The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

FACTORY BILL. GREAT MEETING OF THE OPERATIVES ON WIBSEY LOW MOOR. (1'RO}{ A COJUlE'POXDI:;NT.) The Committees of the Manufacuring Districts for supporting the Ten Hour Bill having understood that the opponents of that measure were clamouring for con- cessions destructive jn their opinion to the efficacy of the bill, requested a West Riding meeting of the operatives and their friends on VVibsey Low Moor, in the centre of the manufacturing districts. This request was readily and zealously received, and early on Monday morning, notwithstanding the drenching rain that fell perpetually, the whole population was in a busy stir. Bands were heard, baa ners and flags were seen in all directions— every village poured out its people of all classes-six division*, in numerous smaller parties, moved towards the place. In many places the factory children took French leave and pressed towards the point of meeting. Some factory children who were locked in slid down by the crane ropes. Never was such ardour and devotion seen. No obstacles could prevent the attendance of the people. About eleven o'clock, Captain Wood, of Sandal, was called to Ihe chair. The meeting continued about four hours, and was addressed by Messrs. Ayrey, of Leeds, Williaoi Busfeild, Esq. of Binglev, Chief Constable of the Division Mr. Bedford, of Keighley. George Condy, Esq. Barrister, of Manchester, and the Rev. G. S. Bull, of Byerley. A long discussion arose on the 2d resolution, which was opposed by Messrs. Doherty and Brook, but was carried by all except three dissentients. Mr. Oasiler, the giant champion of the cause, maintained the resolu- tion in question against the objectors. Mr. Stocks, the Constable of Huddersiield, Mr. Pithketly, and Mr. C. Richardson, of Leeds, also spoke. Thanks were given to the chairman, and three cheers each for Lord Ashley ald our London friends; Air. Sadler, who was included in them, had been mentioned with great respect; for Mr. Wood, of Bradford, and all good masters; for the press in general; for the Short Time Committees of the West Riding for the factory children for Mr. Oastler for the Chief Constable, YVilliam Busfeild, Esq., and for George Condy, E,q. The paiience of the people during four hours of frequent and drenching showers, and their zeal and good conduct, is beyond all praise. But of this they gave due notice to all concerned, that there shall be no rest till an efficient Ten Hour bill is passed. Lord Althorp was invited, but forgot," as usual, to attend. Upwatds 100,000 people were present. Di'tni irTIONS. &C. 1. We resolve, that the manufacturing operatives of the West RIdIng of York have firmly set their hearts upon the Teti Hour Bill, because they perceive it is essential to the health and happiness of their children, and because its provisions are calculated to serve the cause of honest industry, and at the same time to be beneficial to all honourable and humane eft,ployerf.-Carried una- nimously. 2. That the bill introduced by Lord Ashley, read a second time, and now going before a committee of the Ho ise of Commons, contains clauses for checking or punishing wilful an(j persevering offenders, which are fully called for by the scandalous breaches of the Cotton Factory Bill, and by the manifold boastings" of cer- tain tyrannical and refractory masters that they would evade a Ten Hour Bill even if it was t(? Pass> That the personal punishment clause for the third offence is imperatively demanded by the practice prevalent in the cotton districts of making the operatives pay the fines, by a per centage on their wages, in order to prevent their laying informations, and that for these reugons, this clause, and similar ones, although esteemed strict," ought never to be conceded :-and lastly, they ought to be maintained, because their concession, whilst it exposes a conscientious and honourable employer to great 10'8, establishes the insufferable principle that wealth ought to shield a criminal from that disgrace to which the poor offender is exposed, Debated, and only three hands against it. 3. That the numerous and disgu.ting tricks succes- sively played off to evade this righteous demand of the factory children, and of their parents and their friends, including those of the Factory Commissioners—the eight hours" plan and two droves",or the twelve hours" plan lately propounded by the ,conciliating" and humane" cotton masters, have only served to strengthen our unfailing determination to have the while Ten Hour Bill. That the labourer has a right to stipulate on his own behalf, as well as OH his children's, for the period and the price of his and their labour and that the trick ef throwing hands out of employ by machinery, and work- ing long hours, and then redlicing wages, is now too well understoad to be submitted to any longer.-Ul)ayai. mously. 4. That the following petition toboth Houses of Par- liaiment be read and submitted to this meeting, viz. TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. The petition of the Manufacturing Operatives of the West Riding of York, assembled at a Public Meeting on Wibsey Low Moor, July 1st, 1833, consisting upwards of 100,000 persons. Humbly showeth,—That your petitioners are resolved to promote by all lawful means the passing of the Ten Hour Factory Bill, accompanied by the most efficient and binding penal clauses that can be devised. That the bill, read a second-time in your honourable house on the 17ih of June, contained these clausei, which were made known and recommended to us, and appeared satisfactory. That we felt ourselves justified in claiming the security of such clauses, 1st. by the justice of equal laws in- asmuch that the poor are often far more severely fined and personally punished for less fences than those referred to. We, therefore, as Britons, have demanded and win demand, with due respect, that there shall not be one law for the rich and another for the poor. We are further justified, 2ndly, by the most scandalous and outrageous violation of the Cotton Factory Bill by many rich cotton masters, continually occurring, as is proved in evidence before your honourable house. These daring and impudent men-not content with accusing us of sedition and rebellion, because we assert and will assert the rights of honest industry, have absolutely arranged that their poor enslaved workmen should be answerable for the fines levied upon them But we know that their workmen cannot go to prison in their places, and there- fore we will never relinquish the geurity of personal punishment. 3rdly. We have heard on good authority, the proud and rebellious boasting of many masters that they would evade the law if a Ten Hour Bill did pass. A rare example this in the higher orders (as they arrogantly assume to be) to us, who are not unfrequently termed the lower order. We, however, are the order who produce all wealth, and who are called upon to defend it when it is produc d. Nor do we grudge our employers their greater share, if they will only allow us to possess and enjoy our rightful portion, and all we ask is, a good day s wages for a good day's work. Your petitioners would further state, with all due respect, that they esteem it as much a puor luan's right to stipulate for the tune and price of his own labour, and that of his children, as they consider it the merchant's right to ask what he pleases for his goods, and to sell them when he likes. And your petitioners are most unfeignedly disgusted to hear certain hypocrites pratiGg and canting about free labour, whilst they t'lernselvts are unceasingly aiming to make their labourer and even his infant children into slaves. With reference to the recent factory commission, your petitioners will only say, that a few more such commis- sions will render even the Royal prerogative obnoxious, and make all administration of the laws odious inas- much as a most inquisitorial, hateful, and anti-British method of taking evidence was adopted, for which your petitioners conceive the commissioners and their abettors (having no authority for its employment) ought to be im peached at the bar of your honourable house. Your petitioners, entertaining these views, earnestly request your honourable house to pass forthwith the Ten Hour BiU, containing ample and effective penal security, (and personal punishment in particular) utterly to disre. gard and refuse the Report of the Factory C ission, onlm whatever it be, on account ot the unconstitutional method of taking evidence adopted by them and further we beg your honourable house to make the cause of honest, but depressed industry, the object of your chief solicitude, being assured that upon its prcsperity, the happiness, the wealth, and the glory of the empire must always depend. And, &c. To THE HOUSE OF LORDS. The Petition, ke., as above. Humbly Showelh-That your petitioners are residents in the manufacturing districts—that the factory system without effective legal restraint is destructive to the health, comfort, social improvement, and religious interests of the children ar.d young persons engaged therein. Your petitioners forbear to dwell upon the arguments in favour of such restriction as thty are so well and widely known. Your petitioners therefore earnestly pray your right ho- nourable house to pass, as speedily as • may be, a Ten Hour Factory Bill, to prevent all night work by persons under 21 years to protect all under 18 years from longer labour than ten hours a day, and eight on Saturdays—and to secure the observance of such a law by annexing to its wilful transgression the most effective penalties that can be devised, including imprisonment tor the third and subsequent offences. And, &c. Move these petitions separably for the adoption of the meeting, to be signed on its behalf by the Chairman, and that George Strickland, Esq., M.P. for this Riding, be requested to present to the House of Commons, and the Archbishop of York to the House of Lords,-Li as- nimously.

——— THE LATEST LONDON INTELLIGENCE. (From the London Guardian of yesterday, Friday.) We have received by express the French Papers of Tuesday/and at the same time vari- ous German and Italian Papers. The French Papers do not contain any intel- ligence of importance. ZD The Austrian Observer of the 23d states, that Ibrahim Pacha was continuing his retrograde movement from Asia Minor over Mount Taurus. The funds continue to fall. The reduction in the amount of the sinking fund, and the scarcity of money are sufficient to account for the depression. FRENCH FUNDS, JULY 2. Fjve per Cents 103f 85c I Bank Stock —f —c Four per Cents 94f 25c Rente de Naples 9lf 15c Three per Cents 77f 15c Retite de I'Etat Romaiti 91 National Loan 1031 75c 1 Rente d'Espagne J6 Exchange on London—One Month, Paper, -f -C Money, 25f 60c; Three Mon lis, Paper, -f -c; Money' 25f 50c.—tours Authentilllle. BRUSSELS, JUNE 29. Preparations are already making for the fetes which are to follow the accouchement of our young Queen nothing will be negleetcd to give them solemnity. We believc. that it great number of strangers will be present at them. A report is in circulation that the Envoys of AuSt. ia and Prussia to our court will shortly arrive in this city. We are assured that, since the opening of the Meuse, above 500 boats laden with coals and lime have passed through Maestriclit. No complaints against the Dutch Custom-house officers have yet ieached the Belgian government. JUNE 30. Her Majesty the Queen of the French and suite will i arrive at Tournay on Wednesday morning, and towards noon on the same day in this city. The sections of the Chamber have made great progress in the examination of the budget. The most rigid economy directs their deliberations. The Brussels papers received on Thursday repre- sent the King of Holland determined as ever in the maintenance of his rights, but admit that, in all inter- course with the Belgians, the latter had no reason t.. complain of any partial or vexatious proceedings on the part of the Dutch authorities. ANTWERP, JUNE 28. Out port presents a scene of more than ordinary anima- tion. We have ships to-day in lading for Amsterdam, I otterdam, Liverpool, London. Odessa, Constantinople, Sillyrna, Malaga, Seville, Cadiz, Rio de Janeiro, and almost all the principal French ports. A steam-boat has arrived to-day from London with horses for his Majesty King Leopold.

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MERTHYR 7 YDVIL, SATURDA Y, July 6, 1833. » The parliamentary business of the week has been varied and important. It will be seen from our report that the Political Unions have formed the suoject of considerable discussion. The ques- tion of the renewal ef the Bank Charter was brought before the House of Commons on the mo- tion of Mr. Bernal, that the privileges of the Bank of England should be continued for a limited pe- riod, subject to the revision of the house. —Colonel Tort-ens' amendment, postponing the fur- ther consideration of the Charter until next session, was, after a long debate, negatived by a majority I el of 316 against 83. On Monday the House went fhto committee, when Lord Aithorp proposed an alteration in the second resolution to the effect that persons presenting- notes above 51. would not he entitled to demand gold. This motion wasagreed toon adivision by a majority of 214, against 156. The third resolution passed without amendment, but on Thursday, when the house again went into com- mittee, a material departure from the original plan was announced. In answer to a question from Mr Herries, the Chancellor of the Exchequer said he should abandon that portion of the measure which related to the establishment of Joint Stock Banking Companies for the present session. Lord Althorp ad- mitted that his opinions on that portion of the plan were unchanged, out that he should be unable to carry it. The noble lord said he should propose to give the Bank the privilege of extending their own paper within 65 milesof London. Mr. Herries havino- suggested to Lord Althorp the propriety of his giving up the principle he introduced of makino- the notes of the Bank a legal tender, the noble'lord stated that the house would have an opportunity of declaring its opinion on the matter when the bill was introduced. A sweeping amendment was then offered on the fourth resolution, but that and the remaining' ones were ultimately carried. There appears to be little doubt that the ministerial crude and undigested plan will meet with considerable opposition when the report is brought up. jf house can get through the business, it is eipected to be prorogued at the beginning- of lhe ensuing month. In another column will be found an article from the Guardian and Public Ledger on the suhject of Savings' Banks. We consider these excellent esta- blishments to be extensively and substantially use- ful, and so especially adapted to the circumstances of Afertliyr, that we conceive that we cannot too frequently or too forcibly. bring them under notice. In every way in which we can think upon the subject, they are evidently a sort of improvement, which it is the ani. versal interest of all classes of the inhabitants to introduce into the town. Nothing can be more certain than that, if the very raliollal and judicious reflections,which some of our townsmen have already expressed upon the subject, were reduced to practice, we should immediately perceive a most desirable progress of the numerous other improvements of which the town, to enjoy its fair share of prosperity, stands in need. For the introduction of all those local improvements, the want of which is every day seen and felt; for the formation of more expeditious and punctual conveyance and intercourse between Merthyr and other places; for the introduction of various branches of trade, for which the town is naturally calculated; for every thing, in fact, in which the general welfare of a municipal community is interested, what is wanting to us ? Why, a more numerous middle class. We do not say a more nu- merous and intelligentllliddle class, for happily in this country the state of society renders the middle classes intelligent. And for the formation of a middle class, [ what is the first step ? Why, that the numerous and I industrious, and persevering population, now sub sisting by their own industry in the labouring class, should be invited, encouraged, and even tempted, if necessity, to adopt those habits which will be so manifestly for their own advantage, and the ad- vantage of the town. Let the establishment of a Saving's' Bank in Merthyr be once set on foot, and we shall very shortly see, as the first fruits of it, a manifest increase of comfort among the people and it is no bad item in the account, that there will be a considerable diminution of pauperism. We shall see in a few years different individuals, of more confirmed habits of prudence and frugality than others, gradually rising, from the station ot barely subsisting by, constant toil, to the condition of shopkeepers, in a small way we allow, but in that correct road to wealth, in which they will be con- stantly increasing. We shall see from the same cause the number of those persons increase and he who can tell that two and two make four can per- ceive that thus the improvement of the town, and its progress to that state of wealth and importance which nature has gifted it with the means ol at- taining, will be eventually and even speedilv effected. The habits which will grow amon? the peopl. from the establishment of a Savings' Bank in tin town, are so eminently conducive to the interests oj the great ironmasters, on whose capital the trade ot Merthyr nowturns,that we conceive that these gentle- men would most gladly afford their powerful assist- ance in the formation of it. From habits of fruoalitj arise that good sense, and steadiness of conduct, b\ which the industry of the persons employed may hi constantly depended upon; and by which industn is guided with a degree of intelligence which render- it unspeakably more effective. Besides, when tilt, travelling impostors, who now get a living b\ agitation in large populous places, come to Merthy: in their rounds, surely every man who hath property to lose, must be sensible of the advantage of thai tone of mind, which such liabits as a Savings' Batili would introduce among nearly the whole of tin people, as an antidote to the poison of the political orator.

It has been stated, but erroneously, that Athens had already been fixed upon as the future seat of the Greck government. The chances are much more in favour of the Isthmus of Corinth, where the National Congress, which sat at Nauplia just before the young King's arrival, had unanimously resolved to found a new capital by the name of Ottonia. We understand that Sir Francis Burdett has yielded to the entreaties of the ministers, and will imme- diately be elevated to the Peerage.— The True Sun. A Whig is a democrat; so was Ritson, the bosom acquaintance of every wooer of English literalure; and yet this Ritson, than whom no man could be more vehemently honest and sincere in what he thought and wrote, has left us the following character of his own party -11 Always prefer Toiy or Jacobiu writers: THE WHIGS ARE THE GREATEST LIARS IN THE WORLD. You consult history for facts, not principles. The Whigs, I allow, have the advantage in the latter and this advantage they are constantly labouring to support by a misrepresentation of the fOI'mer.Quay; hath aught occurred to belie the charge since Apiil, 1796, when Ritson brought it ? Mntulus viiit dec/pi ;— elecipiatur POLICE SPIEs.-The following members of the House of Commons were Tuesday appointed, on ti e motion of Lord Althorp, (in the absence of Mr. Cobbet t,) a select committee to inquire into the petition of the Wal- worth and Camberwell Political Union, complaining that policemen are employed as spies, and praying that the people may not be taxed to Hiaintfin those spies z Mr. Tennyson, Mr. Lamb. Mr. Hawes, Mr. K-tcourt, Sir Kob-rt Peel, Lord Hotham, Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Jervis. Mr. Harvey, Lord Viscount Morpeth Mr. Charles Boiler, Mr. Grote, Mr. Alderman Woo l, Mr. Clay, Col. Evans, Sir Thomas Fremantle, Mr Fillch. Mr. Cobbett, Mr. Stewart Mackenzie, Mr. Kennedy, Lord Viscount Ebrington, and Mr. Phillpotts. CHARITY COMMISSION OF 1sT AND 2D WILLIAM IV.-The total amount of public money expended for and under the direction of the Commission-rs of Charities since their appoiniftitnt is 14,1631. I b. 7ù" of which the amount paid for slaries is 9 805!. 15s lid-, and other expenses of the Commission 4,2071. 19;. 8d. The number of days which each of II)e ten Commissioners has been employed in the country varies from 150 10 197.

TRANst,ATpn SONG. tD toy «. *FC°M TH TD^ALLD WILLIAMS, THE STONE-MASON, F,'ouRISHEn LCI1 0F Morgan Gruff add* WHO HLD ABOUT THE YEAU 1680. I, rousVi^r tv,16 Quarterly ) Cse fl\e lark of the ™orn, y' Whilst Par n-]16 proves were in tune; I UIUCLMM the thrush on her thoin, TheZ 6 Sweet roses of June The w:nrops hke gems II! the vale, With Pffi v^that bloom'd in my way, fcreafh^MlneiSiCenting: the Sale- „j, health on the summer's new day. "r!?'ce from some nook of the dell, 0 t h„ ?n,le ral)t echoes along; 'Turn! soft me'ody swell, Ifi strainMStaCy, cl.ianting her song Thp emulation confessed, And tv. er& were charm'd in the grove; Thefelt 111 my breast addeu d confusion of love. MMvyohia' my PhyiIis' my fair' To tiL i rmer> say what is thy name? Win e'y recess I repair, To r-io1 my ^eart. with^iy soul, in a flame; On thee' dear h, in my arms, A P'n'ons ol passion 1 fly; I >?jrtyr to love and thy charms, gaze on thy beauties and die. 1 thus thought her, I cannot tell how, Whre bright than the monarch of day; It bosom far whiter than snow, Tho "awthorns high-blooming in May ihel<ly, the sweet blushing rose, B On er cheek were in beauty combin'd; 1 f suPei'i°r to those, tancy d the charms of her mind. a I the strange fascination of song, Led on by the magical sound, 1 speedful went panting along where my songstress [ found .struck with a shaming surprise, 1.1 at St' wnhe ^ame in my breast, «aw, with fell wrath in her eyes, "e form of a demon confessed. In passion's high fervours I burn'd, A lover wild ranting amain But cui*'d of my grief I return'd, Mad fancy, to lauSh at thy pain; ,ph "'enzy that reason discards, lhou canst not a moment be cool; pU parent of lovers and bards, M I'm still in tiiy fetters a fool Ii.: r8an Grufludd was one of the most lively poets of his time. />Were ° ar ^'ard, for his name appears in a list ol thirteen fi tle> iD (?,s'embleJ in a Gorsedd (Congress) held at Bewpcr Jrt., in ,'am°rgaii, under the patronage of Sir Kicliard Basset, 'he year 16SI.

0 SflTISEAUTHT, STAMP. AND INSUR- ANCE DUTIES. C4 The following is an extract from the above bill, which t8 Into operation to-morrow F0r ADVERTISEMENTS. la. qj .6r^ advertisement published in Great Britain, '» Published in Ireland, Is. IH|Ur A°MICUr,T'JRAL IKSURAXCES. **)d irna{lces on Agricultural produce, farming stock, ^Utie8 P'enients of husbandry are exempt from stamp SePa? ,he 24th of J.uup' l833- &(f'e accounts °f insurances on agricultural pro- • e to be tendered quarterly. "Frances IN GREAT BHITAIN AND IRELAND RESPFCTIVFLY. ^°r«nd" RESPECTIVELY. 0t°ther -lnte8Pect of every policy of assurance or insurance, c*"ed l|?8trument, by whatever name the same shall be 'd 0' w"ereby any insurance shall be made upon any Ve8Sel» or upon auy goods, merchandise, or other f°n hoard any ship <>r vessel, or upon the *elati any or vesse'' or uPon any other interest in 'o»Ute(j "8 to any ship or vessel which may lawfully be or or upon any voyage other than a voyage from **itj anV or place in the United Kingdom of Great Bri- eland, or in the inlands of Guernsey, Jersey, "r m 0r S.irk, or the Isle of Alan, or to any port M»„ ^e s°id kingdom or islands, or the Isle ot N&e, the premium or consideration for such in- '< »hjdl actua"y an(l bona fide paid, given, or contracted <he "°.1 exceed the rate of fifteen shillings percent. '*cte(J8Um 'nsured. if th^ whole sum insured shall noi '<»*ure.0"e hundred pounds, Is 3d and if the whole sum H exceec' one hundred pounds, then for every I ^red pounds, and also for any fractional part of "dred pounds whereof the same shall consist, Is 3d the premium or consideration for such insu- 8h ?.Ctua"y al,d bona fide paid, given, or contracted exceed the rate of fifteen shillings per centum, D0- 'he rate of thirty shillings psr centuin %*> insured, if the whole sum insured shall not ^*UteH°^e 'lun^red pounds, 2s 6d and if the whole sum ho *1 ceed one hundred pounds, then for every pounds, 5»nd also for any fractional part ef *^4 P0UBds whereof the same shall consist, 2s 6d ^itn l^e Premium or consideration for such ••otn 5*' actually and bona fide paid, given, or *liillin for, shall exceed the rate of thirty Per centum on the sum insured, if the whole not exceed one hundrt d pounds, 5j and sum insured shall exceed one hundred pounds, every one hundred pounds, and also for any Part one hundred pounds, whereof the same «d0fe ^sist, 5s. But if the separate interests of two or ct Persons shall be insured by one policy or in- Petioe601' ll,en the said duty of one shilling and three- ^;Wo shillings and sixpence, or five shillings, as the °f e°*?y require, shall be charged thereon in respect Po,a"Ch and every fractional -part of one hundred Sur •as well as in respect of every full sum of ed pounds, which shall be thereby insured upon Parate and distinct interest. And for and in Wery policy of assurance or insurance, or other Hete?ent' by whatever name the same shall be called, any insurance shall be made upon any fchip or f'her ] 0r uPon ^e freight of any ship or vessel,or upon any SCr; in er relating to any ship or vessel which may tK insured for any certain term or period of following rates or sums for every one hundred 8int^ a's0 ^or any frac,'onaI Part of one hundred *here *'lereof the same shall consist; that is to say, such insurance shall be made for any term or n°t exceeding three calendar months, 2s. 6J.; ex- Th 8 three calendar months, 5s. Pe"l. -t.-p duty on receipts for sums under 51. is e

UNDER THE REFORM ACT.l the'e P.er'°d of registering for the present year un- rej,] *0rm ^-<:t 's near al hand, we beg to remind 1 ftotf18 circumstance. The dates of publish- y Ces» &c., are not the same this year as in the he act was passed at so distant a period I ei IS Introduction, that it became necessary (under a fdei ri4use of the act) for his Majesty to issua an 0-n Council extending the period within which loithe < the provisions of the Act were to be complied 10 In the present year the Order in Council ceises rjhtet opetative, and the originally-fixed days are to be Th the not'ce* of claims to vote for counties must be sent )tar) e o\'et!!cers (accompanying each with Is., as last PetgQ 0r before the 20th day of July. ^^irej11 *hose names now stand on the register are not r*°'ided 'n ,a notice of claim for the present year, in ill ret,»in the same qualification, and con- ialin.. In t.be same place of abode described in the ex- Over *eer8 °f parishes in cities and boroughs return* t'r th 8entatives are t0 prepay lists of persons Nubli4!? freemen entitled to vote in boroughs, and t?lem on or before the last day of July. The th. entitled to VOtfi are SUCh OcriiniArs nf hniicpc I ^11IiDUa* value of 101. and upwards as shall have April J!i*e8Sed taxes and poor rates due on the 5th of °r l,efore tlie 20th of July. Town clerks are, ?aarier. and on or before the laist day of July, fhe lists of the freemen. Of JIll OVerseers are to publish, on or before the last day >he a. "st of tV- names, &c., of all persons already t° yote- K18ter> a°d 5'*o of the names of those who claim .?r*d ^n.t' any of the persons, whether already regis- l*6 ^eigi8"11'"8 t0 be regi8tertd, may be objected to by p*e«r. or a PetS01,»in 'he same manner as *hose claim* were rejected last year may re- j claim in the present year.

THE AMERICAN STEAMER LIONESS. d«?e fr0tla^er oness, Captain Cockerelle, on her pas- i *>Ved t fcw to Natchitoches, was entirely 4t; y fire on the 19th of May. Several lives were U. c n8*hom was the Honourable Jjsiah H. John- jj^ite, nator of Louisiana; Honourable E. D. h Q% 'he f ePre.8entative in Congress was badly wounded. f(°*e»er ,te originated is not known it is supposed, the'f10 Ve been communicated either by sparks 0Pen^fn8Ce being drawn down the hatches, which 0f *f f«r the fl° get out a lot of way fre»ght,or through the LT*E CJJJAJ »he«l of the engine, or else fiora the spark o* 'ght t,ie mate an<* men in t>le gett:'ng H ?ther .'Which, being lodged in a crate of straw, or oil, thT* e*ertfn,t'^e ma'erial, kindled so rapidly as to defy Wthe,nSi'° extinguish it, and in attempting which or af/r l'Tes, not one efthem getting out to give the ca*8rWar<J8 t0 account 'or 'he misfortune. The ?°Went down near the middle of the rivet and y tost..»2Vf'f(< York Paper,

AGRICULTURE, COMMERCE. LONDON, AND LIVERPOOL MARKETS. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, JULY 3. But little corn of any description has arrived since Monday, and the little fine fresh Wheat at market this morning obtained that day's prices but there was not the least demand for any other sort. Barley, Beans, and Pease were dull sale, b»t not cheaper. The glut of Oats now at market deters the dealers from purchasing and »» sa*cs we hud to day were to small consumers at Monday's prices, MONDAY'S PRICES. VViieat, E<ees R«d 48s a I White R 40s a 58i Boilers a 44s -a a -s Beans, Snwlt HGs a 40s ^.tllte a 58J Ticks 3ls a ^lne a 60-1 Harrow '3^5 ^uperfiiie Gts a 62s Oats, Feed 10s a *17s a -s Fine |8i a £ >•••••••> 30s a 34s Poland 18s a ,9S ?fal,le* 2t;a a 33i turn 21« H 229 a ()0j t'otatoe 22s a -J3- £ ,ne 60s a 6tg Fi'ie 23s a 21* Peas, Hog 32s « 33* Brau. a 0< Maple 35s a 36s Pollard, fine .|gs a 13* ^UTNDON COAL-MARKET, Ju 1.vT Price of Coal per ton at the close of business. Beaumont, 12s 6d— East Percy, 12s 3d—Hebburn l"2s 9 J_Holy well, I3s—Orde's Iiedheugh, 12s Pontop Windsor, I-ts-Shípcotc, 12s-TanfIel.l, 15s 9d Town- ley, 13s—West Hartley, 13s GJ-Lmbton Primrose, I lis 3d—Cowpen, 13s—Hartley, 14s—Llangennech Coal, 25s—Nevill's Llanelly, 20s—Shipcote, 12s 3d—Tanfield', 15s 3d—Wall's End Bell and Brown, 14s Bewicke and Co. 12s 3d—Hilda, 128 C)I-Killingworth, 13. 3d-Newmarch, 13s (Xl-Northumberland, 13s—Per- kins, 13s 6J—Riddell's, 14s Gd—Hetton, 15* Gd—Lamb- ton, lbs 3d-Russell's Hetton, 15s 2d-Stewli.rt's, 15s 6d -Tees, 14s 3d to 14s Gd.—Ships arrived, 24. jULv 3. Beaumont, 12s Gd-Chester, Ils Od-Feiling Main, 12s Gd—Holywell, 133 6d-Newburn. 13s 6d—Pontop Windsor, 14s-Shipcote, ]2s 9d Tanfield, 15s 9d— Townley, 13s—West Hartley, 13s Gd—Wylam, 14s 6d Hartley, Hs-Llangennech, 25s—Merthyr, 20s—Tan- field, 15s Gd—Walls End Brown's, 13s Gd—Hilda, 14s -Riddell's, 14s 9d.—Ships arrived, 2. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, July 2 The SUPPLIES from Ireland this week are less extensive than of late. There has been an import of 1,200 quarters of wheat, and 125 barrels of flour from Canada; several other cargoes are daily expected. Notwithstanding the dull and declining state of the London Corn Market, our prices have undergone little or no change there has, however, been less activity in the trade, especially towards the close of the week. The re- ports. respecting the growing crops are very unfavourable both in this country and in Ireland and the present unseasonable weather must tend to more injury. On Friday 9s. 3d. was paid for choice white wheat, and 7s. 8d. to 7s. 9d. for the best Irish red one or two parcels of secondary quality were also taken at 7s. to 7s. 3J. per 701bs. A small portion of the Canadian red was sold on the same day at 8s. 4d. to 8s. 5d., hut the country millers were not disposed on Saturday to accede to these rates. For flour there has been a good demand, and at very full prices. The oat trade remains dull, but without any decline in prices. The speculative demand for oatmeal keeps the maket bare of this article. No change in the value of b irley. The recent advance in beans is barely sustained. There are numerous bu) ers of bonded wheat and flour, but few or no sellers. LIVERPOOl, COTTON MARKET. JUL Y 2.Ve have had a quiet market to-day—the sales limited to about 700 bags, at yesterday's prices. The Iron trade is at present pretty brisk, at the prices fixed on APrl1 quarter day so much so, indeed, that some parties confidently look for an advance. This state of the business *»as had its effect on the workmen, and we have received from one of the first iron works in Staffordshire information of their having turned out for an increase of wages which, us the masters are expected to accede to their demands, will probably operate a rise in the prices of goods as early as the ensuing week. The wijedrawers, indeed, and others connected with the trade, have, we are informed, been served with notices to this effect. There are, at present, a good many orders in the market from America, but they do not seem large and the dealers, as might be expected of them at a period of anticipated change, are just now extremely cautious—Birmingham Journal.

COTTON SPINNERS' STRIKE:—Following in the wake of various other trades, the cotton spinners of more than one mill in the city and suburbs have this week struck work for an advance of wages. One of these is a mill at Barrowfield, in the neighbourhood of the New London Roid and on Monday night a great crowd of the turn-outs and other idlers assembled in front of the factory, after the mills had ceased working, and, bv volleys of stones, destroyed the majority of the witidows. The Calton police haweyer at length made their appear- ance, and were successful in making captives of two of the most furious of the rioters, who, we understand, were yesterday handed ovsr to the Sheriff for prosecution. They were piecers in another mill, and many of the others are known. On the above day, too, the workers on the miil belonging 10 the Me-srs. Sommervil]e, in the south side of the river, and those of Mr. King, Old Vennal, also struck work, which we have not the least objection to, did they not interfere with those individuals who choose to fill their places; but this the deluded spinners will not only not do,-but, on the present occasion, more than one person who had the temerity to go against their rules, by engaging with the Messrs. S., nearly lost their lives. One elderly man was most inhumanly used by a crowd which assembled about the factory on Tuesday evening; and such a threatening attitude did the brawl- ers assume in the Green, opposite the mill, during the dAy, waiting for the workers who cross the river by the boat, that it was considered proper to station a pO>SII of police in the neighbourhood. The turn-outs in the Old Vennal have also foolishly adopted a similar course, but, by the early interference of the police on Tuesday, all violence was prevented. It is to be hoped that the ring- leaders in these riots will be apprehended, and made examples of; for although no person can find fault with tradesmen looking after their own interest, it cannot be tolerated that the liberty of the subject should with im- punity be interfered with in such an unwarrantable and outrageous mAnnr,_a{(lj.9()W Courier,

The intelligence received til is weelc from France has been void of political importance. A Rovai Ordinance has appeared, preceded by a report from the Minister of Commerce, continuing the temporary modifications made in 1831 and 1832 in the Custom- house duties, as established by the existing laws and also making some further temporary modification in the export and import duties on various atticles* of commerce. The Moniteur contains a Roya Ordinance dividing the sinking fund amono- th different stocks, in proportion to their respective amounts, as directed by the law of the 10th ot June, 1833. The French Chambers were prorogued on Wednesday week. After the proces vet-bal had been read, and some newly-elected Deputies had taken the oaths and their seats, M. D'Argout, the Minister of the Interior, read a Royal Ordinance, declaring that the session of the Chambers of Peers and Depu- ties for the year 1833 was closed. Thus ended the parliamentary session, and speculations are now rife as to the question of dissolution. From Portugal we learn that the Duke of Pal- mella has made a successful landing at Lagos, a place of some importance in the Algarves, with a detachment of Don Pedro's troops, amounting to between 3,000 and 4,000 men. No particulars have yet been ascertained of the result of the debarka- tion, the object of which is to attack Lisbon. The latest accounts from Oporto are to the 28th, which continued to be bombarded by the army of Don Miguel. From Spain we have received the important intel- ligence of the installation of the Cortes and the ceremony of the Jura, which took plate on the 20th of June with great pomp. Everything passed off with perfect tranquillity. At the church of St. Jerome, in Madrid, the oath of allegiance was ten- dered to the daughter of Ferdinand the Seventh, as heiress to the throne in default of male issue. The King of Naples had, it appears, protested against the alteration of the quasi Salique law, and reserved his own rights to the throne according to the laiv of succession established by Philip V, and it is af- firmed that some other personages have inadedemon- strations of a similar tendency. Commercial accounts have been received from St. Petersbut-gli to the 16th of June we learn that more than usual activity has of late and still con- tinues to pervade the war department. By order of the Emperor a manifesto has been issued, directing the completion of lhe last levy of recruits for the army in the provinces of Volhynu, Bielistock, Wilna, &c. A fresh levy of four recruits in every thousand inhabitants is to be completed without loss of time in the provinces of Reiff, Volhynia, Minsk, &c. The Emperor has also directed that the Riga Engineer corps of twelve regiments should be re- organized. New York Papers to the 10th of June give the report of the treaty concluded on the 4th of July, 1831, between France and the United States, for giving to the latter indemnity for the loss sustained by the subjects of the United States from the seizure and confiscation of vessels by the imperial govern- ment of France under the Berlin and Milan de- crees, nainely-all vessels seized and confiscated be- tween the 1st of November, 1810, and the time ot the revocation of those decrees, as well as the vessels belonging to American subjects burnt at sea by the French squadron during that period. The damage sustained was estimated by the United States at seventy-five millions of francs, and after a prolonged negotiation the claim was admitted by France to the amount of one-third of that sum it is accord- ingly fixed by the present treaty at twenty- five millions of francs. The government of the United States having on their part, by the same treaty, agreed to a modification of their tariff in favour of French wines, which for ten years suc- ceeding the 2d of February last, are to be admitted into the United States on payment of duties lower than those imposed on other wines, and, finally, France admits the long staple cottons of the United States on the same terms with the short staple. The report of this treaty was made to the Chamber of Deputies at Paris by M. Humann, the Minister of Finance, on the 6th of April last, and has since been published by order of the government. The latest accounts from Mexico mention that Santa Anna had resigned the Presidency. The convention which has been sitting in the town of San Felipe de Austin, has determined on behalf of the people of Texas to form themselves into a free and independent State of the Mexican Confederacy the legislative authority to be vested in a Senate and House of Representatives, to be elected bienni- ally. Caraccas Papers haye arrived to the ddte of May IS, which are filled with official publications of the government. The government of enezuela, it appears by the official notices in these papers, is about to sell by auction a part of its navy, and a frigate, two corvettes, and a brigantine, with a quantity of naval stores, are advertised for sale. Ii appears that the receipts of the treasury, from the 1st of July, 1832, to the end of March, 1833, amounted to 3,200,040 dollars, and the expenditure to 1,609,083 dollars, being an excess of income over expenditure of upwards of a million and a half of dollars. The alarm of cholera had spread to Ca racca, and orders had been issued to the tlea ports to place vessels coming from places where the disease existed under quarantine. Some additional regula- tions had also been made for the prevention of smuggling on the coast. Quebec Papers to the 4th of June inclusive con- tain nothing of importance, but the fact of the Thetis, from Limerick, having arrived, with 150 passengers on board. Three fittal cases of cholera had occurred on the voyage. The Leeward Islands mail has arrived with a variety of papers to the 1st ultimo. They contain the particulars of the Houses pf Assembly at Bar- bados, Montyerat, Tortola, Stj~ Christopher, utid^ Yevis. The Governor congratu^&s flie isla.l\d o), the expenses of the executive fWinif^ in 'fntViV*^ transferred to the mother coui)try t, Ife ii new orders respecting the slave populaii 101), and that he will visit each island once a year. Sir Charles Felix Smith succeeds Sir B. DTrban at Demerara the latter proceeds to the Cape of Good Hope. Sir G. Hill is the new Governor of Trini- dad. The islands were all tranquil according to these papers, but the private letters slate that there was great disaffection, which was likely to lead to serious consequences. Jamaica papers to so late a (late as the I ;tit of' May last have been received, from which we learn the island was in a state of great agitation on the question of colouial slavery, and much dissatisfied with the Governor, Lord Mulgrave. The dismissal of magistrates by the Governor-General, brcause they ventured to disapprove of his system of policy, hid roused a very general hostility to the nohle lord's government. The appointment of Mr. Stan- ley to succeed Lord Goderich as Colonial Secre- tary was regarùed with indifference by the settlers, as no change in the administration of colo- nial affairs was expected therefrom. The inhabi- tants of Kingston had presented an address and ser- vice of plate to Commodore Sir A. Farquhnr, who had made himself a great favourite with tlie colo- nists in that station. Hobart Towia Papers to the 9th of February state that the panic which existed in Hohart Town for the previous two or three months, owing to the de- preciated state of trade and the currency, had cml menced gradually to subside. The news from Davis' Straits describes the fishing- in that quart; r as remarkably successful. Launceston Papers to the 231 of December com plain of the great scarcity of money throughout the colony. The Colonial Times mentions that the sum of 80,0001. will be ex sorted this year by th« Hobart Town Government from the pocket., of the inhabitants of the island.

FRENCH COLONIES. The Annales Maritime*, a work published under the sanction of government, contain the following stafment of the population and commerce of the French colonies for the vear 1831 1. MARTINIQUE—Free population 23,417, of which ll,fi"28 are males and 11,789 females. Population of slaves 86,299, of which 41,825 are males and 44 4/4 are females total population 109,716. Imports of merchan- dise 13,551,477 fr. exports of ditto 12,421,3U5fr. ba- lance in favour of importation 1,133,112fr. 2. GLTADALOUPE AND DEPENDENCIES—Free po. pulation 22,324, of which 10,5.55 are males an.1 11,769 fe- males. Population of slaves 97,339, of which 47,25:) are males and 50,080 females; total population 119,663. Imports of merchandise 11,053,9970.; exports of ditio 16,544,17lfr- difference in favour of expoitatton 5,490,174fr. 3. GUIANA-Free population 3,786. Populat;cn of slaves 19,261. In this colony there were 266 binhs to 417 deaths. This disproportion, which is particular: y re- marked among the slaves, is owing to the disproportion of the sexes. To 7,483 males of from 14 to CO years, there were only 5 835 females, so that the population diminishes annually. The total population in 1831 was 28.047* Im- ports of merchandise 1,715,100fr,; exports of ditto l,633,294fr.; balance in favour of importation Sl,80Gfr, 4. ISLE OF BOURBON—Free population 27,64.5, of which 14 059 are males and 13,586 females. Population of slaves 70,285, of which 46.8U3 are males and 23,482 fe- males the total population is 100,558. including :1,6211 free Indians. Import of merchandise 7.,335,755tr. ex- ports of ditto 9,910,980fr. difference in favour of expor- tation 2,575,2i5fr.

TIIC, DUTCH POLDER.. and AQUEDUCTS. The largest and richest portion of the soil of Holland lies, at high water, below the level of the sea and bein4 thus exposed to the two extremes of ebb and flood, which vary every six hours, it would of course lie under water, and be left high and dry, every six hours alternately, were it not for the bulwarks which the downs or sandhills afford along its coasts, aided its the work of conservation is by the dams and dikes with which the Dutch have guarded the banks of their rivers »nd lakes. Nay, in despite of all these barriers, Holland would be irre- coverably lost, and revert to her original condition of a swamp, if she had no means of ridding herself ot the im- mense quantity of water, which fs daily accumulating within her bounds by the effect of thaws, fogs, rains, springs, apd the natural porosity of her soil. Nature seems to have suggested to the Dutch, that the simpiiest and readiest mode of overcoming thisevit was to avail theinseiseti of the phenomenon of the flux and reflux of the tide. This is the leading principle, on which the greater part of their hydrotechnical works are constructed. Mention has been constantly made of late, both in the Dutch and Belgian reports, 6f the Poldei-s these are meadows in very low situations, which require :hat the water should be artificially expelled; and this is accomplished by means of sluices, which open out towards the sea or into the larger class of rivers, so soon as the pressure of the water behind is enabled to act upon them, under the effect of the ebb-tide, which removes the counterpressurc occasioned by its flax. The latter, on the other hand, closes the sluice-gates by its advance. and prevent the ingress of any water from without; whilst the internal water is afforded time to collect in the various dr .ins and ditches, which clear the land through these sluices at the time of ebbing. There is no inconsiderable portion of the Dutch Polders also, which lie much below low- water mark they were originally the site of moors. swamps, lakes, &c., which have been converted by ar- tificial means into dry land and the water which collects in them, is got rid of by the aid of windmills, which dis- charge it into canals; the latter disemboguing themselves of the superabundant fluid at ebb-time. All the water channels existing in the maritime provinces which are bounded by the Maas, Leek, and Y. form a series of hydro-tcchnic systems, centering in the lake of H aarlem this is a lake formerly in direct connexion with the Y and Sueder Sea, and therefore subject to the influence of tha tides but that influence has been arrested by the great sluices of Sparepdam and Halffweg, which are opened when the ebb-tide is on, and shut before the flux sets ill, so that the level of the lake of Haarlem is kept at a con- siderably lower elevation than that of the adjacent sea. Every landowner contributes his proportion towards the maintenance of these indispensable ducts and defences. They are like so many sailors in a leaky vessel, com- pelled to work at the pumps day and night to prevent her from going down,-From Notes made on "late visit.