The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

TRADESMEN'S BILLS.-A gentleman whose bouse was repairing went one day to see how the job was progressing, and observing a quanlJty of naits lying about, said to the carpenter, Why don t you take care of these nails ? 'I'll e Y'l I certainly be lost," No," replied the carpenter, you'll find them all in the bill." PttocjuEss OF GEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY. It is a wel known fact, that, during certain past ages of the history of our earth, volcanic agency M aa deve- loped on a scale of infinite grandeur and import- ance and that, in particular, a considerable portion of the centie of France, including the of the rtiicient province of Auveigile, as well as itie country bordering on tlie Rhine, was once the site of vol- canic agency of excee.ling power and ex tent. We owe to tbe zeal and energy of two English geolo- gists, Messrs Hamilton and -,iirickiiiiid, the discovery of a seres of dormant volcanoes, in Asia Minor commensurate in impoitance with those of central F, uncI.' and Ihf.' Hhine. In a di-ti-ict in tile vicinity of Smyrna, called the Katakekaume (a name indicative of its burnt and patched charac- ter), our spirited countrymen have discovered a series of volcanic vents, which, though now in a state of repose, were once awakened to the mosi fearful activity, and must have presented a scene of devastation far exceeding that of Etna and Vesuvius at the present day. It is an instructive and all awful lesson to reflect, that these once active fires are hushed, but not eitiuguished and that the same A'roiirhtv hand which called them first into being, may again rouse them to all their pristine energy and power of devastation.

LOVDOV —London in length is nearly eight miles, its breadth three, and its circumference twenty six. It contains above 8,000 streets, lanes, alleys, and courts, and more than fi5 different squares. It has 216 churches and chapels, 2!>7 meeting houses for Dissenters,43 chapels for foreigners,and 6 synagogues for Jews —making ,jQ2 places of public vvorshp. The number of inhahitantsduring the sitting of parliament is estimated at 1,950,000. In this vas' city there are upwards of 4,000 seminaries for education, 10 insti- tutions for promoting the arts and sciences, 122 asylums for the indigent, 17 for the sit-k and lame, 13 dispensaries, 704 charitablo institutions, 58 courts of justice, 4,010 professional men connected with the various departments of the. law. There are 13.300 vessels trading to the river Thames in the course of a year, and 40,000 wagom; going and returning to the metropolis in the same period, including their repeated voyages. The amounts of exports and imports to and from the Thames, is estimated at £ 66.811,923 sterling annually, and the property floating in this vast city every year is J, 1, 0 000,000 sterling. These circumstances may be sufficient to convince us of the extent and importallce of the capital of the British empire. ANTI CORN LAW CIRCULAR. In thpse most eventful times there is nothing surprising to find momentous topics freely discussed on all hands; and such disciissioiiq, it cannot be denied, have a natural tendency to rub otf the rust of prejudice. and to lead to truth. The value of bread itself, as the staff of life, is universally kno,n but the questions of free or unrestricted trade in corn appear to have their respective warm advocates. It is a mighty point gained where unanimity prevails upon any great question of vital conse- quence and in no one modern instance, perhaps is this feeling more prevalent than in tbe ad- mitted transcendent virtues of that matchless medi- cine— Atkinson"s INFANTS' PRESERVATIVE.— [5fee A di-erfisement.) In all cases of debility and disorganisation of the system, the most eminent physicians have uniformly had recourse to tonics as the grand means of restoration to health. Fully convinced of the pre-eminent properties of the Alterative Tonic Powders, invented and prepared solely by Mr Wray, of HI)born Hit!, we earnest'y recom- mend them to those afflicted with nervous affec- tions, languour, indigestion, and all disorders of the stomach, as a highly eiffcacious medioine, su- perior to any whioh medical science has hitherto produced.

DREADFUL FI Ii C AT U'YlVAKD 1'Wiiv THE SEA r or LORD LONDONDERRY. -8 Newcastle upon Tyne. Feb. 20 I regret to have to report to you that intelligence was received here this day, that a most destruc- tive fire broke out last night at the princely man- | «ion of t le Marquess ot Londonderry, at Wynyard Park, near Stockton. With the details we are at present wholly unacquainted, though rumour says I he loss wi'.l tie tittle sh >rt of ^100,(100. I venture to think, however,theemay be some exaggeration [ in go lartje an amount. The property is said to be very ilifvlttly, if kit all, covered hy insurance. An over heated title is reported to have been the cause of this sad calamily.-Slandard. (PUnrtlEH PAIITICULAIIS.) From the particulars received at the insurance offices iu LOlllton, it appears thttthehre broke out at a few minutes before 1*2 o'clock, at which time the inmates, consisting of six persons (:he Marquess and Marchioness being at present iu Italy), were asleep. The first person to gi e the alarm was one of his lordship's gamekeepers, who left the man-ion at about a quarter before 10 o'clock for the purpose of ascertaining whether the watchers were at their lutv in the park and preserves. At tin; time of his quitting the place there was no appearance of fire, and all seemed ill, safety. Shortly before the hour above mentioned lie a great light iu the conservatory, which adjoins the chapel and. sus- pecting that the place waS on fire, he discharged his fowling piece to alarm the watchers, and then hast- ened to tlw mallsioll, when immediately after a large -body of flames burst, forth into the horizon. Happil y tlie inmates all escaped with out injury, and it some considerable time before the mansion caught. oil assembling together commenced removing the plate and other valuables from the iransion, and in about a quarter of all hour assist- ance arrived By that time, the flamt-s had reached the chapel, and soon afterwards the mansion caught. 1'lie intelligence was without delay forwarded by expresses to Stockton, Durham, and tieighbourimr towns, and numerous engines were despatched to the tire By the period they readied the spot the greater portion of the splendid building was in a blaze, and in one hour after its destruction was complete The couflaga'i u raged with great violence for hours after, and vvas seen at many miles distance. There is every reason to believe that the fire originated iu the Hues in the conservatory being overheated. At present it is impossible to ascertain the precise fact. An account has been received, which states that it originated in tho chapel, which was undergoing repair, and it was suspected that the workmen had left a caiid.e burning ill the huildill. The only part of the establishment saved is tiie kitchen and out houses but these sustained much damage The loss is supposed to be at least £ 30,000.

ALARMING FIRE I\ PRKSTON CHURCH, NKAU BRIGHTON.—On Sunday afternoon, the little village of Preston, which is on the London road, within a short ride of Brighton, was thrown into a state of considerable alarm in consequence of the outbreak of fire iu the the parish church. The first discovery of the fire was by a young man accidental y pass- ing, who perceived a quantity of smoke issuing from the roof, with a strong smell of burning wood. He immediately entered the church, where the reverend gentleman who was officiating was proceeding with the service. Fearful ol the consequences of alarming the congregation, and occasioning a sudden rush, he made his way to tho clerk and communicated the tact,which waS lIIarle known to the clergyman The latter proceeded to inform the congregation, intreating them not to he needlessly a'arined, and thereby in crease the danger, when the crv of "The church is oil fire," vvas raised on the outside, and the alarm instan- taneously became general, each person endeavouring to get out as speedily as possible. During the few minutes which had transpired from the time of the discovery, a great number of persons congregrated on the spot, amongst whom Wprc ItJaIlY of the railway labourers, who, immediately they perceived the nature of the danger, ran to the works, which are close by, ami procured ladders, axes, &c., and speedily got on to the roof. under which it was ascertained the fire was raging, and which burst forth with great fury when they had succeeded in getting off some of tho tiling. They then quickly organised themselves, and having procured buckets, conveyed water from tho various wells and ponds adjacent,pouring it on the burning rafters and keeping the Haines in ch-ck. The flames were extinguished, mainly by the exer- •ious of the labourers. TKRIVIFIO Explosion OF Gas AT STOCKTIOItT. — An explosion of gas, of a very alarming nature, occurred in the minufaetory of Mr Charles Axon, of Heaton lane, Stockport, yesterday evening. It ap- pears that it leak littd taken place in the nervice pipe which supplies the mill with gas still on some of the hands going down with alight to the lo\ver story, where the pipe enters the mill, a considerable quantity of gas having e-caped, a most lerri.ic cxpto sion immediately took place. So loud was the report that it wa-heard a I over Ihe town, and for IIcar a mile beyond it, and the utmost consternation was excited in all parts of Stockport, some atliibuting itte report to an earthquake, and all being seized with an undefined sort of alarm and apprehension. The building, which is four stories high, was shaken in a ii)o.,t vio'eiit manner; nearly every window was shattered to atom" all the lights ef-e extinguished a great deal of the machinery was disarranged; and the effect was described,by the hands who were at Wn. kin Ihe uPp'r "rip", as s¡llIilal' I" Ihl'ir "einl?; suddenly lifted up about two or three feet, and then thrown down again. So far as we have heard, no lives were lost, nor has any serious injury been sustained by the hands in the mill except by one boy, who was severely hurt. The shoek was fell more or less, in all the buildings near to the spot — Manchester Courier of Saturday. RAILWAY TAXATION.—We are happy to see that the Railway Companies are petitioning actively against (he system of taxation now existing. On the 16th a petition was presented from the Hull alld Selby Railway Company,and on the Iflth, from the Lancaster and Preston itiiil%vtv. ltailwfiy Jla- gazine. GLASGOW, PAISLKY, AMD AYR RAILWAY.— The half yearly meeting of the Glasgow. Psislcy, IIlId Avr Railway Company was held in Glasgow on Wednesday. The proceedings were of a very favourable description. A dividend of 12s. per share was declared. The report states, that since the opening on the 12th of August not a single accident has happened to any passenger, though the numbers from that period to the .'51st of December amounted to lOo.OSd on the Ayr Hue, and 247,84S from the 12th of July, on the joint line rcspeci ively. ACCIDENT ON THE GUEAT WKSTKRN RAIL- WAY.—As the half-past 11 o'clock train from Woottnu Basset Road was proceeding between Ealing and Paddingtou, on Friday last, an accident occurred to the engine, which, had it not been time'y discovered, would have endangered Ili(- lives of a number of passengers. When the accident happened the train was proceeding at the rate of 30 miles an I.our, and as it was approaching Wormwood Scru's, the tire or metal rim which forms the disc of one of the wheels of the engine suddenly broke, leaving the bare spokes in contact itti the rail, and conse- quently very nearly upsetting the engine. The stoker immediately perceiving the danger which threatened tho passengers, instairly let off the steam, but he was unable to stop the train before it had had proceeded a considerable distance. The assistance of a number of men who were al work Oil the railway was immediately procured, but from the nature of the accident, they were una' Ie for a l"iig time to he of any service. Dilling- Ihe delay Ihp I o'clock train from Wool ton Bassett Road, and the 3 o'clock from Slough, arrived, and were detained upwaro of two hours. With the assistance of the guards and conduciorsof these trains, the wheel was repaired in a temporary manner, but not securely enough to permit the working of the engine. A number of the men who were present had therefore to drag the entire train on to Paddinjton, and the two others were obliged to follow at the same s'o\ pace. The greatest alarm and excitement prevailed among the passengers, which being considerably cooled, after a fours' seat in 'lie open carriages, they began (and justly too) to complain of the neglect which was shown them by the authorities of Pad- dington, who, had they felt the slightest interest in the unpleasant situation of the passengers, might have sent down another train, and had them con- veyed to their destination. So piercing was the cold, and so long the delay, that several persons at lost actuilly left the carriages, ami were obliged to walk thj remainder of their journey. — {{ailW(n, Magazine. Two fishermen, brothers, named Cullen, residing at Irish Town, took in one haul on Wednesday, olf the Pigeon House Fort, the extraordinary number of WOO and upwards of mullet. — Dublin Paper. OUR OPINION TOO.— The following, from the Picayune, proves the editor to be a gentleman of some t-,igte if man was made in the illlage of hi8 Maker, surely woman was designed to keep hir" still in remembrance of Heaven. When a man re- flects upon Paradise, and asks his mind for some- thing earthly that resembles it, he can think of woman, lovely woman, aud nothing else. Picture innocence, youth, and beauty in woman, and if you do not see Paradise, go to an oculist immediately, for depend upon it there is something the matter with your eyes. "-A iti co-ican paper.

1/1 YK THINGS IN FEW WORDS. The Queen of Kuizlrnul possesses the special pri \'i!i'ofi'! Int shp I'all hr IlI'r writ ..f protl'ctillll, pri\'il!'gl' a del'eiula .t from all personal am) many real suits foi one year at a time. and no longer, and in respect of hi- beiuj I'Hij'tii'l ill her service out of the The last that oil the honks is one granted bv William III., ill it¡!J 10 1.0.1 LillI. io I"d I,il;; from being outlawed by his tailor. -Hie Rnui'n Academy of St. I .tike lias- conferred the title of hono- rary member on the Queen l)n«,i»(ir of Spain, who, it is well known, is a fine artist in oil colours. The relative statures of her Majest} and Prince Albert are stated to be I feet S, and .5 feet I 1 inches. The infant Princess Royal promises to be a remarkably fine child, her complexion beinir fair, like IKT Royal Parents, witli intelligent, clear, blue eyes. The Duke of C'oveland has had the whole of his valuable stud removed to tlie extensive stablinir attached to Ha by Castle, Durham, where the noble duke intends in future to have all his horses trained. His "race's tine pack of hounds has been disposed ol Relijiaus Disputs in the Holy Land.—Tin* Marseilles papers, in their correspondence from Bevrout, assert thai serious disse/Jsion" have occurred in Syria, 1)0- tween the followers ol the fiierk and tit, Churches, particularly at Jerusalem but the causes and the r.?su'ts are not mentioned. -Sickness in the Rifles.— In consequence of the late I severity of the weather, and from other cauWs. illnes- to n great extent prevails amongst the privates and non-commissioned officers in this regiment. There are now upwards of seventy sick in the hospital under the care of tlic surgeon.and mostly young men under the age of two and twenty venrs. 1,ord Monteagle is short 1 v to bo united to Miss Marshall, daughter ol John .Marshall, Ks;| and sister of the two gentlemen who have married two of his lordship's daughters, j It if a singular fact that while in Kngland coal and iron are always found together, in France no such coincidence occurs. The ironmasters of France art,, it) consequence, obliged to bring from a distance the coal necessary for their furnaces Mr Thomas Gladstone, brother to the lately elected member for Walsall, has, we understand, determined to stand for Peterborough, on the Conservative interest, nt the next election. Value of Tinie The poet Campbell is said to have calculated that a mail who shaves himself every dny,and lives to the age of three score and ten, expends during his life as much time in the act of shaving as would have suf- ficed for learning seven languages. Coltiirs Turn Out — We understand tIn* greater part of the turn out coal miners of Oldli in and the surrounding districts still continue on the strik(, aii(i that the principal colln rv owners (.Messrs Lees, Jones, and Co.) have intiuiat( d their intention of not giving the advanced rate of wages demanded bv the miners. There are about 500colliers out iu the neighbourhood, A man in a fair was asked if his horse was timid. Not at »II."SM I lie, he frequently sp< nds the whole night by himself in his stable. ')n the Wth of February, 141)1, Sir William Sawtrre was the first person that w's burnt alive oil account of religi"U« prillcipll's in England. All men have their frailties: whoever looks for a friend without imperfections, will never ifnd what lie seeks we love ourselves with all our faults, and we ouht to love our friend in a like manner.. Importation of i,'oal to liombuj.- About 5000 tons of coal, at a of-ib,)ut annually imported into Roinhny, and used almost exclusively by the Company's steamers, though it is observed tint on account of defective arrangements at home, scarcely more thnu Iwo tliirds is effectual in raising steam It is said that Mr Barry is to receive the sum of £ 25,0 >0 from the Lords of the Treasury fordesigning, superintending and completing the new Homes of Parliament, St"Jford and Rwjby Railway,- The petition for the hili for conllrudintlt this railway has been presented to the House of Commons, and referred to the committee on private petition* The <1 'posit of ll> per cent., amounting to about „ £ '89 (H)0 is paid up, and waiting the order of the Speaker. Paris and Rouen Railway. — Mr lirassev (thecontrae- tor) has obtained the contract for the whole of this line a t £ I ,000,009 sterling, and has given the planting and lining of the hedges and slopes to Mr Rogers, of Southampton. Newcastle Coal Trade.— The coal trade of the port of Newcastle upon Tym* employs Earl of Cardiirati is not expected to join his regiment till fi,)"tit ti,,e end of the month, when lit, will return to the barracks, and muster the troops as usual on the first of March.— Brighton Gazette.-Barnsley Coal Trade. In consequence of a fierce competition now going on amongst the coal proprietors in this neigh- bourhood, coals arc selling at some of tlie pits as low ¡I <I 4i; 9(1 per ton. — Leah Journal. Running Mutch against Time —Gougl), the well known Wink- fiel-d Shepherd, has been backed to run five miles in t nrtv minutes. The match was to come off on Thursday last, at Spital, near Windsor A grand match of cocks will be fought in the neighbourhood of Sudbury, between the gentlemen of Essex and Suffolk for ten pounds a battle, and fif'y the imin. To comn oil-on Tuesday, the 2d of March an in go of byes in the evening ———— o,s of L/feat New Zealand. —The following persons were drowned by the upsetting of a boat, 25th of August, at Britannia, the new name of the capital of New Ze aland — Mr John Pierce, late of Birmingham Mr XV. Elsdou, late of London; Mr Richard Ifi-ht; Mr J. Lancaster, late of London; Mr Josias Tucker, late of Cornwall Mr Griffin, late Ptewai d of the Cuba Mr Rogers, late of Cornwall; Mr Martin, iii;iriiier.-A woman, named Hannah Uymes, and nu alleged paramour, named Grace, have been committed to Reading gaol, oil charge of basing caused the death of her husband by poisnn-A atuisieian complaining that the tyrant Dintivsius gave lihii nothing, alter promising much, for the exercise (If his art—" You fool, we arp quits. said the tyrant, 11 vou tickled my ears, and I did the same bv votirs." „ The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have given ordeis at Portsmouth Dock Yard 10 lay tii(- k( el of* ,i sl)ip of tli(, iiiie of tli,! I;irgest description ever built in Enbnd. to be named the Prince Albert, and to mount 130 guns Tlie JJuke of Manchester, it is stated, remains in a very [>«e,.arious state of health in Italy. Tlte last rlrcoullts received of the noble duke were very unfavourable. -VVlioever would reclaim his friend, and bring bi:n to a true and perfect understanding of himself, may privawly admonish, but must never publicly reprehend hi in. An open admonition is an open rlis- grace.———There is a pork store in Cincinnati on such a large scale that a inan on horseback can ride through the Key h le Yankees in China- Tiie most interesting intel'igence recently brought fro in China, by the Montezuma of this port, is a rumour that th" crews of two American ships, the Panama and Kosciusko, had deserted and entered into the servicc of the Citi.iese-iii their resistance of British aggression—and that they had been expressly employed to man the Rogue Forts, New York llera'J, Jan.30.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. .0. HOUSE OF COMMONS,—THURSDAY, FKB. 18. Petitions were presented from the borough of t'restoti, aiati ttie coutity of Surrey against the New Poor Law fJj I, an,1 Mr PARKER gave notice, that on the motion for I committee on the bill, he should move that it be com- mitted that d-iy six months. Sir F. BLIRDETr withdrew his motion for the erection of a monument to Sir Sidney Smith, thinking that the matter had better b left iu the hands of the government. Mr HUME gave notice of a motion respecting the atfairs of Syiia, and for a return of the number ol postmasters of England. Mr PAKINGTON put a question respecting cer- rain ordinances of the Goyernnr of the Canada*, which Lord J. Russell had no objection to have printed oi moved fill. In answer to Sir R. Peel, Lord J. KUSSELLsaid that some delay bad taken place wilh respect to the proclan.atiun of the Union of ;lie Canadas. The members of the General Election Committee were sworn, and the petitions against the returns for Canterbury, St. Alban's, and Walsall, were ordered fn be referred to i lietio. L»rd ELIOT moved an address, praying thai her Maje»'y wnu'd direct information 10 be given whether any and what measures had been taken for eff'Tting a recoinrtiendatinn made by the Adiiiiralt 's Commissi m of 1939, in favour Mr Hail'ik's invention for the protection of shi,.s from lightning. Tlie nnb'e 101'11 Cllmj'lilillen Ihat Ihl' An'l1irally. ins'elfi of rewarding Mi H ri is, whose plan was so highly estimated by iii(,ir o",n %vei-t! iryiik,,r new experiments, suggested hy other projectors. The adoption of Mr Harris's plan would, indeed occasion some expense—about £300 to a line of ba'tle ship costing £ 10I,()OJ; but such a percentage on such a sum was not lobe set against the lives and feelings of her Majesty's sailors. Other public services had been liberally rewarded, and none were more deserving tlH1I1 those of Mr Harris. I. M. O'FERRALL said he would not oppose the motion, and gave some credit to Mr f-hrris;- but he thought that £ 7.000, the sum claiaied was too larp and held it to he the duty of the Admiralty to try whether the same bCIIPfjls could not b e, obtained at a cheaper ra'e. Another plan more effective had been tried, which would cost but X'6'2. The whole amount yearly allowed to the Adrnirallv for rewauU was only £ 2,000 "1111 Mr Harris's claim -0 tl(1 exceed the whole of that allowance. Lord I.N'GESTRIE suspected that theiemust he some po itical under <urrent against Mr Harris at the Admiralty, or the hoard would not suffer the continuance of so great a danger to the navy. Mr WARRl'RTOX advocated Mr Hari is's inven- tion on scientific grounds. The excuse that fresh plans were under iiiii might be urged agiiust any inven ion however meritorious. Let those fresh plans he referred back to the same commission. Sir R. PEEL said he had himself suggested the commission, and th it when subject had once been committed to them, the Admiralty, who had nomi- nated them, ought not to have taken the fresh experiments into their own hands. He w ould reserve himself as to the question of compensation, though some reward would he fairly due to the inventor, if the plan should be generally adopted and generally sncce«-fiil. Sir T. COCHRANE supported the motion, and Sir R. in the eneral concurrence. Sir C. LEMON comp'aiued of the backwardness here evinced by his friends, the ministers, who had come forward so liberally oil other occasions and Captain .(-'OUlt'l' took the ;trvv- sid". The viev- of the preceding speaker* were briefly opposed by Sir C. ADAM. Mr Harris's conductor, he sa d, ltit,l ii(it a! first discharged the electric fluid oil the outside of ihe vessel, but ill it- body. Other persons had effected i-npvovements, which were now under trial, lie would not say that .Mr Harris's invention devrved nothing, hut it did not think it deserved what Mr Harris asked. He repelled the imputation of a poli ical under current ind»cd he knew not, till file charge then made, what Mr Harris's poli-ics wpre. After a few words from Mr Collier, Lord Sandon, anti Mr More O'Ferrall, Lord ELIOT replied. He said that Mr Harris had not asked for t7,000, but had merely stated that to be the sum wlpch he had laid out on the invention. And the noble lord quoted the testimony of Professor Faraday, who expressed his su pise that gov,rnmeril should so have neglected a matter of this great im- portance to the safety III the navy. The motion wiq then carried without a division. Mr PAKINGTON ssked leave to bring in a bill for the regulation of election., and other inci- devits of the la-m connected with county coroners. He d«*ireil to limit the election to s single dav, and the franchise to the registered freeholders of the Reform Rill. Mr HUM E %vou',l not oppose the introduction of the bill, but would resist the attempt to narrow the franchise Mr Sergeant JACKSON wished the bill to be ex- tended to Ireland, where the expense and the fraud of the present system was severely felt. Mr W.-IRIIUR ION hoped that the proposal for narrowing the franchise would, on the second read- ing. meet a doirged resistance from the house. Air PAKINGTON was surpiised at therpsistanoe of the to a measure founded on the hais of the Heform Act. Leave was given to introduce the bill. Mr J. STUART asked leave to bring in a bill for removing ihe i eressity of leases for a year precedent to releases of freeholds. Mr EWAR'I' seconded the motion, and leave was granted accordingly. The Constabulary Bill having been read a second tiiiie w itiout ol)l)osijioit, Lord Ke;ttie'i ;%iinuiti. Bill was proposed for a second reaiiing upon which Mr HUME expressed his opinion that the reward was overprfipor,iocied to the service, and desired a statement of Lord Keaue's services. He would, however, re«erve any further observation or oppo- sition until the committee. The bill was then read a second time. Mr WALLACE moved for vaiious returns rela- :o the post office; after which the House adjourned. #"# } HOUSE OF LORDS,—FRIDAY, FEB. 19. Their lordships resumed business for the first time since the trial of Lord Cardigan, The Earl of SHAFTESBURY moved that the Lord Speaker do issue his order for file publication, with the ord rs of the house, of the proceedings connected villi the trial of the Ear of Cardigan. The Earl of r,.I.I)ON made a few reniatks upon what had fallen from the learned Attorney General on addressing the House, ?nd said that he thought that his regard for the fee'ings of the members of this house had carried h in a little too far in saying that there was no moral turpitude in the offence with which he was charged (liearj. He gave the karued a gentleman credit for his motives in saying what he had said, but lie could not help thinking that he had gone a little too far. The Bishop of LONDON agreed with the noble earl in thinking that the Attorney General had gone too far, in saying what he had said; and, for his (the Bishop of London's) part, he could not help regretting the prevalence of those remains of the age of chivalry, which countenanced the barbarous and unchristianliko practice of duelling, which he trusted would not much longer be tolerated by society. The Earl of MOUNTCASHEL also condemned the practice of duelling, and thought it was high time that it should be put an end to. Lord REDESDALE said, that it had been held that spiritua1 peers could not sit in judgment upon a temporal p er. Lùd SHAFTESBURY said, it was customary for the spiritual peers to retire, not upon any inter- locutory proceeding, but immediately before the return of the verdict. Lord MOUNTCASHEL said, that something more than a trial like that of the Earl of Cardigan was necessary to put down duelling, and without some alteration in the law, such a trial was a mere mockery (hi ar, hear). He had seen in the public papers yesterday that another duel had taken place, and if the Act of Victoria was to be of effect, those persons ought to be taken into custody at once Something must be done to put all end to the prac- tice (hear, hear). He was of opinion ihat it was the duty of her Majesty's Minis'ers to bring forward n measure to nivet the difficulties of the case and h,' would cOllclulJehy askingaquestiou of her Majesty's Ministers, whether it was their intention to intro- duce any bill for the prevention of duelling (hear, lirar). Lord MELBOURNE said he was quite awoIrl" 01 theevitsattendinythc practice of duel ing; but he could not say that Ministers intended to bring for- ward any measure on the subject, which lie was of opinion was d very difficult one to legislate upon. The Ead of (TLIGALL wished to know whe- ther it was the intention of hei Majesty's Govern- meut to introduce any alteration in the Irish Poor Law Act ? The Marquess of NORM AN BY said he coold uot say that it was the iutention to make any alter- ation in the laws; but an exl,erillielit was about to ue made in the election of the returtiiiig oiffcers, fiom which improvements were expected. HOUSE OF COMMONS,—FmuAY.Fra 19 The Speaker took the chair a few minutes before fOllr o'clock.-A IIlImller of roid and other priva'c bills were forwarded a sia,e. -Several petitions were presented. Notice of motion \.ere ¡rill'n bv:\tr Åill'ol'lla of a c titise io exempt the Bolton Union from the operation of the New Poor Law Kill; bv Mr Gi. borne, for the repeal of some cl mses in the Reform Ril', and also adding a proviso to clause 60; by Mr Grimsditch, to substitute certain clauses in the Reform Bill relate to the size of the unions; by Mr Hodges, exempting rated inhabitants from cer- tain o,e a ions of the same hill by Mr Ewarl, for a bill to estab'ish a public system (f prosecution of criminals in England and Wales. Some returns were then ordered, and an order of F,-h. 12 (hy Nit- M les), on the Medical Profession Bi'l, «as dis- charged oil the motion of that ho«. gentleman Tlie order of the day for ihr» second reading of the Registration of Voters (England) Hill having been read, and the motion for its second reading having been read, Sir E, SUGDEN declared that his side of the House was as anxious as the other could be, to amend those parts of the measure which required revision and correction. Mr GISBORNE, in support of the bill, referred io in-tanrcs of inconsistent decisions by revising barristers the judge on one side of a passage adriiitiiiiz ttie votes which his brother judge on the other side of th" passage was t eject inc. I Mr WARMURTON considered it to have been a point admitted so long since a 1938, that Ihe insli. tutioiiof revising barri«;er« was a bad one. lie would not enter into details, which would be dis- cussed in committee. Mr HUME -aid there was a simple way of ter- minating all difficulties, by giving iu this bill, as in the Irish bill, a definition of the franchise. He did not see why the two countries should lv ditf- reol'v dealt with in this parricllhlr.-(Th's hlHllf"y rl"m:I' k, coining from such a qu inter, was much cheered.) Mr It. ALSTON thought it vry Ilcsirahle to I preclude for the futuie the conflict of decisions among revising harristers. Colonel 8IHTIIORPE wished to know what salaries would be ? Lord J. RUSSELL answered, that this would be staled in the committee. At present he would say o,i'y, that th,,i c be a oil the %vh,e of JT15,000 or j^l(i,0'j0 a-year. He had omitted the taxes, which he thought it inconvenient to insist upon in the franchise, but he bad colt-inued to require the rates, which he 'bought a sufficient safe- guard. As to the definition of the franchise, that might be done by a separate bill. The case was not like that of the II ish registration, for there almost all the difficulties of registry arose Irolll the state of the county franchise. Gentlemen opposite had been very emphatic in cheering Mr Hume's proposal for uniformity between Fugland and ire- land did they wish to abolillh the franchise of the 40s freeholders in England, or to bestow that 40s franchise upon lieland The bill was then read a second time. On the order of the day for the Committee of Supply, Lord PALMHRSTON, in answer to a question from Sir R. Peel respecting the Boundary Quest on, stated that commissioners for obtaining local inform- ution had been sent out respectively by England and by the United States, but without concert. It was intended that a joint commission should be consti- tuted, but the details were stiil under discussion. Sir R, PEEL asked whether the Amei ican Gu- vernment had tiettiiiliy a,i-ee(i that :here should be a joint commission ? Lord PALMEKSTON said that both governments h-id agreed to the principle, with a proviso for an arbitration in case of ditfeieuce. lu answer to Mr Hawcj, Lord J. RUSSELL said that it was intended to introduce into the other House a measure for a reform of the Ecclesiastical Courts, and particularly as regarded Church Rates. Mr HUME's motion for a return "f the services of Lord Keaue was agreed to; and the House ad- journed to Monday. HOUSE OF LORDS,—MONDAY, FEB 22. Lord VVIIARNCLIFFE asked if any r-conl of the speech of the Lord Ilig-h Steward would appear in tijo proceedings, which their lordships had ordered to be published, of the trial of the Earl of Cardigan. The Earl of Sll A FTESUU ItY said ho would make the ne -ess irv inquiries on the subject. Lord WHARNCLIFFE then gave notice that immediately after the holidays he would bring ins bill to clear up all doubts as to a peer pleading his privi- lege in cam* of conviction for felony. Ho thought that, after what had been said on the mnttw^ such a measure was due to their lor,lsliilys' rel)utttioti. The Earl of RI PON concluded a very elaborate nnd able speech, by submitting his promised motion for a copy of the correspondence that had taken between her Majesty's government and the Court of Teheran, in reference to the suspension of our relations with Persia. Viscount MELBOURNE did not oppose the pro- duction of the papers. Ilis lordship made an expla- | nation similar to that recently given iu the Commons by Lord Palmerston, that, iiitior differences having been arranged,the cession by Persia of a fort rl's ill the Herat district was the only point on which the two governments were now at issue. The Bishop of EXE TER intimated that he would next day, on presenting a petition of which he hall given notice, ask of Lord Melbourne to account for the delay that had taken place in the I-riiitin; of cer- tain ordinances by the Governor of Canada, that ought, as the right rev. prelate tilleged, to have been laid on the table several days ago. Their lordships then adjourned. II. HOUSE OF COMMONS,—MONDAY, FEB 22 Mr FITZ WILLI AM took the oaths and his seat as member for Richmond. Many petitions were presented for and against the rival Irish Registration Bills. The most considerable in number of signatures were one from Belfast, pre- sented by Lord Stanley, signed by 86,000 persons, and one from Liverpool by Lord Sandon, signed by 27,000 persons, bolh prayillg the House to pass Lord Stanley's bill. In answer to a question by Mr Milnes, Lord PALMERSTON said that Colonel Stod.lart was still suffering imprisonment at Bokhara, hut that government was using every exertion to procure his release. Captain HAMILTON gave notice that on Wed- nesday lie would ask the noble Secretary for the Colonics a question respecting the course pursued by the Assistant Poor Law commissioners, in taking evidence of witnesses in private. Mr LAHOUCIIERE gave notice that oil the 8th of March he would move that the House resolve itself into committee upon the customs duties of the produce of the West Indies and our North American colonies. Ser E. KNATCHBULL moved for an account of a))sums of money paid to the Poor Law Commis- sioners in the years 1836, IS37, 183S, 1839, and 1810; and also an account of sill suits to which the Poor Law Commissioners were parties, the costs incurred, and the results of such suits. Viscount MAHON wished to know what progress had been made in the negociation with foreign coun- tries respecting the international copyright law? Lord PALMERSTON said that propositions had been madp. to the government of France, the United States, the Germanic Confederation, Saxony, and Prussia, but not one of these effor's had led to any satisfactory result. Lord ELIoT inquired of Lord Palmerston whe- ther he was aware of a document lately published in a newspaper, purporting to be a communication from tho Austrian Minister to the Diet of Switzerland respecting the suppression of certain convents in the latter country. Lord PALMERSTON would not undertake to pledgo himself to the accuracy of any documents which might appear in a newspaper, but lie had reason to be- lieve that a note had passed between the authorities named by the noble lord. The debate on the second reading of tho Govern- ment Registration Bill for Ireland Was begulI by Lord STANLEY. After a few observations upon the authority to give costs on appeal, and upon the claue making certificates conclusive evidence for certain purposes, Lord Stanley passed on from the registry provisions to the new feature, the new tack now added to the bill. This was a repetition of the trick of the appropriation clause,which these same ministers tacked to the Irish Tithe Hill for the purpose of displacing Sir R. Peel. They had hcen obliged at last to abandon that tack, alld had themselves, as ministers. carried the Tithe Bill without it; and lie trusted that the sanl" n'sult would attend their Registration Bill. He had brought in his own Registration Bill last year I on learning from the government that they (who in several preceding sessions had introduced registration bills of their own) did not contemplate the iiitrodue- tio" of ally sucli measure then. But, after his bill had been sanctioned by the house, the ministers, in order to defeat, it" had now come forward with a bid of their own, containing a delinal ion of the franchise. Was a definition of the franchise their present object ? Instead of defining the franchise, their bill went wholly to change it. He knew not how long Lord Morpeth had entertained this view. Oil a motion of Mr O'Connell, in I SSO, for an exteitsioi) of the frrlllchise, Lord Morpeth had opposed that member. A similar declaration bad been repeated by Lord Morpeth in 1810, and now, in ISJ-I, that declaration was vvholli repudiated Nlr I)ropos;tl had been ti lower the franchise both in Ireland and in England Ifgovernment now thought that enactment an unjust one, which at the time, of the Relief Bill excluded tin 40s freeholders, whv was not tii.it boldly avowed? BUI the leascholders now proposed to be let in were a class of people far lower and far more liable to influence than those excluded frceho'ders, a class verv much lower than the lowest voters for the English counties; and ho would be glad to know whether the English counties were to be treated in the same way There were disputable questions upon the requisite value, and the remedy- proposed was, to require no value at all. He could not understand the ground oi. whidl asmall millority of the Irish judges h id raised doubt about the construction of the beneficial interest; ,-iii(i in order to elucidate the argument in favour 01 the solvent tenant" test, he cited passages from the statutes in part materia for England and Scotland, and from speeches made by Mr O'Connell while the Reform Bill was in discussion; particularly some which exposed the absurdity of basing a man's fran chise, as was now proposed, uot on the profit which he received, but on the rent which he hid to pav. II the value of the property fell, the ratepayer would not lose his franchise; the candidate would take car., to keep him still on the register,and get the rate paid for him—thus buying votes by wholesale, at sixpence a year per vote. The landowners iu Ireland were nearly twice as numerous as in England, though hey occupied an area of land amounting toon y about two-fifths of the Kuglish area; and about live-sixths of ail the Irish holders cul'ii ated their land withou' the employment of labourers, simply bv the work ol tll"m,I\'(' alld their families. The number of en- franchised leaseholders was diminishing a'so, from the indisposition of the landlords to renew leases. In England it was otherwise; the legitimate influence of the. landlord was still prevalent. At the time of the Reform Bill, he had calculated the county constituency of Ireland at 52,000. Mr O'Connell at that tune had fixed his utmost wislies it f)0,1)00. Last year's return showed it to be 09,127- The borough constituencies exhibited a similar result His last objection would be, that even if ad other arguments were cleared away, the t5 proposed was too small all amount. In England and iu Scotland, and, for municipal purposes, in Ireland too, the household qualification was £ 10. Why was it to be made £ 5 for the Irish Parliamen- tary franchise? Every poor labourer, with a mud cottage and ail acre or t wo of land, would be rated at £ 5; and you wou'd have a class of voters greatly below the common race of day labour *rs ill Kngland. If this bill could be carried for Ireland, it would be impossible to abstain from applying its principle to England and Scotland also. The next cry would be. "justice to Government would be bound to tell lie House in this debate what their intention with respect to EIIlalld was. Lord Murrelll lIIight the redress of abuses a little loti,-er-ii(, iniglit again excite anil unsettle a part of the public--he might again throw the elements of discord, as Lord John Russell had said, into the political cauldron— but he trusted that the House would resist this measure,and he was assured that in that resistance they would be supported by the peoplt: of England. He mover) that the bill be read a second time on that day six months. Mr C. WOOD desired to record his approval of the bill, and of the course pursued by the govern- ment. There, was no very wide difference as to the registration remedies between Lord Stanley's Bill and Lord Morpeth's; but the latter was objected to, for that which was really its great itterit, that it removed the whole evil, that of the franchise, as well as that of the registration. Mr LIT I ON said, he opposed the bill, as being a repeal of the Reform Act. lie gave a succinct history of the former proceedings of aoveriiment respecting registration, into none of which had they thought it allowable to introduce a proposal like that of the. £ 5 rating. But they now avowed that they would not consent to part with fraud and perjury in tiie registrations, unless they got a quid pro quo for ves. Mr FlTZPATRICK was favourable to the second reading. Mr LUCAS explained the views by which ho had been actuated last year, in advancing the principle of rating a a test for franchise. His view had been that the party shou'd be rated for CS os over and above his rent. Lord MORPETH began by retorting on Lord Stanley the charge of excitement and disturbance. Lord Stanley had said tho rating clause was but a tack alld a postciipt; for himself, he regarded it a the preface, nay, as part of the text itself, a main part too, and one without which the rest would have no chance of being brought to a satisfactory issuo. Ministeis wire twitted with an excessive partiality for Ireland; tint it should be remembered that there the 40s freeholders could not vote. The 40, frae- hltldou were rlifranehi".r1 at the time of the Bill, to the amount of 191,000 voters. Ho insisted on the authority of Mr Lucas and Sir D. J. Norrrys, as favourab'e to the principle of the rating test: and as to the amount, that question was for the committee. He should rather have waited till the t'xpprilllpllt of the Poor Law had been further ripened but Lord Stanley's legislation had forced ministers forward. It had become quite necessary to take some step; for almost all the litigation, whether in the registration courts or before committees of this House, now turned upon this one question of value; and til. Irish bench themselves were divided in opinion. Lord Stitiley' iiiii, w)ji'e it would tli-ive away dis- honest claimants, would be still more likely to drive away quiet well meaning persons. The Poor Law rating, on the contrary, combined most of the advan- tages of a test though certainly it would not be an exact measure for each parlicularcasc The question of amouiit iiiort, properly to the committee than to the second reading; but he would not shrink from (letliiig with it flow. Ministers, on looking into the fncts, were satisfi('d that even It £'J \let ratinj{ would exclude many voters of the kind which the Reforan Bill meant to admit, and they considered that by fixing the amount at;t £ 5 gross rating they were adopting a liocral test, Ollt not an inordinate one The document which Lord Si anley had relied on, as showing a eontiuuetiey of 9 LOO J voters, had been made out before the registration of last autumn, at. which time all franchises registered in 183"i would have expired, unless previously renewed; hut, at all events, there would soon be a fresh return, giving the numbers now actually in existence. Towns as well as counties were included in this arrangement, for it was desirable to take the opportunity of set- tling the whole subject at the same time. lie vindi- cated the provision for quarterly registration, and the restriction upon appeals touching matter of fact. He trusted that the I lotise, if, choosing between the two bills before them, would act in the spirit of tie Re- form Bill-that they would shut out the many dilfi culties devised by Lord Stanley against the honest voter, and that they would rather adopt a measure conciliatory to the great body of our Irisii fellow sub- jects. lie alluded mysteriously to the state of our foreign relations, as an inducement for keeping 'lie Irish in good humour, and concluded with a perora- tion about the repeal o! the union. The debate was then tdjotiriied tiyitil iiext day.

LOSS OF OVE HUNDRED AND TWENTV I'W'o LI V ES BY A COLLISION AT SS ♦ Liverpool, Feb. 21. One of the most fatal catastrophes ever te- corded or sea collisions is reported here to-day The Nottingham steamer, from Dublin to Liverpool, and thp Governor Fenner, Andrews, frotn hence t., New York, ran foul of each other yesterday morn t ing, at 20 minutes past two, when off Holyhead. At the time of the collision it was t-tek ha/j weather, with the wind blowing fretah from SSW. The Governor Fenner almost instantly went down, and with the exception of the captain and mate, every person oil board is said to have perished. It i. reported ibat "Ie hoOd IOf) passengers on board, principally emigrants, and ill addition to these uii. tortunate creatures, 10 of her crew have met with a similar fate; the time that elapsed between the moment of the collision and the vessel sinking being too short to allow of any escape. The captain and mate saved their lives by jumping on hoard the steamer. Very many head of cattle were thrown overboard. The steamer did nor reach Liverpool until this morning, having bad her chimney and starboard paddle box carried away. (From the Slandrlrd.) Liverpool, Feb. 2'2. This morning we have intelligence that the steamer Birmingham,from hence to Dunlin, yester- day morning at seven o'clock, when about 16 miles to the westward of the Sk«>rries, fell in with (he wreck of a ship, and which is ascertained to have been that of the above ill fated ship, the of which we communicated yesterday. From the ap- pearance of the wreck, which was boarded by the ere" of (tie Birmingham, it had evidently sunk, the cargo had been forced out, and the vessel had afterward, floated. She appeared to be spl it in two, and the «tem was almost entirely gone. Two men were found dead in the rigging, and it is supposed that two poor creatures must have got there at the ii,vic ot' iiic- collision. in hopes on board the steame' but were prevented by the sud- denness of tlie ship's going down. The party who boarded the wreck from the Birmingham have brought away a box containing some w,itches and other things. It is now fully ilseerrClined tltat no les" than 122 persons have perished hy reason of this dreadful calamiry, and as may be expected it has thrown a gloom over the entiie to vn. Many oi tbe emigrants were from neighbouring districts, and q-)ii)e few from Seotlan,i The captain of Ihe (Go- vernor Fenner, and who we mentioned as having been, with the mate, the only persons saved, gives the fol'owing account of the awful occurrence, and •vliich. together with some further particulars, I extract from the Liverpool Albi.-m — We sailed Irom Liverpool on Friday last at noon, with the wind at SSW. The Crelv consisted of 17, and the passengers in the steerage amounted to 100. We had a full cargo of salt and olher merchandise- On Saturday morning at two a.m., t he wind blowing tresh trom the SSW,, and when the ship was under double reefed topsails, the jib, spanker, and mainsail in, saw a steamer to uindward on the larboard bow. The ship's helm was instantly put hard a port. The steamer crossed our bow and we struck her right amidships. From tbe force of the collision, it was evident that either the ship or the steamer would sink, or perhaps both. Instantly 1 felt that the ship, the bows of which were stove i n, was sinking. I cried out to the crew (all the passengers were bplow) to endeavour to save their lives. They, instead of running forward, through fear ran aft. My Hrst object was to endeavour to save the crew and passengers; but so rapid was the sinking of the hip, I Ion nd it impossible to do anything to accomplish that object. I and the mate then ran forward, and, finding the ship fast sinking, I tried to jump on to the steamer. Failing in iny first attempt, through a momentary faintness. I made a second, and, just as the ship was at the water's edge, succeeded in grasping a rope which was hanging over the steamer's side. The mate saved his life by jumping from the fore yard arm oil to the steamer's deck. In one minute the ship sank, » ith 16 ot her crew and all the passengers, amounting together to 12i souls. The sienmei's boat vaw instantly lowered for the purpose of making an attempt to 4tave such of the crew and passengers as might be floating, but it unfortunately swamped alongside." We afterwards heard the account of the catas- trophe given by the persons who were on the Nottingham when the collision occurred. In substance it was as f,.l lo,s "About a quarter past t wo o'clock on Saturday iitnrt-ing, when about 15 mile* to the westward of Holyhead, the weather calm, but rather thick, one ol the men on the watch saw a ship hearing dov»n upon the Nottingham. She had no light at her mast, while the steamer had three. fle reported ihe faot to the second mate, who was then at the wheel. The second mate hailed the oliip and was answered. He desired her to starboard the helm This, they thought, was not done. A voice from the ship, wltieh was supposed to have been that of the captain, requested the steamer to starboard her helm, as he could not brin the ship over, she not answering her helm. At this instant the Governor Fenner struck the Nottingham amidships In less than live minutes the ship rilled with wa-ter and disappeared. The steamer became quite motion- less a'tcr the shock, and the people on board of her were unable to make the least attempt to suc- cour those on board the ship, which sank bow foremost. The cries of thr pople on the wreck were heartrending, but they soon ceased, and all still. The steamer's starboard side was com- pletely stove in the paddle shaft and wheel were shivered in pieces; the starboard engine was broken, and the tunnel earried away. 17 cows were killed; 7 beasts and 78 sheep were thrown overboard, and 11 died before the vessel reached port. On Saturday evening the wreck of the Not- i tingham was fallen in with by another steamer and lowed inlo the Mersey. The opinion on board the Nottingham was, that the Governor Fenner's helm. illtead of beiug put to starboard, as it onght to have been, must have been pot to port, for, if it had been put to starboard, the ship would have cleared the steamer." The passengers were all in their berths when the collision between the ship and the steamer took place. The shock caused by it would, of course, rouse even those who might then have been asleep. No doubt they would muke a rush towards the deck the interval which elapsed, however, between the shock and the sinking was so short, scarcely five minu es, that very few, if any. could have.succeeded in reaching it. So that, in ;ill probability, most of them peiished in their berths. The niit-3 bad beeu married only a few days before the stiip s sailing; the captain had given his wife a berth with her husband in the cabin. When the fate of the ship became inevitable he attempted to rlln aft to rescue her. Time tailed him, the instinct of seif preservation became strong, he sprang up the shrouds, and leached the steamer, as we have already stated, by jumping from the fore yard arm. The Nottingham, which now lips on the cast side of the ( larence Dock, has been visited by thousands of curious spectators. Her Starboard side is a complete wreck: even the houses on the deck adjoining are shivered into fragments. The dead animals, cows and sheep, covered the dee'" and presented a shocking sight, most of them having been disembowelled by the concussion which caused their death.

TUG I,ATE SEVERK WEATIHR. — During the late severe weather the crew of of our mackerel boats, Robert Curdon, inistir, while making for Plymouth, came up with a revenue cutter galley, having on board seven men, and who all the time seemed resting on their oars. On examination it was found, however, that five poor fellows were frozen to death, and the remain- ing two were all but dead: they were, however, attended to, and recovered, when they were to wed into Plymouth by Garden's boat. It is said that the poor men had been rowing along shore when a strong breeze splllng up and drove them out to sea. —Southern Advertiser. SINGULAR DTSCOVKRY OF STOLEN PROPERTY. —Some time ago Mr Inspector Gibson cleverly captured a man nnd his wife, named Goldsmith, on the line of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, who were charged with lobbing their lodgings at the .lack Tar, North Shore, of a box und a consider- able sum of money. Some of the money found upon them was identified, hut no trace was found of the box. Rec 'n'ly a dance was held iu a public house on Scots wood Road, which shook the house so much that the box fell down n,c chimney. Tile prisoller- are identified as having been in the house on the day of the robbery, and had no doubt got clear of the box by hiding it it) itic ciiiiiiiiey.-Tyne Mercury. On Saturday evening the following determined act of self-destruction was perpetrated by Mr West, the engraver of heraldry, residing at No -10, Margaret Street, one door from Regent Street Some passengers who were passing at the time had their a'tention attracted by hearing a loud crashing of j^las.s ill the upper part of Mr West's house, and on looking up towards the part from whence the sound proceeded, they observed the deceased falling head foremost from the attic win dovv into the sti eet. The head of the unfortunate man having come in contact with the pavement, his skull was literally dashed in pieces. He was instantly conveyed into his own residence, perfectly lifeless.

CORN I'RAUK. 1 o 'i'lic accotint-i %vliirli liave tetc!ied t)o -ince niir Is.r from the "Itole of( lie great corn shipping port* up the Baltic, as well as from America, are, generally apeaking. gomewhai unfavourable a* regards the inlerelt of speculators ingrain. Although there appear* to have been a great co(iipartitivefal ling off in file -qupi)lies at I)anizici ILimbro, Stettin. ltoqtook, Iroin the interior, the demand, fiorn tfie well known fact of the stocks of wheat in this country, of home produce, being eitensive, has proved exceeding'y inanimate, and the prices have been with difficulty supported. The late favourable change in the weather has been productive of the greatest advantages to all engaged in agricultural pursuit*. In the whole of our forward districts, ploughing, for lent corn, has been going on briskly, and immense quantities of seed will be upeedily !1H"n. From numerous correspondents in our provinces, somewhat lengthy statements have come Er) hand, relative to that all important consideration—the stgteof the young wheat plants, the substance of which is iiiore Haltering i ban «e had anticipated. The heavy falls of snow last month, detrimental, though they were to the operations of the husband- man, were, nevertheless, protective to the crops ex- posed, as Ihp) olherwise wOllld have been to the nipping qualities of the cold north easterly winds. As it is, they have suffered injury in some counties to a certain extent, especially in those north of the If limber. We have advices, both frfun Scotland and Ireland, stating that great ai >«ty is apparent in the fields, but the grain trade has continued heavy, and previous rates have been with ditticlllt, maintain d. The exports of oats from the latter quarter to the London market, have been on the increase. We have to report a very steady inquiry for the best red and white "beat in Ihe whole of our provincial markets, at, in most instances, an ad- vance of fully Is per quarter bill, i,i the middling and inferior kinds, scarcely anything has be, n passing. In barley and malt, no sales of impor- tance have been concluded; but oats, beans, peas, and Hour have risen from Is to 2s. The above observations may also be applied to Maik Latie.-F(irtii,!i-e Journal.

ON SECURING SKED-CROPS, &c, FROM SNAILS AND SLUGS. (From the Gardeners" Chronicle.) There exists not a gardener or florist who does not annually s ffer loss and disappointment from the depredations of snails and slugs, and this in despite of his bestelfoits of prevention. It wns the circumstance of having had two seedliti' crops of a favourite Hower, the ranunculus destoved by these wholesome devourers that first stimulated me to seek lor some effectual means of defence; and I may now eiclaiiii, Etirekit, I've hit it-ill the discovery which I am about to promulgate. It is at once elegant, scientific, cheap, effectual, and applicable to all cases, and will, I doubt not, be consi.lered a valuable boon to gardeners and florists. It is the appli. cation of galvanism That power, 110 mighty in the hands of the cbenvst that by his agency he can convert soda and potash into solid metals, and oonsume the hardest mietal. themselves as a shred ofpupt-rintheHameotacandte. This vast chemical power is generated by the simple process of placing in contact with each other numerous plates of zinc and copper, with a piece of moi-tened cloth between the several pairs. [iy ititilliplyiiig and increasing their ellicacy (as in file galvanic trough), a power so great may be produced as to destroy the life of an animal with the rapidity of lightning, and that by the merest touch. It is by e*citing this chemical power, in its simplest and feeblest form indeed, on which depends the efficacy of the galvanic protector about to be described. If a snail or slug be placed on a plate of zinc, to which a narrow plate or strip of i,aper i-It fixed, it creeps unmolested on its surface; but as soon as it touches the copper, it receives a galvanio shock (its moist soft body acting as the moistened cloth above mentioned, and ibus forming the galvanio circle complete), and immediate recoils, twisting itself back, and rarely venturing a second time to touch the copper, to receive another shock. This (to us) amusing experiment, I have tried again and again, and of course always with the same results. To protect a seedling crop, then, in a border, or in frames, &c I have zinc plates of one, two, or three feet in length, and four or five inohet in breadth with a strip of copper plate. one inch broad, placed on the upper pait, and* seoured close with two or three rivets of zinc. Titese plates are fixed in the ground to the depth of a couple of inches, around the plants to be protected. A" just explained, the snail creeps up tlie zin-, but receives a galvanic shock as s»on as its horns or bead touch the copper, causing it to recoil and turn back; an iusttr- iiioijn,i,ble fence can thus, in a moment, be formed around whatever we wish to save from these marauders; and if made in a circular form or in short lengths the plates may be contrived to meet evoiy possible exigency. I have myself used this protector in all cases with comptete success and a scien'ilic gentleman of this place, to whom I acknowledge myself indebted for the suggestioris or the principle, last year saved his dahlias (which on other occasions had always been nearly all de- voured by snails as soon as planted out), by cylin- drical hoops of the zinc and copper plate placed around each plant. If the I ip of I he tongue be placed iiiid-ay on the zinc and copper at the same time, an unpleasant melallic or saltish taste is perceived: this is (lie sensatioii Iiieli proves so unpalatable and detrimental to the slug, and in which the protec- tive power consists. — Hull. F. It. HORNER, M.D. P.S The cost of the platen complete is aj)olit sixpence per foot; they will of course last for an indefinite period.

MANURE FOR VI-4EVAltDS,-It it said that nothing more is necessary for the lnauure of a vitie%a,d than the branclies -iiieh ikre c,itfroint!!e vine's tiiemsel ves. We find that onr vines manure themselves, like the trees in a forest, and even better than they! The foliage falls from trees in a forest only when they are withered, and they lie for ycut s befoi-e ttien decay; but the branches are pruned from the vine in the end of July or beginning of August, whilst slill fresh and moist. If they are then cut into small pieces. and mixed with the earth, they undergo putre- faction so completely that at the end of four weeks not the smallest trace of them can be found. A poor man called Peter Mul'er had a vineyard which lie thus manured for thirty years. His way of applying them was to hoe them into the soil, ilfter having c,it then) into small pieces. He said to himself, if vine branches can make grass large, strong, and green, they must also be able to make' my vines grow better and become strong and green. In a year he had the satisfaction to see his barren vineyard bec .me beautiful his vines grew sp'en- didly, and remained the "hole summer green even in the greatest heat. =- Printed and Published hy \RTHUR CHAIM.FS LUTMMAN, Printer, at the Ollice, High-street, Merthyr TytUil*, in the. County of Glamorgan; where Orders, Adver. Cscment." and Communic.aUous for the Editors are requested to be addressed. Advertisements and Orders \eived by the following Agents: — LONDON —Mr. Ttarkcr, 33, Fleet Sr.r'-«-t; Messrs Newton and Co., 5, Warwick Square Mr. (i' Reynell, 42, Chancery Lane; Mr. Deacon,3, Walbrooki near the Mansion Mouse Mr. Joseph Thomas, I. Vnj.di I-ane, Coruhill Mr. Hammond, *7, Lomnar.t Street* Mr. Charles Barker, 12, Buchiu Lane; ami Messrs Clarke an 1 Lewis, Crown Couit, Thrcadneedle Street. Atictiorieer. BKADFORT: HI. UNA; Bryn M AW II Kiimv VALF Mr George Parry, Grocer, Beaufort. HRKOON Mr Will. Kvans Ship Strcei. HRtDOKND: Mr. David Jenkins. BRISTOL: Mr John Itees, 31 College (irecn. 0 A It 1) 1 F K Mr. Win. Bir.l, Bookseller. Cm KPSTOW Mr. B. Bradford, Chemist & firmest. Cow in; IDG I' Post Oflice. co", llnlCKItolVl-.I.L Mr. T. Williams. Post Office. bhRKFOKt) Mr. W. II. Vale, Books,dler, Mndv Street. I,L A N DOVKR v Mr William Ifees. Past Office. It,gistr;ir's ()Irjce. MONMUCTI! Mr C. Tlouo,h, Bookseller, &c. VI A l it Mr William Prichanl Rees.Creen Street. Nl-.Vl nit 11)(; 1-, Mr lhomas Williams, Ironmonger. NEWPORT Messrs. Webber and Son, Booksellers. NKWCASTLF. KMI.YN: Mr William Jones, Printer and Stationer, Bridgend House. PEMBROKE: Mr R. C. Trewecks, Chemist and Book* seller. PdNTVrooL Mr 12. Prosser, Bookseller. SWANSEA: Mr Christopher: M'Adam, York Place. 1 KNBY AlrJoliti Rowe, Ironmonger, High Street, ruKDEGAR Mr. Hornan. AND by all Postmasters and Clerks of the Roads. This Paper is regularly filed in London ai Lloyd's Colree House, City. Peel's Cotlee House, Fleet Street. I he C hapter ColTee House, St Paul's. Ind at Deacon's Coffee House, Walbrook. Saturday, February 27, 1841.