The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

MYSTERIOUS MURDKR OF THE MYSTE. RIOUS PARIS GAMBLE ft. All lovers of the mysterious and marvelous in Paris have been put on the qui vive by a most extraordinary murder lately perpetrated near the passage Choiseul. The perron of the murdered man was well known in all the Parisian gambling houses, but his name no one ever heard, neither was his abode at any time found out. In the public places he frequented he went by the nickname of the Advocate, for he had acknowledged that he hud formerly belonged to the legal profession, and his con- versation and manners were lawyer-like. Property to the amount of 300.000 livres has been lieen in his possession, and he seldom had on his person less than fifteen thousand francs in notes. At the gambling tables he was noted as a cool, taci. turn, and pertinacious player, proceeding on a very complicated system, which demanded great attention and self-command. He passed away every day seated at some treiite-et-un table, silently immersed in his calculations in the combinations of the game. It was observed that if any one copied his plan of playing, he immediately rose and quitted the table in great ill humour, and he was not known to frequent the same house for many days after. He was found stiff and cold on the pavement, in a blind obscure flook, by the Salle Ventadour, close to the passage Choiseul. Cries had been heard in that neighbourhood in the dead of the night, and it is supposed that those shrieks scared the assassin from his plunder, as notes to a large amount were found on the person of the deceased yet there still is no clue whereby his identity can be traced. His body was exposed as long as possible, yet n0 one recognized it. He is supposed to have lodged in the most populous quarter in Paris but as vast sums are doubtless stored in his place of abode, those who knew the secret of his whereabouts" keep it well, and take silent possession of the rich spoils they have thus inherited. His death wound hdd been with a poniard stab in the side. It ill conjectured that his assassin was one of the players at the gaming house he had just quitted, who had dogged his steps till he entered the darksome alley, where his corpse was afterwards found.

BRITISH SHIPPING.—The number of vessels built in the year ending the 5th of January last was 708 in Great Britain. 25 in Ireland, and 26 in the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man forming a total of 759 ships, of the burthen of 92,915 tons. Their respective tonnage was as under Undtgr 50 Tons 216 Ships 6.257 Tons. From 50 to 100 207 14 382 100 to 150 79 9,606 150 to 200 70 12.056 200 to 300 140 35.623 300 to 400 31 10.340 400 to 500 8 3,468 500 to 600 1 501 Above 600 I 612 REDUCTION OF THE NATIONAL DEBT, 1832. —The "hLlle amount expended between the 7th of January, and 5th of January, 1833, for the rtducti -n did not exceed the sum of 6,8251. 16s. 3d.; of which 1,0001. was cash received from the Hon. Mr. Langley 1301 6. was the first subscription from the Ladies' Contribution" for the gradual reduction of part of the national debt 28211. 18s. was the January half a year's interest on J88,127'- Consolidat.d I'hree per Cent. Annuities; and 2,8731. 126. 2d. was the July half year's interest on 191,5741. of the like Annuities. These 6,8251. 16s. 3d, were invested in 8,0731. Consolidated Three per Cent. Annuities, and 1501. 17s. Id. Redtlced Annuities Consolidated. The parliamentary account, from which we have extracted the foregoing, states the Cash to be received and applied in the quarter between the 7th of January and 5th of April, 1333".6 amount to the sum of 115,7911. 5s. lid. The celebrated Society of German Natu- ralists, who held their annual meeting at Vienna last ytar, are t) assemble this year at Bresiau, in Silesia. Profes- sors Wendt and Otto, of that university, who have been chosen Presidents for the occasion, have announced that the meeting is to open on the 14th, and close on the 1,8th of September next.

PROVINCIAL INTELLIGENCE. 4> YORKSHIRE WEDDING.—A gentleman this town, a few weeks ago, who happened to be one of the congregation in the church, at a village called Ilaworth, in Yorkshire, was witness to the following singular mar- riage :—The party (who had previously been regailing themselves at an inn near the church gate), immediately after the communion service, were ushered into the church by the sexton, and walked very leisurely don the aisle to the altar. The ceremony went on tolerably well till that essential part—the ring-was wanted; when, lo and behold no ring was forthcoming. The bride and bride- groom, eyeing each other as they both emptied the contents of their pockets in search of the ring. pre. sented a singular contrast to that of the congre- gation—as to all appearance it appeared to be a false start. After a fruitless attempt to borrow a ring from some of the ladies in the neighbouring pews, the clergy- man at last hit on an expedient. He pulled out his watch, kept it in his hand, and giving the bridegroom the ring from which the key was :uspended, went through the remainder of the ceremony. After the marriage, none of the party (ten in number) appeared willing to leave their signatures as witnesses. Some delay again occur- red, when after repeated inquiries from the clergyman, they one and all declared they could not write. As the bride had to leave the church without a ring, it would not do to let the marriage be without witnesses; therefore, two persons from a pew opposite gave thrif signatures, and the party immediattly left the church.-Liverpool Standard. No PLACE LIKE HOME.—A gentleman be- longing to the excise, who had for some time past been stationed at Kippen, was lately removed to another dis- trict and among the rest of his goods, ge ir, and chattels, were two favourite pigeons, which weie forwarded to Leith in a box, the light of day being almost totally ex, cluded. On arriving at their place of destination, a new domicile was prepared for the feathered inmates, but the little village of Kippen, with its quiet and solitude, had charms more attractive than the bustle and turi-noii vfthe noisy streets of Leith, and they accordingly winged their way to their former habitation, where the villagers were in no small degree surprised to find them croodlingwith rau :h apparent satisfaction around their old quarters, which have since become doubly dear to the inoffensive tenants, in the prospect of a rising progeny. HYDROPHOBIA.—Some of the villages in the neighbourhood of Wantage have for some time past been kept in a state of anxious excitement and alarm by the prevalence of hydrophobia in dogs, sheep, cattle, and other animals hut we are happy to add, that hitherto has this dreadful disorder in no case developed itself in any human subject, although several have been bitten by rabid animals. The first case, and the source of all the subsequent mischief and apprehension, occurred in a dog belonging to Robinson, a carpenter, at Ardington, about a month ago, which having bitten his fellow servant and bedfellow (his master's ass) commenced the devious wanderings peculiar to the malady, snarling and snapping at every moving object in his way. We next hear of his being at Sparsholt. Here a man who was shrouding trees hailed him as lie crosst d a field the dog attended to the call, and came up to the spot, but showed evident signs of madness by snapping at every branch that fell from the tree. Yet this man (as mad, one would sup- pose, as the dog) ha.i the temerity to take the dog home among his children none of whom were, however, bit- ten by him. He was ultimately killed, and recognised as Robinson's dog. Mr. Richards, of Ardington, has had twelve sheep affected by the alarming distemper, which he killed on their showing the sjmptoms, and buried them in their wool, to prevent further mischief eh. suing. The ass also was seized with hydrophobia: in this state one of Robinson's children was charged to lead it to graze, when the animal bit the child with considerable ferocity, but fortunately the bite did not draw blood. The part was, however, cauterized. and the child is gone to Southampton. He was then chained up in a hovel, where he gnawed, as far as he could reacii, all the flesh of! his bones and he was then shot. Mr. Bush, of Sparsholt, who has lost several sheep, has been obliged to kill two valuable cows with this distemper; the first of which he ordered to be skinned; but the men who had any share in the flaying of the rabid cow, became very apprehensive lest they should have imbined some of the virus and so, after three weeks of anxiety and consideration, they and other individuals, to the amount of seven from Sporsholt, and six from Ardington, have been forwarded to Southampton, to receive the benefit of half drowning in a marine bath. -Oxford Journal.

A ReAL GHOST. CP The following circumstances have been creating some agitation in the neighbourhood of Fakenham for the last few weeks. In Syderstone Parsonage lives the Rev. Mr. Stewart, curate and rector of Thwaite. About six weeks since an unaccountable knocking was heard in it in the middle of the night. The family became alarmed, not being able to discover the cause. Since then it has gradually been becoming more violent, until it has now arrived at such a frightful pitch that one of the servants has left through absolute terror. The noises commence almost every morning about two, and continue until day- llh'. Sometimes it is a knocking, now in the ceiling overhead, now in the wall, and now directly under the feet; sometimes it is a low moaning, which the rev. gen- tleman says reminds him very much of the moan. of a soldier on being whipped; and sometimes it is like the sounding of brass, the rattii g of iron, or the clashing of earthenware or glass, but nothing in the house is disturbed. It never speaks, hut will heat to a lively tune, and moan at a solemn one, especially at 'J10 morning and evening hymns. Every part of the house has been carefully examined, to see that no one could be secreted, and the door3 and window. are always fastened with the greatest caution. Both the inside and outside of the houses have been carefully ex- amined during the time of the noises, which always arouse the family from their slumbers, and oblige them to get up, but nothing has been discovered. It is heard by every one present, and several ladies and gentlemen in the neighbourhood, who, to satisfy themselves, have remained all night with Air. Stewart's family, have heard the same noise, and have been equally surprised and frightened. Mr. Stewart has also offered any of the trades- people in the village an opportunity of remaining in the house and convincing themselves. The shrieking lafH Wednesday week was terrific. It was formerly reported in the village that the house was haunted by a reverend gentleman, whose name was Mental, who died there about 27 years since, and this is now generaliv believed to be the case. His vault, in the inside of the church, has lately been repaired, and a new stone put down. The house is adjoining the churchyard, which has added in no inconsidtiable degree to the honor which pervades the villagers. I he delusion must be very ingeniously con- ducted, but at this time of day scarcely any one can be found to believe these noises proceed from any other than natural causes. On Wednesday sennight, Mr. Stewart requested se- veral most respectable gentlemen to sit up all night, namely, the Rev. Air. Spurgeon, of Docking the Rev. Mr. Goggi, ot Creake the Rev. Mr. Llojd, of Mas- singham the Rev. Air. Titlow, of Norwich; and Mr. Banks, surgeon, of Holt; and also Mrs. Spurgeon. Especial care was taken that no tricks should be played by the servants but, as if to give the visitors a grand treat, the noises were even louder and of longer continu- ance than usual. The first commencement was in the bedchamber of Miss Stewart, and seemed like the claw. ing of a voracious animal after its prey. Mrs, Spurgeon was at that moment leaning against the bedpost, and the effect on air present was like a shock of electri- city. The bed was on all sides clear from the wal! but nothing was visible. Three powerful knocks were then given to the sideboard, whilst the hand of Mr. Gogg was upon it. The disturber was conjured to speak, but answered only by a low hollow moaning but on being requested to give three knocks, it gave three most tremendous blows apparently in the wall. The noises, some of which were as loud as those of a hammer on the anvil, lasted from between eleven and twelve o'clock until near two hours after sunrise. The following 1 is the account given by one of the gentlemen —" We all heard distinct sounds of various kinds—from various parts of the room and the air-in the midst of is-ay, we felt the vibrations of parts of the bed as struck; but we were quite unable to assign any possible natural cause as producing all or any part of this. We had a variety of thoughts and explanations passing in our minds before we were on on the spot, but we lett it all equally bewildered." On another night the family collected in a room were the noise had never been heard the maid ser- vants sat sewing round a table, under the especial notice of Mrs. Stewart, and the man servant with his legs crossed and his hands upon his knees, under the cognizance of his master. The noise was then for the first time heard- above,around, beneath,confusionall"-but nothingseeii, nothing disturbed, nothing felt, except a vibratory agita- tion of the air, or a tremulous movement of the tables or what was upon them. It would be in vain to attempt to particularise all the various noises, knockings, and me- lancholy groanings of this mysterious something. Few nights pass away without its visitation, and each one brings its own variety. We have little doubt that we shall ultimately learn that this midnight disturber is but another Tommy Tadpole, but from the respectability and supeiior intelligence of the parties who have at. tempted to investigate the secret, we are quite wil- ling to allo-v to the believers in the earthly visitations of ghosts all the support which this circumstance will afFoid to their creed-that of unaccountable mystery. We un- derstand that inquiries on the subject have been very numerous, and we believe we may even say troublesome, if not expenaive. -Norfolk Chronicle, wiims and to it i en. The Author was a Whig when the Prince of Wales was a Whig, and remained one when the Prince was no longer so. lIe has never liked the Tories-lias iievc-r written a line in their favour, but many against them.- He seems, now, from the remains of ancient; early pre- judices, to exercise an unwilling pen in their favour but Amicus Plain, amicus Socrates,* serf magis arnica Patrta. Before the interests of the country, every other feeling should be silent. We are, by the current testimony of all parties, on the verge of a precipice—distress and distrust re-echo through every city, town, and hamlet in the empire. lvhat have the Whigs done, who were to save us from our perilous situation ? Nothing. They have, on the contrary, done, as all Whig Administrations have done, ever since the term was known, made bad worse. Look at our journals for the last century, we find the thei mo- meter of public prosperity and maritime glory rise and fall with the rise and fall of Tory Administrations. It is an historical fact which is easily verified. The Tories are accused, and justly, of an inordinate love of the loaves and fi,he." They love power, and they love place, but are the virtuous patriotic Whigs exempt from this fililill" ? Alas, no! and the only difference between the two is, that the Tory thirsts after power, and the Whig hu?t!lei. and thit-sts after it, If I must pay a tax for keeping a yard-dog in dear times, give me a fine sleek animal accustomed to good feeding, and not one of your half-starved animals accus- tomed to a long restriction in diet he is a ravenous dog, will devour every thing, and is never satisfied, and so rapacious is he, that he unites in himself the qualities of both cat and dog. Insatiate as the grave, he still cries, Give and if you do not give he will take. If any one can doubt of this, let him look at the administration of the archwhig Grey, see how he has inundated us with the Greys, their relatives, and adherents yet Grey has a monitor at his elbow, who at every new nomina- tion, his friand and colleague exclaims, this is too bad!" Grey is the half-famished dog whom no quantity of food can satisfy; better have two Wellingtons than an insatiate cormorant like this but his services—ay, his services Had he been a good yard dog we could have pardoned his rapacity, but he has not bern so he has snapped at and bitten his master's friends, wagged his tail and caressed his ene- mies. Whether this arises from a disorder in his head, or only in his eyis, as his friends say, we pretend not to de- termine. We only take facts as they are; but from whatever cause it may arise, the result ia the same; we are hurrying on to destruction, and it is evident that Whig Ministers wo'n't save us; they have for the seventh time been weighed in the balance and found wanting. The people who are tired both of the Tories and the Whigs may now try the Radicals. Let us have Mr. Hume for Prime Minister, old Cobbstt Chancellor of the Exchequer, create as Minister of Commerce for his col. league, Mr. Fielden, make Hunt Minister of the Home Department, Colonel Davies Secretary at War, D. W. Harvey for the Colonies, and the Right Hon. Tory. Radical Charles Tennyson Secretary for Foreign Affairs. That would be a national Ministry indeed!! We should not only have one rapacious half-famished anioaal to feed, but a whole pack of hungry ravenous dogs. England's w(,rst enemies could hardly wish to see her fall into such hands; we have seen the effects of it in France, during both the revolution of 1789 and that of 1830. Look at France now, and what France was ten years since. Freehold property in the vicinity of Paris which then was w.,nh 10,0001. will not now fetch 2,00Ul. The magnificent house Belrespiro, in the Champs Eiysees, cost ten years since 18,0001. building it was sold recently for 2,8001. A freehold house, garden and offices, four miles from Paris, cost six years since 2,0001. erections were made costing above 8,0001.; this property was sold a few months since for 8011. and as to commerce, it is .calculated that there are not in Paris twenty really solvent houses: nearly all those of the very first rank have fallen. If we look at home we see precisely the same result: to what cause is it to be traced ? Are the Tories to be blamed for it No. Under the Tories of the two coun- tries prosperity reigned,—under the Whigs and soi- disant patriots, universal distress reigned everywhere. As to the farce of reform," is England any better for it ? Is the House of Commons better in any sense than any one that preceded it? Is it not, on the con- trary, worse ? Does it contain above one man of tran- scendant talent, instead of that phalanx which graced it ill the days of Pitt ? In all the ministry is there one man above mediocrity ? On the contrary, as statesmen, they are all 90 per cent. below par. In the radical opposition I there one single man whom the public voice would single nut to place at the helm of affairs ? Not one whom even their own partisans would trust. The return, then, to a Tory Ministry is inevitable, and Cobbctt will he a prophet for once-they will be brought in on the shoulders of the people. That there are many salutary reforms to be made will not he denied, and it is very requisite that their necessity should be apparent, for the Tories to introduce them. They proved this in the Catholic Emancipation it was the glory of their ministry, as the Coercion Act is the glory of the Whig ministry. The characteristic of the t.o,,Mer was the peace of contentment, tHe latter the peace of the scaffold, and as such they will pass down to pos. terity. S. T.

FASHION AND LITERATURE. Wednesday was the birthday of the Duke of Cumber, land. His Royal Highness received visits of congratula- tion at Kew from the members of the Royal Family. An elegant dtijeune was given at his Royal Highness's residence at Kew to a numerous party. The Duke and Duchess entertained a party at dinner in the evening. Sir Hussey Vivian, the Commander of the Forces in Ireland, has arrived in town. Sir Hussey paid visits yes. terday to some of the Ministers.

FRASER'S MAGAZINE. 0 Fraser, Regent-street. We can recommend the present as being even superior to many former valuable numbers. The Ancient Country Gentlemen of Eng- land" will find as many admirers as readers— The Poets of the Day,—Batch the First"— will cause some broad grins by its humour and biting satire.—" The Speeches delivered in Banco Reginse" are capital, and we can recom- mend them with a safe conscience to John Bow- ring, the outlandish poet. There are several other papers of great merit, and from one on the Early days of Edmund Kean" we have selected some characteristic accounts and anec- dotes of his debut on the London boards. From Guernsey we must follow the erratic movements of our hero into Somersetshire, where he became again the '• actor of all work," under the management of Henry Lee. At this period his son Howard was, as we have stated, five years old, and his second son Charles, little more than three. His finances were almost at their lowest ebb and his prospects so gloomily overcast, that, hope- less of ever attaining to competence or comfort as the country tragedian, he made up his mind to submit rather to the fag and drudgery of a minor theatre in Lon- don, with some certainty of a regular stipend, however small, than to the precarious employment which his provincial engagements afforded him. He, accordingly, wrote to Mr. Elliston, then manager of the Olympic Pavilion, by whom be was engaged as pantomimist, bal!et master, and harlequin, at the enormous salary of two guineas per week When this arrangement was con- cluded, he was about to remove with Lee's company from Taunton to Dorchester, in the depth of winter and, to add to his distress, his poor boy Howard was seized with an illness so severe as to render it necessary for Mrs. Kean to remain for some days after the party, and even then to follow them by easy stages. Having drawn upon the manager's treasury in advance to furni-.li her with tupplies, poor Kean, accompanied by his son Charles and two of his fellow-comedians, set out on their journey in a return chaise, which was to convey them half the distance bui before they had proceeded many miles, the chaise broke down, and there was he left with his child in his arms, and with little more money in his pocket than would suffice to procure him sustenance on the road. Car- rying his young boy on his back, he plodded on his weary way, through all the inclemency of the season, until he reached Dorchester, penniless and exhausted. Manager Lee had, however, luckily arrived before him and so he speedily levied additional supplies, recruited his system, and prepared, as best he could, for the reception of his wife and their sick child- I he campaign com menced and Kean, with his scanty salary diminished by drawbacks for the treasury advances, was but little consoled, by the applause of such an audience as their small temporary theatre could accommodate, for the ga- thering gloom that now obscured the liorizofl of his hopes; when, at the fall of the curtain after a night of excessive fatigue, consequent upon the performance of Alexander the Great, and the subsequent exhibition of the repre- sentative of Macedonia's madman, in the motley g,irb of I-larlequin, he was surprised oy the announcement of Mr. Arnold," then acting manager of Druiy lane theatre. That gentleman immediately communicated to him the purpose of his visit to Dorchester, which was, at the instance of the committee, to satisfy himself that Dr. Drury's report of Kean's talents was not exaggerated by the partiality of personal regard; and, in that case, to enter into such arrangements with thetiagtdinn as he might consider expedient. Despite the manifold disad- vantages under which Kean was labouring, Mr. Arnold saw quite enough to justify him in proposing to him the option of an opening part in Louoo. in the iir»t range ol the Drama, leaving the teims, in the event of his success, open to the committee and to the actor; but securing to him, if he should fail," a substquent appearance as Faueonbridge, with a salary of eleven pounds per week, tor three years. Kean, having apprized Mr. Arnold of the position in which he stood with respect to Elliston, requested that, before any thing definitive was agreed upon, the acting manager of Old Drury would remain for one night longer in Dorchester, that he migilt be able to form a more cert.in criterion of his talents from his performance of Octavian, which had bel1 pre- viously announced. Thus far, like his own Richard, he might be said to "sail before the wind;"—the pro- spect that opened upon^hisalmost aching sight,was ;.s great and glorious as it was unexpected but he had n.u.h of sorrow and of bitterness to encounter ere he could teach the goal. In two days after this unexpected turn in the tide o. his affairs, his beloved Howard died—just as the cer- tainty ot being enabled to rescue all from the misery in which they had long been steeped to the very lips" was secured to him. The trial was a severe one but he had an ordeal still more formidable—inasmuch as it did not depend upon the mastery of his own feelings—to un- dergo. He had to make his way up to the metropolis in absolute poverty to support himself, his wife, and the son still left them, in a style of apparent compe- tence, till the arrangements of the theatre afforded him an opportunity of putting his talents to the test of a Lon- don audience. He had to endure the heartless sneers and the cautious impertinence of other actors, who without one grain of his merit, had superfluity of assurance to support their pre elisions to the notoriety they enjoyed he had to contend wi h the captious objections of some members of the committee to his want of heiglit-ilie avowed doubts of others of his chance of success and the tears avowed by more of the certainty of his failure 1 hrough this liery ordeal he had little more than the consciousness of his own power, and the unsh .ken confidence of Mr. NVhiibread in that power, to support him and, goaded almost beyond endurance by the an. noyances to which he was thus subjected, he determined to put an end to aU suspense, by insisting upon the per- formance of that part of the arrangement by which the choice of a character for his first appearance was gua- ranteed to him. When, therefore, it was proposed to him in the committee room that he should at first try the pulse of the people in a second-rate character, he walked de- liberately up to the table, and looking the chairman of the committee steadfastly in the face, replied, "Aut Lasar, aftt nulus I" His appearance in Shylock was immediately decided upon and the necessary preparations and announcements made. But even in the brief interval that intervened, he was subject to every petty annoyance that professional jealousy or apprehension could devise. As he entered the green-room, or walked behind the scenes, the most invidious remarks reached his ears. Poor little man who could possibly have engaged him?" would one exclaim. "I wonder when the un- fortunate little man goes back to the country?" was the pleasant conjecture of a second, When will the ma- nageis be tired of trilling in this way with public feel- ing and public opinion ?" asked a third. Exposed almost daily to such annoyances, and rendered nearly hopelt ss of success by the apparent apathy of the committee—his slender resources utterly exhausted, and his mind fear- fully excited by the dread of the embarrassments in which a failure must involve him, whilst even partial success seemed to him little better than the destruction of his last hope-he had well nigh abandoned the undertaking alto- gether, and made up his mind to return back to the pro- vince as the hour of trial approached had he not acci- dentally encountered an old friend, even on the morning preceding his first appearance in SILylock, who succeeded in stimulating him to the decisive effort-and decisive it was. The house, though not crowded, presented no beggarly account of empty boxes;" but after greeting the new Shylock with such "appl,use as ij customary, the audience was painfully silent, until he uttered the words, I rvili be assured &c..theii-as he himself expressed Íl-" Then, indeed, I felt, I knew, I had them with me From that moment to the close of the trial-scene, the applause that crowned his exertions was enthusiastic—it was tumultuous. He appeared as the very Jew that Shakespeare drew" six times, with increased and still increasing fame, before his per- sonification of Ilichurd the Third set the seal upon his triumph.

There is now very good reason to believe that the effects of Mr. Kean will realize sufficient to discharge his.debts. Bute Cottage, to which is attached 38 acres of land, at a rental of 451. per annum, has been valued by a competent authority at 2,0001., and the furniture at 6001. Mr. Charles Kean will not be obliged now to sur- render the silver vase, stars, books, snuff-boxes, &c., presented to Mr. Kean by Lord Byron, the Earl of Esscx, the Committee of Drury lane, the Theatrical Fund Com- mittee, and others, in compliment to his industry, talent, and genius.

MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGS- THE TIC DOULOUREUX.—At a recent sit- ting of the Academy of the Sciences in Faris, a paper was read by M. Deleau, in which he observed, that medical practitioners had not followed up, as they ought to have done, the application of local narcotics to faciftl derangements of the nerves. The use of the bcliadoftQi and the mode of applying it, occurred to him in conse- quence of the readiness with which that root may be procured at all seasons of the year, and the extreme cheapness which attended its application when reduced to a pulp by ebullition. I%Iany have used it," III added, 1, in !lie shape of pills, powders, and extracts, io nervous complaii ts j Lut I know of none who have applied it externally as i poultice to the epidermic excepting in the instance o. mV own practice, whore it has but rarely indeed failed oi success in cases of the tiC, and other nervous derangements." JEWS IN RUSSIA.-According to the last returns given in the journal of the Russian Ministry for the Home Department, the number of taxable Jews ill Russia is 422,4t0, consisting of 5,227 merchants, 413,fii'7 citizens and mechanics, and 3,606 employed in agricul- tural pursuits. They are more numerous in the provineg of Kamenelz-Podolsk than in vy other in that district the Hebrew population amounts to 69 682, whereas in Livonia it does not exceed 31. It should, however, be observed, that the return only gives the male portion of the Jewish community the female does not appear in the minister's list. PRESENT POPULATION OF THE TURKISH EMPiRf.—A leter of a recent date from Smyrna says Everyone here is convinced that the whole of the Levant has ceased de: furto to belong to the Turkish empire in Europe, and that Smyrna, by its long cow* mercial intercourse with the Nile, the Euphrates, and the Tigris, will find it to be to its interest to join the Viceroy who, in reality, is master of the East, after having subdued, since 1818, nearly all the provinces ot Africa and Asia which formerly acknowledged the sove- reignty of the Sultan. At this moment he is master of twenty-five millions of inhabitants. The following state- ment shows what is left to the Grand Seignior :-ROMCiia, 2,400,000 inhabitants; Bulgaria, 1,850,000; Macedonia, S00,000 Albania, 500,000; Thessaly, 320,000; Servia, 800,000 Bosnia, 810,000 Walachia, 920,000; Moldavia, 910,000, Candia and other islands, 600,000; part,of Turcomania on the Black S; 1,200 COJ Total. 11,040,000 idliabitaiits. Russia, in 1829, seized the fortresses of the Pachalik of Tschaldir in Asia, and de- prived the Turks of the liberty of protecting the Pacha- liks on the left bank of the Danube, so that the Porte really possesses only about eight or nine millions of inhabiiaptf. CURE FOR SMOKY CHIMNEYS.—A Corre- spondent forwards us the following as a cure for the se- cond on the list of domestic grievances :—A wire gauze front to be fitted over the fire-place, of about 22 wires to the inch, the effect of which is said to be instantaneous.

FROM FRIDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE- BANKRUPTS to surrender in Bcsinghall street. Thomas Sherwin, London wall, cheesemonger. Mary Clara Buchanan, Golden square, boarding-houf keeper. James Edward Brand, Nelson place, Old Kent rOlld, fishmonger. BANKRUPTS to surrender in the COUNTRY. William Hazelden, Goudhurst, Kent, butcher. John gUing, Warminster, Wilts, butcher. William Dickins, aen. Northampton, plasterer. George Bilton, Bridge street, York, tailor. John Pope Durant, Plymouth, chemist. DIVIDENDS made in B kSliNGHAI,L STREET. J. Saywell. Macclesfield, and R. Kirkman, Wood street, Cheapside. silk manufacturers. June 22, aL 11. J. Scott, North Shields, Northumberland, ship owneft June 24, at 11. W. F. Woodgate, late of Tonbridge» Kent, banker, June 22, at 10. J. Jones, Well street, near Wellclose square, engineer, June 21, half past 1. J.. Careless, Sweeting's alley, Cornhill, victualler, and I IJeadelihull market, cheesemonger, June 21, at half' past 11. D. Gorely, Great Russell street, HlooDlIi- bury, wholesale perfumer, June 21, at 12. J. B. Pu*" ley, Great Dover street, Surrey, furnishing ironmonger June 21, at half past 12. J. Sinclair, Bow lane, ware- houseman, June 21, at 1. D. Duncan, Tooley street Southwark, June 21, at 1. W. Dawson, WalthaQ'» near Grimsby, Lincolnshire, tanner, June 21, at 12. DIVIDENDS made in the COUNTRY. W. B. Webster, Oldbury, Salop, druggist, June 2-" at 11, at Radenhurst's New Royal Hotel, Birinitigliall" J. M. Bloxhain, Halesowen, Salop, apothecary, une 25, at 12, at Radenhurst's New Royal Hotel, BirminU' ham. J. Jones and J. Fereday, Dudley, Worcestershiret pig iron makers, June 25, at 2, at Radenhurst's N,f( Royal Hotel, Birmingham. T. Nelson, Stibbingtol1, Huntingdonshire, paper manufacturer, June 24, atllj the White Hart Inn, East Betford, Nottinghamshire* W. Moulton. Warwick, grocer, June25, at 11, -it the Swan Inn, Warwick. J. Lowe, Ashted, near Birming- ham, dealer in iron, June 21, at 2, at the Globe Tavern. Birmingham. G. May, Evesham. Woecestershire, book- seller, June 20, at 11, at the offices of Messrs. B. apd H. Workman, Evesham. J. Marsh, Manchester, inn- keeper, June 24, at 10, at the Star Inn, Manchester J. Lane, jun. Great Yarmouth, tailor, June 24, at 7, at the office of Mr. Holt, Great Yarmouth. J. An ders 00 and J. Perry, Worcester, painters, June 21, at 11. 8 t he Hop Market Inn, Worcester. J. Bristowe, sert. Poole, commission merchant, June 21, at 12, at the office of Messrs. Parr, Poole. CERTIFICATES-JUNE 21. J. Blake, Norton Falgaie, chemist. T. A. Kendal" Paternoster row, silk manufacturer. J. O. Ketile, Sou1'1' ampton street, Strand, tailor. H. Benns, Norwich, cOx wainer. G. Barehead, late of New Malton, Yorkshire, corn merchant. J. Wilson, Soothill, Yorkshire, blanket manufacturer.

FROM TUESDAY S LONDON GAZETTB Whitehall, June 3. The King has been pleased to direct letters patent ti be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain ani Ireland, unto Charles Marquess of Queensberry, K. and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by te name, style, and title of Baron Solway, of Kinmount, 111 the county of Dumfries. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. William Lucas Pearce, Dartford, Kent, ironmonget. BANKRUPTS to surrender in B^singhall street. Robert Ashby and Samuel Ashby, Staines, Middle- sex, and Upper Thame* street, mea men. t. I hos. Jackson. George street, Minories, wine mercha John Arbuthnot Harvey, High street, St. Giles" clothes salesman. Samuel Smith, King William street, Strand, saddler-, James Cornish, Shepperton street, New North r°3 Islington, stone mason. t. Henry Milledge, Milton street, Dorset square, Marylebone, carpenter. BANKRUPT to surrender in the COUNTRY. George Glover, Kingston upon Hull. r DIVIDENDS made in BASINUHALL STREEf ø F. J. Debatt, late of the Poultry, pastry cook, Jill 27. at half past 10. C. Howard, late of Mile End *oa'/ victualler, June 27, at half pastil. W. Butler, Lit St. Thomas Apostle, painter, June 26, at 2. S. H*rg{ son, Old Brompton, Middlesex, nurseryman, June 2«» 11. R. C. Battyll, Doctors' Commons, tavern keePV June 20, at I. W. R. Gladwin, Watling street, June 26, at 12. D. D. Milligati, Lime street s<lu* merchant, June 25, at 11. W. Couchman, street, draper, June 26, at 11, T. Scarnell, Bright tavern keeper, June 26, at 11. J. Henderson, Han0 square, tavern keeper, June 25. E. Cowling, Poul"? I haberdasher, June 14, at 1. E. Piercy, i street, Golden square, carver and gilder, June 27» ]l I H. Greaves, Leicester, grocer, June 27, at 12. B. and W. B. Baker, Chjrles street, Cavendish square, | Judd street, Brunswick square, ironmongers, Jan. 2>» j_ 11. R. Levens, Drury lane, coach maker, June 28, at I DIVIDENDS made in the COUNTRY. I J. Frost and J. Nelson, Hudderafield, manuf3Ctllr11 of fancy goods, June 26\> ?<- 3, at the Rose and ^t0ef. Inn, Huddersfield. W. B. Smith, Horsley, shire, clothier, July 10, at 12, at the Beaufort Petty France, Gloucestershire. S. Hardy, late of nt bech St. Peters, Cambridgeshire, linen draper. Ju!y 3W' 6, at the Rose and Crown Inn, Wisbech St. Peters. '1.6, Hooper, Farmington, Gloucestershire, farmer, June 011' at 10, at the King's Head Inn, Cirencester. A. N 11, Bath, milliner, July 1, at 11, at the White Lion 1 Bath. R. Bricheno, Hemingford Grey, Huntinglioll. shire, horse dealer, June 28, at 10, at the Crown tl St. Ives. R. Wilson, Weighton, Yorkshire, tan jj, June 28, at 11, at the Beverley Arms Inn, Beverley* the Sanders, Worcester, carpenter, June 27» at 12, sjj« Star and Garter Inn, Worcester. W. Harris. Hayes, Staffordshire, brick maker, June 28, at 1L jo, Three Queens Inn, Burton upon Trent. F. Stafford, tanner, June 25, at 1, at the Star Inn, ford. J. Joy, Ashford, Kent, bricklayer, June 29» -at the Saracen's Head Inn, Ashfotd. B. ffit Wroughton, Wilts, dealer in corn, June 25, at Three Cups Inn, Bath. G. A. Whale, Bockingi ipfli innkeeper, June 25, at 10, at the White Hal' Booking. CERTIFICATES—June 25. pjy T. March, Austin friars, merchant. J. FostCj mouth, coach maker. J. Hollingsworth, Kingston 1 Upot Hull, ship and insurance broker. J. Reid, J>a Wells, Yorkshire, victualler. Fourdrinier and Co. ley, Staffordshire, paper manufacturers.

HOUSE OF LURDS, JUNE 4. E.ul GREY presented several peti ions one against Slavery, another praying for an improvement in the Boyal Burghs of Scotland, and another praying that the Jewish disabilities might be removed. WEST INDIA AFFAIRS. K id ST. V INCENT apologized to their lordships for having been the means of summoning their lordships that evening. He did so, not because he thought he was likely to bring forth any new argument in favour ot the subject which fie.was about to introduce to their lordohips' cons:- tidal ion; but because of the vast importance of that sub- ject, i hear,) and trom the great weight which he felt the petition of whici lie should have the honour of bringing before their lordships, ought to have with their lordships —a petition which came from A numerous and respectable hoJy ot persons interested in the West India Colonies, consisting of bankers, merchants, mattgagees, and persons of various descriptions, who felt that not only the pro- perty derived from their ancestors, but the lives of all re- sident in the colonies, would be endangered by the measures now before the Home of Commons. (Hear.) He was aware of the objections taken against the argu- ment of a property in man. Under these circumstances he feit justified in trespasbing upon their lordships in giving a short history of the nature and the manner in which th.t property was obtained. The slave trade commenced in the reigr. of Elizabeth, and in the reign of William an Act was passed, he believed 10 cap. 27, for encouraging the African lave trade, and for this purpose duties were imposed upon all things imported into the colonies, except slaves, gold, and si:ver. In the 13h and 14th of George III, acts were passeil inviting not only the people of this country, but lo eigners, to invest their money in colonial securities; and in those acts slaves were particularly mentioned, and under them mortgages had taken place. Those acts were passed for the protection of the mortgagees as well as the mortgagers. By another act, the 58tti of George III, the manner in which a mortgage should be executed was par- ticularly sp citied. By the Act of Registration passed in the same reign, the right of the proprietor over the slave was acknowledged. The government of this country had sold buth land and slaves, and there were several peti- tioners now holding property of that description. It had been thrown out in that house, and he was sorry to hear it he confessed, that the West India proprietor had noab- stract right in the slaves but he did not understand what was meant b) that abstract right, when the legal right was sanctioned by the established law of this country. The noble lord, after a few further remarks, concluded by moving that the petition which he had the honour of presenting to their lordships should be read by the clerk, [i t was read at length. It is a copy of that presented a few nights since in the House of Commons by Sir B. Vyvyan, and which appeared at lengih in our journal on th:rt occasion, The Earl of RIPON said that that was not the time fnr him to enter into a difcusiion of the important que^- t tion to which this peti ion referred. He must, however, be allowed to make a few remarks upon the subject of slavery but before he did so, he could not but express his satisfaction at the calm and temperate manner in which his noble friend brought this matter before their lordships. His noble friend, like the petitioners, was deeply interested in the result of this question, and the mniincr in which he had that night spoken in respect to it meriied 'he highest encomiums. (Hear.) He would only address himself to one or two paits in the speech of his noble friend. His noble friend had adverted to the law by which the West India proprietor had a right in his slave, lie (the Earl of Ripoti) was never disposed to view the matter in any other light. (Hear.) With respect to the question of abstract right, adverted to by his noble friend, he shouid think it was unnecessary for him then to enter upon it, but this he would say, that this country having by means of the supreme power belonging to it af- fixed the stai.i of slavery to itself, it must wipe it out in the only way in which it ought. (Hear.) The legis. lalure seemed formerly to have acted with a mistaken policy in respect to this question—they overlooked the principle of humanity, in order that they might better the commercial interests of the country. The state must then be disposed and presumed to pay the penalty of its own act. They were bound in giving freedom to the at ve to see that they did no injustice to the slave owr.er. It would certainly advance this question m.teiiJIy, if this point was kept constantly in view. All their judgment should now be exercised to devise the best plan by which the present system of slavery could be got rid of. For the word had gone forth, and slavery was now about to be abolished for ever. No one knew better than the peti- tioners that the time had come when slavery should be got rid of, for once and for ever. Their lordships' atten. tion should be directed to the settlement of this great and delicate question, with a view to a proper adjustment of the difference existing between all parties, and to the wiping away of a foul spot upon the character of this country. It was in the spirit of these remarks that he should support any measure having for its object the emancipation of the slaves. (Hear.) Lord SUFFIFLL). in presenting a petition praying for the abolition of slavery, from Cork, took occasion to say, that if the slaves were emancipated, he cared not how the wrong doer and those who urged him to his acts set- tled the matter of compensation between them. He denied that there was any property in man and he did so upon the principle of religion and upon the law of human nature. The Duke of WELLINGTON said he held in his hind a petition from certain ship-owners, West India proprietors, planters, mortgagees, annuitants en West India property, &c., to the number of 1,9(iO individuals, amongst whom were some of the most influential men connected with the commerce of the coun- try. The object of the petitioners was similar to that advocated by the petitioners who* petition was presented by a noble lord a short while previously, merely to draw the attention of their lordships to the loss that would be tiustained by the commerce of the country and by the public at large, if any hasty or inconsiderate alteration were made in the system at present in force in our West India colonies. (Hear.) He owned that he looked with apprehension to any alteration in the system, on account of those losses. But before he proceeded further, he would premise anything which he had to say by assuring their lordships that it was not his wish to prevent their lordships from adopting the arrangements which had been proposed for the settlement of the question of slavery —his only wish being that they should, if possible, pro. ce.d slowly and gradually in the work of emancipation, tin.i, that they should do so in conjunction with the local legislatures of the West Indies in some way or other, and in no bet-er way pethaps than in that suggested by the noble lord who opened this discussion. (Hear, hear, hear.) The petition was then read und laid on the table. The noble duke presented a similar petition from Greenock. Lord SUFFIELD, in presenting a petition agains' slavery from Rochfort, beggc-i to refer the noble duke to the evidence of Admiral Fleming, where he would see that the slaves would not be so unwilling to work, if their labour was free, as the noble duke seemed to suppose. Tne LORD CHANCELLOR hoped that it was ne- cessary for every noble lord who heard statements made on the subject of slavery to rise in his place and enter his protest against them. The noble and learned lord expressed his satisfaction at the way in which this ques- tion was treated by the noble lord (St. Vincent), and said that it was an omen of the way in which he expected the measure of his Majesty's government would be received by all interested in the colonies and in the settle- ment of this great question. He admitted that nothing could hi done without the interference of the local legisla- tures, aod he trusted that the way in which the subject had been taken up by parliament would be a guide to the local legislatures, who he trusted would be guided by the prudent and discreet advice of their best advisers. (Hear, hear.) The noble and learned lord concluded by presenting a large number of petitions in favour of the abolition of slavery from Brad- ford and several other places he also presented a petition from Glasgow, praying that the Sheriff-i of Scotland should have jurisdiction in cases of bankruptcy. The noble and learned lord complained tha! owing to a sup- pression of what he said on the subject of the Law Com- mission in Scotland, to whom this very matter amongst ot'aer things was to be referred, a most violent attack had been made by a pub.ic journal upon the government and upon the gentlemen of the Scotch bar. The journal in question observed that no doubt the Scotch lawyers were, like the English, anxious to have a shaie of the public money. Now he (the Lord Chancellor) expressly de- clared on the occasion to which he had alluded, that as far as the Commissioners were concerned, the public were not to be put to the cost of a shilling (Hear.) The petitions were read, and laid on the table. The house then adjourned. HOUSE OF COM MONS. JUNE 4. Sir THOMAS FREMANTLE presented a petition from a gentleman named Beamish, complaining of his removal from the Navy Office, and being placed on the super- annuation list while he was perfectly well able to perform the duties of his office. It appeared by the petitionary statement that he had been on service at Plymouth in the naval establishment there, and that he was superseded by a gentleman named Godfrey, who was appointed in his stead that the petitioner was placed on a retired allow- ance of 2001. a )ear, while his successor had a salary of ]70!. a year, making 3701. a year whereas the petitioner, while he lield the office, which he was stdl quite competent to nil, had only a salary of 3001., so that by this super- annuation the country was put to an incieased and unne- ce,sary expense. The petitioner also complained of a stigma having been thus cast upon him by his removal from a si uation which he had so long held without an adequate remuneration, and praying for relief, as he had Buffered much pecuniary loss since his removal and aUo praying for an inquiry into the cause of his ie- moval. Mr. P. THOMSON said thit he was sure the hon gentleman was actuated by the best motives in presenting this petition, but he could have wisheJ that the hon. gentleman had not gone into the general persons in the Navy F.iy Oiffce, but conlined himself to the case ot Mr. Beamish, of whom he (Mr. Thomson) was sorry to be obliged in his own defence to state what lie was about to lay before the house. In 1822 a diminution took place in the petitioner's emoluments as in the emoluments of all others in the same service, and he therefore had no reason t) complain. As to the petitioner's abiiity and activity in his office, or his merits as a public servant, it could te shown that there were on the books of the office entries of repeatd complaints against him for constant bickerings in the office, owing to an unfortunate infirmity of temper and other impedimeilis which rendered him unfit to per- form the duties of second clerk. He thereforeeonsideredthat he should not have done his duty as a public servant of the Crown, if he hid continued Mr. Beamish in the office in which he had served, and it would be highly impolitic to deprive the government of the discretion to remove, at their will, servants who were deemed unfit for the public service. The circumstances he had stated would also account for promotion not having been given to Air. Beamish, which was likewise one of the complaints in his petition, for they clearly proved that he had no claim to such promotion. He hoped that the practice of bringing forward in mis manner the complaints of discharged servants would not be generally followed, as it would lead to much inconvenience. He fully admitted the purity of Mr. Beaumish's moral character. Colonel DAVIES said, that he had known Mr. Bea- mish for many years, and if his temper were bad, it must lately have become so. He had been requested to support the peti ion, and he willingly did so. Sir T. FREIANTLE said that the conduct of the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Thomson) in this case was on an equality will) many other acts of the government with which he was connected. It might be true that Mr. Beamish had an unfortunate temper, but that was no sufficient cause for his removal from his office. He was happy that it was admitted that no imputation rested on the moral character of Mr. Beamish. The petition was ordered to lie upon the table. Lord EBRiNGTON wished to ask of his noble friend the secretary for foreign affairs, if there was any intention on the part of his Majesty's government to make any change in our foreign relations, and particularly as regarded Portugal, in consequence of the proceed- ings that had taken pi ic« in another place upon this subject. He hoped that his Majesty's ministers would not make any alteration in their views of our foreign policy from any thing that occurred in the other House of Parliament. (Cheers.) That house had, he felt assured, on this as it had on many other occasions, acted in direct opposition to the opinions of the repre- sentatives of the people. (Cheers.) He hoped that his noble friend would give an assurance to the house that his Majesty's ministers would not make any change in their views of our foreign rela ions until the house should have an opportunity of expressing its opinion upon the motion of which the honourable member for Worcester (Col. Davies) had given notice. (Cheers.) Lord PALMERSTON said that his Majesty's go. vernment had upon all occasions acted, as regarded our foreign relations, with a view only to the honour of tha crowr. and the interests and honour of the country, and he could assure the house that nothing had occurred to induce them to swerve in the slightest degree from the course they had hitherto pursued on this subject, nor would they abandon that line of conduct so long as they should receive the support of the house and of the country. (Cheers.) Sir GEORGE STAUNTON brought forward ihis motion, of which he had given notice, respecting our commercial relations with China; but the honourable member spoke in so low a tone that we could not collect the few observations he made on introducing the subject to the house. He was proceeding to the resolutions he intended to propose, when Mr. Sheriff HUMPHERY moved that the house be counted. The gallery was then cleared, but it was seen that there were 40 members in the house. On our return we found the Hon. Baronet proceeding ill his statement, but still in a very inaudible tone, Mr. Sheriff HUMPHKRY, a second time, moved that ur, the house be counted, when the gallery was again cleared, and there being only 23 members present, an adjournment necessarily took place. HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE 5. -.# Some private Bills were brought up from the Commons by Mr. GUEST and other members. The Duke of SOMERSET presented a petition from Liverpool for removal of civil disabilities from the Jews. LOCAL JURISDICTIONS BILL. On the application of Lord BEXLEY to have the Fe- cond reading of the Local Courts Bill, which stood for to-morrow, postponed to Monday next, The LORD CHANCELLOR gave his assent, upon the express understanding that the pecond reading is to take place on that day.—The house then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, JUNE 5. Mr. Speaker took his chair at a quarter past twelve o'clock. Mr. GILLON presonted a petition from Linlithgow, praying for the immediate abolition of slavery. Also pe. titions from the royal burghs of Grange, in the county of Banff, and Inverary, against the bill introduced by the Lord Advocate, for reforming the mode of election in Scotch burghs. The petitioners complained that the qualification clause was fixed too high at 101., and prayed that it might be reduced to 51. in the smaller burghs— They 6lated that if this bill was to pass it would make the mode of election worse than it existed under the old system. I'ie hon. member begged to call the attention of the English members to this bill. There seemed to he a great predilection in some quarters in favour of the 101. franchise, which neither he nor the present petitioners could participate in. Mr. CURTI presented a petition for the removal of all civil and religious disabilities-for the immediate abo- lition of slavery, and praying that licensed victuallers might be relieved from the house and window tax, from parts in Sussex.^ Dr. BALDVV IN presented a petition from a Presbyte- rian Chapel '"the city of Cork, praying for the abolition of Colonial Slavery. Mr. F. O'CONNOR said, as his motion the other night had not produced any advantageous result in causing the members of government to attend during the presentation of petitions, he was determined, on every opportunity of their non-attendance, when there w as not a sufficient number of members present, to move that the house be counted be did so on the present occasion. The SPEAKER suggested that he should withdraw his motion till after a member who was in attendance had taken the oaths. Mr. PENRUDDOCK then appeared at the table and took the oaths. After which Mr. F. O'CONNOR again moved that the house be counted, when, there not being twenty members present, the house adjourned at half-past one o'clock. SECOND SITTING-FIVE O'CLOCK. The house having been counted out at its early sitting, it became necessary, that to reconstitute it, forty members should be present before the Speaker could again take the chair, and at a quarter past five o'clock, the time fixed by the new regulations for counting it, there being only 21 members present, the house adjourned.