The Welshman

THE OLD ASH TREE. I Let them boast of the oak as the emblem of power, Of the tapering piae, of the birch in the how^r; More fair to my iiore pleasant to see, Is the tree of my childh( od—the old ash tree. Long, long hath it stood in the storm and the calm, Enshrouded in hoar-frost or moistened with balm; Generations have passed, like the titles o'er the sea, Since it sprung from the greensward- the old ash tree. At its foot were the schemes of the cottarers laid, And there were the prayers of the grandsire said; And well might his soul's deep devotion agree With the silence and shade of the old ash tree. And thither full oft would the mother repair, YV hen some little concern other boy was her care; And the boy, with his little book at Iler knee. His first lesson would learn by the oid ash tree. Its boughs with the green leaf of summer were decked, But the growtii ot the wild flowers around it was checked, For the sons of the hamlet, with hearts fail of gtee, G unbailed at eve round the old ash tree. Aa l are t'ey now—av, the good and the brave ? They traversed the dec-p-tiiey are gone to the grave! And haggard and hoary, alone on the lea, Drools, in token of mourning, the old ash tree. And I—when to me, in the dawning of youth, The world and its ways wore the semblance of truth— Vi'lien I strayed tro n my home 'twas a landmark to me, For that home was o'erhung by the old ash tree. Those moments are past, and they know no returning; The pleasures they brought were the dreaiu of life's rr: ^rniog; Yet when memory calls, my fund thought wanders free To the tree of my childhood—the old ash tree. 1

ClT3IE!JI3FG S. j G A.. T ;11 E n z G S. I CHARACTER OF DR. PARR, BY HIMSELF. I From my youth upwards, to the present moment, I never deserted a private friend, nor violated a public priiic.pl?. I have been the slave of no patron, and the drudge of no party. I formed my political opinions without the smallest regard, and have acted upon them with an utter disregard to personal emoluments and prn¡'p3-;i'H1ïl hono'tr.; for many and the best years of mv pro fess i ona l honours for many an d the best su ffere d existence, I endured very irksome toil, and" sutfered" very galling "need." —measuring my resources by wants, 1 now so "abound," as to unite a competent income with an independent spirit: and, above all, looking back to thi" lite, and onw.-ird to another, I possess that inward "peace of mind which the world can neither give nor take away.Purr's L'huracler if Fux. THE WORLD GOOD 0: THE WHOLE. ¡ y (Ill sk me iF I would airree to live my 70, or rather my 7-i years over again? To which I say. Yea. I think with you, that it is a good world on the "I.ole; that it lias been trained on a principle of benevolence, and more pleasure than pain de«lt out to us. There are indeed C" ho might sav nay) gloomy and hypochondriac minds, inhabitants of diseased bodies, disgusted with the present and despairing of the future, always counting tiiat the worst wdl happen because it may liappen. To these I say how much pain have co>t us the evils which never happened! .Mv temperament is sarign n I st^erniy; bdrk y. irh Hope in the head, leaving Fear ^stern. My i hapeg indeed sometimes fail, but not oftener than the forebodings of the g!ooiiiy. Vetituii-i of Iliviiiiis Jrffersua. SLEEP. The duration of sleep is various. Youth and young adults will habitually sleep soundly and uninterruptedly; for eiaht or nine hours. aiicl old people sl, ep for shoiter periods. Some persons are constitutionally pound and J>g sleepers; others light ;wd short sleepers. Infants sleep tar more in the twenty-four hours than adults; when very young, having but recently come into the Wrtking state from the womb, they are awake for but short periods: and for very many months require to go to sleep several times, and for the first two or three years more than once, in the twenty-four hours. Old people sleep lightly and frequently; and altogether but little, unless lethargic disease comes upon them, which is very common. I heard Baxter, the coachmnker, declare he never took more than three hours' s leep during the most active period of his life. "The celebrated General Elliot never slept more than four hours out of the twenty-four; and his food consisted who!!y of bread, water, and vege- tables." Sir John Sinclair mentions a James Mackay, "a remarkably robust and healthy mar.. who died in Strat inaver, in 17l>7. aged ninety-one, and only slept, on all average, four hours in the twentv-foi-r. Frederic the Great," he is called, and the truly great John Hunter, "slept onlv five hours in the same period." Dr. Macnish, to whom I am indebted for these instances, says, I know a lady who never sleeps above half an hour at a time, and the whole period of whose sleep does not exceed three or four hours in the twenty-four, and yet she is in the enjoyment of excellent health." Sir Gilbert Blane states that General Pichegru informed him that, "in the course of his active campaigns, he had for a whole year not more than one hour of sleep, on an average, in the twenty-four hours." Sleep varies so much in intensity that a dead sleep of an hour may be an equal repose to any ordinary sleep of many hours. The celebrated De Moirve slept twenty hours out of the twenty-four; and Thomas Parr latterly slept away by far the greater part of his existence.—J £ lliotsou'$ Human Physiology. THE INNOCENT AMUSEMENTS OF THE POOR. I Considering that one of the great objects of government is the security, and another thead vancement, of the people, it seems as it one of the expenses of government should be providing useful and innocent amusement for the peo- ple. All must have something to do in the intervals of their toils; and as the educated can find lecreation for themselves, it behoves the guardians of the public to be especially careful in furnishing innocent amusements to those who are less fitted to choose their pleasures well. ut where are the public grounds in which the poor of I our large towns may take the air, and exercise themsel ves t in games ? Where are the theatres, the museums, the news- rooms, to which the poor may resort without an expense unsuited to their means? What has become of the prin- ciple of christian equality, when a christian prelate murmurs at the poor man's efforts to enjoy, at rare inter- vals, the green pastures and still waters to which a loving shepherd would fain lead forth all his flock and if any more tenderly than others, it would be such as are too liule leu ai Our administrators are care- ful enough to gnard the recreations of those who, if de- prived of them, are in the least danger of being driven to puilty excitements. The rich, who can have music and dancing, theatres, picture-galleries and mu.-eums, riding in the parks, and walking in the fields any day of the week, limiting, and boating, journeying and study, must also have one more, at whatever expense of vice or misery to their less-favoured neighbours, and whatever cost to society at large. Yes; their game inust be pro- tected, though the poor man must not listen in the public house to the music which he cannot hire, nor read at home almost the only literature that he can buy. He mlht destroy his cherished dog, if it happens to tollow a hare and must take his evening walk in the dusty road if a powerful neighbour frbids him the quiet -reen foot- way. Thus we drive him to try if there is no being merry at the beer-shop, and if he cannot amuse himself with his dog in the woods in the evening, since he must no: even in the day time. Thus we tempt him to much worse places than a cheap theatre would be. 'I hus ve preach to him about loving and cherishing God's works, while we shut out some of them from his sight, and wrest others trom his grasp; and by making happiness and heaven an nbs:ractiou w-iic!i we deny him tiie intel- lect to comprehend, we impel him to make triut of misery and hell, and by our acts do our best to speed him on his WLIV, while our ueak word s of warning are dispersed by the w.111 1 iiid of temptation which we ourselves have rawed. If the administration of penal justice be a grievous liuiden upon the reopJe, it must be lightened bv a practical respect to that higher justice which commands th,.t the interests of an. the noble and the mean, the edu- cated and the ignorant, be of equal importance in the re- gards of the administration; so that government shall as earnestly protest against the slaughter of the poor man's dog tor the sake of the rich man's sport, as the prophet of Gud against the s;¡cri:iee of the poor man's ewe-lamb for the rich man's feast. If bi.de-read prelates preached from their hearts upon this text, we shoiud never have a iother little boy supposing he was to be a clergyman, because he went out shooting Witd his father. Would that such could be persuaded to leave their partridges And pheasaius, and go ear-t lid west, to hrinv down and send home L it: clt:ur(".¡f otber dimes, wliere- widi to deiight tiie eyes c.¡ the ignorant, end to enlarge his knowledge of God's works! Meantime, the well- drest.ed only can enLer the zoological gardens: and the focunau ( ho cannot be otherwise tli-,i well-dressed) 1 mrt pull off his cockade before he may look :tt tint which may open to him some of tile glary of the lOith j psalm. We are lavish of God's word to the people, but .;rudgi?R of his works. We offer them the dead tcMer, withholding the spirit which gives life.—Miss Alartineau. OLD BOOKS AND BOOK-SHOPS. -1 We still find ourselves halting, as instinctively, at the humblest, or even the most familiar book-stall, as we used to do when illst fresh from school. In vain have we go: cold feet at it, shivering, wind-beaten sides and black- fingered gloves. The dusty old sirenstill delays us, charm- ing with ii-nrnortrif beauty inside her homely attire, arid sinking songs of old poets. NVI still find oursel ves diving even into the sixpenny or threepenny "box," in spitE of eternal disappointment, and rumiinff over whole win- dows of books, which we saw but three days before, for the twentieth time, and of which we could repeat by heart a good third ot the tid?s. Notning disconcerts us but ab- solute dirt or an ill-tempered looking woman. What de- 1¡'lts us is to see a plentiful spnnkic of old poetry, little Elzvir claries. AriosMs full of lovip? comment, and a woman gettinu' sxradaa ly-hetter ana better dressed, her afternoon ribbons matching with her pleasant lace, and a chubby urchtnm her arms. Oae of the many curious thin?s about book-stalls and other cheap shop? of the kind, is the appearance in sudden Hod,s of certain cop.e? of the same old book. If we dealt in inferior providences, like a Pagan, we might be tempted to think that the God of Book s (" Liber Par er") hid thought fit to make that special disbur-ement for some good existing reason an old poet, to counteract too mucn prose; or somethinggay, as a hint against something too se,-ious.-L,;igh liufit's Monthly Repository. THE PATRIOT CANNOT HE BOUGHT: EVERY DEIA-I GOGUE HAS HIS PRICE. When Alexander sent l'hocion 100 talents Phocion asked his messengers why Alexander gave him such a great reward above all the other citizens of Athens? Because," said they, he esteemeth thee alone to be a good and honest man." "Let Ine, then," replied Phocion, be what I seeiii. Char les the Second sent Lord Treasurer Danby to Andrew Marvel with olfers of pro- tection the Lord Treasurer found him in one of the little courts of the Strand, and assured him that he was expressly sent from his Majesty, to know what he could do to serve him ? It is not in his Majesty's power to serve me," said Mr. Marvel .jocularly when theLord Trea- surer answered, "that his Majesty,from the just sense he had of his merit alone, desired to know whether there was any place at court lie would be pleased with To which here-plied, "that he could not with honour accept the offer, since if he did, he must be either ungrateful to the king in voting against him, or fake to his country in supporting the measures of the court; the only favour therefore which he begn-ed of his Majesty was, that he would esteem him as dutiful a subject as any he had, and acting mote tmly in his proper interest while tllll" he I refused his offers, than he possibly could do should he accept them." —Montague's Essays. TilUitLOW .S REPLY TO THE PUKE OF GRAFTON WHEN TAUNTED ON HIS PLEBEIAN ORIGIN. I am amazed at the attacks which the noble lord has made upon mc; yes, my lords, I am amazed at his grace's speech. The noble duke cannot look befor' him, behind him, on either side without seeing some noble peer, who owes his seat in tins house to \¡is"slIecess!ul exertions in the profession to which I belong-. Does he not feel that it is as honourable to owe it to these, as to being the ae- cident of an accident? To all these noble lords, the I iang:¡;:ge of the noble duke is as applicable and insulting as to myself. But I do not fear to meet it singly and alone. Not one venerates the peerage more than I do; but, my lords, I must say the peerage solicited me, not I the peerage. Nay more, I can say, that as a peer ot par- liament, as a speaker of this right honourable house, as keeper of the great seal, as guardian of his Majesty s con- science, as Lord High Chancellor of England, nay, even in that character alone in which the duke would think it an affront to be considered, but which none can deny 111e- as a MAN, I am at this moment as respectable—I beg leave to add, I am at this moment as much respected-as the proudest peer I now look down upon. OPPORTUNITIES OF PROPOSING. I There are always abundance of opportunities. Where people wish to understand each other a long formal declara;ion is unnecessary. A look that may be unseen by all others is sufficient for the one whose heart silently responds, while it garners up the remembrance of that precious glance as its best-loved treasure. A word that may seem careless or unmeaning to the indifferent, will II the longing ear with rapture, and bind the soul of the listener more thmly than a thousand formal professions of love. All this may occur in the midst of a crowd— among the busy, or the idle, the anxious, or those who are merely impelled by curiosity to watch the movements of others; and yet all may remain in utter ignorance that anything particular has happtned, nor dream that one heart in the midst of them has silently given up Its hberty for ever.— The Loie Ilat,h. ADVENTUROUS BIRD-NESTER. We had pointed out to us in a town of the north an old man who, in his youth, performed in jackdaw--nesting one of the most adventurous feats we ever heard of, only it is not to be supposed that, in the thoughtlessness of a boy, he was apprehensive of the danger; and that may have been, as it often has on similar cases, the means of his escape. In the very centre of the town there was a gothic tower, the battlements of which were about one hundred and fifty feet above the pavement, and the dentiles under the parapet were favourite nesting-places for jackdaws. The playground for school-bovs was immediately at the base of the tower, and the more adventurous had cast many a wistful look upon the sable and noisy nation above them, as thev busied themselves in their spring la bours: j but as the door of the tower was seldom opened, they were for a long time forced to look in vain. At last the boy alluded to contrived to seeiete himself and one of his companions behind the door, when the keeper of the clock ret ired from winding up that monitor; and when all was safe the two youths mounted the stairs, and were soon upon the battlement. The parapet was so high that they coold not see over it but it wpieced in quatre-foil- throrgh which one of ihem could creep, but the nests were not within arm's-length. They wore flat worsted bonnets, the rim or ring- of which is particularly strong. The young bird-catcher laid hold ot the bonnet. the other side of which was held by his companion from the inside, and went heels foremost out of the quatre-to]. There he hung at arm's-length by the bonnet, reached down with his other arm, and emptied the nest into his pocket; and while he hung in this manner, one hundred and fifty feet above the hard stones, he kept calling to lli, companion—" Now mind, if you let g-o the bonnet I shall not give one of the kaas." The threat had, ItS effect; the fowler and the kaas were pulled through tne aperture in safety; and the adventurer, who took no small pride in telling the story, was in the habit ot boasting that he had, before he was twelve years old, done for the fatherless 'daws' more than the boldest man would do for a king- dom.—British Naturalist. TIIE YOUNG SULTAN, ABDIIUL MEDJID. He had the distinction of a mng-nicent diamond aigrette in his scarlet fez, and of a large jewelled clasp, which fastened his long brown cloak tightly about the throat. The cloak itseli covered the back of his horse, and nearly touching the ground produced almost a grotesque effect. Although but If). he looks at least 10 years older; he has a sallow complexion, with a most melancholy ex- pression of countenance which you could hardly call either interesting or disagreeable. The most striking point about him was his extreme apathy to all surround- ing objects; his eyes seemed rivetted between his horse's ears he never bent in the least from his erect position and even in ilescending from his horse, every movement seemed liked that of a piece of clockwork. This, how- ever, is considered as a proper attrmute of regal dignity; but one felt surprised at its early attainment by a prince, who, till now, had never emerged from his school-room, or rather the harem nursery; for from his very birth he has been completely state prisoner. Mrs. Damer. MEIJE:\IE'r ALt. I I never saw so striking and intelligent a countenance, or one with half the variety ot expression; the eye had at one moment that of positive benevolence, and an instant afterwards, when some of the machinery went wrong, it gained the most savage expression; and again, when an awkward looking boy fel down in turning a wheel, it assumed an appearance of fun and mischief, accompanied by a chuckle, tor one could hardly call it a laugh. His costume was very simpll-a greenish brown suit, trimmed with ugly light fur, and a red fez (cap), and he wore pea- green silk gloves! His cloak was held up by one attend- ant, more as if for the purpose of keeping it out of the dirt than for ceremony. The Capitan Pacha was on his left, and Burghos Bey, his prime minister, and five or six others, stood near him, but there was no appearance of the etiquette of a court. The only smart thing belong- ing to him was his large cherry-coloured parasol, trimmed with gold fringe, r-f which an ill-dressed Arab was in charge, but which the heat of the day did not oblige him to unfurL-ILld. THE GIPSY GLANCE. I There is something remarkable in the eye of the Rommanv should his hair and complexion become fair as those of the Swede or the Finn. and his jockey gait as grave and ceremonious as that of the native of Old Castile, were he dressed like a king, a priest, or a warrior, still would the Gitauo be detected by his eye. should it con- tinue unchanged. The Jew is known by his eye, but then in the Jew that feature is peculiarly small; the Chinese has a remarkable eye, but then the eye of the Chinese is oblong, and even with the face, which is flat; but the eye of the Giiano is neither large nor small, and exhibits no marked difference in its shape from eyes of the common cast. Its peculiarity consists chiefly in a strange staring expression, which to be understood must be seen, and in a thin glaze, which steals over it when in repose, and seems to emit phosphoric light. That the Gipsy eye has sometimes a peculiar effect, we learn from the following stanza:— A Gipsy stripling's glossy eye Has pierced my bosom's core, A feat no eye beneHth the sky Could e'er effect before." B .n ote's Gipsies of Spain. I

? C 1& AL 1» iii. When your friends" come "advisin* you for your' cood, stlCn. up to them for the loan of a sovereign: and if you ever see them on your side of the street again, skiver me, and wcJcome.-Blûcku:tJ(jd. SUITABLE REFERENCE.—An American paper states that a petnion was presented to the House of Represun- tatives of Pennsylvania on the lOt!) inst., asking that a tax might be imposed upon bachelors over the of 30 years. The document was referred to the committee on domestic manufactur s. EXPERir,NCE.— Experience is the most eloquent of preachers, but she has never a large congregation. None are so fond of secrets as those who did not in- tend to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift covets nioricy-for the purpose of circu- lation. MASSII.LOX.—Louis XIV. said one day to Maswllon, after hearing him preach at Versailles: "Father. I have heard many great orators in this chapel; I hive been highly pleased with them; hilt for you, whenever I hear jou, I go away displeased with mnwli; for I see more of my own character." This has been considered the finest e icouiiiiin ever bestowed upon a preacher. i- e.tiiiy Elssler, the dancer, has turned the hetuis of the > arikees. Her side-combs were raffled for in New Or- leans lor 5_ ,000 dollars. The lucky winner exhibited such decided evidences of derangement that confinement was found necessary! My muse, says a lively dramatic writer of the age of Queen Aune, produces me a play every year. and my wife a child but I find the latter much more disposed to life than the former. FAtR-fiAiREoPoETs.—Most of the eminent poets of the present day, such as Wordsworth, Souihey, Cole- ridge, Hogg, Wilson, and Moir, have fair hair; so had Sir U alter Scott, and so, to a considerable extent, had Lord Byron, his hair being a light auburn. A EI.COMR. RELIEF.—A Montreal paper, speaking of a teaious concert given in that city, says, About ten o'clock the concert was put a stop to in a rather abrupt manner by the alarm of fire. The audience seemed li:gh!y delighted." A NEW LAR-A IN SURGERY.—A man in Texas, whose ear had been lopped off in a fight with the Indians, had it replaced by one made of Indian rubber, which looks as good as new, and answers all the purposes of hearing. I hear i ii,. A GAMIILCR'S BAGGAGE.—" Bring down my baggage," said an adventurer from Arkansas, to the waiter of an iiin in lex,is. ■' \V ii.it is it, sir?" inquired the latter. pistols, a bowie knife, a pack of cards, and a shirt A QUIZZICAL COMFORTER.—A lady complaining that slic v;i?. near thirty, a person who knew th.it if she was y w,?y near tint age, it was from the wrong side," rep.led, in a co.isolator}- tone, Yes, madam, but nev?r la,l,iil,CV(!17V day, you know, removes you faith.r from t?ie Of' Y?)"Ir,sorfi)w."  F ORCICLE RECOMMENDATION. — "Perhaps," says Bos- well, a en age d'eli.-e, previous to the appointment of a b:sh >p. has not the force of a positive command, but im- plies only a strong recommendation." Yes," replied Johnson, "just such a recommendation as if I should throw you 0:1. of a three pair of stairs window, and rc- commend you to fall to the ground."

"I 1^1 JP5S18SA.IL S3 213L5A. 55 EX IT. HOUSE OF LORDS. THURSDAY, MAY 27.—A number of petitions for and against the corn Jaws were presented, but without leading to any discussion.—The ecclesiastical commission arneud- merit bill and several other hills were advanced a stage. Fin DAY.—A I a rue number of petitions were presented on the subject of the corn laws. — Lord Denman presented petitions from Baptist and other Dissenting congregations, against the practice of administering oaths, and praying the substitution of affirmations. He had no idea of intro- ducing any measure on the subject at present, but if he received any encouragement from the house he should have no objection to do so.-Lord A-hburtnn, in pre- senting a petition from the shipowners of Whitehaven j against the timber duties, wished to relieve the minds of the public of a delusion under which thev laboured namely, that the proposed measure with regard to timber was a reduction of taxation. On the contrary, the people would find that it was to all intents and purposes a measure of taxation.—The Marquis of Londonderry inquired why the advertisement for the payment of Spanish claims had not yet been published. -Visci)ij ijt Melbourne would make inquiries on the subject.—The Victoria park bill was read a second time, the Earl of Wicklow having complimented the government on fulfilling the pledge it had given the public with respect to this mc-,xsiire.- After a conference with the commons on the subject of the arms (Ireland) bill, their lordships adjourned to Thursday next. HOUSE OF COMMONS. WEDNESDAY, MAY 26. Forty members not being present at 4 o'clock, the house adjourned. THUKSD VY, MAY 27.—WANT OF CO.I;PIDEN-CE.-The disposal of private business and the presentation of petitions occupied the house till about twenty minutes after five, when Sir R. Peel was called on by the Speaker. The riirht hon. baronet, before proceeding with the motion of which he had given notice, returned an answer to a question addressed to him by Mr. M. Phillips.—Sir Robert stated that he had received no communication from Mr. Ashworth, of the Chamber of Commerce of Manchester, since the day on which he allurted to that gentleman in the debate on the sugar duties.—Sir R. Peel then rose to bring forward the motion of which he had given notice. He said he bad felt it impossible-after the intimation of the Chancellor of the Exchequer that government meant to proceed with the public busir.ess, an intimation unaccompanied with one explanatory word-to refrain from bruming thus to issue the question whether they should be suffered so to proceed. lie had judged it better to take that issue by the present motion, than to ob.-tiuct the supplies, or try the disposition of the house by any side-wind. The first of his two pro- positions was, that ministers did not possess that confi- dence of the hou-e which was necessary to carry their measures and it was a fact which would scarcely require any detail of proof. The evidence of it was recent and continuous; and if it were imdenied, then the other pro- position necessarily followed, that their continuance in o'liee was at variance with the, spirit of the constitution, such as it had been ever since the accession of the house of Hanover. (Hear.) In affirmance of his view lie couid cite the authority of every important writer, and the prac- tical course of every administration. In every case where the Ilnu-e of Commons had indicated that its confidence was withdrawn from the ministry, the ministry had retired. So had acted Sir Robert Wall:,)Ie-so L,)id North, al- though with a majority of ten still supporting him—so Lord Sidmouth, with a majority of :31-so Lord Liverpool on Lord Wharncliffe's motion—so the Duke of Wellington on King William's civil list-so the ministry of Sir R. Peel himself in 1835. (Cheers.) In the last instance he had telt it lus uury to resitrn on the very first obstruction to ss. For some time previous to his actual resignation, Lnnl J. RlIsdl wr.s day by d"y revertinir to li;, t the noble ford called the old constitutional doctrine, that the iiiiuL-ters ought to possess the confidence of the SIou~e of Commons. (Cheers.) As soon as Lord John succeeded :u obstructing the Li'h tithe bill by his resolution ofthe ministry of Sir it. Peel had surrendered their otTire-4. Mr. Pitt's continuance in office against a majority of the house had been referred o. Now, on the very first day when Mr. Put appeaiel in the house as minister, demonstrations of hostility were made. It was not the case of confidence possessed by, and afterwards withdrawn from, a minister, but it was the case of a par- liament prejudging the Kind's selection of his ministry, without a trial of their measures. Was that a case analo. gnus to the present.' He was not now opposing an untried ministry, hut a ministry which had been tried and proved deficient, and w hose proved deficiency was the very ground of his present motion. The doc rine that ministers were hnuu to defer to the House of Commons upon the question of retaining or resiguing office, was that of all the great constitutional authorities of this country and to that effect he cited stringent passages from Mr. Burke, from Mr. Fox, and from Lord John Russell's work on the Bri/ish Consti- tution. He would refer to three events in the history of the present administration, which peculiarly illustrated the evil of attempting to govern without the confidence of the The first was the appropriation clause, which,after so mucn excitement, the ministers finally abandoned, the next was the Jamaica bill, on which these ministers them- selves expressed a strong practical opinion of the unfitness of retaining oilice without the confidence of the house. The third was the recent budget. (Cheers.) Let it not be supposed that the strength of the crown was evinced by a specimeu of its power to carry on the executive government airainst the House of Commons. The interests of the cl.o,vn and that of the house were identical, and you could (,at intrench on the one without injuring the other It was contended that ministers possessed the confidence of the country (cheers), if not of the house. It was a dangerous resource, as Mr. Fox had observed, to assume the sense of the country from any evidence except the votes of then- representatives but this he knew, that there had been 20 elections since the beginning of the present parliament r n'y four of which had been won by ministers, and 16 by their opponents, who had then a clear majority of 12 upon 20. (Cheers.) It would not avail to talk of special ci, cumtances as the excuse of the ministers. They were not fit judges of these circumstances when judgment was to be given by them in their own cause. It was pleaded that they meant to appeal to the people. (Cheers.) He felt that great mischief must arise from such an appeal in the midst of an attempt to excite the various classes of the population on the great question of subsistence. Govern meat were about to stir that question in the House of Commons, well knowing that they had not the power to carry it- They had abandoned the poor law question, which they had themselves professed to consider of para- mount importance and Lord John had given as a reason that there would be protracted discussions without final result, and long speeches, calculated only to curry favour with particular constituencies. Whv, those were the very events he expected from the announced discussion of the corn law (hear) and if his present motion would avert that discussion, that would be an additional reason with him to persevere in his course. He believed that their weakness was the main cause of all their embarrassments. The post-office revenue had been given up only to conciliate those of theii friends who had shown symptoms of defection on the Jamaica bill. Had you possessed the confidence of the House of Commons, I do not believe that, in the face of an increasing expenditure, and a diminishing reve- nue, you would have incurred the risk, nay, thatyou would have incurred the certain evil of losing, 1,200,0001. of revenue by your post-office bill. (Hear, hear.) I believe that the ve;y same cause which induces you to have recourse to these expedients at the present moment, led to the ahandoomentof the post-office revenue. (Hear, hear.) I believe that your weakness was the citise (loud cheers from the opposition)—constantly oseiliatinir between the conservative opinions on this side of the house, and the opposite opinions enteitained upon your own—finding it frequently necessary to conduct your government upon conservative principles, and seldom able to assert your own views with any well founded expectation of carrying them into execution, you forfeited the confidence and encoun- tered the opposition of your own friends and supporters, until at length it became necessary for you to re-establish yourselves in the favourable opinion of your adheients, to propose a measure like that of the post-office reduction. (Hear, hear.) Am I wrong in that conjecture? When was it that the post-office revenue was lost; It was after your failure on the Jamaica question. (Cheers from the opposition.) He believed it to be the same sense of weakness hicit had suggested the new schemes for the removal of protection upon corn and upon timber. (Hear.) He briefly indi- cated his doubts as to the prudence of the police which I had receutiv governed our foreign relations, especially as to China and France, but repiated his reliance on con- stitutiorod piinciples as the main and proper ground of his motion, lie had been asked to bid against the govern- ment for popular favour. He would do no such thing. (Cheers and laughter.) He bad on various former occa- sions expressed his opinions upon all the great constitu- tional questions of the day—upon ballot, suffrage, duration of parliament but he would not precipitately and pre- maturely venture opinions upon temporary questions of finance. (Cheers.) These, he repeated that he would take time deliberately to review. On Tuesday last he had supported the prerogative of the crown against the inter ftierce of the House of Commons, when the manly and consistent conduct of the Speaker (lpuII cheers) had suc- ceeded in rescuing the constitution, but the slenderness of the foice brought down by ministers on that occasion was a tokeu that the prerogatives of the crown were not safe in thtir hands. He referred to his difference from his friends on the question of privilege. I supported the noble lord (Lord J. Russell) last year in defence of the privileges of the House of Commons. (Hear, hear.) I mi!!ht upon that occasion have been seduced by the t-mptation of party advantage to take a different course. (Hear, hear.) As if was, I bad to encounter the pain of differing from, perhaps, a majority of my friends. I know that it is imprudent and unwiie to advert to these things. I know that it would be more politic on my part to j conceal these differences with my friends. (Hear, hear.) But I will be guilty of no such concealment (Hear, hear.) I differed from them and voted against them, from a s incere belief that it was absolutelv necessary for the vindication of the privileges of the House of Commons. nay, that it was essential to our existence as a legislative body, that we should have the power of free publication. (Cheers.) Why should I shrink from a reference to the opinions I then expressed, and the vote I then gave? Is it not rather a subject of pride with me that I can be permitted to take my own independent view (loud cheers) as to the vital privileges of the House of Commons, and yet that due justice shall be done to my motives, and that I shall igain be able to rally around me in the bond of common connexion and common esteem, those friends from whom I happen upon this particular question to differ. (Cheers.) The present House of Commons had been elected under a new constitution, of which Lord J. Russell had been the author, and under the auspices of a government of which Lord J. Russell was a leader; and it was this house which had indicated its want of confidence in Lord John's government. If I he house had upheld the ministers, they would have insisted on the reverence due to it: now that it declined to sanction their administration it was equally their duty to respect its decision. (Loud cheers. )—Lord Worsley intimated that, thongh he had voted in favour of Lord Sandon's resolution, he should vote against that now before the house. He (lid not think it right to express a want of confidence in a government merely on individual measures, and without reference to their general policy. lie was notawaie tiiat the agriculturists had any rensoa to place more confidence in Sir R. Peel than in Lord John Russell for Sir R. Peel, though opposed to a fixed duty, was evidently ready to change the present sliding scale, and no one knew to what extent he was disposed to carry the change.—Mr. Christopher taunted Lord Worsley with havii.g, at a recent meeting in the county of Lincoln, led his constituents to believe that he had altogether with- drawn his confidence from the government.—Lord Worsley, in explanation, read an extract from the speech alluded to, in order to show that he had distinctly said he would not vote for a declaration of want of confideuce.-Sir J. Hob- house maintained that, upon the whole, the present trovernment bad not been unable to carry the measures which they thought requisite to the welfare of the country. They had to contend with great difficulties. On first coming into office, they were told by Sir Robert Peel that they had not the confidence of the crown, and it was now matter of history that such was really the case. Yet notwithstanding that difficulty, and notwithsta- dine the undisguised 11<ItiJity of the House of Lords, they carried during the first year of their administration the English and Scotch municipal reform bills; in 18:6, the commu- tation of English tithes, and the registration of births, deaths, and marriages. In 1837, the demise of the crown prevented any grraJ measures from being carried but in 1838 the Irish tithe bill was carried, though without the appropriation dause; in 1839, the rural police bill, and the reduction of postage and in IS-H), the Irish municipal bill, and the Canada union bill. (Cheers.) Sir J. Hobhouse paid a compliment to the manner in which Lord Pahnerston had conducted the foreign policy of tiie country, and, passing then to the motion before the house, denied the accuracy of Sir R, Peel's historical quotations. Sir J. Hobhouse reminded Sir R. Peel of the majorities obtained over Lord Liverpool's government, on the sub ject ot the property-tax and the repeal of the test and corporation acts. He reminded Sir Robert Peel, likewise, of his repeated defeats in the House of Commons in 1835, on the election of the Speaker, on the amendment to the address, on the London University, and on a great many other questions nnd he (Sir John Cam Hobhouse) was certainly of opinion that Sir R. Peel would have dpne better, after those defeats, to have resigned sooner than he, did. (Cheers) Unquestionably, if a government had not the confidence of the House of Commons, they must either resign or some other course must be taken, and nothing should induce him to remain five miuutes in office in defiance of the majority of the House of Commons. (Loud cheers.) The right hon. gelitleinan defended the conduct of his colleagues in seeking to place their views distinctly before the country on the eve of a general elec- tion, and denied that in bringing forward a great fiscal scheme they had been guilty of anything like agitation. He retorted upon Sir R. Peel the charge of oscillating policy. But, let me ask him, whether I cannot find among those who now surround him men entertaining the most extraordinary variety ofopiiiions, and the greatest pos- sible divergency of senti, ents, upon all subjects of impor- tance that ever were seen congregated in the same assembly. Why, I see now among the friends and supporters of the right hon. baronet, men who were the advocates of the Catholic Relief Bill, in close conjunction with men who were its most strenuous opposers. (Cheers.) I see some who were the earnest friends of the Reform Bill associating with gentlemen who declared that it was a measure that threatened destruction to the British constitution, and to the very existence of the empire. (Cheers.) I see oil those bcnches the firmest supporters of the Poor-Law Bill, in close adhesion with men who litve eiviloutieud that mea- sure as being cruel, unnatural, and execrable. (Cheers.) I see men who were t!ie advocates of the Church Tempo- ralities Bill for Ireland sitting by the side of those who declared that that measure was the first blow struck at the Irish national church. (Cheers.) I see on that side of the house a right hon. baronet who was the first mover for restoring the golden standard of currency, backed by men who have asserted that it was the source of misery and ruin to the country. (Cheers.) Yes, and among them I see many who willingly came to a compromise on the Irish Municipal Refjrm Bdl, not unwilling to associate them- selves with those who prophesied that it wouid prove the severest blow that ever was struck at the Protestant con- stitution of this empire. I also see amongst them men who have voted for the suppression of Orange lodges being illegal associations, while others lie sitting with them who have held high office in those societies. (Cheers.) So also do I see those who have been the staunch up- holders of the privileges of Parliament mingling themselves with men w ho have asserted that the laws of the house were mere waste paper. Why, sir, there are among those now occupying the benches opposite the fiimest friends of the establishment, and those fi,) advocate no church at all. In short, there is every shade of opinion represented on thrst- benches from men who uphold principles which would drown all that was popular and free in t lie eniiiitry, to those who would ally themselves to the Chartists iu order to secure political power. (Cheers.)" lie saw nothing in their leader's public life that could obtain for him public confidence. He contended that ministers had done their duty by propounding their recent rneisures and of one tiling he was as certain as of his existence, that whatever delay might arise, the three measures respecting timber, sugar, and corn, announced in the budget, were in effect carried. (Cheers.) — Mr- D'Israeli spoke in favour of the motion, and condemned the whole policy of the ministry. -Mr. T. Hobhouse argued that those who might not ap- prove of some of the recent propnsitinns of the government, but approved of the general character of their adminis- tration, might with perfect consistency vote against Sir R. Peel's tnotion. Nlr. Liddell supported the right hon. baronet's motion, as an attempt to relieve the country from an administration too feeble to carry out their own measures. No greater evil could accrue to the country than the continual proposal of measures to which the proposers had it not in their power to give effect.—Sir H. Fleetwood claimed the indulgence of the house, on the ground of h:.s not having troubled them before during the whole session. He derived the whole of his income from corn, yet he had never withheld his suppport from any proposition brought forward in opposition to the existing corn laws. (Cheers.) The present was the first time that, in a struggle between tole privileged elasses and the people, the government had frankly ranged itself oil the side of the people. (Cheers.) Was that a time to pass a vote of no confidence ? Should the, proposed alteration in the corn-laws take place, he should not think of rrllucing the rents of his tenants, but he would be quite ready to free them from their leases, and take their stock at the market price which it would have brought had no change taken place in the law.— Mr- Walter said he should vote for the motion, not from any attachment to the corn- laws, but on account of the general course of the adminis- tration, and their support of the poor-law. The hon. gentleman spoke in condemnation of that law, and gave it as his opinion that whatever ministers might be in office, if they attempted to renew it they would make themselves as unpopular as those now in power.—\ir. Macaulay thought Sir R. Peel had departed from his customary and judicious reserve with respect to resolutions declaratory of abstract principles. It would be a dangerous proceeding to place on the records of the house so comprehensive a declaration as to what was or what was not the spirit of the constitu- tion. (Hear.) Taking this view of the motion, he (Mr. Macaulay) should not have felt at liberty to vote for the motion, even had he been desirous of driving the ministry from office. With a very nicely-balanced House of Commons, it might, be impossible for any set of statesmen to carry on the government of the country, if the doctrine promulgated in the right hon. baronet's resolution were to be strictly acted on. But he denied the accuracy of the position on which the motion was based. A minister before retiring had a right to inquire whether those who would succeed him were likely to enjoy the confidence of parliament in a higher degree than himself. The reform bill, it must be borne in mind, had made a great change in the constitution of the house, and it was a change of which they had abundant notice during the debates on that bill, for they were told over and over again that in a reformed parliament no government would ever be able to rely on a thorough-going support to its measures. He would fear- lessly appeal to both sides of the house whether the foreign policy had been that of a weak government. (Cheers.) If he turned to their domestic policy, he found that they j had heen able to put down discontent and restore order, ,,ittio,it nV one of the guarantees of pnhlic liberty. (Loud chee s.) lie was ready to admit that a crisis had now arrived. He owned that he never expected that the whole of the budget, would have been carried but he had believed that the sugar nnd timber monopolies would have been broken, and that the corn-laws would have been placed on a more satisfactory footing. Ministers hall done what they could on their part, the rest must be done by the people. (Cheers.) Let but the people unite again with the spirit which actuated them in 1831, to resist corruption and aristocratic influence, and they would have an easv task. (Hear, hear.) If the result was different—if the people neglected their own interests—if they dest-rted their post—at least they would have no reason to reproach the present ministers, who would then, without the smallest repining, submit to the voice of the country, and would pursue the only course left open to then, of ma ntaining through good report and through evil report, as private members of the hotis, the same principles which they had advocated as ministers. (Cheers.)—The debate was then adjourned. A discussion of some length, on the St. Alban's election committee, arose on a question put by Mr. Wynn, who gave notice th-fit, if no one else toolt such a course, he would himself press for a prosecution of those against whom bribery had been proved at that election. Lord Stanley, seeing no prospect of being able to proceed with his Irish registration bill, withdrew it from the orders of the day. FRIDAY, MAY 28.— DISTRESS OF THE WORKING CT,ASSLS.-)Ir. Si,io,f)t-ld gave notice thnn on the 3rd June he should move that the extreme suffering of the industrious classes from low wages and want of employ- ment renders it the imperative duty of parliament not to separate till it has devised some means for alleviating the great misery that now prevails in all the manufacturing districts of the country. (Hear, hear.) —Mr. Wynn gave notice that on Wednesday next he should move a resolu- tion for the prost cution of Dr. Webster for bribery at the last St. Alban's election.—On the motion of the Attorney- General the stamp duties bill was read a third time and p,issed.-Lord J. Russeil moved the adjournment of the house at its rising tiil Wednesday next.—Sir R. Peel said it had been generally supposed that the object of his reso- lution was to interfere with the discussion of the corn-laws; but so far from that being the case, if the noble lord had I proposed that the house should sit on Monday next, he would have offered no opposition to the motion. But the noble lord having proposed an adjournment till Wednesday, he should not object to it, with the understanding, however, that, the debate should have precedence on that day.-Lord J. Htlse:1 had no objection to that arrangement. WANT OF CONFIDENCE IN MINISTERs.-The debate was then resumed by Mr. Milnes, who complained of the great difficulty experienced by hon. members on his side of the house in turning out the ministry. He thought it highly improper and inconsistent in those hon. members who had opposed the government on the budget, to turn round now and tender their support, and he could assure the noble lord, the member for Lincolnshire, that such conduct was not calculated to secure to him the suffrages of the electors of that county. If, after the divisions that had recently taken place, ministers remained any longer in power, they would only expose themselves to the con- tempt and rid.cule of the world.—Mr. Sanford said the present resolution was not so much whether the house placed confidence in the government, as whether it was willing to transfer that confidence to the right hon. baronet. For himself, looking at the policy that right bon. L-ciitl man had hitherto pursued, he could place no confidence in his government. He was surprised that any one in the position of the right hon. gentleman, and aspiring to the high station of the premiership, should not have felt it his duty to give the house and the country some intimation of the policy he meant to pursue.—Mr. Darhy took a review of the majorities of Earl Grey, Lord Althorp, and the pre- sent ministry, and concluded that these large majorities having gradually fallen away to nothing, aDd then to a majority the other way, his right hon. friend, the member for Tain worth, was fully justified in assuming that they had lost the confidence of the House of Commons, and in bringing that question to an issue by his present resolution. It appeared to him that their further continuance in office wouid be fraught with the most fearful consequences to the country.—Mr. Hutton said, the right hon. baronet had studiously avoided ad allusion either to the distresses of the people or to Ireland, because he was fully aware that these were the points upon which he was most vulnerable, ?he people of Ireland were deeply indebted to the present government, an? if the other side of the house would only allow the Irish people to supply the deficiency which their temperate habits had occasioned in the revenue, by an increased consumption of tea, coffee, and sugar, there was little doubt that their present tranquillity would become permanent, and tend to develop the vast resources of that country. Lord Norreys contended that her Majesty's ministers had violated all the pledges and professions under the pretext of which they had assumed the reins of govern- merit they had styled themselves the advocates of peace, and had involved the country in war they had advocated retrenchment, and had come down to the house repeatedly for supplementary voles, and they had proclaimed them- selves the friends of reform and had brought forward inno- vations which were calculated to unsettle the institutions of the country.- Nlr. Henry Grattan would not take the character of the government from hon. members on the other side of the house, but would appeal for it to Ireland and to France. In his opinion they had done honour to the countiv and had shed a lustre upon the crown- they had supported the liberties of the people, and had used their best exertions to reduce their burdens and at the same time increased their comforts, and when- ever they fell they would fall like honest men.—Lord Ttignmouth complained of the party tone which most of the addresses had exhibited in the course of the present debate. He was willi-ig to give the noble lord (J. Russell) credit for the measures he had adopted, with regard to the established church, for the amendment of the poor laws, and for the noble stand he had made in defence of the privileges of that house, but he considered his present course of policy decidedly unstatesmanlike and objectionable. This was probably the last occasion in which he should have the honour of addressing the house, and he retired from it with a deep conviction and a san- guine hope that the dynasty of the noble lord was about to close.Ilr. Ingham expressed his intention to vote against the resolution of the right hon. baronet. (Cheers.) If after their recent defeats ministers had determined to continue in office he should have opposed them, but as be understood from their own declarations that they meant to take the sense of the country upon the measures they had brought forward, he should give them his best support. —Mr. Hutt thought the only manner in which the con- fidence of the country in the present government had been impaired was, in their not bringing forward these great measures of commercial reform at an earlier period. He thought them of more importance to the social welfare of the country than anything of the kind that had been pro- posed for centuries, and he had no doubt that when carried out to the fullest extent they would establish the com- mercial greatness of the country on a permanent footing. —Lord Sandon said, the government was unable to carry out the measures which they considered essential to the welfare of the country, and yet they considered themselves justified in retaining office, because of the uncertain result of a dissomtion. He had a thorough want of confidence in the present ministers, and although they had been taunted with hvpocrisy in advocating the interests of the slaves, the government had thought fit to show their concern for them by exposing free labour sugar to the utmost amount of competition.- Lord M orpeth said, the question was not whether the right hon. baronet opposite should assume the reins of government, but whether they should extend their commerce by a reduction of the duties upon the necessaries of life. Although these measures had not received the sanction of parliament, j that would not debar the government from testing the I sense of the constituent body upon them. lie need [lot remind the house of the lamentable state of depression in which the trade and manufactures of the country at present were, hut it was under the circum-tnces oftliat uiij),trtilele(i depression that ministers brought forward these proposi- tions, which, in their view, were calculated materially to alleviate these evils. Parliament had rejected them, and it was not at variance with the spirit of the constitution if ministers should put these propositions at issue before the people in a regular and authorized way (cheers) they should certainly be liable to reproach if, after having called together a parliament expresslv to consider these measures, and being again left in a minority, they hesitated for an instant to resign their offices (much cheering) they had been taunted with not having resigned or dissolved imme- diately, hut it was notorious to every one; that the state of the supplies did not warrant them in recommending an instantaneous dissolution. With regard to the corn laws, he thought they were fully justified, considering the vast w eight and great preponderance of interests involved in the question, both in that house and out of doors, in taking the sense of the house upon it before appealing to the constituent body of the empire.—Sir James Graham thought the. fact of all the measures of the government having been modified and shaped to meet thft views of his side of the house was, in itself, a sufficient proof of the weakness of the government. No ministry had ever shewn such con- tempt for the opinion of the House of Commons, as ex- pressed by its majorities against them, as the present and he was astonished, after their signal defeat on the budget, they had not decided upon immediate dissolution or resigna- tion. It appeared to him that they would incur a fearful responsibility if they counselled a dissolution under the pre- sent circumstances. It had been a subject of grave com- plaint that his (Sir J. Graham's) side of the house had not stated what their policy would be, but although he was no great admirer of the skill with which the government had played its game, he admired the sleight of hand with which they shtiffle(I their cards; and although they did not know- how to play their own hand, they had no right to look into their neighbours (hear and laughter).-The right hon. baronet concluded bv expressins- hts determination to vote for the resolution. On the motion of Mr. Serjeant Tal- fourd the debate was adjourned till Wednesday next, and the other orders of the day ociug disposed of, the house adjourned at a quarter before one o'clock.

THE PRESENT Clusn.- The Chronicle of Monday contains reports of numerous Anti-Corn-Law meetings. AtBilston, the Rev. H. Bonner, Baptist minister, appeared to propose the third res(;Iuti,)n: TtiFit the corn and pro- vision laws of this country are contrary to the Word of God, inimical to morality, and productive of benefit to none but the rich landholders and therefore it is the duty of every Christian minister, and every philanthropist, to stand forward against them." The rev. gentleman con- sidered the Corn-laws the devil's own litws-(clieers)- and injurious to every class of society, save certain needy landowners. (Hear, hear.) He stated that, because the Corn-law was opposed to God's law and God's word, he, as a minister of God, would never rest content until it was repealed. (Loud cheers.) PLAGUE IN EGYPT.—The plague continued varying at the rate of from 10 to 26 cases per day, and from 5 to 15 deaths. It is now spreading to the Europeans. In the month of April, 17-t persons were attacked and brought to the hospital, and 220 others had died before medical aid could be administered. The Pacha had put his fleet into quarantine, and wns preparing to enforce similar regula- tions with all his other public establishments. Two of the officers of the gur-sloops sent by the Pope to bring the alabaster pillars for his new church are ill of the plague at Rosetta, and their physician has already died of it. Col. Bridgeman has died of inflammation, after an attack of hemorrhoids, while on duty in the mountains of Syria, and was buried at Beyrout on the 26th ult. LEARNED DOGS.—A meeting of the Zoological Society was held last week, in Leicester square, and a French gentleman, named Leonard, was introduced by Mr. Yarrell, with two dogs of the pointer breed, which he had trained so successfully that he could make them do almost any- thing they were bidden. Mr. Leonard proceeded to give some specimens of the education of his canine pupils. He holds that they have intelligence, reflection, memory, and comparison. One is called I)hilax, and the other Braqw:, and they performed such feats as would make all the "learned pigs" of the universe "bide their diminished heads." A variety of things were placed upon the floor, such -,s a glove, -t h,-in(lkercliief, &e. Hil(i the on being shown a corresponding object, would bring it to their master, or take it to any part of the room they might be desired. The numerals from one to nine were also placed on the floor, and having been shifted in any direction, the dogs would bring in their mouth any number mentioned. They would lie down in a passive and chagrined state, or bound about the room with every demonstration of joy, according to the bidding of their master; and they would obey the commands of persons they had never seen before, provided they were addressed in the French language, and received their master's permission. CURE FOR THE GRAVEL AND STONE.—Mr. Hutton, in Ilis Life, recently published, gives the following state- ment. :My father died of the gravel and stone at the age of 67 his brother of the same disorder at 51. I first perceived the gravel at 27, but it was for many years of little consequence. In 1805 I went to Worcester to the sale of an estate, which being ended, I spent the evening with five or six gentlemen, all strangers to me. The conversation turnup upon the above complaint, I remarked that during the last 20 or 30 years 1 had been afflicted with the gravel, and had had three or four fits every year, which continued with excruciating pain from one to four or five days. I will" said one of the gentlemen, "tdl you a certain Cure. Abstain from spirits, wine, and malt liquor drink cider, perry, or milk and although it will not totally eradicate the gi-avel, you will never have another fit." I replied that I never drank spirituous liquors, and seldom wine, but daily used the produce of malt; that although 1 had four cider farms I could not conveniently be accommodated with cider or perry, but was fond of milk. Tlloug-h I had but little expectation from this tavern prescription, I have followed it during the last seven years in which time I have not (iran k a quart of inalt liquor, or had a fit of the gravel. [This is a remedy which, if it do no good, will do no great barffi and that is more than can be said for many prescriptions.] LORD CARDIGAN was balloted for a few days i since for admission to the Senior United Service Club; he had fifty-one black balls. THE PRESIDENT had three months' rations on board when she left New York, on the 11th March moreover, her cargo pardy consisted of a large quantity of flour.

Truss GAZETTU. I Friday, May 28. INSOLVENT.—J. Snsrden, Leeds, machine maker. BANKRUPTCY ANNULT,I:D.-J. Algar, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, fishing merchant. BANKRUPTS.— R. Southee, Bull Inn, Hertford, wine merchant.—T. Riley, Gough square, Fleet street, printer. -R. Smith, New Suffolk street, butcher. — J. White, Goldsmith street, Goutrh square, printer.-R. Edmunds, Bennet street, Blacfriars road builder.-G. P. Irving, Rotherhithe, Surrey, ship t),iil(ler.-T. Taylor, Liverpool, I)ook sell ei-W. C. H. Parry. Liverpool. bonk.ellt-r.- Elizabeth Freer, Liverpool, bookseller. — D. Sutcliffe, Hali- fax, Yorkshire, manufacturer.—E. Woolley, Birmingham, paper hanging manufacturer.—J. Lea, jun.. Chester, tea (italer.-H. C. Churchyard andj. Holmes, Halifax, York- shire, wool staplers.—W. Newsoaie, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, oil crusher.— J. Dick insnn, Bramley, Yorkshire, drysalter. -J. Ramshay, Bradford, Yorkshire, grocer.—J. Kippax, Lockwood, near Huddersfield, Yorkshire, omnibus pro- prietor. Tut* lay, June 1. I DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY.—Richard Bowley, broker, Mincing-lane Loll (Ion. Situlllel Rayner, marble- mason, Derby.-Lewis Bryant. coal merchant, Stamford- hill, Middlesex. — William Cockinjr, market-gardener, Beeston, Bedfol dshire.-Emile Moriniere Demaisse aud Henry Thomas Wooler, merchants, Bueklersbury. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. John Watts, cement manufacturer, Wednesbury, Staffordshire. BANKRUPTS. Edmund Palmer Sardinson, John Weston, and Richard Murch, warehousemen, Wood-street, City.—John Hutchinson, ironfounder, Halifax, Yorkshire. Benjamin Williams, merchant, Liverpool. William Royston, yarn dealer, Manchester.—George John Bennett, lodging-housekeeper, 2S, York street, Portman-square.— Robert Tovey, pawnbroker, Bristol.- William Burton and Charles Burton, steel toy manufacturers, Bordesley, Aston juxta Birmingham.—Robert Campion and John Campion, b,iiiker-i,Whithy, Yorkshire.- Tholr.as Knapton, innkeeper, Barwick in Elmet, Yorkshire.- Rowlpn(i Cotton Bourne, woollen-draper, Birmingham.—.John Prescott, innkeeper, Lascaster.—Robert Thompson, butcher, Newcastle-upon- Tvne.—John Campion & William Campion, ship-builders, Whithy, York; Iiire. Ed ward Skillman and Ashley Cooper Keeler, I;nen-,drtipers, Ilytlif,, Keiit.-Samuel Knight and James Knight, merchants, Manchester.

A. 4S-15 5 C U li T 17 I» E • THE DUNG OF CATTLE SOILED ON GREEN FOOD. —The dung of animals soiled either in yard or shed on clovers, tares, sanfoin, &c., is undoubtedly better than that procured from winter feeding. This superiority arises, however, not from any fancied result of the different seasons on the animal economy, but, probably, from the quality of the animal's food cattle in winter being fed on straw. It will be found that if cattle are fatted in the winter on rich food, they produce richer dung than animals summer-soiled. It has been, indeed, ascertained that twelve loads of dung from animals fed chiefly with oilcake, were equal to double the quantity obtained from ordinarily fed store stock. WASHING SIlErr.-In washing-sheep and lambs, never let them be too long in the water: it injures all greatly and such as are weak, very greatly. A master should always attend and observe such as are in the pool, taking care that none remain there too long, and to have the weakest washed and turned out first and particular care should be taken not to beat them by driving them too fast to the pool, nor by hunting and affrighting them in combing, but have the combs so made as for the sheep to comb easily. The same rule should be observed on shearing day at these times dogs often do harm, and none that are eager to bite should be employed. It is proper to wash sheep and lambs two days at least before they are shorn and, if convenient, they should be folded on ley ground between washing and shearing, that their wool may not he dirtied, especially if the weather is wet at shearing, the barn should be often swept dean with a besom. The sheep should not be sheared till the wool is dry on them, for dampness will occasion the wool to mould and rot. A man will shear fifty sheep in a dav, and more it small ones. The master or shepherd should marl, the sheep and lambs as fast as they are shorn, and be attentive to see if any are cut or injured; if so, take proper care of them if cut, put some salt in the cut, rub a little tar on the wool round it to keep off the flies. If any sheep is pricked with the point of the shears, unless the wound is particularly and immediately dressed, and the sheep kept some days in a house or from being wetted by dew, it will be fatal. NEW THRASHING MACHINE. Mr. Alihorpe, of Dennington-hall, near Worksop, also communicated to the council the notice of a new thrashing machine which a neighbour of his had just invented, and appeared to Mr. Althorpe to possess considerable merit. The machine is exceedingly simple in its construction, and does its work well but its great advantage is, that it delivers the straw quite as entire, straight, and fit for thatch, as any thrashed with a flail. Mr. Althorpe stated that he had that day seen the machine at work, and the grain (which was oats) was very clean thrashed, and not at all bruised, and very nearly all the straw came from the machine straight and fit to tie up for thatch and it also appeared to hi n that it would probably be worked with less power than a common machine, but as horse power had not been applied, he would merely state that oint of its merits as a conjecture. Mr, Althorpe added.thattheingenious inventor was a poor but worthy mechanic, and iutended to exhibit his machine at the Liverpool meeting. IMPROvr.Mi.NT OF WOOL.—At a Council of the Royal Agriculturist Society, ?,I rs. Cootc, of Richmond Hill, near Clifton, communicated her management and preparation for sheep in regard to the improvement of their wool, and their prevention from the annoyance of flies after shearing, by the application of a decoction of tobacco applied to the head and back of the animal after being shorn, and the addition (for the curing of a scab, or removal of scurf on the skin) of flower of brimstone sti.red into it. Mrs. Coote also 1 ccommcndcù salt to he snrinkkd broadcast on grass pastm-e? for improving the \lcr!x:ge, and pre- venting the foot-rot in sheep.

WEEitliY CAIiESBAll. THE MOON'S CHANGES.— Last quarter, on the 12th, at 7h. 58in. inorn. The Moon rises June 5.-10h. Om. P. M. June 9. llh. 35m. P.M. June 5.-10h. 35111. I 1101. III). 48,u. 6.-10h.35m. —— 10. llh. 48m. —— 7.—llh. 1m. —— 11. morn. 8.—llh. 20tn. —— TI)e Su-, ris('s. Cli) ,k aftpr "iiii. I Sti. 9[it. The UN rises. I aftter Sun. The SUN sets. June:>. 3h.48m. lm. 54 sec. 8h. 9m. 11. 3h.45tn. Om. 47 sec. 8h. 14m. June G. Trinity Sunday. Proper lessons; morning, (ien. I. 3; evening. (Jen. 18, 1 John 5. Jur.eG. Length of day, Ifih. 23m. Day's increase from the shortest day, 8ii. 3Sui. No real night, but constant twilight. June 10. Corpus Christi. June 11. St. Barnabas.

FAIRS I fn the Counties of Carmarthen, Pembroke, Cardigan, Glamorgan, Radnor, Monmouth, Anglesea, Carnar- von, Denbigh, Flint, Merioneth, Montgomery, and Brecknock, during the %veek :-IAlaiidegia, 7 Chirk, and Newburgh, 10. TIDE TABLE. JJIGH WATER at BRISTOL, during the week. | Cumherl. Bathurst Morning. Evening. ?i Gates. G«<M. J] U,ie ?1M. FT. INC- I FT. "T    7' 48 I! 28 6 7 3 6 8 "« 8 2» |' fj ? j J1? J 7 ? ? 4? 8 59 i. 27 2 ( 1 8 9 17 9 35 I: 25 4 14 1 9 9 50 10 10 2.5 1 I j 13 10 10 10 25 10 45 24 2 12 11 11 11 3 11 26 22 11 11 8 EQUATION OF Til I, rrlDFs.-Tiiese, equations, applied to the above table, will give the approximate times of HIGH WATER AT THE FOLLOWING PLACES :— H* Al.! H. TIT. Aberystwith add 15 Holyhead add 2 45 Carmarthen-bay sub. 1 5 Li",rpool add 4 6 Cardigan-bar sub. 0 15 Lundy Isle sub. 1 45 Cardiff-road sub. 0 Mil ford Haven, .sub. 1 30 Carnarvon add 1 45 Newport, Mon.. sub. 0 30 Chepstow sub. 0 1 15 Fishguard-bay sub. 0 30 Thames' mouth, sub. 5 45 GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK. (Carejully selected from the best sources.) As the weather is now go warm and dry great care must be taken, in watering plants, both out of doors and within. Water should never, if it can possibly be avoided, be given while the sun is shining on the plants; late in the evening or very early in the morning are the best times. In high and dry situations, moss pegged over the beds in flower gardens, or flints laid on them, will be found to prevent the water from evaporating so quickly as it otherwise would, dn some of the small gardens in the front courts of houses in the suburbs of the Motropo- lis, where there is but one round or oval-shaped bed, a pretty effect would be produced by placing round it a low trellis of iron wire about (> inches high, over which might be trained Eccremocarpus, Maurandyns, and other such plants. In these courts, too small even for a flower-bed and a walk round, a few pots of Geranium*. Hydrangeas, Cactuses, Mignionette, and Calceolarias, will be tound to contribute much to the pleasure of the owner; and by niacin"- a few evergreens, in pots, at the back of the flow- ering ptants, the effect will be heightened. Advantage should be taken of the fine weather to plant out tender plants for summer flowering. The kind best adapted for beds bv themselves are Starlet, Tweediana. Hendersonii, Teucrioides, and Sabiniana, among Verbenas; any showy, free-lfowering sorts of Geraniums, and among; them should' be pieuty of Scartets, and the old-fashioned sweet scented kinds, such as Prince of Orange: a bed of alvias should not be forgotten, where there is room; and the shrubby Calceolarias are very showy. A mixed bed should include Alonsoa intermedia, Minuluses of various kinds, Fuchsias, Lantanas, Lobelias. O'xalis floribynda, Double Seneeios, Lemon-scented Verbena, and the dif- ferent kinds of Anagallis. For covering heaps of rubbish, stumps of trees, or training over baskets and treliis-work such plants as the strong growing kinds of Petunia", Maurandyas, Lophospermums, llhodochiton, and Cobaea seandens and stipularis, should be chosen. Continue to tie up all advancing flower-stems, both in the borders and in the green-house. Give Hir treely, and shade from the raid-dav sun those plants in flower, for that will prevent them from dropping their blossoms so soon as if not shaded.

JIAIililM'?. MARK-LANE, MONDAY, MAY 31. With a continuance of uninterrupted fine weather, and the nv 'St favourable accounts respecting the growing crops, the trade in grain has remained in a very dull grate throughout the past week. At this morning's market there was a small show of English Wheat, and though the millers bought with extreme caution,last Monday's quota- tions were supported. We had a liberal arrival of wheat from abroad during the past week, the whole of which will, however, probably be landed in Bond, the duty being much too high to allow of its being brought into consump- tion at present without serious loss to importers. The quantity of free foreign is now very trifling, and holders consequently insisted on former prices to-day, which buyers being unwillinsr to pay, little business was done. Ship Flollr was obtainable at rather lower rates. In the value of Barley no change took place, but the transactions were qui-e unimportant. Oats, though in very slow re- quest, were not cheaper than on this day week. Bean* were the turn lower, owing to an abundant arrival cf Foreign. In the value of Peas no change occurred. s. S-1 S. a. Wheat. „ Engl, red53 to 62 Rye, Forei,-n 31 &3 White .5,; (")3 Oats, Engl.Poland 24 — 26 Fine red 61 — G2j Potatoe 24-27 Do. white 6-> — 70 F,^d 23 — 24 51 Wi 4,l?cot('' Il Potato 25 27 Do. white. 1 Fine 26 Foreign, red..55 62 1 rihh, Potato 23 -25 1)().. i Feed 23 — 25 Russian, red.. 49 56 Tares per quarter 36-44 Barley, Malting.. 32 — 34 Kapeseed 35l.to40/. Distilling 29 m: per last of 10 qrs. (jrindin? 2t 28 CIon rseed,red,for. Be&ns, TIck: 3.5 3Sj Whie, do. Harrow 37—411 Enilsh. Pigeon ..41 43Linsed, Balticand Peas, Boiling 35 — 38 Riissia 40-44 Hog 3 — 38 Flour, Toirn-made Maple 39 — 401 and best country Malt, Brown 5!> — 53 marks 50 58 Pale .58-601 Yorkshtre. — — — Rye, English. 32 33; Norf.& Suffolk 45 48 Wheat I Barley I Oat». Rje. Beans t Pe»« Averapre of the 1 j 6 1V"k wb i"h j regulates the I duty. M5.!?20 23 1 35 6)39 CM 3 Duties payable I 23 8 13 10 j 12 3, 16 P 11 Oj 12 5 Ditto on grain [ from British pos. | 1 sessions out of I | Europe. I 0 I 0 61 2 0 3 0 19 6 0 ø PRICE OF BREAD. The prices of Wheaten BreAd in the Metropolis are from 8-Jd. to 9jd.: of Household ditto, 7d. to 8d. per 4lbs. loaf. BUTTER, BACON, CHEESE, and HAMS, perCwt. NEWIHISIIBUTTER-S. S. CHEESE. a. a. Sligo — 84 DoubleGloucester 70 76 Carhnv ? Single ditto 66 74 bNGLisHBuTTEE,per firk. Cheshire 66 86 Dorset — 5q 13AcoN-, New.. — 58 FOREIGN. Middle — 50 PnmeFriesland,ct. — 102 HAMS, York — 80 Do. Kiel 100 Westmoreland 70 73 SMITIIFIEIJD CATTLE MARKET, MAY 31. (Per 8 ft.to sink the offal.) s. d- s- d-| t. d.s. d. Inferior Heasts 303 4?SouthdownSheep4 4 4 6 Second quaiity.. 3 43 6?Lar?ecoarseCa)ves485 0 Prime large oxen3 8 4 2j Prime small do. 5 6 5 8 Prime Scots, &C.4 4 4 8j Large Hogs 4 0 6 Inferior Sheep.. 3 43 6SmaH Porkers..4 8 4 10 Second quality.. 3 8 4 O SucklingCalves20 i 35 t) PRICES OF SOAP. YeJIuwSoap 46s Od to 50s 0(11:\1 (ltingStutfs360d to-II Od Mottled do. 52s Od 54s Od Rough dittoes Od —s Od Curd do 60s Od OsOd Graves, IGs.; and good dregs, 5s. per cwt.; Rough Fat average 2s. 8d. per 81bs. PRICES OF TALLOW, &e. Prices this day 49s 6rl to -s Od. 46s 6d to —9 Od Town Tallow last Friday 50s Od.. 48s Od. CURRENT PRICE OF BOPS, MAY 21. 1838. per cwt. ) 1839. per cwt. 1838. ) 1839. Kent Pockets. 80s 96s I Kent Poekets. 105s 115s Choice 100 s 105s Choice Pockets. 124s 170s Sussex Pockets. 70s B's Sussex Pockets. 100s 105s Choice. 85s 9Zs ¡ Choice Pockets. 112s !22s East Kent pockets 8fs 100s 1 East.Kentpockets 130s 135s Ch.Canterbury's 104s 112s Choice 145s 180s MAIDSTONE.—The two cold days and nights com- mencing last week produced their general effect on the bines of this neighbourhood, but the warm and moist days and nights that followed have caused them to advance lJIost \"igoroufly. All the grounds are much improved, and some of the best are remarkably forward for the season. The fly is to be found, however, more or less numerously in till the grounds of the neighbourhood. In many they may be souyht for. in others they may be seen two or three upon a leaf. Warm showers are now wanted to give the bines strength enough to contend with their insect enemies. CAN,TERBURY. The grounds in this vicinity are looking tolerably well. The late cold nights have injun d many plantations; in some places the leaves look yellcw, and are intected by the flea, while others have a healthy appearance. \V oncrsTE<—The reports from the plantations re- present the plant generally as very promising. FAKNH AM.— In some of the grounds the bine is weak from the effects of blight. GRAN-BIIOOK.-In this and adjoining parihes the ne is not generally in a vigorous and flourishing state. Some grounds look well, others are welk, with some fly. The cold nights during the last week have not been congenial to the hep-plant. BRITISH WOOL per lb. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Knot Wool ..0 1 0 12* I Fell Combin.. 0 1(?0 11 Marsh W00I..O I?z 1 1? Matchin?Tops 1 4? 5 Skin CombingO 11 0 2Sorts,fineHeadO 10? 0 U RAW HIDES, Slill, & CAI,F SKINS, at per stone of 141bs. Per skin. s. d. s. d. s. d. s d. Best steers&heif. 5 8 6 0 ,%Iarket Calf 7 8 10 0 ,Nli(iillin,- bides.. 5 2 5 5 6 01 Long woolled sh. 5 0 60 Inferior ditto 4 8 5 0 Short ditto 3 6 4 6 LONDON HAY MARKETS-SATFRDAY. Smithfield. Whitechapel. j Coarse Meadow Hay 85s to 90s 85s to 90s Fine Upland and Rye Grass 96s 100s 95s 100s Clover Hay i05 120s 105s 130s Wheat Straw. 43s 42s 43s 44s METALS. X. 8. d. IRON, Eog-Bar. ton 7 10 II Do. Carg. in Wates ton 610 0 Hoops. ton 9 15 0 Sheets ton 11 0 0 Pig, XII. 1. ton 5 0 0 Do. in Wales. ton 4 5 0 STEEL, Eng.-[;ii.-itered 25 0 0 to 45 0 0 Shear, do. do. 45 0 0 to 84 0 0 Cast, do. do. 45 0 0 to 84 0 0 COPPER, Brit.Cake. ton 96 0 0 Tile ton 91 0 0 Sheets lb. llJdlO TIN, Brit.-Blocks ewt. 42 0 5ar8 cwt. 4 4 0 Banca 0 0 0 to 3 16 0 Sraits 0 0 0 to 3 14 0 TIll Plates-I.C. (box) I 11 0 to 1 15 0 Lf E-A, D, n* i x. do. 1 17 0 to 2 1 0 LFAD, Brit. 20 10 0 Sheet. ton 21 5 0 Shot ton 22 10 0 White (dry) ton 26 10 0 SPELTER.. 0 0 0 to 28 15 0 For delivery 0 0 0 to 28 5 0 TEA, COFFEE, COCOA. SITGAIL, AND SPICE MARKET. SATURDAY, MAY 29. TEA.-During the week there has been a steady demand for free trade Teas, and previous prices for all descriptions have been maintained. Thereare advertised for sale on Tuesday next about 11.000 packages, which has in a slight measure checked the transactions by private treaty. Company's Congous have fluctuated during the week from Is. 8d. to Is. 8jd.; the closing price to-day is Is. S'd. per 11). cash. COFFEE.—There has been but little demand this week, but in prices there has been 1.0 material alteration the small parcels brought to auction were chiefly taken in. SUGARS.—The market this week has been quiet for West India, as both grocers and refiners have bought sparingly in prices, however, no alteration has taken place. Mauritius and 13engal have gone off heavily, and the portion sold has been at a reduction of Is. to Is. lid. per cwt. SPICES.—There have been brought forward at public sales several descriptions of Spices. Gingers fetched rather more money. Other sorts went off at full prices.

BRISTOL LEATHER MARKET. lb. lb. d. d. Crop Hiries 30 to 35 11 to 12* Ditto ditto 50 — 60. 15 Jti Foreign Hides 25 — 30 11$— 12 Middlings la 13 Butts, En, 16-20. 14 16 ])iHo ilitto 24-26 15 I rA Ditto ditto i (t-x). 34-38 16 18 Ditto Foreign 16 — 20 14 — 15$ Ditto ditto (ex). 34 — 36 16 — 18 B. Saddlers' II 34 — 38 11 Itl Common ditto 35 — 40 12} 131 Shaved Hides 16 — 20. 14 —17 Shoe ditto 22 24. 14 — 16 Common ditto 27 — 34 11$— 13 Welsh Hides 11 13 Bull ditto II Ir. English Horse Ili(les 12 13 Welsh (litti) II 13 pallisbditta. .14 IS German Horse Hides 12 — 16 Horse lititts 11 12 CalC Skio (Best P.) 30 .3C) 24 26 Ditto (common) 65 70 21 26 lve)lll Sl<irls 24 — 36 13 15 Ditto ditto. 50-56 19 23 Printed and published for the Proprietor, by JOHN LEWIS BRIGSTOCKE, at his Residence and General Printing-Office, situate and being in Lammas-Street, in the Parish of Saint Pett!r, in the County of the Borough of Carmarthen.—Fridar, June 4, 1211. i