North Wales Gazette

EPITAPH. -John Palfrey man, which lyeth here, Was aged twenty-four year; And near this place his mother lies, Also his lather, when he dies.

PRANTERS' DEnLS, •Old Lucifer, both kind and civil, To every printer LENDS a Devil; But, balancing accounts each winter, -ri,ut, bt For every Devil TASKS a Printtr! —■NB+—

SONNET TO HEALTH. WHATE'EK our lot in this dark vale below, Of constant chance, uncertainty, and change, (Results of many a revolution strange) Goddess from thee life's choicest comforts flow. Her gifts on Man tho' Fortune may bestow, Even far beyond fair expectation's range, Gladly would he the golden boon exchange For Poverty, if fated to forego Thy favour in th' enjoyment. For no wealth Can compensation yield for loss of—health. in vain fair Spring her blooming reign renews— Autumn in vain with plenty crowns the plain, If thou art, absent. Reft of thee, the Muse Herself would cease to sing--or sing in vain. -\Wk-

COMPARISONS, M\ is the rugged, lofty pine That frowns on many a wave-beat shore Woman's the slender, graceful vine, Whose curling fendrails round it twine, And deck its rough bark sweetly o'er. Man is the rock, whose tow'ring crest Nods o'er the mountain's barren side Woman the soft and mossy vest, That loves to clasp its sterile breast, And wreath its brown in verdant pride. Man is the cloud of coming storm Dark as the raven's murky plume, Save where the sun-beam, light and warm, Of woman's soul, and woman's form, Gleams brightly o'er the gath'ring gloom. Yes, lovely sex to you 'tis given To rule our hearts with angel sway, Blend with woe a blissful loov'n, Chanse earth into an embryo lieav'n, And sweetly smile our cares away.

THE FUTURE. B¥ THE LATE LORD BYRON, WHEN eoldn-ess wraps the suffering clay, A h, whither strays the immortal mind ? It cannot die, it cannot stay, But leaves its darken'd dust behind. Then, unimbodied, doth it trace By steps each planet's heavenly way? Or fill at once realms of space, A thing of eyes, that all survey ? Eternal, boundless, undecay'd, A thought unseen, but seeing all, All, all in earth, or skies display'd, Shall it survey, shall it recall: Each fainter trace that memory holds o rlarklyof departed years, In one broad glance the soul beholds, And all that was at once appears. Before Creation peopled earth, Its eye shall roll through chaos back And where the furtherest heaven had birth, The spirit trace its rising track. And where the future mars or makes, Its glance dilate o'er all to be, While sun is quench'd or system breaks, Fix'd in its own eternity. Above or Love, Hope, Hate, or Fear, It lives all passionless and pure An age shall fleet like earthly year; Its years as moments shall endure. A way. away, without a wing, O'er all, through all, its thoughts shall fly; A nameless and eternal thing, Forgetting what it was to die. —

ODE TO WISDOM. 'TWAS thou, pure Wisdom, all divine, Didst in tli' shine Ere was form'd the ethereal sky, Or the effulgent lights on high. Twas thy bright rays with splendour shone Before th' Almighty's dazzling throne, jire he formed this woild below, Of caus'd the wat'ry deep to How. Wisdom still guides his vast designs Thro' this land and the remotest climes. Oh cry aloud ill lofty strains, Tell all the nations Wisdom reigns." "WhereVr ye look, or gaze, or see, Ksull in.wisdom's Deit. 5^y v,« sing thy glorious ways, A«d shout ia highest notes thy praise.

BISHOP FERRAR. Martyred 30th March, 1555. FENTON in his Historical Tour through Pembrokeshire," remarks that St. David's, in the list of its Bishops has to boastof one Saint, three Lord High Treasurers, one Lord Privy Seal. one Chancellor of Oxford, one Chancellor of England, and in the person of Ferrar, one greater than all- A MARTYR." Carmarthen, it is generally known, was the scene of the suffering and triumph of this resolute prelate, who, as he expressed himself, was born under King Henry VII. served under King Henry VIIf. King Edward IV. and lastly under that bigotted Princess, and scourge of humanity, tra- ditionally and most justly distinguished as Bloody Queen Mary, in whose reign, by the influence of her balefil satellites, Bonner and Gardiner, he fell a victim to his integrity, and firm adherence to the reformed religion. Previous to the rule of Mary, and the resto- ration of Popery, hi; had been arraigned in E ward's days, for a pretended prtemunire, through the mere maliee of his adversaries, and though the charges were numerous, trivial and vexatious, and none proved, he was long detained in custody under sureties, till the decease of King Edward,* and the coming in of Mary, when his protcstant faith alone became his crime, for which lie ul- timately suffered the death of tire; and never did Champion for the crown of martyrdom, evince a nobler devotedness to the sacred cause, a more unshaken courage to the last, and utter scorn of 1. If, the horrid element of torture, than was maniiested by that good, brave, and elevated character, Robert Ferrar, Bishop of St. David s. This dreadful and lamentable sacrifice to Ca- tholic intolerance, and furious bigotry, in the quaint language of his day, is thus perspicuously narrated by Fox This good Bishop being condemned and de- graded, was committed to the secular power, j (namely Mr. Leyson, Sheriff of the town of Car- marthen.) and not long afterwards was brought to the place of execution there, where he, in the market-place, on the South side of the cross, the 30th day of March, 1555, being Saturday next before Passion Sunday, most constantly sustained the torments of the tire. Concerning whose con- stancy, this is moreover to be added, that one Richard Cones, a Knight's son, coming to Dr. Ferrar, a little before his death, seemed to la- ment the painfulness of the death he had to sutler, unto whom the Bishop answered again to this effect, saying, That ij he once saw him slir in the pains of his burning, he should then give no eredit to his doctrine. And as he said, so he right well performed, for so patiently he stood, that he never moved, until one Richard Gravel, with a staff, struck him down." Although in the bloody annals of matyrology, a greater display of sacred heroism, and absolute devotedness may have been exhibited by others, the simplicity and unassumiug tone of the above brief and pithy declaration, followed by the im- mediate confirmation of performance, speaks more powerfully to the heart, in the same degree that it is removed from the vaunts of ostentation, and the wordiness of conscious merit. When those bitter days of persecution and bloodshed, with all their train of horrible associations, had passed away, the name of the good Bishop Ferrar be- came endeared to the people of Carmarthen, and a tomb was long afterwards erected to perpetuate, conjointly with the martyr, the memory of a de- scendant of his, no otherwise distinguished than by the remote tie of consanguinity. Even this faiat memorial of the tragical event, is now so sadly furbished by the ever sweeping wing of time, as to foretell, at no distant period, its utter defacement and obliteration. In this age of re- vived literature in our country, when every ves- tige of Cambrian antiquity has become an object of profound attention, and unremitted en(I iiii-v surely, the sacred tomb of the reverend Martyr of Carmarthen, the murdered Bishop of St. Da- vid's, may claim especial attention from all de- nominations of Protestant Christians. Indignant nature calls loudly for lasting records of Papal atrocity in its day of blood and with a due ap- preciation of so memorable a martyrdom, it is earnestly hoped, the numbing fungosity of apathy will not so far deaden the nerve of feeling, and public spirit, in a cause, decidedly connected with the honor of Carmarthen, as to let their Martyr's deed pass unrecorded, and his tomb perish, unre- placed by another, either a fac-simile of the for- mer, or a more splendid one, correspondent with the spirit of the times, and the magnificent im- provements of the present age. Such a tomb, if erected at the expense of the public, would of course, perpetuate alone the martyrdom of Bishop Ferrar, without allusion to his descendant, who is at present the principal subject of record on the stone in Carmarthen church-yard. Perhaps the natives of this town are little aware that the stranger, who first comes among them, feel astonished that the main subject of his mental associations with Carmarthen, acquired by reading the martyrdom of Bishop Ferrar, re- mains uncommemorated, unknown to many, and treated with indifference bordering on impiety, by ail- ::> J' I It remains but to be added, the attributed neg- lect is not charged to the present race, but still that Carmarthen, as the metropolis of South ¡ Wales, owes it to her dignity, reputation, and public spirit, to amend the neglect of our fore- fathers, and erect a ct mtaph, pillar, or some de- scription of monument to the memory of the Mar- tyr of reformed Christianity. Carmarthen, May 6,1824.

The Bishop's long detention in prison is at- tributed, by Fox. not for any just cause for his part deserved, but partly upon the importunate suit of his adversaries, and partly upon the sinis- ter and unfortunate fall of the good Duke of So- merset, by whom he had been promoted." Among the charges on his first trial, are the following some of which are laughably whimsical. item.-Since the first day of Augst, 15i9, unto the feast of Candlemas, he hath preached but two or three sermons, one of which was at Abergwilly, upon St. Stephen's day last, to a great audience that understood no English." Itein.-To declare his folly in riding, he useth a bridle with white studs and snaffie, white Scottish stirrups, with spurs, a Scottish pad, with a little staff of three quarters long, which he hath not only superstiiiously used these four or five years, but in conversation oftentimes boasting what countries he hath compassed and measured with the same." "Item. lie made a vow that he will never wear a cap, for he says, it is comely wearing of a hat, and so cometh in his long gown and hat, both into the Cathedral Church, arid to the best town in his diocese, sitting in that sort in the King's great sessions, and in his consistories, making himself a mock to the people." Item.-lie daily useth whistling to his chil.'j and says that he understandeth his whistle, when he was but three years old.—And being adver- tised by his friends that men laughed at his folly, he answered, they whistle thdr horst's and dogs, and I am contented; they also might, becontented that I whistle my child.—And-so whistled him | daily, ail friendly admonition neglected." Such, with many items of equal silliness, are charged against a Prelate of exemplary life, in an age preceding a Bacon and a Shakespeare J

LORD BYRON'S AUTO-BIOGRAPHY. THE following particulars relative to the des- truction of Lord Byron's account of his own life are from a periodical work — About the middle of the year 1821, Mr. Moore received from Lord Byron the manuscripts of his life. It was written on detached sheets of paper, and was evidently not a second copy. It contained his Lordship's remarks on his conduct and feelings, from the earliest peiiod ofhis recol- lection down to the year 1916: and explained many of those circumstances on which the public had most- speculated. It is well known, and de licacy need not withhold an allusion to the fact, that Mr. Moore was, when he received it, un- der pecuniary difficulties, •and that the motive of the gift was to enable him to return to the country from which lie was an unwilling exile,- Mr. Moore first offered it to Messrs. Longman, who declined purchasing' it on any terms. Mr. Murray bought the manusciipts for the sum of two thousand guineas; and his friends say, that his chief reason for so doing was to second the views of the Noble Lord, on behalf of the exiled poet. There is some ground for this assertion, when we recollect that Lord Byron was likely to outlive Mr. Murray many years, and that the work could only be of use to the heirs oflatter gentle- man. It will be remembered that the publication was prohibited until three months after Lord Byron's death. It was in November, 1821, that Mr. Moore received the money. About twelve months after- wards, Mr.Moore called on Mr. A! ray, and stated to him that the production in question contained much that would be equally prejudicial to the character of the Noble Lord, and to his own, and applied an expression to the work which We de- cline quoting. lIe therefore requested Mr. Mur- ray to empower him, by a bondN to make such al- terations as he might deem necessary, and to be appointed the editor, whenever the work should be published. To this Mr. Murray agreed but de- manded from Mr. Moore a bond for the 2,()G0< to secure him the money had he paid for the work, in case Mr. Moore should so alter it, as to reader It an unprofitable speculation. Mr. Moore agreed tothe proposition; tlw hands were given, and thus the case stood until Febru- ary, 182i, when Mr. Moore brought the assign- ment of the work, which had not been previously delivered. Mr. Murray then stated to Mr. Moore that, he was dissatisfied at this power he had given of altering the work according to the ideas of the latter, and that he wished either to get back the bond which empowered him so to do, or the agreement, and to deliver.the work on receiving 200(M.; alledging as his reason, that he did not wish to be the keeper of Lord Byron's honour." Mr. Moore said that he would choose the latter alternative, and promised to call in a week. This Mr. Moore deferred at any rate this he did not do. On the 1:1th of May the news of LordB vroll's death arrived, on that day Mr. Moore called on Mr. Murray, whom, however, lie did no! see.— The next day Mr. Murray went to Mr. Wihnot Horton, the friend of Lady Byron, and slated to him all the circumstances connected with the affair. Mr. Wiliiiot Horton-was satisfied to re- fund Mr. Murray the sum advanced, and to have the work destroyed. Subsequently the parties met at the house of Mr. Hobhouse, where Colonel Doyle appeared as the friend of the Hon. lUrs. Lee, Lord Byron's sister, and it was agreed to destroy the work. Mr. Moore objected to the right which Mr. Murray claimed over it, and as- serted that- it was his property. Mr. Murray denied his claim, on the ground that the bo.)d given by him to Mr. Moore only allowe.l him tr. withdraw the work, and to return the money any time before Lord Byron's death but that after such an event, it was to be exclusively Mr, Mur- ray s property. The day after, the parties niei together at Mr. Murray's house—viz. Mr. W Horton, Mr. Hobhouse, Colonel Doyle, Mr. Moore. Mr. Luttrell, and Mr. Murray. Mr. Murray then declared that he had no claim whatever oil Mr. Moore for the sum paid that gentleman, while Mr. Moore persistedin his right to the work. It is asserted that Mr. Moore did not mean to have it destroyed—but this we do not for a moment believe. Be it as it may, the production was torn and burnt in the room of Mr. Murray and burnt, as our information states, without the consent of Mr. Moore. The cir- cumstance has since been the topic of much con- versation in the higher circles, and each of the parties has been considerably blamed by the friends of the other. Although we have stated these facts, and again repeat that we have them from the best au- thority, we do not wish to comment on them. We think it, however, our duty to mention, that the gentlemen alluded to expressed, in the highest terms, their sense of Mr. Murray's conduct as a gentleman and a man of honour. This much is certain, that if Mr. Murray had chosen to publish the work, he would have made a fortune by it and that in sacrificing his interest to his principles, he has acted as few tradesmen would have done. We are certain that Mr. Murray received for the work no more than he had paid for i t

AEROSTATIC EXCURSION. Mr. Harris, the gentleman who was the com- panion of Mr. Graham in his aerial voyage from Berwick-street, Soho, to the neighbourhood of Rochester, Kent, ascended Tuesday in a balloon, of his own property, and constructed under his own immediate direction, from the gardens of the Eagle Tavern in the City-road. The balloon is composed entirely of silk, and is a stupendous and magnificient vehicle. It is called The Royal George," this title being inscribed upon it in targe gold letters. The balloon and apparatus were removed to the Eagle on Monday morning, and Tuesday morning, so early as five o'clock, the preparations com- menced for inflating it. A large gas pipe was laid on from the main, belonging to the Brick- lane Company, and the stage fJomwhich it was to ascend having been completed, the balloon was lashed on, and at 11 o'clock the process of tilling began. The aeronaut had given so short a notice ofhis intention to attempt a voyage, that it was by no means generally known to the public, and con- sequently the number of persons collected was comparatively small. The time for ascent origi- nally fixed upon was half-past two in the after- noon, at which hour there were not more than 250 persons in the garden, and Mr. Harris determined on waiting another hour. By half-past three the gardens were nearly filled with well-dressed persons, amounting in number lo at least a thousand, and the City-road and other avenues were pretty well crowded.— About an hour before the ascent took place a strong degree of interest was excited, by an an- nouncement from Mr. Harris's Committee to the company who were assembled in the gardens, that a young lady would ascend with Mr. Harris." The young adverturess soon after made her ap- pearance in the grounds, accompanied by Mrs. Harris and two other ladies, and several of the Committee of Gentlemen, and she became imme- diately an object of the most intense curiosity.— The universal inquiry was, Who is she ? What is her name?" and the crowd pressed around her encouraging her by compliments upon her courage, and assurances of their confidence that she would return safe. She was dressed in a white muslin gown, straw bonnet with a wreath of roses, and a small green shawl, and wore her hair turned back upon the temples, and braided. She appeared to be about eighteen years of age, of rather delicate frame and complexion. and her appearance alto- gether was extremely interesting. Her name is Stocks, but the rank or situation in life of her or her family was studiously concealed. She had only determined upon the adventurous flight about two hours before it took place. At four o'clock the ear was placed upon the stage for the purpose of being lashed to the bal- loon. The ear is of an oval shape, very elegant ly constructed. The covering of the body is of crimson velvet, with an intermixture of deep green and yellow silk, prettily festooned, and fringed with the same material. This was suspended by cords from a circular frame above, similarly orna- mented,, and which was fastened to the balloon itself. Mr. Harris, dressed in a jacket, waistcoat, and trowsers of deep blue, ornamented with gold lace in profusion, and buttons with the anchor and crown upon them, and wearing a white hat, superintended a I the arrangements in person, and directed them with the greatest possible coolness and judgment. Every thing being ready, Mr. Harris went to the Tavern to escort this fair companies to her seat, and returned in a 'few moments with her leaning upon his arm, and preceded by a band playing a slow air. The'Committee, with several ladies, brought, up the rear. The intrepid girl mounted the stage with but a slight appearance I of fear in her manner, and was instantly gieeted with the warmest cheers from the spectators. She curtsied in return, and Mr. Harris having entered the car, the word was given for the I,ady. Having received an affectionate farewell from several around her, she stepped into the ear with firmness and unmoved countenance, and took her seat amid the most enthusiastic cries of" Bravo and loud clapping of hands. Mr. Harris gave the word. and the cords being slipped, the immense vehicle ascended swiftly for a snort distance, but suddenly stopped, and if. was then discovered by the spectators that one of the cords by which it was fastened to the earth had not been loosened from the pole, and that of course the balloon could ascend no further until the rope was unfastened. A general feeling of alarm prevailed for a few moments, which was increased by the apparently perilous situation of the aeronauts at that moment for the violent cheek which the adhering cord gave to the balioon drew it into a positionalrnosthori- zontal, and the young iady, whose em! of the car was downwards, was seen clinging to the sides, and seemed with difficulty to keep her seat. There was a general cry of Cut the rope, for God's sake cut the rope!" but this was prevented by those who had previously received their oi-Sers, until a signal was given by Mr. Harris by the waving of his Hag, and the rope was then severed i.) a moment, and the baiioon, freed from all restraint", ascended most majestically, the people below rending the air with their checrings, and Mr. Harris and his fair and courageous companion waving each a flag from the car. The balloon took a South-westerly direction, and pursued its course skadily for about seven or eight minutes, when it entered a thick cloud and was lost to the view of earthly gazers. The stoppage of the balloon, when at a certain height, was preconcerted, nn i is an invention of Mr. Harris's, we believe entirely new. It was done, as he says, in order to afford an additional and prolonged gratification to those who might attend to witness his attempt. The fourth tope was so contrive 1 as to reach an enormous length, and then to arrest the baiioon in ts progress, so long as Mr. Harris chose, when, by a signal, it could he in a moment severed without the least danger. Du KADI'FT. A rcii)K.NT. — The balloon, WE are sorry to stak, was t'ouiid L. Lady U<r«'s lurk, at Beddington, two mites from Croydon, by her gamekeeper, who observed it it a inostrap; i manner. It seems that on his arriving at the spot, he discovered that it had struck the top of a very large tree. Mr. Harris and his companion, Miss Stock, were still in the car, from which he with difficulty extricated: them. INI I-. Harris was killed, and the young lady dread- fully bruised. Having obtained assistance, they were conveyed to the Plough, Carshalton and the only infonnation they could obtain from Miss Stock was, that the moment before the un- fortunate circumstance occurred, Mr. Harris said to her, 1* Now, my dear. we must descend, as I promised to be with my friends in two hours, She has no recollection of any thing. How the accident occurred we have not been able to learn. At three o'clock on Wednesday morning Miss Stock was still lingering in a dangerous state. Mr. Harris has left a wife and one child. The baiioon still remains suspended in the tree.

-41R. BATTIER. [FROM JOHN BULL] persons who heretofore have been partizans of Mr. Battier, the late half- pay ensign, who has been dismissed the service will perhaps by this time have learned a lesson which may not be unserviceable, as teaching them to pause a little before they decide upon questions of which they know but a very small part. That Lord Londondery should have met Mr, Battier, is held to be. military wrong. and accord- ingly His Majesty's displeasure has been expres- sed upon the subject; but wrong or right, it was the course which a high spirit of honour and feel- ing dictated, and whatever official censure it may I have excited, but one opinion can exist upon the affair in general society. Upon this occasion—at the time, and on the ground, the Marquess of Londonderry, at the con- clusion of the affair, directed Sir Henry Hardinge to state, that Mr. Battier had stated two things which were not true. Is it intended," says Mr. Battier, "to make me out a liar?"—" You must have been misinformed," replied Sir Henry, but it is impossible for Lord Londonderry to quality the word falsehood, and he is ready to maintain what he has "said, by resurnhig his ground. At this moment, Mr. Battier retires to consult upon the course he should pursue, and resolves that he is satisfied, and does not intend going any farther. It is not that we quarrel with this decision of Mr. Battier's, because, conscious that he was al- together wrong, this public admission that he was so, seems to us one of the best parts of his con- duct; but what does Mr. Battier do ? —Heand his friend publish a statement of the meeting, and the firing, and the interference of the seconds, and the conclusion of the business, omitting in toto the important facts which we have just recurred to, and which it was absolutely necessary, as he chose to publish, to submit to the world. When Mr. Battier sees this statement in Satur- day's Chronicle which it appears he did at ele- ven o'clock on Saturday night -he writes to the observer newspaper a letter, announcing'the sud- den, death of Colonel Western, his second, and re- flecting most grossly and injuriously upon the character and conduct of Sir Henry Ilarditige.- which wise and temperate proceeding he follows up by sending a message to that office-to which call Sir Henry Hardinge returned a cool and con- temptuous reply. And how does this Battier fol- low up this measure?—by assaulting Sir Henry j Hardinge with a horsetfhip in the stret-t It must naturally strike everybody with wonder that Mr. Battier, who by the greatest good luck in the world had been admitted to the hostile meet- ing with the Marquess of Londonderry—who had his Lordship ready before him to go on, upon a new scorer-should have declined the continuation of the business th^ amfsubsequentl)Lba* £ se- ected Sir Henry Hardinge for his coarse and vul- gar attack, who had no share in the transaction beyond drawing up a statement, which Battier's second had stgned and declared to be correct. Perhaps some of our readers, who only know Sir Henry Hardinge by his services, and thehon. distinctions his valour and ability have secured him, are not aware that this gallant officer upon whom Mr. Ex- Ensign, Ex-everything Battier, committed an assault,has lost an arm in his coun- try's service :-if any thing could add to the strength of the case against Mr. Battier, this cir- cumstance we think well calculated to do so but let us for one moment consider who the two per- sons are against whom this Mr. Battier is endea- vouring to make out imputations. It is not because the Marquess of Londonderry is the hereditary successor to his exalted title that he claims one bit more of our respect than Mr. Battier in the scale of justice-it is not because he is the Colonel of perhaps the finest cavalry re- giment in Europe, that ne place him atanimmea- suiable height above Mr. Battier—the country shouldfrecoli"ct who this Marquess of Londonderry is—it should be remembered that he is the SiV Charles Stewart—the Lord Stewart of the Penin- sula—that in the hour of conquest and in the day of glory he reaped those splendid honours with which he is covered—that, he hns filled the highest diplomatic situations with credit to himself and advantage to his COUll try that his services are recorded in the annals of Bi-itaiii-aiicttiiatiieither his courage nor character can be affected by the aspersions of one so young, and evidently so weak, as Mr. Battier. VV i th respect to Sir Henry Hardinge, as we have before said, his services speak for themselves.— He certainly needs not the eclat of a meeting with Mr. Battier to establish a reputation. Thi: con- duct, however, of the young man has been, we thing extremely serviceable to the Tenth Hus- >:H5, as going the greatest possible length in rescuing them from the opprobrium which their cnanner to their brother officer has entailed upon them from the vulgar and uninformed indeed we should think Mr. Battier must have sickened every- body. for we perceive even the Times newspaper tjives him up, and makes the following proper ob- servation (although with regret) upon bis con- duct:— lfe understand that Sir II. Hardinge and Mr. Baltier have been waited upon by the Police, and will be required to enter into recognizances to keep :he peace. We are sorry to see Mr. Battier so conducting himself, as if his intention nnts tojus- ■ijy the conduct oj the regiment of whose behaviour le had published such serious and as 1ve have. hitherto thought, reasonable) complaints." And so much for Mr. Battier. We had written thus far, when the following W", documents were lorwarded to us—and which we publish under the authority of the parties con- cerned :— U. S Club, 22d May, 182.t, My Dear Hardinge —I now address you on the subject of the message from Mr. Battier, referred by you to me and I shall begin oy noticing his letter in the Observer of last Sunday, from which the following is an extract. But, I havenodoubtofbeingenabledtoprove that my friend's signature was obtained to a docu- ment which he l1<d lIottl101'ol/!)hl,y c.mml;wd, relying 011 Sir Henry llardinge's being incapable t>f re- cording the particulars imrtially or untruly." In reference to the above, I need hardly say, that the insinuation thrown out there, if proved, would Slave covered you with infamy. I have taken some pains, as you know, to in- vestigate thw matter, and to place itbeyond tile contradiction of any man; although no one ac- quainted with yon would consider you capable of doing that which has been attributed to you, still it must bo satisfactory to you to see, by the ac- companying document, that the refutation is cloth- ed in 1he substantial garp of I also send you herewith my notes of the conferences which took place betwixt Mr. Hunter, the friend of Mr. Battier and myself, as well as copies of our correspondence. My reason then for denying that Mn Battier has any claims upon you, are there detailed, and you may, therefore, make such use of them as you my think proper; and I trust that the perusal of them will satisfy every man of high honour, and every friend to good order, that by acting otherwise than I had done, I should not only have betrayed the best interests of society, but should have greatly com- promised the dignity of the profession of which you to tome down to the level of a man, who, at the same instant in which he was making a per- sonal appeal of honour to you, was making to the world another, in the unmanly form of a foul and flagrant calumny.—I remain, tay dear I-lardiiige, very truly yours, (Sumed) CHA. TURNER. On the papers of the late Colonel Western being opened, in our presence, there was found an exact copy of the statement which had appeared in the Morning Chronicle of the loth inst. relative to the duel which took place between Lord Lon- donderry and Mr.Battier which copy, we find, was forwarded with a note from Sir Henry Har- dinge to Lieut-Colonel Western, through Mr, Battier on the 8th inst., from which note it appears that Lieutenant-Colonel Western had previously examined, and observed upon, this statement. There was also found another statement of the same officer, (Col,. W.) in his own hand-writing, which was in substance similar to that which had appeared in the Morning Chronicle, and which Sir Henry Hardinge had affixed the signature of II, II, but in which statement several erasures and alterations in pencil appear to have been subse- quently madchy Lieut-Colonel Western. There was also found a memorandum in pen- cil, relative to what took place on the ground, on a detached piece of paper. (Signed) I CIIAS. TURNER, Maj,-Gen, THOS. H UNTE It, Lieut. 18til Huss D. H. VIVIAN. K. C. B. M. FRENCH. "Friday Evening, May 21st, 1S24. 32, Grosvenor-place, 23d May, 1824 *Vh?rri TLTf-f h;lve reived your letter and the documcuts to which it refers, and entirely concur in every step you have taken. I know I need not here express my acknowledgments to vou but 1 must, state my conviction.after having "wit- nessed Mr. Battler's incapacity to feel and act like a man of honour, that I could not, without den-ra- tion to myself and discredit to the profession to which I belong, have extended to him the consider- ation due to a gentleman. This conviction if it had needed any additional force, would have acquired it from Mr. Battier's recent attempt to insult, me in the street. His statement that he ventured to raise his whip over MP-is false, aud, you know, disproved by a gen- tleman, an eye-witness of what did pass. Be as- surecLno conduct of his can ever provoke me to al- ter ray determination to consider bim as utterly un- worthy of mv notice. I am, my dear Turner, very faithfully jours. (Signed) II. HARDINGE. j Before we recèi vpd these letters, we said, "so much for Mr. Battier"—having received them, we repeat, so much for Mr. Battier," and we hope decent society will never be troubled with.! Iris name ag-aiq.' 1

MISCELLANEOUS. Mr. Hall, of Basford, in Nottinghamshire, h;; >; recently taken out a patent for a method of cleai ing calicoes, muslins, and other cotton good:- from the loose fibres which lie on the surface, ami which unfit them for the use of calico -pri liters. This is effected by passing them over a continu- ous flamma of gas,equal in length to the width ü; the piece. This invention, or rather another in- vention of the same kind, which preceded it, and of which Mr. Hall took out a patent several years ago, was applied to clearing lace from fibre--aii operation which, we believe, had not been previously attempted with success. Mr, Hall's invention, however, completely answered the purpose for which it vras intended, and had the effect of increasing greatly the beauty and the value of the lace fabrics. The process was performed by passing the lace quickly over a continuous flame of gas, placed under a sort of chimney, to cause.a draught through the fabric But though this plan answered extremely well for open textures like lace, it Was obvious that it would not be equally successful when applied tl) the singeingol calicoes, muslins, and other closely- woven goods because it was not easy, by rare- faction alone, to cause a rh aught, that would ;m- pel the flame with adequate force against the surface ol the cloth. To obviate nlr.« .all contrived the machine now at work 111 this town, in which, instead of the chimney « tube, with a longitudinal slit, is placed over the name of the gas the tube communicates with a chamber, in which a partial vacuum is caused by a sort of air-pump, which is in principle pretty nearly the reverse of the blowing apparatus used by founders. The cloth being passed quickly between the flame and the aperture, the air rushes through it with considerable force to supply the vacuum in the chamber, and causes the flaine to impinge on the surface with power sufficient to destroy the loose fibres, without injuring in the least the,textore of the cloth. The process has in thisiespect a great superiority over the old method of singeing on a red hot iron, which re- quired very great care and dexterity on the part of the workmen to avoid damaging the goods In Mr. Hall's invention, scarcely any thiiv°-is left to the care of the workman the machine does every except presenting the end of a fresh piece In quiltings, in corded, checked or striped mus- lins, and other goods of which one part of the surface is raised above the rest, the new method possesses a very great advantage over the old.- rhe singeing icon could -not touch the whole sur- :aces on account of its inequality, and in those larts which it did not touch, the Imp was left un- 3onsiuned; but by Mr. Hall's method, all parts )f the surface are cleared alike, without any part aeing scorched.—Manchester Guardian. AMENDMENT TO THE INSOLVENT DEHTOKs- Act. The amended Bill now pending before Partial merit entnied "An Act to amend, until the It day of June 182o, certain Acts for the relief of Insolvent Debtors in England recite „ other things, the follow^: manded to be confined within the walls of the prison. Penalty to be inflicted on gaoler for ner- nutting such prisoners to be without the walls — Prisoners to be remanded for offences whether op- posed or not. In cases of fraudulenttlebts &c prisoner not to be discharged till after a period not exceeding two years.-Every prisonersubject to be remanded who does not prove his insolvency to have arisen from misfortune. In certain case's prisoner to be discharged by detaining creditor — I So much of the Act, Ist Geo. IV. ch. 119, as directs an allowance to be made to prisoner to be repeated. Assignees to proceed to execution when toZtrenu^de.r'nPri\0nte,r Co!lusivf'1>' Arrested to be remanded. — 1 w Act to extc„,[ only to pri- soners Within the walls of the prison, and uof to tbose removed tdither by writ of Habeas Corpus. Fh'e Court to have power, at request of Creditors', to remove prisoners from prisons Ifi Lbwlon, Mid- dlesex, and Surrey, if their usual resideheefis else- where. Filing petition to constitute an act of bankruptcy. Assignees appointed before rfisclVfe^s- of insolvent to make dividend, and also the- a*- signees of lunatics. Any person recommended to the Courl;by three or more creditors to be assignee, the Court may appoint him though he be not a. creditor. Provision of the 3d Geo. IV. ch.39 to extend to assignees of insolvent. Voluntary pre- ference fraudulent and void. Prisoner oiriittlit- any property or books in his schedule as finallv amended and filed, and persons aiding him, guilty sallrv?; CoUrt order such .part of the commissi officer? of Customs and Excise as the St"? th6reof sha11 consent to, and b* main liable for rent, &, Lessor 'may apply matters out of Court, 011 summons. Act to com mence on the 1st ofSeptember lS->4 „»f] in force to the 1st of une, 1S25. andcontl,lue King's"B^nehTon'tliTI]L|LIif MS' In t}lc Court of moved to have thP ,nstant> Mr- Taunton the ShrewJhn *he. verdict of ^46, obtained al entered f0r S? f'"I"' a"d a Verdic' Steward tr. k; T defendant was under- other nm f lordship, and had sold timber and Proceeds of y» • t0 the estate> for thf him f! in!UC an actlou was brought againsl r £ 4,40J, and that sum was recovered upon 1 ofMr. Turner the steward, and paid oy Williams; subsequently another action.was brought to recover a further sum of 4937 and at the trial it appeared, on Mr. Turner's evidence, that the whole of this charge, with the exception of .£"46 was known to Mr. Turner at the time the former action was brought; and Mr.Baron Gar- row was of opinion that only that sum could he recovered, a verdict was therefore entered for the plaintiff for that sum, with leave to make the pre- sent application to the Court. Mr. Taunton now contended that these actions being brought on re- ceipts the plaintiff might bring separate actions on each receipt, if he thought proper. There had been a proposition for referring all matters in difference between these parties, but such was the state of the defendants's mind then, and such it continued, that he could not give his assent, and therefore no reference could take place. PRINTED & PUBLISHED by C. BROSTEH AT BANGOR, CARNARVONSHIRE V order*, Advertisements, and other Coimnu nieations mil be thankfully received bu the Pro- prietor, and by thcfoll&wing Agents: MeSS)-S. NEIVTO.X & Co. Warwick-square, Londol Mesli. BARKER, 33, Fleet-street ditto. Mr.srs. J. K, JOHNSON & Co Dublin, Mr. BROSTER, Bookseller, ChestJr Mr. OrKE, ditto, liaibigh* Mr. SAUNDERSON, ditto, Bala. Mr. R. JONES, ditto, Ruthin* Mr. CARNES, ditto, Holywell. Mr. PUGH, ditto, Dolgellau. Mr. R. EVANS, ditto, Llaurivst. Mr. ROBERTS, Postmaster, Conway. Mr. SALTER, Bookseller, Newton. POST OFFICE, Aberystwith. This Paper is transmitted, free of postage to any part of the Kingdom, at £ I. 13., ]lcr an num, or I. lOs, ifpaid in admnce, Tile iustr tion qjadvertisements procured in any of the Low don or provincial papersy throughout the Empire