The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

TOMKINS'S LETTER TO JENKINS, On the Manchester Conference and the Corn Laws. (From II Blackwood's Jfagasine 11 for October.) Dear Jenkins,—'Tis long since I wrote you a letter, For which there are reasons—some bad and some better; But I feel myself forced to unbosom my cares, By the present position of public affairs. The Ministry, Jenkins. were not worth a thought, But the measures that lately before us were brought Demand on some points this familiar address, Independent of what I may write for the press, For a pamphlet would pay, whether lum'bring or limber, With the title of Tomkins on treacle and timber." The event of the day is our great convocation, To express the dissenting desires of the nation But ne'er since the ark, if the truth be confess'd, Entertain'd every species of beast in her breast. Have there met such distinctions of horn and of hoof. Such a motley menagerie, under one roof. We had a Presbyter, Papist, Socinian, and Quaker, Quite unable to join in a prayer to their Maker, Yet as Christian divines here assembled together, To imflame discontent, and to wish for bad weather. What an atmosphere hover'd all over the place, Showing equal abundance of grease and of grace What an odour of sanctity rose on the breeze, Intermix'd here and there with that strong smell of cheese. Which we friends of free trade often strangely exhale, From our last night's debate over Cheshire and ale The whole thing was imposing-at least Heaven knows There were plenty among us who tried to impose. By-the-by our friend Stiggins was found every day At the Temperance Tavern well moistening his clay j And few wonder'd to see how he stagger'd along. When the flesh was so weak and tha spirit so strong. I had almost omitted the chartist dispute, Which had very near pluck'd all our plans by the root. But 'tis now quite arranged for our next celebration, That we throw the door open, and waive revelation j So that Socialist, Southcotist, Gipsy and Jew, J With each sect and division of Turk and Hindoo, Indeed all who believe in a god-or a goddess, Be it mere naked Reason, all neck and no boddice- Shall be suffered to spout, and invited to vote, Without any distinction of creed or of coat. It it thought that as yet it would scarcely be civil To have such as confess the adoring the devilj Though some hundreds were here, who, without any gammon, Make scarcely a secret of worshipping Mammon. The harangues of our speakers were well worth attending. And the pictures they painted'were truly heart-rending, Stiggins told us of many a family board, Where of old he was oft entertain'd like a lord But, though one of the few whom they still kept a place for. He now found the dinners not worth saying grace for. Rich church-going folks might be pleased with their fate, But dissenters were all in a pitiful state. It would really have melted the ribs of a rock, Thus to hear the good shepherd bemoaning his flock Never hinting (to construe his words by the letter) That he wish'd the sheep fatten'd to fleece them the better. In the course of discussion one point was made clear: That if com became cheaper 'twould not be so dear. Perhaps nothing else was conclusively proved, But from that proposition we.cannot be moved. Yet stay we demonstrated alo, I'm sure, That in this cursed country some people are poor; And that, if both your cash and your credit are fled, There are few who will selUyou beans, bacon, or bread. Here, perhaps you exclaim, Why we knew this before, And your friends have done nothing unless they do more!" But Jenkins, my jewel, just mark what will follow, Though here we'll tread soft, for our ground's getting hollow Suppose that A. B. has a shilling a-dav, Which in bread and in beer goes a very short way Now, if bread becomes cheap, then his profit is plain, Assuming, of cottrse. that his shilling remain For no doubt if his shilling to sixpence should fall, Why his gain on the bread would be nothing at all. But assume, first of all, that these infamous laws, Of a high price of corn are entirely the cause Then auume. too, our wages and work still the same And I'll bet ten to one on our winning the game. But to this, though quite right, 1 have one small objection; It don't go far enough in the proper direction, My plan, my dear Jenkins. cuts many miles deeper: Pass an Act to make every thing juit one-half cheaper. Then you'll see. when the new golden age is begun, That the poor man at once has his two loaves for one While, instead of the gig that has long been my care, I shalllrundle along in my phaeton and pair, And, Ten-Tumbler Tomkins my nickname no more, I shall shine as the hero that swallows his score. Here again I assume, amid changes so pleasant, My commission, and credere, still as at present Yet the question comes back, our ideas to jumble. Will our pay be as high when all other things tumble ? In our corn-law discussions, a strange sort of puzzle Has lately been meeting us right in the muzzle. You may injure the landowner, farmer, and reaper, But your bread will be never a half-penny cheaper These opponents:admit all our rules of free trade. Nay, they summon Kicardo and Smith to their aid. "But at present," they say, with so slight a demand, 11 Foreign wheat only grows on the best of the land Take away the high duties, and then in a trice, g1 Poorer soils come in play, and that raises the price. I reply—that supposing the prices to rise, We'll export manufactures to meet our supplies 'I'llus at home and abroad we sball deal the same way Giving cotton for corn—with one difference you'll say, That our farmers must buy from us—foreigners may. J How the balance may stand when we square our accounts. Of our losses and gains the respective amounts- Jf. in search of a market, 'tis prudent to roam After poor Polish serfs, when we've yeomen at home- Whether beating about at Odessa for barter. We shall ever catch any thing else than a Tartar— What would happen some day if on every wheat cargo The Czar or the Sultan should lay an embargo— Are points which at present I leave undiscuss'd, But which every free trader will take upon trust. Thus, Jenkins, you see, we've the best of it still, Let logicians and landowners say what they will. Then how shall we speak of the Government scheme, This hoax, this imposture, delusion and dream! Which has done near as much as M'Culloch himself To assign us a place on obscurity's shelf. With their eight shilling duty paid year after year, It was plain that our bread would be shockingly dear. Then the change was mix'd up with a plan of finance. Where its fraud and its folly were seen at a glance. But the thing that has fatally clencli'd it and clos'd it, Is the damaging name of the men that propos'd it. I for one never hoped to come speed in a trip, With such Jonah's on board fit to sink the best ship. No description can tell the sad mess that they've made, They have ruin'd Reform—they have ruin'd Free Trade They have rnin'd the business of Ra^ Tag, and Co., And in search of new principals Tomkins must go Such a hatred and rage at the wretches I feel, That to-morrow I send my adhesion to Peel Though I grudge that rank tories, and rude country bumkins, Should gain such a supporter as, Yours, ISAAC TOMKINS. Manchester, Sept. 10, 1S41. Solution of last week's Charade—RAM-PANT.

QUICK TRAVELLING.—Mr. John Green, draper, Haverfordwest, ldt Tcuby by the Star steam-packet, at half-past six in the morning, arrived at Bristol in time for the evening train of the Great Western Railway, and reached London before eleven o'clock the same night. Thus performing the journey from Tenby to London in the almost incredible short period of le hours and a half. Prince Albert has become a British farmer, as the valuable stock and crops on the Norfolk and Flemish farms, Windsor Great Park, which were in the occu- pation of his Majesty King William IV., have been valued to his Royal Highness from tbo Crown, by John Braithwaite, Esq., of Cobham, by order of Her Majesty's Coin in issioners. -Kentish Gazette Earl Spencer has given the entire deodand (£200) accruing to him as lord of the manor of Wiiubledon, from the Southampton Railway Company, to the relatives of the poor Irish girl, who was killed by the accident which occurred at the Nine Elm. terminus last year. TURNPIKE TRUSTS.— A statement of the income and expenditure of the turnpike trusts in England Hod Wales, for the year 1839, which has boon printed hy order of the House of Commons, will show, in refer- ence to those counties which arc more or less inter- sected by railroads, how the income of those trusts hns been affected. In Bedfordshire the total income in 1839 amounted to 12.59ûl., and the total expendi- ture to 12,9141., leaving a deficiency of 3151. In Berkshire the total income was and the expenditure 17,1511. In Buckinghamshire tht; income amounted to 14,8381., IInd the expenditure to leaving a deficiency of 1,3611. In Cambridgeshire the total income was 15,123/ and the expenditure 14 5"25f. In Cheshire the income amounted to 50,8541., and the expenditure to 52,0151., leaving a deficiency of 1.161l. In Derbyshire the income amounted to 40,9971.,and the; expenditure to 42,8001., leaving a deficiency of 1,8031 In Durham the income amounted to 32,6121., and the expenditure to 32,2041., leaving a surplus of only 40SI. In Essex the income amounted to 31,4601., and flip expenditure to 31,7291., leaving a deficiency of 2691. In Gloucestershire the income was 78,3391.. and the expenditure 81,5941., leaving a deficiency of 3,2551. In Hampshire the income amounted to 26,9571., and the expenditure to 27,9781, leaving a deficiency of I.C211. In Kent the income amounted to 61,72 11, and the expenditure to 60,9C)41. In Lancashire the income amounted to 148,8221., and the expenditure to 132,288/. fit Lei- cestershire the income and expenditure was respec- tively 25,2501. and 23,7721., and in Lincolnshire. 31,2741. and 33.57.tl.; leaving a deficiency in the latter county of 2,300/. In Middlesex tho deficiency amounted to about 2,4181. In Northamptonshire tho deficiency was no less than 414431. In Oxfordshire the income was 23,6801., and the expenditure 22,0061 In Shropshire the deficiency of income was fobout 2,5951. In Somersetshire there was a surplus of 57S1. In Staffordshire the income amounted to 58, 1281., -and the expenditure to 59.7521. In Surrey the income was 61,000/ and the expenditure 63,5781., leaving a deficiency of 2,5781. In Warwickshire the income was 28,6851., and the expenditure 28 3841. In Wor- cestershire the income amounted to 42,8,241., and the expenditure to 35,820. In Yorkshire the income amounted to 201,438/ and the expenditure to 190,1071., leaving a surplus of 2,331l.nms, of the above twenty-lour counties, there arc no less than 12 iu which tho income is exceeded by the expenditure.

SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. "Ø.ø DLBLIV UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE.—MANY difficol- ties, no doubt, surround the new administration. It were strange, indeed, if ten years of misgovetn- ment of the expired faction had left no legacy of embarrassment to their successors; but none we augur confidently that will not be met by the wis- dolO and genius of the premier. The first and most obvious are the financial. No wonder that the opposition should have pressed the minister to extemporize a budget—to meet in a week difficulties which will require months of patient inquiry and anxious deliberation to provide for. Nothing could have been better than the manner in which the minister met this preposterous and insolent demand. The plain, the obvious course is that to which the House and the country have cheerfully acceded-to meet the supplies of the year by a vote of credit, and postpone the consideration of the budget to the next session. What will be the means thus resorted to it is impossible to conjec- ture. A property tax seems, under the circum- stances, a natural resource. We have been at war, and war expenses have been thrown on the peace finances of the country. There are but two ways of meeting the extraordinary expenses of war, ehher by a loan or by a property tax-expedients that ought, perhaps, to be reserved to meet such extra- ordinary expenses. The former of these will scarcely be adopted—whether the latter may be proposed it is impossible to say. We believe, however, it would be universally acceptable to the country. The new taxes most not, however, in any case, be raised off the necessaries of life. To attempt an impost upon those things which the labouring classes consume—that is, a tax upon wages-wollld be an error the most fatal into which any ministry coud fall. The pressure upon the labourer is great enough already; from whatever quarter the deficiencies of the public revenue are supplied, it must not be by an entrenchment upon the comforts of the labourer. The same objection applies, though not with equal force, to any alter- ations inthe rate of postage. Recklessly as this measure was introduced-in utter disregard of its financial etfeots-we confess we have been among the number of those who have looked with intense anxiety to the experiment itself-and we should regret to see it abandoned or interfered with. The advantages of cheap and easy communication are so incalculably great, that we believe the nation could hetler afford another tax than to have the rate of postage materially increased. At the same time, we are disposed to believe tl,a "wc, e the present rate of postage doubled, it would cause no very sensible inconvenience and no very consider- able reduction in the number of letters-vtlile. of course, upon the latter supposition it would make a very great addition to the revenue. It will be, however, for the new minister to frame his taxes, which must be imposed in the way least likely to press upon the energies of the cotntry-above all, in the least likely to press upon the poor. SIR R. PEEL'S CLAIMS TO THE CONFIDENCE OF THE CLERGY. FRASEK'S MAGAZINE.—Sir Robert Peel has all the qualifications which are calculated to recom- mend him to the confidence of churchmen, and epecially of the clcrgy. On all occasions has he evinced the strongest attachment to the church, defending her rights whenever they have been els- sailed, and extending her influence whenever the opportunity of promoting: her interests has oc- curred. Against this position the Emancipation Bi 1 may, perhaps, be pleaded but by all who are disposed to view his previous history with candour it must be admitted that he has always intended, even though failure may have been in some cases the result, to advance the interests of the Anglican ch..rch. In all the questions agitated in Parlia- ment connected with ecclesiastical matters since the year 183J, the period of the accession of the Whigs to power, he has taken the part of a sound churchman as well as of an enlightened statesman. No act during that period can he adduced as an act of hostility to the church. Nothing is easier than for men who disapprove of his policy to speak slightingly or disparagingly of his services, or to censure his conduct on any particular measure; but it would be exceedingly difficult to bring forward instances either of the absence of sound policy, or of the want of attachment to the church of England. Imputations are easily made, but proofs are not so easily produced. To specify all the instances which might be adduced of Sir Robert's attachment to the church is unnecessary. Let those who charge him with mditlerence substantiate the charge by sufficient evidence, and we shall remain silent. Let them survey the last ten years, and we defy his bitterest enemies to select any single in- stance in which he can fairly be charged with losing sight of, or in any way compromising, the welfare of the church of our forefathers. It must be well known to the clergy that the right honourable baronet is the advocate of church ex- tension. As a statesman he sees the necessity of a national church and. as a professing Christian, he perceives that our own church is constituted on the apostolical and primitive pattern. While, therefore, on the one hand he feels it to be the duty of a Christian state to uphold religion by means of an established church, he is convinced on the other that our own ecclesiastical platform is not only the most agreeable in her doctrines, discipline, and worship, both with sacred Scripture and primitive practice, but also the best adapted to answer the great end, which a Christian governmeut must ever have in view—namely, the promotion of true and genuine piety in the land. As the church of the nation, she should be commensurate to the wants of the people. Our population has vastly increased within the last twenty or thirty years 'and it is the duty of the state to take care that their spiritual wanls are duly supplied. The church is the only medium through which our superabundant popula- tion can be instructed in religious knowledge, and hence the necessity for church extension. To build churches is to confer an invaluable boon on the poor the church of England is the poor man's church, and the church to which the poor are strongly attached. In that church most of them were baptized, and in the communion of the same they hope to die. THE NEW GOVERNMENT. BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. —WE are firmly persuaded that the sotiices of strength and stability which the Peel ministry enjoy are not likely to be thrown away or forfeited by their cnn- duet in office. Tho first principle by which they will be regulated is the preservation of our great institutions in church and state. The second will be the due and firm enforcement of the law, with- out distinction of parties or persons. Bill, com- bined with those principles, we may expect a scrupulous regard for the rights of civil aijd reli- gious freedoin-a mild and equitable moderation in the adjustment of all matters of administrative regulation, or not involving a fixed constitutional truth—an anxious desire to amend practical abuses, and to remove just grounds of cavil and complaint against the laws or government of the country— dignified but conciliatory vindication of the national honour abroad—a careful and comprehensive re- vision of our financial system at hOllie-a vigOlot: assertion of the ititlioriiy of government over the individual or sectional objects of its supporters— and a resolute determination to preserve i's au- thoritj by the surest of all means, a readiness to surrender ofiice when it can no longer be he'd with- out a sacrifice of honour and integrity. Under a government of this kind we may look for many signal blessings to our beloved country, of which, during the last ten years of trouble and turmoil, we have been deprived. A feeling o security will he produced, which in itself is of the utmost value, and without which there can be neither enterprise nor credit. Men will know, with some certainty, the worth both of their own property and that of their neighbours; and will thus have a standard tor fixing both what they may expend on them- selves, and what they may invest in the hands of others. The distractions arising from political hopes and fears being removed will make way for better feelings and pursuits, tor practical questions of public improvement, and for the free cultivation of science, of art, and of literature. I-eisure and encouragement will also be afforded for extending to our vast and inexhaustible possessions abroad a larger share of that improvement and assistance which colonies deserve from their mother country, and which, under proper management, they are sure so amply to repay. England will thus go for- ward more fearlessly and faithfully than ever, in her great mission as the chief dispenser of civiliz- ation and Christianity over the world.

——«"—— AFFAIRS IN CHINA. (From the Times.) We connot remember having ever experienced such feelings of shame and indignation ns were excited by the perusal of the recent despatches from China. We doubted, yesterday, if the 6.000,000 dollars would ever be realized, at least under Captain Elliot's management. We doubted, in fact, his capacity to effect anything of a higher order than the 11 running of a cargo of tea." But lie has proved that we had formed all erroneous estimate of his powers. Impo- tent as a cllild for any noble or manly purpose, ho has yet contrived, in what our private correspondence terms "his unfathomable" imbecility," to sink this country to a depth of infamy which may command the pity of the civilized world. He has placed Great Britain in the dignified position of standing at the head of the pirates of the Indian sens! There is nothing, we suppose, more indisputable or better understood than this-that civilized nations, and, above all, Christian nations, make war merely to conquer peace. While on the other hand, savages, Malays, and pirates make war simply for the sake of booty. Whatever one nation, in time of war, takes from another nation, sho holds, if it is in her power to do so, until the signature of a treaty of peace. But whatever a gang of pirates seize upon they hold -not untill peace is proclaimed, about which they care nothing, but untill a sufficient bribo or ransom is offeretl to induce them to surrender their prey. Now, in the present instance, it is abundantly clear from all the accounts, that this Commissioner Elliot, whose name has now acquired an imperishable, hut most unenviable, itninort;iiity-tiiis tea and opium negotiator—had ordered up to the walls of Canton a British expedition, consisting of several ships of war, and sea and land foiccs amounting to more than 5.000 men. It is also certain that their occupation of this great city, almost without a contest, was inevitable; and that this blow must have speedily and finally ended the war. Such was the position of affairs; and the very moment of attack had arrived, licit the uplifted arm of the British Commander is suddenly arrested, and lie is required, first to pause, and at last to retire ignomioiously from the walls of Canton, Commissioner Klliot informing him (to use this same Elliot's own felicitous expression), that he is "in communication with the officers of the Chinese Government con- ceininy the settlement of difficulties in this province." Well, Mr Commissioner proceeds with his "com- U municatioft cencerning lhe settlement of difficulties," and, for a wonder, acts with energy and decision. In former affrays, while enactiug the part of a tea-broker, Captain Elliot's conduct was usually that of a iiiere dupe. In this new character of a freebooter, he ev.inces a talent for making the most of "in oppor- tunity" which would have done no discredit to Paul Jones himself. This is certainly a considerable change -whether it be a change/or the better we can hardly say. We yesterday refet-ed to the ordinary practice of Bonaparte. But that usurper's whole career might be searched in vain for a case in which he receivcd money to give up a con que st; or stooped to accept a contribution from a prostrate foe, not as an earnest of fun submission, but merely as a bribe to abandon a commanding post, The indignant feelings of the British commanders are abundantly perceptible. Sir H. Qough's language is not to be misunderstood. Whatever might be my "sentiments, my duty was to acquiesce. Of tlie policy of the measure I do not consider myself a competent "judge." Two most valuable lives, however, were sacrificed by the insane course pursued. Major Becher fell a victim from exposuro to a tropical snn, which would have been avoided, had the attack taken place in tlie morning, as intended and Sir Fleming Senbousedied of fever, augmented by the extreme vexation which it was iiitural for a tioble spirit t,) ft,(-) at his O%vt) "Id his country's dishonour. Privd(e letters declare, that this gallant officer repeatedly protested, that he would far rather have fallen under the walls of "Canton, than hare affixed his name to the convention "of the 27th of May." We rejoice to say; that, except in the Orst error, of appointing this miserable Elliot to a post of such vast responsibility, and in being too tardy iu his recall, the British Government are not justly chargeable with the ignominy of his acts. The instructions said to be carried out by Sir t]. Pottitigpr speak in a befitting tone. An indemnity is indeed to be required for the vast expense incurred hv thc British Gt)% ei,itinctit in sending out an expedition for the IIccctisary protection of its subjects, but Sir Henry is not to negotiate for money, but for peace. For this end, he is to treat with no one but a Mandarin holding plenary powers. He is to demand permission for an English envoy to reside permanently at Pekit), and to hold direct communica- tion with the Emperor. He is to require permission for the erection of British factories at all the principal ports. And Hongkong is to be retained by the | English as a permanent possession. These claims, advanced by the late Government on tho part of England, appear just and necessary, and betoken a lardy but proper sense of what was duo to the character of the British nation. Had Canton been taken possession of on the 27th of May. these terms would have been granted by tile Chinese Government within a week. That opportunity has been, for the time, thrown away. Ilaiiy valuiibIL- lives liave bi-eii sacrificed on what has been degraded by Captain Elliot's convention into a mere piratical expedition for plunder. Ami, worse than all, the character ot the nation has been compromised, iu the eyes of the whole civilized world, as o- e cither ignorant, or regardless, of the first principles of legitimate warfare. For ali these offences, not to speak of many former ones now cast into the shade hy this final crime, we trust and believe that Captain Elliot will, in due time, meet with his just requital at the bauds of a British court- martial.

THE M'LEOD CASE—THE APPROACHING TKIAL. (From the New York Herald.) The trial of M'Lood, charged with the murder of Durfey, will coimnvncc some time next week the precise day is not yet fixed upon. The prosecuting counsel, Willis Hall, has been vpry busy for some time past in tlio vildcivour to obtain sufficient mate- rials upon which to convict of the charges against him under the indictment, On the other hand, M Leod's counsel, Joshua A. Spencer, has been equally industrious in endeavouring to procure testi- mony upon which to acquit him. So stands the matter at this time, which, before the elapse of a week, will be disposed of for the weal or wo of one or of thousands, unless, indeed, as many suppose, the jury should -not be able to agree upon a verdict, either one way or the other, which is by no means improbable. The excitement which exists at present, and which has existed for some time past, along both sides of the border, and the importance in a national point of view which this case has assumed, has every where drawn public attention to its merits and there exists at the present time as great an anxiety in Louisiana and the south to know the- result as there does in the city of New York. it is the general belief, that let the case be disposed of in whatever mannor it may be, there will be trouble of some kind, and perhaps of a very serious character. Efforts have been making for some time past, and are now making, by the various hunters' lodges on the borders of this State, to produce a riol some where, of some kind, in case M'Leod is not convicted. The rCclmt stealing of powder and cannon is of course counepted with these movements. To the credit of the General Government be it said, it has taken every means in its power to preserve peace, and put down outbreaks of every kind. Troops have been sent into the disaffected districts, and General Scott has devoted his entire energies, for some time past, to this purport. The greatest ddli- culty, and most fruitful source of trouble, however, has been tho alienation between the General and the State Governments, brought about solely by the latter, and growing out of the selfish quarrels of a few miserable speculators and violent partisans, who are applicants for all sorts of offices. Disappoinime i it) relation to this has caused the State Go' eminent to (10 many foolish things calculated to increase the ex- citement* Some papers have asserted that Governoi Seward has supplied some of the funds for the hunters' lodge*, whose object is to bring about a war, but this we dare not believe. The result of tho tria! is by no means sure. I here is a probability that lie will be acquitted, but thia cannot be calculated on for a certainty, The aspect of things is very gloomy. The calm but firm position of the English Government, and the equally firm and calm position of our own, taken in connexion with the hostile disposition of the State Government, and the terrible feelings of excitement that exist along both sides of the line, all forbodc trouble, and that of the must serious and most lasting kind. God grant both coulltrils and all parties a safo and speedy deliverance. By the death of Lord Sydenham oti the 19 II Sep- tember, the government of the province devolves upon Sir Kichard Jackson, until the arrival of the new Governor-General from England. He has, ac- cordingly, assumed the reins of government pro tern., and entered upon the duties of his office. -=- THE REVESUB.- Tile present is not the first time, by many, that the quarterly revenue returns have proved quite at variance with the anticipations of political quidnuncs. The present statement comes most opporlunely in contradiction of the accounts given by the Anti-Corn Law League, touch ing the alleged utter destitution of. the people. An increase in the produce of the excise during the last quarter must be a perplexing fact to those good people who have really persuaded themselves into a belief, that the condition of the great mass of the people is, at this moment, rapidly deteriorating. That increase is S2.14,617, or, in round numbers, at the rate of a million per annum! It eatinot be placed to the account of the general election for that general election occurred in the last, not in the present, financial quarter. The customs' return, too, tells a similar tale The Whig journals wish to ascribe the increase which appears in this column, to the entries of foreign cotit but this is a fallacious way of viewing the case, inasmuch as the October quarter of 1840, in comparison with which the increase appears, must also have included a consider- able sura arising from duties on imported grain, The present quarter's financial return is the first under a Conservative Government; and it is a favourable one. It affords ground for hope that the tide of disquietude and distrust has ceased to fllow, and that confidence is about to return. That is the chief thing waited. Nothing can be so injurious to the com- mercial and manufacturing interests as perpetual alarms and constant rumours of change and conten- tion. The first desideratum, so far as they are con- eerned, is tranquillity; the second, a sufficient, and not fluctuating, currency.— Timfs. —— .L- COAL AND JnON TRADES OF FRANCE AND BEL- GIUM.—The negotiations relative to the commercial treaties between France and Belgium arc suspended, perhaps abandoned. As the discussion went on, they ceased to correspond h! character with the debut, and a host of conflicting interests threw obstacles in the way of the leading questions. Several branches of industry entered a sort of veto against the proposed reduction of duties upon govds similar to those which they manufacture, and the ironmasters revived the old arguments against being tributary to foreign countries, and being able, in case of war, to supply ourselves &c.; these persons are always putting for- ward the hypothesis of war, in order that the country may not ('lIj..y the advantages of peace, and that they may continue to carry on a monopoly, which is so onerous to consumers. What, we ask, is the princip'e upon which commercial treaties arc entered into? To remove barriers to trade and facilitate exchanges; this is the tendency of all Governments since the general pence, and eren E 'stand, which for two ceil, turies lived only by prohibitions, is now obliged to make concessions; if this tendency were a bad one, it would not be followed simultaneously by all pro- ducting countries. Now, what is the real question under discussion as to Fiance and Belgium ? It is the opening a market for the sale of certain produc- tions peculiar to each. Belgium would admit several of our productions at a moderate rale of dilly, and we in return should admit those of Belgium, including iron and coal, in the same way. As to the coal, it arrives in spite of the duty, for the annual imports amount to about twelve millions of metrical quintals this duty falls upon our manufacturers, who cannot do without fuel, and finally is paid by the purchaser of manufactured goods, and all this is done to protect a dozen owners of coal mines. As to iron it is still worse, for, in order that we may not become tributary to foreign countries, whieli would supply us at a cheap rate, we make ourselves tributary to 150 iton- mastcrs, who have the monopoly of our market; it is evident that so long as an undue importance shall be attached to two or three special interests, the con- clusion of connpercial treaties will always encounter insurmountable obstacles, and die more so as these interests are represented by influential men Cun- stitutionnel. STEEL RAILWAYS, A Vienna paper contains A curious account of tie dTorts making to advance the i nternal manufacture of rails. One foundry, at Pre. vali, in Carinthh, is eaid last, year to have furnished 1500 tons of rails with three furnaces. The fact is, that these rails arc of such beautiful steel, for the most part. that they might be cut up into razors and and sword blades, as they are formed of the classical steel, which is as unique in our (lavs as it was in t'te days of Horace, ami for which, if there were but a decent road to Trieste, our cutlers would, probably, be glad to give more than double .the weight of ordinary iron. Of this material the beautiful hanging bridge at Vienna is made, which is suspended upon two main chains instead of the usual four, and which weighs proportionately about two-thirds of the weight of another suspension bridge, at no great distance from it, made of common iron, after a model by Browne. This is an amusing instance of the effects of protection to manufactures, which even beats our- selves, for there is a high export duty upon this steel in a raw state.— Inventors' Advocate. NKW PROCESS POUSOLPER|NQ METALS,—Two in telligent French mechanics attended at the plumbers shop in the Woolwich Dockyard, on Wednesday last, to show the work men and a foreman from each of her Majesty's other dockyards a new intention for soldering or joining metals without solder. The mode of operation was discovered by Lc Comte de Richmond, who has taken out a patent for it in this country. The invention is applicable to brass, copper, lead, pewter, and zinr, and the pfoccss is very simple. It merely consists of the application of a powerful heat from a small tube exactly similar to a blowpipe, attached to a pliable hollow thong woven sunilar to a whip, but made air tight, at the end of whi. h is placed two stop cocks, the one to admit hydrogen gas, generated oil the spot by placing sulphuric acid, mixed with walpf, Upnn the cuttings of zinc, ill II vessel constructed for the purpose- The other stop- cock admits atmospheric air in any quantity and with great force, when requisite, as it is assisted by a Small portable bellows, worked with the foot upon a pedal. The foremen of the various yards tried 11 number of experiments with lead, both with flat and round pieces, and formed joints, nil of which they performed in a very satisfactory manner, and ap- pi-ared at once to comprehend the whole theory of the discovery. The joining cannot be known from any other part of the metal, and must be a great jjdvantagp over the old metiipd, as it passes through the whole thickness of the metal, and appears to be as perfect on the ono side as the other, enabling every part to bear equal pressure. WINDSOR, Monday Nij;ht.—Although her Majesly had So far recovered from her indisposition of the previous day as to be able to drive out this afternoon in a pony plifflton, she did not feel herself sutlii iently strong to join the Royal dinin r party either to-day or yesterday, and Sir James Clarke, Dr. Locock, and Mr. Brown, a surgeon residing at Windsor, passed the wbole of hoth nights at the Castle, in case their assistance should be required. Both Dr. Loeock and Sir James Clarke, indeed, were obliged by their pro- fessional engagements to go to town this morning, but both have since returned, and will probably remain constantly in attendance until the event so anxiously expected ahali have occurred. In the mean time we have the utmost satisfaction in announcing that her Majesty's general health is as good as her faithful subjects could desire. DIPLOMATIC ARIIANC.EIlf'.NTS. It is now, we believe, definitively settled that Lord Cowley will succeed Lord Granville as her Majesty's representa- tive at Paris, and that Sir U. Gordon will proceed in the same capacity to Vienna. The Embassy at the Court of St. Petersburg^! has been offered to Lord Vesey Fitzgerald, and in case of his declining to accept till the post will be filled by Lord Stu.srt do Rothsay. HEIRS TO THE TnitoSB.— Hie heirs general of the three Royal families of Plantagenet, Tudor, and Stuart, are, at this day, those of the Princess Henrietta Maria, daughter of King Charles I. and Duchess of Orleans—viz Francis Ferdinand, heredi- tary Prince of Modena, conjointly with his maternal aunts, the Duchess of Lucca and the Empress of Austria; and but for the Act of Settlement, intro- duced as a safeguard against Popery, tliaat Prince, as eldest heir of the body of King Charles I., would now have filled the throne of these realms. There is an on dit that Sir John Owen, M.P., for Pembroke, is appointed a Commissioner of Excise, with a salary of Xi,?Oo per annum, t"E PRESENT AND LATE PRLMiERs.I'Iic dif- ference between the new Admiui-tirition and thai III)ic,h it succeeded is not more marked in poliiiea matiers than it is in the performance of the social duties hich appertain to the chief. Lord Melbourne not only never gave a dinner, but hardly ever ale oneut his owti exjicnve. Sir Rober. Peel has scarcely been in office a month before he has called rouni! him not only the representatives of the gre:il powers, l,ut every one invested with anything like a diplo- matic character in this country and his l uly has given a brilliant entertainment to the circle in wh'ch such personages generally move. Whatever differ* ence of opinion there may be as to the principles of Government practised by the two Premiers, there can be none as to the tystetn pui>ued in carrying 'hem into effect. One was, apparently, to know nothing about anything; and the other, if possible, to know every thing.— Cheltenham Looker-on. GREAT WESTERN STEAM-SHIP COMPANy.-At a special general meeting of the shareholders, held in Bristol, on Thursday week, to decide upon the legal powers of the company to manufacture and rr- pair for the public, after a long discission the following resolution was carried: That the land, buildings, and machinery, be sold after the comple- tion of the new ship;1' and the business concluded by the pi-opriefors requesiintf the directors to take the m'ist rigorous measures for the recovery of the calls in arrear, which amount to £ 12,000. THE THAMES TUNNEL—This stupendous work is rapidly advancing to comptetion. The sub-ma; ine cuiting has been finished some iiiotillip, but in order to secure easy facility of entrance, it has been found necessary to bore farther beyond the high-water mark than was originally intended. We learn from a correspondent, who writes from the Potteries, Staffordshire, that a custom, worth imitating in other places, pi-evailti in that part of the country when a life is lost by any accident in the mines, the colliers in the neighbourhood, and ac- quaintances of the deceased or of his friends, are invited (by note) to attend the funeral, when each contributes something, according to his means (gene- rally Is.), and thus a handsome sum in raised (often or £ 16) and this, though a trifling mailer to balance against the loss of a life, itt, to many in- stanceii, of the utmost gervice to the survivors of the fiiniily, and, indeed, often prevents them from applying for parochial aid. Pei-hips antetid- ments might be made in the mode, but it isceltaillly worth being made public for imilation-ill principle at least-as anything tending to ameliorate the con- dition of so laborious a set of men, as miners are, deserves the utmost encouragement; and as this is a custom, and originates voluntarily among them- selves, it tends more to preserve that independen e of mind, uh:ch is so desirable to be maintained, than if they receive what might be considered public charily, RAILWAY INVENTIONS--A mechanic at Stockton* Mr. Hobson, has invented a means by which un engineman may adjust the railway.switches while the traiu is in motiou; also a method of instantly liberating the engine from the train.-Gateshead Observer. ADULTERATION OF BEEit.-The Commissioners of Excise have lately turned their attention to the frequency of adulicratiou of beer, and have re- solved that the name of every publican who has been convicted of adulterating hit beer shall be forwarded to the justices to whom lu will have to apply for a reuevval of his license; and they have come to the determination of depriving such con- victed party of his license altogether. THE SEPARATION CLAUSE.—The truth of the following affecting story is atiested by the Rev. Mr. Mosse, Cliapidin to the -Chelmsford Union, who cites the case from hit nOle-hook 1831, Jan. 17th. This day at Chelmsford, and find a feeble old man (Cumbers, whose wife is in Wuliham house) added to the sick list. The being parted from liei-, after having lived together from 40 to 60 years, so distresses and enervates his mind, as to render him almost listless to any c-xiiortatiotis to resignation, &c., which he interrupts with ejaculations such as these:—' It the Lord took her from me, I would say, Be it IiôO. II sits hard and heavy upou lIIe, When you go to Waltham, Sir, if it be not too much trouble, would you bring me word how the poor woman d()r's' &c. This I instance OtS Ii painful example of the unhappy, tfect of the Separation Clause applying to the aged and infirm. But what was tlie sequel ? On the 18th the old woman died, and the bereaved husband lingered uneasy and dissatisfied till the 23rd, when he also resigned his spirit, and about the time the last rites of the Church were being performed over the remains of his lalllEntúd partner." CHURCH EXTE.VSIOV.—The following is the sum- mary attached to I tie last and 2lst annual report of her Majesty's Commissioners for building additional churches in populous poi-it)e,Cilut-cli,s and chapels completed, 281 building, 16; Plans ap- proved-and ready lor lender, I I p|uos under con- sideration, 6; Grants proposed to be made for building 58 other churches and chapels, 2S of which are included in the preceding items, leaving uuder consideration, 30-tollll, 344. The accommodation its churches and chapels completed is as follows; — in pews, 156,47; i" free seats, 193,419; tola! ac- commodation, 349,889. The religious public will be astonished to learn that the Rev. Mr. Marshall, of the Tolhooth Church, has announced to his session that he intends to resign his charge, in consequence of a change ill his religious opinions. It is understood that he means to join the Church of England.—Scotsman. MILDNESS.—Be always as mild as you can; a spoonful of honey attracts n ore flics than a barrel of vinegar. If you must fall into any extreme, lei it be on the side uf gentleness. The human mind is so constructed that it resists rigour and yields to softness. A mild word quenches anger, as water quenches the rage of the; and by benignity any soil may be rendered ffitiilul. Truth, uttered wiih courtesy^ is heaping coals of fire on the head or, rather, throw ing roses in the face. I low can we resist a foe whose weapons are pearls and diamonds? FATAL EFKBCTS OF TIGHT-LACING.—The higher mortality of English women by consumption may be ascribed partly to the indoor life which they lead, and partly to the compreB>ionp preventing the ex- pansion of the chest, by costume. In both they are deprived of freedtaughls of vital air, and the altered blood deposits tubeiculous matter wiih a fatal, unnatural facility. I'hii-I y-onf thousand and ninety linglish women died i,, (tit,! year of this in- curable malady. Will not this impressive fatt in. duce persons of rank and influence to set tl.gir countryrwomen right in the article of diess, and lead them to abandon a practice, which disfigure* the body, strangles the chest, produces nervous or other disorders, and has an unquestionable tendency to implant all iueurable heiio malady in the frame? Girls have no mure Hecd of artificial bones and bandages thau boys.—Second Report of the Registrar General. SURGICAL OPERATION.— On Tuesday week, a stone, weighing nearly half all ounce, was entrapted from the bladder of a son of Mr John Wi'liams, grocer, Pontmorlais, aged only five and a half years, by that eminent surgeon, Edward Davies, Esq., Cyfarthfa Iron Woiks, and Mr. J.T. Evans, his able assistant. We do not know which to admire most tho skill of the operator, or the patience exhibited by the little sufferer, TUfAL or GAVIN ScoTr FOR FoRGERy.-Cavin Scott, who, it will be remembered, was apprehended some time ago on the Coiiiiiu-nt, charged with for- geries Oil the Commercial Bank of Iicotlaiad aud other Banks, to the extent of between £ S,000 aud £ 9,000, was tried at Glasgow, on Saturday. IJe pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to transportation for life. EXTRAORDINARY POTATO.—A most extraordinary potato of the early kind, was shown this week, which weighed dibs. oz., and measured in circum. fereuce, one way 22 inches, and another way 19 inches; it was something in shape, similar to all infant child, with his aims aud legs ofF, and of the female kind. It was grown iu the garden of Mrs. Lloyd, of the Castle Inn, Newport, Pembrokeshire.

YANI; EE ADV ERTISEMENTS. 11 Ran away, a negro woman and two children. A few days before she went off I Bunvr HER WITU A HOT ikon oil the left side of her face; I TRIED TO make THE LETTER M. "(Signed) MICAJAII RICRS." (From the Balcigh Standard," July IS, 1838.) "Unn away, a negro named Arthur—has a consi- derable scar across his breast and each arm, made by a knife; LOVES TO TALK ijycH Of THfS GOODNESS OP Gop. (Signed) j. BISHOP." (From the "Camden Journal," March 4, 1837.) Was committed to jail, a negro man-says his name is Jot-iah; his back very much scarred by the whip, branded on the thigh and hips in three or four placcs, thus, (J. M ); the rim of rigat car hus been bit or cut off. (Signed) J. L, JOLLEY." (From the Cliuton Gazette," July 23, 1838.) Stolen, a negro man named Wiutcr- has a notch cut out of the lelt ear, and the mark offour or five buck shot on his legs. "(Signed) JAMES MARKS." (From the "Natbitochcs Herald," July 21, 1838.)

MONMOUTH R4CES. The following is the account of the rutidiii- oti the 5th and 6th inst., which atrived too late for in- sert ion in our paper of last week. The Tredegar Stakes of Five Sovereigns each, with 35 added. Two mile heats. Mr. fioii^h's rh. g Aimuell, 6 yrs (Parr) 1 2 1 Mr. Evans's b.g. Fat Jack, agr«t 3 12 Mi. Moss's br tn. l'ruileuce, G yrs, 2 3 3 Fat Jack did not make running for the first heat, he vvou the second easy, but declined winning the third, in consequence of the winner being liable to be claimed for £ 200. A Sweepstakes of Three Sovereigns cach, with £15 added. Heats one mi:c and a half. Mr. Trotter's h m. Nell,5 yrs. (J. Harris) I I Mr. Gondii's b.. Young Hesperus, aged 2 dr. Capt. Freestone's br. g. Floughboy, aged 3 dr. Mr. Firkin's ch. c. Diver, 4 yrs 4 dr. -kir. Itieliard's b.g. Voltititeer, aged 5 dr. Mr. Brewer's ch. g. Talisman, aged 6 dr. I loughboy jumped off with the lead at « good pace, \\i:h the Diver and Young Hesperus well up, and Nell las! when half a mile from home Young Hesperus got a good lead, Nell at the same time catching her horses and passing them easilv, and at the flistaiice Nell c(illared Hesperus, they ran head and head for a few strides, but the little mare soon disposed of the star, and came in an easy willller by two lengths. The second heat Nell walked over. The Lantarnam Hurdle Stakes of Five Sovereigns each, with £25 added, over four hurdles in each heat. Capt.Frppstonf:'sb.m Valentine (Vivian) 2 J I Mr. Vever's ch. h. Utile Tommy, 6 yrs.. 1 2 3 Mr. TLdi's l>.in. Safety. 4 yrs 3 3 3 Mr. Mason's Charles XII., G yrs 4 dr. The first and second heats beautifully contested, the third won easy, SECOND DAY. The Chippenham Stakes of Five Sovereigns each, with £ 30 added. One mile and a half. Alr. r,,ans's Fat Jack, aged ('I'. Davies) 1 Mr. Jones's b.g. Henley, 4 yrs 2 Mr. Gougli's cli. g. Aiinwdi, 6 \rs 3 Mr. Moss's br. m. S'rudence, 6 yrs 4 Won easy by Fat Jack. A Free Handicap of Thiee Sovereigns each, and £ 20 added, Heats, twice round. Mr. Francis's b m. Victoria, aged (Vivian) 3 3 1 Mr. Rough's Young Hesperus, aged 12 3 Mr. Jones's b.g. Henley, 4 yrs 2 3 2 First and second heats well contested A Handicap Huidle Race of Three Sovereigns each, with £:?O added. Two mile heats, over four strong hurdles in each heat. Mr. Vevcr's ch. h. Tji'tle Tommy (Davies) I I Mr. Hall's Young Rambler 8 2 Mr. F. x's Forty-two 4 3 Capt. Freestone's Valentine 2 dis. First heat a capital race. Valt-tiline at thesecond hurdle in the second fell and broke one of her fore legs. It was generally supposed, if it had not been for ihe accident, she would have won the race. Captain Ftee-toue refused £ 150 for her the night previous to the race. A Forced Handicap for winners and free for beaten horses of 1'0 Sovereigns each, with £15 added. One mile and a half- Mr. Evans's b g. Fa; Jack, aged I Mr. Trotter's b m. Nell, 5 yrs 2 M r. Gough's ch.g. Aim well, 6 yrs. ■ 3 Nell and Aimwell jumped off at a tremendous pace for the first mile, when the litile inare shook her opponent off easy. Fat Jack then came up and there was a good race home, the horse winning by half a length, Aimwell was beaten off. A FORTUNATE DISCOVERY.—A few days ago a poor labouring man, named Warren, residing at No. 3, Rose Street, Seven Dials, purchased at a second- hand boot and shoe stiol), beloniriiig to a mail tiaiiied William Mason, in Monmouth S'reet, Seven Dials, some Bluchers for himself aud children, for three pairs of which he paid 8s. Yesterday morning, after he had worn the boots for about half an hour, and as he was going out for thp purpose of resuming the laScurs of the day, he fell one of his boots pinch him at the side, aud, ripping up the lining for the purpose of removing some hard substance that he imagined he felt within, he was most agreeably surprised and delighted to find between the side lining and ihe upper leather ten J:5 Bank of England notes, which had evidently been most carefully by their former owner. The poor fellow's joy knew no bounds, and ere long the whole neigh- bourhood w as made acquainted with his good fortune as he regaled yesterday afternoon his most innmate friends and ncighbouis with a dinner, defrayed from the pecuniary assistance thus unexpectedly received. It is supposed that the bouts in question formerly belonged to a miser, named Andrews, for many years a resident iu the Dials, and who lately died, leaving properly to the amount of several thousand pounds, the whole of which has fallen into Ihe possession of his brother, a mechanic, living in the same locality. THE NIGElt KXPEDITIOV. —Letters were re- ceived in London, on Saturday, fron Cape Coast C.istle, dated the 28th of July, reporting the steam vessels composing this expedition to have arrived -here from Sierra Leoue-the Sanclan 011 the 15th, the Albert on the 19th) and the Wiliiet force on the 2-lih of that mouth. The apprehension entertained by some persons) previous to its departure from EII- latid that the eype(litiolt ii,i,hi ai-rive it the mouth of the Niger somen hat late for ascending the river, all, the best possible period appears to have been groundless, as from information gained, on the coast from persons who bad been up the Niger with l.ander, it is found that large vessels would be un. able to proceed above lbu at an earlier period than the month of August. ''SAM SLICK" IN ABERDEEN,—.Our city (Aber- deen) has lately been visited by a Sam Slick, who lias cilrripcJ the business of selling clocks to i degree of perfection not known in tilt' trade heretofore. This distinguished artist some time ago got employment as a maker of gas int-tets iii at extensive establishment in Aberdeen, where he conducted himself with all propriety. Labour, however, being a thing unsnited to his £ nius, he contrived to get a German clock on t ok," and with this slender stock Ire commcnced a very thriving business, lie first went wilhit to the barber who was in the habit of shaving him, and sold the clock for 14s. In the course of two or three days he called ai>;iiu to sec it the clock was giving satisfac- tion, and, on being told that it was going too fast, he inspected it, and said that he could do nothing to remedy the evil without taking it home. The clock was accordingly tiketi donvii, and SHn WCilt off with it directly to the office of a limb of the law, and to whom lie disposed of it for 25s. According to his system of business he called again upon the man of law in the course of a few days, and on inquiring inio the c'oek's behaviour found that it was going too fast; down the clock from the wall, and Sam once more sets o'.f to sell it again, lie soon Met wit,, shoemaker, to whom for the third timc Ian sold this famous article. The clock clicked for a day or two iu the shoemaker's house, when Sam, like an honourable tradesman, called to sec how it was going. Of course he found the clock at the old trick of going too fast, and accordingly he again gets it into his possession, iu U"L order to cure this disorder. In attempting, however, to dispose of it this time he found some diiffculties iu the wty. His victims had begun to make diligent inquiry after their clocks the hue aud cry was raised against Sam, but when his adversaries thought they had hold of him they found that, like his clocks, he had gone too fast. Be is a middle-sized man, black comploxioned, and speaks with a foreign accent,— Aberdeen paper. A SnowEll op F';SHEs,-On Thursday forenoon, during a heavy thunder shower, a considerable number of small fislies fell from the clouds, at the Town-hill, about a mile north-east from Dunfermline. were in general from 2 lo S.j inches in length, and although they must have fallen from a considerable height many of them were alive after they fell, and jumping among the grass, —tfft paper. ROULET\'F. PLl'DEllEHS -At the Monmouth races a band of Roulette conspirators pitched their tent on the course, and dignified their hell bv the sounding title of West of England I'utf Club." The trap was well baited with half-crowns, a sprinkling of &e. At night their infernal machines were busy sit work at a public-house, and some gentlemen were plundered to the tune of jfJOO. in the aggregate. Men must be almost demented to offer themselves thus to victimization, w|)ci) thev know that even the fair table ij f¡ pep cent, in favour of t he Bank," a,|d that these vagabonds have been known to use "springed machinery," and drugged Champagne. On Monday week, two men wetc severely burned by an explosion ol fire-danipj in the Collieries Plymouth Works, Meithyr. It is expected that Parliament will not assemble for the dispatch of business till February next. THE CHOPS. e have still a great deal outstand- i,ig c,,rii, isilicti is sidly it, t)e(-(i (,t' ilke still. Ue have had anothei rainy week, and the crops must, in must caseta be bad as well as deficient in quantity. — Welshman. SINGOLAK CIIICUMSTANCE —There is now residing in Newport a gentleman who, forty years ago, was one of twelve scholars fbriiiiiig a class at College, ail of whom are at present liviD. 0 The Charity Trustees of Bristol, have entered in. to a contract with a baker, to supply the quartern loaf, consisting of four pounds of good household, bread, for the uext six months, at sixpeuce. NEW BISHOPRICK AT JERUSALEM.—Palestine, which in the events of the last 12 months has beeu brought before Christendom, exciting an interest which peculiarly belongs lo that land, is about to he counected with England by a link which will survive time and the contentions of opposing states. A Pro-i testant Bishop is about to be cou-ecrated for Jerusa- lem. Negotiations have been on foot on the subject for some time with the Prussian Government, an His Majesly the King, has come forward in a muni- ficent way toco-operate with British Christians who feel an interest in the progress of Cbrisiiauity amongst the ancient people of God. The person looked to to undertake the duties of the sacred office was Dr. il],Caul, the well-known Hebrew scholar, to whom it was offered; Lui with aself-denial which does honour to him as a man and Christian minister, having long advocated the national claims of the Jews to the consideration of the Church, he declined it on the plea that a Jew should filllhe episcopate. It was then offered, accepted, and is 10 be conferred on the Hev. Mr. Alexander, the Hebrew Professor of Coilege, who will be consecrated forthwith by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and proceed to his new and interesting see next month. Mr. Alex- ander is a man of blameless character and excel eut acquirements, coupled miti) genuine pietv. lie ilia* done honour to his Christian confession by his cons-Mency and integrity. His elevati,.n %vill, vie hope, exert a beneficial iufluence on the iiiiiiiero proselyte-i from Judaism — a class in the ChristL Church requiring much and anx'V*« attention fron those devoted to this work. STRASRURRH RAILWAY.—On the opening of tl- I Strasburgh Railway last Sunday, a grand dinner v f given at Mulhausen. Oiie in!-c'iiption on the sv,, of the dining-room, ran thus:—" 1550, the journey fioui Nluiliauen to Strasburgh occupied eight days; in IGUFT, six days; in J700, four dtyq; ill HWO. two days; in ISH, two húuT.Hal{fax Guardian. UNITED STATrs.-By the Great Western steamer, which arrived at Bristol oil Friday the 8th inst., we have received Now York papers to the 25th tilt. They bring intelligence of tho death of Lord Syrfl' enham, Governor.Gencral of Canada, from lock-jsiw, the result of the accident alluded to in our last. His lordship expired oil the 19tli. and was succeeded by Sir Richird Jackson as temporary Governor. The Whig Congressional Committee have published their address, entering into a review of the late proceedings of Congress nnJ President Tyler; aud conclude by proposing a series of measures, tho most important of which is one to restrict the power ofthe President] in the exercise of tho veto. The news taken out bjr,' the steamer of the state of trade in this country created great sensation in the United States. produced considerable effect on their markets. Wit respect to the approaching trial of Mr. %I'Leod public excitement had considerably increased, fl0' only on the border, but through the entire state New York. The whole affair, it is said, still of ensions much anxiety to the friends of peace, allhouH1' the adherence of Mr. Webster to the Cabinet and tlio nomination of Mr. Everett to the Court of Loiidfl" are considered as arguing favourably of the feeling5 of the Pi esident on tbe subject. IN connexion wit^ this topic, considerable sensation bail been created b1 the discussion in the House of Representative* during which Mr. Quincy Adams condemned tlio course ndopted by those who seemed desirous bf their reinnrks to foment discord and provoke war. He declared, as he said, in the face of the coutilry and the World, that in regard to the affair of tbØ Caroline, a due consideration of all the cirr-nic i stances might lead to the conclusion that they were in the wrong;" and iu commenting on the fact tin'11 the state of New York had resolved upon trying M'' I I%I'Leo(l, Mr. A(liiiis insisted that it was purely 0 national and not a state affair, ndding that there "II not all enlightened nation on earth that woui,l ,to$ decide against this idea of holding individuals n" I sponsible iu a case like this. It was thought tillt tlio opinion of this gentleman, who is held in high re-pect | by hi< fettow-eitizens, would have much iiiflaet)eo over the public mind. In connection with Ihi" subject it is mentioned that the United States Go". eminent have sent two companies of troops to tlitt Aroostook, on or near the disputed territory but it was thought that this movement is in -tecordaiicg with an undeistanding with New Brunswick, and tit keep off trespassers. Another topic had also bi-CO started, which was expected to give rise. to wtieb excitement in Congress, viz.: a motion that the na- tional Government should endeavour by representation or negociation with the British Government, tO procure the liberation of American citizens now U"' dergoing punishment in tho British penal c-aloilif"v for having invaded Cumda. Thf matter ..tltMll; I referred to the "committee of the whole House" hi a majority of only ollc.-An extraordinary scene hll,1 taken place in the House of Representatives duri" one of the recent debates, which had excited a strong sensation throughout the Union. It appears THAT whilo Mr. Fillmore was speaking, Mr. Wise, of Vir- ginia. crossed the floor of the house to the seat of Mr. Stanley, of North Carolina, and high words endued between them, during which Mr. Wise said that Mr. Stanley deserved his contempt, and Mr. Stanley applied tho term "liar" to Mr, Wise. Mr. Wiso struck Mr. Stanley, who returned the blow. Great confusion ensued, and strong motions were passed against the b,lligereiits.-Tlic fortification and national defence appropiiations passed iu Congress hove put the naval dockyards and forts in an active state. A frigate at Norfolk is to be finished, tho works at. Point Comfort at New YOlk are re- pairing. ships of war at the New England ports are completing, the steam-frigate Mississippi is to re- main at Philadelphia, and numerous promotions have been inado in the United States Navy. A serious riot had occurred at Cincinnati, orfginating in a quarrel between a white man and q negro. Tho wnb attacked HHI houses of the blacks, who defended themselves with hre-arms. Four persons were killed —two whites an.) two biicks-ati(i several wounded. The military were called out, and the commotion willi not quelled without (t.ucll (liffl(-Ulty.-Accoutits liavo been received from Chili stating tilit the jewels and rict-es of the Temple of the Sun, hidden more 0.1111 3HO years ago by the Peruvians froic the Spaniards* and worth £ 00,000.000 have been recovered near tito Cerro de Pasco—The papers contain a long accou"* of an cxtraordinary shower of flesh and blood, -aid to have recently occurred in Tennessee. It txtel,dej to about hal-a-mile square; and so unusual a circui"' stance l^s contributed not a little to alarm the supe'' stitious in the vicinity ofthe visitation. I t is aiiiii" that some of the professors of colleges in the countff attribute the appearance to a peculiar swarm of bu1' terflies which, emerging from the chrysalis st-,itel have left the appearance of flesh and blood on tK 'raves «»fa tobacco plantation. p,-„feSSor Troost, °l Naslivillo, thinks a dead animal or animals might 1, ,e been taken up in a whirlwind, brought in contact wf" au electric cloud, and kept in a state of partial fluid'1^ or viscosity, until it finally descended. Tho Profe*-4?' further thinks that the red fluid was not blood, I which opinion ho is conifrmed by an article in "Philosopluoal Transactions,which records that the year 1553, a vast multitude of butterflies swarii*^ in Germany, and sprinkled tho earth with a red 0^ like bloody drops. In 1008 a similar circumstaW^ took placl, alltl is mentioned by Reaumur,

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