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HEREFORD MECHANICS' INSTITUTE. THIRD LECTURE 0:'< THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND. REIGN OF HENRY II. Including the period from 1154 to 1139. By SIR SAMUEL RUSH A] E Y R I C K. BROTHER MBCHANICS,— We find ourselves at no loss for ample information, as to the •tents of this important reign, whi^h, bssides ihe cote mporarv 1 miters, has employed the pens Lord Lyttleton and the Rev' The only difficulty is Cupidity Of powe- °f hls,ory requires. to have been th* r y e ag?rand'serrent of territory, seems search oMt '^TpaS"°n of Hft'^ Sec,nd. In .IK and 1 nee' *•!n» S b,S C°"dnct marked by extreme cauti, r. mind less.nes»? for whl|e various projects filled his a! A- u "e danng spint of enlerpnse, but aUavs dread.og the doubtful chance of war, he preferred seeking whl, most earnest solicitude every other means, in preference"^ an appeal to arms. Had these motives proceeded from a sense of what was just, this aversion to military achievement would have claimed our praise; for his intellectual culiivation no doubt, greatly tended ta*his ecd. But he preferred the vi-jl,. lion of his oalh, for it can be called no other, though he ap- plied to the Pope, who pretended a right to dispense'with such obligations, to the surrender of the earldom of Anjou, and its vicinity, to his brotherGeofifrev. And the circumstances «re of an aggravated nature, for the father had on his deathbed be- queathed this territoiy, desiring that his body might remain un. buried, till Henry, th. absent, should swear to fulfil this be- quest. He took the oath, and, as it appears, with a mentai reservation that it should be annulled when circumstances per. permitted. His accession to the throng of England was of sufficient weight ia the Papal eyes Iq second his wishes. He moreover struggled with that er for Bretagne, aod with a re^note klBsman for Tholo.^g; and he attempted to retain Flanders, which had becolo confided to his care by its count, while he and u w_.e %ent to Jerusalem. He married the divorced wife ol *"c ^.tng of France for her possessions, and thus acquired the provinces between the Loire and Pyrenees, which, added to Normandy, derived from his mother, and Maine, from his father, made him master of more continental territory than any Kiag of England had previously possessed. Heory's taste, however, and feelings had ?re*t influence on the nation. While we regret that his hatreds weie as violent aod endurable as his attachments, we must value; his liteiary aod pacific character. His education had been directed by the Earl of Gloucester, who naturally by blooi was his no- cle, and whose able mind guided the affairs of his moiher in her contest with Stephen. Ha it was who implanted m his mind ti>at love of intellectual pleasure, which forms the ties' accomplishment of a sovereign. This delight occasloneo his coisrt IOJ be Ibronged with troubadours from his southern pro- Vinces, and trcuveurs from his noitl ern, for bv these na.ne? were their respective minstrels distinguished us we!! as po<-t", who spread the love of poetry and literature among hi, barons and their inferiors. The consequences of the monarch's taste loon became visible in the improved education of the gnat, in the increasing number of the studious, and in the multi- plicity of authors during this rei^n and the next. The s'ate of the country, indeed, concurred with Henry's personal feel- ings to render the time pacific. Slowly recovering from the ravages of civil war, it was neither prepared nor disprs^d to I engage in foreign hostilities and society was never desoitted for his amusement. Aa unforeseen event, however, arose in this rei»i, which was productive of great calamity both to the King and tne due administration of justice. I allude to the struggle on the part of the church for a supremacy, to which, as one of the institu- tions of the country, it ceitainly had no right. While Christianity had to struggle against powe", the pri- mitive Christians and their pastors imitated that truf md laud- able humility, so amiably practised by Christ h ..self, and followed by his immediate apostles; but scarce had Constantine given to them security, wealth, and honour*, than wo.i!y con. siderations began to guide their actions. Nctwithsta Irling IlIdt the edict of Milan bad confirmed to each individual of the Roman world the privilege of choosing and practising the ries of his own religion, that inestimable and just privilege was soon aher violared, and the support of the orthodox Ljjlli wss coostdered as the most sacred and important duty of the civil magistrate. That impression once taking root, it was easy to proceed further, and the emperor was induced to retract, not only the great charter of toleration just mentioned, hut to issue a new edict, filled with passion and reproach, and dictated bv revenge for former sufferings. The assemblies of heretics were forbidden, and their property confiscated, and the design of ex- tirpating them altogether was prosecuted with vigour. "Some of the penal regulations," observes Gibbon, "were copied from the (cruel) edicts of the (Pagan) Diocletian aod this method of conversion was applauded by the same bishdps who had felt the hand of oppression, and had pleaded for th6 rights of humanity." The point being thus conceded that the civil magistrate was to be the agent of the church, the assumption of what was termed spiritual independence ot his power ea-.ily followed, and a spirit of exclusiveness and self importance became the ruling eonduct of its dignified clergy. The Pope of Rome imitated the patriarch of Constantinople, and hence that simple in the various countries of Europe between the hierarchy and their respective sovereigns. No sooner was Augustine permitted to extend the doctrines of our eicellent religion, than he ventured to exhibit the domineering power of the church. His haughty demeanour, and the peremptory manner in which he called on the Welsh clergy to acquiesce in subjection to the Roman pon- tiff, alienated that body from what otherwise they mioht have adopted. In the Anglo-Saxon times, this spirit of domination showed itself io Duostau, who, tor his services in that respect, was canonized as a saint. lomitttd to notice him where he should chronologically have been mentioned, in order that the subject might be brought altogether into one point of view. Duastan was the man who, in the middle of the 10th century, let in Englaod in flames. He was born in 925, and lived near Glastonbury, As he frequently visited the ancient British church, still standiog there, ambitious dreams filled Ins mind. His parents obtained for him admission into that ecclesiastical establishment, and the first part of his life was a laborious cul- tivation of the mind. He sooo excelled his cotemporarits in mental pursuits, and then commenced his public life as a cour- tier. A relative introduced him to the palace, and his musicjl talents pleased King Edward. 13u*. every new comer is consi- dered in a royal household as an intruder and an enemy, and there were soon found those who excited against him the Kind's displeasure. He was driven from the presence, and treated with insult. His relation advised him to forego his attachment to a maiden be wished to marry, and become a monk. Con. flicting passions, consequsat thereon, produced a dangeious dis- ease, from which slowly recovering, he renounced the world, and assumed the monastic habit. Thus prevented from contributing to the happiness of the other sex, with all feelings of social intercourse basted, sethshnes: was his ruling principle. Now his predominant passions were impetuosity and ambition. Under the mask of piety he made a cave in the earth, and as he was skilled in working metals, fit carried on this favourite pursuit one night with the most terrific howliogs. He was asked next morning as to the cause, and on not scruple to affirm that the devil had tried to tempt him, wher he took him by the nose with the red hot tongs, and hence the roaring noise. The stmple people at first, and afterwards al ranks and ages, spread his fame, and being visited by Etlielfl i- dil, a noble lady, she introduced him to the Kit'g, anil left bin all her wealth. He was invited to the court—siill his darhru bject—aod through the intercession of Turketul, the chancel lor, nu appointed abbot of Glastonbury* Edrtd. who sue i, > caeded to tne. throne, choM him for his c*. tastial friend and chancellor. The see of Winchester becomiug vjlcant, was •■tiered to him, out he resisted all the royal efforts'to aduce ■ :m to accept it, on the plea of unworihiness. Being further uriifcd, he siid he had seen a vision, in which St. Peter struck nirn, saying 'Take that, as the punishment for your refusal d,nd mind to decline not hereafter the primary of England L lie simple King interpreted the vision as Dunstan wished, and wetoid lie v. is to be the Archbishop of Canterbury. It need only be added, that Odo, who then filled the primacy, was in \cry advanced age. Edred dying scon after, was succeeded by Edwin in 955. Preferiing the society of his queen to diunken revelry, he quit- '1"1 the coronation banquet to enjoy her sotieiy. Dunstan was despatched to recal him. He embraced the occasion to bieak I:e royal spirit of independence, hy insultingly pouring out in 1 cctiees against the queen aed her mother, pulled tbe King t,()-i them, forced the diadsra on his head, which had been pui 'if. and indecently dragged him into Ii y festive hall, Dunstau 'i id thus desperately played his ambitious p-irt but the King oul courage too, and instantly deprived the impudent ecclesi- of !s and honours, condemning him to banish- ment. But Dunstan had previously contrived to secure the o p n I a r opinion in his favour. He was supported by Turketul mdOdo, then archbtshop, with the clerical body, who regarded 'li11 as the champion of their order. Odo was fired with von- go*nee. He divorced the queen, on pretence of kinship, and :-red to send soiiiiers, who seizsjd her in the palace. Within is power, he btuuily caused het face to be branded wi;h red 'lOt iron, and banished her to Ireland. tvleiciful God how are-1iiV blessings controverted by wolves in sheep's clothing The queen recovered, ad, beautiful as ever, returned to Gloucester. The «gent of Odo seized her, "nd the i1 own panegyrists exuitingiy declare that they cut the nerves and muscles of her legs-thus m-.l.ing her a cripple!— that she should net escape their vengeance. Death released irir from her sufferings, and this wicked peiverston of cielical "tfy ceased with her, only to fall more heavy on the King. I 'se Mercians and Northumbrians were excited to rebel againsi iiio he wa« dethroned, and Dunstan recalled with honour. lie hat. made himself ihe champion of the reformation preached 1 y the Benedictine order, to which he had attached himself ^nd t'ius screeniog his personal ambition under an apparent .¡'Irt to suppress immorality, secured abundance of supporteis. tv-! win, disdaining to bend to the raging stoim for three suc- cesive years, was, gs some say, assassinated or, if ive are dis- sati-fied with their evidence, it must be allowed that he disap- peared in an unaccountable manner. This catastrophe gave t'rror to the enmity of the ecclesiastical power, and as his accessor bent humbly to it, the influence of the priesthood H':¡;jired an unbouuded sway. The new sovereign was induced v DunsNn to convert the clergy into monks, and fill the na- lon with I'enedictine institutions. He himself was made the ut^'iop of Worcester, and afterwards of London. Odo had 'ie.J. and another n:etiop<"ditan. had been preferred, but Dun- in did not lose sight of the spiendid piize. He discovered :t the new dignitaiy was a man Ion much of a Christian, and i;.e.rtore too well disposed, to act as he required. Byrhtelm 11 1 compelled to abdicate his promotion, and retire to his mer see, while Dunstan was appointed primate of the Anglo VJIS. With unblushing effrontery, he received the dignity !;is aits had exturted, and hastened to Rome. I he policy of the Roman pontiffs had established a custom all metropolians should visit that capi'al to receive the ;> Ilium or pall, which coveied their shoulders, and announced heir dignity. John XII-A man as ambitious and unprinci- )ed as Dunstan, but not so great a hypocriie-corfl-rred this > ;pal ratification. His next step was to fill the sees with such as he calculated would become his coadjutors, and ex- '?d the King to persecute such of the clergy as were not ilir, which implies, boend by monastic regulations. The oarrel between the two systems grew vehement, and thus was .'ighmd a prey to clerical ftny. Dunstau, however, having the new king, Edward, surnamed the Martyr, because he fell by the instigation of his moilier-in- :d"V, the avowed enemy of the prelate, completely in his inte- 'est, ultimaiely triumphed, for though his opponents were equal :.1 crime, they weie deficient in ert. He died in 989, and was Juried at Canterbury. Within a century after, the Pope made an attempt to aug- ment his temporal power by geiting this island acknowledged 11 el is a fief of the papal crown. Widiam the Conqueror had pre. ous to his invasion, procured the pontiff's sanction and bless- i i,: on the enterprise, and had received fiom him, what was crned in the language of that day, an invisible standard, and •fie; the conquest sent a part of what might be considered the Z'j money to the holy see. But the temper of William was of that kind as to permit encioachmenls on what he cousi- ured as his own rights. He saw the grasping propensity of • ue church, and therefore, with the highest independent feeling, •vould not suffer any of his subjects to receive the pope 'ected as the apostolical father, wiiiicut his permission, nor '<> introduce the papal bulls (direction for the guidance of • -dcsi'Hsties, having attached to them a leaden seal, resem. c ing the bulla of the ancient Romans), until they had first HI lergone his inspec'ion. When tile legate required him to to homage fer England to the Roman see, lie sent his an- i-vKi to the pope himself, the formidable Gregory Vtl I nave been unwilling to do fealty to you hitherto, and will t do it now because I have never promised iI, nor do I that any of my predecessors peiformed it to yours. i hen Anselm, who had been elected to Canterbury, ashed iive of Rufus to go to the Roman pontiff for the pail to eiifirtn hIS dignity, the King asked: "From which pope- lor there weie then two disputing competitors)-do you mean 'j a-k ii V "From Urban," was the answer. The reptjtf— Tut you know I have never accepted him for Pope and I, like my L\t:1er. will allow no one to be received as pope o England, independently of my permission. You may as ■ e l try to tnke away my crown, as to dispossess me of this 11 o ver." This was the ptoper feeling of an independent sove- r. i-n. Anselm reminded him that at his fiist non.inatioti !:c ■id declared heshoutd side wilh Ulban; and he added—he Juid not now fersiike hint. William rpp)»«•« i: :>, that cbediet.cc tu ihe see of Rome, in contradiction to his u-t-reiga will, WûS incomralide WIth his duty to that sovereign. 1 iie prelate desired a meeting of the Great Council of the king- • iom to be called, but protested be would rutherquit the coun- :rv, than fail in obedience to the vicar of Saint Peter. The Great Council md at Rockingham. At a private interview > nil its ecclesiastical members, Ausdm endeavoured to induce ibam to adopt his feelings, bui they intimated to him in secret, •vh.ii they avowed opeoly in their places, that they sheuld nor on this question, support him against the King. The parlia- ment, as the grurid council was called, became sgitaied with indignation at Anselm rejecting their decision, and declaring ii j would abide by none but the will of the pupe; though 1 •nust ?ay, with Liriguard, it was. C'hris, and not the pontiff, as ■ oine have averted, w;).;m he called the Puree and Angei of ill. Th<-y threatened tu carry his woids to he King, but he choswto go himself, and repeat what ha had uttered. The King endeavoured, but in vain, to disposses htm, a..d the pro- ceedings were suspended. Urban, however, f.mnd means to •i.'pease the King, and compromise the matter, sending at W il- ium's request, the pull to Enniaod. t he royal authority, in eiurn, ordered thai Urban should be acknowledged as pope. Ilenry 1. resisied another encroachment of the Papal »«e. tie refused to acknowleige the Legates to be possessed of me character of ambassadois, anil ordered the archbishop who came with that title, to leave his dominions. lie was coastantly iitwarted, however, by Anselm, who chose obstinate y to in- -iit oa the paramount authority of 'be Pope, and ec. lesias leal independence. Ilenry maintained the just predominance o! the crown as long as he saw it saie.i observing ,tll; su perstition and consequent prejudices were making rapid stiires -iglinst him, he found it piudsnt to compromise the controversy. ) .e civd d'ssentioi-.s in Stephen's time exhibiting <o the Pope that ecclesiastical property was the favourite object of a'tack vvith all pirties, he feared to foster a civil wJr" and the clergy, 'or the same reason, were interested to avert it. It was re- served for the peaceful reisn of Henry 11. to witness more iaruig encroachments. One otiht-i king's first measures was the exaltation of Tho- liPS a Becket to be the Coancel'or of EngUnd—a man who had been employed by the Archbishop of Can'-erbuiy, and sent by him on embassies to Rome, in which he coniiived to secure -urces- He had become an ecclesiastic, had studied the civil and canon laws, and was rewarded with the richest parsonage in England, together with other pi iter ments. He now applied h "fself sedu ious! v to as a royal minister displayed ,eat aoility. His public measures were beneficial to the na- non. His sovereign was induced by him to invite all English. ■ oea of merit, who had fled to France in the preceding reign, to return, and they were advanced as their abilities merited. Suen acts rendered fiecket a favourite of the peop'e, and almost the idol of his mas'er. The King gave him the Prebttid of Hast- ings, the Tower of London, with the service of the knights at- tached to it, the custle of Berkhampstead. The edueatlon of 'he young prince was confided to his care, and, with ¡;n aban- cl'ir.ment of principle, only to be accounted for on the ground of lofiituation, he was not required to account tor the temporalities of the vacant prelacies, nor the es heats of great baronies, which, falling to the crown, came under f.is custody. The i.mg treated him with the familiarity and aiieclion of a brother, and faying aside all ceremony, they joked and played together boyish gaiety. Bscket had the mastery over his own pas- S10ns, and could make his humour subservient to the king's, watching when to be gay, when io be serious. His mode 01 living was splended. His horse was decorated with silver reins, of such piice that the animal is said to have canned a treasure in his bit. IIis palace shone with gold and stiver vessels, and his table, at winch every rarity was to be seen, his,providers being ordered to let not price, however extravagant, deter them from purciiasing, exceeded these of earls, and lie never sat down to it without being accompanied by some of the highest rank in the country. Gervase, of Canterbury, his biographer, from i hom we have these facts, cannot help remarking th a t while in th)s"hnrente)nberpd)ttt)ecftheArchdgaco)),so,ontheother hand, his supplies see™ to have come by magic. lie was pro- fuse in his liberality, which occasioned him the name of the Love and delight of the western world," and we need not wonder at the number of nobles and knights and who crowded 'o do him hucoage. But his pomp and pioud magnificence displayed itself in the highest degree on the occasion or the ne- gotiations he conducted at Paris, for a treaty of marriage be- tween the eldest sun of his sovereign and tiie daughter of the French king. I shall not trouble you with the details, but they licie calculated most titectually to work on the initid in liD age wilen pageantry he.d more worth than the qualities of the heart andhead. Had Henry's scrutiny not beea bltndtd by his un- ltte partiality, he would have perceived that ali this "indicated that ostentatious vanity, meditating extravagant ambition, were the leading features of his mind. n In 1161, lheobald, the A,reiibisliop of Canterbury (tied, ar,ri the King blinded by his fondness, recommended Becket to be lie successor. Iu his conduct towards 'lie clergy, while a royal minister, he had given his master no reason to expect an in- tractable archbishop. He had imposed a centags or tax for militaiy purposes on that body for the war of Thoulouse, and .<len the Bishop of Chichester upheld the supremacy of the Pdpe, the Kinr, in Beckct's presence, and without conuadic- lIOn from him, declared t.ie I ipnl authonly to be a concession oy man, while the royal authority was conceded by God The sing's speech was applauded by the bye-standers, and Becket reminded the bishop of his oath of fealty to his sovereign. II" assumed not the saintly feelings till bis dignity was irrevocably '-cured by his conseciation. Then began that wonrieifu! 11 ohange which astonished his sovereign, delighted the ignorant people of bis day, but which we, thank God, far more enlight- ened, cin readily a-iSign to his ambition. To Ccirry on the farce uore effectual:y, his splendid wardrobe was changed for the roughest sackcloth, and his food of the meanest character, vhile his drink was water, rendered nauseoas from havio" been saturated wiih fennel. Above his sackcloth, in order to flatter both divisions of the clergy, he wore a monastic habit, because be vras abbot of the monktof Canterbury, aod over that hie, ca. nonital drest to shew his conformity with the coitoroa of thl! oti tis. He frequeatly exposed hia naked back to stripes. He daily, on his bended knees, washed the leet of thirteen poor persons, giving each four pieces of silver-was frequent in p ayer, and the obiects of hi3 solicitude were those who were in hospitals and alms-houses. lie now threw off all depend ance on his hitherto doating and too liberal king. and boldly as- serted the anti-national cause of Papal supremacy, labouring to emancipate himself and his older fiom all secular government, iv-eiything was studied for important effect, and, as we must oillow that he cherished these intentions, at least from the mo- ment :he king designed him for the primacy, it is very difficult not to regard him as a hypociite. His first act was to resign his office of chancellor, pretending that he felt unequal to dis- charge the duties it impostd, and those of his see. The king HIV at once that this was the primary step to burst asunder the !es of gratitude and friendship. As he had assigned this rea- son, Hecry told him the duties of the aichdeaconry of Canter- bury could cot be performed with those of the arthbishoprick and required him to resign it but it was the richest parsonage n England, and its emoluments were convenient to him. He resisted the resignation as long as possible, but the king was mmovable. The flattering honours with which Becket was in ihe same year received by the Pope at Tours. determined him still further to demonstrate the clerical independence. His first exertion after this W<15, as he called it, to vindicate the righis of his see, but which, translated into plain English, meant to increase its wealth and power, he therefoie demanded fthe king and some of the nobles, castles and possessions in lie county of Kent. which he alleged had at one time belonged 'o the church of Canterbury. He inducted a piiest iilto a parsonage in that county, and when the lord of the ma- nor, in whom was the advowson expelled his priest, Becket ex- oiomunicated him. Tile king reminded him that his imme- diate tenant could not be so treated without his concurrence, but the haughty prelate replied it was not for the king to command who should be absolved or who should be excommu- nicated." The king departed in anger, and Becket withdrew die sentence. (To be continued.)

(OVERLAND MAIL FHOM INDIA.) IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE.— MURDEll OF THE MAHARAJAH. By an extraordinary express we have received our des- patches and papers brought by the overland mail from India The Great Liverpool steamer arrived at Malta on October 30th, having left Alexandria on 0 -er26ih, and bringing the Indian Matt despatches from iijmbay by 111(0 Berenice steamer on October 2nd. The other dates are— Culcutta, 21st September; Madras, 22d September; Sin- .^a; ore, the 16th of August. Tile overland mail conveys the momentous intelligence of the murder of Shere Sing, the Maharajah of Lahore, together with his two sons and his own wives and those of Parlaub Sing. This fearful massacre was brought about by a band of conspirators, of which Dliyan Sing, the late minister, and Ajeat Sing, a brother of the widow of Kurruck Sing (Shere Sing's predecessor) were the heads. ihe assassination of the monarch was committed by Ajeet Sing; and he shortly afierwards slew his accomplice, Dliyan-Sing, whose son, Ileera Sing, soon avenged the murder of his sire by the slaughter of Ajeet; Dhuleep Sing, an alleged son 01 Kurruck Sing is on the tluone, rind lleera Sing has been appointed prime minister; but the gieatest possible anarchy prevails, and perhaps the lives of those now in power are not worth much. The revolution is thought likely to lead to British interference in the affairs of the Punjaub, and an eventual annexation of that fertile country to our dominions. Afghanistan is tolerably quiet; bat there are some in- teresting items of intelligence from thence which will re- pay the perusal. Scinde is also tranquil, but the sickness at Sukkur is se- vere. Sir C. Napier is at Kurrachee. Bnndelkhund and Gwalior remain in a disturbed state. A large force 18,000 or 20,000 strong, with a heavy irain of artillery, is to be assembled on the Jumna, during the approaching cold season. No one knows the reason for its organisation, but it is surmised it is for Gwalior. it will doubtless see some service in the Punjaub before it is dissolved. Lord Ellenborough is at Calcutta, and beyond the pre- cincts of the city of palaces is as unpopular as ever.

TIIE PUNJAUB — MURDER OF THE MAHARAJAH. The present mail conveys intelligence of the utmost consequence and most astounding character in reference to the affairs of the Punjiiub. A revolution has taken place, and one of a more sanguinary nature has never stained the annals of savage nattons One's blood curdles with horror at reading such details. The Mahaiajah of Lahore, Siiere Sing, has been assassinated, in pursuance of a design planned by the most influential chiefs opposed to him. Ajeet Sing was the regicide. Immediately after nis decease the conspiratois proceeded to the palace, and killed Prince Partaub Sing, the Maharajah's eldest son, together with all the women and children of the Zenana, amongst the latter of whom was an infant to whom one of Shere Sing's wives bad given birth only the day before! Dhyan Sing, the minister of state, who was the ciihif con- spirator, fell soon after tire of his sovereign-!>y the hand oi the same a«a3sin, Ajeet Sing, who, however, be- forc torg, met with his deserts by being in his turn slain by another chief, Ileera Sing, along with Lena Sing and some other sirdars. Du!eep Sing, a supposed grandson of Runjeel, has been raised to the throne, and Ileera Sine is appointed vizier. The following extracts from the Delhi Gazette gives the fullest and most accurate details of those remorseless and ciuel butcheries:— We yesterday afternoon received a letter from Ferozepore dated the 16th. 2 p.m., conveying to us the certainly not unex- pected but still alarming intelligence, that the crisis we have so long predicted had at length arrived, and that the ruler of Lahf re..Maharajah Shere Sing, had, with his son Prince Por- taub Sing, fallen a victim to the long contemplated determina- tion of Rajah Dhyan Sing to rule without a rival in the Pun- jauu, and had been murdered by him. The intelligence was, however, accompanied by UCII an extravagant account of the toices sent to attack Ferozepore that we hesitated in piacnc; implicit confidence in our information, and deteimined to wait for confirmation the following translation of a letter from takeer Azeez-ood-deen to his son I'hiragb-ood-de&n, if we correctly read the names, leaves no doubt on the matter, and we hasten to communicate this important intelligence to our readers. In execution of the determination expressed to seize all tiie ghauts, two regiments of cavalry are stationed immedi- ately oPposite Feruzepore, three or four more with some infantry and artillery at Kussoor. 'J he native inhabitants of Ferozepore are in fear of plunder, a's our force is none of the strongest. Dhcan Sing, by the murder of every member of Shere Sing's lamily, has deprived the British government of any present pretext for interference. "Three expresses, with letters from Loodheeana and Um- balla and bead-quarters Camp, now at Kurnaul. for the Go- vernor general, passed through Delhi on Tuesday, conveying, no doubt, the intelligence we now communicaie." MURDER OF SHERE SING AND HIS SON PURTAUB SING. "This event took place at the north gate of Lahore, about one and a half mile from the palace, at half past nine o'clock on the morning of the 15th. 'The conspiracy was formed by Azeed-ond-deen and Dhyan Sing, and it fell to the lot of Sir- dar Ajeet Sing to execute it: Sirdars Golab Sing, Lena Sing, (Alajeteea), and Soocliet Sing were also concerned; Dhyan Sing made the arrangement by proposing to the Maharajah to inspect Ajeet Sing's tioops, which the Maharajah said he would do on the following morning, and orders were accord- mgly issued. Onthe Maharajah's arrival on the paradeground, he found fault with the appearance and condition of some horsemen pmposely placed to attract attention, when Ajeet Sing became saucy, words ran high, and drawing a pistol from his bosom he ( Ajeet Sing) shot Shere Sing through the head, the ball having entered his light temple. Genera) Ventura and his paity attacked the murderer, but being opposed by a powerful body of tioops, were deieated. Ajeet Sini; cut up the Rajah's body, placed his head on a spear, and on entering the low,, met Prince Partaub Sing's suwatie, which was immedi- ately attacked and the Prince killed the palace was taken, Duleep Sing, the only remaining son of Itunjeet Sing, a lad ten years old proclaimed to the throne. The treasury was thrown open and the troops paid up all arrears of pay every child and all of Shere Sing's and Prince Partaub Sing's wives were then brought out and murdered among the lest was one of Sheie Sing's sons, only born the previous evening. Troops were sent off to guard all the ghauts, and all of the opposite party (except Ventura, who escaped) made prisoners.

SPAIN. The Chamber of Deputies on the 30th ult., declared her Majesty Queen Donna Isabella II. of full age. The report was brought up, and read by Marlinez de la Rosa, in which it is stated that this measure is the only solution 01 dilliculties which the present circumstances afford. "It is impossible," he said, to turn back without exposing the nation to reactions, and dangers innumerable, and equally impossible to rush forward blindly and at hazard, without endangering the peace of the kingdom, running a tiiousand risks, and perhaps giving rise to a new civil war." For those and other reasons had the Committee been of opinion that the Congressshould approve the re- solution agreeably to the proposition of the Government. An account of the surrender of Saragossa had reached Madrid on the 30th ult.

G R EEC E. A most absurd attempt at counter revolution was made at Athens, by the Kings aide-de-camp, Colocotroui, on the 2nd. This foolish minion, of a still mol* foolist, master, could not obtain the countenance of single individual in Athens, unless, perhaps ol the late Minister of Justice, Biialli. They have both been very propeily sent out of the country, havug narrowly escaped from the veugance of the people. It is to be hoped that this second lesson will not be lost upon King Otho. The people of Greece have hitherto manifested so much patience and moderation that we may he certain they will not be dnven intounnecessallly having recourse to extreme measures. But if he repeated the ibuse of confidence, generously reposed in one who seems so very little worthy of II, be the only reward of their ex- emplary conduct, any measure; which the Greeks may think necessary for self-protection will have the sympaihy if every peopie, and, we trust, the stippoitof every Go- vernment of Europe.

RTDUCNON OF W AGES.-About a month ago the Earl of Scarborough made a tllilvy reduction in the weekly wages of Ins labourers. We are sorry for it. LIGHT GOLD.-Poor people in the agiieultural districts such of tl.am as can manage to deposit a litte in Savings' ks, complain most bitterly (and well they may) on ac- count of having stoppages made for gold, which the) have received in full for wa.;es this Martinmas. These re- peated goid proclamations are a heavy thing for private jt dividuals.

DUBLIN, Nov. 2. STATE PROSECUTIONS-OPENING OF MICHAELMAS TERM. The term commenced this day and never was so deep an interest evinced, as that which is now manifest among men of all parties, and shades of opinion in the proceed- ings about to take place. The great point of attraction was the Court of Queen's Bench. Mr. Justice Burton took his seat on the Bench, when the Grand Jury panel was called over, and 23 gentlemen sworn, a large majority of whom are Conservatives, many of them being connected with the ultra Tory and Orange party, who entertain feelings of the bitterest hostility to Mr. O'Connell. Judge Burton then addressed the Grand Jury in a moderate charge, in which he explained to them the law as it af- fected the charge contained in the indictments against Mr. O'Connell and the other defendants. The Court then ad- journed to next day. FRIDAY, Nov. 3. The bills of indictment, were sent up to the city of Dublin term grand jury this day at eleven o'clock. They are enormous in extent, covering not less than ninety-five feet of parchment. The indictment was accompanied by an abstract of its contents, prepared by the Crown coun- s i; but some members of the grand jury having objected to the reading of any abstract, when they were sworn to consider the indictment itself, the volumnious document had to be gone through, count by count. THE QUEEN AT THE PROSECUTION OF RICHARD BARRETT V F. B. HUGHES. Mrs. Barrett, John O Connell, Esq., M.P., Dr. Gray Rev. Mr. Tyrrell. Mr. Barrptt, Mr. Ray, and other parties swore inclinations in open court, to sustain the charge of perjury brought by the prosecutor against F. B. Hushes, and as preparatory to an application for a mandamus to compel the magistrates to take the informations. SATURDAY, Nov. 4. The whole of this day was occupied by the Grand Jury in reading over the indictment, which occupies no less than 95 feet of parchment. No witness is yet examined, and it is supposed the Grand Jury will not come to a decision till I Tuesday.

BLUNDERS IN THE INDICTMENT. The Grand Jury in reading over the indictment, dis- covered that the name of one of the defendants was stated to be" Tierney" in one of the counts, instead of "Tyr- rell." A lonij argument took place on the point whether the bill having gone to the Grand Jury, could be amen- A second blunder was discovered, in that the Jury were stated in the indictment, to be sworn, and one of them being a Quaker was not sworn this blunder was also cured direction of the court.

SUNDAY, Nov.5 During the day much excitement continued to pre- vail throughout the city. The state prosecutions formed the universal theme of conversation. The conduct of the Grand Jury who for the first time in the history of cri- minal juris-prudence came into Court to aid the prosecu- tions by pointing out a blunder in the indictment, is com- mented on with just severity. Was this course suggested by a gratuitous and uncalled sympathy with the prose- cutors, they being ihe Government of Country? This in- !ecent anxiety to secure the conviction of a man whose liberty is in peril, outrages the public sense of justice, and shows what the people or their leaders have to expect from such tribunals as Grand Juries. But there is another reflection and one of still more importance to the accused, that the Government afraid to trust themselves to the de- cision of a common jury, have determined on having, in case of the bills being found, (of which there is little doubt), a trying jury from the Grand panel of the city, which will he in fact a Grand Jury. ded, which was decided in the affirmative, and the bill was amended by the clerk of the Crown.

GOVERNMENT COMMISSION TENURE OF LAND IN IRELAND. The commission appointed by Sir Robert Peel, to in- quire into the tenure of land in this country, is to com- mence its sittings in Dublin towards the close of the pre- sent or early next month. The members named on the commission are the Earl of Devon, chairman; Mr. G A. Hamilton, Mr. Wynne, of Hazlewood; Mr. Tighe, of by Woodstock; and Mr. More O'Ferrall. Thus there would be a Conservative chairman, assisted by two Conservatives and two Liberals. Considering that this is a Ministerial commission, we see no objection to the mode of its construction. Of course, everything will depend upon the powers of the commission, and the manner in which they shall be worked out. If there be not a complete and searching inquiry into the whole system, embracing depopulation and its sources, political as well as social, the Premier might as well have spared himself the trouble of issuing the royal warrant. Let the truth, and the whole truth appear, and the country will be satis- fied that remedies for the crying grievances of the tenure system are seriously contemplated. An Orange paper lately published a flaming article re. I presenting the County Fermanagh as in a state of Re- bellion." The Earl of Erne, Lord-lieutenant of the County, hasjust published a letter in the same paper, in which he gives that statement a most unqualified contra- diction, and adds, on the authority of official reports made to him, that that county has never been more tranquil. The Orange pauy are straining every nerve to force the country into liebelion in order to bring down on the people the hot rors of military execution. IIuNTrtcG FOR EVIDENCE.—We understand that Head Constable Coe, and Constable Fleming, of the constabu- lary force in this town, have been called to Dublin, it is supposed, for the purpose of having their valuable and learned opinions upon the legal and constitutional ques- tion as to whether the Repeal meeting held in Droviiedii fu June last, was, or was not seditious. Several of the police from other localities, in which the so-called monster meetings have been held during the summer, have also been summoned to give their opinions, as to what has taken place within their view.—IjrogAeda Argus. MR. O'CONNELL.—A circumstance has come to our knowledge of which the party most interested is, we con- fidently believe, still ignorant, and wii) hpar of it now for show Mi.. the first lime. It will show Mi O'Connell that a far more serious charge than that of misdemeanour was, at a former penod, impending over him, and that a mere acci- dent prevented his being arrested for high treason. We can pledge ourselves for the truth 01 the following state- ment, and, if additional testimony be necessary, we can appeal to Lord Stanley, Sir W. Gossetl, Mr. Biackburne (present Master of the Rolls), and, we believe, Mr. Jus- tice Ciampton, for its further authentication during the secretaryship, indeed we may call it the government of J Ireland by Lord Stanley, a certain individual sought an interview with the authorities at Dublin Castle, and dis- closed to them the particulars of a horrible conspiracy then actually matured for raising a general rebellion in Ireland, at the head of which was Daniel O'Connell. The plausibility and hard-swearing of this individual pro- cuied him credit at the Castle. lie was requested to continue to attend the meetings of the conspirators, and to report their proceedings from day to day. At length all seemed ripe for action, and a warrant for the appre- hension of Mr. O Connell was actually being made out when Mr. Blackburne. then Attsrney-General, suggested a little further delay. The delay of three or four days was conceded, but befo e their expiration, a paragraph in a Scottisil Paper blew the traitorous conspiracy into air. This paragraph had reference to the trusty and well-paid informant at the Castle, and spoke of him as to certain questionable doings in Scotland, before he became the con. fidential agent of the Irish government authorities. In- quiries were made, the warrant was burnt, and every ef- fort was made to hush up the whole matter. In now re- producing it, we feel that we may be doing some public service; for it may be that some other such informant is at present deceiving the government, and leading it to those otherwise unaccountable military preparations which it is making in Ireland.— Observer.

SnOALS AND ROCKS OF THE, ATLANTIC.—In a letter, to a friend, the surgeon of her Majesty's schooner the Cockatrice relates a singular incident to which he was a witness. It occurred on their way from Rio Janeiro to the River Plate, and deserves to be known that others may be on their guard, and also as it may possibly serve to explain why the Atlantic is laid down in various charts with so many Shoals and rocks of uncertain bearing. Vessels of less firm texture and of a more imperfect equipment than the Cockatrice may hare met with simi- lar encounters without surviving to tett the tale, or, espe- cially if they occurred in the dark, may have been disa- bled without ascertaining from what formidable antagonist they received the blow. "A very curious circumstance" says the writer, occurred as we were coming down, with a whale. I observed a shoal of th^n sporting nearly a- head, and wenl forward and seated myself on the cat- head, in order to obseive them the better. I had scarcely done so when we were in the middle of them; and a huge monster with its back out of the water, coming a little oblique toour course, received the whole momentum of the vessel on his forehead. This must have been stunning as we were going at the rate of about nine knots an hour, and the vessel felt as if she had struck on a mud bank. This, however, did not intimidate him, for he immediately dived, and gave a tremendous lash with his tail across our bow and cut-water that made every timber in the vessel quiver. Every soul ill the vessel rushed on the deck alarmed and wondering, but the spirit of their dream was changed when the cause of it was explained and they ,aw the water in our wake red with blood. The occur- rence ought to be published: and I dare say could ac- count for the numerous sioalsand rocks with which the Atlantic is dotted."—Scotsman. It is not generally known that Mr. Cobden, M.P., re- ceived his education at an academy at Bowes, for the hoard, clothing, and tuition of young gentlemen, kept by the late Mr. Clarkson, where he gave promise of con- siderable talent. The Bowes schools have been immor- talised in the faithful and graphic narrative of Nicholas Nicklbly," from the pen of Mr. Dickem*

MISCELLANY. ■ ■♦>»«>» H.- A SCENE IN HIGH LIFE. Lord Melbourne, who is spending the autumn in comparative privacy at Melbourne Hall, Derbyshire, has latterly given a ball on several evenings each week, for the en'ertainment of his servants, and such of their acquaintance as they thought proper to invite. On a recent occasion of the kind. some of the prin. cipal servants, conceiving that it was inconsistent with the dig- nity conferred upon them by the elevated situations which they held, to mix with the coachmen, housemaids, and other inferior dependents of the establishment, resolved to divide the house," and thus preserve their dignity and caste." For car- rying this resolution into effect, they laid claim to the musi- cians engaged for the occasion, and consequently left the others without a piper to dance to. This circumstauce led to a regular fracas, in which the relative positions of the parties were changed in double quick time, the upper" servants becoming the lower," and vice versa. At this moment the affair assumed a very serious aspect, and but for the timely appearance of the steward of the household, who drove the whole party out of the room, it is impossible to conceive what might have been the consequences.—Nottingham Review. A reporter for a fashionable London print carries out this "fracas in high life" by the following circumstantial account Quarter past nine, p.m. A council is now sitting in the housekeeper's room, The most intense anxiety prevails. It is just reported the butler has declared he will "stand by his order." A page has just taken a dispatch from the housekeeper's room to the butler's pantry. Ten o'jlock, p.m. a dispatch from the housekeeper's room to the butler's pantry. Ten o'jlock, p.m. The council has just broke up. It is said that the housekeeper will resign her keys" rather than dance with the coachman. The musicians have this moment arrived. The plot thickens. Four of the uppers have just signed the following protest:— REASONS FOR REFUSING TO D\NCEWLTH THE "LOWERS." 1. Because we consider it would be giving a "heavy blow and great discouragement" to our dignity, and the high position we have the honour to occupy, to dance with the livery. 2. Because we consider we should lose caste, destroy the balance of power," and break down that "conspicuous line of demarcation" that separates the housekeeper's room from the servants' hall. 3. Because we have seen with pain and alarm the inroads the democracy have made upon us, the aiistocracy, and we are de- termined not to sanction by our high example, a practice so completely opposed to the high and dignified situations we have the honour to fill. 4. Because the nerves of gentlemen and ladies are too fine and delicate to bear with impunity the effiuvia of grooms and coach- men, reeking from the stables. Half-past ten, p.m. The contest, or rather plot, now seems to be which party shall get possession of the musicians. The grooms and scullery maids are in close conference; they seem resolved on a daring assault on the music. The uppers have just captured the first violin. What will be he end of this Heaven only knows. Eleven, p.m. The harp and bass viol have also fallen into the hands of the uppers; if the lowers dance now it must be without music. The confusion is immense. I am told his lordship is coming down with the olive bianch." So far my notes." The denouement was brought about in a manner worthy of the noble owner of the mansion. The noble viscount suddenly appeared among his doaiestics, and unexpectedly put to shame the aristocracy of the butler's pantry." No sooner did his lordship hear the cause of the dis- turbance than he ordered them, musiciansand all, into the hall, when he, in the most bland and affable manner, took the hand ot the under housemaid, and opened the ball in a style that won all hearts, and, fur a time at least, banished the "demon of discord" from the scene of the festivities.

COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS.—I always selected the commer. cial room when I stopped at an inn. I am fond of my fettow creatures and travellers, as commercial men of a certain clas are styled, generally present a very fair specimen of them' Pleasant fellows: men of information too. They do not roam the harvest field without gleaning. Who does, indeed: No one certainly not the commercial traveller. He is necessarily a man, awake—of apt ana quickened intellect —a judge of profit and loss in more respects than the peculiar one of his calling —science to him which stiengthens judgment with regard to general matters. PoHtics. tetters, morals, take their turn among the topics at his table, and not unfrequently give rise to a debate not the less animated and eloquent because accidental, and un. trammelled by the preparation, pretensions, and forms of a re. gular one. Unpremeditated efforts are generally the most striking. The song and the tale, too, contribute their aid to make light and joyous "the passing of the hour"—the song which never yet called down the applause of a concert room or of a theatre, yet might challenge a comparison with the best that has done so—and all this with etiquette. At the travellers' table no freedoms receive countenance that durst not sit there. Character, too, is an essential. Without it you may, perhaps, he suffered, but you will be assuredly sent to Coventry.—-She- ridan Knowles. It is staled, in the Paisley Advertiser, that a farmer in that neighborhood has found that, by putting garlic at the bottom of his grain stacks, he effectually prevented rats and mice from getting into them. e, How much can you pay us?—What assets have you ?— What can you offer in the pound?" demanded the importunate creditors 01 a bankrupt farmer. Alas gentlemen, all I really have, is a donkey in the pound," replied the ruined clodpole. Dyce Sombre, in his letters to his English friends, denies his lunacy very energetically, and sticks up stoutly for bis rights as one of the community at large. The jury took a confined view of his case altogether. Upon the intelligible principle of doing what he likes with his own," the Duke of Newcastle has sold the building mate- rials of Worksop Manor-house for 20.000 guineas, the original cost of that mansion being 300,000 Wits would iufer from this that the coal at Newcastle must be rather scarce A morning paper, speaking of Braham's appearance, siysthe veterao vocalist seems to set Time at defiance. This is, to say the least of it, an equivocal complimcnt to a musical man. How could Napoleon have been a brave man, the Lord Mayor says, when every one knows he cut a way through the Alps. When Brougham speaks, don't you think his is a peculiar style," asked Roebuck of Duncombe. It is, indeed," replied Tom, a regular turn-style." A young man at New York, describing his father as being une of the most powerful men in the States, declared, as a proof of the fact, that his parent once knocked down a whole row of houses at 0718 go. He omitted, however, to say thai tbe indivi. dual possessing Ruch power" was an auctioneer. There is a man iD New Orleans who has 110 high aD opinion of himself, that he imagines he is the church steeple. Being told so by the belles, confirms him in his opinion. Penny-a-lining is becoming quite a science, being regulated entirely upon scientific principles. We were not much amused in the account of the royal sojourn at Wimpole-hall, given in a daily coniemporary, to read that Prince Albert, the Earl of Hardwicke, and Mr. G. E. Anson went to Cobb's Wood, to enjoy several hours' shooting," but when we came to the para- graph following the above important announcement, we were positively delighted at the penny-a-line ingenuity, which went to inform us ihat up to this time" (the time of the reporter closing his despatch ) the number of head of game killed cannot be ascertained." Wehad not the curiosity to inquire whether a second edition of the paper containing the number of killed and wounded" had been published.—Satirist. O'Connell, io one of his latest speeches, advises his female partizans to marry none but Repealers." Fine soil of counsel this is to come from Dan, for if it is followed, what chance would there be of a happy union ? Probably, however, he cares not for its being worse for wedlock, so that it operated beiier for repeal. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Goulburn, has a musical box which he turns to the following exquisite pleasantly. Pro- ducing the article, and seiting the music going, the tune heard is, "The light of other days has faded when it ceases, ftlr. G. gives a benignant smile around, opens the box al though to help himself to a pinch of snuff, and takes out-a full weight sovereign I We hardly know whether the bombardment or the bombast of the Barcelonese is most worthy of general admiration; the first has been much talked of, but the latter is called into con- tinual operation. We read in a recent paragraph, that General Sariz has writien to the minister of war as followsOur fears of the bombardment of the citadel by the insurgents have not been realised. If, unfortunately, this does take place, I shall find a means of making myself respected." Who General Sanz may be, fame has not yet made very exclusively known, but we know this, that the usual way in which Spanish generals make themselves "respected" is by making themselves scarce when the moment arrives fur a display of their valour.

LINES TO MY COUSINS. Remember me still! Tho' I wander afar, Yet InY heart fur your presence oft pineth, When lonely I gaze on yon radiant star, In the twilight of eve, as.it shineth. Remember me, then, when brightly it shines For how often we've gazed on its lustre Together at eve, through the o'er-hanging vines That round your windows so gracefully cluster. Oh, think of me, then, when apart from the throng, When yon star in the blue heavens beameth, When you lislen at eve to the wild winds night sonr, And the moonlight through tinted leaves gleaineth. I ask not a thought in your gladness or mirth, When the gay and lighthearted surround ye, When the votaries of pleasure encircle your hearth, And her magical spells are thrown round ye. But remember me, then, when sorrow draws nlgb, When with anguish your sad hearts are swelling, When the banner of grief waves darkly on high, And with gloom overshadows your dwelling. And, oh I would ask for a thought when those bells A glad peal on each Sabbath morn ringeth, When sweetly their music around your home swells, And the past to your memory briugeth. Together we've knelt in that temple of prayer, When our prayers and praises were blending; Oh remember me, then, and pray for me there, When mine own for your weal are ascending. Banks of the Ebbw, Nov. 1st. MARIANNE.

[FOR THE MONMOUTHSHIRE MERUU.] THE HILLS. THE hills, the hills, the hills How many an age bas past, Yet on their heads old Time himself Has scarce a shadow cast. They seem to stand, those giant hilli, The mighty things of old, Regardless of mortality, Though centuries ue told. They raise the solemn awe To mingle with their might, And on imagination's wing Approach the land of light. They tell us of eternity They speak the power of Him Who made the universe, and dwellg Between the cherubim. Then, when thou viewest the glorious hilli Let holy thoughts arise, Think on that bright and golden land Beyond the changeful skies. Remember that an hour must come When all shall pass away. And those old prophets of the past Must crumble to decay. T. TURNER LOTHERINGTON.

The Oxford Chronicle states that the Rev. Waldo Sib- thorp, has addressed a letter to the President of Magdalen College, intimating his return to the English establishment and soliciting re-election to hit fellowship,

CORN AXCHANOE, MIM-UNS, Mo IIDA Y. NOT. 6, 1343. There was but an indifferent supply of wbaat to-day from Essex, Kent, and Snflolk, which was in midling condition, and sold at Is. to 2s. per qr. lower than this day se'onigbt, with a dull market. Foreign on a retail sale, but prices are unaltered. Bonded continues in demand. Fine barley is as dear, but other sorts are adull sale and 2s cheaper. White peas command rather more money grey peas and beans fully maintained last day's prices. Oats Mellslowly at the terms of last Monday. Current Prices of Grain per Imperial Quarter. s s I t. t. Wheat English. 48 to CO Old Beans .34 to 38 Rye. 30 to 3G Tick Beans .30 to 34 Barley 30 to 36 Oats (Potatoe) 22 to 25 Malt 56 to 63 Ditto (Feed) 21 to 22 Barley .30 to 36 Oats (Potatoe) 22 to 25 Malt .56 to 63 Ditto (Feed).21 to 22 White Pease(boilers) 33 to 38 Flour 40 to Grey Pease 32 to 35

Official Corn Averages and Duty, Oct. 28. Wht. (Bar). Oats. Rye. Beans Peus Aggregate average s. d. s. d. s. d. 8. d. s. d. s. d. of 6 weeks. 50 1 30 6j IT 8 30 2 30 6 31 7 qr. qr. qr. qr. qr. qr. Duty onFor.Corn 20 0 8 0 8 0 10 0 10 6 10 6

SMITHFIELD MARKET-OCTOBER 23. There was a good demand for most description* cf stock. la beef the quotations were in some instances enhanced above those obtained on this day se'nnight about 2d per Sibs. Somw fine Scots were sold at 4s per 8lbs, but this was not a general quotation, and the highest price was 3s lOd per BIbs., at which hgure a good clearance was readily effected. The mutton trade was steady, at a rise in the currencies of 2d per Sibs., tbe primest old Downs realizing 4s 4d per 8lbs. Calves very dull, the top price not exceeding 39 lOd per 8lbs. Per st. of 8lbs., sinking the offal. s. (1, s. d., I. d. J. d. Beef 3 G to 3 2 Veal .3 4to3 9 Mutton 3 6 t'a 3 8 1 Pork 3 8 to 3 10

PROVISION MARKET. TEA.—4,430 packages were offered for public competition, of which 2,600 were actually sold at improved rates. The fol- lowing are the prices paid .-Congou, best mid rather stg 11 41d to Is 4id; Imperial, but mid to mid rather stg, 2s 91d to 2s lOjd; Gunpowder, mid stg, 3s 6d to 3s ltd Hyson TwaD- kay, Is 7d Hyson, good mid stg, 3s id to 3s lid Yoaag Hyson, mid, 2s 9id to 2s 9jd bnt mid, 2s 2d Orange Pekoe, good mid, 2s 6d to 2s 6id Souchong, mid, 2s 6d; Pekoe Sou- chong. but mid, Is 2&d to Is Sfd per lb. COFFEE.—186 casks Berbice, of the new crop, were sold on auction at full rates. Low, to good middling coloury, fetched 83s 6d to 92s fine ordinary, 70s to 7ls; and good or- dinary, 56s to 62s per cwt. Ceylon. are selling at a further advance of 2s to 3s per owt. and good ordinary qualities fetched 63s to 64s per cwt.

BUTTER, BACON, CHEESE, AND HAMS. IRISn BUTTER (new) I CHEESE, pet cwt. g. < per cwt. II. s. Double Gloucester.. 56 62 Cailow, new, on brd. 76 96 Single ditto 48 54 Banbridge 72 — Cheshire 54 74 Cork, 1st 80 82 Foreign 48 52 Waterford 74 76 HAMS. ENGLISH BUTIKB. Irish 60 — Dorset, per firkin. 100 112 Westmoreland. 66 70 BACON, new. 40 42 York 66 74 middle 30 32 FRESH BUTTER, 12s. per dozen TALLOW, &c. s. d I I. d Yellow Bussia. — White — — Town Tallow 43 — Mottled. 52 — Ditto Soap 48 — Curd 60 Melting Stuff 30 — Graves |j 9 Ditto Rough 19 — Good Dregs 5

LATEST CURRENT PRICES OF METALS. LONDON, NOVIMBEK 6,1843. ZINC—ENGLISH SHEETS «A M O 4« IRON, ENGLISH-BAR 5 4 HOOPS TON 7 10 Sheets TON 8 10 Cargo IN WALES 4 12 0 Pig, No 1, WALES TON 3 10 No. 1, Clyde. 3 5 FOR SWEDISH BD. TON log RUlliian, ccnd TEN 18 10 '"••V TON 0 0 G OUR LEFT TEN 0 0 Archangel. $ o Sreel-Swedish keg.od. ton 16 10 DITTE FAGGOTS BD. TEN 17 0 LOPPER—ENGLISH SHEATHING 0 0 FLI Old .P.LB. 0 0 9 Cake.p.ton. 81 0 FOREIGN CAKE 0 FT THe 80 0 fin, BRITISH—BLOCKS CUT. 3 0 Jiars CWT. 3 2 Foreign, BANCA 2 17 STIAITS 2 IS Peruvian 3 8 FIN PLATES—NO.IC. P BOX J J IX. ditto 1 IS WASTERS 3S. P-BOX LESS Lead, Britiih-Sheet ton 17 5 |H0* 19 0 REC* 21 IFR White 21 M PIG-LEAD—ENGLISH J'- « SPANISH "7.7.7." 16 0 AMERICAN Q Q

PRESENT PRICE OF TIN PLATES. NEWPORT, Nov. 4. jE. 8. D. £ S D No. IC. per boxo o.,o 1 6 0 Wasters.O 2 0 !«»» No. IX. per box 1 12 0 0 3 0 « No. IX. per box 1 12 0 0 3 U »

PRICES OF SHARES AT LONDON. BRITISH MINES. 1:1 No. of NALFKOF g-ö gS SHARES COMPANY. £ '■ G'»- C E. ^0^ 500 Anglesey 5 4,000 BEDFORD 21 l) 100 Botallack 175 sin 20,000 BRITISH IRON 70 8,000 BLAENAVON SO 120 BREWER 79 BUDUICK 1,000 CARN BRAE 15 5,000 CONSOLSTRETOIL MINING ASSOCIATION. 4$1 2,000 CORNUBIAN LEAD COMPANY 3 41 512 COOK'S KITCHEN 45 112 Charlestown.— )go 128 Cregg BRAWS 80 80 128 COSLIEN 15 150 10,000 DurhamCountyCoaiCo. 37 128 East Pool. 200 F IOOGreatConsols. 97550 > 10,000 HIBERNIAN 124 8 1,000 HOLMBUSH.•••••• 14 36 2,000 Is)eofSark(Guernsey). 15 160 Levant iSO 20,000 MINING CO. OF IRELAND 7 11 128 Mostyn Nlines o 100 117 North Roskear tno 3,000 Polberou Consols 10 t 128 PENSTRUTHAL 37 100 10,000 RHYMNEY IRON •• 50 4 128 SOUTH CARADON OSN 800 SOUTH TOWAN ••• 10 1| 64 SOUTH WHEAL BASSETT — 4(10 57 SPEAM MOOR. 70 — 135 TREGOLLAN 5,000 Treleigh Conlols. lit 24 6,000 TamarConsols 3 7 6,000 Tin CROFT III"! 7 18 128 TREWAVAS -— 90 120 rreviskey and Barrier. 240 96 TRESAVEAN .J 700 120 TRETLIELLAN.7 — 240 4,000 UNITED HILLS. 5 5^ 8,000 WICKLOW COPPER. ••«. 5 12* 3,845 WEST WHEAL JEWEL **| 101 16 120 WestTretheHan 5 Q$ SOJWHEALVOR 500 — 1,000; WHEAL BANDON 1 <5 1,000] WEST CARBERY | 12|

BRISTOL PRICES CURRENT OF LEATHER RAW GOODS.. b. lb. d. d. lb. lb. d. Crop Hides perlb 30.35—lltol2 Light .» 40 48—VI 13 Irish Skins —14 JJ 50 60—15 17 Welsh Skins S7 40-18 'I Foreign Hides .30 35—It 12 40 43 16 Ji 46 45—IT 12 « SO— IF S MIDDLINGS 12 18 32 £ 6—19 ,1 Butts English. 16 20—I4J 15J Kips, English and Welsh. Iff 24 26—15 16 Petersburgh fl 8—1^ 28 30—15 U 9 io-l* Jj extra 84 36—17 20 East India —IS \t Foreign. 16 20—IS 14J Seal Skins, small if 22 25—11 13 middling I' U 28 30-11 14 i„g# |2 J ExtrastrongSt 36-15 IS Basils •' it Best Saddlers' Offal, PoreFgn'iiLlliei' 1 t HIDES. 37 40—13} 19 FOREIGN SHOULDERS. JL Common ditto 35 40—13 14 Dressing Hide Bell- ,9» l) Shaved Hides 18 22—14 al Ditto Shoulders Shoe Hides 20 21—13 13} 121!? EAW GOOD' English Horse Hides 1* l» Drysalted East India l>. Welsh ditto II IS Kips, No. 1 5|d German ditto 1' 2 8d. Spanish ditto M 21 Brined No. 1 lOd. "J Ditto Shaved, without 2. 'd— butts Us to 15s Odeaeh. Dry Spanish Horse Hds, HORSE BUTTS 11 13 TO* BestPattkinskins 54 64—23 24 Bark £ 8. to £ 8 65 70—23 24 Valonia. £ 16 to £ 20 Os. P* e** Common Pattern 22 23 I Shumac .1 Is. to 14s. W* 100 120—16 20 I Glue pieces(flsd) 30 SS'— 15 18 1 (unfleshed)

PRICES OF SHARES AT BRISTOL. a. COMMERCIAL ROOMS. BRISTOI., Paid, n 'An GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY 66 — JSI DITTO HALFSHARES 50 — 1? '1 DITTO (JOE-FIFTH SHARES 12 IQ FW GREAT WESTERN STEAMER 95 F.J BRISTOLSTEAM NAVIGATION 130 — ,G BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY 70 6* BIRMINGHAM AND GLOUCESTER 100 — 65J TAFT VALE 100 G 20 SEVERN AND WYE AV35 L~ KENNET AND AVON CANAL AV40 01 #1 WEST OF ENG. & SOUTH WALES DIST. BANK 12-J — QL *1 EASTERN COUNTIES 23 N|5 LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM 100 0». LONDON AND SOUTHAMPTON 38F GG 8" LEEDS AND MANCHESTER. 70

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