The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

FROM TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE. BANKRUPTS. William Austin, Singleton--treet, Hoxton,builder. 1 hoiuas Hobson, High-Holborn, bookseller. Joseph Zachaiiah Pullbrouk, Great Surrey-street, Black- Iri,; rs-road, shoe-maker. 1 homas Cocks, Lutie Lant-strcet, Southwark, oil and celourman. William Hort, Dukc-street, Grosvenor-s«piare, tailor. Gcorge Watkiii-, jun. Milimau-;ow, Chelsea, builder. J'hn Swindells Blinkhorn, Wigan, Lancashire, ca- lf nd ere r. Mary lJrasier, Margate, schoolmistress. Thomas Ilenry Downing, Longford, Coventry, grocer. William Bates, jun. WeslbroiBwich, Siutlordshire, gi-oct r. DIVIDENES. E. Passmore, Maidenhead, Berkshire, -,rocer -J' Craw- ley, Oxiorc-nicct, liiien-di-aper.-G. Gidley, Cateaton- streec, button-maker,— J. Dyer and J. Swayne, Gravel-lane, Houndsditch, woolstal)lers.-W. IVIiIier, Chapel-street, Pentonville, merchant.—W. Harvey and T. Grice, Hoi- loway, I)ttilders.-It Walkington, High Ilolborn, uphol- sterer.—B. Davenport, Dunster-court, Mincuig-lane, mer- chant.—G. Philips, Bishopsgate-street W iihin, iron- monger.—T. B. Hulley, Froustiam, Cheshire> apothecary. —W. Rather, Grantham, Lincolnshire, money-scrivener. —T. Morlidge, Manchester, timber-dealer.—J. Burston and T. Barston, Grantham, Lincolnshire, ironmongers.—J. Drew, Manchester, auctioneer.—J Duncan, W. C,e,gg, and T. Hollins, Liverpool, inerchauts.-W. Pai'me,,cr, Gosport, S juthainpton, ship-builder. CERTIFICATES.—Nov 5. J. A. Harvey, High-street, St.Giles-in-the-Fields, clothes- man.—A. W. Clark, Bistiopsgatc-strect, wine-merchant.— J. Lucas., City-road, timbcr-inerchant.—J. Shilston and W. Shilston, Plymouth, ship-builders,-H. Newport, Bognor, Sussex, wine-merchant.-G, Keyzar, Toxteth Park, near Liverpool, mcrcbant.-T. Caruwell, Manchester, merchant. —M. Meathcote and J. Healhcote, Manchester, ruercllallb.

EXTRACTS from the EVIDENCE of Mr, ADAM MURRAY BEFORE the COMMITTEE on AGRICULTURE. 440. ( Cvntinued from our last) Do you ever visit the Lottuans flow ?-,or very often; I have some relations in Scotland, my brother lives in East Lothian, and I correspond with him on agriculture. That is land of the very finest quality '.?-Ot' very tine quality. About the neighbourhood of Dunbar land let as nigh during the war as seven guineas an acre for arable laud. I have paid for turnips in that quaiter 12 ^guineas an acre, to be eaten on the land with sheep, and thev paid me a good profit. Has the produce decreased there ?-The produce has very much decreased there, and also the rents the old farmers l used to be acquainted with in East Lothain are many of them dead, and many, ruined, have left the country. On the old system, did they use to produce greater crops than are now produced ?—\ es the system of farming in that country 20 years ago was better not so scourging as the present the land was cleaner and in higher con- dition n produced greater cr"ps of corli a great many potatoes are now grown by the Fife farmers, who have supplanted the former race of farmers in liust Lothian, and their system of management is not so good for the land as Broun and Renme's system. These Fife farmers take the land at high corn rents, convertible into money according to the highest prices produced at the fairs ot the couuty, which is annually adjusted by the sheriff's jury. The decrease of produce is not confined to the inferior soils, but has extended to lands of the first quality ? —Yes, tite cultivation and manuring is not so good. V<3 "J0111'0111;1' that you thought the light-land thry are doirig better than others?—I consider are. lanfit3 Pro!'uce> w''bin the last ten years, on those dert, Tf °1' VeCfl'ased ?—I think it has rather lands' n0t 'a l'Je salIle proportion as on the heavy ra.^V.0!011 fCC0Ilnt f°r 'hat ?—Because it.requires less T k° U Ur^ S0^3 'n cu'livation. The high lands were benefited rather during those wet asons which were injurious to wet lani-is')Ces a wet scions is always more favourable on light dry lands. Hou visit estates in heland do you not '-Yes 1 have tOe management of an estate of 21,000 acres in Ireland. How long have you been conversant with that estate ? past aVe 1U UlC habuot visiting it for cieven years In what county is it ?-In the county of Kerry. urovrd ,1' f C"fd'^u of estate ?—It is much im- hL tel'.ui IT!1 ""I allowances to for reuairs ■' 1- t* °V't' l'le,n lime for tiie land, and timber miles Of „„i hi3 own -nce, near 30 the rcutafrotii thpat,S> 1 ir0ugU illS and has reduced Is™ a K U rU P11CUS ,0Ue llalt'lu lnany instances. is it a nigh land or low land •) \t k i and low land • there are 10,000 to 12 000 -,r and bog *4,WMJ acres mountain Are the tenants doing well on that estate'-Thev are < oing m h betlei. b wliell the> were -te I hey « lenamh- "? 16 aiid\hiive »et out to each tenant h,s poit.on separately, and the laad is now un- proving in condition uud the lenauts also lias the produce of that estate "messed within the 1 11 years- is there uiuch corn grown? it k i creased considerably ever since I did away with thp m'<i dleman system of Holding the lands. W'th the mid" tatP^v^ brokcn UP much grass land on that es- < a great !a"1' but ^ve broken up iiiijid it. C01lrsc graSS aua heath laud aim 1 v.'hh ''—Last vear jeStat<* in lreland are acquainted ,ar Last year I was employed to -survey and value a SW1"y' ,itt -Naming ci y of Londonderry0. WUUm t0Ur °r five U"les You have visited Ireland frequently ?—Yes j peviodi- cally for 11 years past. H T As you have been accustomed to the surveying of that country and have been employed in regard to its agricul- ture wnhin the last 11 years, is that going back as you state the agriculture of England to be doing !-I think it is going back in many parts of Ireland, and more es- pecially on those estates where high rents are exacted and no encouragement given by the landlords to their tenants rents. in general cannot be ke^t up any longer at the forme: rate. Is the face of the country as well cultivated as it was when yon first became acquainted with it ?-I think the north of Ireland is not now so well cultivated as when I first knew it, though ti.e south of Irelanu is much in the same state, escfpt that there is more old grass land ploughed up in the counties of Kerry, Limerick, and Cork; on the dry lands, than when I first knew it there has been a great improvement on roads through tuc south of Ireland. is the produce of corn on the estate of 21,000 acres in- creasing or decreasing I he quantity or corn has been increasing for years past. Does that an e from grass land being ploughed up, or from the same land which has been under cultivation producing more '?-It is trom grass land being broken up they are getting more into tillage and the use of lime. Does the same land which has been under the plough for 11 years yield more or less than it did II years ago ? It yields less. The fanners iu the south of Ireland have very little skill in agriculture after a field or garden is put in fair condition they coiniuue cropping it until it will not yield the seed a^ain, oud then let it go to "rass naturally. Do not you consider that to put seed into land that is worn out, is only losing the s,;eJ (-Yes, they ought to'put it in with the tirst crop after a fallow. You have said that in Ireland you thought the produce was diminished j do you apply that to parts of Ireland iere the Tents are moderate ?-—Where the rents are moderate the land is generally in better heart, and of (>r;,e tt-e produce is much the same as it was. l init' ,aVe been ^ed whether it is better to sow the that tlii v 6 °r 'Ct U ruu lnto Sra!s > what you mean is, but thai Cry i°i ?n cu^'va!e w'th corn til I it is ruu out, much e.rliei'YeseirUCbil"Pr°Ved sowm§ the sced seeds away afte, J 6 u'rowlnS the clover and grass land sh'.uid be in h.ti e..cxhaus1ling, are taken; With regard to cold wheu Uld dowa t0 =r;is • not have if now if 11, 'Ji y°U hiul rake a ,«1J clay fa/j "° r°nt tw 1 wo,,U1 n'n y arm to cultivate, even it I had no rent at all to pay ^especially wneu rates and taxes were iilijll, ai.u subject to an unsettled tithe.) Do you remember the year 1792 Yes perfectly well. Would not you have paid rent for this land in those days? Yes; but at that peiiod there was no comparison as to the of cultivation, rates, taxes, &c. with the piesent time. Can you forn a prudent judgment whether that land would have paid a rent in 1792 ?—Yes, labour was very che ip in Scotland, we could get the best men for 9d. and lOd. a-dav, and now it is 2s. and 2^. 3d, a-day. Land that paid rent in 1792 will not pay it' now ?—You mean iruhtferent land it is of little value compared with the former period. Before the end of the war labour rose in Scotland to what amount?—To 2, and 2, 6J. a-day. What is the price of labour in Scotland now ?—1 cannot say precisely. It has not fallen to 10d.? 'No, C an you cive any idea of the price of labour in England previous to 1792 ?,—j was not ill Englalld til IS03. Yoti say you have valued some land in some parts of England about five years ago, at 7s. an acre; how arc the tei'an<s doing iiow7-1 donot tliink they are doing any good for themselves. o You say that coldclay lands would fetch a rent in 1792 supposing the pooi-rate and other encumbrances on the land liau been the same as they are now, would they have fetciied a rent in your opinion?—I do not think that de- scription of land would be worth any rent. Y 011 stated the price of land in Ireland to be very high do you know the county of Roscommon in Ireland?—'N0; I never had any business there. I have parsed through it. Do you know the grazing land in Ireland 1 Yes, 1 know a good deal of grazing lands in the county of Tippcrary and other parts of Ireland. At what do they let per acre ?--I have heard of some land in lipperary and Limerick let as high as eight guineas and ten guineas an acre. Is not that very extraordinary land ?-It is the best land I ever saw in any pua of jaul.opc. What do you consider the general rent of land that will feed blllJocks-the worst kind of land that feeds btillocks -U,niess I saw the suil, it would be impossible to answer that question accurately. Bullocks might be put on any kind of gi'i.ss; but if put on bad they would not feed. There is a very great difference in the price of land that high-:ented land has fallen very much in these counties, especially in Tipperary and near Limerick, and yet it is still too dear. You stated that you thought the Irish tenancy generally pay very exorbitant rents; how do you let the land in Ireland, do you look to the capital of the person that ap- plies, or take the one that bids most for the land ?-I let It at a fair value, and select the best tenants I can find; there is a monstrous competition, such a competition for land in Ireland, that I am perfectly certain if I had the whole county of Cork to let, a.id the whole county of Kerry, ( could let it all in six week". What is the propoition of rent they advance ?-Ilalf a- year's rent as a security for their good behaviour, keeping the covenants, and to make up for a deficiency when a bad season comes, so that I may be a'- le to make my employer safe. 1 Confining your answer to the general view of the subject, and not particularizing with regard to any estates with r which you are particularly conversant, do you say that the present distress of the farmers in England arises from the exorbitant rent demanded of them I-Considering the pre- sent prices of produce, and the increased rates and taxes, it is my opinion that land is generally over-rented rents are certainly too high, considering the present prices of produce; and if the rents were taken in produce instead of money, if it was fairly computed, I think that would be a relief to the farmer. According to the prices of the last four or five years, should you say, that rents are. generally too high?—Yes. Have vou formed an opinion, taking the average of the last five years ? Speaking generally, what per centage of reduction would be required?-! think 25 per cent, neccs sary from off the present rents, if prices continue at the present rate. After all the reductions which have taken place, you think that still rents must come down 25 per cent more to meet tl,e present prices .?- Y f\S. Within the last 20 years, what do you consider to be the average reduction which has taken place? -I think the re- duction, according to my experience, has been from 15 to 25 per cent Then you say that a further reduction at least equal to that, if the present prices continue, must be submitted to in your opinion !-I think so. Do you know any lands that have been let on corn rents —Yes, I know of some. Are the occupiers there in a state of distress equal to othels 7-1 n a better state. Does the paying in a corn rent give satisfaction to the tenants?—Yes, I think it does give satisfaction to the tenant, if judiciously computed. Do you not know the tenants have expressed in many instances'great dissatisfaction with it?—Some say they have no chance, oihers approve of corn rents they have more security tenants have generally something to tind fault with. As you have ieeiftectistomed to value a great deal of land in England, you have probably laid down some rules for valuation you must have taken a certain orice of corn before you could form your valoation; tliat which you thought corn and Other articles were likely to average during the time the lease was to last?—Yes. ° Can you state at what price you have taken wheat for the last 15 years for the purpose of fixing that valuation? ■—The price I have taken wheat for that period has been 64s. a quarter. At what have you taken barley ?-At 32s. a quarter. What oats?—I have taken oats at 25s. a quarter. Beaus ?-Beans at 3G<. a quarter. Do not you now imagine you have taken a very high price 1-N Q; to average of 15 years previous to 1828; I do not do that now. Was that done for the last five years ?-N.o; It is diffi- cult to know what standard to take now. Do you conceive the prices you have given for 15 years past have been those usually taken by other land valuers? —I think that other land valuers have valued above that price. When you speak of those valuations for 15 years, and speak of a reduction of 25 per cent. on rent, do you mean on rent fixed on that scale of corn •—Yes. Can you stfte what has been the price of corn during this year. Ihe market returns will shew that more accu- rately- Do you not consider that C:43 a quarter would now make all the agriculturists in aprosperousstatc ?■—I think it would make them better. Do you think the labourers would be better of ?-I think they would be better off that more of them would be more employed. What tlo you consider the present price of grain?—It is very low- I gaw SOlne very fine wheat from S miersetshire, that weighed Gltb. a bushel, sold for 5s. 7d. a bushel, that is 4L, 11.1. a quarter instead ot 43s. 1 Id. it ought to bring, to remunerate the farmer fully, 64s. Do you think the present rents would be ao high as 73. a bushel ? r itt}-six shillings is not a sufficient remunerating price it ought to be at least. <> Do you think that if the present price of corn was as high as you have given to the committee, rents would not be too l,igll ?-.Nr) I do not think that rents would be generally too high, it puces could come to the average of that. You know of no land let on a rent, fixed on the prices both of wheat and barley, rents such as you have men- tioned, according to the prices of these artIcles 7-1 have heard of several farms let at so many bushels of wheat and so many bushels of barley an acre, with a proportion of money, not all corn rents. I believe the Duke of Norfolk has been doing something of that kind. Taking wheat at 5s. 7J. a bushel, and barley at 2. 6d. do you know of any land let at rents in proportion to those prices ?-I know of no lands let in proportion to those prices. Is the stock of grain the farmers hold the same as it used to be, or less?—I think the stocks are smaller, and I think the stock of grain amongst the great holders of grain is small also. You mean the dealers?—Ye3. Are the farm yards as well filled with ricks as they used to be in former times ?-I cannot say that I have lately made that observation; I see but a small quantity of corn in the country where I travel. I believe the necessity of the times makes people thrash it out, and take it to market to pay rates, tithes, and rent. Have you.at all examined the quality of the corn within the litst ten years, whether it is better or worse than it was? That depends upon the seasons, undoubtedly. When land is in a hhj;h state of cultivation, the quality of the grain will be better; when it is in a worse state of cultivation 'inquestionably the quality of the corn becomes worse. In estimating the rent to be imposed on any land, what is the proportion you think that rent ought to bear to the produce? The way I generally value land is this—I try the quality of the land to know what it would produce if properly cultivated; then when I get the produce, and take the prices, I get the amount of all the outgoings, the situation of the fann buildings, for there is a great deal in that; that makes a difference sometimes of 3s. 0r4(. an acre on good arable land, by their being centrically situate then there is the situation as to markets, and situation a, r, to manure. In Scotland, where the rates and taxes are so very small in proportion to England, we generally use,t "to estimate the rent at about one-third, but in this country that will not do I have set vciy few at more than from two-ninths to one-fifth, instead of one-third. Grass farms are estimated according to the quantity of stock the land will keep. A farm letting for 100/. a-year ought to produce a crop yielding <t50¿,?- y, s, and 1I1 some instances the rellt should amount to about one-fifth of the produce. It depends very much, of course, upon the quality of the land ?— es, according to the natuie of the son.

A new edition of the The Reform Ministry and the Reformed Parliament" is forthwith to ap- pear. The dead failure of those hitherto published is bitterly complained of, for the cost of printing, and advertising in the hack press, the embodying of little Rice's conception is a greivous charge upon the official salaries. It is confidently expected however, that the new edition will sell well, as it is to contain an accurate Grey list! a Brougham list a Plunkett list and all the other jobbing lists! A branch canal from Taunton to Chard is said to oil. ï

FASHIONABLES, L.-UJOL'RER'S FRIEND SOCIETY -Her Majesty las J- en graciously pleased to signify to the Secre- ary ier intention to receive the monthly publica- tions o tins useful Institution, and to subscribe 10'. ciety3 *0Avards promoting the objects ot the i»o- n ^on* Sir Richard Hnssey V vian, r,ar arried to Letitia, daughter of the late Rev. anies gnewWebster and niece toSirHenrv Brooke, Bart, ottolebrook, Fermanagh. i HE IMPRESS OF lli\ssu.—One of the finest dancers ni Europe is said to be the present Empress of .Ussia,.w^° is described to be so devutedly fond h t ♦ h 10 ,lecicatlon as to join in the dance every night tnroughom the year^ ei(her with (he gel(?ct mem|jers ?« If °"seho!d, or at the state balls of the Imperial ij"UI, f aiajesty was the Princess Roj al of iussia, or whom was invented the popular pas of the gallOPe, a dance now interdicted to the Empress by the physicians of St. Petersburg.

REVIEW OF LITERATURE. GLALUVRGDYSAFRE LEGEND, OF THE LORD OF DUN RAN-L,,i CASTLE. flY THE RURAL DOCTOR i.'r.-i o ( Continued from our last.) i usual retreat of Mr. Vaughan and Ieuan, the ft rva"f, was as singular as their own decayed gtires. Wild and ruinous in aspect, they made ot a toran and rude colonnade of marine rocks, wave- -J"' a S?1'; sea*side arbour, (to use a misnomer,) w^tiich, with its ragged roof and trailing rock-plants above, and floor of sea-weeds, and not unfreqiiently, after a midnight shipwreck, a ghastly half-dressed corpse of some swimmer found washed thither, bore a kind of affinity to the two inmates, the one old, the other in perhaps a sadder period of life, on the bor- ders of old age, with all the feelings of life's prime, and nothing to feed on but memory and a guilty con- science. They sate on the skeleton of a boat of sin- gular make, there rotting a life-boat, the invention of Vaughan, and fruit of many years of thought and labour. Many other unfinished contrivances all tending to the salvation of life in shipwreck htin«- suspended on natural spikes ^of the interior rock" The old harp, with its faded gilding and tarnished strings, stood propped against the rude flat slab like a broken tomb, which formed their table and on it the harper used to play the old pathetic Welsh airs to his master, especially those with which he had often lulled to sleep the injured heir of his house and heart's love, while yet a little fair boy, led by the hand and sleeping on a knee. The three other children of the decayed squire played about the i beach insight, grew almost amphibious in their in- timacy with the great deep, picked pebbles and shells, and clambered the cliffs for nests returning to that magnificent shallow cavern where the father loved to sit; shutting out the world he hated as like a hermitage, it seemed to do. But though las- situde and loathing of the world were the chief feel- ings which drew him to that wild and echoing recess in the long summer day, another and darker motive operated to detain him there at nightfall- when gathering mists, and waves running mountain high, almost reaching his resting-place, threatened a dismal night of almost certain destruction to any mariners who, unacquainted with that iron-bound shore, might be then within reach of its dreadful conflicting tides and sunken rocks. Then his eyes now sunk hollow and malignantly mournful rolled with almost a devouring intensity on the horizon if a single devoted sail shewed its speck white against the background of inky sky, on the edge of the floor of the tumultuous sea. To him, that gathering double-night of storm and darkness was not a threatening but promising spectacle. Alas! for man, the wonderful, the double-natured! It was for wrecks that the eye and mind's eye of the poor lord of Dunraven," as he was now called, turned with such cruel ea,,rerness; cory-uptio optimi prssimo holds good as a rule in morals as well as philosophy. The fine esthusiasm of young Vaughan, which mi^ht' if it had met the fostering it deserved, have enrolled' his name on the list of the "worthies of Wales" had lain pent in his bosom, till it corrupted and be- came a very gangrene, infecting the whole moral man with its poison. It were long to follow through all its stages the moral death and decay of a fine character, quite to its living burial in the villain and misanthrope. His natural ardour of tempera- ment first found food in benevolence. Partial success W'th a h's own contrivance, fired him bent ? stron,?or rage for life-preserving arts. He ciDl j 'S oen'lls> for he had genius, though undis- sivin 1?fo Perlec,in? sundry inventions, relative to f es at sea> prevention of fire on board of GJs, preservation from wrecks, and from the sea- scurvy he studied all nautical sciences, and did not i lr °* finding the longitude, though missed ti SOmany. His light was seen as frequently ,.astron°mer's, at a late hour, in his turret set t;V>n f.f°LexPer'me,lts—now his sole habitable por- tilpnte jraven* when the local fame of his firlonna su.ccess inspired him with the ardent con- a Irnit'0nal honours, he failed utterly to en- c 6 Sov"ernment in patronising hiin, though his I'PV iT C'UE acknowle^gement. Vaughan r^1.-e* i chagrin by exchanging hfs studious tor c viv ial habits, to the joy of his wife, who loved Ills SOCIety, and thus obtained a much larger share Ri t a et" philosophical pursuits allowed before, uut a strong vanity at the bottom of his character = u i chan £ e fatal to him. His new ambition eJ?lI/e? as lhe most hospitable of Welsh f c.llleftains, and his ever-open doors at last ieir premature closure. Gaming, first resorted LI"if11! redeeming his fortunes, quickly gave to them the finishing stroke. In fact, his mind and heart, Nibich nature had inclined to the calm region and delicious atmosphere ofelegant philosophy and Philanthropic aspirations, had been as it were wrecks lYin, like the sail-less hulk on a foreign water, without aim or hope in his bosom, in the uncongenial element of boisterous good-fellowship, on which his disappointment had thrown them. His only remain- ing resource of hope, in the failure of Worldly pros- pects, was the confidence of securing that universal regret andesteem which he might reasonably cherish; as the neglected genius—the baffled philanthropist le victim of generosity—the friend of the ever open heart, and gate, and hand. Mr. Vaughan's ruin was mainly owing to his gen- erously becoming security for the discharge of the debts of others, his flattering friends and guests, who, like those of the Athenian prodigal, wounded our Welsh Timon to the quick, by selfish ingrati- 'i! «■ »reat reverse of fortune equally exposes the sufterer to obloquy with sudden elevation, No sooner did the popular owner of Dunraven become poor, than the natural results of his unhappiness under the change were viewed severely by his neigh- bours, and received an evil interpretation. Thus as moody melancholy inclined him to walk the beach beneath his tower, shut in betwixt the rock-walls I and a raging sea from human intrusion, and this often, on a dismal evening, it began to be whis- pered that the poor lord" was on the look- out for a wreck. The simple kind-hearted old ser- vant reported to his master this ungenerous surmisp Vaughan answered not a word, but the wron- «„Jl' into his soul. "What!" said ho, as soon »s he ,s again alone on his desolate walk, "have I studied and striven, and sacrificed time and health in proWt* to save my fellow-creatures? Am 1 now a ruined man by stepping between affected friends and the prison which justly should have buried them alive for their unprincipled folly ? Have I done this to be taunted with barbarous wishes against my species, for the meanest motives? Have I olit-watelied the stars in that very turret over my head on the cliff in devising how to prevent death in shipwreck and can I not now roll my eye over the world of waters, sick of this world-of man, the ingrate; but my heart's mere sickness and despair, before it harboured a thought against him, must be construed into the foulest of designs ? Do they make me a wrecks ? And these unjust, unreasoning beings, are those that I thought myself blest to save Saviour of the world' and what a world dist Thou die for! Hear My mind's ardours and labours despised anH i™?' my heart's yearnings toward my kind thmitll strong, to my utter ruin not even repaid bv a poor acknowledgement. I swear henceforth nn pleadings of that pity I have felt so strongly and which all now deny me to have felt, shall evermore thwart my fortunes, should their redemption rest on my possession that prune worldly good—a heart of stone That night a vessel, without a soul on board was stranded on the manor of Dunraven ? a very valuable portion of cargo was saved, sufficient to improve on,, siderably the resources .ol its lord. Avarice if"t might so be called, became next the ruling pas's or rather fury, of his anchorless mind, still not with- out a latent foundation which allied it to the amiabl -I: "'1 rrm 101 %vas l'ie keen desire to redeem from r Saf?e as much as possible of the estate for his expatriated son which made him avaricious. A mind great reach and fulness of sentiment, if not under sound regulation, is far more ready to overwhelm the 10ra character with guilt, than one of meaner t t o vers and unsentimental to grossness: as a fine and Jtimtning river, whose constant filling of its channel and »-a11 'tS banks lil1 they bloom all with flowers SWPII W'th Sreener ?rasses, is readv, at every wh- i • Us tlde' to b,iry al1 that richness "of beauty men it fed, and leave nothing on its retiring but and river-wrack in its piace. 1 he v aluable wreck wliich chance had made his was henceforth for ever in his mind's .eye, Prompting the desire of a second and he who had >een so indignant at the charge of but watching for ^">ps endangered, at last stooped to the crime of causing by false lights and other devices the ca- lamities he was once so delighted to avert! ( To be continued.) "FRAZER'S MAGAZINE." FOR OCTOR>ER.■—• Fruscr Autobiography of a Scottish Borderer is a very enterteming narrative. The simplicity of Scottish manners of the old school, interspersed with striking traits of national character, is admirably preserved. hero, after a brief sketch of his juvenile davs represents himself as powerfully attracted towards tbe ministry, in which he is emulous of treading in tit? St!-Pl 0tL hlS Srandfather who had acquired "the ot the poor man's friend and the peace-maker." Riogazi Craiistown, on hearing the news, hegan with to!?* rat °f scll0,astic PomP to initiate me into "the mys- c-nes of my new studies. ,i r, 1 Hrul the r-'atin rather dry at first,' he said, and reek and Hebrew nnco crabhit; but always reflect xiat ye can never be a faithful expounder of the word' uraess ye be able to read it in the original tou nie,—and that ',Nill enable ye, with God's blessing, tinallv to conquer r ^sumlner fair-day, my father took me to n*1 ? the rector, or master as lie was usually called,at home. I was duly entered one of hi* pupils, and Decame a boarder in his family, which consisted of his wi e, two daughters, and another pupil, who had for some time been all inmate beneath his roof. After tea, I accompanied-my father to the water-side, when, mounting his yad, the Jed in a few minutes ran be- twixt us. It was childish, certainly to grieve at what .might be termed a momentary separation, yet I confess I t^jt an utter desolation of heart, as I beard the fcet of the vad champing amidst the wet giavelly sands on the OPpo .site bank of the rivei: and when the horse and his rider dis- appeared from view, I fairly burst into tears. But this was no time for the indulgence of such feel- ;ngs-every avenue from the town teemed with life and merriment; troops of little urchins, of both sexes, pursued the country people, as they trotted homeward, either on horseback or ou oot, bawling out at the height of'heir voiccs- Fairy folk, fairy folk, gie me my fair; A cow or a calf, and I'll ask nae mail- Sometimes a handful of gingerbread-nuts were showered amongst them, or a few halfpence from the pockets of some good-natured equestrians, and then began a scrambln f,r the spoil. fuming back to my new home to avoid the glee and nienirneiu so much at variance with my feelings, I met the youth with whom I was domiciliated; and though oiilv the acquaintance of an hour, his presence afforded i pn lief to my sad thoughts. Together we traversed the fair and passing between a double row of hrames, saw our hostess and her eldest daughter inspecting tiie shewy finery, so ten)piiniriv .• played in those booths. "I have no money to throw away on top-knots and gloves, said my new friend, mixing with the crowd, for \r vf been boarding every farthing to buy Gulltver's 1 ravels and Robinson Crusoe, at Thomas Hogg's auction tins evening. Should they go high, however, I must con- tent myself with one of them," And he displayed a hoarded crown-piece, with a sigh. f cr'ed my eyes sparkling with joy at the idea ot the literary treasures within my reach, <1 2jave pleuty of tnoney.and we shall have both. "From this moment, John Mein and myself became sivoin friends and brothers; his library was displayed and ottered for my perusal, and the knowledge he had ac qtiiref] was freely 'parted to guide my rustic ignorance. VV e were the first to enter the council-house, where enyn-oned on the magisterial bench, sat the important monopolist, arranging his books for the evening sale. He was a little old man, with the most singular expression of countenance I ever beheld and besides being all itinerant dispenser of knowledge, was a celebrated improvisator, unable, however, either to write or repeat his unpremedi- tated effusions, some of which certainly possessed much wild beauty, all remembrance of the bard and his verses ate now forgotten. I homas Hogg greeted my companion as a favoured customer, and suffered us to rummage over his hetero- geneous stock, which chiefly consisted of old divinity, a tew odd volumes of Shakespeare, several sets of Robinson Crusoe,Gulliver s Travis, Complete ],etter-wnters. Pocket- bibles, and Psalm-books in abundance. "Thorrgh now writing in a well stored library, and far from insensible to the charms of literature, it would be impossible to recall the first fresh joy of my heart as I ar- ranged and re-arranged my treasures on the old walnut chest of drawers, in my confined dormitory. "licit my bed at an early hour in the morning, and drawing aside the checkered window-curtain, opened the sash to inhale the morning air. Gat instead of the fair landscape which had hitherto greeted my eye, the prospect was bounded by the opposite houses of the Dean's close. "When the morning tasks were ended, I was assailed by the whole host of my school-fellows to solicit a day's play, which, according to custom, the new scholar has a right to demand. With much diffidence [preferred the request; which was no sooner granted, than the school broke loose with loud shouting and joyous clamour. J )Iin Mein having obtained permission to spend the day with his father, and carry me along with him, we set out on our walk, and reached Langton as Mr. iVL'in was returning from the fields to dinner. He was what in that district was termed a lang-headed man: and wealth and comfort were visible in his whole establishment. After spending a pleasant day, we set out on our re- turn; Mr. Mein cordially inviting me to visit J^angton whenever I had a spare day. It's only twa liotirs' walk,' he said, < and ye'll hae tnony a Sunday without preaching I fear; for our worthy minister seems far on the road to glory, I doubt there will be a stramash when lie's ganc, for the parish looks to the young bird of the Et!rick brood: blit I fear the pa, ron will no comply with their wishes.' John Mein was greatly my superior in a knowledge of books, and besides assisting me in my classical studies, I imbibed from him a taste for natural -knowledge. Hay's Wisdom of God, and Derham's Astro-Theology, opened a new world to my view, and imparted an interest to the most minute objects in creation. "About this period I acquired another acquaintance, who,(-. converse tended also greatly to develop the opening faculties of my mind. James Winter was one of those choice spirits who had far outstripped the period in which he lived; possessing a keen perception of the ridiculous, his dry quiet humour was well calculated to expose the absurd pretensions of overweening ignorance or low-minded pride hence he was the terror of the magnates of the borough, who quailed under the severity of. his lampoons, without perhaps fully understanding their point. His dog Totchy, an animat of the cooly breed, and his Corby-cruiv, possessed almost human iiitelligei)cc-tl)eii- master would have said, more than human intelligence; and much, much more than human affection and fidelity. It must, however, be con- fessed, that the latter of these animals was not destitute of the organ of covetousness. He kept his poose in a hole he had formed in the rigging of his master's barn it con- sisted of various articles, such as balls, marbles, jock-to- legs, keelavine pens, thread-papers, clews of yarn, or what- ever else he could purloin from the children at play, or the females, as they plied their needle or their knitting at the doors, or open windows. ° The youngest daughter of the rector sometimes ap- peared sad, though I knew not at first the cause of her melancholy. I he son of a Liddesdale laird had been my predecessor in the establishment, and the young folks beii),, at that age when the little loves begin to flutter round the heart, a mutual attachment sprung up between them. For a short time their secret wts undiscovered, till circum- stances arousing the vigilance of the master, he taxed his pupil on the subject, who candidly avowed his love. The integrity of the old man induced him to communicate the affair to the father of his pupil, and the youth being re- called to the paternal tower, was threatened with a parents bitterest malediction, should he persevere in his suit. "Young blliot, however, had contrived to open a cor- respondence with the object of his love. It was a hot sultry evening in June; the master had sauntered out to take his usual walk, the hostess and her daughter Bet were also absent, when I was aroused from my book by a loud scream from Hewy; and looking up, beheld her standing in the' middle of the floor, in a pa roxysin of grief, and Corby strutting about the sill of one of the open windows. 11 1 For mercy's sake, catch that demon' she cried, bursting into tears, "or I am ruined he has stolen my letter-my father will discover all I rushed forward to seize the culprit, but as if aware of my design, he flew from window to window, holding the letter, as if in triumph, in his bill till, wearied his pertinacity, I attempted to strike him down, when he sought refuge on the top of his master's house, and, sliding up the cat-steps, disappeared with his prize. ° I darted across the street, and accosting Winter, who stood at his door, seemingly much delighted with the trick of his favourite, entreated him to rescue the paper from his grasp. 4t He motioned mc to follow him to the garden, and giving a cry through his fingers which Corby seemed to under- stand, the bird hipped down the roof of the barn, stalked proudly towards us, and laid the trophy at his master's feet. ,I S ), so apostrophised Winter, glancing at the super- scription of the letter,« young Elliott has persuaded the poor simple girl to correspond with him, in opposition to parcnta. injunctions on both sides The infernal reiver! he lIell knows tha no good can result from it for sooner would tho proud laird of the Feci behold his heir suspended irom Huiel/ee tree, than ttiai his blood stiould cuui- mingle with the obscurc puddle of a clerkly dominie.' lhe affrighted maiden, when I restored her epistle, expressed the utmost gratitude by her looks, though her tongue refused its office; and I retreated to my own closet toreneve her embarrassment. How James Winter managed matters with her father I never knew, but she was soon after sent to reside with a relative in Fife. "My intercourse with my own family and that of John Mein was frequent; and young Winter, since the affair of the letter, frequently became the companion of our walks. An architect by profession, and a mathematician of no mean powers, his conversation tended oreatly to cure that dogmatisms; spirit in which I was too prone to indulge. W hat makes you think so what proof can you produce of the truth of this assertion?' tittered in his peculiar dry tone, often stopped short my volubility, and generated a habit of.reflection which powerfully tended to correct the crude and hasty opinions of my youth. James V,'inter was no particular favourite with either of my parents, but with the elder Mr. Mein he was ajewel of inestimable price. His contempt for prejudices, however sanctioned by time and great narnes,-his love of research and experiment—nnd his sententious humour, all rendered him an associate according to the gudeman's ain heart; and never did J,)!m and myself receive so bright a welcome as when accompanied by Totchy aud his master. At the period of which I write, political knowledge was by no means general amongst the great body of the Scottish people. After the rancour occasioned by the rising of forty- live had subsided, they seemed in general contented to rest in quiet, each tinder his own vine and under his own fig-tree; or if some enthusiastic Jacobites still looked for- ward to the coming of a political millennium, when their hereditary princes should be restored in the plenitude of their power, they were cither too few or too insignificant to disturb the public tranquillity, or alarm the jealousy of their rulers. I fie court and the country party were the denominations by which the ministerialists and oppositionists were distin- guished but the majority of the voters attached little im- poitance to this distinction, and the county elections were merely a struggle between two powerful families, wholly unconnected with public principle. In like manner, the boroughs were swayed by some individual of consequence aud that in which I was then resident had, for many years, been under the control of the Marquess of 1. Such a ini.de of representation afforded a prolific theme for the keen ironv of Winter, who warmly exerted himself to free his native town from the thraldom of the peer. Soon, however, he perceived that the spirit he had evoked was not from above the narrowest self-interest was the motive-power of his co-associates; the petty trader already felt in his palm the price of his suffrage-the publican looked to the joyful doings of a contested election—and the spruce writer, just returned from copying at a penny a-page in the office of a Writer to the Signet in the northern me- tropolis. anticipated his elevation to the office of procurator- fiscal, or town-clerk to the royal borough. Once in power, f shall throw all my interest into the scale of the court candidate,' pondered the man of law one morning, as lie sat in his little dark office, watching for the entrance of a client; by which means I shall become the Iliq recipient and dispenser of ministerial Patronage-tile organ of communication between the member and Ills constituents. The indentures of brother Will to the Berwick skipper shall be taken up, and I will procure him a midshipman's place; Tarn shall go out to Jamaica as a book-keeper- rare, sport it will be for Tam to hunt the black-boys and my cousin, crooked Sandy, the dominie, shall get a kirk, after he has passed his trizils-a)', lie may even, perhaps, stand in the shoes of the Marquess s favourite minister.' "How much further this mental castie building might have proceeded, it is impossible to determine but at this moment the door opened, and instead of the expected client, James Winter entered. Had the intruder been gifted with the faculty of deciphering the thoughts of those he approached, the scribe could not have been more dismayed. His visitor guessed the subject of his cogitations, and a few searching questions revealed to him that his surmises were just. With a bitter smile of contempt he left the office, and with his four-footed companion sauntered through the kirk-yard. Ay, Totchy, my honest fellow, he said, is it not better, after til, to be ruled by a wise man and a good, though his sway be not strictly constitutional, than to be sold to the highest bidder by a parcel of ignorant, self- interested fools ? And fpm this day he took no farther part in the borough politics. Bat '-hough the master-spirit had thus withdrawn, the cabal against the marquess con- tinued. This venerable nobleman had long been the main- spring of the prosperity of the good town-had m'ixed fa- miliarly with the meanest of the burghers—'had sympathised with their distresses, and rejoiced in their good fortune- had spared neither his purse nor Ins advice when occasion required-—'and in general exerted liiniself to promote in- dustry and sobriety amongst the inhabitants. But except attending the Michaelmas dinner on the annual election of magistrates, and giving one in return on the following Sunday after they returned in procession from the kirk, he never mixed in the jovial doings of the burghers, nor suffered the younger members of his family to amuse them- selves with the guncheries of their wives and daughters. Now, however, a spirit was abroad that required to be met in a far different manner and a gay party, then assembled at Ferniherst, held various consultations how best to ex- tract amusement from the can%*ass. ( To be continu cd. )

ATTACK ON THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF BUCCLEUCH. — 16 IVe wei-c averse to believe the report when it first reached us, of a disgraceful attack having been made on the Duke aud Duchess of Buceleuch, in the town of Biggar, last week, because we imagiued this particular species of rudeness was confined to the Hawick Radicals. We regrot to ritid however, from subsequent information, that the report is true; and sorry are we, tor the credit of the country, that it is so. His Grace had agreed to preside at the great agricultural meeting which was held, on Friday last, at Stirling, aml for thi, purpose he |e(t DriJami Castle, one of the family manaion8 in Dumfriesshi on the preceding Monday, on his way to Dalkeith Palace, ,n company with the Duchess. The same c"nt'nL h2 ''T1 Bi^r> between seven and °, W1t,c 11 was necessary to halt and change horses. Ao sooner were these distingished r ve eis lecognized t.ian the carriage was beset by a rabble of the 10 ,vest description, who, not content witli app ying the most Vtll,ar and contemptible epi- thets of abuse to h.s Grace,assailed the Duchess in the same rude and ruffian a • uuu*n-iike maimer, advancing: close to the carria<re-door thaf « J i t inat their gross and indecorous language might be tho p s » UE IIIL moie annoying. No attempt, so far as we know, was made to put a stop to these iPn- snl s; it is but fair to add, however, that the authors of the outrage were the mere canaille of the streets; and we are satisfied that no respectable person in the town ot Biggar, whatever his political sentiments may be, would, for one moment, lend his countenance to sueh shameful proceedings. This base and dastardly assault, therefore, cannot be viewed as any indication of the geaeial feeling in the country it is merely one of those ebullitions of popular frenzy which has, unfor- tunately, not yet cooled and subsided since the agita- tion on the He torn, bill. Eelinburgli Advertiser. V\ e disagree with our contemporary, that these pro- ceedings "cannot be viewed as any indication of the general feeling in the country," though we most fully concur in the propriety of the epithets applied to the assault, viz. that it was base and dastardly Base and dastardly actions, in verv truth, are the fruits of the agitation on the Reform bill. We foretold it long ago, and to this complexion are we come at last," that a nobleman, distinguished above his Peers for the qualities which make private character estimable, and for the abilities which render public life honourable, going to a meeting, the object of which was the furtherance of the happiness of all around him, and at which he uttered sentiments which he was so well known to have entertained, and which ought to have given him a ho.naged passport through the land—that a nobleman, such as the Huke of Bucclcueh, cannot move without being assaulted by these ruffians, to whom the Rctorm bill has given both power and im- portance His amiable D'lchess, too, was with him -this accounts for these Ifadicals being consistent enough with their characters as to insult her as well as to assault him. 1\0 marvel that the high and noble of the land are leaving it-no marvel that as ab- sentees they seek for that freedom from dastardly pfr-ecufion which is denied them as residents1. Well may the shopkeepers sigh as they read the long list of those whom their own stupid eagerness in swelling the cry of the mob has driven abroad Well may they look at their deserted counters! The evil is done; and they have only to thank themselves. To be sure, they may take their empty ledgers to the Evanses, Whalleys, Murphys, Keys, ct hoc gunus omne and it may be that their custom will supply the absence of that of a Douglas, a Clinton, or a Percy It may be that the 11 unwashed" farthing will stand welcome where the gokl of the now insulted noble was wont to be Let them look to it—the worst is not yet come -ABC

DAN YOU'RE WANTED.—■" Achile Murat," says the Creek (Indian), or the Cherokee, is more civil- ized than the Irish or Austrian peasant. If the Big Bejfjarman does not call his brother Liberal to an account, he ought no longer to live on the eleemosynary contributions of the finest pisantry in the world." KKPALB" IN AMERICA.—A nnmher of hot- headed Irishmen, who have patriotically removed themselves to America, have formed an Association at Baltimore, to induce the people of the United States to assist in procuring the Repeal of Union." These persons, ironically no doubt, calt themselves the" Associated Friends of Ireland." What on earth can such simpletons have in common with Ireland, or freliiid witli tlielll?

GLEAgraes. WOMAN.—Bishop Heber, in speaking drama of Alcestis, says, "I trace in this descriptloo the character and the frequent fate of that sex with pain and anxiety, brings us into the which, with pain and anxiety, watches over oi'r slumbers which, as we are gradually sinki^o. our latest sleep, supports and cherishes t's ffl s more than maternal tenderness which and abandons its own youth, its own ease, its?,e health and life, to lengthen the days and abbre*'13^ the suffering of unconscious infancy, of seltish age, and of querulous and unthankful sickness •_ D;T. PARK'S GOOD MANNERS.—" On the EVEN^ (says Mr. Gait in his autobiography) that I with him at Lord Blessington's, he had his p'P brought in as usual, after dinner; and the not being accustomed to such a ceremony »n house, had neglected to provide him with a bas»'' The Doctor, however, merely noticing- the onrisSl° rose, and going to the sideboard, which was geously ornamented with gold and stiver vessbi brought away a golden chalice, ar>H f acing it & feet, found, till a basin was broug^ that it answer0 the purpose equally as well." .,i The following is a true Copy of a Painter's B" at Cirencester, in Gloucestershire, delivered Churchwarden of an adjoining parish Mr. Chas. Ferebee, Churchwarden of LiddingtOI1, 1 ° Joseph, Cook, debtor. To Mending the Commandments } £ s- Altering the Bi'liuf 1 1 And making a New Lord's Prayer S UNHAPPY F ATE OF FRANCIS, VISCOUNT L O^, STARTLING DISCOVERY.—Lord Bacon, iu his H,S' tory of Kiug Henry VII. says, (hat in his flight afte the battle of Stoke, he rode through the Trent 0 horseback, but not being able to gain the OppOSI If' bank, he was drowned; but there was a stro rumour at the time, that he was starved to deatb Ie some hiding place, by the treachery or neglect ofloo) to person in whom he confided. Mr. Cowper, then Cler of the Parliament, in a letter of 1737, says, tbat^ had heard the Duke ol Rutland—John, the first —say, that upon occasion of new laying a chiiBne^ at Minster Lovel, in 17013, there was discovered large vault or room under ground, in which was entire skeleton of a man, as having been sitting a* table, which was before him, with book, paper, pfV &c. and near him a cap, all much mouldered' aud "e' cayedj which the family and the ncighbourho se judged to be this Lord Lovell, the manner of wh° exit had been involved in obscurity." So it 9ee0^ that this unhappy nobleman, who was Lord ChanibCj lain to King Richard, and possessed of estates to any Peer, in the kingdom, after escaping perils of Bosworth and Stoke, died the most misel'a T of deaths under his own roof.—EARL OF —Sharpens Peerage, just published. In St. John's College, Oxford, there is a v v, curious portrait of Charles I. done with a pen in s°?.e a manner that the lines are formed by verses fro"1 j Psalms, and so contrived as to contain every Ps Whep Charles 11. was once at Oxford, he was great y struck by this portrait, begged it of the college) a" promised, in return, to grant them whatever reqU^ tbey should make. This they consented to, and j his Majesty the picture, accompanied with the requCi —that he would return it. 'J} A LACONIC N OTE.-A few days ago, a cerly gentleman in Greenock wrote the following P'1 laconic note to a person indebted to one of his c^e"(V —By paying immediately the debt which yon owe j ■ you will oblige me if not I shall oblige A FLASH IN THE [AN.-As Sir George render's cook was fryiug some sausages the other d'Y' under his master's immediate and scientific speetion, he by accident let fall some fat into the fire, which blazed up superbly 11 D-n it, fellow, steady, cried Sir George; you deserve a good blowing °P' That's impossible," answered cooky, with a giistr nomic grin I never knew one explosion to cof from a flash in the pan.Bell's New Weekly Jles" MADAME VEs-ritis.-One evening during, a pee, formauce at Norwich, all the audience, save °n(j' wpre intent upon Madame Vestris repeating the ba' of" Pray Goody. The dissenter was one of (he gender, and possessing lungs of very vociferation, No, no and Off! were very gre.{ nuisances to the songstress and her supporters- e length the Ayes'' had it. The lady advanced to1 u foot-lights, the band struck up, and the song procee ed as usual, till she reached the lines- Remember when the judgment's weak The prejudice is strong,—■ when turning to the side box within which sat her roarious opponent, she paused and dropped curtsey. The applause was tremendous and 1 stentor kept the peace for the remainder of the tug.—True Sun. A DUTIFUL SON. Yoll will of course ifll ne, diately join the mess, Mr. said Adjutant — t0 Ensign on the day of bis arrival at the »"e|e "tent. You are very kind, Sir," stammered «ut incipient hero; {ibut the last promise which I "ifat- to my father, was to avoid gettingiuto any mess ever."—United Service Gazette. ('From the Gloucester Chronicle.J John and Will took up a Bill, To gain a Revolution Will fell down, and broke his crown, And John his constitution.n(f LADY OF METLE.—The annals of doe afford no sueh extraordinary instance as the folio*' ^if which we find in a Swiss Journal A woffl'"1 robust frame, aged 06, residing at Chenes Boagefl„Q. had been upon terms of animosity with a baker, fot.ef years, and had frequently challenged him to meet >' sword in hand They had, in fact, two several e' bats, from which the Amazon retired both \I Iter wounded. But, nothing daunted,she again forced adversary to meet her a third time, and tbey M tltc rencontre, a few days since, at Villctte, when fair Armida was so severely hurt that for three her life was dispaired of. She is, however, no" recovering, and avows her resolution to enter field again as soon as she has recovered her sti,e, LOVE LETTER EXTRAORDINARY. The follo to ir.gis a literar copy of a love letter" lately seottf,0 "Mr. W. M. Kilkenny''Deer William,c most amiable of your sex, were it possible f°r powers of utterance to reveal the fond einotience u s pervades my sole, the great anksity of gloinI hooeped and chilly fears rules my breast by turns. Y°u np other witness but this peaper lo Evince you purity and ardor the flame has kindled in my your buty fiUs me with wunder and your u° jjji standing with-ravishment and your goodness adoration. SutFer me ovely auther of my ^a^9iid breathe in soft murmurs my passion to yoiir air, j, to heer the voice of your consoling tong and to hall 11 00 for ever the most intolreble expence from the bl{;OrJI of your enraptured friend. No more at present your deer and afectshonate lover.—^Deer W lfly the very thouts of your leaving Coolboy breake3.^ hart, the grass is green, the rose is red, the v' a blue, there is none my love so sweet as you, >' will love me as well as I love you. Nothing death will part you and I-adue my love adue- Stewart's Dispatch. SCOTLAND V. AMERICA.—The Baltic TRA43FS Mary, Captain Ritchie, arrived at Leith a fe^ j,jlc ago, with a cargo of flax from St. Peters burgh- c%' some men were engaged in unbinding th e large Jler ages (which were made up of a number of sJJl[Je' ones, and squeezed together by a machine into fill half their original bulk, for the purpose of s tile space and stowage), they were surprised to find heart of one of the bundles a poor cat, whose 0d> had been crushed into the thickness of a man's by the immense pressure put upon the flax. ^6ace* were standing lost in conjecture at the p when their amazement was further increased new phenomenon. The collapsed cat began g1'3^ it* to disteud into its original proportions; a wag 0 ijt/ tail and a motion of its whiskers showed that had returned, and in half an hour pussey rose np retired to a quiet corner of the ship to adjust h^r ef She remained aboard for about 24 hours, but wards disappeared, no one can tell how. The was on her passage 28 days, so that puss must remained all that time in a con?Sfc"x5ed state food or air —Carlisle Patriot

===== FATAL CRUELTY TO A FACTORY CULL-0' JY 0 inquest was held a few days ago on the tti6 Samuel Tomlinson, who met his death in one JUS Leeds mills—those hateful dens of infanticide- {0( circumstances which ajury considered as call'11^. tl^ a verdict of manslaughter but which j 99 evidence be fairly reported would have conside^ ^-e- commanding a verdict charging crime of a deepe^ tli" The wretched victim appears to have bee 0C object of incessant and most brutal viole>,ce've)-elj was beaten frequently with a rope; once so s^sg wiih a brush-handle across his neck as to caus orti abscess and caries of the vertebra; and it J that, upon one occasiou, be -was actually the neck for thtee or.four minutes, just in manner in which the greatest criminal ar troyed. The boy died in consequence of tile too upon his-neck producing abscess and car>*s< f* I jury found a verdict of, only, munshtvyhtcf' |