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"THE lUGílT OF SE-\H.CH."…
"THE lUGílT OF SE-\H.CH." Come. turn out yonr pockets, and c'mpty your purse. Produce your account booKS. vour income to show; If embarrassed, exposure will make matters worse, And, perhaps, 'twill he better the sooner you go. On the marsrin of ruin suppose that von stand. Oh sav, man of trade, can it matter a pin, It prviriir commissioners lend vou a hand To the gult that's beneath you, to tumble you ill ? T!i,-n o,it witli yotir ledger Itis true that you owe Unto the assessor hirnselfsome hard cash But, perhaps, ;after all, it is right he should know, And sell you up first, lest he lose by your smash. With Attierica, lately, we've held a great fuss, About riiiht or search, and the boundary line But. at home, in exerting the right upon us.. To keep within bounds the assessors decline. Then do not discourage a neighbour who'd pry; For though for awhile his design vou may bartlk, HL"]J be certain to know your iO icerns by and by, For e'en the discreetest assessor will talk. Though you lose hy your business, oh why should you care If the tact is presented to every one's view ? For if your account books no profit declare, Though it's nothing to others — it's nothing to you. ( imiic Annual.
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EDUCATION. "The discipline ot slavery is unknown Atnong us; hence till more do we require The discipline ot virtue. Oider t-Ise Car I not sullsi t; nor Cull dence, nor peace. Thus duties rising out ot good possest And prudent caution, needtul to avert Impending >-vil <?qu:i*Iy require Thai the whole aeoole should be tauuht." I —?OKDSWORIH. I
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STAN NEK ROCK.* (From the Hetefoid Tmes.) The massy form of Stanner strikes the eye I,N itti liugli til)-piled rock, and beetling cliff, While far aloft above tlie>e ramparts bold Stretches the undulating velvet mead. Tree., (1wiiittled to a shrub—an Alpine scene On di, "l'i !Ilh'd s>ight, that from the plain Looks up aspiring, bursts full oft,—and then We boldly climb the height, and tor :iwhile i Forget tiie s ti*wy tuil in earnest wish To reach the much-desired spot a' il gaze, With ardent admiration, o'er the vale, Ere long the foot lias trod the topmost realm- Then g lorious is the scene that lies below; The road dimiuish'd to a line appears As stud ;ed with the moving tonus of men, j Now too dii inutive to mark the race; The waving wood reveals its tangled depth, Vvhile Cambrian mountains in the distance seem The confines of the expanded world around. How lovely from that height appears the hour V\ hen sunset's mellow radiance t:ild>- the plain, In.vsting, too, the hills witli gorgeous sheen,- Then nature seems perfection, and we wish No fairer world than that we see below. Kington. L. f
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These mitgnihrent rocks ue-it uteri in a positinn alvan- taffiUS to the tourist, being on the mail rtM(1 lending trom -Kin"!an to Ab«ryst\vithf and about two mita traoi the former.
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Father. do they light up railway carriages at night with gas No my dear, with oil." A reverend gentleman, elllarin on the sin of swearing, Said, You never, my dear hearers, heard a (i-itntj tiiati swear :-therr oug-hr not you to be ashamed to swear, who are so much more highly favoured KEhUXG LENT. —A high Churchman was once asked what made his lib ary look so tuml His reply was Nl y books all keep I.ellt 'SIGNIFICANT ANAGRAMS.—" Matrimony" may be nnagraniatized into () I try and" Husband" it,to Ah; sti,ib'd Good jokes for bachelors, but tiofuii to married men. LORD HOWF.'s VICTORY, JUNE 1ST. 17!H. The French, no doubt, h id made a vow To conquer, but they knew not HowiVj. "21. QUEEN VICTORIA PROCLAIMED. — THE LONGEST DAY. 'The Qrcf-cn proclaimed upon the longest day Mav this coincidence be not in vain But prove prophetic of her lengthened sway; And to the longest day prolong her reign. How TO T>KAt. WITH LVWYERS' LETTERS.—Lord Huntingtower, during his recent examination in the Insolvent COUIt, stated that he was continually receiving lawyers' letters- sometimes as many as a dozen in a miming: and not knowing what to do with them, he •Miffed them into the tiro! Such a stem look does not become you," as the bustle Said to the young iady. Vcver let your children know that you have made your -will, it you are worth over two shillings! Never fret," is capital advice, but, like good" ¡ phvsk, is hard to take. "The Duke of' ob,;(,rve(i Mr. Smith, is a very cheerful old gentleman." ■' That's very remarka ble, said 10m Johnson, I- coiisicleriiig the very little PIECE of viaul his Royal Highness has got." A nice fellow is one that gives you as much credit as you -v,aiit, and never calls upon you for payment. A good iriK,* ,„ic ilia, uk-» .'it your cults and Omreilngs, and I.ever asks why you do so. An independent fellow is one who does as he has a mind to do, and in nine cases out often makes a fool of himself. A JUVENILE JOXTR. — A little boy. seeiiTg a drunken loan prostrate before the door of a publican, thrust in his head. and said to the proprietor, See here, neighbour, your sign has fallen down ODD FELLOWS !—VV atches have long been imported in China, and generally by the ton or half-ton The fancy (r the Chinese is to wear them in pairs, in accordance wath a pretty general prejudice in the East against an odd number.— lulinbiirgh Cabinet Library. A\TRQFITY OF "LADIES' TONGUES." Xenarchus, the Rhodian, (r.o doubt a married man,) says with a sigh: — Happy the cicadas' lives, Since they have voiceless 1{"1-eS;" This Tact gi-ves force to the adage, '• as merry as crickets." Mr. Cricket would be less lively if Mrs. Cricket were not Cuuib. ENGLAND OVERRUN BY PO RIC IGNE Rs.-The farmers' wives near Hull are wofully incensed at Peel, to whom they are indebted for weekly invasions of foreign geese and pigs, which ("the ladies say) come or. shore quacking and grunting in Dutch, in a manner frightful to an honest Tvn ;lish housewife to hear Dii. JOHNSON, when in the fulness of years and knowledge, said," T never take up a newspaper without finding something I should have deemed it a loss not to have seen never without deriving from it instruction and amusement." SLEEPSEEKERS.—Macmsh often coaxed himself to sleep by repeat nig some well known rhyme half-a-dozen times and a gentleman in the town of Milford has learned lobtil asleep at will, by fixing his eves in one direction for a few minutes. Dr. Elliotson knows it lach- who often remains awake till her husband rubs her feet ;oid to many persons the Itavii'g the: r hair com bed is a specific. Juhn Philips, the poet, delighted, when a boy. to h ive this oiffce pei formed tor houis together; and Is a ac Vossins was so critically curious in combing, that he p eterred its performance rhythmically. He liked to have it done by barbers or other persons skilled in p sody, so that their pectitiatiug movements niuht imitate iamb.es, trochees, &c., to his great delight. In these cases, reverie rather than sleep was produced but in other instances the effect is that of a simple narcotic. TIJUS, Sir John Rennie, the architect, was regularly put to sleep by having his hair at the back of his head combed, and rubbed with the palm of the hand. MURTHER.— Gentlemen of the jury," said a Western lawyer, would you seta rat-trap to catch;. i,-il' Would you make great tools of yourself by endeavouri ng to spear a butlalo with a knitting-needle ? Or would you attempt to empty out the Mississippi with a gourd ? No, gentlemen, I know; you would not. Then how can you be guilty of the absurdity of finding my client guilty of -ni .,zsliughter for taking the life of a woman A \OUNG MAN WITH L\RGE SMALL FAMILY.— T ie Sultan of Turkey, who will be twenty years of age itxt April, has now eight children-the eldest (a son) heitig two years old, and the youngest (a daughter; not a month. One oi the Sultan's Icldies gave lurrh to a daughter on the evening of the 18th nit., an event, says a contemporary, "IJOW of weekly occurrence." ) IKSCRtfTtOX ON ?MO\L'MEKT, AT ABERYSTWITH. ISCRU'TIO:-l 0: "O:VENT. AT ABERygTWnll. To the memory of Signior FlClu, An Italian of good extraction; who came into England, Not to bite us. like most of bis countrymen, But to gain an honest livelihood. He hunted not after fame, er acquired it; Regardless of the praise of his friends, But mo«t sensible of their love. I ho he livM amongst the great, He neither learnt nor flafter'd vice. He was no bigot, Tho he doubted of IIdne of th" XXXIX Articles; And if to follow nature And respect the laws of society, Be philosophv, He was a perfect philosopher; A faithful friend, An areeable companion, A loving husband, Distinguish'd by a numerous offspring. All w.u> h he I v' to see take fjoo(l c virses, In his old age he retired To the house ot a clergyman in ttie country, Where he finished his earthly race, A- d died an honour MKI AN example to his species. Reade r, This stone is guiitjes of flattery, For he to whom it is inscribed Was not a man, But a Greyhound. T 'e fo11owing tnry was lately told bv a reformed i ebr,at<" as a:i ap?izv for m'tc? of the I y ?t a drunk ar A mouse ranging about a brewery, happening to ii-li into one or the vats of beer, was in immediate danger ot irowiiir.g, and appealed to a cat to help him out. The ca repiied, It is a foolish request, tor as soon I sret you out I shall e.it you." The mouse piteouslv replied, that that fate would be better than to be drowned in beer. The cat lifted him out, but the fumes of the beer caused pu- to sneeze; the :nuuse took reiuge in his hole. The cat (a'led upon the mouse to ionic out You r4.ciii, d.d'ojn?fprQtmset.'m I should eat you?" .4 h!" r,'phed the mciuif, blat you know I wa in liquor at .b e tqu he COURT OF r'-CLL[.\RS.— T; the C urt of Pecu- liars, on Thursdav, I very peculiar and funny case was called. The plaintiff is Mr. John Wnolley, and Miss Morgan, (falsely called Woolley, as the citation averreth) is the defendant. These names will, on the nonce, as we I opine, call to the recollection the now as far-tamed Br st,l as that in which our funny, and ever- read-with-pleasure adventures of Johnny Gilpin," is h.¡ sacredly in relllembrance-bllt with this exception. Johnny Gilpin loved and honoured his bettor half, where as Mr. John Woolley is anxious to repudiate his rib. more or less (that is to say, he expected an heiress to he his wife to that ariiotint)-airld though he had such confi- dence in the lady's face as to kiss her hand in the dark, now ifiloriollslv seek" to beat a retreat, and forthwith he hies to a proctor to serve a citation uJon the lady—calling upon her forthwith to appear in the Court of Peculiars (we have before said this is a peculiar case, and no mistake), in a suit of nullity of marriage, no reason being stated why. Now, Or. Addair.s has a very peculiar tact of tind- il.g out" tbws" ii: citations or libels, which if established, are tantamount to a flaw in the process of common law. and our lively alld sometimes erratic D.C.L. held this to be insufficient, protested" that the citation was invalid, and ought not to be held as a g od return. The learned doctor said, and truly, that some cause ought to be as- signed why the marriage should be declared null alod void. Such, for instance, as the insanity of one of the parties —(Miss Morgan, though at first not quite au fx it as to the offer, became wide awake" soon after "the in- teresting ceremony")—or of minoriiy (neither the one or t'other were under age when the marriage ceremony was performed)—or of a guilty knowledge of fraud on both sides (that Miss M. had not £ "27,WD to give, or that Mr. Woolley thought he had £ '27,<)<)0 to receive). So the protest was received, and the case is tu be heard as to the validity of the citation on the next Peculiar Court day. and May we be there to hear," The worthy and ever-to-be-rever^d author of Johnny Gilpin, by his representatives, will excuse us, we trow, for the variation. PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY-—What becomes of all the pins 2 says a paper involving some singular points of manufacturing economy. It appears from Professor Parrington that twenty millions of pins are daily manu- factured in this country. These get into general circula- tion, auj, after a time, entirely disappear; but the re- markable fact is, that, like the swallows, nobody knows where they go to. It is proved that, were it possible to recal these lost articles, a quantity iniiht be collected sufficient to" build the projected foot-bridge at H unger- fird-market, anil the residue might -be cast into one enormous Pin, which should be erected as a column in any part of London best suited for its elevation; and to be called Victoria's Pin. in pposition to Cleopatra's Needle at Alexandria. There would be a winding staircase in the interior, with a saloon in its head; and it might serve as a landmark, in storinv weather, for the tonrpenny steam boats plying between V auxhalland London-bridge. -J>ulIdt. A NATIONAL Cif %RACTF.RISTic.kt a late trial for murder in the French criminal courts, and in which a native of Corsica was implicated as the assassin, part of the evidence given by the examining surgeons, to whom the hutopSY or post-milrltm inquisition had been delegated, went to prove that, from the peculiar shape of the wound" 'which had been inflicted with a knite), "the death-blow ;rtdst have Item dealt from tlte hand uf a Coraifun, in smuch -is it was the characteristic and invariable habit ot the people of that nation to turn tlte knife in the troji/ni." LOVE or WEALTH.—Our present civilization is cha- racterised and tainted by a devouring greediness of wealth. The passion for gain is everywhere sapping pure and geneiou- feeling, and raising up bitter foes against any reform which may threaten to turn aside the stream of wealth. I sometime.* feel as if a great reform was neces- sary to break up our present mercenar y civilization, in order tnat t.nnstiamty, now repelled by rne UIllVerSaJ worldliness, may come into near contact with the soul, and reconstruct society after its own pure and disinter- ested principle.—Dr. Channin; THE CHINLSE FOOT.—When again left alone, she j tmfolded the bandage on the removal of which, the state ot filth the foot presented convinced nl that the i general opinion is correct, viz., that the limb is seld, ni exposed even for the purpose of cleanliness. The ankle was tliickeiieit, is capability of motion being in a degree curtailed. Tije tl,, leg was round and well-propor- I tioned. The extreme length of the foot was three inches j and a quarter. Yt t, when properly bandaged and shod, this young lady hobbled up and down her stair with ap- parent ease. The pain and irritation excited by this horrid process of cramping the foot, as well as the want of exercise, must, it will be supposed, materially injure the general health. This, however, is not allowed to be the case. Subsequent to the above period, I met some child ren who were passing t rough the usual ordeal of perlect- ing bc.iufy, whose pallid sickly look contrasted greatly with the healthy rude appearance of the poorer Chinese, who teach their children at a very early age to assist in all domestic employments. It would be s difficult tu account tor the origin of this barbarous practice of the Chinese, as for that of squeezing the waists of the Eri- Lshwofnen out of all natural shape by stays, or rhttening the heads among the natives on the Columbia.—Dr. M'l 'herson's Tiro i'cur.i in China. THE POINTS OF THE DCKHAM COW.—The following was ately chaunted witii great applause at the dinner of tile Darlington Agricultural Society: — Sh. long in her face, s he's fine in her horn, She'll quickly get fat without oil-cake or corn, Hurrah! hurrah for this beautiful cow. She'- clear ill her jaws and full in her chine, She'.s heavy in flank < nd wide in her loin, She's liroad in her rii>s and long in her rLIllip, Has a straight and flat back witl. never a hunIP. Hurra hurrah tor this beautiful cow She's wide in her hips and caliii in her eye- She's fine in her shoulders and thin in her thighs. Hurrah: hurrah for this beautiful cow! Shp's light in her neck and small rri Vipr tail, She's wide in her breast and good at the pail, Sbe's tine 111 her lion", and silky of skin, She's a grazier's without and a butcher's witfiin. Hurrah! hurrah for this beautiful cow! In Notes by a Reader of History," in Fraser's Mat/a- zinc, we find this curious passage The following is a summaiy of the exploits of a Queen of Syria, Cleopatra by iiaine She had been the wife of three Kings of Syria, alld the mother ot four. Two of her husbands she had been the death of; and of her sons, one she ha i murdered with her own hands, and would have served another after the same fashion, only he poisoned her instead. PARLIAMENTARY BULLS.—On account of the great number of suicides a member of the House of Commons moved for leave t, hrillg in a bill to make it a capital offence. In May, 1781, a bill introduced to limit the privilege of franking was sent from the Parliament of Ireland for the Royal approbation. It contained a clause, "That should a melllbcr be unable to write he mig-ht authorise another peron to frank for him, provided that on the back of the letter so franked the Member gave a certificate under his hand of his inability to write!" In a bill tor pulling down the old Newgate in Dublin, and rebuilding it on the same spot, it was enacted, that to prevent urtnecessai y expense the prisoners should re- main iu the old gaol till the new one was finished!" When Sir John Scott (the late Lord Eldon) brought in his bill for restraining the liberty of the press, a member moved as all additional clause that all anonymous works should have the name of the author printed on the title page N ICIiT-CA?s.- The shop- wintlow of a hosier in Lon- don bears the following an.II?UIICellllt: Sold here, tne real. Jemmy rorrest nignt-caps, warranted not to waken in." MOTHER CIIURCH.-A RESo[,I;TION' PASRED AT A MEETING OF RIGHT REVtT-ENI)S. Resolved, such liberal souls are we, Though hating Nonconformity, We vet be lieve the cash no worse is, -That comes from Nonconformist purses. Indifferent whence the money reaches The pockets of our reverend breeches, To us the Jumper's jir.gling penny Clinks with a tone as sweet as any; And ev'n our old friends Yea and Xay, May through the nose for ever pray, If alslI through the nose they'll pay." -Tlte Times, Feb., 1 S3 k A CORPORATION JOKE.—A worthy gentleman de- scribing a good dinner at Paris of three courses and a dessert, a bystander observed, "It must have been a splendid feast." No, sir," cried our connoiseur in cookeiy, "it Wts a beggarly one, for everything was done to rags." WIJ-E rs TATTERSALL'S ?--A!' it is just possible, thougii certainly not very probable, that there may be a country gentleman who does not exactly know where Ta tersall's is—albeit such ignorance may be bliss, as no doubt many a broken toftune avouches, but not perhaps always quit- truly-wp wll just state, for the unt.avelled one's information, our country cousins, and town-bred ignorami, that it is situated at the extreme west end of the town, and that consequently it is of course on the con- fines of the country, within a furlong or two of Kensing- ton, and the palace ot the Duke of Sussex. Start from the east end of the one-inile-and-a-distance course, called Piccadilly-say tr <m the White Bear, which in Rowbot- tom's time was the head quarters of the best betting men —and after passing on the right, Burlington House, the seat of the Cavendishes, then Old Bond-street, fashion- famed, but now cut and deserted (having a little in ad- vance to the left of you, a view into it. James's-street, of White's, Crockford's, the Guards, and the shop of Hoby, whose boots are immortal.) Hatchett's Hotel and the (;Io'sti-r, %iith the Bath opposite, the mansion of the late Mrs. Coutts, now the Duke of St. Alban's, the Duke of Cambridge's royal residence, oH Lady William Gordon's, the ranger's house. looking down upon the young Queen and her prince at Buckingham Palace, with its royaistan- j dard waving in the air. After passing these and many other anstocra ical palaces, all of which are stuck amidst, shops and faced by hackney coach and cab stands, re- lieved only by a view of what from courteous custom is called the Green Park, you are at Hyde-Park Corner. You stand on classical ground it is a straight course and easily found. Some say it is the road to ruin -these are the criers a:,d croakers others know (for that reason no doubt they are called knowing-ones ") that it is one way to wealth, and even to hohoorsand distinction—these of course are the laughers, amongst whom we notice Gully, (until latelv member for Pontefract, in the reformed House of Commons!) and a score of other equally lucky dogs. Let those laugh who win, say we; and we ourselves too, though not of the number, are at this moment warmed into spirits-alb,-it the actuating impulse is very different from their We are at Hyde Park corner-that suffices us The spot always has for it- a charni, a spell for wetre th n close to the hero of Waterloo: then we know that we are Englishmen; then aur British blood, with stirring exultation, asserts its rights, and proudly proclaims its origin. Yes, England! we love thee well; let others prate of the faults ot our father-land—within us at least the amor patr « lives, and ever will live at this moment we feel its glow in our heart; and as we stand here be- fore the mansion of the great Captain of the age-tlie hero of a hundred battles the warrior, statesman, saviour ot his country—a host of historical recollections, gilded with iiiiiiiortal glory, crowd upon us. That large house, one-halt of which is in Piccadilly and the other in the Park is Apley HOIIe, where the ?ood and great Duke of Wellington slia li ve8, despitE the (rather too-hard) run with the East Ke?t. and the sti)! more recent ride, that iu il ed.LS UCC,,Uij,d Alkioi?gI, Jiluu,): t apprehension for his Gruv's he"lth. P>y-the-bye, just | before you get to Tattersall's, if you turn your eyes to the right towards the park, you can scarcely help seeing the celebrated colo-sal statue there, erected by the ladies of England to commemorate this illustrious conqueror's glorious achievements in the field of battle. We beforp either did or intended to say, that Hyde Park Corner is classical ground! And we think we were right: for if Achilles and the hero of Waterloo on the right, with (we beg his Grace's pardon for the conjunction) Constitution Hill, its royal lodge, grand gates, &c., and Tattersall's on the left-to say nothing of the turnpike-gate that did stand, aye, for ages on that spot, as a distinct (temirea- cation of town from country, till the ruthless hand of modern innovation barbarously destroyed that bar, with other barriers erected by the wisdom of our ancestors to prevent the repletion of pence in the pockets of the public -we say if a!l these things, all this confluence of circum- stances, do not render the "Corner" classical, we really profess not to know what does constitute classical ground. THE PALM. So important is the Date Palm to the Arabs, that they I have fancifully invested it with a dignity approaching to i that "f IIIAti, and endowed it with the power of thought I l I L' y awl of hnguag-e. They fable that the young trees woo I each other with the tenderness of human love, and that I truly virtuous adepts in the knowledge of the secrets of I nature may, with time and study, attain to the knowledge of this language, and understand the morals and the wis ioui of these vegetable sages. The last of such favoured adepts was tlia learned Doctor Abraham Gaon, who died about the year 1510. "The Mahomedan traditions have handed down many marvels concerning the Palm; among the rest is one which must have been borrowed from one of the apocry- phal gospels of the Infancy of Christ. The story is as follows:—When the Virgin Mary was on her wav to Jerusalem to be registered, she fainted and grew sick at the foot of a Palm, so aged that the crown was dead, and there remained nothing but the bare trunk. She had no sooner sat down at its root, however, than a clear spring of water welled out from beneath the withered Palm the branches shot fresh and vigorous from the blackened stem the fruit budded, formed, and ripened; the whole graceful plant bowed down towards her, and celestial voices weie heard, saying, Drink, eat, and refresh thine eyes.' Thus was the virgin mother comforted, and there did she bear her divine son. Whoever was the author of this fable must have bc en well acquainted with the Greek story of the flight of Latona to Delos, where she gave birth to Apollo and Diana under a palm, whence that tree was consecrated to Diana. It is said that Theseus ifrst carried the Palm to Athens from Dclos, when he returned in triumph from his victory over the Minotaur. But the mainland ot Greece was never favourable to the Palm, though several of the Greek islands were adorned with it. Even in the South of Italy they have always been rare, though they are not scarce in some parts of Sicily. Near Genoa, there is a narrow, warm, sandy valley, full of Palms, b'lt they are diminutive in growth, and unfruitful; being cultivated only for the sake of the leaves, which are annuaIly sent to the Pope's chapel at Rome, when they are blessed, and distributed to the cardinals and other dignitaries, in sign of the triumph of the church." The other to illustrate the kindly human spirit in which the whole book is written. It is of reflections ot' this kind, worth more attention than they are likely to receive in davs when littlebllt Exeter Hall sectarianism, Exeter Hall music, or Crown and Anchor chartism, are dinning in the ears of the poor Where spiritual instruction is bestowed, let it be also remembered, that the lody is the servant of the soul: and that, unless it be well nurtured, it can render no good ser- vice. In vain will words of salvation sound in the ear, if the way to escape temptation he not opened by an educa- tion inculcating industry, good habits, and that knowledge of outward things that may preserve the poor from the evil that the wise man prayed agarnst; because you will enable them to earn 'heir ifa-ily bread, that is, the food convenient for them labouring like St. Paul, and working with their hands the things that are good, even while carrying on their spiritual improvement." LETTER FROM FIELDING TO THE DUKE OF BEDFORD. Bow-street, December 1;3, 174,6. My Lord,—Such is my dependence on the goodness of your Grace, that before my gout will permit me to )iil, my duty to you personally, and to acknowledge your last kind favour to me, I have the presumption to solicit your Grace again. The business of a justice of peace for Westminster is very inconsiderable without the addition of that for the county of Middlesex, ami without this addition I cannot completely serve the government in that office: but this unfortunately requires a qualification which I want. Now there is a house belonging to your Grace, which stands in Bedford-street, of £ 70 a year value. This hath been long untenanted, and will, I am informed, require about t':300 to put in repair. If your Grace would have the go to let me have a lease of tiiis house, with some other tenement worth £ 30 a year, for twenty one years, it would be a complete qualification. I will give the full worth for this lease, according to the valuation which any person your Grace shall be pleased to appoint ets on it. The only favour I beg of your Grace is, that I be periiiitted to pay the money in two years, at four equal half-yearly payments. As I shall repair the house as soon as possible, it will be in reality an improvement of that small part of your Grace's estate, and will be certain to make my fortune. Mr. Butcher will acquaint your Grace more fully than perhaps I have been able to do and if your Grace thinks proper to refer it to him, I and mille shall be eternally b und to pray for your Grace, though I sin- cerely hope you will not lose a farthing by doing so vast I a service to, My Lord, your Grace's, &c., H. FIELDING." WALFOLF.'S LEADING OPPONENTS. I I 1. ptilteticy, his most power'ul assailant in the House ot Commons, acted in conjunction with Carteret, the most able and accomplished debater in the House of Lords: both of these leaders were Whigs, both had held h.h :otitll;ttlnn Iir.d^r W-)lpolo an.l bnth had h.fjn nl a>i.jtod by his suprciliaey of power tuid influence, which threw their ambition into the shade. Pulteney was a quick and lively speaker: alwrys ready with some apt illustra- tion or diverting story, which went round the town, a:id turned the lalllil against L Ile Minister. Carteret was an excellent scholar: he had carried away from College, said Swift, more learning and information than became a nliin ot his ránk and fortune. When Lord- Lieutenant of Ireland, he showed his readiness hy a retort upon Swift himselt, in which the Viceroy excelled the wit. Swift, having been kept a long time-in the ante-rooin of Dublin Castle, left these lines — My very goo Lord, 'tis a very hard task, For a man to wait here who has nothing to ask. To which Carteret repl.ed, alluding to the pending pro- secution of the Draper's Letters: My very good Dean, thert are few who come here, But have something to ask, or something to fear. He excused himselt classically tor his strong measures t against political libeis, by quoting from Virgil Kes dura et re;u novitas me talia cogunt lt,s (ILira et re: "IL 11OVILaS me talia coguiit Yet, while those two disappointed and angry men had light to shine, and even scattered fire to brand and con- sume their opponents, it will be seen that neither had the firmness to-pursue a consistent course, nor the qualities necessary to inspire confidence, nor the strenth to hold the standard they had vigour sufficient to wrest from others. Pulteney was more avaricious than ambitious Carteret was better fitted for social conviviality than for steady business: bodi were vain of the distinction of being thought capable of the highest place, rather than anxious to govern well. 'riie fall af Vs'alpole v,-as a lest ot their capacity. -—I'roin the. Correspondence of John i FourtÍl Duht of ISedford. Hj Lord JoJm ltmvsell. I THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE. His chief fault ill public affairs was a constant and universal jealousy. lie was jealous of Walpole, jealous of Pitt, jealous ot Carteret, jealous of the Duke of Bed- ford, and not less jealous ot his own brother than of his other rivals. His best talent was his indefatigable in. dustry: his mmd was onstalitly emoyed in political affairs and. from t,ie highest concerns of peace and war to the lowest contention tor an exciseman's office, he never relaxed his attention, or missed his opportunity. But, having no large capacity, or steady views of his own, this perpetual struggle to rule affairs, to which he was hardty equal, gave him an uueasy and fidgetty man- ner. It was well said of liiin, tliiit always seeiiiedi to have lost halt an hour in the morning, and to be running after it all the rest of the day."—i^d. SPINSTER AND WIDOWER. Miss WiHiams now took up her abode at the Grove, Northington. Her boxes arrived by the carrier from VV olstotie; and, as she was a lady ot a voluminous ward- robe, a whole dav was occupied in unpacking. Sally, the fat old housemaid, who had seen some twenty years in the family, remarked to her fellow-servants that Miss Williams was making herself quite at home. First, she had asked for all additional chest of drawers there was a spare chest in Sally's loom, and she had been obliged to take out some hoards i her best gown wrapped up in a cotton handkerchief, and other matters. Nothing offends a servant so much as being dislodged from a chest of drawers, or parting with any of those do- mestic articles, the property ot their master, to which they give the ',Iv.' They perfectly under- stand ii rie pottits of tire law. Next, Mi.>s A'illiams requested a better looking-glass, as she was going to stay that in her room mnie her tace look hroad. M iSS Adeline don't never complain of her face looking broad,' sa id Sa lIy, as she thrust a fresh look ing-glass on Mi-s Williatiis's toilet. Then Miss Williams requested that she might have some sort of a chetfonier, to write on, and contain her papers—her correspondence with a hundred dear friends. 11 -1 t little intrigue upon this point went on with the heads of the family unk nown to Sally, for lo! one morning, she was summarily ordered by Mr. Meadows to lift out of his dressing room a bureau which had belonged to the late Mrs. Meadows. That precise but mild lady had settled all her housekeeping accounts upon the lid, which folded back, and discovered many little drawers; an inkstand at one cortier, iiiid a bunch of lavender on the other. 1 he very ink which Mrs. Meadows had used was scarcely dry, as Sally, when ordered to dust the bureau, observed. It was alllost past the old servant's forbear- ance to move this venerated article into Nliss Iliiiiis's room, and to see her begin to put her trinkets and letters into the drawers. And I say, Sally, isn't there a little stool just the right height that suits the bureau? Fetch it, then; and I say, Sally, I must have my warn) water more punctual. Mr. Meadows says you're all too late bring it me by half-past seven, unless I ring before and when I do ring, answer the bell directly nothing annoys me so much as the [)ell iiot be iiia an.,werect directly.' I could not leave papa alotie-tliere is no one whom he will so much like to be with him as you. I may be gone two months—perhaps three I Will you take my place here, dear Louisa ? I know it is asking a very great t-tvotir-bi,it I Miss Williams looked down, sighed, blushed. I "'Why I must confess, Adeline, it is not a charge I should have chosen for myself,' she replied after a pause, that of superintending another person's house. I am not clever at accounts, and I hate ordering servants. But it you wistl it, I will certainly remain till you return. You must put me into all your dear father's way. Mr. Meadows is not so young as he was, and old people are sometimes particular; and I declare I have taken so little notice, I do not know what he does like, and what he does not I.k. I have observed he does lut like veal —mat I i.ave observed — and he never eats pickles. It wi 1 be a very arduous situation for me, dear Adeline.— WidinVi und Widowers. A Romance uf lie.d L fe.
THE TORIES ON Tlli; PEACE…
THE TORIES ON Tlli; PEACE WITH CHINA, j In the affairs of China the Tory Government has come in for that latter part of the fray which is proverbially the better. Nothing, according to them, could be worse than the war, or better than its fruits. It was an unjust and wicked war, inasmuch as it was commenced by the Whigs; it has ended most honourably and advantageously, inas- much as it has been ended, not indeed by the Tories (for it has been brought to a conclusion by simply carrying into effect Lord Palmerston's plan of operations), but under the Torif s. We all remember the fine things which Sir James Gra- ham said about the Chinese, and the iniquity and hopeless- ness of the war with them-how they were a third of the human race-how they dated their origin, not by centuries but by tens of centuries, which he said had this peculiarity, that they, the aforesaid tens of centuIies, were transmitted to them in regular succession by a patriarchal government, without interruption while other nations, as Sir James implied, got their centuries by snatches, an odd hundred here and there-how a war with so very old and so very large a people would be as desperate as wicked-how suc- cess, even it it could be obtained, would be without glory; all these, and more fineries to the same effect, are fresh in recollection. Mr. Gladstone too, Sir Robert Peel's right- hand man, defended the poisoning of wells as a most inno- cent expedient. Sir Robert Peel was, as usual, more prudent. fie uttered oracles on the Chinese war, which, like his oracles on the Corn Law, could be read either way, as might suit future convenience. He would only positively assert that the Whigs were wrong-whether the war was right or wrong he would not say, but he put up a prayer, lvhich, if things wentill, would be interpreted to signify the depth of his bodings, and his conviction that heaven only could deliver us from the consequences of our rash wickedness. And what now says their organ, the Times:- '• Now for ourselves, we own to a decided sympathy with those members of the new Government who denounced the present war root and branch. Success could bring, and has brought us no ylory. It has brought us 21,000,000 dollars-it has brought us Hong-kong—it has given us four fresh openings for our manufactures but as to the glory of prosecuting to a gainful termination an ungene- rous war, waged with much slaughter of the Chinese, and much security to ourselves, against a helpless, though not spiritless multitude-the French papers, we think, after a i'I, are not so very far wroa,- ail, are not so very far wrong, and the less we say about it the better." And were the Park and Tower guns fired to express the becomingness of silence on this event. But the peace has brought us no glory, it has only brought us things of incomparably more worth than glory. But here we are held in the fork of Sir James Graham's al- ternative, You cannot conquer a third of the human race or if you do, there will be no glory in it.' In other words, the thing is too difficult, or it is too easy-if it prove too difficult you shall be blamed for insane daring, if it prove easy you shall have no glory. Sir James Graham has, of course, already deserted his dear Emperor of China, but Mr. Gladstone, not so prac- tised in leaving his friends i i the lurch, must take sorely to heart the triumphant result of the iniquitous war. He must keenly regret that the poisoning of wells and streams was of so little avail, or that such thoroughly justifiable and legitimate defences could not be carried into practice on a sufficiently large scale.—EXAMINER.
THE CHINESE PUZZLE.
THE CHINESE PUZZLE. [From the A Has.] I The Chinese puzzle is now on the point of being undone- Pijttingtr has got hold of the clue, and we shall soon see China stripped as naked of all mystery as a newly-arrived mummy from the Pyramids, which, as we all know, can be cross-examined by any one with the slightest pretence to erudition, and made to recount his own history from his own bandages. We have knocked four holes in the great wall of China, and every nation in Europe seems anxious to poke their noses in at them, by no means admitting" the selfish idea that we, who had the trouble of breaking down the wall, should have the pleasure of the first peep. The French are now most anxious to enter into partnership with us, and to help us to frighten the brother of the moon, now that the said brother of the moon has already drawn in his horns. No doubt we shall soon have brother Jonathan offering to protect us from the Chinese with his stars and stripes aud the Dutch, the Portuguese, and even the Spaniards, themselves, will probably sniff hungrily in the distance. Good faith we shall have trouble enough to keep the prey we have seized. The consequences of such an irruption of such various species of barbarians will be worse to the Chinese than those of the day when the Tartars jumped ovr the great wall. Already the Emperor seems inclined to coquette a little with the barbarians he talks of seuding a mandarin to the court of London. Where will he find a man daring enough to go ? And he has been passing some most un- dignified civilities with the chiefs of the devil ships. These things are in themselves enough to make the hair -we beg pardon, we mean the tails-of the ol lest inhabi- tant of China to stand on end. But let him only live another ten years, aud he shall see much stranger things still come to pass. It is not quite irnpossi ble tfet the great Elepoo himself may, before he die, iilrd himself de- nuded of thosefinefhwing gar r ents in 'which he at pre- sent luxuriates so much at his ease, and dictates such frag- rant morality, and indued by order of the Emperor in a stitf regimental coat and a tight pair of broad-cloth trowsers. It is within the verge of possibility that the imperial service of chopsticks may be replaced by a more effective set of instruments from Sheffield, and it is by no means to be despaired of, that respectable Chinese will soon learn to leave off tiffin anti-opiuca, and get comforta- bly cosey upon good old port. To the tter confusion of Con-fu-Tsee these cd'nsequenj ces may be expected to extend still further. They wit certainly insinuate themselves into even the women's apartments. The bandages will fall from the ladies' feet, nor will Chinese husbands cease, from'their horror until they disco, er that in close-drawn .European stays and in tight European ih«ir .ik,i;««ro oa uauatural and a" helpless as they were before the bar-barian revolution com- menced. Every great discoverer and reformer has a rihtto pay himself for his trouble. The followers of Columbus held this doctrine very strictly. England, also, following the glorious example of Spain in the glorious times of Ferdin- and and Isabella, holds the same doctrine. The Journal (les Deljats admits that we have been exceedingly moderate. We have only charged them 21,000.000 of dollars for our trouble in convi cing them of the necessity of living in a neighbourly way with us. We have, in fact, let them have the lessou at cost price. Nay, we have even given them credit, which, by the way, some of our city friends do not approve of, for, say they, these Chinese have long heads as well as long tails, and when once they have lost sight of the paddle-boxes of the devil ships" they will pay no more money. The Chinese treasury, they add, ought to be the richest in the world, for silver is always pouring into China, and hardly any comes out; so that we should have transacted all the unpleasant part of the business with them at tonce-opeuetl no books, and given no credit. Be this as it may, it is quite clear that we have done them the greatest favour that one nation can do to another. We have thinned their population, which such practical Malthusians as themselves cannot but appreciate. We have iutroduced broad cloth, cottons, and hardware to their notice, and we have takeu steps to have the last new Parisian fashions forwarded regularly to the Court of Pekin. Surely, thev cannot grudge us a paltry 21,000,000 of dollars for all this. For our part, we think they ought to pay our income-tax and so we have no douut they would if Pottinger had asked them.
I LEAVE THE FARMERS ALONE.…
I LEAVE THE FARMERS ALONE. j In the debates on the Corn Laws the Tories obstinately contended that they had in no degree injured the manu- facturing districts. We now, however, tind Mr. Escott avowing that the alteration of the Corn Laws was abso- lutely necessary for the relief ot commerce, thereby admitting that connHerce had suffered trom them. The confession of this truth is an important step gained. At Uminster, Mr. Escott told his agricultural consti- tuents If eti-r a tleath-blow is to be struck at the agriculture of England, it will be ?vhell the trade and commerce of the country have Sltjlhred an irreparable decline. Great and paramount as the landed interest of the country is, it is not the land of England alone to which we are indebted for our position as a nation there are other countries that have lands as capable of cultivation as ours there are other lands more fertile. What is it, then, that gives such increased value to English arrr'leuittire ? It is the wealth of England. To what is the wealth of the coun- try mainly due? To its trade and commerce. How is it that this little island has a power and wealth beyond other countries ? Why, that her trade and commerce are extended over all parts of the world. What, then, was the object of the Government in proposing their late measures? It would have been useless to talk of supporting agriculture under the circumstances of the country and therefore it was the duty of the Parliament and the Government to endeavour to encourage the commercial and shipping interests of the country, as the best mode of giving increased value to agriculture and of benefiting all classes of the community. (Loud cheers.) It may be said that from the Income Tax and the new Tariff a blight will be cast upon agriculture; I have, however, come to a conclusion, after considering the whole hearings of the subject, that the great protective power ot the agricultural classes of the country rests in the renewed prosperity of its trade, and The principles here stated are those which the friends of Free Trade have long maintained, but Mr. Escott does not accept all their consequences. From his own premises his conclusion should be the same as that of an intelligent Scotch farmer, under the examination of one of the Agricultural Committees of the House of Com- mons, Only take care of your manufactures, and then you may leave us farmers to take care of ourselves if the n anutacturers thrive you may be sure that we thrive too it ttity suiler, we also suffer.Exaiiiiiier. thrive too it ti?y sutler, we also sutler."—Examiner. u [Frolla,. I I -1 ;Vir. liscott, M.P. tor Winchester, has, in his capacity of chairman of a meeting ot the Uminster Agricultural Association, been delivering a speech which has created »oine excitement. Mr. Escott has long been known for his ultra-Tory connexions and his ultra-Tory opinions, but lie has suddenly become converted to the principles of free trade. But although Mr. Escott has given up al: duties amounting to prohibition as well as prohibition itself, he has defended the necessity of the income-tax, and lias even gone the length of maintaining that it is of all unburdensome character. He has surprised his quon- dam triend s by the declaration that agriculture is better olf in this than in any other country, and that the superior value ot English agriculture is mainly due to trade and commerce. Next he has otfended the Post, and its aris- tocratic patrons, by confessing the deep and horrible distress ot tlie manufacturing population, and the perilous condition of trade and commerce. He has spoken of the starving thousands." The responsibility of making no alteration" would, he thinks, have been a "bold" undertaking. He allows such dis- tress (and he refers to the distress of last winter, not the greater distress of the coming winter), to determine that sollietijiiig must be done." He considers "an altered corn-law" as demanded by "the destitution of the people." And he has asked the farmers whether the prices of cattle have not. been such as could not be main- tained in tiiis country with fairness to the commiuii'T ¡ Of course, this is very unpopular and disagreeable, language to the ears of the aristocracy but truth must out," and it had surely better be heard from friends than fio n foes. I have," said Mr. Escott, "supported a corn-law beca se I believed it to be necessary but if the present law does not answer its object, then we are free to con- sider the corn-law again, and to repeal it." And again It was the duty of the Parliament and the govern- ment to endeavour to encourage the commercial and shipping interests of the countiy, as the best mode of giving increased value to agriculture, and of benefiting all classes of the community." Mr. Escott is of opinion that the landlord should pay the tenant's income-tax when it presses too hardly. This amounts to something very much like advice to the aris- tocracy to r.dllce their rents. The Morning Post has fallen foul" of Mr. Escott most unmercifully. It tells him, that should he proceed in this new line, in the way he has commenced, he will probably achieve a superiority like that which Dryden assigns to the poetaster Shadwell among the dunces ot his time :— The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense." If Mr. Escott is prepared for these attacks-good. If not, he should prepare without delay, for he is threatened with many ot them. Mr. Escott intimates his prepared-I ness to "go-ahead," an d take part in the destinies of i Great Britain. For this reason," exclaims our cotem- porary. we must have our oxen sold at Mo less per head, and our wheat at 15s. less per quarter than last year The truth i", that Mr. Escott has probed the wound to the very core, and the aristocracy and its organs give evidence or" smarting. No wonder! Bur RBNTS MUST COME DOWN, though the pain should be still greater. There's the secret-and" there's the rub!"
LORD STANLEY-THE PEEL GOVERNMENT.
LORD STANLEY-THE PEEL GOVERNMENT. The Peel apologists are, for the most part, as mute as mice," in regard to the late discovery of the Stanley mag- nanimity in suggesting the imposition of a duty of 3s. per quarter on American wheat en route to England, the said 3s. to be paid by England into the Canadian treasury: and equally mute in regard to the Stanley statesmanship, which could not foresee, what the very imperfect vision of common people myht have foreseen—the creation of a vast smuggling trade, injurious alike to the public morals and healthful commerce of the three countries—the Uni- ted States, the Canadas, and the United Kingdom. Not so silent, however, is the press of the Opposition; its duty being not only to shoot folly as it flies," but among other duties, to expose the hollow ness of the pre- tensions, and the dishonesty of the professions, of Sir R. Peel and his colleagues. The most prominent of the deceivers or deluders, (c ill them what you please, save honest politicians,) in the Peel Cabinet, is the Colonial Secretary himself-Lord Stanley; yes, Lord Stanley, the organ of the Peel Go- vernment in this Canadian business, was the man, who, above all others, lauded" the protective duties," when he was addressing his constituents at the late general elec- tion ;the man who charmed the ears of his constituents, and created the envy and won the admiration of the rest 0, the county constituencies in the kingdom. It is sin- gular enough," aptly observes the Weekly Chronicll!, "that the man thus fondly trusted, should be the first to strike a deadly blow at the interests, which he was expected to protect."—Hereford Times.
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FEARFUL STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT.-To the continued loss of property upon our Western waters we have now to add a fearful loss of life. The steamer Eliza, Captain Littleton, of St. Louis, struck a snag in the Mississippi, four miles above the mouth of the Ohio, and sank pi three minutes, leaving but two feet of the hurricane deck three minutes, The consequence was that nearly all on the lower deck and in the cabin perished. Report speaks of some 40 or 50 that were drowned, but our in- formant thinks the number about 20-certainly not more than 25 persons. Among the dead are the captain's wife and two children, and 18 or 20 deck passengers. The Louisville Journal of the 19th of October furnishes the following particulars:—At St. Louis, the Eliza had taken a heavy load of produce, &c. and then had 100 passengers. On Thursday about noon, in a narrow bend of the river, she met the H. L. White towing an old hull. The two crowded the Eliza out of the channel and caused such a commotions as to hide the snags between the channel and the shore. She soon after struck a snag and began to fill. The greatest alarm instan ly prevailed, the wheel became water-logged, many plunged to swim ashore and were drowned, and deck passengers, with cattle, horses, &c., were carried down with the sinking boat. The captain's wife leaped overboard with two children her husband leaped to save her, but only rescued one of the children. I he particul3rs of the disaster were not accurately known, but it was believed not more than forty perished.-Cin- cinnati Gazette. REMUNERATION FOR MAGAZINE CONTRIBUTIONS.— I Sixteen or seventeen years ago magazine writing was much more profitable than it has been for some time past. The proprietors of the leading periodicals rarely at t:lat time paid a contributor, possessing more than the average tact and talent, less than twelve guineas per sheet. The average rate of remuneration for contributors of the first class, was sixteen -guineas per sheet; while those who possessed an aristocratic title, in addition to their talents, and who consented to let their names be attached to their contributions, were paid as high as twenty guineas per sheet. Nor was the high rate of remuneration given for contributions to popular periodi- cals sixteen or seventeen years ago, the only inducement which literary men had to turn 'their attention to that kind of writing; there was then a great probability, pro- vided the writer possessed versatility and talent, of getting one's name put on the list of stated contributors. It is now far otherwise in both respects. Three and four guineas a sheet only are given for articles to one or two of our magazines which rank high. 'Five guineas, in the instances to which I allude, are the maximum amount of remuneration. One or two other periodicals give ten guineas where they gave twenty. As regards the stated or even frequent insertion of one's articles, that is now out of the question, unless where private influences are brought to bear. The secret of all this is explained by the fact, that sixteen or seventeen years ago there were but few competitors in the magazine field now it is over- run with persons ambitious of distinguishing themselves in that department of literature.—■"Joseph Jenkins." CURIOUS MEANS OF KNOWING THE POSITION OF A SHIP IN FOGGY WEATHER.—There is a provision (at Holyhead) for the safety of the packets which attracted my attention, from never having known anything of the kind in my life. The Stag Rock, on which the light- house is built, is connected with the main-land by a chain bridge. I was surprised at the number of sea-fowl upon the rock, and asked why they congtegated in such num- bers, and were regularly fed every day. The harbour- master told me that they were objects of his care and anxiety; tor that, when the packets in foggy weather could not make out any land, and finding by their lead they were close to the shore, they were in the habit of firing a gun, and at the report the sea-fowl flew up screaming, and thas indicated the position of the packet instantly. I tried that experiment when I was there, and foulad it answer iniinediately.-Evidence of Cant. George Evans, R. N. AI'ICE Low, referring to her connexion with Lord Frankfort, says:The temptation was great-wealth, splendour, costly dress, jewels, and ease, were dazzling objects before me; and yet wa, I disgasted with the man whom ( had reposed on; and regardless of all these, would i hive left his illhospitable roof long ere I did, could I have escaped his scrutiny. No one for a moment call imagine I hatieitke7, enjoyment or ease in the position I h(id accepted, aud It any one thing more than another could excite in me remorse for the sacrifice I had made of my person, it w is the disgusting conduct I was doomed to uwlergo. VIRTUE I THE ARISTOCRACY.—The Times alludes to the Woman-buying business noticed in our last in the followiog terms:—A certain Count Bathyaoy, it seems, took a fancy to a certain Eleauor Suter, and pur- chased her for an annuity of £ 300 a-year. The lady quit- ted him after a month for the "protection," as it is called, of another man. The disappointed Couat, now becoming aware that the deed involved an immoral consideration," and that the deeds founded on such 11 immoral co' sider- ations," are void at law, brings an action in Chancery against those whom he had constituted trustees of her an- nuity, to restrain them from proceeding to enforce the deed at law, and to declare it invalid. Our readers, even if they have been lucky enough to overlook the full report of this offensive case, will have already divined, that foremost in this creditable transaction-first among this woman's for- mal and recognized trustees—among the parties to, and authoritative abettors of, this bargain-stood the name of an English Peer-Lord Chesterfield. And this, as we have said, hard upon the phenomena of Lord Huntingtower's bankruptcy, Lord Frankfort's prosecution, and Lord Hert- ford's will. The Morning Herald too, and other Tory papers, are taunting the Peers with their peccadilloes, and admonishing the older Nobility to interfere for the character of their order," which the Hertfords, tht Frankforts, the Chesterfields, and the Huntingtowers are bringing into bad odour. This is all very well. But peo- ple who know any thing of fashionable life in London are well aware that such "immoral considerations" are given aud received every day not by peers only, but much more frequently by commoners. The purse is the great demo- ralizer the money-power triumphs over weakness and poverty, introduces vicc and misery, pollutes its possessors as well as its victims, and degrades human nature below even the condition of the brutes of the field.
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^^———mmmmmmm—— ""UDOS GAZETTE, Friday, Arov. 25. BANKRUPTS. B. L. Watson, Cortihill, manufacturer of flags.—J. Lowther, Queen's row, Pentonville, builder. W. Dednian, Bryanstone street, Portman SCJ lIare, grocer. -F. Newcomb, Newgate market, carcass butcher.—S. C. Boyce, Felichureli street, zi.eeseiiiotig(-r.-ti. Clapham, Liverpool, woollen draper.—G. Swires, High town, York, merchant.—J. Ashwell, Salford, Lancaster, grocer.—W. Barton, St. Helen's watch-movement maker.—T. Holy- land, Manchester, woollen cloth manufacturer.—T. Perry, Kirkdale, builder.—J. Parry, Frankwell street on Peny- gloddli-t, Llanllwcliairn, mercer.— P. Little, Blackburn, Lancaster, currier.—,I. Wilkinson, Ardwick, Lancashire, innkeeper.—J. Green, Leeds, victu;tiler.-It. Bellingham, Wem, Salop, shoemaker. —J. Webster and Mary Pickles, inlorley, Yorkshire, cloth tnatiuficttirers.- 11. Looseniore, Tiverton, Devon, scrivener. — J. Wyatt, Plymouth, upholsterer. J. Pepper, Wootton-under-Edge, Glou- cester, draper. E. Lanet Cirencester, edge-tool maker.— W. Castle, Wanborough, Wilts, farmer. Tuesday, Nov. 29. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED.—John Brown and Geo. Meakin, Walsall, ale and porter merchants.—George torster. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, woollen draper and silk mercer. Richai d Foster VV atkinson and William Haigh, Huddersfield, woollen cioth manufacturers. BANKRUPTS.— Margaret Edmonds, Park-place, and Arlington-street, St. James's, Middlesex, and Hearn- Inli-cottage, Hearn-hill, Surrey, boarding, lodging-house, and hotel-keeper. 1 nomas Rowell, Cambridge, linen- draper.—Joseph Phillips, Hercules-passage, Thread- needle-street, taveru-keeper.- Richard Will ren, Liver pool, druggist.-—lohn Cunlifte, Liverpool, coach and car propi ietor — Samuel Appleyard, Manchester, stuff mer- chant and warehouseman.—Mary Manwaring, Gonial, i- taS'jriihiie,grocer.—John Hooker Clu.tterton, Notting- ham, milliner and liabei-daslier.-Ricliard Ellison and John Good worth, Bartisley, linen-drapers.—William The- mas, Broad Quay, Bristol, tailor and salesman.—Thomas Feaver, Ludgaie-iiill, mercer and draper.—David Tho- mas, Manchester, merchant.—John Henry Bell, Stoke's- croft, Bristol, apothecitry.- William Green, Cheltenham, coach-maker.—John Antrobus, Birmingham, plater.— William Heslewood, Robert Heslewood, and John Skitt, Kingstoii-upon-Hull, and Red Lion-wharf, Thames- street, white-lead manufacturers and oil and colour- merchants.— Benjamin Price, Birmingham, general dealer. —Edward Mansell, Chippenham, upholsterer.—Edward Everall, Liverpool, coal. mereliaiit.- Isaac Bell and John Davison, Newcastle-upon- Tyne, earthenware manufac- turers.
RECOLLECTIONS OF IIOLKIIAM,…
RECOLLECTIONS OF IIOLKIIAM, 1830. Having accepted an invitation to spend the Ist of September at Holkham, we arrived there at nine o'clock, and, after being greeted with a hearty welcome by Mr. Coke, were introduced by Lady Anne and her sister Lady Mary, with whom, and a party of nine gentlemen, who had been invited to meet us, we sat down to breakfast; and the kind attentions of our host and hostess soon made us feel ourselves at home." Breakfast oeing finished, Mr. Coke ordered his coach and four, with a barouche and a pair of horses, to con- vey himself and visitors on a farming tour and as our particular object was to examine the crop of barley, every facility was afforded us by our kind conductor, whose constant endeavour appeared to be to mingle the useful with the agreeable. The postilions were first desired to stop near some beasts of the North Devon breed, which were grazing in the park. Mr. Coke mentioned several facts illustrative of the su- periority of the North Devons: amongst others, that he called on Mr. Handcock, a butcher in London, who supplies some of the first families, and asked him if he had killed any Devon beasts; he replied, no; they were not good enough for his trade: he could only use the best Scots. Mr. Coke persuaded him to try the Devons, and he so much approved of them, that he bought all Mr. Coke sent to market for a considerable time-more than one hundred beasts. He also men- tioned a trial between the fattening of two Devons against one short-homed beast, the two costing the same as the one and when killed, the two weighed 150 stone, while the short-horned beast only weighed 110 stone, and it had eaten more food than the two Devons. Mr. Coke considers the North Devons as by far the best for ploughing. As we passed slowly along through the park, Mr. Coke gave us a very interesting account of the way in which his attention was first di- rected to agricultural pursuits. "When," said he, I came to the Holkham estate, in 1775, the land had been let for two leases of twenty-one years each, at 3s. per acre; the leases cameout in 1778, and I then offered the tenants new leases at 5s. per acre, tithe- free, but my offer was refused, and I was compelled to turn a farmer, or take 3s. per acre. I chose the for- mer; and having been favoured with a long life, have certainly seen the estate greatly improved. When I came to it, the rental was only £1,400 a-year, but now I make £2,500 a-year of the thinnings of my planta- tioiis at that time upwards of 10,000 quarters of wheat were imported annually at the port of Wells, now there is full that quantity exported from the same place at that time the population of Holkham was under 200, it now exceeds 1,100, and all fully em- ployed at that period (1776), on 4,500 acres of land, which now form Holkham Park, there were only 800 sheep kept; I have since planted 2,500 acres, and now keep 2,500 sheep." We were also highly amused by an account from Mr. Coke of his first visit to his Ma- jesty William IV., whose hand he shook, instead of kissing it. The king gave him a hearty welcome, and then said, Now, Coke, go home and take care of your freeholders." It is worth a journey of a hundred miles to see the village of Holkham what a contrast does it present to that of Houghton, which we visited the day before In Holkham every cottage is neat and clean ecch cottage has a garden of considerable size, and for this neat house and garden lie is charged two guineas a-year rent: it was not needful for me to ask if the poor men valued their gardens; the absence of weeds, and the neat clipped hedges which surrounded them, and the excellent crops which they exhibited, told me, in language I could not misunderstand, that they were highly prized by their possessors. I wish that all those gentlemen who suffer cottages to be without the corn- fort of a garden, could be prevailed upon to visit the village of Holkham, and to follow the excellent exam- ple which is there set th'm. In the centre of the vil- lage is a school, which is under the peculiar care of Lady Anne. Such, indeed, is the attention bestowed upon this village, such the anxiety on the part of its owner and his lady that its inhabitants should eat the bread of industry and peace, that were I to judge only from outward circumstances, I should at once say the inhabitants of this village must be happy. While looking at the crops of potatoes in the gardens, we had from Mr. Coke some interesting hints and observa- tions on the culture of that useful root. He intro- duced it himself on the Holkham estate, but five vears elapsed before lie could prevail upon the poor people to -eat or cultivate it, such were their strong prejudices against the stranger he introduced amongst them he offered them land upon which to plant it without rent, but in vain, until at last lie introduced the ox noble, a very large species, when they consented to raise a few, saying they might do for the pigs. Time, however, has wrought a mighty change. -Stamford Ilercury.
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ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. Dr. Playfair will extend his Lecture on the 7th of December, on the subject of the Application of the Principles of Physiology to the fattening of Cattle," to the following evening. The Doctor considers the subject as too extensive for a single Lecture, but thinks thai in two Lectures the necessat-y iiiforiiiatiuri may be conveyed. He proposes that thefi)-st Lecture should consist of an explanation of the general principles of Nutrition, and of the composition of the various kinds of food given to graminivorous animals; .vlnle the subject of the second Lecture would be the more immediate application of these principles to the rearing and feeding of Cattle, and to the explanation of the most important "fattening points" recognized by feeders or breeders of Cattle.
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WEEKILY (j A.. LEN D A. I THE MOON'S CHANGES.—First quarter on the 9th, at lOh. 24m. after. The Moon rises: Dec. 3.- 9h. 20m. A.M. Dec.7-Hh.22m. A.M. 4.-IOh. 5m. 8. lib. 38m. 5.-lOh. 38m. 9. Hh. 52m. 6. —llh. 3m. The Sun rises. I Clock after Sun. I The Su se ts Dec. 3. 7h. 48m. 10m. 2 sec. 3h. 52m. Dec. 9. 7h. 5Sm. 7m. 28sec. 3h. 49m. Dec. 4. Second Sunday in Advent. Proper lessons, I morning, Isaiah 5, Acts 5 evening, fsaialt24, Heb. 10. Dec. 6. Length of day, 7h. 58m. Day's decrease from the longest day, 8h. 36m.; day breaks, 5h. 47w.; twilight curls, 5h. àiHII. TIDE TABLE. HIGH WATER at BRISTOL, during fhe week. 1 c"ntherl- Buthurst Morningy I tenzng. 1! Gates gales.  H. X. B. M'I FT. INC. FT. INC. Dec. 3 I 7 33 7 M 31 !1?20 8 4 8 15 8 33 31 2 19 11 5 8 52 9 10 29 11 18 8 6 9 28 9 4-6 28 5 17 2 7 10 4 10 20 2ti 8 15 5 8 10 39 10 59 i, 25 0 U 9 9 11 16 11 40 23 9 11 la EQITAIION OFT HE TIDES.—These equations, applie d to the above table, will give the approximate times of HIGH WATER AT TUE FOLLOWING PLACES — H. M. H. M- Abervstwith add 0 15 Holyhead add 2 45 Carmart hen-bay sub. 1 5 Liverpool add 4 40 Cardigan-bar., sub. 0 15 Lundy Isle sub. 1 30 Carditf-road sub. 0 55; Milford Haven, .sub. 1 30 Carnarvon add I 45 Newport, Mon.?M6.0 45 Chepstow sub. 0 I3!Swansea-bar ..A'M/?. I 45 Fbbguard-bay ?M&. 0 3<JThames' mouth, sub. 5 50 I |
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MAILIIJNLETS. WEEKLY REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORS MARKET. (From tlie.il(i-k Lane E.p,.ess of Nov. 28.) The corn trade still remains in a state of extreme de- pression, and so far from any improvement having taken place, the reverse has been the case, and prices of Wheat have further receded about 2s. per qr. since this dav, Monday, se'nnight. The low rates which have now fora long time prevailed have no doubt tended to increase con-- sumption. Even whilst a very deplorable extent of dis- tress has existed amongst the operatives in woollen and cotten goods, the extreme low ness of the price of Wheat has caused a less extensive use of substitutes than would, otherwise have taken place. The depression in the grain trade has probably in some measure been increased, by the- iutelligeuce lately received from Canada relative to the ad- missioii of Uuited States' Wheat at a fixed duty of 3. per qr. Our millers are a good deal alarmed at this measure,. and if it should come into effect, there can be no doubt that it would act disadvantageously, foreign supplies arriv- ing here in the shape of Flour always having a more de- pressing effect than would be produced by double the quantity of Wheat. Tbfte anticipations of evil are how- ever somewhat permature, as it is impossible that supplies can now reach us from thence, the Canadian winter having set in long before this time. From the northern states of Europe no further shipments will now be made till Spring, and in that quarter ice will also probably soon impede the navigation; we have therefore only the present stocks of free Wheat in the kingdom, and our own crop to look to. No arrivals of importance from America can come to hand before May; and even from the Baltic, shipments made at first open water in Spring would probably not reach this- country much before that time. The dull accounts from Mark Lane, increased deliveries from the growers, and IS further deterioration in the condition of many of the sam- ples of English Wheat from the humidity of the atmos- phere, have (as already observed) caused the value of Wheat to decline at nearly all the provincial markets held since our last. At Bristol Flour has fallen 2s. per sack, and Wheat is. 6d. to 2s. per qr. The general weekly avaerge for the Kingdom published on Thursday (49s. 8d.), shows an advance of Is. per qr. as compared with the pre- vious return the aggregate, however, fell is., and the chance of any decline in the duty is as remote as ever. Malt has been exceeding'y difficult of disposal, and prices of even the finest descriptions have tended downwards, whilst inferior kinds have been quite unsaleable. The arrivals of Peas, though by no means large, have proved fully adequate to the demand neither white nor grey have, however, been parted with a lower prices than those of Monday last. MARK-LANE, MONDAY, Nov. 28. s. 11.1 s. d. Wheat, Engl., red 44 to 50 Rye, foreign — — — White 52 — 60 Oats, Engl.Poland 21 — 21 Fine red 56 6511 Potatoe 21 -24 Do. white. 68 — 72! Feed 17—20 Scotch -Scotch, Potato 22 2-L Do. white. Fine. 2:3 Foreign, red.. 46 50 Irish, Potato 16-18 Do. white. Feed 13—15 Russian, red.. Tare per quarter Barley, Malting.. 30 33 Rapeseed 37/.to 40/. Distilling 26 30: per last of 10 qrs. Grinding 22 26 Clovt rseed,red,for. Beans, Tick '27 29. White, do. ti,irroiv .30 321 English Pigeon .32 34 Linseed, Baltic and Peas, Boiling 38 — 35! Russia 40 —44 Hog 29 311 Flour, Town-made Maple.32 3-11 and best country Malt, Brown 42 521 marks 4t 48 Pale 54 58 Yorkshire. Rye, English 32 36[ Norf.& Suffolk 3t 38 I Wheat I Barley I Oats. R)e. Beans I Peaa Average of the | j 6 weeks wili?b | I I regulates the regulates the ] ] 50 9 28 1 18 <' 3t 1 !2 6 33 & duties P ayable  20 0 9 0 ) 8 0 10 6 1066 ???o??? ? 0 9 0 8 0  ? 6 t'r o t' obritisti pos- | sessions out of Earop. ,1_5 2 0 _l_ 2 O26 101 1 a PRICE OF BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Breid in the Metropolis are from 7d. to 71d. of Household ditto, 5id. to 64d. pei 41 bs. loaf. BUTTER, BACON, CHEESE, and HAMS, per Cwt. NBWIUISHBUTTEH.S. S. CHEESE. S. a. 72 — DoubleUloucester 56 66 92 — Single ditto 50 56 ENGHSHBuTTER,pet firk. Cheshire 56 7? Dorset 56 — BACON, New. 40 41 FOREIGN Middle. 40 PrimeFriesland,ct. 96 104 HAMS, York 70 80 D"- 104 — Westmoreland? 66 74 S.VIITHFIEIjD CATTLE MARKET, Nov. 28. (Per 8 lb., -to sink the offal.) a. d. s. d. s. d. s. d Inferior Reasts "2 10 3 0|Southdown Sheep4 2 4 4 Second quality.. 3 2 3 4: Large coarseCalves3 6 4 2 Prime large oxen3 6 3 10 Prime small do. 4 4 4 6 Prime Scots, &c. 4 0 4 4 Large Hogs 3 10 4 4 Inferior Sheep 3 032 Small Porkers. 4 648 Second .29 0 PRICES- OF SOAP. YellowSnap 46s Orl to 50s 0d|MeltingStuflT3ts0d to—sOd Mottled do. 52s Od 54s Od I Rough ditto.21s Od -add Curd do ..62s0d.. Os Odl Graves, 16s.; and good dregs, 5s. per cwt.; Rough Fat average 2s. lOci. per 81bs. CURRENT PRICE OF HOPS, Nov. 28. per cwt. per cwt. 1840. 1841. Kent Pockets. ?Os 102s Kent Pockets. ?!0s 126 Choke.. 10$ 130 Choice Pockets. 135, 170 Sussex Pockets. 80s 90s Susex Pockets. !06sH 2 Choice 96s 102s Choice Pockets. 116s 122 East Kent. t00sl08s EastKentpockets130sUO East Ketit. :115s 132s Choice <80s 230 RAWHIDES, SHEEP CALF SKI NS at per stone of 141bs. Per skin. s d. s. d. a. a. I d. Best steers&heif. 5 8 5 10 I Market Calf 7 0 8 6 Middling hides.. 5 4 5 6 "ong woolled sb. 3 0 4 6 Inferior ditto 4 6 4 10 Short ditto 2 6 3 6 LONDON l[AY INIARKETS-SATURDAY. Coarse Mea d ow Hay Smithne!d. Whitechapc!. Coarse Meadow Hay 60s 75s Ms yo? Clover Hay. 80s 112s 85s 115S Wheat Straw. 38s 40s 38s 40, Fine Upland and Rye Grass 85s 90s 85s 90s WOOL MARKETS.—BRITISH. Down Ewes and Wether. iod to lOd. Do?n Te.4zs n?tot2d. R0lvn TW«W ethers 9?. Down Hogs 9id. Half-bred Hogs. 12d. to 12.4d. Flannel Wool 8d, to 12d. Blanket Wool 5d. to 7d. METALS. £. d' bON, Eng,-RI!I" ton 5 10 0 Do. Carg. in Wales ton 5 0 0 Hoops ton 7 10 0 Sheets. ton 8 10 0 Pig, No. 1 ton 3 15 O Do. in Wales. ton 3150 STEEL, Eng.-Blistereci 25 0 Oto45 0 0 Shear, do. do. 45 0 0 to 80 0 0 Cast, do. do. 45 0 0 to 84 00 coppar, Brit.-(',ake ton 85 0 0 TIle .ton 83 0 0 b"eets lb. 0 0 0 T i? B nt.- B c?: « ? n ? ?X TiN, Brit.-Blocks 3 5 0 "ars .cwt. 380 Banca 0 0 Oto3 8 0 Straits. 3 1 Oto3 2 0 Tin Plates-I.c. (box) 1 6 0 to 1 10 0 I. x. do. 1 12 0 to I 16 0 LEAD, Brit.—Pig ton 18 5 0 Sheet. ton 18 5 6 Sh(,t ton 22 0 0 White (dry) ton 2100 0 Oto29 0 0 For delivery 28 0 0 to 28 10 0 TEA, COFFEE, COCOA, SUGAR, AND SPICE MARKET. SATURDAY, NOV. 26. TEA.—The market continues inactive, as dealers ge- nerally are waiting the result of the sales before purchasing. COr FEE. Tlie market this week has been very firm. and the public sales brought forward have gone off readily at full prices; and for Ceylons and Pendangs, an advance of 6d. to ] s. per cwt. must be quoted. SUGARS.—There has again been a limited demand only; but in prices, during the week, no material alter- ation has occurred. SPICES.—A speculative demand has sprung up for Pepper, and an extensive business has been done this week at an advance of fully id. per lb.
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