Monmouthshire Merlin

THE WILD FLOWER. FLOWER, whom the desert beareth, And human folly spareth- Whose fragrant wreath No worldlings breathe, No tinsel fashion weareth. O! born for nature only, They err who call thee only, The leaves that twine .Those gems of thine, In living green enthrone thee The sunbeams woo thee brightly, The showers fall o'er thee lightly With silent love From heaven above Stars look upon thee nightly. The airs of heaven delaying, And with thy beautv playing, Bear from thy dell New sweets that tell The secret of their straying. O! thou hast many lovers. Ten myriad airy rovers, With gay desire The insect choir m Around thy beauty hovers. The lark at morn doth press thee,' The loitering bees caress thee, Sweet lips inhale Thea on the gale. And lovers turn to bless thee. WILLS.

SOUTH WALES RAILWAY IMPORTANT PROCEEDINGS. At the silting of the committee on Friday, Mr. Austin proposed the insertion in this bill of the 17th cltuae of the General Railway ClausesAct, which provide* that it shall not be lawful for any company to construct on the seashore or any creek or arm of the sea, or navigable river communicating therewith, where and so far as the tide flows and reflows, any work, or construct any railway or bridge across the arm of the sea or navigable river, without the consent of the Board of Ad. roiralty. The Chairman said the committee were not prepared either to pass the bill in its present form leaving the question of crossing the Severn in the hands of the Admiralty, or to adopt the pro- posed clause. The course now open to the promoters of the bill was to accept a bill for the larger portion of their hne-a bill which woald give them power to make the line from Pembroke to Fnhgaard, to the western side of the Severn, at some point from which they might hereafter take the lower bridge across the Severn at Aust Ferry, or a bridge at Hock Crib, or go round by Gloucester, as might be most expedient. Mr. Austin then proposed an amended preamble, which reo cited, that the making of a railway from Fishguard to Brimspill on the western bank of the Severn, so to form a junction with the Dean Forest Railway, with a view to the ultimate com- pletion of the railway communication from Fishguard with the Metropolis, &c., would be of great public advantage. The Chairman said, that looking at the e mDtr;,ibiicooimili(a, were of opinion that they could not, consistently with theirfoimer TMoJutiuu, allow the line to be taken further than Chep.tow during this session. The preamble was then amended as follows:—" Whereas the making of a railway from Fishguard and Pembroke Dock, other- wise called Pater, in the county of Pembroke, to Chepstow, in the county of Monmooth, with a branch railway te Monmouth, would be of great public advantage," &c. On the question that this preamble do stand part of the bill, X» BL'„.ock')urn was heard in opposition to it, on behalf of Sir it. Phillip*, and other landowners. The preamble, as amended, was then ordered to stand part of the bill, and the committee went through the remainder of the clauses. MONMOUTH AND HEREFORD RAILWAY. The committee decided on proceeding with this bill to-morrow at twelve o'clock. Adjourned.

DANGIROF READING IN BED.—On Monday morning, between one and two o'clock, a serious accident occurred to Mrs. Blamire, a widow lady of independent property, residing in Brook-street, Grosvenor-square. Mrs. Blamire had retired to rest about eleven o'clock on the previous night, the lady's maid having left her readiog in bed. Shortly after one o'clock yesterday morning, the man servant, imagining that there was a strong smell of file, awakened the female attendant, who, upon entering her mistress's room, found the furniture of the bed enveloped in flames, and the unfortunate lady lying therein, in a state of insensibility. She was extricated from her dangerous situation, and Mr. Walters, a surgeon, was immediately sent for, who applied the usual reme- dies, and Mrs. Blamire, though suffering severely, is in a fair way of recovery. The accident is attributed to a spark from the candle setting fire to the bed clothes. IMPORTANT ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN THB SWANSEA CANAL NAVIGATION AND THE WELSH MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANIES. —We feel great pleasure in being enabled this week to an- nounce that an arrangement has been definitively made be- tween the above companies, which we understand to be satis- factory to both parties. We venture to congratulate the shareholders, and others interested in the success of the Welsh Midland Railway, on this auspicious termination of the only formidable difficulty which that scheme had to encounter. We may, indeed, go further—it is not only a difficulty to over- come, but a positive and most important advantage gained, inasmuch as it is securing for the Welsh Midland Company the yearly and almost daily increasing trade of the important district through which the canal has hithertoo been the means of transit. Identified as the Welsh Midland Railway is with one of the most important mineral districts of the Principality the future development of whose resources is incalculable- we congratulate the public of South Wales on an event so powerfully calculated to promote the success, and enhance the value of a scheme with which their interests are so closelv in- terwoven.— Cambrian. J DEATH OF GENERAL SIR ARTHUR DILLON, BART.—We have to announce the demise of the above gallant and venerable Bart at hi* residence in Dublin, on Thursday last, in his 74th year' Sir Arthur was the second son of the first baronet, by the daughi ter of R. Drake, Esq., of Fern Hill, Berkshire; married, 1814* second daughter of the late W. Knox, Esq.; succeeded his bro- ther in the baronetcy, 1840; served in Ireland during the rebel- lion of 1798 was a Baron of the Holy Roman Empire: and is succeeded in hll title and his estate by his brother, now Sir Wm. Henry Dillon. Bart. A New York paper records the marriage of a widow, aged only thirteeo years and a half, who wal united to her fir.t spouse in her eleventh year BOROUGH VOTERS.AI1 occupiers in boroughs will do well not • k r'm Hna from fk *'le P001" ra,eS an<* a««Ssed taxes that were due from them on the 6th of April last before the 30th of the present month, they will lose their right to be registered ai parliamentary electorsa for the next year. registered ai THE Sotic,TOR-GE*ERAL.MR. FLTZROY KE|,YI |H# N(JVY SOIJD> tor-General, left town on Monday for Cambridge, to prepare for Ins re-election, of which there « little doubt. The King and Queen of the Belgians honoured Sir Robert and Lady Peel with a lengthened visit at the right hon. baronet's residence, .n WhiiehaH.Kardens, Sunday afternoon. Their Majesties were conducted to the picture gallery on their arrival, and stayed to inspect the right hon. baronet's valuable collection of paintings. s* h"been fil,cd up by ,he The E.rl of ElJenborough, it il rumoured. intends to follow the example of Lord Gardner, and fight off lening on railwa, committees, on the ground that, i„ hi. capacity a. •• Tame Ele- PhanV, rVnnrt F»'»°»al intent in various "trunk !?E J.hVT"1 --»" •»" j*» of b.s lordshIp. ATneW w"lCae bl°™ at the Pontybe- rem Iron Works, Carmarthenshire, the property of R. S. P. Martin, Esq., and carried on under the superintendence of Mr. Rees Da vies. We are informed that the iron, which is manufactured by the use of Anthracite coal, under Mr. Crane'* patent, ia of a very superior quality.

THE DEATH OF THE RIGHT HON. SIR WILLIAM FOLLETT. The Right Hon. Sir W. Webb Follett, M.P., her .Majesty's Attorney-General, died on Saturday, the 28th ult.; an event that has deprived society of a most exemplary man, the legislature of an eloquent and valuable member, and the bar of its brightest ornament, Protracted illness and long suffering, which neither change of climate nor relaxation could alleviate, had prepared the public for the melancholy result. At the period of his de- cease, Sir William was in his 47th year, having been born at Tspsham, in Devon, on the 2nd of December, 1798, tbe son of Benjamin Follett, Esq., by his wife, tbe daughter of John Webb, Esq., of Kinsale. His father, Mr. Benjamin Follett, held, ia early life, a Captaincy in the 13th Regiment; but ill health, tbe consequence of much arduous service in the West Indies, causing him to leave tbe army, he became a timber merchant at Topsham, and there resided, in the highest respectability, until bis death, at the age of 70, in 1833. just after his son had obtained the rank of King's Counsel. The educaiion of Sir William Follett, interrupted by indica- tions of the fatal malady which embittered his life, was com- menced under Dr. Lempriere, the well-known author of tbe "Clusical Dictionary," then master of the Exeter Grammar School, followed by tbe private tuit'on of the Rev. Mr. Hutchi- son, curate of Heavitree, and completed at Trinity College, Cam. bridge, where Mr. Follett took the degree of B.A., in 1818. In Michaelmas Term 1814, he had entered himself of the Inner Temple; in 1821 he commenced practice as a pleader, and in 1824 was called to the bar. His rise to professional distinction was rapid, and at a very early period of his forensic career, we find him successfully oppos* ing Mr. Baroo Parke, then in the meridian of his fame, in a case of great importance respecting the right of the coroner to exclude the public from the deliberations of his court. Tn equity, as well as in common law, and on the Western Cir- cuit, Mr. Follett's practive became very extensive, and there was scarcely a case of importance in which his advocacy was not sought by one side or the other. In 1833, as we have already mentioned, he obtained a silk gown and in the following year, on tbe formation of Sir Robert Peel's brief administration, be- came Solicitor-General, receiving likewise tbe honour of knight- hood. In 1835, he was first returned for the city of Exeter, which he hd contested at the alectiou occurring immediately after tbe Reform Bill. In 1841, he resumed the duties of Solici- tor-General and in 1844, succeeded Sir Frederick Pollock in the Attorney-Generalship. Forensic distinction is seldom the precursor of parliamentary success, but it was otherwise with Sir William Follett. Hu first speech, delivered on the occasion of Lord John Russell's resolu- tion for appropriating the surplus revenues of the Irish Church, at once gained him the consideration of the House of Commons and many a subsequent display, fraught with eloquence and eru- dition, extended his senatorial reputation. Sir William married, in 1830, Jane Mary, niece of Mr. Giffard, so long connected with the Standard newspaper; and eldest daughter of Sir Ambrose Hardinge Giffard, Chief Justice of Cey- lon, the representative of the Giffards of Brighlley, one of the most ancient families in Devon and by that lady, who survives him, he has left a family. Though long anticipated, the death of this eminent lawyer and estimable man is not the less regretted. At the bar, in parlia- ment, with the public, he was a general favourite. He was a most striking instance that it is possible to attain to eminence without incurring the dislike of those who are outstripped in the race. It is not always true, that He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below." Sir William Follett could not have a public enemy there was something so engaging in bis whole demeanour that it disarmed even euvy. He was favoured with natural advantages, among which, unhappily, good health could not be reckoned his coun- tenance was excessively pleasing, his action graceful, and his voice one of great sweetness this, united to bis legal acquire- ments, and bis singular power of making the statement of the most intricate circumstances clear, precise, and intelligible to every one, rendered him one of the very best advocates of the day. In logical arrangement and perspicuity he was equal to Lord Lyndhurst. The law, as a profession, has sustained a great loss by the death of the Attorney-General. We subjoin a feeling tribute to his memory :— StR WILLIAM FOLLETT.—BY GEORGE RAYMOND, ESQ; Gloria Romanae, Quintiliane, togas. Brilliant and brief, thy mortal course is run; And all that earth could yield thee. nobly won Maturest honours deck'd thy vemal day, And human sceptres could no more repay; Graee still be thine, at Heaven's behest, to share Diviner glories which await thee there 1 Beam still, thy blight example from the skies, On young ambition, that would nobly rise.- That hearts which now are bursting o'er thy tomb, And vainly quesùon thine untimely doom, May pay thee worthier honour than the tear, And strive to emulate thy life's career. In vain invoke we the forensic gown, To walk with spirits mightier in renown: Whether undaunted Somers we retrace Whether recal accomplished Murray's grace Whether on Scott, the erudite, we gaze, Or radiant Copley, of our peaceful days. Wide of all limit was thy proud report, The antique Hall, the Senate, or the Court; Nor to thy native land confined Was the rich yielding of thy fruitful mind, But like a bird which on its wing sustains Th' Arabian perfume to the Arctic plains. Though not in sight, success will yet await The minds that labour-hearts that emulate; Nature instructs us; for the new-born day Is faint and feeble in his orient way; But constant to his path, his course fulfils, And sheds his glory o'er exulting hills. As one by one, the lesser bodies pour Their crescent light when once the day is o'er, So, Follett, now shall rise thine humbler train, Start into being, and divide thy reign. What, though unseen, to thine example still, The young shall sacrifice and shape the will. As to the breeze bow down the waving fields, Or to the viewless wind the cedar yields. So man be caution'd, 'tis the part of lore To make us better—happier than before; Nor stored alone, but wise as we discera; Nor wise alone, but holier as we leam. Then; let not youth be careless of to.day, As soulless insects in the sunbeams play; Let him be wary how be would misuse Time, as allotted only to amuse; Wary its loss-the treachery, the pow'r, The thankless dalliance of one single hour.

THE FRENCH IN ALGIERS. A CRITICAL SITUATION. Having gone ashore at Arzew with forty of the crew of the Loiret, to which vessel he belonged, intending to reconnoitre a well about two leagues beyond the French outposts, the orders to this effect were suddenly countermanded, but the aailors, over- joyed at being on land, determined to amuse themselves by seek- ing for tbe balls expended by the cannon practice of the day be. fore. When thus engaged, and while yet within range of the guns from the ship, M. De France espying a partridge, pointed it out to Dr. Clinchard, his companion, and pursued it. Sud- denly troop of Arabs rushed out of a ravine and surrounded them. A short fight ensued, which ended by the lieutenant's been noosed in a cord by an Arab, who galloped rapidly away, dragging his half-strangled prisoner after him. The occurrence had been seen from the brig, and they fired upon the Arabs, who, nevertheless, made good their capture. The following is his description of the first halt of the Arabs after the skirmish, and his emotions on this painful occasion :— As soon as the Arabs thought themselves out of reach of pur- suit, they halted in order to cut off my head. The rope was taken off my neck, my hands bound behind my back, and I was tied to a dwarf palm tree. I was so tired, that I lay down upon the ground perfectly indifferent to the fate which I knew awaited all piisone.ii taken by the Alabi. I had but one sad thought, of my family and my poor sister, but this was soon driven away by the near approach of death and the animated scene in which I though chained and silent, was tbe principal person. A violent discussion had arisen among the Arabs they bran- dished their sabres over my head, and each claimed the pleasure of cutting it off, all crying at once, I took him, I have a right to cut off his headand each to prove the truth of bis assertion shewed a fragment of my shirt or of my coat. The Arabs were already taking aim at one another, and exclaiming, I ought to tut off his bead, and I will kill you if you don't let me enjoy my rights," when a horseman galloped up and threw into my lap the head of Jonquie, one of the sailors; as I turned away in disgust at this hornble spectacle, I saw the Arab whom I had wounded lying on the ground about fifty paces off. He could scarcely sup- port himself, and was endeavouring to aim at me with a pistol which he held in his left band. But horsemen were every instant patsing to aod fro before him, and he dropped bit hand, patiently awaiiing the favourable moment to fire. 1 was expecting the end of this horrible discussion with some impatience, when the arrival of another horseman chanced the determination of the Arabs. This was Adda, a IPY of Abd-el. Kader, who had often visited us at Arzew, where he feigned an intention of establishing himself, and allayed any suspicion we might entertain of him hy assuring us that his frequent visits were for the purpose of selecting some favourable spot for the settlement of his tribe. When Adda saw them furi- ously disputing who should kill me, he exclaimed that I was an officer, and that Abd-el-Kader would give them much more for my head if it was left upon my shoulders, and would willingly [ replace the three horses they had lost if I were taken to him alive. But the Arabs still continued to brandish their yataghans over my head, with the most horrible imprecations against the dog of a Christian. Adda used still stronger arguments and when the dying Arab had been removed, it was decided that I should be presented alive to Abd-el-Kader, who was to choose the manner of my death, after paying my ransom and replacing the horses which our men had shot. 1 was then released from the tree, and a rope was passed through the cord which bound my arms. An Arab took hold of either end, and we started tor Old Azew. After a march of two hours we reached Old Azrew. I was worn out with fatigue and suffering—naked, wounded, covered with dust and sweat, and dying of thirst; and I expected that my body would be left without burial at Aizew, while my bead would serve to adorn Abd-el-Kader's tent. Starting for the head-quarters of Abd el-Kader, at Kaala, he was now compelled to carry the bleeding head of a French sai. lor; was beaten, spit upon, reviled, and thoogh perishing of thirst, denied the smallest draught of water. Arrived at the camp of the Sultan, whom he expected to find a furious blood- thirsty barbarian, always ready to cut off heads," he found to his joy, his expectations were unfounded, for he was calmly, and even kindly received. ABD-EL-KADBB. Abd-el Kader is twenty-eight years of age and very small, his face is long and deadly pale, his large black eyes are soft and I languishing, his mouth small and delicate, and his nose rather acquiline; his beard is thin, but jet black, and he wears a small mustachio, which gives a martial character to his soft and deli- cate face, aDd becomes him vastly. His hands are Imall and exquisitely formed, and his feet equally beautiful; the care he takes of them is quite coquetish; he is consequently washing them, and paring and filing his nails with a tmall knife with a beautifully-carved mother-of-pearl handle, which be holds all the while as he sits crouching on his cushions with his toes clasped between his fingers. His dress is distinguished by the most studied simplicity; there it not a vestige of gold or embroidery on any part of II. He wears a shirt of very fine linen, the seams of which are covered with a silk braid terminating in a small silk tassel. Over the shirt is a haick, and over the hsick two white bernouses; the uppermost garment is a black bernouse. A few silk tassels are the only ornaments about the dress; he wears no arms in his girdle, his head is shaved, and covered with three or four scull-caps one within the other, over which he draws the hood of his bernouse. —The French in Algiers.

The Iron Duke." as well as Grantley Berkeley, has had his opinion solicited by the Association for the Discouragement of of Duelling. The Duke, however, declines going at length into tbe subject, but in his usual style, perhaps less courteous than curt, gives the Secretary to undeisuod that any gentleman is as able as himself to come to a conclusion as to the probable effects of such an association as that under notice. His Grace evidently desires to say but little on a subject, which, after a man has gone out out oaca or twice, ia aa wise a thing, probably, II he could do.

Monmouthshire Midsummer Sessions. —«— (Concluded from last week.) In the case of Edward Powell, charged with stealing 38s., Mr. Owen stated that the prisoner had absconded, and that he and another person having become bail for him, were desirous of having the bail respited to the next sessions, when they would engage that the prisoner should be present. The application was granted by the Couit. Mr. Rickards addressed the Court as to a charge of horse- stealing, which had been preferred 8gaiast three persons, whose names are not in the calendar, in order 10 ascertain whether the circumstances related in his address might be considered by the Court properly to form a case of felony. The Court decided, thereupon, that it was not a case of felony, and the piisoners were accordingly acquitted. Samuel Nash, aged 60, not read, John Nash, aged 34, read imp., not write, and Isaac Whitby, aged 17, read imp., not write, were charged with feloniously stealing, on the 31st March last, one iron pot and one iron saucepan, the property of William Powell, and one iron saucepan the property of James Powell. Samuel Nash pleaded Guilty, the others Not Guilty. Ann Powell said that a pot and saucepan had been left at her door on 31st March, and that she missed them on the following day. P.C. Cusack said that from information he had received, he had gone to the house of John Nash, where he found the iron pot (here the pot was produced) and other articles; there was also some wheat. The prisoner John Nash said all the property in the house was his, and that his father was lodging with him. John Griffiths said, on 31st March, as he was going to work about five o'clock in the morning, he met Samuel Nash with an iron pot on his shoulder, and a little further he met Isaac Whitby, and another person whom he could not swear to because he had a pan on his head, which covered his face. — Lewis said he was going to Abergavenny on the 31st of March last, early in the morning, that he overtook Samuel Nash, and he had a pail and pot with him further on, he overtook two others, who had a pan, some wheat, and other things with them. After a shoit consultation, the jury found the prisoner. Guilty. Another indictment charged these piisoners with stealing two bushels of wheat, the property of William Havard. Several witnesses were called, whose testimony proved the guilt of the prisoners. One of the piisoners made an uncon- nected statement in his defence, but the jury, notwithstanding his seeming penitence, returned a verdict of Guilty against all the prisoners. Sentence: John Nash, twelve months' imprisonment in the House of Correction, at hard labour. Samuel Nash, twelve months' imp. for the charge for which he had been tried, and a fortnight for those to which he pleaded guilty. Whilby, six weeks' imp. John Powell, aged 32, not read, was charged with stealing one goose, the property of John Lanman. John Laoman said I secured the goose and gander in the cot on the night before I missed the goose; and on the following morning, missing it, I tracked the marks of a man's foot, from inside the fold to outside, and not far from the house I saw some of the feathers of the goose. I still followed the track and feathers till I came to the gate of John Powell's fold, about half a mile from my house. I got a warrant to search John Powell's house, and found a goose there, the joint in the leg of which exactly corresponded with the joint in the foot afterwards found, with the giblets, in the brook. — Williams: On the 4th of May I saw prisoner's wife at a brook she stooped down and threw something into il. aDd after- wards trod in the brook as if to hide it. The prosecutor afler- wards found the giblets of a goose just where I had seen tbe woman by the brook. David Hopkins stated I searched the prisoner's house with the prosecutor, and found a goose there. I afterwards saw the prisoner's wife on a bank near the brook. I went to her and found she was all wet. (The witness produced the foot of the goose which was identified by the owner.) Guilty. One month's imp. in the House of Correction, at hard labour. James Fisher, was charged with stealing one hundred weight of hay, the property of Mr. William Werrett, of the parish Of Shirenewton. Mr. Somerset, for the prosecution Mr. Ritkaids for the defence. William Werrett: I am a farmer, living at Shirenewton. In May last, I missed some clover bay out of my rick yard, perhaps about one cwt. I found hay strewed about in some direction, and traced small quantities from my house to that of James Fisher. When I went to James Fisher's barn, I saw a horse eating some bay that appeared similar to mine. I took a little of it, and thought it was mine, from its appearance and the very strong smell. Mr. Rickards cross-examined the witness at some length, in order to disprove his testimony as to the identity of the hay. John Williams I am a servant to my uncle. I missed some of the hay from the rick-yard of my uncle, and traced the mark of it to the prisoner's house, where some of it was found. It was very strong smelling hay, and was taken along a road over which not many passed. Joseph Coles: I am a constable of Shirenewton. The pro- secutor brought me a warrant to search prisoner's house, and I did so, and found this hay. (Here a bag, containing about half a hundred weight of hay, was produced, and identified by the prosecutor.) I don't know whether there was any hay before the horse at the prisoner's house, I did not see any. Mr. Rickards addressed the jury for the prisoner, and called several witnesses, who gave him an excellent character. The Chairman summed up the evidenee, and the jury returned a verdict of Guilty. Sentence One month's imprisonment in the HOllse of Cor- rection, at hard labour. Thomas Rich Phillips, aged 15, read imp. not write, charged with having, on the 10th May, at Newport, obtained by false pretencea from Herbert Morgan, 31bs. of beef suet, the property of Hugh Morgan. And also with having, on the same day, obtained by false pretences, of Elizabeth Morgan, 3lbs. of motion suet, the property of Hugh Morgan. Pleaded Guilty. s Sentence: Fourteen day's imprisonment in the House of Correction, three first and three last days at hard labour. William Jones, charged with having, at Bedwelty, assaulted Thomas Pratt, whilst in the execution of his duty as constable. Pleaded Guilty.—Fined 5s. Sarah Wilde, aged 39, read and write imp., pleaded Guilty to a charge of having kept a disorderly house, at Newport. The Chairman, in passing sentence upon this unfortunate wo- man, said, evidently with much feeling, Sarah Wilde, you have been convicted, upon your own confession, of the most revolting and abominable crime with which human nature can be dis- graced. You have acknowledged yourself guilty of keeping a house of the most disreputable kind, in which facilities are afforded for the perpetration of abominable acts of vice. Not satisfied with being yourself addicted to degrading and ruinous practices, you seek to procure a livelihood by the crimes and upon the ruin of wretched and debased women. Sarah Wilde, the Court are of opinion that there are many such houses as* that lately kept by you, in Newport, and they have determined therefore to visit the keepers of them with severe punishment. Your sentence is, that you be imprisoned in the eounty gaol twelve months, and at the expiration of that lime, you are to find sureties, two others of .125. each, for your good conduct in future."

THE BATTLE OF THB COSMOGONISTS.—The subject with which the ingenious Mr. Jenkinson puzzled poor Dr. Primrose, as de- scribed in the Vicar of Wakefield," for want of better topics, appears the order of tbe day—cosmogony, to wit, or the creation of the world-and so long as the Times allows per diem six of columns to this deuced interesting philosophical controversy, we may be sure the ball of dispute will be kept up by megatherium and anti-megatherium, ichthyosauri and anti-ichthyosauri, till their philosophical contradiction of each other will degenerate into such scientific Billingsgate, that the editor will be obliged to shut his columns aguinst tee rival theerist. Really we should think that the self-called leading journal could have found some less abstruse and more popular topic or topics to fill its columns with day by day than a dry conrrdversy arising out of I difference of opinion which never can be satisfactorily settled. The ques- tion as to how the world was made must yield in interest to the still more perplexing one, why some animals were created 1 ADVICE TO REFORMERS.—Then I would say to the young disciple of Truth and Beauty,who would know how to satisfy the noble impulse of his heart, through every opposition of the fen- tury, I would say, give the world beneath your influence a direction towards the good, and tbe tranquil rythm of time will bring its development. You have given it this direction if as a teacher you elevate its thoughts to the necessary and eternal; if, while acting or composing, you transform the necessary and eternal into an object of its impulse. The fabric of enor and caprice will fall, it must—nay, it has already fallen, when you are sure that it declines; but it must decline not only in the outward but in the inner man. Create the conquering truth in the modest stillness of your soul, array it in a torm of beauty, that not only thought may pay it homage, but sense lovingly comprehend its presence. And lest you should chance to take the pattern you would give it from reality, do not venture into its hazardous society, till you are sure of an ideal retinue in your heart. Live with your century, but be not its creature bestow upon Jour contemporaries not what they praise, but what they need- Share with a noble resignation their punishment, without sharing their fault, and bend with freedom beneath the yoke, which with equal ill grace they miss or suffer You will prove to them, by the resolute spirit with which you slight their fortune how liltle their misery resulted from your effeminacy. Imagine them as they should be. if you are to influence them, but regard them as they are, if you are tempted to work for them. Through their dignity seek their approbation, but impute their foitune to I. their unworthiness; thus, on the one hand, your own nobility will arouse theirs, aod their demerit, on the other, will not annul your design. In the graceful play favour fancy they would tolerate your principles, from whose flitted severity they would shrink; their taste is purer I han tbeir hearl, and here you must, seize the timorous inconstant. You will in vain attack their opinions, in vain condemn their deeds, bat you can make essay of your forming hand in their leisure. Banish caprice, frivolity, rudeness, from their pleasures, and you will banish them imper- ceptibly from their actions, finally even from their inclinations. Wherever you find them, encircle them with noble, great, and spiritual forms invest them with the symbols of all that is ex- cellent, till reality bends to the ideal, and nature to art. Schiller The new morning paper called the Iron Times, is so called partly to distinguish it from the brazen Times already in existence, The metallic qualfties of the latter are well koown. The public have recently been daily edified by a column of columns in the Times, from a person calling himself "their com- missioner" giving heart-rending accounts of the clearings out" of human beingson the Duke of Salher/and II estates in Scotland. SWANSEA FAIR.—The fair held in this town, on Wednesday last, for the sale of oxen, horses, wool, &c., was numerously attended both by buyers and sellers. The sale of oxen was remarkably brisk, and farmers state that they have no grounds to complain of the prices obtained. There were not many good horses old, although a considerable number of colts changed hands. The various descriptions of wool likewise fetched good prices. On the whole this fair was considered to be the best that has been held at Swansea tor several years. GENERAL NOTT.—Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to contribute the sum of two hundred guineas to the fund now being raised for the erection of a monument at Carmarthen to the memory of the late gallant General SIr William Nott. The subscription now exceeds £ 1,000. PERSONAL BEAUTY.—Among the most valuable attributes of beauty, whether regarded as conducive to manly purity and grace of aspect, or as auxiliary to Feminine Loveliness, a Beautiful Set of Teeth must ever rank among the most important elements of a favourable personal app#arance* e'nbellishment and pre- servation of the Teeth and Gums have therefore ever been re- garded with peculiar interest, and among the mass of prepara- tions suggested for these desirable purpo3es, we could particu- larise Rowland's Odonto, or Pearl Dentifrice," as unrivalled for its excellence in purifying, embellishing, and preserving these mportant and attractive objects,—Adv. ♦

Glainorgaiishire Quarter Sessions. The Midsummer quarter Session for this County commenced at Neath on Monday week, before Henry Thomas, Esq., Deputy Chairman, and a numerous bench of magistrates. After opening the proceedings in the Tuwn-hall, they adjourned to an adjoining room in pursuance of an arrangement effected a few Sessions since, for the transaction of county business, after which the court adjourned to the following morning. TUESDAY—The Deputy Chairman, with several Magistrates, took their seats upon the bench at ten o'clock. The following gentlemen were sworn as Grand Jurors Mr. GEORCE DOODS, Foreman. Mr. Joseph Rusher, I Mr. P. E. French, Tqomas Thomas, William Hicks, Rees Jenkins, Thomas Jones, Matthew Whittiogton I William Redwood, Phillip Jones, John Phillips, David Arthur, William Hibbert, Joseph Ede I W. T. Morgan, Evan Evans, Joseph Hibbert. William Davies TRIAL OF PRISONERS. Bat. Mohoney, 25, and jDennis Burke, 63, the former charged with stealing a flannel shawl, and the latter with receiving the same. The Chairman directed the jury to acquit Burke. Maho. ney was found guilty.—One months imprisonment and hard labour, part in solitude. John Howells, 33, hawker, charged with stealing a silver watch, the property of Margaret Jones, Cardiff.—Six months' imprisonment and hard labour. Henry Dixon, 49, painter, pleaded guilty with having inde- cently assaulted Eliza Naish, a child of tender years.— Eighteen months' imprisonment in Cardiff gaol. Mary O'Connell, 38. charged with stealing a pair of quarter. boots, the property of John Jones, Meithyr Tydvil.— Six weeks' imprisonment and hard labour. Catherine Harragan. 45, for stealing coal, was sentenced to four days'imprisonment with hard labour. Richard Lewis, 18, pleaded guilty to having stolen a waist. coat, a jacket, and other articles, at Aberdare.—-Three months imprisonment and hard labour. Thomas Elliott, 24, baker, charged with stealing five sovs. and some silver from John Rees, Cardiff. After a lengthened in- vestigation the jury acquitted the prisoner. William Jessop, 22, a soldier, pleaded guilty to the charge of having, on the 17th June, stolen a pair of brass candlesticks. ODe month's imprisonment and hard labour. Thomas Monkley, 17, charged "ith stealing various articles of wearing apparel, pleaded guilty.—One month's imprisonment and hard labour. Wm. Price, 28, pleaded guilty to having stolen a deal rafter, One month's imprisonment and hard labour. Jacob Morgan pleaded guilty of stealing a quantity of coal.— Fourteen days' imprisonment and hard labour. Ann Thomas, 15, of S .vansea, pleaded guilty ofltealing. glass* A certificate of a former conviction was also given in evidence. The Chairman likewise remarked that, althpugh of such tender years, the prisoner stood before them for the third time convicted of felony.—Transported seven years. Wm. Powell was charged with stealing a bottle of lemonade from Mr. Barry, confectioner, Cardiff.—Sentenced (in considera- tion of having been six weeks in prison) to one week's imprison- ment with hard labour, part in solitude. Maria Amos, 40, was charged with stealing a quantity of pork from the shop of Mr. T. Scott, butcher, Cardiff.—One month's imprisonment and hard labour. Ruammah Thomas, 63, was charged witti stealing a quantity of coal, the property of Jenkiu Jenkins, Merthyr.—One month's im. prionment and hard labour. The grand jury ignored the bills against Morgan Davies, 26, charged with assaulting Ann Williams, witk intent, &c. Anne Evans, 22, with having stolen £1.6$. from the person of Philip Walking; William Madden, 36, for having stolen a five-pound note, two sovereigns, and other <noney, the property of William Doughs; and Wm. Evans, charged with stealing a watch.—The Court then adjourned. WEDNESDAY.—Charle9 Nelson, 20, puddler, was charged with stealing a smock frock, two handkerchiefs, and several other articles, the property of David Jones.—Two months' imprison- ment and hard labour. Thomas Griffiths and Philip Davies, puddlers, charged with stealing a pair of steel rail cutters, the property of Sir J. Guest, were acquitted. John Rees, 27, jockey, charged with stealing four sheep, the property of Thomas Evans, was sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour for two years. David Thomas, charged with stealing a quantity of coal, the property of Sir Robert Price, Bait., and Co., was sentenced to ten day's imprisonment with hard labour. William Thomas, of the parish of Cadoxton-juxta-Neath, charged with being an incorrigible rogue, was sentenced to three months'imprisonment with hard labour. The Grand Jury ignored the bill preferred against John Vaughn), for stealing ahouseing, the p opetty of Philip Fletcher, of Laniwit Vardre. There was no prosecution in the case of Richard Elwart, charge! with stealing bread, the property of William Rees, Lln- gonoyl. Th< case of David Jenkins, charged with stealing a watch, the prope ty of Joseph Davies, of Aberdare, was respited to the Assizes.

HOUSE OF LORDS. MONDAY, JULY 8. Tie Lords met at five o'clock. The Lotteries Bill was read a first time. The Duke of Richmond moved the. second reading of the Drainage of Estates Bill, which, after a short discussion, was agreed to. The report on the Wuger. and Gaming Bill was brought up. On the motion of the Marquess of Clanricarde, the followiog addition to the standing orders was, after a short conversation, agreed to.—"That the directors appointed shall continue in office until the first ordinary meeting to be held after the passing of thii act; and at such meeting the shareholders present, per- sonallyor by proxy, may either continue in office the directors appointed by this act, or any member of them, or may elect a new body 01 directors, or directors to supply the place of those continued in office, the directors appointed by this act being eligibl: as members of such new body." The Brazilian Slave Trade Bill was read a second time on the motioi of the Earl of Aberdeen, as was the Dog Stealing Bill on the mction of the Duke of Beaufort. Lorl Brougham moved the second reading of the Criminal Justic; Bill. The object of the bill was to secure the more speedy trial of prisoners. He wished for the appointment of two additicnal Judges. In the intervals between the circuits they might transact the Chambers business, and he should wish it transacted in publie. The Duke of Richmond hoped that the expense, which this measun would entail upon the counties, would be defrayed out of tbe Consolidated Fund. Lord Campbell approved of tbe principal of the bill, but thought it was so deficient in the details that it had better be postponed. He would lecommend a Commission to consider the subject, nd thought it advisable that in circuit business there should be an interchange of Judges between England and Ireland. The Lord Chancellor should feel it his duty to recommend the appointment of a commission to consider the subject. Lord Denman objected to the postponment of the bill, which was intented to remedy an immediate and crying evil; also to the appoinment of another commission. After a lew words from Lord Brougham and the Lord Chan. cellor, the bill was read a second lime. The other bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and their Lordships adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS. MONDAY, JULY 8. Mr. Moffitt took the oaths aDd his seat for Dartmouth. A new was ordered for Cambridge, in the room of Mr. F Kelly, appoiited Solicitor-General. Lord G. Simerset moved the further consideration of the report of the Committee on Railway Bills. Mr. Greece did not think the resolution went sufficiently far. Mr. E. B. Denison complained of the hardship which would be inflicted by the measure on the promoters of the London and York Line. Lord G. Somerset admitted the validity of the arguments of the last speaker, and gave notice for Friday of a motion on the subject of the standing orders 01 Railway Bills.. Lord Clements complained of a misreport of his speech on tbe subject of the disturbances in Leitrim. He had not said that the Orangemen were the cause of those disturbances. He did not know that there were any Orangemen in the county. Sir R. Peel then made his promised statement of the inten- tions of the government on the subject of the vaiious measures now before the house. With regard to the railway business, he I proposed, in the course of the present session, to introduce a measure recognising the Railway Department of the Board of Trade-requiring that all railway projects should be submitted to them, and that they should report whether any peculiar public injuries would accrue from carryiig any proposed lines into effect, but relieving them from the duty If deciding 00 them, or of offer- ing any opinion 00 their respective merits. He also stated that Sir F. Smith, Professor Barlow,and Professor Airy had been appointed commissioners to recoisider the respective merit* of broad and narrow gauges. The government intended to proceed with the Irish Colleges Bill, tie Poor-law Amendment (Scot- land) Bill, the Jews DisabilitiesRelief Bill, the Bills of Exche- quer Bill, the Rating of Stock Bill, the Turnpike Trusts Bill, the Irish and Scotch Poor Removal Bill. With resptct to the Valuation of Lands Bill, the Criminal Lunatics Bill, the Joint. Stock Companies Bill. and the F.3heries Bill, they were, as far as we could gather from the statement of the right hon. gentle- man, who spoke throughout in a most inaudible tone, and who was more than usually ambigums in his language, to be for. warded. He urged upon those members who had given notices of amendments aod votes of sipply to waive their objections. The Secretary of Slate for the Home Depaitment had wished for further time to re-consider and reprint the Medicine and Sur- gery Bill, but he had consented to postpone the measure: the other measures to be postponed were the Jnstices' Clerks Bill, the Clerks of Petty Sessions Bill, and the Parochial Settlement Bill. He hoped to be able to psss the Merchant Seamen's Bill. In answer to various hon. members, the right hon. baronet staled that they proposed to go on win the Coal Trade Bill to po^- pone the Charitable Trusts Bill and the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill and to proceed with the small Debts Bill. Lord John Russell said if h, could have secured a sufficient number of days, he would have proceeed with the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill himself; and he IlOpd, with regard to this measure, that next session the governmtnt would render him the same assistance which he had given them uDder similar CircumstanCES. As to the appeal which had bee made to members having notices of motion on the supply nights, he knew that his noble friend Lord Palmerston intended to proceed with his motion on the subject of the negotiations "Ith Spain with regard to the sugar duties, and to lake the sense o) the House upou it. In answer to Captain Osborne. Sir n. Peel said that he was unable to state when the Landlords and lenaots (Ireland) Bill would teach that house. Mr. Redington, in asking the intention of the government with regard to the Irish Registration, cofiplained that the interests of Ireland were neglected. Sir R. Peel, in answer, referred to the Mftynooth Bill, and to the Irish Colleges Bill. The Commons Inclosure Bill ffiS 08tponed till to-morrow. The House then went into Como'itl^e on ,'ie ^°"eges(lreland) Bill. After some considerable discission the several clauses were agreed to, and the bill ordered to be reported on Wednesday. Several bills were afterwards id'SQced a ttege, and Ih, House adjourned at two o'clock,

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. '1 FRANCE. We have received the Paris papers of Ftiday by our ordinary express. The Chamber of Deputies has virtually finished the business of the session. It met on Friday to receive the report of the com- mittee on petitions, and is not to meet again till the Chamber of Peers shall have wound up the business before it, after which the Deputies will meet once more to close the session. In the sitting (f the Chamber on Thursday, the budget of receipts was finally adopted by a large majority, the votes for it being 240, while only 20 mustered against it. The French journals give accounts from Lyons of three mosaics discovered at Anse, in addition to the fine one found there in 1844. These latter ones are only partly uncovered as yet; but sufficiently so to indicate their entire design to a commission of savans and artists who visited them from Lyons some days ago. The lateral mosaics consist of geometrical ornaments, composed of cubes in black and white marble, and exhibiting remarkable variety and elegance of forms. The central mosaic was the ob- ject of great admiration. The utmost luxury of decoration— colours of extreme beauty and designs infinitely varied—have been expended on it. Figures of fishes, birds of many kinds, dolphins, fruits, vases of antique torm, &c. are multiplied over its surface, and might serve," it is observed, as magnificent models for the ornamental painters" of France. Sketches of some of these ornaments were made, for the purpose of being trans* mitted to tbe Minister whose department has charge of the arts and monuments of the kingdom.— Aihenxum. SPAIN. We have received Madrid papers of the 28th ult. The ex- citement among the people was so great on the 27th., that ap- prehensions were entertained of an outbreak, which, however, did not take place. The ganison of the capital was all night under arms. Crowds assembled at the Puerto del Sol and the Plaza Mayor, but they appeared to be actuated more by curiosity than by any project of insurrection. It was said that troops sent from Leon, to put down a Carlist movement at Astorga, had met with some resistance. MADRID, JUNE 29.—The ruling powers have been in a state of alatm these last two days, and their organs talk of plots and pro. nunciamentos which the Progressistas are getting up at one place. and the Cat lists in another. The regiments in garrison here are going through the process of weeding out such officers as are suspected of disaffection. Three captains and three lieuten- ants have been removed from the Reina Regiment, some for their Progressista, and some for their Carlist opinions. The Globe announces that a tremendous plan was in preparation by the Esparterists for seizing on the post office and custom house, and the military authorities seem In have believed it. The inner quadrangle of the post office was filled with troops last night the guards were every where doubled, and those stationed at the entry of the post office were kept with matchlock in hand, con- stantly ready to fire on the shortest notice. The Reina Gober- nadora Regiment was under arms at the barracks, with twopieces of artillery, and patrols of cavalry are constantly traversing the streets. Everything is quiet enough to all appearance, but theie is no doubt discontent in abundance; and the government has lost all its prestige, to which the failure of its negotiations with Rome has greatly contributed, as well as its constantly giving way before the caprices, and exigencies of the Queen Mother. The friends of the government give out that there is still some hope of the Queen being prevailed upon to give up her journey to the Basque Provinces and the manner in which the Infante Don Enrique, second son of Dou Francisco de Paula, has been received at Barcelona, hus occllsioned a report of its beiD possible that he may become the favoured candidate for the hand of his cousin, most parties also coinciding in opinion that the marriage of the Queen with one of Don Francisco's sons would be by far the least objectionable arrangement that has yet been talked of. -Correspundent of the Chronicle. PORTUGAL. We have Lisbon intelligence of the 30th ult. The electioneer- ing measures of Senhor Jose Cabrai were justifying the favourable opinion entertained of his desperate energies. In the country the house of Senhor Passos, an ex-Minister of the Crown, and formidable opponent of Ministers, was attacked by a band of assassins, who had proceeded from Lisbon on their murderous mission, a few hours after Senhor Passos had been denounced in one of the Ministerial papers in this city. The assassins were discomfited, but effected their escape. General Bacon's proposals to the government, for the con- struction of a railway to the Spanish frontier, was still under the consideration of Ministers, and had been favourably received by her Majesty. The company ot public woiks were, however, giv ing every opposition in their power to it. Some statistical data are given, showing the falling off in our trade with Portugal of some of our principal manufactures. A corresponding decrease in the amount of import duties in Portugal is likewise noticel. It is very evident that the prosperity of that country is rapidly declining, while private interests and wild speculations, both of a financial and political kind, engage too much the attention of public men. PRUSSIA. Letters from Berlin of the 27111 ult. state the King and Queen of Prussia were to leave Aix on the 8th of August for the Castle of Stolzenfels, near Coblentz, where they will wait the arrival of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. SWITZERLAND. The Constitutionnel, in reference to the recent accounts re- reived from Switzerland, says:— "According to our letters from Berne and Lucerne, the intro- duction of the Jesuits into Lucerne, the principle of which was decreed in October last, is now a consummated fact. The charge of theological education was solemnly handed over, on June 29, to the three members of this order, recently arrived from Friburg. This act has caused the most deplorable sensation at Lucerne, and augmented the discontent which reigns there. A single fact demonstrates to what a point the national feeling has been wounded. In order to protect the new comers from public indignation, it was found necessary to reinforce the garrison by a whole battalion. It is under such auspices that the Jesuits are about to be installed in one of the directing cantons. Tbe Lucerne country meanwhile commences to recover from the terror under which it has been bent down since the late events. In the election for tbe grand council, about a month back. the choice in all cases, except two, fell on the Ultramontane party, whilst at present the Liberal party has resumed the upper hand in the communal elections in nine very important localities, amongst others atSursee.Wittisan, and Muuster. We have already said, that at Lucerne itself the Liberal opinion had triumphed." The Zurich Gazette has the following from Lucerne, 30th ult. — Yesterday the librarian Bamett, who was charged with the religious service in the old church of the Franciscans, received orders to give up the place to the two Jesuits, Simen and Burg. staller. They have been regularly placed in possession by the cure of the town." Tbe following letter from Tangier, June 14, is published by the Constitutionnel:— The Emperor has completed his tariff, in fixing the duty on refined sugar at four piastres, and on common sugar at three pias- tres the quintal. All the other articles are maintained. All goods tytng at the Custom-house when the decree was promulated are admitted on paying a duty of 10 percent., according to the old tariff. It is thought that the Sultan has adopted this measure in order to annul de facto the treaty of commerce concluded with General Delarue, when the delimItation took place."

AFFRAY BETWEEN THE MILITARY AND CIVI. LIANS AT THE GUERNSEY RACES. (From the Jersey Gazette of the 30th.) On the Wednesday, there were between forty and fifty sol- diers at the races. Towards the close of the day's sports, many of them became drunk and quurelsome; fights and furious rows with a number of equally-drunken townspeople took place, and it was with great difficulty the men were got off to their quarters. Several of them remained out duiing the night, and on Thursday a picquet was sent out in search of them. Those who did return were confined to barracks all the following day. On Thursday a fresh party, numbering about fifty, obtained leave to be present at the races. Quarrelling and violence again ensued. A fellow of the name of Ollivier proclaimed, with drunken boast, his readiness to fight the best man in the dep6t. A general riot immediately ensued. One soldier threatened to stab him with a carving knife, when the challenger's brother, rushing into the booth to the rescue, was brutally beaten about the head so much so, that his life was at one time considered in danger. He is, however, recovering. The commands of the officers, who were all unfortunately in aiu (lathes, were treated with the utmost contempt by the ex- cited soldiery, and it required much effort on the part of GeDeral Napier, who rode hastily up to the scene of disorder, to get the men together. Even the picquet sent 10 search for the missing men haj joined their comiades, and wete menacing the affrighted crowd with their bayonets. At last, by dint of expostulation and menace, the governer restored order, and having drawn the men 00 the brink of the hill, was about to move off with them to the toit, when the mob, believing all danger to be past, began yell- ing aad hissing. It was impossible to restrain the soldiers they at once broke loose. the shouting mob took to their heels men, boys, women, and girls scampering away for dear life, with the furious soldiers oversetting, trampling, and pummelling every- thing and everybody in their way. A gieat number of persons were bruised and beaten, and it was a long time before or'Jer could be again restored. In the midst of the confusion a vindic- tive rascal, of the name of Barbet, the son of the Guernsey gaoler, slole behind General Napier, and struck the gallant general a violent blow with a heavy stick across the back. He was se- cured and lodged in gaol. This riot is greatly to be deplored, more especially as it seems to denote that a strong antipathy exists between the British sol- diery and the Guernsey inhabitant. This, however, can scarcely excite surprise. The stupid rancour and ahue indulged in to wards General Napier by the organs of the Guernsey oligarchy, could not but excite the indignation of the soldiery and the pas- sions of the mob. A considerable number of persons were more or less maltreated and wounded but the extent of the injuries inflicted we have been unable to ascertain.

THE ENGLISH IN 1845.—England will perisb from intempe- rance, like Alexander the Great. Some day the hunartd millions of Indians over whom she rules will become tired of obedience, and the captain of artillery who governs the first insurgent province will be informed of the fact too late by a drualten courier. He will himself require a delay of twelve hours to rid him of thi-sounch of tbe overnight. His messenger, swelled out with spirituous drink,wit) burst under the hot sun, on the road to Calcutta and, when the news at last reaches the palace of the Governor-General, it will find him under the table!—Mussett. THE FtRST ACT OF GEORGE THE THIRD.—The first moment of the new rtign afforded a specimen of the prince's character; of that cool dissimulation in which he had been so well initiated by his mother, and which comprehended almost the whole of what she had taught him. Princess Amelia, as soon as she was certain of her father's deaih, sent an account of it to the Prince of Wales but he had already been apprised. He was riding, and received a note from a German valet-de chambre attendant on the late king, with a private mark agreed upon between them, which certified him of the event. Without surprise or emotion, "ilhout dropping a wotd that indicated what had happened, he said his horse was lame, and turned back to Kew. At dismounting, he said to the groom, "I have said this horse is lame; I foibid you to say the contrary." CONTINENTAL WAITERS.—Remember the waiters on the con- tinent are of a different class from ours, and should be treated differently. They are for the most part sons of hotel-keepers, apprenticed to learn the business, and hotel-keepers are generally the magnates of the continental towns, both in fortune and posi- tion. Therefore treat the waiters with courtesy, and you will be richly rewarded in civility and attention. We English usually behave so churlishly to them, that when they do meet a civil Englishman, who will carry himself to them as they are, and not as if they were like our waiters at home, they are vastly pleased, and cannot sufficiently express their sense of such unwonted politeness. Be assured there is value in this hint of an Old Traveller.

OMNIBUS. r —+— I Wit is not the produce of study: it comes almost as unex. pectedly on the speaker as the hearer; one of the first principles of it is good temper the arrows of wit ought always to be fea- thered with smiles when they fail in that, they become sarcasm. I There can be little doubt that a central fire exists in the rior of our globe. In sinking the artesian well at Grenelle, near Paris, which was bored to the depth of 602 yards, an operation which lasted eight years, it was found that the thermometer rose one degiee of heat for every 201 yards which it descended. TRUll COURAGE.—Have the courage to speak to a poor fritnd in a seedy coat, even in the street, and when a rich one is nigh. The effort is less than many people take it to be, and the act is worthy a king. FALSE DISTINCTIONS.—Man excepted, no creature is valued beyond its proper qualities. We commend a horse for its strength and sureness of foot, not for bis rich caparisons a greyhound for his heels, not for his fine collar; a hawk for his jesses and bells. Why not, in like manner, esteem a man for what is pro. perly his own 1-lUontaig7le. MENTAL TRAINING OF CHILDREN.—• I am persuaded that forcing the intellect of children occasions great mischief to their health, although it be done in the gentlest manner. Education should not be commenced before the fourth or filth year, and then only of that nature sufficient to call forth the slightest men. tal efforts: this should be pursued at home, under the guidance of a person possessing good plain sense. The child would then escape the impure atmosphere of the crowded class-room, and the restraints generally imposed there, which sometimes occa- sion spinal distortions, and undermine weakly constitutions.— Hastings on Consumption. A virtuous woman should reject the first offer of marriage as a good man does that of a bishopric; but I would advise neither the one nor the other to persist in refusing what they secretly approve. MORE COMITS.—There was discovered last week another new comet. Could not a list, like Dorling's list, be published every comet season, of the different planets that intend to run, with the names of the astrologers who have trained them, the colour of their tails, and their pedigree? We are sure it would be very convenient to all lovers of the firmament who have backed a favourite cornet, and are anxious to know the exact night he is likely to run, and the sign of the zodiac be has been entered for. At present they are disturbed out of their beds in the middle of the night, to be told that the comet, about which they have been for months making a book, is visible at Greenwich. The list might be called" South's list," and all defaulters be conve- niently posted at the Royal Observatory, which would, of course, be the grand-stand for the great heats of the season.— Punch. THE NEEDFUL.—The rector gave Tom Bowling a hint (when about to be married), that from tbe day of a man's marriage to that of his death, his hand was ever in his pocket searching for money, which sometimes was so industriously concealed as to defy all discovery. SWEET noss. On Thursday evening Dr. Bowring presented a petition against .flogging in the army, signed by 1,800 persons, whose signatures had been procured by Miss Ross, duughter of Sir W. Ross. '1 he Man of Ross," how famed in song I The Maid of Ross shall yet eclipse him For she would right the soldier's wrong, And scourge the martinet who whips him Her long lids dart their woman's flashes Against the cat's unmanly lashes AJPROBLEM. The three Graces, carrying each an equal num- ber of oranges, were met by the nine Muses, who asked lor some of them and each Grace having given to each Muse the same number, it was then found that the Graces and the Muses had all equa).shares. How many had the Graces at first? Alphabet Smith, the testy little Irish Attorney-General, ex- pressed his conviction, the other evening in the library of the House, that he had a new case against the agitators. "Yes, by the powers," said Sergeant Murphy, who overheard the observation, "divil doubt ye you have a case of pistols'" A roar followed the Sergeant's remark. Smith shot off. AN ANXIOUS HUSBAND.—" Well, Macbride," said Lord Hill to an officer whom he had just promoted from a sergeantcy, how do you feel in your new character? you're a gentleman now, you know." "Thank you, my lord," replied the married captain, for myself I feels perfectly comfortable, but I trem- bles for Mrs. Macbride." Patrick Soraeis, when questioned as to his reason for sending so harsh and severe a message to Roebuck, rather roughly answered, Blur an* ouns would you have me Mfd honey to a wap 1" CHARLES THE SECOND.—This monarch having asked at one of hts Levees bow one of his envoys, lately sent to a half-civilised country, had fared, upon being informed that he had been well roasted there, replied, I'll take care bow I send them a raw am. bassador again I" A philosopher stepped on board a ferry-boat to cross a stream. On bis passage he inquired of the ferryman if he understood arithmetic. The man looked astonished. Arithmetic No, Sir; I never heard of it belore." The philosopher replied, "I am very sorry, for one quarter of your life ill gone." A few minutes after he asked the ferryman, Do you know anything o mathematics ?" The boatman smiled, and again replied, No. then," said the philosopher, "another quarter of your life is lost." A third question was asked the ferryman. Do you understand astronomy V Oh no, Sir; never heard of such a thing." Well, my friend, then another quarter of your life is lost. Just at this moment the boat ran on a snag, and was sink- ing, when the ferryman jumped up, pulled off his coat, and asked the philosopher, with great earnestness of manner, Sir, can you swim ?'' No," said the philosopher. Well,|then," said the ferryman, your whole life is lost, for the boat's going to the bottom. THE HANGMAN'S HARVEST SEASON.—Jack Ketch has had a flourishing business this year, and, like the owls that prayed for the safety of a devastating emperor, who enriched them with ruined villages, he may pray for the continuance of that dominion which furnishes so much practice in neck-breaking. A corres- pondent of the Morning Advertiser observes, that theie have pro- bably been more executions this year than any other since the re- mission of the punishment of death. The following is a lisl of the executions in England and Wales since the commencement of the present year, which is but half finished :—Maiy Gallop, Chester; Thomas Stew and George Evans, Kirkdale Mary Sheeming and William Howell, Ipswich; — Downing, — — Powys,and John Biddulph, Stafford — Jennings, Reading James Tapping, Thomas Hocker, and Joseph Conner, Old Bailey; John Ta well, Aylesbury Thomas Thomas Brecknock James Crowley, Warwick and Sarah Freeman, Taunton. No less than sixteen human beings" done 10 death" by the hangman in the course of a few months. Now, we believe all these indi- viduals, except three, were operated upon by Calcraft, the crafts. man of Newgate. This individual, we are informed, executes at the rate ot .CtOpet head, clearof all expenses. One of his fellow- Thugs of Hindostan would do the business more expediliously for a few lupees. But Calcraft is the chief public strangler of England, and so we pay him magnificently. He must have realized, within the last six months, by the business of hanging up by the neck thirteen of his fellow mortals, no lelllhan £130, As the sharpers drink Success to swindling," will not this Cal- craft make his daily toast, Success to hanging, and long hfe to Sir James Graham D Necessity or Free Will has in former times agitated the public mind more than in the present day. Boerhave sals, It has been either by chance or necessity that all the great discoveries in Medicine have been made but still he has left the question of Necessity vmns Free Will undecided. And although Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills are manifestly one of the gieatest discoveries with which the world has been blessed, it oertainly has not brought us nearer to the decision of this important question. 'ft '"='

THE FOLLOWING TOASTS WERE GIVEN AT THE LATE ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1VORITE SOCIETY, HELD AT THE BUSH INN, NEWPORT. The Qu«en— long life te her Majesty." I'n haelaidd Frenhines wiwJon-mwyniant Dymuned pob Brython Er rhwystrau unrhyw estron, At ei sedd hir oes i hon. Prince Albert." Gwél ei fron gu ail i frenin—addas— Boed iddo oes ddiflin Lion wr bael, yn llawn o rin, Yw'rTewysog Albert iesln. The Prince of Wales and the Royal Family." Y dilwgr freiniawl deuliu j-i D'wjsog Dewisawl hen Gymru Rhodded Ion, dan goron gu Dirion oes I deyrnasu. Oes y byd i'r Iaith Gymreig." Oes y byd i'r taith sy' ben-ar ereill, Ar oreu dan haulwen Na ddeued neb, medd awen, I rot gwarth i'r Gymraeg wen. The True Ivorites." Arhoyw aden anrhydedd—eheded 0 hyd ein clwb ceinwedd 1 rwy holl Frydatn, gain ei gwedd, Aed Iforiad i fawredd. Ivoritism as long as the earth revolves." Iforiaeth, penaeth pob honiad-i jawl, o fudd a gwir gariad, Aed is ser mewn mwynder mad, Tra daear mewn tro diwad. "The Cymreigyddion Societies." Yr addas Gymdcithasau—trwy'r wlad oil; Tra ar led eu doniau, Tra awen, nymen, yn gwau, A'i thaniad gwythenau. "The Bards of Wales." Meib hoywlan y gan gu,— a brwd addas Brydyddion hen Gymru, • liliaid iddych anrhydeddu, Kwyr a'u gwaith mor faith a fu. II The Ivor of I vurites-Sir Charles Morgan." Hyfwyn wailh, ni yfwn weithiau-hir oes I'r hen Syr Siarl Morgan, Neud addas—mae'r gwr dyddan 0 fawr glod fel Ifor gân.

HIRAETH-GAN. Chwi ddolydd teg, a maesydd brwys, A deildai glwJs Llanover Mor lion pa vodd blodeuwch chwi, A ini mor llawn o drymder I Ychydig wyddoch, vlodau mwyn, Etch bod yn dwyn i'm covion Kosynaidd wiid teg rudd y verch A ddygodd serch vy nghalon. Aderyn bach, mor bêr dy gerdd, Ar gangen werdd y goedlan Ond genyt pe teimlad i i Ni vyddit ti mor ddyddan. Bum innau gynt a thi mor lion, Pan gyda'r hon a g: rwn, Hyd Iwybrau'r llanerch gêl a'r wig, Y n N gheredigion rhodlwn. Yn vynych crwydrav lenydd Wysg I weled rhwysg ei dyroedd Ond covio wyv ag athrisl vron Am AERON Ion a'i glynoedd A meddwl am yr hygar Vun, Yr unig un a garwyv, Sydd yno'n gwrido vál y rhos, r dydd a'r nos yr ydwyv. Vy nghalon sydd yn brudd ei nwyv, A gwywo wyv gan hiraeth Llwyd yw vy ngrudd, a deigrawlli Sy'n davnu helaeth. Rhyw alltud wyv mewn estron wlad, Heb gyvaill mad na thrasau; Unigol iawn ac anian vwyn Sydd im' heb swyn na gwenau. Ond os rhyw dro dychwelyd wnav | I vro hyvrytav Aeron, Nis gadav byth mo'i doldir masth, s Na'r verch a aeth a'm calon. HIRLAS- Llanover, June, 1845. I

LONDON n*A RKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK LANE, MON, JULY 7,18451 The arrivals of wheat last week, and also to this morning's market, are small. The maiket opened with firmness, and tha CORN EXCHANGE, MARK LANE, P-LON, JULY 7,1845 The arrivals of wheat last week, and also to this morning's market, are small. The maiket opened with firmness, and tha picked samples sold at the advance obtained the middle of last! week of about Is. per qr.; but the trade was not so good at tha cloe, and the above advance was not maintained, the sampled of English wheat being generally cleared at the currency of this dav week. Flour meets a good demand at last week's prices. Grinuing badey is in better demand; and this article, and- fceans and peas, are fully as dear. We have a large arrival of oats, which, in addition to what! remains from previous arrivals, gives us a full market. The' trade this morning is dull, and prices about 6d. per qr. lower., than this day se'nnight. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. I WHFAT,Essex & Kent, new red 50 53 White 50 56 Old, red 50 54 Ditto 56 -r- RvE.old 32 34 New 36 — BARLEY, grindiiig,25 27 malting 30 32 Chevalier..33 Irish 24 26 Bere 25 — MALT, Suffolk and Norfolk 58 63 Brown .56 60 Kingstone and Ware GO Chevalier ..65 OATS, Yorksh & Lincolnsh, feed 22 23 Potato .24 26 "ougliall & Cork, black. 22 v Cork, white.23 Dublin 22 23 Westport.,23 24 Waterford, white 22 23 Black.22 Newry. 24 25 Galway 20 21 Scotch, feed 24 26 Potato .25 2 Clonmel 23 24 Limerick 23 2 Londondeiry 21 22 Sligo 23 2 BEANS,Tick, new 38 40 Old, small 404 PEAS, Grey 36 38 Maple 40 White o o. o. 38 40 Boilers .38 40 SEED, Rape 271. 281. Irish..221. 261. per last. I Jjnseed, Baltic38 44 Odessa,7 Mustard, whitel2 15 brown 8 11 per bushel I FLOUR, Town-made.42 Suffolk32 per sack of 2801b* Stockton & Norfolk 34 Irish ..34 36 ¡' FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND. WHEAT, Dantzic 40 — fine 42 Hamburg 32 34 Rostock 33 36 ™ BARLEY 19 23 jgi OATS, Brew 17 18 Feed 14 17 H BEANS — 21 29 ■PKAS 28 32 !■FLOUR, American, per barrel.. J9 Baltic 18 OFFICIAL CORN AVERAGES AND DUTY, Jui.v 5. H Wht..1 Bail. | Oats. | Rye.| Beans, PeJ 1 Aggregateaverage s. d. 1 s. d.i s. d. s. d.l s. d. s.d ™ of 6 weeks. 47 3, 29 11' 22 6/ 31 5 38 1 37 g 1r* I ^r- 1 9r. I qr. qr. ni Duly onFor.Corn 20 0 { 9 0| 6 0| 10 €\ A 6 5 SEED MARKET, MONDAY, JULY 7. There is nothing of the slightest interest to report relative tfli the seed trade. l-ast week a few purchases of Canary sfed* wete made, generally under 50s.; but to-day good qualinea were not obtainable below that rate. Sl s. J II 5.- Linseed (English).. 52 to 58 Linseed cakes,1000.. 220 215 Caraway 44 46 Hempseed, per qr 35 38 Coriander, per cwt.. 12 18 Rye Grass( English) —, Mustard,brown, new 8 12 Tares, W inter,per qr 5 6 Trefoil (new) — Tares.old.. Kapeseed (English) 510 540 I Canary, fine, per qr.. 53 56 HOP INTELLIGENCE, BOROUGH, MONDAY, JUNE 7. The hop market is very quiet, and our last quotations are not t supported, being about 10s. lower. The recent weather has- caused the bines to grow rapidly, but experience has shown the impossibility ot forming a correct judgment on the result. The stock on hand is very limited. per cwt. per cwt, stock on hand is very limited. per cwt. per cwt, vvSS(M irrv-!4!t0 555 Ditto ,>ass to igo* Weald of Kent .140 to 160 East Kent pockets 147 to 1Q5 Vil°i1Ci- Ut° —,0 — Faruham 200 to 215 Mid Kent 147 to 180 PROVISION MARKET, MONDAY, JULY 7. j SUGAR.—BRISTOL, JULY 9.—The West India Sugar Market remains inactive, only a very limited amount of business has been transacted with scarcely any variation in prices. COFFEE.-About600bags Ceylon in auction weut off heavily. Real good ordinary greenish selling at 49s. 6d. to £ ,0- good of- dinaq 47s. to 48s. Eighty casks Demerara sold at lower rates. Middling fetched 73s., tine ordinary 56s. to 58s., good ordinaty 48s. to 50s. per cwt. ° Ih,elatrek fr°m Inland were 986 firkins butter, butter bacon, and from foreign ports, 5,563 casks trHlite!lUUtehemaarrnet; week, business to some extent was! v a nee o t 4 s'. tofi* °f f°re'Sn ^ing cleared off at an ad-[ Itish at an arivnn/. Per cwt* caused an improved demand fori were reuorted n? i, ™per cvvt* Some sales oJ Liraericks tember. and October shipment J°ly' Se"' M M""e raMs- •—« Lard sells more freely at 60s. to 62s. for bladdered, and 48». to ozs. for keg. cured cont Ir'ucs most in detriand. Lard sells more freely at 60s. to 62s. for bladdered, and 48. to 525, for keg. Hams continue in good demand. Stocks and deliveries for week ending July 5. ) !■BUTTER. I 3ACON. 'F DeliverJr- Stock. Delivery. 5 1843 12,700 5,660 18,070 3.610 H 1844 16,2-10 3,090 14.8C0 3,«30 1845 5,0(0 4,790 18;560 4,G90 BUTTER, BACON, CHEESE, AND HAMS. IRISH BUTTER (new)s s. CHEESE, per cwt. s. s. K pei cwt. — — Double Gloucester 62 86 «j Cailow, new, on bid 80 — Single ditto 50 60 i Sligo 76 — Cheshite 56 80 i C°'kf lst 80 HAMS. £ ENCASH BUTTER. Irish 56 64 i Dorset, per firkin 46 — Westmoreland 56 — j FOREIGN. York 66 70 FOREIGN. York 66 70 Prirn, Frieslaod, ct. 88 BACON, new 46 52,' Ditto, Kiel 84 — i Middles TALLOW AND CANDLES. s. d s d Yellow Russia 42 3 White Town Tallow 43 — Mottled 52 Ditto Soap 48 — Curd (JQ Meltings-tuff 30 — Graves Ditto Rough 19 — Good Dregs g SMITHFIELD MARKET—JuLy 7. The beef trade was heavy, at a decline in the rates obtained on Monday last, of quite 2d. per Sibs. The mutton trade was in a sluggish state, and last week's prices were with difficulty maintained. The numbers of lambs were not large, while the lamb trade ruled btisk,,at fully, but at nothing quotable beyond, the cur- iencies obtained on this day se anight. ? bare"!y"stationary prYces!" B°°d SUPPb'' m8t a 'nquiry' at i In pIgs onJ) a limited business was doing, yet the rates were sup potted. Per Olbs., to ink the offal. s« d« b» d, J J Coarse and Inferior P, „ Reasti T ft t a ™m,e course wool- Second quality do.3 8 3 10 Prime^South Downs4 6 4 8 Prime large Oxen.4 0 4 2 ditto d ,n c n Prime Scots, &c..4 4 4 5 Large coarse CalVe's3 8 4 4 Coarse and Inlenor Prime small ditto 4 ,1 111 Sheep 3 2 3 6 Large Hogs q 3 a Second quality do.3 8 4 4 Neat small Porkers.3 10 4 2 IPr' Suckling Calves, 18s. to 30s.; and quarter-old Store Pigs Ifi to 20s. each. Beasts, 2,500; Sheep, 28,540; Calves '2^0-' Pigs, 280. =- LATEST CURRENT PRICES OF METALS. LONDON, JULY 5, 1845. £ s. j IKON—Bara Wales ton 8 0 *'► London 8L5 0 Nail rods 9 10 O Hoops (Staf.) u 5 o |heet 12 0 0 ^ars. 1010 0 Scotch pig b Clyde 3 7 6' Russian cCCND 0 O 0 PS1 15 10 0 Gouneff 14 10 0 Sweedish d, for arriv o II iq q t onthellpot. 0oo Steel, fngt o 16 10 0 kees e 15 lo O COPPER-Tiler. 87]0 0 Tough cake S8 io 0 Best selected o 91 JQ q Ordinary sheets lb. 0 0 10 bottoms O oil L Tin—Com. blocks 4 10 DM bars 4116 II: Refined 4 J5 0 S t r a I ts h o.o 4 3 0 Banca. 4 5 0 riN PLATtb—CIl., IC. bor 114 0 ix 2 0 0 Coke, IC 1 8 0 1 14 0 LFAL)-Sl,eet If o .o. oo 20 LO 0 Pig, relined. 20 10 0 common 19 15 0 Spanish, in .«.- 0 0 O I SF'ELTFR-(Cake) I 24 0 0 ZINC—(Sheet) 30 0 0 i QUICKSILVEK u ..TO. 0 4 Q I B.EFINED METAL. TON 7 2 6 I a Discount 24 per cent. b Net casn. c Discount I 2$percent, d Ditto, e In kegs and f-incli. Discounts I percent, g Ditto 2.J per cent, h Net cash, in bond, i j),s_ I jount 3 per cent, k Ditto 2 per cent, t Net cash bond. I TI Discount 1$per cent. n discount LJ per cent. REMARKS- lRON.- The demand continues very dull. Scotch pigs are held at quotations, but buyers not to be found. who i,re disposed to give more than 60s. to 62s. 6d. At a meeting of the masteis it Glasgow, on the 3rd inst., they reduced their price from 90s. I to 80s. ■COPPER.—Demand not brisk, or 'he manufac- turers' wishes, who have still heavy engagements to fulfil. -English in moderate demand nothing doing in foreign, ind the market heavy. ,u TIN PLATES.—Dull, and fully J»*,lo*e.r tha« last week. LEAD.—Continues in good demand, and stocks |ow no foreign n the marke t. 1 SPELTER.—Not quite so u y week sale made on Saturday last at f24. w loco. PRBHSTPWCB OF 11 N PLATES. j NEWPORT, JULY 10. [ S, (j. I 111 O \Tr £ No. IC. per box 1 0 Wasters.0 2 0 „ No. IX. per box 117 0 0 3 0 „ No.IXX. pet box J 0 03o BRISTOL HAY MARKET, JULY 8. Hav pet ton 3 0 0 to 5 0 0 Straw per Dozen 0 2 o to 0 2 l A Vetches. 0 0 9 to 0 0 1] H Newport, Saturday, July 12, 1845. I PrinAE,VT?vrPu?Sied U°IR, the Proprietor, EDWARD 5 BOWLING, of Stow Hill, ,n the Parish of St. Woolos.at the MERLIN General Prmting Office, situate in Curn-streetVin U* the Borough^f Newport,by W^UAM CHRISTOPHERS, fr of No. 1, Charles-street, in the said Borough. | Ci0^d0nAgRntu :_aoeS^S- Newton and Co., Warwick-square, 1 Mr. R. Barker, 33, Fleet-street; Mr. G. Reynell, 43, Chan- 1 eery-lane, Mr. S. Deacon, Coffee-house, No. 3, Walbrok, 1 near the Mansion House, where this paper is re¡ularly filed,, f