Monmouthshire Merlin

ACCIDENT TO THE MARQUESS OF HASTINGS AT LIVERPOOL.— Oa i riday evening, an accident befel the Marquess of Hastings, n»cb had well nigh proved fatal. His lordship holds an 'gticy in the 62nd regiment, now in Everton, near Liverpool, alone IT' "he stited. h" lordship took a stroll dock, A? 9 umLble 1D'o.'be neighbourhood ef the scotia whiu»°Ul ei^ clock, the policeman on duty in Nova- gut leading fr*'V,,0rt (?,9,ance b'-vond ,be bridge, crossing the in the water eorge 8 10 li e Canning Dock, heard a splash and afterwaids aV°U fT" direetioo, towards Canning Dock, pr ceeded lo the in'. Several persons immediately to be the Marquess f u l''e '"••'dual immersed, who proved difficulty, and IQ a «L is'l0g9. was rescued with consideiable Jecelving-houle at Ih Y eahausted state. Hewastakentothe usual restorative »DDlipa°i, end of the Prince's Dock, and the enabled to return t0 his °D' n8 been used, bis lordship was without leaving an innm^6!8 'ew hours, 00,» however, by those who had g0 i8aU.?D|that *hould be again heard of that his lordship, being au«nded him. It would appear accident occurred, iD walkin"08^ t0 'be loca'y 'D "^ich the chain surrounding the gut 0f uL "'pp#d 0,er ,be 8u8n?- posiiion, in endeavouring to (n.? 001 kl">wing his fell from the quay into ihe water u h,# difficuhy' for nearly ten minutes, aud having 7„ ,RDTP »> the water in swimming, w^s in the act of »i?kin^ V yexh"#d hi<nse,f "•»» .« ARCTIC E„ SI, „„ Jv"" sr;d" regions we ARE eleven A M from the Arctic 'idint>s or news ni°r' ° Tw't'*out bringtog the smallest Sut ZU p,° S:r J- F'ankli° or his people. The 1849, laden w„h ..I0™ G'eeoh,,he "bout the middle of May, ing stups and the* I 8 f°r the north-west search- brought to h V 'hat were received from her were of July, io that »ear 'D whaler, dated fhe 39th pressed for the «»r\ eretherefore, been much fear e«- wlisved by her Ibip, "HLCH HM luppilJ bleD

THE WELSH PEDESTRIAN. [WRITTEN FOR THE MERLIN.1 I here send you, my dear Mr. Editor, the first of my pro- mised "Sketches." I must, however, like all other great writers, premise a remaik or two, such premising to be duly and reverently considered and received by your readers, as the intio- duct,on or preface to this Great Literary Undertaking. I begin, sir, with yourself and the MERLIN I should, perhaps, scarcely say, yourself; because, i is not very customary to refer scarcely say, yourself; because, it is not very customary to refer to an Editor, personally. I shall, therefore content myself with observing, that we Welshmen of Soulh Wales are under great obligations to an Irishman, for his long, faithful, tned, and, indeed, in many case. chivalrous, advocacy of our general in- terests as a people, and the constant attention paid, in the con- duct of the MERLIN, to our numerous small, but very wnportant literary societies. I have just completed a ten day, »««np. and was so happy as to "turn ,n." to a small Eisteddfod. n the course of the after talk, I heard a person ask another, -1 I wooder shall we have ao account of this mee ing in Seren Gomer?" "I don't know," was the reply; bu you I be sure to find some account in ihe MFRUN, next wee Are you sure of that," interposed 1. "Sure enough, said he; because the MERLIN never allows these things to pais unnoticed. There was a capital Eisteddfod, at Tredegar, ID the no DaDer but the MERLIN look any notice of it; but ,Le was a gPood long report of it there. AtPont^ndd after that there was a much more important one held—anEisteddfod of inauguration, within the sacred circle, and on the bardic thiooe (Maen Gorsedd)—the MERLIN alone reported it. So, I doubt oot but that the MERLIN will tell the people all about the Eisteddfod to-day. 1 knew the facts to be so, and I was very glad to find your diligence and watchful regard to 1I.e pro. gress of my country's literature, thus recognised and appreciated by an intelligent working man in a large company of his peers. The transition from you and your paper. must now be to my- self-a rather important personage in these papers, of course. Sketches imply a sketcher. What sort of person is he ? Can he sketch 1 Has he seen what he describes ? If so, can he see so as to understand himself whatever is distinctively characteristic in the place or man before him ? If so, can he feel ? In short, has beany, even an injinitesimal modicum of that mental endow- ment, so happily described in the liardic definition of the Awen -11 An eye to see nature, a heart to feel nature, and a courage that will dare to accompany nature." l'be full answer to this must gradually develope itself as we proceed. Youand;our readers are the judges. I feel my temerity in referring to it at all still, for this temerity I have an excuse, as all hardy authors have, for doing things ia their own way. The excuse is this, I wish at the outset to put myself so far right with my readers a, this that they may know what sort of writer they have, and what kind of fitness he has to claim their attention, and to justify the expenditure of their time in reading his lucubrations. Well, then for more than thirty years I have been addicted to wandering, alone and on foot, in my native country. I always preferred, and do siill prefer, walking, to every other mode of jour- neying. Putting, of course, necessary economy of time, una- voidable haste and pressure of business, out of the question, I am, and always hope to be while I can use my limbs, a ^DT'JOU' love health—walk much have you difficulty of breathing walk slowly, but as much as time.. rll permit. I hope you are not exposed to rheumatism or gout; if so, walk, walk, walk. If you have ten or fifteen miles to go, aod half the day before you, don't borrow a horse, don't go into the train walk. Are your thoughts truant, and do you want to• »«udy an important question in all itsbearings-t-o out alone, beside the i gentle stream, up the hill slope, or to the sea-shore; you will had everything provocative of thought, and at the same time cal- culated to concentrate and encourage it hear the murmur or the roar of the ocean, the purling of the brook, w.tness the soft smile of the daisy, the friendly greeting of the beautiful green grass-all 'end to induce quietness, sel<-po«sessfOo. reflectiveness as well as unselfish and unbiassed reasoning. Unconscious y, as to the recognition of it, but with a deep experience o its exlVen^ and power, a communion is thus held with t e very sp Nalure with the prunordeal element of light and truth. Thoughts thus incited, and conclusions thus educed, will gene. rally be found healthful in their moral quality, is to the mind itself, and therefore easily and "™mu- nicateJ lo others, sanctified by wisdom anr apt- B Even when you cannot procure the advantage o coun ry wn <s -still we say, walking \i beneficial to mind «s well as body. The crowded thoroughfare need not distract the thoughts of a truly thinking man. Indeed, I have known many a man who could and dfd pursue a train of severe and consccuttve though, «o 'he Strand, or in Cheapside—as comfoitably end efccientl, « though he were in the vale of Arcadia Use • r*mhl-no dearly favourable to right thinking. Ag*m ? y ~s> I have always connected myself w'th ""y "J How, then,^n I h.ve ever been alone 1 The i no spot so »i'd or so bare, but 1 have found m it something to love-so,ne- tting to treasure up in fond remembrance. Tne merest vestige of an old castle is to me at once P«P r°",he mountain side seems to me pregnant wit L 7^°"* and the lake, with Druidic and Diluvu lhf 1 ( ,i,_ vVelsh langu«ge to Gwent arid and liquid pronunciation of the = 6 Worganwg—the hauler accent, as y°u <r 'V —'he varvtnz shape of the Welshwoman s he., in different dis- tricts—the I onus and material^ >be houses—"« ..« »■ cnurcnes and chapelt—all, all supply me "ith «ni.q«.l.e. moral, and help not only to spend 'he time without fatigue, but *„h keen enjoyment and re*l and preserve the use I love lo walk, because 1 love 10 e.w,. r of my limbs. I am not very old yet (pray, reader dear don t -rouble yourself about my age), and let o>e suppose lue twenty vears more I shall do all I can to be able to walk to .he end. Last week 1 met a man bordering upon his 90t, year-, man who personal'y knew Mr. Bacon, who built the fi st urnace Cyfarthfa—* hose memory i. intact, and who osajkno. well a. I can he has always worked hard, and walked much. Time was when he could ride, but he enjoyed walkiog, and, therdore. can walk still. A Pedestrian is indeptodeol of his neighbours, of coach, and train. A neighbour has a horse to lend, but IS closs-grained and unkwd-urhat care I for that while I can walk 1. The coach does not start until noon, and I want to be eight miles off at teo- what it the inconvenience to me, if I can waik1 It is ve>y provoking that there is no train across the country to —. VVhai is the dislance 1 Ten miles. Are you old or ill ? Neither. Well, don't pule and complain like an infant walk like a man. Walking is very safe fall from fa/igue—e' it be lIo-you don't fall far, and you neither break your leg nor dislocate your shoulder you get up and walk on, and there is an end of the matter. This preface must now conclude with a sketch of my first great tramp, or rather of myself as a young tramper. I waa twenty years of age, and at college my kind tutor cons deratety devised for me, and proposed to me a tour through North Wales, during the two months of midsummer vacation, with license to £ tay a week or two longer, if I wished. My personal appearance must have been assuredly very commanding. Here is a description of it. In height I was about five feet seven, in my shoes. I was as thin as It very slenderly formed system could be, aod exist at all. My face was at pale as paleness can be, without being cadaverous. My cheeks seemed much longer than they really were, in fact, on account of a deep furrow in each. I was iODoceot of whisker, though I had bought a razor. A good crop of brown hair, which I wore long and in admirable disorder. Impatient of neckcloth, though b«und as a student to wear one. ThU obliga- tion, however, I soon took care 10 forget, only when I passed through towns. Unwise enough to dress myself in a suit of good broadcloth, and put on my feet a strong pair of half boots. I carried a blue stuff bag, with some change of linen this was to me at first a great annoyance, but I soon became master of the knack of slinging it over my shoulder, and it became a sort of companion—the more so, as it contained, m addition to my linen, a Welsh Bible, and a Latin Gramm«r. The former, my mother had given me, when I started, that I might read God s Word far Ifrom home," for the dear woman considered it to be im- mensely distant from our own little village. But the glory of my kit was the umbrella, this my mother also forctd upon me, to keep my head and shoulders dry through the long, long, journey. (I had never been above a month from home beforv.) This same villainous umbrella was nearly as long as myself it j was the largest I ever saw, and much heavier than my bag it was too cumbrous to u'e as a walking stick, and when I put the handle through the bag siring to carry it on my shoulder, a few minu'es would induce forgeifulness of its being; it turned in my hand, off slipped the bag, 1 laughed at myself, and abused the poor umbrella; it was the pest and plsgue of the whole tour; many a time did I half determine to leave it behind at my lodgings, or throw it behind a hedge but it was my mothers, and so I even bore it along, and restored it safe and sound. I should know its very ghost now, so vivid on my mind is the im- pression of its configuration. I have never been very fond of an umbrella, and when I can get rid of the women-folk, I much prefer a shower of rain to the bote of carrying one. Thus equipped, I started on this great journey my mother and some « young sisters wept bitterly when I left my father*' house. I was •• too much of a man to cry, but having gone a mile or two, I was obliged to sit down on the road side, and give way to the tears which would trickle down my cheeks. I did so be- cause I could no J help 11. This apparency absurd feeling will, io tome measure, be accounted lor by the t"'O circumstances that I was the oldest in my father's family, and that 1 had never been one whole day well in all my life.

THE WESLEYAN CONFERENCE. [TO TBS MUTOR.J SIR,-We live in a day of restless excitement and inquisitive curiosity; everything now is a matter of discovery and experi- ment, not only in the scientific and political world, but that of the professed Christian world-even Methodism, that has with- stood the assaults of ticepticism and infidelity for upwards of a century, must now be torn asunder by its own rnembtrs, and new modelled, just to suit Ihe popular taste of 1 he day. Then how desiiable and important to isceit-iio from whence Ihis desire for change arises. The most obvious cause would appear to be that Christianity has not hitherto had thut full beneficial effect upon our hearts that it ought to have, or it would have been pro- ductlye of lar diffsrent and happier results than strife and con- tention it wouid have been characterised by love, harmony, and peace; th-n should we have been endeavouring, by every possible means, to animate, 10 excite, and cement the most harmonious and tender Christian union, God U at perfect peace with I(i« church, and, therefore, she is at peace with Hrm. God is at peace, for ever, with the believer, aod, therefore, are they at peace one wiih another. By their fruits are they known but, oh. s^y some of THE restless ones, we want the Methodism ofjoho Wesley. Since his day Ihe light is gone out in the temple of Aletliodistin Its altais are delilad, and the whole sanctuary is polluted unmerciful men are sitting there, lording it over God's heri'age. Who will believe their report ] Some do but in this we may rest assured, that if a knowledge of the Eternal's love to mankind, in providing a way of salvation for us, il the offer of free redemption through our Loid and Saviour's atoning sacrifice, if the promise ct the Holy Spirit's regenerating, enlightening, and purifying influence—if these glorious truths are still interwoven with Methodism, then is Methodism what it was when purely Wesley an, newly prora„|. gated by it3 founder. Well, exclaims the reformer, there is something lovely remaining in its constitution, and we are de- termined to be Methodists, only made meihodistical according to our own libeial views and opinions; we more especially stand opposed to its agency, ibe administration of j(s various offices by the same men, sitting at eale to Zion, enjoying the luxuries of life, whilst holy, devoted, self-detiying nien are ex- cludtd." This, in part, is a false accusation; and the other would e a grave question to decide. t is required of a steward to be found faithful and a« soon as anything short of that re- quirement is made memfe.i, prompt measures are sure to be adapted for their removal. Then w 0 amongst them more fit to fill those offices than tried men-meu who have carefully and studiously devoted their time aad talents to the best interests of the connect.on-.Ddcr whose rule and gUIdance, with God's bie^sin? Methodism has proffered, it having been iheir Ulmost endeavour 10 spleaJ Ibe light of dlvwe truth beth far and near, in order 10 bring the heathen to a knowledge of the truth, as it is in Jesus, and lo keep up in professed Christiana that faith which thev have already received. 1 hen it becomes (he duty of every zealous Methodist, ho can ule,a pen to point it against that demon of strife and discord thut is stalking thioughout the Wesleyan Methodist connection. One of the EXPEND miois'ers, holdiog forth to « mixed assemblage in a onatt Baptist. cllltpelat Abetsychan, "snort time back, compared the fundi, at the dlsposul of coherence to so many salt boxes, into whicn every member of the establishment dipped it,eir fingers. 1 his was on a par with ihe^spiiitof dis- appointment that gltve wings to the fly sheets; it required neither judpe nor jury lo decide who was their author. Many present were ready to exclaim, Out of thine OWN moutti do I judge und condemn thee; tbou art the MID. Burke says, "The same sun which gilds all N a Lure and exhilarates tbe whole creation, does not shiue upon disappointed ainbiiion." It is som ething that rays out of darkness, and inspires nothing but eloom and melancholy. IVien in this deplorable state ot mind find comfort ia SPREADING the contagion of their spleeu. Your obedient servant, Girnd;(fjith, Sept. 23, 18J0. SAMUEL DEAKIN.

--+- BARWJFAD.—SMCFHAS. MORGAN'S STATUE. [RI? TIIK EBfTOll.] Sin, The ORIGIN OT THIS rank AAU order of persons," says. Wottoo,' the Buroneiage of England, U quite independent ol any previous rank or otdc-r of English society. I, ORIGIN,ED w.IH King James the Itrsi WHO, being IN want of money lo, tbe benefit ol the PROVINCE Of Uls'er. hit „PO„ the expedient of creating this new digm.y, and ICQU, OF A,J UHO ,T contribution of a .«» »f money „ AIUCH as WOULD support thirty infantry for three years. 1 L.e PRINCIPLE of this new diJSilv WAS to give rank, precedence, and title, without PRIVILEGE. THJ Baronet still remained a commoner. r »s 1 "c Ad Barwnad, is a YVeM. noun ten^i equivalent to the English ing, mint, aod tiou. In ,|lis instance the ler- mtnution "ad" is improper, as the ter m iDatlon ( 1 applied to persons, but lo things. The termination Barunig" possessesMwo advantages over "«<•• fi|s( & ttrmin;iiiuo of persons, as Peniefig, a grandee, Bonedrii'v nobleman and it has also a diminutive »ignific,|,0n '«» a At'oni*, and the Saxon word Baronet, 10 iis etymologyt sijnihfl little baron." 0 In the old British authors the> word Baron » is Breyr," as Arglwydd freyr, ^or'1 B»'oo » .i,, freyroi," Court Baroo." (H-«l Br, Ian." (Dafydd ab Gwilym.) 4 «, So much may satisfy your coiresponde A WelshroaD." P LLWYn 0r VVSMP*.

RUPTURE IN THE WESLEYAN SOCIETY. [TO THE EDITOR.J SIR.-The Wesleyan chapei, at JHE N«*pori Circuit, presented a scene never before witnessed there, (OO Sund y I»-E 22nd ult.,) enacted by the Rev I HOM„ j J superintendent when tbe whole society, with the excep.,ON OF four or five, suffered the penally of Ihe despollc law of 1835. because ihey would not submit to the money test. WE h*vE NO which be H.B commenced IN HIS C'HENHEID "ILHUUT11 stand io the unenviable position ot a P flock." He ordered us away from the chapel, and old us never What Never come to the House of to come inere any more. VVnai* A c »• u a -yT 1 ihe f emo e which II&VQ find 1 What! Never come to Ine lcu,r10 "j l j j r tug worship of 11>6 world 8 Great erected by our own hands lor ine worst p Redeemer! Who is ibis that thus presumes to shut e g tea o the public sanctuary, and charge us on 00 sccouo therein? At the evening service, he eipresse is su P we should have dared to come again. But we e .• others, that we are resolved 10 come •gnm and aKam, lo worship the God of our fathers, at the alter of Methodism. Signed OO behalf of the Wesleyan Society. GERMAN TIPPING, office bearer 31 years. RICHARD SMOCOM, lender 47 years. THOMAS FREEMAN, leader 30 year.. JOUPII BLACKER, trustee 20 years. Gellyhare. October ht 1850, [Some portions in the m»oM.rip« of the above letter have been siiuck out by u», m consequence of a latitude of expression might not possibly P«I« quite CL««( I»F J

-+- MAGISTRATES' OFFICE, HIGH STREET, NEWPORT. SATURDAY. Magistrates present :—The Revds. James Coles, Thomas Pope, Chancellor Williams, and O. Morgan, Esq., M.P. THE JURY LISTS. The overseers of the parishes in the Newport and Christchurch divisions, attended to-day, and swore to the joty lists returned by them, paid their 5i. costs each, and went back to their several parishes with the air of men who had lightly performed another of their onerous and unpaid duties. But tew objectors to the libts appeared. In regaldlto the St. Woollos list, returned by Mr. Jenkins, the assistant overseer, Mr. John Thomas, of Fo- thergill-sireet, aged sixty-four, was excused on the scoie of 1, many yeus;" and James Fox making application to be ex. cused, wall asked, oo what grounds. Why, said Fox, I'm no schohrd. But, said Mr Coles, you have tvo ears, and of course aie an honest man eh] Yes, said Fox, but I bain't rated oo more nor f 18 on the books. [ £ 20 rating is the qualification.] How is this? asked Mr. Co!es, turning to Mr. Jenkins. That person replied that it was an oversight but Mr. Coles said such an oversight should not have been committed and Mr. Morgan said it was giving the man the trouble of coming to the court, and losing lime. Mr. Fox was, of course, excused. NETTING. Isaac Jones, a man employed at the new colliery works, Machen, was charged with unlawfully fishing with a net in the preserved wateis of Col. Kemys Tynie, in the parish of Michael- stone Vedw, on the 9'h of August lasl.-The case was proved by Daniel Lewis, woodward to Col. Tynte and Mr. Brind, the agent, proved the Colonel's possession of the river, which was preserved. Jones admitted the offence hut said he never did auch a thing before, and should not have attempted it now, if he had not been asked hy Mr. Best, his magier, to get a few fish for him. Defendant was narrowly examined as to this alleged fact; and his answers and statements were all taken down by ihe clerk after which, the Bench generally concurred in siying that Mr. Best ought to pay the penalty which had been in- curred; and intimated tlut he might also be charged in con. nexion with the offence of illegal fishiog. A great deal was said by the magistrates on the delay exhibited in causing the de. fendant to be brought up; and Mr. Brind was desired to be more cautious in future. Mr. B. errplained that illness had pre vented him taking immediate steps. The defendant was con- victed in the penally of £ 2, including costs, which his wife, cry. Ing- bitter I y about her children being thus dep,ived of victuals, paid, saying, that she would give him fishing" when he got home and she would burn all the 11 net things" that he brought there in future. A MORMON PULPIT ORATOR. During the while of the. previous proceedings in court, a short, thin, and cadaverous little man, with blue coat ami woollen check shirt, lank visage, staling eyes, and long, straggling, wiry locks hanging over his slaoting forehead, was observed stuck up in a comer behind the magistrates' clerk, ever and aoon appear- 109 to be mUlleriojl something which, possibly, he fancied an oppoitunity would presently occur for his delivery. At length, just before the rev. magistrates were leaving the bench, with the county member, two official-looking documents were thrust be. fore the rev. gentlemen. The Rev. Mi. Coles: Who are you, air A pplicaot: My name is William Williams, sure; and I do want you to sign them papers. Air. Coles What are yoii, air I Applicant: I works at the Machen colliery; and I wants you to sign that paper for meto preach the Gospel. I haven't been with a paper before. It is used before we preach the Gospel. Mr. Coles: What sect do you belong to, air ? Applicant: A Latter-day Saint. (Much laughter.) Mr. Coles: A Latter-day Saint What ii; thit ? MI. Morgan Yes, what n it 1 I don't understand it. Applicant: Why,—dym Saisenach. Mr. Coles: Come, come, you lak English well enough— what is it, at alii Applicant Why, you see, we believe in Jesus Christ; and 'hat it we repent and be baptized, and the elders do lay hands upon us, we shall receive the Holy Ghost. And we do ttstify as the smuts and sposlles in ancient days. Mr. Coles Why, there's nothing new in thut. Chancellor Williams And you peiforro miracles, also, ell I < VIPP,!F,ANL CAN T testify to that. r.. organ Who are the saints, my man 1 A pphram Why, you see— Mr Morgan: C»n you read or write 1 Applicant Oh, yes, sure. ,i l*?60 re>a.tl ,ha, ^cl °' Parliament—(offering him Ihe Statutes atlaige.) V B Applicant: Oh, Ilut's English, is i,l I can't read thai. (Lau^h'er.) I can read Welsh a little. Mr. Coles: Well, we know no.hing about your paper. we can do nothing in it. r The Rev. Mr. Pope Cun you preach, my man ? Applicant: Well, suie, didn't 1 preach to you now just 1 (Laughter.) You do all have a sight of laughing, I d0 Llncy. ( Renewed laughter.) Here, don't you understand me ? Every one that do go out to preach, do get ooe of these papers and 'lis signed by ihe magistrates. Mr. Coles That paper is for Dissenting ministers. Applicant, looking very blank Idont 'stand that. ( Laughter.) You do have a sight of lan^hiog, sure, (lloais of laughter, amidst which the candidate for a Mormon pulpit looked quite galvanised.) Mr. Coles There is no need for anv man to take the oaths of allegiance, till called on to do so. It I suspect that fellow, said MI. Coles, of sedition, I can send for him (if wiihin five mi es) to come and take the oaths of allegiance, supremacy, and abjuration. Applicant Why, didn't you never sigu afore ? t. Coles No; there's no necessity. PP'icant: Ob, their, I'll take the papers w':ere they do sign Mr. Coles Aye, aye take them away but I advise yon to take care, my good fellow, when you go about preaching, you dont gel a crowd about you. and obstruct the highway. The disappointed Is tturnp orator" had his documents given back to him, and having gathered them liP, he stuck his hat upon his perspiiing brows, caslll look as of pitying contempt oil the gentlemen on the bench, and slowly walked «way between the renks of gibing spectators, and was seen no more. [ 1 Is is Latter-d*y Saint, it appears, was ambitious of becoming one of the elderl or preachers of that body and understanding from some of the sect, it is said, that if he came before a bench of magistrates, and took the oaths of allegiance, supremacy, and abjurntion, and obtained the signatures of the magistrates to a certificate stating that fact, such certificate would have the force of a license to pieaeii.) NEW PUBLIC "OUSK AT MAGOR. Mr. John Joseph applied to the Bench tor the renewal of an old license, to permit him to carry on the trade of a victualler in premise* just rebuilt by him at Magor Mr. Phillpof.s, soli- citor, appeared for the IIpplicant.-A memorial to the magis- trates, signed by the clergyman and the most respectable resi- dents at that place, was put in. in favour of the application. Mr. Coles, Mr. Morgan, and Mr. Williams considered it un- necessary to have an additional public-house at Magor; but Mr. Pope said he was inclioed to believe it necessary, on the repre- sentations set forth in the memorial, which was so respectably supported by signatures—Mr. Coles observed that nothing was easier than to ob'ain signatures to almost any kind of memorial. -One of the signers, Mr. William Williams, overseer, said there was no mistake about this memorial. He and all the rest knew Joseph to be a respectable m&n and were of opinion that another public-house was wan ed. Ou being asked for proof, he said Magor was r-pidly rising, and had a monthly cattle market, held between one of the old public-houses and Mr. Joseph's and 'twas very inconvenient for dealers to make all their little settlements in one house. (Laughter.) — Air. Phillpotts zealously supported the application, and gave the necessary proof of notices, 6c- observing that Magor was about to have a South Wales Railway S ation—had already a large population, and had only one public-houte at present; while Mr. Joieph only required the renewal of a license for a second house, which license existed, under the sign of he Blue Bell, before the popu- lation was so large as at present, or the importance of the place was becoming so great.—It Wh ordered that the license should be renewed.

NEWPORT BOROUGH POLICE.—Monday. Magibirates pleGeOt:-I'. B. Batchelor, Esq, Mayor; T* Hughes, Esq.; and W. Brewer, Esq. James Buike. a tall, aged vagran*, was charged with begging in High-streer.-Ordered to seek a living by industrious labour, and not by vagrancy, cautioned, and discharged. Thomas Jenkins, master of the Flora, of Padstow, was sum- moned for £ 1 2s 4d, wages claimed by William Priest, the mate of the same vessel.—The evidence in thij case exhibited some bad features, and tbe mate said he never knowed a c^p'n do sich a dirty piece of work afore." On the other hand, the cap'n"said he was ptepared to make an affidavit that he didn't owe the money claimed, and the mate would swear anything in the universal wortd.—! ht Bench placed the defendant on the horns of a dilemma, with respect to some questions put to him as to his own truthfulness, and ordered him to pay the mate the full amnuo', wiih 10» 6d costs. Chiirles King was charged with applying to the relieving officer, Mr. Saber, for relief, at the time lie had 4s lid in his pocket.—Mr. Sailer said be would not press the case, as he un dersrood there were many extenuating circumstances in it. Prisoner said the money was intended tor his rent, to prevent his sick wife, just in her confinement, and his family, getting into the streets.—Cautioned and discharged. WHAT THE BOYS" DO. David Morgan, a pigmy lad, was charged with assaulting a married damsel, named Susan Williams.—I he Bench appeared to fancy so small an urchin could not be guilty of assaulting a grown up wom.in.-The lather of the boy said the woman or her husband had abused and beat his little boy shocking." Mrs. Williams said she had received the most insolent and vile language from the cur, and he had al-o thrown a handful ol din at her, and struck her a blo,y.-The Mayor severely reprobated the cooduci of the boy, and the carelessness of his parents in allowing him to be so badly nared and then dismissed ihecase. Helen Crawley was charged with being disorderly io Cum- mercial-street last Saturday evening, about half past eight o clock. P.C. Price proved the case; but Helen saId ahe had Dever beta in the court before and hoped she should never fall into such uu accident Ilgain.-l'o pay station fets. MR. JONES AGAIN. Charles .Tones, who was up" last week, on a charge of ob- structing the road, was now charged with assauliiog Mr. I:OwnseTid.—-Complainant said that 11161 Saturday evening, about three o clock, when near his warehouses, Jooes came up, aod abused him very giossly held up his fist to complainant's face, and threatened to knock his d-d old braiis out. He had first apoken to comphinant respecting the fine levied on him last week.—Cross-examined by the defendant I dn1 not first speak to you, and call you a d-d old rascal." I might have said I'll give you pepper and if you treat me in such a manner ag?io, I may deal with you summarily, and give you pepper indeed.— Mr. Brewer censured Mr. Townseod lor using such a threat before the Bench. -Mr. Townsend said the language and conduct of the defeodant were so iiriiating, that it was impossi- ble not to be excited on hearing it.-A person named Miller gave evideoce, showing that Mr. Townseod had used no pro- vokiog language towards Mr. Jones, who, on the other hand, had uttered the most provoking and insulting language towards Mr. Townsend, and had threatened liitn most violently. Oro^s- examined by Mr. Jones Did not sieal oranges out of your house nor was I charged u ith stealing a hat in tHe market, and got knocked down for it.—Jooes said this was the most disre- putable fellow in Newport although the street was full of re- spectable persons, when the row took place between himself nod Mr. Townsend, this was the only person that could be found to support the charge.— Miller denied all that Jones had said, and stated that a worse couple than Jones and his wife could not be found in the m,irket-so the market people said.— P.C. Williams proved being sent for last Saturday, after the attack on Mr. Townsend, and then saw Jones come out of his own house, and asseil Mr. Townsend again with the most abusive language. Detendantsaid he would swear before his Almighty God. that never since the affair of the bunch of carrots," had he spoken <o Mr. Townsend, till that gentleman began au a-tack on him by calling htm a d-d old rascal" in the public street.—Mr. Townsend said defendant was a worthless old man," and he ought to be turned out of the st.eet.-The Mayor asked defend. ant if he was prepared to make an apology to Mr. Townsend but the latter gentleman considered that an apology was not all l>» was necessary, foi defendant had stated a long tissue of fslsehoods, and had been guilty of most out.ageousi and violent conduct. Jones was bound over in one sUlely of ±15 and hlln- •elftn £ 20. to keep the peace towards Mr. Iownsendand.ll Sim Pfcr#°DS ,h^ moilh. Then make ou. mv commit- a !in V ?Ce'" >»»* ■»«"««; ,or 10 Usk 111 Th P H not ifnJ —Committed lor three months, if he would station H* ,URK,Y—Af'er half an-hour's cooling down ID the catT,tTe; Jo<^ geared to alter hi. mind and a surety John M8 f°' hi«"-Jone3 was ordered to pay 12s costs Lewis Jonp4 charged with being drunk, «nd as.AU nog S ZO -P,' R,°F ">E P«^ERS at the South WALES Railway 2s 6J STAIION-HOT^E ,HEMAN WAS VEL' DRU°K' Mr. Palmsr LICF.NSINO DAY- P hi 11 pot s to be aflo <t° U'e Benci'. through his solicitor, Mr. thil potts, to be allowed to transfer.he licence of the Crown aod ZTl ,'C" u•l!° 'he L^oo Po er Hou.e-.no. to have •• -Th. M.,or .11., f "<• «'• 'I"1"

NEWPORT TIDE TABLE. I DAYS. __HIGK_WATER_ DETPH AT MORN. ETEJf. DOCK GATES October, 1850. H M. H. M. FT. IN. ^UND,AY 7 3 7 18 32 5 5 TI 1 g G .} 10 TVhEDTDAY 8 45 9 O 29 4 10, Thursday 9 16 9 31 27 0 11, Friday 9 46 9 W 9^ 11 12, Saturday, 10 10 1Q 34 20 9

SOUTH WALES RAILWAY TIME. ^WHICLTIS'1 twelve'MIRF? 9T THE S,A,'ONS ON TH'S railway, wnicn is twelve minutes ear I*»R »U. XT J r* a a- TIM* ANH FIFWN U Y"AIER L»AN NewpoTi and Carditi time, and Ulteen minutes before Swansea time ] DOWN TRAINS. R DAYS. SUNDAYS. STARTING FROM I &' 9 URI^LL O |L 2 & Mail 1 & .'ill & 2 STARTING FROM and 1 & 2 & 2 3rd 1 & 2 and and class, parly, class, class.1 class class. 3d cl. parly. P.M. Paddington 8.00 Chepstow 4.45 7*.To u"0 4 on %'?!' l'M0 7' Portskewit — 7 25 19 in I Newport 5,20 7 55 i/an c 7*10' 7.10 *.VIarshfield 8 9 Ja -\0 8*10 5"20 7.40, 7.40 Cardiff 5.45 8 2 l H2 8-25 7M 7"54 *Elv — o i H'J! °-23 8.38 5.45 8. 8:8.8 Llantrissant for) « „ ^45 — 8.15 8.15 Cowbridge..) ,7 rt-a0 1.32| 5.44 9.3 6. 7 8.35 8.35 *Pencoed — 9.10 1 i?i „ r „ B,KLS«„D 6.35 JG 6 0 9.15 -5 8 55 8.60 Port Talbot 7. 0 10 3 J" S135 *Briiton terry — 10.10 2 34 IN Neath 7 15 10 17 o/T" 4 — Ticket Platform) j 6"44 10*. 2 io! 2 at Landore. Swansea 7.45 10.45 3.15 7.1510.45 7.4510.30,10.30 UP TRAINS. 1 J1 f Mail, 1 & 2 1 2 & Mail, 1 & 2 STARTING FROM 3rd I & 2 1 & 2 k J, and 3rd |&2 and class. class c'ass- class, parly class, class, parly 0 AAM'N ?.\MV P,M" P-M- P-M- A-M- P-M- p M- Swansea 7. 0 10. 0 1. <j 5 l;, 7. Q 7. 0 5.15 7. 0 1 icket Platform ) # at Lmdore.. 5 — — Neath 7.30 10.20 1.30 5.35 7.20 7.30 5.35 7.30 *Britton Ferry 7.37 10.27 1.37 — 7,'yj 7.37 7.37 Port Talbot 7.47 10,35 1.45 5.47 7*45! 7 47 647 7 47 Pyle 8. 7 10.50 2. 0 — 8.0 tl.7 — 8. 7 Bridgend 8.27 11.3 2.13 6.17 813 8.27 6.17 8.27 •Pencoed 8.37 2.23 8.23' 8.37 8.37 Llantrissant, lor i Cow bridge..} 8-52ll-2° 2.3>- 6.4o 8.38 8.52 6.45 8.52 *h[y •••• 9.12 11.38 2.53 — 8.53' 9.12 — 9 12 9-25 1L45 3- 7. 7 9. Ol 9.25 7. 7 9.25 *Marshfield 9.10 — 3 18 — 9.1H 9.40 — 9.40 Newport 9.55 12.10 3.36 7.32 9 3(» 9.55 7.32 9.55 Portskewet 10.19 12.35 4. 4 8. 5 10. 4 10.19 8. 5 10 19 Chepstow .10 30 12 45 4.15 8.15 10.15 L0.30 8.15 10.30 PM- P*M- A.M. A.M. Paddington 5.25 8.15 — 4.15 — 4.15 For the accommodation of the public, passengers will be booked by the Up Trains and put down by the Down Tiains marked thus*, at the Landore Ticket Platform, at fares of6d, 3d, aod 2d less according to the class Ihan the respective fare from or 10 Swansea Station.

TAFF VALE RAILWAY TIME. London Time is kept at all the Stations on this Railway, which is 124 Minutes Earlier than Local Time. UP TRAINS. WKEK DAYS. SUNDAYS 1 1 £ A.M. A M. P.M. P.M. A.M P M H.M. H.M H.M. H.M H. M. 'H M" Cardiff Docks jj 25 1 15 5 26 8 45 !3*45 U Cardiff § 40 30 5 40 9 0 j4 0 4.j Llandaff • • 8 48 J8 5 49 9 10 \i lo 6J Pentyrch •••■ a £ £ 64 } ^5 56 9 18 |4 18 8 !'aff's Well 2 9 24 >4 24 12 ['reforest £ 2. j* 6 14 9 38 4 38 13 Newbridge -o « 07 9 o 4 43 In} Aberdare Junction S < J z o f 9 5~> 4 55 17.1 Incline Top.2 37 2 28 6 4010 5 |5 5 221 Troedyrhiew 11 I ,j! 25 i5 2'5 24* .VIerthyr 10 0 2 55 10 10 35 [0 35 ABI2HDABE BRANCH. —- I64 Aberdare Junction -r PR r TI 12 0 5 0 20} Mountain Ash 8 3y 9 45 2 36 0 5 10 16 5 16 22| Aberaman 41 7 25 223. i'rpiman 8 40 9 06 2 46 7 4 10 29 I5 .jq 23? Aberdare •••• 8 OO 10 0 2 50 7 10 10 3.5 ]5 3,5 24^ „ HHO 3 07 2010 451| II DOWN TRAINS. WEEK DAYS. SUNDAYS — — 1 O 3 4 1 | STATIONS. MAIL. MFIL 2 A.M.M. P.M. V.M AM. p.ji. 2 AM. A.M. P.M. V.M AM. p.ji. H.M H.M. H. M. H.M. H. M. H. M. "Herthyr 7 45 1 40 5 30 9 10 4 10 Troedyrhiew 7 53 o 1 48 5 38 9 19 4 19 75 Incline Top 8 11 2 6 5 5.3 9 40 4 40 8 Aberdare Junction 8 21 5 2 16 3 9 50 4 50 11 i Newbridge 8 31 t 2 26 6 13 10 0 5 O 12 £ Trpforest 8 30 2 31 6 1M0 6 5 6 16f Taff's Well 8 40 2 44 6 30 10 20 5 20 18 Pentyrch 8 M c^ 2 49 6 35 10 26 5 20 204 Llandaff 9 1 5 2 56 6 42 10 34 5 34 23$Cardiff 9 10 £ 3 5 6 50 10 45 5 45 24^ Cardiff Docks 9 20 3 15 7 0 10 551.5 55 ABKUDAKE BHANCH. 16J Mill Street 7 30 „ 1 25 5 16 8 55 3 55 154 Aberdare 7 45 9 0 1 40 5 30 9 10 4 lU Treaman 7 49 9 4 1 44 5 34 9 15 4 Id 13| Aberaman 7 53 9 7 1 48 5 37 9 19 4 19 12 Mountain Ash 8 19 13 I 56 5 44 0 28 4 28 8 Aberdare Junction 8 15 9 25 2 10 5 58 9 45 4 45

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY TIME. DOWN TRAINS—HORNING. I 80TL,)AYS J ONLY. ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ S Starting from c Mail.fist &;lst,2d 1st &^Expr.'Mail. *Ist2d.<Brsto <1 & 2nd 3rd 2lld ^lst &<l & 2c& 3rd; 1 & jClass.(Class.;Class jClass.;2d Cl.:Class.;Class.j Paddington e 7. 5) 7.50? 9.50h0.15j 8. 0> Swindon J >12.30)10.32'11.25; 1.15; 1. 0 Bath 9.15? 2.32 11.20U2. 5: 2.10= 2.5fi! Bristol I a''rivaL < 9.45; 3.2: 11.50H2.25J 2.40= 3.45 (departur 7.50;10. 0'> 5.30 H2.30S 3.15s G.5o' 7 50 Budgwater | 9.10;II. 6^ 7. 8 { 1.15J 4.32f 8.28: 9*10 liixetei, arrival |10.40{l2.45| 9. Oj j 2.30, 6. 5jl0.20tl0.40 DOWN TRAINS-NOON AND AFTERNOON. S SUNDAYS < ONLY. Starting from ;lst &>Ist &;Expr.|lst &jlst MaiUist ua:i 2nd ) 2nd Ust & 2nd S 2nd <lst 2nd hst & ^C-]ass.;Clas&.f2d CMCJass.jClass.pd Cl.;Class.;2d Cl. Paddington Kof 5.30 8.55~ol"^ Swindon j 3,25; 5.55? 6.35i 8.4C 11.60; S.loiu'so Bath. 4i15| g -2> 7>13| 9.^0 12.50; 6.13^12*50 Bristol < e[rriv'il 4.40! 7.20; 7-3.' 10.10{ ..1.15; 5 1#l5 i departur 5.30^ 7.505 7.50 •• 1.25 6.50> 1 25 Bridgwaier. | 7> p< g>2 > go j 2.35 8.28 2.35 Exeter,arrival ..| 9< o|l0.3('(10.30| >> | 4. 5=10.20: 4. 5 TRAINS—MOKNIHG. SI'NDAYS —— °NLY- Starting from;'8' Sillst &;ExprJ Mail.list 2d|lst &f 1st &>Ut 2dl 1 2nd 2nd 1st & 1 & 2 & 3rd? 2nd 2nd S& ls' & _>cl<iss.;Class.!2d Cl.|ciass.iClass^Class.|Cla8s.;ciass.}C]^sds Exeter.j ] j l~Z7\ 6.3=»! 7.5o| 9.45|"?^i Bridgwater. 8 12\ 9.23 11 15; 8'iJ Bristol afv\ ..I | "I | 9.30{l0.35|l2 30119.30 i> th <dePl 7. 0 8.10; 8.35(10.50510.4,^12 40 lo. 0 7 «n "ath-, •• 7.30 8.26:9- 0 11.40 11. 8? 1 4?lo 4o! R 2 iTn ?" 9-25110-23? 1.20 12.27} 2 2^12.30 ° Padngtn.,ar.( %m | jj^ j.iqi G.55| 3. Oj 5 Oj 5. oj VP TRAINS-NOON AND AFTERNOON. I SUNDAYS ONLY. Starting frORA jExpr.ilst &!lst &|lst &> Mail.jlst &| 1ST Mail & 25 2nd 2nd 2nd \i & Snd | 2n(j <y » „ < Class. ^Class.^Class. J Class.^C lass. jClas3.?Clas8 Jciass E^ter hS'TTrS 5.45? 9 o| 2.4of7~"<"r^ Bridgwater | < 4_10)> 7.]5a0.3C 4.10> Bristol {"rival j 2.35^ s 5-20| 8.30^11.40} 5.20 (departur I 2.39 3.30} 5 35^ (11-50 o.30> 8.4^1150 "a,.h, 2.55 3.53 6. 0 •• 12.10 5.55> 9.1s} 2 ^don I 3.55 5.10 7.17 1-25; 7.10\ Paddington,arivl] 5.25| 8.20|l0.15| j 4J5|10.10| | 4^5

■II -I- > BRISTOL STOCK EXCHANGE, OcTOBBR 2. Share.j Railways. | Paid, jciosing Price. £ OS? ;BR^STOL^ND EXETER 1 100 j 70I-~M 00& ( Do New ( 331 J 26 j Bristol and S. Wales Junction! f 20 jBirmiiig. and Oxford Junction} 20 5 27 — 29 50 }Caledonian j 60 81- S§ 12J Do. New 5 Mock.j Eastern Counties averi 20 > — 6i 100 Great Western s 100 i 71f— 72i 50 Ditto Half Shares 1 60 s — 25 | Ditto Quarter Shares 25 ) — 20 ( Ditto Fifth Shares s 20 — 17 ( Ditto New 5 15 ( 6i— 5 dig 25 (Great Northern .] 24 (14 — 14J dis Stock.(London arid North Western.. j 100 U14J—115^ Stock (London & South West.aver.) 100 | 69^— 70 £ 2o ^London and Blackwail ..aver.; 11.6.3 ( 5J— g 60 (London, Brighton, & S. C.} 100 | 83^— 20 (London and Greenwich..aver.? 12.15.4 i 11 — ]2 100 sLancaster and York, M. & L.< 100 1 47 — 43 EI J 25 } Ditto quarter shares .c«. ( 234 (13 12 j 20 l Ditto Fifths Ill 8— 7s 23 ( Ditto Thirds ( 16A j 81— a 20 |West Riding Union } ( 71 n 20 Manchester, Buxton, &Matlock 54- 4P A1 Stock.(Midland ( ]00 4'^a Stock.) Ditto Consolidated Pref. 100 ( 50 ( Ditto New. ( 35 ( 013 Stock.(Ditto Birmingham and Dcrbv} loo IQ 0 ^'s 'fo N-IS 37i ( Do. do. do f 00 1 « 25 (North British i „ 124 Ditto Half Shares j 'I- 7| S.6 8. l)o.Thirds. ( — Do. Quarter .]* '— 5 Do. Preference ~Z i — 20 (North Staffordshire. 4§~ 5 &0 Portbury Pier & Railway Co" i 7^ | — 9| dis. 2o (Shrewsbury and Birmingham iuol o.~ 50 South Devon "n0aam 13.5.3 8 £ 8 dis 50 South Wales j 9 lo 100 TaffVale S ( 23i~ 24J 25 Ditto Quarter Shares o- ?136 — 138 10 Ditto New >3^ Stock.) Do. 5 per cent "? in S*—1 P-m. ex.d. Stock.( Do. 4A per cent. ••••J 10 [par.-2perct.pm 50 (Wilts, Somerset & WevriioutH Jn |Par-— Stock.^ork and North Midland .1 fn I 43^ 2o Do. preference 1 20^— 2ljex.d E. ^O-EASTFE West Riding EX! — 2I~ 2 DIS Stook.^ork, Newcastle and Berwick'! 9^ | i Orighial N. andB.. } 25 iCfex.d 25 Dittn' en> ^o* 1> Y. &B i 2S 9 11 5 tt0> No. 2,N &B-S Ol, d,s 25 j 4iZ 41 di, 124 Local and Miscellaneous Stock. F^OFBOCK ANKL J'SJ m P». Jjitto Notes 94 — 95 20 Bristol Gas 5 12l.8.9J(104-llPTrct.pm. 130 (Bristol Stpan'/v" 20 33 — 35 »fsrc='i | r-nh ■ |S,N4WJ.0.„5\A3J_24S

LONDON WARKET59 &c. Much inactivity prevailed in the leading country market* heldl on Saturday. English wheat-the supplies of which were con- siderably on the increase—declined in value quite Is. perquarter, and inferior foreign was lower to purchase. Fine oats wen mostly held at full prices but all other spring corn, including flour, was very dull. Letters from New York to the 20th instant, state that only a moderate business was doing in bread-siuffs, at about stationary prices. In the continental markets the trade was very far from active. The aggregate arrivals of English grain up to our market, last week, were very moderate. The extensive repairs going on in the Old Exchange, in conse- quence of the late fire, have greatly interfered with business. Several of the leading factors continue to be accommodated in the new market. Fresh up this morning the arrivals of English wheat coastwise were somewhat extensive, and wholly of the present year's crop. The samples from Essex and Kent came to hand in good condi- tion but those from Cambridgeshire, &c., were mostly light and shrivelled. By laod-carriage the receipis were seasonably es- tensive, consequently the stands were well filled. Although the number of buyers in attendance was tolerably extensive, the de- mand for all kinds of wheat of home produce, owing chiefly to the large supplies of foreign flour pressing fcr sale, ruled heavy at a decline in the prices ot Monday last,of fully Is. per qr.,and a total clearance was not effected. Offers came to hand from the east coast to ship wheat at droop- ing cuirencies, but the amount of business doing was small. We were tolerably well, but not to say heavily, supplied with foreign wheat. Selected samples of both red and white were mostly held at fully previous rates, but damp and inferior parcelt were the turn in favour of the buyer. Notwithstauding that the supply of both English and foreign barley was very moderate, the barley trade ruled inactive. In the quotations, however, we have no change to notice. Malt, the supply of which ready for delivery, was not large, met a slow sale at last week's curieocies. Good sound oats were scarce and quite as dear. Inferior par- cels were a dull sale, but not cheaper. For beans the inquiry was wholly in retail at late figures. Peas moved off slowly, but we have no change to notice in prices. Indian coal and meal nominal. j The flour trade ruled heavy, and in some instances, foreign I and ship parcels were Is. per sack, and 6d. per bai rel lower. Shillings per quarter. Old. New. WHEAT, Essex & Kent, white 40 48 42 46 Dittored. 41 42 38 41 Norfolk and Lincoln, red. 39 42 30 42' Ditto, white 41 44 38 44 RYK 23 24 — — BARI.KY, Grinding 21 23 — — Malting 25 27 — — Chevalier 28 29 — — MALT, Norfolk and Suffolk 44 48 43 45 Brown 42 — Kingston and Ware 48 54 45 52 I Chevalier 52 55 — — I OATS. Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, feed. 16 17 — T Ditto, Poland and potato. 18 22 Northumberland, Berwick, and Scotch ieed 20 23 — — l Devonshire, and West Country feed or sack H 16 — — Dundalk, Newry, and Belfast, potato 16 18 — — J Limerick, Sligo, and Westport, potato 17 19 — — I Pitto, feed 16 17 — Cork, Waterford, Dublin, Youghal, and Clonmel, black 15s. 6d. 16s. 6d. Cork, white 15 11 — — Scotch, feed 18 22 — — BBANS, Ticks 28 30 26 27 Pigeons 28 30 — — PEAS, boilers 30 34 Hog and grey SO 32 30 33 T LOUR, town made (per sack of 280L^S.). 35 40 — Norfolk and Sutiolk, household (ditto).. 29 34 — — SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET. MONDAY, SEPT. 30. Notwithstanding the heavy imports last week, the show of foreign stock heie to-day was comparatively moderate. From our own grazing districts the receipts of beasts fresh up this morning were considerably less than those repoited on this day, se nnight. Ihe weather beint; more favourable for slaughtering, and the attendance of buyers on the increase, the beef trade ruled somewhat active, at an advance in the quotations of from 2d. to, in some instances, 4d. per Bibs. There WAS a considerable falling off in the supply of sheep, the quality of which was by no means first-rate. All kinds commanùed a ready sale, at prices advanced quite 2d. per Bibs.; the primest old Downs sellirie; readily at 4s. to 4s. 2d. per 81bs. WiltJ call ell we were scanlÏly supplied; while the beef trade ruled firm. Prime small porkers moved off freely. Large hogs were quite as dear as last week. Per 8lbs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. a. d. s. d. Coarse and Inferior Prime coarse wool- Beasts .2 6 2 8 led Sheep 3 8 3 10 Second quality do.2 10 3 4 Prime South Downs Prime large Oxen.3 6 3 8 ditto 4 0 4 2 t)rime Scots, &c..3 10 4 0 Large coarse Calves3 0 3 6 L'oarseandlnferior Prime small ditto..3 8 4 0 Sheep .3 8 3 10 Large Hogs .3 2 3 6 Second quality do.3 4 3 6 Neat small Porkers.3 8 4 2 Lambs. 0 0 0 0 Suckling Calves, 18s. to 26s.; and quarter-old Store Pigs, 17». to 23s. each. LONDON PROVISION MARKET, MONDAY, SEPT. 30. IRYBKBUTTER. S. S. CHEESE. S. d. Carlow New 80 to — Double Gloucester. 56 to 66 Sligo 76 80 Single ditto 46 56 Banbridge — Cheshire 56 74 Cork, 1st 76 86 Derby — 66 Waterford 78 — American 50 64 Edam and Gouda 40 48 ENGLISH BUTTER, per cwt. BACON: New 70 — Dorset 78 80 Middle SO 60 HAMS. RE FOREIGN, per cwt. Irish — Prime Friesland 98 Westmoreland 80 84 Prime Kiel 86 90 York 84 90 Fresh Butter, Sa, Od. to 10s. 6d. per dozen. WOOL MARKET, WONDAY, SRPR. 30. Very extensive imports of wool took place into London last wetk. Although the private contract market is well supplied, the demand rules steady at very full prices. SEED MARKET. The demand for linseed and rapeseed is firm, and the late ralel are well supported. New Canary is very dull, and lower to pur- chase. Tares-the supply of which is large-have a downward tendency. All other seeds rule heavy. Several purchases of liuseed-cakes have been made for the Dutch maikels, but at low prices. I Cow Grass -I.-S Linseed (per qr.) .sowing 54s. to 56s. crushing 40S. to 438 Cow Grass —I.—S Linseed (per qr.) .sowing 54s. to 56s. I crushing 40S. to 43S Linseed Cakes (perl ,000 of 3Ibs.each) £ 6 to £ 9 0» Trefoil (per cwt.) 18G, TO 22• Kapeaeed, new (per last) £ 24 to £ 26 10# Pitto Cake (per ton) £ 4 15S. ,0 £ 5 10» Mustard (per bushel) whites. Os 6d to 7A 6D brown, 9s. to 11» TALLOW. Our St. Petersburgh letters states that a steady business was doing in TALLOW there at very full prices. Dunn* the past week upwaids of 4,000 casks, chiefly colonial, have come in. This irnprn-taiion had had a depressing effect upon this market, aDd the quotations have given way 6d. per cwt. BARK. Per load of 45 cwt. English, Tree £ 13 0 0 to C14 0 0 Coppice. 14 0 0 16 0 0 LIVERPOOL (DUTY FUI-E).—Quercitron, £ 8. 6s. to £9. 6. Dutch Oak, per ton, £4. to L5. German, £3.105. to J6. PRICES CURRENT OF LEATHER AT BACK-HALL. BRISTOL. lb. lb. s. d. d. d. Crop Hides per lb. 30 35- 7 to 8 Kips, Petersburgh. 6 8-14 16 40 4 8— 8 £ 11 9 10-13 H „ 50 —II 14 F.astlndia 9 17 roreign Hides. 3(1 35— 6J 7J Seal Skins, small 18 20 P 40 1,5 8 Middling 14 It i-nghsh Butts 1(5 20— 9 11 Large. 8 12 2226—!0t3 Basils 5]0 28 30-13 lo OlTal, Forn, Bellies 4 5 (Extra) 34 36—15 16 Shoulders 5J 7 oreign Butts 16 20— 9 11 Dressed Hide Bellies. 44 5 22 25— 9 12 Shoulders 6 8i 28 32— 9J 13 Dressed Kip Butts. 13 26 p 35 40—10 13 Dressed Shoe Butts 12 15 -ngine Butts 14 if, tVhite Sheep Skins, per HestSadlers'J 37 50—11 13 dozen 5s to 10s „adlers 38 42—10 10J RAW GOODS. «est Shaved 18 23—14 ]7 Market Hides per lb 14 1 Lonimon ditto 22 27— 8 loi Market Skins 2 4 Shoe Hides 20 2H— 7J 8 Salted B.A., M.V., aud Common 27 30— 7 8 R,G. Hides.. 31 4 32 3»— 74 9 Dry B.A., M.V. and R.G. Welsh 7 8 Hides 5 Best Bull 7 8 Salted North American. It 2 Common Bull 6| 6| Cape 2 3i English Horse Hides 5* 8 Heavy Salted Irish" U 2 \Velsh ditto 5j 8 Light Salted Irish li 2 German ditto 9 12 Salted Spanish Horse per Spanish ditto 10 12 Hide 5s to 6. fid Do., shaved without butts Dry German ditto is Od to 6* (each). 7s 6d 12s Salted Irish ditto .u Od to 5. ?°,r*otBu?s 5d 6d Dry Peters. Kips per lb.. 8 Sf Calf ikins best.. 5C 68—17 !0 East India 3 7 -19 20 Drysalted East India. 4& 10 Common 45 55—13 |6 Salted Irish 2 2j 56 65—16 17 Irish Veal Skins. 41 5* 80 100-13 16 Calf Skins 2 2. 100 120-12 13 Newfnd. Seal Skins none. 30 36—12 14 Bark, (long rind) £ l 0 to £ 6 Ul3?1; U 14 (hatched; £ 6 0 to £ 6 10 Welsh 27 35—10 ]] £ Valonia;ditto £ l2 0 £ 15 0 33 -to-12 13 Shumac, per cwt. 14s Od to 15s Od 40 45-12 131 Glue pieces (fleshed) ..)8sto24_ 45 50-13 14 (unfleshed) 12s lfi Kino r v. 52 66-14 15 Ox Horns per 123 25g 351 Kips, English and Welsh 11 15 Cow Horus 8s 128 LATEST CURRENT PRICES OF METALS, LONDON, BJlPT. 27. B»r K U H IRON" r rev ton ENGLrsH COPPER, d Bar, bolt, & square, Lon- Sheets, sheath in* and/ Nd.°n *5 2 6-5 5 bolts, .er ?bi £ 0 0 9 S^11 rodg 6 0 6 2 6 Tough cake Pper ton 79 10 0 H°OPS 7 0-7 2 6 Tile V r ton 11 J" „ •wheels, (singles) 7 12-6 8 Old copper.. '"ver'ih" filH Bars.atCardift & Newport410-4 12 6 FOMIHB D Refined metal,Walesf.. 3 5-3 12 6 Chili CORPEU.Y J T Do' d0- forKe 2 5-2 10 Sheet 17 ll'lS 10 D°-No.l Clyde, net cash 2 5-2 3 6 Red lead 9 0 a Blewitt sPatentRefined"! White ditto 25 0 Iron for bars, rails,&c. { „ Shot (patent) 20 10 0 free on board at fvew-J TOREIGN LEAD. A portt Spanish, in bond 16 0 0 Do., do., for tin-plates,*) American, ditto boiler-plates,&c.,dittoi 10 0 ENOIISH TIN. i Stirling'sPatent i inGlasg 2 15 0 Block per cwt 4 3 0 ToughcnedPigs) inWales 3 10.3 15 Bars 4 4 0 Staffordshire bars, at) N FOREIGN TIN. H the works. Banca, H. (' 3 (9.4 q q Pigs. ditto 0 0 Ditto, for Export only.. —— • .4 12 6-4 15 Straits 17 a s ia o Chairs (Clyde) 4 0 0 TVN PLATE2 •FOREIGN IRON, b IP Trtlro PLATE!. Swedish n Loke •.per box A 7 O-L 8 CCND 7 6-11 15 IC Charcoal 1 12 6-1 13 PSI 18 0 0 IX ditto 1 19 0 p., 0 0 SPELTER. m Guoricff ''NEIGN STEEL, c Ditto, to arrive 16 15 0 Swedish keg 0 0 ZINC. „ uitto laggot 15 0 O English sheet.per ton 20 0-21 0 QUICKSILV«Ro,per lb. 3s. 9d. TERMs,-a, 6 months, or 2J per cent. dis. b, ditto; c, ditto; d, 6 months, or 3 per cent. dis. e, I) months, or 9$per cent. die. f, ditto g, ditto; h, ditto i, ditto k, net cash L, 6 months, or 3 per cent. dis. J m, net cash n, 3 months, or q per cent. dis.; o. ditto, 11 discount. t Cold blast, free on board in Wales. REMARKS. Welsh bars have been in very little request this week, and prices are with difficulty maintained; a few buyers at 1:4 10s. The improved demand for Scotch pigs, noticed in our last, has continued, and even rather higher puces paid to-day, 42s. 9d. is asked for cash, and 43s. 6d. three months open. Tin remains unaltered, with only moderate transactions at the quotations. Tin-plates are still wanted for immediate delivery, but for forward delivery they are rather easier. An advance on oopper continues to be paid by those in imme- diate want. Lead without change. Spelter very firm, and in good request, at ft6 15s.

AGENTS FOR THE MONMOUTHSHIRE MERLIN. LOCAL AGENTS:- Abergavenny—Mr. J.H. Morgan, I Chepstow—Mr. Clark and Mr & Messrs. Rees& Son, stationers. Taylor, stationers, &c. Ahersychan — Mr. Somers. MQnmouth-Mr. Cossens, post Abergwyddon-Mr. Fuller Davies, office. schoolmaster, Merthyr Ttydvil — Mr. Wilkins Aberdare Mr. T. Evans, sta- stationer. tioner, druggist, 4c. Poittypt-idd-Mr. W. Jones,Bridg. Blackwoon—Mr. Jones, post-office. end House. Hri/nmauir,Mr Edwards,bookseller Pantypool—Mr. Hughes, printer Brecon-Mr. R. Fryer, Sun Inn. Risca-Mr. John Evans, grocer Cardiff— Mr. Hird, post-office. Tredegar-Mr. Davies, stationer CrickItott ell—Mr. Williams, Jun. I ^r- Clark, printer. Post Office. LONDON AOMtl. Messrs. Barker and White, 33, I Mr. Charles Mitcbell, 12, Red Lion Fleet street. Court, Fleet-street. Messrs. Newton and Co., 2, War- Mr. Munden Hammond,»7,Lorn- wick-square. M Mr. George Reynell,42, Chancery- Mr. Samuel Deacon, 3, WalbrOok lane. By whom this paper is regularly filed. The Miamj is also filed at Lloyds' Coffee Room, and at Peel's Coffee House. Citv. Newport, Saturday, October 5, 1850. Printed and Published for the Proprietor EDWARD HOWLING, of Mount Pleasant, Hill-street, in the Parish of St. Woolios, in the MERLIN General Printing Office, situate ID Corn-sireet, at ihe Borouffh of Ncwoort, bv W'LLJAM CHRISTOPHERS,of N.. I, Cbul«"nM, I. lh« «aid Borough.

t LET ME NOT DIE IN SPRING. Ihw sad 'lis to die in merry spring When the leafy homes of the wild birds ring With warbled passions, and brooks are Rushing, And sweet-winged winds abroad are rushing. A h no—ah no I would not go. When bird, stream, and breeze make melody so. How dismal to perish in primros'd spring, AT the joyoos birth of each radiant lhínlt! When the smiles that we watch'd for sojlong arc out, Scatter'd in sunshine and flowers about! • I would not die, I would not die. When the earth is all bloom—all blue the sky —

BESSIE GRAY. ANOTHFU of my childhood's friends has passed into the grate, The living waters of my heart are„ebbing, wave by wave; The floodtide of my youthful love has left its sparkling strand, But Memory keeps the margin mnks, in rifts of golden sand. ] will not count how many of my playmates 1 have lost, I only know they all have gone, like gems of morning frost I only know that they who shared my path at break of day, Have vanished from my side before Life's noontide sheds its ray. I scarcely now can find aname that chimed with mine at school, And of/en wonder why I'm left to live as Fortune's fool For many a cheek had more of red than mine could ever show, And many a spint had more will to struggle here below. F ine saplings were around me, and full many seemed to be More likely to become a strong, and storm-enduring tree; And the fair stem just stricken oh, I dreamt not of its fall, l or Bessie Gray was ever deemed the rarest of them all. Poor Bessy Gray ah well-a-day I sigh to learn thy fate, For thou wert dearest of the group—my chief and chosen mate \Ve were a pair ct daring things inmischiet, mirth, and noise. But famed tor peaceful partnership in story books and toys We clubbed our pence when cash was scant, and had a joint- stock" hope Invested in Arabian Ni?hts," hoop, ball, and skipping-rope; And oaitle as we often did-aye, even with a brother, Our busy hands were never seen upraised against each other. Poor Bessie Gray! we spent Life's May in merry games together, We made fine silken puppet-shows, and spun the shuttle- fmtther; And how we sat on winter nights beside old Kitty's fire, And lound choice themes in quaint Dutch tiles that never seemed tctire; How we stirred up the blaze to see where Jacob's ladder stood, Where Isaac offered up his son, and Noah stemmed the flood Where Solomon and David sat in grandeur on their thrones, And how we loved the Bible lore of those old pictured stones. And then we'd turn to that prized book—'tis now before my gaze, I see i's well-thumbed pases, and its title, Shakspere sPlays, And how we talked of Hamlet, with the zeal of older praters, And did it quite as well perchance as greater Commentators. And then with motley drapery, tin shield, and wooden sword, What Histrionics" we essayed as Lady" and as Lord;" But. truth to tell, Inever shone in that peculiar way, And ne'er could" make believe" so well as thou could st. Bessie Gray. And then our bright half-holidays, our happy summer walks, Oh, Childhood's richest Iruit e'er hangs upon thepooiest stalks. Pleasure and Triumph, can ye give to any giown-up daughter, Such joy as ours when we had leaped the dyke of weeds and water ? Oh, Bessie Gray we used to play, like two unbroken hounds, Strong health was tliine, warm thoughts were mine, life had 110 thorny bounds And somehow as I've travelled since, no yoang face seemed to stay Upon the mirror of the past, as thine did, Bessie Gray. We parted when we had outgrown our rudest peals of laughter, When each hegan to meditate upon a grand hereafter, Thy steps were turned for ever from thy native home and shore, ] saw thee on a bounding ship, and never saw thee more. I will not say, poor Bessy Gray, that later years have not Strewn truest friendship on my path, in many a fairy spot; But, favoured as my hyart has been, I never yet coold see Two merry girls in giddy sport, without a thought of thee. For thou wert frank, and kind, and true, and shared my sunniest time, ~W e sat upon the selfsame form, and learnt the selfsame rhyme We sang the same old ballad scraps, and when my fault was blamed, The chance was rare when thou wert not as guilty and ashamed. But thou art dead—'tis like a dream they tell me thou'rt at rest Where prairie flower, and panther cub, may spring above thy hreast. 'lis strange! for thou did'st often speak in wild romance of youth, Of distant land, and lonely home, and lo! 'twas augured truth. My gay young playmate; can it be ? and art thou lying low VV here tawny fouUteps leave their trail, and waves of blossom now? Oh can it be that thou art gone—so blythe, so brave, so strong, And I, the weaker one, stllllelllo hum thy requiem song I wonder where my eyes will close, and sleeping-place will be,— No matter: sleep wnere'er I may, 'tis little care to me I only hope some gentle hearts when I have passed away, Will think of me, as I do now of thee, pocr Bessie Gray. EUZA COOK.

THE FEUILLETON OF THE MERLIN. No 20. most bea in THF Itlovltr. [CONCLUDFD FROM LAST WIKK,] On the morrow," I coldly answered, "1 was a hundred leagues from Greece, aod the beautiful Athenian was uutiaited alld Ilill remlllDS unltnowo to me What," said my interrogator, were you eo dead to every fetling of the heart, so passive in your curiosity, as to q'lll Athens, without presenting yourself at the palace I was forced to quit one short hour after my adventure. On my return to the frigate I found that the captnin had received despatches, which compelled him to immediately put to sea and I only had to decide between my duly and my romance and au a .oldler I obeyed the cal!. of the tormer. and renounced the impulses of the latter." And you never returned to Greece, to find the woman of the Temple 1" I have had that intention more than once, but t am past the age when the heart roams after adventure, and I am content with the riog, which I shall ever guard as asouvenit of the unknown." And i;¡ that ring still in your possession?" exclaimed he. "Ipresented it to him, aod he seemed to regard it with eyes of the extremes) delight, and appeared to be jealous when any one looked upon it. When I had finished, it was agreed without a tingle dissen- tient voice, that Greece possessed the most beautiful womao in the world; and the conversation having lakeD aDother turn, Ibe various group began to separate, and the young stranger,profiting by the moment, presented me hi, card, aod demanded a pnvate conference, which I immedialelyacceded to, and at once con- ducted him 10 my apartment. From his cnd I found be was an English peer, and one whose name I had heard frequent men- tionot. He addressed me with frankness, saying, in that tone indica- tive of pride of birth, which the nobly born can scarcely ever dIVe8t rhemsclves of, You know DOW, sir, my name. II rankl among the highest in our country. My fortune is great; lam young my vanity tells me I am not ilt-lookiog; and my ambi- tion is great, stedfast, and unyielding. It is concentiated on one object,—the sole object of my life,—to marry the most beauttlul woman in the world On hearing him speak thus, I was almost inclined to smile, but I was checked by the glances of the eye that was resting upon me. and I allowed him to proceed. Yes this is the ambition of my life. That woman, should I ever meet, shall alone possess my heart and my band. I am as mad after the conquest as ever Caeiar or Napoleon was for the sceptre of the world. The paioter and the poet realise by their pencil and their pen the dreams of their brilliant imaginings, so I would resolve mine by the possession of the most beautiful being in tbe world; for this I have toiled-for this I have traveled. For more than five years I have traversed the greater portion of the civilised wor!d, with my project in my head. I have sought HER in the midst of the Parisian sabons,—in the court of flIty own monarch,—in the orange groves of Seville, ind in the burning cliine of India,—under the gilded roof of the M'ace. under the humble shade of the cottage. But I have re- lumed weaned from the pursuit, and it is only now that I think she n ay be found." Found Like^vou T1; .your adventure has recalled me to \l)Y5el£. m t to tha l Greece, but I have not teen the lady you wuha ,'S: VcUUi* "H U engraven her amid crowds, and ooce found .k! IA dl,co,,er h .8 wor re.pect. Jng er, YOII have the meaol ID ,oln poSlelsioo of aol,in" II you have Ihll ring ME" aDd 1 quit at once for Athens." I sought to dissuade him, telling him he wa« onlv in th. suit of a chimera; that the beauty tha, seemed ra ishinlt/ eyes, mi £ ht be inherent to hi, that sickness »* have changed those ladiant features I had so feebly des«™ d that perhaps another pos.e.sed her hand; aud th„ regret m.ght be the only result of hi. adventurous voyage was fruitier he advanced so many solid reasoOI -im Icred me in accents so touching, that ah my resolves to th, ^P. vanished, and I presented him the RING! He seized "I 7 avidity, overwhelmed me with his thanks, promised to »r! the result of his discoveries, and the next momioe wi. f m from the beautiful Bay of Naples. ar a"lIy Alonthspatsedon, and no letter came. I began to de of hearing more of the beautiful Greek, and the ring which I h* d so long possessed; when onemorntaga large packet W(, # sented to me, and on tearing it hlltlly opeD. I read as foliows^— At length I lulfil the promise I made to you at Naples, l't is a romance I am to tell you of,—as extraordinary as the one told me by yoursplf j you were the hero of the 6nt,-1 am the victim of the secood Parting the morning after our last interview I arrived safeiy at Athens, after a journey that seemed to me eiernal. On landing, I went not to see either the buildings of the new, or the ru>na of the old city. I made direct for the palace of King Otho, and sought to find your unknown amid the high personages of the Court; but the Queen WIIO absent with modt of her la lies, and my patience was pul to 11 cruel telt. Still I wailed, and passed much of my time amid those ruins which had been hallowed by her pretence. At length the court arrived at Athens, and I presented your ring to the officer io waiting. At the moment I felt as if the hand of destiny was on me, and I trembled, but not with the coward's trembling. The officer re- garded the ling "lIh astonishment, took it, and returned in a quarter of an horn, bidding me to follow him. 1 entered. The portrait yo'J drew was ever 10 my milld, 8Dd firmly coo- *iocfd that mv fate was about to be decided, yet still anxious to arrive at the close of a scene all but overpowering, I entered the first presence chamber; it was brilliantly fillelf; but a rapid survey told me that the unknown of the Temple was not there. I entered the throne-room !—five minutes afterwards I was car- Tied fainting from the palace At a glance I saw and knew her, she neld the ring in her hand, she was seated on a raised fauteuil, beside her husband The most beautiful womao in the wo.Id was the QUEEN of GREECE Adieu, I am dying,— I have sought beau y like a Juan, and have only found know- ledge like a Fausr. A)y fitful dream is over,—I sink to repose." Athens, 0ct. 20;h, 183

GENERAL NEWS. RETURN OF THE COURT-It has now been arranged that the royal family will leave Balmoral for the south, on the morning of Thursday, the 10th of October. The intention originally was to leave on the 5th, but her Majesty has been so delighted with her Highland haunts, that she has resolved to prolong her stay to the period mentioned. Her Majesty will arrived in Edinburgh about seven o'clock on the evening in question arid, as it will be dark at that hour, the road from the North British Railway station to Holyrood Palace will be lighted with coloured lamps. Her Majesty, it is said, will depart from Edinburgh on the morning of Saturday, the 12th. At the Court at Balmoral, the 24th day of September, 1850, present the Queen's most excellent Majesty in council -It is this day ordered by her Majesty in council, that the Parlia- ment, which stands prorogued to Tuesday, the 15th day of October next, be further prorogued to Thursday, the 14th day of November next. Lady Peel, accompanied by Captain William Peel, R.N., and Miss Peel, has arrived in Whitehall Gardens, from a tour on the continent. A filly, fifteen hands high, of a dark hue, the property of Mr. Thomas Hughes, farmer, Llanfechell, Anglesey, has, in the sight of several spectators, leaped over a river full eight yards wide, clearing both banks thoroughly and leaped over a gate of the height of fi we feet. In consequence of the authorities at the Horse Guards having received information that the cholera is making rapid stndes at the military stations in the Mediterranean, a surgeon and two assistants, fiom the staff, at Chatham. are under or- < rs for immediate embarkation for Corfu, at which place the troops have been attacked with the disease. Near the pulpit of Dunstable church there is a monument to the memory of a matron who bore nineteen children at five births thrice three, and twice five A chimney, 12U yards high, the highest in Cheshire, has just been erected at a chemical manufactory at Runcorn. It is stated that forty-six churches have been erected, and j clergymen added to the Roman Catholic mission in Scot- land during the last ten years. The cook in Mr. Severne's family, at Laugharne, in Car. marthenshire, has been committed on a charge of wilful mur. der, It is supposed she poisoned her mistress and fellow- servant, and had tried to poison others. Intelligence has been received announcing the assassination of Roger North, Esq., J.P., near Tyrrell's Pass, in the county of estmeath. The ill-fated gentleman was shot dead on the high road, not far from his own residence, and in broad day- light. J A man. named Price, recently shot a quarryman, named Hicks, while at work, at Crew's Hole, near Bristol; and alter his apprehension, suffered so deeply from grief, added to dis- eases, that he expired in his cell. The culture of the flax plant has been most successful in every part of Ireland this year, where it has been sown, and promises a very remunerative return to the growers. Miss Catherine Bathurst, sister of the Rev. E. S. Bathurst, late Rector of Kibwoith Beauchamp, Leicestershire, has been received into the Roman Catholic Church at the Jesuits' chapel, London, by the Rev. Mr. Brombill. Mr. Cowling has retired from the contest for Cambridge, and inir. Wigrati-i wiii, it is said, be returned to Parliament, without opposition. Lord William Clinton, fourth son of the Duke of Newcastle and attache to to the British Mission, died suddenly at Athens on the 5th instant. There are about a dozen screw.steamers trading between this country and the Peninsula and Mediterranean. They are powtflul rivals of the paddle-box steamers, because their con- sumption of coals is little more than half what the consump. tion of the latter is, and because also, few more than halt the hands are required to man them. If is said that the principal railway companies intend, during the winter, to organise a series of excursions for the next sum- mer to and Irom every part of the United Kingdom, and to announce the same in handbooks, to be issued early in the spring. An importation has just taken place, by a vessel arrived from Canton, of several packages of leeches, as part of her caitjo.^ This appears to be a remarkable article of importation from China. The Bishop of Exeter has made an appointment which has created considerable surprise in his diocese. It is that of the Rev. Robert Aitken to the incumbency of Pendeen, in the parish of St. Just, Cornwall, the parish which Mr. Gorham has. just left for the vicarage of Brampford Speke. Mr. Aitkin was, for many years. a dissenting preacher in a chapelm the aterioo-roail, to which he attracted large congregations by his peculiar style of oratory, and by the fcieadth of his evan- gelical views—views in accordance with those held by Air. Gorham. An advance of 6d. to 9d. a ton has taken place in the price of all household coals shipped at Sunderland and the neigh- bouring ports. This is in putsuance of a resolution come to at a meeting of coalowners. The present rates are—Wear and other best coals, 9s. 3d.; seconds, 8s. to 8s. 6d.; third and inferior, 7s. to 7s. 6d. T"c strike at Monkwearmouth colliery is at an end, the old hands having all returned to their employment. and been in- slalled in their old houses. A ne"A scale of rates has been adopted, and the operations are now going quietly on. A summons of declarator and interdict, and ti)r payment. was on Tuesday executed against the Caledonian Railway Company, at the instance of some of the largest shareholders in the W ishaw and Coltness Railway. On Friday, William Adams, aged 66, an inmate of Maryle- bone Workhouse Infirmary, was found in one of the water- closets, his intestines protruding from his stomach, which he had cut across with a razor. The torture which he endured from triple strangulated hernia drove him to the commission of this dreadful act. SABBATH OBSERVANCES.—It appears from the statements made in the local newspapers, that one John Wraught, master of the schooi,er Parvenue, of Scralsund, did permit Adolphe Graham a hand on board his vessel, in pro'anation of the Sabbath', and in breach of the regulations, to wash clothes therein to the annoyance of the lieges Whereupon the said John Wrauebt was duly summoned, according to the authority of the 81st Article of the River and Harbour Regula- tions at Glasgow, in the River Police-court, before the Worshipful Bailie Pearson. Convicted of the betore-men tioned heinous offence, the culprit was formally muicted in the sum of seven shillings and sixpence, the worshipful and sancti- monious m, gistrate being resolved to avail himself of the opportunity for the purpose of preventing, if possible, any similar profanation of the Sabbath.—Sun. HE WORE A FLASHY WAISTCOAT. He wore a flashy waist coat on the night when first we met—with a famous pair 0 whiskers and imperial of jet. His air had all the haughtiness, his voice the manly tone, of a gentleman worth forty thousand dollars, all his own. I saw him but a moment, yet methinks I see him now, with a very flashy waistcoat, and a beaver on his brow. And once again I saw that brow—no neat beaver was there, but a shocking bad'un was his hat, and matted was his hair. He wore a brick within his hat, the change was all complete, and be was flanked by constables, who marched him up the street. 1 saw him but a moment, yet methinks I see him now, charged by these worthy officers with kicking up a row. AN AWFUl. ADVENTURE.—As an honest baker in this town was a few days ago quietly plying his skill in moulding the cottage crust, and perfecting the conserves entrusted to him by the housewives around an explosion which spread terror through the kitchen, and made the very jellies in his window tremble, was heard within his heated workshop. A cry of alarm succeeded, and rushing in, his family tound him with hair dabbled in blood," and face besmeared, and floury apron sprinkled with the same startling ingredient. Alarm, of course, spread through the dwelling. Ihe surgeon was hurried in. armed with probe and lint, and bandage, to solder up the wounds if the spirit still lingered in the mangled frame, when lo it was found that neither gas, nor steam, nor even angry yeast had done the awful work, but simply a bladder of pre served damsons had burst like a shell at the oven's mouth, and covered him with their ruddy and luscious juice. The recovered man, we hear, was inclined to be a Ij!tIe crusty, and and those who had hastened to his aid were in danger of being themselves blown up.—Chelmsford Chronicle. A YANKEE SWIMMER.- Tile New London Chronicle says that as the sloop Mary Gray was on her passage from New York to that city, on Tuesday night, she was hailed when about mid sound, Sloop ahoy! lower your boat, and take a body aboard." This mysterious request, at such a time and such a place, was, of course, a little out of the common run of sea- aring adventures, but the boat was lowered nevertheless, and jfter some search a young man was picked up and carried on joard the sloop. He proved to be a Loom.s, of Norwich, vho had fallen overboard from the steam-boat vvpl.ce^1 ibout an hour before, and the steamer was outofsignt on her way to Norwich. The Chronicle justly remarks that this is about as remarkable a case of preservation from drowning as ever occurred, and proves an energy and presence of mind in the young man which will find but few paraHets—New Yank Courier and Enquirer. THE SEA SERPENT HOAx.- The appearance of the sea serpent on ti,e coast of Ireland turns out to be a rich hoax. Lieut. Travers, of the Coast Guard, has written to the Cork Constitu- tion, stating 1 beg to assure you that there is no such person as Roger VV. Travels residing in this part of Ireland -no yacht sailed or owned by a person of that Christian name—no skin or scale has been left at the Coast Guard De- tachment near Horn Rock, nor have my men, or the fisher- men along the coast, heard of or seen such a monster. I am sorry the public and the editor of the Cork Constitution should have been so shamefully hoaxed by persons from Bandcn whose names are known."

THE CHOLEA.—IMPORTANT WARNINGS. The" Report of the Genral Board of Health on the Epidemic Cholera of 1848 and 1849," Should be not only perused, but studied by every member of the community, for it relatea to matters which affect the interests and the lives of every man, wom<m, and child in these realms. This report sets at rest the question as to the contagions ornon contagious nature of cholera it, is abundantly clear, from the evidence adduced by the Commissioners, that the disease is not con- tagious and that schemes of isolation or quarantine are worse than useless. It is a disease impossible, or all but impossible, of cure, and yet most easy of prevention and the cause of the "reat mortality which ptevaiied from choh ra. during 1848 and 1849, in this country, was supposed by many to be the stupid obstinacy of n;e local authorities, who refused ta adopt the measures ot' prevention pointed out to them, and sacrificed many thousand lives to absurd prejudices against "centraliza- tion," Upwards of 60,000 persons perished of cholera during the year 1848 49 and ot the 60,000, at least 40,000 weie sacrificed to a vile system of private jobbing, which usurps the name of local self-government. Jn Plymouth, according to Dr. Milroy, although strong representations on the subject had been made by the leading medical men of the place many months before th.: occurrence of the disease, no precautionary measures were adopted by the authorities, who when the cholera did break out spoke of it as quite sudden and unex- peeled. "In numerous instances," says the Commissioiiers, medical officers who have attended to the con 1 turn influence its localization, have pointed out, e o > the particular courts and houses which, it; WOII^ officer fore cholera appeared 111 the distnct. sa jfj of the Whitechapel Union, speaking its strongholds hamlet, I predicted that this wo"ld cholera appeared in Eighteen cases occurred in it. Be xbridge stated that, if it the district, the medical officer ,.rItain to break out in a shoud visit that town it woul condition of which he particular hor.se. to the dangerous cona called the attention of the local aut that occurred broke out in that iden ca called Swain's ane, m the hea hy »i»ag (|fHce[? (dt g0 London, there is a spot wheie the m that he re- fident that the disease would inateiUJP q{ peatedly represented to the authorities e g the place to remain ,n Us existing cond In T«M bouses on this spot, six attaens ■* IUOK Jace yet there was" other appearance^ of the disease during the whole epidemic, in any other p t e village, rontaininsr 3,030 inhabitants. Before the appearance of the disease in this country we warned the local authorities that the seats o le approaching pestilence, in their respective districts would be the usual haunts of other epidemics." A MERITORIOUS ACTION.—Two evenings ago (says one of the journals) M. Borsari, a singer of some note at the ftfilan theatre, was walking in the Champs Elysees with two elegantly attired ladies, when he saw a poor old man.jdl-dressed, but quile ciean playing a violin to excite the chanty ol the passer-by. After looking earnestly at him, Borsart went to him »nd cried, "It is 11 Do you know me 1 Ihe old man did not recognise him whereapon he cried, I am ^rsar'> ?our pupil, and it is from »our instruction that I have obtained success ThP ni,| ma0 now recognised him, and expressed Ins gratification at the pros- perity of his pupil. But my poor master!" said liorsari, "< what could have reduced you to such a po,,ti„n?" The old man told him the history of his life how he had got up a troupe of singers to visit the Grecian isles, how he had completely failed been ship-wrecked stricken with paralysis, and at la.t reduced step by step to his present degree of misery. Borsari drew out his purse,.but n<t hndms enough money in it to offer the old man, he told him to play a particular air, to which he sang. Ike old man complied, and the beautiful voice and fine execution of the singer caused a vast crowd to assemble. All the ca!e concerts, indeed, were deserted, and carriages collected en masse. Borsari then took his hat and made acollection. The sum he ob.amed was very large; and, in giving it 10 his old master, he promised to see him again.—Calignani<

t THE LATE EXECUTION AT YORK. c* T THE EDITnn 1 SIR,-Io your number of ,he 2lu Jt. there is a pa.agraph TrA™ si' th« man fill 1 VE BEED IF HAD BEED ABL<I L° hem n guiltless but, unfortunately such was not the case— for every step 10 the enquj,, prove(, yt'he man-8 character to be FHETAW'AT th! L.AJA°DKNED' 8DJ FUL|Y deserved, "according lo he law of the land the fa,e ,Q whjch he w#8 condemned. September 26. 1850?' Y°UR OBEDIEDT T YORK MAN. [",A York Man," appearg to be wanting ja his proofs of Rtm s guilt ol the pa,t,eu|ar cnme fof he was hanged. According to the Uw 0f the Undthere might have been as many steps as from here to York, each unfolding vicious coo. duct, wllbout eqabhshing the commission of the capital act charged. Our correspondent's reasoning reminds one ot the fore- man of the jury pronouncing a prisoner guilty o' murdering a man because the alleged culp.j, „0|en ,he .aid foreman's horse.]

NEWPORT FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY. 0 R, TTO THE EDITOR ] C SIR, Excuse roe lor trespa-«in' ou the columns of your valuable paper; but knowiJ ilm^you are accusiomed to view things in ao impaitial maoner I trust you will permit me to make a few observations respecting the Freehold Land Society, lately established in our town, the object of which I tully uodeistand to be to secure forihe working man, by a forty shilling freehold, a qualified vote for the county, and, by these means to promote his independence IInd standing in society and I cannot but feel highly pleased to mark the pro- gress made by our society (in so sbort a lime) in the purchase of such a beaullful and healthy estate as the one lately bought in by our indefatigable Vice-Piesident, Mr. JeoluDs-capable at being divided into three hundred allotmenT" or more, thereby holding out to three hundred members, or more, the speedy prospect of a freehold estate aod entitling them to be wished- lor county vote, but which prospects are entirely illusory, if the present system of things is carried on I refer to the practice of suffering members, men ofrespectabie standing in our town, who already ure in the possession of freeholds, (and as ouch, possess all the privileges which this society intended to confer on the working man,) stepping in and monopolising three, four, or even six shares, of the intended allotment, thereby depriving those who come after of scarcely a single chance. To illustrate this, suppose A has one share, B two, C three shares, and so on; D, who comes neat, and who expects the fourth allotment, will be thrown allotmeot seven, or even eight, and in like manner the member whose Dumber is two hundred, will be thiowo allotment two hundred and fifty, or even more thus cutting off almost his chance altogether of the present xlioiment. I certainly think, sir, such a system should not be allowed, to the detriment of the working man. Let it not be suppuaed, Mr. Editor, that I fall out with those parties who have a plurality of shures; no such thing. I would only earnestly intreat them to consider their "feHowt," the it working classetl of Newport, bracing in mind that they can with propriety "waii a little loogtf," until, say, a future purchase, (for Ihe reason IlIal they have secured their freeholds already,) and Jet them abstain from* taking up mart. than one share in the pie- sent allotment, thereby holding out to the labouring man, (for whose benefit this society was instituted,) the utmost chance of receiving his allotmtnt, and thereby fulfilling to the letter the inlenliolli of the society in the present instance, of guaranteeing to the working man the very last allotment of which he holds the number; and such, permit me to say, in conclusion, was Ihe idea ia the formation of such a society by our worthy friend and patioo, flJr. Taylor. 1 remain, sir, yours truly, A MEMBER.

Copy of a letter from Melbourne, written by a person accom- panytog Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson, late of Newport, "ho emigrated 10 ihatj" land (,f promise." Gtelong, May 9, 1850, My dear Father and Mother,—We had a delightful passage Ihe greater part of the way, scarcely a wave to be seen. except- ing the swell of the sea so that no one had to be under any apprehension of tbe voyage. I was ulkmg 10 a man a short lime since, and his testimony of the country is this- -that a man had better be transported 10 this country than stay and starve in EogUnd. Commoo labourers get 24s. per week carpenters, masons, plasterers, shoemakers, and tailors, 7s. a day and provisions aie very low. Prime joints of meat, 2d. per pound tea, Is. 4d. coffee, IOJ.; sugai, 3d. lo 4 £ d. Everyone here is well clothed, in fact, poverty is quite a siiangtr here; und as to beggars, had we not unfortunately koott) them at In,me, we should wonder what sort of beings they were. House rent is very high, but you could very soon knock up your own house anu if you make up your mind lo come, bring all the earthen- ware you can muster with you, for it is monstrously dear and shoes are at enormous prices in tact, everything that's English. Drugs, too. are very high they will not make less than three pennyworth of anything and a small bottle ot castor oil is Is 6J. Bring with you everything you can, excepting furniture make your wa.h tubs answer the purpo-es 01 boxes, and the mangle you could put in a frame of cioss bars of wood, wi.htronet.ip,. ulso the crimping machine, and flat trons, sau epaos, ketties: cans, pots, and paus. You will fi jil washing answer well and plenty of employment lor the boys. There is Dot half the anxiety in bringing up a family here as there is at home. You must try and get a free passage, for although you are loo old perhaps having so many younj; children would counterbalancj the difference. Of course you must expect annoyances and diffi- culties at first every one has to encounter tnlHn, (even those that come out with a goad capital,) but.they will soon disappear particularly when you find mODey comtng In so quickly, and so lltile going OUT FUR provisions. Now lor the town. Geelung is most beautifully situated and almost every house, let it it be in whatever part, has a lull view of the bay. There is a splendid beach, wilh bathing machines for ladies end gentlemen. It is a wonderful place, considering that six years ago it was scarcely in being. Now there are about a dozen buihimgs, fully equal 10 the post-office in Newport, nn ] one of the h«telg surpasses the King's Head. It )s a place full of hus)nees—a!) )$ activity and hustle they do not, as the saying is, allow the grass to grow under their feet. There are five towns within a mile of each other: Geelong, prin- cipal, or rather Cario, which signifies Sandy Beach," South Geelong. Ashby, New To»n, aod Iiish Town; these will, in all probability, in the course ol a very few years, join. The natives are a most degraded specimen of homaniiy—the most hideous objects, although perfectly hurmtess but farther up the country we hear they are a very superior people, and I am sorry 10 say the more they come 10 contact with the whitet the worie they are, ecquifing all Ihe qualities, without the good ones. Give my kind duty to Mr. W and Mr. and Mrs. W aDd ask them it they will be kind enough to use their influence to obtain you free passages tor if you do not come, in all proba- bility we have seen each other for the last time, as I do not intend returning. M. j