The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

FASHIONABLES, LITERATURE, &C- The Kin has been graciously pleased to no- minate and appoint Lord Howard de Walden, Envoy Extraordinary to her Most Faithful Majesty; also, Sir Edward Cromwell Disbrowe, G.C. H., Envoy Extraordinary to his Iajesty the King of Sweden; also, Lord William Russell, Plenipotentiary to the King of VVirtember^. TIle Duchess of Kent having expressed a desire to see the intrepid Captain Ross, he had the honour of being presented to her Royal Highness and the Princess Victoria on Tuesday, and was most gra- cionsly received. General Andrew Ross, a brother of the captain, was a great favourite with the late Duke of Kent, and was mainly instrumental in quel- ling the mutiny which at one time broke out in the garrison of Gibraltar. The Conservative Club has taken possession of the whole of the space so long vacant on the south side of Pall-mall, and the necessary eicavations for their new mansion are already commenced. The terms upon which they have taken this ground of the 'public have not yet transpired. Tiie mother of Marshal Bourmont is now in m London. His wife and the other females of the family J are in Paris. LIBERAL LANDLORDS.—The Marquess of Bute hawgreed to give any tenant who will make furrows Or under drains on his Dumfries estates, lime to the -arno(int of from sixty to eighty bolls for each acre drained.-Glt;be. George Saville Foljambe, Esq. at his audit, on m Monday last, reduced the rents of all his tenants at Stiirton, FetitoLi, I.everton, and Little-borough, from seven to seventeen per cent. to commence from Lady- .,day last. The generality of the farms are reduced 15 per cent. and the rest in proportion to their value. — Doncaster Gazette. We understand that Earl Manvers has reduced his rents 16 per cent. A the same time it was announced to the tenants that his Lordship considered his interest and theirs^so intimately connected, that if they cannot live wLw the present reduction, he would be readv to make a still further sacrifice, being de- termined to sink or swim with them -ibi(t. ANOTHEU GREY.— Hie Hon. John Ponsoiibv, eldest son of Viscount Duneannpn, who went in the suite of Lord Durham to St. Petersburg, is appointed precis writer in the Foreign Office. CHANGE OF MINISTERS.—It has been rumoured at intervals, since the last session of Parliament, that Lord Grey is, for various reasons, very anxious to relieve himself from the arduous duties and re- sponsibility of the office of Premier. We understand from authority which has seldom failed us, that these rumours had a very sufficient foiinclation and that his lordship on the plea of failing health, and the impossibility therefore of undertaking the task ot Ministerial Leader in the House of Lords, has called on his colleagues to agree in the choice of his successor to the station of the First Lord ot the Treasury. Great is the confusion in Dowinng-strcet in consequence of this announcement and manitold are the intrigues which it has called into operation. Lord Grey, it is more than insinuated, wishes his son-in-law, Lord Durham, to be honoured with the confidence of the King on this occasion. Lord Brougham, on the other hand, has pretensions of his own, which he thinks should not be passed over; and the Members of the Cabinet, if we are rightly j informed, do not feel any great anxiety to he directed by either. A Council was held yesterday on the subject of the contemplated chan,-es.-Obset-i-er. WHAT A BI STI.E !-It is said of a certain Lord, who lives by the law, that he once wrote three let- ters, made three curates, read three newspapers, and drank three bottles of wine, in three quarters of an hour. This is a special piece of useful know- ledge, and should be enrolled in Chancery. It is stated that the Marquis of Sligo is about to proceed to Jamaica as Governor of that Island, in the place of the Earl of Mulgrave, who has been ordered lioiiie.-Dublin -P,'i-enit:g Nlail. We have heard, on authority 011 nhich we can rely, that a tax upon gin and foreign wines will be imposed next session, in lieu of the Assessed Taxes, which are then to be repealed.— True Sun. LE GKAVD" PIIILOSOPHE."—The result of Mr. Poulett Thomson's negociation at Paris is said to be simply this:—the duty on French Brandy is to be reduced 10s. per gallon. A pleasant prospect for those anxious for the repeal of the malt, house, and window taxes. Will the country longer endure such monstrous imbecility > A Branch of the National Provincial Bank of England is to be opened at Gloucester on the 1st of January next, under the management of Mr. Thomas Turner, of that city, aided by one or two Local Directors. THE PROSPERITY MINISTERS.—The Ministerial hacks are constantly endeavouring to bully the peo- pleintoa supposition that this country is prosperous, and that tens of thousands are not suffering under the most distressing privations. The poor-rates and t.he committals for trial, however, are unerring tests. The Greys may be fattening fast; but while such tables as the following can be drawn from official data, the country must be suffering through their plethora I Yea r. Amt. of Poor. Rates. No. of Committals. 1826 C5,67C),000 15,936 182 7 6,179,000 17,654 1828 6,031,000 16,307 1830 6,553,000 17,759 1831 6,509,000 19,269 1832 6,731,000 .20,486 MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.—It seems to be un- 'derstood that Parliament will assemble about the last week in January. GENERAL POST-UFIICE.—Notice has been given by Sir Francis Freeling, that it is the intention of his Grace the Duke of Richmond to establish a :■ regular line of steam-packets between Lisbon and Falmouth, for the more speedy conveyance of letters between England and Portugal. CATHOLIC CHAPEL. HOLYWELL.—A new Catholic chapel was opened at Holywell on the 13th instant, The Pontifical High Mass was sung by the Rev. Dr. Bricks, assisted by the Rev. J Tobin, as Deacon, and the Rev. J. Wjlcock. as Subdeacon, and a nume- rous body of Catholic Clergy. IMPORTANT To FARMERS.—At a meeting of Commissioners of Taxes held at Ashton, on the 25th of October last, it was decided in favour of an appellant that carts with tilted coverings, employed in the affairs of husbandry, although occasionally used for riding in, and for which many persons re- ceived notice of charge of a duty of £ 3 5s. for the year ending the 5th April, 1832, are not subject to such duty, but only to the reduced duty of 11. 10s. The whole of this oppressive tax upon the agricul- turist is now repealed. ABOLITION OF SLAVERY.—On Wednesday week the Advocates of the Abolition of Slavery pro- ceeded in a strong body, the Rev. Mr. Knibb at their head, to lay the foundation stone of a new school .house and alms rooms to be erected in the vicinity of the Baptist Chapel, near Red Lion-square, London, to commemorate the success of their exer- tions. The slave chain, which was broken by an athletic negro, and the slave whip, were buried in the foundation of the building. LIECESTER CORPORATION DINNER—The anni- versary dinner of the Corporation of Liecester took place on Thursday week, and was numerously and most respectably attended. The Mayor, Thos. Cook Esq. presided, and the company were addressed with great eloquence by Earl Howe, H. Halford, Esq. M.P. Nathaniel Coldsmid, Esq. Mr. Boughton Leigh, and other gentlemen. The usual loyal toasts, and Pro- testant Ascendancy," the Bishops and Clergy of the Established Church," the Duke of Wellington," and numerous other toasts of Conservative tendency, were drank with unanimous and enthusiastic '.cheering. iSmnAVSBURY CORPOR.ATION.-It was stated be- fore the Commisioners at Shrewsbury last week, that the trade of the town had increased four-fold since the market and fair tolls were abolished The Corporation sold them to the inhabitants for 6,001)7. out of which they gave 4,0001. towards the building of the Welsh bridge. THE CORPORATION COMMISSIONERS —Besides the manly opposition made by the Corporations of Bristol » and Leicester to the inquisition of these itinerant nominees of ilie ministry, the Merchant Tailors' Com- pany in London have taken the opinions of Sir James bcai-lett, Mr. Rennell, and Mr. Follett, a to the law o t. e case. These learned gentlemen assert unequi- vocally that the Commissioner!- have no le<ral authority to aemand the production of the records and docu. belonging to Corporations, and the Merchant *■ yVWpi"y have pushed resolutions declaratory i ,)!r,ij(t4\t to resist the illegal o-unamons, It! ¡,

PM ijJ EU TE U U.ilLYtAY S. Among the railways which have been already commenced, and those which are in contemplation, and tor the carrying of which into effect, applica" tion tor powers is to be made to Parliament at the commencement 01 the approaching s. ssio:), are the following Application is to be made in the ensuing session to extend toe line ot ihe Grand Junction Kail vay, ami by means of a tunnel to connect It with the London an it Brmingliain Rail ,vay at the termination of the line of t n latter. Application is also t.r> be made for a hill to antho- rise the construction of ten feet wide of the carriage I a) or waste ground on the siile of the turnpike roads from I liugton to Birmingham, into a hard and sclid road tor locomotive stcaiij carriages. It is also iutended to apyly to Parliallielit ne-t selsion, lor an act for a railway from Hewortli to South Shields, terminating at the Mill dam. The object of the railway is to coiuicct South Snicids with that branch of the New- castle and Carlisle rail way. intended to he made from BUydonto Gateshead und Hebburn. It is-in contemplation to form ?. railway from Durham to S indeiland, and the same company are projecting another railway from Sunderland to a portion of the estate of i- R. G. Braddyil. Ksq. called Moor High Hold, huif a mile west of his colliery at South Betton. l>y this railroad, and a projected branch from it to the Hirtlepool railway, coals may he brought to Sual.eilazid from the colkeiies of South Hcttou, Haswell. and Thornlcy I ne Newcastle and Carlisle railway goes on satisfacto- torily, and its operations arc approaching nearer 1 tie extensive viaduct at Corbybeck is completed, and the stupendous bridge over the Eden at Wetiieial is expected to have its arcii covered in in a week or two. The excava- tion at the C owran Hills is far 011 towards completion. I ue projected nii.vuy from Gloucester to Birmingham continu s to excite great interest- Opinion is divided as to the line of road to be preferred, Mr. Wooddeson recom- mending through Kidderndaster and Stourbr.dge, wiiiie Mr. Brunei POIIUS out a line near Cheltenham, Tewkesbury, and Worcester. A meeting of the proprietors of the Wigan Branch Rail- way, and a so of the Preston allll Wigan Railway, tor the purpose ot coining to a final arrangement for incorporating the two undertakings in one concern, under the rtauie ot tne North Luion Railway Cunpauy, was held iu Liverpool on Wednesday week. Peiiect unanimity and good leeiiug prevailed amongst the respective parlies, resolutions were ¡>a.s,") authorising an application 10 Parliament for an act. founded on a draught of a bill prouuceU at the Illctti: London Guardian. A railway is, we understand, contemplated between Cambridge and London, and sanguine hopes are entertained of the benefits to be derived f.om it, in communication with the fen country, Notices have recently been given that application will be made during the next session of Parliament, for acts to make a rail •• ay from Chester ihrougn Floukersbrook, Hoole, Prod sham, &c. to unite with the Grand Junction Rai way, about to be made from Warrington to Biriu ngham, at Preston Brook; and a Liverpool and Ciiester navigable catial from the Cheshire shore of te river Mersey, to the tirst lock south of Niessrs. Walker's shot works near that city North Wales Chronicle.

GLEANINGS. $' WINE AND WATElt.-Totiriieic)i,t mentions a Venetian Consul who resided at Smyrna, that lived to the age of 118 years, and never drank anything but water.- General OTIara, formerly Governor ot Gibraltar, after residing very many years theiC, said suddenly to the steersman (who was taking him to the vessel on his return to England) helm about, I have forgot something"—upon landing, the old General walked briskly to a celebrated well under the rock, and took a draught of it -oil his return he said, it would be a shame if they had asked me in England what sort of water there was at Gibraltar, it I could not have told tliei-n !if credit may be given to Martial, wine might formerly be obtained with more facility than water, in some parts ot Italy 3 Uy a Ravenna vintner once bctray'd, I much for wine and water mix'ti I paid But when I thought the purchas'd liquor ailille," the rascul fohb'ii me off with only wine." Martial's Epigrams. It was well said by an bid Puritan, "I diligence the best preservative from temptation, tor when Satan comes to me with his proposals, I say to him, I cannot attend to thee now, 1 am so busy."—Bishop Hall used to say, Our idle days are the Devil's busy ones." SINGULAR SPORTING ANECDOTE.—A short time ago, whilst hunting in Lower Ouvah, the dogs were slipt at a herd of deer; soon after this, one ol the deer was heard crying; upon the dogs going up,a large snake was seen to uncoil itselt and crawl slowly into some long grass near. The deer was lound quite dead, so that the work of destruction must have been completed in a very few secotids.- C olombo Journal. A REPLY—A gallant veteran, many years the commanding officer of one of the finest regiments in his Majesty s service, being at the governor's table at Corfu, was asked by Lady Ruthven (a blue:, it he had read Sir Walter Scott's last work ? Give you my honour, my lady, never read but two books, in my life—Bible and the Articles of War The otiicer was John Frederick Brown, Col. 28th. EDUCATION IN HENRY THE EJGHTH'S REIGN — Before the Reformation young men were educated in monasteries, women in nunneries, where the latter were instructed in writing, drawing, confectionary, and needle-work, and, what were then regarded as female accomplishments, in physic and surgery. The acquisitions of the former were limited to writing, and a tincture probably of barbarous Latin; but ignorance was so common, that Fitzherbert recom- mends to gentlemen, unable to commit notes to writing, the practice of notching a stick to assist their memories. When removed from these semina- ries to the houses of their parents, both sexes were treated in a manner that precluded improvement. Domestic manners were severe and formal: a haughty reserve was affected by the old, and an abject deference exacted from the young. Sons when arrived at manhood are represented as standing silent and uncovered in their father's presence and daughters, though women, were placed like statues at the cupboard, nor permitted to sit and repose themselves otherwise than by kneeling till their mother ret ired.- History ofthe Jlitldle ad Working Classes. DANDYISM.—In Paris forty young men offashion have agreed to introduce velvet coa's, velvet shoef, and velvet hats, for full evening dress. A CALLOtJS CRIMINAL.—In the history of forgers, it is a remarkable tact that one of the Jury who tried the late Dr. Dodd was himself, within tvo years afterwards, guilty of the same otfence, tried in the same Court of Justice, the Old Bailey, and executed on the same gallows at Tyburn. CLEWER—EXTUAORDINARY WAGER.—An ex- traordinary, but very absurd feat has been performed at the Swan, Clewer, between two cripples of that village. A jealousy has been for some time past existing between these worthies as to their respec- tive strength, and as they could muster only two sound legs between them, they, after much delibera- tion came to the novel determination of deciding which was the best man by trying which could stand for the longest time upon their sound pin," with- out resting. Both parties accordingly met at the above place, at one o'clock, and put themselves in the duck-like" posture agreed upon, and in that position they remained till half-past nine o'clock, when the loser fainted away.

HYDROPHOBIA—-SUCCESSFUL MODE OF CURE. Mr. Buisson claims as his a small treatise on hydrophobia, addressed to the Paris Academy ot Sciences, so far back as 1823, and signed with a single initial. The case referred to in that treatise ,v.us his Own the particulars, and the mode of cure adopted were as follow :-He had been called to visit a woman who for three days was said to be suffering under this disease. She had the usual symptoms—constriction of the throat, inability to swallow, abundant secretion of saliva, and foaming at the mouth. Her neighbours said that she had been bitten by a mad dog about 40 days before. At her own urgent entreaties she was bled, and died in a tew hours after, as was expected. Mr. Bouisson, w ho had his hands covered with blood, incautiously cleansed them with a towel which had been used to wipe the mouth of the patient. He then had an ulceration upon one of his fingers, yet thought it sufficient to wash off the saliva that adhered, with a little water. Ihe ninth day after, being in his cabriolet, he was suddenly seized with a pain in his throat, and one, still greater, in his eyes. The saliva was continually pouring into his mouth; the impression of a current air, the sight ot bril- liant bodies gave him a painful sensation—his body appeared to him so light, that he felt as though lie could leap to a prodigious height; ha experienced he said, a wish to run and bite, not men, but ani- mals and inanimate bodies. Finally, he drank with difficulty, and the sight of water was still more dis- tressing to him,as though the pain commenced in the affected finger, and extended thence up to the shoulder. From the whole of the symptons, he judged himself to be affected with hydrophobia, and resolved to terminate his life by stifling himselt in a vapour bath. Having entered one for this purpose, lie caused the heat to be raised to 42 (107 36 Fall.) when he was equally surprised and delighted to find himself free of all complaint. He left the bathing room well, dined heartily, and drank more than usu- al. Since that time, he says, he has treated in the same manner more than eighty persons bitten, in four of whom the symptoms had declared themselves, and in no case has he failed except in that of one child, seven years old, who died in the bath. The mode of treatment he recommends is, that the per- son bit should take a certain number of vapour-baths (commonly called Russian) and should induce, every night, a violent perspiration, by wrapping himself in flannels and covering himself with a feather bed the perspiration is favoured by drinking freely of warm decoction of sarsaparilla. He declares, so convinced is he of the efficacy of his mode of treat- ment that he will suffer himself to be inoculated with the disease. As a proof of the efficacy of copi- ous and continued perspiration, he relates the fol- lowing anecdote :—A relative of the musician Grety was bitten by a mad dog, at the same time with many other persons, who all died of hydrophobia. F0r his part, feeling the symptoms ot the disease, he took to dancing, night and day, saying, that he wished to die gaily. He recovered Mr. Buisson also cites the old stories of dancing being a remedy for the bite of a tarantula and draws attention to the fact, that the animals in whom this madness is most frequently found to develope itself spontaneously, are dogs, wolves, and foxes, which never perspire.

.J.' I .J." 1 • If we consider the vast sums of money, which have been again and again thrown away in searching for coal, we must acknowledge that many of those persons who, in this country, follow the profession of what is called a mineral surveyor, are extremely deficient in the scientific knowledge requisite for the right understanding of their business. Men ot property too often suffer themselves to be led into mini rig undertakings of vast expense by ignorant pretenders and are often subjected in consequence to enormous losses which an application to a scien- tific geologist might have saved them from. In France or Germany this can rarely or ever happen, because the mining engineers of those countries are regularly trained to their business by a preliminary scientific education. Nothing can be more absurd than that, in a country so abounding in mineral treasures, and depending so much as Great Britain does for her national prosperity upon her mines, there should not exist a single institution, either in our universities or elsewhere, in which a young man desirous of educating himself thoroughly as an engineer of mines can obtain the necessary instruction. It would be an immense advantage to individual proprietors of mines, and would be an equally great national benefit, if a school of miners were estab- lished, where the different branches of science con- nected with the whole subject should be taught, with the means at the same time, of giving that prac- tical knowledge without which the most complete scientific education would be of little avail. But to make such a school really useful, it would be ne- cessary that it should be a chartered establishment, possessing the power of conferring a professional title on its pupils, after strict examination and ample proof of competency. Bristol would be, perhaps, upon the whole, the best place for such a school, because it is itself in a mining country, is in the im- mediate neighbourhood of the great coal and iron districts of South Wales, and not very far from Cornwall and its neighbourhood is admirably suited for elementary field instruction in geology.— Penny Magazine.

IRON MINE IN SWEDEN. —— "For grandeur of effort, filling the mind of fhe spectator with a degree of wonder, which amounts to awe, there is no place where human labour is ex- hibited under circumstances more tremendously striking. As we draw near to the wide and open abyss, a vast and sudden prospect of yearning caverns and prodigious machinery prepared us for the descent. We approached the edge 01 the dread- ful gull where the ore is raised, and ventured to look down, standing on the verge of the platform Con- structed over it in such a manner as to command a view into the great opening, as far as the eye could penetrate amidst its gloomy depths, for to the sight it is bottomless. Immense buckets, suspended by rattling chains, were passing up and down, and we could perceive ladders scaling all the inward preci- pices on which the work people, reduced by their distance to pigmies in size, were ascending and des- cending. Far below the utmost of these figures, a deep and gaping gulf, the mouth of the lowermost pits, was by its darkness rendered impervious to the view. From the spot where we stood down to the place where the buckets are filled, the distance might be about seventy-five fathoms; and, as soon as any of these buckets emerged from the gloomy cavity we have mentioned, or until they entered into it in their descent they were visible but below this point they were hid in darkness. The clanking of the chains, the groaning of the pumps, the hallooing of the miners, the creaking of the blocks and wheel? the trampling of horses, the beating of the hammers^ and the loud and frequent subterraneous thunder from the blasting of the rocks by gunpowder, in the midst of all this scene of excavation and uproar, produced an effect which no stranger can behold unmoved. We descended with two of the miners and our in- terpreter into the abyss. The ladders, instead of being placed like those in our Cornish mines., on a series of platforms as so many landing places, are lashed together in one unbroken line, extending many fathoms and being warped to suit the inclina- tion or curvature of the sides of the precipices, they are not always perpendicular but hang over in such a manner, that, even if a person held fast by his hands, and it his feet should happen to slip they would fly off from the rock, and leave him suspended over the gulf. Yet such ladders are the only means of access to the works below and as the labouters are not accustomed to receive strangers they neither use the precautions, or offer the assist- ance usually afforded in more frequented mines. In the principal tin mines of Cornwall, the staves of the ladders are alternately bars of wood and iron here they were of wood only, and in some parts rotten I' __1_ .('fl. _1 1 and Dronen, making UA UNCU WISH, during our descent that we had never undertaken an ex- ploit so hazardous. In addition of the danger to be apprehended from the damaged state of the ladders, the staves were covered with ice and mud, and thus rendered so cold and slippery, that we could have no dependence on our benumbed fingers if our feet failed us. Then to complete our apprehension, as we mentioned this to the miners, they said,' Have a care, it was just so talking about the staves, that one of our women fell, about tour years ago, as she was descending to her work.' Fellsaid our Swedish interpreter, rather simply, and, pray, what became of her?' Became of herP continued the foremost of our guides, disengaging one of his hands fr"m .h lorlrW nr1 slaoDinff it f"hl.. on:n<:t his ."VIU me 110-- ogo" — thigh, as if to illustrate the manner of the catas- trophe, she became a pan-cake. As we descended further from the surface, large masses of ice ap- peared covering the sides of the precipices. Ice is raised in the buckets with the ore and rubble of the mine. It has also accumulated in such quantity in some of the lower chambers, that there are places where it is fifteen fathoms thick, and no change of temperature above prevents its increase. This seems to militate against a notion, now becoming prevalent, that this temperature of the air in mines increases directly as the depth from the surface, owing to the Increasing temperature of the earth under the same te circumstances, and in the same ratio. But it is also explained by the width of the aperture at the mouth of this mine, which admits a free passage of atmos- pheric air. In our Cornish mines, ice would not be preserved in a solid state at any considerable depth from the surface. After some fatigue, and no small share of apprehension, we at length reached the bottom of the mine. Here we had no sooner arrived than our conductors, taking each of us by an arm, hurried us along through regions ofc < thick ribbed ice' and darkness, into a vaulted level through which we were to pass into the principal chamber °t the mine. The noise ol countless hammers, all in vehement action, increased as we crept along this level until at length, subduing every other sound, we could no longer hear each other speak notwith- standing our utmost efforts. At this moment we were ushered into a prodigious cavern, whence the sounds proceeded and here, amidst falling waters, tumbling rocks, steam, ice, and gunpowder, about fifty miners were in the very height of their employment. The magnitude of the cavern, over all parts of which their labours were going on, was alone sufficient to prove that the iron ore was not deposited in veins, but in beds. Above, below, on every side, and in every nook of this fearful dungeon, glimmering tapers disclosed the grim and anxious countenances of the miners. They were now driving bolts of iron into the rocks, to bore cavities for the gunpowder for blasting. Scarcely had we recovered from the stupefaction occasioned by our first introduction into this Pandemonium, when we beheld close to us hags more horrible than perhaps it is possible for any other lemale figures to exhibit, holding their dim, quivering tapers to our faces, and bellowing in our ears. One of the same sister-hood, snatching a lighted splinter of deal, darted to the spot where we stood, with eyes inflamed and distilling rheum, her hair clotted with mud, breasts naked and pendulous, and such a face, and such hideous yells, as it is im- possible to describe. If we could have heard what she said, we should not have comprehended a sylla- ble but as several others, equally Gorgovian in their aspect, passed swiftly by us, hastening tumult- uously towards the entrance, we began to perceive, that if we remained longer in our present situation, Atroyos might cut short the threads of our existence; for the noise of the hammers had ceased, and a tre- mendous blast was near the point of its explosion. We had scarcely retraced with all speed our steps along the level, and were beginning to ascend the ladders, than the full volume of the thunder reached us, and seemed to shake the earth itself with its terrible vibrations.1'—l)r. darkens Travels.

EXPORT OF BULLION.ts a proof of the extent to which the exportation of bullion is at present going on, it may be mentioned that one vessel alone in the course of last week conveyed to Calais 40,000 ounces of gold and 2T7,000 ounces of silver. The operation is considered to be a precautionary one entered into to prevent the threatened: deeline of the exchanges.

SCHi t' J'UHE 20. ISAIAH, 11, i.< J11 ore "halt come forth a rod ont of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots." The word, translated Stem, strictly eignifieth the stump left in the earth, when the body of the tree is cut away even with the ground and the coming- of Christ is hereby very elegantly described, to be a mercy as full of surprise, as the shooting out of such a neglected and (iu common esteem) dead trunk, up to a tree more verdant and fruitful than ever.—The glory of the family of David had been declining, ever since the death of his son Solomon, whom God was pleased to make an eminent type of Christ's exaltation, as David himself had been of his humiliation and suffer- ings. The dismembering of this tree by the revolt of ten tribes from Rehoboam had never yet been re- paired: the frequent provocations of very wicked successors in that line had drawn down many judg- ments and publiccalamaties,which still took more away from it.The Babylonian captivity put an end to the royal style and dignity. The exercise of power Was indeed continued afterwards, and particularly pros- perous under the administration of Z rubbabel. But it deserves to be remarked, that neither name, nor thing, remained at the time of our Saviour's birth. For though Herod had then, by the favour of the Roman Emperor, the title of King allowed him: yet Herod was so fiir from being of David's lineage, as to be not only not of the tribe of Judah, but of no tribe what- soever; but by birth an ldumean, and ot descent foieign to the whole race over which he then presided. The placing his authority in the hand of a stranger did not only interrupt, but intercept all human prospect of succession in any descendant from David. And hence it is that I he history of our blessed Lord's life takes especial notice of his being born in the days of Herod the King thereby to put the Jews upon com- paring events with predictions; and, by a just calcu- lation of times and circumstances, to make them sensible, that the stock of David was then cut down to the very root; and that when neither mark roi- hope of Royalty remained in any other, the proper seasou was come for raising, from that trunk so trodden down, the promised Branch; which should put forth and expand itself more fruitfully than ever, by being, in a manner alld degree of honour and power, incomparably above any of his ancestors, King of the Jews. He shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Highest, and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his Father David. And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever, and of his kiugdom there shall be no end." STANHOPE.

CHURCH RATES—The question of refusal of church rates has been promptly decided at Port- sea in Hampshire, on the refusal of a rate pro- posed by the churchwardens; these gentlemen made a rale tllemselves, Hilder the authority of the statute 5S Geo. 111. which enacts, "that if the churchwardens give parishioners due notice that they intend to meet for tiie purpose of making' a rate, and the parishioners refuse to coine, or, being assembled refuse to make any rate, the churchwardens may make one without their con- currence." This would seem to be perfectly reasonable, inasmuch as the churchwardens are liable to be punished in the Ecclesiastical Court for not repairing the church. ASSESSED TAXES -Several additional seizures of goods have been made among the resisters of the Assessed Taxes in the city, without opposition or much sensation. The persons visited by the Sheriffs were all active members of the association. It gives us satisfaction to be enabled to state that the colliers in and around VA est Bromwich have quiet ly resumed work. It is evident the men are at length convinced that their object is not to be attained by intimidation or violence; and the meeting onMouday resulted in a determination to return to their employ ment, and to appeal to their masters on the ruhject of their complaints. By way of precaution, a detach- ment of infantry was marched into Dudley on Tues- day in support of the civil power but happily there has not been the slightest occasion for their iuter. ference.- Birmingham GaTette. HIGHWAY itoBEEty.-Oii Saturday last, a little before nine o'clock, as Mr Haynes, Solicitor, was returning from this city to his residence at the Fishponds, on the Downend road, he was attacked at Sandy-lane by two mel1,one before, the other behind the man in front ran violently against him, and knocked him prostrate off the footpath both then came up professing to assist him under the accident, but one of them getting behind and availing himself of a convenient position, placed his knees against Mr. Haynes's back, and his hands before his mouth; the other began to rifle his pockets: a conflict now ensued —the principal object was the pocket book-but this failed Mr. Haynes having twice succeeded in forcing the man's hands from his mouth, rose from the ground —at the moment of gaining his footing, both the villains, probably alarmed at some circumstance which really did not exist, (for there was no person in sight) decamped, at the same instant, with good precipita- tion one taking the upper Sandy-latie the other, the lower. Mr. Haynes lost only a steel watch-chain, (a link of which gave way,) and his family seal.- Bristol Journal.

THE BENCH OUTWITTED. A person named Llewellyn, evidently quite a novice in the ways of London, charged John Gee and John Cook, at the Marlborough-urcet Police Office, on suspicion of h avinz stolen hIs portmanteau. Mr. Llewellyn said he arrived from "Vales a few days ago, aud put up at the Three Kings Inn, Piccadilly. In order to ensure the safety of his portmanteau, he gave especial directions to the chambermaid to take it under her care. Having occasion to shift from the bed-rooom he at first occupied into another room which was double- bedded, he enquired of the chambermaid if his portuian- teau was safe, and was answered satisfactorily. On 'I'htir-dav morning se'iini,,ht he went out of his bed-room, leaving C.iok—who he was told was a Wiltshire farmer, come to spend a few days in London-still in bed. On Friday the portmanteau could no where be found, and suspicion then fell upon Cook, who had not made his appearance at the Three Kings Inn since Thursday morn- ing se'nnight. T other prisoner, Gee, a person whom ClOk had given out that he had eim-a^pd as guide to the wonders of the metropolis, having been seen on Thursday morning in the passage leading to the bed-room of Mr. Llewellyn, he was also taken into custody on Saturday night in the company of Cook. Mr. Chambers called upon Cook, a stout, ruddv-faced Mr. Chambers called upon Cook, a stout, ruddv-faced little man, with an air of farmer-like honesty and sim- plicity, and a dress which exactly corresponded to that character, for his defence. Cook, in a strong Wiltshire dialect, with an appearance of great sinceiity, denied all knowledge of the portmanteau. Mr. Chambers—Well, Mr. Cook, what are voti ?-C,)ok- Whoy, Ize independent loike. I be coomed from Wiltshire to Zpe Lunuon zights, vor I never wos in Lunuon afore. What do you mean by being "independent?"—VV'boy, doant'ee zee, nncle died and feft I his varm and all his money. Zo I left off vanning, and be coomed to Lunnon to be a jentleman. Where is yonr property ?-Doan't know exactly Ztims, in Banker England, and sums where I can't get it. How came you acquainted with that other man t—Whoy I zeed 'un in public-house, and zo 1 ax'd him un if he know'd Lunnon, and if he'd take me to zee the vine zights, as I he strange loike ? and zo he zed ees." Why did not you return to the Three Kings Inn on Thursday night?—My vriend her zed I was to goo and zee the big stone poast—I vorget name- thc mO-lJuyn¡eIH, I think though it woi zo I went, and he took me to a vine theater-house, z'> I was too lale to get ill. Well, but as to your property in the Bank of England. I wall to get at tliat?-S.,ould.i't wonder if thee (ji,,i (This latter reply was given with so much naivete, that the whole Court burst into laughter, in which Mr. Chambers Joined heartily ] "Well," said the magistrate, it does not appear that this poor simple country fellow is very likely to know any thing about the portmanteau. We must hear what the other one has to say. The prisoner Gee, whose appearance was the counter- part of a Whitcchapel prig, confirmed what the" Wiltshire fanet" had said respecting his engagement as Cicerone, and declared that otherwise they were pertect strangers to each other. At this stage of the proceedings Avis, one of the officers, and Drew, a police inspector, came into the office. Avis went up to the Wiltshire fanner, and asked him, with a peculiar air, if he did not recollect him? The Wiltshire farmer wished to avoid recognition, hut Avis assured the magistrate he had known him for the last 12 years as a frequenter of Bas i houses," and one of the most knowing shots abotit town. Inspector Drew likewise said he had known the Wilt- shire farmer for more thau 20 years. He knew him as a sort of jockey at pony races abcut the suburbs of London. These communications having entirely altered the magis- trate's opinion, a very minute investigation was set on fout: and, as circumstances of considerable suspicion were eli- cited, it was resolved upon to remand both prisoners, for the purpose of affording time to trace, if possible, the des- tination of the portmanteau. The Wiltshire Farmer," as he left the bar, promised to book" both the officers for a good turn," as soon as be got free, as they had frustrated his attempt at what he termed" gammoning the Reak.

UN 1VEKMTY INI ELLlU btsCti, Is c.. r OXFORD, NOVEMBER 21.. Tn a convocation holden on Friday last, the 15 £ h "? fid' the Rev John Bull, B.D. anil Fellow of St. lege, was elected to the Lectureship of S:. Giles's^ in this city. I In a convocation holden this day the following loètjl ( In a convocation holden this day the following$\ were approved to succeed as select preachers be' University( at Michaelmas, 1834 :— J The Rev. Dr. Wynter, President of St. is' ( Hsv. William Mills, B B. Fellow of Magdalen ti" tO ) W. F. Hook, M A. late Student of Christ Churf^'jle*' I Rev. (J. Moheriey, M.A. Fellow of Baliiol and I W. Jacobson, M.A. Vice Principal of Magdalen H*' { In a Congregation holden this day also, the I 7 W. Jacobson, M.A. Vice Principal of Magdalen H*' { In a Congregation holden this day also, the I Degrees were conferred .— «ull<' Bachelors in Divinity.—Robert Meadows White* ™ of Magdalen; Christopher Milnes, Lincoln. j I ii/asters of A rts-Tbe Hon. and Rev. George Chetwynd Talbot, Ciirist Church the Rev. Geo" go* I Barrow, University; Will. John Crichton, Nlertoll; liat James Evan Hughes, Jesus; John Scaly, Exeter; tJleI Charles Penny. Pembroke Rev. Rice Price, and a Seyer Ogle, Fellows of New C* Ilil(i Bachelors of Arts,—George"iieathcote, St. AlbaD IMh ) John Kynaston Charlton, Christ Church li c iri ry cel' Courtenay, Postmaster of .Merton; Peter Peace, 9 I ter; John Ray, Exeter; William Sparrow C:iapm*n' | George Yaide, Pembroke. CAMBRIDGE, NOVEMBER 21. "i'" At a Congregation on Wednesday last the f° j Decrees were conferred :— I D t Doctor in Physic.—John Burnett Sturtt, Queeu's. ) Bachelor in Divinity —Rev. George Dods, Penlb ) and Vicar ot CJflJlIlgbam, Lincolnshire (Comp.) jIlIsters of Arts-Rev. Edward :Francis CbalIlbcrlll'Y S. John's James Stovin, Corpus Ciiristi. Bachelors in Civil Law.— Edward RawlingS, Rev. Richard Chute C-idrington, Jesus. ) Bachelor in Physic.-William Mitchell, Emro«nBe' 1 (Comp.) PREFERMENTS. M j Rev. W. Potter, Fellow of St. Peter's College. 10 1 | Perpetual Curacy of St. Mary the Less, in this town. I Rev. J. Sevier, M.A. to the Rectory of Hasfield. f 1 llev. John Latham, B.A. to the Perpetual Curacy Ampuey St. Mary.. 1 I The following gentlemen of this University were la t ordained by the Lord Bishop of liichfield and Coventry' 1 Eccieshall > Deacons.—Harling Richardson, B.A. Trinity >0tt Leigh, B.A. Queen's William Cortield, B.A. and The04^ | Shoit, B.A. Christ's. Priests.—Lawrence Panting, B.A. St. Juhn'*J | Breese, B.A. Q-ueeri's.

To BON IVANTS,—The vintage has failedI year in almost every part of flungai-y. f SPAnE HUSBANDRY.— A field at Hornsea, Riding, the property of B, Havrorth, Esq. conia' upwards of Ti acres, has been allotled out i" r° and half acres, and let chiefly to small tradesni"'11' j | 31. rent an an acre clear of taxes. The third ha1" has now closed, and the results are highly I to the experimentalist, and remunerating to theoc piers. Beans have produced on some well nfiaii''?.^ I pieces 12 quarters per acre. Wheat varies from j | to eight qrs. and though potatoes are a ge"e've | failure in the neighbourhood, some pieces | yielded 1,600 pecks per acre. The advantage of spade over the plough is the inost striking in £ r8i|y I Potatoes do not seem to average more than Us jet, obtained by the plough. Although the object in )(j I ting these gardens is experiment and not charity-'9'^ I none receiving parochial assistance are | tenants—yet, indirectly the poor are benifited. # | tenants, being chiefly tradesmen, cannot spare • tor the cultivation of it themselves, and the labo"1 I is employed at the usual wag-es.-Hull Adcerti-Or" t

THE markets. CARDIFF. Wliest, I68I1J.18S. 0<ttol9s. fid. PJ,K IFD Barley 8? 6<t. 9s. 04. Butter —J itrf I Oats 2d. 3d. 2s. 6d. SaU do „od Beef, per lb. Os. 4d. 0s. 5d. Fowls, per couple 2s3dto"s Veal Os. 4<t. 0s. 5d. Ducks 6d tn.j | Mutton Os. 4J:t Os- 5^ | Geese, per lb ,5dt0" | MERTHYR. I Ii ) s. d. s. d. s. d. *• j Fine Flour (281b).. 4 9to0 0 Beef, perlb 0 3 0 g I Best Seconds 4 6 0 0 Mutton 0 6 J Butter, fresh, per lb 0 10 0 0 Veal 0 4 > 0 Best Seconds 4 6 0 0 Mutton 0 6 J Butter, fresh, per lb 0 10 0 0 Veal 0 4 > |?iu°' salt 0 8 0 0 Pork, perlb. 0 6 a I towls, per couple 2 0 2 6 Cheese 0 6 0 0 I Ducks, ditto 2 6 3 6 Bacon per score (5 6 A | Eggs, per hundred 4 OtoO 0 Potatoes, per 71b,. 0 2 0 I COWBRIDGE! | WIieat(W.bush.)6s. 6d.to7s. Cd. Veal Os — u I Barley ditto .Us, Od. 3s. 6<1. Pork 0s. W- y I Oats Os. Od. 2s. 3d. Latnb Os. Oil. OS- I Mutton (perlb.) Os. 5 £ d. os. Od. Fresh butter. Os. I Id. !*• Beef. 0s. 5d. os. 6d. Eggs (per dozen; Os. u3. NEWBRIDGE. Wheat(1681b)J8s. Od. to 21s. Od. Oats 8s 6d to Ot- 1 Bailey 8s. Od. to JOs. Od. J SWANSEA. Wlipat (Winch, b,).. 6g. 10.1. Oats 2*. Barley 3s. 9.1. | Beans 0s. MONMOUTH. Wheat 8s. 3 Q. I Beans 6S. Barley 4». 6 d. 1 Pease Ot. Oats 3s. 9 d. | ABERGAVENNY. Wheat, perquarter.. £ 2 6 41 Barley S 'n Oats — 0 0 Beans o » Pease ti 0 o| CHEPSTOW. Wheat 44s. lOd. Oats 16»• tlarley 27s. 9d. | Beans —* BRECON. Wheat (10 gals,)8s. Od. to8s. 6d, Beef (per lb.) 6d-t°t Barley 4s. Od. 4s. 3d. Jluttou Oats 4s. Od. 4s. 3d. Veal. 6d. 7 Malt 9s. 0d. Os. Od. Pork. 6d- ? Pease 0s. Od. Os. Od1 Fiue Plour(persaes, 43s. CRICKHOWKL. 6 Wheat, 801b bushel.. 8s. 6d. Vetches 5*. J Barley 4$. Pease 5s- Us. Oil. j Butter, perlb, CARMARTHEN. Wheat r,s. 6 d. I Oats It. Barley 2s. 9 (t. BRISTOL CORN EXCHANGE. PER QUARTER. I PER QrY.øj. a. d. s. d. sd. d. Wheat, Red. 46 o to 50 o ltye — ° to g White 52 o to 54 o Beans 33 o to 3o Barley>Grinding22 o to 24 o Tieks ..40 o to 42 Malting 28 o to 29 o Peas, VVhrte 54 o to 60 Oats, Feed 10 o to 17 o Malt 48 0 to 63 Potatoe.. 19 o to 20 o Oats, Feed 10 oto 17 0 ,nall. 4 0 to 63 Potatoe.. 19 o to 20 o PER SACK OF 2801b. Flour, Fine 40 o to 41 o Seconds 38 o to 39 o Thirds 26 o to 28 o Pollard, per ton 105 o to 110 o Bran 100 o to 105 O PRICE OF LEATHER AT BRIS 1 OL. d. d. d. Crop Hides, per lb. 12tol8 CalfSkins 20 to'l English Butts i5 21 Best Pattern Skins 23 Untt'aloes u 13 Common ditto 22 Middlings 13 J5 j Heavy Skins, per lb. 17 íó Butts 14 21 CalLikllls, Insh 13 20 Extra Strotig (litt,, is 21 Curried9 11 Best Saddlers1 Hides. if, 18 Welsh I4 ,g Shaved ditto 14 Kips, English & Welsh.. 15 J. Shoe hides 13 14 Shaved ditto 1* !« Common ditto 12 13 Foreign K.ips 1& \g Bull ditto 12 13 Small Seal Skins 1« \6 Horse Hides (English).. 14 17 Large ditto 13 '3 Welsh Hides 13 J(i Basils. I1 Jj German di'to 15 jy Foreign Shoulders f gj Spanish ditto 18 22 Bellies 7. a Shaved do. without butts, Dressing HideShoulders 1" {/> <Js. 0d.tol4s.tid.each. Belliei 1 Horse Butts 11 13 -3- MOON'S AGE. Full Moon, Nor, 27, at 20 minutes past 7 morning. TUlliS OF lUGU WATER AT THE FOLLOWING PLACtS NEXT WEEK. iiiusioL. || SWANSEA. ,| NEWPORT. I| iMOKN.;EVEN. MORN. EVEN, i! MOttN.iEVEN. M01tN.!EV £ DAYS. H M. H. M. H. M. H. M. ji H. M. H. M. H. V-, g Sunday 10 — 10 22 8 451 9 7 li 9 35 9 57 9 47 Holiday.10 44 11 9 |j 'J 29 9 56 |l 10 19T0 44 10 31" "7 Tuesday It 35 10 2oi 10 45 ji 11 10 11 35 111 22,'• Wednesday. — 4 — 32 10 4<j! 11 17 li 11 3!) — 7 11 5i,-r Thursday.. Ill 1 50 11 56 — 35 — 46' 1 25 — 59| 1 0 Friday 2 2s 3 0 1 lb 1 51 Ij 2 3 3 41 2 15j i Saturday 3 42 4 17 2 271 3 2 j| 3 171 3 52 MERTHYR TYDVIL Printed and Published W WILLIAM MALLAMKU, at the Office, High Street- where Orders, A< isemenu, Communication** are requested to be addresscd.

A SAMPLE OF "FIE PEASANTRY."—A dread- ful circumstance took place 111 the neighbourhood of Parsontown (Birr), ir. the King s County, on Wednes- day. Two officers of an infantry regtment quartered in that town had gone out to shoot, accompanied by two men as beaters. They had been out about a couple of hours, when the fatter perceived a number of armed men (not less than forty) approach them. They immediately called to the officers, who were a short distance from them, to come up as they did not ,e like the appearance of the party. They were quickly overtaken by the men in question, one ofwholl1 step- ped forward, and told the officers they need be under no apprehension for their safety, thi-ir object bein<r merely to punish the fellows who acted as beaters-up of game, and who guided them through their ground!. He added that if the officers interfered they would share the same fate. The rufhans forthwith proceeded to their work of slaughter one ot the unfortunate men was murdered on the spot, and the other so mangled that life is despaired of. The two officers, each of whom was armed with double-barrel fowling-piece were allowed to depart unmolested.—United Service Gazette.