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LITERATURE. Thr Book of Psalms. A Xr/c Translation tcith Sotcs Explanatory and Critical. William Wafford, late Classical and Hehrew Tiuor in the Academ, at lloinerton. 8vo. London: Jack- son and IValford. It would be impossible for a careful reader of Mr Watford's Translation of the Book of Psalms to deny that he had brought to his task much judg- ment, learning, critical acumen, and taste. It would be equally impossible to deny that, in coine instances, compared with our Bible version, his is more licid and clear; and that the apparently dirticult passages in it are fewer in number. We fear we have said all that can fairly be ad- vanced in favour of the work before lis; and even that much can only he admitted with some draw- backs and modifications. The tirst tiling which strike otir attention, and ealls for our dissent, is the low estimate he makes of the labours of his predecessors. For instance, in the introduction to Psalm xxviii., he says Tile critios in this, as in many other instances, ainiise thetitselveia, and bevilder their readers, by conjectures, built on a very feeble support, which seems to favour this or the other hypothesis, which they think good to patronise; but they are often far-letched, and of the most precarious kind. It is satisfactory to know, that nothing of importance depends oil our discovery of the circumstances alluded to, milch less on the criticisms that have been made." Suppose we even admit the truth of his dictum in this case-%viiicii ve i,,re by ii,) iiieitis inciin,d to do-—our objection remains in full force, on ac- count of oft-repeated and similar sentiments, scat- tered through, perhaps, one-third of the pages of the whole book. In fact, the fault-for such we must call it, and even that is a lenient epitnet-is a ;nost obtrusive one, and i, besides, most un- becoming. With all his critical acumen, a very small thing suffices effectually to p izile hi n. He wonders, for instance, that such a title should be prefixed to Psalm xxx. as A Song at the Dedica- tion of a House," as it stands in (lie Lngli-.li Biule; seeing that ''there is nothing ill the nsJ1 m that is appropriate" thereto. AntJ yet, par!'bance, there is but small reason for this be- wilderment. He tlllIlselt ays that" It IS per, fectly ciii-ii1", from the psalm itself, that it was writ- ten tocelebf i'te a deliverance from some very pamiul and dangerous circumstances, with which David had been favoured." Doubtless; such circum- stances. indeed, as tendered it highly improbable, as far as man could foresee, that he should ever behold the dedication of the house alluded to. The song in question was not ths dedication son. but merely "aaong." written or sung, "at the dedication of a house;" and, therefore, there was no need that, in this one. there slioiild be any special reference to the building. The object is sufficiently specitied ill the opening verse:—"I will extol Thee, 0 Jehovah for Thou hast lifted me up, and hast not suffered my foes to re- joice over file." He. however, not merely finds difficulties, but makes them. Speaking of the peculiar alphabeti- cal arrangement of Psalm cxix., he says:- "This is an ingenious artifice, and IViJ'! of great help to the memory of those who were desirous of a thorough remembrance of the psalin but which it would be diflicult, if not impracticable, to imitate in a version into any other language." Now, if the alphabetical arrangement in the Hebrew was a help arrangement in English would he equally a help to Christians. That it is a psalm highly valued bv the latter, and that many of them would gladly possess a thorough remembrance" of it, is suf- ticiently clear from the many beautiful treatises written thereon. Need we, indeed, specify any other than the admirable one by the Kiv. (J. Bridges' Well, then, the whole thing turns on the impracticability of an English alphabetical ar- rangement. Here we rather think Mr Walt. rd contends with a man of straw. The Lamentations of Jeremiah are equally, if not still ii;ore, pecu- liar, in their alphabetical arrangement. This inimitable poem is divided into five distinct por- tions, each containing a complete elegy, consisting of twenty-two stanzas, according to the number of letters in the Hebrew alphabet; although it is in the first four elegies only that the several stanzas begin, after the manner of an acrostic, with the different letters following each other in alphabeti- eal order. In the first two elegies, each verse, or stanza,.forms a triplet, except the seventh verse of the first. and the nineteenth of the second, which have each a supernumerary line. In the third elegy, each stanza consists of three lines, which have all the same initial letter, so that the whole alphabet is thrice repeated. The fourth elegy resembles the three former in metre, but the stanzas are only couplets; and, in the filth elegy, which is not arranged according to the initial let- ter, the stanzas are also couplets, but of a consi- derably shorter metre. Now, here is sufficient of the difficult to imitate, and more varied in the lifflculty than in the lliJth psalm and yet we have before us noiv, while writing, a version in English, imitating the Hebrew exactly, in all the various particulars just mentioned. that. there may be no mistake about it, we will quote a few stanzas from this unpublished poem, beginning with the open- ing of the first elegy- It [epJ.. Alas! the city sits alone The once inha- bited! A widow she, who erst amongst the nations was the head The princess 'mongst the provinces; — now tributary led. Heth. —■ Behold, she weepeth in the night; her tears bedew each cheek! To none of all her lovers can she now for com- fort seek; Treacherous. they her enemies became when she was weak. xitnel. Gone into bondage Judah weeps, and mourns her servitude, And restless 'mongst the heathen dwells, by whom she was subdued; They overtook her in the strait^, when they her steps pursued. )aleth. Doomed now are Zion's ways to mourn, for they are desolate None come unto the solemn feasts, nor enter Salem s gate Her priests lament, and bitterly her virgins weep her fate. But let us pass to the conclusion of the third, nti most ditbcult, elegy, in which the initial letter s thrice repeated. '(e.h. Redeemer of my life who for my soul dost it alway plead, Reprove all those who did me wrong, and to my cause give hecti Regarding, Thou their vengeance saw'st, each evil thought and deed. >hin. Shame and reproach they heaped on inc, which Thou, O Lord, has heard Sliootiiig their lipi 'gailist iiie ail diy, tlie), spared no angry word. ;hield from their ceaseless mocking, for they are a stormul h.d< Tun, Tiiat recompense they merit, Lord, 0 render unto thHl); They cur e pour out, as Thou crofthi'e 3:ast J, '1 ;;r..st in'm ii wrath away from T;ice j de- stroy :,olh root and stcm: A;t'l i<i the fourth elegy which is composed of colipl2ts Arh. — via«, the CM! is dim yea even is changed the finest gold, And. at tae tof every street the temple's stones are fn 11" d. I.'cth. — B loved sons of Zion, who to fine gold mav compare, As earthen vessels aro estecmed ,-the potter's wmc. (limel. — Guided by instinc monsters even suckle their their 1ja1r ODr, Hut, like the ostrich, Zion now forgets to feed her sons. Daleth.— Dyi-t? w.t:i thirst the infant's tonjnc within its mo t h is d i v, \Y :i.i•' ihe yoaii:r chihlrcsi a';U for food, but ;i- S'LCN-X SF111; V. ¡{". Hungry a;.d desohne aie they who once on cainties fed ;n scailet I, Oil 1.ilis lay their head. an. •—\ i ds. more charged with wrath than tluve which were oerSod'>m pmired. Have vi-ited my people m her sky thick clouds have lowered. A sin of omission also demands a slight re- buke; and that is, the absence of any particular or explanatory remarks on parallelism. if his object were to make the Psalms really clear and lucid, this is, doubtless, a part of his subject wuich should have received marked altenti;)I1. JI,re than tlii-i our author appears to be remarkably ignorant—as we shall have further occasion notice—of the best productions ill the same wld of literature. Not to mention ottitr-, the HeY. G, H. Stndda rt, in his adruirab'e volume on the psalms, has most ably, though too briefly, supplied that which is here omiued, We refer the reader to chapter l'i, at page 93, of Mr Stoddart's volume. He will see at once how profitably any competent writer might carry out the subject. To tlji, little work, as already hinted, Mr Vtalford makes not the slightest reference. There are also some psalms of a dramatic cha- racter, the full meaning and beauty of which can only be comprehended in considering them in that light. Psalm xx. is a remarkable instance but we challenge any reader to discover that fact from the introduction prefixed to it in the volume be- fore tis. e wish we might have stopped here. But there is another, and a very grave charge to make against the writer of this "Hew translation." Mark A new translation." Its novelty we will not deny, though, strange as it may seem, we do deny its originality. We cannot suppose our readers to be ignorant tliat, in the Book of Com- mon l'rayer of the Church of ttiet-e is a version of the Psalms different from that in the English Bible. Still less can we Riit)posL- Ilr ivalroi-d to be ignorant of this fact. In any case, a charge of disingonuousuess, or of ignorance, must lie at his door; for, unless we are mist i monstrously mistaken, he has not once made the slightest mention of this Prayer 13ook trans- lation. Involuntarily we ask ourselves, can it be that the author's Dissent gets the better of his judgment? And does he refuse to mention the version in question, because it would oblige him to speak a word in favour of something that be- longs to the Chllrch of England ? Take the fo!- as an instance. The fLst quotation is the Bible translation of Psalm xxxvii. 3G; the second, the Prayer Book; the third, Mr Wa.furd's:- 1. "Vet he passed awav, and lo, he was not yea, 1 sought hili;, but lie codd not be foulld" 2. T went by, and lo, he was gone I sought him, but his place could no « here be found." 3. "I passed by, and lo! he was not: I sought him, but he was not to be found." To this verse is appended the following note ''English translation, lias lie passed away," agreeably to the present reading of the Hebrew text; but the Sepuia-^int, Syriae, Vulgate, and Jerome, read the verb in the first per on, which is more in consistency with the form of the sentence." And yet this same mode of translation has been in use belore the author was born,white,never- t he! CSS, by the note ,ju-t quoted, it would seem in- | had n:ade the notable discovery in question. Well did we say that a charge ofdisiugenuousness or of ignorance—but surely scarcely the I.Iter-iiiiist !i,? al hi, door. Nor is this by any means a solitary instance. One more, and only one, can we adduce here. 'Ye sLaU f,)' ¡'!IV the same order with the three versions of Psalm xxxix. II. 1. When Thou with rebukes dost correct man for ini piitv. Thou makest his beauty to consume anay like a iiiofi surely every man is vanity." 2. "When Thou with rebukes dost chasten in,in f.,r sin, Thou makest his beauty to consume away, like as it %vel-c it moth fretting a garment every man, therefore, is but vanity," 5. "Mth rebukes Thou chastenest man for iniquity; Then 1 nott destroye.st his goodliuess, a-; a moth destroyeth a garment. Truly every mall is vanity." And then follows this note ;— "The English Hilde ha,. 'Than makest his beauty to consume away like a moth.' Hut this gives no correct or suitable sense. The design is lo state, not that the moth is consumed, but that it is a consumer and spoucr of garments." We shall not argue the question here,whether (he Bible version "gives no correct or suitable Re.iso," or not S!iffic-ient f'o,. (),It. I)ijrpl)se to slio%v that .Mr Wa'tord s "c"'translation, has existed for a ffic years, at least, before his present volume made its appearance in public. Heverting, therefore, to our opening passage, we think we have fairly established our position, that whatever praise tie may be inclined to bestow on this production, it must inevitably be accom- panied with very considerable drawbacks and modifications. And here, tor the present, we dis- miss the subject." ScntPTiiiiE ILLUSTRATIONS, (No. 237.) A man of sorrows."—IsAIAH, 3. Thi" chapter is so full a description of our blessed Saviour's sufferings, that it looks more like a history than a proph'cy and might with more reason be snspect;d to be a copy drawn from His life, than not to be a description of it. But this Scripture was in being longbeiore our Lord was born, and %va iii the keeping ot h>s enemies of those who hated and despised Him, and at last put Ilim to a shameful death; and were at once the preservers and the fulfillerll of the prophecy.— Bishop Sherlock. It is certain that both ancient and modern JelTs interpret it of the Messiah.—Dean Al!ix. The writers of the New Testament apply it to Christ, and the patrons of infidelity will in vain attempt to apply it to any other.— Dr. Berriman. It is so undeniable a proof of the truih of Chris- tianity, that the bare reading1 of it, ancf comparing it with the Gospel history, has converted some un- believers, and LJrouht them home to the faid) and and religion of Jesus Ctit-ist.-IV. I^oirth—IVogan. This is perhaps the clearest and the strongest of all the prophecies of the New Testament. Here is no double sense; no figurative language, but what is sufficiently intelligible to every reader of every conntrv Arrhrlrarou Palell. -J' Let us by a frequent perusal of this wonderful chapter fix our affections on Him who loved us, and for our s fasted, mourned, and wept, and lived poor, and died forsaken.—Bishop Home. The Kinsj of Bavaria has granted to the clalJhter of the poet Schiller an extension of the copyright in the work of her father for 20 years. THE LATE REV. R. Wcst (,f England papers have announced the death of the Rev. II. Polwhele, at an advanced age. This gen- tleman has been long known to the literary and anticiiiarian world, most favomably, perhaps as a translator; his original works being chargeable with the fault which characterizes patient research when unaccompanied by sound j udgc-ment, a disposi- tion to attach an undue importance to triv ial things, and to permit prejudice to stand in opinion s stead. In private life. Mr Polwhele was respected as an amiable ilian his correspondence is said to have been a very extensive one. einbracing many contem- porary celebrities, and one of the last acts of his life was its arrangement far the purposes of publi- cat ioll.dthc?ia,?tltt. It is with extreme regret that we have to an- nounce the death of Capt. Southey, K.N., late Har- bour Master of Demerura, This sad event took place on the 1-lth u!t., on his passage home. The mournful intelligence has pl:ii.,(,-ed Southey and her family into the deepest afilictiou, and will, we are sure, cause a genera! SOIIOW in the circle of his numerous fricuds and acquaintance in this city. Captain Southey lvns a brother ot Dr. Southey, the Pod Obaentr,

SCIENCE. [/TO THE EDITOR OF T:!E GAZET :-E AND OUARDIAN. Slit—I answer wiih pleasure the call made on me by "I ati I"Cil Gk%ill," toZi-,(!niy oiiiiinii ,titlie t!le- ories of electricity, v l. that of Franklin, assertion j the existcnce of but otie electrie repul.-ivc of it- self and iltlractive of all other matter; and that ef Dutay, which maintains the existence of two dis- tinct fluids, each attractive of the other, and repul- .iN.e ef itself. As my views are novel, 1 submit th"m to your teaders, knowing that by a fair and temperate dis- cussion, we may perhaps set at rest this difficult question, one which has engaged the attention of philosophers, without any satistactory result having as yet been obtained. I heUeve the existence of one fluid is sufficient to accollnt for all the known phenomena of electricity, but I differ from Franklin inasmuch as he supposes tins lluid to be repulsive ot itself. Ii may be presumptuous in tne to offer to the S' ieuiilic world a IK w theory of electricity hut if it will he found compatible with fiets 1 trust that, LpiiJ the production of so humble a votary of science as myself, will not be a bar to its adoption. 1 maintain the existence of but one electric fluid not repulsive of itself, but atti-active of all other matter. Tii'' opponents of the theory of a fluid base their objection* on SOllie facts which they main- taia callnot be explained by the aclioa of oue fluid only These are, 1st. That repulsion takes place between :wo odies charged with either positive or negative electricity, and argue that it but one fluid existed, no such repulsion would take place when the bodies had less than their natural quantity of electricity, for they say, how can defhiencies be active ? To this I reply that no repulsion takes place in either case, but attractlon betweell Ihe bodies whse electrical condition is changed, and the surrounding air. Thus, let two balls be suspended by threads and charged with electricity in excess, each of these bal's will be enveloped in an atmosphere of the same electricity as that contained in themselves, the surrounding air will of course be in a negative (or minus) state as compared with the balls aDd and their atmosphere. Things being in this state, the law of electric attraction which is granted by all will then operate, that is, the air and bails will mutually attract each other, and the balls will separate apparently though not in reality by repulsion, until their gravity balances the force of attraction or until the two electric atmospheres are so far separated as to allow a portion of the aii-, in a minus state, to insinuate itself between them. Again; let these balls be charged with negative electricity, that ifc, having a portion of their natural quantity abstracted—they will separate; for in this case the surrounding air is in a comparative plus state as regards the balls and their atmosphere, an attraction therefore ensues between liiem and the air, and they separate as in the former case; for as action and rcaclion are equal, it matters not whe- ther the balls are pluli compared ¡III the 'iiI', or the contrary, Oke effects will take place. 2ndlv. The supporters of the theory of two fluids say, that the accumulation of both positive and efecti-icitv is on the surface of bodies, which phenomenon they contend cannot take place without the existence of two distinct fluids. I reply, that one fluid is sufficient to account for this fact. Let a sphere be charged with electricity to excess, the surrounding air being comparatively in a minus state attracts the excess of electricity towards iiselt, the resistance to change of conduc- tor (which we know to be great) prevents the fluid escaping with any rapidity, and it resides on the sur- face of the sphere here we must remark the attrac- tive force is exterior to the sphere. But, when a sphere is charged with negative elect rico ty, that i, part of its natural quantity abstracted, the ca-e is different for we find by the 71^t and following proposition of Newton's Principia, that the attrac- tive force of a sphere for any particle is towards the centre of that sphere, and in a ratio of the distance of the palliele from the centre; this being true of gravity, is also the case with electi icily, and that which renuins in the sphere is attracted towards the centre of the sphere, its superfices niusi there- fore be in a more highly minus s:a:e than any other pari of if. The experiment of the jet of water quoted by '•loan Pen (i\; in,can be explained in the same man- ner as the repulsion of the balls. The experiments of Professor Wheatstone and All- Etterick offer so many practical difficulties that I do not consider them a proof of the existence of tsvo electric fluids. We may justly suppose elec- tricity to have the same velocity as light, as one most probably is a modiifcation of the other; now light travels 200,000 miles in a second of time, and presuming the divided coil equal to five miles, which I is much longer than can be used with convenience, the time consumed by electricity in traversing half this, would be the l-.S«,0()0;h part of a second, a quantity (inappreciable by the retina of the eye, for we know that when a lighted sti< k is whirled with even a moderate VCID(!ity, !I,, impression on the eye is so prolonged as to produce the appearance of a continuous line of light. The mode adopted by Pro lessor Wheatstone for measuring the velocity 01 electricity, by reQox.oa, is not to be depended upon, inasmuch as it is impossible lo obtain a perfectly mathematical plane surface iu a mirror. Yours, (kc. Llanelly, March 22. SliilUS.

-r. CHIT CHAT. Mr Williams, of Aberpergwm, having, at Ab lolo's request, endeavoured, but ffllillessly, (like Bishop (jiod win, Brown, Willis, and olhers before him) to ascertain the rial name of Nobis, the nine- teenth Bishop of Elandaff, exclaimed in objection to the singular name JVoit Nobis Domi.ie A LIVING PifJcrsHiov.—'The other day a fool- hardy fellow, wh had visiied Barnsley fair, under- took, for the trifling wager of a pint of ale, to prick as many pins in the calf of his leg as would forlll four letters of the alphabet. UREIl liousr.I',y a parliamentary paper just published it appears that the number of beer bouses licensed to sell beer by retail in England and Wales during the year ending 31st of December, 1 837, is as fol.ows :-Beer houses licensed to consume the beer on the premises, 40,102; not to consume the beer on the premises 3,232. Total, to,3dl. TAMING A SHREW.—An Irishman on his being informed at a wine merchant's in Cheltenham, that some whisky just over his head, was "lihore proof" cried out, "above proofocii, thejpalpeen! fetch Ililyl down, and by the powers, I'll take bis proud spirit out ot" him in a twinkling, my honey. The oifence of plucking sheep of their wool by the nightly marauders has become so common, that Chief Jnsiice Doherty, at Trim, sentenced one of those offenders to seven years transportation. CONUNDRUM BV JONATHAN.—Why is a cat standing on its hind legs like the falls of Niagara r Because it is a catered. QUACK! QUACK! QU,ICK' M hv, I-lb-e, and 11-i-is-n, quacks all are known, One for pills, one for politics, t'other for weather But Al-liy and M—ns—n candidly own, The political quack beats them both put together. J) i x i. A cllrious compilation, not yet published, bear- ing the title of Paris contititii the toliowing matrimonial statistics of this capital in 1837 Wives who have deserted their husbands •• 1,154 Husbands who have deserted their wives 2,d4 5 Couples legally separated 4.173 — livms in open variance 17,345 living in secret variance 1;,279 — mutually indifferent 55 241) reputed happy 3,175 nearly happy 127 11uly happy 13 GalinnavVs Messenger. t A specimen of an antediluvian monster of the Icthyosaurus tribe has been discovered in a qllarry at Twerton, the property 01 C. Wilkins, Esq. It is a petrified skeleton, embedded in the lias, of which the huge jaws, teeth, vertebree and ribs are perfect. It is no -v in the possession of Mr lland, Yurk Street.—Sherborne Journal. A young man, named Garibaldy, was last week drawn for the army at Marseilles, and his father and mother, of whomhe was the ordy son, were overwhelmed with despair. At length the father, in a lone of resolution, declared that the young re- cruit should never depart tor the army, and in a few minutes went out and hnng himself, leaving the young Garibaldy the only son of a widow, by which he became, of course, exempt from military service.—Trench paper. DIVORCEOBTAIN ALILF. WITH OR WITHOUT MONEY. I've a friend who wants to et divorced," said a gentleiijaii tc) a le-,al lie to set about it?" "If he's rich go to Doctors' Commons, and provided lie can prove the necessary facts he may do so for a t'iOusauci pcij^(!3." But he is poor, Sir." In that case, said the lawyej, he must go to the workhouse, where, without proving any crime against his wife tit all, they will divorce them directly." Madame Vesfris arid Charles Mathews have com- menced their preparations lor leaving England, by performing the marriage ceremony. They were joined in bonds of hoi;/ wed'ock, on Wednesday se'nnight, and will sail for New York early in May. A snbscripi ion has been opened, in Bristol, to alleviate tiie distresses of the fami.ics of those of the crew of the ill fated A'iHwiici/ who were drowned, and file liberal s;it-n of has already been collected tor that purpose. THE CACOETIIES LOQUKNDI.— Such is frequently the love of hearing himself talk in the practised orator, that he becomes regardless of any other audience; in proot of which it is said that one of Lord iJrougham's most bi-illizint speeches of the present session was made to a house consisting only of ve pcrs, besides the Lord Chancellor and himelf. SUICIDES AT XVATEUT.OO-NUINGE.—Since the 1st of January last, six individuals, three females and three males, have terminated their existence b> throwing themselves off Waterloo bridge. Two other persons who had likewise jumped off, intend- ing to drown themselves, were saved. EQUIVOCAL SALUTATION.— MR D. F, .Jones, the barrister, now Serjeant Atcherley, was noted for his manner of examining a witness, fieqnently en- deavouring to conceal the importance of tile. fact which he wished to elicit,by previously putting some immaterial question,which he alwavs prefaced thus, —" Now, Sir, 1 am going to put a question to you, ami I don't care which way you answer it." This bei 114 fre- quently repeated in the cours"of the various causes in which lie was engaged, did not fail to attract the notice of the Bar. Lord Brougham (then Mr Brougham) meeting him one morning near the Temple, accosted him thlls. Jones, I am going to put a question to you, and I don't care N% liieli way yoti answer it,-iloic do you do!" A critic often sets out with an eulogy on the acuteness, learning, or profundity of that man whom he is shortly to prove an ass! This not only procures tor liiin (lie reptitation of candour, but, by implicatioll, that of being far more acute, learned and profound. The proprietor of an immense number of water- side carts in Liverpool, who has raised himself by industry to be a man of considerable property, being in close conversation with a gentleman about some pi iva;e business, was asked by the gentleman if he1 could draw an inference. iNot I," said he, but I bought a bay mare llie other day, und I'll lay a five pound note that she draws it, if it does not weigh more than five tons." AJTEllIC.\N PHEss,-The 'Vesfern Alli!Jflfor; or, the Mississippi Ilattle-Aie, is the title of a new daily paper in the far west. Sir JohnConroy has commenced legal proceedings against the Times, for the publication of an article of the 9th instant, which insinuated that Sir.John had converted funds belonging to the Duchess of Kent to his owl, Ilse the editor having refused to give up the author's name. The last accounts from New Brunswick state that Molesworth, Hume, and Leader have been burnt in efligy there. How complimentary this is to the Leeds Whigs. The lIIall 01 their choice is duly appreciated ere yiclu re A linen-draper at Portsmouth has advertised for an assistant "whose character wid bear inscruta- b i,, I ty. The allowance lo innkeepers and others for horses of the Royal Artillery and cavalry on billet, is to be reduced to the rate of one shilling per horse per night, from the 1st of April next inclus ve. WHIG COI.ONIAL MEASURES:—CANADA. Coercion's warlike arin was haivd, lint not a soldier sent to move it; Conciliation is prepared, • And new-raised armies sf-nt to prove it. EPITAPH.—The following remarkable epitaph is to be found in Campden church yard, Gloucester- !zliil-e flere lye resting alter the toils of a wearisome and tempestuous lite the bodies of Nathaniel and Hannah Weston, the former ol whom having desired to be left to the evil report and good report of Ih world, was yet not so in- diffciont to the virtues of lr.s wife as to deny her this faithful character — The wife that lies witiiiu this peaceful tomb I'ad Hachacl's face, and Leah's i'rutif.d womb, A hit/nil's wisdom, S.ji'lia$fa'tiilul heart, Martha's just care, aiiii better part. N. W. died iu 1750, a>;ed ¡): Gf.oucKsTRr.stiiRE CouaTsmi* iv LEAP YEAR. -lully: Wily do c, s't I t thee spake, John?'' John-" \hoy what shlld I zay, :llolly Molly — "\Vhy doe'nt thee zay, u'llhee do 111\' mc) Jolin r' .Ioiiii Z,-) I does." Ilollv-" kN'ti,)y tiiec, kis-4 itie Llien John—l,Zo 1 'ool strait, Molly." MOI.ESWORTH'S CONSISTENCY. When :Ir'wor:1r came frdm Cornwall down, Our repre eiitat.ive tcr"be, lie cricl-Elcctors of this to,vn, •' You'll find 110 iu me." When nsk'd to :ivc a few small coins, [n works ot cha:ity — 1), no, mv friends, llnt so," he cries "y"¡1 tind no change in me." Ib-aitilei/. —Lceils IntcllUjcnecr. TUIALS OF A SCHOOLMASTER.— Master—Hoys, Noah had three son-: Shem, Ham, and Japhet. rCow, who was the lather of Noah's three sjus ''The bovs of the third class piu^e, look dubious, but there is is no reply.) Master—'What can't von tell? Let ine illustrate. Here is Mr Smith, our next neighbour, he has three sons,John,James, and Joseph Sadth. Now, who is the father of Jolkil, .fames, and Joseph Smith:" Boys—(all together, in eager and emulous strife)—" ill- Sillitli." Nliltcli, ei-taiiii.v' tli',It's Correct. Well, let us turn to the first question: Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japhet. Now.whowasthefatherof No,iii's three S()Ils ?" Boys-(lInanimollsly, utter a little hesitation; Mr Smith 1"

THE SABBATSl BILL. -?c.s. A we last week remarke.1 in no measured terms on the shamefullleglect of of Parliament, as regards their attendance in the House ot Com- mons, adducing as an instance the absence of t?,VC-n,,y-flVo OUI of Tilitof those who represent places in our almost immediate neigh- bourhood, on the second reading of the Lord's Day Bill :-we takf- this opj)ortiit)ity of repritiliii(,- the York Chronicle an abstract of the Bill, that the (itit-)represented iilayhave an opportunity of judging how far their (-ioit-)representatives were justified in withholding their countenance from the measure. The preamble sets forth the acceptableness to N'iiiiglit), God of the holy keeping of the Lord's Day, %vilich in (ii,(,rs 1)1;lccq ill rf?iiliii-, been and now is pôoraned ¡¡n(j ne:;lected and the insufficiency of existing laws to piomote its due observance. Section 1 proposes to enact, That no person 011 the Lord's Day shall do or hire, 0" employ any person to do, any manner of labour, or any work in the way of trade or business, or keep open shop, or hold or assist in holding any fair or market, or buy or sell, or crv, offer or expose for sale, or receive or deliver in the way of trade or business, or in the way of his or her ordinary calling, or cause to be bought or sold, or cried, offered or exposed for ale, or received or delivered in manner aftbresaid, any goods, animal,etTects or thin;r,ormake any contract in the way of trade or business or otherwise, or do or permit any thing prohibited, or for the doing or permitting of which any forfeiture is imposed by any provision of this Act.— Section 2, That every such doing or hiring, or employing any person to do any such labour, work, calling, trade or business, or keeping open shop, or holding or assisting in holding any such fair or market, or buying or selling, or causing to be bought or sold, or crying, offering or exposing for sale, or receiving, delivering or causing to be bought or sold, or cried, offered or exposed lor sale, or recetved 01 de14 vered, or making any such contract, or doing or permitting anything prohibited, or for the doing or permitting of which any forfeiture is imposed by any provision of this Act. shall be a separate offence Sections 3 and 4 specify the penalties to be imposed on the doing of prohibited acts and for keeping open shop on the Lord's Day. -Section 5 empowers any justice of the peace, police-officer, constable or deputy-con- stable, churchwarden, overseer, parish officer, tithing-man, or other ofr.cer, to seize, with or with- out warrant, all articles 01 tood exposed publicly for sale, and to deliver such articles to the overseers, to be distributed to (lie poor of the parish or place wherein the seizure was made: the offending parties in this case not to be subject to any further penalty for the same oflenee.- Section 6, Persons resisting the enforcement of the Act to be fined. Section 7, Justices to convict on view for offences against this Act. Section 8 directs the mode of conviction, and recovery and application of forfeitures; the justice, upon complaint, to sum- mon the party accused; and on proof of the service of summons by delivery to the party or leaving it at his last known place of usual abode, two or more justices may examine tiie charge whether the party accused be present or not; and if, on conviction, the party refuse or neglect to pay the fines imposed forthwith, the justices to issue warrants for levying and recovering by distraint upon goods and chattels: -so iiiiicll ot line, iot hiv to be awarded to tlie inlonner, as the justices may think proper the residue to be applied to the poor-rates -justices to have power to detain offenders in custody, till the return of the warrants of distress, .H tit r;"Tlire secuiity for hi, appearance on the day when the warrant is returnable) the time being- limited:—if iheie be not goods sufficient on whijli to distrain, tile oITendr to be imprisoned. Section U imposes fines on witnesses refusing to attend oil a so to d0. -Section 10 limits ihe time for laying au iiifountiou from the com- mission of the oifence. Section 11 gives a power of appeal lo quarter sessions from the conviction by justices, the appellant to enter into recognizances for prosecuting the appeal and abiding ihe decision of llie justices in quarter sessions, who have power to milto any forfeiture. Srciioii 1'2 limits the amount ot damage 10 be recovered w here convictions ha*e been qllashell upon <I!,I"I, in ull actions thai shall be brought against the informers, unless it be aliened in the declaration that the complaint or li (I been laid maliciously and without probaoie cause: defendant shalI have a verdict on proot ot haviu'g tendered payment of the amount of forfeitures within a certain time after the conviction was quashed, or on proof of the justice of the con- viction. -Spciion 13 limits :hc period of bringing actio..s the venue local and the general is-ne may he p!eaded- Section ]4 preserves to ecclesias- tical courts their jurisdiction utial-ei-eii. Section to and If) specify exceptions to the for- going- prohibitions. Be it enacted, That nothing1 in this Act contained shall extend to any person selling, buying-, delivering- or receiving milk before of the clock in the morning, or between the hours ot and ill the Clfter- noon, or lo any person selling buying, delivering and receiving medicine, or to any person selling, buying delivering or receiving dressed meat, liquor or other provisions within hotels, coffee-houses, inns, cook- shop-,ale-houses, beer-houses, or other houses tlit- sale of victuals, to be cousnmed in "fld upon the premises, by any traveller or by any person or persons who shall have lodged and slept on the premises during the preceding night, or between the hours of and in the afternoon, and and in the evening, by any person or persons who shall actually and bona fide then victual at the same, and shall not resort thereto for the mere purpose of drinking or tippling, or to any j erson selling-, buying, delivering or receiving beer or other malt liquor between the hours of in the afternoon and ill the evening, the same or any part thereof not to be consumed iu or upon the premises of the vendyr or veil dol's Pi-ovi(led a!so, aiid be it eii- acted, That nothing in this Act contained shall ex- tend to works of piety, charily, or necessity." Section 17 appoints the time for the proposed act to come into operation.

(!(!ttils t%Vo conflagrations, arising tri>tn the action of a high "iii(I upon lotil The one at Stamford consumed property to the amount of £ '2000 the other at Alwalton, n Mr Peterborough, was equally (tesit-uctivt- a portion of (lie propeioy being saved only by the most heroic person.if "¡¡(Iris of the Earl Filz%vi!,I.i,kill, and other members of that noble family. \\illj¡un Allen, the head eiisrineer on board the Victoria at the time of ihe explosion, and who had been pronounced out of danger, died on board the Bren/inou'iht 011 Wednesday night he is ihe fit ill victim, and leaves a vvite and four children. The Oxford Grand Musical Festival is tn take place during the commeiuoralion, on the 201 h 271h of Jullc liext- Mr Bi>hop is appointed the conductor of tt. There ¡,I he all Oratorio aud two miscellaneous performances. THE rf.\UHVTil —The kee[;g- of one day in the seven holy, as a relaxation and refreshment, as as for public worship, is of admirable service to a stale, considered merely as a civil institution, It humanises, by the help of society and conversa- tion, tin; 1!I<lliller,; of file lower clashes, which would otherwise degenerate into a ordi.1 ferocity alld savage selfishness ol spirit; iieuabl -s the industrious workman to pursue his occupation,in the ensuing week, with health and cheerfulness it iaipiints on theminilsot the p ople that sense of their duly to Cod, so necessary to make them good citizens; but b by .111 coti- linuance of labour, without any slated time for calling them to ihe worship of their maker..—liiack- slone. DEATH OF TIIE EAIIL OF DALHOUSIE.—WE regret to announce the death of the lit. Hon. the Earl ol Dalhousie, G.C.B., who died on the rilst iiisi., at his seal Ddhousie Castle. ilL, Lordship h i> been IOIJ: ill a declining slate of health. He was 1 (Jeueral ill l he Army, Colonel of the 2(jth Foot,alld Captain Gener: of ihe Royal Company of Archers or Queen s Body Guard. He Ivas abo Governor of Lite lioyal Bank. His Lordship was born in 1770, and was consequently in the (iSih year of his age. He is succeeded by his son, Lord Kainsay, M.P., (or East Lot ilia.1, by w hose elevation to the Pèeragl a vacancy is necessarily occasioned iu the representa- tion of that county. — Edinburgh Courant. otit a foi-Iiiil,Iit s' of Waterloo road were sur- prised at. beholding the fire-engine belonging to the West of Eaglanil Assurance Company proceeding along- at a very slow rate, having upon its top a colli ii, over which depended the Union Jack half .staff high. It appeareu that the coiliu contained the remains ot Benjamin Cole, who had lor many years lil.ed the situation of foreman to the engine belong ing to the establishment. Upon his death-bed the deceased expressed a wish to be conveyed to that bourne from whence 110 traveller returns" oil the engine which he used to love so well. ibis wish was complied with by the board of directors, and accordingly the engine was placed in proper order, and at the appointed hour the coiliu w is placed on it, over which was plclccd the coat and badge of the deceased, while the driver and eight of ihe firemen dressed in ihe costume ot the olfiee, each having crape bind, followed the corpse as mourners, and in this order hcy proceeded to the New t hurch, K011- -ki., i, p Uiiigton common. On its arrival at the church the proce.siou was joined by the family ol the deceased. 1'he singularity of ihe scene drew together a great concourse of people. Djiliinc.lL KUXEKAL-—A large concourse of persons assembled yesterday week, ill Southg-ate Street, to witness the funeral of the late Mr John Chesterton, of liie Talbot I1111, in this city, v/ho wis buried at St. Mary de Crypt church with druidical honours. The procession started soon alter 12 o'clock, headed by a band of tnus-ic. i he principal attraction was of course the appearance ot the bicthren, 12 in aitii-ed iii loug while robes, venerahies, &c., bearing the paraphernalia and banners of ihe Lodge; these were followed by a number of other brethren iu black robes, Hie. Several members of the Worcester and Cheltenham Lodges attended, The funeral service having been read an address was delivered at the grave by Mr Taylor, a member of the Worcester Lodge. The procession then returned to the Lodge Room, at the Talbot. The Miigulariiy ot this procession naturally diew together a large crowd, among whom we regret to state there were many who conducted themselves ill a manner highly indecorous, and not at all con- sonant with the solemnity of the occasion. This description of conduct was not confined to iliesti-eci, but was even extended to the church and church- yard, where the only object appeared to be to gratify y let a feverish curiosity, without any regard to the proper decorum which ought to be observed oil such occa- sions. We otiglit to state that the rush into the church was so great that it was altogether out of the power of the policemen in attendance to prevent it. Gloucester Chronicle. THE GREAT WESTERN STEAM-SHIP.—On Sa- turday last the first experimental excursion of this vesel was made oil the rivei* with the most comp ete success. The engineers were en- g-aged during the whole of the week in getting ready her stupendous machinery and paddle-wheels, alld tbe fires were lighted and the steam got upon Thursday and I riday, while the vessel was at her moorings. The of the engines and the revolutions of the wheels having fully answered the expectations of the owners,on Saturday morn- i,ig, itt el(!veii o'clock, site ,ot titi(ler way, and starteu from Black wall on her first steam trip. The" Oreat Western" is the largest vessel propelled by steam which has yet made her appearance on the waters in Europe, her registered adllledilllrement being. l,(j-lt) tons; length, 231 feet; breadth from out to out of the paddle-boxes, 58 feet; and with engines and machinery of 450 lioi-sc-power. The Great Western proceeded three miles below Gravesend, and returned to her moorings at Blackwall shortly before four c)lclouk. The Great Western will re- main in the river for another week, to complete her fittings-up and take in part of her coals, and she will then proceed to her uative place, Bristol. She leaves Bristol for New York on the 7th of April. The Great Western met with one accident. In going down the river, a large sailing be.rge crossed her bows, and, to prevent the bqrge being run down, the engines were slopped and reversed, when she ran foul of a ship lying at anchor, on hcr larboard side, and carried away the stal board quarter of the vessel, besides doing other damage. The sleam, vessel sustained no injury. I

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CARDIFF. CotsTioits INWARDS.—The Dirf, Cullen, and tile v oil er, VV.uren, fi-oiti the Aid, Slone, from Bideford, the Celerity, Hughes, from Newport, the Bute, Walters, the Merthyr Packet, the,, Amity, Rogers, and the Wiliiam, from Bristol, the Wellington, Evans, from Waterford, the John fi-oiii Bridge- watei-, atid tlte Kitty, Piekard, from Padstow, with sundries; the William, Smith, and the Jane, Cook, from Lyduey, and the Robert and Ann, Hitner. from Gloster, with iron; the Active, Guy, from Bridge water, and the Fame, West, from Chepstow, with timber; the Geleit, Roberts from Portma ioc, with slates; the Ariel, Hepburn, from Gloster, with staves; the Elizabeth, Pocket, from Gloster, with apples; the Union, Niiiiies, from Sf. Ives, with oil; 28 in hanat, and eihl with iron ore. COA.STF.RS OUTWARDS. — The St. Day, Harvey, for Truro, the Mary Ann, B < r, the Good Hope, Thompson, the Jane und Mar)', Richards, the Unity, Roes, the Bran-by, Prout, and the Swau.-ea Packet, Rosser, for Newport, ihe V'ctory, Gower, ihe Charles, Jones, the Providence, Washburn, the Robert and A nil, Ridler, and the Providence, Parker, for Bristol, the Aigo, Decent, for Hull, the Mary, S'ceman, for Eo^ey, the Piiea-ant, Thomas, the Frances, D ivies, the Hero, Evans, for Liverpool, the Diana, Watkins, for Londoll, IIIp itover, Durant, for Leitb, and the Emerald, IJoyd, for Aberavon, with iron; the Cygnet, Lodwig, for Gal way, and the Camilla, Byers, for Belfast, with iron and coal the William, Thomas, for Bristol, with tiii the Friends, Davics, Bristol, with sundries; the Gem, Lang-ley, for Bristol, with coal, &c.; and 22 with coal. FOREIGN" ENTERED INWARDS. The Diana, Miller, from Treport, in ballast. FOREIGN ENTERED OUTWARDS. — The Kate, Orley, for Hamburg; the Elizabeth Clark, Alder Picton N.S. the Diana, Miller, for Cadiz; and the Julia, Bicklord, for Prince Edward's Island. Pom-LAX CLEARED OUT. — The Lord of the Isles, Tregariheu, for aiij the William, Wakeham, for Oporto, with iron. NEWPORT. INWARDS. — Ihe La ltoze, loolland, from Rouen, in ballast the Jaue, Smith, the Robert Clampiit, the Perseverance, Pearce, the Osorev, Phillips, the Charles, Howe, the Somerset, Prober!, the Friend- ship, Wesllane, the Hope, Bnrdge, the Susan, Hooper, and the Dispatch, Chandler, with corn, flour and malt the Sprightly, Richards, the Ex- periment, Hilbnan, the Eleanor, Morgan, the John, Smith, the Eliza, Uunkin, the Pheasant, liver, and the Pembroke, Leleau, wiih iron ore; the Jane, Johns, and the fame, Frarpiharson, with block tin ihe'1 wo Friends, Base, wiih potatoes; the New- port Trader, Jackson, the Prudence, Davidge, the E'iza, Woodcock, the Gleaner, Seudamore, the Unity, iieese, ihe Mary Aon, Beer, the Nautilus, liowe, the Jane and Mary, Richards, the Carleon, Hai wood, tne Moderator, Johns, the George, Clat- worlhy, the Bristol Packet, Tiver, the :\Jary, t, the. Swift, Richai-i-u ill n Khmid the Bristol Packet, Prewiu, with sundries. OuTvv iRDS. -The Emma, Percival, for N iples, with coal and iron; the Ebenezer, 11utiiian, for N'ew York, with iron; the Economist, Pearse, for Prillce Edward's Islalld, willi sundries; the Har- with iron; the Prince Kegent, Pines, and the Recovery, Shaxson, for Quebec, in ha last the Experiment, Hillman, the Ann and M*1- ^ewis, the Elizabeth, Lewis, the Bruckton, Bant, the Meinon, Berriman, the William and Jane, Hughes, the FLIiza, Owen, the Ann and Maria, D.minions, the Integrity, Potberry, the Viilers, Daltoii, the Polgooth, Oliver, Ihe Favourite, Jones, the Thomas and Sarah, Williams, the Hope- well, Oiveiis, the Eliza and Ann, Roberts, the William, S'»ith, the Alarm, Tapper, ihe Speedwell, Owen, the John, Smith, tiie Ann, Clements, theSap- 'llai pli're, Roberts, the Charlotte, Carey, the Britannia, J mcs, the Maria, James, the Recovery, W'illiams, the Risiu. SUII, Lewis, the Leliia, Richards, the Pro- vidence, Duke, the Fame, Hunt, the Robert, Clam- pitt,the Charles, Howe, the Chepsto.r, Wesilake, the John, Newman, the George Harper, Owens, and the Lady Harvey, Smith, with iiou and tin plates; end 75 vessels with coals. NEATH. CLEARED OUT.-The Francis and Ann, Sawl, and the Eilen, Odgers, for Truro; the Magnet, Triatt, the Friends, Listen, the Mary Ann, Gray, the Two Brothers, Wheatou, and the Albion, Sliel- stone, for Exeter; the Druid, Harris, for Newry the .Alalia, Phillip*, the Ilintoa, B eady, and the Brothers, Scoble, for Cork; the Ann and Miiry, Williams, for Waterford; the Auspicious, Loveriug the Maria and Betsey, Davies, the Lydia, Davies, and the Maria, Fiy, for St. Ives; the Ant,Tadd, the St. Austell's Packet, Naniolas, for Fowey; the Nautilus, Crocombe, for Ilfiacombe; the Rebecca, Hooper, and the M iry, Hopgood, for Bridg»water the I'ive Sisters, Williams, lor Conway; the Colyton Union, Good, for Scion; the Qneen, Howe, and the Bi i~k, Harding, for Bridport the Pallas, Fogwell, and the Venus, Williams, for Dartmouth tlie Swan, Hughes, for Newport; the Standard, Harris, for Saloombe; theGn.it, Doyle, and the Liberty, Con- nelly, for Wexford; the Fame, Nichoils, (or GlolI- cester; the Nancy, Nichoils, for Padstow the l'oiimoit Castle, Davies, tor Bristol an 1 the In- dustry, Waters, for Chepstow. LLANELLY. ARRIVALS.—The John. Griffiths, from St. Ives, the Magnet, Thomas, from Swansea, the Elizabeth, May, from Truro, the Rose, Longmaid, from Loue, and the Charles, Roberts, from Bristol, with sun- drip, th \ViJ\ialll, PL'Uln, the EllIl'rald, O\Vl'n, from Ca diIT, and the Thomas and Sarah, W illiams, Iroin Newport, with iron; the Victoria, Hartnell, from Swansea, with copper; the Wasp, the Ant, pounds, from London,the Dolphin, Fry, the Nilles, Llewellyn, the Tlmle, Llewellyn, from Bristol, the Ann, Bentley, from Barnstaple, and the William, Williams, from Dublin, iu ballast. SAILED.—The Jupiter, Elder, for Bombay, the for Smyrna, the Pearl, Baptist, tor Malta, the Endyuiion, Brown, for Gillrallar, the Ulile, Malur, for Malta, the Reparateur, Hamelin, for Brest, and 33 coastwise with coal,

LONDON MONEY MARKET. CLOSING PRICES OF h'KITi-iil STOCKS—WKDNBIOIV. !Uak .Stock — per cent. Reduced.. — 1n,1iaStock .:H percent 11V.]()()f. "5 per cent. Consols OSi'-1 per cent. Itiif, — Consols for Account.. t)31| I n.lia Iloyi,is 3 aer cent. Reduced —- I Uxcheipier Bills 63 PiUCES OF FOREIGN STOCKS—WEDNESDAY. Rra/.ilian Bonds 5 per ct. 79] i (ireck Aug. Bds5pr ct. —■ Chilian, o per cent. — 1 Men. Bonds, 6 per ct. '2B.J Colombian ]ionds,f> pr rt 2').^ Portuguese Bds.5perct !3()i Danish Bonds, 3 per ct. 70^ Portuguese Reg. Bonds '20 Dutch 2 £ per cent. 51:} Russian Bonds, 5per ct III Ditto 5 per cent. 102^ Spanish ( 11131), 5 per ct 21a Peruvian '2t^ Belgian Bonds, 5 per ctlOSj _Ir'-

L\TEST PRICES OF METALS. Copp,B,lt.Cake,toll Tile, rlo "12 II II Stu'eis, per lb n 1) It bottoms 0 I 0 F ireign—-S. American (d> ,'i/s rwt) bit.. to a. 0 0 0 Tin British—Mock* ..cwt 4 10 0 liars .Cwt 412 0 Plates,common I 1 c | i.{ 0 te 1 lf> 0 to best, per 1 1 19 0 t« 2 1 0 box. (ixx 2 5 0 to 2 7 0 Wasters of the above i\Iks 3;i less, all others Os Ions. (OiJiprg in propoition ) Foreign—f Bancn, bd. cwt 410 duty r>cU.< Stiaiu, bit. em 3 17 0 Jjci'cwi. (.Bus, lid. cwt 3 0 Lead, British Pigs ton 23 U 0 Slitci 03 0 tt S'oit tan 25 0 0 Bed ton '^4 0 0 White (dry) :{() 0 0 Do. (ml in oil} toil 32 0 0 Litharge 24 0 0 Porei.-n—Spanish (dy 40s |>er ion) l,d toil 21 0 0 Iron Untish. pi^, No. 1—ton 6 0 0 B11—ton y ir, 0 10 u 0 0 Do. Cargo in Wales 9 n l) Bolts toil 10 5 0 Nail Hods t<)11 JO 15 „ Haopst ton 1110 0 SUeets, ton 12 10 (Jl (Ottieisin proportion.) Foreign— Swedes, 01 bd ton 13 0 0 k for Steel, (var inks) Duty 30s. 7 too 0 0 lo 35 0 0 per ton ttussia com ton 12 0 O f ?«l. 1 I 0 0 S e c x u l01, ,y ,0 0 Steel, Hrit.—B.istered, (various qaulit.) 0 II to 4a 0 0 Shear ditto itnto ^5 0 0 to Si 0 0 Cast ditto ditto -15 (I w to íH 0 (J Fo eign— ( Swedes la kg» t;cl imn 17 0 0 Duty 20 < Ditto Faggots bit ton 18 0 0 per cent. Milan bd ton Speller, For.—C.tkes dy 21, per ton b l twn 15 0 0 Enshsli :l5 Q 0 Quicksilver-djr l^J, JIcJ- iu. y 5 e i

AGRICULTURE$COMM&nC&> k-ii 1, t, V, LONDON MARKETS. — -an* CORN EXCHANGE. n. Wheat, Kent and Essex, Peas, Whlte, p*r q< 2d-^ •• per ur 59. 1 Ort> (Bjiti. s) S'ifFol!t ,V2s 57" Ue;ins, Ti. k Noriollc ots 1 i2 Sum!1 By<; i/3 30 O.its. Potaloe 22s Birlty C."is 30- l'olnnd 2-'s F.nc :;tls Sfls F.-ed .c. —s 41^ ,r,8; PJUCES OF HOI"S. t<;isl k"iu.J*'is tu l»lj—Choice ditto to Kern lings.Mis to 90,—Choice ditto !t"n to 100♦ Su-'SLX Poe!t.65, li> /Uj—Superfine /2s to 7*>s Farnlium 110s to ICOs SMITIIFIKLD MAIIKKT Per stoiiii ot" 8ibi to Kink the offal. B-ef 3s 4.1 (0 4s 0 to 4s 4d I'orl, 4s 4 to 4- S(l t» W itu.ii 4 il.I lo 4-; (ii til. 10 La ml,0. 0 1 lo Us »»! to «•> "-1 V e.d.. 1 iid In 5: II d lo fi- I i 1'liICM OF CO W.S, per Ton. I)I"ICI' OF CO\I,S, per'l'o,i. W ill* -nil—II. tton 28s 0 !—Lmii'UOII 28- 0 1—Stewart's 28.* 'j — B jwh ii.' I'd—B ir o;i _s 0 —\Vn1.,II. —s—Adairs— Ul' —il.djwell —s 0.—T.-wnlej 0, 0 nitlTISlI \) FO!U;fG\ WOOLS—Per lb. TU:T — HlanU't, lid I.. 15.!—Coilibinir, 14 to l?J-FI.nrieJ> 13 to 1/ I. —I-'LEECE WOOLS—N. and S.DoW' llos^tts. I* to 1 11 J — Mall lo cd Is ^l o I 1 Id—Iv-nl, Is 6 to 0., t) Foil—Germany, l'3e!'rniiJ;i.s I0dto5 0.!—l,wer ip' dit' I s Hd ta 2s 0:1- Aus; ?r -J st, 2s 2.1 10 2s 9.1—l»feri«»r» ls4dto 1^.8 1—Van Oreinju's Land, c,e;m,2s2l to 2s 9d

LOCAL MARKETS. HRECON. Wheal Imp bu. 7s 9 1 to Ss Oil. Beef (per lb.) •••• Hurley ,'is. U.I. 3s. 20. Mutton 5i' fi O its 3s. (Id. 0s. "it. VenI '• Malt 00s. Od. —s. Od. Pork 6l"-i iVas 4-i. ti l. 5s. 0«|. Fresh BRISTOL. COIIN7 EXCHANGE Per Qu-iiter. Per Quarter. <1. s. d. s. d. *■ 4 hite (iO o to (ili o Uei'.iis, N\-w 31 o to 31' Wheat, Ked.r, I o to .vs t> Rye o to — hite (iO o to (ili o Uei'.iis, N\-w 31 o to 31' l¡arley,Grinllíng:1 11 to 26 II Old.. 12 0 to 44 .Malting 3,2 o to 3o o Peas, White 4 o to Oats, I'eed. 15 o to IS o Malt 54 0 to Polatoe ..20 o to 22 o | Flour, Fil1e ;">o o to 52 o ■Seconds -J3 o to -111 o Thirds at 0 10 3H o Pollard, per ton ..H5 o to 120 » llran IU50t .11()0 PRICKS CU R R E V T O F L E A T H E TI- d. d. d. Crop Hides, peril). 11 In 1 ift Horse Rults per lb.. Fork-is?" Hides In II t Calfskins, best 20 Liulii Foreign Mid. ll| 12.^ Calr Skii>s, coimnon.. 13 Heu-x diito 1-2 l.'l 1,-isli Skills 13 E:i;li-h Butts II 20 Welsh Skins 12 Fo'eign Untts Ft.J 1/ Kips, EtmlislietWelsl, 13 He itSaddlcrs' Hides.. I 10 Foreign tvips, Peters..1 Co,union ditto 12 13j Iniri'h 15 Shaved ditto 13 Kit Foreign Kips.' En si ,fl Siioe ditt 11 12 IndU 11 ,l Common ditto II 1'U Small Seal Skins 21 '~Z Welsh ditto 11 11.; Middling diito 14 ? U.'st Hull dill, ll.t 12.i Larife ditto 12 Common ditlo- 10 11 15asils !» lorse d.i. (English).. 10 13 orr.Ai,. ■Vrlsli ditto !l II Foreign Bellies 6 German diito 11 14 — Shoulders Spanish ditto Ii IS Dressing Hide,Bellies.. Shaved do. without ————Shsulilers.. f butts, I Os. to lii-i.Od. each. CARDIFF. Wheat 1681b !3s. 0-lto—s. od. | Vr.,1 5d to Barley 15?. Ill-, od. | L,ml>, per C>.«. Otl Oats 'is. 3d. 3s. Oil, Butter Od Heel", per lb. Os. lid. Os, 6.}d. I Sail do 12 Pork Os. lid. Os. 0 i. j Dm ks,pr coupli-2s Od 10 3* Mutton 0s. Ii I Os- 7.1, .dt>z 71 to CAR M A It l'UKN. Wl.cat, aver, per bosii.l fi 9to0 0 C.sk Butter,per lb 0 iJA K" Barley 3 6 0 0 Fresh, ditto, .1 2 t C>i;ts 0 0 1 I Cheese, ditto 6. j tf II COW BRIDGE. —— Wheat (VV. bu.) 7s. fid. 8s Od. | Aliilton (perdb.)0s. 7d. os. Uarlev Os. 0d. r,s. liii. Veal t»3 Od. Os. Oats 3s. 3d 3s. D.i. Pork 0s. S^if — <?"' Clover, per^ lb.. — Od — U.l. Lamb On. Od. Os. • Tiefoil, ditto.. — l)d — Oil. Fresh butter..0, 0d. Is -A •ieef Os. 5id. os. Get. | Ggg* (perdoy.) s. Od. 0s. »<•'• M K ti ni yit. d. d. d. Fine Flour i lotoo u Beef.perlb 0 5 'J' iiest Seconds 4 7 0 0 Mutton 0 (i » i 12)0. (j 0 I. 01101) I U 2Al20 Ducks, ditto 3 (, i 0 Cheese 0 0 0 !>' Eggs, per huodied 5 0 lo 6 0 tiacou pei score..7 0 8 MON:MOUTH. Wheat 62<. I Id. | Beans —s_ 9^ Barley VSs. 4u. j Pease rjS, m* Dais —s. Od. | NEATll. Silting Pii:s Fresh butter. I* I't.'i.1 toe;, [>er cu'i 5* } Cask do.. I I.^d Wileut S 0 to 9 « ltarley 4 0 to 1. <>ats 12 0 10 ia 0 NEWBRIDGE. Ni:\vr,ittDGi:, Wednesday, March 23th, 1837.. Red Wheat (Imperial bushc-i) 7 0 to S (j. White,ditto. t) UtnO tr Barley 3 0 to •t 0' .Malting ditto 0 0 to 0 W' Oats—Fotatoe and iJolaiut 0 0 to 0 0' Feed Outs 2 3 to 2 q; C!over Seed 0 0 to 6 Q Beef frora5 £ ii to 6 £ d | Cream Cliee-e d7 to J Minion 6d to 7d S!ieep< milk ditio 6.1 to l'i»:nl> 7 d to 0.1 Fresh Buuei .11.1 to veii. Id to (id I Salt iJitto I0d I" P'ok _d to nd I Lard 7,| to #1' TREDUGAU. T5l:ef 0 r,(l 61.<1 f.umb 0 (ltd 0 7,1. \{atto[]. 0 7J 0 Ud Pork. 0 Cxi 0 Veal. 0 7d OOd Flour 10s. to lis. Imp. b. Ila J:8 89. to ta 16S. Fresh butter Is Id. pei lb.-Silt ditto, Od. to Is. Potatoes .lis. per sack. HIGH WATER AT BRISTOL. (Fro 11 Bunt's Tide Table.) 1)\VS I"-0" WATF,U'[ Ciu"V Alorn. Even.1 Ga'iC. Gx^- -1- APRIL. H. M. H. M.j FT p ,Nc. Sunday. 1 J11 17 11 32j 22 8 11 Monday 2 [— — 0 5,1;) 7 3 4 Tuesday 3 0 3t. 1 -V) 17 H (j ft Wednesday 4 2 23 3 2 3 18 5 7'^ Thursday 5 3 58 4. ;J;J 22 2 10 11 Friday ti 4 fj? 5 2tJ 25 2 13 H Saturday 7 5 41 f (j 5 27 3 lt>

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