Monmouthshire Merlin

THE OUTCAST. GOD lielp thee child of sin and shame, For there is none to help beside And ill-prepared that fragile frame To brave the winter's tide; And yet its blasts, severe and bleak, Aj'e felt not by that burning cheek. The crowd is gone. Why lin^erest thou, A wanderer in the streets, alone, With aching heart and fevered brow, And anguish in thy tone Oh why trim up thy faded charms, To lure the thoughtless to thine arms ? The streets are thin—the crowd is gone, Extinguished now the festalliht The sou of pleasure hurries on, And hears thy faint good night:" Perchance his ribald jest may fall, To brim thy bitter cup of gall. Perchance some scornful word may bring The hopes of early youth o'ercast, And wake up memory's scorpion sting, To tell thee of the past; Darken the doom thy sin hath brought, And lash to frenzy every thought. Once thou wert warmly housed and fed, And nurtured with the tenderest care A mother watched thy cradle-bed, And breathed the heart-wrung prayer; Her heart was broken by thy shame, Yet dying, she had sobbed thy name. Thy sire was gentle, kind to thee, Though stern perhaps to all beside: He bade that child his piesence flee, Who stung his high heart's pride He spurned thee to an outcast lot, And from that hour he named thee not. Oh where is he whose lip of guile Had spoke of love to blast thy fame ? Why, others hang upon his smile For he is still the same— The petted slave of pleasure's throng, With fraud upon his heart and tongue. Yes! he had tales of love for thee— Soft, honied words he used to all, Thou trusted—he rejoiced to see, And triumphed o'er thy fall. What boots his coroneted brow !— Iscariot's curse is on him now. Avenged thou wilt be, wretched one Remorse will seize that ca lous heart, And thoughts will come he cannot shun, And wring him with their smart: In vain struggle to forget; His broken vows will scourge him yet. And there are others left to roam, To earn by sin their scanty bread Without that fearful prie-no home To hide the guilt head Cut off from sympathy with all, But those who share their crime, and fall. —11 The Student's Vigils."

LIGHT FLASHING ON THE INFIDEL'S DARK MIND, IIOXE'S ELEVENTH-HOUR PRATER. OH mighty Power—unseen, unknown, Whose eye is ever on my heart, In humble fear I 'approach Thy throne— Oh bid me not depart. I cannot look within that cloud Wbich hides Thee from my mortal sight, But in the dust—by terror bowed, Through faith, I catch the light And bursting 011 my ardent, gaze, Thy face I see, 'mid glory's blaze 0 God! in misery and despair— In horrors darkening o'er my path— I lift to Thee my earnest prayer Avert Thy vengeful wrath, And turn aside the awful frown That sternly crushes now mv soul; Prostrate in dust I lay me down— My heart with grief is full: Lord God 0 shed thy light on me, And set my anguished spirit free! Darker and more confounded far Than chaos was, my mind hath been No ray from heaven-directed star Fll on the gloomy scene: In blindness, proud and stern, I groped My way amid a wild, unMeat; And. while I wandered, vainly hoped To find a place of rest; But never yet rest, peace or light, Broke on the shadows of the night. In grovelling ignorance I lie I never upward yet aspired To drink from founts beyond the sky, Wisdom, Dy God inspired My WORLDLY WISDOM cried No God "There is no God—hence, coward Fear!" Oh, mighty Father! spare Thy rod, For light is drawing near: The cloud removes—no longer blind, Conviction flashes on my mind. Yes God of everlasting years A single sunbeam from Thy throne Has fallen on my heart, and sears Its hard and lifeless stone I waken from my darkened night, And glimpses of bright glory now Shed round me pure, etherial light, And radiate my brow My mind is pierced by truth divine— Almighty light, peace, rest are mine! Newport, 9th February. S.

Woman In Paradise. Or all histories, that of Woman is the most interesting and yet It has been the most neglected. There is hardly an animal/or even an atom, but has had more philosophical research bestowed upon Where IS there a work respecting woman, that exhibits a tithe of the science that Kirby and Spence have brought to bear on entomology, or Dr. Buckland on the fossil remains of t ego e. o would suppose that this long-neglected and i. the most important character in our world And yet such is the fact. What would become of our earth, if God saw fit to take all the females out of it ? Let any one look aroiiod on his comforts, and then calculate how many of them he owes 10 the other sex, and consequently how many would immediately cease to exist, were these messengers of heaven to be removed, or refuse their ministrations 1 Our great progenitor seemed at once, at the first glance, to have formed a correct estimate of her character and her worth. The second chapter of Genesis and the twenty-third verse, con- tains the first humin testimony respecting this unspeakable gift of the Creator. This now." said our father, is bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman, for she was taken out of man." The Hebrew word for man is ish, and for woman, ishah, The word ish, means be ng or existence, and is doubtless the origin of the Latin tsse-to be, and of our Eng- lish velb-il. Ish: therefore, means the being. The addition of the ak, making ish, ishah, is merely the feminine termination intimating that ishah, or woman, is a female being of the same species, rank, and dignity as man. Adam has just before given names to all the animals. God brought them to him for that purpose. Doubtless, every name was expressive of the character or attributes of the creature to which it was applied-but there wa" not an ishah-a female being-a erellrure like himself, among them all. The sacred narrative touehingly refers to this fact—" And Adm gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field, but for Adam was there Dot found an h> lp-meet for him or, as the Hebrew words inti- mate, A companion equal to himself in dignity." The expression, Was there not found," suggests that search had been made, but no ishah was discovered. Do we wonder, then, at his exclamation, This now is bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh; she shall he called ishah, for she was taken out of ish. Therefore shall an ish leave his father and his mother, and cieave to his ishah." Some suppose that a particular stress should here be laid on the particle now, as though he had said, "This now is just what I have sought for, but as yet could find nowhere." For we have reJson to believe that Adam lived a considerable time in the gar- den before Eve was created. His correct knowledge of all the animals winch qualified him to give to each an appropriate name, was not gained in a day, but must have been the result of con- siderable experience. Nor is it probable that he named them all in one day. Jt took some time to inspect them individually, and I learn their character, so as to give each a significant and suitable appellation. He may then, for aught we know, have been for week:, or months a solitary inhabitant of Eden. Ttstrue, the angels may have vl-ited, and we know that the Son of God con. vened wiih him but still there was no ishah—no female being of his own species; and for want 01 one like himself, who, from similarity of nature, could sympathise with him, he felt himself alone, and thrs solitariness was the only thing on earth which ths Creator pronounced "not good." Everything else was very f good," superlatively good, and this was the only impeifection winch the earth at that time presented. Not only the dove but the lion and the tiger, bad their mates and their softer hours but man, whose heart was then especially a fountain of sympathy and love, had on worthy companion 10 tasle his joy, and recipiocate his emotions, 0, how lie searched for an ishah—and language fails to express his feeliogs when he found her, and exclaimed, ThIs now is bone of-my bont, and flesh of my flesh-she shall be called i.hoh." It is worthy of obseivation, that the word rendered now, in our version, signifies to move, excite, and impress-also, aD act, a footstep, footprint, or impression and, therefore, the passage he so translated, as to give still greater emphasis to the emotions of Adam. When he saw our mother, he exclaimed, This exciting being, this reflection of the Creator, this impres- sion, or image, of myself, is bone of my bone, and flesh of my pe¡¡h-she shall be called ishah." Such, then, were the exalted thoughts which the first man en- teuained of the first woman. Mutual affection and mutual esteem must have been the result of such just and holy thoughts. In giving utterance to them, our father was not afraid that any evil would ensue. He doubtless felt and believed that esteem produced esteem. It was no part of the philosophy, peiicy, or religion of Eden, to make woman feel that she was far inferior to man, and created to be his pastime or his slave. Had these pri- mitive sentiments been cherished, and woman in every age and country treated as she deserves, what a happy world this had been And no reason can be given why they should bave ceased to exist. The fall has not injured woman more than it has man. We query whether its effects havs been so deleterious on the softer sex. We must then retrace our steps. VV oman, every woman, of every rauk and country, must be treated as the first womau was, and then the golden age of intelligence, purity, and benevolence will again smile on our world, and restore it to a Dear assilllilalion to the inuoience and bliu of paradise.— The Ftmale Friend.

I DOMESTIC NEWS. INQUESTS ox FIRES. We perceive that an old Act of Parliament, not yet repealed, has been revived at Bristol. Coroners have power, under this Act, in the event of fire taking place, where suspicion attaches to the owners of the property destroyed, of holding an inquest, to ascertain whe- ther the fire was caused through the means of the owners or others interested, or otherwise ai d a verdict in such case is supposed to be sufficiently expressive on the subject. This procedure will be satisfactory to the public, and we are glad to see it re adopted, because, in many instances, blame is uniiistly attached to persons, which, by this means, may be satisfactorily set aside and in cases where such blame is really deserved, the ends of justice will, as a matter of course, be satisfied. DOINGS AT TUIi ADMIRA LTY .-Lord Ellenborough has com- manded all collectors of news no longer to be admitted at the Admiralty. Lord Lincoln has accepted the Chief Seereteryship of Ireland, and his seat in the House of Commoni is thereby become vacant. The national debt of France amounts to 8,000,000,000 (rancs, or about J333,000,000 sterling. A metropolitan chemist, it is said, has discovered a healing agent of such marvellous power as to be capable of closing up wounds in arteries, even the largest of them. It is an extraordinary fact, that, with a population of between seven and eight thousand persons in Chelmsford, there has not been a death registered in the parish for a month. Some very tender-conscienced soul has sent £10 to the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer, on account of the property and income tax," Amongst the marvels of the present unseasonable weather recorded in the papers, is the fact that, at West Cowes, there are green peas in pod. The Bristol Bankruptcy Court will hold its future sittings in the New Guildhall. The population of London, taken in 1841, WII 2,103,279; and by May of the current year it will have reached two millions and a quarter It i. said that the Queen Dowager intends residing two or three months, in the course of the year, at Clifton. The railway deposits paid amounts to £ 11,000,000. Capt iin Johnstone, of the Tory, charged with the murder of several of his crew, has been acquitted on the ground of insanity, and has become a resident in Bedlam. The insurance offices are about to make arrangements with Captain Greig, for the attendance of the pensioners resident in Liverpool, at all fires. The town is to be divided into twenty districts, and the old veterans are to be called out by sound of trumpet. Mr. R chard Cooke, a surgeon, and assistant medical officer to a lunatic asylum at Southall, has been sentenced to transporta- tion for seven years, for bigamy. LOCAL COURTS.-It appears that it is the intention of govern- ment to extend the jurisdiction of the Court of Requests all over England, tlieieby putting it in the power of parties to avoid the heavy expenses attendant on suits in County Courts. A Spanish Tom Thumb, about the heiht of a top-boot, has arrived in Ireland. At Leeds, persons throwing orange peel on tba footpaths are finable in 40s., under the Local Municipal Act. Sir James Graham has stated that it is not the intention of the government to bring in a bill with respect to the consolida- tion of turnpike trusts in England and Waies during the present session. There is no truth in the report that Col. Lord J. T. H. Somer. set has succeeded the late Col. Gurwood, as I)epuly-Constiible of the Tower of London. The Bath Church of England Lay Association ha< adopted an admirable petition to the Queen, and to both Houses of Parlia- ment, against the suppression of one of the Bishoprics in North Wales. The Diteclors or the Stoulbridge and Kidderminster Banking Company have declared a dividend out of the profits of the last half-year, of 7s. 6d. per share, free of income tax, being at the rale of 10 per cent. per annum. Sir George Hayier, who meet with an accident at Pensliurst, in July last, has had a compensation paid him by the railway directors, of £ 2,000. James Stephen, Esq., son of Mr. Sergeant Stephen, one of the Commissioners of the Bristol District Court of Bankruptcy, has been called to the bar by the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, London. The Rev. Joseph Wolff, vicar of Isle Brewers, sends us a letter dated Halifax, in which he nobly refuses the subscriptions of those friends who wish to offer him an acknowledgment for his humane services in behalf of Col. Stoddart and Capt. Conolly. The rev. gentleman seems to desire that the f400 already sub- scribed in India, should be paid over to the generous Captain Grover.-Leeds Timet. I INCREASE OF THE ARMY. A statement is in circulation, having reference to the proposed inciease of tha aimy, which is as follows: — I The 6th, 8th, 24tb, 32nd, 36th, 37tb, 59th, and 67th Regi- ments of Foot. at present having 814 men each, will be increased to 1,200 each, thus giving a total addition to the line of 3,088 The Roval Artillery will receive the addition of .t. 700 The Royal Regiment of Engineers. 300 The Royal Marines 2.000 The Regiments of Rifles, 1,000 each 2,000 The dep6ts,of the following regiments to 200 men each viz :-lsl Royals, the 7th, ]4th, 15th, 16th, 19th, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 38th, 46ib, 48:h, 52nd, 64th, 60th, 66;11, 72nd, 73rd, 77th, 79th, 81st, 95th, und 98th.. 4.600 Total for the Foot 12.688 The 6th Foot having two battalions, the addition will be con. tined to the second battalion.-Sixteen regiments of cava lywill be increased four men per troop-600. Thus giving a total for the Horse and Foot, of 13,238. A return has been laid on the table of the House of Commons, showing the quantity of wheat, barley, and oats imported into Great ftiitain from Ireland duriDg the years 1842, 1843, 1844, and 1845. The number of quarters of wheat imported in 1842, was 112,195, and this quantity had gone on increasing year by year, until in 1845 it amounted to 372,719. The import of bar- ley had increased from 50,287 quarters in 1842, to 93,095, in 1845; and that of oats, from 1,274,326 quarters, in 1842, to 1,679,958 quarters, in 1845. The Great Britain and Great Western steamers are announced to sail for New York the latter on the 11th ol April, and the former on the 9th of May. The Ministerial Free-trade policy lias caused a great number of resignations of noblemen and gentlemen high in office at court. Sir Robert Peel's present views have caused the resignation of several seats in Parliamerit by hon. members. Large and influential Anti-Corn Law meetings have been held at Swansea, and several other places in Wales, during the past few day. Mr. Vivian, M.P. (for Swansea, has given the Mechanics' Institution of that town a donation of £5. BRIDGEND, FEB. 4.—Richard Fraoklen, of Clementstone, Esq., was thisday sworn into office as High Sheriff of this county for the ensuing year and he has appointed Mr. W. Lewis, of this town 10 be his Under-sheriff. Mr. J. Acraman, of Fishguard, has recently been appointed Agent for Lloyd's, in the room of Com. Evans, R.N., on the coast from Cardigan Head to Aberithay Bay. Pelitions are being got np in many parts of the country, in favour of the return from banishment, of Frost, Williams, and Jones. CAUlION-A very smart and fashionably-living youngster, who served as assistant to a worthy draper at Haverfordwest, has been assisting himself to laces and other valuable goods, to- gether with J27. 17s. 6d., the property of his master, for the purpose of being a "young geaelman wot drinks brandy-and. valer, and smokes real Hawannahs;" and he is now awaiting his trial for the same. A London paper states, that the converts to the Roman Ca. tholic religion from the upper ranks of society, during the last few months, now exceed one hundred, of whom nearly forty are clergymen. A young lady, of highly respectable connections, at Clifton, has been admitted to the Romish Church. The Lord Bishop of Llandaff, as Dean of St. Pitul's, has been pleased to present the Rev. B. C. Sangar, M.A., Curate and Evening Lecturer of St. Luke, Old-street, London, to the Rec. tory ot St. Paul's, Stiadwell. Sir Samuel Meyiick has forwarded a donation of five pounds to the Normal School established at Brecon, for the instruction of children without reference to any particular religious creed. The Lord-Lieutenant of the county, the member for the bo- rough, and the mayor, among the subscribers. His Grace of Norfolk, it is thought, had undergone the pro- cess which Norfolk turkeys are obhged to go through about this time of the year, viz., that of being crammed by somebody or other, prior to making his famous curry speech, the other day, at Steymng. Even then it is difficult to account for the more than ducal dulness whish prevented his feeling the ridicule it excited among his heaters. KILLING SALMON.-Flve men were brought befora Daniel Prylherch, Esq., on Thursday, the 5tb inst., charged with un- luwlully taking salmon in the Cowin river. The case being satisfactorily proved, they were convicted under the Carmartheo Fishermen's Act, in the penally of 20s. and costr in default of payment, to b IIOpliiloned in the House of Correction for one calendar month. Depredations of this nature have latterly be. come of so frtqtient occurrence, that unless rigorous measures be taken to put a stop to them, a scaicity will be felt in the county. of an article of food for which the neighbourhood has long been celebrated.—Tenby Chronicle. Among the many discoveries that characterise the present age, nothing has contributed to much to the comfort and ease of th. community, nor conferred such a boon upon suffering humanity, as that i-nportant discovery and never-failing remedy for gout and rheumatism, Blair's Gout and Hheurnatic Pills. Thousands wauld join in Ihe ovse. vation of an elderly female, as made to Mr. Fog^ett, the Agent at Thirsk that she would rather be without butter to her bread, and sugar to her tea, than Blair's Pills." This important medicine is sold by all medicine venders. Price 2s. 9.1. per box. Observe the name of Thomas Prout, 228, Strand, London," on the Government Stamp. LITERATURE IN FRANCE.— t here issued from the French press, during; the year 1845, 6,521 books of various kinds, 1,405 prints, 4U2 pieces of music, and 104 maps—in all, 8,520 works.

"ONE GOOD TURN DESERVES ANOTHER. -We learn that Captin Atkinson, the celebrated sportsman, who some years ago resided at Clanhugh, in the neighbourhood of Westmealh, Ireland, and afterwards at the Cottage, Rathowen, was surrounded by a large party of the Molly I Maguires, whilst shooting on a bog in the neighbourhood of Carrick-on-Shannon last week, and ordered to deliver up his fowling-piece; this he refused to do, and drew a pistol from his breast to fire at the fellows; it missed fire, and the Mollies immediately wrested both the gun and pistol from him, and would, in all probability, have given him something not very agreeable in return had not a resident on the bog came to the rescue with a short gun, and swore he would shoot some of the party if the arms were not restored, telling them at the same time of the generosity of the captain towards him and his wife. The gallant captain and true sportsman, it appeared, was on the bog a week previously, and convenient" to the hut of this poor man (whose wife was in her confinement at the time). He requested that the captain would not fire 11 convenient" to the house, explaining the delicate state of his wife. Captain Atkinson instantly retired to a distant part of the bog, and returning home from his day's sport, despatched a messenger to the hut with many comforts that the poor family were strangeis to, and called a few days after to inquire for the patient. On hearing of his generous kindness to the poor man, the Mollies instantly returned the arms to Captain Atkinson, and cheered him lustily, promising to protect the game for him, and that no person would be allowed to shoot there but himself. The Mollies then straight betook them- selves away, wishing him long lile, and ehteriog him as they went along.

TO THE FARMERS OF MONMOUTHSHIRE. Brother Farmers,—A change, a most important change, hangs over us. It may be made now, or it may not be made till a few years hence—but made it will be. What are we to do in the meantime ? That is the question which most concerneth us now. Shall we fold our arms in despair and look doggedly on? Or shall we respond to the call that is being made upon us to mus- ter, and talk, and petition ? Or shall we leave the battle to be fought by those who linve raised the battle-cry, and be trying to adjust our sails for the dreaded breeze of free-trade, that the withdrawal of the gentle gale of protection may not leave them flapping auolIl us 1 The first proposition will, I am sure, be scouted by us all,— not so reodily the se< ond. But before we enter upon agitation, Ut us consider the effect it will have, first upon the question, and next on ourselves. If the agitation be as successful as they who call upon us to embark in it could desire-thai is, if it put Peel out of power, and put them in his place-lhink you that they will be more po- tent to resist a principle that has been too powerful for most of, if not all, the eminent statesmen of out day 1 One by one has found himself forced to own allegiance to it, even at the risk of having all manner of dishonest motives and conduct attributed 10 him a tithe of which, if stuck on any of our backs, would drive us out of every maiket town in the county; If our agitation then placed "the farmer's friends"—a new batch of them—in power, protection," the protection that is afforded us by the Corn Laws, would be just as broken a staff to lean upon then as it is now. It is neither Peel nor potatoes that have broken it, though both have helped to expose its weakness. It lacks the vitality of sound piinciple,—nothing but the most vigorous and unremitting agitation can arrest, for a few years longer, its natural decay- its final doom can not be averted. If our agitation, then, will be of no permanent benefit to the question, let us consider the effect it will have upon ourselves. Will not the ferment of both mind and body into which it will throw us, leave us just in the worst possible state for making head against the evils that our friends" say will befal us the the moment the Corn Laws are repealed and until they are repealed, betwixt hope and fear, we shall know no rest, neither by night nor by day lor if we enter into agitation at all, it must be with all our soul, and with all our might, and with all our strength. We must never rest on our oars for a moment, for we shall be pulling against the stream; and if we rest, we re- cede. Our protection societies must be attended and supported our business will be neglected, both at home and at market peace of mind, the farmer's inheritance. will be banished we shall become dissatisfied with ourselves ti.at dissatisfaction will find vent at our firesides, if it do not drive us from them and we shall cune the day and the delusioa that drew our hands from the plough and put them to politics. Such, I sincerely believe, will be the upshot of our agitation. It will overwhelm us with distress, whatever the repeal of the Corn Laws may do. That, however, is a question upon which it is not my intention to enter; though my own conviction is that their repeal will be beneficial to us. But suppo-ing it to he otherwise-lupPoling tbllt protection has iocreased our profits 8S well as our landlords' rents-made UI prosperous and rich, if we can delude ourselves for a moment into such a supposition, even then, will not our wisest plan be, to set vigorously to work to prepare ourselves for the withdrawal of it ? How we shall best do that, I will leave for the subject of another letter. I remain, Farmers, most sincerply, Usk, Feb. 4, 1845. ONE OF YOU.

HOUSE O F LORDS. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6th. The Enl of Dalhousie moved the further consideration of the report of the select committee appointed to consider the mode in which this House shall deal with railway bills during the present session, and also the consideration of standing oider No. 2'24 with a view to its amendment. The Noble Earl, after a short statement of the proceedings of the committee, Hid the result of their deliberation had been a recommendation if al'er the stand ing order to which he refened. A committee of the other House hbd recommended thai during the preseolsession a ceitain portion of the railway bills should commence in their Lordship's House. Amongst these were the Irish railway bills. But a difficultv arose with respect to the amount of deposit. The object of the alteration in the standing order was to meet that difficulty and the committee recommended that no such bill should be enter- tained unless 5 per cent, upon the subscribed capital should be deposited previous to the 6th of February, and that no such bill should be read a third time until the remaining 5 per cent. should be paid, making, in the whole, the 10 per cent, required by their lordships. With respect to the other class of bills, those which were consideted as competing bills, the committee had not vet been able to come to any decision. Lord Monteagle concurred in the proposed alteration, which he contended would confer a great benefit on Ireland, inasmuch as it would bring the railway works into operation at an earlier period. After a few words from the Earl of Stradbroke, the motion was agreed to. Some notices of motion were then given, and their Lordships adjourned until Monday.

HOUSE OF COMMONS. FRIDA Y, FEBRUARY 6rh. Lord G. Somerset moved the adoption of the first report of the select committee appointed to consider how the house shall deal with the railway bills proposed to be submitted to it this session: and which contained the following recommendations :— That for the purpose of facilitating the despatch of the rail- way business during the present session, it is expedient that a portion of the railway bills should commence in the House of Lords. That with respect to any railway bills which, in pursuance of these resolutions, shall commence in the House of Lords during this session, this house will not insist on their privilege with regard to the clauses fixing and regulating rates and lolls in such bills. That with a view of affording early and increased means of employment in Ireland, it is expedient to give facilities for the early consideration of Irish railway bills. That for the attainment of this object, it is expedient lb it all Irish railway bills should, in the present session, commence in the House of Lords. That it is expedient that all bills which compete with, or ought to be considered in connection with, any bills, the pro- moters of which shall prove themselves entitled to the privileges agreed to be granted in certain cases by the resolutions of this House of the 7th of July last, shall commence in the House of Lords. "That the parties promoting railway bill*, which, by the above resolutions, are to commence in the House of Lords, may (notwithstanding any proceeding respecting such bills in the House of Lords) prove before the committee on petitions of the House of Commons that they have complied with the standing orders of this house, aud the report of such committee shall be ordered to lie on the table. If the committee should report that the standing orders have not been complied with, their report shall be leferred to the committee on standing orders, whose report shall be ordered to lie on the table. That when a railwuy bill shall have commenced in the House of Lords, and shall be sent down to the House of Com- mons from the House of Lords, it shall be read the first time in the House of Commons, and shall then be refened to the committee on petitions, to ascertain whether the railway bill so sent down is substantially in accordance with the standing orders, as determined by the House of Commons." After some observations from Mr. Greene and Mr. W. Col- lelt, the motion was agreed to. Sir R. Peel, in reply to a question of Mr. Labouchere, stated that the Brazilian Government had not yet carried out the discriminating duties which they had for some years given notice of; nor was this Government in the possession of any information that they were likely to do so. Mr. P. Miles announced that it was the intention of the party with whom he acted, to meet Sir R. Ptel's motion on Monday night with a direct negative. Adjourned.

UsEri'LNESs.—It must be a great satisfaction, at the close 01 life, to be able to look back on the years which are passed, and 10 feel that you have lived, not for yourselves alone, but that you have been useful to others. You may ba assured, also, that the same feeling is a soutce of cordon and happiness at any pe- riod of life. 1 here is nothing in this world so good as usetul- ness. It binds your fellow-cieatures to you, and you to them.; it tends to the improvemeot of your own character, and it gives you a real importance in society, much beyond what any artificial station can bestow. BEAUTY,—Everything in creation is not, humanly speaking, beautiful; the ugly exists there as as well as the beautiful, the grotesque on the reverse of the sublime, deformiry cluse to g3r.e, evil with good, shade wilh light. What we call ugly harmonises not with man, but with creation.-— Victor Hugo. Why is your nose in the middle of your face 1 Because its the scenter. Why is England an unhealthy country just now 1 Because its constitution is in such an unsettled stale. There is said to be a pump in Long Island that will make a quart of milk into three pints. Two TO ONE.—A person being seated at table between two tradesmen, and thinking to be witty upon them, said, How pretty I am fixed between two tailors." Yes was the reply being only two beginners in business, we cannot afford to keep m re than OD goose between us THE RIGHT lION. T. B. MACAULAY.—In the House of Commons, abstraction is still his chief characteristic. He enters the house with a certain pole-star to guide him-his seat hov h. reaches it seems as If it were a process unknown to him. Seated, he folds his arms and sits in silence, seldom speaking to lus colleagues, or appearing to nonce what is going forward. If he has prepared himself for a speech, it will be remarked that he comes down much earlier than usuil, being very much addicted to speaking before the dinner-hour, when, of course, Ills memory would be more likely to serve him than at a late hour in the night, after having endured forhouts the hot atmosphere of the house, and the disturbing influences of an animated debate. It is observable, too, that, 011 such occasions, a greater numbet of member* than usual may be seen loitering about the house. An opening is made in the discussion, and he rises, or rather darts up from his seat, plunging at once into the very heart of his subject, without exordium or apologetic preface. In fact, you have for a few seconds heard a voice, pitched in alto, monotonous, and rather shrill, pouring forth words with inconceivable velocity, ere you have become aware that a new speaker, and one of no common order, has broken in upon the debate. A few seconds more, and cht-ers, perhaps fiom all parts of the house, rouse you completely from your apathy, compelling you to lollow that extremely voluble and not very enticing voice in its rapid course through the sub- ject on which the speaker is entering with a resolute deter- mination, as it seems, never to paue. You think of an express train which does not stop even at the chief stations. On, on he speeds, in full reliance oh his own momentum, never stopping for words, newer stopping for thoughts, never halting for an instant,even to take breath, his intellect gather- ing new vigour as it proceeds, hauling the subject after him, and all its possible attributes and illustiations, with the strength of a giant, leaving a line of light on the pathway his mind has trod, till unexhausted, and apparently inex- haustible, he brings, this remarkable effort to a close by a peroration so highiy sustained in its declamatory power, so abounding in tlluslratioll, so admllably fiamed to crown and clench the whole oration, that surprise, if it has ever begun to wear off, kindles anew, and the hearer is left utterly prostrate and powerless by the whirlwind of ideas and emotions thai has swept over hin»,~Fro«er'» Magatine,

ROYAL STANDARD AND ARMS OF WALES. To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. Sir,—I intended to have sent you a few lines much earlier, in answer to Ap Siencyn's enquiries on the subject abovemeniioned, but other matters would not afford me time and even now I have only leisure just sufficient to point out to Ap Siencyn the sources from which he may obtain the required information. He will find the Arms of Wales (copied from the great seal of O-vain Glydyfrdwvd) prefixed 10 the poetical woiks of Lewis Glyn Colin, recently published, and a drawing of them in the style ot the tliiiteenih century on the title page of the first num. ber of the Arehoelogiti Camtoiensis, just out and for the arms of the five royal tribes of Wales and fifteen tribes of North Wales, I would refer him to York's Tribes, a work of great value and authority but if he should find any dilhculty in obtaining the works releried to, and should be anxious to asreitain the arms of any particular prince or family, I shall be happy to gratify him if I can. 'Thejarms of King Arthur will be found in the following ex- tract taken from the Rev. John Roberts' Translation 01 the Chronicles of Britain :—" Arthur then put on breast plate worthy of a King, on which were the image of a fiery dragon, and another devise called Prydwen (the fair form), in which was the carved image ot the viigin, which Arthur usually wore when going to a perilous engagement."—Page 141. Mr. Roberts is of opinion that the part referring to the image of the virgin," is an interpolation, because, in the timeof Arthur, no particular devotional respect was paid to the Virgin Mary in Britain. The arms of our last native Prince, Llewellyn ap Griffith, were—quarterly 01 and gu four loius, passant, quadrant, coun changed. I am, Sir, your obedient seivant, February 5th, 1846. HENAFGWR.

CAERLEON AND NEWPORT TURNPIKE TRUSTS. To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. Sir,—I was much pleased by remarking, in in your last num- ber, some verv appropriate observations upon the disproportion between the quantity of road kept in repair, by the New. port turnpike and the Caeileon trust; but it struck me as somewhat paradoxical, though I do not doubt the accuracy 01 the information offered by your correspondent, Equestrian, that this disproportion should exist, understanding, as I d., that the gentlemen who form one trust are those who also form the other. Pray, what objection, therefore, can exist to the Newport trust more equally dividing their responsibility with themselves, as trustees of the Caerleon trust 1 Perhaps Equestrian may be able to afford some information on this head. At any rate, in is high lime justice should be done equestrians and others who use this road, by the removal nf a portion of the unequal impost. I should not like to see Rebecca and her daughters in this part 01 Ihe world. Yours, &c., Caerleon, February 3d, 1846. PERAMBULATOR.

DREADFUL SHIPWRECKS AND LOSS OF LIFE. The following particulars of the loss of the Cataraqui emigrant ship are condensed hom.the Port Plullp and HobartTown papers received at Lloyd's Thursday morning :—It is our melancholy duty to lay befure the public the particulars of the most awful shipwreck which has ever occurred in these colonies-Mile total wrerk of the emigrant ship Cataraqui upon the iron-bound coast of King's Island. The following particulars are from Mr. Guthrie, the chief mate, who, with his eight fellow survivors, reached the shore almost in a state of nudity, having, of course, lost everything they possessed :— TheCatarsqui, Captain C. W, Finlay, sailed from Liverpool on the 20th of April, with 369 emigrants, and a rrew, including two doctors (Mr. C. Carpenter and Mr. Edward Carpenter, brothers), of 46 souls. Tne emigrants were principally fiom Bedfordshire, Staffordshire, Yorkshire, and Nottinghamshire. About 120 of the passengers were married, with families, and io all 73 children. At half-past 4 on the 3rd of August, it being quite dark and raining hard, blowing a fearful ale, and the sea running mountains high, the ship struck on a reef situate on the west coast of King's Island, at the entrance of Bass's Straits. The scene of contusion and misery that ensued at this awful period it is impossible to describe. All the passengers attempted to tush upon deck, and many succeeded in doing so, until the ladders were knocked down by the workings of the vessel, when the shrieks of men, women, and children from below were terrific, calling on the watch 00 deck to assist them. The crew to a man were on deck the moment the ship struck, and were instantly employed in handing up the passengers. Up to the time the vessel began breaking up, it is supposed that between 300 and 400 were got on dtck by the extraordinary exertions of the crew. At this time the sea was breaking over the ship on the larboard side, sweeping the decks, every sea taking away some of the pas- sengers. About 5 a.m. the ship careened right over her larboard side, washing away boats, bulwarks, spars, and part of the cuddy, and literally sweeping the decks. At this critical period the captain gave orders to. cut away the masts, hoping the vessel would right to enable the crew to get on deck the passengers left below. Everything was done that could be under the circum- stances to get the vessel upright, but all to no purpose. The passengeis below were now all drowned, the ship being full of water, and the captain gave those on deck directions to cling to that part of the wreck then above water until daylight, hoping that the spars would be of some service in making a breakwater under the lee, and thos enahle the survivors to get 00 shore in the morning. When day broke we found the stern of the vessel washed in, and numerous dead bodies floating around the ship, and some hanging upon the rocks. Several of the passengers and crew (about 200 altogether) were still holding on to the vessel, the sea breaking ovsi, and every wave washing some of them away. About 3 o'clock in the afternoon the vessel parted amid- ships at the fore part 01 the main rigging, when immediately some 70 or 100 were launched into the tumultuous and remorse- less waves. The survivors ran ridge lines along the side of the wreck to enable them to hold on. The fury of the waves con- tinued uoabated, and about 5 o'clock the wreck parted by the forerigging, and so many souls were submerged in the water that only 70 survivors were left crowded on the forecastle, who were then lashed to the wreck. The sea continued breaking ever them, the wind raging, and the rain heavy all night, and thus the poor creatures continued. When dav broke the following moruina il was discovered that only about 30 were left alive. The sea was now making a clean breach into the forecastle, the deck of which was rapidly breaking up. About this time, whilst numbers were helplessly clinging to the hows, and continued dropping off without Ihe possibility of succour, the captain attempted to reach the shoie, bat was unable, and with some assistance regained the wreck. The lashings of ihe survivors were now undone, in order to give them the Usi chance of life. Mr. Guthrie, seizing a piece of plank under his arm, leaped into the water, and was carried over the net and got on shore. He found a passenger who had got on shore during the night; and one of the crew, John Robinson, plunged into the water when he saw the mate ashote, and partly swimming and partly diving, reached land. Five other seamen followed, and landed dreadfully exhausted Almost immediately after, the vessellotally disappeared. Thus out of 423 souls on board, only 9 were saved. The losses announced during the last week have been truly appalling, several American packet-ships being among the number wrecked in crossing the Atlantic, with the loss of all hands. The first on the list is that of the Montreal, a fine new ship, 345 ions burthen, a trader between London and Quebec, which was lost during a snow storm on the night of the 14th of last month, on shoie near Cape Chat, and not one belonging to her was left to tell the tale. The wieck, when discovered, was Tast breaking up, her masts were gone, and her hull had parted in two. On shore the bodies of the captain, wife, and child were found, the latter being clasped in its mothei's arms. Four other bodies were afterwards dis. covered entangled in lhe wreck. Thfy have all been buried in one grave. The vessel was laden with flour and other articles. The next melancholy affair is also that of another packet-ship, supposed to be the Saxon, bound to London, lost with all hands. The ship, which has a large amount of in- I snrauce on her at Lloyd s, was 367 tons burthen, and left Boston, 10 which she belonged, on the 13th of last month, manned with a crew of 20. Ste was last seen on the 17th, and her destruciion is supposed to have occurred about the 19th, on a reef of rock called the Ledges, near Red Head, as her wreck was by the Stamboul, from Smyrna, on the 24th, 25 miles N.N.W. of St. George's Shoal. Anothei loss took place on a field of ice, the particulars of which are thus described :—The brig Laurel left Quebec on the morning of the 29:h Dec., with a cargo of 400 barrels of flour and 28 of butter. On urriving off Cacona. on the banks of Newfoundland, she was met by a large field of ice, and every effort to steer clear of it proved abonive. The ship becoming fixed in she was shortly driven ashore on Greeu Inland, where she immediately became a wreck. The crew suffered severely for three day. The baique Universe, of Bos- ton, was lost under similar ciitumstances fortunately the crew were saved. 'The ship Cambridge, from Liverpool, on the 23rd of December saw a vessel in distress, which proved to be the Lord Lvnedoch, of London, in a sinking state. They tonk off the ctew, thiity-two in number, who were in a dread- ful sta e. The vessel foundered shortly afterwards. The Kast India Company have received information of the totiilloss of one of the company's war sloops, named Coote, corn. manded by Lieut. J. S. Grieve. The disaster happened on the: 3rd ol Nov. list, on a reef of rocks opposite Ca lie ur, the vessel at the time being on an expedition to the Malabar coast. The brig, Merlin, of Newcastle, was totally destroyed by fire on the 3rd instant. She was laden with wine and fruit, and within twelve hours after leaving Oporto Bar, she caught fire. The captain and crew were soon forced to take to the boat, and abandon the vessel. Thfy were afterwards picked up by a foreign schooner, which conveyed them to Gibrnller. LIVERPOOI., SUNDAY, FPB. 8.—We have to announce another shipwreck, attendtd with sad loss of iife The baique Ben- coolen, hound fiom Lima to Liverpool, was lost last night on a sand-bank called Tayloi's Bank, near the li^ht-ship, just outside Liverpool. She got agtound about seven o' clock in the evening, and about 4U minutes after first striking she totally disappeared. She had a crew of '20 hands besides the pilot. Only eight are saved, and amongst those drowned are, the captain, mate, pilot, aud remainder 01 the crew. At the time of her striking she had ;1 fair witid. and the tide running with her. The light-ship was well in view, and the people on board saw her strike and go down.

DENTITION.—There is, perhaps, no part of the human frame which more admitably exemplifies the wisdom and bounty of the Creator than the structure and arrangement of the teeth; for while among the animal races, some tribes are endowed with teeth which .-How them to liye only on vegetable diet; others being furnished with an apparatus calculated only for animal food man is provided with teeth, which render him omnivorous, and enable him to live either on animal or vegetable substances, as either may be most conducive to his well-being. The em. bellishment, care, and preservation of these important parts of the human economy, are objects highly important and • mon £ I the various preparations offered for the purpose, the Odonto," invented by the Messrs. Rowland, of Hatton Garden, stands unrivalled as a Dentifrice excelling all others, to its capability of embellishing, puritying, and preserving the teeth and gums. — Set Ädvl. HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLI, BAD DIGESTION.— WONDEIIFUL CURE.— T. Gardiner, Esq., of 9, Brown.street. Grosvenor-square, declares that he hud been under four ot the rnosi eminent physicians, beslds five of the greatest surgeons in London. He suffeied from a distended stomach, bad digestum, settled pains in the chest, was very neivous, and greailv deblh. tated, and scaicely able to walk a hundred yards. Not deriving the lead relict from the faculty, he set about rubbing large quan- tities of Holloway's Ointment into the clust, and took Hollo- way's Pills night and morning, which effectually restored him to perfect health and vigour in the short space of three weeks.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. — NEWPORT TOWN-HALL.—MONDAY, February 2. Present—J. Latch, Esq., mayor, and W. Brewer and Edward Dowling, Etqrs. ROBBtRY OF TIN AT THE CAKKLEON WOKK8. A grey-haired man, who had been upwards of thirty years em. ployed at the Caerleon Tin Works, named Walter Green, and a young man who had been in the same manufactory from child- hood, were charged with having stolen four blocks of tin, weigh- ing 1I81h, the properly of the Messrs. Folhergill and Company. —Mr. Webb appeared on behalf of the company; and Air. Woollen for the prisoners.—It appeared from the evidence of police constable Pennimore—whose conduct in the matter was very creditable-that on Sunday morning, about five o'clock, he observed the two prisoners coming along the Caerleon road to- wards Newport, the younger carrying a bag, which appeared to contain some weighty substance, and the elder supporting his jacket pockeis, as they walked along, as though they also con- tained something very weighty. He followed them so far at the canal bridge, where they separated, the younger prisoner going down the canal side, in the direction of Friars' Fields, and the elder going towards the same locality, by the road in front of the Steam Packet inn. He followed Morgan, and on coming up with him, asked him what his bag contained, to which he replied that it was a cheese, given him by his father at Caerleon. The policeman, being assisted by the watchman of the Screw Com- pany's wharf, then turned out the contents of the bag, and found liem to be a block of tin, weighing about 30 !bs, and a quan- tify of feathers. He also found, on searching the prisoner, a block of tin iuside his shirt, and next his body, supported by a neckerchief, which he had tied round his waist. This prisoner was then lodged in the station, and Pennimore proceeded to the Friars' Fields in quest of the other. He theie saw a light in a window of the notorious John Walford's receptacle for all sorts of things. He knocked, and was admitted into the room, where he saw Walford, and the prisoner Green, who was sitting on a chair. In reply to Pennimore. Green said he had come from Caerleon. He was then desired to stand up, to be searched, aDd 00 doing so, two blocks of tin were fouud on the chair he had been sitting upon. He was then removed, with the tin, to the station. Walford said he did not know the tin was in his house. These four blocks were now produced hefote the court, and found to coriespond exactly with a ladle bronght from the Caerleoo works, in which the tin had been placed in its liquid state. The -gent at the works, said he could not identify the blocks, but he had not the slightest doubt it was the property of the Messrs. Folhergill and Co., from the marks on the blocks and the ladle. —Mr. Woollett cross-examined the witnesses, but without any benefit to the prisoners, who were both committed for trial. THE BOROUGH OVERSEERS. Mr. Woollett, solicitor, applied to the Bench for summonses against the overseers of the borough, for payment of a certain amount of rate.The Mayor said he understood the assistant overseer was making strenuous endeavours to piocure the monev, and therefore the application had better stand over, as it might ultimately be unnecessary. STMLEAD or FEVER FROM NUISANCE. Before the Cleik iose, Mr. Pain, the town surveyor, applied to the Mayor under the following circumstances. He said he had recently been called on by Mr. Woollett, the dispensaiy sur. geon, to visii certain premises at the back of houses on the Car- diff road, belonging the Rev. Mr. Beynon, where fever was now raging to an alarming extent. Mr. Pain said he found the pre. mises in a most disgusting and filthy state, arising from the drains being full and choked, and overflowing the thoroughfares. Fever was existing in f'ollsequence, in very many of the houses. The locality was nol within the jurisdiction of the Improvement Commissioneis and he wished to know what course the Mayor -to wborn Mr. Woollett desired bim 10 apply-would advise or direct in this emergency.— Mr. Woollett, town clerk, said, that were the sessions closer at hand, Mr. Beynon would be indicted by the commissioners for the nuisance.—The M'yor directed that a letter should be sent to Mr. Beynon on the subject.—Now that fever is making such rapid progress in this confined locality, and is likely to be prevalent in many other places, where equally bad drainage exists, we suppose some measures will be adopted, of a remediable nature, before it be too late.— [We have much pleasure in adding to the foregoing remaiks, that Mr. Beynon is stated to have piomptly attended to the nuisance complained of, and ordered certain improvements which, we hope, will abate, if not wholly remove, the danger arising from it.] MONDA Y, FEBHUARV 9. Present—J.Latch, Esq mayor, and T.Hughes, Esq. FORGIVING WOMAN. Michael Lee, a dissolute-looking man, was charged with the prevailing folly of being drunk aud disorderly.— His wife stood up against him. Poor woman she had been sadly abused- her face was blackened on one side, from her eye downwards aDd yet, presenting there such a pitiable spectacle, she refused to lay a single charge against him. But PC Pennimore knew no such tender distinctions, and proved the charge without hesitation. The prisoner—foolish fellow !—thought 10 excuse the offence by pleading that he was so drunk, he didn't know what he was at. The Mayor very properly censured his brutality, and informed him that drunkenness was no excuse for any crime. He was then fined 5' and 6s. 6J. costs, or fourteen days' imprisonment. We believe the poor wife paid the money, and redeemed her amiable partner from his threatened sojourn at Usk. DAMAGE CASS. William Sutton, master of the Mary, of Cork, was charged by William Richards, pilot, of this port, with d'amage to the amount of £13. 18s.—Mr. Woollett appeared for complainant; and Mr. John Phillpotts for defendant.—We understood fiom a long detail of particulars, that the complainant's boat had sunk off Bridgewaterman's Reach, and that on the 2nd of January last he was assisted by two other pilots in their boats to raise her, by spars, ropes, and a long chain borrowed at the dock. This was about nine o'clock, and mooolight. While they were thus engaged, the Mary hove in sight, and was hailed by the pilots in lime 10 avoid ft col1iion; but this wns not beeded, and in a few minutes the Mary came 00, and carried away the two boats, broke the spars, and sent the chain to the bottom. The sunken boat was not touched by the vessels, and tbe owners of the other boats did not seek compensation for any injury done to them so that the claim Will, in facl, for the chain, which had not been recovered, the broken spars, and what injury might have been done to the three boats. A shipwright modestly tendered the above amount, as an estimate of a chain he had never seen, and whieh was so loosely described, that no calculation could possi. bly be made of its value, and of injury done to a boat which he did not know the whereabouts of.—Mr. Phillpotts objected to the right of complainant to claim for the chain, it being the pro- perty of the Dock Company.—The magistrates did not entertain the objection, but dismissed the case, as no satisfactory evidvnee had been adduced by the complaioant, who was consequently obliged to pay the costs. Biidget Coombs was charged with assaulting Mary Murphy. —'The affair was of a trifling nature, and was dismissed. Robert Wilkinson, master glazier, was summoned for having assaulted his apprentice, David Jenkins.—It appeared that the apprentice was not one of the roost dutiful, and possessed no recommendations whatever. So the magistrates advised that the indentures should be cancelled, to which both parties agreed. TUURSDAY, FTBRUAIIY 12th, 1846. Present—The Mayor. Mary Sweeney was charged with stealing coal, the property of Thomas Powell, Esq., and others, and was committed for trial. Edwin Bates was charged with being a disorderly apprentice, by his master, Mr. Richard Gould. Remanded to Monday nxl. Evhn Evans was summoned for leaving the port without pay- ing the harbour dues, was fined 40s. and cost, under the Haibour Act.

IMPORTANT TO AGRICULTURISTS. TEST TOR COLOURED RED CLOVER SEED. Fill an ounce phial one-third full with the suspccted seed, and fill it up with muriatic acid diluted with two parts of rain water. II, after standing three or four hours, the liquor be coloured green, or greenish yellow, the seed is doctored or, provided the seed be clean and free from dust, and the acid is made cloudy or opaque, it is doctored. Ti-sr FOR COLOURED TREFOIL AND WHITE CLOVER SEED. f'iIlID ounce phial one-thir,! with the stupected seed, and add spirit of sal ammoniac until it be two-lhirdsfull. Cork and shake the phial, and let it stand a few seconds, not exceeding half a minute, for if it stands longer, the genuine feed will colour the liquid. If the liquid be coloured either yellow or yellowish green the seed has either been dyed, or its natural colour has been brought to the top by some arifice. TIST FOR BLEACHED RED CLOVER, WHITE CLOVER, AND TREFOir..— Take a fourounce bottleone-third lull of the suspected seed, fill it up with boiling water, frequently shake iI, and when it is cold, if the liquid change the blue colour either of litmus paper, or of the leaf of a cabbage red, the seed is doctored. Sp. sal ammoniac, the muriatic acid, and the litmus papei may he obtained, at a trifling cost, of any chemist or druggist, and the cabbage leaf to be used must be what is popularly called the red cabbage. A newly invented musket hall has been tried at Vincennes, and produced effects similer to those of the clindro-conicnl ball. This new missile consists of the ball havinp a nail run through its centre, and is put inio the musket with the point towards the muzzle. This is said to make it carry lurihet and with greater precision.—Gulionunt'.

A FRAGMENT. 'Twas three in the morning, The sun acarce adorning The skies ('twas a lonely hour,) When hearing bells toll I took a short stroll To see what ailed the old tower. And as I came near, A feeling of fear Crept oyer me, for on the blast, From o'er the west door, St. John's statue did pour A dirge to the days that have past. ST. JOHN'S DllWJi TO THE CAKDIFF CHIMES. Ah times have changed here, And for aye, too, I fear, My hours in triplets no more Can I count in the night Or the day with delight, The songs of the chimes are all o'er. Full many a year, In my niche standing here, All silent and lone but for thee; When the world was asleep, And the sun fear'd to peep, Thy cheering notes still solac d me. When summer's warm breath Fann'd above and beneath, Thy sweet tones woke the morn, hush'd the eve, In some plaintive song, Which the winds bore along, Till its echoes the hills could receive. But the song is now o'er, For thy chimes only pour Sounds discordant, unmeaning, and harsh, Tones that jar on the ear, Like the wintry blasts drear, Or some reptile's hoarse croak on the marsh. The pure soul has iled Cardiff's music is dead, With the hand that once guided thy strain, This change in the tttnet, Does away with sweet chimes— We never shall hear them again- Qardiff, Feb. 10th, 1848. E,

ODDFELLOWSHIP. IMPORTANT AND INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE REV. HENRY NEWLASD, OF WESTBOURNE, SUSSEX, AND THE REV. SIR ERASMUS WILLIAMS, BART., OF MAULBOROCGU. To the Hon. and Rev. Sir Erasmus Williams, Bart., of Marlborough. DEAR SIR,-—At a meeting held last week at the Palace (Chichester) consisting of the clergy, magistrates, and other influential laymen of the county, for the purpose of taking into consideration the necessity of establishing a diocesan benefit society, it was suggested by me, who am an Odd- fellow, that, as the Order had already established itself in the county, it would be more advisable to make it the basis of any intended association, (than to found an entirely new society. It has been suggested to me that I ought to obtain accu. rate information on the following points, and as I have heard that you have both written and spoken on the subject,! trust YOli will not think that I am taking too groat a liberty if I request you to answer these two questions ;-1sI. Is there anything in the constitution of Oddfellowship which renders it incapable of being made the basis of a church society! and 2nd. What points require alteration, and what is it advisable to alter in order to mould it into such a form ? If you will be good enough to answer these questions, you will not only furnish us with information very likely to be of great use to the diocese,but you will also be promot- ing the interests of the society of which we both are mem- bers, by giving me an opportunity of making known its principles, for you must be aware that whatever prejudice there is aganst us, arises wholly, or at least principally, from ignorance. The meeting has requested the bishop to appoint a corr- mittee, ol which his lordship is to be chairman, to examiue into the subject. We (for I am one of the members) meet next week, and I trust I shall have received your answer by that day, but if you cannot answer it by that time, still an- swer ii, because I do not think an affair of so great impor- ance can be settled at one meeting. Yours faithfully, HENRY NEWLAND. Westbourne Vicarage, Emsworth, Oct. 1 lib, 1845. To the Rev. Hfttry Newland, Westbourne Vicarage. DEAlt SIR AND BKOTHER,—I offer a thousand apologies for my seeming neglpct of your note of Oct. 11th, but I really have been so much absent, and so much engaged in business, that I could not get sufficient leisure time to at- tend to it. As to your first question, Is there anything in the constitution of Oddfellowship which renders it incapable of made the basis of a church society?" I must answer in the affirmative.. church society implies ex- elusiveness-that its membets are exclusively churchmen, and consequently that there is some lest. Now Odd- lellowship, like all the ordinary friendly societies, has no test. It is true that a member of the latter is bound to attend the church once a year or pay a fine, but the mem- bers of the former always go to church on the occasion of their processions, when bigotry and its almost neccessary adjaunct, persecution (" ignorantly in unbeiel" of the holy principles of Oddfellowship), staud not in the door- way to prevent their entrance. It might, reasoning a priori have been thought that servants ot the Lord Jesus, who came to seek and to save the lost sons of Adam—that ministers, claiming their high calling of preaching the gospel to every creature, of leaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus—that God's ministers attending continually upon this very thing, would hardly have set at naught those who approached ihem, seeking and desning the ministry of reconciliation at their hands. Sad experience, however, certifies to the conl/ary in too many instances. If Oddfellows are bad men, are they not the objects of the peculiar care of a ministei of Christ? and if they are good men, are they not of his peculiar love ? But what is gained by denying them Christian instruction? and what Christianity is there in calling them Deists, and otlur opprobious names? The best mode, as it appears to me, of carrying into effect the object in view is, that the clergy should join the Lodges in their respective neighbour. hoods, and recommend their neighbours to join them, for it is an Institution eminently blessed of God, and we rely on God's grace for future blesssings. I look upon Oddfellow- ship as an Institution second only to Christianity, partaking largely of it, and holding nothing contrary to II; as a vehicle of the most extensive benefit to the country, and as pn engine of great power for raising the industrious and labouring classes—yea, all classes of the community-to morality and virtue. I confess that I feel myself a better man liom my connection with Oddfellowshsp, and indeed a good Oddfellow CANNOT be a bad man. Our rules and laws emanate from the mother Lodge at Manchester, and bind every Oddfellow, whether in England, America, Australia, Germany, France, Ireland, or wherever the members of Oddfellowship set up her standard of benevo- lence. Oddfellowship honours all men, loves the brotherhood, fears God, honours the sovereign" and charity is the point on wlllch, wilh all her array of virtues, she turns; and with love for her pole star, Oddfellowship cannot be far in error. Your second question, "What points require alteration, and what is advisable to alter in order to mould it into such a fotm P is so entirely dependent on the first, on which I have so much enlarged already, that a few words will suffice. I cannot conceive that any alteration short of the destruction of the first principles of the one or the other Institution in question can produce an amalgamation of the two; but the nearest approach would be that of the clergy joining the Order of Odd fellows, and giving it that support which it justly claims from the authoritative guardians of public moral. Men's minds vary as their countenances-aull God made both, and they cannot be brought to the line and to the plummet. Oddfellowship is a common ground on which persons of discordant opinions on religion and poli- tics can meet, In harmony and peace—in Friendship, Love, Truth; and may God move the hearts of the cterey,and all other good men, to promote the welfare of this truly benevolent, but persecuted Institution, that peace and hap. pit ess, truth andjnstice, religion and piety, may flourish and abound in the land. I remain, Rev. Sir and Brother, with great respect, Your. fraternally, E. H. G. WILLIAMS. Marlborough, Nov. 11,1845.

SHIPPING AOEVTS.—Mr. II, G, Pierce, who has been recently licensed as a shipping agent by the llonrd of Trade, appeared to answer « c'a fe d leceivinc f gratuity from a seaman for pio curing him a berth 011 board the ship liuieshite. Mr. Pelham oaid this was a cotse prosecuted by the Registrar of Seamen, under ihu diiections of the Board of Tradf, against the defendant, who was one of their hcened agent, under the 8th 8ection of the 1\lerclldot Seamen's Protection Act, the 8th and 9th Victoria, cap 116. The circumstances of the case were rather peculiar, aod the sum which the defendiint was alleged to have taken fiom the seaman was only la.; but the principle WRl of the highest importance The legislature had declared that no person should receive any remuneration from any seaman or from any person other than the owner, put owner, master, or other person in charge of a merchant ship, or the ship's husband, for and on account of the hiring, supplying, or providing any seaman with a situation. The seaman in this case, John Williams, a inan of colour, engaged with the steward of the Buteshire, bound to Madras, who recom- mended him to the master, and he signed articles on board on Thursday, the 81b instant. Mr. Pierce, who was employed to provide men for the ship, was present, and filK-d up Ihe blanks in the printed forms of advance notes, and directed Williams, among others, to come to his house in the evoning. Williams did wail upon Pierce at the lime appointed, and received his advance note for a month's wages from the defendant, who demanded and received a shilling. Williams w-as also pievailed upon to give sixpence to Pierce's daughter —Mr. Ballantine At whose sug gestion 7—Mr. Pelham replied, at the suggestion of Pierce him- self, and he understood it was a common practice for the licensed crimps he begted p.ardon, agents—fa laugh)—lo suggest to seamen to give money to some member of their family when they hired them. and thus was the act of parliament sought to be evaded. 1 he eighth clause of the new act said the licensed agents should not receive any remuneration, either directly or j ndireclly, from seamen, and it was for the magistrate to consider whether Pierce, who held the seaman's advance note, was not privy lothe hiring, and whether he had not, in the words of the act, indi- rectly "dernandpd and received remuneration." He ought to state that the master of the Buteshne paid Pierce 2s. for each man he shipped for the vessel.—Pierce I did not ship the sea- man Williams at all: the stewaid shipped him.—After aome fuitlier procedute, Mr. Balhnttr.e dismissed the case.

0MIMS. We all love the wonderful, and when it cornea attended by chivalrous sell devotion, and a ri",ill regard to honour, it present* itself to our admiration in a shape doubly attractive. PAIN AND GLNIVS.—For all men, in itself, disease is misery but chiefly 101. men of finer feelings alld endowments, to whom, in return for such superiorities, it seema to be sent most fie- quently, and in its most distressing forms. It iscruel fate for the poet to have the sunny land of his imagination, often the lIole territory he is lord of, dinfigured and daikened by the shades of pain for one whose higheal happiness i. the exertion of his men- tal faculties, to have them chained and paralysed in the impri. sonment of dislempered fiame. With external activity, with palpable pursuits above all, with a suitable placidity of nature, much, even in certain stales of sickness, may be performed and enjoyed. but for him, whose heart is already over keen, whose world is of the mind's Ideal-inlerDal; when the mildew of lin- gering disease has struck that world, and tegun to blacken and consume its beauty, nothing seems to remain but despondency and bitterness, aDd desolate sorrow felt and anticipated to the end. CONJURING AND DRUNKENNESS.—Conjuration, witchcraft, and sorcery, were formerly capital ofTeoces, but they have latterly and sorcery, were lormerly capital ofTeoces, but they have latterly been considered capital fun, aod been practised with much profit by Wizards of the North, and other piofessors of the art of magic.—Drunkenness is punishable by a fie of five shillings, or sitting six hours in the IIlocke; but these stocks have now gone quite out of fashion, and are not to he met with in any stock mar- ket.—A splitting headache is, however, an obvious penalty lor drunkenness, in addition to the fine,—a penalty which, though not inflicted by the letter of the law, emanates entirely how the spirit.—There are one or two other offences that fall under this division of the subject, but as they carry with them their own punishment in uddition to that awarded by the law, it is not De. cenary to notice them. A staid and demure lady called on Dr. Christie a few day. since, "Will the galvanic rings cure depression of spirits 1" aaked the lady. What caused the complaint, madam ?" replied the doctor. "The loss of my husband," mournfully ejaculated the lady. Then you had better get a wedding ring," said the doctor. WonI BY CONTRACT.—Two bricklayers had undeitaken to build a wail at a reduced ptice, and were 10 be paid the moment Ihe work was finished. Tbe job b..inj{ completed, ODe uid 10 the other, Jobson, do you hold the wall whilst I to for the money." A lew minutes after, he relumed. "Jobson," cried he," the work is paid for let go the wall, and get out of the way." Job- son forthwith took to hit heels, and the two bricklayeia repaired to the neighbouring public house. THE TERRIBLE—LARGEST WAR STEAMER I* — -J W ORLD.-(From the Nautical Standard and Steana gation Qasette.)—The Terrible, war steamer, is in cold sion, and now fitting for sea at Woolwich she has 20 mounted, also a brass field peice and carriage, and a VI for powder to accompany it. On her upper deck, each the bow, are two long 56 pounders, Monk's 11 feet 1, fire fore and aft in a line with the keel; these are mount a slide, and will cross fire with tach other, and also I round to the sides; two more of the same guns, right the stern, will also cross and sweep to the broadside 00. pivot, so as to fire forward, acting as chase guns if requf She has two 68 pounders on each broadside, to carry. or solid shot, which can be trained fore or aft accordi circumstances. On the deck, below, which is also flush aud aft, are 8 guns—viz., two long 56 pounders, 1\1 guns, 11 ft. long in the bow parts, to fire in a line with keel, and also several degrees of training on the broad and two of the same guns in the stern J right aft, which give such depression as to prevent even a small boat coming under her stern; and four guns, 68 pounders,0* broadsides,for shells or solid shot. There are four 8 guns, on the upper deck, to be traversed to any place, or ried on shore in ner paddle-box-boats, if requierd for 0 landing troops &c.-She has four separate boilers, ind# dent of each other, which may be connected when requi four funnets.ona to each boiler; the two after-ones down, so as to allow a square mainsail to be set when ing, and still using the two foremost boilers, thus wort hall her power, at the same time a considerable consulll of coals is saved .-The Terrible has two magazines, an slieli rooms, one of each before the engine room, and abaft for the safety of the vesel, to prevent any powder In the engine room when firing the guns. She can 400 tons of coals below the lower deck, and is prepared the midship part of the deck to take 200 or 300 tons packed in bags as a defence from shot to the engine' boiler, filling up a space of about 13 feet. In additio*] her thick, substantial solid sides she has good capacity^ if required for any particular service, can carry coal in sacks. With regard to conveyance of troop'r can berth a thousand men under cover of her second I deck independent of her ship's company, their berth helow forward, and the officers' cabins, gun-room,&c.,s She would swim if her external keel and plank wer'j her bottom. The Terrible's engines are most majestic; are 800 horse power, and she is to have a 240 officers, men, and boys. J

LONDON MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, MONDAY, FEN- The arrivals of Lnglish wheat being small, caused factrt ask some advance early in the day, which could not be obtai and although dry parcels were readily taken at the Itrice. of day week, the trade was dull for inferior qualities, and week's prices about supported. *■The flour trade is dull, at late prices. I We have a great heaviness in the trade for barley, 0"1 continued large arrivals, and prices are Is. to2s. per qr. low'J Beans and grey peas aie Is. per qr. cheaper j white pe»*f slowly, at late prices. 1 We are largely supplied with bats, particularly fioo J ElIg lish coast; and we have the trade dull, at a decline ofl to Is. per qr. from the value of this day se'nnight. [ CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASUR. I WHEAT.Essex & Kent, new red 52 58 White. 54 1 Old, red 56 <52 Ditto. 60 RvE.old 34 38 N»w BARLEV.grinding,2831 malting 31 34 Chevalier..36 w Irish 27 28 Bere .26 MALT, Suffolk and Norfolk 58 63 Brown Kingstone and Ware 60 Chevalier ..65 OATS, Yorksli & Lincolnsh,feed 22 — Potato .20 Voughall &. Cork,black. 21 22 Cork whi"te.23 P,ub'if 23 24 Westport..24 i W aterford, white 21 23 Black .21 i Newry 25 27 tialway 20 21 Scotch,teed. 21 Potato .27 Clonmel. 24 25 Limerick 21- Londonderry 25 26 Sligo.« 23 BEANS,Tick,new. 34 38 Old, sniall.40 PEAS, Grey 36 Maple .36 3 White. 46 48 Boilers .50,; F LOU R, Town-made.55 60 Suffolk42 pereack Stockton & Norfolk 40 41 Irish ..44 46 FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND. WHEAT. DanUic 52 56 fine 60 Hambu,rS 50 52 Rostock 52 54 BARLKY »••• •••••••••• 23 26 D I IT;H.™ R«D » I FLOUR, American,per barrel.. 30 32 Baltic.— J LONDON, MONDAY, Fuc. 9. J The arrivals last week from Ireland were 13,536 firkins bu# aDd 7,201 bales of bacon and from foreign ports. 2 309 < butter. j The butter market for general descriptions remains in a 4 < and inactive state, and business of a retail character; bo'J I finest brands meet a ready sale, aod in some instances a tri^f > advance in pi ices obtained. J In the bacon market but a moderate business was transae'4« The arnvals having given the dealers a supply, there wer«5|« few buyers to be met with, and prices of landed declined abjf. 2s. per c.vt on board. Some sales were made of Galway he**} meat, at 44s., for shipment for three or four months. | J Lard meets a slow sale, and prices the turn cheaper. L Stock and deliveries for week ending Feb. 7th 1! BUTTER. I BACON. I Stock. Delivery. stock. Deliver*. 1844 59,830 9,100 12,950 3 120 1845 39,330 6,630 17,990 3*450 1846 27,870 5,260 2;370 2,910 BUTTER. BACON, CHEESE, AND HAMS. IRISH BUITHH (new)s s. CHEKSE, pei cwt. s. « per cwt. — — Double Gloucester & Callow, new, on brd 98 — Single ditto 48 ^'S.0 92 Cheshire 66 C-°rk, 1st 98 — HAMS. ENOLISH BUTIER. Irish 56 Dorset, per fii kin 54 Westmoreland 66 1 t FOREIGN. York 66 1 Prim, Friesland, ot 112 — BACON, pew 48 « Ditto, Kiel 112 Middles < I SMITH FIELD CATTLE MARKET, MONDAY, FEB. H Notwithstanding the attendance of both town and °ouD!]) buyeis was tolerably numerous, and the weather more favour'!] ] for slaughtering, the beef trade was in a sluggish stale, at *2 I cline on the currencies obtained on this day se'nnight of 2d<y 81bv, the very highest figure for the best Scots not excee^at 4s. 4d. per 81bs., and at which a clearance was with diffiCn effected. JL Tbe numbers of sheep was again unusually limited. *5 mutton trade was again brisk, and last Monday's advaO'S J prices were firmly supported, the best old Downs readily Hd ducing 5s. 6d. per 81bs. J pe^!tll>IeW prime lambs on sale this morning sold readily | < per HIlls. SMITH FIELD CATTLE MARKET, MONDAY, FEB. H Notwithstanding the attendance of both town and °ouD!]) buyeis was tolerably numerous, and the weather more favour'!] ] for slaughtering, the beef trade was in a sluggish stale, at *2 I cline on the currencies obtained on this day se'nnight of 2d<y 81bv, the very highest figure for the best Scots not excee^at 4s. 4d. per 81bs., and at which a clearance was with diffiCn effected. JL Tbe numbers of sheep was again unusually limited. *5 mutton trade was again brisk, and last Monday's advaO'S J prices were firmly supported, the best old Downs readily Hd ducing 5s. 6d. per 81bs. J pe^!tll>IeW prime lambs on sale this morning sold readily | < aHidl prices" nutnbers of which were small—moved off stes^j Ti^'16 P0!^ trade was very steady, at last week's 1 he supply of pigs was moderately good. Per.Bibs.to sinil the offal. 1 s' a' *• a' s. d. 1 Coarse and Inferior Prime coarse wool- I Beasts .2 8 2 10 led Sheep .4 10 5 Second quality do.3 0 3 4 Prime South Downs < Prime large Oxen.3 6 3 10 Prime Scots, &c..4 0 4 4 Large coarseCalves4 8 | J Coarseand Interior Prime small ditto..5 6 Sheep 3 10 4 4 Large Hogs 3 10 Second quality do.4 6 4 8 Neat small Porkers.4 8 6<fJ Suckling Calves, 18s. to 3Gs.; and quarter-old Store Pigs, J to 21s. each. Beasts, 3,108 Sheep, 18,200; Calves, HI Pigs, 280. J LATEST CURRENT PRICES OF METALS. < LONDON, FEB. 6, 1846. £ '• ) IRON—Bara Wales.ton 9 *.j London 10 I Nail rods 10 lMc Hoops (Staf.) 12 *| Sheet „ 13 0 L Bars u off, Welsh cold blast foundry blast 5 I Scotch pig b Clyde 4 in Rails. 12 f a Russian c CCND. "II** 15 PS1 16 jj tl Gourieff 14 l"' Archangel 13 l' 1 Swedish d, for arriv 0 on the spot 11 A Steel, fagt 16 | C kegs « 15 j COPTER—Tile/" 92 'Tough cake 93 Best selected 96 ? Ordinary sheets lb. O bottoms 0 TIN—Com. blocks g .cwt. 5 hais 5 } ii Refined b Straits h 4 fC banca 4 | TIN PLATI#—Ch.,IC.» .feox I FC IX 1 19 c Coke, IC 1 8 IX 1 14 J IC Pig, lefined 21 106 common. 19 I1 Spanish, in bd 18 I American 17 t SpRT.TfcR—(Cake) 20 1 ZINC—(Sheet) TO export 30 QI'ICKSILVICR lb. 0 I KKFINED METAL.ton 0 i. a Discount 2J per cent. b Net cash. c DiSCO71 21 percent, d Ditto. e In kegs 4 and i-inch. f DiSCOIJJ1 percent, g Ditto pei cent. h Net cash, in bond, ♦ "JI count 3 per cent, k Ditto 21 per cent, I Net cash b its Discount 16 per cent. n discount 11 par cent. home use it is £ 32. per ton. REMARKS. j IRON.—Welsh and Staffordshire continue as reported '?jfi week. In Scotch pigs a limited business has been done '{Vj v eek, at 78s.6d. to 80s. cash, and 82s. 6d. to 85s. four month and the appearance of the market is tolerably firm buyer* i 77s. 6d., but no sellers at 80s. cash at Glasgow. A sale of S* jj, dish iron has been made at £ 11- 12s. 6d. for immediate cash« T TIN PLATIS are heavy, at quotations parcels in secOy hands may be bought at 27s. and 27s. 6d., I.e. coke, but demand is very limited. jm COPPER, LKAD, TIN, and SPELTER, as last week. F| PRESENT PRICE OF TIN PLATES. NEWPORT, FEB. 7. £ s. d. £ s d No. IC. per box. 1 11 0 Wasters.0 2 0 «' No. IX. per box 117 0 0 3 0 No. IX X. pei box 2 3 0 0311 BRISTOL HAY MARKET, FEB 10. flay pei ton- 2 5 0 to 3 15 Straw per Dozen 0 1 010 0 1 -—————————- r* Newport, Saturday, February 14, 1846. Printed and Published for the Propiietor, F, D W A It DOWLING, of ,,to- Hill, in the Parish 01 St. Woollos, the MKRI IN Gtneie.1 Printing Office, situate in Curn-street, the Borough of Newport,by WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER of No. 1, Chailes-street,in the said Borough. London Agents:—Messrs. Newton and Co., Warwick-squ* Mr. R. Barker, 33, Fleet-street; Mr. G. Reynell, 43, Ch* cery-lane, Mr. S. 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