The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

SCRIPTURE- ILLUSTRATIONS.—No. 173, GENESIS xi., 1.—And the whole earth was of one language." What the primaeval language was, is a point which has excited very much discussion. He- brew, Syriac, Arabic, Chaldea, Phoenician, Egyptian, Ethiopic, Greek, Sanscrit, and Chi- nese, have each had their prior claims warmly advocated. The weight of number and autho- rity is in favour of the Hebrew and the Syriac, which were originally one and the same. 1. Be- cause the names of the letters, and the numeral values assigned to them, in the Hebrew and Syriac, have been generally adopted by the rest, however unlike the letters may be formed, 2. That the superior antiquity of the Hebrew and Syriac letters (which had originally been one form) is demonstrated by the greater sim- plicity of their shapes. 3. From internal evi- dence, such as-that words derived from, or identical with Hebrew words, run through all the greater number of known languages; that all oriental proper names of rivers, mountains, cities, persons, &c. are deducible from the Hebrew; that when Abraham, the Hebrew," travelled in Palestine and Eypt, he was every- where understood; with other argument* of similar character and force.

WONDERFUL IMPROVEMENT IN THE LENGTH OF HUMAN LIFE.—" Now, it appears from these tables (Mr. Firilaison'to) that the probable life of a male annuitant, 20 years of age, in 1695, was 29, 34 years; while, in 1830, the probable life of a male of the same age, taken indiscriminately from the mass of the population, was 39, 65 years; exceeding that of the former by more than ten years! The improve- wonderful improvement must, no "ifou^>t~b!f ascribed to a variety of causes: partly to the drainage of hogs and marshes, by which agues and marsh fevers have been eutirely banished from many districts; partly to improvements in the diet, dress, lodgings, and other accommodations of the mass of the people; partly to the greater prevalence of cleanliness and partly, and since 1800, chiefly, perhaps, to the dis- coveries in medical science, and the extirpation of the small pox .Statistical Account of the Britwh Empire, by J, R, Me. Culloch, Esq., and assistants. PRACTICAL PHILOS<)PHY.-l' You are quite a philosopher, Sam," eaid Mr Pickwick. ''It runs in the family, [ b'lieve, Sir," replied Mr Weller. My father's m-fry much in that line now. If my mother- in-law blows him up, he whistles. She flies in a pas- sion, and breaks his pipe; be steps out, and gets another. Then she screams very loud, and fa!ls into s'teric^; and he smokes wery comfortably 'till she comes to agin. That's philosophy, Sir, an't it?" On Saturday, the Sexton of St. Mary's ob- serving an elegantly-dressed female walking mys- teriously up and down the churchyard, watched her, when he saw her rake up the earth with her foot, and after depositing something in the ground, carefully cover it up. Induced by curiosity, he opened the place, and found a hare's heart, in which 365 pins were stuck, buried there. It is an old superstition in this county, that if a person, who has been forsaken by one professing love for her, shall bury a hare's heart stuck full of pins, near a newly-made grave in a churchyard, as the heart decays in the ground the health of the faithless swain will decline, and that he will die when it is mouldered into dust. The fair deceived one had been instigated by revenge to this act of folly and credtil i ty.- Blackburn Standard. LOGIC.-Engraved by Welby Sherman, from an original drawing by C. H., Esq. Moon. This whimsical print represents two furious syl- Jogistic disputants, each with his bottleholder, con- tending whether or not the Parisians are birds. Omues Parisii sunt Galli Oinues Galli sunt aves; ergo Omnes Parisii sunt aves. Omnes Galli gallinarum sunt mariti; Omnes Parisii non gallinarum sunt mariti; ergo Omnes Parisii non sunt Galli sed Omnea Galli sant a vet; ergo Omnes Parisii non sunt aves. The pun on the double meaning of Gallus-a cock, or a Freachnian-defiet; traostation.-Literat-y Gazette. BURSTING OF THE EMBANKMENT OF THE CANAL AT BIRMINGRAM.-On Tuesday se'nnight, about half-past twelve, the inhabitants of the houses in Wharf Street, Suffolk Street, Birmingham, were suddenly alarmed by a strange noise. Upon hearing it they rushed out of their dwellings in great alarm and in five minutes no less than five or six houses, and a shoeing smith's shop, occupying a frontage to the street of about a hundred yards, were swept down level with the ground by the force of an im- mense body of water, which had escaped by the bursting: of the embankment of the Old Birmingham Canal Wharf, immediately at the back of the pre- mises. We have not been able to ascertain what loss of human life attended this catastrophe; but report says that two or three persons are missing- The cellars and lower rooms of most of the neigh- bouring houses were completely inundated. A CONSULTATION.—The late Lord Anchinleck had several times sunk a shaft with the expectation of getting coal on his own domains, but in every case had been disappointed; he at last invited-the most experienced of his tenantry to meet together on his grounds, to give their respective opinions as to the most likely place to obtain the mineral in question. The parties met, and proceeded to inspect the places which were likely to contain the black diamond, when Will Speir also made his appearance, and offered his counsel to his lordship. Tapping Lord A. on the shoulder, Will began by saying, May a daft body hae a word o' ye, my lord ?" "By all -means, Will." 19 Weel, my lord, you're-gaun down for coals, are ye ?'' 11 Yeq, Will, I mean to try again, often as I have been disappointed. "I was just gaun to say, my lord, sin' you're set on gaun down again, do't in AirdJs Moss east by there-gin you shouldna get coels, ye U get plenty o' guid peats at ony rate!! -Laird of Logan. ORTHOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS OF "DEVILe"- A Methodist preacher, at South Shields, on Sunday se omght, after remarking on the appropriateness of e above cognomen to the person designated by it, ^hole name is bad: if we take away e rs etter, it is evil j take away another letter, it is vile take away the next letter, it is tfi. and \b last letter itself has the sound of jHell," I

CHIT CHAT. There are many spurious .sovereigns now in circulation, composed of base metal: they are exceedingly ell executed, but light, so that it is adv isable that persons should weigh every sovereign before they take it, as several individuals have been imposed upon by the smashers. -Hereford Jouri.,al.-A punter was sitting,shing for minnows, off the Kel-pie House, in the Thames. The old fool will catch nothing," said Jesse. I beg your pardon, was Smith's reply He'll catch cold." Nine reapers were busy at work the whole of Sunday se'nnight, in a corn field, about two miles from Rochdale. The greater part of the corn is yet standing in the iield. "Silk Buckingham is going to give his lecture on heads, at Whitehall, at a shilling a piece," siid Jesse. "Very odd that," said Smith, for Silk has no objection to money, and the price there, so far back as a couple of hundred years ago, was a crown. '1 -All the colossal statues of the Pont de la Cotteordeliave been taken down from their pedestals, and have been conveyed without accident to Ver- sailles.- Two Auvergnetssleepinginthe same room, one said to the other— Peter 1"— Are you asleep]"'—"Why?"—"Because if you are not asleep, I wish you would lend me half-a-crown." « Then I am asleep.A journeyman tailor, named Macintosh, living in Vere Street, Clfcre Market, who has kept a wife &nd large family by dint of hard labour, succeeded the other day to a fortune of £ 15,0i>0, left by a relative in the West Indies. i;The rabble have begun burning the hayricks again," said Jesse. I wonder they stop at the bayrieks," said Smith, when all the Radical papers are foi burning the Bishop- richt." -Nics DISTINCTIONS.-A Samboe is the first remove from the black, being the child of a Mu- lattoe father and Negro woman, or, rice rerya a Mulattoe is the child, of a white man by a Negress a Quadroon is the child of. a Mulattoe mother by a white father; the child of a Quadroon by a white man is a Mustee; the child of a white man by a M us tee woman is a Mustiphini; the child of a Mustiphini by a white father is a Quintroon; and the child of a Quintroon woman by a white is free by law country paper describes the late hurricane as a fancy ball given to the chimney-pots, with Boreas playing the biigle !-PAIN Tl'q G THE FACF.-Jeremy Taylor in his Holy Living," has classed this practice in the same category with singular and affected walking, proud, nice, and ridiculous gestures of the body, lascivious dressi/igs," and the other least equivocal arguments ofa worldly and immodest character. A young gray parrot is advertised in the Times for sale, and it is added, Death is the cause for parting with it." Our birth makes us mortal, our death will make us immortal. -A supervisor ofejeise having fallen into a tan pit, called lustily for assistance, "I cant help you, said the tanner, "for if I draw hides without giving twelve hours notice, I shall be exchequered, but I'll go and inform the excise, if that will do!We are Informed from Ulverstone, Lancashire, that some crops of barley and wheat are still in the fields in that neighbour- hood.-Felix Farley --RUDE.A pompous gentleman coming eut of Lichfield Cathedral, said ■ to*" Dr. Johnson," Doctor, we have bad a most excellent discourse to day." That may be, Sir," said Johnson, but it is impossible that you should know it." PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.—The Rev. W. Malthus, of Exeter, (son of the celebrated Mr Malthus), and his lady, escaped destruction during the storm the week before last, by sleeping from home a chimney and part of the roof were found in the morning to occupy their beds —[Boreas had a mind to-give, at head quarters, a practical illus trationofthe Malthusianprinciple ]- GERMAN WINEs.-The Philadelphia Gazette assures its readers that some of the German wines are as sour as vinegar and as rough as a file- "It is remarked of the wines of Stutgard," says this authority, that one is like a cat scampering down your throat head foremost, and another is like drawing the same cat back again by her tail!" On Monday sennight, the Royal Humane Society bestowed rewards of f2 each on two men who succeeded, at the risk ef their lives, in rescuing children from the late fire near Doctors' Commons. -In our Chit Chat of last week, we did an act of injustice to the pig family, in declaring them the most undutiful of all children, because they considered their father a great boar; a letter from Hog's Norton calls us to order, and cites the Gos- ling family, who call their own mother a goose. Robert William Hay, Esq., the late Under Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, from which office he lately retired on a pension, is to get, it is understood, the appointment of a Com- TtrVWiam pe ns a *y for 1837, are some admirable pictures, among others, a poor devil coming out of Cartwright's door with a handkerchief to his month, with the title, afinitheddraivinq. And, Mr Sebright's hounds, huntsman, horse, and dogs, all in spectaclev.- The Ship Westminster, from London to New York, brought out a load of more than 2,000 bushels of wheaL-American Paper. A liberal papef is advertised for sale, and the advertisement states4 as a temptation to purchasers, that "an excellent jobbing establishment is attachex, to the concern. A gentleman of Cheltenham Sftys-" That from the 16th of August—106 days-there had been no less than 82 days' rain, on 60 of which it had rained successively.In many towns the tradesmen's shops are closed at eight in the evening, thus giving a generally energetic and intelligent class of young men an opportunity of procuring I ecreation and improvement after the fatigues of the day, which is scarcely denied anywhere to mechanics and labourers. The necessary al- terations for transforming Albany barracks, in the Isle of Wight, into a prison for juvenile offenders, are already in progress.-In 1722 two women fought at the Bear Garden, in Hockley-in-the-Hole, and were dressed for the occasion in close jackets and short petticoats. The challenge and answer of these Amazons are curiosities in their way—"I, Elizabeth Wilkinson, of Clarkentvell, having bad some words with Hannah Hyfield, and I, requiring satisfaction, do invite her to meet me on the stage, and box with me for three guineas, each woman holding half a crown in each hand, and the first woman that drops her money to lose the battle." "I, Hannah Hyfield, of Newgate Market, hearing of the resol ntions of Elizabeth Wilkinson, will not fail, God willing, to give her more blows than words, desiring home blows, and from her no favour." The sale of Sir Francis Freeling's extremely curious collection of Books terminated at Evans's Great Room, in Pall Mall, on Tuesday se'nnight. They produced 870U1, and upwards, being £700 be- I yond the calculation of some of the usually accurate bibliopolists. A SPORTING PALuptR.-In the parish of Llanbister, in the county of Radnor, a pauper keeps seven couples of dogs he receivs £ 3 a year for rent of his house, independent of other relief. Since Lady-day, 1835, to the present time, he has also received 15s. for food for his dogs- He hunts hares in the autumn, and rats at other times Hereford fournal.-Sir Robert Peel has declined an invitation to dineat York,on the ground of the short time intervening between the dinner at Glasgow and the opening or the Session of Parlia- ment. —THE Cow's TAIL.—A correspondent, who signs himself Bob Short," says the misfortune which befell the poor cow, from the "loss of her tail," by the falling of a tree,during the late storm, as recorded by a contemporary print, is not so great as might have been imagined, since her "loss" has been re-failed in most of the London news- papers.-West,rn Luminary. THE BISHOP or ST. ASAPH.-The Bishop of St Asaph has, with his usual liberality, distributed clothing and money to nearly two hundred people in the town and neigh- botirhood.-Choster courant -AMERICAN WIT. -Ladies' tight sleevesare getting into vogue again in Philadelphia. The Herald says that some of the sleeves are made so tight as to prevent the ladies from laughing in them '.—A lady in the neighbouring state, of the name of Fortune, presented her husband with three fine daughters—clearly proving the old adage, that Mis-fortunes never come singly." ADVANTA- GES FROJITHE MUNICIPAL SYSTEM AT GATESHEAD. —The strawmarket extinct—no improvement in the town-the streets uncleaned, save by the rain-the first borough-rate of f250 spent-a further sum of f250 levied-and those, yes all those, iniquities committed in one year.-Newcastle Journal.- Two hundred pounds, being one half of a legacy left by the late Lord Sondes, were,according to the terms of his Lordship's will, expended iir bread and coals, and distributed a few days ago, by the minister of the parish, amongst the poor in the neighbourhood of Lee's Court, Kent, the family estates-One of the king of Persia's porters has received a pension, because his mustachios are sufficiently long to tie behind his back.- Out of 60,000 inhabitants, 25,000 have died of the plague, at Magnesia. THINGS IN STRANGE COLOURS. We have all either seen or read of that anomalous creature, a white blackbird. Perhaps of a morning too, gentle reader, after sitting up too late on the previous night, you may have been told that the white of your eye was red, and all this, too, without starting. A native of Paddy-land, asked a neighbour if he had ever seen red black- berries ? "To be sure I have," said Pat, "all blackberries are red when they are green !Laird of Loyan Milton, when asked by a friend to instruct his daughters in the French and Italian laguages, replied, "One tongue is enough for a woman*

EVLLEStAS 1IVA L iM'KLLlGA, A Cb, GLOUCESTER AND BRISTOL DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION FOR BUILDING CHURCHES. It is with feelings of high gratification that we refer to the proceedings of the nicelinq-, helJ at tiie Guildhall on Tuesday last, for the purpose of organ- izing this Society. We congratulate the Right Iter. Prelate who presides over the united Diocese, on the distinguished sruciion thus given to the scheme which he has so much at heart, and of which (to u-^e his own words) he had hitherto been the sole Secretary and the sole Treasurer. His Lordship has long deplored the spiritual destitution of the poorer closes in his Diocese, aad on the iii,iofi of Bristol with Gloucester embraced that favourabie opportunity to promulgate a plan similar to that which his met with so much success in the Metropolis, in order in some dcgree'to remove the great and growing evil. To the houour of the Diocese be it spoken, the project has been most liberally supported, and before any arrange- ments had been made, or the scheme had taken any authentic shape, the munificent 811111 of £ fi000 was subscribed. At the meeting on Tuesday, the sam' liberality prevailed and at the close of the business, the funds bad been enoreased by nearly £ 1500, thus proving beyond cavil, that the members of the Establishment only require to be appealed to, to call forth exertions, at once splendid and honourable, in support of our venerable and apostolic Church. The Bishop's opening address was distinguished by deep piety, a winning frankness, and a terse and conciliatory mode of reasoning which must remove the objections of all parties, if any can fairly be entertained, towards the scheme and the force of his Lordship's statements is best attested by the warmth with which they were responded to by an audience comprising a large portion of the learning, piety, and wealth of the Diocese. In the course of his observations his Lordship made these remarks, which at this juncture, when the nation is anxiously scanning the nature, cause, and characteristics of dissent, are particularly valu- able:- "In the new, churches, where so much has 'oeenidoDe, and in a truly Christian spirit, for the accommodatiorf of the poor, it appears to me, that there is one great class of society who are just above the poor-who do not wish to be considered as entitled to the free sittings—and are reluctant to enter the church in tbe character of paupers, but who find themselves unprovided for. My opinion is; and long has been, that to the neglect of providing accom- modation for this class may be attributed in a great degree, that unfortunate spirit of dissent- which all sincere churchmen cannot but lament." The Established Church while it is, as our enemies tauntingly style it, "the rich man's church," is more especially the poor man's church the middle classes also may be ranked among its members, but of those "who are just above the poor"—who, from pride it may be, but it is a very pardonable pride, do not wish to rfnter the church as paupers"—those who form as it were the link in the chain of society be- tween the very poor and the middle classes—are obliged to forsake the church of their forefathers in which they would gladly receive the message of salvation, and take on themselves the character of dissenters, in consequence of there being no pro- vision made for them in the places of worship belong- ing to the Establishment. We do not regret the discussion which ensued on the proposal for vesting the pafronage in the hands of three trustees conjointly with the Bishop, nor its result, for it called forth so much earnestness in support of that fundamental principle in the govern* ment of the Churcii-that the Bisiiop should be the sole overseer of the ministers—as must be grateful to the feelings of every true Churchman. Into its subject matter we shall not enter, because no observations of. ours would add weight to the propriety of the course which was ultimately adopted. "I have no wish to be invested with the power of appointment—my heart is set on the charitable part of the scheme, and I wish to put every thing else in the back-ground," said his Lordship; but this assurance was unnecessary, for every one had long before given him full credit for the absence of all selfish and unworthy feeiitig.-Feliz.Farley. OXFORD, DEC. 13.—-In a convocation holden this day, the Rev. John Keble, M.A., late Fellow of Oriel College, was unanimously re-elected Professor of Poetry,-The mathematical class list has just been promulgated. The names of the successful candi- dates are as follow. Those marked with an asterisk were iu the first class also in Literis Humaniori- bus•— CLASS I. *Adams, William, Postmaster, of Merton. Ashworth, John A., Christ Church. Cotes, Digby Octavius, Scholar of University. -"6* » n 1 ~e Wickeni, John, Scholar of Balliol. CLASS II. Hussey, Thomas, Brasenose. Peak, James R., Magdalen Hall. Penny, W illiatn' Good enoti (,ii Student of Christ Church, Smith, Charles Goodfellow, Wadham. I CLASS III. Anderson, David, Scholar of Exeter; Lvans, Lewis, Scholar of Wadham. CLASS IV. Bromley, Robert, Gentleman Commoner of Christ Church. Capel. Arthur. Balliol. Hull, Robert Penuyman, Brasenose. THE SECULAR IMPORTANCE OF THE CLERGY.— It is a great public convenience, independently of the question of religious instruction, to have in a nation a body of individuals of the station, class, and character of the clergy-safe men upon the whole to trust; intelligent from their education; pledged to good behaviour from their profession known in their several districts from their function; at hand from the necessity of fixed residence; uni- versal in their presence, from the parochial divisions to which they are severally attached, and so covering every nook where it is wanted that a law or regulation, public or private, shall penetrate. And accordingly it is difficult to frame an Act of Parliament for any improvement whatever in our internal economy without some appeal or other in it to the services of the clergy-services which they never undertook to discharge, but which, when required of them, they discharge cheerfully, under a feeling that whilst the nation, without any dis- tinction of creed, maintains a Church Establishment of which they are the ministers, they owe to the nation without any distinction of creed, whatever services theirfavourableposition in society enables them to afford. Thus, if the Government is called upon to meet any emergency, any national visi- tation or distress, the clergy are the organs of which it avails itself to act upon the prudence, the energies, the benevolence of the people. If the Government has occasion to ascertain the life, the identity, the character, the conduct of persons who have claims upon it, say soldiers or sailors, it resorts to the clergy for its information as the readiest and most trustworthy it can procure. If the Government has need of any statistical details, such as may conduce to the public welfare, the clergy are the quarter to which it chiefly looks for satisfactory intelligence. If, again, in private life, friendly societies have need of certificates of the bona fide sickness of their members on their application for relief, the signature of the clergy- man is that they insist on. -if the soldier or sailor has any communication on his part to make to the War-office or the Admiralty, it is to the clergyman that he repairs for assistance and advice. If a poor man falls under any family disaster, his limb broken, his pig dead, if is to the clergyman that he goes for a testimony to the truth of his tale and he goes for a testimony to the truth of his tale and the fairness of his fame, and that testimony secures to him the help of the district in which he lives. If the thrifty cottager wants his little earnings deposited in the savings' bank, to the clergyman he confides it to negotiate the matter for him. If he desires to have his frugal will made, that the nothing he possesses may be secured to the parties whom he loves best.. it is the clergyman that he solicits to draw it out. These are but a mere sample, medio ex acervo, of the little services of a hundred kinds which the clergyman renders to the country at large, as a free gift, quite inde- pendently of his ministerial duties, and without any reference whatever to creed, sect, or sentiment. -Quarterly Review.

As the Kent steamer was on her passage on Thursday se'nnight from Boulogne to London, Cap- tain Time discoverd at some distance a boat which appeared to him to be in a perilous situation. He immediately hove to, and in a short time released fire poor fellows in a state of great exhaustion, who in- formed him they left in company with another boat, in which were the eap'ain, mate, and 9even other persons -belonging to the barque Isabella, Captain Kurtz, bound from Philadelphia to Rotterdam, and laden with tobacco, and which they had aban- doned in a sinking state, off the Goodwin Sands, about four hours previously. The captain lost no time in endeavouring to discover them, and happily succeeded, and was the means of saving^ 14 poor feilows from a watery gi ave, which would, m all pro- bability, have been their fate. POTATOES.—The Rev. Mr Ramsey, of Ar- broath, commenced diguing ear y potatoes on the 28th of June, which he had planted in his garden and, after removing the potatoes, he immediately re- pa ted the stems. On the 12ih ult., he commenced digging a second time; and, although the first cr<^> w"considered good, the second was found superior, more numerous, larger, and of better quality,-Scot, Times,

'IF'12;>'WbM'aL-.nr -Wi!iiIi18: rr CONTKAlilEI Y Of TH K CUl EE. .& On enquiriugof the bo ttm in in which direction Macao lay, I was answered, in the west-north, the wind, as I was informed, being east-south. We do not say so in Euiope, thought I but imagine my surprise when, iuexpbining- the utility of the COlfj- p,iss, the boatman added that the needle pointed to the soi4th! Desirous to change the subject, remarked that I concluded he was about to proceed to some high fes'ival, or merry-making, as his dress was complet >ly white. He told me, with a look of much dejection, that Lis only brother had (liod the week before, and that he was in the deepest mourn- ing for him. "On my landing, the first object that attracted my attention was a military Mandarin, who wore an embroidered petticoat, with a string of beads round his neck, and who besides carried a fan and it was with some dismay I observed him mount on the riykt side of his horse. I was surrounded by natives, all of whom had the hair shaven from the fore part of the head, while a por'don of them permitted it to grow on their faces. On my way to the house pre pared for my reception, I saw two Chinese boy, discussing, with much earne-tness, who should be possessor of an orange. They debated the point with a vast variety of g-estlirc, alld, at length, with, out venturing to fight about it, sat down and divided the orange equally between them. At that moment my attention was drawn by several old Chinese, s me of whom had grey beards, and nearly all of ihem husie goggling spectacle- A few were chirruppiug and chuckling to singing birds, which they carried in bamboo cages, or perched on a stick; others were catching flies to feed the birds: the remainder of the party seemed to -be delightedly employed in flying paper kites, while a group of boys were gravclv looking on, and regard- ing these innocent occupations of their seniors with the most serious and gratified attention. ) provided myself with a Chinese master, who hap- pily understood English. I was fully prepared to be told that I was about to study a language without an alphabet, hut was somewhat astonished, on his opening the Chinese volume, to find him begin at the end of the boot. He read the date of the pub- lication, 'The 5th year, IQih month, 23rd day.' I begged him to instruc me in ceremonials. He commenced by saying, 'When you receive a dis- tinguished guest, do uoJ$fail to place him on your left hand, for that is the,, seit of honour; and be cautious uot to uncover the head, as it would be an unbecoming act of fan)iiiarity.' Hardly prepared for this blow to my established notions, 1 requested he wonld discourse of their philosophy. He reopened the volume, and read, with becoming gravity, 'The most learned are decidedly of opinion that the seat of the humau understanding ill the stomach. I seized the volume ill despair, and rushed from the apartment."—From J. F. Havis's Description of China.

< OLD CHRISTMAS. From the first introduction of Christianity into these islands, the period of the Nativity seems to have been kept as a season of festival, and its observance recognised as 'a matter of state. The Wittenage- mots of our Saxon ancestors were ield uuder the solemn sanctions and beneficent infnences of the time; and the series of high festivities established by the Anglo-Saxon king* appear to have been con- tinued, with yearly iucieasing splendour and multi- plied ceremonies, UV'T the monarchs of the Norman race. From the couri, the spirit of i-eveli-y descended by all its thousand arteries, throughout the universal frame of society—visiting its furthest extremiti"s and most obscure recesses, and ever* where exhibit- ing its action, as by so many pulses, upon the tra- ditions, and superstitions, and customs which were common to all, or peculiar to each. The pomp and ceremonial of the royal observance were imitated in (he splendid establishments of the more wealthy nobles and more faintly reflected from the dimi- nished state of the petty baron. The revelries of the baronial castle found echoes in the hall of the old manor-house; and these were again repeated in the tapestried chamber of the country magistrate, or from the sanded parlour of the village inn. Merriment was every where a matter of public concernment; and the spirit which assembles men in families now, congregated them by districts then. Neither, however, were the feelings wanting which connected the superstitions of the season with (he tutelage of the roof-tree, and-mingled its ceremonies with the sanctities of home. Men. might meet in crowds to feast beneath the banner of the baron, but the mistletoe hung over each man's own door. The black jacks ini.,rht go round in the hall of the lord of the m inor, but they who conld, had a wassail- bovrl or ilieir own. The pageantries and ¡'ih observances of the time might draw men to common centres, or be performed oil a common account; but the flame of the Y ule-Iogroarerl up all the individual chimneys of the land. Old father Christmas, at the head of his numerous and uproarious fariiily, tiiilht ride his goat through the streets of the city and the lanes of the village j but he dismounted to sit, for !Ierne few moments, by each man's earth while some one or another of his anerry sons would break away, to visit the remote farm-houses, or shew their laughing faces at many a poor man's door. For, be it observed, this worthy old gentleman and his kind- hearted children were uo respecters of persons Though trained to courts, they had ever a taste for a ct)uiitry life. Thoug-h accustomed, in those days, to the tables of princes, they sat freely down at the poor man's board. Though welcomed by the peer, they shewed no signs of superciliousness when they found themselves cheek-by-jowl with the pauper. Nay, they appear even to have preferred the less exalted society, and to have felt themselves more at ease in the country mansion of the private gentleman than in the halls of kings. Their reception ill those high places was accompanied, as. royal receptions are apt to be, by a degree of state repugnant to their frank natures; and they seem never to have been so happy as when they found ihemselves amongst a set of free and easy spirits, whether in town or country —unrestrained by the punctilios of etiqiiette-who had the privilege of laiighilig just when it struck them to do so, without inquiring wherefore, or car- ing how loud. Tlieii, what a festival they created The land rang with their joyous voices; and the frosty air steamed with the incense of the good things provided for their entertainment. Every body kept holiday but the cooks; and all sounds known to the human ear seemed mingled in the merry pse-in, save the gobble of the turkeys, There wercno (ur/leys-at least they had lost their most sweet voices: The turnspits had a hard time of it, too. That qmint little book' which bears the warm and promising title of Round About our Coal Fire,' tells us,that, by th# time dinner was over, they would look as blitck and as greasy as a VVelsh porridge-pot.' Indeed, the accounts of that time dwell, with great and savoury emphasis, upon the prominent share which eating and drinking had in the festivities ot the season. There must- have been sad havoc made amongst the livestock. That there are turkeys at all, in our days, i< only to be accounted for upsm the supposition of England having been occasionally replenished with that article from the East; and our present possession of geese must be explained by the well-known impossibility of extineruishing the race of the goose. It is difficult to imagine a consumption equal to therecorded provision. Men's gastronomic capacities appear to have been enlarged for the occasion, as the energies expand to meet great emergencies. 'The table* says the same racy authority above quoted, I ivere all spread from the first to the last; the sirloyns of beef, the minc'd pie, the plumb-porridge, the capons, turkeys, geese, and plumb-puddings, were all brought upon the board; and all those who h id sharp stomachs and sharp knives eat heartily, and were welcome-which gave rise to the proverb, Nlerry in the hall, when beards wag all!

The celcbrateri work etititlei-" A hundred good poyntes of husbandries by Thomas Tusser, gentle- man, 1557, has been reprinted from the original edition, by an amateur, Mr Charles Clack,an Engl sh farmer, living within four miles of the place where Tusser was born. We shitil, be tempted to give some of these quaint stanzas occasionally. We limit our present extract to some excellent advice respecting Christmas, which we should have no objection to see followed up closer in the present day. 'Get iuye and hull, woman deck vp thyne house and take I..is same brawne, for to seeth and to souse. Prouide vs good cherc, for thou knowstthe old guise olde custodies, that good be, let no man dispise. At Christmas be mcry, and thanke god of all: and feast thy pore neighbours, the great with the small. yea al the yere long hane an tie to the poore: and god shall scnde luck, to kepc open thy doore. This last stanza is worthy of being written in letter- of gold, and stuck up as a memento in the halls of our nobles. The peasantry were much hap pier in those good old times, when the lord of the manor threw open his doors once a-jear, and left them to the full enjoyment of their rude but innocent pas-times. There was an honest fami- liarity, a true attachment formed in the hearts of the lower orders towards theirsuperiors they bore their poverty more cheerfully they were less dissa- tisfied than they are now; they were not, perhaps, so politically wise, but, oh I they "ere much bappier.

( 38.at.lM BALLOON. (From Hcrapath's Rctilwayil-agazine.) ON THE UtrnojtAtUDTY OF HEtNG ABLE TO (WIDE A HALLOON THROUGH THE AIU. The preceding was written and set up in type for oar last number, but was obliged to be taken out for want of room. Since then the aerial journey of Mr Green and friends from London to Weiibarg, near Frankfort, having interested public attention, our opinion has been rcpcatediy asked as to the pro- bability of one day navigating the atmosphere. We have ever held but one opiiiion on the subject-n,uncl y, tint it uC\'t'f can be done. A balloon may possibly be made so impermeable to the gas, that it may remain up for days and weeks and even months, but this would not at all a]kr the case. The difticulty does not lie in keeping the balloon afloat, or in raising or lowering.it to any reasonable height—it lies in the management of it, the power of propdling it in oppo- sition to the atmosphere. If we only consider the enormous bulk of the balloon, and the consequent force m the atmosphere upon it, we shall at oner per- ceive the obstacles that lie in the way of navigation. Mr Green's, when inflated, car and all, is said to be 80 feet high. The breadth we do not remember, but suppose tile balloon presented a resisting surface of onlv 60 feet high and 20 feet wide, or 1,200 square feet; at 10 miles an hour, by our^ table, p. 95, the atmosphere would act on tins with a force of about 456ib., or 4cwt. At 20 miles an hour the atmosperis force would be four times as much, that is 1,8:14]b or IGcwt. Now, in the upper regions of the air it is rare that the currents are not above 10 miles an hour; they are frequently 40, 50, 70, or more. In an atmosphere therefore moving only 10 miles an hour in opposition to us, we must find a means of exerting an incessant force of 16 cwt. on the air, to propel us at the rate of 10 miles an hour. How is this to be done? In the flying of birds, when the wings beat the air vertically downwards, the ends of the feathers turn obliquely upwards, by which means the reaction of the atmos- phere being perpendicular to the plane of the wing gives a directive force towards the-course of the bird, but tending upwards. As the wings ate drawn upwards they are contracted, and the feathers yielding in the contrary direction, the reaction of the atmosphere still creates a directive force, but more feeble and inclining downwards. It is by these two actions combined with the gravitation of the bird that its horizontal motion is effected. Was such a principle as this attempted to be applied to the bal- loon, with anything like force enough to contend with the resistance its vast bulk would experience from tho atmosphere, the power must be so great as far to surpass that of the buoyancy 0f the balloon itself, which would consequently become worse than useless, for it would be a great inconvenience. In short, we could fly much easier without a balloon than with it. Nothing, therefore, in the principle of wings acting vertically like those of birds could ever usefully be applied to a balloon. But suppose wings were applied to beat the air in a horizontal direction, there must evidently be a series of them. If there were a pair only, the balloon, in all cases constantly opposing their effect, would produce most unpleasant and dangerous osciljntions from the direct to the back strokes. In the direct stroke the car would be thrown before the balloon, in the back stroke behind it. Were more than one pair of wings applied, they must obviously act alternately, and those acting di- rectly would have not only to overcome the resistance of the atmosphere to the vast bul k of the balloon, car, &c. but the resistance to the back stroke of the other wings, which, it will be recollected, are then going against the air with a velocity much greater than the progressive velocity of the balloon-through tt. Besides, it will likewise be borne in mind that the wing; simultaneously giving the same stroke must expose a much larger surface to the atmosphere, at least periiaps triple, it' they are to be effective, than the balloon; and to be able to go against anything of a wind their mean velocity should not be less perhaps than 100 miles an hour. By what mechanism 2,400 or 3,600 square feet of wings are to be whirled with such a vast velocity and a force of 16cwt. or more, we confess we cannot conceive. Probably it may be replied, that the balloon need not expose so immense a surface to the opposing air, that it might be made of an elongated form like the Aerial Ship," which it Seems ultimatel/sailed into the harbour of John Doe and Riehard Roe. This would doubtless be a better form, but by any such figure the difficulties would only be lessened, and in a small degree; to insure success they ought to be nearly annihilated. Some have thought of applying wheels, like the paddle-wheels of a steam-vessel, the paddles of which should present a broad surface in one part of their revolution, when they are wanted to act, and an edge in tile other part 01 ilieir revolution. Others agallJ have suggested a machine to imitate the sinuous mo- tions of fishes, so as to scull tiie-balloon through the air. But surely these gentlemen do not consider the difference between tiie two mediums, or they would not talk thus. To produce any effect by a machine of this kind, its size must be such that the whale would sink into a spritt by the side of it; and how, if it could be done, is such bulkv machinery to be carried and managed? Before ever a balloon can he guided with any decent vetocity through the atmosphere, two enemies must be effectually overcome—the great size of the balloon, and the excessive activity of the atmosphere, which laughs to scorn our lagging ma- chinery. Until the former can be reduced nearer to the size of a nutshell, and the latter can be taugiit to present us with a face we can slap, the guiding of a balloon will, like perpetual motion, be a phantom to the wise, and an ignis fatuus to the ws-ak.—Editor.

NOTICE FURNISHED BY THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, UNDKK TtlR PROVISIONS Of THE ACT F')R REGIS- TERING BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES, IN ENGLAND. Acts required to be done after the first day of March, 1837, in all cases of Birth. The father or mother of any child born after the first day of March, 1837, or the occupier of any house or tenement in which any such birth shall happen, may give notice of such birth to the Regis- trar of the district in which the birth happens, within forty-two days next after the day of such birth and tiie fattier or mother, or (in case of their death, ill- ness, absence, or inability) the occupier ot the house or tenement must, within the said forty-two days, give information to the Registrar on being requested lo do so, according to the tie-it of his or her know- ledge and belief of the following particulars, name- ly — The day of birth of the child the name (if any is given); the sex; the name and surname of the father; the name, and maiden surname of the mother; Ihe rank, profession, trade or calling of the father. The person giving such information must also state and sign in the register his or her name, descrip- tion, and residence; and unless this be done 110 register can be given in evidence, No fee or pay- ment can be lawfully required of tlte perxon so giv- ing information respect ii-g any birth and (he entry in the register, which the Registrar will thereupon he obliged to make, being signed as aforesaid, will be evidence of such birth in any court of Law or Equity. No birth may be registered after forty-two days from the time of such birit), unless the father or guardian of the child, or some person present at the birth, make a solemn declaration of the foregoing particn"tr, accordillg to ihe best of his or her know- ledge and belief, and the Registrar shall register the birth accordingly, in the presence of the Superintend- ent Registrar: and the person requiring the birth I to be so registered shall pay to the Superintendent Registrar Two Shillings and Sixpence, and to the Registrar (unless the delay shall have been occa- sioned by his default) five Shillings. No person shall knowingly cause any birth to be registered,otherwise than as hereinbefore mentioned after forty-two days, under a penalty of Fifty Pounds and no person shall knowingly cause any biithto he registered at all after six calendar months from after the day ot birth (except in the case of children born at sea) under the like penalty. No register of births made after six calendar mouths from the day of birth (except in the case of children born at sea) will he received as legal evidence in any court of Law or Equity.

PASSION FOR GIN.-Of the shifts and expedi- ents to which gin-drinkers sometimes resort to procure the means of purchasing "blue ruill," when all their other means are exhausted,—some are as extraor- dinary in the conception, as they must he painful in the execution. It was proved betore the late select committee appointed by the House of Commons to enquire into the extent of (ii-uiiketitiess in the metro- polis, that one woman, residing in Drury-laue, after she had disposed of every article of clothing on her back, and every article of furniture she had in the house, to enable her to indulge in her gin-drinking pi-ol)eiisities,-acitialIN I went IO a d< ntist, and allowed him to extract, at different times, every tooth she had in her head—and she had a very fine set-on getting fourpence for each !—The Great Metrnpolis. Cardinal Pole, an Englishman, lost the Papal chair by a scrupulous regard to decency. He was elected by the conclave, who came the same night to adore him as Sovereign Christian Pontiff. Pole de- sired them to deter the ceremony until day, saying, that it "ought not to be a work of darkness." His motives were suspected, and Cardinal de Monto wa. elected in his stead.

HORIUD MURDER AT KIR'I'ON LINDsEY, The county of Lincoln, during the past week, has been thrown into the greatest consternation by the discovery of a deed which has not been equalled in the calendar of crime, in England for many years. The unfortunate victims were an aged couple, brother and sister, of quiet and industrious habits, residing at Kirton, in Lindsey, about 17 miles north of Lincoln, where, for a number of years, they had pursued the occupation of gardeners, and, by dint of frugality and persevering labour, had saved money e.iOugh, with the addition of a mortgage, to purchase the premises which they oc- cupied, a very respectable bouse nearly adjoining, and four acres of land. William Marshall was the name of the man, and Deborah Elizabeth Hutchinson, that of his sister; the latter lived some years ago with Lord William Beauolerc, and was at that time noticed for her saving disposition. Two women, named Elizabeth Beech and Rosa- mond Sampson, worked for Marshall and his sister, and were accustomed to go to the house about eigh' o'clock in the morning: and leave at the o'clock in the evening. On going, as usual, on Saturday morning, the 10th instant, they were both informed that a suspicious-looking fellow had called the previous evening, during tea time, and first asked to purchase some apples, n,t some potatoes, and at last some onions. The latter were procured for him, but he made an excuse for not taking them away, saying he had no basket, and he pro- mised he would call next day: the old people, in describing him, said he was muffled about thr neck with a comfortable" (or cravat), wore a dark jacket or coat, bad long projecting teeth, smoked a short pipe, and looked very much like an Irishman named John Dimsey," who formerly lived in the town, but who had been away seven or eight months. On Monday morning, which was Kirton fair-day, Elizabeth Beech went to her work as usual, and again left at five o'clock in the evening, having first put a pot of potatoes on the fire. On proceed- ing to Marshall's house on Tuesday morning, she found the shutters as she had left them the pre- vious night; but upon applying her hand to the latch of the door, it immediately flew open, when she entered, and, unclosing the shutters, perceived the legs of her mistrets beneath some bags. She speedily called assistance, and, the bags being re- moved, one of the most horrid spectacles presented itself it is possible to conceive. There lay the body of the unfortunate woman, the head and face covered with wonnds and clotted blood; her features were scarcely discernable the socket of her left eye was empty, and the eye was found adhering to a sweeping-brush which was under her the right jaw was broken, the cheek- bone also, the temple beaten in..and other parts.of the skull fractured beneath her head and shoulders was a pool of coagulated blood, the upper parts of her garments being completely saturated in it. The head was leaning against a door which leads to the staircase; her legs were lying towards the middle of the room, which is about four yards square, and opens into a space immediately ad- joining the street or high road. On proceeding to the staircase, which is sepa- rated from the room by a sort of closet about a yard square, the body of was next dis- covered, presenting an equally ghastly object, being surrounded by another pool of blood, and the features from the injuries received alike tindistin- guishable; the poor old creature's head was rest- ing against the wall, his right arm was on the bottom step of the stairs, and one of his legs nearly touching the head of his unfortunate sister; his hat was found under him, bent by his weight, and the indentation was tilled with gore; his smock- frock appeared as though it had been dipped in blood. The bone of his nose was broken, and the nose pressed upon the right side of his face; there was a deep wound extending from the left eye to the temple, another upon the skull, which had penetrated to the brain, and three others from one to two inches in length. The injuries appeared to have been inflicted by a bricklayer's brick hammer, used at both ends. The murder, it is supposed, must have been committed between five and ualf-pasi eight o'clock in the evening, as the old people usually went to bed at the latter hour, and their dress when found was the same as that they had on when Beech left them. After completing his deadly work, the inhuman wretch proceeded up stairs, and took the clothes of Hutchinson's bed, which he placed over the window, to prevent the light being seen he then broke open Marshall's box, and took out a purse contaiiling, it is supposed about I I sovereigns; some silver spoons which were in the box were left behind, as well as a silver measure and sugar-tongs; indeed, the only articles missing besides the money were a great uuat, ix covalrjf pistol, and a pie-co of cooked bacon. John Dimsey, the person whom the old people supposed the stranger to be, "ho called on Friday evening, was strongly suspected of the foul deed. Diinsey arrived at Kirton on the very evening, and about the time Marshall and his sister were visited by the stranger. He is proved to have worn a dress corresponding with the description given by Mr Hutchinson, and not to have gone out of the house where he was staying at Kirton, from the time he entered till about half-past six on the evening of the murder, when he left, and said he was going immediately to Hainsborollgh, Instead of going in the Gainsborough direction, however, he was seen proceeding towards Marshall's house, which is an opposite road, and two hours afterwards he was found walking on the Scotter road. There was, moreover, a short pipe found under the corpse of Marshall, which was of different make from the Kirton pipes, and answered the description of the pipe which Dimsey generally smoked. An inquest was held on the bodies on Thursday morning, and the facts which have been explained in the preceding summary were detailed in the evidence then given. The jury consulted for some time, and at length returned a verdict of Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown." Two of the jurors refused to sign the verdict, they being of opinion it ought to have been against John Dimsey. The investigation terminated shortly before midnight.

MINING IN DEVON.— The first sale of Man- ganese at Ideford Mines) near Chudleigh, took place on Thursday se'nnight, on the mine.when about 40 Ions were sold; and from the quantity already raised, the number and extent of the beds, and the excellent quality of the Mnngauese, it is believed that the shareholders will be speedily and amply remunerated for their spirited exertions.—Mining Gazette. IttoN-—Iu Shropshire and Staffordshire the demand is improving, and there is uo doubt but the present quotations will be maintained, as any further reduction in the price of iron will probably be pre- vented by the recent measures adopted by the trade. Piucti OF COALS.—At the Moukland Can a! Basin, the price of hard coal has been 10s., but is now the same as at the qther depots, 14s. a waggon. A similar reduction took place on Tuesday last at VVestmuir colliery. The best coals delivered in town are 17s. to 17s. fid. a waggon. At some pits the soft coal is Is. to 2s. dearer than the hard; at others there is no diffei-e,icc.-)Fiining Journal. ECCENTRIC CHAKACTEK.— Few have perhaps heatd of the passion of the eccentric John Stone, for the late Princess Royal of England we therefore present them with,the following ludicrous declaration of it in a genuine letter, which was written by him to a great personage;.—"To our gracious Queen Char- lotte, mistress ot'Great Britain aitd its appendages.— Madam, when Ilell you that lam in a state of mental distraction, occasioned by the peculiar excelleucies of your eldest daughter, I hope you will parooll this presumption. Happy should I he if my birth and circumstances could entitle me, legally, and accord- ing to the satisfactions of prudence, to demand the illustrious object of my passion; but as we are not responsible for our coming into the world, whatever we may be for our own actions after that entrance, you must not blame me for not being a branch of the first house in chrislendom. To come to the point. I have seen the Princess Royal and mii-t assure you, that the brilliancy of her beauties in the assemblage surpasses even the honours ol her sit nations. Though matrimony, in the present day, according to the ideas of is made a mere matter of money, I reject so mean an idea; my affections are rivetted to the object of my desires, independent of the advantages that may be presumed to be attached to her exaltation. II is Irue that my eslates at present, arc somewhat encumbered. But what of that ? The purity of my desires will operate as an antidote against the evils of poverty I leave it to your own discretion to niciitioll the affair to his Majesty; if you approve of the measure, I can have no objection There is an old saying, that marriages are made iu heaven; so, if this takes Place, your Majesty knows that the whole affair must be placed to the account of the Oainipoteut and not to the frail desires of weak iudiv.dual. Should Hymen ilhunine my heing with his torch of connubial splendour, letter my- self that we may live -1 very happy couple. In expectation of your Majesty's speedy answer, I remain, with the most perfect veneration, your much obliged, most dutiful, and devoted subji Ct and sei- vaht. IoflN SIONE. August 14, 1787.-P.S. My dutiful and -cspecit'ul compliments to his Maj >s y avid all tht. royal family. I hope s, on to have the honour ot approaching you in a lesfi equivocal cha- acter,"

AGRICULTURE, COMMERCE. AND LONDON MARKETS. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE. s. s. I. Inferior Red Wheat.. 45 a 53 White 33a37 II (Idling do 52 a 55 Boilers 38 a 45 56 61. Beans, Small <3 a 48 liil'i-ri"l- WUite 53 a 5(i Ticks. 36 a 43 Fine t-1 a 61 Harrow.36 II 42 Superfine. 66 Ii iil Oats, Feed 24a29 Malting Barley 3J a 40 Fine-a- Grindine do 33,n 3/ Poland 28 a 31 Rye 34 a 3S Fine — a —- Malt 56 a 66 Potatoe 29 a 32 Fine .a- Peas,JIog 3-t a 4U i ran 9 a 10 Aaplc 35 a 37 Pollard,fiae, 15 a 20 PRICE OF HOPS IN LONDON, PER CWT. New Pockets. £ att » £ s E \st Kent 6 0 a 7 5 — a Miii.Kent 5 5 a 6 5 31.d.Kent. 4 10 a 5 5 4 lo a 5 5 E:ist Kent. 5 5 a 6 0 SussJx 3 t5 a 4 0 Sussi-x 3 £ >a3 111 i''urnhjni 8 a a i) 0 iisseji 4 0 a 4 15 SMITHFIELD MARKET Per stone of !5ll¡s. sink the offals, ad sd sdld Inferior Beef. 2 2 to 2 4 Prime Beef 4 6 to 4 10 l)itto Mull,HI 2 4 to 2 li Ditto Mutton .4 8 to 5 0 M.doling Beef ..2 10 to 3 0 Veal 4 4 to 5 10 Ditto JUuitoiT 2 8 io 4 0 Pork a 2 to 4 8 LONQON COAL EXCHANGE. lle'jnu's 24 6 Fonlop 10 0 L;tini>u>n's 24 6 1 5"afilielil Moor 2'J 0 siewart's 24 6 Br.utilyl's, W. E 24 6 ■fces.W. E 23 9 1 Jueiiliyr — 0 Dlxon'g BuUeiknowle 21 3 I 'ttnunberland 22 3 ■vje.. BRITISH AND FOREIGN WOOLS—Per lb. s d. B. d. Electoral S;ixnny woo!, from 4 6 tn*5 6 F'1-i.t Ae.striau, B 'lieinian, &. other G, iman wools 3 i to S 8 S,c -i ditto ditto 2 0 to 2 6 Interior ditto, io locks and pitet^ 1 0 to 2 II 26 to30 Hungarian sheep'- ditto 2 0 ,o 2 6 Leouesa sheep's diito 1 6 to34 Senovia ditt) 2 0 t4330 i t t.24 to-30 Ca,ari ditto 2 6 O 3 0 ,;p,h Limb's wool 1 6 Lu 2 Ii Cre in an and Spanish vross ditto 2 2 o3 4 Portugal "iiee|>»Nlitlo 2 4 to 2 10 Australian, tint-eros-led naiive s.ieep's .24 to 3 C V,in Diem ill's L-lid ditto I 6 io 2 8 il,ilishdlLto .1110 101 lr PUlCES OF METALS, &c. Copper—Bi it. Cakes, ion J05 0 0 10300 Slieets, i er lb 0 1 1 liotturtw 0 1 2 S. American (d> 3/s > vtt) bd..ton. — 0 U Iron British, pig, No. 1 6 10 0 Bitr—ton II 6 0 to 10 15 0 IX). Cargo ill Wales 10 0,0 Buits. ton II 5 0 Nail Rods toii 12 15 o ttoops ton 13 O 0 Sueets, single too 15 0 0 (Others in propoi Lioll.) Foreign— Swedes, cu bd ton 14 1" 0 for Steel, (var inks) Duty 30s. 7 ton ^1C 0 0 to 35 0 0 per toil \Russiaconi ton 13 0 0 f P s i.ton IS 10 t CCND ton IV 10 0 Lead,Britistt Pigs .ton 24 0 0 Sheet ton 25 « 0 Siioi i.ton 2 0 0 Red fill, 26 0 0 White (dry) 320 Di>. (sd iu oil) toil 34 0 0 Litharge .ion 26 0 0 Koreh n—Sp.mish (dy 40s per ion) bd ton 210 0 Tin British-Illocks ..ewt500 liars cwt 5-20 Plates, common ( ic 2 0 0 to 2 4 0 to best, per < I x 2 6 0 to 2 10 0 box. (,'xx 2 12 0 to 2 16 0 Wasters of tiie above fllks 3. less, all others 6j less. (Od¡ers in proportion.) ———————-——

LOCAL MARKETS. CARDIFF. ^lieat(W.l).) 23s. Oilto25s. 0<1. I V"al. 6 10 7d Barley 15s. Oil. 16s. 0<l. L inib, per It: Oil to Oil Oats,. 3s 0,1. 3s. 6cl. Butter 14.1 lS.I Heef, per lb. (> 6d. 0s. /d. Salt do 13 1 Hit Poik. Us. 5d. 0s. till. Fowls,pr couple2' 3<l to 2*-6d .Vlui-oii Os. 6d Og- 7<L | Eggs.doz 12d to 8d Geese, (uer lb.) 6d to 7d Potatoes, (per sack) 9s tu 108 MERTHYR. t. d. t. d. i. d. t. d Fine Flour .5 6to6 0 Beef,perib. 0 6 0 6A Best Seconds 0' 0 9 C Hfnttriu 0 5 0 6 Butter, fresh, perlb 1 0 11 Veal .— 6 0 6 £ Ditto, salt 0 11 10 PorH.perlb. 0 6 0 »r Fowls, per couple 2 9 0 0 Lamb, per lb •— 0 0 0 Ducks, ditto. 3 6 4 0 Cheese 0 7 9 Eggs, per hundred 5 OtoO 0 Bacon per score..7 0 8 6 NEWBRIDGE. Vi-;vvc R[ lier, Wodoesilay. Dec. 1th. I33B. Red Wheat (Imperial bushel) 8 0 to 8 6 Wliite, ditto 9 0to9 6 Barley 4 6 to 5 G Oats-Potatoe and Poland 3 9 to 4 3 Feed Oats 2 9 to 3 6 lteef from 5d to 61 I Creftnt CII! e,e 5d to 6.1 Minion 6,1 to 7d SUei p-milk ditto ..—• I to flit limb 0d to Od Fresh Butter .—.1 to 14<l Veal 5 to 6il Salt ditto ..12d to 13ii Pork 5d to 6(1 Lard Oil to Oil Salting pigs 7s. 9d to 8s. Sd. per score. Pigs from trroe to six tiioutus old 2,s, to 40s Potatoes per sack 7,s, to 9s. Turnips per sack" 4*. to 4s. 6d. NEATH. Saititig 4Jd | Fresh bolter Is 2d Pouti.e*, per cwt. 5* I Cask do I lid Wheat 0 0 to 9 0 Radey 5 6 to 6 0 Oais 3 0 to 3 3 COWBRIDGE. Wheat (W. hll.)21- 0,1 —s 0.1. ) Mutton (perlb.)Os 0,1. 01, 7d DoWinch.bushel 7s. Oil. 0s. d Veal ..lis Od.tods. 6d Barley .0s. 0(1. 5s 0i!. Pork 0s. 4d — 5d Oats 0i. Od 4s. 01. Lamb Os. 6d, Us. Od Clover, pei lb.; — 5-1 — 6d Fresh butter.. Is Id. Is- 2.1 Oats 0i. Od 4s. 01. Lamb Os. 6d, Us. Od Clover, pei lb.; — 5-1 — 6d Fresh butter.. Is Id. Is- 2.1 Trefoil, ditto.. — 3d —4d. Eggs (per doz) s. 6d. #s.— Beef },.0s. 6J. os. 7<i. SWANSEA. Wheat 8s. fld. I Oats 3s. 61 Barley 5s. Od. | Beans Os. —d MONMOUTH. Wheat. 62s. 4,1.1 Be.,is 6s. 0<> B u-lcy 42s. 9.1. I Pease Os. lid Oals. -s, Oú, ABERGAVENNY. Wheat £ 2 5 J I Barley. £1 9 6 Oats — 0 0 1 Beans o o 0 Pease 0 « 01 CHEPSTOW. Wheat 4/s. 4d. I Oats. —». 0d N liarlcy.29s. 9d. | Beans —g Oil BRECON. Whrattmp bu. 8s fld to 9s 0d. I Beef (per lb.) 5d. to 6 liarley. 5s. 4d. fis. 9d. I Mutton 5d. 6 Oats. 3s. 0d. 3s. -id. I Veal. Od. # Malt 42.i. Od. 45s. 6il. ■ Pork. 3d. 4d Pease Os. Od. 6s. 0d- | Fine Flour 43s. 44 CRICKHOWEL. Wheat 9.. Od. | Vetches Ws, 11 I'arley 4 s. 9d. 1 Pease "& • Oats 4s. Od. | Butter, per lb. lOd to' AR)i A R'l H FN. Wheat, per641bs-.5 fi t. 6 6 I Cisk Butter, pei 1! 0 10 Barley 3 9 4 .'I | Fri-sh, ditto, 24 oz. 1 Oai< I 0 2 0 BRISTOl. CORN EXCHANGE. s d., s. d. d. s. d. Wheat, Red. 62 o to 64 o ltye to ° White 6(i o to 1i8 o Beans 43 o to 41 ° Barley,Griuilmg.'14 o to 36 o Tkltä 48 o to 56 0 Maltim; 12 o to 4i o Peas, White 56 p to 58 Oats, Feed 21 o to 25 o Malt 68 o to 72 Potatoe ..28 o to 30 01 Flour, Fine 52 o to 54 o Seconds 46 o to 48 0 Thirds 38 o to .40 o Pollard, per ton ..110 o to 145 o Bran .120 o to 130 o PRICE OF LEATHER AT BRISTOL. d, d. d, Crop Hides, perlb. !2tol8 Horse Butts. 9 Foreign Hides 11 13 Calf Skit, best 22 24 Liilii Foreign Mid. 12 14 Call Skins, common.. 14 22 Heav\ dilto 13 1 11 Iri-h SI ins 13 15 r E.iglMi Rutts 15 £ 10| Welsh 3kins. 14 2* F reh-Ii rtutts 14 18 Kip}i. English&Welsh 15 I' BestSaddlers'Hides.. 15 17 FoOrf^S Kips,Peters. Common ditto 14 15 U4*rgh 14 Shared ditto 15 18^ Pureign Kips, Ea«t Shoe hides 14 15 llirih 14 Common ditto l'2J 14 Sirrei Seal Skins 15 >' Welsh Hides 13 14 Mint W ditto 15 B.'st Boll ditto llj 12$l.art-'e ditto 12 J* C .nun .it ditto— 11 12 Basils 10j Horse <1 >. (English).. 13 14 OFTAL. 5 \V Ish ditto 12 13 Foreign Bellini 5 Cermandirto 13 Ifi Shoulders •••• |fl Spanish ditto 15 19 Dressing Mide.'Bellir* 9J J* Sluived do. without -Shoulders.. H

MOON'S AGE. LAST QUARTER. DEC. 31, at 4 morning. Prime-i and Published by SANDFORD H'OX. Print«RJ: of Hii;Ti-strec?, Merthyr Tvdvil, in the ounty f Glamorgan, at the ojlicf I Higii-strect, Mertliyr Tydi.I. where Oriiers. Advertisements, C.immunieations tee, are r< q.jested t" be addressed.— AIso, published Brccou, uy JOHN WILLIAM MORGAN, High street, inferior, in the Ciiapelry ot_ St. Mary, within t)1" Parish of 51, John's, in the County of Brecon. Saturday, December H, luaö.