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SONG.
SONG. THE RAILWAY HUSBAND. WELL, then-I won't put up with it it really is too bad A quiet chat with Harry now, is never to be had. I never can exchange a word from morn till eventide, His head runs quite on railways—and he thinks on nought beside. Each friend we have is leaving, for Baden or for Bonn, Venice, the Rhine, Zurich, or Spain, whilst I can but look on. I mildy hint I want a change—my husband but replies And so do I, the Birmingham and Oxford then might rise The Heaths are all at Ilampstead, and Walkers gone to Ryde, The Woolleys into Berlin, and the Stones to the sea side Those Browns have gone to Coventry, and all the Smiths, I knew, Having been often told, at last have gone to Jericho The Howards to the South of France, for three months have gone off, Because their eldest girl got up a little hacking cough— I tried to get one up as well, and spoke of Nantes and Tours, My husband said That line can be no business of yours." The Percys last upon the Pier at Dover have been seen, All cloaked and coated, just about to start by the On-dine, I ask and where shall we go ?" he replies, with absent air, The central Nova Scotia," a pretty safe affair." Oh! why—when Sir James Graham put the race course gam- bling down, Did he not also crush, as well, each railway scheme in town ? The cheating worse than any pea and thimble," I declare, You see the line, and then you don't—now here, and now its there And when my husband sleeps at night, strange dreams his slumbers vex— He starts up wildly in the bed, and raves about group X." His heart's bowed down with weight of care, which any one may see, His broker is his only friend—in fact, his share ami. I hint about the trossacks, and how I should like to go— An agitated whisper murmurs Orleans and Bordeaux." His heart's not in the highlands, chasing deer along the crags, But in that horrid Capet Court—*tis there he hunts his stags. Ere railways had been thought about, oh what a time of bliss Come broad wheeled waggon—slow post chaise—come anything but this, Yet atop—about our leaving town he says he wants to talk— A pleasant engineering tour from Linderton to York!" ALBERT SMITH. Music by Parry. i
EPISTLE TO MY SISTER.,-"
EPISTLE TO MY SISTER. How we miss thee, my sister our dwelling Seems almost deserted without thee With emotion my sad heart is swelling, And with many sad fears about thee. Oh, I thought when in silence we parted, That perclianee we should meet not for years, And I turned from the spot, broken hearted, To retrace my steps homeward in tears. Oh, my sister, and shall we meet ever ? Till we reach that Celestial shore, Where beloved ones are not doomed to sever, And where grief shall be known never more, Thou hast loved me sincerely—thou, only, As a mother, my failings would chide; And now, thou art gone, oh, I'm lonely, Even with thy dear girl at my side. How I wish that my home were but near me, Where I oft to thy succour could nee For thy sorrows but serve to endear thee More truly than ever to me. We could speak of the past, e'en though blighted, Of the hopes and the sorrows once ours; But our hearts seem more closely united, As the cloud of adversity low'rs. There the wreath of affection is 'twining, Though its beautiful buds drop away Yet memory each bud is enshrining, And their essence shall never decay. There are many sad records still lying In the depths of the heart's treasury— Like the odour of sweet flowers dying, They are breathing forth fragrance to me. Though each record much grief is revealing, Yet each page some new mercy pourtrays, And till Death seals my heart's fount of feeling, It shall breathe forth the incense of praise. When, with feelings of sadness, reflection Steals o'er me and leaves me in tears, Then the thought of thy heart's deep affection Like a atar, ever brightly appears. In the sunniest moments of gladness— If such moments should fall to my lot, Or in seasons of sorrow and sadness, That affection shall ne'er be forgot. I will pray for thy peace, gentle spirit, That as purified gold thou may'st shine— And thou from on high may'st inherit The bright impress of graces divine. Farewell my dear sister, I'm weary, And my heart for thy tender care yearns, As the pilgrim in deserts so dreary, To the haven of rest fondly turns. Bethany, Fov. 17, 1845. A. G. M.
ANTIQUARIAN RESEARCHES.
ANTIQUARIAN RESEARCHES. No. 5. The borough of Newport was originally incorporated by charters of Henry Duke of Buckingham, subsequently, I belie.e, loat but by writ of privy seal, bearing date at Westminster, 20th September, in the twenty-first year of that maudlin peda. gogue and monarch, prerogative stickler, Jamea the first, who, for some weighty reason, no doubt, granted a confirmation of their privileges of which we will proceed to give a few extracts. After the usual preamble his Majesty ordained, constituted, and appointed the borough to be ever hereafter a free borough of itlelf." by the style of mayor, aldermen, and buigesses, of the borough of Newport, in the county of Monmouth." i. per. petuat succession, &e., &c. It empowers them to use a cotnnoo or corporate seal, and afterwaids appointed "our beloved John Pridy to be our first and present mayor of the borough aforesaid," and then proceeds to appoint twelve of the persons !'lde!Te°\ ,.er P°we'9 S'*8" »hich are, however, modified by the Municipal Reform Act, and. therefore, it is un- necessary for us to detail them. But the following being rather an important one, if Mr. Editor will oblige us with space (and Wr*i • *f0W desire •<> afford every information for the benefit of lus Newport constituents) it will baas well to give it ver- batim. And we further will, and by these presents do for UI, our JV succeMors, grant unto the aforesaid mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the borough aforesaid, and their successors, that they and their successors may and shall have, for ever hereafter, in the aforesaid borough, an appioved and discreet man, learned 10 the laws of England, to be choien as below, in these presents mentioned, who shall and may be called recorder of the aforesaid borough and that the recorder of the aforesaid borough so as aforesaid to be nominated and chosen, before he be admitted to the execution of that office, shall take a corporal oath before the said mayor of the aforesaid borough, for the time being, opon the Holy Kvangelists of God, to execute the office of recorder, in and by all things touching or concerning that office, rightly, well, and truly, according to the best of his knowledge; and that after such oath so taken, he may exercise and use the office of recorder of the borough aforesaid, within the borough aforesaid and for the better execution of ear will in that behalf, we have assigned, nominated, constituted, and made our beloved Edward Morgan, koight, to be our first and present lecorder, of the borough of Newport aforesaid, and to continue in that office during his na- turat tife. And we will that the recorder of the aforesaid borough, for the time being, or his sufficient deputy, shall, from time to time, assist the mayor and aldermen of the aforesaid borough, and shall then do and execute all things, which to the office of recor- der, within the aforesaid borough, shall pertaio or belong, in as ample a manner, and form as any other recorders, in any other borough or lowo incorporate, within this Kingdom of England, by virtue of his office of recorder aforesaid can or may do." Nest follow powers of election of recorder, after the death of Sir Edward Morgan (the first recorder,) and other matters uo. important, and we come to the following:— And that the mayor, two senior aldermen, and steward of OUt Lord the King of the borough aforesaid, for the time being, or any two or more of them, (of whom we will the mayor and steward to be two), may be our justices, and the justices of our heiis and successors, to enquire, by the oath of good and lawful men of the said boiough, by whom the truth of the subject may be belter known, of all felonies and other misdeeds, transgressions and offences, of which the justices of our peace, and of our beirs and successors, can or ought to enquiie by whomsoever and whatsover, within the borough aforesaid, aud the liberties or pre. ciafcts of the same, hereafter to be done or committed. Yet so that they by no means proceed to the determination of any trea. son, murder, or felony, or any other offence or matter whasoever, touching the loss of life or member, without special license from UI. our beirs, or successors and that it shall and may be lawful lor the aforesaid mayor, steward, and two senior aldermen, of the aforessid borough, for the time being, or two or more of them, Cof whom we will the mayor and steward to be tw»), from time to time, within the borough aforesaid, and to have and hold a general session of the peace, of and for the things, causes, and matteis happening, or arising from time to time, within the said borough, and the liberties thereof, and in the same to enquire, hear, and determine all such causes, matteis, and things whatso- ever, as by the jmtices of our peace in sessions, or the justices 01 the peace in any couaty, or in any borough, or town incorporate, within the kingdom of England, by the laws and ststutes of this kingdom, or by our commission to them or any of them granted, can or may be enquired, heaid, or determined. Yet so they by no means proceed to the determination of any treasoo, murder, &c." Hence it is quite clear that tnatt for minor ofreneel. of sllsoiti, including misdemeanors, such atobtaining money or goods under false pretences, could have been held in Newport. A grant neit follows of two fairs annually. The first to begio ou Ascension Day (Holy Thursday) "to last and contioue all that day, and the moirow of the same day, and the other of the same feast or fair days, to begin on the day of the Feast of Saint Leonard, and to last and continue all that day, and the moriow of the same day, annually and to hold the same, in such conve- nient places, within the said borough, the liberties or precincts of the same, as to the mayor and aldermen of the aforesaid borough, for the time being, and the major part of them, shall seem most expedient; together with a court of Pit Poudte, to be held there duiing the said time of the feais and fairs." Before we procsed to offer any comment upon the preceding facts, let us now direct our attention to the 5th and 6th, William the IV., commonly called the Reform Act, and the 103rd section ia as follows:— If And be it enacted, that the council of every borough, which .h<111 be desirous, that a separate court of quarter sessions of the peace shall be, oi contioue to be, holden in and for such borough, shall sigoify the same by petition to his Msjesty, in council, set- ting forth the grounds of such application, the state of the gaol, and the salary which they are willing to pay to the recorder in Ibal behall. It shall be lawful for his Msjesty, if he shall be pleased, thereupon to grant that a separate court of quarter ses- sions of the peace shall be thenceforward holden, in and for such borough, to appoiut for such borough, (or for any two or ",ore such boroughs conjointly), a fit person, being a barrister at taw, of not less than five years standing, who shall be, and be called the recorder of such borough or boroughs, and shall hold such otnca during hi* good behaviour." Power it then given to luppl, vacancy by death or removal. And the council of every such borough shall appoint a fit person to be clerk of the peace, during his good behaviour; and the recorder for the time being, of any borough, shall be a justice of the peace of and for such borough, although he may not have such qualification by estate, as is re- quired by law, in the case of any other person, being a justice of the peace for a county." Here, then, it is quite palpable that in case of petition to her Majesty's Privy Council, selling forth that our borough popula- tion exceeds the minimum of 15.000 inhabitants requisite to ground such application, and setting forth the partly-quoted and partly-obsolete chatter above mentioned, and the prayer of such petition be granted, a twofold benefit would result to the town, viz In the first place, the infinite number of cases of a most trivial nature sent for trial at LJsk and Monmouth, incurring not only a vast expense to the county, but great injury to the prose- cutor and witnesses, from absence; and nmniftsl hindrance to poor criminals who may not have the pecuniary resources in their power, whereby to produce evidence of a mitigatory or excul- patory nature, would be obviated. And, secondly, we should have a resident-justice of the peace-iu fact, a stipendiary magis. trate-As barrister, to piesiile on our local bench, and assist, by his foieniic experience, the magistrates of our borough, who may not have engaged in legal pursuits. The 105th section appoints the recorder to sit as sole judge, and to hold sessions once in each quarter of the year. As there wou!d be no Act of Parliament requisite to effect these objects, it would seem that the only obstacle is the expense of erecting a borough prison, in reply to which it may be re- marked that a building, no larger than Cardiff town prison (in St.Mary-street) would amply suffice. And here it would be of the twofold advantage, in appropriating one wing for the confinement of criminals committed for trial, or suffering their period of con. viction and the other wing for reception of debtors, who (under the new act for recovery 01 small debts, incident to the establish- ment of the new court in this borough) may disobey orders for payment to be from time to time made upon them. At all events, it appears that the new act cannot be applied to Newport, unless a debtors' prison be erected within the borough, or within the limits of the Newport borough court's extended operation and, with all due deference to those of superior legal education, 1 contend that although the presiding judge may commit a defaulter to our Monmouib county gaol, it is not at all compul. sory on the governor at Monmouth to receive the debtor, inas- much as the jurisdiction of local courts cannot be travelled out of, without an express statutory enactment. In fact, if the bailiff and his prologê once exceeded the limited circle, the debtor would be at full liberty to avail himself of self-liberation, as being without the jurisdiction of the court." And if a prison be erected for one puipose, why not let it cut both ways. Thus both commercial law and civil jurisprudence (under £'20. debts) would be available to all the inhabitants, at a prodigious saving ultimately to all parties. Having been led into this digression by a train of thoughts rather foreign to antiquarian matters, ere I resume those subjects. I will finish this article by earnest assurance that the above ob- servations, hastily thrown together, are not made from any invidious motives, but purely from an aident desire to benefit my fellow-townsmen, feeling a lively interest in the welfare of all concerned and as the ennui of an idle hour is better dispelled, as well as repaid, by the pleasure of doing good, 1 will now conclude by assuring such hang-dog cavilleis as Number Wrong, that I shall still continue the onward tenor of my way," amply satisfied with that conscientious rectitude which causeth my inward spllll to cut cajeis of infinite delight. Laus D Cardiff-road, Dec. 2. 1845. W. M. TOWNSF.NI).
Punch in the Provinces.
Punch in the Provinces. Mi. Punch presents his forty hone power of compliments to the MERLIN, and begs to stale that he has discovered a curiosity in the borough of Newport, oiginallv intended as A FIRE ENGINE, but which, from organic derangement,and its broken-winded hoie has long beeo incapable of thtowing cold water upon any thiag Punch suggaats that it be disposed of by way of lottery, in 500 shares at a penny each, as it is admirably adapted for the follow. ing uses—viz., a travelling cart, for sale of mops and brushes for a pickling tub a bathing machine a dog kennel; a slow locomotive for the heavy luggage brigade stuck on end it would make a good sentry box or a penny peep show or, finally, should the fortunate winner be an ardent admirer of Dan O'Connell, let him stick it up with its appendage in Phoenix Park, Dublin, as lyphical of the great agitator and his tail, in like manner as the • egent's is stuck up in St. James's Park, as a memento to the first cavalry ossifer in England. Punch begs the MEHLIN to impress these hints on the watch committee. Verily," in the multitude of the council there is wisdom." Judy, woman like. must put in a word—she suggests it might be converted into a mangle.
VESSELS IN NEWPORT DOCK, NOVSMBEB…
VESSELS IN NEWPORT DOCK, NOVSMBEB 30. TON. Brig Hannah Isabella 171 Coal to Messina. Brig Apollo 270- „ Mediterranean. Brig Sandwich 194, Malaga Ship Freden 312. Constantinople. Brig John and Margaret .193. n Barbary. „ James Gibson .'221 Cadiz. Barque Countess Stubenberg.300 Trieste. Schooner II ale von.153.Iron to Brazil. Barque Lord Sandon.407.Coat to Bermuda Schooner Otto Ferdinand. 158. Iron to Stettin. Schooner Oregon .177. „ Naples. Barque Lady Perie .386.Coat to Jamaica. Schooner 5th April 80. Barcelona. Barque William firomhaiu ..492.with Timber. „ Calcutta 389. ditto Brig Earnest .222.Coat to Marsella Barque N urna 323 Sierra Leone „ Diamond .320.Timber Inconstant 578 .Coal to West Indies Brig Konigen 245. „ Barcelona Barque Grenville 356.Timber Ship Catherine 932. Coat to Payta Brig Anna .182.Coat to Black Sea Barque Tom Moore 273. Coal to Jamaica Hercules 400.Coal to St.Thomas's „ Eliza G ..331.Coal to Jamaica Brig Mayllower.279. Coal to Callao Barque Otto .< 392. Not chartered Defiance .400. Liverpool Two Sisters 493. Coal to Bermudas Brig Monmouth .210.Coat to West indies Barque Tweed .346.Timber Industry 252. Coat to Barcelona „ Mary Jane 458.► ditto
AMERICA.
AMERICA. By the British and North American royal mail steam-ship, the Caledonia, which atrived at Liverpool on Friday night, we have received New York letters and papers to the 15th, Boston to the 16th, and Halifax dales to the 18th oil. From these we learn that brother Jonathan has somewhat cooled down upon the Oiegon question. The Washington Union," appears to have received thint from the Executive, and in its publication of Nov. 6, takes some pains to explain-albeit in rather a round- about woy-that in insisting upon The whole of Oregon or none, the writer merely meant to refer to the righteousness of the claim of the United Stairs to the territory in question, with- out, however, expressing any determination to do battle there- upon. President Polk wants at once to astonish and gratify his con- stituents, the sovereign people, by a master-stioke of policy in one word he wants California; and if our government will agree to that fair territory being incorporated—" by hook or by crook"- with the Stales" we should not be at all surprised to find the gentleman in possession of the While House," dis- posed to yield us up the Oregon territory in toto. We strongly adheie to this faith, but should we be mistaken we say. let as take Yankee at his word The whole of Oregon or none and non-politicians as we aie, our confidence is firm that, to the satisfaction of any honest jury, composed of ■he world's citizens, we can prove that he has no tille whatever, direct or.indirect-recogni,ed or in)plied-by existing treaty or natuial fight-to the dominion in dispute. The Paris Journals announce the arrival in France of an Envoy of the Emperor of Morrocco, and draw from thence in- ferences favourable to peace between the two countiies, and fatal lo the objects of Abd-EI- Kader. The Madrid opposition journals arefutioufat the elevation of General Narvacz to the rank of Grandee of Spain, and at the extiavagant expenditure on the occasion of the Queen's birthday.
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ADVANCE IN WARES IN 1H< IRON DhTIIICTS.- We are glad to find, through correspondence we have received from the iron distiicls in South Wales, that an advance has been made by the masteis, with the prospect of a further iuciease, should the price of iron be maintained or advanced, its is a very general opinion, at an early day. At Penydarran Woikj, a general advance of five per cent. has taken place. The rise will doubtless be gene- ral, and which present prices, and the appearance of the markets, fully justify, Rnd thus affording some slight evidence of the va- lue to be attached to railway projects, in giving inciea^ed em- ployment with additional wages.—An advance of 6J. per day, we have just heaid, has bten given to the thick roa) colliers at Dudley, making their wages now Si. per day.—Mining Joit)-ital. The Town Council of Bristol have piesented Mr. Fripp with so address, eipressive of their regret at his retirement from their body. VALUABLE DISCOVER V.—A French mechanic formed the idea that by subjecting iron-dross to the slow cooling process which is known ts produce a total change in the nature of glass, a new and useful species of litone roighi be obtained; and as iron-dross, such as the large furnaces yield, is a whully useless substance, the announced successful result of his persevering attempts can- not but be matter of great interest, more especially at the present time, when the smelting furnaces of England are in a hitherto unknown slate of activity. The object which the Fienehman sought to accomplish WHS, to imnart to iron-dross the compact- ness aud hardness of granite, anu at the same time to save the cost and labour which the hewing of the real stone requires. To this end he contrived to let the iron-refuse, while in a fluid state, run into iron forms, which were previously brought to a red heat by being placed so as to receive the superfluous flame which issues from the mouth of the furnace and, in order to ensure the slow cooling, these foimsare provided with double sides, between which sand is introduced, which is well known to be a bad con. ductor 01 heal; the whole is then brought again to a glow heat, and in like manner again cooled off. By this procedure it is asserted, the ingenious discoverer had succeeded iff forming paving-stones, flags, large building-blocks, and even pifici, of any given foim, of a degree of hardness and polish, equal, if not supeiior, to the best hewn natural granite, and at the most trifling conceivable cost. Marketable value what has the price of shares to do with the merits of the line 1 This is a fatal error to fall into, to look to the maiket instead of the merits, and so be led away by every temporary fluctuation in prices. This is the language of reckless speculators—not of sober investers. -1 GLAMORGAN CENTRAL MINERAL RAILWAY. A dividend of 4 J per cent., for the half year ending October 31st, has just been declared, and paid by the Duffryn Llynvi and Porthcawl Rail- j way Company. This railway is about to change its name into The Glamorgan Central Mineral Railway," and to extend its line by the addition of twenty miles of new railway. A NOBLE FEMALE MINER.—The example set by Sir Robert Peel, of raising the first sod on the Trent Valley Railway, appears likely to have imitators even among the fair sex. The first blasting of the rock for the tunnel on the line of the Derry and Coletaine Railway was lately peifoimed by Lady Bruce, We are told, is an Irish paper, that her ladyship applied the match in a "scientific and worfcmau.like manner," and that the explosion which followed was hailed with loud bursts of enthuMMhc applaute, truly, the Irish are 80 enthusiastic Jli. tiOD I
-----i THE POTATOE MURRAIN.
THE POTATOE MURRAIN. Numerous gentlemen have devoted much care and attention to the examination of the murrain which has affected the potato ClOpS; and among others, Mr. Prideaux, an intelligent scientific gentleman, has delivered a lecture thereon, which concludes with the following observations Assuming that the plant is not actually wearing out with noR j hut suffering under a progressive tendency to putrefaction, and consequent susceptibility to disease let us bring together the I most successful remedies tried, examine the beneficial action of each, and deduce a method of restoring and retaining its health and vigour. 10 cultivating for the market, our objects must continue to be quantity, mealiness, and pleasant flavour. But great produce is promoted by freth dung in the drills; and it is no more than may be expected that the absorption of the dung juices, crop after crop, should gradually produce the tendency to putrefaction. And in Belgium, where they dung very heavily, up to 60, tons per acre, and liquid manure at earthing up, the varieties of potatoe wear out quickly, and they have been the greatest sufferers in the present blight. Moreover, the most mealy potatoes are the worst for seed and excessive growth seems to weaken the vegetative power. Hence, whilst we still forgoe quantity 11011 quality for the increasing population, our seed potatoes require a different system of cultivation. It appears that the best seed is grown upon peaty highlands, with little or no dung, and not earthed up that the most sue- cessful seed manures have been soot, and top dress of nitr. soda and sulph. magnesia that they are best dug before ripe dried and stored dry cut befoie the eye begins 10 sprout not heaped together till healed j and that the ciowp end grows better than the siem end. In what way do these different proceedings benefit the seed potatoes ? On high lands the climate is cool, and they do not overiipen They alio get hardy, for curl is not known in Scotland, more than 400 feet above the sea level; equal to GOO or 700 in our climate. Peaty soil gives them abundance of vegetable mould, of which they are known to be fond fresh broken pasture having been long esteemed for this root. The less dung, the less putrescent matter to absorb and the less danger of overgiowth, to weaken the vegetative power. Soot has no putrescent quality, but rather the contrary, and can supply the nitrogen and sulphur required in the vital sap. By not earthing up, the weak second shoots are avoided and the fint foimed tubers left nearer to the air and light; which particularly strengthen them foi seed. The top dressing of nitrate of soda and sulphate magnesia, supply the vital sap with nitrogen and sulphur, both of which are contained in the albumen, the active principle of the sap. Magnesia is also useful to the potatoe, though we do not certainly know how. And it is not unlikely the fertilizing effects of soot and these salts may be promoted by other meaus not yet explained. By digging lliem under ripe, the propouion of vital' sap to the starch is larger, and the seed morf active. And the same is the distinction between the stem and crown end; the latter being the most juicy. But, as the juice is most active in growth so it is in in fermentation and it is the more needfu) to be stored dry to avoid all necessary icducement to heating or putrefaction. By cutting either in the autumn, o. some weeks before sOlliog, snd before the eyw begin to sprout, we save the loss of vital sap, by bleeding; the absorption of any noxious mailers f,olll the soil and the chance of the sap fermenting the surface, and infecting the set. Many fanieis will recollect patches of potatoes set in the morning having thriven well whilst the sets left out, or in bags during the heat of the day, and set in thd eveniog, have curled or grown poor and puny. Theie is also another means of strengthening the productive power. The potatoe lIeldom ripens its apples on high grouuda, but still makes the efforts to do so, throwing out its blossoms, aod forming tbe blouom seed, which takes up much of its vege- tative forces. In growing for seed, then, the blossoms should not be allowed to bo set, but cut away as fast as they appear, that the whole vegetative force may concentrate in the tubers. Now there appears nothing in any of these likely to interfere with each other, and therefore nothing to prevent our taking ad- vantage of thera all in cultivating potatoes for seed, as follows 1. To grow them on hi^h ground and peaty soil where con- venient, or else with plenty of vegetable compost. To use little or no dung, where soot can be had, of which about 20 bushels per acra may be spread out ia the drills. Where soot cannot be obtained, a half-dressing of dung may be ploughed under in February and well mixed in before setting ihe potatoe. 2. To cut the seed from sound, well chosen, middle sized po. tatoes, either in autumn, or in Febiuury, befoie they begin to sprout; and keep them spread out, as thin as possible, till they are dried and healed over; which may be helped by dusting with fresh slacked lime, or with gypsum and clay and throw back one-third of the stem end for consumption. 3. Set them in April, or beginning of May, and keep them clean, but not earth them up. At mual eai thing time, top dress them with I cwt. nitrate of soda, and J cwt. each sulphates of soda and magnesia per acre. Where so. t is plenty, half the top dressing may sumce but where no soot, the top dress is the thing to depend upon. 4. If they blossom, cut off the flowers as as they appear; and dig the potatoes before they are ripe; as soon as they will beai the usual handling, without crushing the peel. Let them dry well on the ground, and store them dry; with air enough to prevent the least heating but well protected from frost. Of course, this union of different means must be proved by experiment,[notwithstanding their well attested success separately. It will probably be improvable in different ways for different soils and circumstances.
ENORMOUS EXAGGERATIONS OF…
ENORMOUS EXAGGERATIONS OF THE ALARMISTS. The If lists are closed "—Ihe schemes for the session ate al] entered." And what is the result 1 What a contrast to that monstrous exhibition of absurdity and mendacity, the Times' table," with its twelve hundred lines, and five hundred millions of capital Pooh! Three-fourths were pure fabrications. Letthefotiow. ing little specimen suffice, with this accompanying observation that all amalgamated lines were represented as divided into so many separate schemes, with separate capitals! A correspondent in a contemporary writfS-Seveml instance of gross mis-statement have caught my eye in glancing over the list Mr. Spackman has palmed on the Times. Thus, Rastrick's Manchester line is given with a capiiaf of £ 5,000,000(1), Rem- ington's, ditto (!) Mr. S. should know (if he do no. he is quite incompetent to compile the table) that the two companies are amalgamated, and that one eapitul only is to be called. Again, the South Midland has been registered some six tirres (!)"v%ith a capital varying each time, the last registration with a capital 01 £ 2,000,000., superseding all the others yet this company does duty with the veracious Times for an aggregate capital of £5.700,000. (!!). There are scores of similar cases in the lisr. Yourp, City, Nov. 19. ANTI-MENDAX. But what, we repeat, is the result Why not five hundred schemes have secured even their eligibility for parliamentary in. vestigalion by the requisite notices. Of these five hundred, three hundred (at feast), must be deducted for projects more or less competing, &c. Of the remaining two hundred, mote than one half are to be considered as ontytmxt) "extensiuns," or short branches of existing lines. So that about a hundred really new, and originn) tinea are all that are proposed to pailiament for approval. Five hundred surely afford not too amply a field for selection, when the immense importance of securing the best lines is considered. This is the rough result. The estimate is rather loose no doubt; but we are persuaded that it is not very far from the truth. It has been too much lost sight of, that there is an absolute advantage in having some room for selection. And if we allow for every new line presented for parliamentary sanction, two or three competing projects, and a little class of branches and "ex- tensions," (all of which can of course await the completion 01 their respective trunks, and hsve only been proposed in order to secure them,) we ahallat once see the absurdity of the ideas that have been promulgated as to the excessive disproportion between the wants of the public and the projects announced or between the projects and the capacity of the public for their completion. To complete the bulk of all the lines proposed to be passed a capital nearei fifty millions than five hundred is necessary,
ADVICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
ADVICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. In the present aspect of affaiis we earnestly advise all hol.leis of allotments or scrip to be firm, and to attend to the dictates of common sense, rather than the sinister suggestions of papers in the inteiest of capitalists who wish to purchase largely at low rates. Let no one be induced by the depression of the ma.ket to abandon anything at present, even if its intrinsic value be doubt- ful« hold, hold, — hold. That depression has been produced for a purpose it has been bought and paid for. The session will dissipate it. The rumours about the corn law difficulties have been founded on exaggeration and falsehood. The potatoe pan4.,e was the result ol great misrepresentation it appears that it is one-fourth rather than threo-foutthsof the crop which is likely 10 be lost. And the railways sanctioned tttst session, con- stantly coming into oper ition, are lapidly raising the condition of the labouring population in England and Ireland also, stimulnl ing trade, and increasing the consumption of all commodities, and consequently encouraging commerce. The Piemier is de- cidedly favourable to railways, and the Ministery and the Legis- lature will, it may be depended on, cordially appiove of all buna tide projects, of which there are a great proportion among those likely to be laid before parliament. Those who hold in piojects which it appears proper for the pies nt oahaodon, should gt t up meetings of II e subscribers to piomo e that course as soon all possible. But let DIne be hasty in such a course. This will but aggiavate, or rather induce, t) e evil appraheoded. Let the merits of a plan be steadily looked into. If it be ready for parliament, aud he fair and feasible, lei the shareholders-fear not. From fve to six shiliiugs a share is the utmost probable losi of defeat, and if the line pass, its valUt will be propcrlionably enhanced--will b £ immensely inorea-ed by the depression aow existing, and from which there will be a great reaction. In all projects too late for the present session, the best course for all parties is to have the deposits forthwith re- turned, aud with this view let memorials and meetings be got up, on the principle that union is strength. We counsel none, how- ever, to be precipitate in pressing for theabandonmeni of projects fair and feasible in character. The return ofdepotits, (less ex- penses already iucuried) does not at all involve this and those who should rashly enfoice such abandonment would look foolish, when, in the session after the ensuiog, similar schemes were prosperously and profitably carried out. We need scarcely say, none but those who are dirty and dishonourable would wi*h for the relinquishment of a project in order to leave provisional com- mitlees (who have acted honestly) in the lurch—though such a course would be fair enough towards such schemers as have acted dishonestly. Let all who have sold scrip recollect (as we have elsewhere afTuded lo) the responsibility they mny be under to those who have purchased from thelP, and who may have a right ( if the lines are relinquished) to be refunded the price of the •aid scrip.
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A company has been formed for the construction of a railway from Liverpool to Manchester, for the transit of laden ships from thefotmortothe latter town, anid to construct docks in Man- chaster at the railway teiminus. THE RAILWAY CHESTERFIELD.—Hsrapath is rapidly becom- ing a courtier. In his last number he gives his notions of eti- quette and politeness. Mr. Hudson is reported to have at. tacked, as improper, and before all the guests at the table of Sir Robert Peel, the premier's opinion on the tiue piinciple of rail- ways—a proceeding unusual and contrary to all good custom in society, and out of etiquette at the table of the prime minister. We can hardly credit," continues Heiapaili, that such a col- lision has happened. Mr. Hudson is a shrewd man, and has mixed too much ingood society, in our opinion, so to commit him- self as to commence an attack on the opinions and judgmeut ot a man at whose table he was Herapath himself, on his own showing, ia a different man when dipping into hit fn^nd'a wine, than when dipping into his own iok bottle,
DOMESTIC NEWS.
DOMESTIC NEWS. The election for the county Antrim was fixed to take place last Thursday, December 4. A Court-Martial was held at Chatham, on Friday week, for the trial of John i* razer, for various acts of iusubordiuation and among the charges against him was one for having made use of dlsglacefullangulIge towards her most gracious Majesty the Queen." Witnesses were examined to substantiate the charges, but the decision of the court wili not bo promulgated till con- firmed by the Horse Guards. The Queen has been on a visit to the Isle of Wight. ADVERTISING MONEY Br>nROWERS.— An elderly man, named Redwood, was charged at tha Thames Oltice, on Monday week, with having obtained a loan of of .£10 from Mr. Fowler of Step- ney, who had answered an advertisement insetted in a morning paper by the defendant, requesting a loan. The prisoner ùe. posited a roll of cloth as security, which he represented to be worth £12; he also left with Mr. Fowler two pawnbrokers' duplicates, and accepted II bill for £12, the additional £2 being the bonus for the loan of one month. At the expiration of that time, the bill was llishonullltd, no person of the defendant s name being found at the address given the duplicates were of no value, and the cloth xvorth only £ 3. Mr. Fowler, seeing other advertisements of the same kind in the papeis, got a friend to auswer one, when Redwood appeared with another roll of cloth, and whilst negoeiating for the loan, [\1r. Fowler entered and gave him into custody. J. L. Puxley, Esq., has opened a beautiful vein of pure black marble on the lime woiks near Llanddarog. The daughter of a respectable farmer, of Hinton, near Devizes, named Milsom, has eloped with a labourer, to whom she was married at Balh. ACCIDENTS.—On Thursday week, while the woikmen were employed in excavating for the Branch liauk of Engtand, which is about to be erected in Broad sheet, a large mound of earth suddenly fell in, completely burying a man named Crawley, who was at work in a cutting, twenty feet deep. On being extricated and conveyed to the Infirmary, it was found that one of his legs was fractured, and that he had leceived severe contusions on various parts of his body. On Monday evening last, as a I waggoner, named Thomas Long, in the employ of Messrs. Per- rin, of Temple Cloud, was returning from Bristol, in descending ihe hill near Chelwood turnpike gate, the horses became linmu- nageable, and, in endeavouring to check them, he was thrown down, and the wheels passing over his head, he was killed on the spot.—OL Sunday evening, a man, named Clark, when near Ihe bridge 00 Lawrence-hill, was koocked down by a car, and had his leg fractured.— On Monday, a woman, named Hoole, neally severity years lif age, sustained a similar injury by falling off the pavement in Newfoundtand stfeet. On Tuesday, James Hansford, a boy employed on the Coalpit Htath Railway, at St. Phillip's, had one of his legs and thigh much injured by a train passing over him.—On Thursday, Joseph Staples, a man in the employ of Mr. Cioou), at the Uristol Iron Works, had his leg severely fractured by being thrown off a harie he was riding.— The same day, a woman, flalllcd Camp, living in Temple-street, (ell dovvn a fLghl of st.iirs, and sustained severe, injuries.—Tf.os. Rees, a man employed at a stone quarry at Crew's Hole, sus- tained concussion of the brain, thiough a crane for loading the waggons breaking —Bristol Mercury. The annual ploughing match of "The Blackwell, NalUea, Wraxail, Long Ashton, Bariow, iSourton, and Chelvey Agri- cultural Association," took place ou Wednesday week, on a four- year-old ley, in the occupation of Mr. James Wiustone, Free- man's farm, Bariow, wheu the premiums of the society were we!! competed for, as many as 23 ploughs starting. The ploughing was considered by good judges to be admirable, IInd the im- piovement 011 the manner in which the operation was performed a few years since, was said to be veiy defidtd.. The Bridgwater Branch Railway is rapidly progressing. The Briilal Mefcury says The Dock Company is our night- mare. If poor Biistol made her supper eveiy evening off poik- pie and cucumber.$li £ could not be troubled with a moie awful incubus." Can no means be devised for the relief of the UII. happy sufferer 1 On Friday night, some villains broke into the church at Mar- tock, and carried oft' the communion cloth, of rich crimson velvet, the pulpit coverings, and the clergyman's gown. The plate was in an i'on chesl, which it is supposed the thieves were unable to open, and so it escaped their hands.— Biiitol Mercury. Mr. John Ciaylard, of Knowle, Long Sutton, on his return from Somerion market, on Tuesday evening, was stopped by six highwaymen, who dragged him 011 his horse, tied his legs toge- ther, and robbed him of a £5 note and other money .£40 re- ward is offered.— Ibid. ANTIQUE CABINET.—A very curious ANTIQUE cabinet, inlaid with ebony and toitoiseshell, which was formerly in the posses- sion of the queen of (Jjorge the Second, was lust week sold by Mr. Fargus, with other tfftc's of the late Mrs. Keylock, of Blis. tol. Mr. Beard, of John-sttect, W.1S the purchaser; and we un- derstand that the curious in the antique may gratify themselves by an inspfction, as lire cabinet is on view at Mr. G. Davey's rooms, Broad-street. ODD-FELLOWSHIP.—This fraternity is on the increase. Not onlv in thecities and commercial towns of the empire not only in the thickly peopled districts, and in the places of popular re- sort do-we hear of this society, whose great object is universal charity but we are able to stale that an inclination to form lodges in our villages and moteretifed localities is obseivable. A lodge has lately been established at Alveston, near Bristol. They celebrated Iheir filst anniversary on Wednesday week; a dinner was provided at ,the Ship Inn, to which upwaids of forty members, with many visitors, sat down. The curate of the pa- rish, who is an honorary member, took the chair, and conducted the business of the evening with great ability. Many toasts were given expressive of unity, pence, aod concord. A band was in attendance, and the whole party separated at an eatJy hOllr, highly gratified. CAUTION.—A man. having the appearance of a country coach- man, puichased a pair p( gloves at a shop in Castle-street, Bris- tol, the other day, in. payment for which he teudertd a sove- reign. The change against it was counted out on the counter, nDd the wily feltow, by meaU1i or keeping up an active convetsa- tion, threw the persoas in the shop off their guard, rud contrived Ito go away with the gloves, his sovereign, and the change. John Potter, a seaman, hns voluntarily delivered himself into custody as an escaped convict. He stated that he esroped in December, 1839, from Sydney, since which time he had been at sea that he was tried and convicted at Shiewsbary, io the month of August, 1832; was transported for life, and had re- ceived no pardon for his offence, and was actuated by a sense of duty to his (jod in thus giving Ililllselt up to justice. —lie was committed for trial. )Charles Apperley, Esq., so well known in the sporting world as Nimrod, is dead. <. The fifteenth anniversary of the Polish Revolution was com- meniorated last Saturday, at the Sussex Chambers, London. Last Friday an inquest was held on the bcdies of four men who were killed by the explosion of a boiler al the Bishopwear- mouth ironworks. Vofrdict nccordinoly. A young woman was charged at Liverpool last Saturday with having married four husbands, who are all living but being an unwitting offender, the was discharged. The Govcrnment have issued orders forfotty-two thousand sets of accoutrements for the militia of the English counties, the whole to be ready by the 1st of next March: and the militia clubs, for providing substitutes, are re-organising. Two Gillen in Council have been made one admitting pot and peail ashes, and specimens illustrative of natural history, into Biitish possessions abro-id, free of the Act for the Regulation of the Trade of British possessions lind the other permuting the French to import into St. Helena, from the dominions of France, such goods being the pioduce of those dowiinions, and to export from the .said island to any foreign countiy, such goods as they are permitted to import or 10 export, respectively, into, or flom, her Majesty's possessions in the West Indies and America. A Chelmsford paper states that in the paiUh of West Ham, cerlain porsons desirous of providing Ihe means of possessing their last suit," while Providence allows them, have joined in forming a Coffin Club. An lriteiesiing paper on Genius was read, at the Swansea Society for Acquiring Useful Knowledge, last week, by the Rev. D. L. Pughe and last Tuesday a lectuie on the method em- ployed in determining the length of the foot rule, was delivered by Mr. J. Jenkinf. The Temperance cause has found an eloquent advocate in Mr. R. K. Philp, who has been delivering powertui addresses thereon I in the PrincipalilY duling the past week. L1S! Friday the Duke of Bruuswick brought an action against Mr. I'earson, the present proprietor of the Satirist, for alleged libels published in that paper; and the jury found a verdict lor the Duke- damages, one faitlnng. The emigrant ship Mary, of London, was wiecked on her homeward voyage from Sydney, on a sunken lock off Fiinder's Island, in Bass's Straits, between 300 and 400 miles from Svd- ney. She had a valuahle cargo onboard, and fm ty-thiee pas- sengers, and beventeen women and children weie drowned. It is stated that the vessel was not sea^oithy. < Mu. h excitement has been created in Cialwav. by ihe threats of the populace to prevent the exportation of provisions by force. Five desperate poachers 1"st week attempted to shoot liie game- keeper of Sir J. D. Broughton, of Duddmgton Hall, but though they kiili-d the dog, they misled the keeper. A steamer called the Otegon, ten feel longer than the Great Britain, was lately launched at New Yoik. The key of a closet door was found in the stomach of a pig, slaughtered last week and a gnU chain, bbout a yaid long, was found in tl.o sfomnc-h of a bullock. A subscription, has been opened for the purpose of presenting L't-ut. \Vaghorn, the opener of the overland route, with some ) solid malk of acknowledgment for hiG r,rent seivices 10 the com- Inprce Ilf Fn^land and In<li A meeting of the farmers of NoiiliGmptonsbire was held at the Geotge Hotel, Northampton, on Satuiday last, to comtopin e proceedings for the erection of a lestimoni .1 to the Inte lamented Ear: S; encer. The Gaiidiinsof theSodbury Union have, with piaisewoithy liberality, ordered that the oul-door pay of aged and iufiim paupers should be increased six-pence per week, and the pay of childieu so relieved, three-pence per week, in consequence of the lailure of the potato crop, and the hifjh prieeof piovisions. Tin; LAlE CASE OT :\IIUIR>F.U AMI PtRACY ON 11n: IIICIII SEMI. — The twelve judge. before whom the impoitant question ol international law, in this casfl, was urged on Saturday, Nov. I;>, have not yet been able to conic to a decision, and have intimated their wish that the points should b6 argued again by civilians rrom Doclor's-commons Ihe ;3,tI 01 December has Leen fixed for Ihe argument by one learned doctor on either side in the Cuurt of Exchequer. The respite 01 the prisoners has been I extended 10 meet the delay consequent upon this arrangement. The pfisons at Dartmoor cost £ 000. per annum in repairs, and I:3ÚO. is paid yearly, for the services of a chaplain. Some fhheur.en, last wetk, caught a shark in thei, herring net, j IleH Sidmouth. A gentloman of the neighbouthood of Plymouth had two dogs, one a very small pet, the other a splendid setter. The dogs were kept in the same kennel; but the setter alwavs evinced the strongut symptoms of jealousy when the Intie dog wa.; caressed. One day the little dog was missing, and shortly after the setter was seized with illness, and in the course of the night died. On opening him, tho little dog, almost entire, was found in his stomach. D ig, therefore, had eaten dop. The College of Chemists hive obtained royal authority to assume the title of "The Royal College of Chemistry;" and Prince Albert, in accepting 'he presidency of tho instituiion, has presented it wrdi a donation of £100.. Shop-closing at eight o'clock has become a well-considered matter in Bath, and it is expected there will shortly he a general arrangement to shut up all establishments there at that hour. Tlois ought lo be the case i" evtfy town.. The appointment ofexllm¡lllng chaplain to the Right Hev. Dr. Ibgol, the new Bishop of Bath ulld Wells, IS the Rev. G.A. Dennison. A Dutch galliot was Dst wpek driven on the Abaravon sands. Part of the crew were drowned, and the caigo was vely much damaged. To show the amount of business at present doing by the mnnu- factuieis of locomotive, engines, we may repejt a r'wl noticed by one of the speakers al the meeting of the Liistol and Exeter sharehuidt's, that no fim» engaged in the tr^de would contiact to supply qogiqe* in iijss ih&Q three years. { King James, who wrote tho famous Counterblast to 1'0- bacco," has a successor in the Iron Duke, who has lecom- meoded, in general oiders from the Horse Guards, the discoun- tenancing of smoking, "pipes, cigars, and cheroots," after din. oer, in mess-rooms Miss Burden Coutts has given £100 to the Lord Provost of F.dinbuigh, for the poor. At a meeting of proprietors in the LeomiosterCana) just held, Sir E. Blount in the chair, it was agieed to effect a sale of the canal to the Welsh Midland lor £ 20,000. Dr. II. I. Nicholl, of Doctors' Commons, died recently of the small pox. Master Litton has placed nt the disposal of h)9 agent at All morc, Pomeroy, the sum of n Ihousand pounds, 10 htJ applifll iu laying in provisions to Ihe best advantage, for the purpose of ren- dering assistance to his tenants, in case of extreme necessity. A great rivalry exists helween the Dew lion Times "ud (fM dis- tinction's sake, we will ellll it) the Brazen Times, and so far has it proceeded, that the former announces it is going to enlarge itself by eight additional pages, anu thus politely com ludes its intimation :—" it is time that the public were avenged on The fillies. It is time that the consistency, the truth, and the honesly of jil\llnali9rn, were vindicated from Ihe pretensions of that audacious Scaramouch of the press, who, now standing on his head, now on his heeis, ever shilling and ever changing, yet equally distott ir. every aspect, impudently calis upon the pubJic to admire the steadiness, the sttaitforwardness, the uprightness of his p03IlHes." iVumberless reports of the miseries anticipated in consequence of the disease amongst potatoes, are published in the provincial oe\\ spapcrs. Sixteen hundied voters have been gained hy the Free-trader: in the late registration for the southern division of Leirestersbire. Two hopeful youths, named Henry Bowles I'rauklyn, waid of Admiral Bowles, and sou of C-ipluin trnuklyn, R. N., and Cox Hare, the son of a respectable surgeon, have been engaged on a lour through some parts of England, with paraphernalia of razor- ijiioders, having al>o Bundry wares for sale, a donkey, anJ a bull-dog Master F'ranklyn stole his companion's chillies at Natlsea, and Master liure gave hnnsell up to Dr. Riley, his father's friend, al Bristol, who brought the companiomihip" <>f I tho young scissor grinders 10 a close, and the police brought Franklyn to the Bristol Couit, fur robbing his frieud. We believe both "guilders" wiM return to their fiiends, like the J'rodig.ii Son of the Scriptures. JOSEPH ADY.—"The ireature's ot his duty woik a^ain." Ady is once more in full activity in London, offeiitig to imparl ex'raoidinary and advantageous information to al! dupe; who may forward him twenty-shillings. lie has had the impudence to name Sir Peier Laurie as a voluntary referee. The powers that lw" are narrowtywatchitig the fellow's piadicts, to lay him under subjection to punishment. A Liverpool paper stales that the Great Britain and Great Western steam-ships have "laid up" for the winter season, and that the Halifax steamers will oniy ruu once a month during the vvinter. Mr. Buckingham, the celebraled traveller, has issued an ad- dress tll ihe newspapei pi ess of the United Kingdom, complaining of lhc attacks IIlade IIpon him, in connexion wid. the Hrili,,1r dnd Foreign Insti ute, by that "chartered libeitine," I'uitvh. A nHukel gardener was lately fined Is. and (h. G l. costs, ot Edmollton petty sessions, fOI drawing lurnips in his garden on the Sahbaih. lis excuse was tlnl >f he had drawn litem on the Saturday, they would be 100 stale for Monday's maiket. A man may no! do what he likes wilh hi" own. THE GKKKN-I:YI:I> MoNsri n.-—On Saturday, Maurice Daly was brought befoie Mr. l\ushton, at the Liverpool police-oliice, on a charge of having ¡¡lahbtJ,1 a sailor behind llie light t'ar wiLli a !;trge pocket knife. The sailor saul the wound had been iti- fhcted ill II hoose in Altiion-street, and thai, though it was uot dangerous, it was given in a very dangerous pl*<e, alld, ;j,cOid- 109 to the n.edicat certificate, might have produced death, had it extended about halt an inch deeper. The prisoner said he had ac'ed under circumstances of piovocation greater than human luture could endure. He "33 sitting in 8 neighboring public- house, when word was brought him (h it the sailor aud his wife were sitting together on his parlour sofa, in the act of kissing each other. He immediately rushed in, and finding the sailor's arm encircling the lady's waist, he flew at the fellow and plunge ) his knife in Ills jaw. The sailor deniad Ihat lhe wom3n was Illc I prisoner's wife he had been courting her on the last two occi- sions lie was in Liverpool, and he hoped to be able to couit her again. (A laugh.) Prisoner: "Never; she's my lawfully married wife, aud no man shall kiss her or sit on the sofa with her but myself. She's mine, and nobody else's; lememher that." ( Laughter.) He was fined 40s. and costs, and in default, he was ordered to be imprisoned twenty.one days. We are glad to perceive that a number of influential pr-rsons are liheraily contiibuting, in various places, funds (or the relief of the poor, who most necessarily experience great destitution during this winter, from the high prices of provisions, and the alarming failure in potatoes. We hope this libera! spuit will become general. As a man named James Reeves was taking out a roller of linen from below a mangle, the top of which contained stones weighing a ton and a half, the rope of the mangle broke, and Ilw bux fell on the poor fellow's aims, crushing both fiightfully. Seiious affrays and laughable encounters take placf. almost daily in various paris of the country, between railway Riii'veyots and workmen employed lo prevent trespassing and surveying on private properly. The Heitford Board of Guardians employ the poor in the Union house in ex raciing the flour or staich from diseased potatoes, gratuitously, for any pc rsons who may sendlhem to the house (or Ihat purpose. In Liverpool, 4 187 men, 333 women, and 41 boys, are em- ployed in tailoiing work in their cwn bouses; while only 903 men and 139 boys are employed on the master's premises. The rustic- villagers are fast destioying the line old Diuidital remains at Stonehenpe which will call down the vetigtatice of the Arclag dogical Institute on thtir heads. A splendid monument iu Portland stone, has just been erccted in the Abney Paik Cemetry, to the memory of the immortal Doclor Isaac Walls. A bigamist was sentenced at the Central Criminal Caurt last week, to six months' imprisonment. Last Friday evening, as Mr. Cotillon, accountant, was return- ing to Nottingham, his hoise fell over a rope purposely placed anoss the highway, and Oil finding himself on the ground instantaneously, Mr. Coulton discoveied a highwayman plunder- iog his pockets of gold nod silver, wilh wlmh the rutfian gut cttarnfF. The wages of the workmen of Sir H. B. Williams Bulkeley, I5art., M.l' in Cnrnarvonshire, have heen rait ed Is. (id. pH week, a very seAsonable advance in theso hard^ times, and a matter worthy of imitation in clistriets where scarcity pievails. Lord Morpeth, formcify M.P. for ihe West Riding of York- shire, and Chief Secretaiy for Ireland under the Whigs, has joined the Anti-Corn-Law League. A chemist in Berks lately plcsenled sixpence in payment to a tradesman, who refused it, saving it was a counterfeit. The chemist, on arriving at his house, immersed the coin in vitiiolic acid, and was very mm h pleased to find that it was a genuine half-guinea, of the coinage of George the Fust. Last week, an insane old woman, named Susannah Rider, residing et Oswestry, on being subjected 10 some restiainl by her daughter, in whose bouse she lived, fell on the young woman with a bill-hook, and inflicied several terrible biows on her head and person, which rendered her insensible. The wretched maniac then seized a broomstick, and beat her daughter eo vio- lently, that no appearance of life remained. When the unfortu- nate young woman's husband came in, hp saw a most horrible spectacle—the floor of the apaitment was deluged with blood— the body of his wife lay in the midst, goiy and dre.idfully wounded, "nd the old woman huddled up in a comer, Wkth Ihe most awful passions depicted on her face. The old woman is in custody, but there was no hope of saving the poor daughter's life, as moitifi- caoion is expected to etisue. The Bristol papers caution the public against be ng imposed upon by a female, who has been appealing to the benevolent in Clifion, as the widow of a Lieutenant Robinsan. A youoj mart, named Cfund fur, was charged at the Cut if.nl Criminal Court, hut week, with having robbed a pretty little dressmaker <.f a wedding ring, a scarf, hat, &c., on the day he had promised to marry her. This unprincipled Lothario had, it appealed, obtained the goods on pretence of dressing decently enough to gel mairied hut his reasons for taking the rint; were anything but explanatoiy The jury returned a veidiit of Not Guilty, which much surpiiss.d tliu Couit; but he was tried or; two other indictments, for robbing his landlord aud his employer, and was sentenced to be transposed for seven years. RUNAWAY BIMTY COI.I.IKU.—— HFARI N.ss .FnAl,¡¡,luch excitement has been created in Bilston, during the last few days, by ihe sudden disappearance of Maurice Cadman, Ii bully mjotr, who has absconded with a laigo sum of money. It appears thai, on Saturday week, he received from his employers about £ 100 to p-y the men that we:e engaged under him. At the u-tul tme of reckoning, the men assembled 10 be paid fur their wmk, hut Cudman not making his appearance, suspicion was exeited, and eleven of Ihc men applic(1 fnr summonses a¡,in,t hilll. This led to a se in h for the runaway, whsm il was discoveied that ihe butty had decamped, taking with hiitt all the valuable property he WHS ;ible to carry < ff. By this defalcation, many poor men have been w¡'h¡od, some of tl.clJ) of .c:J aruI IIp\'J1.lls. Everyexerlion has been made to discover the mnawLflff. but as yet they have been in vain. It is supposed thai Cadman has made his escape to America.
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D R F. A D F 1J L M U R I) K R Ou Thursday evening, (116 271111111,, af, about a quaitcr pas live o'olock, n most, rool and deli be rate murder was peipciraie in Peacock-si reel, Newington. Al that time, D"nii:II<,¡zgeraLl a lahourer in the employment, of Mi. Ql\ennell, a respectable builder in Iveonington-lane, and a countryman of bis, named Owen N'Caithy, were p ocerding home after the lahour of the day, and they h id turned i; to P^acock-str^et, they were met at nther a dark spot by a person whoeame in front of them, und who, without the slightest parley or uttering a sentence, delibe- rately presellting a pistol to the breast of poor Fitzgerald, dis- charged its contents inlo his hrody. M 'Crtrlhy was ,0 affected with Ihe 5nd,leonl:£s of the Dcl find the- flash 01 IIIP. powder in his face, that he bncame poweih-ss for the moment, and the assassin would have escaped but, for the promptitude of two gentlemen, named Cotton and A Mam, who, witnessing the murder, instantly pursued the murderer, who, on committing the act, instantly took to his heels. His pursuers, however, gained ground sofas), upon him, that they succeeded in-capturing him befoie lie got. far down Bennington lane, and after ruuning about five hundred yards 01 a little heller., Ou securing him, those gentlemen took him on to the po-ice station house, in Kenmngton-lane, and gave him over to Lockier, the gaoler, saying lhat he had been shooting nt somebody, but. they did not know whether the man he shot al wii-ideadornot. The prisoner all this time never uttered H single syllable, and was taken into Ille reserve room at the sIn, tion by Luckier, where he sat down apparently quits composed. In a few minutes, intelligence had reached the station tl"d the unfoitunate man, Fitzgerald, was no mote and that, so delibe- rate was the act of tho nss^ssination, the poor man nevei even littered n single groan. The body having fallen close to the Pea- cock public-house, at the corner of kenrifngton-io.'d,ii was canied iiito that house, and Mr. Smith, a surgeon in the neighbourhood, was in in.motiiate attendance; but the instant he saw deceased, he pronounced hifn to lie dead. On examining the body, he found llirt the ball had entered the left breast, passed through (he hid not the slightest doubt) the heait, and came out, at ihe left side of the back, so,that hi3 death must have been instants- 1 neous. Ouc of Ihl1 policemen picked up the ball which had caused the fatal wound, at tho hottom (If the staircase of the Peacock, it having fallen from the body while deceased was be. ing moVed. The murderer, upon the charge being about to be entered against him, gave the name of Sainuel,Quennell, and it was then ascertained that ho w.is brother of Mr. Quennsll, ibe builder, and, as well as the deceased, had been employed |>y him. On making inquines as to the causes which led to so deliberate an act of murder, it appeared the prisoner had bten discharged from his employment by hisbrothfcon Saturday Itbl, and, conceiving that l'ltz.gerald had been the cau<e of Ins dis inis^al, he had been heard duiing the week to make use of in- most violent, threats lowaids the unfoilunate man. Some pri- 501.S gu 80 far aH 10 s;¡Jllh<i1 hl1 had declared Ioe ould shoot him, and that witnesses can be piodnced lo prove the fact. He has been examined, and committed for trial,
LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S LETTER
LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S LETTER TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF LONDON. [The followinc; letler was in type last week, but owing to.1 heavy press of advertisements and local matters, it was postponed.]
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GI-.NI I.FMF.N,—Tin- present state 01 Ihe country, in regard to its supply of food, cannot be viewed without appiebension. Forethought and bold precaution mayavert any serious evils— indecision and prociaslination may produce a state of suffering which it ia frightful to contemplate. Three weeks ago it was generally expected that pailiament would be immediately called together. itie announcement that ministers were prepaied at that time to advise the Crown 10 summon parliament, and to propose, on their fust, meeting, a suspension of the import duties oil corn, would have caused oiders at once to be sent to various ports of Europe and Aineiica, for the purchase and transmission of grain for the consumption of the United Kingdom. An order in council, dispensing with the hw, was neither neceSS:1ry nor desirable. No party III par- liament would have made itself responsible for the obstruction of a measure so urgent and so beneficial. The (Queen's ministers have met, and separated, without afford- ing us any promise of such, seasonable relief. It hecomes us, therefore, the Queen's subjects, to consider how we can best avert, or at all events mitigate, calamities of no or dinary magnitude. Two evils requite your consideration. One of these is the di-ease in the potatoes, affecting very seriously parts of.England "lid Scotland, and committing fearful ravages in Ireland. he extent of this evil has not yet been ascertained, and every week, indee{!, tends either to reveal unexpeded disease, or ty abate in some districts the alarm entertained. But theie is line misfortune peculiar to the failure in thill particular nop. The effect of a bad corn haivest is, in the first place, to diminish the supply in the market, and to raise the (nice. Hence diminished consumption, and the privation of incipient scarcity, by which the whole stock is more equally distributed over the year, and the ultimate pressure is greatly mitigited. But the fear of the breaking out of this unknown disease in the potatoes, induces the holders to hurry into the maiket, and thus we have at one and the,same time iapid consumption and impcnding deficiency —scarciiy of the article, and cheapness of price. The ultimate sufleiing must thereby be rendered far more severe than it other- wise would be. The evil to which l have adverted, may be owing tu an adverse seísou-to a mysterious disease in tile po- lawe-to want ot science, or of caie 111 propagating the plant, in any of these eases, Government is no more subject to blame for the faihue of the potatoe ciop, than it was entitled to credit for the plentiful corn harvests which we have latelv enjoyed. Anntlrer evil, however, under which we are suffering, is the fruit of ministerial .counsel and parliamentary law. It is the direct consequence of an actofpathament, passed three years ago, on the rccommendJtion of the present adviseis of the Crow u. By this hiw, grain of all kinds lias been made subject to very high duties on importation. These duties are so contrived, that the worse the quality of the eorn, the higher is the duty; so that when good wheat rises to 70s. a quarter, the sveiage piice of all wheat is 57s. or OBs., aud ihe duty 15s. or lis. a quarter. Thus the com barometer points to fair, while the ship is bending un- dt:! a stOII\ This defect was pointed out many years ago by writers on the corn laws, and was uiged upon the attention of the House of Commons, when the present act was under consideration. But I confess, thai on the general subject, my views have in the course ot'twenty years undeignne a great alteration. I IIsed lo be ot opinion, that coin w.is an exception to the general rules of political economy hilt observation anJ experience have COII- vinced ine, that wo ought} to abstain from all inlerfeienoe with the supply (If food. Neither a government nor a legislature can evi r regulate tha corn market wiili tho b. nelicial ellects which the eniiie licedom of sale and purchase are sure of themselves to produce. 1 have for several years endeavoured to obtain a compromise on this subject. In 183' I voted fot a committee of the whole house, ivitu the view of supporting the suhstitutlOl1 of a mode- rate fixed duty for the sliding scale. 111 UJtl.I announced the intention of the then government, of proposing a fixed duty of Bs. a quarter. In the p.ist session, I proposed ihe imposition of some 10IVer duty. Thess propositions were successively rejecied. The present First Lord of the Tieasury met them in 1839, 1840, andlif41, by eloquent panegyrics of the existing system—the plenty it had caused, the rural happiness it had diffused. He met the propositions for diminished pioteclion, in the same way in which he had met the offer ol securities for Pro- IT-slaiil. interests in 1817 and HV2:>—in the same way in which he met the pioposal to allow Manchester, Leeds, and Bnmiug- ham to send members lo parliament in 1830. The result of rest >t a nee to qualified concessions must lie the same in tile ¡Hesenl instance, as iuthose I have mentioned. (t is no longer worth while to contend foranxeddmy. In 1841, the liet -lr.ide parly would have agieed to a duty of 8s. a quarter en wheat, and after a lapse of years, this duty might have been fori her red need, and ultimately abolished. But the imposition of any duty at present, without a provision for its extinction within a short t-enod, would but prolong a contest already sulii- cienl!y fruitful of animosity and discontent. The struggle to make bread scarce and deal, when it is clear that part, at least, of the additional price goes to increase tent, is a snuggle deeply injurious t.) all arutocracy, which — this quarrel once removed — is strong in property-strong in the construction of onr legisla- lure, strong in opinion, strong in ancient associations, and the memory ot immortal services.. Let us, tin n, unite lo put an end to a system which has been proved to be the blight 01 comnieicc, the bane of agricultuie, the source of bitter divisions among classes, the cause of penury. lever, motrality, and crimeantoogthepcopte. But il this end is to be achieved, it must, be gained by ihe iinrquivocal expression of ihe public vo,ee. itisno) to be de- nied that many elections for cities antllowns ill 1841, and some in IBlo, appear to favour the assertion, that fiee-trade is not po- pular with the Klcat mass of the community. The Governolent appear to be waiting for some excuse to give up the presentcom law. Let the people, by petitions, by addiess, by remonstrance, afloid them the excuse they seek. Let the ministry propose such a revision of the taxes, as may in theii opinion render the public burdens nmtejusttnd more equal let them add any other pro- visions which cauttonandeven scrupulous foibearAiice may sug- KPst but let the removal of restrictions on the admission of the main articles of lood and clothing used by the mass of the peo plc, be requited, in plain terms, as useful 10 all great interests, anù iudispensable to the progress of tiie nation. lhavo the honour to be, gentlemen, Your obedient servant. I.dinbiugh, Nov. 22, 1815. J. RUSSELL.
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Actions, which Hpress good.will to mankind in the highest degree, have the highest merit. Loid Bacon said that fortune was like the market, where, many timps, if you can stay a little, Ihe price.will fall. As storm fullowing storm, and wave succeeding wave, give ad. ditional hardness to the shell that encloses the pearl, so do the stortH5 and waves of life add force to the character of lIIan. There is no sllch thing as lime—it is but splice nccllpied by incident. It i3 Il.e sallie to eternity as matter is to infinite space—a portion out of the immense, occupied by something within the sphere of mental sense. Look on eveiy day os the whole of life — not merely 81 8 sec. liOIl-rtnd enjoy the present, without wishing, through haste, to rush to another lying-before-thee section. Men blarr.e light heartednes*. Tho light-heartedness of the old and middle-uged becomes a sin, but the light-heurtedncss of the young has something in it great and noble. It is the con- quest of nature over ciivuinstaiices—the triumph of tiuth over hypocrisy and imposition. More heads pine away in secret anguish for unkindness from those who should be their coruforteis, th;>n for any other calamity n life. Every man bar, actually within hiin the seeds of every virtue and oievery vite and the proportion in which they thiive and iipen, depends in general upon the situations in which he lus been and is placed. As death, rightly considered, fulfil* the real design of our lile, I have for the last two years made myself so well acquainted with this Ilue friend of mankind, thai hi, image has no longer any terrot for me, but. much that is peaceful and consoling and I thank God that he has given me this opportunity to know him ns the key to oui Irue happiness I never lie down in bed with- out reflecting that. perhaps, young ns 1 am, I ID8Y never see ano. ther day, yet no one who knows me will say that I am gloomy o morose ill society. THINGS LOST FOR EVER.—Lost wealth may be restored by industry — the wreck of health regained by temperance—forgot- ten knowledge restored by study—alienated friendship smoothed into forgetlu!m-ss—even forfeited reputation wou hy penitence and virtue. Bui who ever again looked upon his vanished houis retailed hit slighted years, stamped them with wisdom—or fluced hom Heaven's recoid the fealllll blot uf wasted lime. QOI-.KN CHIUSIINA AMI NIN COOK?.—The Clamor Publico :>f Madnd, of the I lib, gravely relates the following:—" It is inid that Queen Christina is well versed in the culinary art, and hat in her country parlies she likes to make herself acquainted with the culinary qualifications of the per«ons who accompany her. Dn a recent occasion she required, tIle Ministers of War, Justice, and Foreign Affairs to cook each a dith in his own way. General Naivatz prepared a gaspacl,o (a kind of soup made with water, liread, oil, vinegar, milk,-garlick, salt and pepper). It was louad lhat the garlic predominated too strongly. Senor Mayans prepared soma chicken with somutM sauce, but they weretimoked. ^nor Martinez de la Rosa, boiled some (Jigs, but they were hard. I he Royal Family laughed heartily, it ia said, at the want of fk II of the Mintstenal cooks." Lonii ASIII.I..Y.—About six months ago, happening to know a poor woman in circumstanccs of rathtr peculiar distress, I 8ent tiie case to LOMI Ashley, though with fear and trembling, not arising fiom any doubt of his disposition but from feeling of the impossibility of Ins finding supplies for all Ihe calls of this kind which I kiiesv to be constantly making upon him. I had no claim on his lordship, nor had llie poor woman in whose lit ha If p!cadl"1. Hut the very next post broughl me a bank cheque for £ 10. eneloqed in a note in which Ins lordship exclaimed, One woul,llive (10 bread and water, ratlter than refuse tu aid such a ease." Not content with this, his lordship set townrk among his fritods, arid in less thart a week I received (rom Inm [70. to help this one poor woman And I am to e told on the qrellgth of all anonymous parllKr8ph io a newspaper, lhl1l his lordship is an illiberal and unfeeling man !—Conesjwndent of ihe I'eeord. A Vim uons CoNcr USION.— A Yankee paper gives the fol. lowing as the climax in Ihe address of a barrister to a jury in an action for seduction. Descubing his client, he said:— Ere this monster approached to beguiio IOnJ betray her, my client >vaa blooming as the lose, gentlemen of the jury," quoth Demos- thenes, light of step a« the wild gazelle of tha desert gay as the lark; beautiful as the I lout is. #ud vii IUOUS as—aud virtuous as—gentlemen- -as -could be expected." THE 1 HUM MAUUF.I.— The demand for iron for the railroads is being sensibly lelt. in the feverish state o! saucepans, which have risen to an alarming height within the l ist few weeks. A good teakettle, which was quoted in ti.e New Cut as low us nincpence a month ogu, lus itished up to II Slllllillg witholllth.; coupon, thatia to say, with uo lid to it. The buoyancy in grid- irons has been quite liightful, for their resemblance to railway lines has made them the object of competition among vaiious companies. rukers were dreadfully iilln, without the smallest probability ol their yielding and tiieie being no chance of their giving way. thue wa:) 11 good deal 01 lletivity. Willi the ex ceplion, however, of pokers, there was very little stirniis1 for lions were flat, and people seemed afiuid of burning their fin. gen. A little was done io fiying-pans at the hrgiuning &If tht day, hut there "as no disposition 10 play fur a very great slake, as therr formèlly used to be.— Tituch. A Lidy in lhe Times 01 i\lolI,hy, describing her inanifoid ac- complishments, stated she was" or high (.,Iel ii/I." A young woman of Ohio is sa modest, Ihut she call stotking5 the "covering of a person's foundations." Mr. Murray, oi the Ediuburgh llwatle, set the modern Athe- nians in a tour the other night with a new reading of the nir- drnwn dagger apostropbe in Macbeth "— ID that a railway thaI 1 see before me, The premium iowaids my baud Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee 11111, ituJ yd I see thee sldl. Hut thou, then, rw provisional commitlee—■And but a railway of the mind a false creation I'r.icetdin¡" fiooi ihe- (o np-oppresM'd brOl1l l I see thee ycl. III ahares as palpable A the (> It;nlJlulehkins, and now with Kqualising (.111. lur prcselll payment. Which was not so before. That's quite asother thing.'
Corn Trade.
Corn Trade. The arrivals of wheat coastwise into London have been ij rate, only 4,735 qrs. having been reported up to this (Satu ane by Ise avening. The quantity exhibited at Mark Lane by lao, riage samples from the neighbouring counties lias also small indeed, with the exception of a" run or two from B the stands were neaily bare of wheat, as well on YVednesw on Friday. As it is impossible to manufacture good flour from the of this yeai's produce without a considerable mixture of old as the supplies of the latter of home-growth have for some past been inadequate for that purpose, good free foreign has been taken pretty extensively at comparativety high (I Tho stocks in granary have, therefore, been reduced into » f narrow compass. The last general weekly return for the kingdom was :>7s. lid. per qr., though good red wheat has not, at any during the last two months, been sold below 65s., whilst; quaiittesof white are worth 70s. per qr. in many parta of country, and still more at Maik-lnne. Moderately-good high-mixed Dantzig wheat has been at 083. to 60s., and for a parcel of very fine quality over 60* qr. is reported to have been paid in bond. The arrivals of barley have been rather large. Only a smull proportion of the supply has, however, consisted of fine malting quality and whilst the general runs have bee, most unsaleable, though offered at the abatement of NO choice samples have been sought after at fully previous p" In foreign barley there has been little passing the r from abroad are mostly being stored in bond, in expectation further fall in the duty. The very finest descriptions of malt have commanded a J sale at former terms. The arrivals of oats have, as compared with the supplies or preceding week, fallen off; still a large quantity has come, ward, viz., 6,982 qrs. from our own coast, 2,501 qrs. from land, 2(),G68 qis. from Ireland, and 5,774 qrs. from abf? The duty ou oats fell to 3s. per qr. on Thursday below W* point ihere is little prospect of its receding. Very few English beans have been exhibited since Mo and the tales then current have been firmly insisted on. Peas of all kinds have also sold at quite previous prices.
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The Carmarthen flannel weavers have struck for an adt of wages. J Exertions are being made in Chettenham to estabtish p" baths and wash-houses for the benefit of the poor. J At the annual meeting of subscribers to the Bristol Con>n>4 ciil-rooms, last week, a motion to close the rooms on SUDd was negatived by a majol ity of thirty-two and on the motion] Mr. John Hare, seconded by Mr. Shaw, it was resolved 4 unanimously agreed, Thai immediate steps be takøDí establishing a High Change in the Commercial-rooms daily-'1 The Earl of Devon, through his under-agents, has forwa'fl £ 2,0u0. worth of rice for the retiefofhis Irish tenanty. ,J The Hev. Edward Verity, iate of St. David's College, has nominated to the new Incumbency of All Saints, Babergh in the Dioeese of Chester, formed under Sir Robert Peel's — —it
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LONDON MARKETS. MARK-LANE, MONDAY, DEC. I. The arrivals of English wheat are modeiate, and the tri this morning has been fully as good for all descriptions, and paiecls in good condition Is. per qr. advance in some iusfaO' has been obtained. Old wheat meets improved demand. Fltf sells at laic prices- Malting barley is taken at last week's prtces; grinding distilling qualities are rather cheaper. New beans are Is. to 2s. per qr. cheaper. White p?as maintain late prices, but grey and maple are per qr. lower. The supplies of oats are large as reported, and we have seV vessels from Ireland arrived to this morning's market. Ves. coming on demuriage cause parcels to be sold at a redudW and ihe decline is 6d. per qr. 011 all descriptions since this we! CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wni'.AT,Essex 61 Kent, new red 58 61 White 63 Old, red 61 Go Ditto 6lj Byi'old 34 38 New 38 liA it grind iiig,31 34 irialtirig It; — Chevalier..36 I Irish 27 28 Here .26 MAI.T, Suffolk and Norfolk 58 63. Brown .56 f kingstone and Ware (;(/ <>hevalier ..65 £ OATS, Yorksh & I.incolnsh, feed 26 27 Potato .27 5 Youghall & Cotk, black. 26 27, Cork, whitp.27 Dublin EZ- "Westporl .,27 & Wateiford, white. 27: — Black .26 Newry — Galway 25 26 Hootch,feed 28 29 Potato .30 Clonmel 27 28 Limerick 28 F Londonduiry 27 28 Sligo 26 I.KANS lick, new 42 44 Old, small.52 ll-AS'('rfy 44 46 Maple .45 52 51 Boileis .— « f i.ottit,_ l'own-made.55 60 Suflolk50 per sack oi'SSBOlK •Stockton & Norfolk 48 Iiish ..50 52 sack 0 FOKEIGN GRAIN AND FL(HJR IN BOND. J \V n|. A I Dantzic 56 58 fine— 62 Hamburg 52 54 Bostock 54 56 >, BAHIIV 26 28 J OATS, Brew 24 28 Feed.25 | BI ASS. 44 48 > fus. 50 55 | FiOt M.American,per barrel. 28 32 Baltic ■* LONDON, MONDAY, Dec. 1. "j.. The anivals last week from Ireland were 10,075 fiikins butK*! and 3,203 bales bacon, and from foreign poits 4,746 casksbultfV] We still continue in a dull and inactive state in the butler] maiket; prices remain nominally the same, bnl the tendency P j for lower prices, and if buyers appealed, a decline would submitted to. The 'nacon maiket is also dull, the supplies being more sufficient for the demand, prices declined about Is, per but few buyers to be met. !j Laid sells slowly. I Stock and deliveries for the week ending'Nov. 29:— J BIN IF. it. 1 BACON. Stock, delivery. Stork. Delivery, 1843 55,110 6,870 4,780 2,680 1814 25,27(1 9,020 I 3,240 2,150 1815 <18,730 8,790 5;240 2,970 Bl/TTEK, BACON, CHEESE, AND HAMS. Iiiisn BIIjTI'.ii (new)» s. CIJF.FSE, pei cwt. s. pei cwt. — — Double Gloucester 62 C. a low, new, on brd 100 — Singleditto 48 Sligo 92 — Cheshire 56 Coik, 1-st 98 — HAMS. ENCH ISII BUIIER. Irish 56 Dorset, per fiikin 54 — Westmorland. 66 FORKION, York 66 Piiin, Frienland, ct 104 — MACON, new 48 Ditto, Kiel 100 Nliddles — SMITH FIELD CATTLE MARKET, MON. DEC. 1. « The attendance of buyers was numerous, owing lo which tW beet trade was steady, and last week's quotations were we' supported. 'I The supply of sheep exhibited a slight falling off. Prime 01 I)i»wns sold readily, at very full prices, .iz. from 4s. tOd. to fP per libs.; but all other kiuds weie slow inquiry, at barely sta" Honary figures. 1 n calves only a limited business was transacted no aller. tion to notice in prices. Although the number of pigs was good, the pork trade lulei firm, at late rates. Per 81bs.,t0 sint theofTal. *? s. d. s. d. s. d. s. s. d. s# u, d( i, Coarse and Inferior Prime coarse wool- ■Beasis 2 10 3 0 led Sheep 4 G 4 *1 Second quulity do.3 2 3 6 Prime South Downs 1 Prime large Oxen.3 8 4 0 ditto .4 10 5 Prime Scots, &c..4 2 4 4 Large coarseCalves4 0 4 Coarse arid Inferior Prime small ditto..4 8 5 Sheep 3 4 3 10 Large Hogs 3 10 4 Second quality do.4 0 '4 4 Neat small Porkern.4 8 5 Suckling Calves, 18s. to 30s.; and quarter-old Store Pigs, y to 21s. each. Beasts, 3,844 Sheep, 22,310; Calves, o Pigs. 4C6. LATEST CURRENT PRICES OF METALS. ,I" LONDON, Nov. 28, 1845. f. 8./ I I it o N—Bara Wales.ton 9 f London 10 Nail rods 10 Iioops (Staf.) IL i Sheet \f J Bars „ 1 Scotch pig/> Clyde Bails Russian c CCND. rsi Gouricff Archangel. Sweedish ii, lor arriv pnthffpnt. Steel, fagt kegs e. CorpfR—File/ Tough cake Best selccled Ordinary sheets bottoms. TIN—Com. blocks g tars. Refined Si raits k Banca TIN PI.ATI..S—CH IC. i IX Coke, 1C IX LKAH—Sheet A. Pig, lelimel. .1,. common 0 Spanish, in I)d 15 0 American i7 15 0 SrEi.TRR—(Cake) I £ 21 10 0 ZINC—( Sheet ) m export 30 0 Ojj (jt'LCKSII.VEH </ .T.u>. 0 4 6Y ltii i> l'.D :\11 TAI 7 2 6 u Discount 2} per ccnt. cash. c Discount J percent. <1. Ditto, e. In kegs £ and g-incli. /'Discount 3 1 per ci-nt. g Ditto 2^ pei cent, h Net cash, in bond, i Dis- ■] count 3 per cent, A- Ditto 2$per cent, I Net cash bond it ii Di-coimt 11 per cent. it discount If per cent. "For 2 home use it is £ 32. per ton. REMARKS. IIION, Welsh and Stafl'oidshire business limited, but makers n,ainlaill their prices. Scotch pig sales made in Glasgow on the 26th imt., at 72s. f)d.this market looks dull. Coi iTi! continues firm, at our quotations, wilh a good demand TIN film, at I.,to advance, and stock of all descriptions low I •-ales this week of Straits at93s., and of Banca, at 95s. TIN t'tAits-a fair business doing, and the slock of coke quality inadequate lo the demand. LKAD very firm in price. Srni.i EIt rather lower than last week s quotations. PRI.SENTTRICE OF TIN PLATES. NEWPORT. Nov. 29. £. s. II: £ s d No. IC. per box 0 VVasters.0 2 0 t No. IX. per box 117,0 „ u 030 No. 1XX. per box 2 3 0 ,,0 3" BRISTOL HAY MARKfyr, Ihe, (I. Hay pei ton. 2 7 6 to 4 0 0 Straw per Dozen 0 I 2 to .0 4 Newport, Saturday, December 6, 1845. Primed and Patttfhed fcr the Proprietor, E 1> WARD DOW 1.1 NG,jflpto v Hill, in the Parish oi St. Woolos, in the MeuiiiN (ilBexf.l Printing Oflico, situate in Corn-street, in • he Bon.ugh of Newport.hy WILLIAM CHRISTOPHERS, of No. I, ill Ihe said Borough. Loudon Agents :—Messrs. Newton and Co., Warwick-square, Mr. It. Baiker, 33, Fleet-street; Mr. C. Reyuell, 43, Chan* ccry-lane, Mr. S. Deacon, Coffee-house, No. 3, Walhroolr, near Mansion Houee, where this paper is regularly flied.