The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

glOLCi. FROM TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE. BANKRUPTS. Edward Whelpdale, Gross Key,, Marylebone-Iaoe, victualler. Thomas Weller, Lile-,tI"er;t, Leicester- quare, tailor. James Qiiilter Vtumball, Meliua-place, St. John's Wood, surgeon. J >hn Cnapman, Liverpool, hoicr. Willi,im Thompson, Morpeth, Northumberland, wine and spitit-iiuM-rUaant, J-imes Brodrick, Plymouth, merchant. Thomas Haywood, Manchester, upholsterer. Ge,or;,e JJUtherwick, Nottingham, joiner. John Best. Pickering, Yorkshire, corn-factor. Richard Westlev Fletchcr, Joseph Fletcher, and John Fletcher, Walsall,"Staffordshire, merchants. George Clarke, Ashton-under-Lync, Lancashire, iron founder, DIVIDENDS. Oct. 21. F. Armsoa, Melcombe-place, Dorset-square, Guilder, at twelve, at the Court of Baukruptcy-Oct. 2t. R. Livie, Austin-friar-, merchant, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy—Oct. 21-. T. H. Musgrave, Wenlock Factory, City-road, screw-manufacturer, at eleven, at the Court of, Bankinptc) Oct. 22. S-Sheasby, High H olhorn, furnish- j • ng-ironmonfor, at eleven, at the Court of Baikriiptcy- Oct. 22. F. F Cross, George-yard, Whitcomb-street, Leicester- livery-stable-keeper, at twelve, at the Cjiirt of Bauk u.>tcy—Oct. 29. W. Walton, Manchester- timber-merchant, at ten, at the Commissioners' Rooms, ATanchcstei—-Oct 23. J, Briudley, Great Barr, Stafford- shire, at twelve, at the George Hotel, Walsall—Oct. 23. G, Glover, Ki, grocer, at eleven, at the Vittoria Hotel, Kingstoi.-upon Hull—Oct. 25. R. Cotton, and J Kearn, Oreston, Devonshire, quarrynii'ii, at eleven, at the Ri)yal Hotel, Plymouth-Nov. 12. R. Fishwick Bury, Lancashire, woollen-manufacturer, at eleven, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchest3r-Nov..1.. C. Osborn, Warwick, draper, at one, at the Swan Hotel, Warwick- Oct 25: G. Longmire. Barnard Castle, Durham, draper, at two, at the Crown Ion, Barnard Castle-Ocr. 2S. C. H. Ijinter, Portsea, Hampshire, grocer, at one, at the office of Mes-iis. Callaway anti Hellard, Portsmouth-Oct. 2. J. Landells, Gatcshead, Durham, and W. G. Landells, Sca- cast'.e-upou-Tyne, wholesale-haberdashers, at twelve, at the George Inn, Newcastle-upon-Tync—Oct. 23. G. E. Caker, Batheaston, Someist tshire, siik manufacturer, at eleven, at the Elephant and Castle Inn, Bath—Oct. 22. R. Thunder, Bath, grocer, at twelve, at the White Lion Inn, Bath—-Oct. 25. \V. Harris, sen. Liverpool, linen-draper, at at the Ptilace Inn, ilanchester. C ER'i'IFIC 1TFS.—Oct. 22. J. Aure, London-road, Brighton, grocer-J. B. Court- hope, Ke^ent-street, paintei-E. Hulme, Piccadilly, hatter —J Hickiey, jun. Gi orge-street, Portman-squaro, tailor- J. Mardon, Enston-place, Euston-square, saddler—W. Dawson, Waltham, Lincolnshire, .tanner-—J. Gilbert, jun. Coventry, coach-proprietor.

EXTRACTS from the EVIDENCE before the COM JIITTEE on A GRICULTURE. -No. Mr. A DA5I MURKAY called it), and examined j You are a land-agent and surveyor, are you not ?—-I am. H ow long have you been so employed ?—About 25 years. j Are you a native of Scotland?—I am a native of East Lot hiall. Conversant with agriculture from your youth?—Yes, and land surveying. Were you yourself ever a practical farmer?-Yes, I bave been a practical farmer in Scotland, and have been a prac- tical fanner in several counties in England and in Wales. Will you mention the counties ?-In East Mid-Lothian I was it practical farmer for 12 vear3. What were those years?—From the year 1791 to the year 1803. Where did you occupy land next?—In Hampshire. How long.-—About six or seven years. Where next? 1 occupied land in Glamorganshire, at a place named Boverton, for about six or seven years; then I occupied land under Lord Lisburn, in Cardiganshire, but merely to set an example, being promised his agency on condition of holding a farm to improve the estate. While you were ia Hampshire and Glamorganshire, were the farms you occupied working farms on your own capital ?—No that of Bjverton was worked on the pro- prietor s capital, but the one in Hampshire and in Cardi- ganshire was on my own capital. Having this practical exptrience you the became a land- agent and surveyor in London?—Yes. You have been frequently employed by the Department of Woods and Forests, have you not?—Yes, and by many noblemen and gentlemen throughout the kingdom. How many years have you been employed by the Depart- ment of Woods and Forests in surveying the crown lauds? [ think these 12 or 11 years. You are not strictly a servant of the Crown ?-No, I am only employed occasionally. I was employed in the Shpr- wood forest enclosure by Mr. Huskuson, and I have been employed by Mr. Arbuthnot, and most of the commis- sioners. Have you, during those H years, visited the same es- tates from time to time?-there are certain estates that I vi.t twice every year, but only one that was formerly Crown property. J When did you commence visiting those estates periodi- cally :—Some of them 20 years ago. Mention some of the estates you visited 20 years ago Several large estates in South Wales, Essex, Kent Devon- shire, Somersetshire, and in many other counties in Eng- land. I receive rents for noblemen and gentlemen in Norfolk, Bedfordshire, Staffordshire, Middlesex, Glamor ganshire, Carmarthenshire, and Gloucestershire. How many years have you visited those estates ?-S.>:ne for a greater and some for a shorter period on an average trom 10 to 20 years. ° Any properties belonging to the Crowri? I am not a re- 9 ceiver for the Crown; it is only in valuations, enclosures and selling estates, that I am employed bv the Crown. Are there any properties belonging to the Crown which you have valued some years ago, and have recently re- visited and revalued ?-o, the only estate that belono-ed to the Crown that I visit periodically is a part of the High Meadow estate in Dean Forest, that I sold nine or ten years ago for the crown. When did you first become acquainted with that property? •—I think the year 1824. You know that up to the present period ?-Ycs. Looking back to the year you tirst became acquainted with the estates in South Wales, which you have known for 20 years, comparing the cultivation of these estates "hen von first became acquainted with them, and with the tillage and culture of them now, should you say that the cultivation had improved or gone back ?—.The cultivation has not improved. Is the gross produce raised upon those estates in fhuth Wales less than it used to be or more l-The gross produce has very much diminished, and the tenants are very much reduced in their circumstances, since the time I first be- came acquainted with tilein- That was the year IS 13 ?—Yes. Are you able to give an opinion of the quantum of dimi- nution of the produce now, as compared with that when you first knew it ?—>1 think it is fully one-third less, but this last year being very favourable, the produce is not less, but the reduction in price is very great. The way in which things are selling in that part of the country is very low indeed; they are selling oats that will weigh 3Slb. per bushel at 14. Gd. they are selling barley that will weigh 53 b. to 5i ;b. a bushel for 2s. 6.1.; and wheat that will weigh 611b. at 5s. to 6s. per bushel, and hay delivered at 40; to 45- per ton. I saw that myself last week in Neath market, which runs from 5s. to 63. per bushel. The question pointed rather to the quantity raised ?-The quantity is Jess a great deal, for the land is in a worse state ot cultivation in every part of the conntry to which I travel, especially the cold clay lands. You were understood to say that you think the gross pro- duce of this estate is diminished considerably in point of quantity ?—Yes. What is the immediate cause, in your opinion, of that diminution of the quantity raised on these estates, es you have watched the progress of diminution ?—That the tenants have not the same ability to cultivate as they had before they were possessed of better means: they are obliged to cross crops, and to use every means to get money to par up their rents, rates, and taxes. They scourge their land more than they used ?-Yes I nantVnowreatCSt to get them to keep their cove- nants now. Are there many of the old tenants left or their descend- ;ttits ?-many of the old tenants and their descendants are still there tlir, people in W.ilps live lony, aivi there are fewer of the life leasts dropped than might, be expected; many of the tenants are very poor. You know the characters of those men ?-Yes; they are industrious, but not skilled in agriculture. Has this taken place from improvidence on their parts, or from extravagant liabits I do not think it liai. Judging from their general character, you do not think the fault IS with thelll "-o, I think the failit is with the limes tenants, to make up rent, scourge the land. Wa3 not tbre a diSpute about that property, and may not that have had some effect on jthe encouragement given to tenants ?—1 here was a dispute about the life leases on an estate in S )"tll Wales, but afterwards the leases were confirmed and during the time they lasted no im- provement was made by the tenants, nor since. Do you not think it is possible that in cousequenee of that litigation continuing for several years, the land has not been kept up as it would have been if it had been in the hands of the proprietor ?-I do not know of much difference I think that it was pretty much the same as on other es- tates adjoining. You stated, that in your opinion the declining circum- stances of those tenants did not arise from any improvi- dence or misconduct on their parts to what causcs do you attribute the gradual decline of their means of cultivating the land ? In some instances it might be from improvi- dence, but generally from the low price of produce. Has the price of labour fa len in proportion ?—No, not in that part of the country, for there are many iron and copper works, collieries and manufactories in that neigh- bourhood, and a great number of people employed, and tiiat keeps up the rate of wages the rate of wages is equal to Is. 6 1. Is. Sd.,ls. 10d., and 2s. per day for good men. You have stated as one of the reasons for the decrease of the produce thescollrging of the land by tenants, from their declining capital; do they use the same labour on the land ? No, not half the labour they used to do. Is that very perceptible !-yes. It is not weeded as it used to be?—No, I am always wrangling with them about it they say they should be glad to employ more men, but that they have nut the means of paying them. Are you to be understood to say that a great deal of this land is sublet to other parties -Yes, a great many of the original tenants on life leases sublet it; some keep it in their own occupation. I,i it ;ublet two or ti,ree icep ?-I dare -,ay some of it is- Do not you find those farms that are sublet are generally worse cultivated than those in the hands of the original le,;sc-c ?-No, I do not think that there is much difference in that respect. When were the leases granted ?—-The leases were granted at various times, by the former proprietors taking tines. They used to take seven years' purchase on the re- served rent for the renewal ot one life, and g years' purchase for three lives. Are you conversant with any other estates in Wales?— Yes, there are a great manyVstates in South Wales I have surveyed indeed, almost all the principal ones When were those iron works set up which take up the labour?—They have been there for many yeari. There are three very large copp r works, and there is now an iron work upon this estate, but it is in the vicinity of the mineral basin, where all the extensive iron works in South Wales are. The estate you have been speaking of was under lease, and there were in some cases subletting?—-Yes; but but several of those leases have expired, and there have been new lettinas, and there have been considerable re- ductions made in the new lettings but still, with all the reductions, they get into arrears. I do not know what to do with them. 1 cannot get other persons more competent to take them the only thing that the agent can do is to distrain, and sell them up, and then he gets the farm upon his hands. I. What is the nature of the land ?-'rlie soil varies, but is in general a light friable soil, on rock. What is the size of the farm ?—Sjme of them 500 acres, some 50, and some of them 100 and 200 acres, and some less than 50 acres. Do they do best upon the large or the small farms ?-I think they do best upon the large farms. Is there a considerable waste on the large farms ?-There is a great deal ol mountatn land in South Wales. What is the smallest farm you have ?-l suppose 30 to 33 acres. Are they English acres?—Yes. Do they sow turnips and b-ki-ley 'I'bey sow barley; but only a small quantity of turnips are cultivated, and few follow any regular rotation. Their skill is not less than it was 20 years ago?—No, if they had the same means When lirst I touk a farm in South Wales, to improve, they had no fresh mutton or bed in Cardiganshire during the winter and spring. till I showed them how to raise green crops. I followed the four course system upou that estate I dressed very high I brought ground bones from Liverpool to manure; I have (Trown from 20 to 30 tons of Swedish turnips per acre I°have grown 64 Winchester bushels of wheat an acre, in conse- quence of the high dressing. I used to get about 6.000 loads of sea weed, and mix that up with horse and co\v-dun°- a basket would have held all the conch that could he found upon that farm, I kept the land so clean. 1 generally em- ployed from 16 to 20 women every day for farm work. The bone-dust came into use iu the year 1S23, did it not? —I began to use bone-dust in the year 1815 I have known it used by a Mr. Serifr in East Lothian in the year 1797, H for growiug turnips." What is the reason that a farmer does not go from another part of the kingdom and settle himself there if the Welch are bad farmers? J never saw an Englishman that ever came to Wales that did any good: thry are ge- nerally broken down in England before" they «■„ t"0 Wales. Then they have not capital, and the Welch "people take advantage of them, and they do not thrive there. Is theie not a ^reat prejudice against any foreigners who come to teach tl ■em farming ?-_Thei-e is great autipa(hy against any Saxons or Sassenachs. Have you ever Kno deal with a fo[elSD<r at market?—I do not know that; if they can get a aiDam from him they will deal with him. In your °pi oes not the use of artificial manure under any cncumstances pay at present priccs ?-No, I do not think it does, at present prices. In your cases must be very peculiar in which the use y artificial manure will remunerate the person *es 5 convincing proof of what I ex- perience ? ,1S* .at 110 farm in the kingdom was higher cultlfV^ ha"t(h'5 I had in Cardiganshire. I raised gr^a .prices had continued, I should have n>ai e a n ea of money but the decrease in the price of Pr0 ,u n'uch against me in 1822, that 1 sold wheat tnat weighed 6o,b. the Winchester bushel, at Liverpoo a ». o and I sold the same wheat at Aber- ystwith _y 5e,,a '• 9d-; it was impossible that could pay: at 'S- h should have been handsomely re- munerated, 'he immense crops I raised, but on ac- I count of the low price I was disappointed I gave it over in 1B22-, I relinquished all farming togcther that year, finding it did not pay me. ° ° J What is the condition of the farmer in South Wales now, as compared with 1822, when you ceased farming; is it better or • ic ls worse, although the year 1822 was a worse year an ie piesent as to prices; but the farmers are in a worse condition than they were in 1822, for they have had so many bad years running when the prices have been so low. Is the land in worse condition?—Yes, I think the land throughout the Kingdom is going back in cultivation. 1 think that the farmera on all the cold clay lands have been paying their rents for the-e several years more from hard cropping and capital. I think the only case where they have been doing any good is on good turnip soils. Why do you think they find that answers best-as being connected with winter food ?—Yes. Do you think that the production of corn has been found not so profitable of late as that which is connected with the supply of meat. There is a double chance on good turnip land to clay soriJs> the raising of corn and feeding stock with green crops. Ihere has been an extension of the quantity of corn, and more particularly in Ireland than anywhere else, and this is the consequence, people have been run- ning on corn in Ireland and that is the reason of such immense quantities of import from Ireland. and stock is rising in consequence. I bought some Kerry heifers at 30s. 6d. two years ago, and I have a letteritelling me to-day I cannot buy any under 31. 5s a-head. To return to the South Wales estates: you have expressed an opinion that the condition of the land is not so fertile as it was, and that the condition of the farmers is worse than it was in 1S22, when you ceased farming what is your opinion of the condition of the agricultural labourers as compared with what it was when you knew the estates 20 years ago; what are now their wages ?-Their wages are rather less than they were, but not a great deal. What are the relative prices of the articles of the first necessity which they purchase ? Are you aware what the labourers paid 20 years ago for a quartern loaf?—I cannot remember without referring to memorandum-books. Are you sufficiently aware of the prices of boots and shoes and cloth such as were used by agricultural labour- ers in South Wales?—Yes; the shoes are at a less price, the cloth is at a less price, there has been such a great fall in the price of wool. 20 years ago Glamorganshire wool would sell at 2. 4d. a-pound for the last five or six years it has not bi"en above 9d. or lOd. per pound. What is the price of hats and clothing generally now as compared with former times ?—I think there has been a much less price had for those articles than during the war the shoes they generally buy at about 8,. and 9s. to 9s. 6¡J. a-pairr and great numbers not so much, for they wear wooden clogs and wooden soles. What do the agricultural labourers in South W a]e gen- erally live on ?-'I'hey take leek broth, and some drink tea, with bread and butter to breakfast; cheese and bread, pork and potatoes, or cabbage, herrings and potatoes to dioner; potatoes and milk, or cheese and bread, with milkor ale to supper. What is the price of pork now compared with what it was 20 years ago?-—I cannot recollect the price 20 years ago, but it is from 3d. to 4d. per pound now. I suppose it I was 10J. or ls. 20 years ago. Generally speaking, viewing the price of their clothing and of their food, and comparing that with their wages, do you think that the condition of the agricultural labourers; in that district is better or worse than it was 20 years ago ? —I think it is much better than it was 20 years ago, to those who are in constant employment and are provident. Is it better than it was 10 years agel?- Yes, I think itis. Has it not been progressively getting belter?—No, I do not think it is progressively getting better there are not so many labourers employed it is only good workmen that are employed now. To be continued)

EXECUTION OF A FEMALE IN PERSIA. A considerable crowd had assembled before 1 ar- rived at the place of execution. In the centre was a brazen mortar placed on a piece cf rising ground a match communicating with the interior of the mor- tar was at some distance, and not far from it was a ra{l"' rea^y lighted. I took my place with a leavy eart in the midst of the crowd, and I C "Jk'V-i-1' d's'ance which placed ine out ot all ^r0 V ^anger. Scarce had I stopped when I su*v the officer of justice approach, for whom the 0tiar s opened|apassage with difficulty, and not with- ♦p n't 'n^ ?ome blows amongst the throng. t>e- i?VOi t^oin advanced the condemned person. tWn\ kfrilea^.to *ier feet she was covered with a tirm anri t ve^, to hide her face. Her step was nr ,-ori countenance seemed uti- v, u°*ten spoke to an eunuch who accoin- P e.r' 'he noise around prevented my hear- in, a word she uttered. However, as she drew near punishment, the spectators became f'.r u S 1' an(l when she arrived at the nior- th^ r<;ath ^vas heard. She took advantage of tu<lp wit! 8 ° ra'?e her voice and address the multi- iinivercai' 3 Pr?c's'on and clearness w hich excited tv>,» ;i„r> But the officers, perceiving loll Passion that she produced on the standers by, tlnue itl n'loed her" no effort to con- mnriar. h suttered herself to be taken close to the not SDeak^h'tep Was Hrm' she did not Pray> she did men would' beUiaapPeared more resigned titan many "le same situation. She did not I pan her ho ^he Was told t0 kneel down> a"d nhevod Ff3. aSa'nst the mouth of the mortar. She firm] w.r'sts were bound with cord, and they r,n«plv nlay l6^ t0 some pickets that had been pur- Stoove? S "'erC- 11,0 mea" 8»e "ot tUn tnarfa e?St eni°tioti. She leaned her head on .'j and awaited llprf«f £ > ivifh tha nrihnrifw '•I u- -eSt soldier might envy. At length the f'3 j1*8 Slven. A man armed with the lire-brand beat it slowly to the match, and just as it was about to a e nre, a shudder took place among the crowd. The match was lighted; cne moment only had passed; a dead groan issued from every bosom; the smoke disappeared; there was no explosion; and the unhappy creature raised her head to see what had happened. A rapid beam of hope shot across my breast; I thought it was meant that she should be saved. Scarce had this idea entered my mind when another brand was lighted. The victim raised her head a second time, and gave a deep sigh as if her soul had just taken its flight; this long' this dreadful sigh, had scarcely finished when the ex- plosion took place, and the smoke of the powder hid every object from sight. The fatal cloud, however, was soon dispersed the explosion had finished all was annihilated, except a few shreds of her garments and the bones of her arms. Two women rushed for- ward at the fatal moment towards the scene of punishment, seized these remains, and hiding them with their veils, hastily returned to their haram carrying off those dreadful testimonies of the fulfil- ment of a Scuigttinai-y judgment.—By an Eye Witness.

COLLIERY EXPLOSION AT WORKINGTON TlilllTEEN LIVES LOST. The town of Workington was, on Siturday night last, thrown into a state of the utmost consternation, by an explosion in the Bella Pit, near that town, the property of Henry Curwen, Esq. more terrible in its nature, and more fatal in its effects, than any similar casualty that has hap- pened there within the last fifty years. The details of this dreadful occurrence are thus given The men were at work in Bella Pit, about seven P.M. that evening In the Low Bottom Pit, which communicates with Bella Pit and which has been only partially worked of late, a quan- tity of foul air had collected, to expel which Mr. Percival, one of the under-ground stewards, set on a current of fresh air, a plan which has hitherto been used with success, but in this instance, an explosion resulted, which forced the choke damp into the Bella workings, when thirteen men and boys, and two horses fell victims to the untimely ex- periment. Had the danger been apprehended, and the precaution been taken of ordering the men off work or of waiting until the men bad finished work, such a dreadful sacrifice of life might have been avoided. In accidents of this kind, the carelessness of the workmen is generally blamed, but in this instance they appear to have been quite unconscious of the impending danger. The following are the names of the thirteen unfortunate brings who have thus, in a moment, been hurried into eter. uity, besides whom many others are partially injured, but expecced to recover :—Richard Ditchbura, Jiihn Thompson, two young men named Green, brothers, three named Bren- nan, brothers; Samuel Muliigan, John Donald, James Higgins, and three hoys, Andrew Jcllv, John Watson, James Ditcliburn. S nne of these have left wives and families in the greatest distress. A remarkable instance of fortitude was shown by the mother of tue unfortunate B-'ennans; she entered the pit at the most imminent hazard and brought Out the bodies of two of her sons her- self, her husband is fortunately spared to her, though his life was in a most critical state for some time. Every exertion which humanity could suggest, and vi- gilance execute was promptly made, and in the course of two hours the pit was cleared of every human being, when it was discovere, i that thirteen lives were sacrificed. At the tiulc of the accident occurring there were thirty-eight work-people iu the mine, of these twenty-five were rescued, several of whom have received partial injmies, and two, John Deacon and John Hayes, are yet sulfering severely. The scene which occurred at the pit-mouth, after the accident became known, was truly agonizintr,—mothers were bewaIlIng their children, wives their husbands, and sisters their brothers, and their cries and tears mingled strangely with the joyful transports of recognition by which a rescued relative was brought up safe to the earth. When the bodies were examined, after being brought up, it was ascertained ong y0Ulj1 oniy was l,urnt, the others were destroyed by what is callcd the after damp, the foui and noxious air which suffocates if the person breathing it be not promptly moved from its presence. The sufferers are c >ie y youths, though there are some married men in the list. 'I'lle it)divid,,al at whose lamp the foul air ex- ploded is alive and doing well. Every exertion was 'Ill'It e to restore the sick, and great pains were taken to alleviate the sonow of those who have to mourn over friends ai-d relativef thus prematurely consigned to the grave. FURTHER PARTICULARS. At the time of the accident, there were upwards of forty persons at work. Some of the survivors vet linger in a precarious state. As far as we can learn—and indeed from the evidence before the jury—there was no apprehension of danger whatever. An overseer, very steady in his habits, and hitherto careful to his duty, who has been ac- customed to the pit from boyhood, and who has had similar duties allotted to him for years past, without any accident, had, in the afternoon of that day, gone down to the low- bottom of the Bella pit (from which there is communica- tion and air currents to the other) and let off 20 yards of foul air, which quantity he had done at intervals for some time past, but which, in this instance, was attended with such melancholy results. The inquest, before W. Bragg, Esq., coroner, and a highly respectable jury, was held at the Green Dragon Inn, on Monday last, at 10 in the morn- ing, when after the examination of several witnesses, whichjasted nearly twelve hours, a verdict of accidental death was recorded.—'Mr. and Mrs Curwen have been deeply concerned at such a destruction of human life and with their usual kindness have amply relieved the neces- sities of the poor surviving sufferers. The bodies were interred on Tuesday in plain coffins, given by the Lord of the Manor.—The excitement was very great in Working- ton, on Sunday and Alonday but on Wednesday the men got partially to work again in the pit.-Carlisle Patriot.

A gentleman recently arrived from Ham, gives the following statement respecting the prisoners con- fiued in the fortress Chantelouze and Guer- non de Ranville still keep up the intimacy which has hitherto existed between them. MM. Polignac and Peyronnet, on the contrary, live in complete seclusion, and do not see any of the other ministers of Charles X., who were condemned with them. It is alleged that M. de Pcyronnet has not quitted his chamber for eighteen mouths, and yet, of all the prisoners, he sup- ports with most fortitude the punishment decreed by the Chamber of Peers." CAPTAIN BRADSHAW, R. N., LATE M. P. FOR BRACKLEY.—On Wednesday forenoon last, consider- able excitement prevailed in Worstey, in consequence of a report, which proved to be correct, that this Sfentleman had put a period to his existence by cutting his throat.—It seems that lie had left his residence at Runcorn on Monday, on a visit to his father, Robert Haldane Bradshaw, Esq., at Worsley Hall, where he arrived on Tuesday afternoon, and that during these two days, in his conversation and actions, he had ex- hibited various sypmtoms of mental hallucination. He retired to bed about eleven o'clock on Tuesday night, apparently quite well, and as he did not make his ap- pearance next morning at the usual hour, a servant went to call him about ten o'clock, and found the door of his chamber fastened inside. After some delay it was broken open, and the Captain was found lying on the floor with a razor beside him, and his throat cut in the most determined tn;.Antier,-tieai,ly from car to ear. He was about 48 years of age, and has left a widow and four children, two SODS aud two daughters- they are at present at Runcorn.—Captain Bradshaw had been for some years stationed in the West India islands, the climate of which had very much af- fected his health, and of late he suffered much de- pression of spirits.—Manchester Guardian.

HURHAll jiijll JOBBING IL TRIUMPHANT! PQa. (From the Dublin Evening Mail.) JUiJuv, Sept. 25.-M'Causland, the brother-in- law ot the Lord Chancellor, is nominated—not elected, to the office of solicitor to the Plunkett Commission-and what adds to the insult, he is fe™ltfed to do the duties by deputy—his partner, a Mr. I'ethersfon, being the stalking horse on the occasion. My Lords the Bishops! ye have acted wisely and well—consistently, as regarded the honour and dignity of your own characters! dis- creetly, as respected the welfare of the church and the interests of religion. Slash away, M'Causland. i(ill, burn, and destroy. Commence your work of destruction Sweep all before you. Accumulate loiiosot costs, and put money in thy purse. Thou art III truth a lucky fellow and with glee and gusto inavst thou sing, when sipping thy claret, Ibrahim's song in praise of Blue Heard— Tis a very fine thins to he brother-in-law To this excellent jobber—ibis Pluukett bashaw. :I'Callsland is—Solicitor to Erasmus Smith's schools, »j'^ai,sland is—Solicitor to the Education Board, 'sIand is—Solicitor to the Royal Hospital, M Cansland is—Solicitor to the Commissioners for Charitable Bequests. M'Causland is—Solicitor to the Benchers of the King's Inns, M'Causland is-One of the Clerks of the Common Pleas, M'Causland—Holds an Office in the Court of Chancery, M'Causland is-Secretary to the Lord High Chan- cellor, And now, M'Causland is—Solicitor to the Ecclesiastical Commission! Besides half-a-dozen other situations which we can't just at this moment recollect. MARQUESS WELI,F.Si,ry.-Ii s "little excel- lency," as Master Peter has it in the play of 7he Stnmyer—-his little excellency is expected to arrive this evening at Kingston, and will make his grand entry into the capital of Ireland to-morrow. Nothing can exceed the scale of show and parade with which it is intended to receive him—(poor man, he came last time in a ricketty green post-chaise and pair of horses)—the streets are to be lined-the houses hung with tapestries, triumphal arches erected at suitable points, and roses strewed beneath his Bantam tread.lbid. THE TRIBUTE.—There has been a signat failure in an attempt to collect the Daniel Annuity" in the town of Carrick-on-Suir. A correspondent has kindly favoured us with the particulars, which we shall use as occasion serves. This is another in- stance of Irish ingratitude for surely no man ever so well deserved a remunerating return at the hands of Irish blackguards as Daniel O Connell—one whose services in their cause have been great and whose success, we regret to say, has been commen- surate.-Ibid. LIFE IN IRELAND.—The "Times" correspon- dent records three several public attempts made to murder one of the most learned, pious, and indefati- gable of the ministers of the Methodist body—an aged servant of God, fourscore years old tilo Ilev. Gideon Ouseley. This venerable man was attacked by a Popish mob in the streets of the Irish metropo- lis, while he was engaged in exposing the errors of the Roman Catholic church. As Col. Chatterton of the 4th Dragoon Guards accompanied by Mrs. Chatterton, was proceeding to t, 0 New Park, some ruffians endeavoured to stop his carriage by drawing their cars across the road and backing them so as to totally impede the way. The Colonel immediately left the carriage, and being assisted by his servants and some policemen at New Inn (who immediately ran to the spot,) succeeded in apprehending the ringleaders, and giving them into custody. The Hon. Col. Hope was attacked in a similar manner the same evening.—Clontnel Herald. THE MIRACULOUS TUB—The Galwav Adver- tiser contains the following charge against Dr. M'Hale, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Maronia On a late occasion, when this Bishop of Maronia was desirous of appearing in all the awful majesty with which the superstitious population believe his office to be invested, his priests suggested that if he could appear in his seat or throne near the altar, with a giory, or circle of light, round his head, in the way the pictures of their saints are usually drawn, their object would be fully effected. They accordingly so arranged a large vessel, or tub, filled with water, and placed near the altar, as to catch the rays of the mid-day snn, and throw up a reflec- tion immediately above the seat or throne of the Romish bishop.—To make this imposture the more effective on the minds of the stupid and infatuated population who were assembled on the occasion, they kept the water continually in gentle motion, so that the reflections continued playing about his head, by which he appeared with a lambent light or halo above him in the wondering eyes of the super- stitious and bigotted people." < # yet this man talks of the march of intellect." i( The Dublin correspondent ol the GIobe"says, 1 have learned that a Noble Earl is likely to be deprived of 1,200 acres of the best land in the county of Meath, in consequence of a disclosure at one of the corporate enquiries relative to the man- ner in which his family became possessed of them by a sort of bargain with the corporation of which his Lordship is a member.

A PATERNAL GOVERNMENT—We learn that an application was lately made by the Government to the Corporation of this city, to know whether the continuance of the troops was still considered ne- cessary, and that a reply in the affirmative was re- turned. It was then required by Government that the Corporation should provide permanent barracks In answer to this demand it was stated that the Cor- poration had already been at great expence in pro- curing accommodation for the troops but they knew of no principle upon which they could be required to establish permanent barracks'. Upon the receipt of this answer Government immediately withdrew the troops.- Bi,istol Hirroi-. SLAVERY IN THE BRAZILIAN MINES.—At a meeting of the British Missionary Society last week, the Rev. Thomas Roberts, of Bristol stated that within the period of the years 1820 and 1829, not less than 204,000 human beings had been brought from Africa, and sold for the cultivation of the soil and the working of the Brazilian mines. This had been done by a violation of the treaty entered into in 1823, that the Brazilian slave trade was to cease in four years from the time of that negociation.— Some of the most active declaimers against negro slavery, we understand, are, or very lately were, shareholders in the Brazilian mines. A document was lately published in the news- papers, purporting to be a Circular from the Horse Guards, addressed to Half-pay Officers generally, and in this view it gave rise to much animadversion, as unjust towards a body of men whose best days have been devoted to the service of their country. On this subject a townsman, Mr. M'Donnell, has received a letter from Lord Fitzroy Somerset, in answer to some inquiries of his, in which letter his Lordship states, that the document referred to was not a general circular from the Horse Guards, as had been erroneously stated-it applied solely to the individuals to whom it was sent, and moreover, that the cases of militia officers are not tobe affected by it-—Belfast News Letter. PUBLIC FEELING IN BRUSSELS.—This is the second day of the fetes (Sept. 24.) About eleven o'clock the King and Queen left the Palace for St. Gudule, to assist at a requiem performed in honour of the patriots who fell on the days of September. From thence they proceeded to the Place des Martyrs, when several funeral musical pieces were hanted, and returned to the palace, passing through the principal streets. The cortege consisted of the garrison, about 150 civic guards in blue, the wounded in their new uniform, the Chamber of Representa- tives, and the Senate between files of soldiers, the Regency and other public bodies. The coolness with which the procession was regarded is supposed to be the critical state ot'polities !The following anecdote is authentic and will prove the actual state of public feeling in this country. Some months since a gentleman purchased an engraving of the King of Holland, for 14 francs. Last week the effects of the gentleman, owing to his death, were sold by public auction, and such was the com- petition for the head of William the tyrant, alias the obstinate, that it was run up to 124 francs. The purchaser, in the presence of the whole room, em- braced the engraving, and handed it to different persons, who followed his example. One of the company turned it into ridicule by calling it Old Cheesy." A poor woman who kept a small broker's shop instantly rose from her seat, and addressmg the would-be-wit, she tauntingly said, "Call 111m Cheesy if you like, but this much I can tell you- during his reign I had cheese to my bread at the pres-ent day I am thankful to get dry bread without cheese." A clapping of hands followed this unso- phisticated speech.

FASHIONABLES, &C. i PRINCE GEORGE OF CUMBERLAND.—BERLIN Sept. 21. The public will learn with interest the following particulars respecting Prince George of Cumberland. He suffers from an obstinate chronical inflammation of the eyes, and will arrive here in the beginning of October, with his parents and Privy Counsellor V. Groefe. No operation entirely to re- store the Prince's sight can be thought of till the inflammation is cured. His Majesty the King of Eng- land has repeatedly offered to Dr. Groefe the office of royal physician, with a salary of 2,000". sterling per annum, but he has not accepted the oner, though it was to be accompanied with tJie grant of an order, and an elevation to a highei^rank, and the enjoy- ment of several emoluments. It is stated that the Countess of Plymouth has expressed her intention of continuing the numerous charitable subscriptions of the late Noble Earl within the county of Worcester. Sir J. M. Doyle is expected home from L'shon by the next packet, for the purpose of establishing a regular steam navigation between London, Oporto, and Lisbon. The Earl of Dartmouth at his late visit, says the Leeds Mercury, notified to the inhabitants of Fairnley Tyas his intention of building and endow- ing a church in that township, which contains a population of one thousand souls, many of whom re- side two miles from the parish church at Almondbury. Her Grace the Duchess of Bedford has, we regret to hear, met with an accident at her re- sidence at Rothiemurchus. A dog, which her grace was caressing, suddenly sprung up, and lacerated her forehead cons iderabi y.Iberdeeit Observer. NEW CHURCH AT BIRMINGHAM.-The Lord Bishop of Lichtield and Coventry consecrated the Church of All Saint's, at Nineveh, Birmingham, on Saturday last. An excellent discourse was delivered by the Rev. T. Moseley from the 2d chap. of the 1st Epistle to the Thessalonians, v. 18, 19. The Church is 73 feet in length, and 47 in width, with a chancel and entrances in addition. It is calculated to contain more than 1200 persons; and the entire cost of the building is 38171. 10s. LIBERALITY TO TF.NANTS.-We are informed on the best authority that Sir W. W. Wynne, Bart. at his last audit, with that considerate benevolence for which he is so justly characterized not only re- duced his rents twenty-five per cent. but struck off every arrear also, observing to his agents live and let live." LOYALTY.—THE EARl. OF DURHAM.- Yester- day the tricolor was flying from the mast head of the Earl of Durham's yacht, Louisanow anchored in the Tyne. This disgraceful exhibition roused the sterling English feeling of hundreds of brave fel- lows, inhabitants of the two Shields, who fought the battles of their country during the last war, and who vented their indignation against the revolu- tionary flag of France, in curses loud and deep. After the insult offered by the ambitious Earl to the royal flag of England, in Cherbourg harbour, by ordering his own arms to be placed above it, we were prepared to expect a good deal, but certainly did not anticipate that he would outrage the feelings of Englishmen in the manner we have described.— Newcastle Journal. THE CALTHORPE-STREET IVIEETING--Lord Mel- bourne has considered it proper, and has, therefore ordered a sum of twenty pounds each to be paid to police constables Brooke and Redmond, as a com- pensation for the severe injuries they received by the violence of the mob-meeting in Calthorpe-street, on the 13th of May last. (The best thing he ever did.) PAIL-ROAD TO SHIELDS AND TYVEMOUTH.— A railway is about to be formed from Newcastle to Shields and Tynemouth. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—.This great work has been received, we learn, with extraodinary tavour. The advantages indeed both to London and Bristol are too numerous and important to be over- looked in either citv. To Bristol the probable benefit will be incalculable. Nothing else seems likely to revive the drooping commerce of that port, once the second port in the kingdom, and almost rivaling London itself. To Ireland it will open new markets and sources of wealth and, we trust, will be the means of conferring important benefits upon that unhappy country, of exciting its industry, extending its commerce, andfurnishing em- ployment to its people. The directors of this im- portant undertaking have not brought it forward precipitately or inconsiderately. They have em- ployed upwards of twelve months in collecting information and their surveys have been conducted by the ablest engineers and surveyors with the greatest deliberation. No work ever better deser- ved the name of uational" than this. To the shareholders it cannot fail to prove a beneficial investment, connecting, as will, Ireland, Wales and the West of England, with London."

MRS. H^NNAllMORE. 'i'^said, realized more than 30,000*. by her writing; and according to the follow- V^oo/T ?r hr;V1,1> ,effaci<>8 to ^amount of 10,"00J. have been left by her to the following insti- tutions: ° To the Bristol Infirmary, 1000/. • to the Anti-Slavery Society 500Z.; to the London Poor Pious Clergy, ?n2/' to th^M ?on C, £ ,'ical Education Society, 100Z., to the Moravian Missionary Society, 2007., to be. pai y app ie towards the schools or stations at j Greenckloot, Gnadenthal, and other Moravian settle- meiits at the Cape of Good Holie to the Welsh Col- .1 u'-i10 r'st0' Clerical Education Society, 100/ to the Hibernian Society, 2001.; to the Refor- matIOn Society, 2ool. 3 to the Irish Religious Tract and Book Society, and the Irish Scripture Readers Society, 1501, each to the Burman Mission, and to the Society for the Conversion of the Jews, 2001, each. /°^ow'ng Societies or Institutions, viz.:— For Printing the Scriptures at Serampore, the Baptist Missionary Society, the London Seaman's Bible So. ciety, the Bristol Seaman's Bible Society, the Liver- pool Seaman s Bible Society, the London Missionary Society, and the Society for Printing the Hebrew Scriptures, lOOl. each to the British and Foreign Bible Society, lOOOl. All the foregoing legacies are 3 per cent. consols. The following are in sterling money:—To the Church Missionary Society, 10001., 3001. of which to be applied towards the Mission among the Syrian Christians at Travancore, near Madras, in Southern India to the Society for Educating Clergymen's Daughters, by the Rev. Carus Wilson, 200* for the Diocese of Ohio, 200/. j to the Trustees of the New Church at Mangotsfield, 1501. To and for the purposes, Societies and Institutions, after mentioned, viz. :-For the Bristol Strangers' Friend Society, the Bristol Society for the Relief of Small Debtors, the Bristol Penitentiary, the Bristol Philosophical Institution, the London Strangers' Friend Society, the Commissioners of Foreign Missions in America, towards the School at Ceylon, called Barley Wood, the Newfoundland Schools, the distressed Vaudoise, the Clifton Dispensary, the Bristol District for Visiting the Poor, the Irish Society, the Sailors' Home Society, and the Bristol Orphan Asylum, IOOl. each. To the purposes, Societies, and Institutions follow- ing, viz.:—The Christian Knowledge Society, the Bristol Misericordia Society, the Bristol Samaritan Society, the Bristol Temple Infant School, the Prayer Book and Hothily Society, the London Lock Hospital, the London Refuge for the Destitute, the Gaelic School, the Society for Female Schools in India, the Keynsham School, the Cheddar School, for Books for Ohio, the Bristol and Clifton Female Anti-Slavery Society, the Clifton Lying-in Charity, the Clifton Infant School, the Clifton National School, the Clifton Female Hibernian Society, the Temple Poor, and for Pews in Temple Church, 501. each.. To the Bristol Harmonia and Edinburgh Sabbath Schools, 19 guineas each; to the Shipham Female Clut), 501.; to the Cheddar Female Club, 19 guineas; to the Poor Printers' Fund, 19 guineas for the Ship- ham Poor, 501.; to the Ministers of Wrington and Cheddar, for their respective Poor, 19 guineas each to the Minister of Nailsea, for the Poor, 51.; to my Old Pensioners at Wrington, Il. each to theKildare- place School Society, Dublin, IOOl sterling, and 2001. three per cent. In addition to the foregoing munificent legacies, this pious lady hath bequeathed the whole of her residuary estate, which it is expected will amount to a considerable sum, to the New Church, in the out parish of St. Philip, in Bristol. It is elsewhere erroneously stated, that the residue of her property, after payment of these bequests was to go to the Bristol lufirmary, >' r

GLEANINGS. CHINA.—The Chinese at one time measured the irritable feelings of the English nation by t" quantity of china broke in one year. A Chinese hi,4, torian observes- 11 The merchants of Canton mllke thesale of their brittle ware the barometer of Euro- peau passions, and as often as the sale augments they say, The last year has been a passionate one in EIIg- laud.' China is not imported to the extent it some years ago and the wise men of the Celcst'3 Empire now say that the English have no matrimon'* strife, and seldom break cups and saucers. AN AMERICAN JlJHY.-A jury, which HAD pre, viously retired to deliberate, came into court, and pro- ceeded in the usual form to deliver tlieit- verdict. It was not without astonishment, 1 confess, that I re- marked that three-fourthsof the jurymen wereengagetl in eating bread and cheese, and that the foreman actually announced the verdict with his mouth rul1, ejecting the disjointed syllables during the interval* of the mastication 1—Men and Manners in America- SUMMARY JUSTICE IN TURKEY. During the late extensive fire at Constantinople, the SeraskiC caught a man with fire-balls in his pocket, and the police heave him right into the fire "—Extrat from a Letter describing the Fire. A CALCULATION.—Some pains-taking citizel1 has made a calculation that there are 4UO,000 cigar smokers in the United States, that puff away 9,000,1^ of dollars annually. The same calculator makes 600,000 chewers, and 500,000 snuffers, whose amiable propensities cost annually 7,000,000 dollars. Edward, Earl of Rutland, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, left behind him these four pieces advice--I. Be always employed.-2. Look to the issue.— 3. Be furnished with a friend.-4. Reflect upon thyself. MISTAKE OF A MINISTER.—A young gentle' man from Scotland, (where the term minister" 11 commonly understood to designate a clergyman,) 00 visiting St. Paul's, asked when there was serigoll there ? The guide told him that they had service every morning. Shortly after, he asked "who was the minister just now?" to which the guide, thinking of the prime minister, replied, "Lord Liverpool. Not wishing to show his ignorance, and supposing that so braw a kirk weel deserved a Lord for minis- ter," he hastened back next day to hear the,, dis- coorse," when lo! to his enquiries a speedy explana- tion was given to his mistake. A lady asking a child how long it took to build Rome, was answered a night. How do you tnake that out r" She replied," Because mamma told me It was not built in a day A Quaker attending the funeral of a friend' and exclaiming that there was no happiness on thlíJ side of the grave, a person who stood opposite to hi"' said, "You had better then come on this side." A drunkard is the annoyance of modesty, the spoil of civility, the destruction of reason, the robber agent, the alehouse's benefactor, his wife's sorrow, hi* children's trouble, his own shame, his neighbour scoff", a walking swill-bowl, the picture of a beast, the monster of a man. Reader, will you be adruukard- It is the beginning, not the end, to be dreaded. Never begin, and you never will arrive at the condHioll described. SPOILING THE MARRIAGE CEREIO;I;Y.-The fol lowiug statement is no jest but a positive fact :—" • young man in business in Li verpool, led his blushing bride to the altar, in the Old Church of that tolvilt and when the question was asked,' Wilt thou love and cherish,' &c., he answered as is customary-nud added 4 When she needed he'd bang her.' The girl immediately stopped the clergyman, and asked, if it was too late to retract. On being told it was uot» she turned upon her heel and quietly walked out 0 the church, saying, that' a man who could say what he had said at such a moment in jest, was most likelf to put his threat into execution,' aad bade him choose another mate.' YANKEE SPECULATION. A pedlar travelling through one of the states, was observed to shake bands- very heartily at every house where he called whether they purchased his wares or not. At the proper tillieg, most, if not all these persons had the itch. Shortly afterwards another pedlar came the same route will1 the" infallible ointmeut" which he freely sold at good per centage. He was a partner of the othet pedlar In a window in Warner-street, Coldbath- square, appears the following announcement "Wanted, a dozen drunken turners; half-a-doze sober ones will be preferred." MARCH OF INTELLECT.—A little boy at one of the hospitals was frequently found in a most unseemly state. His age, of two years and a half, forbade the idea of his being diunk, to say nothing of his inability to walk to the gin shop, or, when he was there, to pat for his drams. Yet the general appearance of the creature, as well as the odour of his breath, which ought, as that of an infant, to have been pure as neV" made hay, permitted no doubt of the fact: it was pro- nounced by the doctors that the small beast was dru IJ in short, an habitual drunkard. The means of i -lie- briety were discovered in the case of spirits of wi pC used for the cupping-glasses; it was found that the boy took a cupping-glass too much; the rogue hily stolen a march upon the doctors his inquiring spirit led him into the secret of the spirit of wine but, alas! his knowledge stopped short at its most direct use. This is always the result of a smattering. The first use a servant makes of his literature is to read hl& master's letters; but is no more an argument against education, than this child's drunkenness against burw ing spirits of wine under the cupping-glass. This march of intellect is a mautais pas when it halts; sciepc must not be taken at the wrong end, or the pupil wIll be found drunk instead of the doctor.- New Alonthly. COGENT REASON FOR ABDICATlNG.- JameS Smith, one of the authors of the Rejected Address is not only a wit but an attorney, and he dwells 01 dwelt in Austinfriars. Now it so happened that aO' other James Smith, solicitor, came to dwell in tlle same buildiug, in Austinfriars, with our friend the parodist; and the consequences of two James Silittis, attorneys, of No. may be easily conjectured. I-el, ters, messages, papers of all kinds, were continually going astray, and the confusion was most aniazi,39 At last, one morning, James Smith, the new comer, made his appearance in the chambers of his namesake with an open letter in his hand. "This, Sir," said be, I find is intended for you. It is a confidential lettel, but I have read it from beginning to end." "YolI made a mistake of the same kind a few days ago, and it is most unpleasant." I really can see no remetl? for this confusion, bnt that one or other of us shou' leave the building." "I agree with you," said ou;, James, and you of course must be the man to leave-^ I do not see why it should be me, and not was the answer. Because, my dear fellow," rephe the wit, "you are here James the Second, and, there, fore, should abdicate. Frazer's Magazine. THE RAVEN.—At the seat of the Earl of AYLESJ bury, in Wiltshire, a tame raven, that had beeP taught to speak, used to ramble about the park; 'he he was usually attended aud beset by crows, ro<)' and others of his inquisitive tribe. When a consider- able number of these were collected around him, I would lift up his head, and with a hoarse and ho!to voice shout out the word holloa This would 1 stantly put to llight and disperse his sable brethre while the raven seemed to enjoy the fright he had 0 casioned.-Dor.set Chronicle. A MOUNTED RIFLEMAN.—But to judge of militia, you should see those of the West and Sou A regiment of mounted riflemen—men inured to the fatigues and privations of the almost savage h of a first settlement, mounted each upon his favourl t horse armed with his trusty carbine, to which, 110 seldom, he and his family have been indebted for tI dinner in time of need: these are people who make sport of all fatigue. To them a campaign is really party of pleasure. They know the woods, can their way by the sun and the bark of the tr^C^ whether to track an enemy 01* a staj*; their assist them here, for each has a dog- »vfth him. T'0 have no uniform every one comes as he is dressed his daily labour, with some extra new covering andwove by his wife from cotton planted by himself-* # hat of twisted palm-leaves protects his person, .blaC t- ened by the smoke of the bivouac; an otter skin a fully folded and sewed contains his amunition, means of kindling a fire, and his little stock of tobac a wallet behind his saddle carries provision for h je self and his horse. The animal himself is as ( fastidious as the master. A few handsful of maize day snffices him; but in the evening, on arriving.s the camp, he is unsaddled, unbridled, and two 0 legs fastened together; then he is left in the a where grass in abundance very soon invites hi"1 frugal supper. No great discipline among a troop this; no regular exercises; every one makes wal^ his own account, and as if by instinct. It is a hu0 oSt party on a large scale; these, however, were the j distinguished troops in the last war, and who repu t's the English at the battle of New Orleans.— w United States, t2cZ Edition.