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MRS. CAUDLE'S CURTAIN LECTURES. Mrs. Caudle complains of the Turtle- Dovery."—Discovers Black Beetles.—Thinks it Nothing but right" that Caudle should set up a Chaiu. Tush Yoa'd never have got me into this wilderness of a place, Mr. Caudle, if I'd only have thought what it was. Yes, that's fight throw it in my teeth that it was my chOice-thai. manly, isn't it 1 When I saw the place the sun was out, and it looked beautiful-oow, it's quite another thing. No, Mr. Caudle; 1 don't expect you to command the sun—and if you talk about Joshua in that in^del way, I'll leave the bed. No, air I don't expect the sun to be in your power, but that's nothing to do with it. I talk about one thing, and you alwaya start another. But that's your art. I'm sure a woman might as well be buried alive at live here. In fact, 1 am buried alive I feel it. I stood at the window three hours this blessed day, and saw nothing but the postman. No it isn't a pity that I hadn't something better to do I had ptenty but that's my business, Mr. Caudle. I suppose I'm to be mistress of my own house? If not, I'd better leave it. And the very first night we were here, you know it, the black beetles came into the kitchen. If the place didn't seem spread all over with a black cloth, I'm a story-teller. What are you coughing at, Mr. Caudle 1 I see nothing to cough at. But that's just your way of sneering. Millions of black-beetles! And as the clock strikes eight, out they march. What 1 They're very punctual 1 I know that. I only wish othei people were half as punctual; 'twould save other people's money, and othei people's peace of mind. You know I hate a black-beetle! No I don't bate so many things. But I do hate black-beetles, as I hate ill treatment, Mr. Caudle. And now I have enough of both, goodness knows! Last night they came into the parlour. Of course, in a night or two, they'U walk up into the bed-room. They'll be here- regiments of 'em—on the quilt. But what do you care? Nothing of the sort ever touches you but you know how they come to me and that's why you're so quiet. A pleasant tbiog to have black-beetles in one's bed Why don't I poison 'eml A pretty matter, indeed, to have poison in the house Much you must think of the dear children. A nice place, too, to be called the Turtle-dovery Didn't I christen it myself ? I know that—but then I knew nothing of the black-beetles. Besides, names of housee are for the world outside not that anybody passes to see ours. Didn't Mrs. Digby insist on calling their new house Love-ia.Idienest." though every body knew that the wretch, Digby was always beating her? Still, when folks read Rose Cottage" on the wall, they seldom think of the lots of thorns that are inside. In this world, Mr. Caudle, names are some- times quite as good as things. That cough again You've got a cold, and you'll always be getting one—for you'll at way the missing the omnibus as you did on Tuesday—and always be getting wet. No constitution can atand it, Caudle. You don't know what I felt when I heard it rain on Tuesday, and thought you might be in it. What 1 I'm very good1. Yea, I trust so I try to be so. Caudle. And so, dear, I've been thinking that we'd better keep a chaise. You can't afford it, and you. won't ? Don't tell me I know you'd eave money by it. I've been reckoning what you lay out in om- ntbuses; and if you'd a chaise of your OwO-betldel the gentility of the thing—you'd be money in pocket. And then, again, how often I could go with yon to town—and how, again, 1 could call foryou when you liked to be a little late at the club, dear! Now you're obliged to be hurriedaway. I how It, when, if you'd only a carriage of your own, yon rould stay and enjoy yourself And after your work, you want enjoyment. Of course, I can't expect you alwaya to run home directly to me; and I don't Caudle, and you know tt. A nice, neat, elegant little chaise. What? You'll think of it ? There s a iove Yon are a good creature, Caudie and '» will make me so happy to think you don't depend upon an om. nibus. A Iweet little carriage, with our arms beautifully painted on the panels. What ? Arms are rubbi$h; and you don't know that you have any? Nonsense; to be sure you have—and if not, of course they re to be had for mODey. I wonder where Chalkpit s, the milkman's arms came from ? I suppose you can buy em at the same place. He used to drive a green cart; and now he s got a close yellow carriage, with two large tortoise- shell cats, with their whiskers as if dipt in cream, standing en their bind legs upon each door, with a heap of Latin underneath. You may buy the carriage, if you please, Mr. Caudle; but unless your arms are there, you won't get me to enter it. Never! I'm not going to look less than Mrs. Chalkpit. Besides, if you haven't arms, I'm sure my family have, and a wife's arma are quite as good at a husband's. I'll write to- morrow to dear mother, to know what we took for our family arms. What do you say? What? A mangle in a stone-kitchen proper? Mr. Caudle, you're always insulting my family-at- ways but yoo shall not put me out of temper to-night. Still, if you don't hke our arms, find your own. I dare say you could have found 'em fast enough, if you'd married Miss Prettyman. Well, I will be quiet, and I won't mention that lady's name. A nice lady she is I wonder how much the spends in paint! Now, don't I teU you I won't say a word more, and yet you will kick about! Well, we'll have the carriage and the family arms? No, I don't want the family legs too. Don't be vulgar, Mr. Caudle. You might, perhaps, talk in that way before you'd money in the bank but it doesn't at all become you now. The carriage and the family arms I We've a country house as well as the Chalk- pits; and though they praise their place for a little paradise, I dare say they've quite as many black-beetles as we have, and more too. The place quite looks it. Our carriage and our arms And you know, love, it won't cost much—next to nothing—to put a gold band about Sam's hat on a Sunday. No, I don't want a full-blown livery. At leuI, not just yet. I'm told the Chalkpits dress their boy on a Sunday like a dragon fly and 1 don't see why we shouldn't do what we like with our own Sam. Nevertheless, I'll be content with a gold-band, and a bit of pepper-and-salt. No; I shall not cry out for plusb next; certainly not. But 1 will have a gold-band, aad-You wont, and I know it 1 Oh yes! that's another of your crotchets, Mr. Caudle; like nobody else-you don't love liveries. I suppose when people buy their sheets, or their table- cloths, 01 any other linen, they've a right to mark what they like upon it, haven't they ? Well, then. You buy a servant, and you mark what you like upon him, and where's the difference? None, that I can see. Finally," says Caudle, I compromised for a gig but Sam did not wear pepper and-salt and a gold-band."— Punch.

BRANDESTON HALL ESTATE, SUFFOLK —This property has been doomed to strange vicissitudes latterly. The history of the hall may be traced to the time of our Queen Elizabeth, and its architectural form is in strict keeping with that order. It has been the residence, from time immemorial, of the most respecta- ble nobles and esquires of the county. It was only abouttwenty years since, Mr. Mills, a respectable gentleman, became the pos- sessor. Four years ago, Fortune, that uncertain jade, forsook him, and untoward circumstances compelled him reluctantly to leave it. It was then placed in the hands of trustees, who ordered a sale to take place, under the direction of Mr. George R.0i,ins,\ A1 that period, land was heavy in the market, and with all his exertions he failed to obtain the reserved price which was then 35,000 guineas. It should be remarked that the hall, from lack of means, has fallen a good deal into decay, and the stabling, once the pride of former owners, who hunted this country were laid prostrate for want of means. It is env.roned by a pretty park of wghty acres, with the river Deben flowing through the eatate for upwards of two miles; and the estate ex- tends to nearly seven hundred acres of verv fin* ™nv»,t;ki. land. Connected with it are the exSive jXTwd immunities, a respectable tenantry occupy the farms at £ 1,060. a-year and the mansion, when placed in good order, with the park and manors, will be worth £ 300. a year. The outlay to restore the house and the farms will not exceed £ 4000 when the aonual value, for the whole, will be £ 1,300. « a. year. Such is an outhne of the property under review. The Bale, about four years ago, failed, as it has already been stated and two years since Mr. Robins was deputed by the mortgagees to sell it peremptorily. The result was, a purchaser was found at the auction for thirty guineas, independently of the timber, which is estimated at four thousand goineas. This gentleman, from reasons not quite understandable, became an unwilling pur- chaser "d w<i £ t relief ,n the Court of Chancery, where upon 4 FT 7 a'0ne> he avoided his contract. A third fir hv ™„r!aT'10 June' when this fl™ was provided for by more stringent conditions of sale, and it was announced for peremptory sale. Moch excitement prevailed throughout the county, but prejudice was strong in respect to a doubtful title, and it was sold to a friend cf Mr Rrhin* elude the timber) for thirty thousand guineas Anar ni TTTA11;"5'' C„A",™RR.™R: to Mr. R., At the sate. Mr. Austin, the eminent (Mureespectalty In the who. it seems, was ùorn bard b,) bid £ 30.000. Mr. tun™ f.ieni to him, who purchased it solely tor investment, and took imme- diate steps to have his architect to look over the estate, and to adjudge what was necessary to make it afit residence for the M.P. for Ipswich, and to make all his tenantry comfortable in- deed, he ordered a thorough repair of every farm. The result was, an outlay in view of four thousand pounds. Ttn«n<> n. process it became known that Mr. George Robins was the bona fide buyer. No one doubted that his prudence would not allow him to hazard thirty thousand guineas on a doubtful title, and still less to doubt bis judgment as to its value. Prejudice soon gave way, and Mr. Austin, having reconsidered his previous de- termination, thought he could not do better than tread in the steps of the new possessor. A negotiation commenced, and on Wednesday last, for certain veiy weighty reasons (we know not how many thousands ofnounds), Mr. Robins assigned his con- tract to the King of the Railways.—Sun.

TERRIFIC RAILWAY ACCIDENT. ——♦ GLOUCESTER, SUNDAY MORNING.—A most terrific accident occurred yesterday evening, about ten o'clock, on the Birming- ham and Gloucester Railway, near the Defford station, which it situated within 33 miles of Birmingham, and 20 miles of Glou- cester, by which Joseph Ward, a fireman, lost his life, several persons were injured and scalded, two carriagel burnt, and two fire engines very nearly destroyed. From the impossibility of extracting information from the men employed at the station, the cauie of the accident is not satisfactorily stated, but thefottowing reals npon pretty good authority:— A luggage train, in the chargeof Joseph Ward, engine-driver, left Gloucester at nine o'clock for Birmingham, and it is said that on arriving at Defford he ran into a heavy truck, which waa most eulpably been left in his way. The shock was so great as not only to throw the truck on the opposite rails, but to cause the tender to project above the engine, and fall upon it. Poor Ward was pressed against the engine rails by the tender, and twenty minutes elapsed ere he was extricated, and not till life was extinct. He was conscious for a good many minutes of the efforts that were making to save him. The truck, as already noticed, which caused the first accident, was thrown on the oppo- site tails, and whilst in that position a train from Birmingham came dashing on. The driver jumped off and escaped, but the earriages were projected above each other, two of them caught fire, some of the passengers were scalded, and all were more or less injured. About three o'clock this morning three of the com- pany's servants arrived one of them was conveyed to the infir- mary, but the others went home. A gentleman who left Bir- mingham this morning by the I a.m. mail train, states that when the passengers left the elation nobody seemed to have heard of the accident. As they advanced, however, the pace slackened to almst a walk. This led to an enquiry, and the passengers were told that an accident had occurred. On neariog the fatal spot, the paseengers were asked to leave the carriages and walk across a field and regain the rails at another point. Our informant, however, went back, and saw waggon piled upon waggon, and one of them with the bottom burnt out and still on fire, the tender was also lying upon the luggage engine: The passengers had all been removed by this time. Anther account is that the accident was occasioned by the meeting of the trains. FURTHER PARTICULARS. DEFFORD, SEPT. 1— Mr. Saunders, Secretary of the Com- pany, yesterday morning sent off an express to London, with a full report of the sad affair, which brought General Pasley in the course of the afternoon to inspect the part of the line where the accident occurred; the gallant officer did not express any opinion, though it, no doubt, must be a strong one upon the gross impropriety of placing a truck upon the main line, which was the sole cause of the accident. The men (nearly 200) em- ployed to clear the line have succeeded in doing so, and in relay- ing the rails which were torn up for several yards, in time for the up mail train which leaves Gloucester at 850 P.M., SO that no detention was occasioned 'o this train, and Sunday interven- ing, there was no other trains to suffer any inconvenience. Great praise is due to Mr. Saunders for the considerate manner in which he behaved towards the sufferers and other passengers who were compelled to remain during several hours of the night in a strange place, and with no accommodation within three miles. The poor fellow who was so dreadfully scalded aud burnt lingered until nearly daylight thia morning, when death put an end to his sufferings. An inquest was fixed for twelve o'clock to-day. This morn. ing General Pasley and several of the company's officers be- longing to the engineering department were upon the spot, with a view to an inspection. The jury have just met, and have proceeded to view the body of Ward, which was lying in a barn close to the line, and presented one of the most awful spectacles ever witnessed, being cut and bruised in every part, and hardly an unbroken bone in his body. A post mortem examination has been ordered, and his body haa been opened. The result has not yet transpired, but it is fully expected that the inquest must be adjourned, as the principal witness, Ward's fireman or stoker, is unable to be moved, he having been brought to the Gloucester Infirmary, where be lies in a dreadful state. The inquest upon the passenger (Williams) must also be ad. journed until after the one on Ward is held. Ward has left a wife and one young chUd he was a clever man in managing an engine, but not a very careful driver. He was heard to declare before he left Gloucester that he would be ia Birmingham in two hours. The engine he was driving, called the Derby," was the largest at work on the tine it is not so much injured as was anticipated. Something must be wrong to allow a man to drive an engine of such power st such a fearful rate, with a heavy luggage-train, merely for the fun of the thing and this accident shows the necessity of some legislative enact- ment to put a stop to such reckless conduct. Another accident occurred this morning, but was attended with little or no danger, and no other inconvenience than a slight detention of the passengers. The engine attached to the short train, leaving Cheltenham for Gloucester at thirty minutet past nine o'clock, A.M., burst a tube when it neared Badgwortbs a police station about tw^> miles from Cheltenham. Some con, sternation was manifested by the (passengers, but in about half an hour all was made right, and the train proceeded. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. All doubt is removed as to the cause of 'the fearful acciden which occurred on this line on Saturday night. It was a truck standing in the way of the luggage train on its way to Birming- ham, just as was staled yesterday. The cause of the collision most have arisen from one or other ef the following mistakes :— either the signals were imperfectly given at the Defford station te indicate that an obstruction bad to be guarded against, or no signal waa given at all, or the engine-driver fell a sacrifice to his own recklessness in pushing on in spite of the warning. It is only by an official inquiry that the facts can be properly ascertained. Railway officers look as though yoo were going to solicit charity, or pick their pockets, the moment information is asked about the occurrence of an accident; but even a passenger silting in a carriage can give no information beyond bis sensa- lions at the time of the accident, or what he witnesses after it. In the present case the responsibility rests with the officers at the Defford station. It was they who were in charge of the truck which oaused the double accident, and of course it remains for them to account for its having been so placed, and to prove that the requisite signals were given. I have seen this morning James Baird, the man who acted as fireman to the unfortunate Ward. He stated, "We toft Glou- cester at nine o'clock on Saturday night with the luggage-train. When we got to Bredon the pumps of the engine got bad, and by our attending to them the fire got very low, but by the time we got to Egginton the pumps were working pretty well, and Ward said be would assist in getting the fire filled up. I then commenced filling up the fire, and he assisted me by opening and shutting the fire-hole door as I put in the coke. I am not exactly sure whether it was by the bridge at Defford or when crossing the Avon that Ward said to me, Jamie, there'a some- thing wrong;' and immediately I saw him shut off the steam. On observing this, I began to reverse the engine, and whilst doing so I was thrown off it. As I was falling I felt something strike my shoulder. It was very dark at the time. I was re- stored, after a time, to sensibility by the pouring of water over rae"k IookiD8 UP I ,aw engines and carriages heaped upon each other, and tome of them on fire. I asked the person who was "sisting me If be could tell me anything of Ward? He said, • Stranger, we will take you to the station. You are not fit to inquire after your friends.' Baird attributes the accident to imperfect signalling at Defford.

SIR J. GRAHAM AND HIS TENANTS.—IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL ACTION. Last week, an action, Graham, Bart., v. Tweddle, was heard in the Athenaeum, Newcastle, before Charles Otter, Esq., Bar. tister, the arbitrator appointed by the Court of Assize. Mr. Addi- son appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Robinson for defendant. The action was brought to recover, for one half-year's rent,the •urn of £ 24 0 0 And for ovcr-cropping, in 1843, 5A. 2R. 6p" at £10 per acre 55 7 6 Ditto in 1844, 8A. OR. 28p., at £10 per acre. 81 15 0 £]61 2 6 The rent had been paid into court, leaving the penalties alone 10 be litigated. It was arranged that the arbitratershoutd include in his awsrd a half-year's rent, which became due after the commencement of the action, and was not disputed. The defendant, on his part, claimed damages lor au megal distress, and the value of the seeds left on the farm. It appeared that the farm comprises sixteen acres, divided into three inclosures, and bad no buildings upon it. The agreement under which defendant was alleged to hold was put io. It was signed by James Tweddle, defendant's father, and contained 22 conditions, many of which were totally inapplicable to the land in questioD. For instance, the tenant was bound to reside on the premises, insure and whitewash the building, consume the vestures on the land, reclaim the moor land, and generally to comply with all and every custom, rule, and regulation esta. blished, or that might be established by the lord of the manor or hisageut, for the improvement of the country." The course of management pointed out in some of the clautea was so much at variance with others, that the tenant, in ob- serving one, must necessarily violate the other, and thereby incur a penalty of jCIO an acre, to be paid, not by way of penally, but as "practional" rent. The whole was drawn up in the most stringent form, in favour of the landlord. It bore date 2nd of May, 1822, and was for a term of nineteen years. The rotation cropping required by the agreement was what is termed amongst agriculturists a six years' course"—that is, two while crops before fattow in the following year a green crop; fourth, wheat or barley; fifth and sixth, pasture. To follow out this course, it will be evident to any practical man, supposing the fielda to be of equal size, that in every al erna'e year the tenant Would have at least ten acres out of fifteen in tittage whereaa a penalty of £10 per acre it imposed upon him for having in aoy one year more than one half in tillage. Evidence was given that from the division of the field* it was impossible the tenant could comply with the terms of hit agree- ment, that he had always cropped his farm in the manner now complained of. and that while doing ao he had received a prixe for good farming from the Netherly Agricultural Association, which prize had been handed to him by Sir James Graham, him- self. It was also proved that defendant had gone against Sir James's parly at the last election, hence the present action, which was designed by his counsel as indeed blood for blood," te stand upon his bond," and to have his pound of flesh." After heariog the whole case, Mr. Otter forwarded his reward from Newcastle tbefollowing day. The following is the result:— Verdict for defendant, which carries costs. The defendant to deduct from the hatf year's rent (which be. came due after action brought, and formed no part of the sum sued for), the sum of £4 8.. for seeds, and jC40 damages for making a wrongful distress upon Mr. Tweddle's crop. The plaintiff to pay all costs of the reference and award.

Tic DOULOUREUX.—Mr. Gower says that the extract of to. bacco will cure neuralgia so that it shall not return, and this with once usin^.—Medical Times. SUBLIME PERORATION—" Strike for the green graves of your sires! strike for your altars, your homes, and your hot-air fur- naces!"—New York Paper. A more glorious victory cannot be gained over another man than this—that when the injury began on his pati, kindness sball

OUR LETTER BOX. EDWARD CAUDLE AND THE CYMREIGYDDION 1/. JUDY CAUDLE AND CATTWG.; To the Editor qf the Monmouthshire Merlin. There's naught so much disturbs one's patience. As little minds in lofty stations"Moo1\E. Well, did I ever! No, I never Heard such a fray in all my life Here's "Cattwg," Fenni ¡" indeed, a great many, Opposing each other in wordy strife; And, lastly, "Caudle" and his wi{e- lf wife she is; but I much doubt, She is some aly old turn-about. Who's vastly fond of making speeches And donning other persons' breeches." Howe'er that be, she's not the dame Who nightly lectures thro' tbe curtain Nor is this Caudle quite as tame As placid .Job,-of this I'm certain 1 This "Edward" treats his wife's opinion As nothing, and asserts dominion With that high hand which leems to say, "Don't have my wa) I" Well, with him fully I agree, She does prate mOllt foolishly 1 But, oh! Ye lords of ladles intellectual, Inform me truly, have they not hen-pecked you all I" I "onder who he is; I rather Fancy "Job" must be his {ather. If it is so, I'm glad to find He has than Job a stronger mind, And that he does not all inherit His father's tame, submissive spirit I Ye Gods had Job but lived till now. And heard this silly woman prate, He'd supplicate your power, I trow, To bear him hence, or hasten fate. He'd ne'er have lived, 1 have my fears, T' endure these lectures" thirty years." His wife's, I think, were bad enough, (But yet they only caused diversion,) Still good, compared to this sore stuff That only revels in aspersion. Both seem alike; but this one's zealous To coldly, unprovoked, destroy, For one reve11ge, the whole of Troy Oh, dear! I feel an awkwardness From your indefinite address. The name which you in print assum'd. Is not your real. 'tis presum'd. For sake of clearness, say, 1 sue. What gender, and what form are you ? Are you aught like those grizly faces Which (seen from the roadj Llantarnam gracII- Those shapeless shapes of senseless stone. Grinning with teeth so over-grown ? I judge from" Caudle's" wife resembling, That you havo gained a name, fictitious; But thou art deeper in dissembling, Than she e'er was; and far more vicious, And, if believed, far more pernicious. But cloaks are useful, now and then, To hide the dirk of intriguinll men, Which is an decided. But, at the same time, much derided. It is not consonant with piety, Neither appears it aught like rational, T' attempt to blast a good society, (The only one in Wales that's rational,) Merely in spite and paltry feeling, (Which, you discover, while concealing A gangrened wound, for age un healing, ) But, come, now, let us" know your name, To hand It down to Mrs. Fame, As one who sacrificed all shame To play an underhanded game. I'd give the wide world that 1 knew it t 0, that the demon Discord blew it, Or published it in public print, That I might only get a squint! My knowledge of it then would cure My murmuring at the signature For I should either find a fiction Or else a mighty contradiction. I like not aJl these" hes" and" shel. I'll call you Judy, if you please I Well, Judy You have been indicting Offensive matter in your writing. Although the reasoning is not deep, It might put e'en a dog to sleep; Although 'tis put in florid prose, It too much envy doth enclose To pass, with all your schemes and craft, Unscathed by some true grey-goose shan. Oh, do not think to rail and die, Unchecked in thine impurity. False-hearted man, or what thou art, Thou hast no music in thy soul! Thou to compare a jolting cart" To melody the bards control. In truth thou hast an ear-the finest! (Coarse was the one Mozart possessed.) Naught but music the divinest Could lull thy turbulence to rest. T1lOU couldst detect with those fine ears, The untold music of the spheres. Reader! We will give a riddle- "Why does Jl1dv rant and carp Against the soul-enthralling harp ? Because-SIte does not play "first fiddle." This is the true, sole reason why,- "All is yellow to the jaundiced eYi," How can Judy, so etherial, With poor earthly dullards yoke ? Far-{ar away, on wings ætial, She'll, soaring, vanish-In what I-Smoke. f, There swims no goose so grey, but soon or late Will find some honest gander for its mate; And thus we now find" Cattwg" mating Himself with Judy's empty prating. On he comes, full wild with spleen, Determined to outvie His predecessor, whom we've seen, Evanish In the sky. We will not say, to give a prayer, That he remain for ever there For gravity will work its end, Upon both Judy and her friend. This "Cattwg," with unblushing cheek, Says, that Judy was too weak In all her language, and too mild. 'Tis true she sometimes seemed a child. Rut then ahe ever was so cross That no one will regret her loss. "Cattwg commences with abusing The certain one, and all accusing With, lacking what he could supply, A goat in its maturity He is, indeed, a noble" Billy," You'd scarce find one so rough and silly; He would have each member greeting Each, at Cymreigyddion meeting, Bress'd in roup bide*, With horns and hoofs, and all besides. For my part, I should be content That he above should represent The head-strong loat, or half-mad bull, Or any brute, from calf to fool; We then should see how well he's made To follow the buffooning trade; He'd throw all others ill the shade. 'Tis wile the heart should pine for what Is suited best to grace its lot. This is enough. Dressed as & beast, Upon his beauty he might feast; But why attempt in spleen to brand The minstrels of his native land- In foulest language to aspene The Cathers of the celtic "ene ? Accursed wrath I that thus can dare To blight the names his pride should spare, And breathe a mil-dew OD the brow Of laurel'd poets-livi1tg now In spirit o'<!r the land they love, And guard from their bright homes above Ay, heap with infamy the grave Of him whose memory he should save. Go! level all, forget the tales Which linger in the halls of Wale., And desecrate the martial fame That smiles around Glendwr's name; Erase for e'er the warrior throng- Obliterate the sons of song- Men whose bright and deathlesa fame Shall burn while Cambria bold. her namet When, then, the Cymreigyddion's pride Thy foul breath shall malign, She will herself sink in tbe tide, Forgotten to have been. But 'tis exceedingly absurd That he should blast instead of praise; The fame which ages have conferred. And rob the poet of his bays. Oh, silly "Cattwg," (I should wot he Knew as much about Glyn eotthl As famed Glyn Cotthi knew of him) A "dish of milk," too sour and" skim For me to dwell OD, lest I should Be soured-tranaformed into a curd Some babbling stream surcharged with rain, Its native banks o'er flood, Po1iutinll: all the verdani plain That's seen when it retircs again, Be-smeared with slime and mild. And thus we trace these worthies' paltry mind In the polluted mild-track left behind; The stream sllbaiding to its course, Ita narrow bounds restrain its force; Yet, as it murmurS o'er the pebbles, Reveals its shallowness in bubbles. S(), Judy, and her mate, while branding, Betray their lack of understanding. Your obedient servant, A WELSHMAN AND A LOVER OF THE BARDS. Abergavenny, August 26th, 18.5. — «

ABERGAVENNY CYMREIGYDDION. To th, Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. SIR,-I perceive that amiable gentleman, "sans reproshe," Mr. Morgan, of Ruperra, is announced as the president of a meeting advertised to be held at Abergavenny, in tbe month of OClober nut, under the spurious designation of the Cym. reigyddion Society. It is euy to imagine what wheedling artifices must have beeo put in practice, from a certaio quarter, 10 induce a gentleman of Mr. Morgan's good sense and intelligence to allow bis Dame to be made use of as a trap j or th, unwary." Tbe deep family affliction, which Mr. Morgan haa recently sustained, will, DO doubt, prnent him from beiog present at Ihe meeling-if be eyer intended 80 far to counleDance it, lof which I feel by DO meana assured. Had he presided, he would have met witb all that respect and consideration which must ever attend a scion of Ihe noble and highly-venerated family of Tiedegar. I, of course, entirely acquit him of having been party to the viltl trickery of this deceptive institution. 1 ICDOW, on the contrary, that he haa been ils victim; his generous natule has beeo de. ceil/ed, and I trust he is now fully aware of the imposition. Who will preside io Mr, Morgln's abstDce-tbat is the qUell ion t Who will now consent \0 occupy 11 position so des. pieable and ridiculous as the chairman of an AbergavenDY Eis. teddfod 1 I know a single individual-in cool assurance uopa. rallelled-who may. and wbo will, probably, otTer him..1f as "a forlorn hope," on the occasion. Let him take the seat of honor 10 all the pride of gratified ambilion-I dlplomallc Cæsar-I "ill engage to pack iD a nut-shell the whole company of tbe Cyraieigyddion Hall I am, sir, your obedient servant, A GENTLEMAN OF THE PRINCIPALITY,

To the Editor oj th* lUonmouthslâre Merlin. SIR.-The ladies patronesses of the next Abergavenny Cyrn. reigyddion, are likely, it appears, to have a fine treat. CI&.twg, as Caractacus, ilto be there iD worm-eaten sheep. SkIDS, and the representatives of the more early BritODa will, of course, alteod ID propriis naturalibus, Herodianus, speaking of these, our primitive forefathers, sayi; New-fashioned apparel-eveD Ihe ordioarv ule of garmenls- is altogether unknown to tbem, ooly they deck their necks and shoulders, as also iheir waists, wilh iron, taklog aI, much pride aod CODtent in tbat adornment as did the Barbarians ID tbeir gold-their bodiea depicted with the forms of all kiods of ani. mals, so that to put on clothes wa9 deemed prejudicial, lest thereby, those pictures should be hid." Oh I lir what a noble 1ft hAIl here been lost! How worthy of revinl under Cymreigyddion auspices What an advanlage would it not be for society to discover, by a bestial emblem, the character and disposition of the man Should I live 10 hear of another Cymreigyddion anniversary I will offer a prize for Ihe belt painting after the manner of the ducient PICII, and the tub- ject shall be-If A flock of geese listening to a concert of marrow- bon" and cleavers, led by Renard the fox. I am, sir, your obedllmt servant, A GENTLEMAN OF THY. PRINCIPALITY. P.S. There were several typographical errors in my two letters of lilt week-aoother fine topic of humour for your correspon- .1- .nU1 n MfnT.17.

ABERGAVENNY CYMREIGYDDION SOCIETY. Doubtless the pleasure is as great Of being cheated as to cheat; And he receives the most delight.t Who least perceives the juggler's sleight."

To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. SIR,—It was, perhaps, rather cruel in the Gentleman of the P.-iocipaliiy "popping in," as Listen used to say, and interrupting the harmony of the erudite and happy bardic wor- thies, with their flannel drabbery, v>d their conjurer. Now," said Sidrophel, my friends and compatriots, look at me! Write me some lines-—not in honour of myself." And so they did. Presto said the conjurer, Now you are all poets 1.11 make you men of renown—manufacturers And we—that is, I'LL shew the "grartdemotfdt" (Idon't kuow the Welsh word), that the Cymry shall yet prevail; tlDd-Qulck, Jack, and be gone! I'm your patron, recollect! It was cruel to interrupt this happy, this "innocent" scene. It was cruel, to come, more tike a policeman than a "gentJeman," and take off the table, raise up the thimble, and discover to thespooniet the reaht, of the rig It is utterly contemptible to suppose that any commerciallood can arise from the miserable attempt at reviving the manufacture, by hand-loom, of a wretched article of flanoel; not less absurd would it be that the patron should take out a patent for a new Spring-up-behind-anti-joliing-Pillioo," which I would pro- pose he shoutd exhibit, in all its utility, at the forthcoming pa geant, in his own proper person !—the fair Coontess Flanella sitting jauntily behind him Happily the day for this retrogiade movement is gone; and, if we have change, let it be for the bet- ter. I am sure Miss Prettyman, with all her generous and pleasing patronage, will hardly induce her high and mighty visi- ters, y Mawrion y Byd," to wear the unsightly garments be yond the pale of her own fireside Whether the Gentleman" be or be not a scold, whether he be or not in a Caudling humour with the Institution '—" God save the mark !"—I know not; but one thing I know, he has no need to be, nor is he. if I know my man, jealous of Miss Prettyman. Why, Miss Prettyman, if "he were to doff the adventitious ornaments of her person—her head dress, which she bought at St. James's; and her bustle," which cost her so much at the gay bazaar in the neighbourhood of Pancras—she would be found to be a somewhat ill-favoured person after all. Jealous of Miss Prettyman 0 wad some pow'r the giftie gi'a us, To see ourseh as ithers see us." Emulous for the finger of scorn No, no, Mr. Edward Caudte no one can be jealous of Miss Prettyman But, recurring to the Institution, which, beyond cavil, was, and it upheld, in its puny and sickly existence, by and for the use and behoof of the aforesaid Miss Prettyman-what real uti lity is there in prolonging the jargon of Babel among us ? What can be more absurd and inconvenient than for a communi'y living commingled in the same small county, and yet not understanding each other in their social and business intercourse; and &1' ti»is for the HONOUR of being called a "Cymro!" Why, if the Welsh language were annihilated to-morrow, we should still be Welshman, still have all the native love of country (asinhe- rently fixed in the breast of every true-born son of Cambria, h her mountains and rocks are fiied in grandeur); still as bold and as brave 10 defend out own lovely vales and our lovelier wo- men—mulgr6 we did not mouth it in Cymraey If the mind must be taxed to learn a variety of languages, let it learn these which may be useful in the concerns of life, or those which may make us acquainted with the great and good of past ages. Do not let us grovel after toasted cheese, odes upon flannel petti- coats, and doggrel rhymes of the worst class ofinteHect I am a Welshman, as my forefathers were, and 1 love my own beautiful native land with as strong and enthusiastic an ardour as any of her sons but I know the great and lasting incon»e- nience it is to the uneducated poition of Welshmen to be unable to speak and fairly understand the language in general use among us; and I know intimately, very many sensible Welsh parents who do all that in their power lies to bring up their offspring to a better knowledge of the language of the country as, say they, "tbeWetsh it oolya hindrance 10 us." And they tay the truth. As to the music, I think Cattwg has played that tune. In short, there is no doubt the absurdity has been allowed to go on its extreme length, to gratify the silly and overweeniog vanity of a most palpable coxcomb and the sooner the machinery of this mighty hand-loom is exposed the better. As yet, I suppose it is in continuation of my opening motto, And still the less they understand, The more tbey admire his sleight of hand." Perhaps you shall have another epistle from yours. GWACHEL,

To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. SIR,—My acquaintance, the Gentleman in Brown, informs me that a great trade is carried on in this place by wine and tpiiit merchants, and that there are not less than six irr porters and exporters of these commodities. What! (said I) are the inhabitants given to strong potalion.1" By no means— they are aquatics. The merchants might starve for them. they are too food of the watery element; you may see numbers daily unlocking the public pumps, in order to secure the grateful beverage. Observe, there were three of these pumps, provided, tome years ago, by a geperons water-bibber, for the use of the natives. Although Father Matthew has not travelled this way, his maxims are universally adopted here. There are two or three Temperance houses open, so that the few keepers of ale, beer, and such like liquids, will soon be obliged to shut up their shops,—'their occupation's gone. "Where, then, do the merchants vend Iheir goods?" "Amongst the Aboligioes on and around the hill country, who are not so scrupulous about taking strong waters." I noticed the number of lodging-houses in various quarters of the town, and inquired of Mr. B. whether they were generally well occupied ? Why, I cannot say that strangers remain long in the neighbourhood—they come and go quickly. I fancy theie ia not enough of life to be seen bete; the people are so very taci- turn, they are naturally shy nay, they are almost afraid of speak- ing to each other. But, perhaps, the coming railroad, which they are anxiously looking for, will work a revolution in these respects." Walking on the banks of the river, I saw two noble vessels, apparently just committed to the bosom of the waters; and, hard by, were several hands employed in ship-building. Here, at least, is some stir—some signs of animation." "Yes, these yards are the remnants of a fcrmer age, when a flourishing trade waa carried on here large fortunes have been acquired in the timber trade, as well as in that of wines and spirits but those daya are departed. Observe that building-it was erected some years back for the purpose of receiving goods under the bonding system but the expected traffic seems at diatant now as wnen the walls were raised. Speculation here ia at a dilcouol-not even the railroad mania, can rouse the dormant faculties of the natives." Adjoining the river it a large excavation, nearly filled with fioll and excrement, the effluvia arising from which, I tbick, must prove injurious to the luogs of the dwelleis around it. Expressing my surprise that it should be suffered to remain in such a state, Mr. Brown informed me that it was called the Dry Dock, used in former tines for the repairing óf vessels, when tucb like craft resorted hither; but it had long since been dis- used, and ought to be filled Up, as there is no likelihood of ves- sels entering such a dock. The Nuisance Jury have looked at it for years, shaking their heads, and crying Fie upon il," but have taken no ateps for its abrogation. This is one of the few places in the empire where Ihe popula- tion (according te the last returns) is not on the inciease. How is this to be accounted for ? Is it that the inhabitants prudently emigrate at certain periods, or do they avoid early marriages ? The air of this neighbourhood is pure and bracing, which seems to account for the general good health of the natives. The dis. ciples of Exculapius find very little demand for their services but from pure philanthropy they are disposed to give advice when necessary. I have before observed on the number of places of devotion erected in this town, and from what I have since remarked, the greatest unanimity seems to prevail between the members of the Church and the Chapel-they assemble together at public meel. ings, and greet each other as brothers. This is a very pleasing state of affairs; and should the same good understanding con- tinue, there will in time be no essential difference betwixt the establishment and dissenters. Exclusive of the ordinary dissenting houses, the town is oc- casionally visited by wandering sects, such as Latter-day Saints, New Lights, Rechabites, Millenarians, xc" whose tenets only serve 10 distraet and perplex the minds of the simple ones. There is no Jews'Synagogue in the place some of the tons of Abraham, however, reside here, although non professors. Fiom « hat I have noticed in this contented community, I can safely aver that in all my wanderings I have never yet met with a retreat that so well suits my taste and, were it not for some weighty considerations, I would seek no further, but here pilch my tent. The Brown Gentleman seems detel mined on his Chinese expedition, preparatory to which he has many arrange- menta to make, and is gone to another locale on the banks of the Usk. I am, likewise, departing on my journey through the Principality. With regret, therefore, I leave this Eldorado, sacred to Somnus, Whose drowsy subjects, void of care and crime, In gentle doling sleep away their time"— this place so peaceable that not a single Magistrate is required to keep order-where temperance holds her court, and where re. ligious feuda are unknown. Adieu, thou pleasant vale may no noxious innovations assail thy borders. Hail 1 and farewell. With thanks for your insertion of my rambling lucubrations, I remain, Sir, your much obliged, Utopia, 28th Aug. 1845. MAC GOPUS. P.S. Some of your readers, I understand, are at a JSS to de. cipher the meaning of dogberry and verger, which your coinposi. tor mistook last week. It should stand thus:—"There is a Dot berry and a Verges." The curious may refer to Shaksp^are'* Much-ado-about-Nothing"—Act 3,scene 4. (if such a profane work can be found in the shops of the three booksellers) for explanation. «

To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. Sir,—Feeling, as you do, on all occasions, and at all times, a great pleasure io vindicating any just cause, I beg, through the medium of your paper, to give publicity to the following, is a caution to the public io general, and particularly ihose connected with benefit societies, or clubs. There has been a benefit society established in the houte of Mr. Williamt, Red Lioo Inn, in this town, the rules of »!iich empowered the members thereof to divide the overplus mOley, once a year, and this took place on the fourteenth ult. The number of members then was twenty seven, and every thing vent off quite comfortably but on the following Monday night a chosen few took upon themselves to call a committee, foisooth, for the purpose of settling something this something has not transpired. Well, this committee, for so 1 must designate them according to their own appellaiion of themaelves, five or six in number, demanded the society's box, and forcibly took it away. Now let's steer clear of the box, and its assailants, if we can, and follow the members who had been so plundered to their club room, on the following club night. Itieir box is gone—their money is gone—to where 1 to rest: the rave era Rest. They travel after it; but on the landlord, observing the approa< h of these honest men, he quietly made his exit up stairs with the box. This did not wear a very clear aspect, or look quiig right. The men now returned, paid their money into the hands cf the landlord, Mr. Williams, till a box be provided. The foregoing I have offered as a caution, and will now ask of what utility, or service, is it to have the club articles enrolled, according to act of parliament, if the °e* 001 pfoiec societies trom such acts of injustice, and il i' oes not enable our magistrates to do justice.. Now it appears this tociety must tuffer thl' wrong and this lost, and without gettiug any redress, or av ng any p aCe to apply to for protection, against such nn8'og .L..o.init mrh .nvad-ra. Who will advance fifty 01 sixty pounds for the purpose of recovering nothing at all, but merely punishing the offenders, I should like to know? It cannot be brought about without a civil suit, and that will cost no less. Now, I would ask, where the protection of such societies lies. I can only offer my most sincere sympathies to the sufferers, and congiatulate them on the ground, that those who suffer wrong, never blush for shame," at having acted wrong. I shall not trespass on your paper any further at present, as I have simply related facts. So I beg simply to subscribe my- self, sir, Your very obedient servant, A LOVER OF JUSTICE. August 28th, 1845.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CARDIFF.—MONDAY, 1st SEPT., 1845. Present.—Henry Morgan and Whitlock Nicholl, Esqrs. John Pluck, post boy at the Cardiff Arms Inn, wat charged with, on Saturday evening last, furiously riding one horee and leading another up and down Saint Mary-street, much to the danger of the inhabitants, he being drunk at the time, and un- able to manage his horses. This being his first offence, he was let oft by giving 2s. 6d. lo the Infirmary; he wasatso told to inform his master that no one was allowed to gallop through tbe alreets. Mr. Stockdale said he bad again to complain of the obstructions in Saint Mary-street; the timber belonging to Mr. Batchelor, and the iron to Mr. Lish, had so accumulated, that there was not room for two omnibuses to pass; he had spoken to both gents, respecting it, but they seemed to take no notice of It. Mr. Stock- dale was ordered to ascertain who placed them there and to sum- mon the foremen of the yards, who were seen ordering the other men. John Morrisb, butcher, sought the advice of the bench res- pecting Wm. Jenkins, who in Feb. last had defrauded him of .C1.8- Mr. Morrish stated that J enklDs was not regularly in his employ, but on that day he engaged him to go to a cetlain place to bring a sheep for him, and he went, and never returned with either sheep or money. The magistrates said they would (Ollsider the case, and let Mr. Morrish hear respecting it. Mr Sait, of the Griffin, applied for a summons against Robert Lisle for, on Friday last, assaulting him —Granted. Frederick Lake, ostler at the Griffin inn, also had a summons granted against the same person for an assault. Eliza Westlake, cook at the above inn, applied for a summons, which was granted, against James Lisle, for assaulting her on the same nighl. The cases will be heard on Thursday next. Mr. Mark Marks, was charged with, on Saturday last, selling publicly, in Trinity.street, a cart, and thereby causing an ob- struction. The case was not gone into, and Mr. Marks got clear by putting 5s. in the Infirmary box. David Giegory, inspector of the market house, charged Henry Griffith, Thomas irotfs, and Edward Matey, butchers, and also — Geatrei, butcher, who was not present, with, on Saturday, the 23rd ult., weighing meat in a false scale. Dr. Lewis stated, that it was teally too bad, that in a market- house like Cardiff, there were only two pairs of scales and one set of weights belonging to the corporation, for the purpose of weigh- ing small joints, and that in consequence,it waa impossible to get meat weighed without a great delay and inconvenience, and he thought thought there ought to be more scales and weights pro- vided for the benefit of the public. Divid Gregory said I am inspector of weights and measures in Cardiff maiket, and am employed for that purpose by the cor. poralion of Cardiff; on Saturday week, I was in the ma-ket, and about a quaiter to seven in the evening a man named Geo. Baker came to me and said, he had bought some meat, and it wasnotweight. I asked him at what scale it was weighed, he told me at the one in Welsh Alley. I went into that avenue and looked at the scales, took out the weights, and found it was not true by three-quarters of a pound; the weights and the beam were correct enough, but the scaies were not; there was a piece of lead nailed to the bottom of the one they put the meat in. I taw Henry Griffiths use iI, and seilthe meat after; it was in his possession when he weighed the meat. I am quite sure Henry Griffiths had the scales in his possession when he weighed the meat. My attention was drawn to those scales by Baker. Mr. Morgan: Did you tell the party that bought the meat how the scales were ? Gregory: No, I did not. Mr. Morgan Why, sir, you are put there to protect buyers as well as selleis, and it was certainly your duty not to allow such a fraud to be practised in your presence. Gregory: I hadexaminedthescatesthen. I also saw Thos. Walts and and Edward Mazsy use it in the same way they all used it severed tunes, and always put the meatin the heavy side; there are no scales in that avenue belonging to the corporation there are only two sets of scales and one set of weights, for weigh- ing small joints, in the whole market, the property of the corpo- ration. Dr. Lewis said, that as late as half-past nine o'clock of a Saturday morning, he has been obliged to go to Mr. Quelch's, in Church-street, and ask as a favour to get hit meat weighed, there being no corporation scales and weights to do it without waiting a long time for his turn. Gregory I dont know whether they knew that the scales were not trut. Dr. Lewit: I speak as one of the public, and complain against the authorities not having proper accommodation for the public, and I will do Griffiths the justice to state that I have often bought meat from both him and his wife, and they have always, of their own accord, taken me to the public scales to weigh it, and when we got to Evans', who keeps the public scales, we had always to wait a long time before we got a chance of weighing it; and sometimes when I have been in a hurry, it has been weighed in private scales. Mr. Nicholl Perhaps they may favour you-Ihey may be afraid of such a person as Dr. Lewis—and take you to the public scales. It is very clear they do not weigh all in the public- scales. Dr. Lewis said he did not speak for the purpose of screening the men, he wished for more scales and weights, and as this case woald appear before the public, he hoped it would be the means of affording better accommodation in future. W e ought, at least, to have four seta more. Mr. Nicholl &aid there must be a wilful knowledge on the part uf the butcher, using these scales, that they were not just. There was no butcher who knew his trade, but would detect a short weight of three quarters of a pound, in a small joint; and the person that made these scales had certainly invented a very in- genious fraud. Here, under one is a great piece of lead nailed, and on the other chain is a hook for the purpose of hanging the meat. Now, when thai hook is on the leaf, that has not the lead, why the scales balance but that is not the way the butcher uses the scales, he puts the hook on the leaf that has the lead. and in that leaf he puts the meal, as the marks on the leaf will testify, and when the hook and the lead are together, the puichaser is defrauded of f lb. of meat. Itisthemostgrossfraudthatever came under my notice. George Baker sworn, said, I am a labourer, and live in Car- diff. On Saturday week last I went to Mazey, and bought some meat; he sold it for 4 lbs. It was bumping weight in ihose scales. I then took it to the public scales, and it only weighed 32 |bs. [ went back and told him of it; he could not deny it. He said he did not weigh it for 4 lb. When I had it 1 considered I had i lb. over, but I found I was t lb. short. I asked him lo make it 4 lb. in the public scales, he said he would not do so. Mazey said it was just 4 lbs., even beam, and he allowed ljd. for Ibe nice weight. Baker said there was no allowance made at all. He asked him 6!,1. a lb. for it first, and then came down to 5Jd. a lb., and I gave him Is. 10i., for it, so it ought to have been 41b. at that price. Griffiths said he was not there when Giegory came, and that in the morning he had put some bullock's lights in along with the weights to balance the scales. Gregory said that GiiHiths was there and, that when he went to take the scales, he endeavoured to wrench them from him. Watts said the lights were in the scales when he weighed his meat. "And yon know," continued Watts, that the grease and small particles of meat will adhere to the scale and weigh it down a ttttte and it is but right there should be something in the other leaf, to that people should have their proper weight." Mr. Nicholl said he did not believe that either of them was so very scrupulous with regard to weight, and he would look on such a statement with a great deal of suspicion and, in his eyes, it made the case a great deal worse. Look at the Icales; it there was no fraud intended, why did they put the lead in that man- ner 1 Why not put it where it could he seen by every one? Or why not have a hook on each chain ? Then all would be right The whole affair looked most suspicious, and all Cardiff would never convince him but that they all knew of it. Griffiths said the hook was on theside that the weights were in. Gregory said it was not; and when he took up the scales to try them, the meat side went down plump, quite as much as it does now. John Jenkint, ironmonger, said he made the scales snme years ago for Griffiths and that he put the lead on the back to coun. lerbalance the hook on the other side. The magistrates consulted for a short time, and Mr. Morgan then said they stood convicted of the offence they were charged with, and he would read them the law on the subject viz.:— That if any person has in his possession weights cr measures light or otherwise unjust, they are liable to be seized and forfeited and the person in whose possession they are found, forfeits any sum not exceeding £ 5but in this case, as there were some extenuating points, inasmuch as the lead was not put on by them, and that they bore good characters, they would not convict in the full penalty but he (Mr. M.) wished it publicly to be known, that should ever a similar case occur, most probably it would be taken to a higher court, and there dealt mote severely wi h. They were then each fined 5s. and 4s. costs, and the scales to be forfeited. They paid the fine, and left the court apparently very much dissatisfied. Barbara IVilliums was charged with, on Friday night last, being drunk and disorderly. Mr. Siockd*le stated, that when she was searched they found 3s. 3d. in cash, and a silver watch on her I person; and that, on the following day, a man came and told him he had lost his watch. Mr. S. shewed him the one they had found on her, and he said it was his; Hid when he was told where it was found, he said he recollected giving it to her to get agtassinit. P.C. George Davis proved the drunkenness, &c., and she was committed to fourteeo days' hard labour. A boy, eight years old, son of John Douran, was charged with having, along with eleven othe's, who were not present, robbed the garden of Waller Nicholas on Sunday week, and taken from there about 600 cucumbers, besides apples, &c. Nicholas esti- mated his loss at one pound a-week, but was not present to pro- secute. The boy was given up to his father, who promised to give hlln a good birching.

BAD VENTILATION or PLACES OP WORSHIP.—Churchet and chapels, though more lofty than schools, are usually less in area, in propottion to the numbers frequenting them; and, though in most cafes they are occupied for fewer hours in the week, they seldom piofit by much pains taken to change the air whilst they are unoccupied. Many illnesses and deaths," says a medical witness, "proceed fromfauttsofventitattonand warming—from the rush of cold air in one place on tho?e who sit near the doors and windows, and the want of fresh air in other places." And if such be the cese wilh the rongrpg,1^o, in a building oiten of the most costly character, wherein a trifling expense would perma- nently secure abundant ventilation, what must be the injury sns- tained by the preacher in the pulpit 1 Placed on a height at which his voice acts at a disadvantage, as if 00 purpose that he may breathe an atmosphere composed of the breath of all who sit beneath him on the floor, he has to exert his lungs to the ut- most pitch, while they have the worst of the air to work with. And the more promising hit talents, the more successful his ex. ertions in interesting and edtfymg a multitude of hearers, 80 much the sooner is he likely to be consigned to silence, coollump- tion. and the Krave.—The Unhealthy Condition of Dwellings, %c., by the Rector of Alderly.

LOVE AND FniENDSHir.—Love i. theshadow of the morning, which decreases as the day advances. Friendship is the shadow of the IteniDIl. which ttreDathent with the tetting sun of life.

Corn Trade. The weather ba9, since our last, been highly auspicious for bringing the grain crops to maturity in the backward districts, and for securing the corn where already ripe. Bright sunshine, with drying breezes, were precisely what was wanted after so great a quantity of rain and these have been experienced in all parts of the kingdom throughout the week should September prove equally favourable, the wheat harvest would terminate mnch more satisfactorily than appeared at onetime likely; still we much question whether any weather, howevei propitious, can now make good the ill effects of the wet, cold summer. The most prevalent complaint, and that from which the greatett de- ficiency in the produce is feared, has all along been the blanks caused in the ear by blight. The reporls of the mischief done thereby may have been exaggerated, but from their atmostunt. versal character, it can scarcely be supposed that the injury com- plained of was wholly without foundation indeed, from per- sonal observation, we are satisfied that, from the cold and wet during the time of blossoming, the ear set imperfectly. This defect it is plainly impossible to remedy and though we may hope that the quality will be far belter than it could have been if the rain had continued longer, we cannot, under all circum- stances, divest ourselves of the impression that the yield per acre will be found considerably short of an average. We sin- cerely trust we may be wrong in this conclusion, and shall be happy to hear from such of our agricultural friends as have put the matter to the test, by thrashing a portion of their crops, the opinions they entertain on the subject. Whilst the prospects in regard to the result of the wheat harvest have undergone so decided an improvement, the accounts of the injury sustained by the potato crop have greatly increased. It is now certain that in many of the southern and western counties the disease is extending, and should it unfortunately spread to the east and south, the consequences would be very serious. A material deficiency in the produce of potatoes must, sooner or later, have a decided influence on the consumption of bread-stuffs; and the undoubted fact of at least a partial failure in this ioot, in conjunction with the reasonable supposition that the yield of wheat will also be short, is stiong ground tor con- cluding that the value of the latter will rule higher from this time till the harvest of 1846, than it has done the past twelve months. For the piesent, however, the trade in wheat has, as might have been expected, been influenced by the change from remarkably wet and ungenial weather to that of a completely opposite character. At most of the leading provincial markets held sioce our last, business has been extremely dull, Ind Ihe downward movement in prices has continued. The reports from Liverpool, of Tues- day, were Ililltolerably firm, but later in the week sellers found it absolutely necessary to give way ere any progress could be made in sales, and the few parcels which changed hands there on Friday were parted with at prices quite 3d. per 701ba. below those of the previous market day. The accounts from the principal towns in Yorkshire also ad- vise usofftitting prices. At Hull, on Tuesday, the quantity of "heat brought forward by the farmers (though much less than the week belote) proved more than sufficient to satisfy tbede- mand, and a decline of h. per qr. was very geuerally submitted to. At Leeds, on the same day, a similar reduction took place, and the millers were by no means anxious buyers at the abate- ment. Fiom Wakefield the reports are of a similar character, the only difference being that the fall was greater at the latter than at either of the former places. In the western and north-western parts of the kingdom wheat has fallen Is. to 25. per qr. within the week. and at that declioe business was exceedingly dull at Biistol, Birmingham, and other markets in that neighbourhood. From most of the shipping ports on the east coast the ar- counts are comparatively firm, the very material falling off which has lately taken place in Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, and Norfolk, in the deliveries from the growers, having prevented the discouraging advices from Mark Lane, and other large con- suming maikets, having so gieat an effect as they might other. wise have produced. We have lately said very little respecting the probable yield and quality of spring-sown coin and pulse, but as the period for harvesting these crops has now arrived, we deem it right to lay before our readers such information as we have from time to time been able to collect. Barley is generally described as extremely luxuriant, so much so that its weight has caused it to be much more extensively lodged than either wheat or oats. From this circumstance it may be concluded that a large proportion of the crop must have suffered in point of quality; but the quantity will, we think, be above an average. Oats are also, with very few exceptions, favourably spoken of, not only in respect to yield, but likewise al to quality. The reports relative to beans and peas vary materially in different localities, but on the whole we are inclined to think that little reason exists to apprehend a de- ficiency of either of these articles. By our advices from Scotland we learn that, though the rain had ceased there, the weather had not been nearly so auspicious as that lately experienced here. The cutting of oats and barley ( had, it seem", been pretty generally commenced m the south ) but even in the most forward districts wheat harvest will scarcely be be°un till about the middle of September. Letters fiom Ldin- burgh", on Wednesday, describe the trade in wheat as firm the dull account* from hence had, however, checked the upward movement, and prices were not then higher than on that day week. At Glasgow the value of the article appears to have re- mained stationary since the 20th instant; but the demand seems to have somewhat slackened. From Ireland we continue to receive satisfactory accounts of weather and the crops. In the southern parts of the island a good deal of corn has already been carried, and farmers, we are told, express themselves satisfied with the result. The fine weather and flat reports from this side of the channel, combined, had caused prices of wheat as well as those of oats to give way, moie or less, at several of the principal markets, but not sufficiently to leave a margin for profit on shipments to England. As compared with either of the three week* immediately pre- ceding, the arrivals of wheat coastwise into London show a ma- terial decrease, 8,556 quarters having been reported during the week ending this (Saturday) evening for the time of year, how. ever, and considering that nearly the whole has consisted of old, the supply is not short. In the quantity exhibited at Mark-lane, by land-carriage samples from the home counties, the fallirg off haa been greater than in the receipts coastwise. On Wednesday the Essex, Kent, and Suffolk stands were poorly supplied, and on Friday there were only a few runs fresh up from the first-named county. The millers have, throughout the week, conducted their operations with great caution. The little business done on Wed, nesday was at about previous prices, but on Friday there was more anxiety to sell, which gave purchasers a slight advantage. The transactions in free foreign wheat have been on so re- stricted a scale as to render it difficult to quote prices coirectly in the absence of extensive sales the value of the article may be considered as having remained nominally unaltered, but to have induced buyers to supply themselves freely it would have been necessary to have submitted to some abatement. Bonded parcels have also been neglected, though in many cases offered at terms which would not previously have been accepted. The weekly average appears now to have touched the highest point it is likely at present to attain, and unless circumstances should hereafter occur to give a fresh impetus to the trade, the duty cannot be ex- pected to fall below 16s. per qr. The demand for town.made flour has become exceedingly dull, and though the nominal top price still remains 53s. per sack, secondary sorts of London manufacture, as well as country marks, have been selling of late at relatively low terms. Barley, of home growth, has come to hand very sparingly, and the arrivals from abroad have also been moderate the expecta- tion of a good crop has, bowever, in a great measure counteracted the effects of the shortness of the supplies, all parties having acted on the reserve, being apparently determined to wait the result of the harvest before buying largely. Under these circum- stances the business done has been on a strictly retail scale, and factors have been unable to establish an advance on late rates. The inquiry for bonded barley for shipment to Holland has con- tinued, and propoitionably higher prices have been realised for the article under lock than free. Malt has met a moderate share of attention, and its previous value has been well maintained. The market has been scantily supplied with English and Scotch oats. nor have the arrivals from Ireland been by any means large; having, however, received 37,218 quaiters from abroad, there has been no scarcity of this grain. Superior qualities of English and Scotch have commanded high rates, and the best samples of Irish have sold at quite last Monday's quo- tations. The lower descriptions of the latter have been affected by Ihe abundance of foreign on the market, and have in partial instances been disposed of at slightly reduced terms. The bulk of the arrival from abroad is from Archangel the first receipts from thence sold at 22s. per quarter paid, subsequently the price fell to 219. 6J., and this week 21s., per qr. has become the cur- rent rate. Beans of home growth have moved off in retail quantities at quite Monday's currency. A mistake was made last week in the London average price of this article the return first published was 39s., but afterwards a corrected leturn was issued, by which it appeais that the real price was 42s. 5d. per qr. No new grey or maple peas have hitherto been brought to market; of white, some simples have been shown, for which 40s. perqr. have been paid.—Mark-lane Express.

USE OF ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS AND RAILWAYS AGAINST FRENCH INVASIONS. The electric telegraph, in a few years, will bring, as it were, the whole population under one roof, and into one room. The metropolis will instantaneously transmit and receive information from every important point in ihe isUnd. For every great need or emergency, the very farthest point will soon communicate its tidings or its wants, and will receive immediate reply, announcing the certain arrival of the assistance or commodity required in twenty-four houis. The island will thus become one nervous system, with a scarcely less quick and infallible action than the human frame. Our metropolis will be the sensorium of one acutely sensitive and intelligent fabric. The most northern or western part will communicate its sensations as immediately as the finger or the eye transmits its noiseless tidings to the brain. A pulsation, a glance, quick as lightning, quick as thought, passes from Caithuess to the Admiralty, and thence to Penzance. From Dover to Holyhead takes lesstirre than writing these two words. Termini a thousand miles apart, with a hundred interme- diate stations, may. if It be found necessary, receive, all in one moment of time, theoffictal announcement or ordets. The head will transmit its intentions to the remotest members as quickly as it receives its intelligence. The table or the walls of a parlour in Downiug street will be the retina of an empire. On a few dials wlllappear the continual reflex of a nation's history. But mark what follows-not what follows, but what occurs simultaneously in every port and city of this charmed isle. No sooner are fifty funnels seen in the offing, than every soldier and citizen in the kingdom is waked from his bed with the news and number of their destination. Before the first boat has touched the beach, if it does not already find the shore bristling with bayonets, one current of strong indignation has set into that devoted poiut from every quarter, north and south, east and west. By noon, whatever progress the landing or the march may then have made, every soldier whom it may be considered proper to spare from all England south of the Tient will be stationed be tween the enemy and the metropolis. The next suniise will, if it he thought fit, see the end of the campaign as far from the shore as fifty thousand men are likely to have proceeded. The whole steam fleet of the British empire will be present at their le-embaikalion. The vision is marvellous, but not irrational. We see no flaw in the calculation. Portsmouth or Falmouth can communicate with Manchester or Newcastle in ten seconds, and it will do so whenthepotesareupandthewtresbung. Manchester can send ten thousand men to the southern coast within twelve hours —at least it will be able when the rails are laid down. Woolwich can send thither within thatthne a thousand tons of material. Aa army can tiaverse the southern coast from Kent to Cornwall in one night. There is no impossibility or improbability, or consi- derable difficulty in the way. Whai becomes, then, of the me- naced invasion 1-Tiuul.

CORN EXCHANGE, MARK LAXE, MON, SEP. 1, 1841 The arrivals of wheat last week, and to this day's market, < liberal, and more than one half consists of new wheat, and I condition is better than the first supply. The weather has be very fine throughout last week,ami much corn has been harvesl which has its usual effect, and caused the trade to rule dull day. Old wheat is Is. per qr., and new, 2s. to 3s. per qr. lov, since this day week. Flour meets a dull sale, and ship flour is Is. per sack lower We have small arrivals of barley, beans, and peas, and tb articles are without change in value. condition is better than the first supply. The weather has be very fine throughout last week,ami much corn has been harvesl which has its usual effect, and caused the trade to rule dull day. Old wheat is Is. per qr., and new, 2s. to 3s. per qr. lov, since this day week. Flour meets a dull sale, and ship flour is Is. per sack lower We have small arrivals of barley, beans, and peas, and tb articles are without change in value. The arrivals of oats are large, the greater part from Archang English and Irish oats maintain last week's prices, and Aichan, oats are 6d. per qr. cheaper, and we have a good demand' day. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. I WHEAT,Essex & Kent, new red 56 58 White 62 Old, red 58 62 Ditto 62 RYE,old 32 INDIAN CORN 31 BARLEY,grinding,2527malting 30 32 Chevaiier.,33 ■; Irish 24 26 Bere .25 NIALT, Suffolk and Norfolk 58 63 Brown .56 Kingstone and Ware ..60 — Chevalier ..65 OATS,Yorksh & Lincolnsh,feed 23 24 Potato .24 YoughaH&Cork.biack. 21 — Cork.whHe.23 Dublin 21 22 Westport..22 J Waterford, white 21 22 Black .21 1 Newry 23 — Galway 20 21 Scotch, feed 24 26 Potato .25 Clonmel 22 23 Limerick 23 2 Londondeiry 22 23 Siigo. 23 S, BEANS.Tick,new. 38 40 Old, snvall.40 l PEAS, Grey 38 40 Maple .38 4 White. 38 40 Boilers .38 i SEED, Rape .271. 28/. Irish..221. 26L. per last. Linseed, Baltic38 44 Odessa;7 Mustard, white!2 15 brown 8 11 per bushel. FI.OUR, Town-made.42 Suffolk32 per sack of28011 Stockton & Norfolk 34 Irish ..34 36 j FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND, WHEAT, Dantzic 40 fine 48 50 I Hamburg .38 — 1 Rostock 42 44 BARLEY. J9 23 OATS, Brew 17 18 Feed.14 J1 BEANS. 28 29 PEAS 28 32 FLOUR, American,per barrel.. 19 — Baltic.18

OFFICIAL CORN AVERAGES AND DUTY, AUG. 2 Vv'ht. Barl. Oats. Rye. Beans Pea' Aggregate average s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d s. d. s.4 of 6 weeks 54 0 20 6 22 5 33 5 40 8 39 t qi- qr. qr. qr. qr. qrM Duty on For.Corn 18 0 90 60 96126 3 6j

SEED MARKET, MONDAY, SEP. 1. There was less doing in Canary seed than last week, and pre] vious prices were barely obtainable. Rapeseed was also easi<H to buy, and Carraway seed hung heavily on hand. MustaW seed was, on the other hand, in request, at high ter'ns. i 3. S. Si Linseed (English).. 52 to 58 Linseed cakes,1000.. 220 21^ Caraway 44 46 Hempseed, per qr 35 Coriander, per cwt.. 12 18 Rye Grass (English) — —* Mustard,brown,new 8 12 Tares, Winter,perqr 5 Trefoil (new) — — Tares,old — Rapeseed (English) 510 540 j Canary, fine, per qr.. 53

HOP INTELLIGENCE, BOROUGH, MONDAY, SEP. !• A moderate business is doing at about previous rates. duty is backed at £ 175,000. duty is backed at £ 175,000.

PROVISION MARKET, MONDAY, SEP. 1. 3 The arrivals last week, from Ireland, were 458 firkins buttef,t ] and 665 bales bacon and from foreign ports, 11,070 casks butter. ] The Irish butter market still rules dull, and the transactions; passing are few and of little moment; prices, however, remain! unaltered, holders not pressing sales, anticipating an improved demand before long. Foreign meets a steady sale--the best Dutch about 23. dearer. The demand for bacon continues good, with liltle variation in prices, except for fine middle-cured sizeable, which, being scarce, has brought an advance of 2s. per cwt. 1 Bladdered laid in demand, at Is. advance, and generally held for higher rates. < Hams meet a steady sale. Stocks and deliveries for week ending August 30. BUTTER. BACON. ] Stock. Delivery. Stock. Dfllivci'v 1843 34,290 6,370 12,080 2 590 1844 33,710 7,110 9^90 2^380 i 1845 29,840 4,730 12;530 3,420 j BUTTER, BACON, CHEESE, AND HAMS. IHISI; BUTTER (new)t s. CHEESE, per cwt. s. t. per cwt. — — Double Gloucester 62 68 Cdilow, new, on brd 86 — Single ditto 48 52 76 — Cheshire 56 76 CO,K. 1ST 78 — HAMS. ENULISH BUTIER. Irish 56 64 Dorset, per firkin 46 — Westmoreland 66 —- FOREIGN. York 66 70 Dorset, per firkin 46 — Westmoreland 66 — FOREIGN. York 66 70 Piim, Friesland, ot. 88 I BACON, new 46 54 Ditto, Kiel 86 Middle, — —

BRISTOL MARKET, SEPT. 3. i SUGAR.—A fair demand continues for B.P. sugar, from both] grocers and refiners. Spices are without alteration. LONDON, TUESDAY.—SUGAR.—The trade bought 750 hhds. and tierces, at lather lower rates, including a public sale of 100 hhds. Barbadoes, and 175 hhds. St. Lucia. The former sold at 49s. 6d. to 53s. for middling to good middling yellow. The lattei at 4Ss. to 52s. 6d.; for middling to good middling yellow, 45s. to 48s.; for low to middling grey, and middling to fine brown, 4-ls. to 46s. per cwt. COFFEE.—Theie were no public sales. Ceylon, good ordi- nary (native), are selling by private contract, at 47s. to 47s. 6d. j per cwt. j

TALLOW AND CANDLES. 1 s- d s. d. Yellow Russia 42 3 White — Town fallow 43 — Mottled 52 Townlaitow 43 — Mottled 52 — Ditto Soap 48 — Curd 60 — Melting Muff .»•• 30 — Graves 11 — Ditto Rough 19 — Good Dregs 6 —

SMITHFIELD MARKET-SEP. 1. The beef trade was in a very depressed state, at a decline in the currencies obtained last week of quite 2d. per 81b3., the highest figure for the best Scots not exceeding 4s. per Bibs. and a clearance was not effected. The numbers of sheep were somewhat on the increase, though by no means large for the season. Lambs were in fair average supply and sluggish inquiry, at a decline in the quotations of 2d. per Sibs. The veal trade was in a sluggish state, yet prices were mostly supported. The numbers of pigs-132 of which came from Iraland— were moderate. The pork trade ruled steady at full prices. Per Olbs., to sink the offa i. Coarse and Inferior'J d' Prime coarse wool-8' d' Beasts .2 6 2 10 led Sheep 4 4 4 6 it Second quality do.3 0 3 4 Prime South Downs il Prime large Oxen.3 o 6 8 ditto .4 8 5 0' Prime Scats, &c..3 10 4 2 Large coarse Cal*vVs3 6 4 2 [ Coarse and lnterior I Prime small ditto..4 448 Sbeep .3 2 3 6 Large Hogs .3 0 3 8 Second quality do.3 10 4 4 Neat small Porkers.3 10 4 4 Lambs, 4s. »d. to t>s. «d. Suckling Calves, 18s. to 30s.; and quarter-old Store Pigs, 16. to 20s. each. Beasts, 3,650; Sheep, 28,140; Calves, 211, Pigs, 319.

LATEST CURRENT PRICES OF METALS. LONDON, AUG. 29, 1845. £ a. d IRON—Bar a Wales. tori 800 Loudon 8 15 O Nail rods 9 10 0 Hoops (Staf.) 10 10 0 Sheet „ 1115 0 Bars 10 0 0 f Scotch pig b Clyde 3 15 0 RussiancCCND. 0 0 0 PSI 0 0 0 Gourieff 14 10 0 Sweedish d, for arriv 000 on the spot 11 10 0 Steel, fagt 16 15 0 kegs e 16 0 0 COPPER-Tiler. 87 10 0 Tough cake 88 10 0 Hestsetected. 9110 0 Ordinary sheets lb. 0 0 10 bottoms. 0 0 11 TIN—Com. blocks g cwt. 4 10 6 bars 4 11 6 Refined 4 15 0 Straits h 4 5 0 Banca. 4 8 0 TIS PLATES-Ch" IC. i .bo.r 1 13 0 IX 1 19 0 Coke, IC 1 6 0 IX 1 12 0 LEAD-Sheet h. 20 0 0 Pig, 21 0 0 common 18150 Spanish, in bd 0 0 0 SPELTER—(Cake)f 28 15 0 zl,c-(.slit:er) in exporte* 30 0 0 QUICKSILVER n ..lb. 046 KEFINED AITTAL ton 7 2 0 a Discount 21 per cent. b Net cash. c Discount 2J percent, d Ditto, e In kegs J and J-inch. f Discount 3 per cent. g Ditto 2 £ per cent, h Net cash, in bond, i Dis- count 3 per cent, k Ditto 2J per cent, I Net cash bond. m Discount J å per cent. n discount 1J per cent. For home use it is £32. per ton. REMARKS. InON. —Welsh more in demand, and price looking up. In Staffordshire, there is no alteration in the quotations of last Saturday. Scotch Pigs have been sold yesterday and to-day at 72s. 6d. and 75s.—according to terms of delivery; there are buyers at 72s. 6d., but no sellers under 75s. At the meeting of the iron masters, on the 27th inst., it was agreed.to continue their quotations at 65s., but they will not sell under 75s. 10 80t. There is a pal tial strike among the men, and others have given notice. In foreign, nothing fresh. Copr) R and TIN steady, at quotations. TIN PLATES, particularly coke, in good demand. LEAD not quite so firm, owing to the recent importations into London and Liverpool from Amenca. SPELTER dull; a sale is reported to-day at £23.55.

PRESENT PRICE OF TIN PLATES. NEWPORT. AUG. 30. X* S* f a d No. IC. per bo* J J' JJ Waters.0 2 0 „ No. IX. per box 1 l' 0 3 0 „ No.IXX. pei box 0 3 0 BRISTOL HAY MARKET, SIP. 2. Hay pei ton 2 10 0 to 4 15 0 StrdwperDoien 0 1 9to 0 111 Newport, Saturday, September 6, 1845. Printed and Published fcr the Proprietor, EDWARD DOWLING, of Sto* Hih, in the Parish of St. Woolos, in the MERLIN Gene:M Printing Office, situate in Curo-ølreet. in the Borough of Newport, by WILLIAM CHRISTOPHERS of No. lj Chat les-stieet, in the said Borough. London Agents:—Messrs. Newton and Co., Warwick-square, Mr. R. Barker, 33, Fleet-street; Mr. G- Reynell, 43. Chan- cery-lane, Mr. S. Deacon, Coffee-house, No. 3, Walbrook, near the Minsion House, where this paper is regularly fitecl.