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POii Tia A kind triend has favoured us with the following ele- gant translation of the address To the Nightingale," from the French of J)e Lamartine. He informs liS that it is by the accomplished translator of The Druids," who wrote the present translation for a friend, and finished it in little more than hour. Ve Lamartine's idea of the sightingale, that it embodies in its voice all that is beau- triul in [ho sounds of nature, is exquisite. TO TH" NIG!!TL\G.\L;\ Prúm the French of De Laitiariiie. I Whene'er thy voice in tearful mood, To silence lulls the midnight air, Sweet-winged Bard of Solitude, Thcu kaowest not thct I am there. 2 Thou knowest not that every note Tbat steals along the grove, I hear, Th.it every strain thon g:iv'st tL) finat, In rapture steeps my charmed car! oJ Thou knowst not, that my lips refuse To let my imprison'd breath depart, What time, the ieafies* path I chooe, Lest rustling steps should make thee start; 4 And that another Bard, whose song Is shielded less from vulgar gaze, Roaming the daiksome wood along, Admiring, oft repeats thy lays. 5 But if the star, n'er mountains side, To hear thy liquid strains should steal, From branch to branch tbou fliest to hide The form her glittering rays reveal. G And if the tiny rills, which toss Their waves 'gainst some projecting root, fret angrily beneath the inoss, Thy song is hush'd, thy voice is mute! 7 Alas! thy notes, sublimely sweet, Too pure for these low scenes arise; rI hat voice for other worlds is meet. Thy home is in thy kindred skies! 8 Thy warbled straiis-thv murmur'd song, In all thy meJody appears, liie sweetest nature's sountis among 1 lie v.hisper'd sighs of rolling spheres. 9 Thy voice, (its power unknown to thee) tsthe voice oi Heaven's azure deep, Of the moaning cave, of the waviug tree, Oi the valleys that in the shadows sleep. 10 J.'iose sounds are thine, which please thsc most ia the restless ocean's mighty noise, l-e whispering of the leafy host, Thc distant echo's dying voice 11 In walcrs, drop by drop, that fall On the rocky fountain's crystal breast, Which wells beneath some cavern'd hall, Whose wrinkled surface kno"s uo rest- 12 The rustling leaves soft wail conspires To harmonise thy plaintive muse, Til, a that on the sand expires, The music of the falling dews! 13 And of these sounds. in which are heard The heavenly tones which form thy lays, God made thv voice, thou favour'd bird; To nljht thou pour'st thy warbled praise. 14 For ah! these scenes of soft delight, Thi'sc pious mysteries of eve, The flowers that "bend their urns at night, As the urns their holy incense give- 15 The leaf where shines the dewy tear, I The odours of the forest tree, All nature is too passing fair To have no voice of melody! 15 Ant. that rich voice of mystic pow'r, 'VI¡¡ch listening angels hear with me, ihat sighing of the midnight hour, iMeiodious warbler, bursts from thee! 17 01, mix thy melting notes with mine, The same eardrink* our offcr'd songs; that unearthly prayer of thine 10 brighter, purer worlds belongs. Thir.c is the voice of a soul whose reign "t ek innocence with love unites, Ti,, the celestial strain, H. Ly!'nll ,hat floats through summer nights v y 19 !a my V0lce.> charm appears, tn signs it quits my throbbing breast. sounds are fraught with tears, iiioans oi anguish never rest! H. A. R.
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;t'" A EcaiiolsHnjT lius been erected at the exterior of that part of Kensington Palace, where the Dtichossof Kent and the Princess Victoria reside, to complete the improvements which have been in progress .wine lime past in that part of the Royal palace. The apartments in which George It. died in the palace have been unoccupied since 1760, as it is contrary to Royal etiquette for any person, except a Sovereign, to reside in the apartments where a King had expired. This absurd custom, lor which no rational cause has been assigned, is now likely to be abandoned. At 118 ,nce!i;l^ of the Geological Society, on Wednesday so'nni^ht, a communication was read from Captain Ilaytield, at present engaged in the .hunarice surveys, up the river St. Lawrence, on the transportation of rocks by ice. In that river, TWien the water froze, it tore up large boulders of rock, ivl:icii were carried away when the ice became detached. It "as always found necessary to cut the anchors out of the ice in order to prevent their being lost. which they would be if suffered to remain. Large icebergs were known tocome down to very low latitudes, with large boulders of stone "P°" ^)emj and which were probably brought from n s Bay, or the coasts of Labrador. In the course of a conversation which subsequently en- sued, the Pres dent (Mr Lyall) gave it as his opinion that the immense masses of stone which he had seen in his journey through Sweden, hiundjor upwards of 1,500 miles had been deposited i'> tilts mantrcr, end he was further confirmed in it from the authority of Dr. Beck, that large rna-ses were occasionally brought over in this marinor from the opposite coast of Jutland. Some of these atones had in America been brought down to as low a latitude as that of Geneva, and it was prnoahie that all the enormou blocks which were seen on tii, shore of the Baltic were deposited in ;I Ri,iiilar manner. In further confirmation of the ■above, (uptain Belcher, who was in the room, stated, that when engaged in a survey on the coast ci America, he had seen an iceberg of about half a mile in length, covered with earth, and with a free upon it, and that he tiad known stone. to be lirotigiu as low as 44 degrees. The cliffs in the :y ..f Aschouz were supposed to be formed en- tirely by these deposits. 'i lie existence of anthropophagi in Africa is bnt too ccrtdn, and not only do these Keylees eat their enenres, but they to to each other's house to for the (Ivinm. Those who do not eat human h, view !hem with horror; and the very inquiry if t!i( r eat Mich food, !eems to inspire them with riisgust arul shame. Three men at Sierra Leone, not long since, enticed a fourth into the forest, murdered him, ate a part of his flesh, and covered the rest siightiy with earth. The next day they returned to their feast, but two of them became alarmed, and did not go again: the third, however, was unable to resist the temptation, and the disappearance of the murdered man, and the frequent visits of the glutton, at length created suspicion; he was watched, and caught in the act of devouring the remainder of his comrade. He was taken, and brought to trial on the charge of nuird r; this eouid not be proved against him, and v* there is no English law against eating human he could not be capitally punished.—Jersey .,i i 'IOU}" IJTRCN AND ENGLISH SALT BUTTER.—It is well known that the salt manufactured in this country 1'-0in sea water is bitter and harsh to the taste. The rock salt also is not devoid of the bitter taste. The salt from St. Cbes, or what is called bay salt, i'> somewhat similar, though not so pungent. The salt, on the other hand, which is manufactured ro,n sea-water in Holland, has not the slightest bitterness or harshness to the taste. It is crys- tanzed ia large tables, is quite hard and dry, and punts a jingling sound when handled in quantity. It J said that the Dutch possess some secret in pur:tying salt after it is made, and to prevent this ^eing made known, they w ill allow no strangers to msit this department of the salt-works- It has fri i!! .lu?P'estec' to bring a Dutch purifier of salt silt t' ° I' is well known that in making SIHK' 0- sea"Water the salt which is made on that d'J I°r"' rau°h Dutch salt, because on that if'm 1 15 v7ater gets more time to evaporate. So -water if0r° U,Te were taken to make salt from sea- the jirocp- Pr°bably be as good as desired. As in th-> ta«?'S r tf?reS,ent con(h'cted, the difference iw the curino-0 fPu anc* British salt is obvious J- taiat in it*,° a°d no substance wil retain Tie J)uch h ™anu'actui"e so strongly as butter. "ftvr b i„n r a\M ie» butyruceoui flavour Uin,ed a and alfhough it will keep un- *resh butter woul/havt'on taste.of what whert hs thp livit t. iJ ? t>e*ng eaten with salt: J J*?- ^iter °J. c°""»*rce taste, Guardian, m bitter brine.— Worcester
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GiilT CHAT. The collection for chapels and schools in the West Indies, under the authority of a King's letter" hitherto received, does not exceed instead of £50,000 as stated.-The marriage of Lord Colchester with the lion. Miss Law, daughter of the Dowager Lady Ellenborough, is to take place this month.— e understand that an order has been received here for embodying such privates of the veteran battalion as are resident within the southern and western district of this county, and whose pensions do not exceed one shilling a day, provided they are fit for garrison duty.— Plymouth Journal. The "busy hum of preparation" is now heard in the squares and fashionable streets at the west-end of the town, as families will con- tinue arriving from the country daily in con- sequence of the near approach of the meet- ing of Parliament. The attendance of Members at the commencement of the session will be very numerous, because those Members who are absent will incur not omy the displeasure of the party to which they belong, but also ot their constituents. -ENGLII-HJOVII.NAL IN BELGIUM.—BRUSSELS, JAN. 6. — A new weekly English journal to be called the Brussels Spectator, is annotinced A French writer asserts that the vine and the cab- bage cannot agree in the same neighbourhood, and suggests a plentiful meal of the latter as a preven- tive of intoxication the l<satia te cuule" must precede the t, tHine ed biben(lam.Dr. Watts observed pleasantly enough of Young's "Night Thoughts," that they had too much of the darkness of the night in thelI,-O'Conllell, says the John Bull, has shot his bolt at Sir Francis Burdett, and it is one of those bolts which, according to the proverb, is soon shot. —Burke speaks of an Administration curiously dove-tailed -this was a it harmless" one. We have now a Cabinet curiously serpent-tailed., and yet it is not a cl wise" one-we have only the venom without the wisdom.- FRENCH MASTERS!—-When Lord Dudley was at Vienna, a Lady of rank was perpetually observing that no Englishman she had ever seen could speak French well-evidently meaning to offend. Lord Dudley at last made her a profound bow, and said, It is Madam, I presume, owing to the circum- stance tht we have not had the advantage of seeing the French twice masters of our capital FIRE ESCAPES.—A public meeting was held on Friday evening at a large room in Gower Street, for the purpose of forming a committee for the general introduction of fire escapes in the metro- polis. CONSERVATIVE FESTIVALIN LAMBETH. —The Lambeth Conservatives have determined on dining together previous to the meeting of Parlia ment, and some notion may be formed of the spirit which pervades that borough, from the fact, that nearly one hundred of the most influential and esteemed of the electors have already enrolled their names as stewards for the occasion. The day fixed is Thursday the 28th inst. The Hon. R. C. Scarlett is to preside; and as the largest room in Lambeth, the Assembly Room at the Horn's Tavern, Kennington, is capable of accommodating only four hundred, it is ftilly expected that a large majority of the stewards will have to dine in other apartments in order to make room for their consti- tuents. This promises well for the respectability and independence of the borough of Lambeth.- Sir Robert Wilson has obtained the Colonelcy of the 15th Dragoons (Hussar*), not by the favour of --r ce Lord Melbourne by the grace of his Grace the Hero of Waterloo. t,so should desert in arms be crowned." The Radicals say that Mr Guest, the newly elected Mayor of Cardiff, "hates the very name of Reform." We believe, in common with all honest men, he hates hypocrisy of every kind—he hates giving firie names to foul deeds The loudest brawlers for reform have been the most venal and corrupt: this is what Mr Guest hates. I he despisers of law, the Radical unstamped, are spoiling the trade of the Radical stamped. What a Government-a liberal Government—is ours, where a man can do as it pleaseth him; but it is the essence of Kadicalisin to be duty free, whether in morals, in religion or taxes— A short time ago, a cottager, between Thorne and Doncaster, was visited by two bailiffs, who pro- ceeded to mark his effects. The old man, recol- lecting that he had some property outside, went out, and immediately brought in a hive of bees which he threw into the house, and bid them mark that! In a short time he had the gratification to see his unwelcome guests take a hasty depar- ture sans ceremonie through the window, covered with bees, in which state they made the best of their way to their respective homes. By the premature death of the young Viscount Brome, on'y son of Earl Cornwall is, at Luton Place, his only sister, Lady Jemima Wykeman Martin, Lady of W. Martin, Esq., becomes the sole heiress of the noble earl.-Mr Justice Vaughan appears to be quite the pet of the London thieves, having experienced three successful visits from them ithin the period of as many months. Earl Spencer bestows annually, at Althorp, a prize of £10. to the hedge-cutter, who shall cut, lay, and ditch, in the most workmanlike manner, eleven yards of hedge-row. It was contended for last week by 60 hedge-cutters of Northamptonshire and other counties, and after due exa mination the prize was awarded to Ptolemy Davenport. The noble earl's Durham prize ox, four years old, has been slaughtered at Canterbury- It weighed 6 score 10. The animal travelled 150 miles Some one has defined the tap-root of the Radical to be-a public-house -O'Connell says, he considers a public dinner, after all, only modes of cheering public opinion. Does the cheerinf) a"ude to the viands, or the hooting?—and the after «// must be bread and cheese. -The Spectator terms some rigmarole accounts of an imaginary transaction of Bishop Law an Episcopal Job. We think the meek endurance of Radical insult, byeach of the occupiers of Sees, English and Irish, would induce us to pronounce the offensive epithet, Job, as we do that of the patriarch, who was a miracle. -An Englishman describes the present Pope as like John Reeve as one drop of water (query brand v and water) to another. Does this account tor his Holiness's polypus—a Radical emergence?—— 0 During Christmas week, the receipts at the Shef- field and Hallamshire Savings' Bank amounted to the extraordinary sum of sixteen hundred pounds!- Sheffield Iris. Tlle distillation of palatabln and fresh water at sea, has been effected by P. Nicole, of Dieppe, by simply causing the steam arising from boiling sea-water in a still to pass through a stratum of coarsely powdered char- coal, in its way to the condenser or worm tub. MINCE MEAT IN VENICE.—Amongst the customs observed on Christinas-eve the Venetians eat a kind of pottage, which they call tortii de Ictsagno, composed of oil, onions, paste, parsley, pine-nuts, raisins, currants, and candied orange-peel. CAUTION TO ORANGE-MUNC« £ R8.—Gentlemen, and others, who are given to the munching of oranges as they walk along the streets are requested to put the peel in their pockets, or else throw it into the carriage-way, instead of dropping it, bit by bit, on the foot pavements, as they are now in the habit ot doing; and by which habit one worthless orange- muncher, with a single penny orange, will lay a train of fracture, traps tor hundreds of really worthy members of society Newmun Knowlys, Esq. the late Recorder of London, died on Wednes- day, at his house, in James's Street, Buckingham- gate. Mr Knowlys was one of the benchers of the Middle Temple; he was elected Recorder in the place of Sir John Sylvester, and held the office until the affair of Job Cox, who" as under sentence of death for a Post-oftice robbery, caused his resig- nation.
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The followin,, extract of a letter from Jamaica, dated Nov. 17 1535 conveys the most distressing intelligence —The Special Magistrates trom Eng- land are so harassed by endless correspondence and business, not strictly within their province, that they die off more rap-idly than they can be ap- pointed. Several have died within a few weeks, and many are now ill with little hopes of recovery, Of the first thirteen sent out by the Home Govern- ment one only remains, and he has gone to St. Thomas's, in hopes of recovering his health. Mr Robert Fitzgerald, son of the Knight of Kerry, died on the 7th, and was buried on the 8th. He arrived here from St. Lucia about four months ago, and was settled in St. Andrew's. The Governor, very much ag2 inst Mr Fitzgerald's inclination, ordered him to remove, just as he was settled, to the Port Royal Mountains. Fitzgerald remonstrated, but in vain. A suspended Magistrate advanced a number of charges against him to the governor. He asked time to answer them, and to be excused for a few days from his ordinary duties. The Governor re- fused, and this preyed upon his spirits. He died in a few days. He was generally respected, and hisfuneral was attended by a vast number of respect- able inhabitants of Kingston. The Governor is a man of great activity. There is not much hope at present of carrying the Abolition Law into full effect. Some of the Magistrates, to preserve their lives, try to save trouble, and to avoid the chance of inquiries, and thus the really guilty escape punishment. The Magistrates have, I think, reason to complain; their salary isquite inadequate to the risk and labour, and the treatment many of them receive wholly unmerited. Mr Edwards, of Westmorland, died a few days ago, and his place has been filled by a police officer. Poor Fitzgerald's place has been filled by a brown gentleman, who I keeps a liquor shop at Kingston.
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SUS DAY Sf/A VISGS. An adjourned meeting of barbers was held at the sign of the Prince William Henry, Bormondsey Street, on Friday night, to consider the propriety of continuing to shave and dress hair on Sundays. The assembly was not so numerous as on the first occasion, nor so animated, at least in the early part of the proceedings. The hour appointed at which to commence business was eight o'clock, but it did not begin until nine. Mr Ross (not of Bishopsgate Street) assumed the official seat, but, as though they conceived that alone he would be unequal to the task of maititaiiiin; order amongst 4J chin-scrapers, Mr Doo was chosen as deputy- chairman Ihe first act of the chainnin was to call in the worthy host, and request him to ask in the parlour below if there were any re- porters, and It there were, to "trot them up. (Hear, hear.) Mr Slow (tor that was the landlord's name) quickly executed his commission, and informed the chairman that he could find no reporters. Upon this they all looked very blank, the chair- man cast an inquisitive eye round the room, and a lone; pause ensued. The Chairman at length rose, and said he was anxious to let reporters see what they were about, for they wasn't a goin' for to do nothin' as they was ashamed on. (Cheers.) It was true that their last meeting had been reported in a very comical style, but he would not find fault with it every tub must stand on its own bottom. (Hear.) At that meeting certainly there was more noise than work, and though this meeting was not so nu- merous, he thought it was more respectable. (Hear, and murmurs.) He was sure that to-night they would not humbug one another with any nonsense, but act like men. (Hear.) He then pro- ceeded to say that a committee was formed after the last general meeting, and that they had found money eiuugh to pay all their expenses, and leave 5s. to the good. Mr Holmes—There's a pretty go. The Chairman-Hold your tongue, Sir! we means to have a free discussion to-night. If you've got anything to say, take off your hat and stand up like a man. Mr Holmes rose in great wrath, and clinching his fist cried, "lam a man Sir; d'ye want any- thing?" (" Order, order.") A voice.—Blow your nose and tie up your stock- ings. (Laughter.) Mr Holmes.—What right had you to appoint a committee arter we all went away ? (Hear.) What we did at 12 o'clock at night, and what you did at two in the morning, is two different things. (Hear.) The Chairman.—You might have stopped if you liked it. Mr Holmes.—The committee had no business to pay away our money then and there. The Chairman.—'Pon my soul and honour it warn't pajd till last Friday. (Hear) Now,gentle- men, don't let us have no disturbance. We've met here to protect our rights. (Cheers.) I expected a meeting so large as to compel us to adjourn to London-fields. Yel, I thought we should ha' mus- tered 1,000 strong. (Hear.) We must speak out, gentlemen. Them ere people as wants us to leave off shaving on Sundays employs fellows as spies upon us. Yes, gentlemen, them ere law authorities, the magistrates, and churchwardens, and overseers, and beadles, and street keepers, and informers, and what not, all works o'Sundays. (Hear, near.) The overseers won't let us open, but they wants us to go to their houses (Hear.) 0 yes, to be sure, they must have clean chins to go to the grand pe-v, but the poor man may skulk into the free seats with a dirty beard. (Cheers.) Mr Holmes,-What was this here meeting called for ? The Chairman.—Be quiet, Sir, You shall have a hopportunity of showing your helliquence presently. Mr Holmes.—I won't be quiet. What was done with the money ? A Voice—Vy, 9s. was drink'd. (Uproar,) The Chairman —Order, gentlemen. You've got a committee, and they've drawn up some resolutions, which Mr Doo will read 'em. ,NlrHolmes.-Oli I you an'nt agoin' for to do us that way. You wants to come O'Connell over us. (Uproar.) The Chairman (handing a paper to the deputy). —Will you expatipate upon that ere ? Mr Doo.—You say we've got a committee, but we han't got none. They are all scattered abroad, like pigs in a straw-yard. (Grunting.) The Chairman suggested that the committee should sit together at one end of the room, which was accomplished after upsetting half a dozen chairs and a few pots of porter. Mr Doo then read the resolutions, and moved them The Chairman then proceeded to put them one at a time. The first was, that a society be tormed for the protection of shaving and hairdressing on Sundays. He announced that the committee had written to Mr Jesse Curling, a magistrate of Union- hall, acquainting hiin of their proceedings, and he ad sent an answer, stating that the law would be strictly enforced against all offenders. (A general grumble.) The first resolution passed without further com- ment, and the second was read, which empowered ttlo. committee to draw up the regulations for the society Mr Warlter* supported the resolution. He was glad they had been reported, because men would learn to behave more consistently. Let them conduct themselves properly, and they need not be afraid of any "arúaerums." (Cheers.) If Sunday shavillg was stopped, the whole trade would be destroyed; for let gentlemen once learn to shave himself and he would do so all the week, and so would the mechanic. ('- Ay, that's the ticket.") He remembered orne years ago going one Sanday, about l o'c ock, to shave a gentleman, when he meet a clergyman coming out of church, who said to him "What Warlters, are yon not done yet?" He answered, No, Sir, but I ve got the start of you. am going to my last customer, but you've a good many to do for before night." (Laughter ) That clergyman, however, gave him some good advice, and told him to put his apron in his pocket. ('-Hear, tkear," N'ery good.") He did not think any parson would object to their making people appear fit to go to church. But it would be no use to shut the front door, and let customers in at a side door? that would be complete chin-keenery. (Hear.) One 0f (jie overseers, whose name appeared at the bottom of the mandate for stopping Sunday dealingj was a baker, and last Sunday, smelling the hot dinners, he poked his nose out and saw the people running off with their joints. (Hear.) Yes, and if he had gone into the bakehouse about turning time, he should have seen that worthy closely shaving the meat at the expense of his customers (Laughter.) An overseer might take his twopenny bakings, but barbers inust'n take no penny shavings. (Hear.) What was to become of the mechanic if he couldn't be shaved on a Sunday ? For mechanics on a Saturbay night enjoyed them- selves over their pot, a practice in which few of their profession were deficient. (Laughter.) Mr While.-When that ere hact was past there warll't no Istlaving-shops, only barber-surgeone. The Chairman. VVhat'ere hact ? Mr White. — Why, Charley's hact, to be sure. The Chairman.—Oh, I knows better than that 'ere. When the two professions split, the barbers was at the top o' the tree, for they took possession of the hall, and the surgeons was obliged to build otie foi- themselves'. A voice.-Oh, tilat'i'a lie. 1 deny it. The Chairman.—I won't be denied. Didn't they build a hall iii Liiic(,Iii'.i-iiiii-fields ? Mr SllJit.- Yow can't abolish Sunday trading. lt's all MY eye. The Chairman.—That ain't the question. Mr Smith — I'm blow'd if it isn't though. The Chairman.—Hold your tongue, Sir We don't want no spoutitication. We meets on a serious business. (Hear.) Mr Drew —You mean the act of Charles 11., which levels a fllle of five bob, and three bob costs, on every person as keeps opeu. Not only that, but what is not generally known, upon every person above the 8g-e of 14 that's found in the shop no wonder the Magistrates interfere. 1 know that shaving shops are kept open to a late hour ou Sunday nights, and that they are haunts for drunkards and dehaucheriesj and every vice that degrades human nature. (Uproar.) Mr Holines.-oh, you shaves an overseer. IViiat do you mean by drunkards and butcheries. Mr Drew.—I mean what I say. Mr Holme.Yes, you agreed to shut up, and then you opened. I axed your mother, and she told me so. Mr Drew.—You're wrong. I complain Oiat in the parish of St. George the Martyr they don t compel barbers to shut up. The Chairman.—We won't have no authorities. We must respect the law. Mr Drew.—The fines go to the pool. The Chairmen.—VVhat have we got to do with the poor? An't there a special hact for that ere ? (Hear.) Mr Drew.—The licensed wictuallers have a spe- cial act to permit theiti to keep open. The Chairman.—No they ha n t. Some trades has got an except in Charles's act. Mr Drew. Milk and mackerel are allowed to be sold. The Chairman.-—Nonsense- Milk and mackerel wam't known then. (Laughter.) J .ball put the resolution. Hold up your hands, gentlemen. Car- ried magnanimously. (Cheers) The next resolution was, that the barbers should keep open tiiitill I I o'c!ock on Sunday mornincr", aud that a copy of th rules of the society should be exhibited in every shop. Mr While.—I shan't shut up till 12. Mr B iker.— I shall keep open till one. Mr Holmes—I won t shut up for nobody at all. (" Order.") Mr Smith.-I shall do as 1 like. Mr—-(name unkllown.)-yo. are a b- set of fools altogether. (Uproar.) The Chairman.—Order, gentlemen. I dsn't i.,h to dictate; name a time, and slick to it. If auyhorly breaks our rules, wars be to them. If you do so, YOII II sutter, and no nvstake. Mr White.—Will you be fined if you lends out your Sunday papers, Muster Clieei-iiiaii ? The Chairman.—I don't allow nothing personal. (Hear, hear.) Mr Wii-ltc 1.IVe are allliable to he fined if we keep opeu at all- (Uproar.) Mr tiollites.-It 9 all humbug. What the Devil's the use of your mceiiug ? The Chairman —Come, Sir, none of your gammon. Ali- Yev-, you want all the jaw to yourself. ("Chair, chair.') The Chairman.—The question is about public- houses. Mr Smith.—VV hat have we got to do with public- houses ? (Laughter.) The Chairman.— I can't hear 15 at once. I don't want to stop Mr Holmes. If he has anything, let him address me properly, and not keep up a fire de jaw (feu de joie) upon 11s. (" Hear," and confu- sion.) Mr While -Oh Lord! oh Lord here's a row. The papers will be a romauncing on us agin. (Uproar.) The Chairman here broke his hammer on the table in endeavouring to obtain a hearing, and said- Gentlemen, do you mean to go on with the business ?" Mr Leaky.-Why the Devil, then, don't you put the question ? Here there was a general laugh, and cry of" Hollo, Leaky, what are you alive ? Where's Burn's Justice ?" Mr Brown.—Mr Chairman, we shall be taken off again if this ere goes on; 1 know we shall. They'll touch us of fto a liair. (Order.) The Chairman.—Do as you like, only be magna- nimous, Fix oil oite hour. Don't shut up at all if you don t like, for if you ouly lets 2,000 or 3,000 dirty faces loose for one Sunday, the Magistrates will let you shave as well as bakers cook. Mr Jones.—Don't you call dressing hair with curling tongs cooking? (Hisses and groans.) Mr Doo.Vhal'. become of the thousands of bills we had printed? I did not mipe city cni-litig- tongs on 'e.,n. (Laughter, and cries of "Order.") There were now four or five different moliollli before the chair as to the hour of closing. The Chairman said he was in a very peculiar state. To get rid of the difficulty he should move the previous questun. (Cries of "What the Devil's that ?") Why, gentlemen, it's a rule in a very nreat house, us when they wants to get rid of a motion, to move the previous quest nil so all you as is for all the amendments hold up your hands. Four times the hands were held up, and as often The numbers were disputed. The Chairman, observing one of the company holding up both hands, threatened to expel him. "Why," said he, I've got two shops, so I've a right to a double wote. I don't mean to shut up neither." The Chairman declared the previouli question carried, so the committee would be left to draw up the rules, and therefore the business was now over. Mr White—And what have we done, Brown ? Mr Brown.-Nolhit.g. by jingo Mr Holtiies.-No, how the Devil should we? There arn't ha'f the trade Mr Smith,-No, nor quarter. It's like a handful of hair on ah ould uu's head. Nil- shall (-tit. It's no go. The Ciiaii-man.-Getitlelilclii come forrerds, and put down your names. A Voice.—See you d-- fust. After some delay, Mr Walters proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman, whose talents proved that no one could compete wilh barber Hoss. (Laughter, and cheers.) He was a good captain, but he was not Captain Ross, yet he know'd what a pole was (laughter); yes, and like the rest of them, he had been round many a pole. (Laughter, and cheers.) The motion was seconded, thirded, and carried by applause. The proceedings were prolonged until past the midnight hour, and after the chairman vacated his seat a few ot the most pugnacious attacked an un- fortunate wight in the corner, whom they supposed to be a reporter, threatening to annihilate him if he exposed them any more.
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CUTTING A FIDDLER'S HEAD OFF.—In the Isle of Man all the parishes hire fiddlers at the public (barge,andthere is not a harll unoccupied during the whole twelve days of Christmas. On Twelfth- day file fiddler liys his head in some one of the gii-is, laps, and a third persou asks who such a maid then present shall marry? To which he answers of his own whim, or agreeably to the intimacies he has noticed the mer rimcllt; but whatever he decrees i- absolutely depended on. as from an oracle, and if he happens to coupie two persons who have an aversion to each other tears and vexation succeed (hi; mirih. This they call cutting the tiddler's head ott,foraher this he is professionally dead the whole year. THE FOKTUNATK COLLIKK.—WE lately copied a paragraph announcing the fact of a collier, named Kennedy, having recently substantiated his claim as heir to property yielding £ t>0 UOO per annum, near Ashby, in t,eicestershtre. I hat statement i" found o be strictly correct- Kennedy, some time ago, worked in the collie'y of Mr George Weils, of Eckingtoii, and was known among his acquaintance hy the elegant uaine of *'Tom Grunty." While at Eckingtoii, Kennedy was in a very destitute con- dition, and wa* faill to accept of various gift- of old clothes from his inoie fortunate associates, who, seeing his miserable plight, generously bestowed upon him many nect*s<'ry article# of clothing. On quilting Ei king'011 ',e.w"s "hged to leave the good woman with whom he lodged uiihout payment, and the surgeon who had attended him during all illness minus his bill, be-ides various other defalcations; yet he even then cherished noiions of better times; nd, 011 confessing''is inaliiiiiy to pay, assured his creditors that he shoulll have pleuty of money some time, when he would come iu his carriage- and-four to pay them. ULACK. DAMP IN. llr.;ES. The black dijinp." asked a member ot the Accidents in Mines' Com- mittee, of Mr John Itobei,ts, always comes oil after an explosion, doC!i It Jlot His answer is, Gas of a similar nature doef, but II is not black diinip the term that the miocis give to ivie-uir which comes after explosion is burnt sulphur it goes by the name of sulphur, as the fire-damp does with some people, Black damp is free from taste or smell, and generally more pernicious than the burnt air. The properties of black damp ldry very much indeed; in some mines the men may work for a year in them, though at the same time they can scarcely keep a light; frequent'y they cannot keep a light at all in them sometimes it is so abundant that in the course of one hour thousands of yards of space are filled with this gas. In parts of a mine strongly ventilated I have seen black damp close by the air-course, when it has been travelling so rapidly that the work- men could scarcely keep a caudle in. A workman accidentally placing his head not more than a yard from the free current would be very likely to fall a victim to it if Jlot immedialely removed." (By the black damp the witness, in answer to another ques- tion, says was meant carbonic acid gas.") Last week information was given at the dif- ferent police offices that a reward of £ |i>0 has been ottered by Government fol- the apprehension of the murderer or murdererS of Mr Thomas Townsend, a I coal merchant, of AbirH!'don, whose body was found in Sutton Lock Pool,011 the 30th ult., with iiiark-i of violence about the ilezid and other parts. It has been also announced that his Majesty will grant his pardon to any accomplice (not being the actual mur- derer), who shall give such evidence as sitall lead to the conviction of the principal or principals in the said murder. On Sunday se'nnWht, two blacksmiths, near Chains, iu the Haute Vienne, being intoxicated, were amusing themselves with feais of strength and other iricks during which they were ft equent y interrupted by a child running about the shop, when one of them suddenly seized it, and, layi"S 11 0,1 1 H great anv:l, threatened to kill it and at the same moment the other thoughtlessly pulled the cord which held the sledge hammer, and let it fa" wlt its weight upon the poor infant, whose body wasso r^a" n y crushed that the bowels protruded, and, after sutiering six hours, it died. c • 1 • HIGHWAY ROBBKKY.—'FRIDAY, information of the following daring robbery was communicated at the various police offices • ou nuie o'clock on the night of Monday .f.8 y°u»g man, named Poulter, assistant to Mr Hill, draper, of Si. Martin's Lane, was walking along the Wandsworth Road, towards Clapham, he was stopped by two men, one of whom knocked hiln down, and they having dragged him iuto a ditch, rifled his pocket of 18s 6d. and ran away. Both of the men were young and and dark one dressed in a fusiian jacket and trou- sers, aud the other ia a dark frock coat.
FIRE IN NEW YORK. .
FIRE IN NEW YORK. One Thousand Houses and Warehouses destroyed by Firr, in the City of New York, and nearly Fifteen Million Dollars' worth of Property consumed. This awful event took place in the city of New York, on the night of the ;¿üth ult., whereby a large section, and that the oldest and most wealthy portion of tlic city, is in ruins. The fire broke out in Mer- chant-street, in the triangular block formed by Wall, William, and Petirl Streets, at about nine o'clock. A fierce wind was blowing from the North-West, and the weather was so intensely cohJ as to render the efficient working of the engines impossible. To those who are acquainted with the localities of that city, the site where the fire occurred, and this combination of untoward circumstances, will give some idea of the fearful dilemma, in which the generally efficient state of the New York Fire Police was placed. The con- sequence was, that the fire held the mastery through- out the night—spreading with great and destructive rapidity. The Commercial Advertiser gives the fol- lowing': \Ve can neither describe tite grandeur of the spectacle, nor its terrors, nor the desolation brought more distinctly to view by the morning light. The arm of man was powerless; and many of our fellow citizens who retired to their pillows in affluence, were bankrupts 011 awaking—many ot them doomed to stand and see the destruction of their own fortunes without being able to lift a finger to rescue them. To arrest the flames was at once seen to be impossible, save bv the blowing-up of ranges of buildings in advance of the fire, that its progress might thus be interrupted. But ttie difficulty was to obtain powder —none of consequence being allowed in the city. A sufficient supply, therefore, could not be obtained short of the navy yard • whence also the mayor was obliged to send for a strong military force, to preserve property from the swarms of robbers who are ever ready on such occasions." "Seventeen blocks of buildings, of the largest and most costly description, are totally destroyed; the large block between Wall Street and Exchange Place, bounded 011 the west by Broad Street, that bctwceu Exchange Place and Beaver Street, fronting oil Broad Street, and that between Beaver and Mill Streets, also fronting on Broad Street, are greatly injured, and may almost be said to be destroyed, except the single range of stores fronting on Broad Street.—The number of buildings it is impossible to ascertain but it is estimated at between 700 and 1,000. Tne amount of property destroyed is incalculable." "Those acquainted with our city will at once per- ceive that nearly the entire seat of its greatest com- mercial transactions has been destroyed. It is not probable that the destruction of any given section of any other city in the world, of equal extent, would have involved a greater destruction of capital, or ruined the fortunes of a greater number of men. The destruction of goods, of every description that can be enumerated, has been immense; and what yet further magnifies the calamity, is the fact that the portion of the citv thus destroyed is one which has been almost entirely rebuilt within the last five or six years, and was covered on every hand with the most noble and substantial range of mercantile edifices, perhaps, in the world. Before the gunpowder was used for blowing up houses, there were many loud reports from occasional explosions of powder, and casks of spirits. During the whole night the scene was one of awful terror, and indescribable grandeur. The drought of the season had contributed to the combustibility of the matter, and the rapidity with which house after house, and range after range, were wrapt in flames, was truly as- tonishing. "Tne buildings on Exchange-place havingbecome in- volved in the conflagration, the flames communicated -(-h, to the Merchants Exchange itself, the exemption of which had been so strongly confided in, that a large amount of goods was deposited there for safety. Before these could be removed, and the numerous tenants of that edifice could remove their private property, the fire communicated" to the roof, and this soon falling in, carried with it the wall at the east end of the building, beneath which several per- sons are said to have been buried alive. The splendid dome of the Exchange, after sending columns of flame to an immense height for half an hour, until it was reduced to a body of fire, fell in with a tremendous crash, burying the elegant statue of Hamilton in the ruins. "The mere amount of property wasted and destroyed, not by the flames, but in the confusion, and hurry, and desperation of the time, is probably equal to the entire loss at ordinary fires. It is lamentable to see the piles of costly furniture—rich mahogany tables with marble tops, sideboards, sofas, &e. broken and heaped up like worthless rubbish rich merchandizes silks, satins, broadclonths, fine muslins, and every species of fancy dry goods, trampled under foot; packages half burnt-boxes of cutlery and hardware burst open, and their contents scattered in the mud -bottles of wine broken-aud in short, thousands upon thousands and telia of thousands of dollars lying wasted around in the form of ruined merchandizes. "Amidst this dreadful destruction, we are happy to announce that the shipping have not sustained any material injury. A well informed gentleman" says the Mercantile Advertiser, called at our office with the following ,alculations :-The estimation of the build- ings burnt is o70. If we estimate these at 6,000 dollars each, it will give in round numbers threo millions and a half of dollars. And if we estimate the value of merchandise in each building at 20,000 dollars destroyed, it will give about 11,000,000, making in all about 14,500,000. And though it may appear that the estimate of the value of the merchan- dise of each store is low, yet it is believed that the properiv saved will reduce the amount to this average. Two-thirds of this property, it is believed, were insured-say ten millions. And if the insurance companies each had an average share, tiieir capital, whica amounts to eleven millions and seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars, would pay the whole loss. But we apprehend that it will be found that many of our offices have but small amounts covered by them, while other offices have taken an amount far exceeding their capitals. The banks, with one accord, are acting in this emergency upon a scale of the most extended liberality.
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\Ve fi>HI the ihe Post-jlmpi Jour- nal of Frankfort, under the head of Erlangen, Dec. 4 Our town has been the scene of an atrocious crime, which ought to open the eyes of the most obstinate to the dangerous consequences of religious fanaticism. A workman, a follower of a certain sect of enthusiasts, having heard a great deal from ins spiritual teachers of the original corruption of man, imagined that the Deity demanded fresh expiatory victims. He, therefore, shut himself up in a room with his three children, and cut the throat of one of his boys, aged 13. The two others escaped by the window, and spread the news. Upon people coining to the spot, the assassin desired them to stand off, for that he was greater than Abraham, having actually accomplished the bloody sacrifice. PIIOPOSKD EMBANKMENT OF LANCASHIRE ^ANDS. —A correspondent in a Liverpool paper suggests that a vast quantity of land might be gained from the sea, by an embankment ot Morcame Bay, (preserving the course of the Lune and other rivers,) and the establishment ot a turnpike or rail-road fromflossell Point toUlverstone, indepen- dent of the preservation of human life, would prove a profitable speculation tor a Joint Stock Company, by bringing thotisauds of acres of excellent corn land into cultivation. This might the more easily be effected, as limestone and other materials for the purpose may be had, in any quantity, from the Westmoreland hills, and would afford employment to hundreds of the labouring classes. » THE BIlJG MARGARET.— ANGULAR CIRCUM- STA"CE. -On Friday, the 4th nil., the brig Jlar- garet, owing to the tempestuous statv of the weather, was driven on shore at Drumroof Bank, on the coast of Colvend. After exerting themselves to the utmost to get the vessel off, with no prospect of ultimate success, the crew took to their small boat, and landed at Southerncss. As the evening approached the weather calmed, and as the prospect was then much more favourable, three of the men embarked, with the view of reachingand righting the vessel. While the cook, whose name was Haliday, was employed in adjusting the tackle of a tiny mast, the boat upset, and plunged all within it into the open deep. Two of the three fortunately got hold each of an oar, and swam towards the shore, while Halliday clung to the bottom oftheboat, and with knife in hand still busied himselfit, endeavouring to right the mast. One of the two made right for the shore, hut the other, after swimming a little way, returned to the boat, at which time he found it so much under water from the weight of Halliday's body, that he despaired of seeing it raised. and re-swam towards the laud. Bllt. his de- ceased companion wa- mort' persevering, and it ap- pears that after stripping to prepare hiuiselt for the worst, he had succeeded in righting the hoat, which, strange to say, was found next day high and dry," with the naked corpse of Halliday, not only within it, but under the spars on which the men sit while engaged in rowing. A circumstance so unusual led to many rumours, and even suspicions of foul play and to see these at rest, Mr Forsyth, as Deputy- Fiscal, proceeded to the spot,and investigated every circumstance conuected with the melancholy accident, with the greatest minuteness. A his desire two medical geutlemeu examined the body, which exhi- bited no marks of violence, and the result has been that Halliday's death, in the opinion of the authori- ties, was entirely accidental, and that his companions are tree even from the mere shadow orbltme.-Dunt- fries Courier.
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SHOCKING seliiniglit, be- tween the hours ol ten and eleven o'clock, a young woman, between eighteen and nineteen years of age, one of the housemaids in the family of John Raunie, Esq. of No. 7, Wiltonstreet, was sitting on the sill of one of the drawing room windows, cleaning it, when she lost her hold of ihe framework, and, in- stantly falling backwards, was precipitated head foremost into the ar('a, a descent of about-i wenly six feet, and sustained very extensive and fearful injury. She was taken up in an apparently lifeless state, and 011 surgical aid being procured it was deemed neces- sary to remove her with as little delay as possible to St. George s Ho%l)iiiii where every requisite atten- tion, was promptly afforded her. The poor creature was found to have received, in addition to many other severe tujuiies, a fracture of the spine of a very serious nature. She is at present considered in a very dangerous state.
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SClilPTURE ILLUSTRATIONS— ACTS xvi, 13.—" And on the Sabbath we w,eD^„i)l of Ihe city by a river-side, where prayer was to be made." aces. The Jews had Prouitchce, or praying-P which were a kind of Courts, encompassed with a w ill, or sotne oilier enclosure. ;|,U open above-head. The chief place, w',er^i0d, Israelites met together for the worship of tbJl was the Temple at Jerusalem, and before w as built, the Tabernacle and the open before tlie Altar was, in both of tlietn, JLjf where the people assembled to offer »P » prayers unto God hiii tlioile, %i lio I riot$ distance from the Tabernacle, while it being, and afterwards from the Temple- 10 that wiis bitilt, not being able, at all resort thither, built Courts, like those >n (hey prayed at the Tabernacle, and Temple, therein to offer their prayers to Of what form and H.se these Proseucha have a notable passage in Epiphanins, who self was a Jew, and born in Palestine, tl>^ qtiaints its: For. after he has said, that to JVfassuliana built themselves certain < placet, in the manner g81 Forums, which called ProHtuchee, he goes on thus; and tb* -j, Jews of old (as also the Samaritans) had places without the cities, lor prayer, which j called Proseucha, is apparent from the j jj the Apostles, where Lydia, a seller of Puff said to have met with Ihe Apostle St- to have heard him preach in a place, whei't0{ Scripture says, it seemed to be a place of or. (as our translation has it) "where roont to be mack." 'There is likewise at now called Xeapolis, above a mile WJthOI.. city, a Proseucha?, or Place of Prayer, 1'* J Theatre, which was built in the opeu ^jj without a roof, by the Samaritans, who things affected to imitate the Jews. < t STACKHOUSK'S BODY OF Divir4i —^ ø (at
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I A YORKSHIUE PIE.-Notiiiiiic is too strong, t a Yorkshire Slomach.-The Leeds Intel,( igencer 0 hd —The celebrated Mrs. KIrk, of Rotliei-hil^ prepared an extraordinary pie, with which she astonishing her friends during the ensuing It is composed of four geese four turkies! si* sants! six brace of partridges! two two legs of Teal one rump of beef! Ii W til" flour a tlrkiu of butter&c. &c. The Orleanaii sta es that M r Leeds, au man, living at Blois, has been keeping for sow* J pa-t a pack of from forty 10 fifty bull dbg*, t° ) the stjg and wild boar. The other day» *1 huntsman was takinf the pack along Ihe b'gf1' from Vendome to Blois, he met a Hock of e'€Vw sheep, belonging to a butcher at B'ois. The sheep, belonging to a butcher at B'ois. The wo immediately rushed on the flock ihe hunt.ID unable by his voice or his horn to keep theUllltr ret I 'hey strangL-d, worried, and pursued the sheep the plains tor nearly an hour. The slaughter was great, and- the field of battle was covered fI killed and wounded.
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A GUI CULTURE, CO. JIMER CA I AND LONDON MARKETS. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE. s. t. Interior Ked Wheat., 3S a 41 White t' M d«JI iig do 35 a 38 Boilers t| fine 40 a 42 Beans, Small Iriferi- r White 36 a 46 Ticks.. S Fine 36 a 38 Harrow Supertine 45 a 47 Oats, Feed Mainif Hurley 28 a ;-<6 Fine Grinding il» 25 a 26 Poland t' Hye 3U a 33 Fine t 9 Mult 44 a 4S Potatoe Fine 58 a 61 Fine Peas, Hog 32 a 3t -ran Pollar,i, ifne PRICE OF HOPS IN LONDON, PER cW** New Pockets. £ ■ £ New Bags. & f Farnhum a Kent 0 • fS Kent 5 5 a 6 2 East Kent 0 i M .i. Kent. 1 Yearlings I Sussex 3 I a 4 — Old Hops 0 — Yearlaigs 3 3 a 4 0 SMITHFIELD MARKET. Per stone of Slo., to sink ilie offals. j sdsd d Inferior Beef. 2 0 to 2 2 P> ime Beef 3 i0 4 1) Uo Matt.MI. 2 4 10 2 6 Dilto Mutton 3 4 t r A1 d m,g B if 2 6 10 2 8 Veal D.tu. 2 6 ,0 3 0 Pork 3 « su, klu.g calves, 12. 10 32s qr. old store f igs 10s 10 Supply at Malket. 10 Beast H 3,304 SUct*{i and Ls^inbt 21,302 | Pigi.• ■ ■ LONDON COAL EXCHANGE. 9 19 Het">n's 25 8 P>niiop J Islington's V4 9 Tuihi Id Mo a3 24 9 lir«ttldyl*c, VV. £ • • • •#* >A Teea, W. E 23 6 {<yon*, \V. m\ Oixiiu'n Bulletktioivle — 0 NorimmUerlatid
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LOCAL MARKETS. CARDIFF. Wheat 13s. OdtoMs. 04. | Butter • I* Barley y«. Od. 9s. 61. Salt do ij.^ Oats 2*. 6.1. 2J. 9.1. G-*se, per IK- Beef, per lb. 0«. 5d. 0s. 0 Fowts.pr couple Is 6d • r F uk 0s —d. 0s. o.t. |)u ks Is M 'J l- Mutton .••• Os. Sil« On- Qdi | 9m■»• • MERTHYR. s. d. s. d. < t | Fine Flour — Uto4 6 Beef, pertb. • f { tiest Seconds 0 0 4 U Mutton. • t J Butter, fresh, per lb 0 0 I 0 Veal. ? I » Ditto, salt 0 9 0 10 Pork, per lb. 0 j Fowls, per couple 2 6 0 <l Lamb, per lb — ( L Ducks, ditto* .••3 6 4 6 Cheese ^$ ]>cr hundred *1 2lu0 0 liacon per >corc»«6 COWBRiDGK. it Wheat 4tfid 5s. ml. | Veal t»s *'■■1 Hurley .3s, 3d. 3-. 6,i. Pork Us. Oats 2s. 3.1. 2s. 0.1. Lauib 0s. od- Uultoii (iierlb.J u» 5.1 os. 6d. 1 fresh butler.. 0s. 9 ^t, lite: Us. 0d. o» 0,i. | Eggs (per doxj s. SWANSEA. j vVlirit 5s. Dd. Oats tf- :i, Od. I Beaus MONMOUTH. Wheat 40s. Od. ) Beans "L,. liiirley 29s. 6J. I l'ease Oats 3s. »<i. | ABERGAVENNY. f: Wheat. £2 4 I I Uarley .L 1 0;its — 0 0 1 Beans • Pease. 0 0 o| CHEPSTOW. Wheat 46s. -Id. I Oats uarley 2tfs. 9d. | Beans BRECON. Wheat to7s. 9<l. Boef (per lb.) ..•••• .j. f Barley.. 3s. Od. 4s. Od. | Mutton. >•* i Oats. 4s. Od. 4s. 3d. I Veal .«•* «J. i Halt Us. 0d. 0s. Od. | Pork.•«, Pease O. OJ, 0.: Od- I Fine Flour.. CR1CKHOWEL. j| Wi.rat 7s. 6'l. | Vetches Barley 4s. 6d. 1 Pease •• Oats 3s. 9d. | Butter, per lb. BRISTOL CORN EXCHANGE. p i s. d. s. d. #. &>• > Wheat, Red. 34 o to 36 o Hye — ft t White 37 o to 3S o Beaus 36 0 JJJ 4* Barley, GrindingV2 o to 24 o Tic** 41 °,aP* Maltiug 30 o to 33 o Peas, White 44 ° ft Oats, Feed. 14 o to 15 o Malt. 48 Potatoe.. 17 o to 19 o | Flour, Fine 30 o to 33 Seconds 27 o to 23 Thirds 21 o to 3 Pollard, per ton 70 o to 75 Bran 63 o to 6i 4 PRICE OF LEATHER AT BRISTOL" j j it ■- "• il U Crop Hides, per lb. Il £ t»l7 tiorse Butts.. j) if FoiK:gu Hi its 11 13 Call Skius, bet>t.. |4 i> Li.iu Foreign Mid. 12 134 Cal Skitts.cominolleo ii to Heavy ditto 13 14 Iri-h Skins I' .f Kngh h Butts UJ 2li Welsh Skin ',4 Fi>rei<n Unas 13^ 1/^ K.i|>», linglish&Wel*'1 .(f BestSadillers'Hides.. 14 15 F-vjeign Kips, Peter*- j} Common ditto 12 13 i urgh ••• <4 Shaved ditto 14 17 Kips. )0 A Shoe hides 12 13 IndU j6 Common ditto) 12 1^4 Sinall Seat Skins u Welsh Hides 12 13 13 11 B st Bull ditto II 12 hnrue iliito j| C nnmnii uitlo— 10 11 Basils. f Horse d •. (English).. 15 18^ orrxL. |' Welsh <li:to 15 17 Foreign Bellies i .f Geriminilitto 16 21 — Shoulders • CI ,| Spnuish ditto IS 23 Dressing j' Shaved do. without ShouMer' > butts,12s. to 17s. Dd.each. i
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I MOON'S AGE. NTW Mo n, JANVARY 18, 8 mnrm a): priØlej I Printed and Published by SANDFORD 'FO^RV.LP),Y of High-street, Merthyr Tydvil, in the ,j.j Glamorgan, at the Office. High-street. Mert | where Orders, Advertisements, Crttniii"eit I •re requeued to be addressed.
FIRE IN NEW YORK. .
EXECUTION OF LAC UNA I RE AND A I-RIL (From the Gazette des Tribunaux of Sunday.) At nine o'clock on Friday night, Laceuaire was in- formed, at the prison of the Concier^erie, that he must rise from bed, in order to be transfrned to the P"is()" of Biceii-e. ,r \V<,1I, ilieii," s 1 id he, J only wish that it may he all over to-morrow." Avril was soundasleep at the time. When told that he must pre- pare to go to the Bicetre, he displayed great coolness, and expressed the same wish that Laceuaire had. It was a quarter past ten o'clock when the convicts reached the Bicetre. The reason of this removal had been caicfully concealed from iliefii3 but they de- clared that «• they were not to be duped by any secrecy that they knew well enough that it was for to-rnor'l'o\ And they immediately set to and sang the Parisienne The next minute they were locked up in separate cells. At 11 o'clock the head of the street police visited the culprits, with the view of obtaining from them, if possible, fresh disclosures; but they both, on being sep-triitely in- terrogated, declared that they had nothing to add to "hat they had already confessed. "I have told aM that 1 know, Lucenaire observed. Nevertheless, the Procureur-General had commissioned Nl. Cotis- m rs«u, one of the registers of the Court iu which ihe couvicts were tried, to receive any disclosures which they might make at the last moment, and had also directed that gentleman to suspend,ifnecee- sary, the execution. The two culprits, though se- parately confined, could, by raising their voices, contrive to address to each other a few words. La cenaire was heard to ay to Avril, "it is colci; it freezes; the ground will be hard and cold to-morrow." At six o'clock oil Saturday morning, the Abb6 Montes, general gaol chaplain, and the Abbe Azibert went to the condemned cells. Laceuaire received the Abbe Montes with great politeness. "1 thank youp" said he, addressing the priest, "but I regret the trouble you have put yourself to. You know that what you have come about does not at all ac- cord with my manner of looking at things, and your visit is useless. Yet, with an inconsistency which might appear inexplicable, if, in the expressions we have just reported, some dregs of the habitue of the Courts of Assizes might not be discovered, Laceuaire had, on the previous evening, composed, at the Con ciergerie, a prayer to God, the concluding lines of which are as follows-:— '• Dieu q>ie j invoque, ecoute ma priere! Unrde en 111011 ame un rayon de ta toi( -,Car i e rougis de n ecrc que m ltiere, lit cependant je doute nialgre mOI- Pardilllne UIOI. si dans :a creature Mon ted superbe a meconnu ta n.ain. Dieu le neani—.no re £ IUC—|a nalure—. C'est un secretjc le saura; deiuain. "La Conciergerie, 8 Janvier, 1636. Avril received M. Azibert with greater earnestness. He listened to the exhol-tatiulis of the vellerahle ec- clesiastic with great resignation, and manifested a strong religious sentimeut. At half past 6 o clock the two prisoners were conducted to the chapel to hear the service for the dying. Avrif was caliti aiitl collected Licenaire's countenance was pale, and he tried to assume an air of indifference to what was passing around him. As soon as the prayers were concluded Lacenaire asked for a cup of cotfee and a glass of brandy, which he shared with Avril; the latter asked for another, a small glass of brandy, half of which he gave to the other prisoner. "For the little time which now remains tor us in this world," said La- ceuaire, "it i* 110 use to forget our old habits," and so saying he took a cigar from his pocket, lighted it, and began to smoke as usual. At that iiiotnesit the executioner and his assistants presented themselves. Lacenaire followed them iu silence; as soon as he arrived at the lobby, Lacenaire laid his cigar upon the stove and sat down upon the fatal siool. During the preparations for the toilette, Lacenaire again bec ame pale addressing one oi the officers he said, Have the goodueliillo bring me my blue frock-coal, I am anxious to wear it to-day'' (this was the coat he wore during the trial.) Then, perceiving the Governor, he said, "Ah! M. Becquerel, I hope you are well. I had asked for some paper and ink. for this morning, they were probably forgotten;" and he added with a forced smile No, they will be for to-morrow." On seeing the inspector-General of Prisons, he said, I am glad to see you, M. Olivier Dul're-.tie, aiid I thank you for coming to attend upon my last illottie ri Io.Lacenaire was conducted to the Anti Chamber. Avril was led forward in his turn. Ce Where ia Lacenaire," said he in a quiet tone, he is not gone ?" One ot the assistants in:imated to him, by all inclination of the head (it being contrary to the rules for these persons to speak a word to the con- victs), that Laceuaire was in the ante-room. Ah very well, very well" A vi-ii i-eiiiiiiied silent during the first moments of the toiltite, bqot when one of the assistants approached him for the purpose of cutting tii.hair-"Aii! ah!" said the prisoner, "I have stv.-dyouthctroubfe-Ihad a presetivitneiitoftht- thing, and yesterday I cutotiattmyhair. There, you sec how I have done it come, put on my cap, for it is rather cold this morning." Then raising himself in a lively tit iiitier, he said, "Let us be moving, adieu, iny friends," (addressing himself to the persons proem.) Duiingthis time Laeenaire remained motionless upon a seat in the aute-room, and maintained strict silence. At the moment of departure he was seized with an involuntary shivering fit, aud followed the other convict with unsteady step. On their way to the place of execution (pro- ouged in consequence of the bad state of the streets) the unfortunate men persevered in strict silence, w nth was only interrupted by an observation of v relative to the intense cold, and upon the ap- peal ance of the morning, which promised to be fine. At a quarter to nine o'clock the mournful proces- sion arived at the foot of tlie scatfold, which had >een raised at one o'clock that morning by torch- hght. Lacenaire descended first trom the cart the pallid Imp of his face was terrifying, his look was vague and uncertain; he muttered something, and seemed to seek for words «hich his tongue had not live poiv( r (,f utters". Avril, in his turn, got down from the fatal vehicle, but with a light and firm sti-p, and took a tranquil view ol the people assembled around. Constant in his resignation he approached Laceuaire and em braced him. "Adieu, nay ulft hoy," said he, 1 am going to eomnriice the march." He Ihelllllollllted the scaffold with a firm step, and was bound to the falal pi.ink. He turned round once ln«i'e, and said "COOI,e, Laceuaire, myoid boy, courage; follow my example. Tln-se were his la,,1 words, for in another second the fatal kuite d esc ended and his head i-olled 011 the boards of the scaffold. Whilst this appalling scene was passing Laceuaire stood at the foot of the scalloid. Tiie Abt> £ Moires endeavoured to divert his attention from the terrific spectacle. "Ah, ball replied Lacenaire in a weaW voice; in vain he again tried to assume an'appear- ance of courage which he now no longer possessed. 's M. Alard there?" he inquired in a still weaker tone. Ou being told that he was present, he added I arn-I am—very glad." He had previously announced that he intended to address the people but he had not the strength to do so his knees trembled under him his countenance became com- pletely changed he only mounted the steps of the scaffold with the assistance of the executioner, and the fatal blow soott put an end to his lite and to his sufferings. Lacenaire, the materialist," the "jovial and poetical assassin, died trembling. He who would believe in nothing, and who would Dot repeut, turned pale, and was unable to stand, at the sight of the fatal spot. It was in vain that he exerted "him- self, to play his part until the end; his strength failed him entirely. There is something consoling in the thought that this criminal could not brave the fate which awaited him as boldly as he could have wished. His companion, Avril, who had boasted not of want of fear, who had acknowledged the enormity ot his crime, who expressed contrition and hope of pardon iu another world, died with calmness and resignaiiou. At this trying moment he save an example to Lacenaire of which no one had supposed that the latter stood in need. On the scaffold he said to Lacenaire—'• Come, now is the time to shew courage. It is now your turn to imitate me In spite of these words, Lancenaire, when he wrote them, certainly uitl not know that his execution would take place on the following (lay-