekending July 11, 18371 IS 335 7id per cwt., exclusive of the duties of Customs. Newport, Saturday, July 22, 1837: Published by the Proprietor, EDWARD DOWLING of Westgate-street, at the Merlin Office, in the same streei and Printed by him at the House of Mr. LEWIS EDWARD* Commercial-street, in the same Borough, to which, O. to the Publishing Office, all Orders to the Editor are to W addressed. London Agents: — Messrs. Newton and Co., Warwick' square; Mr. R. Barker, 33, Fleet-street; Mr. G. Ileynelf- 42, Chancery-lane; Mr. S. Deacon. Coifee-house, No. fl Walbrook, near the Mansion House; and Messrs. Claik' and Lewis, Crown Court, Tbreadneedle-street, where thi Paper is regularly filed. Agents for Ireland, Johnston 1nd Co., Eden Qusy, Dublm j

MONDAY, JULY 17.—At a quarter pist one the Speaker took the chair. KINGDOM OF HANOVEH. Colonel Thompson said, that seeing one of her Majesty's mi- nisters in hrs plaee, he begged leave to ask if there was aoy truth in the issue of a proclamation by the King of Hanovcrou the 51h instant, engaging 10 impart to the General Assembly of the States his Royal resolution touching the modification of the constitution of the kingdom of Hanover, or whether the constitution should be blOt1¡;ht bat k to what it was before ihe promulgation of the present constttution, as given from the Ham- burg papers ill the different London journals. Mr. P. Thompson said he could give no answer to the question of the hon. cendeman. lie considered that the subject con- cernerllhe states of Hanover only. Colil/lel Thompson thtn gave notice that in the course uf the next session he would move tor leave to bring in a bill to de- clare that no foreign prince, power, or potentate, should have any power, authority, or juiisdiction, in this kingdom, and lo vest the succession to the throne of England in Prince George of Cambridge and his heirs. (Loud cries of hear.) The Attorney-General gave notice that he would next session introduce a bdl for the enfranchisement of copyhold, and like- wise that he would renew his bill for the abolitiou 01 iniprison- ment for debt, unless the subject were taken up more auspici- ously in the Upper House. The Usher of the Black Rod then came to the bar, and sum- moned the house to attend in the House of Peers. The Speaker, on his return, read a copy of her Majesty's speech. Lord J. Russell, Sir J. Hobhousa, and other members, shook hands with the Speaker, and the house separated.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. H.TTTON-GANOEN.—AN EXTRAORDINARY URCHIN.—AU ur, chin about eight yeais of age, deceutly attired wiih a brown tunic, petticoats, and a Polish cap. who gave his name William Money, was charged by Evans, 10 G, with being found wan- dering about the streets houseless. Evans slated that at a late hour he found ihe prisoner in the streets, when, being attracted by his Icspedablc appearance, he questioned him, on which he replied intelligently, but artlessly, that his father and mother weie dead, and he had left a fiiend's house at Brompton, in order to look after a situation m London, and he (Evans) ascertained that he had actually applit-d al some bakers' in the neighbourhood for employment. Mr. Rogers asked the boy several questions, but lie stuck to his slory, saying he was an orphan he left Brompton a fort- night ago to look aflei a situation. Inspector Penny said he must be telling falsehoods. He had no doubt he was eonlleclcd wilb tome respectable family be was a shiewrl, intelligent boy. 1 iis laced boots were quite new., Alt. Rogers ordered him 10 be lucked up until the parish officers of SI. Andrew's arrived, when he was taken to the woik- house, and peremptorily oideied to be Hogged il he did not iell the truth, and he said that his fiieuds resided at Kensington, The beadle was ordered to take him there, arid make inquiries, and, on his nearly arriving theie, he went into a public house to take some porter; and. during the remporarv »c<upation ot his attention, the urchin gave him the slip. He returned, and gave information of his loss. Shortly afieiwards a notice sheet had been generally circulated, and was yesteiday receiver! at the G and other station-houses, giving information thai William Money, about eight years of age, and an exact dcseiiption ot the buy, had run away from Ihe house of Ills p..rents, residing at No. 10, I^.rl-street, Chelsea. Poiiiemen were despatched in every direction to trace and apprehend him. The parents, who have offered a handsome reward, are highly respectable.