Monmouthshire Merlin

THE PRESIDENT.—SHE NE'ER WAS HEARD OF MORE! Her mighty sails the breezes swell. And fast she leaves the lessening land: Whilst from the shore the last farewell Is waved by many a snowy hand! And glistening eyes are on the main, Until its verge she wanders o'er ;— But from that hour of parting pain She ne'er was heard of more! When on her wide and trackless path Of desolation doomed to flee, Say, sank she 'mid the blending wrath Of racking cloud and rolling sea? Or where the land but mocks the eye, Went drifting on a fatal shore ? Vain guesses all! Her destiny Is dark: she ne'er was heard of more! The moon hath often changed her form From glowing orb to crescent wan; 'Mid skies of calm and scowl of storm, Since from her port that ship hath gone j- But Ocean keeps its secrets well And though we know that all is o'er— No eye hath seen, no tongue can tell Her fate she ne'er was heard of more! Oh. were her tale of sorrow known, Twere something to the broken heart; The pangs of doubt would then be gone, And Fancy's sickening dreams depart. It may not be; there is no ray By which her doom we may explore; We only know she sailed away, And ne'er was heard of more!

THE WIND AND THE WAVE. The wintry wind said to the wave, How great a king am I, When from the shadows of my cave, To vex the earth I 11y And the wave answered to the wind, A wave I'd rather be, Than be the wind to vex the wave, And wreck the ship like thee. Ambition stood and said to Love, How great a king am I, When midst the thrones of earth I move, In pomp and majesty. And Love, wíth gentle voice replied, TI? Love I'd rather be, *■ han sit on thrones to thee allied, Card'ff vex lhe earth like thee. EDWIN PAXTON HOOD. a

SACRED MELODY. There is a thought, can lift the soul Above the dull, cold sphere that bounds it; A star that sheds its mild control Brightest when gl ief 's dark cloud surrounds it; And pours a soft pervading ray, Life's ills may never chase away. When earthly joys have left the breast, And e'en the last fond hope it cherish'd Of mortal bliss, too like the rest, Beneath Woe's withering touch hath perish'd— With fadeless lustre streams that light, A hala on the brow of night. And bitter were our sojourn here, In this cold wilderness of sorrow, Did not that rainbow beam appear, —t The herald of a brighter morrow A beam of mercy from on high, To guide us to eternity.

CONTRASTS. A CENTKNBHIAN AND SOMETHING MORS. Last week, from motives of curiosity, I visited several patient* in company with a medical gentleman, and was esceedio»lv struck by the contrast which two nresontrrf Th. „ eealD»l* old roan, of fourscore vear, r Ih« °ne was an struck down by the boL if .7 C° accidfcntal1* an old woman who had ot a° ar"llery man the other was hundred aad five Ivin re*cbeld 'he pa'"archal years of one of age. Knih -V D" on he« bed from the physical feebleness side Th WerS P0or' and each had a daughter by the bed- lav rin man Was unsbaveo, dirty, and clothed in rags out rf a,llsome> narrow pallet on the floor; and dragqed will '6 ,en)nant a miserable existence in his obscure shed, i iiis equally aged wife, more like wretched outcasts from ociety, than those who should share some of the happiness 01 is wodd in the last days of existence. 'Twas an abject—a mournful spectacle-that old man almost dying in a hovel but a itt e better than a hole for swine The old woman lay in a clean apartment, fragrant with fresh, pure air. on a bed the men of which rivalled the snow in whiteness; and around her narrow chamber, though poverty was every where visible, there shone forth southing that told pleasingly of the daughter's ever-present .:are and affection. Beside the old man's bed, was is daughter, and she mingled unconcernedly in the loud- spoken gossip of idle women who crowded officiously into the P«n;-Up atmosphere of that miserable place; but she stood <loof from the groaning sufferer, while strangers administered that assistance to him it was her duty to afford. The old man was helpless, and. at eighty.four, was an idiot; but no kind daughter band had smoothed his pillow, supported his falling r*i*«d him up—his intellects waudered, and they died and like them, the daoghtei's affection had died also. He was become a burden and she wished him to end hi. days in the L nion House The daughter of the old woman—herself grown infirm— bustled happily about in the apartment of her aged parent—addressed ber ever as her tender mother," and when feelingly praised for her exemplary kindness, observed that it was her duty, but she did it because she loved her mother. It washer constant fear, she said, while for the briefest period absent from home, that some hurt would befal her" lender mother, and she always ran back to her bedstde with appre- hension. But there the venerable old woman iavin comfort; and taking the hand of her kind medical attendant in her- she discoursed cheerfully of the world around her— told of the un. ceasing and watchful attentions of her poor, dear girl," whom she feared she often wearied by day and oight—spoke of years and circumstances and narratIOns" long, long ago;" and iheD breathed fervent aspirations to heaven for all around her, where she hoped they would one day meet her, and there should be no more sorrowing nor sighing." How great was the contrast, be'ween this picture and that! Here, all the fine susceptibilites and affections of woman's nature—of a daughter's love were untiringly exercised for the preservation of every possible com- fort around the last hours of the mother of a hundred and five years old. There, the father lay in his helplessness and his idiocy and his anguish and misery, with no daughter's care be- stowed upon him but looking on these things, she had wished him to die in the Union House! And both were poor—aye, miserably poor-yet, the contrast! Albeit we are born with sufferings 10 the mother who gave ns life, and with intense anxities, and anguish too often, to our fathers, who for us have earlier waked and later slept," that we might become wise and good and great among our peers, there are too many like the unkind daughter, who. when their best earthly friends grow 1 old, or sink in indigence, or are become outcasts,.as it were, from the world, by reason of poverty, look upon them then with bitterness that they have lived so long, and with the nerce and unnatural wish that now the sands ot their glass were al. most run out, they would die in a Union House Newport, Aug. 28. ELO.

THE PRICE OF REDRESS.—A few days since a poor man was outrageously attacked by another poor man, which getting to the knowledge of the police the delinquent was taken before the magistrates at Richmond, and nned being unable to pay he was committed. The consequence was that the aggrieved party, a labouring man, whose weekly earnings amount to about 18s., was called upon to pay 15s tor expenses, as follows:—Information, Is.; deposition 2s.; hearing Is. 6d.; conviction, 2s. 6d.; return, Is.; state- ment, Is.; commitment, 3s.: commitment in default of finding surities to keep the peace, 3s.-Total, 15s. It will be seen, therefore that this poor man has nearly all his waekly earnings taken from htm, and his large lamily left to starve, in order to pay the unreasonable charges upon him for punishing a man for a breach of the peace. Surely the Legislature should interfere to lessen these charges, or to relieve the poor, as in the case in question. -Sunday Times. EXTRAORDINARY VEGETABLE ANTIQUITY !-In unrol- ling an Egyptian mummy, in 1838, which was ascertained to be 3000 years old, several heads of wheat were dis- covered. A portion of this mummy wheat came into the hands of the Earl of Haddington, and on the first of Nov last year, his ordship's gardener, Mr. Ford, sowed four seeds in the garden at Tyninghame. The produce is at present nearly 100 stalks, about six feet high, and the ears have from forty-five to fifty-five grains each. The ears have beards or hands not unlike those of barley; and the leaves on the sta lks are Ion" and nearley an inch broad.— Caledontan Mercury

TAFF VALE RAILWAY MEETING. TUESDAY, AUG. 22, 1843. A numetously attended meeting of the shareholders and di- rectors was held on Tuesday 22nd ult., at the Cardiff Aims Ho- tel, in the town of Cardiff. The object of the meeting was to receive the Report of the Committeee appointed to examine generally into the affairs of the Proprietary, and to transact other business. Sir J. Guests in taking the chair, briefly announced the ob- ject of the present mefting. A committee of enquiry, he ob- seiyed, was appointed to report on the affairs of the company, A meeting was originally fixed upon for the 11th of July to te. ceive that report. Circumstances rendered it inexpedient to hold it then, and it was further adjourned to !h'2 1st of August, and it became further necessary to adjourn to this day. They were now met to reefcivb that report, and he would beg to call on the secretary to read it 10 the meeting. (The Roport appeared in the last MERLIN.) The Chairman then said that as the meeting was strictly confined by Act of Parliament to specific objects, they were consequently precluded from entertaining any topics inconsistent with the specific purpose of the meeting. They would have an opportunity of amply discussing at the general Meeting what- ever could be deemed pertinent to the business of the day. He would at the same time take the opportunity of impressing on the meeting ths propriety of abstaining from any personal allu- sions or irritating expressions, such as would disturb the bar. mony so essential to the calm discussion it was so necessary to preserve. He would LOW adjourn this meeting for form's sake, when the general half-yearly meeting would be entered upon. Mr. Vachell, for the purpose of facilitating the business of the meeting, would beg to move the reception of the Report, which, though he did not altogether approve of, yet he would not object to. The Report, as read, was then received, and Sir J. Guest vacated the chair pro forma. This proceeding formally dis- posed of the business of that meeting, when Sir John Guest again resumed the chair, thereby constituting the as^rably of the Half-Yearly General Meetingof the Directors and Share- holders. The Chairman then called on the Secretary to read the half yearly report of the general meeting now constituted. REPORT Of THE DIRECTORS. In meeting the proprietors, the Board of Directors feel that they are relieved from the necessity of making any report to the shareholders, upon the present state and prospects of the rail way, by the report of the committee of inquiry which has been laid this day before a special general meeting. The directors, however, cannot refrain from drawing the particular attention of the proprietors to those parts of the report, which treat upon the construction of the Ely branch, and the reduction of the ton- oage-questions which, in their opinion, require immediate consideration. I he directors subjoin a statement of receipts anddiaburse- meats for the last two quarters. Messrs. Lee, Waring, and T. W. Hill go out of the direc- 'ion by rotation, and are eligihle for re-election. The report having been read, The chairman said that it was now for the meeting to adopt with reference to this report whatever course it thought proper. He would again venture to urge the expediency of moderation and good feeling in their proceedings. Mr. A. Hill then rose and said, that the report having been received, he thought it his duty, as adirector, to advert to a do cument which now lay before him. This was in the shape of a letter from their late secretary, Mr. Burgess, and which, from its criminating nature, imposed upon them the necessity of an inquiry, eventuating in the report which had been just submit- led to them. The meeting at the Bnsh Inn, at Bristol, was followed by a the delivery of certain paper, containing charges of a grave nature against the proprietary, which, he might he allowed to say, was now fully disposed of. These papers de- .ailed, with elaborate precision, certain alleged grievances, which, it was said, the directory imposed on the main body of the shareholders, and which appeared, in a certain degree, of vitality to them, and which the report amply dealt with. In that, among other allegations, he found an imputation of im- provident, indeed, excessive expenditure in the original outlay. He would contend that, considering the period when this ex- penditure took place, the expenditure was not excessive He then differed from the facts charged, and the detail of those facts. He read in the Railway Times a comparative account of the expenditure of many of the principal lines in England, and upon an analysis of these it would be found that the expendi- ture on the TaffVale Railway was by no means of the charac- ter charged upon it. The expenditure is estimated ai £55,000,000. There were 1,453 miles of railway open, which averaged per mile £38,000. Now, the Taff Vale Rail- way was, per m)te,.E17,196, little more than one-half of the expenditure on the other lines. There were but four or five lines involving an expenditure less than their own. This charge of improvidenl expelldlture necessaiily involved an imputation on their late engineer. A more honourable or talented man iid not exist and the solidity and excellence of his work ;jioved that the eulogy was not undeserved. They had no tHidges falling on the line, nor anyone woik to be re-con- itrucied. Mr. Hill then Ploceeded to advert in deta'l to the various parts of Ihe report agreed to uy the committee of in, ijuiry, which he justified. He urged the necessily of getting the traffic on the line at any hazard, and regardless of trivia! points of differences which might exist between directors and shareholders. With respect to the Ely branch, it waa a mat 'er open to consideration, the propnely of adopting which Youtctbedeterminedbycircumstances. Nor should it be, in 'lis opinion, a matter of reproach to the directors that such a contingency as the probable construction of the Ely branch "hould be resorted to. Mr. Hill then proceeded to vindicate I,im,elf from the charge of inconsistency, preferred against him by Mr. Morgan, in that part of the report of the committee of inquiry, which dissents from the tenor of the general report agreed to by the committee. He vindicated his conduct re- specting the manner in which his iron was brought down the iine. Mr. Morgan, he thought, was rather singular, if not ndiscreet, in differing from toe other parties whose names werl; lixed to that report This, however, was the last time he should address them as a director. He would now beg to sug- ^esi to them, what he formerly undertook the opportunity of im- pressing on the directors, namely, the expediency of appointing resident director to controul and superintend the works. (Cheers.) Mr. Morgan entered into a justification of his motive, in dis- senting from the parties who signed the report. He thought 'hen, and he could not help now expressing the same epinion, that he thought the incongruous conduct of severa) of the direc- iori a strange mode of forwarding the inteiests of the railway. Mr. Hall would, with permission of the chair, trouble the meeting with the contents a paper which he held in his hand, dod which, if he could not read as an isolated document, he would beg to read as palt of his speech. Many gentlemen had expressed themselves dissatisfied with that milk-and-water eport. He had put in print wlut he considered a few peril, -lent and stubborn facts in the case, which, with the permission of the meeting, he would now read. Mr. Halllhen read the following document: — Remarks upon the Report presented to the Taff Vale Railway Company, by their committee of inquiry appointed June 14, 1843. 1. The committee report a most extravagant expenditure in the ori- ginal outlay.—In extenuation it has been remarked, that the engineer (no name given), was the cause of such expenditure. That large iron masters and coal owners should know so i e of the management of a railway, as to be misled, cannot iu seem extraor- dinary. But what is not less so is, that aecoun.s roru radesmeti excessively overcharged, are passed without o jec ton ma e> or even notice taken; in some instances the overcharges being to the extent of I 2. The committee state that the accounts have been ill kept, and ire dow well kept.-In reference to the former accounts, they say, whsre vouchers are not to be found, the bankers pass books prove th« payments. This can only show a check was drawn; and so it might have been for any amount, or any mal-appropnation. To alledge as a proof what is no proof at all, shows the directors to be in the hands of very lenient judges. Are the shareholders to understand that a thorough examination has been made of the accounts ? 3. With respect to the accuracy of statements, published recently, this of course cannot include the last half year's report, incorrect as it was, to the amount of £ 807 10s.—What other printed statements are referred to, is not clearly understood. 4. The liabilities of the company are stated at £ 28,000.—A» this is over and above the authorised capital, it seems very proper to leave it to the judgment of the directors, as to how it should be provided for. Does this £28,000 ihclude the f3000 borrowed in anticipation of l revenue account, up to June 30th, for the purpose of paying interest ( on the quarter shares due April 1st. ? 5. ELY BRANCH—appears to be properly treated with the excep- tion of endeavouring to negotiate terms with the Marquess: past ex- perience gives but too much reason to believe, this would only produce ilelay. If the money also can be raised, without the delay of application to Parliament, it is highly desirable it should. The present low prices of ahaur and materia Is, offer facilities wnich may not long continue. 'J he paramount object of this branch demands, that the 600 quarter shares, in deposit with Glyn and Co., should be available for its jompietion. a. MIRTHTR, DOWLAIS, ASD LIMESTONE BRANCHES.—The jommittee take a correct view of these works. The parties interested should make these branches. More particularly so under the circum- itances attending them. viz., that Uowlais is to sell Üwd and construct works, with no other restriction as to price, than by arbitrators ap- pointed by the two companies, of which Sir John Guest is chairman in Lhe one case, and chief partner in the other: hut which circumstances the committee in no way alluded to, and whJch rendcr It highly prone.- that the liabilities already incurred hy the llailway Company to the Dowlais Company, should be made known without delay. 7. !\IF.RTHYIt TRAM ROAD.-The gentle dealing referred to in the 2nd article, is more strikingly exemphfied in the 7th, This tram-road II is useless to the company. Its purchase for £21,000, less parts of road, md oJd rails, is therefore simply a present, by directors, to director8, and others, who, without such present, are already debtors to the cheapness and convenience of the railway. Instead of the committee pointing out how the company are to bere- iicved from the effect of such an agreement, the committee content themselves with terming it intricate, and referring the subject back to the very parties, who subject thc company to this liabily, not based on any plea of reason nor justice, so far as has yet been made t9 appear. 1'. MERTHTR TERMINUS.—The eommlttee take a very proper view II of this demand of £ 11,000 for about three acres of old cinder tips: a subject justly matter of surprise and in the adjustment anticipated i with Mr. Hill the director, and others, It is to be hoped that the exor- bitant demand set up, and previous non-valuation, WJI1 not be per- mitted to operate to the disadvantage of a company, who. up to this time, owe to Mr. Hill nothing but an added expenditure. Mr. Hill s anomalous situation as plaintiff and defendant, alluded to by the committee,may be read either way ;—It seems a remark without point The situation in which he may stand, has no bearing upon the question as reiates to the interest of the shareholders. 9. Contracts by directors, are defended on the plea of the company's convenience, having required such supplies. If the iron was furnished on fair terms, the act has not not been infringed on to the disadvantage of the shareholders; an infringement however it is: and it is to be wished that Mr. Hill could have testified his gratitude in some other way than by his demand for £11,000, and by receiving a director's sa. lary, from a road he rejects in favour of the canal leaving the benefits he confers, con.ined to the expression of splendid hopes—not so, how- ever, with Mr. Cofiin's coke However gently the committee have thought well to deal in this mat- ter they aumittcd the tardiness of allowing 1840 to 1843 to pass by, without a single au%ertisemcnt for a contract. It is plain that no con tractor was wanted, as tnat would have prevented the plea, that no coke but Mr Coffin's was to be had in Wales It is to be hoped, however, that this 'plea has seen its last year, if not its last day. Although a contract has been given to the company, no notice has been taken or it. 10. The recommendation of the committee, for extending the bene- fits of the Rhondda branch to other coal fields in the Rhondda valley, will not, it is hoped, be lost sight of, in the event of a further applica- tion to parliament. 11. Reduction of tonnage by a railway-paying its original shares in figures only-its subsequent shares, only by money borrowed, in antici- pation of a half-yearly revenue, which half-yearly revenue was la-it half year eaten up, and more than eaten up, to the extent of £507 10s, bv payment of interest on monies borrowed, and current expenses- a reduction of tonnage by a railway so situated, seems to be a very criti- cal experiment. If directors, constituted chiefly of freighters (as far as regards their influence), should conclude on such a course, will not the shareholders have reason to complain that these directors first led them into a dou- bled outlay, and then require them to accept anything the freighters will offer. Will not the iron trade want a reduction as soon as the coal trade is reduced ? Is an immediate reduction, for a prospective advantage, suited to a concern getting deeper into debt every half year? Is it not better to say to the freighiers: Get yourselves into a po- lition to lend more traffic on the Jine, and then we wil1 talk to you?" 12. The reported reduction of expenditure of £ 5,010 per annum is an encouraging feature; anù it is to be hoped that it will be supported by the figures of thc revenue account. 13. The committee congratulate the shareholders on the fact. that here is a sufficient traffic to enable tll" shareholders to receive a clivi- dend, proviùed the original projectors of the road will act justly, by bringing all their traffic on the iine" This quetation is a very important one. The" original projectors act, it infers, unjustly towards the company. They were the means of calling it into existence by the hopes they held out, and which they do not now realise. Mr. Hill brings no traffic-bnngs only encouraigng words, and receives his salary, while he strongly urges a reduction of tonnage, relating to coal only, but paving the way, as must be the na- tural consequence, to a reduction on iron. The remarks unùer the foregoing thirteen heads certainly afford mat- ter of grave consideration foi the shareholders- They demonstrate the necessity that tinder the present management, the shareholders should not cease vigilantly to observe the conduct of the managers. The Penydarren Company have sold land to the extent of some acres to this company, at the rate of six hundred pounds per acre. This ap- pears to demand the notice of the shareholders. Bristol, August 18, 1843. The document read by Mr. Hall was very generally distri- buted among the shareholders. Mr. Lewis Williams moved that the report of the directors, now read, together with the statement of receipts and expendi- ture, be received and adopted, and the same be printed for the information of the proprietors. The resolution was seconded by Mr. Thomas^Williams. Mr. Coffin said, it was not his intention, on lhe present oc- casion, to address the meeting, nor would he do so now excep' to save time. He saw no use in advening with acrimony to the slips or mistakes made by the present directory, and which, by the bye, were mistakes that almost all directors IFld made under similar circumstances. He would merely content himself with asking them to sit down and consider more what was best to be done. He was one of the directors of that hoard, and only retained that situation to do them good. (Cheers.) Whence ceased to do that, or be in a coodition to do so, he would freely surrender the trust detegatedto him. What was their situation at the present moment 1 He, for his part, asked for co reduc- tion of tonnage. (Cheers.) He was content with what the act imposed upon him, and was readv to pay the price stipu- lated. This declaration he should make for himself, though he should he singular in doing so. It was useless and worse, to excite or appeal to feelings on the present occasion. He had broken no promise, he had violated no engagement, nor was now going to ask them for an abatement of tonnage on coals. If it was their conviction that a reduction would facilitate a dividend, he would say, make that reduction. Much of the coal trade, they were aware, was in the bands of Mr. Powell. He, with others, should bring dowo his coals. The question now is, not so much what has been, ns what is now best to be done. All he would recommend them to do was, to exercise their own discretion and their own understanding, and they could not fail of arriving at a sound conclusion. Let them re- duce the tonnage if they thought proper. Mr. Powell Haulage, if you please, not tonnage. Mr. Coffin Well, let it be haulage, if they think fit. But in order to gratify the expectations so justly uined, it was essential that there should be co-operation, and that there should be a number, not only of large coal owners on the line, but also of directors; with such a combination, there might be a fair prospect of ultimate remuneration. For his part, he was ready to resign his trust into other hands, if he thought it would be lile means of procuring them a dividend. He was satisfied that tion, if practicable, as to be independent of the feeling of any man or set of men, and the expectation of a dividend of 5 per en' which he formerly held out to parties taking a share in the line, would, he was satisfied, be realised. Mr. D. \V. James said he concurred in what had fallen from Mr. Coffin, respecting the business and the feeliogs which should govern the meeting. He was led to think in conformity iviih a feeling very generally entertained, that if a reduction in the tonnage took place, there would be a consequent increase of the traffic, and necessaiily the prospect of a dividend, no allu- sion respecting which had been made in the report, and he thought the omIssion strange, lie fully concurred with the re- port in its admission of the capabilities of the river Ely, and i s facilities for ingress and egress. Notwithstanding that, he was not withoul hopes that drrangernents would be made with the Marquess of Bute, satUfactory to all parties. Adverting to a declaration made three years ago by Mr. Priest Richards, whom he saw there as the representative of the Marquess of Bute, that if the Company gave up the idea of the Ely branch, the Marquess of Bute should give back to the Company the amount paid for certain lands. He formerly put this question, ind he wished to know if the Marquess of Bute was still 01 the same opinion. He was also anxious to know if any negotiation had been entered into with the Marquess of Bute, aDd what has been the result of it. Mr Coffin adverting to the communication with the Marquess of Bute should say, that his adhesion to the plan of the Ely branch was contingent on the nature of the Marquess of Bute's answer to their Overtures. He would ask if the meeting was now cognisant'of the refusal of the noble marquess to the proposal. and If so, he thought it was time to consider the propriety ot adopting the Ely branch. He believed that Lord Clive had shewn no disposition to press his bond. In fact, a communication to that effect had been made, and t in conse- quence, the Board of Directors forwarded a communication to thc Marquess of Bute, dated the 21st of April, 1843. This related to an engagement entered into between the directors and Lord Clive, and requiting the noble Marquess to state whether he would entertain a proposition, the alternative of which should be the formation of a branch road to the Elv. he reply of the Marquess of Bute simply went to theac- knowledgement of the letter, but declined entering into any correspondence on the subject. The Marquess of Bute, Mr. Coffin thought, did not wish to be troubled further on the sub- ject. The resolution of Mr. Williams was then put from the chair and carried. Mr. D. W. James thought it desirable some specific state- ment should be given of the quantity of coal that might be ex- pected on the line. Mr. Morgan wished it to be put to the meeting. The chairman said he was in the hands of the meeting, and professed his readiness to put any question proposed. Mr. Morgan would be glad 10 see something like an under- standing before they entertained the question of reduction. It was on the credit of a statement of Mr. Powell, several years ago, that he embarked his capital in the line. He thought it would be on the Stockton and Darlington principle—that in fact every half-yearly report should be equivalent to a pro- missory note. He would say, let Mr. Powell give them a di- vidend, and he would consent to a reduction. Mr. Powell said, he had no objection to abide by what Mr. Morgan said was imperative 00 him seven years ago, although the business and change of times and circumstances would jus- tify an investigation of it. He never contemplated then the half-penny per ton charged him for the haulage of his coals, an expense equivalent to £7,000. He could retort on the com- pany: It was they that had broken faith with him and not he with them. Why should he be charged more than they charged the Darlington Company, which was but one farthing. He could prove they did notd^al fairly with him. He had in all his transactions fairly consulted the interests ot the railway company, and when he was not in a condition to serve them he was willing to resign his connection with them. He had had a great outlay thrust upon him, and he had a right to com- plam that he was never reimbursed by the diraceors of the l'aff a.e Company. He was inclined, no man more so, to serve the company. lie had a larger property vested in it than any man except Sir John Guest. Anxious as he was to pro- mote the interests of the company, he could not be expected to forget what was due to himself. He was willing to meet tnem fairly and honourably; he asked for no reduction of ton- uage, hut he wished for a reduction in the haulage. They charged him one half-penny per ton per mile, while he could do it for at most a farthing, and the difference, at least to him, was worth contending for. As long then as the company peisisted in this unfair exaction, as respected him, he was not open to the imputation of bad faith, he utterly repudiated it. He denied that he had ever enriched himself at the expense of the company; on the contrary, they were indebted to him for a friendly act, for it was through his interference that they were enabled to get their rails at jg8. 10s. per ton. l\1r. Bruce Price could instance the great mineral capabilities on his own estate of about four thousand acres, which might be brought down to Cardiff if there was but such a reduction in the haulage as would operate as an incentive to it. For wallt of such a reduction it should cOllie down the Aberdare canal. He believed that a very small reduction in the haulage would produce a most satisfactory result. He thought a half- penny a ton rather too much, and he believed that the coal owners in the Aberdare valley were of opinion that such faci- ities as he suggested would be extremely beneficial to the Taff Railway Company. He would therefore move— "That it is the opinion of this meeting, if it shall appear to Ihe directors, tbat the present and permanent interests of the railway will be promoted by a reduction of the rate of haulage jf coal, that it is expedient to make such a reJuc:tiol1." The resolution was seconded by Mr. D. W. James, and car- ried. lVIr. Camplin would beg to remind Mr. Powell of a former declaration of his, that he would volunteer to pay one penny more haulage to the line than (he canai. He only referred .0 it now, merely to lefiesh his memory. He would however, ieave the matter in the hands of the directors, who would, no loubt, exercise a sound discretion on the matter. He much feared, that no good could result from any negotiation with the Marques of Bute. They should take care not to let the time go by when they should be in the hands of the Noble Marquess; and whether they seriously turned their attention to the Ely branch and that immediately he foresaw, that should the opportunity for doing so be let slip, that the company would be at the discretion of the Marquess of Bute, a rather unenviable position for such a body to be ft)und in. He would recommend an immediate application to the noble Marquess, and, if nothing satisfactory lesulted from it, then, by way of encouragement to the prosecution of the Eiy branch, they should tecollect that the line could be made 40 per cent. less than the pie-ent lioe. All in fact, they wer:: clamorous for, is a dividend on their present outlay and if they were not extremely cautious, they not only would have no dividend, but iJe ultimately without protection. The chairman said he had taken the trouble to go through the accounts, and, judging from what he saw, he was of opinion they should keep what traffic they at present had, as the means of securing more. The question of gomg to the Ely branch was one very properly to be committed to the directors, who, most assuredly, would not shrink from it if they were satisfied that it was the interest of the company that they should do so. The following resolution was then proposed by Mr. Hambley, seconded by Mr. Ashmead:- "Thatthis meeting urge upon the directors the necessity of commencing the works upon the Ely branch immediately." Mr. Powell could not let that conversation close without stating that the promises he had made had been more than re- alised. That fact was, the talhni; off on the line was in the iron and not in the coal trade. He had used his best exertions to bring the traffic on the line, but he was thwarted, and not fairly met. He was, in his own defence, driven to use loco- motives o! his own, and for their information he should say that he had now in the course of erection about fifty other waggons. A committee of four was agreed to to confer with the Mai- quess of Bute on the matter m difference between them, but it was ultimately agreed to delegate full power to Mr. Pryce, who v.asto take the opportunity of an approaching visit to Lord Bute, to lay the statement ot the directors before him. Mr. Priest Richards said, it was not his intention to have troubled the meeting with any observation of his, but having attended to what had transpired, he thought, that it was incum- bent on him to set the Maiquess of Bute right with the pro- piietors. He did not think that the meeting were generally aware of what had taken place between the directors and the Marquess of Bute. lhe Marquess of Bute, in fact, was not fairly before the meeting, jjy would at the outset deny that there was anything like indisposition on the part of the Mar- quess to.tieat witii the propiietois. Lord BUlc is disposed to treat amicably with the directors, and if so he thought no un- kindly feeling should be entertained of his lordship, as if their interests clashed and were not identical. With reference to Lord Bute he would say, that before 1845 the identity of interest which existed would be found to be lully so—and it only re- quired that their propositions should be fairly submitted to his lordship to 'tisuie a fair and consideiate reception. If they went to the Ely they should bear in mind that they would have 'o double the line. This would be accompanied with an expen- diture without, he was satisfied, a compensatory result. To small freighters, perhaps it might be an advantage, which he certainly thought could not be shared by the large freighters. Whatever they did they should act irrespective of the wishes or nterest of any individual. The directory of the company would judge of the propriety of that step. They might, if they thought proper, go to Ely, but lie would still persist in saying that there was no disposition on the part of Lord Bute to treat the company with illiberality. He spoke in a spirit of peace— as the agent of Lord Bute he attended in that room, and inde- pendent of his own feelings (for he was interested as well as others) his instructions uniformly were, to act in a spirit of conciliation—and it was equally the interest of all parties to cultivate and foster that spirit. Mr. Coffin said, that the agreement entered into with the Marquess of Bute was oblieatory for two years. However gratifying that might be, the company should recollcct that if they delayed for two years, they lcft themselves at the mercy of the Marquess ot Bute, and would leave themselves in a po- sition in which a body of men, such as they were, should not be left. The interest of Lord Bute and the company were pre- sumed to be, and he believed were, identical, but still it was necessary that they should take time by the forelock, and not suffer themselves to be surprised. Mr. Powell suggested the propnety of an immediate applica tion to the Marquess of Bute. Mr. Bruce Pryce feared that he was incompetent, as a man of business, to enter into a negociation with Lord Bute on the terms of shipment. There was no man more desirous than he was to bring matters to an amicable issue. He was himself a large coal proprietor, and interested in the export of coal. If the directors, then, would give him definite instructions, with the maximum of what they were disposed to pay for the basin, he should be happy to negociate the matter with the M arquess of Bute. He should do so to the best oi his ability, and would take the opportunity of a visit which he proposed paying the noble marquess to place the matter before him. He hoped to be the means of piocuiing an amicable adjustment of their differences, which were the more to be regretted, as their in- terests were inseparable and essentially connected. It was then moved by Mr. Thomas Evans seconded by Mr. E. H. Lee— That J. Bruce Pryce, Esq., be requested to take the trouble to communicate with the Marquess of Bute, in order to ascer- tain whether his lordship is now prepared to enter into a treaty for the permanent settlement of the rate of shipping in the Bute docks, upon such terms as are on a par with the rates charged in other ports in the Bristol Channel." Mr. Waring begged to tender his resignation as a director. He had recently changed his place of residence, which would render his attendance on the duties of the directors rather irregular. It was then moved by Mr. Thomas Bevan, seconded by Mr. G eorge Shapland. That the Resolutions of the Board of Directors passed May the 10th, 1842, and June the 27th,1843,declaring the forfeiture of six shares numbered 2050,2051, 2052, 2053, 2054, and 2990, be confirmed, and that the directors be authorised to dispose of such shires as they may see fit." The resolution was put and carried. Mr. Charles Vachell begged to propose Mr. Evans, as a di- rector, a gentleman whose business habits, coupled with zeal, talent, and high honour, afforded a fair guarantee to the com- pany, that the duties entrusted to him would be efficiently and faithfully discharged. The proposition was seconded by Morgan Lisle. Mr. Coffin would assure the meeting, that he fully coincided in the flattering estimate formed of Mr. Evans's capability by Mr. Vachell; but while justly appreciating his qualiifcations, he could not forget the anomalous position, which as a director on the line, he was placed-one as the agent of the Dowlais Company, the other of the Taff Vale Railway. Now, he would beg to ask. was there from this anomalous position, any danger from conflitcing interests'? would the duties of each be found to clash ? Such a situation might,perhaps, bias his con- duct; when he reflected on the situation he would he placed in by his election to that situation, he had doubts of the propriety of his election. The Chairman said, it was his intention, at the last meeting, to have resigned the situation of their chairman, and the in- uendoes conveyed in what had dropped from Mr. Coffin, went far in confirming that resolution. He would be happy to re- sign the chair in favour of Mr. Coffin. Mr. Coffin disclaimed the shadow of offence in any construc- tion of his language, and after what had fallen tiom Sir J. Guest, he could not hesitate meeting Mr. Evans at the board of directors. The question on Mr. Evans re election as a director, was then put and carried. It. was then. Moved by Mr. E. P. Richards, seconded by Mr. George Shapland, that Mr. T. W Hill be re-elected a director of this company.—Carried. Moved by Mr. D. W. James, seconded by Mr. Morgan Lisle, that Mr. E. H. Lee, be re-elected a director of this Company. Moved by Mr. D. W. James, seconded by Mr. Wm. Bird, that the best thanks of this meeting be given to the Committee of Enquiry, for the trouble they have taken in examining the affairs of the company. The Chairman having vacated the chair, it was moved, seconded, and unanimously resolved, that the best thanks of this meeting be given to Sir J. J. Guest, for his able and im- partial conduct in the chair." „ Sir J. J. Guest, having formally resigned the office of chair. man, intimated a disposition to persevere in that resignation. As soon as that step had been generally known in the 100m, a resolution was put and carried by acclamation, requesting the hon. baronet to resume his office as chairman, which he h sd so efficiently filled and dignified by his courtesy and impartialy. Sir John again resumed the chair, and expressed himself flattered by that mark of their confidence in his impartiality and assiduity in the discharge of the duties incident to it. The meeting then separated.

BRITISH IRON COMPANY. The Select Committee of the House of Lords, consisting of the Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord Gage, and Lord Redesdale, to whom the British Iron Company's Bill had been referred, met on Monday morning at eleven o'clock in the Lord's committee room, No. 2, the Ear! of Shaftesbury in the chair. Mr. Austin appeared to argue in support of the bill, and Mr. Sergeant Wrangham represented those shareholders in the British Iron Company who had presented a petition against the measure. Mr. Austin commenced his argument, by giving a history of the formation of the company in 1825, and of the purchase, by the company, of certain iron and coal mines in the neighbour- hood of Dudley, from Mr. Attwood. The learned eounse) then went into a history of the celebrated case of Small v. Att- wood," arising out of the purchase of these mines, and which case, after being heard several times, was finally, on appeal to the House of Lords, decided against the company in conse- quence of which, they had to pay £ 550,000, instead of receiv- ing £ 300,000. In consequence of (his state of affairs, it be came necessary to make various calls upon the shareholders, which the directors were entitled to roake by the constitution of the company. Some of the shareholders, amongst whom were some of the petitioners against the present bill, refused to pay the calls, and actions had been commenced against them. These cases, he believed, had never come on for trial, but they had been argued on demurrer in the Court of Queen's Bench, and the court had decided in favour of the company. That de. cision had been appealed against by writ of error, and he had no doubt that these shareholder would appeal fiom ooe court to another, until, ultimately, they would drag the company be- fore the House ot. Lords, The company atpresenfoccupied a verv different position Irorn that which It had occupied in 1825. At that lime the price of iron was high, and the profils lo be made by lhe sale of it were consequently large. The price of iron was then from £ 14 to £ 15 a ton—now a price of £ 4 a Ion could not be calculated upon. They had also sustained a great |os« by >he suit of Small v. Attwood," and the confusion of their affairs had been increased by the necessity under which they had been placed of instituting these suits against the shareholders far payment of their calls. In consequence of these unfortunate circumstances, the company had been corn. pelled to consider the propr.ety-he might say the absolute tie- cessity of windmg up their affairs as speedily as possible. Let ,hem consider the tremendous liabilities to which the holders of the 20,000 shares of the company were exposed. The com- pany was PJe^"se ln.1 nature of an ordinary partnership, and each one of the shaieholders was liable to the whole amount of his property for the whole of the debts of the company. Any creditor might elect to proceed against any shareholder he chose to select for "e wnole amount due to him. Under these cir- cuiristfnces, it was absolurtly necessary that they should consi del Ihe expediency uf winding up the concern. Indeed, the petitioners tiemse ves did not suggest that it was nut necessary, as soon as it cou be done wuh safety to all, to wind up the concerns o e company. A meeiing of shareholders had been held in ay ast, for the purpose of considering the propriety of winding up the concerns of the company with as little delay as pot-sio e and a resolution had been come to, appointing a committee to investigate the state of the concerns of the com- pany, and.to report lise result to some future general meeting. The committee met, and reported to a general meeting, held subsequently tor the purpose of receiving the report. That re- port was discussed at gieat and Mr. Richaidson, and several ot the gentlemen who were now petitioning against the bill, took a pjrt in ihe discussion he supposed they did not vote, because, having neglected to pay up their calls, they were incapacitated from so doing, ihe report stated that the com- pany were indebted on promissory notes and bills of exchange in the sum of £ 300,000—becoming due ill November next and furl her, that there was a general mortgage on the property and the company to the amount of £ 150,000, held by Mr. Alt- wood, payabieon March Ist, being one of the means by which the suit with Mr. Attwood had been terminated. Now, these £ 300,000 of bills must be mat in November. If it were the case of an ordinary trader, he vvould have to consider whe- ther he could by any possibility raise the money to meet these hills in November, or, if not, lie must adopt the only other alternative open to him. There were various other plans sug- gested to the com/nittee. It was possible that it might have been proposed that thpy should have wuited for better times, because it as not to be supposed that iron would always be at ■y a ton -they might have waited in hopes of an improvement but that was not feasible—they could not waiti Another plan vvould have been to sell ihe properly of the com- pany, so as to get a sufficient amount to meet the liabilities in November; but that could not be done. In the present state of the market it would be impossible to sell then they might make calls sufficient to meet the demands-but these ca s were no longer productive. The company had already been oblIged to sue many of the shareholders to enforce the paymen o these calls—they could no» be considered any lon- ger pro ucfive theretore, the following had been devised as lhe on^y^easible means of winding up the affairs of the com- I)ar)y :-It liad I)e(!u proposed to los',itute a new company, and to admit Into the new company certain proprietors and a large margin iad been left for the admission to the new com- pan) o so many ot the shareholder^ of the present company as mig H 'e nc ine, to tske shares in the new company. By these means, <»n wi i t ie heIp of calls, thev would be enabled to raise a sum o sufficient to meet the demands upon the old cotnpan) lus would close up Ihe abyss ol liabilities which yawned beneath o(tUe ^^hoMeis. The new co-paitners l.p uo,i >consist ol 20,000 shatesof £ 20 each. The „e>v company •ould o_aveassigned (Q jt a|| (,)e eiFecls (.f t|,e old company, aJ (1 take ail its liabilies for dead rents. 1 he balan-e *} 'he old company would be raised by calls on (he ex.. ag shareholder. It was not possible to state the exact at.uv but it would not be a very rful amo'>n • the amount or the debts, and of .he sum to be recefrom the new company. The effect cf the measure wo o ead eventually to the relief of the present share i> company, including the petitioners, !|,om 'he exist!"=> I hus ,|)e pjan would be of ad- vantage to every me e of the company. This plan had been submitted a Se lns.0^ 'he company on the 30th ot June the «ep°rt J ,L n4BtaDd bussed. Mr. Richard- son, and sevtra o .• -j* l"°ners, had been present, and iiad taken part o 1 hey had not voted but no objection had oeen nade lo he p,lnc;p!e of th bi h hid been adopted without a division. Now, in order to carry 'his plan into effect, the present bill had been prepared which had passed the Commons, and which he trusted their lo'rdsbips would pass into a la». ihe object of the bill would be to carry into effect the agree ment which had oeen entered into. That agreement could not be carried into effect without the sanction of parliament. It mi^ht be possible, by applying to a Court ot Equity, to force the dissentient co-partners to consent to the sale to the new company but that could not be done before November, when the bills became due. An application to parliament was therefore absolutely necessaiy. Under these circumstances, the present bill had been brought in, to carry out the arrangement. There had been a sort of opposition to it in the House of Commons, which had been withdrawn. The present petitioners had not only withdrawn their opposition to the bill in the Commons, but they had signified their assent to the principle of the bill, by intro- ducing a clause, saving to Mr Richardson and others of the petitioners, an existing right, which they might have with tegard to certain proceedings. There had, in fact, been no opposition in the House of Commons; and, though he would not say, that those who did not approve of the bill in the House of Commons, had no right to oppose a bill in -their Lordships' House, yet he would say, that after having suffered the bill to pass without opposition in the Commons.-they ought, at this late period of the session, to show very good cause indeed for opposing the bill in their Lordships' House. The petition contained no allegation whatever to the effect that it was not necessary to wind up the affairs of the company In fact, the petition contained no material allegation at all neither did it suggest any other plan by which the company could get out of its difficulties. Therefore, he submitted to their lordships that the preamble of the bill was admitted, and that it ought to pass. When actions were brought against the petitioners for the calls upon their shares, their delence was, that the directors had improperly increased the capital of the company, by restoring the £100 shares, which had been reduced to £50, again to CIOO and the Court of Queen's Bench demurred against them in demurrer. He only mentioned this to show their lordships, that the gentlemen who made such a defence, were not likely to come forward with payments, to enable the directors to meet the demands upon them. If a call of C5 per share were made upon the whole 18,000 shares, it would only produce the amount of £ 90,000 and three calls cf that sum would not enable the company to meet the claims which would be made upon them in November next. The gentlemen who petitioned against the bill were a small minority, holding only 270 shares out of the great bulk of 18,850 shares, and they had no right to resist the decision of a majority possessing 18,580 shares. One of the allegations of the petition was, that the directors could go on with the works, without resorting to this bill; but he would assure their lordships that this was impossible. The outgoings for labour were between f3000 and £ 4000 a week the dead rent was £ 12,000 a year-to say nothing of £150,000, which they had to pay Mr Attwood, and a loss of several shillings per ton upon 25,000 tons of iron, which was the annual produce. He could not understand how the petitioners persuaded them. selves to offer any obstruction to the efforts of the directors to settle the affairs of the company, under such circumstances- especially when these petitioners themselves were very largely ia arrear upon the shares which they held. Air Sergeant Wrangham (for the petitioners): We deny our liability. Mr Austin would then ask, if the very position which the petitioners took upon the ground, was not such as to disentitle them to be heard before their lordships, against the great bulk of the shareholders who made no such disclaimer. The peti- tion also stated that the property of the company, which, in 1835, was valued at upwards of a million sterling, was to be sold uoder this bill for £ 200,000. But the fact was, there was to be no sale at all. It was irue, there must be the form of a sale, but the petitioners knew very well, and their lordships aiso knew, that it was only the formation of a new co-pariner- ship, and the £ 200,000 was not purchase money of the estate, but a premium tor admission to the new company. With that sum, and the proceeds of calls which were to be made, the directors would be enabled to settle the affairs of the company, io pay off their liabilities, and to go on with (he works but it they were frustrated in this bill, the works must be suspended— nearly five thousand men, with about twelve thousand persons depending on them, would be thrown out of employment. He would now call evidence to prove those facts, and he had not a ) doubt but he should enable their lordships to report the bill I favourably to the house on its re-assembling this day. The learned gentleman was proceeding to call witnesses,— when a consultation took place between him, Mr Sergeant I Wrangham, and Major Richardson (one of the petitioners), after which, Mr Sergeant Wrangham said, that during the eloquent ad- dress of his learned friend, the matter had been discussed be- tween the fflends of the bill and its opponents—the result of which was, that he was empowered to save their lordships any further trouble, by withdrawing all opposition to the bill. The Earl of Shaltesbury I am glad of it—that is the wisest course, and the best for all parties. Their lordships then deliberated a few minutes, and agreed (o a report in favour of the bill. The bill has received the royal assent,

MISCELLANY. i The French Princes, De Joinville and D'Aumale, have made but a short visit. They have been hardly here before they are off. How edifying is this conduct compared with that of the Cobmgs, who, when tney do come, seem not to know when to go. In fact, there is no getting rid of the most pertinacious of the princely stock without bribing them with a spare frineess and a heavy dowry. They appear to deem themselves entitled to these luxuries from the time of their arrival, and of coutse propottionately ill-used if they are not forthcoming, Kngland is truly the "promised land" to which they look forward as a sure means of replenishing their impoverished pockets, and providing themselves with a right royal revenue, ? with the simple drawback of taking a wife into the bargain. I LonD BROUGHAM AND THE TIMES.—" It Lord Brougham. really and truly an amphibious animal, halt Minister and half not— My son John, NVitli one slioe off, and one stioe on J. Is he occasionally allowed to put his nose through th6 CSbinet I doots, or to look through the kev-hole1 Is he admitted at times to sit under the table, and every now and then to emerge t from the subterranean apartment and the collision of toes and f heels, and actually rears his chin above the polished maho- gany 1 There were reports recently that he wanted very sadly to be—how shall we delicately express it 1-in some post of usefulness any how and would go through a good deal for a ] regular place. At present he seems to regard himself as a kind I of supernumerary-loosely attached to the Ministerial van, to 1 drag them along rough road or up hill in unicorn fashion when I occasion requires-an extra engine put on when the train is a heavy one." MODEST, VERY.—The Rev. T. D. Gregg, at a late meeting in the Rotunda of the Dublin Protestant Operative Association, said, The destiny of Ireland is placed by Providence in our hands, and angels are looking down from Heaven to see the part we play." A ROYAL MARRIAGE SPEECH.—Among rnnny instances of the great change of manners which 170 years have produced in England, perhaps, few are more striking than the differences between the style of the present speeches from the throne. Those of Charles It. in aa age scarcely thought Jess polite oi 1 less witty than our own, have a familiarity, a bluKtuess, a homeliness, which make them sound oddly in our ears The following is from Cliif les's spcecli, at the opening of his second Parliament, in 1661 :—" 1 will not conclude without telling you some news—news that I think will be very acceptable to you, and therefore I should think myself unkind and ill. natured it I did not impart it to you. I have been put in mind by my friends that it was now time to marry, and I have thought so myself ever since I came into England. But there appeared difficulties enough in the choice, though many overtures have been made to me and if I should never marry until I could make such a choice,against which there could be no foresight of any inconvenience that may ensue, you would live to see me an old bachelor, which I think you do not desire me to do. I can now tell you, not only that I am resolved to marry, but to whom I am resolved to marry. If God please, it is with the daughter of iportugal and I will make all the haste I can to fetch you a Queen hither, who I doubt not will bring great blessings with her to me and to you." VISIT TO A FINN OF BATTLE: MF.AKIA.—I visited this place, and a more disgusting, heart rending spectacle cannot be imagined. It was then about 14 days after the battle, and Mill scores of putntymg and mutilated bodies were lying un- buried, whilst the vultures and crows hovered round in thousands, and dogs that had eaten to their fill would scarcely move from under the feet of our horses. Several hundreds, however, had been buried in one spot, where there mingled the bodies of friends and toes. Many were buinr. on the field ot battle, their clothes having taken tire from the matches of their guns; horses and camels, too, added to the scone ot blood and slaughter. The position that the Belooches had chosen was good but though they fight well in single fight, they have not the knowledge of tactics. The conutty round for miles is strewn with tlieir dead bodies.—Bombay Paper. ,z at Downeiid, ile,,i r John Powell, a quarrier, now living at Dovvnend, nea r this city, has walked to and fio to Ills work, seven iiiilcs a- day, lor the last twenty years. The total oi miles thus walked over, is 43,680.— Bristol Mercury.

OLD FRIENDS TOGETHER. Oh, time is sweet, when roses meet, With Spring's sweet breath around them, And sweet the cost, when hearts are lost, If those we love have found them And sweet the mind that still can find A star in darkest weather; But nought can be so sweet to see, As old friends met together! (•- Those days of old. when youth was bold, And time stole wings to speed it. And youth ne'er knew how fast Time flew- Or, knowing, did not heed it. Though grey each brow that meets us now- For age brings wintry weather- Yet nought can be so sweet to see, As those old friends together I The few long known, that years have shewn, With hearts that friendship blesses; A hand to cheer-perchance a tear, To soothe a friend's distresses; That helped and tried-still side by side— A friend to face hard weather; Oh, thus may \,e yet joy to see And meet old friends together

CORN. A regular trade in corn would remove most of our apprehen- sions respecting the weather. Supplies would be brought in at all limes, instead of be!ng driven till within a few weeks of har- vest, and having then to send for foreign corn under every dis- advantage. The furmers come. in also for a full share of the banefuterfectsofthissystent. Cora is kept out till the mo- ment it is ascertained, just before the harvest, that high prices or iamitie must foilow, if none be imported. Prices rise when they have none to sell indeed when many of the poor farmers are buyers. And then, aaain, just when they are ready to sell the new crop, prices corne down and yet forsooth the sliding scale is for ihe benefit of the farme's: But this is not all this advance in bread just happens when the fa.rners fruits and vegetables are brought to market, and just in proportion as bread is dear, have the people less :o spend on these. And hence, while at one time a good orchard would have paid a great share of the rent, now the produce is scarcely worth mar- keting. But the worst of all is, that just now farmers are he- sitating whether to remain on their farms or to give them up. lu vain they appeal to the landowners when the land is improv- ing. "Oh see," say the owners, "graIn 01 all sorts is rising; wait a bit; the panic will be shortly over, and the next year, you will see, will be belter." I hus lhe poor farmer, unwilling to remove from the place upon which he has expended his all, is tempted to stay anothei year always hoping every tima the market is brisk, that old limes may telurn so numerous and so insidious are the evils of the sliding scale so monstrously cruel is that system which removes the bread of the needy, and which adds full four hours' labour to every poor man's day, that our utmost efforts should be directed to rouse the whole country to denounce it. i

AGRICULTURE. t SAVING OF SEED CORN.—Important Practical Esperijn<n Mr. H. Davis, a land agent, and practical farmer on a 0F scale, has published a short tract on the injury and corn from the present practice of too thickly sowing.. ftcts set forth in this tract are extremely impoitant. lhe ficaiion of them which is offered is the practical experience the author and he is ready to show the crops which, hy economical method of sowing, have been produced. He s he has gradually reduced the portion of seed wheat per acre from three bushels to three pecks, and he has at this moment the finest prospect of a crop on all his farms from the latter (ily. The result of Mr. Davis's calculation on this impo'" subject is, that about seven millions of acres are annually so 2 in Great Britain with wheat, which, at the ordinary aliowlkdce of two and a half bushels per acre, would require about 2,200,000 quarters. The exact result to which he comes 10 figures is, that by sowing one bushel per acre instead of bushels and a haif, only 885,671 quartets would be reclu"I.l, for seed, and the annual saving would be 1,328,507 <Juar'e#, This is a matter upon which none but practical farmers are lified to judge, but is exceedingly important, if true p Davis appears not only confident of its truth, but very js that practical men should examine what he has doner aD doing, in the county of Surrey, and thus satisfy the justice and soundness of his theory.

FAIRS TO BE LIELD IN SEPTEMBER. MONMouTiisinitu Evesham Abergavenny 25 Holy Cross Caerleon- 21 Kidderminster 16 Monmouth 4 I Redditch Tredegar- 23 Stourbridge 26 Bromyard GLAMORGANSHIRE Worcester Cardiff. 19 —— *ff Capely Creinant 29 GLOUCESTERSHIRB „G Cowbridge 29 Barton Regis L Lantwit Major 28 Birdlip {4 Fenrice 18 Cheltenham Wain 25 1 Cirencester 26 Gloucester ij CARMARTHENSHIRE Iron Acton 0 Carmarthen 9 Lechlade 6 Dryslwyn 4 Moreton in the Marsh Llandilo-fawr- 28 Newent • j Llangadock 14 Norlhleach \9 I Llanelly- 30 Painswick '6 Llaugharn 28 Tewkesbury ]$'• Llangathen 22 Thornbury 0 I.lanboidy 18 Wotton-under-Edge Llandarog 27 New Castle in Emlyn 20 I SOMERSETSHIRE v Tally 21 Ashill | l avernspite 25 Bishop's Lydeard | White House on Tave 19 Bruton -3 » Buckland 2»* j BRECONSHIHK Crewkerne ]9 BRECONSHIHK Crewkerne IØ Brecon 9 Decuman's St. Crtckhowell 24 Froine J9 Maesy Cvvnifoith 28 Glastonbury jj Talgarth- 23 Langport 18 Mark ~$1 HEREFORDSHIRE Montacute "5 Dorstone 27 North Curry 19 Kington- -6-19 Sampford Arnndel gj Leominster 4 Somerton Longtowne 21 Stoford )2 —— I Stogtirsey WORCESTEIiSHIRE Stowey of Bromsgrove 24 Wilvescome WEEKLY CALENDAR. tbe Sept. 3.—Twelfth Sunday alter Trinity. Lessons for Morning Service, 2 Kings 10, Matthew 4. Service, 2 Kings 11, Romans 4. c :\looN's AGE.-Full, 8th day, 57m. after 6 afternoon.

LONDON MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. MARK-LANE. MOSDAY, AUG. 28, —Our supply of English wheat this morning was rather rate—almost all of the new crop. The new English wheat t°., at Is. to 2s. per qr. over the rates of this day week, and wheat obtained rather more money. In old foreign wbe»l wheat obtained rather more money. In old foreign wbeat e granary no improvement. The arrivals of foreign wheat b" I b^en considerable since this day week,only a moderate I tion of which was offered for sale, duty paid on Thursday ne* Dantzig whsat sold from 56s. to t)0s. per qr., extra held red sold from 51s. to 56s.—extra, 58s. per qr. No sale wheat in bond, whether here or to arrive. Since last Mod"^ our arrivals of oats have been very large, chiefly from Ire'*D^' We note this article fully Is, per qr. lower than this day *ee but with a fair demand to day. The supplies of barley, be*D and pease, moderate, but prices rather lower. Current Prices of" Graiu per Imperial Quarter. s I « <12 Wheat English .50 to 57 Old Beans .34 to Rye 30 to 36 Tick Beans ..32 to Barley 34 to 36 Oats (Potatoe) 26 to Malt .56 to 63 Ditto (Feed).23 to g White Pease (Boilers) 34 to 36 Flour 42 to Grey Pease .32 to 33 Official Corn Averages and Duty, Aug. 12.. Wht. Barl. Oats. Rye .1 Beans! Pe j. Aggregate average s. d.j s. d.| s. d. s. d. s. d. s« g of 6 weeks. 57 5, 31 6, 20 10 36 4; 31 2 3^ qr. qr. | qr. qr. { qr. <Jr" (, Duty ouFor.Corn 15 0 7 0 6 0 6 6/ 10 6 hi. bl. tl. bl. | hi. bl' 0 0, 0 oj 0 0; 0 o,0 SM1THFIELD MARKET—AUGUST 28. to For the primest Scots, &c., we had a steady, though oot say brisk, demand, at prices fully equal to those obtained this day se'nnight. In all other kinds of beef, however, limited business was passing,and the previeus rates were supported, yet a fair clearance was effected by the salesi"^ There was not a single head ot foreign stock on offer, while arrivals at tho outports, during tbe past week, have been irooioly «mali.and of inferior quality. We regret to obfe,w that many cases of epidemic were again noticed amongst J former, while oar accounts from the great districts in re If I thereto still continue unfavourable. There was a coniparaH#. I falling off in the number of Sheep, yet the supply of that dII J script ion of stock was sufficiently large. Tbe mutton may be considered steady, at the currencies obtained last "f.uj, those of the best old downs ruling from 4s. to 4s. 4d. p-r Lambs were again abundant, yel the inquiry for them wasra'gj, brisk, especially for Down qualities, which realised from 4a« ( to 4s. 10d. per Bibs, Prime small calves sold freely kinds slowly, at late quotations. There was ver, little dol j¡) in pigs, yet their value was supported. Store stock. WI- better request, but the prices ruled unusually low. Per st. of 81bs., sinking the offal. d> s. d. s. d. I s. d. ,0 Beef 3 2 to 3 4 Lamb 3 8 to 1 Mutton 3 8 to 3 10 I Veal 4 0 to 4 Poi k. 3s. 4d. to 4s Od. HOP INTELLIGENCE. ■ We have again to notice a quiet demand for hops, which port about last week's rales. The duty is £ 135,000 to £ for the Kingdom, and £ l0,fl0l). for Worcester. The from the Plantations arc rather favourable. from the Plantations are rather favourable. 3. s. Pockets, 1842, Wealds 108 to 118 per cwt. East Kent .118 to 138 Sussex 105 to 114 Pockets, 1841, Good 68 to 7$„ j Choice. 84 to 98 J

"PRICES OF SHARES AT LONDON. J BRITISH MINES. j J a • e £ No. ol NAME OP 0"2 JJ.J; Shares COMPANY. £ « < a Shares COMPANY. £ « < a 500 Anglesey 5 ■— 4,000 Bedford 2 3l j 100 Botallack 175 800 | 20,000 British Iron 70 — 8,0!)0 Blaenavon 50 —- 120 Brewer — 135 79 Budiiiek — 5 1,000 Cain Brae 15 150 5,000 Consols 1'retoil Mining Association. f.. 2,000 Cornubian Lead Company 3 *t 512 Cook's Kitchen — 112 Charlestown — 128 Cregg Braws.. 80 335 128 Coshen 15 150 10,000 Durham County Coal Co 37 —* 128 East Pool — 100 Great Consols 97 50^ 10,000 Hibernian 12ji 1,000 Holmbtish 14 o ■2,000 Isle of Serk (Guernsey ) 80 Levant — 20,00n Mining Co. of Ireland 7 128 Mostyn Mines |100 -» North Roskear — 301' 3,000 Polberou Consols 10 12B Penstruthal 37 10,000 Rhyrnney Iron 50 7 12;S South Caradon — 800 800 South Towan 1*°. 10 64 South Wheal Bassett — 320 57 Speani Moor. 70 135 Tregollan — ft 4,00a Treleigh Consols 5 £ *| 6,000 Tamar Consols 3 6,000 Tin Croft 7 128 Trcwavas — 12ti I'reviskey and Barrier — 96 Tresavean — 120 Trethellan. — 4,000 United Hills. 5 5f S,000 Wicklow Copper 5 j 3,845 West Wheal Jewel 10J 1*5 120 West Trethellan 5 60 Wheal Vor 500 1,000 W heal Bandon j f> 1,000 West Carbery j 1"* PRICES OF SHARES AT BRISTOL- 30%( COMMERCIAL ROOMS, BUISTOI., AA& r Paid• e<ice >41 Great Western h.ailway Company 65 5-2 Ditto HalfShares 50 — 1$ Ditto One-Fifth Shares 12 — jS? 9} Great Western Steamer 95 —' 1'^ liiistolSteam Navigation 130 —'$ Bristol and Exeter Railway 70 — Birmingham atid Gloucester 100 —" „<} Cheltenham and Gt. Western Union 80 — lan "ale. 100 — 27 Severn and Wye av35 — iQ I f Keanet and Avon Canal av40 West of Hog. & South Wales Dist. Bank 12j —' Q <li Lastern Counties 23 —' n.)5 London and Birmingham 100 8° London and Southampton 38J — ^g Leeds and Manchester 70 79 BRISTOL HAY MAKKET. 0 Hay perTon, New £ 2 7 6te £ 2 40 Hay per Ton, Old 2 13 6 to J „ 0 Straw per Dozen ««» I", Newport, Saturday, September 2, printed and Published for the Sole Proprietor, E D DOWLING, of Crindau, near Newport, at the$0 General Printing Office, situate in Corn-street, i a(I rough of Newport, by JOHN O DWYER, ot street, in the said Borough.. t London Agents:—Messrs. Newton and Co^,Warwic Mr. 11. Barker, 33 Fleet-street Mr. G. Reynell, cery-lane j Mr. S. Deacon, Coffee-house, No. 3, j j the Mansion-house, where this Paper is regularly l i