The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

tmptcCai parliament. HOUSE OF LORDS—THURSDAY. Lord MELBOURNE moved the second reading of the Duchess of Kent's Annuity Bill. Not appre- hending any opposition to it, he avowedly abstaiued from makinff any remarks. Lord BROUGHAM said that he should not offer any further objection to the bill; he had slatod all that he had to express on the subject. The Biil was accordingly read the second time. Lord GLENELG, agreeably to notice, moved an address to her Majesty regarding the affairs of Louer Canada, His Lordship entered into co"Sui?rable details, and contended that, instead of taking part" ith the Freuch or British parties, the government had adopted tile hue course, that of proceeding to remedy real and acknowledged grievances, and to examine alleged ones. With respect to the suspension of the legislative assembly, he admitted thut it was an arbitrary, hut, at the "ame time, maintained that it was a necessary pro- ceeding. Lord BROUGHAM, in I) very measured terms, ridiculed and condemned the whole of the proceed- ings of the government, which ou¡¡ht to have bpen awake—not asleep—at such a crisis as the moment- ous and perilous period following the adoption of Lord J. itu..sel1'1\ Canada resolutions. The following passage is in Lord Brougham's best style :— Mark, too, my Lords, not only the situation of Lord Gosford, but the situation of the colonies them- selves. If you will have plantations in every clime— if you will have subjects by millions in opposite sides of the globe-if you will undertake to manage the affairs of an empire extending over both hemispheres, over an empire on which the sun never sets-whether such a determination on your part be prudent or impolitic, \V hether its effects he bcneficial or detrimental to our highest interests, I will not now stop to inquire but if you make up your minds to this. at all events it im- poses on you the absolute necessity that you I';bal1 be alive and awake (laughter), and vigilant; that you shall not sleep and slumber (laughter); that you shall not, like the sluggard, let your hands sleep before you, as if you were administering the affairs of a parish, or even of a kingdom near at home, to which and from which the post goes and arrives every day in the week. (Hear, hear.)" Lord MELBOUNE replied that the course pursued by the government was defensible on every ground; that every effort would continue to be made to suppress revolt, at the same time justice would be doue 10 the colonies. The Duke of WELLINGTON was not surprised that evil consequences had attended the act of 1831, for, as he had urged at the time, it was inconsistent with the principles oftheBritisheonstitutioll to leave the payment ot judges, &0., contingent upon annual votes. He blamed not the government for believing that insurrectionary movements were not to be ex- pected, because he knew such to be the opinion of residents and officers in the provinces; but as the government had sent troops from Nova Scotia to the Canada*, he thought blame was attachable for not having sent other troops totake their place. He objected to an "eleclive" cOllllcil, declarin that the right of such appoiutmeuts was constitutionally in the crown, The Earl of R1 PON said, on the subject of the act ot 1831, that the Duke of Wellington's prophecy had certainly been realised; hut the different addresses declared that, if the revenues were conceded, the salaries of the judges,&c., would be regularly voted. After the addresses which preceded the act of 1831 no honest man could have refused the supplies. The Earl of DURHAM spoke in the course of the dpbate, Dud declared the reluctance with which he had undertaken the responsible office assigned to him. He disclaimed all party spirit and appaled to his zeal for the interests of the crown and the country as the motives that influenced his choice. His objects would he to establish the authority of the crown, to enforce the lawg, and, having done so, to redress the grievances of the Canadians where- ever they were found to exist. Af'er some remarks from the Earl of Fitzwilliam, Lord Wharnclitfe, fee. Lord GLENELG replied; and, in reference to Lord Brougham, who had left the house, said, ilAbsit, evasit, erupit. Having vented his thun- der with no sparing hand, and haviuj; also heaped upon me those measures of wrath and indignation which seemed to be inexhausliblein his mighty bosom (laughter and cheers,) he has at length shown ine, that having discharged his deadly bolts, he is capable, like the Thunderer, of veiling himself in clouds. (Renewed lallghternlld cheers). I should have been glad to have returned my thanks to him for this, the first testimony of his friendship with which he has fa- voured me. (Laughter.) have beer: much in the habit of hearing the Noble and learned Lord launch out his invectives and point his sneers at persons in- finitely above me iu character and station, and much more intimately connected with himself than I have the honour to be but I am and was surprised at the InexhaustIble vocabulary of lati"ua"e with which he had charged himself against lIe "to-night (hear, hear), and confess, however, that the violence of the Noble and Lea. ned Loid s invective has much less weight upon myself from the circumstance to which i have alluded because I have SCen it applied somewhat indiscriminately to others riot so much trom opposition to any Lord whom he chooses to attack, but once engaged iu the career of assault the Noble and Learned Lord is carried away with that fervour of indignation which is the character- istic of his exalted mind. (Hear, hear). I am "ony to make Ihese observations in his absence j but it is not my fault that he has removed himself from the house. (Hear, har): Hesaiditwaswithpainand sorrow that hefeU himself obliged to give utterance to the remarks which fell from him. If the Noble and Learned Lord were here I should say to him. Do not spare me your invective, but, for God's sake, spare me your pain and sympathy.' (Hear, hear)" The address was then agreed to, and their Lord- ships adjourned. .# HOUSE OF COMMON'S—Thu,ISDAY The House did not assemble to-day, having adjourned at their last sitting, until Monday. "#"1'1>#,1' HOUSE OF LORDS—FBIDAY, The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the wool- sack at ten minutes past five o clock. Several petitions on various subjects were pre- ¡¡enled. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from the county of Sussex, signed by 42 magistrates of the countv, praying for increased authority in ad- ministering summary justice in cases petty theft, as regarded juvenile offenders. If the Government did not take up the subject referred to in the petition, he should feel it his duty to move that it be referred to a Select Gommitteeof the House. Lord BROUGHAM said, the question referred to by the petitioners called for the 1 ullest possible investigation by the House. Afte; a few observations from the Lord Chan- cellor, Lord Abiller, the Duke of Richmond, Lord Wharnc iffe, and other Peers, the petition was laid on the table. Lord BROUGHAM, on presemUjff a peJitoa, <uat«d that the reason of his leaving the House last night before the debate was over, was in consequence of his not having fully recovered from indisposition. His absence, however, had given an opportunity to the Noble President of the Council of saying some of the best things he ever uttered in his life. (Laughter) It was ratht-r too bad of the Noble Marquis to say, that he, like Papineau, had bolted. (Laughter.) If he had bolted he had again recrossed the line, nnd was present to answer any of the charges which were most unreasonably brought against him, Lord MEi.BOURNE said, the Noble and Learllrd Lord having explained that personal indisposition was the cause of leaving the House last night was quite sufficient and he did think it would have been better if he had not animadverted and made observations on a question relating to Canada, which was not then before the House. II appeared like all attempt to re-argue a subject which was not before the House. On the motion of the Duke of RICHMOND, the Library Committee was re-appointed. DUCHESS OF KENT'S ANNUITY. On the motion of Lord MELBOUltN E, the Duchess of Kent's Annuity Bill went through Com- mittee. Lord BROUGHAM said he should not oppose 'he Bill, but he should certaillly enter his protest against it on the journals of the House. Their Lordships adjourned at six o'clock until Monday. HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. I1EU MAJESTY'S ANSWER TO THE ADDRESS. The Duke of ARGYLL said that, in obed ence to their Lordships'command-, he bad had the honour of waiting on her Majesty with their Lordship. A dress, and was instructed to lay before them her Majesty's most gracious answer. The Noble Duke then read the answer, which was in these terms :— "Iy Lords,—J thank you for the assurance of your determination to support my efforts for the suppression of the revolt, and the restoration of tranquillity, in Lower Canada. "1 deeply regret the unhappy events which have taken place in that part of my dominions, aud il shall be my earnest endeavour, with your co-opera- tion, to make etlectual provision for the restoration of order in that province, and for the permanent welfare aud stability of all elapses of its inhabi- tants. "I have observed with the utmost satisfaction the spirit of my loyal and faithful subjects of my North American provlllces; and thpir zealolls exer- tions in support of my authority entitle them to my warmest acknowledgments." Her Majesty's most gracious answer was then directed to be entered upon the journa's of the House. RETURNS RELATIVE TO CANADA. Lord ELLEN BOROUGH said he was very- anxious to have laid upon the table various accounts which would, he believed, furnish desirable informa- tion relative to Lower Canada. The returns might be easily produced. The first return was, an ac- count of the charges incurred by the united king- dom on account of the North America colonies j also an account of the trade of the colonies with- the rest of ttie world, and the amount of the tonnage of ships belonging to the colonies, and the amount of the tonnage of vessels employed by the united king- dom in tho. trade of those colonies. He was also anxious to have other returns, viz.,the amount of the revenue derived from the taxps, distinguishing those imposed by the Provincial Parliamellt and the Imperial Parliament; likewise an account of the application of the revenues, distinguishing specifi- cally the mode of appropriation. He would place the paper containing the motion ill the hallds of the Noble Haron opposite, and would move for the pro- duction of the returns to-morrow. There was another paper, which, perhap", if" it were in the Noble Baron's possession, he miirht possibly pro- duce iI, as he (Lord Ellenborough) was very de, sirous of seeing it—he alluded to a Bill which was introduced into the House of Assembly, in the Ses- sion of 1S35 or 1836, to enable parishes to form additional townships, but the Bill did not pass into law. Lord GLENELG (to whom the paper containing the words of the motion had been banded across the table by Lord Elleuborough; said he would look through it this evening, and give an aiiswer to- morrow. NATIONAL EDUCATION. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the mayor, aldermen, and common couucil of Carlisle, in favour of a national system of education. Lord ELLENBOROUGH said he was desirous of having a return in reference to public education in Canada. It appeared that the House of Assembly had voted large sums for education in Canida, but what had become of them their Lordships were ignorant. He would move for this return to- morrow. Lord BROUGHAM said he held in his hand a petition from Edinburgh, agreed lo at a most pectable meeting, held on the 8th inst., praying their Lordships' attention to the condition of their fellow-subjects in Canada, who complained of griev- ances (which the petitioners thought were well founded) under which they laboul ed. POST-OFFICE. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the mayor and a large number of the members of the corporation of Leicester, praying an alteration jn the Post-ofifce Establishment, and a trial of the plan propounded by Mr Hill. The Noble aud Learned Lord likewise presented a petition from a parish ill Carmarthenshire, in favour of the Vote by Ballot. Viscount DUNCANNON laid upon the table a c.opy of the last report of the commissioners of education in Ireland. EUPHRATES EXPEDITION. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved, "That a humble address be presented to her, Majesty, praying that her Majesty would be graciously pleased to direct that there be laid upon ihe table copies of papers, or extracts from dispatches received, in reference to the Euphrates Expedition."—Agreed to. —Adjourned. .# HOUSE OF COMMONS—MONDAY. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. Mr GROTE, presented a petition from Lynn, in Norfolk, signed by 600 persons in favvour of the Ballot. Also petitions to the same effect from places in Radnorshire. Mr MACLEOD presented a petition from the corporation of Kincardine in/avour of the pian ot post office reform proposed by Mr Hill. Mr TANCRED presented a similar petition from the merchants of B mbury 10 the same etfect. Sir S \VHALLEY presented a petition from St. Pancras, praying the House to pass measures for the relief of Canadian grievance*; also one from the same parish, praying-that the name of the Hon. Member for Southwark (Mr Harvey) might be added to the Committee appointed to enquire into the Pension List. Mr WAKLEY presented a petition from the Working Men's Association of Bristol, praying the House to address her Majesty tor a free pardon for the men lately sentenced to transportation in Edinburgh—and one to the same eftect from the Trades Association of London. Mr DEN N'ISTOUN presented a petition from the G'asgow Chamber of Commerce, praying for the establishment of a Board tor examining all captains of merchant ships; and one against any further endowments to the Scottish Chllrch. If the Ministry granted any turther endowment to the Scottish Church they would ruin their popularity in Scot- land. (Hear, hear.) The feeling against any further endowment was very strong. CANADA. Sir W. MOLES WORTH presented three petitions against any coercive measures being adopted with regard to Canada, but the Hon. Uaronet did not state from whence they came. IRiSH POOll LAWS, Lord CLEMENTS moved for a certain return re- lating to Poor Laws in Ireland, to which 1e had obtained the assent of the Noble Lord the Secretary for Ireland.—Agreed to. CANADA. Mr HUME presented a petition, agreed to at a public meeting in Edinburgh, on the subject of Canadian grievances. The petitioners stated that they neither vindicated the colonists in their in- surrection nor the measures of Govern,nenl that led to Úlat result; but that they were impres-ed with the conviction that neither the precepts of religion nor the true interestsot humanity required that the war should be furl her prosecuted. MrGlLLON stated that he had presided at the meeting frpm which the petition emanated, and that he could bear testimony to the respectability of the meeting. Mr HUME wished to ask the Noble Lord, the Secretary for the Home Department, whether he had any objection to reprinting certain documents relating to Canada, as 1\ number oi-Hon. Gentlemen who had not been Members of the former House were unacquainted with the report of the Commis- sioners, and of the minutes of evidence taken befure the Committe on Canadian affdirs, in 1834. Mr GLADSTONE—The Hon. Member has as- sumed that these papers are out of print. The motion was ihpti agreed to. AFFAIRS OF CANADA. 1\lr GROTF, having been called on by the SPEAKER, moved that the petition of John Arthur Roebuck, which had been presented by him on Wednesday evening last, be now read. The peti- tion was then read at length by the Clerk. Sir R. JNGKIS wished to call the attention of the House to an omission i" the petition, no doubt accidentally, but nevertheless it was the duty ol every Member of that House to see that the regula- tions it required were attended to. The House re- quired that in all petitions it should be stated that it was "the humble petition, and that "your petitioner humbly sheweth ellhel: of which phrases were in the present petition. I erhap.. the Hon. Member for London would state whether that omission was accidental or not ? R llot ac- cidental he shonld feel it his duty to can the atten- tion of the House more fully to the subject. MrGROTK was quite sure that it never was the intention of Mr Roebuck to show any want of respect to the House, and he felt convinced therefore that the omission was entirel v accidental. Sir R. lNG LIS said that the Hon. Member for London having stated that the omission was unin- tentional he would, perhaps, allow bun to observe, that the only exeeption to the rule of the House which required the introduction ot the words, was in the case of a Peer or a Quaker. It was more especially necessary that that rule should be adhered to in the case of a person who had had the honour of a seat in that House. It Ihe petItion !Jad been that of an ordinary person he should not have noticed it. Mr GiU)T £ then rose, but was interrupted by Sir R. PEEL, who gave notice, that whet) the Canada Bill weul into Committee, would move the omission of such parts of the Bill as expressed a recognition that the Convention or Committee, or whatever it was called, was to meet in a representa- tive character, and also of such part as gave her Majesty in Council a power to repeal the Bill. Mr GROTE moved that Mr Roebuck should be heard at the bar, as agent for Lower Canada,'against the Canada Bill. After some observations to show the injustice of proceeding to enact so strong a measure without hearing what the agent for Canada, now in England, had to say on behalf of that colony, theHon Gentleman concluded by moving that he should be heard. Mr GLADSTONE concurred in the motion, but protested again-t hearing Mr Roebuck as the agent of the HOllse of Assembly. Lord J. RUSSELL thought it belter that the House should hear Mr Roebuck as agent for the House of Assembly, as, if they consented to hear him on the mere ground of ihe interest which he took in the question, it would open too wide a door to future applicants. Lord STANLEY quite agreed with the Noble Lord that the present. Government could not by any possibility have any reason to oppose the hearing of Mr Roebuck in his character of agent. That gentleman had been received by the Colonial-office as the agent of the House of Assembly; the Go- vernment had given their sanction to the assump- lion of the Learned Gentleman, and therefore they could not now object to Iwar him in that character. He believed that they were the only Government who had ever received a gentleman in such a cha- racter. Up to the present Government there was not one who had ever received a gentleman as the agent of a colony permanently residing in this country. In 182S the petition was that the colony should appoint all agent, and the recommendation in 1828 was that the colonies should be allowed to appoint by bill an agent for the whole colony. For his (Lord Stanley's)' own part, if he followed his own judgment in ordinary case, he should con- sider it would be difficult to say Mr Roebnck ought not to appear. If he followed his own feelings, he should say, by all means give Mr Roebuck every latitude you can (cries of "hear, hear). He would not hear him, however, as a matter of right, but as a matter of favour. Sir G GREY cou'd not concur with many of the statements of the Noble Lord. It had been sug- gested by a Noble Friend of his, that the petition should be presented and laid on the table, in order that the point it involved should be decided after due deliberation. He thought that no person would object to Mr Roebuck b ing heard, looking at the situation of Lower Canada and the provisions of the Bill that had been brought, in for its better regu- lation. Afier some desultory observations between Messrs Grote, Hume, VVarburton, and Lord John Russell, The SPEAKER put the question that Mr Roe- buck be heard at the bar, which was agreed to. The SPEAKER then called Mr Roebuck to the bar, and the Bill having been read, he said that the. House had consented to.hear the learned gentleman. Mr ROEBUCK approached the bar, which (for his convenience) had been advanced, and addressed the House at great length, charging Ministers and the Government generally with all the evils and disturbances which had taken placo in Canada. After dwelling at considerable length upon the various negotiations with Canada, Mr Roebuck concluded by warning the House how they alienated the affections of the Canadians, and by that means evtended the American republic from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pole. The Learned Gentleman having withdrawn from the Bar. The SPEAKER put the question that the Bill be coiruni tted, Mr HUME had understood it was not to be com- mitted until its princip'e had been debated. Thp- SPEAKER said, the question that the Bill be committed Ilaving been carried, he should then put the question as to what day, and then it would be competent for the Hoit. Member to speak upon the principle of the Bill. Mr HUME said, if so, they were in a condition always as if they were reading the Bill a second time (hear!) He would appeal to the House whe- ther the case they had just heard at the bar did not give a different clollr to the whole transaction.and make out a case so favourable to the House of Assembly that they ougnt to pause before they proceeded with the Bill 1 He should feel it his dllty to give his opposition totheprescntBiDin every stage of its progress through that House, and he should rherefore then move that the Bill be committed that day six months. Sir GEORGE GKEY need scarcely say that to the motion whrch had just been made to the House by the Hon. Member for Kilkenny, he should offer bis most determined opposition. He was utterly at a loss to conceive how the Hon. Member proposed to effect the obje> t of which he appeared to approve —h.iw he would send out a governor with full powers, when he opposed the only measure which would give the necessary authority. (Hear, hear.) Concession was made of all their just rights, and tlien commenced their unconstitutional and unjust demands; and a negative was given to those de- mands by the Parliament only, after a solemn and thrice-repeated declaration ot the Canadian Legis- lature to adjourn all their deliberations, to render use'ess their functions, and to abrogate the duties British government and the Parliament had receded from the ground which they had taken-till they granted an elective Legislative Council. By these acts, or rather this neglect, the Canadian constitu- tion was practica ly suspended, although It would only be so in reality by the act which was then proposed; an act which, in fact, was only to supply the "ants created by the refusal pf the Assembly to provide for those legislative measures which the interest of the province demanded, and to fill up the interval which must elapse before an Assembly could be called together. The Govrn- ment had placed .confidence in the representations whicD had been made to them, that if 'he Canadians were entrusl ed with a control cover their expenditure there be but little difficulty in managing the affairs of the colony but when the Assembly met they carried not one legislative act; they met to remonstrate,not to legislate they saw all the acts which required re-enactment expiring; and all this they allowed to pass without the slightest attempt to prevent the injustice which would accrue to the public and to individuals, without any pfovision for the manifold interests which required their pro- tection, and which "ele placed in their hands by the act of 1791; and the House was then called upon, after the greatest forbearance had been carried to the fullest extent, by the Bill then before them, to remedy these inconveniences,and this in the only manner in which it could do so effectively, unless Hon. Members assumed the execution of the functions of the local Legislature by passing from day to day the Bills which might be required, and which they most do in absence from the scene of action, and in entire ignorance of the local wants and local wishes. Hut let not the I-louse mistake the real state of the Cllse, nor what had occuned in Canada since 1828, Let them mark well the pro- gress of the present dispute relative to the conduct of the House of assembly. In 1833 a bi 1 of supply was pas-ed by the Legislative Assembly which was rejected by the Legislative Council for the reasons and under the circumstances which had been mentioned on a former evening. In 183 f no such question arose, but the House of Assembly, without any distinct refusal to vote a supply, passed which were embodied in the address to that House, and which having been sent to the governor to be forwarded, the Legislative Assembly was left with so few members rellldiuing in ("ebec attending to their duties a to render it impossible to trönSact any business, and they could only meet and adjourn. In 1835 the same process was pursued, and thus for two years the Assembly .separated without making any pro-• vision for the public service, or of the payment for the salaries due to the persons who were necessary to discharge the judicial offices in the colony, or to those other persons against whom it was never alleged either that theirolfices were unnecessary, or that their salaries were inadequate to the onerous duties which they had to perform. Under these circumstances it became, in 1834, the duly of the Government to consider the best steps to pursue to raise the colony to a better state; and he could not regret, notwithstanding the weakness and the imbe- cility with which he and his colleagues were charged, that they did not adopt those harsher measures which would have led to all immediate quarrel that they did believe in the professions which were made that it the Canadians had a con- trolover Ihe expenditure, and if there were a fair distribution of the offices, there was n > reason to fear but that the Legislature would cordially co- operate witb the Government to carry on the ex- ecutive functions. Ministers might have been too credulous, but the course which they adopted was preferable to a harsh and little-provoked exercise of dominion, and the exercise of what Burke called the boundless power of imperious legislation." He was only anxious that the real facts should be known — that they should be known as widely as possible, and he was the more anxious because he was satisfied that it would be seen on the real cir- cumstance being published, that the Ministers had not departed from a wise and temperate mode of government, but that they had acted only in the dis- charge of their duty, and had only adopted a course to which they were driven by the exigencies of the times. (Hear, hear ) Lord FRANCIS EGERTON said that he felt anxi- ous to bespeak the attention of the House for a short time, in order that he might explain the grounds on which he was disposed to give his feeble but per- serving support to the measure proposed by the officers of her Majesty's Government. He felt it the more necessary to do this, because the measure appeared likely, as far as he could judge from recent events and from the discussions which had taken place iu that house, to meet ",ilh m,we,thao the usual degree of coneurrt-tice and unanimity which was accorded to others of a similar description, involving as it did a wide distinction from the accustomed principles of legislation and besides, as it hap- pened that so many Honourable Members differed from their usual course, their reasons it was proba- ble would be somewhat various, and it was therefore the more necessary to state the grounds on which he proposed, though with unfeigned reluctance, to support ministers. He thought, that it would be found that the msmbers of the opposition gave their best support to the measure brought forward by ministers, be ieviug with them that this bill was absolutely necessary in the present stale of the country, and that some person should he sent out with dictatorial powers, and who might be able to condnet the government of the colony in such a manner as to secure eventual peace and security. Mr LEADER thel) addi esit-d the House: He said that ufter the admirable speech made at the bar it was almost unnecessary for any member to make any observations in opposition to the Bill. The Hon. Member's speech was" a i e tei-a tioli of Mr Roebuck's statements. Mr G. RICE expressed his particular approbation of that part of the plan which authorises thegoveruor to call a committee of advice, as a surer mode of effecting their object. Mr PACKlNGTON coul,l not accede to this pro- position without expressing his anxious hope that in the new settlement which was now forced oil them, the interests of the British population in the Canadas would receive their fair and just amount of consider- ation. The British Canadians, he would maintain, had some reason to taik of grievances. The refusal of the administration to renew the allowance for the support of the bishoprics of Quebec appeared to him to be a grievance of no trifling nature (hear, hear, hear !), He hoped, however, that the refusal was not final—he hoped that there was only a little hesitation on the part of tile zovei-iirnetit with respect to that matter. la Upper Canada one-third of the British population, and hi Lower Canada one-half, were of the Church of England. Sir W. MOL ESWOR III said, that he did not rise for the purpose of prolonging the debate, but merely to move that it be adjourned. The House then adjourned at twelve o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY. The Earl of RIPON presented a Bill far con- tinuing the Bishopric of Sodor and Man, stating, that when he moved its second reading he ould more fully explain the views with which he brought forward this measure, Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition, adopted at a large public meeting at Birmingham, praying for the adoption of measures to compel those pro- prietors ofslaves who had received £ 18,500,000 as compensation, to fulfil the terms of the contract. He took the opportunity 01 denying that lie had ever declared that the act of 1833 had not bettered the condition of the negroes—the increased amount and the superior quality'of articles sent to the West Indies proved the contrary. Lord GLENELG, in answer to an inquiry from Lord Brougham, stated that the papers regarding Antigua were ill progress, and would be ready in a few days.—Adjourned till I hursday. JlOVSg OF CO:\BlONS.-TliESDA Y. The adjourned debate on the question that the House resolve into Committee on the Canada Go- vernment Bill was then resumed, and continued to occupy the attention of the House to a late hour. Sir \Y. MOLESW OR III spoke at great length against the Bill. Mr E. L 13ULWER supported the Bill, contend- ing that the outbreak in Lower Canada was not caused by real Radicals. Mr GROTE resisted the measure. Mr GLADSTONE very eloquently ex-posed the misconduct of the ministers in the management of Canadian affairs The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ob- served that the government had shown forbearance till it was no longer justifiable; but that it proved the unwillingness of the government to go to ex- tremes. Sir R. PEEL said he should support the Bi II, because he saw no otlter safe mode of proceeding. The assembly had resisted supplies, not for the purpose of procuring the redress of grievances, but to 1,(fecl a fundamental change of the constitution. —That was what the mother country could not sanction besides, was it right that lh's country should meet those supples for which Lower Canada had undertaken to provide out of the surrendered revenues? Lord J. RUSSELL replied, after which the House divided. The nllmber" were-For t' e motion, 262, against it, 16-majority in favour of the original motion, 246. LordJ. RUSSELL moved that the Bill be eoin- initted on Thursday, and that it have precedence of all other business. Mr WAKLEY declared that he should on that day persist in his motion regarding the cotton- spinners association. 'I he House divided on the question of going into the Committee on Thursday; the numbers were — for it 101, against it f!—majority 95. 1 he House adjourned at a quarter rast two o'clock.

— TO TIlK EDITOR OF THE GAZETTE & GUARDIAN. Sir,-The following sentiments of Burke, on the French Revolution, may suit all ages, and parti- cularly the age we live in I wished the French nation very well: I wished their Government reformed, aud their religion; 1 wished both to be according to the British model and I know not what things I could have wished them better. But (with the skill and temper of that surgeon, who, in order to alleviate the tooth- ache, should knock all his patient's teeth down his throat) they instead of reforming popery, seem to have resolved upon the abolition of Christianity; instead of amending their Government, they have destroyed it; and instead of advisiug their King to consult his own and his people's dignity, by making law the rule of his conduct, they have used him more cruelly, than our Charles the First was itsed they have made him a prisoner and a slave. They will have a democracy indeed, and no aris- tocracy They know not the meaning of the words. A democracy, in which all men are sup- posed to be perfectly equal, never yet took place in any nation, and never can, so long as the distinc- tions are acknowledged of rich and poor, master and servant, parent and child, old and young, strong and weak, active ajid indolejit, wise and unwise. They will have a repub ic; and of this word too they misunderstand, tiie meaning; they confound repub: ic with levelling; and a levelling spirit, generally diffused, would soon overturn the best republican fabric that was ever reared. They must also have a morarchy (or at least a monarch) without a nobility; not knowing, that without no- bility a free monarchy can no more subsi-t than the roof of a house- can rise to, and retain its proper elevation, while the walls are but tialf built; not knowing, that where there are two orders of people in a nation, and those the regal and plebeian, there must be perpetual dissepiion among them, either till the King get the better of the people, which will make him (if he pleases) despotical, or till the people get the better of the King, which, where all subordination is abolished, must introduce anarchy. It must be the interest of the nobility to keep the people in good humour, these being always a formidable body and it is equally the interest of the nobles to support the throne, for if L it fall they are crushed in its ruins. The same House of Commons that inordered Charles the First, voted the House of Lords to be useless and when the rabble of France had imprisoned and en. slaved their King, they immediately set about an- nihilating their nob'es. Such things have hap- pened; and such things must always happen in like circumstances. I hese things I have been pondering in my mind these thirty years; and the more I learn of history, ot law, and human nature, the more I become satisfied of their truth. But there seems to be just now in France such a total ignorance of human nature and good learning, as is perfectly astonishing there is no considera- tion, no simplicity, no dignity all is troth, phrenzy, and foppery." D. G. Lanilid.

CAMBIUDUE.—The following arc the twelve first names of the Wranglers, at the Bachelors com- mercemeut Jan, 2lJth: -Jaill, Jull.; I\luuld, Corp.; O'Hrien,Cains Blackall.Joh Heaih, Trin.; Potter, Qu.; Chance, Trin.; Moon, Qu.; Docker, Job.; Sparke, Clare.; Walker ,Caius noriier, ciare.

AGRICULTURE, COMMERCE, j AND LONDON MARKETS. ) LONDON CORN EXCHANGE. I I. 5. 8S. Znfi'rL.r Rett Wheat.. 45 a 59 Whits 35 » Middling UJ 52 a 55 Bailers .< Kino 56 a GO Beans, Siuatl 37 inferior Whito 50 a 54 Ticfed 31 i'iue 55 a 60 Harrow Supertiuc tiO a Hi Oat*, feed B J? Mailing Bartoy 30 a 32 l'~me 2? a Ui imling do 21 a 27 1'olaiui ti Itye J3 a Fine — "TL Jlalt 5.1 a 02 Votatee 25 » 2* Fiue 58 a tie tine — i'eus,Uog 32 a 35 rau — • "— Jlapie 30 a 3-1 l'ollard, fine. — • PRICE OF HOPS IN LONDON, PER CWT. New i'uckcts. £ t s Bags. I.. E.ist Iveut 5 o a 5 15 F.irnliani — —«— Mill.Kent. 4 II a 5 10 M.d.Kent. 4 o I 5 U aOO Ejit Kent. 4 II ii Sussrx ..3 5 ti 4 5 Suss* 0 8 a 0 far nil am 0 0 a O U Essex 0 0 a • far nil am 0 0 a O U SM1THFIELD MARKET %»■ Pa stoue of slus to gink the offtlg. s d s d d ij Inferior Beef.2 2 to 2 4 Prime Beef. 3 4 t« 3 O.tto Jlutuii 3 0 to 3 2 Ditto ilutun .3 10 t'» 4 O .Uiiiojiftir C to 3 0 Veal 4 8 J Ditlu Aluiton .3 4 lo 3 (j Pork 3 2 lit LONDON COAL EXCHANGE. Ileticn's 25 fi J Ponticp —■ Luii jtim's Vtt 3 Tanfiot<l M»ur — vewiin'si 25 3 Brrtildyl'i, W. E —■ Teti.W. E-. 24 9 Merthyr — Dixon'* Butterknowle — 0 1 Northumberland 23 • BlilTISH AND FOitElGN WOOLS-rer lb. I s. d. o. II; Elecioral Saxony won!, from 4 5 if'Tut Ansll ivtn, li ■l.cmiMJi, & other Gciman wooii 3 3 to 4 Sec ,ml ihtur 2 30 Interior ditto, in locks and piece- J 6 lo 3 Ditto, Lamb* ditto 2 0 to 3 Hungarian dlieep'oitto 2 0 to 3 Lieuiii'ga sheep's ditto 2 ■Se.oviu ditto 1 8 to 3 Soria ditto 2 f to 3 C.uaris ditto 2 9 IB 3 • Sp tnisfi L iinb'a wool 1 6 to 2 • Go man and Spanish erosts ditto 3 S to 3 Portugal sheep** ditto 2 u t.3 Australian, tine crossed 2 0 to4 D.lto, native ghetp's 1 6 lo Van Diem.m's L aid dittu 0 lU t. i IU Brilish (htto I 4 to 2 PRICES OF META-LS, &c. Copper—Biit.CakeM, ton 94 0 Sheets, per lb V A 1) Bottom* 0 1 S. American Cd} 37* wt) bd.. L.)n. 0 -0 Iron Brit*isli, pig, No. I. < 5 B ,r—ton 9 is 0 to0 0 Do. Cargo iu Wales 9 00 Bolts ton to 5 11 Nail Rid«. ton to 15 9 Hoops ton It lo 0 Sheets, single t-Da J2 too (Other* in propoition.) •« Foreign—• Swedes, cii bd ton 12 10a i for Steel, (var mk.*) Duty 30s. J ton £ ]-6 0 0 to 35 0 O per tOil )Russiacom.tun 13 00 t toii14 0 O C c N u to H 19 10 P Lead, British Pigs tun 20 10 ? t,,n 2i 10 0 S'IOI ton 24 Id 0 Hed ton 22 100 White (dry) 30 00 Do. t.u 30 00 Litharge ton 22 10 0 Poreiitn—Spanish (dy 40s per ton) bd toil 19 0 0 1 in liritiali—Blocks cwt 4 7 o "ars cwt 4 9# Plates,common ( l c .v I 12 0 to I 14 O to best, per t x 1 l» « to 2 o • bex. (.txx 2 4 0 to 2 0 !> Wasters of the above iMks 3 less, all (i-,htts 6s less. (Others in proportion.)

LOCAL MARKETS. CARDIFF. \Vlie,,{ 16811>.23., O.ctu25.d. I V..al. 5tf 10 M Barley. 15*. 0 it. 16s. Od. Lamb, per lb. 7d loM Oats 3s. Oil. 3s. 6d. Butter 13d •«! Ueef, per lb. tl». 5d. 0s, G< Salt do J. Hit Pork. • •. On. &< 0s. 6d. Ducks,pr couplers 0d to 3^ Mutton Os. 6,L Os. 7di Eggs doz 12d to 84 MERTHYR" t. d. s. d. j. Ii. I." Fine Flonr Best Seconds 4 9 0 0 h.ttoll S 6 Hotter, fresh, per lb 6 11 ♦ 0 Veal. <» • Ditto, salt. 0 0 0 0 Pork, per lb. 0 5 • Fowls, per couple 2 0 2 6 Lamb, per lb ..#••* Ducks, ditto 3 fi 4 0 Cheese # 8 • • Eggs, per hundred 5 OtoO 0 Bacon per score..7 0 NEWBRIDGE. NKWURIDGE. Wednesday. Jan. 24th, 1837. Red Wheat (Imperial bushel) 7 0 to 8 FT W/iite, ditto 9 OtoO O Butoy 3 0 to 4 0 Malting ditto 0 OtoO O Oats-Potaloe and Poland 0 OtoO O Feed Oats 2 3 to 2 9 Clover Seed 0 OtoO 0 Beef from 5}<i to 6 £ d | CrenAi Chee.*« d7 to !M Mutton 6J to 7d Sheep* milk ditto 8>i to 7*' l.anib 7d to "d Fresji Butter .14r!to VeaJ 4;l to Cil Salt ditto lOd to Pork —d to Od Lard 7il to H<1 NEATH. Salting Pies. 4Jd | Fresh butter. Is Potatoes, per c wt 5S | Cask do Hid Wheat S 0 to 9 0 Barley 4 0 to 4 6 Oats. 12 0 to 18 0 COWBRIDGE. Wheat (W. bu.) 7s. 6d. 8s Oil. | Mutton (perlb.)O* 7>l. DoWinch.bushel U*. Od. 0s. d Veal »* Oil. ia. M Barley .0s. 0d. Us, Cil. Pork 0*. SJil — Oats 3s. 4d 3s. 91. Lamb 0». Od. 0*. Clover, per lb.. — 0d — 0d. Fresli butter..0g ttii. tl Tietoil, ditto.. — 0,1 —. Od. Eg.-a (per doz) s. fts. td Beef 0s. 5^d. os. 6d. SWANSEA. ^Vheat 6s. 3d. I Oats 2*. 61* Barley 3s. t)d. | Beans — MONMOUTH. VVlieat. 69s. O'l. Beans tlit Barley 30s. 4<i. I I'ease <►«. lid od. T RED EGA II. Reef 0 5d 0 8d I Lamb. 0 6d 0 7" Mutton 0 7d 0 8d Pork 0 6d 0 OJ Veal. 0 4d 05d I Flour lo. to I Is. fmlp. b. Hay £ 8 8s. to £ 8 16s. Fresh butter 1* Id. pet lb.—Salt ditto, Od. to la. Potatoes. lis. per sack. ABERGAVENNY. Wheat .*2 5 1 f Barley £ 1 9 6 Oats — 0 0 | Beau* o ° Pease. 0 0 o| CHEPSTOW. Wheat .56s. /.I. | Oats. 23s. 04 itarley .34s. tld. Bean* -6 od BRECON. Whentlmpbu. 7s fid to 8s 0d. t Beef (per lb.) .»»7d.to 7§ Barley.* 4s. 3d. 4s. 6J. I Mutton 7d. Oats 3s. Od. 0*. 0d. I Veal 4d. Walt. 42s. Od. —s. 0.1. I Pork. Od. Pease Gi. 01. Its. Oil. Fine Flour.. — — CH.ICKHOWEL. Wheat 7s. ful. | Vetches 0s. Itarley 4*. 6.1. I Pease 5s. )ats 3<. 0d. | Butter, per lb I0d to «* CAKJUHTHKN. Wheat,perbu*h..8' 6 t<>7 • I C.isk Bu.Vt^ pn Ui.m. o 9'i1 Barli-y 3 3 3 6 | Fresh, ilttto, oa. ». 1 ii4ti 1 4 2 0 j Cheese, ditto 3 4fc BRISTOl. CORN EXCHANGE. s. d. s. d. t. c. S. Jl Wheat, Red. -18 o to 56 Hy. 0 to — Parley,Grinding.'} o to 25 o 1 Old.. 4o o to 44; Malting 32 o to 3/ o Peas, White 44 o to 4* Oat*, feed 16 a to lii o Malt. 52 o to 561 Potatoe ..2o o to 22 0 | Flour, Fine 44 etc 46 o Seconds 40 o to 42 o Thirds 32 o to 36 o Pollard, per ton 115 o te 12o o It r; .0. 1110 o to 105a PRICK 0 V LEAP H E R AT B li 1S T Ui.. d. d. ti. I Crop Hides, per lb. lltolfi^ iforge Butts.. 910 Foi«icn Hilts I« Calf Skins, beit>». IV 2li, Li.,t,t F,gn Mid. ll £ 12* Cal'' Skins, co)naaon.. 1ft 19 He iw iliito 12 13 IrNh SVins ]j 14 li;: ;i»h lintts 14 1'I \V.,lsh 3ki, J2 l!f F.cinn Butts 13 £ 16 Kips. Enettili8cWel.sk 13 IS. li 15 Fot-eigt Kip-, Peter.. Common ditto 12 13 bitruh 13 Kil Shaved ditto 131 Hj Fo>ei*» Kips. East Shoe hides lo II Indta 11 16i Common ditto 10 12 St),&Il Seal Skiiis 11, 21, Welsh Hides 10 I1J Mi/lillif^ ditto 14 11""1- U -st Bull ditto lo 1IJ Large ditto 12 l3*t 9III Basils 10 H forse d (English).. 10 12 OFFAL. Wish ditto 10 11 Foreign Bellies Germanditto II 13.J Shoulders 10 Spanish ditto 14 .IS Dressing Hide, Bellies., 8 Shaved do. without Sh»ulder»«t < 10 huHs,lt'ls, to 151.0.1. each, MOON'S AGE. FiRST QUARTER, FEB. 1. nt Six In the Afternnon. Printed and Published by JOHN GRAINC.E, Printer,. of High-street, Merthyr Tydvil, ia the County of G lamuran. t the Office, High-strcek, Mejthyr Tydvil;. where Orders, Advert'scmcnts, Communications, &c.. are requested to be addressed. —Also, published att Brecon, by JOliN WII.I.IAM MORGAN, Hip;li-street;. inferior, in the Chapelry of St. Mary, within thfle Parish of St. John's, in the County of Brecon. Saturday, January 27, 1838.

T:IE NEW WATCHWORD. nld Englaud," once, a term oi pri .le, Is obsolete, and set aside Our youthful spirit we advance, And feebly follow now—" Young France j" Think not spirit lurks within The modern palaces of gin, We measure with a different gauge, TlxN youthful spirit of the Wlu-n s!1outing fools and crafty knaves Tell gaping workmen they are staves, When purse-proud youths, >till green from collcge, Disnlav their democratic knowledge, And ribald colonels dare abuse The British army, iu rviê""$. to Each slanderous tongue or IN in: page Aids the young spirit of the àge, When tailors leave off making brogues, And turn Malthusian demagogues When crack'd divines their cloth disgrace, By preaching doctrines taught by Place When knavish quacks (tried men) are sent As firebrands into Parliament, Each shows with democratic rage The youthful spirit of the age. When mongrel Englishmen (well paid) Lend traitorous colonists their aid When Hritish senators proclaim Their wish for our defeat and shame When savage publicans bestow Their thanks on Hume and Papineau, They each and all have reach'd the stage Of youthful spirits of the age. J-■ But when our ministers shake hands With all these dirty, motley hand, And help them up to power and station, We know some spirit guides the nation Alien to England's constitution And thus we get the true solution Of the cry raised bv-each young sage,- The youthful spirit of the age A NEW POOR LAW FUNERAL. II Look upon the Covenant; for all the earth is filled with darkness and cruel habitations!" Shall I not visit for these things ? saith the Lord Silent the aged tower ;— No decent bell, no soothing note, Peels on the sober'd air afloat, The pauper's funeral hour. See through the sadden'd way, A naked coffin, poor and lone, With wrath half-breathed and muttered moan, Borne on in drear array! 0 who has done this deed; What ruthless power of dire command Has stripped you pall what iron hand Has made the poor heart bleed ? 0 men if men ye be, Bethink ye of the bitter sigh, The low-voiced sob, yet heard on high, That rise, 0 GOD I to thee. Yet tremble at your nod The grey, the weak, the weeping child But their humble voice, in accents wild, HAS reach'd the throne of GOD. Aye, think, inhuman men, That the vengeance of GOD shall arise in its might, And the cry of the poor, which ye now can slight, Shall be peal'd in thunder then. Nature, and ruth, and balm Ye have cast aside, 0, men of pride And of age defied and of love denied, Ye have borne the accursed palm Before your day be done, Ye may work your work of grief and woe; But deep in the \ges' depths will glow The wrath of the Holy One IGNOTUS. SONNET. BY LORD MOIRA. What splendid vision o'u my fancy flis, And with long dormant heat mv bosoun warms, Banners and barbed steeds, and loud alarms, And listed fields, and love the mighty prize Bewitching to y thought the years arise When chivalry refined the pride of arms Then valour sought its meed from female charms, And fierceness melted at the fair one's eyes. o days congenial to the noble %oul I Then love was dignity then falsehood shame Then conscious truth a generous boast allowed. Now, under fashion's frivolous control, 'Tin ridicule to bear a towering name, Or hold a post distinguished from the crowd.

SCRIPTURE ILLUSTRATIONS.—No. 228. -40 MATTHEW- XI. 2. For we have seen his star in the east and are come to worship him." It is here natural to enquire how The wise men could know this to be His star, or that it signi- fied the birth of a kuig It has been supposed by many that they learnt this from the prophecy of Balaam, Numb. xxiv. 17. It is certain, as Suetonius, and Tacitus inform us, that an ex- pectation prevailed through the east that about that time a kin should arise out of Judea that should rule over all the world.—Dr Whitby. Probably this star or light was of the nature of what the Jews call the Shechinab or Divine Glory, the appearance of which is mentioned in Mathew xvii. 5.-Bishop Pearce. Perhaps it was the same "Glory of the Lord" or miraculous light which "slione round about the shepherds," which may have appeared to the Magi on the same night, at a great distance, diminished to the size of a star.—Dr. Halts. It was plainly some new appearance, which they, whose profession led them peculiarly to the study of astronomy, had observed in the heavens.-Bishop Porteus.

The following petition which has been very nume- rously signed at Hereford, bas been sent to us by a oorrespondent, with a request that we would insert it in our columns, and recommend its adoption. With the former part of the request we willingly comply- but with respect to the latter, there is a phrase in the petition which has not our concurrence, we sonceive it to be highly exaggerated; we mean the statement that constant popular insurrections have uniformly resulted from the official attempts, &c. We believe that the Poor Law Amendment Bill must undergo revision and amendment, that its harsher provisions must he repealed or greatly modified, and that petitious to this effect will urge the Legislature to a speedier consideration of the subject. To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom, in Parliament assembled, the humble Petition of the undersigned Citizens and Inhabitants of the City and Borough of Hereford. "SHF.WETH—That, your petitioners, with all deference approach your Honourable House. That vour petitioners are instigated to do so by the iampare,ileled misery and destitution which everywhNe pervade the pauper population,' particularly the old and helplecs of this Kingdom, since the administration of the New Poor Law Amendment Act. That your petitioners view with unqualified regret and anxiety, the alarming increase of crime and licen- tiousnees, and the many instances of shocking catas- trophe and indecent exposure, such as deaths,births, and starvations in the public streets and thoroughfares, which have trsnspired subsequent to the introduction of the enactment aforesaid, "That your petitioners also view with lensible appre- hension, the constant popular insurrections, in WillI" instances attended with loss of life, which have uni- formly resulted from the official attempts toestpblish the jurisdiction and operation of the enactment a fore- said. That your petitioners, to prevent the recurrei ce of such alarming consequences,hiimbl y entreat your If .nour- able House, to take into your most earnest and immediate consideration, the necessity of totally repealing the enactment aforesaid, or at least its most obn< xious principles, slich as the I bastardy,' 'separation,' 'no' out door relief,' union imprisonment,' and prohibi- tion to attend public, worship' clauses-all and ca,h f which clauses, your petitioners conscientiously conceive to be excessively arbitrary and cruel, and directly op- posed to the received commands of Christianity, hu- manity, and justice, and likely, if their administration is continued, to engender much and grevious national confusion, rebellion and wrong." And your petitioners, will -ever pray, Sue." (Here follow the signatures.)

BANK OF ENGLAND. Quarterly Average of the Weekly Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of England, from (he 17th of October, 1837, to the 9th of January, 1838, Qinclnsive, published pursuant to the Act 3 and 4, Wm. IV., cap. 98. LIABILITIES. ASSCTS Circulation £ 17,900,000 Securities 22,606,000 Deposits 10,9192,000 Bullion 8,885,000 28,892,000 31,501,000 DowBiog-street, Jan. 11,18C8. 4. )Î CHIT CHAT. Loni) DL-RHAM.—It affords a striking, if not singular instance of Whig consistency, thut Minis- ters should select for the most important and difficult post at their disposal a person with whom it is notorious they will not themselves consent to sit in council. -HARE BIRDS.—The present Severe winier has brought to this country several species of birds but little known here. On Friday seven pine cross-bill parrots were shot near Leam- ington; and a black-throated or speckled diver, which rarely comes south of Scotland, was on the same day killed near High Wycombe. A Ntw TEMPERANCE SOCIETY.—Subscriptions have been opened to remunerate the firemen of the Royal Ex- change and the icemen of the Serpentine. We think they had better meet at a le)nperct!e dinner. One of the veterans on duty in front of the Hotel of a Ilitiister, in the Faubourg St. Germain, was found frozen to death in his sentry-box at day-break yesler(lay.-Ptir;s paper of Friday. One of the Winchester town council having done s-ome work for the corporation, has been compelled to vacate his seat in pursuance of the 28th section of the Municipal Act. CURE FOR BIGAMY.— By the ancient laus of Hungary a man convicted of bigamy was condemned to live with both wives in the same house; the crime Wi.S in consequence ex- tremely i-ale.-I,ondon is said to contain, on an average. 30,000 thieves, 20,000 beggars, and abont JO 000 professed gamesters. Hummel, the composer, who died lately at Weimar, has left to his two sons a fortune of nearly £ 20,000, besides two orders, 25 diamond rings, 34 gold snutf-boxes, and 114 magnificent watches. He must have been a good time-ist. LORD- AN-D LORD G- alias JUPITER AND MORPHEUS. By Jupiter, Morpheus is roused Yet 'tis strange For two such great potentates need not be foes Then, let each with the other hi, powers exchange, As the Sleeper wants fire, and the Thunderer reposel Sir John Hayford Thoruld, Bart., after a long minority, has just come of age, and to an un- incumbered estate of X25,000 per annum. -A collection of letters written by Rubens is about to be published at Brussels. The originals are in French, Italian, or Latin, according to the corres- pondent to whom they were addressed. Cupid has the following:—"Love, like the plague, is often communicated by clothing and itioncy.Ilisv .3i,at tirre(tu." Surely Miss Martineau does not know anything about either of these maladies (love and the plague), or the modes of their communica- tion WHIG POLICY AX.D TACTICS.—Single out the greatest fool of your party to foment a re- bellion, and then send the most ill-tempered man upon earth as a conciliator to allay it THE BALLOT AT A OISCOUNT.-The Whig-Radical town council of Carlisle, at a meeting of their body on Tuesday se'nnight, rejected, by a large majority, a motion to petition Parliament in favour of the ballot. Great preparation had been made for carrying the motion into effect, and its rejection has caused a sad sp it in the Whig-Radical ranks of that city. In a case of sheep-stealing at the Hampshire sessions, says the Hampshire Chronicle, the prosecutor said, "I found two absolute car- casses and some awful sheep, and I seeked a little further and I found a sheepskin; and I fitted it to myself, and found it was skin." ANCIENT PERFUMERY.—So perfect were the Egyptians in the manufacture of perfumes, that some of their ancient ointment, preserved in an alabaster vase in the museum at Alnwick, still retains a very power- ful odour, though it must be between 2 000 and 3,000 years old. ILORD DURHAM'S APPOINT- MEST-A Noble and Learned Lord, a ci-devant and still soi-disant friend of Lord Durham, is re- ported to have said, in reference to Lord Durham's appointment to Canada, 11 It must be admitted that Lord Durham has at least one qualification for the post-he has [ired tn'Q years in a colrl climafe," -it was playfully said of the late Lord Eldon that" hen he commenced sportsman and used a "doub'e bariel," he was so long deciding which trigger to pull that the,bird escaped Among the items of receipts in the accounts of the county treasurer for Middlesex is the following:—"Sums paid by prisoners for exemption from labour, £ l 18s. 4 £ d. The subscribers to Lloyd's in- tend to dine together at the London Tavern, on the 31 st inst. as a mark of respect to the proprietor, for affording them shelter after the fire, and lor which he has declined to accept of any remunera- tion HINT TO THE TEMPERANCE SOCIETY. —A reformed drunkard should never be left in a callar.-Gil Bias. -INFECTED Fi.owEp-s. There is a custom, both in I'aly and the South of France, for any one who has a friend ill or dying, to tie up a small nosegay, and to put it into the hand or breast of the sick person, and then offer it to the next comer, or throw it into the next carriage they chance to meet with. The flowers are supposed to carry off the malady from the person afflicted, and to give it to the one w ho receives them. If another does not take the infection, the sick person cannot be cured. FINE WRITING.—A modern tourist says, "Beneath is our old gossip the river gab- b'ing to the trees, that wash their roots in its watei-s.Si-- ioliii Cullier, the miser, used to return thanks that he had been born on the 2!)tl; of February, because then he only kept his birth day every fourth year.- On visiting Cornitill. I looked for Gresham's house of call, alas it was not there, For what was once a solid Change, is now a change of air.