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HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20. LlCFNSED LUNATIC ASYLUM BILL. Mr. Waldey objected to the appointment of barristers instead of medical men as commissioners. Lord Granville Somerset considered that, as the duties of these commissioners were merely to see that the law was pro- perly carried out, there was no necessity for the change. After a conversation, Mr. Wakley proposed that neither the term barrister" nor "medical men should be inserted, so as to leave the responsibility of the appointments with the Lord Chancellor. An amendment to this effect was carri' Lord Gtanville Somerset expressed an opinion that the car- rying of this amendment had embarrassed the machinery of his bill. The Chairman reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again this day fortnight. COPYRIGHT BILL. The house then went into committee on Lord Mahon's copy- right bill. On clause 15 being read, Mr. Wakley objected that it would prevent the publication of extracts such as were made in school books. Mr. Godson supported the clause. Ultimately the committee divided upon it, when it was carried by 36 to 11. Theremain- ing clauses were then agreed to, and the report was ordered to be brought up on Friday. The public-house bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Friday, 29th April.—Adjourned. THURSDAY, APRIL 21. EXTENSION OF THE SUFFRAGE. Mr. S. Crawford brought forward a motion, stated at consi- derable length, the purport of which was to pledge the house to take into its early consideration what are commonly known as the "five points of the Charter," namely, extension of the suf- frage, division of the country into equalised electoral districts, vote by ballot, annual Parliaments, with the payment of mem- burs of Pailiament, and abolition of qualification. He did not usk the house to pledge itself to all these points, but to go into 1!. consideration of them, with a view to a full and fair discus. sion. He was aware that the proceedings of many of those ■ailing themselves Chartists, had brought great discredit on the (Muse of reform, but he brought his motion forward from a con. viction of duty, and without reference to individual consi- derations. Mr. O'Connell seconded the motion. Mr. Wallace gave the proposition his cordial support, and said that the Reform Act had pioved an entire failure, as evi. denced by the gross corruption which prevailed in the country during the last genera! election, and also by the composition and character of the majority of the house. Dr. Bowring urged the necessity of attending to the petitions of the people, more especially of the unrepresented. He was of opinion that franchise, so far from depending on property, uught rather, on a principle of compensation, to be most largely bestowed on those who lacked all other valuable possessions. He had always been for annual elections; our habits, our na- ture, the course of the seasons, seemed to recommend that ar- rangement. He was for abolishing all property qualification, and paying members for their services. > After some observations from Mr." W. Williams and Mr. Ward in support of the motion, Sir J, Graham rose and briefly opposed it. He said there wus no disrespect shown on his side of the house to the masses (If the people. AI the time of the Reform Rill it was frankly that the suffrage was 10 on Bi";11"" not un numbers and the safety of the monarchy and\he YrMocracJ depended on the maintenance of the same principle. Mr. O'Connell said he was surprised to hear this from Sir J. Graham, seeing that he himself had repudiated the same notion when it was used against the extension of the suffrage created by the Reform Bill. The people of England, he considered, were divided into two classes, the master class and the slave lass, the latter being the numerous unrepresented portion of the community. He should support the motion. Mr. Wakley said he had high constitutional authority for the assertion that every man who had not a vote was a slave, for money was taken from him without his consent. He was for a ivide extension of the suffrage, and was astonished to find it contended that that extension, giving, as it would, contentment to the people, would endanger the monarchy. Messrs. Yorke, Protheroe, and Bernal, spoke in favour of themotion. Sir J. Easthope made a few remarks in opposition to it. Sir C. Napier said he should neither support universal suf- frage nor annual parliaments. He should, however, vote for Ibe motion, as Itadlng to inquiry. Mr. Villiers considered that, after ten years' experience of the working of the Reform Act, and the glaring proofs of its ill working, he had sufficient ground for his support of the mo- tion, as one of inquiry. r i Sir R. Peel reminded the house of his own prophecy, uttered ten years ago that the day would come when he should himself be found defending the reform bill against further changes. the hon. baronet proceeded to express his conviction that what. ever concession s IOU d be made now, a further concession would ,e! etl.ye;rs hence. If the house wished to do that w .c i won real y gratify the people, let them support the in- come taxand the tariff, That step, he believed, would give more condusive cadence of a sincere desire on their part to ue- nnH ,Kle,ma;y 'ar,z- a'' ,'lese m°lions about Radical refoim Ml in ih a >'Ca S' 'ey 'bought their leaders had used them Ipniin a>sence to-night, would do well to retaliate by ab- r. tcnri^ i iemse;ves in their lutn to-morrow, when those leaders e to resist his income tax. He would give his most ear- ne;« OpposItIon to the present motion. n r r" u^nlZ ^e''eved that the country had not got the real Reform Bills as originally intended. 8 an S°.m,6 °'J3erv:ons from Mr. Turner, Capt. Plumbridge, r*v-°hden, in support of the motion, 1 r* Roebuck disapproved of the taunting spirit and laugh- n„ manner with which Sir Robert Peel had treated the motion, e point at issue was, can a large portion of the labouring people he mitted to the franchise and the answer was, No. e aristocracy had no monopoly of virtue or intelligence why should they shut the door against inquiry? They dreaded the downfa! of their nionopoly of political power. Lord Stanley asked, had nothing been done for the popular mfluence by the Reform Bill which had admitted membeis for so many of the large towns, and destroyed so many of the ier. boroughs, where corruption and nomination prevailed? He denied all intention to disparage the labourers, but it was 0 vious that the higher classes, from their advantages and op- portunities, were more likely than the labourers to be fit and in- tel hgent trustees for the public. Periodical recurrences of poverty and distress had a natural tendency to warp men's judgements. He protested against vague motions for unsettling the public mind, at a time when it was so important that the relations between the various classes of the state should be fixed andcertato. Mr. Blewitt observed there was much truth in the old adage that fair words buttered no parsnips," as indeed the speech just made by the right hon. bart. fully proved—a speech which admitted of no other interpretation than that put upon it by the hon. and learned member for Bath. Such a speech as that of the right hon. baronet ought not to have been made. (Loud cheers and laughter.) The right hon. baronet. (Here the most pertinacious and indecent inieruptions continued to annoy the hon. gentleman.) It the house thought proper to in'cnupt him mthat manner, he would move the adjournment. (Cheers.) rhc light hon baronet. (Laughter.) He begged to move that the debate be adjourned. (Cries of "go on, go on.") lie had a peculiar right to be heard on the present motion, for he had represented for five years popular constituencies, and having been solicited to represent them in the house, he was entitled to deliver his sentiments-(laughter and cheers)—on such a ques- tion as that before the house. (Continued interuptions ) It was very unfair to attempt to stop any member from speaking (Cries of "go on.") It was very easy to say go on but ( how was he to do so. (Repeated annoyances.) Hebeesedto move the adjournment of the debate. (Cries of P "> Mr. Collins seconded the motion. °n" The Speaker put the question, and asked the lion, member if he meant to divide. Mr. Blewitt said that having sat during the last five years in that house, and having very seldom troubled them he consi- dered he hart not been fairly treated^—(loud cries of* n0 an divide"). 6 The Speaker put the question, that the debate be adjourned which was decided in the negative n thout a division Mr. Sharman Crawford said a few words by way of a reply. i he house then divided—Against the motion 226 for it 67 majority against the motion, 159,djourned.' F.UUAV Aptui. 22. On the order lor the second leading of the Income-tax Bill, Mr. C. buller moved that it be read that day S1* lnonlhs. fn a speech o some length he contended that „ was mquisito ial, H„d sa.dt.e only just tax was that which affected inioyment and expendituie, not that wtuchan-ccted merc 11Icome; and that the house ought not to tax as heavily the father of a family, who was oblIged to lay by a part of his income, III order to afford them a prov.s.on, as the bachelor, who could expend his .vhole income upon n»s own enjoyments Mr. Ewurt and Sir J. Walsh spoke in favour of the measure. After some observations from Sir W. Clay, Mr. Waklev Mr. IJ'Jsraeh, i\c., '.tie house divided i<or the amendment For the second reading. 15" Majonty for the second reading of the bill -72 1 tie Din was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday next. WAYS AND .MEANS. Upon the morion of Sir G. Clerk, The house resolved itself into a committee of ways anti means; Mr. Greene in the chair. Sir G. Clark moved the resolution that a vote of £ 9.100,000 be granted for the service of the year 1842-1843. In answer to Mr. Blewitt, The Chancellor of tho E*chcquc. ^id that her Majesty's government had no intention whatever to piopose any ali.cirttion in the law es to thc mode in which thc commissioners of the national debt possessed the power of investing the money de. posited in saving banks. He believed the existing law to have no tendency whatever to impugn the interests of the depositors of money in such banks. (Hear, hear.) The vote was then agreed to. The house resumed, and the repoit was ordered to be com- mitted on Monday. Several orders of the day were next disposed of, and the house went into committee on the clauses of the Railway Bill, and had proceeded as far as the loth clause, when, on the mo- tion of Mr. Brotherton, the chairman reported progress, and thc house adjourned.
DOMESTIC NEWS.
DOMESTIC NEWS. THE QUEEN'S FANCY BALL. At the grand ball our young and lovely Sovereign is to enact Queen Philippa— her royal consort the hero of Crecy. Prince Albert will wear the panoply of Edward III. The costume of a Queen of that period will be embarrassing, although, no doubt, it-will be ably modified by her Majesty's costume maker. When we say this, we ailude to the headdress rising so high, and so pointed, and bearing on its sides such exubeiant appendages. All the great officers of the Crown are to wear the costume of their offices in King Edward's reign. It has been suggested that the ambassa- dors of the different courts should adopt the costume of i their country in the 14th century.— Post. THE QUEEN DOWAGER.—Dr. Chambers and Sir David Davies have recommended her Majesty to reside at the sea-side during the summer and autumn, and it is propa- ble that the Queen Dowager and suite will proceed to the coast of Devon, if a marine villa should be found suffi- ciently capacious to accomodate the royal establishment. A CAUTION.—A wholesale house in Bristol pasted to- gether the halves of two £10. notes of different numbers, and paid both away. One has been returned to them, but the other is missing. The Bank of England has refused payment. A tradesman in Berkshire is in a similar situa- tion, so that £40, have been lost by carelessness. The importation of pigs from Ireland Bristol port, for the months of January, February, and March is 33,928, against 21,771 in the same period last year, being an in- crease on the three months of upwards of 12,000 A good proof we think of the benefits likely to result to the poit from the Great Western and other railroads. We understand that the arrangements are concluded for the Royal Agricultural Society's exhibition in Bristol. The large pavilion, capable of holding 2,500 persons at dinner, will be forthwith erected at the back of the Victo- ria Rooms, whete the members of the society will dine the last day of the meeting. The dinner will be served on the first and second days in the banquetting room of the above magnificent building. We are confidently informed that it is the intention of their Royal Highnesses Prince Al- bert, and the Duke of Cambridge, to honour the meeting with their presence.— Bristol Times. Since the Ipswich election committee has followed the example of the Sudhuryelection committee, and recom- mended that the issue of the writ for that notoriously cor- rupt borough be suspended, we begin to form a more favourable opinion of election committees. It will now remain, however, for the House of Commons to do its duty, and brand itself, elected as it has been, by somewhat similar means, by disfranchising the two guilty boroughs. If it be said that the House of Lords will not pass bills disfranchising the boroughs, let the bills be sent up to the them, and let the responsibility of refusing to pass them fall on the Lords. It is.the business of the House of Commons to act honestly, boldly, and jnstly, without regard to what the House of Lords may do. We call on the, Commons, therefore, to disfranchise.the two boroughs, and to disfran- chise every borough and every place in which bribery is practised. Let that House punish those who sell the rights 01 their brethren as well as their own, and perhaps the un- enfranchised may learn to bear their undeserved privations with greater patience when they see those deprived of the elective trust who are totally unworthy to possess it.—Sun. SCENE IN A CHURCH.—In the quoadsacra parish church of Thomhill, ten miles from Stirling, a disgraceful scene happened at the close of the service on Sabbath last. A parishioner appeared to get his child baptized, everything being prepared for the performance of the ceremony. When the time, however, arrived, the minister deliberately lifted the basin with the water,and handed it to the beadle to take it away. He then took up the towel and threw it down on the floor, and proceeded to pronounce the bene- diction. When this was done, the man who had been so unceremoniously treated, requested the congregation to remain, as he had something to say. He Ihen turned to the minister, and demanded of him why he had not bap- tized his chiid? No answer. He then said "Didlnot call upon vou for conversation upon this subject during the weeK,"and were you not satisfied with that conversa- nun and did I not leave you with the impression that you were satisfied ? Is not the appearance of my wife and child here, and the preparations made by the kirk officers, sufficient proof that you understood this duty was to be performed ? I then ask again why you refuse to baptize he child?" To all these interrogations there was still no answer. The man, then, his bosom boiling with indigna- iion, looked round upon the people as if imploring their sympathy, and then turning to the minister, said I have only to say, Sir, that you are a sounding brass and a tink- ling cymbal." That our rcadeft may understand the cause of this state of things, the following explanation is neces- sary:—The minister and a large body of his parishioners are at open war with each other abouf the choice of the beadle, so much so, that there are now two of these offi- cials, the one being the beadle of the congregation, and! the other that of the minister, and that it was the former functionary who placed the basin and towel.—Stirling Observer. LIVEKPOOL.—A shaft of wrought iron, weighing about 16 tons, has just been shipped from this town, (or the Great Western Steam-ship Company ar Bristol, being, we U lid erstand t the largest piece of wrought iron every manu- Irtctured in this or any other country, ft was manufac- tured at the Mersey Steel and Iron Works in this town. BOSTON CHURCH RATE.—It is said that anotherattenipt is to be made, ere long, to obtain a rate" from the un- willing churchmen and dissenters who have so often re- corded their unconquerable hostility to this obnoxious im- post. It will, however, be seen, should the parish again be moved, that the inhabitants are not a whit more dis- posed to tax themselves than heretofore, but, on the con- trary, a stronger and better organised opposition will be presented to what is considered a most unrighteous levy.— Stamford Mercury. BRIGHTON.—A local paper informs us that within the last few days a discovery has been made in connexion with Messrs. Wtgney's bankruptcy, which has produced a con- siderable sensation in this town. It appears that Mr. George Wigney, the brother of the bankrupts, gave the assignees certain information which induced tlietn to search his premises, where they found, in a loft, a large quantity of wearing apparel and plate, of the estimated value of from £ 400. to i'SOO. The goods were seized by the officers, and removed to the late residence of Mr. Wigney, one of the bankrupts, and have since been lotted with the other articles. In consequence of this discovery posting-bills have been issued with a caution to parties against concealing the goods of the bankrupt, whereby they would render themselves liable to a fine of ,£.00. It is also stated that a messenger has proceeded to London for the purpose of summoning the late butler to Mr J N Wigney, who IS expected 10 make important disclosures in regard to property rerpoved. CLEVER PEDESTRIAN FEAT.-A great number of per- sons assembled near the King's Arms InrI, on the Glou- cester-road, Cheltenham, on Thursday afternoon week, to witness the performance of the following arduous task, by R.chard Sutton, the Kentish pedestrian, as he is termed who undertook to walk backwards for one mile to walk forwards for one mile; to run a wheel one mile to drive who undertook to walk backwards for one mite to walk forwards for one mile; to run a wheel one mite to drive a wheelbarrow one mile: and to pick up fifty stones placed one yard a-part; the whole to be completed in one hour At four o clock Sutton commenced his work, and concluded at three minutes before five, within the hour. The ground over which lie went was a measured quarter of a mile. The starting point being near the King's Arms, and termi~ natim; at a short distance from the railway station,Vonse- quently to make up the four miles Sutton had to go over the ground sixteen times. He appeared but ltuleJistresseJ but perspired greatly. The hardest part of the feat ap- peared to be the walking backwards. Sutton is the man who beat Townsend in his two last matches by walking 20 fi,lles, half backwards for fifty pounds a side, at St. cessive hours! Wa'ked 1200 miles in 1200 Suc- fcl^V^ar'thi of !^C,;RRF;Nrr-—Lr.st week the family of I 7h tl ril T eet- °,{] Kent-road, London, nMhe IZU ° a S'ate of alar'». arising from two of the female servants having been discovered to be POisoned; of one of whom (rom the dr^dful state in which rC Tverv The nor65' "me>re are but faint hopes of recovery, lne poison taken hue i j i i was administered in the beer T|Je S, Um'. which .iculars connected with ,he mv i Pr statement of Mr. and Mrs M"n'„T* case:-I<r°n' est of the two women had receivpd PPears ,hal 'e old" he course of a day or two J' 'd°sH° notice. Being a very g00ll seZZ <>!? V Pj'lT the family, Mrs. Martin inquired ,be' lice, and whether stie had any fau|t A glvI"^T. no" 'I I' '1' 0 1111 W II I Ie r Sltu, lioll. She replied the nega" n^'1 t [ T Martin said, "You had bettef co fs'ide^ ? going to do: for if I should g0 afte th,0" W',al applicant, and it su,ts,it wilfbe factor of any your opinion." Subsequently the girl ,*?«,'JJ? n servant had advised he. to leave. 8 f H" ell°W spired until the evening in question, when fh K ,ra"~ and was placed upon the hob of the k, .1? CaLmP' ihey both partook of.but ,he y0unRe« Z,f ? greater portion; the effect of the beveraee statilaneous, and but for the arrival nt homn T?St'"7 Mrs. Mai tin at the time they did, death woi,U i sued. Upon searching the kitchen a bottlP i'"? f11" contained laudanum was found, and which I been emptied of its contents. Mr. Martin nka recently police, that since the older servant had notiopT uf his children was a few days before discovered*t °i"e bouring under an extraordinary degree ofstuoor f for a great number of hours. At present neither of ?h" women is in a condition to be removed, e I
THE DIVISION ON THE REPORT…
THE DIVISION ON THE REPORT OF THE INCOME TAX. The following is a correct analysis of the division on the question, If That the Report on the Income Tax be now brought up" (Lord John Russell having moved a series of resolutions condemnatory of such a tax as the one proposed), when the numbers were Ayes 306, Noes 202 Majority 106. for the Against Majority Motion. Motion. For Agst. ENGLAND—Counties 108 8 100 — Boroughs 134 125 9 — Universities ..4 — 4 WALES Counties. 9 1 8 Boroughs 4 7 — 3 SCOTLAND—Counties. 13 6 7 Boroughs 4 23 — 19 IUELAND,-CouDties 17 19 — 2 Boroughs 13 13 — — 306 202 tiy tne above statement it will be seen that, taking the ag- giegate returns from the counties, without reference to country, there is a majority of 104 in favour of the tax and from the cities, boroughs, and universities (omitting the boroughs of Ireland, which will be only very partially affected by the tax), a majority of 4 in favour of the government proposition.
ADDRESS TO POESIE.
ADDRESS TO POESIE. Oh, I am faint! and ray o'efwearied heart ». Beats heavily within my aching breast; Sure it were better now from life to part; My soul seems by a planet's weight oppressed, A weariness which nought but the deep grave can rest. My soul is faint! 0 that some lovely flower Would drink my being like a drop of dew That 1 might feel no change but such as shower And sunshine bring to feel its brilliant bue, Receive a brighter tint, to beauty ever true. 0, Being fair 0 gentle Poesie! Spirit of love, now hopes are fleeting fast, Come thou and sweetest consolation be, Shed o'er my soul bright visions of the past, Thy wings of woven light around my being cast. Thou vast indeed my earliest best delight, In childhood did 1 love thee, when soft spring Spread out a world of beauty to the sight, 1 heard thy voice throughout the woodlands ring; I saw thy fairy shape in many a lovely thing. Though thy dilating form can feel no bound, Can fill at once the illimitable sky, Still thou in nature's simplest lorm art found; Thou/it sleep within a violet's modest eye, Or on the bosom fair of a pale primrose lie. And though thou speakest in the thunder's tone, Thou hast for poet's ear voice sweet and low He hears thee oft when wandering forth alone, Where sparkling waters o'er smooth pebbles flow, Which, as they dance along, make music as they go. O. come, as thou didst come to me of old Like angel messenger sent down to bind The broken-hearted, 0, do thou enfold With a deep atmosphere of love my mind; Let my thoughts soar to heaven, from all mean things refined Thou art indeed God's messenger e'en now, Thy influence hath raised me past control Of worldly cares—for one sweet moment thou Hast changed to spring the winter of my soul; Hast struck the desert rock, and bade pure waters roll. Unthankful am I not, nor unimproved By these our interviews in realms of song; And though too soon 1 lose thy form beloved, Too soon again must mingle with earth's throng, Yet go I forth refreshed with feelings pure and strong.
IDLE WORDS.
IDLE WORDS. The strongest love hath yet, at times, A weakness in its power; And latent sickness often sends The madness of an hour. To her I loved, in bitterness, I said a cruel thing :— Ah me! how much of misery From idle words may spring! I loved her then—1 love her still; Bat there was in my blood A growing fever that did give Its frenzy to my mood I sneer'd because another's sneers Had power my heart to wring Ah me how much of misery From idle words may spring! And when, with tears of wonder, she Look'd up into my face, I coldly turn'd away my eyis, Avoiding her ambrp^e; Idly I speak ofidU doubts, And many :'n idler thing j- Ah me H 0w much of misery f idle words may spring was over soon the calise-not soon The sad effects passed by They rule me 'neath the summer sun, And 'neath the winter's sky I sought forgiveness; she forgave, But kept the lurking sting;— Ah me! now much of misery From idle words may spring! Month after month, year after year, I strove to win again The heart an idle word had last, But strove, alas in vain, Oh, ye who love, beware lest thorns, Across Love's path ye fling; Ye little know what misery From idle words may spring.
OUR LETTER BOX.
OUR LETTER BOX.
USK FISHERY.—LETTER XII.
USK FISHERY.—LETTER XII. That the streame of the water sal be in all parts swa free, that ane swine of the age of three years, well feed, may turn himself within the streame round about, go that his snout nor taill sal not touch the bank of the water." To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. SIR,—The above quotation is a clause from an act passed by Alexander the 1st of Scotland, and to the salmon preservers 01 the present day it is a curious specimen of legislation that the length of a pig or swine from snout to tail should be selected as the width of the sloppe or gap to be left open in the weirs for the passage of the fish, appears amusing. It was, however, a very useful enactment, and contrasts with the practice and suf. ferance of the present day. Stake nets, boxes and baskets of osier work, were fixed in and upon these weirs, into which the fish easily enter, but find it impossible to retreat: they are now generally, or ought to be forbidden, as they clearly interfere with the right of fishing on other parts of the stream. It w"s also considered illegal to fish for salmon or any other river fish from Saturday night to Monday morning; it was also decreed in many instances, that these stake nets, boxes, and traps, should be partially left open during this time, to allow the sal- mon to pass. This opening was formerly called in Scotland the Saturday's sloppe, slappe, or gap. My 10th letter treated chiefly upon the evils arising from Weirs in general, the immense an. nual loss of fish by their agency, in conjunction with other methods of destruction, and the flagrant injustice sustained by those parties who reside above. Since then, the attention of the gentleraea of Monmouthshire and Breconshire has been aroused to it, and practical measures are about being adopted for the more perfect preservation of our county rivers and of the Usk in particular. At the late meeting at Crickhowell, which was most, respectably, though not numerously attended, the best spirit prevailed, and I only hope that the gentlemen of both counties will continue to unite and persevere in carrying out "very other means of protection. That ancient nver-sore, the boxes at Trostrey weir, I am told, are down, 1 trust I may add never more to rise the effect of this will be, an immense addi- tion to the fish bred in our river, to the upper part in particular, as that portion will now receive its fair and legitimate share it must also in some degree have the effect of increasing the value of property on its banks, and the towns and villages ad- joining will be greatly benefitted by numbers of piscators so- journing lor a time in each place, pursuing the gentle and en- chanting art. I again repeat, the increase of salmon will well repay those gentlemen who have so handsomely come forward for its protection, and they will have to enjoy the additional sa- tisfaction 01 having done that, which will be a permanent good to the inhabitants of both counties. Waltomans! hear, and rejoice—the Clydach, that filthy puddle, is also put an end to the liquid abomination flows no more into the silvery Usk, poisoning its waters, spoiling the sport, and severely test- ing the well known patience of every true brother of the angle; as to the effect produced by this long desired object, I am as- sured by a gentleman residing in Abergavenny for the last 45 years, and of great practical experience, that the improvement of the river, in and abont that neighboured, this spring, is most surprising, in the size, quantity, and quality of the trout: the angling has been remarkably good. Some, 1 know, have thought, and contended that the Clydach was no injury to the river, or the fish; but those persons may as well attempt to persuade me that they themselves would thrive and flourish equally as well by quaffing this muddy miueral decoction, as they would by drinking the pure and limped element from the gush of one of the springs of our everlasting mountains. It M, bow- ever, accomplished, and Time, the great resolver of all prob- lems, will shew its good effect. The fecundity of some insects, animals, and fishes is won- derfut the latter are the most voracious creatures living. Many species prey indiscriminately on every thing digestible that comes in their way, and devour not only other fishes, but even their own offspring but as a counterpoise to this voracity, they are amazingly prolific. Some bring foith their young alive-others produce eggs. The viviparous blenny produces 200 or 300 live fishes at a time. Those which have eggs are much more prolific, and seem to increase their stock to the danger of consumption. If we were told of a being so fruitful that it would bring foith in one season nearly as many of its kind as there are inhabitants in England, our surprize would be deeply excited. [n the Inuod. Observ. to Spailanzani XL L, it states that, According to naturalists a scorpion will produce 65 young, a common fly will lay 144 eggs, a leech 150, aud a spider 170. I have seen a hydrachna produce 600 eg;šs, aadatemak inoth 1100. A tortoise it is said will lay 1000 eggs, and it frog 1100. A gall insect has laid 5000 eggs, a shrimp 6000, and 10,(0) have been found in the oval y, or what is supposed to be that pail of an ascarides. One naturalisl found above 12,000 eggs in a Jobber, and another above 21,000. An insect very imilar to an ant (Mutilla?), has pro- duced 80,000 in a single day and Leeuweahoeck seetns to compute 4,000,000 in a crab. Many fishes, and those which in some countries seldom occur, produce incredible numbers of eggs. Above 36,000 have been counted in a herring, 38,000 in a smelt, 1.000,000 in a sole, 1,130,000 in a roach, 3,000.000 in a species of sturgeon, 342,000 in a carp, 383,000 in a tench, 546,000 in a mackarel, 992,000 in a perch, and 1,357,000 in a flounder. But of all fishes hitherto discovered, the cod seems the most fertile. One naturalist computes that it prodncesmore than 3,686,000, another 9,000,000, and a third 9,444,000 eggs." Here, then, are fourteen fishes, which probably in the coorse of one season, will produce above 21,000,000 of eggs, which is a number so astonishing and immense, that without demonstration, we could never believe it true. I have myself proved that the salmon, at a low calculation, may produce from 15,000 to 50,000 other fish might be added equally prolific, in proportion but this will be sufficient to show thy immea- surable powei and the wonderful works of God 10 this part of his creation, and the lich and abundant supply provided lor his creatures. It is supposed, and it may be true, that scarcely | one half of these eggs come to matunty but two wise purposes are auswered by this amazing increase,—it preserves the spe- cies in the midst of numerous enemies, and serves to lurnish the rest with a sustenance adapted to their nature. PYSCOT rWR. [TO BE CONTINUED.]
To the Editor - of the, Monmouthshire…
To the Editor of the, Monmouthshire Merlin. SIR> In sending to your paper a letter relative to the con- duct ot Mr. Kealy, a Roman Catholic Priest, resident in this town, with regard to the removal of the Bible and other boyks from the house ot one of my parishioners, it will be remembered that I stated u.y ability to substantiate the truth of the asser- tions therein contained. In reply to that letter I find that Mr. Kealy, unable to deny the principal charge alleged against him, has attempted to invalidate my statement by pretty plainly insinuating that I had endeavoured to vilify his character h1, charging him with what I knew to be false. Without wishing to imitate either the style of that gentleman's reply or the spirit which dictated it. I cannot brin* myself to think I haw- been deceived, and must candidly confess that my belief in im former statement remains unshaken, spite of Mr KeaJy", assertion to the contrary. Should Mr. Kealy or the publk deem this uncourteous, I would inform them that those state- ments were made to me by the poor woman herself, in the presence of a clergyman and a female neighbour. Had you, Mr. Ivlitoi or any of our readers, witnessed the sorrow ex- pressed by that poor woman at the loss ot her Bible, and her joy at its restoration, you would have felt, as 1 do, on which i'le the truth lies. The sneer attempted to be cast oil my having styled the Hilde" The solace of the poor man's inine'' —the effrontery with which our authorised translation ot the Word of God is spoken of, as an "incorrect and mutilated version of the Scriptures"—the undignified and unmannerly toneof Mr. Kealy's communication— tend as strongly to dis- incline me from giving th preference to the correctness of Mr. :M aly's version over that of the poor woman, as they do to hengthen and confirm my belief III his having acted as her simple ;,nd unvarnished tale described. It must be remembered th It, the statement I received from the lips ot the woman was in.ide, prior to her having been subjected to that undue and un- christian influence mentioned in the latter part of my last let- ter. She had then been tampered with neither by threats nor bribes, by both of which I have her own authority and that of the clergyman before alluded to, for stating she has since been attempted to be influenced. If the woman has become a Romanist either her conversion has taken place since the 6th instant or she has told a falsehood. And, supposing her to have gone over to the Romish faith, how are we to account for Mr. Kealy's superior ordering him again to put into her posses- sip;), books which Mr. Kedy had stated to be unsuitable" for the perusal of Catholics! ^Query Roman Catholics?) Does this originate in any difference of opinion between the llev. Gentlemen as to the propriety of the perusal of what Mr. Kealy chooses to term an incorrect and mutilated version of the Scriptures," or does the experience of the one afford him a belter criterion than the inexperience of the other of the extent to which in this Protestant country it is safe and politic to de- velope the liomish system I Had Mr. Kealy, instead of attributing to me a feeling: of exultation in which I never in- dulged, been able to read my thoughts, he would have known that I was on many accounts grieved at the position in which lie has been placed. Mr. Kealy no doubt was acting in accord- ance with the principles of that community of which he is a member—be those principles right or wrong they who in com- mon with himself hold such principles should not have shrunk from sharing with him the responsibility to which they caused them to he subjected. Had Mr. Kealy replied to the letter which I delivered at his house, he would not have had to com- plain of my becoming his public accuser before I endeavoured to procure a private explanation. So far, however, from deign- ing to answer that communication, he appears to wish to re- present me as outstepping my duty in having sent it. It was in compliance with the express wish of the woman that I sought the restoration of the books, an office which, as her appointed minister 1 felt called upon to discharge. The expression to which I more particularly alluded to as ungentlemanly, is the term BLACKGUARD, which 1 had the repeated assurances of the woman was applied by Mr. Kealy to her husband- Either Mr. Kealy must, as he has so repeatedly done in the course of his last letter, deny the woman's statement, or he must defend the epithet as becoming and priest- like. Alexander cut the Gordion knot—Mr. Kealy may peihaps find it the easier way to follow his example. In contradiction to Mr. Kealy's statement of the uniformity of the woman's professed adherence to the (Roman) Catholic creed, I beg distinctly to deny that she has done so. The woman as- sured me that she was a Protestant and never had been a Roman Catholic, as positively as she declared that she enquired if Mr. Kealy were a clergyman and he said he was not. My authority to visit this poor woman is the same as that which 1 have received to visit any person residing within the precincts of Saint Wooltos she is my parishioner. Were I permitted to draw the Virgilian inference ab uno disce omnes," the eouijier statements of Mr Kealy would perhaps produce as liitle effect on the minds of the public as with all due deference, I am sorry to say, they do on mine. E.G. The lady whom Mr. Kealy states entered the house while he was talking to the woman, when speaking to me on the subject, inverted the order of their arrival at the house, and informed me that Mr. Kealy entered while she was there, and after a few minuses conversation left the house. From Mr. Kealy's ac#bunt of what happened, any person might be induced to believe that it was on this occasion that the books were removed and the conversation occurred to which I have alluded—whereas it was not till a subsequent visit, at which the lady was not pre- sent, that what i mentioned took place. Again, what Mr. kealy terms a little girl was certainly dressed in the garb of a boy, and in reply to my questions told me he had been to the ['riest's house, and that instead of having the bo^ks given him lie was ordered to tell his father that the letter he had written dr. Kealy, requesting him to return them, was such as he ought not to have written and on a second inquiry the house- keeper informed the child that Mr. Kealy was out, and she thought the books had been burnt. Mr. Kealy does not tell us whether he received this letter in addition to mine. It was not my intention to represent Mr. Kealy as in any way accountable for the two last facts laid before the public in my former letter. I hose facts rest, as does all therein stated, on the authority of the woman. Mr. Kealy appears to me likely to find himself sufficient employment in the vindication of his own conduct, without attempting to justify all the unbecoming and vindictive steps to which the spirit of the Church of Rome may instigate her members. The woman says she does not know the person who attempted to bribe her—nor do I,—although, were 1 as uncharitable as Mr. Kealy wishes to represent me, there is a certain peculiarity in the costume of the gentleman in question, which might tempt me to have assigned to this unknown a n une. Mr. Kealy is, I think, mist-iken in stating that Walton bad never been employed by any Roman Catholic ut Newport —had he said of Newport he would have been nearer the mark. The truth is, that he is dependent for employment on tiie captains of vessels coming to this port, many of whom are members of the Koman Catholic communion. It is not for me to decide, furthei tha.n regards the formation of my own belief, whether, as respects the details of tUU affair, the statement of Mr. Kealy or the woman is the true one. Thus much Mr. Kxaly does not attempt to deny—that he removed the Bible from the house of a poor woman as unfit for her perusal—that t'i-)ugh he objected to it as an incorrect copy of the Scrip- tures," he did not give her what he deemed a correct one in return—and that the hasty and ill-advised step which he took i:i their removal was disapproved of, and eventually ordered tn be retraced, by his superior. Air. Kealy is, I presume, a young man—at all events, he has but recently entered on his duties in this town; if this is to be a specimen of the line of eotiduct he intends pursuing, 1 think he will make more con- verts to the true Catholic and Apostolic Church established in this kingdom, than, as an emissary of the comprehensive see of Koine, it may be his desire to effect. My apologies are due to you, Mr. Editor, for this lengthened intrusion oa your columns.—I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, J. B. PHILLIPS. Newport, April 20, 1842. P.S. Since writing the above I find that the woman has assured the clergyman to whom I alluded, that the statements in Mr. Kealy's letter are, as Mr. K. politely designates her assertions "ingenious devices and distorted facts," or in her own more simple language, false. She says she is not a Romanist—did not offer to sell the books which Mr. Kealy carried off-and did not request him to baptise her child. These statements she makes uninfluenced by those persuasive arguments the bribe or threat.
To the Editor of the Monmouthshir…
To the Editor of the Monmouthshir e Merlin. SlIt,-1 find that the Rev. J. Kealy, in a letter which he ii'.ely published in your paper, and which also appeared in the Reason and Guardian, has thought fit to designate our author- zed version of the Bible" an incorrect and mutilated transla- tion of thi Sacred Scriptures." That such statements are fre- quently made in the Roman Catholic chapel, in this town, 1 im well aware, and had they been made only in that place, 1 diould not have felt myself under the necessity of troubling you on this occasion—but when such an assertion is boldly put forward in the columns of several newspapers of large circula- tion, it is impossible for me as a clergyman resident in the town. to allow it to pass unnoticed. I beg, therefore, the favor of >eing permitted, through the medium of your paper, tf tell Mr. Kealy that 1 deny the truth of his charge, and ihut+it will give me much pleasure to afford him an opportunity of publicly sub- ■iinntiating it. A friend too, of Mr. Kealy, under the assumed name of "Philolethes" (which, by the way, is but indifferent Greek), in the Guardian of Saturday last, not only, reiterates Mr. Kealy's charge against the common English version of the Scriptures, but manfully asserts that a more correct transla- tion of the Bible than the Douay Vulgate has never been given to the world." In consequence of these s'atements I have been led to compare portions of the two versions with the original Hebrew. IbeganthecomparisonwiththefirstehapterofGe- nesis, but finding that the variations between the two versions were more numerous in the second, I selected it in preference to the first; and I have no doubt the result of my humble la. Ynirs will prove acceptable to many of your numerous readers. My sending them to you at present may seem premature, as Mr. Kealy has not yet had an opportunity of replying to my invitation but as there are thousands of other discrepancies between the versions, no apprehension need be felt lest Mr. ivealy and myself might not have ample matter for comparison should we meet in public to discuss the respective merits of the twO translations. Genesis, chapter 2nd, verse 1st—authorized version: "All the host of them." Roman Catholic or Douay version: "All the furniture of them." The former an exact translation of the Hebrew.—5th verse—authorized version Before it was in the earth." Douay: "before it sprung up in the earth." There is no word in the original corresponding with the verb sprung" in the Douay translation.— The same verse-author. ized Had not caused it to rain." Douay: Had not rained." The force of the 11 i ph hi I conjugation correctly given In thc former, hut overlooked in thc.Dollay vcision.—6th verse -authorized: "But there went up it mist hom 1he earth." Douay Hut a soring rose out of the earth." The llelHcw word ued never signitiei a spring or well. Simonis, in his Lex. icon, referring to the very chapter and verse, translates it vapor — "vaporatio nebulosa words of precisely the same import; as "mist." 7th verse—authorized: "And the Lord (Jod lormed man ol the dust of the ground." Douay of the »/imc of iheeailh." The Hebrew word n/i/i ir signiliesdust oi sand,never slime. lain at a l^ss to understand upon what principle of translation the Douay interpreterscould have proceeded in their version tor in the next chapter, verse 19, where the same Hebrew word is used, instead of rendering the passage, as con- sistently they ought to have done, "Slime thou art and unto s'tmeshalt thou return," they render it as we do, II Dust thou art i and unto dust sha(,t thou return. 7th verse—authorised Into his nostrils."—Douay Into his farc." The former, the correct rendering. Bth verse-authorised: "And the: liod panted a garden eastward in Eden."—Douay ■ And the Lord Goti had planted a paradise of pleasure from lie egtnntog. the Douay version here, is rather a para- phrase t 1 in a translation, and a very inaccurate paraphrase, ,0r° 'nofeover, emailed upon its authors the necessity of rendering the tenth verse unintelligibly as follows— And a river went out of the place of pleasure to water paradise." • f'hP^8eT.aU,0r,Sefcd.i Where lhere is g°ld."—Douay W here gold\ growth." There is not one won! about the giowth of gold in the original, and surely it would be passing strange if there were. 12th verse-authorised The gold of .hat land is good. -Douay. •• rery good." Thercisuoworùin he Hebrew correspond,ng to ■■ very." i4lh verse-au.ho,,sed Which goeth toward «he east of Assy,ia.Uouav Thc samepassethaongbyth. As,y„ans." Thete-.m,.a.ionofthe original word At ins, ought to have been enough to have shewn the Douay transUtois that It did not signify the inhabitants of the country, but the country itself, as our translators have given -l(Jth verse—authonsed And the Lord God commanded the man. —Douay And he commanded him." Tli- autho- rised, word tor word with the Hebrew. Same verse—autho- rtsed: Thou mnyest freely eat."—Douay •• Thou shaft eat." the former coirectly expresses the idiom of the original the latter whoily overlooks it. 17th verse—authorised: "Thou shalt surely die."—Douay "Thou shalt die the death." The Hebrew mothtamoth is idiomatic. The authorised version cor rfcclly gives the sense. In the maigin of the same version the literal rendering is given, Dying thou shalt die." The above discrepancies are taken without any selection in the order in which they occur; some of them make but .nth iiffereuce in the sense yet they are all important, as shewing the scrupulous accuracy of the authorised version, and the ven loose and erroneous character of the Douay translation. J 1 am, sir, your obedient servant, JAMES FRANCIS, Minister of St. Paul's. Newport, April 27th.
HOUSE OF LORDS,—TML'HSDAV,…
HOUSE OF LORDS,—TML'HSDAV, Ai'iti., 21. The corn impoitation bill went through committee without alteration. Several amendments were moved by Lords Slan. hope and Beaumont; but in cach case the amendment was ci- ther at ooce rejected or negatived upon a division by a large majority. The bill was ordered to be read a third time on Friday. The merchants and factors bill also went through committee, and their lordships then adjourned. and their lordships then adjourned. THURSDAY, APRIL 21. CORN LAW REPORT. The Earl of Ripon moved the house into committee and Lord Stanhope moved the omission of clauses 12 and 13, with a view to exclude London from the list of averages but they were agreed to without division. Lord Beaumont, on clause 17, moved its omission, requiring that growers of corn, and not dealers, should make return to the corn inspectors. The clause, however, was adopted by 80 to 12—majority liB. The whole of the clauses were then agreed to, afte. two amendments on the schedules, by one of which the price of oats and barley was to have beeu raised, but which was nega- tived by 50 to 7; and the other, which had for its object to add to the number of average towns," but which was ne- gatived by 29 to 3, the schedules were agreed to, and the bill re ported. FRIDAY, APRIL 22. The motion for the third reading of the Irish Spirit Duties' Bill was opposed by the Bishop of Derry and Lord Monteagle, who said that by the proposed removal of the drawback, the Irish distillers would have to compete with those of Scotland, to whom the drawback was continued. Ibis objec- tion was admitted by the Eail of Ilipon and the Duke of Wet- lington, who deferred the third reading in order to remove the inequality complained of. The Corn Importation Bill was then rcadathirdtimeandpassed.
I NEW TARIFF.
I NEW TARIFF. F.fiorts are being made in some partil of the Kingdom, by some influences, to raise a cry against what really are the best provisions of the Tariff. The following memo- rial has been got up in North Wales, and we have been exceedingly pleased by the clear and clever view taken of the subject by Mr. Stanley in rep)y :— To the Members Representing the Counties and !roiii:!is „f North Wales. The memorial of the undersigned, Owners aud Occupier's of Land in the County of Anglesey, Sheweth, That in the mountainous parts of North Wales nearly the whole profit of the Land is made from rearing Sheep and Horned Cattle to be sold to the English Graziers, and by the sale of Butter and Cheese, and such is the nature of the Land that it is not capable of being applied to any other purpose. That in other extensive Districis of North Wales, particu- larlv in the County of Anglesey, a great proportion of the pro- lit is derived from rearing cattle, and from the sale of fat pigs. That in other Districts great quantities of cheese are made. That under the prohibition and duties which have hitherto been imposed by the policy of the Legislature on the importa* tion of the above articles, the lands producing them have ac- quired a specific value, and have been dealt with as such in set. tlements, securities, and contracts of every description. That the alterations proposed by the new Tariff will have the effect of greatly lessening the value of those lands. That in consequence of the distance of North Wa'es from the great English markets, the above articles can be carried to them from Foreign Ports for nearly the same expense as from North Walts. That while your Memorialists pay in direct and indirect tax- ation, a sum bearing a very large proportion to the whole pro- duct of their soil, the foreigner will, under the new Tariff, im- port his products at rates,as low as 5 per cent., and in no case exceeding 10 per cent., on their value. Your Memorialists therefore pray that you will take this matter into your consideration, and will use your influence with the Government for a modification of the Tariff, as regards the Im- portation of cattle, pigs, beef, bacon, pork. butter, and cheese. To the Owners and Occupiers of Land, in Anglesey. Gentlemen,—I have received a copy of the Memorial to Members representing Counties and Boroughs in North Wales, stating your objections to the proposed New Tariff of Sir Ro- bert Peel. You have very ably stated your fears of the injury likely to be inflicted upon landed property in Norih Wales by the pro- posed alterations in the prohibition and duties now in force on the importation of foreign cattle, sheep, pigs, salted meat, &c. I fully agree with you that it will have ine effect of lessening the value of land, and I shall use my best endeavours to obtain an increased protection upon the importation of the above men- tioned articles. Having this opportunity of addressing you, I may call your attention to the fact, that this measure, which you consider so injurious to the Landed Interest, has come from that Tory party who have ever arrogated to themselves the title of the Farmers' Friends, and who, by repeated promises upon the hustings, at the Last General Election, that they would maintain inviolate the present Corn-laws and all protective duties upon the pro- duce of land, obtained a majority in Parliament, and displaced the late Government from office, but now, in violation of those promises, turn rou^d upon their credulous supporters, and sa- crifice the Landed Interest of the United Kingdom upon the altar of Free Trade. I can give you no hope that any remonstrance will be succes- tul secure in their seats, wiWsix years' prospect of place and patronage before them, and no fear of any immediate appeal to their deluded constituents before their eyes, they will con- tinue to give a servile support to Sir Robert Peel, and enable him to fix this odious impost of an Income Tax upon the country, and injure your interests by a free importation of cattle, pigs, &c., into this country at low rates of duty. Believing that some change in the Corn-laws was inevitable, and some sacrifice on the part of the Landed Interest necessary, I voted in favour of a Fixed Duty upon Corn in preference to Sir Hobert Peel's alteration of the Sliding Scale, and I am fully convinced that the fixed duty would have been more advantage- ous both to the farmer and the consumer, at the same time pro- ducing a large revenue to the State, and preventing those great fluctuations in the price of corn which, of late years, have been so injurious to the country. By the plan of the late government the great monopoly of the Sugar Trade would have been broken through, and that article of universal consumption rendered cheaper for your use. Sir Robert Peel still protects the East and W est Indian in this monopoly, at your expense, and sacri- to maintain his enormous gains. The New I arlff permits the importation of Foreign Copper Ores and other Metals into this country at so low a rate of duty, that should t us 1 arm pass in its present shape, your native mines will pro- bably cease to be worked, and a large population of industrious men, with their families, will be reduced to pauperism, and thrown upon you for support. But, at the same time that Sir ooeit leel proposes to inflict this injury upon the British miner, he gives a real monopoly of the market to the slave worked mines of Cuba. If you think this present Corn-law will be a permanent settlement of the question you are mistaken: illinisters of the Crown have declared their conviction that it will not be a final measure. Another year or two. and all pro- tection will be swept away by the same men who have now be- trayed your interests. An Income Tax of 3 per cent, not for three or five years, but as long as Tories remain in power, —the British miner destroyed, a ruined tenantry,—and an impoverished aristocracy,—these are the first fruits of a Tory Government in power. I remain, gentlemen, Your faithful and obedient servant, WILLIAM OWEN STANLEY. London, April 18:h, 1842.
- -0.- ' MISCELLANY.
-0.- MISCELLANY. SCENE IN LLANDAFI7 FAIR.—"Walk up here, walk up and see the beautiful misrepresentation of Pharoah and his host a-chasing the Israelites across the Red Sea-the only one in the world, and all to be seen for the small sum of one penny. This way, my little dears, look-[go away ye little tagged rascals, as got dirty noses, and hant got no money]-[pay first, please, sir] —and come here my pretty dears; now blow yer noses and don t breathe upon the glass look to the right, and there you s all see [i us way, young gentleman, here is to be seeo, I repeat it without any repetition]—the only living and true live ion, from Bengal, in the Vest Ingies—that is, 1 mean to say, live picttr of Phaioah and his host a-driving the Israelites a< roas I he Red Sea. Look to the right, and there you shall see a nice-looking man, with a mackintosh and green silk umbieller -that gentleman's Moses, and there's Pharoali (and a shock- ing man he was) with a blue coat and brass buttons, and that's his host with a long whip in his hand, and-rwalk up, yer ho- nour, only a penny to see all.]" Please Mr. Showman," said an acute little queiist, vete's the Israelites?" "Oh, they passed over just alore you paid your penny, my dear.- Walk up, ladies and gentleman, and see this here wonderful show—the performers is just going to commence, &c." A clergyman in a parish church not 100 miles frome Poole, having put a notice into the cleik's hand a few Sundays since, stating that the services would be morning and Vening, and morning and afternoon alternately, honest Roger improved upon it, and said that tha service would be to "all eternity!—Salis- bury Journal. THIRSTY SOI'LS.—A country gentleman, who was examined as a witness in the Civil Bill Court on Wednesday last, admitted that he sat up all the previous night drinking in company with another gentleman from the north of Ireland; that witness drank 40 tumblers of punch, and his companion drank 62! — Court: Do yon mean to swear that you drank 40 glasses of punch ? —Witnesss: Yes, your worship and, only 1 was in a tiuny into town to attend the sessions, I would have drank tumbler for tumbler wilh my friend. I have the whisky buried in my garden.—Mr. Vere Cane: Your worship, he ought to be seized for having an overstock in. (Laughter.)— Tipperarti Free li-ess.
THE FORSAKEN.
THE FORSAKEN. Youthful days are passed away, The scenes are shifted now Instead of a spirit buoyant, gay, Sorrow marks my brow. Since friends prov'd false, and fortune frown'd, I leel I am atone An isolated-cast away- Fitied, alas! by none. The spring that is so green and fair, The feather'd songster's glee, < And all the charms found in the world, Are nothing now to mo. Alas how hard I feel my lot: It makes me heave a sigh, When I think I have nothing left But thoughts of days gone by. But yet there is one ray of hope That reaches even me, And gently whispers in my ear In heaven, you'll be free. Newport, April 19, 1342. OSCAR,
„,,MEDICAL LOVE.
„ MEDICAL LOVE. From Rufa s eye sly Cupid shot his dart, And left it sticking in Sangrado's heart; .No quiet, from that moment, has lie known; And peaceful sleep has from his eyelids flown. And opium's force, and what is more, alack, HIs own dull fancies cannot bring it back: in short, unless she pities his afflictions, Despair will make him take his own prescriptions.'
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ALISON'S OPINION OF AN INCOME TAX.—"A greater erro in finance never was committed than the introduction of an In- ¡ come lax. In appearance the most equal, it is, in reality, the most unequal of burthens bccause it assesses at the same rate many different classes, whose resources are widely different. The landed proprie!or, whose estate is worth thirty years' pur- chase, ot the rental at which lie is rated the fundholder, whose stock is worth twenty or twenty-five of the same annual pay- ments the merchant, whose profits one year may be swallowed up by losses the next season the professional man, whose pre- sent income is not worth five yeals' purchase the young an. nuitant, whose chance of life is as twenty, and the aged spin- ster, in whom it is not two-are all rated at the same annual sum. The tax, in consequence, falls with excessive and undue severity upon one class, and with unieasonable lightness on others it extinguishes the infant accumulations of capital, and puts an end to the savings of industry while it is com para tively unfelt by the great capitalist and opulent ianded propri- etor. Unlike the indirect taxes, which are paid without being felt, or forgotten in the enjoyment of the objects on which they are hid, it brings the bitterness of taxation in undisguised na. kedness to every individual, and produces, in consequenca a degree of discontent-and exasperation which nothing but ax- citement of continual warfare, or a sense of uncontrollable ne- cessity can induce a nation to bear."—Alhon's History of Eu. rope. Vol. IV., page 6.
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LONDON MARKETS. lb CORN EXCHANGF, MAHK-LANE, MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1842.- Wc had a rather better st pply of wheat last week, with a talr addition of this morning's market. The trade this morning heavy, both for English and free foreign. The best samples of cither description barely supported the prices of this day week. while the middling and inferior could not be disposed of without submitting to a reduction of Is to 2s. per qr. and the amount ul business done was limited. In bonded wheat as well as for cargoes to ariive. a lair business done at the prices of last week. —YVe have no alteration in the value of flour.—There was a good supply of barley at market, and the weather having become very warm, maltsters discontinue their purchases the trade in consequence is less lively and prices barely supported.—The supply of beans is moderate, and that of peas very small; prices of both articles fully supported.—Thc arrivals of oats continue small, and the trade is quite in letail piiccs nomi- nally the same as this day week. Current Prices of Grain per Imperial Quarter. •• ». | I. YVheat English 50 to 72 I Old Beans 35 to 40 R-ye 24 to 35 I Tick Beans .27 to 3«J Barley 25 to 32 Oats (Potatoe) 23 to 25 Malt.45 to 59 Ditto (Feed).. 20.to 27 White Pease (Boilers) 33 to 37 Flour 43 to 58 Grey Pease 29 to 32 Official Carn Averages. Imperial Weekly Wht. J Barl. | Oats. | Rye .1 TYea; si Peas- Average,ending s. d.l s. d. s. d. s. d.l s. rl.l s. d* April22 59 10 26 II, 19 2 32 6 30 il 30 5 AggregateAverage 111 of6weeks,which regulates Duty. 59 11 26 9; 18 9 33 10, 30 6 31 2 Uutyon For.Corn 28 8 21 10] J9 9j 19 9, 24 3 22 9 SEED MARKET, APRIL 25. The cloverseed is now fast drawing to a close; to-day tbcic were still a few buyers at market, and in retail full prices were paid for the finer qualities. In other kinds of seeds there was scarcely anything passing, and quotations remain nominally unaltered. s. s. s. *• rurnip,New,per bush. Oto 0 Clover, white,new. Oto <> RyeGrass,English,do. 30to 42 Trefoil 16 to35 Clover,redPng.percwt.65to85 Rapeseed,perlast, £ 36.tojl^O. HOP INTELLIGENCE.—A PRIL 25. BOROUGH, APRIL 25.—The fine weather has already led to an increase of business, but as yet prices have not moved so as to justify us in any alteiation of our table of lates. There are I no hackers of the duty higher than £ 150,000. PRICES.—Bags, 1836, —s. to —s.; Pockets, 1836, —«• 10 s.; Bags, 1837, none; Pockets, 1837, none: Bags, 1838' —s. to —s.; Pockets, 1838, —s. to —s.; Bags, 1839. 80s. to 90s Pockets, 1839,80s. to 90s. SMITH FIELD MARKET-APRIL 25. The supply of cattle large, although not so large as on this day week the trade is nevertheless exceedingly heavy, and a reduction of prices is consequently the resnlt, with the excep- tion of beef, which has scarcely varied, the quotation being from 3s. 2d. to 4s. 4d. Per st. of 81bs., sinking the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Beef 3 4 to 4 4 Lamb. 5 6 to 6 Mutton 3 6 to 4 6 Veal 5 0 to 6 0 Pork, 4s. Od. to 5s. Od. a PROVISION MARKET. Butter sells slowly, but prices for Irish keep up. Dutch, however, has declined to 94s. for the finest. There is a good supply. T, COTTON MARKET, APRIL2S. lhere has been little business doing in the cotton market to- day. Prices are rather lower on the whole. Business done amounts to 4,000 bags, of which speculators have taken 1,000. The market closed exceedingly dull. WOOL MARKET, APRIL 25. Per lb. s. d. s. d. Down Tegs t ojtol 1 Half-bred Hogs 1 OA 1 1 Ewes and W7ethers 11 0 11| Blanket Wool 0 0 0 0 Flannelditto. 0 0 0 0 Skin, Combing 0 0 0
PRICES OF SHARES AT LONDON.
PRICES OF SHARES AT LONDON. 416 BRITISII MINES. No. Ol NAME OP 3-c' gw Shares COMPANY. g'3 < a 500 Anglesey 5 — 4,000 Bedford ]?. 2J i 4,000 Bissoe Bridge 5* lj 20,000 British Iron 70 65 d's 8,000 Blaenavon 45 20 120 Biewer JOO 79 Budnick 100 1,000 Carn Brae 120 2,000 CornubianLeadCompany 2 4i 6,000 Cornwall Great United in" 1 Cuddra Jo* 512 Cook's Kitchen 50 112 Charlestown 550 5,000 Dartmoor Consols 5 li 10,000 Durham County Coal Co. 37 9 2,000 Danescombe 2 6,000 De Dunstanville 200 Diamond 31 10 1,200 East Mulberry Hills 31 1 256 East Pool 38O 4,000 East Tretoil 1 128 Gavrigan — 22 4 100 Great Consols 97 1200 3,200 Great Wh. Prosper. 71 6i 4,000 Great Wh. Charlotte 3 11 10,000 Hibernian \2\ 2f 1,000 Holmbush 14 40 2,000 Isle of Serk (Guernsey). II 13 20,000 Mining Co. of Ireland 7 15i 6,000 Polbreen 4 1 3,000 Polberou Consols 10 i 2,000 Relistian 5,000 RedmoorConsolidated 5 11 10,000 Rhyrnney Iron. 50 16 100 Rosewall Hill 180 JöO 800 South Towan •••• j 64 South Wheal Bassett. — 401 4,000 Tregollan >1 a 4,000 Treleigh Consols. A 4,505 Tamar Consols •••••••••• 6,000 Tin Croft af 4,300 Tretoil A I 120| Treviskey and Barrier.I t«0 96|Tresavean 1400 J20iTrethellan !II* 200 4,000: United Hills. c 6k 6,000 YVicklow Copper.. 5 13 3,845; West Wheal Jewel. 10 5j LATEST CURRENT PRICES OF METALS. LONDON, APRIL 22, 1842. t — £ s. lion, English—Bar ton 0 0 0 to 6 15 n Ditto Cargo in YVales .ten 5 15 Hoops 9 0 Sheets 10 0 JJ Pig. No I 4 15 J Ditto in Wales ton 0 n Foreign— (Swedes, cn bd. ton 12 1° J Russian com 14 0 Duty 30s. i SPI 15 0 per ton. C.C.N.d 1n„ 18 0 w. Steel, English Blistered 25"o"oto 45 0 J Shear ditto ditto •45 0 0 84 0 Cast ditto ditto "45 0 0 ## 84 H Fne,,go7^vede^inke6s bd'ton 18 10 Duty 20 2 Ditto Faggots bd. ton 19 J per cent. (. Milan 0 0 Copper, British—Cake £ 0n 96 0 „ Tile 94 0 ° Sheets lid Copper, Foreign (duty 37s.) n lin, British Blocks.cut. 3 12 £ arS 3 14 0 0 Oto 3 12 Stiaits 0 Oto SO,, Tin Plates-i.c. (box) l io o to I 12 n i. x. ditto. 16 Oto 1 18 R IT. (Others in proportion.) « n Lead, British—Pig 19 10 JJ Sj>eet ton 20 5 lQ Shot ton 21 JJ 0 Red. 20 /j White (dry) 24 0 Ditto (ground in oil) 2 roreign—Spanish (duly 40*.) ton 19 0 n Spelter 0 010 37 0 J For delivery 0 0 t0 10 J English Sheets 49 0 J: Quicksilver—(duty Id, per lb) 0 4 CURRENT PRICE OF GOLD AND SILVER. For. Gold in bis. pcroz. £ '3 17 9 New Dollars. £ 0 4 1, a, Portugal pieces 3 17 5 | Silver in bis (stndr)O 4 BRISTOL PRICES CURRENT OF LEATHER A N RAW GOODS. d. d. b. lb. d. d. lb. lb. d' Crop Hides per lb 30.35—11 tol Li„ht .7 40 48-13 14 Irish Skins -'5 \l v v a QA 17 Welsh Skins 27 35—13 { Foreign Hides .30 35—10 12 u 40 IS 40 45-10 ]| 45-18 21 Middlings 12 13 45 50—2» £ ? 3utts English. 16 20—|4J 15j 52 56—2* H 28 SoTi? Kip*' Enelis,J and Welsh. 13 { £ Kss i; p«t«,bu«h | •« J? Fmn>„U |0—J|t JS East India —J? JJ 28 Sit!4, I! S.Sldn..m.U |, IS Coiniwm'iiitto' 35 JJ; JJ. "fr"' J" I !? SiS: g-j« a ]l, Common ditto .I! 27 "Z,3 J3! Ditto Shoulders »' T)itto ditto 32 34 13 13I _a Welsh Hides 121 {3! RAW Kniiuil'u5 ll| l«4 Drysaltcd Ka*t India .,j,i!t* hnglish Horse Hides la 134 Kips, Xo. I ll<l.4^, Welsh ditto 10 (a 2 8d. Uernian ditto 13 lii Brined No. 1 „10tl- Spanish ditto |4 21 2 atfi Ditto Shaved, without Dry Spanish Horse Hds, I1*-6 butts Hs to 15s Odeach. ,on Horse Butts u ,2 Bark £ 5. to 0n BestPatternakins 56 64—26 27 Valonia. £ 15 to £ 18 0«- 65 70—26 27 Shumac 13s to !• Common Pattern 2*2 25 Glue pieces(flsd) „ 100 120-19 20 (unfleshed) 14s BRISTOL HAYMARKET. Hay per Ton (old) £ 2 0 Straw per Dozen p i 5 to Newport, Saturday, April 30, 1842: Printed and Published for the Sole Proprietor, El'^„ DOYVLING, of Crindau, near Newport, at the j<(, General Printing Office, situate tn Corn-street, in «»"c rough of Newport, by JOHN O'DWYER, of Mana street, in the said Borough. a,e London Agents:—Messrs. Newtonand Co., Warwit'k'H.uap Mr. R. Barker, 33, Fleet-street: Mr. G. Reynell,$',ur00k, cery-lane Mr. S. Deacon, Coffee-house, No. 3. W#,T !«•»». neai the Mansion-house; and Messrs. Clarke ana.A< Crown Court,Threadneedla-street .wherethis Pape"9 arly filed.