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TO JULIA.
TO JULIA. Breathe not again that tender air, To othcr strains attur": your strings, could chairs r.ie from despair, out now—despair is all it brings recant a pang so keen „„ 9* budd ing joy—of promise blighted !— J ells of Love that once hath been, Reminds me how that love was slighl'cd smiles my early hopes she led, ith passion-flowers my forehead shaded; ■Her smiles were talse—my hopes are fled— And every flower cf iove bath faded Thus sunny beams delight the bee, I As o'er the fragrant bower he hovers, Sdects the fairest flower, like me, And dreams not of the snake it covers. for Rope had painted scenes so bright Without one single tinge of sorrow; But, ah those scenes are closed in night, A night, alas without a morrow Yet in my heart she buried lies, Still, stilt her memory I nourish Jkgain y<m bid her image rise- But, afc J her falsehoods with it flourish. liflce you she sang-like you she play'd, Her eyes, like yours, with smiles would glisten I dread, lest I'm again betray'd, I fear I'rn lost, and yet I listen. ihen play no more—no more then sing, Lot not her words again be spoken— FfJt, oh you touch too keen a string Upon a heart already broken
AUNQUE CON SEMBLANCE AVRADO.
AUNQUE CON SEMBLANCE AVRADO. Bright eyes! though in your glances lie Disdain and cruelty Bright eyes ye cannot now deny That ye have look'd on me. Though death within that frozen air, And angry glances lay What woe could with the bliss compare, Of gazing on their ray ? Though pierced with mortal agonies My wounded bosom be, I smile amidst my pain-bright eyes! For ye have look'd on me, Ye look'd on me with angry gaze, And hoped to work me woe, But good for ill, those heavenly rays, And life for death bestow For though your angry glances shew Disdain and cruelty; Fair eyes! I cannot feel my woe, Since ye have look'd on me. e.
THE COUNSEL'S CANZONET.
THE COUNSEL'S CANZONET. Here I am, here I am !—from the first of the morning, And here I remain till the close of the day No brief-but a dummy-my bag is adorning, And that I take precious good care to display. Around me in eloquence boldly expanding, More fortunate barristers bawl themselves hoarse But I am contented with silently handing To the proper Official my motion of course. But is eloquence only in language ? Oh, never So false an assertion as that I'll allow, A lengthy address I admit may be clever, But grace can be met with in nought but a bow. There's something, I'm certain, extremely bcniilin^ In my manner, when motions of course I hand in; For the proper Official salutes me wi'V, smilin" And 1 his politeness return by a grin. They talk not of triumph by 'tong-winded speeches,- and theii merits are small And[ Shakspeare h.njSelf in his j somcwhere teaches The most they cxpress who say n'othing at all. Wh S P'°ef'ry Per!iaPS in the orator's notion u '^nguage he uses with passionate force; But has not heard of the poetry of motion ? [ And that s to be found in the motion of course. PUNCH.
ENGLISH FARMS & SCOTCH FARMERS.
ENGLISH FARMS & SCOTCH FARMERS. Nowhere is the effect of skill and method more conspicuous two cr«a^°rapar<atrVe ?Ule °f aSriculture 'he banks of the p r,.r0r,^ °f 80,1 Sc0,land' The 80il 'he f Thames rs rich and luxuriant by nature, and emi- In nl ri.lf i! purposes of agriculture Ihe best land c !? ton the other hand, is not originally equal to tkewm-ag* of land in England. Yet, in the Lothians, rents h ▼aryiwg 1Mwa £ 3 toi £ 7 an acre, are amply remunerative in the val«y of the Thames faimers are ruined at a rent, includ- ing tithe and poor rates, of 30s an acre. How this happens, admits of an easy explanation, for the main facts of which we a", chiefly indebted to the interesting letter of Mr. Gre?, of Northcliffe, and the papers of II One who has whistled at the plough," which have appeared in the columns of the Morning r Chronicle. To those who desire to examine the subject more closely and in detail, we recommend Professor Law's work on i agriculture, which is directed to an exposition of the Scottish a system. The three Lothians, Linlithgow, Edinburgh, and Haddmg- f ton, extending from 70 to 80 miles along the river Forth at its b mouth, embrace in round numbers 460,000. or nearly half a d million of acres of which the following is an analytical sum- e mary, as respects cultivation and capability a Linlithgow,or West Lothian. 50,000 10,000 10,000 70 000 n Edinburgh, or Mid n Lothian 180,000 20,000 30,000 230,000 n Haddington, or East Lo,hi»n 100.000 30,000 30,000 160,000 5 330,000 6°-,000 70.000 4Ro ()()f) .-rL- _h1: 1 j lie peculiarities wnicn aiSUoff' .bL c L farming from the English arp ^co,ch farms and Scotch s Mode of tenure. 3. S: a*77 atural disadvantages. 2. d And the distinguish: „ „ of farms. 4. Improved methods. 0 productiveness ■ 1 .*L enects in like manner are — 1. Present (l lity, and ir-' ">e farms. 2. General comfort, respectabu The' i of 'he farming class. y co' L some soul of goodness in things evil," and the .« c unite, and the unequal soil, and the consequent neces- n tl uPOn the Scottish landlord and farmer to betake s lemselves to the grand self-protective duties of industry and naoagement, have been the main causes (of which inter alia, education itself may be said to have been an effect), of the prosperity of Scottish agriculture. To many persons, however, J1 it will be impossible to commend this paradox, and we therefore turn to the more generally received secondary causes of the result. The tenures in Buckinghamshire are as various as in all Eng- >' land; but their evils may be summed up in this, that their du- ration is almost universally limited to a very short period. The 1; lease lasting but for one year, the tenant has no interest in im- P provement, for he has no security for the fruits of his labotir- 0 he may labour hard, but another enters into the fruits of his la- ■* bours. The immediate result of this is, that no capitalist will c invest his capital in the soil-the petty farmer alone, with hand to-mouth capital and liand-to-mouth labourers, takes his small parcel of fifty or one hundred acres, and bestows his modicum '• of exertion upon it. No great schemes are projected, no ma. ohmery or large system ot irrigation can be afforded, even with 1 immense facilities for thai end while co-incident with all this fc (the effect as well as the re-acting cause of inefficiency and de- pendence), the most lamentable practical ignorance is exhibited 1 in a country abounding in the best theoretical knowledge. In the Lothians, again, the universal spread of education, or rather agricultural experience, has paved the way for an almost perfect practice, hinging upon a well-matured theory. High renls and high profits are there the order of the day and here, too, the reason for the good is as obvious as in fertile England the rea- son for the evil. The Lothian leases are in most cases for nine- teen years—the farmer works and invests his money, in security that he shall enjoy the fruits of his activity and of his improve- ments. Ae possesses no secret which the English farmer can- 1 not attain to—his only secret is independence. Sir George Warrender's tenants in Bucks are, as it were, his prnperty- d working for him aloue-Slr George Warrender's tenants in Mid Lothian are his right hand—working not only jor but with 8 him. It has been truly asserted by Mr. Greg, the accomplished v farmer above referred to, that the English farmers must prepare c for a change in the agricultural working of England and he r is well borne out by facts in his assertion, that by proper care 1 and management and education, profits as well as rents might c he doubled in this country, and foreign supplies rendered for a c time almost unneecssary. > To be continued.
ON THE CELEBRATED PERUVIAN…
ON THE CELEBRATED PERUVIAN MANURE CALLED GUANO. ( [From the British Farmers' Magazine.] In your quarterly number for July, last year, pages 176 to 193, I presented your readers with the account of an interest- ing meeting of the County of Kerry Agricultural Society, from which arose the publication in this work in the best concentra- ted document3, analyses, and results, then known as to the new, but yet old, and celebrated natural production, used as and called manure—the Spanish name for manure being huano. This article has been used by the ancient and present Peruvian agriculturists, and only imported into England the last eighteen months, during which time three thousand tons have been sold to manure the worn-out soils of England. This quantity has covered upwards of 40,000 statute acres. The north-country graziers are putting fifty to one hundred tons on one farm. They declare it saves them five pounds per acre, yielding them twenty to thirty per cent larger crops, and bringing them to maturity much earlier-so very desirable to the British farmer, in our damp and humid climate. Guano sold at 22s to 28s per cwt. last year—it is now only 14s to I b, per cwt., and I believe eveo 12s to 13s per cwt. for large parcels, allowing a profit to the dealers. It is the most permanent fertilizer ever discovered— IS chiefly aromalio--but the old deposits or strata, where found are not so, the ammoniacal properties being concentrated and concreted. It remains for a long period of time in the land, and is not washed out hy the rains neither is it volatile, so as to rise into tbe air, as Professor Johnston, of Durham, states in his lectures on agricultural chemistry, consequently exercising a beneficial influence on the growing crops periodically, be I a compound of nature consisting of the greatest variety of ph", phates, muriates, urates, phosphoric, lytliic, acids, organic mat- ters, Sce., of any article found in a natural state, all contribu ting food annually to the plants, as required by them. r rotn the numeious chemical iogredienis composing guano, no doubt it is of volcanic origin in part and as vegetation c in ooly draw from the soil sufficient food in one season for its sou port, no more and no less, for its due developement, grow! i, and maturity, there is, of necessity, a supply of guano left ;:1 the soil, constantly drawing down from the atmosphere fr.i ammoniacal life by the rains, which the guanoical" partic keep in the soil, by means of their numerous inorganic matter-, concretes, acids, &c. until it ts wanted by the succeedingyea ""Messing of two or three cwt. per acre costing £ 1 10s to £ 2-w,ll last many years, without fur, manure of any sort, by digging the soil over with a fork a7, I Puaey, of Oxford, and Johnson, of Durham, recommened the i guano manure to the tnglish iarmu, at 20s per cwt,, as bein, a permanent and excellent noutisher of the soil. At tlmes, it is worth I vS per cwt. in Peru. About fifty ship loads have Jrr.ved in England, paying as high as even tti per ton freight, and the total quantity imported to the present time is about 12,000 to 15,000 ton*, ;1000 tons being consumed during the ltist eighteen months. The quantity left for next season would not cover more than 100,000 acres and I hear littie more is coming, the loss being heavy. The farmer can scarcely effect it at a lower rate ihr'n it is at present; and if the London spe- culators [pi hoid of the present stock (and we underitaud they are ib treaty for it all), they may monopolise guano, and r.u e the price to double its present rate, as they did nitrate of soda three years back when it may be adulterated, as nitrate of soda was at that time. ] would recommend eve,y farmer to get it through a respec- table agent in Liveipool, who will Se^ tli?.t he gets the genuine guano, direct from the '^ueea^ bonded stores (as imported from Peru), Then "le will have no fear of his crops failing, if properly put into the soil. Gtsano is well suited to the humid climale of Great Britain find especially Ireland, as by its peculiar chemical and attract- ive ammoniacal concretes and properties, it feeds the growing plants faster, which will enable the British farmer to get in his crops eailier—thus securing a longer period and many more chances of fair weather to get in his produce from the ground. At all events, it is worthy of further and extensive use. Farm- ers should not be so timid. A few pounds would secure acres of large and good crops- The results from guano are highly satisfactory for all crops. A more or less quantity may be put on any field, according to the kind of produce required, the soil to be manured, and the tondition of the land. And every farmer should study these points—he should read works on agricultural chemistry, geo- logy, meteorology, electricity, ic., as all the actions of na- ture, with the weather, [ need not tell the scientific farmer, bear upon his success as an agriculturist. And if he will tarry his business to perfection, he should consult his neigh- bour and medical man, on all intricate subject:, as he would in case of a disease amongst his cattle and slock, or if one was out of health in his own family. Nitrate of soda is soon washed out of the soil, and exhausts the land in one season but guano manure, that has all the phosphates aod bone earih in it which nourish the earth, exer- cises a continuou. influence on vegetation. i'L The annexed are the prices of the different manure;, show- ing that guano is cheaper per acre than any other manure, and all the results state it yieids more crops;- VJUOUU, a i upper cwr., cwr. per statute acre 's • £ 1 6s per acre farm-yard manure, 6s per load, twenty loads 6 0 Poittevia's 135 per quarter of 8 bushels, 24 bushels 1 HI Bone dust, 23s per cwt., 3 cwt. per 3ta. tute acre. 3 9 Nitrate of soda, 20s per cwt. 3 cwt 3 0
HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY,…
HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY, FEU. 16, t843. Lord Brougham made some explanations relative to the slave rade treaty proposed by America in the year 1823, and said hat the exemption claimed by the United States only related o the coasts of America. In reply to the Marquess of Lansdowne, The Duke of Wellingion stated that his motion respecting ,ord Ellenborough and Indian affairs would be the same in ;ubstance as it originally stood. The Marquess of Lansdowne put some questions about the 'mission of certain documents from Ihe lately published Blue Sook, on tbe military operations in Afghanistan. 1 he Duke of Wellington said lie would inquire whether such h'cuments e."sted. He wuuid produce the proclamation about tie gaiss of Somnautb. FRIDAY, FEB. 17< A conversation took place relative to the documents lately lublished upon the military proceedings in Afghanistan. The ><:ncipa! point was the Duke of Wellington and Lord Wharn- iffe's denial of any disobedience by Gen. Nottof oiders for. ■■ arded to him by the Governor-Geueral. lo teply to Earl Fitzwilliam, Lord Wharncliffe stated that £ 25,000 had been raised by Tivate subscription, and £ 75,000 in cousequence of the Queen's ,titer, for the distressed manufacturers. The amount already xpended was about £ >>3,000.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Tin ISSDAV…
HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Tin ISSDAV FIB. 16. After various inquiries on matters connected with the general msiness of the house, Mr. Peter Borthwick resumed the adjourned debate, and corn- "Ired the risks and profits of agriculturists with those of manu- aciurers, and severely censured the anti-corn-law agltators.- government were doing what Lord Howick wished them to to. applying restrictively the principles of free trade. Sir C. Napier said the distress was now more severe than at my former period but the cause, as well as the remedy, was evolved in mystery. The enormous duties we levied on Por- uguese wines, and other produce, caused that country to reta- iate. \Ve imposed a duty of 700 per cent on Portuguese wines, ind was it reasonable to complain because Portugal laid a duty >f a 100 or 150 per cent on our manufactured Again, vi:h regard to the sugar question, he did not see why the inte- ests of the entire country should be sacrificed to the West lu- lia proprietors. On the subject of the corn law, ha wished the :overnment would come to a compiomise with the League, and dopt a fixed duty Mr. B. Cochrane felt that the conditionof the country was all of danger. Repeal the corn laws—wus the perpetual cry ut he looked beyond the corn laws, to the growth of luxury, ;e demand for wealth, consequent speculation, and attendant vils. Confidence was essential to the profitable exercise of giicultural operations a totai and instant repeal of the corn- sw would be preferable to uncertainty, and a tottering govern- ment with firm principles was preferable to a strong govern. ;ent with vacillating ones. He did not suppose that perma- enre was necessary to any particular law, such as the pre- ent one, which aimed at keeping corn between 54s. and 8s. the quarter. But lie hoped the government would in- p:re a feeling of stability, and secure it. Mr. Villiers remarked, that in all the indications of the tate of the country there was much ground for alarm. Why id not government carry out the principles it professed 1 The est part of the new tariff was the change in the timber du- es, but the reduction of duties on the necessaries of life las only made to meet new taxes. Within the last 200 ears there had been about 40 different corn-laws, which howed how badly they accomplished their object. Why did ot the Legislature administer the true remedy to the depres- ion of the people ? He wauld not condescend to answer he charges brought against the Anti-Corn-Law League,- htch was, he considered, doing a service to the country, od would never be put down, except by the concession of istice. Viscount Sandon said the great question was, how could ie largest amount of employment be given to the people ? le would remind the honourable gentlemen opposite that the ome market was the most extensive, and the most steady. f any branch of the industry of the country were to be pro- moted, the great fundamental one of all shouli. not be de- rived of it. Was it not unieasonable to ask for the reptal r alteration of so importaut an act as the coru- aw, after a ;w months only of its operation? An unsound system of redit, and the convulsed state of America, had no doubt In. icted much mischief on this country. His own conviction -as that by repealing protecuve duties we should lose more ian we should gain but it was a miserable mockery to iiink a motion like this could give relief Mr. Muntz thought the motion was not straightforward :iough, but some enquiry was necessary. The Premier had eceived no one j for before he came into olhce, he stated hat no legislative measures would cure the distress. He bought that they ought to adopt one of two courses-repeal he corn-law, or alter the value of silver. Sir J. Hanmer objected to the c.otion, as not sufficiently italic, but hoped the house would extend commerce, and give lp tbe policy of protection. Mr. P. M. Stewart supported the motion, and condemned he sliding scale as the main cause of the general distress of he country. Mr. Colquhoun thought over-production had principally led o the depression of the manufacturers, and that if protective luties were abolished, England would be met with Increased luties by other countries. The course of inoderate change dopied by government was the best adapted to the interests of ill classes. Mr. F. Baring denied that the state of the commercial vorld had been settled by the tariff Could parties calculate in the existence of the present duties? And if they could lot rely on permanency for even one year, was it not silly o talk about unsettling things? The farmers had no confi lence in the present law, which, it was universally believed, :ould not stand. In the melancholy state of the country he nust protest against the conduct of government in refusing in- [uiry, The Chancellor of the Exchequer replied gcuerally to Mr. Baring, and opposed Lord Howick's motion, as calculated to leceive and disappoint the people. The debate was then adjourned. FRIDAY, FEn. 17. After the Exchequer Forgeries Bill h-id been read second ime, Sir A. L. Hay resumed the adjourned debate. Mr. Blackstone, Mr. M. Phillips, Mr. Attwocd, Lord F. Egerton, and other members. Mr. Cobden said that Sir Robert Peel had it in his power to carry the measures necessary for the people and if he had not that power as a minister, he would have it by resigning Ills office. Sir R. Red should be held responsible individ- ually, and the electoral body would force him to do them Justice. A scene of great excitement followed this obsrvation, amidst which, Sir Robert Peel rose, and with much solemnity of manner, called the attention of the house to Mr. Cobden's declaration, ihat he held him individually responsible for the distress of the country. Be the consequences," he said, what they may," (immense cheering) "never will I be influenced by menaces to adopt a course which I consider inconsistent with mv pub- lic ditty." Mr Cobden here interrupted the right. hon.barooet, and de- nied that he had said that he held him individually responsible, but he was met by loud cries of » You did, and some time elapseil before order was restoied. Sir Robert Peel then proceeded at great length to show that the present mullon could not alleviate the sufferings of the people, and to state that he contemplated no aiteranon «.! the corn-law, but he would olve no pledge never to alter it. Lord J. Uussell followed in bupporr of the motion. Mu Koebuck adverted to a report of one of the League meet- nigs, at which a dissenting minister suggested the drawing o: lots 10 take Sir R. Peel's life, and called the attention of tin- house to Mr. Cobden's threat that if he (Mr. Roebuck) took, particular course in this debate, a minion from the Leagut should pay a visit to Bath. Mr. ('obden (amidst great uproar, during which the Speake: had to interfere) said that he had warned Mr. Roebuck Ineodship, that if lie interleied wiUi the League, he wouh: get into trouble at Bath." Lord Howick replied on the debate generally. The house divided, giving for the motion, 191 against ii, 306. The nouse then adjourned at a quarter to four o'clock ;n 1 he rroininz.
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I The loss of eight more vessels,in the late gales, has ben ) reported to the Insurance offices.
DRAPERS' ASSISTANTS. i
DRAPERS' ASSISTANTS. lu the kiditor of ihr. MnnniGut?:ni,i}-c Mcriui. hcn the devil was sick, t lie devil s saint would be! But when the devil got well, The devil saint was he Sin,—I '.v.is somewhat amused, some few weeks since, to •iti.i such an uproar in your town, in journeying through it on my periodical trdvels, respecting the "poor unfortunate shop- boys," who belong to that class ustially styled drapers' as- sistants." v our piper was made the medium through which these young gentlemen exclaimed against the injustice of keep- ng them in shop so late in the evcnings-debarring them from intellectual pursuits and necessary recreation. They were all panting after knowledge-their minds were enchained. Besides, they saw the doors of the Institute open, and they wanted to walk in. It was a good idea—a good bait; and I have heard that the gentlemen of the Institute took up the case of the hardly-treated young and ignorant sufferers, and got them their liberty. Now, Mr. Editor, let's see what the great boon" which the poor assistants have gained, and which they thirsted and hungered after, with such intense avidity, has produced as its consequence. The shops are now closed at eight o'clock in the evening, and there are, I suppose, two hours for the "search after wis- dom," and all that The question, then, is, how are those hours spent ? I will appeal to some one of the community of assistants— say, to the young gentleman who signed himself Secretary to the Association of Drapers' Assistants," or something of that sort—I forget the exact terms—to give us some light upon the following questions •— Are the enfranchised assistants all members of the Newport Mechanics' Institute ? (Jr, if this must needs be negatively answered, how many are members? And if none of them aie memoers, let us have a reply to my next question—Where do 'he assistants, who hungered and thirsted, cS:c., so much after ihe sources cf intellectual nourishment, apply for instruction ? Or, if they apply atiywheie, what is the nature of the instruc- 'ion they seek? And I should also like to enquire, in what) manner tliev seek it ? It would be uncharitable, perhaps, to reply to myself, by saying that I do not think the whole of the" enfranchised" are members of the Institute—that I do not believe one half are— that I wait till I am convinced by thf "secretary," to believe oDe of them a member. And I wish I could reply to myself, Ii •• i did not think the instruction they seek is sought with yiuves" on—that the nature of the instruction sought, is how to miil" the coun- tenance of an opponent—and that the place at which they apply for such intellectual nourishment, and so forth, is called a boxing crib." But, certes, I sincerely hope these replies will not apply to all the fraternity of assistants who have been redeemed from the bondage of late hours—nay, nor to one even: One sickly sheep infects the flock." I also hope that the quotation which I have set before mv letter, may not be found strictly appropriate, when the body is made sensible of the interpretation. For—ye my brothers of one common family—ye should all consider your ways, and be wise. It is not well to plead your ignorance, and, thus pleading, seek wisdom ostensibly only- seeking wisdom with boxing gloves on No, my dear enfran- chised lads, this is pleading after the fashion of the gentleman ¡rl black who, being sick, was desirous of converting himself into a saint, but when recovered, "Thr devil a gaint was lie I have now done. But give thc public your reply to the few queries I have put,inthe next number of the excellent M KRLIN, mil, if possible, nuke me a convert, which I really wish to be, to the belief that ye—" smart young bachelors !"—arc seeking wisdom at the Institute, instead of at the "crib,"aud pur- suing better objects thanifarnmg to mill one another or —my parting bow—acquiring tbe best mode of tripping it," dt dancing ac.;der11ies (! ) forsooth! Cardiff, Feb. 20, '13. ION.)..
To the Editor of the Monmouthshire…
To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. Sin,—In your paper of last Saturday I remark two attempted replies to the very sensible letter contained in your journal of the preceding week, signed J. J. C. our first correspondent is I," whose moral eyes are so horiified at the disgustingly coarse style, utter falsity of fact, indecorum, and indecency" of poor J. J. C.'s letter, that I wonder he should have so far degraded his noble self as to At. tempt a reply, more particularly as he does not appear quite adequate to the task. He says, Any lengthened argument in opposition to a writer so totally unqualified to treat on the sub- ject, would be a sinful waste of woW" Now, Mr. Editor, the only argument J.J.C. uses is an opinion that the projectors of the railroad to Nantyglo, and their surveyors, have been too sanguine in the estimated expense of the proposed line, and have rather too highly calculated the prospect of tbe-income to be derived therefrom. And, further, that Mr. Crawshay Bailey, in all probability, bad not become a shareholder, with i view to any return for his capital, but only as a matter of ex- pediency, as a freighter on the line. Why this should be con- sidered a "gratuitous and insolent piece of impertinence," I amatatosstoiearn. I fancy many of your readeis will be inclined to think the public generally are much of the same opinion with.T. J. C. and Mr. C. Bailey, or the projectors of this railway would have been enabled to meet the order of the House that one-tenth of the estimated capital should be paid up ere they applied to Parliament. .T.J.C,. says that he fears some of the iron-masters interested 1'0'111 have"smoked their pipes out before the railway, if com- menced to morrow, would he In a condition to receive their fa- vours." I admit the vulgarity of the expiesiion, but must ad- mire the terseness of the remark, and quite coincyie in its truth. Mr. I.'s grandiloquently expressed abhortence aud disgust' at this" wanton and heartless levity" need not be so great.— The amount of physical suffering, the moral degradation,and the complicated misery," "iii, I trust, not be so fatal to the neighbourheod as the patriotic I fears but soma neighbouring iron master will most probably become proprietor of the work:, employ the men, and ease your correspondents' minds of their accumulated horror. The opponents of the railroad are, then, challenged to an. swer the arguments of Mr. Blewitt and the statement of Mr, James Brown. Both these gentlemen have greatly excited themselves in a very weak cause. Mr. Blewitt's lengthy argu- ments are, I much fear, founded on false data as to expense and return and Mr. James Brown's classical and logical let- ters are too verbose to be replied to by any but a joint stock company—-although, in my humble judgment, the present price of I aff V ale shares is a very ready answer to both. A Railway Proprietor," in legal jargon, follows on (he same side. First, he lauds Mr. Crawshay Bailey, who may exclaim— God defend me from my friends, I can take care of my ene- mles; and who is there who has the pleasure of knowing Mr. DaIley that does not extol him. Mr. B. is all A Railway Proprietor" says of him, honest, candid, sincere, and," mark Mi. Editor, fully sensible of his own interest I applaud it to the very echo, and so does poor J. J. C., and I cannot but think with him, that if Mr. C. Bailey had a very high opinion of remunerated interest to be derived from a railway into his own work, he would have taken a much larger share in it than .£2500. i he next position is an argument that the fact of the freighters being only inclined to take 1.28til share in the undertaking, proves it not to be a bubble. This logic some of your readers may comprehend, but I confess myself at fault. Ii is then staled that no evidence has been adduced to prove the expense of the line will exceed the estimaie made by Messrs. Hodgkinson and [\]arsl¡. I alii not sufficiently acqllaintd with lailway statistics, to enter upon this question, but the fact that civil engineers occasionally slightly underrate expenses, has been lately fully proved in the Xewpert Docks; and the ap- parent business doing in these very docks at the present mo- ment will be some criterion from which to judge of the possible return to be expected from the proposed line. I have only to add, in conclusion, that I trust the Canal Company will take warning from what has taken place in rela- tion to the Nantyglo Railway—that they will lower their ton- nage and improve their roads, in order to place our mineral baslo in more advantageous competition with other districts, to the mutual advantage of themselves, the freighters, and the neighbourhood generally, which will do away with tbe present demand for a railroad. I am, Mr. Editor, Your obedient servant, AUDI ALTERAM PARTEM. Newport, Feb, 21, 1843.
NEWPORT AND NANTYGLO RAILWAY.
NEWPORT AND NANTYGLO RAILWAY. I'O the Editor <j the Monmouthshire Merlin. ) Snt,— I congratulate you on the appearance of a mosteru. dite contiibution in your last number, I mean the letter signed J.J.C., and lest the public may not have propeilv estimated its value, a short review mav call further attention to dus unique and classic specimen of literary correspondence. I give a few elegant exiiacts from the letter of this literati. It would be as well to get hanged for a sheep as a lamb — "slap up"—"loose cash '—"brave boys of Bath,"—"catch him in the wrong box if you can" a finger in the pie —" a tlifle into the pot"—" don't you wish you may get it," &c,- From this [ at first opinell that J, J. C, might be connected with the Canal Company, and commanded some ves el or re- gular packet trading along their line from Newpoit to Ponty pool: his assertion that" he has not the honour to be one of the Canal Company" \\ilJ not, I presume, convince the pub- li- that he may cot be connected aud interested with that res- pectable body, in manner aforesaid. The clear and distinct reasoning and argument in the letter equal any specimen of the kind I ever remember to have read. I would beg leave, however, to advert to one slight defect which [ would caution every public writer to avoid, and which,although at fiist sight in many cases im percepti ble,does always, after long experience and consideration, damage and destroy the pioposi- tion It was intended to support, I mean the adoption of that class of sophism known as the petitio principii," or taking for granted what is to be proved, or arguing in a circle. These- veral sentences in the letter commencing with ls it prooalJ!e, &c., and then at once jumping to theconctusiou. "certainly not, is a style of reasoning, I fear, rather too sophisticated for the public taste, and especially connected with the impor- tant subject treated of. 10 a great portion of the literary public the style of J .J.C- s letter and its quaint expressions, will be entirely new tht meiriment and applause which this first letter has already pro- duced, will, I ti tist, induce I.J.C. to continue the defence of the Canal Company till the Newport and Nantyglo Railway is comPlule- Yours, &c., IRRISOR.
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ROCK SALT A ^PithvtNiivE OF DRY ROT.—The committee lor the registry of shipping at Liverpool, in their address, state they have no hesitation in saying that lock, or coaise-grained sa t, is a sure preveniive from dry rot. The river craft, convey- lng salt from the interior of Cheshire to the port, after fitly years' service, are found as sound as when first built, wh;!t ships in her Majes'y's docks, as well as merchant vessels, ban neen found unseaworthy, after three or six years from their dut of budd, The late Mr. Bailey, of Ipswich, who in hfteec '.ears built ships for the navy and merchant service, of which the tonnage :lmounted 10 ]6,01)0 tons, every plank of which h'- t boiled in salt water, and dry rot never appeared in one of the n A preventive so easily obtained, paiticuiarly at Liverpool, i* I worthy of the most serious consideration.
IDOMESTIC NEWS.
I DOMESTIC NEWS. Aspecia) meeting of the proprietors of the Cheltenham and Great Western Railway Company, was held at Ciren- cester, on Tuesday, the 14th instant, to consider the pro- priety of authorising the directors to treat with the Great Western Company for the entire sale of their property, according to the proposal made in January last. Undet presPllt circumstances, the Cheltenham Company have the only alternative of adopting the leasing system, or agree ing to the terms of purchase offered to the Gieat Western Mr. C. F. Sage was in the chair; and explained the offer now made by the Great Western Company instead of the two thousand original shares, on which sixty-five puund, had been paid;and two thousand fifth shares, four pounds paid — they now offered three thousand half shaies, on which fifty pounds had been paid, and the sum of eighty thousand pounds towards liabilities; this, with the assets of the company, would be sufficient to pay off all; and the holder of every two shares will receive half a share of the Great Western, which is equal to twenty-five pounds paid up capital, but worth thirty.four pounds.— After some discussion, a resolution was unanimously adopted, authorising the directors to treat with the Great Western Company on the basis of the Great Western directors' proposal. A postponement of the Chartist trials has taken place, which, instead of the 25th instant, will not come on be- fore the 1st of March. The attorney-general will prose- cute in person. MOItE INCOME-TAX HARDSHIPS.—Tenanls who have to pay the income-tax for those landlords whose property reaches a hundred and fifty pounds and upwards, will have to pay the seven-pence duty to the collector, and wait un- til rent*day arrives before he is re-paid. The same with parties who have incumbrances on their property; they must pay the collector seven-pence duty on the interest of money borrowed, and wait for a refund untillhey pay their interest. The duty ought to have been charged upon, and collected from, his landlord, or his agents, and the mort- gagee, in the first instance. The Income-tax Act is a multiplicity of hardships and injustice, odiousness and oppression. Sir Herbert Jenner Fust Dean of the Arches and Judge of the Prerogative Court, has been elected Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, vacant by the death of Dr. Le Blanc. The report of the directors of the Great Western Rail- way Company confirms the anticipations of the share- holders, by proposing a half-yearly dividend of three and a half per cent., which will leave a surplus of three thou- sand pounds. Friday week, in the Court of Peculiars, the case of Woolley v. Woolley, the Bristol hoax, was mentioned in order to be dismissed without further proceeding. The distress at Stourbridge is said to have become so alarming, that numbers are subsisting on turnips alone. From a field belonging to Mr. Thomas Pargeter, as many as from five to six tons per week have been taken for se- veral weeks past; nor does he think it expedient to at- tempt to put a stop to the peculation.— IVorcexle-r Jour. A pheasant was recently shot in the neighbourhood of Ludlow, Shropshire, which was perfectly white. A Catholic ecclesiastical seminary is about to be estab- lished in the eastern district.— Bury Post. Sir Edward Sngden, it is said,'proposes alterations which will cause a great innovation in the practice of his court. Attorneys will in future be admitted to conduct chancery suits, and to sign the pleadings, which was formerly the exclusive privilege of junior counsel. IMrotiTAnt TO Merchants.— len lhousund, founds Dttiiiitges. — At a recent trial in Dublin, damages to the amount of ten thousand pounds were awarded against the defendant, in whose bonded warehouses the plaintiff had placed a large quantity of tea, which acquired a bad fla- vour there by being left in a loft, beneath which a quantity of oranges had been stored. QUEEN'S BENCH FEB. 11,-Jwlgmenl,-Smitlt versus Golds worthy.—This was an action brought by the British Company against one of the shareholders to recover ar- rears of calls. The defendant pleaded sundry breaches of the deed incorporating the company, and contended that those breaches had rendered It incompetent for plain, tiffs to sue him. The plea was demurred to, and the case argued at great length during the last term. Lord Den- man to-day gave the judgment of the court in favour of the plaintiffs. A MILITARY ASPIRANT IN TROUBLE.—On Friday, the seventeenth instant, a young man, named Lot Faulk- ner, residing in Brinkway, near this town, fell in company with a private of the sixty-fifth regiment of foot, now sta- tioned at Stock port, named Robert Johnson, and the con- versation turning upon military life, it was agreed that they should, for a short time, exchange clothes, in order that Faulkner might satisfy himself as to his appearance in re- gimentals before fully entering upon a military life. The exchange being made, the soldier shortly made his exit from the neighbourhood with Faulkner's clothes, and lefi him the regimenlals. Faulkner being thus equipped, strutted about the town with the pride and pomposity of a peacock, and probably fancied he was, or shortly would be, a general. But, lo in the midst of his glory, his ca- reer was suddenly cut short by Corporal Newall. who is cntherpcruitutgserviceinthistown. He, meeting with Faulkner in Heaton Norris, and concluding from his uri- soldier like appearance that he was neither general nor pri- vate, he marched him off to the lockups. He was brought before the magistrates on Saturday to explain his rank,and lie certainly appeared to belong to the awkward squad at all events, he was in a very awkward position when he was called upon to pay twenty pounds, the penalty in which he was convicted for having illegally possessed himself of the regimental clothing He not being prepared to pay the penalty, the mayor ordered that he should be kept for six months at the public expense, and undergo for that pe- riod daily drill at the endless stairs, commonly called treadmill, at the Knutsford House of Correction. The soldier who made the exchange of clothes with Faulkner is still out on leg bail.— Macclesfield Observer. DFATH OF M. LOUIS POUCUEE.—This patriarch, who underwent an operation in St. George's Hospital in the month of December last, for hernia, died on Saturday morning, at his residence, in Castle-street,Leicester-square. He was born at Rouen, in Normandy, on the 17th of Jan., 1735, and consequently was above a hundred and eight years of age. I It is, we understand, in contemplation by the Master. General of the Ordnance, in concurrence with the Secre- tary of War, to hire temporary barracks in those palts of England in which the presence of troops may be necessary, and wheretht-re are at present no permanent barracks in order to obviate as much as possible, the inconvenience of quartering officers and men in public-houses. This ar- langement will avert the evils which so constantly arise from throwing the private soldier into the society of the class of civilians, who are usually to be met with in those resorts. There is scarcely an Instance of a collision be.. tween the military and the people, which has not com- menced and been aggravated in a public-house. It is moreover, notorious that in every instance in which the soldier does not expend the whole of his pay for the bene- fit of the landlord, he is regarded and treated as an unwel- come visitor. Reforms like these afford the best possible evidence of the desire of the authorities to promote the persollal comtort and welfare of the humbler grades of the anriyObserver, A man employed at the Brunswick Works, Forest of Dean, was being lowered in the bucket, when, by some accident, the handle was let go. and he was precipitated to the bottom, a distance of ninety feet, into six feet of water, the bucket over him, bottom upwards; fearing an accident had happened, the man at the winch wound up, and when the bucket was raised half-way, he heard the man below call out to wind quicker, or he must let go his hold, he was raised, of course, as quick as possible, and a very few moments saw him standing on the bank unhurt. COAL-PIT EXPLOSION.— I'erdict of Manslaughter.— The Victoria coal-mine of Dukinfield abounds with fire- damp, and the proprietors Messrs. Swires and Lees, in order to prevent accidents have had rules printed, and posted where the men can see them one of them is to prevent the men taking a lighted candle into the mine be- fore working in the morning. In defiance of this excel- lent regulation, a man named William Morns.on the 271h ot. January last, went into a part of the mine abounding j with carbonetted hydrogen, which he placed on a stump in a current of foul air; an expiosion shortly afterwards took place, and Joshua Smith, a lad thirteen years of age, was so dreadfully burnt, that after lingering until Saturday,-the | fourth instant, death put an end to his sufferings, and, on | the coroner's inquest on the Wednesday following, a ver- dict of manslaughter was returned against William Mortis' who has since absconded. Some very absurd reports are in circulation regarding the embodying of the militia, and we therefore take upon ourselves to say that there is no intention on the part of the Government to call out the militia. In fact, embo- dying militia regiments would be far more expensive than keeping up the regiments of the line to a larger establish- ment than the present.—AW and Military Gazette. BREAD IN PARIS and LONDON.—The price of bread Of the tirst quality is thiny cents, per kilogramme, which is I equlvalem to rathei more than five pence half-penny per loat of four pounds English, and the piice in London at the shops 01 the lull-priced bakers being seven-pence natf-pennyper tour pound loaf it follows that bread is loity-six. an a quarter pe, cent. dearer in London than in parts. ie price of bread oi the second quality in Paris is twenty-two cents, per kilogramme winch is equal to three-pence three farthings perVir po'und K,g|lsh Joaf. About three housand men assembled last week in Paris, ,bout the Hotel o the Marine, i„ the hope of obtaining employment in the ,)ew Colony of [he ,5. T„, answer re ° 1 application is said to have been, nothtnghadbeendeoded. '1'1 cl.tlers of Paris Ie are up a petilion to til, Chambers agaInst the projected treaty of commerce with England, being reported that English cutlery is lob. "d" ,tVd 1" °" Value °f « tide, in adthnon to ihe duty on new materia] Two enormous wolves, says the Message,, lately mad. ,heir -appearand in the pa,k of,he Apremont, near Chan■ t.Hy, the property of his roya h.ghnes the Duke d'Aumalc A battue took place, tn which one of the wolves was killed by the Duke, and the other by the keepers. t
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MISCELLANY. Ai.coiiu! — t\ n experiment has been made at the Theatre or L\Iontpelirr, of a new principle of lighting-from alcohol — said to be successful, and important to the vine-growing dis- tricts of France, as a fresh vent for their produ, e. The light is stated to be of a dazzling brightness, and without either odour or smoke. When lleywood, the Player, on bis return from banishment, presented himself before his inynl mistress, What wind ha« Glown you hither V asked Queen Mary. "Two especial ones," replie.lthe comedian one of them to see your Ma- jesty." "We thank you for that," said Mary but I pray for what pur pose was the other?" That you micht see me." — M iss Strickland's Queens r1' England. 0 TIIF. BAR AND THE PREss.-The real question between the bar and the pres5 IS, however, less what men may be judged to be, than what from circumstances they must be. The journal- ist employed, afler a long trial of the public approbation, and employed upon a vast vanety of subjects, mU&lbe. if successful, a more able, a more accomplished, and a more learned man than the average barrister. Anrl. again, the journalist, whose bread depends as much upon character 8S upon talent and industry, whose interests constantly bind him to a scrupulous respect for truth, must surely be wrought into a more honelt and honour- "ble man in the end than the barrister, to "ham any character (except character for adroitness or b lying), ï's of no value whatever, and who, upon every second occasion of opening his lips, must npon them to pronounce or to colour a falsehood.—Standard. HAYDN'S CHlLDHOoD,-The father of this great man was a wheelwright in a sequestered Austrian village and exercised, besides, the functions of sexton and organist to the church. He had a fine tenor voice, was fond of his organ, and of mnsic in general. On one of those journeys which the artIsans of Germany often undertake, being at Frankfort.on-the-Maine, lie learned to playa little on the harp; and on holidays, after church, he used to take his instrument while his wife sung. The biith of Joseph did not alter the habits of this peaceful family. The little domestic concerts came round every week and the child, standing before his parents with two pieces of wood in his hands, one of which served him as a violin, and the other: as a bow, constantly accompanied by his mol her's voice. Haydn, when loaded with years, an,1 IVilh glory, often recalled the sim- ple airs which she had sung-so deev and indelible an impres- sion had those first melodies made on his soul. MUSH; AMONG THE TURKS.— A letter from Constantinople, Jan. 18, say_CO Last week the Italian Opera company, lately arrived here, was introduced into the Seraglio or the Sultana Valide, to perform the opera of Belisario," in the apartment newly fitted up as a theatre. The Sultana ud all the ladies look their seats, each with an opera-book in her hand, for the lexl, having been translated into Turkish, is now printed. The ladies listened very earnestly during the performance, and pe. rused the books with great attention. The sympathy of one was strongly excited by the appearance of the blind Belin. rius, and she became so moved by the representation of hi. ùi¡¡tres&, that she started up suuddenly, and with expressions of pity threw a purse full gold at him. This is the first tirae that any representation of this kind ever took, place in Ihe Se- raglio, or that male footsteps were allowed to pass within the sacred boundary.
ETYMOLOGY.
ETYMOLOGY. ABSTINENCE-from ab (after), and stingo (strong beer )-sig. n 1 fits the desire to imbibe malt compounds just as EXTINOUISH—from ex ( without), and stingo (old beer)-im. plies the uller impossibility of obtaining it, CAI>A VEROUS- from carl (the conductor of a vehicle), aversus (turned away)-denotes ihe appearance of the aforenamed in- dividual at the moment of his capture on a long-pending war. rant. INACCURACy-from in and cura (without much trouble), or, as it may be otherwise rendered, .AIJ)IIRA I:ry-from admiror (to admire), and altum (persons in high places), generally conflidered referable to Ihe man who works the semaplJOre at Whitehall, and to the public excitement I ¡¡ereon. MATRIMONIAL MARKET AND COURTING INTELLIGENCE. Bur litlle business has been doing since our last, and terms may be considered a trifle easier; for really good and useful descllptlOns there has been some demand; which demand, though far from great, has exceeded (hc supply, so that these cannot be quoted at lower prices. In the Loreign Market, although things are dull at present, owing 10 the Colonial Market being overdone and the Aus- trallan In bad repute, yel it is confidently expecled that a reac- tion will shorllv take place,in consequence of our late successes Inthe East. Chinamen (to whom Providence allows two, a prIVIlege of which they seldom avail themselves), will no doubt gladly avail themselves of our superfluity whilst Affgh8Dis. tan offers an unlimited market, number being no object-pro- vided the ladies are approved of.
3Ugenlr of tbt Ufjrasattt.
3Ugenlr of tbt Ufjrasattt. SHOWING HOW A CUNNING CHIET BOUGHT A PHEASANT WITH PROMISES, PRESENTED IT TO TWO FRIENDS, ATE IT J'OR HIS OWN DINNER AT LAST, AIID-BOLTED! IF, gentle reader, thou hast ever known A sharp, keen appetite, with nought to eat. And at the same time thou hast never shown Sufficient wit to gct sufficient meat; If you should ever get in such a "fix," And need a counsellor to get you out. Just ask the hero of my tale-sharp And he'll put all YOllr ignorance to rout. Of all the tricks Played of by Who now, alas! has crossed the Stygian river, And has become, perchance, the Nick of Nicks- He had not ever Beat this-no, never > 'Twas not one hundred miles from Cardiff town- Nay, 'twas not even ninety, seventy, fifty- Where dwelt a portly dame, of some renown In selling game-in selling, fair and thrifty. Shc kept a shop: It was be-decked by plumage rich and rare. Pedestrians stop Daily to see the rare birds hanging there; other passers-by, one luckless day, Our smart friend chanced hungrily to stray; And caught at once-his senses being keen- A sight and smell of something seldom seen J Where lie, of late, had masticating been, In sooth, it was a bird, As I have heard, Declared of matchless mien-and plumage tine, And called a phaisant by eight out of nine. Straightway his eager fancy thought The bird his own-and so he said :— The bird and seller I have surely brought Down dead as lead, Pray, Mrs. Lucas, Will you unhook tlS- [The plural us or we he always used, At least. when e'er he 7Iefllsed] That handsome pheasant? as we are It sinner, We really think 'twoud make a famous dinner; And pray, ma'am send it up, From this, your shop, To that which is at present our locale (It ia not now at beer-shop or at jail.) The cash we'll send- By this 'ere lad, your running friend And m short space my dinner sha]) be laid- And you, for having catered, shall be paid," Ere they the door had gained- The hungry we, and little boy, and bird,- The first-named stopped-remained- And in a hurried whisper, scarcely heard, Told the poor lad he'd ease him of his load, Adding, still lower, And tell your mistres, I will call and pay I owe her," And then, with game in hand, away he strode. A fabled animal, whose name is o'er A public-entertaiument door, Was often honoured by its quondam friend For he himself had studied fabulous lore, E'en from beginning to the end, The host he knew- The best of tapsters, ann a jolly fellow 1 n sooth" mine host" was known to be as mellow As all he "drew." Ihithcr in haste, with laugh and chatter, Our hero trotted with his bird, And when he came, the knives and forks' sweet clatter He gladly heard, Hah Griffin, how d'ye do, my boy ? Come, wish a jolly sportsman joy For see-a Manton, nicely true, Brought down this splendid bird for you; Accept it-do; and recollect How we]) I'm able to Thus declared himself, and sans delay, Asked Boniface in haste to say his saye Who straight replied, Believe me, Mr. • • }'\11 very glad to get such bird for nix; And you shall stop and dine this day with me To,morrow sha]) the" phaisant dinner be And now, and then" we'll have co right jolly glee," He staid to dmner, The wicked sinner! And after dinner tightlr stuck to sherry; Singing, wIth a hiccup, Thus, boys, we'll lick up The right-good stulF, wilh spirits high and merry." Morning on Cardiff," and we see, With eyes a]) bleared, and failing knee, llim struggling down to see" mine host," Before the bird begins to roast, "Oh 1" (iuoth he, will you lend the pheasant That yesterday I made a present; For I've II furious itch to drttw Its plumage rare, my friends to show ? Of course 'twas lent, And off he went, Saying-" As I've proved a pretty good beginner, Why 1'J1 try hard to get another dinner, And as the pollis are so very kind, To give their chief the bird I have a mind," Dear Chief, may it please, I haye called to increase The stock of your gooti lady's larder, [My gratitude fain would go I have heard, my dear sir it is always more pleasant, By far, to bestow, than accept of a present; So upnght- un, you see How it influcnced me- For 1 beg you to take-as a proof pheasant. Pray take the bird, For I have heard That you can feather birds of any kind- I'IJ deem it kind if you wiU feather this And then to-morrow, when we both have dined, To crack a bottle will not be amiss." The gift accepted, and the donor pressed :• To seat himself, anù pick up with the rest, He needed invitations none; and there- The dinner brought-enjoyed the goodly Care; While after dinner he his thirsty throttle Washed down in merry mood with port-a bottle, 'Till midnight came, and then he reeled away. Thinking how lived another day, Again the morning came; And casting off a new-born blush of shame. Our hero sped upon his course once more, The pheasant to his table to restore. "I have really, dear SH. A request to prefer." Said he-' "Tis a favour I hope you 11 confer; That bird is worth showing, So perhaps it's worth drawing In asking its loan, then, I hope 1 don't err." With joy again be bore away The "jackal!" of another day; And his own table this day shone With rare provisions— not his own In fact, uponthe third day of his sport- So says report- lie to his apician stomach madc a present Of thi. unpaid-for, well-presented pheasant. Nigfct on Cardiff!" The night is titting To aid a hunted elf in flitting;" And lo! with all upon 111. back Our hero weJ1 could call his own, That night he fled-at morn his track Was found by none. MORAL; Game sellers—never trust a hungry man; Trust, him, and he wIn" diddle ye," jf he ean: Ye Bonifaecs-w hen ye take a presen!, Be sure if. is not .s travelling pheasant: Good" pollis," ye vicegerents of the laws, Ne'er let" fine feathers" muffle up your jaws Cardiff, February, 1843. TERRO,
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004- &onN iixciiANtui, MARK-TANK, MONDAY, FIB. '20, 1343. Our supply of English wheat this morning was again shor and the condition middling it was taken off at x reduction 0 about Is. per qr. under the rates of this day week. Forelg wheat, maintained last Monday's prices, but the sales *ver limited.—Fine malting barley brought is. per qr. more this morning,-In prices of beans and peas no Our arrivals of oats have been inconsiderable since tbb d« week we note this article slow of sale, at the raes of'*■ Monday. Current Prices or Grain per Imperial Quarter. s s s Wheat English 44 to 56 Old Beans 27 to 31 Rye 30 te 32 Tick Beans 30toX« Barley .24 to 33 Oats (Potatoe) 19 to jj? Malt .42 to 57 Ditto (Feed). 17 to White Pease (Boilers) 34 to 36 Flour 36 to *•' Grey Pease 28 to 30 Grey Pease.28 to 30 Qfficial Corn Averages and DILty, Feb. 11. Wht. I Bail. | Oats. I Rye .1 Beans! '>e*? Aggregate average s. d.l s. d. s. d.l s. d.l s. d.l s. *[ of 6 weeks. 48 li 27 0, 16 11 29 7 27 7 39 »» qr. qr. qr. qr. ( «r. q»» Duty onFor.Corn 20 0 9 Ot 8 0 11 61 11 6 H bl. bl. 1 11. bl. bl. I 0 0 0 0 0 0, 0 0 9 v
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SMITHFIELD MARKET—FEB. 20. « In consequence of the very large quantities of country-k> j meat offering in the dead markets, and which are selling difficulty, at a great sacrifice, together with the unfavourably change in the weather, the beef trade, was m a very state; in fact that was one of the dullest markets experien^ for many weeks past. Notwithstanding the salesmen subifl'jv ted to a reduction in «he prices noted on this day se'nnigbt from 2d. to. in some few instances, 4d. per 8lbs. in the pi'ce of beef, a large number of the inferior qualities was driv^ away unsold at the close of business. It is pleasing lo that the stock was not seriously affected with the prevail' epidemic. Sheep came rather freely to hand, but such wag, the heaviness in the inquiry for them, that scarcely a transac' tion took place in the early pait of the morning. Kventu»"C however, the quotations declined fully 2d. per 81bs. in last week—the very highest figure for old Downs not excee"' ing 4s. 4d. per 81bs.. yet a clearance was not effected, ll1, butchers and carcase dealers acting with great caution. Abou^ 10C lambs were on sale, but they commanded very little tion from those present. A few shearling runts and KeP half-breds came to hand, and sold at from 3s. b'd. to 3s. Prf 81bs. We had a large supply of calves, hence the demand hem was very inactive, at an abatement of from 2d. to4d. Hlhs. The pork trade Aas excessively heavy, and the had a downward tendency. Abaut 50 Irish pigs were in pens.—Not a single head of stock has been imported abroad since our last, neither had we any here to-day. Per st. of 81bs., sinking the offal. 1 s. d. s. d. s. d. *• A Beef 2 lOJto 4 2 Lamb 0 0 to £ Mutton 3 0 to 4 6 j Veal 4 0 to a Pork, 3s. 8d. to 4s. 8d.
HOP INTELLIGENCE. ,
HOP INTELLIGENCE. The quantity of business doing is rather limited, the boy''f» appearing to think that the quotations are run up some*"» beyond the sum they ought to pay; there is, notwithstanding a short supply.
WOOL MARKET, Ful. 20.
WOOL MARKET, Ful. 20. rer lb. s. d. s, CJoo Down Tegs 6 11 to 1 V Half-bred Hogs 10 1 I Ewes and Wethers 0 10 0 Blanket Wool 0 5 0 71 Flannel ditto 0 81 0 IIi.
PRICES OF SHARES AT LONDON.
PRICES OF SHARES AT LONDON. BRITISH MINES. IB • No. Of NAME OF p-o' gS Shares COMPANY. S'S 500 Anglesey 5 — 4,000 Bedford 100 Botallack 175 830 20,000 British lion 70 — 8,000 Blaenavon 50 — 120 Brewer —t20 79 Buduick — 20 1,000 Cam Brae 15 150 5,000 Consols Tretoil Mining Association.A. 4 i 2,000 Cornubian Lead Company 2 2\ 512 Cook's Kitchen — 50 112 Cliarlestown — 128 Cregg 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 12J If 1,000 Holmbush. 14 42 2,000 IsleofSerk (Guernsey). 11 80 Levant —4&0 20,000 Mining Co. of Ireland 7 I 128 Mostyn Mines 100 70 North Klbskear — 3Q0 3,000 Polberou Consols 10 | 10,000 Rhymney Iron 5O!- 128 South Caradon js00 800 South Towan 10 i 64 South Wheal Bassett. '500 57 Speam Moor •••••••••• 135 Tregollan t/m 15 4,000 Treleigh Consols 5 li 6,000 Tamar Consols 3 4i 6,000 Tin Croft 7 11 128 Trewavas 120 I'reviskey and Barrier 111. 96 Tresavean 120 Trethellan — 4,000 United Hills 5 4 6,000 Wicklow Copper. S 3,845 West Wheal Jewel. ';L 120 West Trethellan 75 ™ 50 Wheal Vor 500 t 1,000! West Carbery — f
LATEST CURRENT PRICES OF METALS.
LATEST CURRENT PRICES OF METALS. LONDON, FEB. 17, 1843. le. is, J, Spelter 23 For delivery 23 Zinc—English Sheets 38 Quicksilver. 4 Iron, English—Bar 5 H°°PS llll'ton 7 \{ £ heets. ton 8 Cargo in Wales .(on 4 a Pig, No 1, Wales ton *X\ No. 1, Clyde 2 I For Swedish bd. ton lj[ Russian, ccnd ton q "I ton II) Gourieft ton Archangel (j Steel—Swedish keg bd. ton Ditto Faggots bd. ton old' Copper—English sheathing lb. aid» °1(J *.p. lb. 5 0 Cake p. ton B Foreign cake 0 Tile 8^ a Tin, British—Blocks.. •• cut. g v RBars VV.cwt. 6 foreign, mnca. • £ t,ait? jo Peruvian R Tin Plates—No. 1C. p. box "1! 1 u IX. ditto I J r> .^fas,ers 3s. p. box less a 10 Lead, British—Sheet .ton 0 Shot .Hilton 0 Red f. o White ton # 10 Pig-Lead—English g Danish 'ton ]l 0 American
PRICES OF SHARES AT BRISTOL.
PRICES OF SHARES AT BRISTOL. .JI COMMERCIAL ROOMS, BRISTOL. Great Western Railway Company P<65 ^#1 ^5i Ditto HalfShares .I 50 — Ditto One-Fifth Shareg ]2 — Lf Great Western Steamer 95 — Bristol Steam Navigation ]30 — di &U Bristol and Exeter Railway 70 — j Birmingham and Gloucester 100 — 31 Cheltenham and Gt. Western Union 80 JaffVale 100 Severn and Wye — .ol l.,t Kennet and Avon Canal.av40 —■ IiJ West of Eng. & South Wales Dist. Bank' 12i — q J,i Eastern Counties 23 London and Birmingham 100 (Ul li} London and Southampton .38 I7s9d Leeds and Manchester 70
CURRENT PRICE OF GOLD AND…
CURRENT PRICE OF GOLD AND SILVM4 Pj For. Gold in brs. peroz. £ 3 17 9 New Dollars."•An i Portugal pieces 3 17 5 | Silver in bis
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BRISTOL PRICES CURRENT OF LEATHEH RAW GOODS. lh a- 0. ID. a. a. ID. 17 CropHides perlb 39.35—1Xtol2 Light. li 40 48-12 13 Irish Skins „ 50 50 60 to 17 Welsh Skins ^0—1? Foreign Hides .30 35—10 1U 38 4?L.lS li 40 45-10 M 40 I 2 Middlings 12 13 45 U Butt* English. 16 20— I4A 15* 52 M U 00 o6—15 16 Kips, Knglish and V?e 28 30—15 17 Petersburg!* i0-5 lp extra 34 36—15 18 9 —Is )7 Foreign. 16 20—131144 East India #. I< ,j 22 25-13 14 Seal Skins, small ••• j4 211 30-12 14 middling"* Extrastrong 34 36-14 14 large < 1 Best Saddlers' Basils f n Hides 37 40-13i 15 Offal, Foreign 1 Common ditto S5 40—13 14 Foreign Shou1^ j0* Shaved Hides 18 22—14 IB Dre«singHided jl Shoe Hides 20 21—13 134 Ditto Shoulders • Common ditto 27 29—13 13^ —a Ditto ditto 32 34—13 13 u A W G0 0 Welsh Hides 12Jl3,: ..13.^ Bull Hides II n Drysalted East In j|.d»a' English Horse Hides 1*2 13 J Kips, No. I g<j. Welsh ditto 11 13 j0d..xA. m German ditto 13 16 Brined No. I —■»!" ftc Spanish ditto 14 2t Hds< 1 .4 Ditto Shaved, without Dry Spanish Hors^ (<> Welsh ditto 11 13 —— j0d..xA. elt German ditto 13 16 Brined No. I —■»!" ftc Spanish ditto 14 2t Hds< 1 .4 Ditto Shaved, without Dry Spanish Hors^ (<> butts 1 Is to 15s Od each. Horse Butts 11 13 Bark "•••'fe jgl9 0*- Lr Be8tPatternskins5ti 64—26 28 Valonia. A. to' 65 70—26 28 Shumacjs ,43s- Common Pattern 23 26 Glue pieeesjnsi <s .4"' 100 120—17 21 (unfleshed)
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BRISTOL HAY MAP;KET. £ 3 15 Hay per Ion ft* Qi0 Straw per Dozen T, „r 1»^: ftP Newport, Saturday, itbritury Printed and Published for the SoleL^r0P"et(^t the DOWLING, of Crindau, near Newport. & General Printing Office, situ«Ue ™ Cwn; 0f jj rough ot Newport, by JOHN O DW ca*,tl'1n street, in the said Borough. War"0 1 London Agents:-Messrs. Newtonand Co., vv 1,4*. Mr R Barker, 33, Fleet-street: Mr. G-Kef 3 vVaj cery-lane; Mr. S. Deacon, Coffee-house, ftled- the Mansion-bouse, where this Papens rep