Monmouthshire Merlin

A BOLD HARE: As two gentlemen were proceeding in a gig from Strathglass to lieauly, oa Wednesday week, wnue at the bridge ot Teanassie, a hare suddenly crossed the road in front of the horse, leaped up and struck the liortc on the mouth, The animal reared and sprang forward several feet, almost up netting the vehicle in a part of the road more picturesque 11 safe. Puss escaped under the gig, and no accident occurred, It would have sounded rather curious, as one of the gentleme observed, it a hare had been powerful enough to upset a noise and gigi and two able-bodied men !—Inverness Courier. (j To INCKKASE THE PRODUCE OF LETTUCE.— BY «'?/ lettuces immediately above the life-knot, instead of pulling them up by the roots, when wanted for the table, a single or at most two sowings will suffice for the year; the ioot will soon send out a crop 0f shools, which are just as good as those tirst taken but they are required to be used before they become large, or they are apt to run up to flower.. 1 he Morning P0Sf informs the agricultuial electors that, unless they choose a very different race of advocates present county members," the complete triumph cf the Antl- Lorn law League cannot be much loncer delayed. '] he landlords in the north ot England are very generally making a reduclion of 10 percent, upon flic rental of ordinary farms. SOMEWHAT SINGULAR.—In a row containing nine houses, not far distant from Worcester, there are living five widows, two widowers, five old maids, one batchelor, and one married man and his wife.

OF LUP.IV, I FUIDAV, JULY 7. The Canadian Wheat and Flour Importation Bill was read a third lime and passed. On the motion of Lord Brougham, his bill for the more ef- fectual prevention of the traffic in slaves, was read a second time. He stated the provisions of the bill, entering at some length into the subject. Ilis object is to render it penal for any British subject to hold property in slaves, unless they come into their possession by heirship, or other involuntary means. The Limitation of Actions Bill was opposed by the Marquess of Clanrlcaide, but supported by the Lord Chancellor. On a division, the bill was supported by 30 to 4, and passed through committee.

HOUSE OF COMMONS. WEDNESDAY, JULY 5. Sir G. Grey withdrew the Charitable Trusts Bill for the pre- sent session. Sir J. Graham stated that the frill which he had formerly mentioned as in preparation on this subject, wouM be laid be- fore the house in a few days. Mr. Duncombe then called attention to what he conceived to be a gross breach of privilege on the part of the Standard news- paper, which, in allusion to the recent discussion upon the Not- tingham election, had represented that Messrs. Gisborne and Duncombe had talked in Parliament of having hired others to the potential sin, at least, of perjury, with as much levity as if they had been mentioning the most indifferent, or even lauda- ble actions adding that such men, who were confessed cor. rupters, confessed suborners of fraud and perjury, were unfit to sit in that assembly. He concluded by moving that Mr. Baldwin, the printer of the Standard, should be called to the bar of the house. Mr. Gisborne btiefly supported the motion. Sir R. Peel expressed his opinion, that if calumnious charges in newspapers were to be made matter of privilege, the House would have ample work on its hands. He entirely acquitted Mr. Duncombe of having said anything which could justify the expressions of the Standard, but thought the editor was con- founding the speech of last Friday with the ample confessions which Mr. Duncombe had made on a former occasion. Mr. Aglionby thought the House was far more concerned in the matter than the individual member who had made the com. plaint, and condemned as monstrous the misrepresentation of the editor. Lord J. Russell expressed his decided opinion that the ex- pressions in the Standard, of which complaint was made, con- stituted a gross and malignant libel. Statements of that kind did more injury to the press which uttered them than to those against whom they were directed and he thought it better, after the opportunity which Mr. Duncombe had had of vindi. cating himself, that no further notice should be taken of the matter. After some additional remarks, Mr. Duncombe adopted this advice and withdrew his motion. Lord Worsley moved the re committal of the Coroners' Bill. Mr. Pakington moved its re-committal that day six months. The house divided- For going into committee 134 Against it 41 Majority 93 1 The House went into committee, and after many amendments and five divisions, all the clauses were agreed to. On the consideration of the schedules, after a division on a motion for postponement, progress was reported. Oil the order of the day for the committal of the Commons Iuclosure Bill, Lord Worsley moved that the bill be referred to a select committee. Mr. Brotherton, as an amendment to the motion, moved the adjournment of the House. On a division there were— For the adjournment 12 Against it 37 Maioritv Lord Worsley again moved that the bill be referred to a se- lect committee. Another motion for adjournment and a division followed, when the debate was adjourned to Monday. FRIDAY, JULY 7. In answer to Mr. Wyse, Sir James Graham said, that two of nine magistrates who attended a repeal meeting in t e county Clare had been superceded. The dismissals were gene- rally decided by the Lord Chancellor upon tbe merits of each individual case. In answer lo Mr. T, Duncombe, Sir J. Graham said it was the intention of the Government to bring forward a measure during the present session, giving the Secretary of State a concurrent jurisdiction with the magis- trates of quarter sessions relative to the dismissal of officers of county gaols. In answer to Sir R. Ferguson, Sir R. Peel said he was extremely anxious to bring forward the Irish Poor Law and the Irish Municipal Bills, but the ob- struction the public business had received from the continued and protracted discussions that had recently taken place, ren- dered it impossible for him to fix any day. He doubted whe. ther morning sittings would expedite the public business, but hoped the debate on the state of Ireland would terminate that evening. Mr. W. S. O'Brien apprehended there was no chance of the pebate terminating that evening. (Hear and a laugh.) He pid not think they could have a more important subject before them for discussion. (Hear.) STATE OF IltBLAND—ADJOURNED DEBATE. I Mr. Wyse having explained a mis-statement into which he had been led by a Waterford paper, the debate was resumed by Mr. B. Cochrane, who said he thought the question of the greatest importance to the well being of the empire, and that the movement in Ireland was one which could not be safely disregarded by that house. (Hear, hear.) The movement evidently partook of a religious character, and its main efforts were directed against the continued existence of the established church. lie thought the legislation, with regard to Ireland, in many points extremely injudicious, and calculated to barrass and irritate the people. The hon. gentleman then referred to the exciting speeches addressed to the people uf Ireland by Mr. O'Connell and others, and said he doubted whether their armies would put down that excitement. He passed a high eulogium upon the character of the people of that country, and recom. mended measures of conciliation. Mr. Ward was gratified at the manly and at the same time conciliatory tone of the hon. member. He agreed with him, that the present unprecedented national movement could not be disregarded. He wished the Government could state how they meant to deal with Ireland in its present circumstances. (Hear, hear.) They would ere long see 300 gentlemen, much more virtually representing the people of Iieland than that house, meeting Mr. O'Connell in Dublin, and coming into direct col- lision with the Crown. The hon. gentleman then referred to the policy of the present Government towards Leland, and maintained that both in this country and in Ireland they had used religion as a political engine and stepping sione to power. The House could not forget the religious crusade of 1840 and and 1841, when noble lords now high in office had called upon the people to join in fasting and piaver to avert ihe wrath of God, because one or two Roman Catholics had obiained plates under the Government, and yet surprise had been expressed that the Irish Roman Catholic clergy had taken part in the present Hgitadon. The temper of the times now was such that neither the brute military force nor the corruption by which the national feeling was repressed at the close of the list century, could be resorted to. What then, he would repeat, did the Government mean to do, now that Ireluod wns twice as strong as she was then, and possessed of the same strong national feelIngs as theIr ancestors 1 The only alternative ibey had was to try and do for Ireland what she would do for he. !t had she the power. (Loud cheers.) He thought the time was come when Lng "somen of all parties Rhould make up their minds that the establishment in Ireland should be reduced to sui h limits as would make it palatable to the great bulk of the Ca- tholics of Ireland. The stale of Ireland was paralysing the arm of England in every part of the world any rising in that country would be followed hy outbreaks and disturbances at home, and their only hope of tranquillity lay in making bread and liberal concessions. Mr L. lennent did not think that the slightest good would result from the appointment of a committee. He was also op- posed to any concessions lor the purpose of putting down the repeal movement, because Mr. O'Connell had himself declared on two or three recent occasions, that whatever sacrifices might be made, he was determined to have nothing short of a lepeal I of the union. Sir D. Norreys said, the Marquess of Normanbv had been taunted with having produced only a lemnorarv lull in Ireland, but he would to God the present ministers could do even so much. (Cheers.) The lion. bart. then proceeded to point out the anomalous position in which the peasantry of Ireland were placed, and the injury and insult of compelling them, while almost unable to support life, to maintain an establishment with whi( h they had no sympathy. Mr. Lascelles advocated the propriety of governing Ireland in a spirit of impartiality and justice, and maintained that such had been the aim of the present Government. Mr..M. O'Ferrall entered at some length into the relations of landlord and tenant in Irelaud, and showed that the agrarian oulrages might be traced to the insecurity of tenure, and the sweeping exercise of the power of ejectment by the landlords. He thought it would be desirable to introduce a law similar to that which prevailed in Scotland, by which the tenant was se- cured in obtaining the value of any improvements he had made. He recommended also an equitable adjustment of ecclesiastical 11 revenues in a spirit of conciliation instead of religious dissen- sion and animosity. He did not approve of a repeal of the union, but if the Government went to war with the Irish for demanding a repeal of Ihe union, and called upon all the Queen's subjects to assist, he would be inclined first to nsk what had they done to conciliate or retain the affections of the Irish peo- ple- (Hear.) Mr. Shaw said the real question was whether the Irish church was to be subverted, and he apprehended that the English people would not be likely to agree to any proposition to that etfeci. 1 he result would be most disasirous to Ireland itself, for the clergy were a blessing to the country in their several localities, in },js 0pinj0n the union and the church must stand °K » I He highly disapproved of ihe large meetings t a had lately been held in Ireland, which, as well as the lan- guage of Mr. O'Connell, were, in his opinion, decidedly un- lawful. 1 Mr. Macauhy observed that both the supporters and the op. ponen s o the Government censured its nolicy, which had been ineffectual in preventing agitation or suppressing it when it arose. n er the former administiation Ireland was tranquil, and they heard nothing of repeal, but the moment the Tories came in o P°wer the right hon. baronet (Sir R. Peel), disco- vered the truth of his assertion, that his great difficulty was i V a" r PeoP!« had discovered that in his attack on the a er ie» o t ie Irish people he had been supported by those and on y 10^ ,vho had rendered themselves odious by their b'goiry by those who had called the Catholic bishops sons of fjefn* 2° surp ice ruffians, and who were prepared 10 evoke all the horrors of a civil war rather tha t conrede a measure of justice to aneotne people. He believed the right hon. baronet was disposed to govern Ireland with justice, but lIe was thwarted by the Home Secretary who had not only declared lhat conci- liation had been earned as far as it ought, but had intimated his regret 19 omau Catholic fellow subjects had been admitte Power. 1he present movement was ona of the rnos v '>"r,ance ,0 stability of the empire, and »yet what ha tmentdone since its commencement I t They had introduced an Arms Bill, containing new and irrita- ting provisions, and they bad dismissed magislrates upon the most unconstiiutional grounds. He would that night declare by his vote that the discontent uf Ireland, although partly tht result of the inflammatory language of demagogues, was yel inflamed by ths existence of real grievances which there was no attempt, to redress, although nothing would more effeetuall) lend to allay the existing excitement. Sir J. Graham commenced by expressing his regret that any- thing that had fallen from him should be thought to cast reflec- tions or disparagement upon gentlemen professing the Catholi< faith. He never eateitained the remotest intention of doing so. He did not regret the part he had taken in Catholic emancipa tion, but he could not retract his former declaration that the expectations he had formed from the passing of that measure had not been fulfilled. The right hon. gentleman then pro ceeded to defend the course pursued by Government in thedis missal of magistrates, the Irish government appointments, and the delay in bringing forward a registration bill for Ireland He, for one, could not conscientiously consent to alienate any portion of the revenues of the Established Church foi the en- dowment of the Catholic church, the Government having deter mined to maintain it to the last. If they now faltered or besi tated in repressing the rebellious spirit which had exhibited itsell upon the question of repeal, he would veniure to predict that the glory of England had departed, and the days of its greatness were ended. Captain Bernat moved the adjournment of the debate, and there were loud calls for a division, but the motion was ulti- nmteiyagreedto. Sir R. Peel intimated that he should give way on Monday to allow the debate to be proceeded with. The other orders of ihe day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned.

MISCELLANY. DINNER AT AN AMERICAN BOARDING-HOUSE. They were walking back very leisurely Martin arm-in-arm with Mr. Jefferson Brick, and the major and the colonel side- by.side before them; when, as they came within a house or two of the major's residence, they heard a bell ringing violently The instant this sound struck upon their ears, the colonel and the major darted off, dashed up the steps and in at the street- door (which stood ajar) like lunatics; while Mr. Jefferson Brick, detaching his arm from Martin's, made a precipitate dive in the same direction, and vanished also. Good Heaven thought Martin, the premises are on fire 1 It was an alarm-bell! But there was no sftioke up to be seen, nor any flame, nor was there any smell of fire. As Martin faultered on the pave- ment, three more gentlemen, with horror and agitation depicted in their faces, came plunging wildly round the street corner justled each other on the steps struggled for an instant; and rushed into the house in a confused heap of arms and legs. Unable to bear it any longer, Martin followed. Even in his rapid progress, he was run down, thrust aside, and passed, by two more genilemen, stark mad, as it appeared with fierce excitement. Where is it ?" cried Martin, breathlessly, to a negre whom he encountered in the passage. "In a eating room sa. 'Kernel sa, him keptazeat side himself sa." A seat!" cried Martin. For a. dinner, sa." Martin stared at him for a moment, and burst into a hearly laugh to which the negro, out of his natural good humour and desire to please, so heartily responded, that his teeth shone like a gleam of light. Your the pleasantest fellow I have seen yet," said Martin, clapping him on the back, and give me a better appetite than bitters." With this sentiment he walked into the dining-room and slipped into a chair next the colonel, which that gentleman (by this time nearly through his dinner) had turned down, in reserve for him, with its back against the table. It was a numerous company—eighteen or twenty, perhaps. Of these some five or six were ladies, who sat wedged together in a little phalanx by themselves. All the knives and forks were working away at a rate that was quite alarming; very few words were spoken; and every body seemed to eat his utmost in self-defence, as if a famine were expected to set in before breakfast time to-morrow morning, and it,had become high time to assert the first law of nature. The poultry, which may perhaps be considered to have formed the staple of the entertainment— for there was a turkey at the top, a pair of ducks at the bottom, and two fowls in the middle—disappeared as rapidly as if every bird had the use of its wings, and had flown in desparation down a human throat. The oysters, stewed and pickled, leaped from their capacious reservoirs, and shd by scores into the mouths of the assembly. The sharpest pickles vanished whole cucumbers at once, like sugar-plums and no man winked his eye. Great heaps of indigestible matter melted away as ice before the sun. It was a solemn and an awful thing to see. Dyspeptic individuals bolted their food in wedges; feeding, not themselves, but broods of nightmares, who were cnntinually standing at livery within them. Spare men, with lank and rigid cheeks, came out unsatisfied from the destruction of heavy dishes, and glared with watchful eyes upon the pastry. What Mrs. Pawkins felt each day at dinner-time is hidden from all human knowledge. But she had one comfort. It was very soon over. When the colonel had finished his dinner, which event took place while Martin, who had sent his plate for some turkey, was waiting to begin, he asked him what he thought of the boarders, who were from all parts of the Union, and whether he would like to know any particulars concerning them. MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT. Of all employments, quarrelling about religion is the worst. He that quarrels about religion has no religion worth quarrel- ing about. MISERIES or A BRCHET.OU'S LIFE.-Poor fellow he returns to his lodgings—I will not say his "home." There may be everything he can desire, in the shape of mere external com- forts, piovided for him by the officious zeal of Mrs. his housekeeper, but still the room has an air of chilling vacancy; the very atmosphere of the apartment has a dim, uninhabited appearance—the chairs, set round with provoking neatness, look reproachfully useless and unoccupied and the tables and other furniture shine with impertinent and futile brightness. All is dreary and repelling. No gentle face welcomes his ar- rival-no loving hands meet his—no kind look answers the listless gaze he throws ronnd the apartment. He sits down to a book—alone; there is no one sitting by his side to enjoy with him the favourite passage—the apt remark—the just criticism no eye in which to read his own feelings; his own tastes are unappreciated and unreflected he has no resource but himself; all his happiness must emanate from himself. He flings down the volume in despair hides his face in his hands, and sighs aloud, 0 me miserum!—Book of Courtship. BACHELOR'S PRIVILEGES.—These geutlemen accept all the privileges of society, and support none of the expense. They dine out, and are not bound to give dinners in return. Instead of taking a box by the year, they buy an admission for lite; their carriage holds two, and they are never obliged to set down a dowager. Weddings, christenings, f £ tes—nothing comes amiss to them. They are never called papa; they are not regularly assailed with milliners, staymakeis, and jewellers' bills. We never see them ruiuing themselves in suits for con- jugal rights for them, La Belle Mere is destitute of point, and they yawn at La Femme Jalouse. They are never godfathers from reciprocity they sleep in peace during the best part of the morning, leave balls when they like, and invest money in the funds—Quarterly Review. It is common in England to speak of Scotland as the land of cakes; in Germany the only" lanù of cakes" ever heard of is England, for there the greatest "cakes" arc to be met with in the world. The Germans, above all other people upon earth, have reason to say so. Among the numerous German visitors in this country at the present moment, is one Baron de Beast, who is described by the papers as aide-de-camp to a person styling himself the reigning Prince Reuss Lobenslein Ebersdoift. Who the reign- ing Prince lleuss Lobenstem Ebersdorf is, the Lord only knows—but as he is said to be a good-looking fellow lor a German, we may fairly term him and his aide-de-camp, Beauty and the Beast.—Satarist. Some directions were given in a stray paragraph, "How to make leeches bitu but we veiily believe that there would be nothing equal to putting them on the Pension List! They would bite then sure enough. T It is now thought, says the Montgomery (Ala) Journal, that the comet was a streak of lightning friz up." We think it extremely probable, judging from the late cold weather. A SINGULAR PARISH.—A correspondent Informs/us, that Ihe parish of Merthyr-mawr, in this county, has no public-house, no shop of any kind, no dissenting chapel, no doctor, no lawyer, and no paupers. It luowever contains several octogenarians.— Swansea Journal. —

SMITHFIELD MARKET-JULY 10* ^jrej}1 J The numbers of beasts were somewhat more eX^.gnil'c!| V on this day se'nnight, which, together with the ^iiSi^ both London and country buyers being far more nujn the absence of speculative feeling—in fact, out of barrens, cows, £ fc.,on offer, not more than 50 were —caused the demand for all kinds of beef to ru'e, heavy, and the quotations suffered an abatement° J^ per 81bs.—the very highest figure for the best Scots■ re; breds not exceeding 4a. per 8lbs., and nearly 30" out at the close of the market. The numbers of sb^r' tensive, exceeding 30,000. Prime old Downs were rlf at from 4s. to 4s. 4d. per 8lbs.; bul the demand '°Les^r breeds was inactive at barely stationary prices.) A ^IfJCIl lambs was in a very sluggish state, and last week s were hardly maintained. Calves in good suPP'y'fi°nef^iJ at a decline in price, the highest figure being 4s. » it r| Per st. of BIbs.. sinkiner the offal. A. Sirh s. d. s. d. V o^ii ft Beef 3 4 to 3 6 Lamb.. ojO1" Mutton.. 3 6 to 3 8 Veal J Pork, 3s. 10a. to 4s. Od.

WOOL MARKET, JULY 5. Per lb. s. d. 1 9 DownTegs 0 U < 1. ( Half-bred Hogs 1 0 ij! Ewes and Wethers 0 10 7| | Blanket Wool 0 5^ 0 1 Flannel ditto.. 0

PRICES OF SHARES AT LONDO^' J BRITISH MINES. — §7 p, NO. Of NAME OP O.j I I, Shares COMPANY. 6 P. P/A z^y t < i 500 Anglesey » 4,000 Bedford Js \W k 100 Botallack lL « 20,000 British Iron L) 8,000 Blaenavon j6j 120 Brewer I". 79 Budnick í5 150, 1,000 Cai n Brae r 4 V 5,000 ConsolsTretoil Mining Association. 3 2,000 Cornubian Lead Company & 512 Cook's Kitchen$ 112 Charlestown .A 128 Cregg Braws F L 128 Coshen t 10,000 Durham County Coal Co L 128 East Pool # J 100 Great Consols "l 10,000 Hibernian. {/ 1,000 Holmbush L 2,000 IsleofSerk (Guernsey). J A 80 Levant 20,000 Mining Co. of Ireland inn 128 Mostyn Mines IF .8 70 North lloskear < s !k 3,000 Polberou Consols \j« a 128 Penstruthal j q 10,000 Rhyrnney Iron f$i 11 128 South Caradon H 1 800 South Towan 64 South Wheal Bassett. 7õ tt 57 Speam Moor. J^ 135 Tregollan 7 itf 4,000 Treleigh Consols. y Ii 6,000 Tamar Consols 6,000 Tin Croft 128 Trewavas A 1 120 Treviskey and Barrier I?dt 96 Tresavean W y 120 Trethellan. 4,000 United Hills « 6,000 Wicklow Copper \9 3,845 West Wheal Jewel. 5 120 West Trethellan ,AA 6,000 Wicklow Copper \9 3,845 West Wheal Jewel. 5 120 West Trethellan ,AA 50 Wheal Vor 1 ii 1,000 Wheal Bandon. «••• | 1". l,000j West Carbery .•••••••• *1

BRISTOL PRICES CURRENT OF LEA1 ] RAW GOODS. llv i< 9j b. lb. d. d. t s\t CropIIides perlb 30.S5—lltol2 Light- 40 48—12 13 Irish Skins ✓ j A 50 60—15 17 Welsh Skins ,y\i) Foreign Hides .30 35—10 11 .5 JoJ 40 45—10 11 It f £ V ? H Middlings 12 13 „d>V!i Id Bum English. 16 20—14J 15J Kips, English•# g yh jj 24 26-15 16 Petersburg'19 IV 28 30—15 17 „ j 1 «*tra 84 36-15 18 East lad'?. > Foreign. 16 20-13 Seal Skins, g\ j 22 25—11 14 midd' 1 > 28 30—11 14 lar«e g d 86-10 H Basils i'ieU'e6j> |«J l' Best Saddlers' Offal, Foreign 9 Hides 37 40-13*15 Foreign 1 Common ditto 35 40—13 14 Dressing Shaved Hides 18 22-14 21 DittOS11 Vø Slioe Hides 20 23-13 134 I GOO A1 Welsh Hides 12J 13J RAW e ,()> Bull Hides 10 12 V English Horse Hides 12 13 Drysalted Eas 1». j Welsh ditto 11 13 Kips.No.l" d-AI German ditto 13 16 J Spanish ditto 14 21 Brined No. I-" .iJSi (t°1 Ditto Shaved, without ii'0rse f'.i10' butts lis to 15s Odcach. Dry Spanish P'{,<■* Horse Butts 11 13 .&■ BestPatternskins r>6 64—23 24 Bark \r 65 70—24 26 Valonia. »' |s- tw ,P* S Common Pattern 22 23 l Shumac 100 120—16 20 I Glue piecesi"- ,45. j 30 36—15 18 J (unfleshe^^ BRISTOL HAY IN, A Hay perTon .• 2 Straw per Dozen —»Fjti Newport, Saturday, July 15* J E Pe rimed and Published for the Sole ^roPne t a' DOWLING, of Crindau, near Nt:^p°';s,reeH W General Printing Office, sl,t^.le/li//v vBR' ° rough of Newport, by JOHN O'DVVY^ M street, in the said Borough. ^rar ijdfi London Agents.—Messrs. Newton and Co., Mr. R. Barker, 33 Fleet-street; Mr. 6. S cery- lane Mr. S. Deacon. Coffee-house. j^t the Maitsion-house, where this Paper is rggu .1

I HENRI IV. TO THE FAIIl GABRIELLE. I. NAY, fling <)ack that veil,—'tis a shame to the sky The sfiij'ht of such beauty aa thine to deny Nay,$in& back that reil,—were it but to disclose A.<wek that is reddening to rival the rose* u. And yet thou art fair. my beloved one, how fair! And thy young cheek is pale, save when blushes are there. Sweet messengers springing, the rosy and fleet, Thy heart's timid truth* to surprise and repeat, III. Come, give me the cup but how pile is the wine! It is mocked by the light in those blue eyes of thine Those eyes that the midnight and morning unite, Like the moonshine so soft, like the sunshine so'bright. tv. They say that the star*, which are shining above, an tell ot man's glory, can tell of man's love flut I ask not the love that is writ in the skies, So long as 1 read of thy heart in thine eyes. v. Ah give me one moment that little white hand Its least wave coimnandeth where'er I cotnmattd Oh fair are the lilies of Bourbon's proud line— But they are not so fair as this white hand of thine. VI. The trumpet soon summons the soldier from rest. He has brief while to gaze on the face he loves best; My foot in the stirrup, my hand on my sword, 1 must live on a look, I must woo with a word. VII. 1\1y idol, farewell!—But all I give me to wear One curl from thy ringlets of long golden ltai- > It will cheer me when lonely, will lead ilit! in war, And in death will be found nevt the heart ot Navarre.

THE VICE OF DUELING. The untimely ftatb of Colonel Fawcett by the hand of the duellist has created a far-spread sensation of horror, of which the army, the Government, and the public opioion of the country should, with firm determination, take quick and grasp- ing hold, for the purpose of crushing, now and for ever, the vast enormity of that social atrocity which has carried the gal. lant soldier to an early and dishonourable grave. All the details of the circumstance group themselves into a. wretched aQod affecting picture. Two officers are bound, not only by profession but almost by relationship, in ties of brotheihood; they are married to two sisters, and are thus dtawn closer in the social circle than other men. One of them is in the strength of young manhood be has attained rapid distinction, and, covered with the glory of the soldier, is the pride and hope of a loving and relying wife -that wife a joyful mother too. The other is a beaten soldier one who worked his way to the rank: which this duel has dis: honoured-the father of older child;en than his friend's-the husband of a wife chosen out of (ne same home. The two men n?JL u worldl* lilies and their worldly affairs a Jp„e"t ary wl ENS«$*ihe quarrel of an instant, quick, hot, .88 *>o°n as begun—but its result is Death. The c u uy oi me world's pride steps in—the mockery of honour cans ur its false vengeance—and the home-brawl of the mome nt becomes a horrible encounterof murder in cold blood. I je distinguished young soldier is laid low, in the very prime of life and happiness, and almost by a brother's hand. His wife, watches his ebbing spirit in hopeless but devoted misery, until her Jove and glory have passed away with his being and then rushes to the home of her orphan, and plunges her heait into the gloomy distraction of despair. Her sister may not console her there-she is the wife of the slayer of her husband, and she too may yet have to encounter the heart-rending spec- tacle of that husband's degredation under the accusation of murder at the criminal's bar. Sunshine has passed out of the two homes of trouble, and only from religion now can any light be gathered into their darkened rOOms, And this shocking con summation of crime and wretchedness has been worked out in the name of honour and under a mockery of social justice-false, merciless, and depraved. Now dons not humanity call aloud to us, as it were. to in- terpret the will of God, and vindicate the holltuss of Christi- anity by making the crisis of bumtn amiction the crisis also of th<S crime which gave it Wttbl Wipe away the stigma of dwelling from the vrotldks escutcheon, and let the sin perish from the bosom <eXthe land. Let the press and the pulpit assist tJne people to put It down. Let all human eloquence and virtue and power have a voice for its extinction for evermore. Let tke Government legislate to make the duel not only what it is a mvttder-but a fatal and withering disgrace. Set it up pe- remptonly as the sign of banishment from the navy and army country make it the bane of charactcr, the curse ot I man «« J16 sclPrnJ.#a^ contumely of manhood* so that courage fo l I T* under its name. In the temples of of it f ii vo,cei,?f ihe people's pastors discourse impressively 7 ,n the sight of viitne its desecration of the spirit ot igion, its defiance of the commandments of heaven. Let Allies spurn its false principle, and all the affections be '^sainst il whertvtt women would go unwidowtd.or ch''dren dread the desolation of the orphan's fate. Theie is a text in the past week's catastrophe for the preaching of philo- sophy and Christianity all the nation through. The bitter teais arid prayers of much afficlion will hallow it, and the miiial will engrave itself indelibly upon the country's heart. Now, too, let it test the sincerity of that noble association, to the formation of which we sometime back awarded such lieai ry encouragement. We remember that it enrols within its ranks noblemen, statesmen, clergy, soldiers, tailors, and civilians of "unimpeachable character and exalted rank devoted to the utter extinction of the duel; and now is the favourable moment when, with warm and timely exertion, that triumph may be achieved. Let these philanthropists then concentrate all their influence upon the point; the occasion, though melancholy, is indeed worthy of the struggle. In these remarks we arc ask- ing only for action upon enlarged principles for the future an- nihilation of the crime, and that this last deed of blood may set the crimson fiat upon its doom. But with the individual fea- tures of the case we do not meddle, since justice is not dead in England, and the public can feel no personal vengeance that should be stronger than the social law. Whatever result may eventuate, we know what lasting and poignant misery the im- plicated survivors of Colonel Fawcett must endure. The men who performed the wanton othce of seconds, and mixed in a quarrel in which they had no sympathy that was notdishonour- ahle—no pretence that was not false-could hardly have their Punishment heightened even by the disgrace which we pre- sume the Government, through the head of the Army, will visit upon their crime. Theirs is now the agony of spirit which is a retribution from Heaven—the remorse which rends the soul; they may escape the law, but not the haunting power of "onsci- ence refusing to be lulled. Most of all must he feel torture J who has worked out the fatal deed. If God ever bestowed upon him a heart, the strong worm of an agonising and eternal sorrow must be kaawing bitterly at its core the law may dis- grace, destroy, or release him, but it cannot give him rest; the blood that is upon him can only be wiped away in Heavtn. We c,innot conclude the comments which we have felt it our duty to make upon the horrible occurrence that has tran>pneil without most fervent aspirations that the spirit from which they receive vita'ity mny work its pure purpose out; that humane and Christian feelings of cordial love for the human race—of cordial hate for the crime which alloys iis biotherhood—may swell into a broad, bright, and beautiful river of benevolence that may roll its waters with fair majestic grandeur over the dark iniquity of the duel, so that no trace of its barbarism be left behind to sully the character of the nation, outrage the hoine-affcclions of the people, and conquer that noble courage of virtue which is the right arm of true honour and its fair un- spotted shield.—Illustrated News.

THUNDER. So the Times on Thursday mined point blank against Minis. ters the ihunderer came out with a flash of lightning, and struck Peel all of a heap. It was, in slang terms, a great walk into the minister but there was much plain reason and sound sense in it after all. It lamented, in round English, that there was not a Whig Lyndhurst in the House of Lords, to tell the Cabinet what a quantity of nothing" it had done it mourned over the change in the spirit of Brougham, and offered him a premium of encouragement for a ministerial castigation. It told how old MelbourDe-a dear, decent boy when he was in office, and in the palace dearer and more deeent Itill-used to catch it for his weakness when be could accomplish nothing; and wished the Tories might catch it for their strength when they coutd accomplish everything and do nothing at all. In fact, it seemed to look upon the Government as a sort of promissory note which the nation had allowed to come due and had disho- noured, but for which the Times solicited payment in terms nearly as pungent as an attorney letter. It was a great turn. out of stif fpolitical scribble, and there was something plucky sbnin it, as there generally is in all the Times says and docs. We do not think, however, that it will ever get a tesiimonal for turning out Peel bat he ought to look about him with as much energy as when Summoned on wings of speed to hasten horns, The cotton spinner's son arrived from Rome. The Times thinks he is shilly-shallying with Ireland, and is nearly certain that he is flirting either with Rebecca or her daughters, which it is very naughty of him to do, as he is a married man. Our readers are not likely to have forgotten those annual summaries of the results of Whig Legislation with which Lord Lyndhurit used in former days to entertain the House of Lords. Returns or the number and title of measures brought in, and measures passed, and of the different stages at which one bill after another fell beneath the victorious onset of the Conserva- tive enemy, or was abandoned by its own feeble progenitors, were regularly moved lor and laid upon the table of the house. A beggarly account of empty boxes" it certainly was, in every instance and bravely did the noble and learned lord deal out his taunts at the mighty promises and small performance, of which it was his pleasure to heighten the contrast with all the force of his sarcastic eloqutncej ■ Happily for the party now in power, there it. no Lord Lyndhurst on the opposiiion benches to do the like kind office lor them at the close of tiie piesent session Lord Hioiif,hatn having gone a-woomy in his old age after—-nobody knows ex- actly what.-but something which inclines him much more to be the panegyrist of the government than to expose their weak- ness, Otherwise, the Chancellor might not only be paid off in his own coin, bat might receive interest into the bargain. Trra Whigs fcere inefficient under Lord Melbourne, cer- tainly. They passed few of their measures, no doubt. But 1 this at least they could say, that the came of their failure was in the strength of their adversaries, not in their own imbecility. If they were able to accomplish little, they proposed and at- tempted much. No one could allege that they acted as if they would have been at a loss what to do, with a strong majority at their back. \V hi Ie they had such a majority, they governed with a high hand, and eatri&tl ttiany measures of first-rate im- potence, and of various degrees of merit And demerit—the Re- form Act, the Municipal Act, the Tithe Commutation Act, the Negro Emancipation Act, the New Poor Law. Whea Ireland was more turbulent thao usual, they did not hesitate to ask for a Coercion Act. Did Canada rebel, they suppressed the rebel- lion with ptompt determination and vigour. But the government which has succeeded them seems am- bitious of exhibiting in the face of the world the union of abso- lute inefficiency with absolute power. With a degree of Par- liamentary strength unprecedented of late years, they are about to close a session, the legislation of which, for all important purposes, will be an absolute blank. Two measures only, pre- tending to any largeness of character, did they introduce—the t actories Education bill, and the Ecclesiastical Courts bill. Both these measures have undergone in their passage through 11 11 the House of Commons (notyet completed) such reverses, cur- tailments, and transmutations, as scarcely any Whig measure ever experienced, even at the lowest period of Whig decline. J fieir fundamental principles discarded, every provision which | made them objects of public interest stripped away, they now remain mere capita mortlta, laughing-stocks of the whole coun- try. Yet these are all, absolutely all the fruits of the united wisdom of the Conservative Cabinet, with its majority of 100, which, the present year has seen. For the rest, so utterly bar- ;en has been the campaign, that the Liberal opposition is re- duced, in very despair for something to oppose, to spend thir- teen nights in fighting a bill, the first twelve causes of which are only as yet agreed to, for the mete continuance (under cir- cumstances which made them unusually necessary) of powers which have been granted to every government in Ireland since the beginning of the Century and to Whig governments without dispute. How is this to be accounted for 1 Did not Sir R. Pee hold mysterious gilence for nearly a year after his accession to power, while every one supposed him to be matuiing some grand scheme of polity, for the developement of which the whole nation waited with impatience 1 Is this grand scheme, alter all, merely and simply-nothing ? Or is it nothing but a sys- lem of administering, at long intervals, such small doses of free trade as the corn Jaw and the tariff of 1842? People will not fail to observe that the same minister, who has proved yet so marvellously scanty in legislative resources of his own, che- rishes as the very apple of his eye everything which was done formerly-often in spite of his strongest opposition—by those on whose ruins he stands. Was mere power, then, after all, hi* object? Were there no purposes for which he sought power? No evils to be remedied—no bad laws to be amended-no dan- gers to be prevented-no great deeds to be performed ? Does Sir Robert Peel really imagine that he persuaded the people of England to overturn a government only for his sake ? Is there no principle in his Conservatism, but to adhere to just what the Whigs did, and timidly advance a little farther in their direc- tion ? If so, it is time he should learn that this was DO: the Conservative principle which seated him in power, and that most assuredly this will not ksep him there. It is impossible to won- der, if such is the case, that with all his seeming majority, he lis so slow to act; for action must necessarily show the man, and exhibit a principle and purpose in Conservatism, before which the professing Conservative minister who does not adopt it must infallibly fall. Meanwhile, the vigour which is wanting in legislation does not show itself in the executive department. Elements of mis- chief have been gathering in many quarters, while the govern- ment has looked idly on, and displayed neither activity, nor decision, nor prudence. In Wales-in spite of many warnings -causes, which a little care and concern for the practical grievances of the people, might easily have obviated, have at length issued in a formidable system of agrarian insurrection and with the prospect, unfortunately, before us of an extensive and sudden reduction of employment in the iron trade, it is impossible to look upon such a state of things without the most serious alarim In Ireland, O'Connell has been, and still is, disciplining his armies-if for no evil result, the thanks will, undoubtedly, not be due to those who have thrown away un- exampled opportunities of conciliation, and met disaffection without firmness. They have done enough to condemn them- selves for what they have not done for, by dismissing magis- trates for attending Repeil meetings, they have emphatically asserted those meetings to be dangerous to the public peace and yet they have taken no step to make or declare them illegal

A GREAT POLITICAL CORN DOCTOR. Doctor Peel, political chiropodist, informs the nobility, gentry, and the public, that he continues to perforin operations and experiments on British and foreign corns at his old esta- blished place of business, St. Stephen's, Westminster. Since lie first made these nuisances his study, he has discovered many ivrtys of ameliorating the sufferings they are apt to produce, and is able to ring the changes on all known varieties of treat- ment. He particularly invites attention of his fiiends to a method ot extraction without cutting, in which till tecently, he could never succeed perfectly to las mind. Dr. Peel flatters himself that his new mode of operation will be found superior to that of any other professor, and it is his intention to "try it on" on a large scale on every proper occasion, assuring those who may be disposed to trust him that it has had the happiest effects in ttie few select cases in which it has been yet tried. He subjoins a few testimonies to his general skill in corn cases, which he has selected out of a great number accumulated in the course of an extensive practice :— TESTIMONIALS. FROM THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM. ( I nereby certify that, though strongly opposed to the mode adopted by Professor Peel in the pure of corn complaints, he possesses a firm hand, and cuts very close, » fact of which I and several friends of mine have had good reason to know. BUCKINGHAM. I FROM EAKL STANHOPE. Dr. Peel's method of dealing with these excrescences is so marvel- lously efficacious, that by the time the operation is completed, the pa- tient has not a leg to stand upon. STANHOPB, FROM EARL FITZWHIIAM. I have had painful experience of corns, and I must confess, I never knew any body to display greater dexterity in lulling and deceiving the patient, while performing the operation which is to put him out of his misery. FITZWILLIAM. FROM MR. COBDEN. I do a little in the amateur corn-cutting myself, and the only dif- ference between Peel's mode of cure and mine is, that he is for paring the nuisance gradually down, while I would extract it instantly and altogether. R. COBDKN. FROM THE DUKE OF PORTLAND. It is my firm impression that-there is nothing in the "corn way that Peel would not do, or ^at least try at, if he had the opportunity, in fact, he is a deuced deal too clever fur me, and carries out the urinciple of eradication a>;rcat deal farther than I approve of. D 1'OBIT.ASD. FROM Sill II. TYRRELL, BART. It went greatly against the grain for a man of mystanding o consii a corn-doctor at all, especially Peel, against wbom I r'^le prejudices. However, 1 must do him the justice to say U very pretty method with him, and 1 verily believe,, wo Tv (icvil if lie had any particular purpose to gain by 1 • ll. prom MB> Not having a foot of land, to call 1 been troubled with corns. I have, n°Perf e °« several "subjects," and never saw an) *i t> y lile. J UiN. D IsuAEL. FROM LORD MELBOURNE. I have seen something of "T,outt-i'i!tr* nor narinirafinr^,E1i'ab'ie-' describe it it is neither to bo called cutting nor paring but a d—d in- movement of the instrumen', by which the work is done as effectually as if he cut dotcn upon at once. MEIBOUKNE. FROM MR. WALTER. Peel is a sharp fellow, and penetrates much deeper than some sup- pose. His worst fault, as an operator upon corns is that there is no ••fixed" method with him, and he oftens runs wild when he should be quite steady. A moderate system suits my taste best. J- WALTER. FROM MR. VILLIKRS. It is the peculiar feature of Peel's corn-practice, that he knows how to perform the duty of extraction, and to pick the pockets of his patients at tile same time; he relIeves them in toe-toe of several 8upertluites at once. No chiropodist ever exceeded him in this important point. — ^LLIERS. N-B-Countiy patients by minutely describing their casecan, on enclosing the usual fee, have suitable advice forwarded. Consultations in town attended daily—payment according to the distance. No letters addressed to my private residence in Piivy-Gardensattended to.

HORRIBLE MURDER AND PARRICIDE. [From the Leeds Mercury.] The little village of Mount l abor, about three miles from Halifax, was thrown into a slate of the greatest consternation on Tuesday last b.v one of the most cool-blooded and unnatural H inders, perhaps, ever iccoiiicd in the annals ot come. The unfortunate victim is a poor man named John Dobson, aged .<2, a weaver by trade, who had only lived ashort tllllC at Mount I itbor. Joseph Dobson, the deceased's son, and his wife, and two children, came as lately as Sunday last to live with him. They were on very bad terms, and frequently quarrelled. On Tues- day morning the old man and his son's wife had several quarrels. Mr. Birtwhistle, a constable, who lives close by, was called in, and he advised them to be quiet and Jive peaceably, but me old it an swore he would not have them there, he would lose his aim first. He leit them, but in a short time was called in again. Shortly after, the son, Joseph Dobson, came in, and on learning what was going on he swore a dreadful oath that it there were powde." and shot to be had in Halifax, he would shoot his father. 1 hey afterwards ;both left the house. 1 he son went to a young man named 11. Thomas, and asked the loan of a pistol, but the l itter said he bad parted with it. He then asked him if he had any powder and shot. He said he had neither. On being asked what lie wanted with a pistol, he said there was something between theie and Tabor he should like." He next went to the house of a man named Lassey. who lives at a place called Brownhurst, nearly a mile from Mount Tabor, where he formerly lived, and there being nobody in the house but a boy, Lassey's son, he took a gun that was hung at the side of some looms. He then went back into Boy- lane, to puichase powder, shot, &c., and came back to Lassey's where he was seen to try the gun, and afterwards load it with shot. He then proceeded with the gun alone to his father's house, where he ariived a little after three o'clock. A young man named James Snowden happened to call and on seeing him loading the gun (this was the second time,) asked him what he intended to do with it, when lie replied he was going to shoot butterflies. His father was not then in the house, but in a few minutes he came in. Fhcre was also in the house, besides the old man Dobson and his son, James Snow- den, a lad aged 19, his son's wife, and a girl named Elizabeth oalmfoid and from their evidence it appeared lhat Joseph P.son ,as''ec' his father it be was going to do as he said. L »* nal tillS was did not come out at the inquest.] The old man made no answer. He asked him a second time, when the father said, 1 hen shoot me." His son then levelled the Run at him, but the cap missed fire. On seeing this, the young man Snow- don ran out to give the alarm, but he immediately put on ano- ther cap, and shot the old man through the heart. He fell, and after uttering a moan, almost immediately expired. In the confusion the son escaped over a low building into the fields, where he dropped thegun. He was afterwa.ds pursucl as soon as assistance could be had. but he managed to escape^ in the woods near the Pellon. Active measures have been taken, and tllere is little doubt that he will soon be secured. An inquest was held on the body, at the New Inn, Mount l abor, on Wednesday,before Geo. Dyson, Esq.. and a highly respectable jury, when the above facts were fully proved in evidence. I he jury unanimously returned a verdict of V\ il- ful Murder against Joseph Dobson." who is described as about twenty-three years of age, stands five feet seven inches, wore a a blue cap, fustian coat, with only a few buttons in front, and has red air.

HORRIBLE MURDER AT LLAlflRWST. ] C From the Ciii Htirvtin ll>rald.) A murder, accompanied bv circumstances of almost unpar- alleled lTJtrlilv and hurrol hns just come to light in this re mote and seclu d ed part of the Principality. About two month, ago, a. middle-aged widow vioman, named Margaret Davies, ostensibly acting as housekeeper to one Evan Jones, a hus- bandry labourer, holding a petty tenement on the mountain Moel Trefriw, within a mde of Capel Garmon, in this pariah, was suddenly missed, and various conjectures were formed as to the cause of her absence all, however, very different to the true one. Weeks rolled a«ayj but still no signs of her return. On Friday last, huwe?er, her ihutilitSd bo8y was discovered in a ditch, iiear a dingle, about 300 yards from the cottage where she had dwelt with her presumed murderer. It is generally supposed that the muiderer, after committing the deed of blood, he had hidden the body in a turf fence, such as are generally used in mountainous districts; and not more than from fifty to sixty yards from the cottage. It is conjec- tured that to hide from the eye of day his foul and barbarous act, the grave he dug for the body was so very shallow, that the stench arising from its decomposition, attracted to the spot the dogs of the neighbourhood. This appears to have been a source of annoyance to the assassin for further to conceal his guilt, he undertook the revolting task of exhuming the body, and in its putrid state conveyed it to the distance already named, where it wa3 discovered accidentally by tracing a dog thither, who had been repeatedly seen resorting to the spot to feast on the dead. Nothing, as yet, has transpired to throw light on the cattse that led to the perpetration of the deed. The supposed murderer was immediately taken into custody by the police, in order to await the result of the inquest. On Monday, the third instant, the coroner for the county held an inquest upon the remains, when the following facts were proved. Mr Read, of Llanrwst, attended on behalf of the deceased's sister. Jane Thomas, sister to the deceased, had seen her on the 9th of last May in Llanrwst, when it was arranged that on the 25th of the same month (Ascension Day), they should go together to Capel Garmon. On that day witness called at the prisoner's house, where she saw the prisoner's son, who informed her that deceased had left the prisouer, and he did not know where she had gone to. She also called on her return, but no one was then in the house. 011 the 29th of May she again called and saw the prisoner, who informed her that the deceased had left him, and that he did not know where she had gone to, though he had heard her say that she intended going to Holywell. At that time the prisoner did not say that the deceased meant 10 return to his service. When witness expressed her fear that deceased was without money, prisoner said he knew that she had three pounds, and more. He also said he intended going to Holywell in search of her. He went to Holywell, and on his way horne called on witness to say he had been there, but deceased could not be found. Two days before the prisoner so called, witness had received a letter through 'he Llanrwst post office, signed with the piUonei's name, inlo ■■■■' £ her that she was to send for the clothes of the deceased, as sbe had lelt the the prisoner, and would not return until All Saints, but that he expected to be paid 303 he had lent the deceased. Witness ob- served, at this interview, that she was disappointed on finding the letter came from the prisoner, and not from the deceased, as she had at first imagined upon which the prisoner denied that he had sent her any letter, or authorised any other per- son to do so. There are at the prisoner's house a pair of shoes which were deceased's best pair, but her common pair aie missing. Mr Thomas Jones, of the Eagles Inn, Llanrwst, proved that on the second of Junsj last, the prisoner came 10 him to ask him to write the letter before referred to, which he did. The prisoner and last witness only reside distant fiom each other about two miles. Witness asked the prisoner his reaion for not calling or sending there, when the icply was that he (prisoner) would rather send a line." Some days after prisoner came to witness and asked him whether his (prisoners) name was put to the letter; witness said it was, upon which the prisoner remarked that he wished it had not Prisoner then asked witness not to tell any one that he had written the letter for him. Last Monday he again called on witness, and asked him what he should do with the people. Witness enquired what people I He answered, the people They talk of doing me some harm about the old woman you wrote the letter about." Witness asked him where she had gone to; and he said she mentioned, before starting, that she was going to Holywell, but that he had been there, and could hear nothing of her. John Jones, of Brynrhug, Capel Garmon, nephew to the prisoner, proved finding the body in a field, about a quartei of a mile from prisoner's residence. Dogs had been mang- ling the body. It was taken up, and brought to prisoner's iMidence. Richard Kenrick Nicholls, superintendent in the Denbigh- shire police force, apprehended the prisoner on suspicion of murder, when the body was found. On Saturday last he and John Denman, Esq, the chief constable, and Mr H. Hughes, of the Cottage, Ltdnrwst, went up with the deceased's sister, in order that she might, if possible, identify the body. Mr Den- man's dog, immediately on getting into the prisoner's yard, ran towards a mound, or turf fence boundary of the field next ad- joining the prisoner's house, and in his holding, from which circumstance, and having been told that dogs had frequently been seen there scratching up the earth, the mound was caused to be spiead and opened before. Proceeding with the digging, they came to two toe nails of a human being, with the flesh attached thereto. In the mcund there was a greal stench as of a dead body. Mr Henry Williams, surgeon, of Llanrwst, made a post mortem examination of the body-could find no marks of vio- lence or symptoms of disease. There was considerable blood on the lungs. Was of opinion, that deceased might have met wiih her death by suffocation. The two toe nails were those of a human being, and there were two missing from off the corpse. They corresponded. Nails would come off by the body lying in damp earth. Other witnesses were examined, and the jury brought in i verdict of Wilful Murder against the piisoner, and he was :ommitted to Ruthin gaol to take his trial at the next Denbigh. shire assizes. Very great praise is due to Mr. Superintendent Niclit He ind his men, for their activity in bringing this horrible afiair :o light.

NEW USES OF IRON-SHIP-BUILDING; Among the new employments found for iron must be men tioned ship-building. Iron was first used about the year 1813 for the construction of vessels employed in canal and river navigation. After this, the next employment of this ma- terial was in 1820, when a steam vessel called the Aaron Manby, was constructed at the Ilorsley Iron Works, and made the voyage between the capitals of England and France with- out unlading any part of her cargo this vessel is stiil in good condition, although twenty two years old, never having re- quired any repairs to her bull. In 1825, a small iron steam- boat was placed on the river Shannon, where she is now em- ployed, in good condition. In 1832, tbe idburkah, an iron steam-vessel built by Messrs. Macgregor, Laird, and Co., in Liverpool, made it voyage from that port to the coast of Africa, ami tivice ascended the river Niger. Tills. successful experi- ment led to the construction of many other iron steam-vessels. One builder, Mr. John Laird, of Birkenhead, near Liverpool, has built forty-five iron vessels, of the aggregate burthen of twelve thousand six hundred tons. The total UIUIUKT launched since 183(1 is said to exceed a hundred and filly. Tlfe largest iron vessel yet ifnished, and in use, the Gaudaloupe, a steam- frigate of ÎHS tons, carrying sixty-eight-pounders, and belong- ing to the Mexican government; but her dimensions are insig- nificant when compared with those of the Great Biitain, now building, and nearly finished, in Bristol. the length of this vessel, from her figure head to her taffrail, is. 320 feet. rhe breadth of beam. 51 The depth of her hold 31 Her draught of waler, when loaded, is calculated to be 16 and liei burthen is 3500 tons. The engines will have a force equal to that of a thousand horses, and will he used to keep in aeiion, as the means ot propulsion, the Arciutiiedean screw. rhe draught of water will be seen not to exceed that of a first- L;!ass West Indiaman. At present, this vessel can only be con- sidered as an experiment; and, should it fail, an abundance of ridicule, will, no doubt, be cast upon the proprietors by wen whose genius would haidly have sufficed for the invention of a wherry. A great part of the steam navy of the East India Company consists of iron vessels, twenty-five of which are now in use in India, among which are the Nemesis, the l'hlcg- ethoa, the Ariadne, and the Medusa—names well known to the British public, from the conspicuous pait which the vesse s have performed in the war with China. The advantages of iron over timber for naval architeclure are—the absence of wear and tear" in the hull, no nccesslty for caulking or coppeiing, no possibility of injury fr0"?, :s rot, greater lightness and increased capacity; and vvlia of even far moie impollanee, greater safely. I his last pomt has sometimes been questioned but not by any one having knowledge on the subject. V\ lien a timber-built ship a the ground with any violent shock, the whole frame work 01 the vessel is strained, and in a measure, dislocated —s° • by the mere buffeting of the waves, sbe will, in all prob^ 1 i • soon be made a complete wieck; but, when an iion-bul1 ves" sel strikes, however violent the blow, it is only the |»3.rtc a is brought into collision with rocks that will be injured. Inep an 1 of building these ships in wafer-tight compartments, then proves its ethcacy for, should the injury amount even to the teanng away of the plates, the resulting mischief will only be onli with water that particular compartment of the ves-et to wiiicu the injury has occurred, so that the ship will be scarcely less buoyant than before; and expeiience has shown that damage of this kind is easily repaired. The first cost of iron vesse Is is somewhat, but not much, less than that ot tiuibti sels; their comparative cheapness results from their g er durability after years of constant employment, they are una to be as sound and as clean as when first built. /helf g upon which depends the displacement of water, 'S, JL ral rule, three-fit'hs the weight of wooden vessels of tn < capacity. The weight of metal used in proportion to tn den of tbe ship, vaiies, of course, with the size. A sea g g iron.steam vessel will take from nine to twelve cwt. ot 'r » ton register. Boats intended for river traffic, which do n quire an equal degree of strength, of course take a less lei.glit of metal. I he building of iron ships is fast becon110^.a poriaut branch ot national industry it is one ip w irp mineral riches and our great mechanical skill will sec a virtual monopoly.—Pttrter's Progress of the Nation, V ol« section v.: Consumption."

"CUM PIUVILEGlû." Miss Augusta Spotiiswoode, bj her mother, lUIS. Andrew Spottiswoodc. "-Report of the Levee. Our modish grandsires did to town resort, To look for fashion's imprint at the Court, Lived they but now! See here, upon my life, The printer's dau¡{1Jh:r and the printer's wife, Large pica leading diamond well! A printer's wife at Court's a nonpareil.

SONG—THE 'PIKE-MAN'S TEAR. Beside the road he stood, To take a last fond look Of thc toll-house and thc fastened gate, And thc lodge within the nook. He heard Rebecca's voice, So familiar to his ear; And the took his tickets out And wiped away a tear. Beside that 'pike-house gato Was Beeey and her" gals;" Sh e waved aloft a blood-red" wipe," And flashed it to her pals. She cried aloud—"We'll have No toll-bars like this here." So he raised his apron to his eyes, And wiped away a tear. He turned to leave the spot: Ah do not harshly speak, He used to keep that 'pike-house once For eighteen bob a week. Go watch upon the hill, You'll see him pale with fear, And when Rebecca's smashed the erib He'll wipe away a tear.

TOSSING-UP JURYMAN.—In the Court of Common Fieas on Monday, some commotion and surprise were excited, when (upon the retirement of the jury in one case) a fresh jury was called into the box, by a curious, if not unpre- cedented objection being raised on the part of two or three of the persons to serve. Chief Justice Tindal asked what was the ground of objection? Two of the jurymen an- swered, that on the last case they had been called on to try, one of their colleagues had suCRested that the verdict should be decided by "tossing up," whether it should be pro or coH the plaintiff. They objected so much to such a mode of satisfying the oath that they should well and truly try the issue joined between the parties, and a true verdict give," that they protested against being compelled to serve on any jury with that person agam. Chelf Justice Tindal asked whether the individual alluded to was in the box at that time? A Juryman-Yes, my lord. The person thus referred to rose and sai j, he admitted having made the suggestion, because he thought there was, other- wise, no probability of their having agreed to a verdict in the case. lie thought also that the persons who had now objected to him had acquiesced in the suggestion.««»Chief Justice Tindal: It was an exceedingly improper thing for you to do. You had better retire then retired, and another juryrcan was summoned in hisptace. DEATH OF THE KEV. JOHN MASON. CHUKCII MIS- SIONARY IN NEW ZEALAND.—On the 5th of January in the present year, the Rev. O. IIudfield and the Itev. John Mason set out on horseback on a journey along the coast, having several dangerous riverstocioss. They had gained the second of those rivers and were swimming their horses across, when Mr. Mason's be^an to plunge and rear in tht, water. The nder lost his seat and was drowned.

LONDON MARKETS. j Iff,'1 ConN EXCHANGE, MAKR-LANE, MONDA V, JULY -I he arrivals of English wheat at this day's mar f 2p very small, and were soon cleared off it an advance p|ii qr. In foreign wheat there was an improvement on >(j|t 19 of this day se'nnight of Is. to 2s. per qr.; but at tin ■■ the sale was not brisk. For bonded wheat there was quiry, but few sales were effected. The arrivals of jgt»w{E|j| tinue very small, and Is. per qr. advance is readily w There was a good supply of oats fresh in during t6d>* ■ very few to this day's market. There was a fair Al qr. advance. Beans and pease in short supply, an dearer. In clover-seeds nothing doing at preseDt. UK tides without alteration to notice. 19 Current Prices of Grain per Imperial Quart* S I 34tt Wheat English .51 to 60 Old Beans Rye. 32 to 36 Tick Beans Barley.29 to 33 Oats (Potatoe). Malt.54 to 63 Ditto (Feed)..•••15" E White Pease (Boilers) 30 to 34 Flour Grey Pease.32 to 33 Official Corn Averages and Duty, July I. f Wht. I Barl. I Oats. Kye .1 Aggregate average s. d.J s. d.| s. d. s. d.l 1 r of 6 weeks. 48 9 27 5, 18 6 30 6 28 f qr. qr. qr. qr. { 1r* g I* Duty onFor.Corn 20 0 D Ot 8 0 10 6j Ij. & bl. bl. I tl. bl. W' 0 0 0 0, 0 0( 0 Oj 0 JX

HOP INTELLIGENCE..s^A The demand for hops is quite equal to the PreseI,Ljjt> -5 u the market, the holders being favoured by the acC | The qnotations are from three to four shillings the last few days for the growth of 1842, and the dut' at £ 145,000. being an advance. The Worcester dul' t| £ 12,000. 3. s' c"" Pockets, 1842, Wealds 95 to 105 Per it East Kent .108 to 126 »' Sussex 94 to 105 Farnham. 00 to 00 Pockets, 1841, Good 00 to 70 V Choice. 75 to 90 Bags, 1841, ditto. 00 to 00 0() Old olds, ditto 00 to 00

LATEST CURRENT PRICES OF LONDON, JUNE 30, 1843. F'JJ Spelter m Jf'lfr1, For delivery 3" I Zinc—English Sheets ll>| Quicksilver I" k\ Iron, English—Bar.to" 6 .0 Hoops ten* 1\ Sheets to* k P Cargo in Wales "J.to" 3 a '[< Pig, No 1, Wales to" t » '< No. 1, Clyde. jO (j For Swedish hdv Q Russian, ccnd i h PSI .t0'1 0 0 Gourieff 1 jfl Hi Archangel. iff Steel—Swedish keg .W* 0 3 Ditto Faggots .></• L'opper—English sheathing *•{?' ^0 t, Old V 0 „ Cake p.ton .••••• ? 0 Foreign cake 0 t Tile 2 i fin, British—Blocks.. '$2 Bars cult' } 0 Foreign, Banca ? j j: ( Stiaits 2 1 j Peruvian 11} U l'in Plates—No. 1C. p. box .• f ij IX. ditto .• jO Wasters 3s. p. box less kO 1 Lead, British—Sheet t0$0 » Shot 9 Red ",t0 h White I* 5 Pig-Lead—English 1? jO Spanish American *'i( __1I 0* PRICES OF SHARES AT COMMERCIAL ROOMS, BBISTOFILCE Paid- r iff] > COMMERCIAL RooMs, BBISTOFILCE Paid- r iff] > Great Western Railway Company 6b Ditto HalfShares 50 Li 5i Ditto One-Fifth Shaies 12 Kj Great Western Steamer 95 d' ay L, Bristol Steam Navigation 130 & Bristol and Exeter Railway 70 ft j' Birmingham and Gloucester d) Cheltenham and (it. Western Union. *(|^ Tad'Vale 100 ,j '9 Severn and Wye av35 fj| yjl Kennet and Avon Canal .av40 a a West of Eng. & South Wales Dist. Bank 12 £ a\$F Eastern Counties 23 London and Birmingham 100 19 London and Southampton 38a Leeds and Manchester.. 70 i)l, —1 i)i CURRENT PRICE OF GOLD AND 1/ For. Gold in brs. peroz.j £ 3 17 9 New Portugal pieces 3 17 5 Silverin bis y il "1