Monmouthshire Merlin

THE WELSH AMAZONS. Th« following ludicrous account of the landing of the Fren, »t Fishguard, in 1797, appears in the last number of the ■^srviee Magazine. j /rl'1,,J ra»8°'ficeot extensive sea-beach known by this nar„ R 1 L)'Jforn"118 ,he landw»fd boundary of Fish £ r -*v, is flecked at either end by dark precipices, on ue|l°WA° a reroark*ble raoge of pasture-Ian. F k'0 l r°*(' 8t the b,c't Ssnds cross?- from Fishguard to lhe village of Goodwicke, and thence wind, through a steep stony acchviiy for about three or four miles, t:1 it arrives at Llanunda and Pencaird. Along this road an. facing the sea, was draw:, up the handful of militia and volun- teers, with drums and colours, in a line as extended as possible On the extensive green plain in their rear stood, or sat on hors- back. an immense throng of the infuriated peasantry and Gri- tIe \Inrtyn colliers, armed with axes, mattocks, hedging bi!1 scythes, and other implements of rustic labour. A simi! band crowded upon the innumerable fragments of grey rot> scattered over the sides of ¡no acclivity, above which we drawn up Lord Cawdor s tifiy horsemen. But upon the sun: mil of the opposite ocundary of the Sands, the Windy H. before named, appeared the most extraordinary, and, as proved, the nr>-<JS| efficient division of this motley but right vs latit array. More than 2,000 women, attiied in the scarl, m 'I" < and round beaver hat, the common costume of the ft • Welsh peasantry, which, at a distance, renders it difficul -tedistinguish them from men, were there drawn up in a sread, line. shoul-lering slaves, spades, and pitchforks, with banner displayed at iniervals. To complete the stratagem, several ) th- yeomanry corps were detactted there, and, by galloping u and fio. successfully imitated the movements of a body c moaned office.» n»«r*h..llio(5 a baualion of infantry. and con y*v,„a ,heo,d,r»ofthe.r General. The French officers, awai- soldiers wore scarlet uniforms deceived by tl round tint*, and being at too ere*t a d, £ i.n^ e ea ™ u liav >ct.i.ltu .» k .iT f p listioce for accurate sen: hew A n*z ,L „ °r Wbjl ,heV "PP'^d to be and a inese Amn mi alone out-numbered ih« t, t ssemrd u^ss. H,pni|t ,h 6 reSIS,an' •□til .«0 Uieio reirj, « he>f.')ldL !i0' dit.over the decepii(; thus arrived their 'i had ,h« gentlemen yeomnn: cer« cirryinc h rne,ns °f resistance, than three oft advancing ( 's oa ''ie I10'0' of their swords, were set who h? '0rn enr""I- Colonel Colby, a brave old officn »nr muf!b abroad, and whose dark striking physio K -my and stern military »lr,awed occasionally buih fuen<ls an. «oes rode from the ranks to meet them. The interview was brief one. ) he enemy had sent to demand a fuiiher delay II two huun Colby, pointing with his sword o the waving fort-. of fciitt'ering steel ifiat extended far anM ",iriC', at.ove. beneatii and arouml him, replied with a fieiceness of tone and gestui. that could not be mistaken, that nothing but instant and uncon ditinnnl suhmission could save them from slaughter. LOll C-<wdor, then galloping up, added, with an elevation of voii • aumcient to be distini-tly heard by the people, Two hours! — not ten mlnules-fight or sunender, we are ready for you, oi for leD limes your number, I Cdn at all times answer fo my koldieri. I will no: ai.gwe; much longer for the people oegone and so mforrvi ynur (j.^nerni, hpjone!" I

TECILKK ON J LU\HALlS:\J. We last-week gave a paragraph stating that Lawrence Rey- Holds, E<<}.. of Abergavenny, had delivered an eloquent leciurt on T« etotaliim, to the Newport society, at the Old Police Ceurt, of which we promised to give an epitome this week. We now redeem ottr pledge. After the usual routine business of opening such meetings, Mr. Brien was called io the chair, who delivered an address o some length on the advantages of the principles of sobriety aDV total abstineoce, and concluded by introducing the lectarei, with eulogy, to the meeting. Mr. Reynolds, on rising, was hailed with loud applause, which was frequently repeated during the evening. He told hi aodience that business had called him in the way of the New port folk, and he could not resist the desire to say a few worfi to them on be principles to which he had so recently become a Convert. He would speak common sense to common men fu thry needed not the flowers of rhetoric to be persuaded of 1/1, troth. Why were men drunkards 1 There were many reason- Some followed the customs of their forefailiers-sonie toilei hard from morning to night, and deemed intoxicating beverag^ a refreshment and a nourishment—some believed the practic, essential in regard to their phvslcal anti mental energies bu the Sacred Uiacles informed us that before the tiood, drunken -e ness -was unknown, before that era, mark what Herculean Ia. bours were performed-with what strength of intellect mtr. were endowed— to what an extraordinary age they lived; an- in this wiue-bibbing era, see how their descendants have dege- aerated. The first tillers of the earth drank but of that PUIt fluid the God of Heiven ordained and if it were uot gcof that they should have quenched their thirst at tloc pure fountain of waier, the rock 'in the desert, when struck by the prophel Mosas, would have sent forth its gushing streams of wine i-- I stead. Blessed should he deem hie labours for the success of Teetoialism, if but one poor wife. who spent her last night in Misery, awaiting her drunken husband-if but one poor child, who shrank from his intoxicated father's unsteady steps last night, were this night able to cling around him with joy, as ht- returoed his home a sober, an altered, and a better man.— Oh I with what calm comfort might he who reared up his chil- dren in the path. pI sobriety and truth, make his exit from tbt woild in s-good old age. surrounded by a wife and cbildren be- fOte whota he had "always set a good example, and wbo, bt might die tssmed, would never deviate from hit footsteps. Compare this death bed scene with the death-bed of a drunk- aid. and bow tetrible the contrast' The one I blessing ai around him tbe other belching forth curses on ail. 1 he on looiiQj forward with resignation to the last moment of life, ao, awaiting with joy the first moment of a glorious hereafter: tht other raving and shrieking and cursing as his las' moment ap- proached, and shrinking with ghastly horror from the terribh anticipaiionsttf unending miseiy. Air. Reynolds then forcibly poin ed out the egregious folly of supposing that alcoholic drink rend to-the nourishment of the body, and, as a medical man denounced the idea as groundless and absurd. Ardent spims or other beverages containing alcohol, might afford a man a mo roantaty stimulant, but they savaiiably left him weaker tha: they found him by the stimulant be was mode stronger th^ fce miglr become weaker. Men frequently drank for the. sa of cofiiptaay—for the gratiSca'.ion of spending an hour wllb eoa«ivi«] party. And what were public-house friendships— whtt was the conviviality of such parties! Why a man niiyh spend every farthing on his boon companions—he might P3" his coat to minister to their insatiable desires, and to thank then for their fawning hypocrisy and when he has done HI, thiri: you those boon companions would place a joint of meat upo: thfir vctim's iabl £ befote his famishing children and wife No 1. They would spurn him with their feet—P.ev would ca, him forth upon. a dunghill, and leave him there to perish.—J A hergavenny i here was. a goodly band of child ten, whotnarcht under the banners of Teetoialism. He loved to see the youn, receive good impressions, for nothing remained -o graven ci their minds as first impressions. Lei parents then, cever st them uvher than a good example. Look at womao-Iook at mot.ier, when she lorgets her station, her duty, aod the force c good es^mple whtfo, -.nforTuoately, ,he forsakes the paths o sobnety AdW.miserable does the home of her husband ao< W eb.tdreo bewwe ? The bad example she bat exhibited 4«ka «eap i)M the j««9S Mllkdit ef bet lit." 1$\4" darter.. I and whet her hwtbead is laid upon a bed of sioknais, tbsra it no kind wtfs to tend upon his wants-to soothe his tStettom— to minister consolation to bis failing heart, and transform the bed of sickness into a bed of roses. For her own sake, then, let woman never taste ths intoxicating cup, and what a bles,ed home might her: be made. Husbands that drink become both beasts and tyrants. They are fine men in society-they sma end carouse, and speak of themselves as demi-gods, and th:<n go home and debase themselves in exhibitions of drunken ty- ranny. Was there no other world than this, that men went on in their drunken madness to disgracef'i a?d untimely graved Did Ft d,-u:,ken poor mad wr-tch s'artint: from his hed in horror, and shrieking that the tormeoi3 of the damned were seising hold upon him-dId this shed peice and happiness ¡ over a bereaved family 1 Why every tear that fell upon the dying drunkard fiom his wife—for woman could be faithful amidst every cruelty and disgrace—would seem a tear that scaided his conscience like fire and every groan his horrr r- stric ken children raised wculd ring; more terribly than the kn.H of Death upon his. awakened couscience. —After detailing t. e rapid progress of the society in Abergavenny, and expressing a hope that a corresponding success would follow the endeavo;s "f the advocates of Teetotalism in Newport, Mr. Reynolds, being requested to express h's opinion, as a medical man, ut llie effects of ardent spiuts on the human system, said that the man who took alcoholic drinks for the purpose of nutrition, knew nothing of the human frame or its operations. Nothing noutishes the frame but that which it-i vessels can convert inio some poitinn of thefrime, and those vessels can only art on substances in some respects vssmlur to the human body. That- is nothing, in either the solids or fluids, similar to alcohol, and consequently alcohol cannot be convened ioio any fluid or solid of the system. W hen it is received inio the stomach, there H lematns, an unnecessary and injurious stimulant. If it be re- ceived into an empty stomach, it acts at once on the delicite branches of nerves th-it, in countless thousands, ramify on its inner coat. These nerves are soft and pulpy, and so sronil, that 33,000 of them are s nailer than a hair. The deletions effects of alcohol on the-e, is communicated to the brain, and that is the reason why the habitual dram-drinker—the man who took his mornings''—dies the victim of that most awful ma- lady, called tumbling insanity," in which he imagines rc!>- bers bursting through the windows, and every hand reaching and clu ching at hu ihroat, to murder him, iili at length he pe- 'ishes in some wild convulsion, or utterly exhausted by his t-r. utile agony, Not less destructive, said the lecturer, was alco- holic drinks on the filled stomach. It hindered the food from being dissolved in the natural juices-the chyle was vitiaIL-d- the blood tainted—the liver increased to an enormous size- the large blood vessels were pressed upon, and apoplexy pro. duced. Thus alcoholic drinks were injurious to the stomach when empty and when full. The lecturer also denounced, wnh powerful arguments to support his assertions, the practice of smoking, which, he said, exhausted the sap of the body, and in many instances had been the forerunner of many incurable in- juries to 'he system. Able remarks followed, from the Chairman and Mr. Harper, which produced considerable effect. Mr. Reynolds again rose, and said that some observations which had fallen from Mr. Harper and Mr. Brian induced him to avail himself of the privilege allowed to all Irishmen-thnt ,f speaking twice and in a stiain of impassioned eloquence, 'od with great point, he addressed them on the pure enjoy- ments and delights which would accrue to them from the pos- -diston of the total abstinence principle, and the misery and ■vretche;lne^s and degradation and infamy which would be theirs "ho continued to follow the luring enchaniments of the intoxi- cating cup. H. concluded by earnestly calling upon all Wow iad not signed the pledge, to come forward and do so without uriher delay, Mr. Harper then moved a vote of thanks to the Mayor, who had so kindly allowed them the use of the court, a'nd to Mr. Reynolds, for his eloquent and effective lecture on Teetotalism, Nhich was carried by acclamation. Between twenty and thirty persons having signed the pledge, the meeting separated.

DOMESTIC IV-EWS. DESTRUCTION OF S A L,ION.- Caution to Poachers.—At ,he County Petty Session, on Saturday last, Robert ar.d William Ireland, basket-makers, and R ciiard Armistead, 'ailor, were charged with having taken and destroyed a certain fish called a salmon, in contravention of the statute which prohibits such fish being taken during fence months. The first witness called in support of the infor- nation was Richard Sutton, gamekeeper to Pudsey Daw. 10n, Esq., who stated that on the preceding Sunday he was standing on the Lune Budge leading to Gressingham, and saw three men on the Arkholme side of the river, who tppeared to be looking very attentively at the water. They were at some little distance from each other, and presently ,)ne of them, whom he believed to be Armistead, called "ut, Here, Will; come this way!" William Ireland iiien went towards hi IT t and after picking up a shaft (a imall hand pole) from the water's edge, took from Ins pocket a" leister (a kind of pronged salmon spear, re- sembling a trident) and fixed it upon one end of the shaft. Witness then saw William strike with the "leister" at something in the river, immediately after which Robert Ireland stepped down the bank, and assisted him in draw ng out a large salmon. Witness was about lour score yards rom the prisoners when :his took place,and watched their notions unperceived. After depositing the fish on the iank, William Ireland took off the "leister," and put it n his pocket. Robert then took up the salmon and ail hree started off up the river side. Witness sent a younu nao who bad likewise been an unobserved spectator 01 the whole proceeding, to intercept them, and took a sholt CUI urasell for the same purpose but had not gone far ere lie perceived Robert Iieland returning with the salmon, which 'if concealed in the hollow of a bank, and after covering it with grass, was on the point of rejoining his companion- he (Sulton) suddenly sprang up from behind the t"ttce, where he had lam in ambu>h, and col!ared hi;n vVitness gave him in charge of Towson, who cams up a ttie moment, and went in puisuit of the other two, whe Nere taken the siiiie day. John Townson corroborated he leading features of Sutton's evidence; and the prisou- rs alter a futile attempt on the part of Armistead to dis- prove any share in the transaction, were convicted in the 'enaliy of £5, each, with costs and in default of imme- hale payment were committed to the Castle for |w< n'liiths, there to be kept to hard labour. The salmt-n • ken by the prisoners was exhibited in Court. It was n nalr fish in i deplorably emaciated condition, wei^hm^ 18 bs; though, had it been III a hedllhy SldlP, ils weistl'i vould have been 24 bs. or upwatds. — Immediately on the ,hove case being disposed of John Swamson, E-q., ° ,1.IOII, charged William Jackson and James Scott, la. >outers, mith unlawlully taking and desiroymg salmon II. he liver Lune, in that parish, on Wednesday, the 25ib o. lanuary. From Mr. Swainson's statement it appeared hat he was in the lower part of his house when Mrs. S., :ame and informed him that some men were killing a salmon on the other side of the river. On receipt of this intelligence he directed one of his servants to hasten to tin ,pot with a view of securing them. Whilst thus engaged, he men who were killing the salmon were descried b) -ome passing along the turnp.ke road adjoining his house who shouted most lustily, in order to appuse hlrn ul the jet Several individuals then save chase to the prisoner, who, on being overtaken, threw the salmon into the canal. They were both found guilty, and convicted, as in the firs; cast, in a penalty of £5 each, with costs, and in delaui; of immediate payment were sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the ('astle for a like period.- Westmoreland Gazette. DEATH OF SIR JOHN NEWPORT.—We deeply regret to announce the death of Sir John Newport, Bart., which took place at his seat, Newpark, near Waterfoid, on Thurs lay. He had long been a zealous and faithful representa- tive of the city of Waterford, and had reached an advanced ige; but his attachment to his country, and his anxiety for her welfare remained as ardent as ever up to the latesi ttourof his existence. Sir John Newport was a genuine Irish Whig, and through his long political career his course tad been disiinguished by manliness and consistency. From the Waterford Mirror we copy the following; — rhe infirmities natural to an advanced age had so gradual an effect on his constitution, that Sir John's friends scarcely noticed the slow, bu. sure, symptoms of dfcay; to the last hour his mental faculties were unimpaired, and he was distinguished by almost the same talent and clearness of intellect that so long had rendered h.m an honour anJ 1" urmimtnl \0 tins I., his Pu. lu.m^ntury career Sir John was always a warm and eloquent advocate of the Catholic Relief Bill, and every other measure that tended to the fieedora and civilisation of mankind. DEATH OF RICHARD CARLISLE.— (From an anony- mous Correspondent.)—This extraordinary man died on Friday morning, at his house in Bouverie-street, after a I brief illness, although for the last few years his health had been gradually sinking. Oi his former opinions and doc- trines there are and will be but few admirers, but for the last ten years these (both theological and political) had become gradually modified and as they lost their asperity and bitterness, so he seemed to lose his former supporters. About a month ago he returned from Enfield, where for the last five years he had resided, and started a weekly periodical, called thti Christian J-rarrior, which only reached three numbers, the fourth being finished only the day before his death. In it he draws a striktng summary of his present position he declared that on account of hl1 attempts to make the great truths of the Bible harmonious with those of nature, of physical and moral science, "this course has brought me more frowns than infidelity brougrn, more than even nominally avowed Atheism. I have now lost the support of all sects and parties. Inconvet ient as ,t is in worldly commercial affairs, I am proud of the po- iltion, and feel myself a giant towering over and frighten- mg political and theological pigmies." But the character ,)f Mr. Car: is not to be drawn from his theological loiions. His political opinions, if extreme, were alway- cortscieimou*. honest, and manly, and lhe nine years'im- urisonmfint rit- sustained, and total ruin of his busine: .how his sincerity and indomitable courage in fighting foi he liberty of the press. His circumstances at last wert oJf'ry bad, and but tor thp bellevolence of a few would hav, ieen of the most flecessilous kind. As it wtts, the wan1 ,1 the comlorts of life and medical aid, no doubt, hastened us death. On Friday he rapidly sank. His last declara 'ton to a iriend was to the effect that "his life had bee. 'lie continued s'ruitjle for truth, and mental and physic^ iberty, and that his conscience approved his efforts." lie had only just entered on 1115 53rd year. The late Mr. Thomas Woollard, of Barking, Sufto! -viio died about sixty years since, left the following chtt Ireo, who are all living :—Ldward Woollard, 87; Eliz;j >eth, 83; Thomas, 80; Margaret, 78 Susan, 77 Maik Tl; Sarah, 07; Luke, 65. Total, 608.— Ipswich Express. J Caven election takes place nt»xt Friday, when Captaii j be Hen. J. P- Maxwell, 59'h Regiment, will be T«turo?ci J in plact ç-f the late ColontI Gitments,

NEWPORT AND NANTYGLO RAILWAY To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. Sin,—I have been watching in silence, but with great atten- tion, the effect of the very able exposures that h^ve been made in your paper of the system ot extortion practised by the Monmouthshire Canal Company, on the various traders on thjii lines of canals and tram roads, and am delighted to find tint the result has been thE, uniting together 01 a body of men of the first lespectal ility ahd influence. to forw-S I*ne of rnduav fiom Newport to Nantyglo, which will the trade's of thai part of the distr ct through which the line will pass, on an equality with netghbouring !)s'nc's.as to tonnane and haulage The haughty bearing which the Committee of the Canal Company are apt to assume before the trailers is an evil which calls for reform and on" or two such lessons as they ale about to he taught by the Newport and Nantyglo Railway Companv. •vill, I trust, have the eff-c: of bringing these gentlemen to then senses, and of teaching th< in that the powers contained in their Aci were granted. no! (or their own private > molument al^ne— not m'r^ly '0 etiah'e ihem to put enormous dividends in their shareholders pockets, but also for the general benentof the community in the districts thr- ugh which they pass. On the 121h ult., I attended the ineeiingthat was held in the New Council House, and attentively listened to the observations that were made by the different parlit.s who addres-ed the as- semhl, in favour 01 the ptopi sed lail^ay. and the remarks that were made condemnatory of the trrsent sta<e of things. One ('t the speakers forcibly alluded toihevaiious means coutiuu. ally devised, and expedients ihai are resorted to, to enable the masters to save a few pence per ton on the cos, of manu facturing their iron in the present depressed state of the trade. And why are they obliged to do this? To enable them to pay their enormous quarterly tonnage bills to the Canai Company. As to any pr fit being derived by themselves it is out of the question. I believe I may fearlessly assert that not one shil- lIng has been Teaiized by the tiade for many montus past, ex- cept perhaps by a few of the o;d-esiablished works. In fact, many of the works are being carried on at a Vr-rv heavy loss. Another speaker, connected with the coal irade, clearly pointed out the impossibility that exists of compiling snocess- lully with other neighbouring districts, on account ot lhe facili- ties they have of getting t(# market, and the reduced rate ol" tonnages they pay as compared this district; and when the Canal Company have been applied to for a reduction of ton- nages to assist them in their difficulties, the answer has been to ihis effect .—" It cannot be done we have been in the habit of di\iding amongst ourselves ten per cent; and ten percent we must have. let the state of trade be what it may." Ten Der cent There is magic in the sound, to the ears of the holders of shares in the Canal Company but grating in the ex- treme to those of the traders But, sir, the charm will soon be broken, and unless I am much mistaken the ti'! e will shortly arrive when, by the mstru- memality of the promoters of the Newport and Nantyglo Rail- way. they will be obliged to take less. Unfortunately sir, this depressed state of things is not con- fined to those trades alone, but is severely felt by all classes, and, as in all other parts of the country, as the pressure becomes greater, in an inverse ratio poor rates rise. At a neighbouring parish, a meeting of the parishioners was recently held, to con- sider the propriety of raising the assessments on the collieries and tiam-roads, as the farmers were considered to be rated al ready as high as they can possibly bear; and I am informed that the assessmects on the collieries and four lines of train- road belonging to piivate individuals were doubled. A person present enquired what rate 'hey in ended levying on the Mon- mouthshire Canal Company's roads. The answer was, We cannot rate them they have a clause in their act which ex- empts them from all rates except m-rely for the value of the land they took in making their roads." Now, sir, I would ask you is it not full time for parties connected with these districts to bestir themselves to get lid of such an incubus? Here are tram-roads belonging to private individuals who have not a tithe of the trade on their lines, that the Canal Company have, rated at £:200. a yet per mile, while the Canal Company con- tribute actually nothing. It is well known to all parties connected with the subject that all railways of the present day contribute their quota of rates to the various parishes through .vhicli they pass, accoiding to the amount of their traffic. This fact should, therefoie, be an additional stimulus to the supporters of the Newport and Nan- tyglo Railway, and may, if generally known, induce many who have hitherto been luko warm in the cause to come forward and lend a helping hand to carry out the measure. Let the Land- holders and Farmers along the proposed line coolly reflect (and no men are more alive to their own interests,) and should they derive no other benefit trom the railway than a reduction in their rate*, this fact should be sufficient to convince them of the advantages they would gain by its construction. Wishing the undertaking every success. I remain, sir, A LOOKER ON-

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. MOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY. FTA. 7, Notice v-as given by Lord Monteagle, that on tha 22od he should move for a coramntee of inquiry into the operation sad effect of the new corn laws. Certain papers relating to the Church of Scotland were or- dered, on the motion of Lord Campbell, Lord Brougham, in a speech of some length, called the at- tention of the house to the fact, that in 1823 a proposition, in- eluding far mere stringent rights of search than those which sro now in question between England and France, had emanated from the United States, and had been presented to England and others of the leading European powers, A treaiy. founded on this proposal, had been signed, and all the preliminaries completed- The only reason that prevented ils final consum. tnation wa3, that it included America and American ports, amongst the districts and places liable to search. The nobie lord therefore contended. that iVI. Dupin and other members of the French Chambers were altogether wrong in objecting to the right of search, on the ground that America was opposed to Ihe principle of the practice. On the motion of Lord Deninan, the bill for improving the law of evidence was read a second time, and ordered to be com- mitted on Thursday. THURSDAY, FER. 9, The Law of Evidence Bill was reported. Lord Campbell asked if were the intention of the govern- ment 10 c-rry out the tenth ariicle of the neaiy of Washington, referring to the delivering up of criminals of botll nations, on application from their respective governments 1 It was highly important that the ailicle should be put in force, but unless an act of parliament was brought in, it would remain a dead letter. Lord Ashburton said it was, he believad, the intention of the government to introduce a bill such as that referred to by the noble and learned lord. DISTRESS OF THE COUNTRY-, Earl Stanhope then rose, and brought forward his motion that the house do resolve itself into a committee of the whole house, for the purpose of taking inlo consideration the present condition of the working classes of the united kingdom, with ths view of providing for their pmfitable employment, and for the due remuneration of their industry. The noble earl pro- ceeded to make some geneial observations upon the present stite of the country, and the aspect of affairs under the present po- vernment. He said that on the accession of her IVI -jesty's pre- sent advisers, the last ray of hope had disappeared, for we now had the lamentable spectacle of the vessel of state navigated by Conservatives, and carrying a Conseivaiive flag, but still con- tinuing a Whig course. (Hear, and laughter.) This country could never he in a state of security or peace, unless the RO- vernment duly protected labour. This statement was com- pletely borne out in the report of the hand-loom weavers'com- mission, from which it appeared that in the beginning of the present century a hand-loom weaver could earn 26s 8d a week, while he could earn in 1833 no more than 5s 6d a week but thecondi ion of our population had, since the year 1833, be- come still more deteriorated. It would now be impossible to exaggerate the intensity of their distiess. He thought that much of the evil might be traced to over-production, and these alterations in machinery which threw thousands out of employ- ment. The dangers of that over-production seemed to have been fully foreseen by a man whom he consideted as a high authority upon the subject-he meant the late, not the present, Sir R. Peel. (A lau^h.) But the deep distress was felt not only by our manufacturing, hut also by our agricultural popu- lation. All classes were embraced in the wide spread evil. The value of property in our Colonies, too, had of late greatly decreased. He could not help enptessing on that occasion his condemnation of the present tariff. 'That measure had gieatly diminished the value of agricultural produce, while it had not led to any alleviation of manufacturing distress. Under its operation we had admitted foieign agricultural produce, to the depreciation of our own, while foreigners had purchased less than ever of tiie products of British industry. It had been staled that two thirds of the landed property in Scotland had been blown to the winds already. This meant that it had been reduced two thirds in value. He was no repealer of the Union, but lie thought Irishmen were more indebted to him, or at least a« much, as to the great Agitator himself. (Hear, hear.) Much would be requited before the country could be restored to her former position; but he looked upon the repeal of the new tariff and the new corn law as an indispensable and necessary precur- sor of any other means of relief. The course that was being at present pursued, could not, in his opinion, fail to end in re- volution and ruin. Lord Ripon vindicated their lordships from any imputation of indifference to the sufferings of their fellow subjects and after briefly demonstrating the impossibility of entering upon such an investigation as that proposed through the cumbrous machi- nery of a committee of the whole house, denie I that eithei Sir Robert Peel or himself had, since their present tenure of office, expressed a single sentiment with reference to the restrictive system which they had not formerly avowed. Experience had proved that the removal of the prohibition on foreign manufac- tures had produced no ill effect and although the price of meat had fallen, it would he absurd to attribute that to the im- portation of 3,126 cattle, a Jar;;e proportion of which were unfit for food. The noble lord then, after shortly noticing the repeal of the new corn laws, the taiiff, and the discouragement of mi. ehinery, as recommended by Lord Stanhope, entreated their lordships not to consent to any such inquiry as that suggested, as of necessity ending in the disappointment o( those wnose dis- tress was so much to be lamented. After a debate in which Lord Beaumont, Lord Brougham, Lord Ashburtori, and other noble lords took part, Earl Stan- hope briefly replied. The question having been put, their lordships divided, when there a.-peared Content 4 Not content 25 Majorilyagllinsllhe motion 21 Their lordships then adjourned. FRIDAY, FKB. 10. I The Law of Evidence Bill was read a third time, and passsed. The ^larquess of Claniicarde complained that no papers had yet been lai.d before the house respecting Afghanistan. The Duke of Wellington said they were in the course of be. ill, prin,ed. In egarA to the na ure of his motion, tie had d!s. tinctly s'aied before, and he stated it over ag-un, that he in'ends on Thursday to move a vote of thanks to lhe army in India, and that in making that morion he will not touch upon any po lineal mat'ers either antecedent or subsequent to the advance beyond the Indus. Thl" conduct of the Governor-General will only be included so far as it relates to lhe conduct of the army nod mil'taiy malreis, and nothing else j and the pnpem, when presented, will show what ihe conduct ot the Governor General in relation tolndia has been. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY, FEB, 7. Afitr several questions had been put on miscellaneous sub- is the bill for ihe disfranchisement of Sudbury w«s (nought '0 l>y ,\lr. Tuffoell, and ordered lor a second reading on next Monday week. Mr. Roebuck having postponed the motion of which he hud given notice, relative to the Affghan war, Mr. T. Duncombe postponed till the 21st instant a .notion of which he had given notice, relative io Lord Abinger's charge in Liverpool on the irial of lhe peisons implicated ir. the late riots. Returns relating to the expenses of criminal p)osect"ion:in 9 In Ireland were ordered on the motion of Mr. Hume, am, papers I relating to the Danish claims. In answer to observations from Sir George Staunton, Sir Robert Peel took occasion to compliment the ability and discretion of Sir Henry Pottmger, and lemarked that it would be absolutely necessary to have some regular system of juris- diction established in the island of Hong-kong, but that it would be prudent to postpone discussion on the subject, until Sir Henry • opinion be known. In answer io Mr. J. Duncombe, Sir Robert Pee! stated that a measure on the subject of the county courts would on an eally day be submitted to parliament .—as als > a measure relating to the registration system. gir James Graham, in reply to Lord J. Russell, announced that Lord Stanley and himself had deemed it prudent to abandon the project of sending juvenile convicts to the Cape of Good Hope. b On .he motion of Mr. Wallace, a select committee for en. quiring into the long-coniinued distress in Pnisley, was ordered to be appointed. Mr. K French obtained leave to bring in a bill for the better regulation of medical charities in Ireland. The hon. member complained of several abuses in the present system. Lord Elio! gave slight encouragement as to the future pro- gress of the bill. Mr. Roebuck moved that an address be presented to her Ma- jesty, praying that pardon may be extended to all persons trans, ported from Upper and Lower Canada to our penal colonies for political offences committed during the late unhappy disturb- ances in those provinces. Lord Stanley could not agree to the motion; but while he y 11 cauiioned the house against any interference willi the preroga- live of the Crown, he held out the hope that all due attention would be paid to representations on behalf of any of the offenders -and that a merciful as well as a discriminating consideration would be bestowed on their cases. The motion having been withdrawn, the bouse adjourned at an early hour. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 8. There being only twenty-five members present at rour o'clock, the house adjourned. THURSDAY, FEB. 9. Several petitions were presented against the union of the sees of St. Asaprt and Ranger. Mr. > re rich brought in a bill for ihe belter regulation of Me- dical Charities (Ireland), which was read the first time. POOR LAWS. Mr. Walter gave notice, that on Thursday, the 23rd instant, he should submit a motion to the house relative to the present state of the existing poor laws. PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATION. Mr. S. Crawford gave notice 'hat on Thuisday, the 23rd instant, he should move for leave to bring- in a bill to obtain a full representation of ihe people io parliament, and to shorten ihe duration of parliaments. CHl'llCH EXTENSION. In answer to a question by Mr. B. Hawes, u 66 .6a'^ !'lat before he brought forward the subject of i liurc extension, hon. members should have full nonce of his intention to t o so. (Hear, hear.) He had stated his opinions lasl session on iris important subject, and those opinions had not at all been changed. (Hear ) If, however, h. oenera j la e suouhi bring in a measure, it would be cisisi- iered :,y many persons that tie inieadeu to »sk lor large vote ,)1 public money that was not the ,.„e. He cermialy interned o wring o o jeit un ler tloe considt-iarion of the house, but he plan he should p.opose would be to consider the most avail- able plan of retu a,1['g he present propeity if the church. 1U < ooped lo >e a ^>e o ,nuS forward a plan on ihisimporia.it q^ion, wh";h wouIc^receive full cons,delation, and .eceive iue of lhe house. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS Dr\N|i<-h|aw.Tel"S«.Ve V brinS » bi" «° allfc»' •"» taiio uni-n t»t laws rela!)(lg ,10 the ^dminisuaiion of justice in the Ecclesiisnal Courts in England and Walts. The hon, memb „ g,edt iength enforced lhe necessity 0f ,he house legislating ,I(1S mnpuriant suljeu. Ii Wil, a fac(j 8 ,|ian 400 courts existed, which had Jur.sdicion in ecclesiastic' a t, e r, Constquentiv, ifiey (,'uld all be presided over 1> ■ompetent persons. He wisneo i0 establish an uniformity r he practice, and to lempoial from the spirilu, jurisdictions of 'he tcclesiasncal Courts. He. w„bed, .1. :n many cuU 10 poy the W « 6x.c.I ..Iary vi tee$. ) Lord J. Run.1i inquired whethsr the question of ehureh.) ritsi was referred to in the bill. Dr. Nicholi said that the disputes relating t9 church rate? would ba transferred from ilia County Courta to the courts in London. A long discussion took place, and in the end, leave WBS given to bring in the bill, SALARIES AND FENI" »NS. On the motion of Mi. Williams, a return was ordered of all salaries, pensions, profits, pay, fees, emoluments, grants, or j allowances of public money, ht-ld and enjoyed by all per-ens between the Srii day of January, 1842. and the 5th day < f January, 1843, the total amount of which shall exceed £1:000 -specifying with each name the total amount received by each individual, and distinguishing the various sources whence the same are derived and also the aggregate amount thereof. Mr. C. Wood, in the absence of Mr. Labouchcre, who hid given the notice, moved for papers respecting duties on wheat imported from the United Sta es into Canada, or from Canada into the United Kingdom, since the first day of last year. Lord Stanley wis wtthngJo produce the papers. LORD ELmxBOROUGH. Mr. V. Smith moved for a copy of any despatch from the Governor-General of India to the Court of Directors, contain- ing a proclamation addressed to the chiefs and princes of India, respecting the recovery of Ihe gates of Ihe temple of Somnauth, and any answer of the Court of Directors to the Governor-Ge- neral of lodla. Mr. 13. Haring attempted to defend the Governor-General from ti e remarks which had been made by Mr. Smith. Sir R, [nglls saId he had never heard a defence which was more hopelessly ineffective and he called upon the right hon. baronet at the head of the government at once to re- pudiate all approbation or acquiescence in such an outrageous document. Sir Robert Peel complained of the unfairness of taking any solitary acl of a public individual and making it a suhjecl ot censure. He contended thai the general policy and conduct of Lord Kllenborough bad been successful and praiseworthy, and he ought not to be condemned fOI a solilary ael, in which his motives were certainly misunderstood for he could not have had the most remote intention of hurling the religious feelings ol Christians. Lord John Russell, in an admirable speech, reviewed the generdl proceedings 01 Lo.d Eilenbornllgh since his arrival in India, and contended, amidst loud cheers, that our immense power in India could not be wisely intrusted in such hands The motion was agreed to, and thc house adjuurned. FRIDAY, FEU. 10. Mr. Fox Mauie presented the petition of the Commission of Ihe General Assembly of Ihe Church of S otland. Mr. Manners Sutton obtained leave to bring ia a bill to amend the laws relating to turnpike trusts in England and Wales, in order to provide some remedy for the competition of railways. Mr. Liddell obtained leave to bring in a bill for preventing the fraudulent personation of voters at contested elections.— He proposed to give a summary remedy against fraudulent personation, by enabling the returning officer to give inlo custody any voter accused of personation, so as to secure prompt punishment. Sir James Graham gave notice that on Friday next he wft) move fdr leave 10 bring in a bill for the better Registration of Voters in England and Wales,

MISCELLANY. A LADY'S ACCOUNT OF THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.— The foliowlOg is "0 extract of a leller from a lady residing in London to her sister in Liverpool, dated Feb. 3. Yesterday was very wet early, but Mr. W had sent tickets for two so we could not well give up the idea of seeing Parliament opened. We were in capital lime, and agreeably surprised 10 find we were to go into the Peers' seats; and very well we weie placed, close to the Woolsack, with Lady Lyndhurst just before us and two friends with her. We found her out by all the gen- tlemen addressing her by name. She said she had just come to see her liusband go through the ceremony, as she had imj seen Parliamenropened before. She is rather pretty, and spoke French a good deal to her friends. She IS. I should think, aboutSO. We found out a number of the Peers by her ad- dressing them, and asking for their wives and a very plain tti some of them are. Lord Willoughby, fine and benevolent- looklllg; Lord Cardigan (she did net ask for his wife, I thint.), ^ood-looking, but not like what I expected, and nothing very fierce about him except his moustaches; Lord Auckland, a fright Sir Augustus Clifford, the Usher of the Black Rod, a very soldier-like fiue-looking man, and his dress becoming, As for the Commissioners, whose names the papers will yive you, they looked like a set of old wives. The Duke of Buccleuch was the only one the least like a Peer, from his robes being ra. ther less shabby than those of the others the poor old Arch- bishop (of Canterbury) like a Bombay Fakir, with Ills while and red petticoais and horrible wig; the Lord Chancellor him- self not much handsomer, although, I dare say, good-looking, when dressed like a reasonable being, and reads very well. Lords WharnclifFe and Shaltesbury very like two old chairmen. And there the quintet sat and received the Commons at their bar, who entered, headed by the Speaker, Sir A. Clifford, and Sir \V. Gossett, making three bows each, one at every two or three steps. It was really like a farce. Then came the speech, and such a milk and water affair I never heard I really felt almost inspned lo get up and move an amendment. And that tioished the aHai r, 68 far is were concerned^ the ladies, I mean), as we were soon told we might withdraw, the Commons having done so wiih as many salaams as they entered. Lady Lynd- hurst and mill1V other were in bonnets like ourselves, uut most en grande toilecte. None of the Peers but the Commissioners were in their robes." Whenever we grasp life's flowers with too hot a hand, they aie sure to wither almost ere they reach our bosoms. The eldest of two sisters was promised by her father io a young knight, possessed of a large estate. The rlay was ap- pointed for the gentleman to make his visit, he not having a yet seen eilher of them, and ihe ladies were informed of hi. coming, that .ihey might be prepared to receive him. The afl anced bride, who was the handsomest of the two. being desirous ,10 show her elegant shape and slender waist to the best advan tage,clothed herseif in 8 cole hardie, which sate very straight and clpse, upon her, without any lining or facing of fur, though ii wasrio winter, and exceedingly cold. The conacquence was tbat slje,tseemed pale IInd miserable, lake one pt:1 isblnl;t WII h Hit- severity of the weather while her sister, who, regardless 01 her shape, had attired herself laticnally with thick garments tint- ) w1l.h fur, looked warm and healthy, lied ruddy as a rose, The young knight was fascinated by her who had the most health aod Ihc mosl prudence, and having obtained the father's con. sent to the change, left the mortified sister to shiver in single blessedness. Whatll fund of pleasant excitement is there 10 Ihe minds of many in that column of a newspaper, headed "Accidents rind Offences." Whdt gratiifcation to multitudes in a child beiuj scalded to dpalh, a house being burnt down, a retired trades- man, in a solitary cottage, undeigoing ihe p ocess ot murder; and such is the joy aod delight Ihe great ma»s of mankind feels in crime and soirow that we really believe if any person could invent an unheard-of iniquity, or contrive to die some unknown kind of dealh. not only would iays of his clothes be kept as re- lics, locks of his hair preserved in lockets, or the rope thai hanged him he sold at a guinea an inch, bul a very handsome subscription might be gathered to raise a siaiue 'o him, as Hit- man who furnished the community with a novel kind of ex- citement. THE GATES OF SOMNAI'TH.—In a late number of a Delhi paper, an English officer writes :—" You may judge quite cor- rectly. The devil of a splinter ot sandal wood is there ID the gates of Somnauth. They are genuine deal, and uncommonly worm-eaten." In order to an immediate alleviation of the tooth-ache, keep hot water aDd salt ID the mouth for a few minutes. VALUABLE RELIC.—A valuable gold ring, supposed to have belonged to Queen Mary, has lately fallen in o tile hands of a travelling Jew named Solomans, residing in Barnardcastle, who appears to have received it, wiih fourpence to boot," in €'{. change for snme trifling ariicle, from an old housekeeper, who had found it some lime ago, and, ignorant of its value, paried with it as above Mated, The Jew perceiving some Latin in. scription in the inside of the ring, look it to one of the clergy- men of the town, to learn the meaning of it, who told him he had reason to believe it was the ring spoken of in history as piesented by Queen Elizabeth to the Ear) of Essex, and which had been lost. The reverend gentleman undertook to forward it to the Antiquarian Society in London, who returned it with an intimation that it was not the ring supposed, but they be- lieved it had belonged to Queen Mary, and that the value was somewhere about 250 guineas. It is rumoured that Solomans has since parted with the ring to the above society for 350 guineas. LLGAL PERSPICUITY.—In Maddock's Chancery Practice, vol. 1, p. 125, is the following choice specimen of legal pei- spicuiiy :—" Wilen a person is bound to do a thing, and he does what may enable him to do the thing, he is supposed in equity to do it, with a view of doing what he ts bound to do!" A young dandy, who supported an enormous moustache, asked a lady what she thought of his looks 1 Why," said she, you look as if you had swallowed a pooy. and left the tail sticking out of your luoulh." BAD MATCHES.—Mr. Him was seiied with a bad pain in his stomach the other night, and got out of his bed to look for his hot drops. From the usual place on the maotelpiece he took I up what he supposed 10 be a lOW of matches, and one after another he snapped them off wiihout effect, and as he threw down the last he gave vent to his vexation by exclaiming, "Dangit,these matches won't go," His wife now came (o his assistance, and upon the other end of the mantelpiece fouud some matches, and having oblamed a light, the first object that met the astonished eye of boih was the head of her best tor- toiseshell comb, with every tooth broken out, and thrown upon j the floor. As Mi. Dim stood looking aghast at the destruction worked by hi. own misguided bands, Mrs. B. cast a reproachful I" glance fit him, and retiied to her bed without uttering a sylla- ble.— Boston Post. I

LONDON MARKETS. Ooas EXOHA-WE, MARK-LAKE, H1O*»AS, F*t> Although the show of wheat from th« neighbouring was very small this morning, the trade op«ned dull- ? u- may in some degree be attributed to the condition, molt samples coming to hand in indifferent order. Really fine oO qualities could scarcely have been bought cheaper than Monday last before a clearance of the Kent stands could b* made, however, an abatement of Is. per qr had to be acceded to. In flee foreign wheat a moderate amount of business wal done. ami we scarcely deem quotation-) lower than on this day se'nnight. For bonded wheat there was little or no inquiry. Flour was exceedingly unsaleable, and ship marks were cattCf to buy.— The quantity of barley offering was not large, and best malting parcels realised previous rates distilling *n^ grinding sorts, though dull of sale, could scarcely have beea nought lower.— The value of malt remained nonnnaUyuDM* tered.—The airivals of oats were rather small, coastwise asweH -is fiom Ireland, but the dealers showing no disposition to io* ciease their purchases, the depression of Friday could not recovered, and only the finest corn brought lhe quotations of this day se'nnight, other descriptions being 6d. to la.pefQ1' —There was a fair display of beans, and the demand rontino* ing excessively dull, prices had a downward tendeDcy,-Peas8 of all descriptions were held at about former rates. Current Prices of Grain per Imperial Quarter. s s I s Wheat English .46 to 58 Old Beans .32 to 3* K-ye .30 te 32 Tick Heans 30 to 32 Barley 2i to 33 Oats <Potatoe).23 to 2$ 54 t^ HO Ditto (Feed).. 20 to 25 White Pease (Boilers; 32 to 38 Flour 36 to & Grey Pease. 31 to 33 I Official Corn Averages and Duty, Feb. 4. Wht.)Bari.)Oats.)Kye.tHean)t PeaSe Aggregate average s. d.| s. d.| s. d. s. d. s. d.l t. of 6 weeks. 48 I j 26 11, 17 0 29 3 27 9 30 0 qr. | <jr. qr. qr. >, qr. qr. Duty on For.Corn 20 0W0 0 8 0 11 6[ 11 6 H' bl. bl. ti. bl. | bl„ bl. „ lOOjOOOOlOOO0

SMITHFIKLD MAltKET-FEII. 13. A great falling-off having, in consequence of the miserable low pI ices lately obtained, taken place in the supplies of slaughteied meat, from all quarters, up to the dead maikeW* the weather being very favourable to slaughtering, and the at* tendance of both London and country buyers rather numerous we had a much better feeling in the beef trade. Some of thO best weighing Scots were taken off at 4s. 6d. per SIbs" but fie cannot enhance our top price of beef beyond 4s. 4d. per albs., at which a good cleartince was effected without difficulty. Not a single head of either beasts or sheep was on sale from abroad; it being now a well ascertained fact that the importers havo sustained great losses by their speculative purchases, not only as regards the Spanish, but also the German and other beastJ and sheep. Per st. of 8lbs., sinking the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. «• Beef 3 0 to 4 4 Lamb. 0 0 to 0 £ Mutton 3 0 to 4 4 Veal 4 0 to 5 0 Pork, 38, 8d, to 4s. ad. WOOL MARKET, FEB. 13. Per lb. s. d. s. d. Down Tegs 0 II tol 0 Half-bred Hogs 10 11 Ewes and Wethers 0 10 0 !0i Blanket Wool 0 5 0 7t Flannel ditto.. 0 8 £ 011} LEEDS, Feb. tOo-During the present week the manufact"* rers have continued to limit their purchases to their requiiements. ————— —=*

PRICES OF SHARES AT LONDON. BRITISH MINES. IB „ No. Of NAME OP g £ shares COMPANY. ts'3 g'S < o. 04 500 Anglesey 5 — 4,000 Bedford 1J jj 500 Anglesey 5 500 Anglesey 5 — 4,000 Bedford 1J jj 100 Botallack 176 650 20,000 British Iron 70 — 8,000 Blaenavon SO — 120 Brewer — 12ft 79 Buduick — 20 1,000 Carn Brae 15 150 5,000 Consols Tretoil Mining Association. 4 i 2,000 Cornubian Lead Company 2 9$ 512 Cook's Kitchen — 501 128 Ciegg Braws 40 — 128 Coshen 15 -75 10,000 Durham County Coal Co. 37 9 128 East Pool — 350 100 Great Consols 97 600 10,000 Hibernian 12^! 2f 1 000 Holmbush 1^1 2,00U IsleofSelk (Guernsey). 11 8 80 Levant J — !450 20,000 Mining Co. of Ireland 7 15i 128 Moslyn Mines 100 — 70 North Koskear — 300 3,000 Polberou Consols 10 — 10,000 Rhymoey Iron 50 — 10,000 Rhymoey Iron 50 — 128 South Caradon j — 800 800 South Towan iq § 64 South Wheal LSassett 45O 57 Speam Moor. 70 13a Trego I Ian V.V. 201 4,000 Treleigh Consols •• IIIIIT 5 6,000 Tamar Consols 3 6,000 Tin Croft 7 128 Trewavas — 12ii I'reviskey and Barrier — 260 96 Tresavean — 120 Trethellan. — 4,000 United Hills 5 6,000 Wicklow Copper. 5 13 3,845 West Wheal Jewel. 10 120 West Trethellan 75 50 Wheal Vor |5Q0 l.OOOjWest Carbery j 15 LATEST CURRENT PRICKS OF METALS. LONDON, FFB. 10, 1843. „ At £ • Spelter 23 For delivery 23 Zinc—English Sheets 38 Quicksilver. VV"* 1/ lion, English—Bar .V" 6 HooPs .V.V.Von 7 1* t. Sheets fili Cargo in Wales 4 I* Pig, No 1, 'Vales ton 3 No. 1, Clyde.. 2 g ForSwedish bd. tun U Russian, ccnd ton 18 PSI ton 15 ||( Gourieft .Un L-* Archangel Steel—Swedish keg bd ton Ditte Faggots .bd. tan nid« Copper—English sheathing lb. ^Idt P-'b. Jf Cake p. ton Foreign cake A Tile 83 Tin, British—Blocks..$2 ',ars 5 Foreign, B?nca 3 Stiaits |A Peruvian 2 Tin Plates—No.IC. p box'. 1 IX. ditto 1 r jo- aste,s 3s. p. box less ,/v Lead, British—Sheet ton 18 n Shot 0 Hed. ton 22 q White ton ,<• Pig-Lead—English 17 f Spanish. American PRICES OF SHARES AT BRISTOL. COMMERCIAL ROOMS, BRISTOL, Great Western Railway Company 6^ Ditto Half Shares 60 — 1" Dilto One-Fifth Shaies 12 Ln V Great Western Steamer 95 — BiistolSteam Navigation J30 — FFI Bristol and Exeter Railway 70 — Vi 4$ Birmingham and Gloucester 100 *— 12 3" Cheltenham and Gt. Western Union 80 — Taft Vale 100 — |5 Severn and Wye av35 — ,<»1 1$ Kennet and A von Canal av40 in 1** West of Eng. & South Wales DUt. Bank 121-of Eastern Counties 23 —* %.& London and Birmingham 100 202 204 London and Southampton 3817s9d & Leeds and-Manchester.. 70-67 CURRENT PRICE OF GOLD AND SILV#1^ 9i For. Gold in brs. peroz. £ 3 17 9 » New Dollars..••• £ ? '$1" Portugal pieces? 17 a | Silver in bis (stndr)^ BRISTOL PRICES CURRENT OF LEA'fHB* RAW GOODS. 4. b. lb. d. d. lb. CropHides perlb 30.35—iltol2 Li*ht. 15 40 48 12 13 Irish SVing ^)S 'j 50 60—-li 17 WeUh Skills. 27 ^,4 g Foreign Hidei .30 33—10 1| £ 39 K 40 45—10 It 40 ?! Middlings 12 1 3 45 Butti English 16 20—|4j 15J & 5^T"lJ Uk SJf-'f 16 English and 7 »/ 2S 30—15 17 Petersburg 6 ij J «tra S4 36-15 18 Petersburg g ,0^1 Foreign. 10 20-134 Hi East India |« 2„ 25—13 14 Seal Skins, small |S 28 30—12 14 middling |2 n ^Str?ng 31 30->* I4 large 6 I Best Saddlers' Basils » 9 tildes 37 40—I3J 15 Oifttl, Foreign Bellies-" Common ditto 35 40—13 14 Foreign Should*^ shaved Hides 18 22—14 19 Dressing Hide BeW-, j ) u Shoe Hides 20 23—13 13} Ditto Shoulders Common ditto 27 29—13 13} —■—■ „ Ditto ditto 32 -34—13 13A GO"" Welsh Hides 12J 13| .ii. > Bull Hides II 11 Drysslted English Horse Hides 12 13 Kips, No. 1 Weleh ditto 11 |3 ,0d. j, Herman ditto |3 16 Brined No. I Spanish ditto 14 21 |0*- Ditto Shaved, without Dry Spanish Hor*8 butts Us to 15s Od each. Horse Butts II 13 Bark £ 19 BestPatternskins56 64—26 28 Vaionia. £ l't0 65 70—20 28 Shumae —11'• i3t- Common Pattern 23 26 Glue pieces(fUd)» „j$g, 100 120—17 21 (unfleshed) BRISTOL HAY MAPKET- £ 3 0 Hay per Ton £ 2 15 j Straw per Dozen — Newport, Saturday, February 19. Printed and Published for the Sole Proprietor' DOW LING, of Crindau, near ^ew1I>ort; jn ,l!K{lb' General Printing OHice, «»uate in Co'n-s \i rough of Newport, by JOHN O DVV^ -• » -noffi street, in the said Borough. London Agents:—-Messrs* N-wtonand .Mr. R. Barker, 33, Fl^f eery-lane j Mr. S. Deacon. Cowhouse,

OUR LETTER BOX. io the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. SIR,—In your paper of the 11th inst., there are two letters on the subject of (he Newport and Nantyglo Railway; one siened "J.J C," the other James Brown." Everyone in Monmouthshire knows James Brown, aj an honest, clear- headed, inielhftent man of business. He has published seve- ra) tetters in reference to the Railway, and to the Monmouth- shire Canal Company, which do him the highest credit. Ho has laid before the public a series of ficts which cannot he disputed—arguments which are unanswerable. In his wiitinsjs, we have the results of active and persevering research, and the matured opinions of a man of good sense, experience, and judgment. In J. J. C., we have nothing but bire assertions, and a levity ot style and manner totally unbefitting the Ca!he which he attemuts to advocate. J. J. C. sayshe is not aCanai 1( Proprietor, and he wishes the public to believe that his Id'ti' originated solely in a Quixotic disposition to put down what he calis" joint stock bubbles." I <1m quite willing to considei the motives and intentions of J. J. e. as pure and disinterested as he wishes them to be thought. PIIJ. however, it is, that while claiming such credit for himself, he should have put ao uncharitabiean interpretation, as he has done, upon the coo- duct and motives of others. How for example, has Mr Craw- shay liailey merited the wanton and gratuitous insult to which he is exposed bv the flippant and vulgar insinuations ot J. C. ? 1 know Mr. Cia vsliay Bailey well, and 1 esteem it the gieatest piece of good fortune to be able to number him amooj-'st uiy friends. He is a fine sample of wha' the British r merchant is and ought to he—honest, candid, sincere, fUlly sensible of his own interests, and prepared to protect those interests in an open manly way; but without'oue paiticl- ot guile, deceit, or avarice in his whole composition. Such feJh and truly is the chiiacter of Air. Crawshay Bailey.— How different from the false and unjust representatiun given of it hy.J. J. C.. J. J. C. denounces the intended Railway from Newport to Nantyglo, as a "joint stock bubble." Let us see how he makes out so grave a charge. He says that the freighters will only raise amongst "ives £ 10,000. of the required capital of £ 280.000., leaving the public to subscribe for the sinall remainder of £ 270,000. I should have thought that such a statemcnt would be more of an argument in favor of the Railway than against it. If some of the principal freighters had taken a large majority ot :he shares, and assured to themselves the entire direction and controul of the affairs, there might have been some fear that the interests of the freighters would have been preferred to those of the other subscribers. Jn the Newport and iXautyglo Kailway, the pubiic are invited to take the gieat majority of the shares, and to appoint th?ir own managers. This, at least, is not the characteristic of a bubble." Dut," says J. J. C., the questions for serious considera- tion are then, Is it piobablc that !'ie undertaking will be com pleted for less than £ -15^:00., uuU ll. < the cost of wo:king the line would fall short of £ 500. per wee. "Is it probable that the traffic in cord ivculd amount to 300,000 tons per annum, and that the propu-Lj rates of tonnage would cover the cost out of pocket, to say nothing of inte/est on capital. Is it probable that the merchandize and passenger traffic would realise £200. per week." This mode of conducting an argument, by asking questions and deciding in one's own favour, is to me so novel, that I confess I am unable to cope with my ingenious antagonist. By the same conclusive process of reasoning, he might prove the sun to be a lump of white sugar, and the moon a green cheese. No evidence, calculation, or argument has been adduced by J. J. C. to prove that the cost of the line will exceed the esti- mate of Messrs. Hodgkiasou and Marsh, and the best proof of its correctness, is that responsible parties are ready and willing to execute the work under the prices fixed by them. That the annual expense of working the line will not exceed the sum stated, is proved by the experience of other well-con- ducted lines of Railway. At recent meetings of the London and Birmingham and of the Edinbm gh ar.d Glasgow Railways, the cost of working the line in each case, was much less than one-third of the actual revenue. On the London and Bir mingham Railway, the receips for the half year ending the 31st of December, 1842. were £ 426,679.; the expenditure £ !C2.90S one-tlard of the said receipts being £ 142,226.—Of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, the receipts for the same peiiod, were £ 59,994.; the expenditure £19,181. one- third of such receipts would amount to £ 19,998. The produce from tonnages of the Iron Works on the line from Newport to Nantyglo, and the branches, even in their present depressed state (which affords to J. J. (J. a subject for ribald jesting an0 merriment), would realise the amount of the estimate and as for coal all experience is in favour of a large increase of trade from the facilities of transit, which the Railway will afford. I have now before me the original reoort of the Provisional Committee of the Stockton and Dartington Railway. The estimated traffic in coal, was set down by he gentlemen composite that committee, at 80,000 tons per an- num for land sale, and 10,01'0 for exportation, making together 90,000 tons a year, The Railway was made, and in four or five years afterwards, the coal traffic was at the rate of 800 000 TONS PER ANNUM, or upwards of 2.500 TONS A DAY. The same committee, in their report, make no mention what- ever of any revenue from passengers. Within a short period after tie opening ot the Railway, the number of passengeis conveyed on ths hue, was at the rate of from 70U to 800 PER DA y, Let those, upon wiose minds the broad assertions of J.J. C. may have produced the slightest impression, refer to the papers published by Mr Biewitt, and the letters of Mr. James Brown III support of the intended line of Railway from Newport to Nantyglo, and Jet them, adopting the principle of J. J. C., ask 'hemselves this question, Has J. J. C., the gratuitous and dis interested protector of the public purse, brought forwaid one single fact or argument to establish his own positions, or to dispiove the case made by the supporters of the Rathvay ? I am. Sir, Your obedient servant, A RAILWAY PROPRIETOR. -——-<-——-

LLANGOLLEN.—We lud last week the displeasing task of ad- verting to the death of Mrs. Eytoa, of the vicaiage, Llangol- len, and boie testimony to her oentiicence and charity. Tt e distressed poor of the parish have, we fear, fesl their best earthly friend. Her felloe-labourers in the vineyard have long since passed iway Irorn this life. We allude to the late ladies of Plas Newydd, Lady EJeaoor Butler, and Miss Ponsonby, also V? r«. Cunliffe, of Dinbren Hall, the lady of the late Cunlihf Offley, Esq., formerly M.p, for Chester, who were her warm frienus and constant companions, as welj "s aide auxiliaries in iood woiks. In vain do we look a:our.d for ibeir success" We can see no one upon whom ;he mantle may descend V< notary charity. pirllcularly when (is it was here) blended wlil ■ eligious instruction, is much more acceptable to the recipien', .5 well as rneii'ortous in the bestowtr, than the foiced and co: .!ms of pa.ochial rebel. We fe-r lie. genial and soothir. liflueDce it sued over poverty and distiess in this vicinity bis Imparled, not soon to return, and that the rate payers will er.- orig acutely feel the loss of the above personages, as there i. io rloubt that they wftf the means of considerably lessening he burdens of the parish.-Carnarvon Hernia. 1 h elhabit of yeais, though bioken and interrupted by v'i< ent affliction or sudden prosperity, fails not io the end lo R- ~ume its influence over the mind, aud the couise that was one pursued with satisfaction, though the tempest of our passioi » oay have hurried us out of it, will certainly be again resume eD the gloomy clouds that gathered over us have spent lllf 'ury la the Tímen, shon time ago, appeared the following advts tutmeor:—•* For sale, an excellent young horae- Wou'd su skey timid lady or j«Qt!em»n, with a layig tilt*r tail."t

YOUTH. The youthful breast with ardent hope elate, I Ne'er gives a thought that sorrow's storm might nse. And in thc prospeet of a kindli-r fate, Sees nought but shining suns and shadeless skies Not deeming thlit will fade before his eyes, The panorama of this happy gleam; Or that the world will scoff at and despise The smiling joys that bloom in youth's gay dream, And raise the waves of care. upon life's silver stream. In youth, life's an elysium,—the heart Revels in an existence of its 0'»n Earth's cold and seiiish feelings form no part Of it;—truth is its essence,—love its throne, And happiness encircles, like a zone, This realm of bliss;—this kingdom of delight, Flowers fair and gay along its paths are thrown, And sunshine chases all the clouds ol nignt, For darkness never shades a Paradise so bright. Long were my thoughts with brightest visions twin'd,— Long were my hopes by love and friendship fir'd; But, ah! tho.se visions faded from ;:iv mind, And friendship soon grew cold, ana'iove expired; Thus, all my heart in life's spring nad desired, liy the cold world was quickly c. ased away; Mv soul by .hope nor joy could be inspired,— For clouded was the sun that lit ray day,— Nor own'd one beam of light-one solitary ray. And now I am alone, the kindly voice Of friendship is not heard,—will riot draw near To bid my sorrowing heart oneo more rejoice,— To soothe the anguisli'd breast—dispel its fear. And love, oh ever cherished, ever dear, Art thou, too gone? wilt thou not calm my sigh ? Where is thy anxious, iympathiling tear 1- Vanished I—thsn l«t me seek the grave, and fly To worlds *h«r« I.8 and h'appioe3s car. n«v«rohang* tIT dJ. Col«terd« f. T.