The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

POETRY. STANZAS FOR THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE LITERARY FUND, June 17, 1835. Long live your names, who ever ready stand. Where'er the thundering breakers fiercely roar. Who plant hope's rustling hanner on the s'raiul. And beckon wearied genius to the shore Who gentiy wipe his scalding tears away. And turn his mind's black night again to glorious uay. There was a poet, one, wlro won that name From mighty lips whose breathings fill the world J Wreck'd, shivering, pale, with sunken eyes he came, Care's wrinkled ensign o'er his brow unfurl d. Whence did he come? Oh list, if ye would know, What sweet refreshing streams do at your bidding flow. Behold that fireless grate, 'tis wintry cold- Hark! how the wind through the rent casement moans, Scarce can his trembling hand that light pen hold And now he speaks-grief maddens all his tones— Would I were dead death ends hut slow despair Picks at the bleeding heart, and keeps long revel there. Hear'd ye those little lips that moved in sleep, So young-vet sorrow hovers round their bed, And trains their cheeks to tl"ars ;-why do they -eep ? Ask him, whose hand supports his aching head,j And now is clench'd, so deep his mental pam, The smouldering fire that lurks within the restless brain. Where are his native hills, his valley-streams, The ftowery glens in which he loved to lie Where are his goodly hopes, his soothing dreams, That flew like gorgeous silver through the sky ? '? Where are the clamouring tongues that teem d with praise Gone, like the passing thought, or lightning's transient blaze. Bend o'er his couch—the loug, the voiceless night, Though solid black, to him no darkness brings; His heated mind kindles a cloudy light, Where woe, and want, and pain, and gibbering things, Pass to and fro, in frightful imagery, A thousand hideous shapes, from which he cannot flee. He sleeps, he dreams, and lo a bird doth rise From a green-square, girt round with window'd walls O'er theatres and pointed spires it flies, And from its wings a trail of long light falls Now poised in air, it o'er him seems to stand. And oh! ifmusic spoke, cried, "Rise, there's help at band," He smiles in sleep-oli many a dreary hour, And slow-paced dtv and night which he abhor'd, Have glided by, since ought, save care, did lour Above his head, he smil'd, and bless'd that bird, Again his heart beat calm, and energy Cried, Rouse, sad son of song, there yet is help for thee." See, be arises, and that shadowy hue Is vanish'd, that so long o'erhung his brow Again the sky assumes its peaceful blue, The city-hum is music to him now The sun now shines, and freely flows his breath. He feels like one just ris'nfrotn a long dream ot death. Though gaunt-limbed want through life beset him round, Though gloomy grief and sorrow be his lot, One freshening stream he in the desart found, Whose cooling waves can never be forgot j Whose coolin- ivaves can,nc, It came like light, whose source in heaven we trace, Making a sunshine in a sad, and shady place. THOMAS MILLER. (The foregoing lines are from our friend Miller, II The Basket Maker." He is not ashamed to own his obligations to a Society which, by relieving his distress, has fostered his genius; and which, by restoring him from captivity, has encca. aged him to take his harp from the willows.- Ed. G. and G.]

CHIT CHAT. A new mineral has been found at Bodennuis, in Bavaria, by M. Roth: it is composed of phosphates of iron, manganese and lithine. The loss to the owners of property on the banks of the Garonne by the late in- undation is computed at thirty millions of francs. GRATIFYING FACT! The new Cemetery Company an- nounces to the proprietors, that the burials within the Company's precincts are increasing.A N ew York paper states, that lately 80 or 100 foundling children have been picked up or dropped down at doors and steps in that city. -The convict Williams will be transported for life. The Neapolitan papers inform us, that Vesuvius has resumed his activity: what a restless crater., as Paddy would say, it is The accidents on the river, •occasioned by the steam-boats, have been unusually numerous, and, we fear, will continue to be so as the liumber of steam-boats increase; the swell occasioned by the paddles has no time to subside, and until their ill-construction is remedied the evil will not abate.- The Earl of Devon, who died recently in Paris, left among his servants betwcen"£40,OOO and £ 50,000 The Guiccioli is again in London, owing all the inte- rest she excites to her" light love" of Byron.-A column, to commemorate the indefatigable exertions of the Landers in the cause of African discovery, is raising at Truro. On account of the inaudible tone in which certain members of the House of Commons express themselves, it is suggested to appoint a new officer, to he called Fugleman of Acoustics"—his duty will he to hold up his hand when a member cannot be heard at the point where he is stationed. Lord Abinger has decided that the Commissioners of Bankrupts have no power to fine or commit for contempt. We have to announce the death of the Duchess of Argyll- the divorced wife of the Marquis of Anglesea, and the actual wife of the Duke of Argyll. The estimable Lord Middleton is also dead: he is succeeded in his title and estates by his nephew, Captain Willoughby, R. N., one of the most gallant officers in the service—covered with wounds. Lord Brougham's examination of the "Lollopophagi" of Bruce Castle, has afforded much amusement-see the Age. Thunder storms have raged with great violence in different parts of England. In the neighbourhood of Wells, the hail stones were so large that the rooks were struck dead from the trees. -At the English Opera House each box frequenter is furnished with an ice, gratis: we suppose the pit will put in its claim for ginger beer, and the gallery for its heavy wet One of the most amusing things at a public dinner at this season, is the running fire kept up by the drinkers of soda water. A boy, aged 14, has been committed for trial-charged with the wilful murder of two children by drowning them in a pond, at Church Broughton, near Sheffield.

The half-yearly examination of the children belonging to the Bristol Diocesan Schools took place yesterday, in presence of a respectable company of the subscribers and friends, who were highly pleased with the proficiency evinced by the scholars. We are happy to learn that the appeal made to the public on behalf of these schools, which are so deserving of support from the members of the Established Church, has induced many persons to become sub- scribers, and we trust that a perusal of the annual report, just published, will tend considerably to augment the number of con t ributors .-Bristol Journal. REGISTRATION OF V OTERS.-As it is by no means improbable that the electors of the kingdom will be called upon to exercise their franchise before the ex- piration of another year, all parties are using their utmost efforts to increase their strength, by getting the names of their friends on the register. In Wor- cester, during the last week or two, the number of fredoms taken up has been larger than for months before. The Constitutional and Reform Associations throughout the country are making the most active arrangements for urging "claims" and objections." esterday (20th jus-t.) the overseers of parishes pub- lished a notice on the church doors for persons to send in their claims to vote at county elections, and claims must be delivered on or before the 20th of July next Of course persons who are already on the rezister, and retain the same qualification, are not required to to renew the claim. Persons qualified to vote in ci les an boroughs, must, before their names can e P ace 0,1 e '1S,» Pay all the poor rates and a*ses- IheS*' PreVi°U8 f° the 6th of EXTENSIVE SMUGGLING AT POItTSMOUTH.-The Mary Ann, of Poole, professedly with a cartjo of coal, from Swansea, but actually a con_' foreig» spirits from Chefbourg, ot which she has managed to run the neater nart wfi seized at Fareham by the custon^^ bTu„ht to th» place on Monday, havi .„ > S £ ot brandy and Geneva. Thpm,0. J Hived to escape but are known vv CrCW. T" two of tbe preventive men ol'Gosoort e fn<Jersfaod that on Saturday night, met a rounds ping to see what was goine on thev A' j-St?Pn of tubs. One of the men ?ho '*7 wed it full his companion tried to kill the other° beiog seen, his pistol was wrench*,IV u'* ,,1,en,,on was «truek to the .ched froa> h,m. he ""c! d-i.eii away will, (he remuii.ing wat the other were cut away io a remark it.lc • *,race*of | • emarfcdbly quick manner, and the carcass lying m the street of Fareham part of Monday. It is supposed that from 400 o 600 tubs have been run; a„d we do not recollect a more barefaced and .mpudent act of smuggling ,0 have o^! currcd here for many years. The VN..? J • 7 the harbour on the middle of Saturday, and ?t iskniwn that she commenced disembarking on that t»ifrht and recommenced at sunset, aud would have got all on shore, but for the accidental circumstance of en- countering the two preventive men ^Salisbury Journal. y

CONTEMPORARY PRESS. It (From the Morning Pout.) The conversation last night in the House of Commons, on the comparative conduct of the Protestant and Roman Catholic Clergy of Ireland, in reference to the treedon. of election, will be read with much interest. We may ven- ture to say of that conversation that itcaiinot obtain greater attention than it deserves. This conversation originated in a petition, presented by VIr Serjeant Jarkso. against any further grant of public Mr Serjeant Jarkso. against any further grant of public money for the maintenance of Maynooth College—a peti- tion founded upon the rational and, as it seems to us, the unassailable ground that the Priests educated at Maynooth are. with few r-trpntinns. the authors or instruments of political agitation, and that at every election they are the busiest agents and the most active promoters of distur- bance. These fact?, it is true, were denied by Mr O'Dwyer, who said that the Protestant Clergy interfered much more, and more mischievously, at elections than the Priests; but, unfortunately for Mr O Dwycr, Mr Siiaw was present, to state to the House of Commons and the country what the conduct of the Roman Catholic Priests and that of the Protestant Ciergy in Ireland severally are, and, still more unfortunately for Mr O Dwyer, what Mr Shaw says, in contradiction to Mr O Dwyer, has a mighty good chance to be believed. It is a great calamity, we do not say to the followers of Mr O'Connell, for we suspect that most of them care but little whether thetr assertion* are belie ed or disbelived, but to MrOConnetlhimsetf. and the Government which rests upon his support, that nobbdy out of the House of Commons ever affects to attach the least credit to any syllable that is uttered in Parliament by them or by their leader. Mr Shaw, however, stands before the world in a very from Mr O Con- "ell and his base retainers. The former is a Conserva- tive in politics, but he is still more honorably distinguished from the latter in this, that even his political opponents cannot, and do not, deny him the merit of having been conservative of his own reputation for veracity—of having maintained through life a character for integrity and honor-of being a man whose asseitions it is possible to believe without incurring the imputation of imbecility. Mr O'Connell, as will be seen on referring to the debate, came to the rescue of Mr O'Dwyer, thinking, Dot unreasonably, that the latter was but little fitted to sustain a controversy with Mr Shaw. Mr O Conuell thought to bring an accession of strength to the encounterbut he brought deplorable weakness and certain defeat. He had the presumption to hazard an assertion in ordfer to effaco m the impression made by the statements of Mhaw, and became at that moment, even in the House of Commons, the object of general contempt and derision. The idea of Mr O'Connell, after all that has passed in tim House of Commons, pretending to rest anything upon his own assertion, in opposition to that of Mr Shaw, Was a little too much even for that Assembly, accustomed.as it is to Mr O'Connell and his ways. We cannot resist the temptation of repeating in this place the conclusion of a conversation which hinged on the veracity of Mr O'Connell. It is fit that this gentle- man and his followers should distinctly IIndentanq that it will henceforth be their policy, while in England, to rest nothing whatever upon their own statements as to matter of fact. They may say what they like in Ireland, where it is, perhaps, the fashion to pretend to believe them; but here we assure them that there is no such fashion :— Mr Shaw would call the attention of the House to a recent occasion, on which the hon. and learned member made the same assertion respecting other correspondence which he, Mr Shaw, had received. The hon. and learned member then as confidently asserted as he did now that his Mr Shaw's, information was false. The bon. and learned gentleman was ever ready and flippant with his confident assertions, which were afterwards disproved.—Hear, and laugbter.-But what was the result in the case he alluded to when inquiry was made ? He would leave that to the judgment of the House.—Cheers and laughter. Mr O'Connell (in evident perturbation)—What case do you allude to ? Mr Shaw-The case of David Marpliy-Loiid cheers from the Opposition. Mr O'Connell (much embarrassed) said he would deny that his assertions were disproved in that case. Mr Shaw's own documents did not substantiate his former accusation.—Oh, oh, and laughter from the Opposition. Mr Shaw-I leave that to the judgment of the House and the country.- General cheers." We beg to recommend to the attention of our readers the discussion last night in the House of Commons on the mission of Lord Eliot. We imagine that Mr Thomas Dancombe will now be inclined to think that delicate questions relating to the foreign policy of the country had better be left in hands more experienced or more skilful than his own. The hon. member for Finsbury, it must be admitted, did good in this instance, however uninten- tionally, at the small expense of placing himself in a very ridiculous position before the House and the country. He furnished occasion to a very able and triumphant speech by Lord Mahon on the conduct of the late Admi- nistration with reference to the affairs of Spain, and to expressions from all sides of the House in warm appro- bation of the humane and honorable principles which guided the policy of the Duke of Wellington as the Foreign Minister of Great Britain. There are some men whom it is far better to have for enemies than for friends. Mr Thomas Duncombe apparently is of the number. Had he intended to extol the political character of the Duke of Wellington it is certain that he must have failed. Intending to depreciate the noble duke, he has placed his merit in the most conspicuous light, and ex- torted such testimonials and such homage to his admi- rable qualities as would otherwise certainly have been withheld. (From the Albion.) LORD BROUGHAM AND MR O'CONNELL.—But restless vanity still urges Lord Brougham to hold up to the world the miserable spectacle of his dotard and disappointed self. We cannot resist the temptation of entering on the super- fluous task of exhlbltlng one more of his monstrous incon- sistencies. But one short year ago Lord Brougham spoke thus of O'Connell in the House of Lords:—" Why was not the Improvement of Ireland commensurate with her means? Why was it stayed ? Of what grievance did the people of Ireland complain? All this mischief was, they knew, not occasioned because it so happened that certain indi- viduals, gifted by the same bountiful nature which had bestowed so much upon the country-who were gifted with the capacity of raising themselves to wealth by honest industry, and to power by the pursuit of innocent ambition —fitted for useful purposes to the State, by following a temperate course,-all this mischief was occasioned because these misguided men—as much miscalculating their own happiness, as they distrusted the happiness of those whom they m islet.—as much at war with their own interests, if rightly understood, as they were at war with the interests of those subjected to their control-tbis evil was created because these men preferred to honest industry, and its creditable and honorable gains, a life of restless agitation, supported by a species of personal as well as political men- dicancy—a state of existence which, such was the honor- able feeling implanted in the mind of man, never failed to engender even in those who were driven to it by inevi- table necessity, the feeling of unbearable shame." Thus spoke Lord Brougham on the 31st of April, 1834; but, on the 6th of June, 1835, how much is he changed! He is complimenting the object of his'former invective—he points him out no mere as the disturber of his country's peace, the blight of his country s happiness—but the redresser of his country s wrongs. What has made the change ? Has the mendicant cast away his begging-box, or the incendiary I cast down his firebrand ? No. But, in 1834, Lord Brougham was a great man, and could afford to express the scorn that might win a cheer for the eloquence of his invcctive. In -1835 he is despised and neglected—passed over by his party ill tlicir arrangements, and in the bitterness of mor- tified vanity, he is willing now to purchase influence and notoriety by retracting all his former words, and becoming the servile adulator of the man, whom but one short year ago, he almost insolently denounced. Lord Brougham had, even before Saturday, fallen low enough in our esti- mation, but as if his aim was to be original, even in his disgrace, bls fertile ingenuity has invented a new species of degradation when he has descended to be the toad- eater of O'Connell.

Our readers are aware that much calumny and slander have been heaped upon the Duke of Welling- ton, in consequence of his late (and we believe last) official act—the mission of Lord Eliot to Spain. It might have been thought that an act so pure, so truly humane, and one which so strongly characterises the benevolent disposition of one of the greatest warriors the world ever produced, would have escaped the venomed shafts of malice; but there are no bounds to malignity, and when once that in operation, low- bred cunning" seldom at a loss for a means of twist- ing and distorting facts to render them subservient to its own base purposes. Although the Duke cares, we feel assured, as little for their despicable ravings as the noble lion heeded the yelpings of the grovelling cur at his heels', the honorable testimony of a rival must not be displeasing (o him. The fol- lowing extract is from Lord Melbourne's speech in the Hout-e of Lords, June 15th 61 I agree in all that the noble marquis (Londonderry) has said respecting the propriety and humanity of the negociation recently earned on m Spain by Lord Eliot. That negociation was founded on the jugtest principles, undertaken with the best views, and carried into effect in the most satisfactory manner. There is no eulogium which the noble lord can pass upon the whole of that proceeding in which I am not fully prepared to join. The negociation terminated in a convention which is extremely satisfactory in itself, and has been most fortunate in its consequences-it has been the meant of saving the Hues of many hundreds (f IPOrgOns, who, since its ratification, have I been taken prisoners In" the unfortunate war which has been carried on in Spain. Those who think to write themselves into the noble viscount's favor by such shameless defamation, may find themselves minus the place and profit" on which their dull brains are fondly reckoning. An American paper gives the following scene at an inn- What are you at there, you black scoundrel ? Twice you awoke me from a sound sleep; and not content with that, you are now pulling off the bed-clothes. Get you gone Sir. "Well, if you won't get up, I must hab a sheet, any how, coz thev're wailiu1 for de table-cloth.

JIOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY. The Earl of RADNOR postponed the second reading of the University Ouths Bill to Friùay, the 26th inst. The Duke of BEAUFORT presented a petition from a parish in Gloucestershire, against that part of the Beer Bill that allows beer to be drunk on the premises. The Duke of SUTHERLAND gave notice, that his noble friejid, the Duke of Richmond, would move the second reading of the Highways Bill on Wednesday next. The Earl of ROSEHERY presented a petition from a parish in Scotland against any grant of public money for Church accommodation in that country. The Bishop of EXETER moved for a copy of the queries sent to the Rev. W. B. Stoney by the com- missioners for education in Ireland, in October last, and his answers thereto. Viscount DUNCANNON assented to the motion, which was agreed to. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a peti- tion from Melksham, praying for a measure for the prevention of dram-drinking, and against that part of the Beer Bill which allows beer to be drunk on the premises. Also two petitions from various parishes in Bristol, to the same effect. Adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—THURSDAY. In consequence of two ballots, for Carnarvon borough and Belfast borough election petitions being fixed for this day, the gallery was not opened till a quarter past four, though, as in neither case did the parties appear, the ballots did not come on. Mr STRUTT reported from the Monmouth election committee, that Benjamin Hall, Esq., the sitting member was duly elected, and that the petition of Joseph Bailey and others against his return was neither frivolous nor vexatious. MrTYNTEpresented a petition from Yeoyil,.igned by 990 persons, for the repeal of the taxes on know- ledge. Sir R. NIUSGRAVE nresented a petition from Kihnore, Waterford, for an amendment of the grand jury laws. Mr ROBINSON presented a petition from two in- dividuals of the name of Pincher, respecting some property of theirs which had been wrecked at sea. Also a petition from a Mr Inglis, a civil engineer stating some improvements that he had projected for Dover Harbour. Mr STRUTT presented a petition from Derby, praying for the abolition of the duty on newspapers. Also a petition from Derby in favor of the vote by ballot, and one from Ludlow, in favor of the Munici- pal Reform Bill. Similar petitions were presented by Mr Roebuck from Bath and other places; by Sir H Parnell from Dundee and by Mr V. Smith from Northampton. Mr HUME presented a petition from Preston for the repeal of the taxes on knowledge and a similar petition from St Mary's, Lambeth. Captain ALSAGER presented a petition from the eastern division of Surrey, signed by 2,000 indi- viduals, against the alienation of the revenues of the Church of Ireland to other than ecclesiastical pur- poses. „ Mr E BULLER presented a petition from a place in Staffordshire, complaining of the misappropriation of some ecclesiastical fund, originally destined for the religious improvement and moral education of the parishioners there. Mr FRENCH presented two petitions from Sligo, one for Church reform, and the other praying for an inquiry into the state ot the Irish fisheries. Mr Alderman WOOD presented a petition from the parishioners of St. Dunstan's, complaining of the heavy church-rates they had to pay. Mr ROEBUCK presented a petition from the House of Assembly of Lower Canada, and contrasted the intentions of the late and present Government with regard to Canada. A long discussion followed, after which Mr JOHNSTON introduced the subject of the Church of Scotland, when Mr POTTER moved that the House be counted. Strangers were ordered to withdraw and there not being 40 members present the House adjourned at a quarter past 7 o'clock.

HOUSE OF LORDS-FRIDAY. The Bishop of Exeter's motion, relative to Mr Stoney, is fixed for Thursday next. A discussion took place on the motion to read the Execution of Wills Bill a second time, but the debate was adjourned to Monday, on account of its not having been formally notified that it was to come on. The Law of Patents Bill, as amended by the Select Committee, was ordered to be printed. Earl RODEN presented a petition from the Rev. Sir Harcourt Lees, offering to prove, on oath, that there was a conspiracy in Ireland to overturn the Protestant Establishment in that country. His lord- ship added, that he believed there were proceedings in Ireland that would have such effect, if not checked. Their lordships, on rising, adjourned to Monday.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—FRIDAY. Many petitions were presented; and although the Speaker attemped to stop the excursive discussions raised on some of them, there were long and desultory conversations on several. A new wjrit was issued for Bury St. Edmund's, in the room of Lord Charles Fitzroy, in consequence of his appointment; and the issue of the writ for Staf- ford was further suspended till the 3rd of August. In both Houses the first Report of the Commis- sioners of Public Instruction (Ireland) was laid on the table, and will be speedily in the hands of the members. Lord Stanley, Mr C. Buiwer, Mr Grote, Sir R.Inglis, Mr Goulburn (for Sir Peel), and other members, gave notice of amendments to be moved in the Committee, on Monday, on the Municipal Corporation Bill. Mr T. DUNCOMBE moved for copies of instruc- tions given by the late Government to Lord Eliot and Colonel Garwood relative to their mission to Spain the object of which he contended, was to favor Don Carlos. Lord MAHON vindicated the late Ministry, declar- ing that what had been done was with the knowledge and approbation of the Queen's Government, and urged, in the name of the Duke of Wellington, the production of all the papers moved for. Mr O'CONNELL thought the noble lord's expla- nation quite satisfactory, and suggested to the hon. member for Finsbury the withdrawal of his motion, whicn was accordingly withdrawn,after a declaration, from Lord John Russell, similar to that made by Viscount Melbourne in the House of Lords, that the noble duke had acted in perfect good faith in the matter. A discussion also took place on the state of the Apprentices in the West India Colonies, on Mr Fowell Buxton's motion, «* That a Committee be ap- pointed to inquire whether the condition on which the sum of twenty millions had been granted by that House to the slave-owners had been fulfilled, and to report thereon. Sir G. GREY opposed the motion in a speech of considerable length, admitting that cases of cruelty had occurred, but that such proceedings were not enough to require the interruption of the progress of the great measure of slave emancipation. Mi- nisters had lost no opportunity of carrying forward the measure f"lly> fairly, and efficiently, and they would not relax in their efforts. Mr O'CONNELL considered the explanation of the Government so satisfactory that he could not but recommend the hon. member to withdraw his motion. Mr BUXTON, in compliance with what he con- sidered to be the general feeling, said he would withdraw his motion but with the declaration that be- held the Government more distinctly pledged than ever to see that the Act was fully and justly carried into effect. In a Committee of Ways and Means the Sugar Duties were voted for another year, after some con- versation relative to the equalization of the duty on East and West India produce. The Committee on the Dissenters' Marriage Bill was deferred till Monday. The Capital Punishments' Bill was read a third time. A Bill to regulate the Corn Trade of the Isle of Man was read a first time as also was a Bill to Re- peal the Weights and Measures Act of last session. The House sat until I o'clock, and then adjourned to Monday.

HOUSE OF I-ORDS-MONDAY- Lord MELBOURNE stated that he should this day move for a Committee to take into consideration the subject of the vacancy created in the situation of Clerk Assistant of Parliament, in consequence of Mr Courtenay, the late possessor, being called to the Peerage. The Earl of RADNOR adjourned his motion for the abolition of certain oaths, taken by students of Oxford and Cambridge Universities, until Friday uext. Lord MELBOURNE proposed that the Bill for the MELBOURNE proposed ttiat regulation of gaols be read a second time on Wed- nesday next. The Abolition of Capital Punishment for Letter Stealing Bill, and the Indemnity Bill were brought up from the Commons. The Execution of Vills Bill was read a second time, and referred to a Select Committee, as was the Executors and Administrators Bill. Several private Bills were brought up from the Commons, after which, the house adjourned.

THE LATE WILLIAM COBETT.Clifford's-jnn,! Friday Morning. June 19.—It is my mournful duty to state, that the forebodings above are realized, and that the hand which has guided this work for 33 years has ceased to move! The readers,of.Jhg^Kept^r will, of course, look to this numl>eT for some parti- culars of the close of my poor father's life; but they will, I am sure, be forgiving if they find them shortly stated. A great inclination to inflammation of the throat had caused him annoyance from time to time, for several years, and, as he got older, it eufeebled him more. He was suffering from one of these at- tacks during the late spring, and it will be recollected, that when the Marquis of Chaodos brought on his motion for the repeal of the matt-tax, my father at- tempted to speak, but could not make his voice audi- ble beyond the few members who sat round him. He remained to vote on that motion, and increased his ailment; but on the voting of supplies on the nights of Friday the 15ih, and Monday, the 18th of May, he exerted himself so much, and sat so late, that he laid himself up. He determined, nevertheless, to attend the House again on the evening of the Mar- quia of Chandos s motion on agricultural distress, ou the 25th of May, and the exertion of speaking and remaining late to vote on that occasion were too much for one already severely unwell. He went down to his farm early on the morning after this last debate and bad resolved to rest himselfthoroughly and get rid of his hoarseness and inflammation. On Thursday night last he felt unusually well, and impruden ly drunk tea in the open air; but he went to bed apparently iu better health. In the early part of the night he was taken violently ill, and on Friday and Saturday was considered in a dangerous state by the medical attendant. On Sunday he revived again, and on Monday gave us hope that he would yet be well. He talked feebly, but in the most collected and sprightly manner, upon politics and farming; wished for four days' rain," for the Cobbett-corn and root crops; and on Wedueday he could remain no longer shut up from the fields, but desired to be curried round the farm; which being done, he criti- cized the work that had been going on in his absence, and detected some little deviation from his orders, with all the quickness that was so remarkable in him. On Wednesday night he grew more and more feeble, and wasevidently sinking; but he continued to answer with perfect clearness every question that was put to him. In the last half-hour his eyes became dim; and at 10 minutes after 1 P.M. he leaned back, closed them as if to sleep, and died without a gasp. He was 73 years old; but, as he never appeared to us to be certain of his own age, we had some time ago procured an extract from the register of Farnham parish, in which it appears that the four sons of my grandfather. George, Thomas, William, and Anthony were christened on the 1st of April, 1763, and, as Anthony was the younger son, and William was the third, we infer that he was born one year before he waschriatened, that is, on the 9th of March, 1762. He might, therefore, have been older, but not much.—JOHN M. COBBETT. He was a man whom England alone could have pro- duced and nurtured up to such maturity of unpatron- ized and self-generated power. Nevertheless, though a vigilant observer of the age, and a strenuous actor in it, lie lay upon the earth as a loose and isolated sub- stance. He was incorporated with no portiou of our political or social frame. He belonged neither to prin- ciples, to parlies, nor to classes. He and his writings formed a remarkable phenomenon. He was au English formed a remarkable phenomenon. He was au English episode, aud uothing more, as greater men have been; for what is Napoleon, while we write, biit an episode ? As a portion of history he is extinct. He has struck As a portion of history he is extinct. He has struck root no where, not in Europe, not even in Frauce, as Cobbett has not either in America, where his intellect first sprung to life; or in jeliglaud, where it ripened into almost unexampled vigour, rimes. DURATION OF A ROUND OF BEEF IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS.-— December 5th,.I831.-Christ- mas-day, as usual, was kept a holiday. In the cabin dinner, the only fact worth remarking was, a round of beef, which had been in the Fury's stores for eight years and which, with some veal and vegetables, was as good as the day on which it was cooked. I know not whether the preservation of this meat, thus secured, be interminable or not; but what we brought home, is now (in 1835) as good as when it came out from the hands of the maker in 1823. If it can be kept so long without the slightest alteration, without even the diminution of flavonr, in such things as hare soup and purie of carrots, why may it not endure for ever, sup- posing that the vessels were themselves perdurable? Had Appert's contrivance been known at Rome, we might, probably, have dug out of Herculaneum or Pompeii, one of the suppers of Lucullus or the dishes of Nasidietms; the fat paps of a sow/' a boar with one half roasted and the other half boiled, or a mursena fattened on Syrian slaves, or a box of sauces prepared by Apicius himself. How would antiquaries have triumphed over potted dainties found in the tombs of the Pharoahs, of four thousand years' standing, and have rejoiced in dissertations on the cookery of the shepherd kiflgF,Sit, JoAtt Iloss's Arciic Voyage.

r # "Sultil" ItE /LLlfSTltA TlOSS.—^o. 92. 1 KINGS X. 18.— 'Moreover the King made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold." We never read of ivory till about Solomon'S days, who perhaps brought elephants out of India, or imported large quantities of ivory from thence for, in after ages, we read of ivory beds, ivory palaces, &c. At this time however it was quite as precious as gold the like to this "there mast not made in any kingdom and perhaps it was so in those days; but in after ages we read that the throne of the Parthian Kings was of gold, encom- passed with four golden pillars, beset with precious stones and that the Persian Kings sat in judg- ment under a golden vine, (and other trees of gold) the branches of whose grapes were made of several sorts of precious stones. BISHOP PATRICK'S COMMENTARY. "And she gave the King, of spices Y«ry grru.? store/' -y.10. THE BALSAM. After a very complimentary speech in which Josephus makes the Queen (of Shebaj address King Solomon, among other valuable presents recorded in Scripture, "they speak also," says be, of a root of balsam which she brought with her, which (according to a tradition we have) was the first plant of the kind that ever came into Judea, where it hath propagated so wonderfully ever since." JEWISH ANTIQUITIES, LIB. 8.

THE POETRY OF THE PSALMS.—The following beautiful lines were the last ever written by the late Mrs Heinans they breathe that pure spirit of devo- tion which characterised all she wrote. The Dublin University Magazine, from which we take them, says they are "the last verses ever dictated by her, which she sent to us a few days previous to her death." The last tones of the dying swan Nobly thy song, 0 minstrel, rushed to meet TV Kternal on the pathway of the blast, With darkness round him, as a mantle cast, And cherubim to waft his flying seat, A midst the hills that smoked beneath his feet. With trumpet voice thy spirit called aloud, And bade the trembling rocks his name repeat, And the bent cedars and the bursting cloud. But far more gloriously to earth made known Bv that high strain, than by the thunder's tone, The flashing torrents, or the ocean's rol I; Jehovah spoke through theiinbreathing fire, Nature's vast realms forever to inspire With the deep worship of a living soul." DEATH OF JUDGE VANDELEUR.—The hope wits delusive that promised a continuance of life to this excellent man. He expired on Tuesday morning last at half-past ten, full of years as he was of honor, de- plored by his relatives and friends,—regretted by all. As a lawyer, Mr Vandeleur was profound and erudite, —as a judge, dispassionate and impartial; and the best attributes of our nature stood prominently developed in all his actions, whether as a private individual or a public functionary. Eventheenemiets of law and order-and alas! in this unfortunate country they are too many and too vehement-have not withheld from this estimable and amiable wall, the tribute of their admiration and respect-for Judge Vandeleur, although a strict upholder of justice, was a great lover of mercy.— Dublin Evening Mail. A THIEF ROBBED,-A singular case of a double robbery came before the Bath bench of magistrates a few days ago. A man named John Lane, stole a cart, containing 28 cwt. of coals, which having sold, be left the catl and horse in the street, and went his way. On the "same night Lane was accosted at Bradford, a few mites from where be had himself committed the robbery, by another gentleman of the same profession, named Turner, who robbed him of the money he had received for the stolen coals. The cases having been clearly proved against each of the prisoners, they were both committed to prison toge- ther Lane to take his trial at the county, and Turner at the Warminster Sessions.

AND LONDON MARKETS. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE. II. II. S. < Wheat, Essex Red. 32 a 36 White 37 a 40 Fine 37 a :s9 Boilers a — Old — a — Bean., Small White 36 a 38 Ticks 34 a 40 39 a 42 Hari-ow Superfine 47 a 50 Oats, Feed 16 a 21 New — a — Fine — a — Hye 32 a 36 Poland 22 a 24 Barley 27 a 3/ Fine — a — Matt 35 a 55 Potatoe 24 a 26 Fine a — Fine a — Peas,Hog a — Bran a — Mat)le 36 a 38 Pollard, fine a PRICE OF HOPS IN LONDON, PER CWT. New Pockets. £ a £ a New Bags. t a £ Farnham a Kent 0 0 a 0 Kent 5 0 a 5 10 East Kent 0 0 a 0 East Kent 6 0 a 7 0 Yeariings ..0 0 a 0 Sussex 4 15 a 5 0 Old Hop* 0 a 0 Yearlings 0 0 a 0 0 LOCAL MARKETS. CARDIFF. Wheat, 1681b. 15». 6.1to 16s. Od. Lam!) 5d 6<* Barley 9s. Od. 10s. 0d. Bulter 8J Oats 3s. Od. 3s. 6d. Salt do /d 8il Beef, per lb. 0s.6d. 0s. 7«1. G'tse, per lb. Od to od Veal. Os. 4Jd. 0s. 5d. Fowls, per couplets 6d to 2s "d Mutton Os. 6d Os- 7d. J Eggs doz to os 8.1 MERTHYR. s. d. d. a. d. d Fine Flour (281b)..— 0to4 6 Beef, per lb 0 5 0 1 Best Seconds 0 0 4 0 Mutton 0 6 0 6i Butter, fresh, per lb 0 0 10 Veal 5 0 5j Ditto, salt 0 9 0 10 I Pork, per lb. 040 Fowls, per couple 2 6 0 0 Lamb, Ducks, ditto. 3 6 4 6 Cheese 0 6 0 7 Eggs, per hundred 4 2to0 0 Bacon per score 6 0 6_6 COWBRIDGE. Wheat (New lnl)e.bush.) Ga. Od. I Veal os 3id.toos. 6'1 Barley ditto .o*. od s. od. Pork .On, 4d Oats .os. Od. Os. Od. Lamb .0s. 5d. 0s. Mutton (perlb.) 0s. 5d. os. 6d. Fresh butter. Os. 8d. os. Beef 0». 4 £ d. og.5 £ d. Eggs (per dozen) s. 3d. 0s- — SWANSEA^ Wheat (Winch.b.).. 6s. 6d. | Oats 2s. 6(* Barley 3s. 4d. | Beans 0s. —^ MONMOUTH. Wlieat(per bush. 801b) 6s. 6d. | Beans 7s. 9' Barley 4s. 6d. 1 Pease Os- Oats. 4s. 3d. I ABERGAVENNY. Wheat, (per quar) £ 2 5 I (Barley £ 1 9 Oats -— 0 0 | Beans 6 0 Pease. 0 0 o| CHEPSTOW. Wheat (per qnar) 46*. 4d. | Oats. — Barley 29s. 9d. | Beans — 0 BRECON.. Wheat (pr. bl. 80lb) to7s. 9d. 1 Beef (perlb.) 4J. t° Barley.. 3s. 6d. 4s. Od. | Mutton 4d. Oats 4s. Od. 4s. 3d. 1 Veal Od. Matt 9s. Od. 0s. Od. | Pork 3d. *9 Pease Os. Od. Os. Od' | Fine Flour(per sack).. 43*. CRICKHOWEL. Wheat, 801b bushel., 7s. 9d. | Vetches 5s. • Barley 4s. od. | Pease 5s. Oats 0s. Od. | Butter, per lb. lOdtoM BRISTOL CORN EXCHANGE. PEAYUAHTEK. s- d. s. d. ». d. *■ Wbeat, Red. 34 o to 3s o Hye — o to — White 40 o to 41 o Betpig 36 o to 38 Barley .Grinding 24 o to 26 o Ticks ..40 o to 41 Malting 30 o to 31 o Peas, White ..44 o to 4# Oats, Feed. 15 o to 18 o Malt 48 o to 62 Potatoe.. 21 o to 22 o Oats, Feed. 15 o to 18 o Malt 48 oto62 Potatoe.. 21 o to 22 o PER SACK or 2801b. Flour, Fine se.t.o 30 o to 31 o Seconds 27 o to 21 o Thirds 18oto 20 o Pollard,per ton .105 o to 110 o Bran 91 o to 95 o PRICE OF LEATHER AT URISi OL. J d. d. d. Crop Hides, per lb. JItolS Calfskins 19 to?* Foreign Hi-les 11 13 Best Pattern Skins 19 Buffaloes — — Common ditto 15 Middlings 12 13 Heavy Skins, per lb. ■— "T Butts 11 19 CalfSkins, Irish 13 Extra Strong ditto. Curried Best Saddlers'Hides. 13^ 15 Welsh Skins, hear> 13 Shaved ditto 13 16 Kips, English & Welsh.. 15 Shoe bides 12 12J) Shaved ditto — Common ditto 12 13 Foreign Kips 10 Bull ditto 10 12 Small Seal Skins.ir. 17 {" HorseHides(English).. 15 19 Large ditto 13 {, Welsh Hides 15 17 Basils -1' J. German ditto 15 21 Foreign Shoulders 8 Spanish ditto 18 23 Bellies 6 j Shaveddo. without butts, Dressing HideSlioulders Id « 12s. to 17s.Od.each. Bellies 9i » Horse Butts II 12 HorseButts. II 12

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