The Welshman

AR11VAL OF THE DV;-3LAN3 MAIL. I CDNFIRMATiOX OF THE PEACE WITH CHINA, ANr) FURTHER INTELLIGENCE FROM AFFGIIANISTAN. I The overland Mail has arrived in due ccnirse, and brought the satisfactory intelligence, ot the acceptance of the Treaty ot" I3eace by the Emperor of China: only, he declines to ratify it by his sig- nature till it shall have been ratified by Queen Victoria. Moreover, it is stated, iiis Celestial Majesty proposes sending an Ambassador to the British Court. This would not only be a proof of his intention to adhere to his engagements, but would afford the best security for the mainten- ance of pacific relations between the two empires. The first instalment of the indemnity has been paid and half of it his been brought by the B!onde frigate. The in ellig-(mr.e from India is equally satisfac- tory. All the prisoners have blen recovered, and j were, at the time of the latest accounts, safe at Cabul. Those who were carried off to Bameean appear to have had a narrow escape of falling into the hands of a ruthless enemy. Lord Ellen- borough had announced the immediate withdrawal j of our troops from Alfuhauistan and Quettah, and the termination of all political connexion with ( those countries. Cabul was to be evacuated on the 10th or 12th of October. General England's force had reached Seiude in safety, after repulsing an attack on his rear-guard in the Bolan Pass. The Aifghans are now to be left to choose a sove- reign for themselves amid the anarchy which is tL2 consequence of their crimes." The intelligence from the British army in Ailirhanistan fully confirms the gratifying tidings brought by the intermediate Mail. The arrival of the prisoners, liberated from the Aifghans by the prompt and zealous measures of Sir R. Shakes- pear, who had been despatched on that service by General Pollock, at the head of 700 mounted Kuzzilbaslies, had diffused the utmost gratification, rising to enthusiasm, throughout the British armies. Their number was ,31 0ilieers, 9 ladies, and 12 children, with ol European soldiers, 2 clerks, and 1 women; making in all 109 persons, who had slltferccl dIC horrors of captivity from the 10th of January to the 21st and 27th of September. The meeting between the veteran General Sale and his wife and daughter is described as highly affecting. The liberation of the prisoners was affected by negnciation, in which the payment of money was the leading feature. They had been consigned to the keeping of Schah Mahomed, a chieftain in the interest of Akhbar Khan, at Bameean, a for- tress of great strength, who stipulated, as the price of their surrender, that he should receive from the British government a money-payment of 20,000 rupees, and a pension of 1,000 rup-^s a month. The negociation was carried on and con- cluded through the agency of the Ilazzareks. Even when in the keeping of their liberators, the dangers of those interesting sufferers were not terminated. While on their march to the British camp, they were pursued by a strong force under Sultan .Tan, against which the escort which accom- panied them would have proved an inellectual defence. Happily Gen. Pollock had taken the precaution to despatch a pretty strong detach- ment under Gen. Sale, to meet them on their march, which came up with them in time to pre- serve them from a yet more hopeless captivity, if not from immediate death. Akhbar Khan was a wanderer in lvohistan. Learning that all the prisoners, except Captain Bygrave, whom he had with him, had been surrendered to the British authorities, he resolved on aLo sending in that oilieer. Captain Bygrave was allowed to join General Pollock's camp. lie brought a letter from Akh- bar Khan to the British General; the purport of which was to enquire w hat the British intended to do with his father and his family. The British troops were eiiza^ed in demolishing the Aftghan forts and strongholds, preparatory to evacu iting the cou.itry. An expeditionary corps, j consisting of 4.000 men, was sent to demolish the strong forts of Istalif and Chareekar. On the 29th of September, Gen. MeCaskill and Brigadiers Tulloch and Stacev, who command it, were met bv a numerous body of Affghans, led on by I Ameen Oola and 16 of th"u- bravest Chiefs, who j sought to defend Istalif. This town consisted of i masses of houses built on the slope of a mountain, in the rear of which were lofty eminences shutting in a defile leading to'turkistan. Its inhabitants exceeded 15,000, and from their defences and the difficulties of approach, they considered their position impregnable. Much of the plunder seized from the British last January was placed there the Chiefs also kept their wives and fami- lies in it. and many of those who had escaped from Calmllnd sought refuge there. The Bri i.-li troops soon made themselves masters of the tOWIl. driving the enemy before them with considerable slaughter. Trro brass field-pieces were taken. The loss to the victors consisted in one officer (Lieut. Evans, of H.M. 41 st Regiment) killed, and (our wounded. The demolition °f the forts was immediately bejun. Orders for the destruction of Cabul, of the Bala 1I issar, and also of Jellalal.al. had been issued, which were to be immediately demolished. The British armies were expected to commence their march from Cabul to Peshawur about the lOih of October. Nor the least intercstin of the duties performed by the British troops on re-entering Affghanistan, was to inter the skeletons of their brave compa- nions who had been massacred by the perfidy and cruelty of Akhbar Khan in the fatal retreat of January last, and whitened the plain on which they fell. The number of these ill-fated men was found to be considerably less than report had made it. Very many of the native soldiers, and of the Hindoos who followed the retreating army, who were supposed to have perished, have come forth from their retreats, and arrived at the British cantonments. A strong opinion is justly entertained of the Governor-Generars vacillating policy-by which the re-occupation of Affghanistan was unneces- sarily postponed, and the eventual success of i.he undertaking jeopardized. Referring to the release of the prisoners in A Af- g hanistan, a correspondent of the Chronicle writes Orders arrived on the 11th September for their departure to Khohoon. Salih Mahomed now called together the officers who had before spoken to him, and told them that he had received a message from Mahun Lall, at Cabul, to the effect that, if he would release the prisoners, General Pollock would reward him with a present of rupees, and a pension of 1,000 rupees per month for life. He knew nothing, he said, of General Poilock but provided the officers and ladies would guarantee him similar compensation, he would at once restore them. I-lis offer was closed with the captives pledged themselves to pay the amount, should government decline to do so, and a regular agreement was drawn up and signed. Salih Ma- homed now hoisted his" flag of defiance," and acted in every way as an independent chid: Hearing that the British troops were near Cabul, and expecting that,on the defeat of Akhbar Kliltil, he would proceed to Bameean, the prisoners rp- mained in their strongholds, and made active pre- parations for sustaining a siege. News of the battle of Tezeen, however, arrived, and all fear o; attack vanished. Thev now resolved to force their way to Cabul, and accordingly on the UU, September took their departure. Crossing the I K:doo mountains they halted near a place caiieu Ktirzitr, where they met the Kuzzilbashes, under Sir Richmond Shakspeare; and two days fitter wards the party was joined by General Sale and the force which had left. Cabul on the 15tli. The meeting of the captives with their friends is des- cribed to have been a most affecting sight, and to have drawn tears from every eye. One scene — hat: between Sir R. Sile and his heroic wife, and widowed daughter, who had been eight months in captivity—must he left to the imagination of the j reader; no pen, we should think, could be trusted i to depict the emotions excited by that blissful mccurg. On the mcmin? of the 21st th?y all _0.- __=-T arrived in camp, when a royal salute was fired, t and the greatest joy everywhere prevailed. The escape of the prisoners was a, narrow one and most fortunate is it that it was planned so opportunely—for the orders received from Akhbar Khan by Salih Mahomed, on the night when the latter was gained over, were to put to death such of the captives as were too weak to proceed to Kholoon while the fare intended for the survi- vors was. there can be no doubt, a life of horrible slavery in the wilds of Turkistan 1 Had the force, too, under General Sale not been despatched to the Afghundee Pass, they would probably have fallen into the hands of Suitan Jan, who was in hot pursuit. It appears by the oiffcial list of the captives recovered that they are 11.5 in all and amongst them are 34 officers, 9 ladies, and 22 I children, Captains Troup and Bygrave were present with Akhbar Khan at the battle of Tezeen. On the dispersion of the enemy's forces the former made his escape, but Captain B;.grave (who was still lame from the effects of intense cold) remained with the Sirdar, by whom he was taken into the Kohistan. Here, however, he did not remain long. He arrived in the Cabul camp on the 27;h September, having, it seems, been voluntarily re leased by Akhbar Khan. Colonel Paliuer's name is among the li-t of l prisoners recovered; it is in the highest degree gratifying to receive this assurance of the inaccu- racy of the reports of his death, which have been so long current. There seems .little doubt that the Ghuznee prisoners were cruelly maltreated by the Afighans. The story of Colonei Painur hav- ing been tortured is repeated and it is said that the names of the wretches who committed these cruelties were left on the walls of the dungeons, and found there by General Not!. Icran-e you in mv last some detai1? relative to the interment of several of the skeletons of our soldiers discovered bv our army in the passes near Jugdulluck. From the comparatively small num- ber of these, it is believed that the massacre was in reality far less extensive tlnn has hitherto heen supposed. One wri'er estimates the number of men who have alreadv returned to India at 3,000. and states that 4,000 to 6.000 are believed to be still in existence, scattered amongst the hills and villages of Aflsrhanistan. Nor d ies this appear an exaggerated view for as man y as 1,200 se- poys, camp followers, &e.. who forT-rlv belonged to our army, were found in a state of utter desti- tution, soliciting charity in the streets of Cabul and there is every reason to suppose that in other places considerable numbers may stift exist, j LORD Ei.tr.XBouorc.H's By aj proclamation issued at Simla on the 1st October by the Right Hon. the Governor-General, it is declared that the British army in possession 01 Affghanistan will be withdrawn to the Sutledj. and the Affghans left to choose a Sovereign for themselves "amidst the anarchy which is the con- sequence of their crimes." 'I his document was despatched hy the mail of the 16tli October, and has, I htx-e no doul), already obtained publicity at home. It will be unnecessary, therefore, to enter on the present occasion into any discussion of its merits; but I may be permitted briefly to state my opinion, that the production relfects infinite discredit on the government of India; and to inform you that the tone it adopts, in reference to the policy of Lord Auckland, has been unhesitat- ingly con. lemned by the majority of the press of India. The Governor General has been dazpd bv successes which never would have been achieved had he been left to pursue his own course j he has been compelled to carry out the measures ] planned by his predecessor previous to quitting India; and while g'orying over the results of; tho.se measures, condemns, in the most ungener- j ous terms, the political conduct of the party to whom the praise is j?isli.v due. Certainly, their lordships w onld have got 011 admirably to- gether —Chronicle s Corresp, n lent. CHINESE DIPLOMACY.—One of her Majesty's naval ofifcers writes to the following ejject from Cnin-kiang-foo, 31 st of August:—"Three high mandarins—the Emperor's uncJc, Y llilg": the governor of these two provinces, Elepoo and the Tartar-General Isaphen, Commander in Chief— came off on the 20 h, attended by a numerous train of mandarins of various classes, to pay their respects to the Plenipo, Admiral, and General. The Cornwallis was appointed the place of meet- ing. A steamer was in attendance on them, to take them from the shore to the flag-ship. When they stepped from the shore to the steamer, fhey were saluted with three guns from the Cornwallis, the number they fire themselves on such occa- sions. When they came on board the big ship they were met at the gangway by two naval cap- tains and the Secretary of Legation, who con- ducted them aft to the poop, or rather near the poop, on the quarter-deck, where the Plenipo, Admiral, and General stood as still as cratches, in the full dress and toggery of their ofifces When the fokies approached near, our big wigs advanced a couple of steps towards them with maiestic mien, the fokies chinchinned, the Enqlese. took off their castors and bowed and when both parties were sufficiently approximated, they shook t paws most cordially, and then retired to the cabin to rest after so much labour. The marines were drawn up on the quarter-deck as a guard of hon- our, the seamen dispersed around the upper deck. and the ship was full of naval officers, all in their lull uniforms, which gave everything a brilliant aopearance. When they came Oil the side they had not time to recover from the dazzling effect of what they saw, when the hand struck up God save the Queen,' and completed their bewilder ment. They were really astonished and amazed. .1 hey were afterwards shown round the ship, which they admired and wondered at much. You may fancy people who never before saw anything larger than one of their own junks brought for h i p e, the first time to see a line-of-battle ship. They had some tiffin, at which some of the mandarins got drunk on cherry cordial and brandy, and all then left highly delighted and pleased. Our people went a few days after to return the visit of the Celestials. They were received in a joss- house outside the city wall. Nothing worthy of notice occurred. They had a guard of T ir*r" soldiers, a whole host of mandarins, a band tiffin of sweetmeats and samchu. and a gooi deal of ceremony. This may give you some idea of the meeting. "-Boiiiiay Courier, Oct. 14.

THE INSURRECTION IN SPAIN. The Muniteur published the following telegraphic despatch:—" Barcelona, November 28. — Durando has resigned the command of the troops, Otnd taken refuge on board the Meleayre. Seven batta- lions of the militia have deposed the Junta for not having acted with vigour. The third repub- lican battalion durst not defend it. The Presi- dent Carsy has been maintained." The Paris papers of Thursday refer to the triumph of the Government candidate, General I Jacqueminot. The following despatch has reached the French government by telegraph from the frontiers BARCELONA, Nov, 30, IN THE EVENING.—Barce- lona is about to capitulate to the Regent. The Junta has ordered Uie free corps to lay down their arm-* at the Atarazanas." The Times Paris letters state on authority beyond question," that the atrocious attempt 10 rekindle civil war in Spain was organised (and at an immense expense to her) by the party by whom Queen Christina is here surrounded. On Thursday night, the French Government received the following telegraphic despatches Ba\ onne, Dec. 1. The Regent left Saragossa for Barcelona 011 the 27tli. The National Miiitia presented him an address full of devotion and sympathy,"— Barcelona, Nov. 28. The new Junta was to be composed of the members of the Consultative Junta. Van Haten granted a new delay 011 the 2Sth for the bombardment. The courier trom Madrid is intercepted that of France no! so."— Btir el () n,, I Nov. 29. The Captain-General menaces to bombard the no more. Stl ti t c.,i Tom Montjuieh announce the arrival of the ifeg"ent at head-quarters. The new Junta named on the night of yesterday is composed of the Bishop and of the most wealthy and lniiucntia manufacturers. It is supported by the majority. Several members of the old Junta have taken refuge onboard the ships." -=- I BARCELONA (SPAIN). NOV. O.-The English ship-of-war Eurmidab'e was wrecked yesterda-, near the mouth of the L'obr -gat. The Ga-suid was sent this morning to take her off the sand- bank on which she was th,,1. The success i- uncertain but part of t'.e materials will b saved. The FranJfnrt Journal states that the Prussian standing army consists of 122,000 troops of the line, land-wehr, making an effect; e force of 352,000 men. The public in the G.*rmm S-ates. c enprised within the Customs' League, received their Urs! information respecting the result of the discus- sions at Stuttgart on the T\riff of the L-a?ue. sitin:? at S?i It,arr oil ti,?e '1';tr 1if of' t i i?- F., -,t g ue, through the medium of the English papers. The news of th" ratification of the boundary treaty in EadanJ has been received ivitii much satisfaction in Am-rict. A -;all¡tr of 100 gun-i was fired in New York, an all the shipping in the harbour were gaily decora;ed with flags in honour of the ratification. It appears tii it tli, present vear has been ver\ unpronitious lor the 'r ul e of Canada. Up to the first of October, the number of vessels entered at Quebec was less this year by 41 1 than during the corresponding period in IS 11. while the amount of tonnage had decrease d -133.743 tons.

Her Maiesty, accompanied by her Royal Con- sort, Prince Albert, arrived in town on Saturday S afternoon rom Walmer Castle, and proceeded by the Great Western Railway to Windsor. HKR MAJESTY'S IIEAI.TH.— On d'f in quarters whose information may be relied on, that, the 1 most interesting event to her Ma if.sty's iiege subjects will take place early in March next. 1 This will consequently make the Lmdon season short and late, as the levees and drawing rooms at S". James's Palace will not be held till after the accouchement of the Queen. Lord Hill, after recovering from his last illnes* 1 in London, since he has been at H irdwick. his scat near Shrewsbury has suffered a relapse. By the Gazette of last Friday night, the Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath is conferred Oil Admiral Sir William Parker, Sir Henry Pot ringer, and General s Pollock and Nott. Sir Hugh Go ugh is created a Baronet,. ANOTHER IXSOI.VI.NT LORD. — Lord Ge »rge Lor- 'us. sonof tle a?)pearl?,f hst Mondav fro? the Q leen's Prison, to b d:" charged. Three creditors had entered notice of opposition,but did not apoenr. He h id Iv-en 11 months in prison: his father has air>jadv paid £ 13,000 of his d<*bts. The debts were in the aggregate 15,0JO. I'ae court oruered his dis- charge. THE QIF.T:S LETTHH.—A subscriber to the fund writes—" Is it possible to ascertain by whom, and uiider what regulations, the very large sum collected last summer in pur-uance ol the Queen's letter for the distressed maonfaetur'-rs has beer j distributed ? The public have never ye: learned even the amount of the cdleciion. ABSENTEE BISHOP.—The L'ril Bishop of Tuair, eldest son of Lord Piuiiket, intends, it is said, to make a stay oil the Continent for ll)e n'. three years. — [\V!iat will become of the llock during the absence of the shepherd ? Will the right rev. absentee receive the proceed s of the j shearing while iie leaves liie overseership to others !]— CI lobe. '■ CHINK«E PKO^RKSS.—We have heard it stated ?ona?thorityon?hich\vccaMre!y,tt'a:as.??t) j to one of the p?'?nc!pa! Lo!ido) hosp?a? h!s been applied to to receive a young Chinese into his house to teach him -urg-'ry.—I:,la. No less than 11) gentlemen have applied to be attorneys of the Court oft) leen's ?<-n •: during the present term and there are niive n iilccs )f ao,ideation for re-admission to 'r.r.cric J l. THE P\KI.T IMEXTIAV PRIVH.EUE C*SE. — In the Court of Queen's Bench !a<t Monday, llov ar/L u I solicitor, brought an action aga tist the Serg -ant- at-arms to recover froai th officers of the House j of Commons, compensation in damages for injurs allezed to be sustained by the i'?at en?rv and j possession of plaintiffs house. The matter origi- ? nated in Stockdale's case, and the fae' have been frequently before the public. The u,images | were, laid at £ 10.000. The Jury retired, and after an absence of halt an hour, found for the FbiniH an absence ot".iait all botir, f,.?iiiic i f. or the REPEAL THE INCOME TAX.—As the country gentlemen determined that this infl'Ciion should be suffered hv the nation, the next best thing tha- can be done by them is to take it off agam av j speedily as possible. If the treaty of" Nankui h I ratified by the Emperor of China (which Lord FJlenborough can now easily pare trool'r. if need- ful to enforce), it is not open to dispute lieu there will he a payment to the British Government of j £ 1.400,000 per annum, under its provisions, for three years, whiel1 wiil reduce the annual deficiency to about £ 1.000,000. It cannot be supposed wi'h gravity that such a tire as the last mentioned amount will afford justification for the continuance of the Income Fix and. besides tl,, saving mav be effected in the Armv and Navy Estimates. With- j out making anv claim, therefore, for an inipro\e- merit in the ravniio bv a revival ,,f trade, it seems clnar enough that the demand for ,Ii r of the Income 'lax cannot be successfull y resisted.— Chronicle. DEATH FROM STARVATION. — In London, last Saturday. a coroner's inquest was held on the I of Wm. Mav sixty years, of age, residing a: No. 13, School house-lane. After the jury had been sworn, they proceeded to the body of the deceased, which was lying in a smali back attic. The jurv were horror-struck at the emaci- ated and skeleton-like appearance of the b > !y ot the deceased, and although it was stated that he was only sixty years of age. from his appearance it would have been supposed he was upwards of ninety. A witness naiPed Mary Donovan gave i -"alll-, I lo  NT a-? to the most startling and melancholy evidence as to the wants and sc;fW*agsol the deceased. Verdict, "That the dee^MEC"^ iad died an unnatural death, accelerated by de^Mition and privation." HORSE CASE—THE QIEEN r. KVNRKK AND ANOTHER. — This ease, winch was recently tried in theCourt ol Queen's Bmch, was somewhat curious. The defendants were tathei- and soti the father was a horse-dealer, and the son resided with him. A gentleman, being in want of a pair of horses, applied to the father to get him a pair, but ex j presslv telling him that he would not Imy any which Were the property of a dealer. The lather told the gentleman that he know of a pair of po- nies that would suit him, and assured him they were i he property of a ady at Clapham. On the following day he sent his son. who stated to this gentleman that the lady would sell the ponies, I l ie  e n t l, and would variant them quiet, &c. The gentle- j man agreed to buy the ponies: and the younger Kenrick, by the dictation of the father, wrote out a warranty. The ponies were purchased and de- livered; but the ifrst time they were driven 0\1) they turned out. to be totally •different to the warran y. beiug: very unquiet; and upon inquiry being made, it was found that the horses had been in Kenrick's stable, and that, in point of tilCt, they u ere not the property of a lady. 'Ihe father and son were then indicted lor a conspiracy to obtain monev under false pretences but before the trial took place the younger Kenrick died: the tather was brought to trial, and found guilty. A rule was afterwards obtained by Mr. to set aside this verdict, on he ground of the indictment, being too general, and that even should the indictment be good, there was nothing :0 show that the false pretence was such as would have convicted a single party of a false pretence if he had been indicted, and therefore there was no conspiring together to effect an illegal object. It was also urged that it was a mis-trial, as there was 110 suggestion entered on the record that the younger Kenrick was dead. Evidence had been adniiited to connect aim with the eider Kenrick. and therefore the •;dei Kenrick ought not to have been convicted, becaus- one alone could not be co spiracy. Mr. 1 hesiger contended that tLe indict- nent was good, and Mr. Erie v. as beuru in stio- I port, of setting aside the verdict. The Court took ime to consider tbf* question. [Mr. Kenrick is a i.'t! txnjWa deal V- ) j -< FiiiE. — Warren's famous blacking establishment iast. and very eon-iderable damage was done, but the fi:- a was insured. It is said that the manufacturers in Nottingham 'ind Derby are endeavouring to bring out coats and trousers woven in the frame, and that ulti- mately it is expected they wiil ecompiish thoir purpose. Father Mathew will visit Jersey and Guernsey, by invitation, immediately af er Easter. A Hong the 178.000,000 individuals who inhRbi* Europe, there arc said to be 17,900,000 bctgg-,trs, or persons who subsist at the expense of the com- munity without contributing to its resources. In D'nmark the proportion is 5 per cent., in Eng- land 10 per cent., in Holland 14 per cent. ECLIPSE* IN 1 :in- In the course of next year there will be three eclipses, viz. two of the sun and one of the m-oon, of which otilv thf-, latter will be visible in England. The first of these, phenomena will be an annular eclipse of the sun, on Tuesday, June 27. commencing at 20 minutes past 7 in the evening, and being visible chiefly in Smth A merica. The second is a prtial cr' it)se ot tne moon, on the night of Wednesday. 6tL Dece1- ber. which will be visible in these parts, commen •- ing at 18 minutes past 11. when two digits of the !ower disc of the nwoi, will be eclipsed. Tiie third and ia.st is a totai eclipse of the sun, early iu the morning of Thursday. Dec. 21, and invisible here, but, visible in the Chinese Empire, tan, the Islands of Ceylon, Sumatra, Borneo, &c. PROGRESS OF THE CORN L \W QUESTION.— TV re is one of our opinions as to the Corn Laws which we see reason to abandon, the opinion in ia\ou" of a low fi\ed duty. We looked upon a low fi\ I duty as the mode of working out gradually ths change from the restrictive system to free trad and as a guard against an agricultural paii i-, which have very calamitous consequences. There was a time for such an expednncnt. but the time has passed. The use of the middle passage of a low fixed duty was to save a shock and a foolish alarm to the agriculturists. Bur it seems now sufficiently clear that the farnwr" have t "> ,ii i(-b good St)I}e to rqn:rr thi:, .ort o t'")n(Jnl'it. and that th-y have generally made up their ni'nds that, if what is miscalled their protection is not <0 be continued to them undiminished, the best course ii ill be. to sweep it away altogether, and to leave them to ilwke new terms with their land- lords with the knowledge of what th"y have to expect. They have the sagacity to perceive that any remnant of the so-called protection would 3 net rnly a false reliance, but would serve as a pretence for keeping up rents. They foresee, also, that a low fixed d'lry no: be permanent and thev feel that, a change hanging over them s I a worse thing than the change ihelf arried m-o Jn3tant encct. and eni?,In(,r adjust thcr )' thc.n !o aj i '.i ? thf r arrangement on permanent grounds. nVent by instalments is like an operation by in- stalments, which none could endure. The reason- i able demand, therefore, is. that if there must be an unsettiement it should be of such completeness as to give place to a complete and permanent settl menu and that either a or none of the pr >- teciive system should be retained. Many of the agriculturists ha\e discovered that the Corn L iw is a pure mischief to them there are many others who still adhere to what they erroneously believe j a protective SN-stell) but the opinion to 'b,('b ad are coming is, that there must be no more tamper- ing. no more modifying, no more paring down— j that the tliiiil- miist be adhered to or swept 'W\' altogether, and so an end put to the evil aud the cheat of uncertaintu s. — Examine-. THE T\KIFC. —FORFIGN e last week 20') head of foreign catt c which h a-, e recentlv arrived from the continent iii country, h"eu traced in the spacious feeding-room a tached to the extensive distillery of Sir Feli v B -otb, 1 ar; at Old Brentford. Of-,e litil)(IrM and eightv of them have cone from Holstem, and other parts of Gmana: v. >-ia Hamburg, and tlit ■ re na ning twenty-five are Seanish. 'fhey are all j intended lor die English market, and ar« expec ci to 1-e in fine condition about Anril nC\I: Tr,e former are all black and or brown and white, and are finely- r ned airm ils. food con- sists of the grains and wash of the distillery. Several graziers and farmers havevi-ited the feed- ing room since tbev have been placed there, for the purpose of exaiAninig them. BI.F.TSOF..—AGRICULTURAL LAB H TIERS,— I RRSRV^T to inform you that indications of a commwtjgn among the agricultural labourers in this hitherto i peaceable district begm to develop themselves. Bodies of men have already begun to assemble, and -one round in bands to the farmers requeu- ing employment. A body of seven or eight m m j belonging to Harrold went round to the farmers I o; that parish about th? beginning of last month, | and in some places expressed themselves in strong 1 language, sa"\ nig thev could not starve, and bread they must have." At length one of the j farmers gave them employment, but some of them could not. earn more than Û,. a-Jy,-c.()rrCspull-: dent of IrcENPiARisM.—We are dee pi v grieved again to state that incendiarism is still at work in onr English agricultural counties. Of all the modes which malignitv has invented to gratify revenge, the crime of' incendiarism is ccriamly the most irrational. The object of the crime is to injure the owner of the property, but it in fact only in- jures the labouring poor. The farmer has siin Di x- to pay 1<. 9d. every veat to an insurance office upon eivt-rn. ;CIOD woi-Ii of his stock, an:i when a fire happens he is repaid the whole of his los,. Upon whom. then, does the loss lall ? L pon the labourers of the parish, and on the farm is the scene of the !ire. It deprives, thetn of the employment which is their .!u?y dependence all which sfa']ds between them and the union. In a I recent case of a fire lt a farm, the corn would have kept on a pair of tor j eight months. The wheat, when thra>hed and ground, would have made 1.6 )0 loaves of bread: the barley, oats, and hay wou d have fattened 100 pig, that is. would have produe 'd so many addi- tional pounds ot meat and would ha\e foulld keep for two teams of horses for two years, in fact, this -rime, i' persevered in to any extent, will first lessen 'he employment of the poor: and o; hie much dearer; for w ho does not know that plenty produce* cheapness, and scarcity dearness ? It, is clear, then, that the greatest enemy of the working class is the incendiary: and he who talks of rising wages by the fear of fires is a fool or a madman.— Atlas- GAS.—It is announced that a very important improvement has been made in the manufacture of gas in St. Peiersburgh, by which the required labour far its complete manufacture is reduced from six hours to half an hour, and the work of 'ortv mm to fnur, besides avoiding the ?reat danger wh'ch, under the old system, the men wre subject to.  Nloi(lay GLOUCESTER FAIR. — Our f??r. on \fonday la,t, wa? l?r?e'.v attended, though ?ess so than we have seen at the same fair in former vears and the attendance comprised more sellers than buyer- the general aspect of the fair consequently was dull, and much stock remained unsold. Ihe sa.e of store stock was very flat, and what was disposed of went at low prices. This fair is generally a large one for in-calf heifers, or what are called springers but the supply of this dttscription of stock was indiflerent in quantity, and the quali'y was, as a whole, much below the mark. What was really good fetched prices which ought to be satisfactory, and a very noticeable peculiarity n the fair was the general desire w hich buyi i'S evinced to procure stock of all kinds of a supermr description, and not to buy inferior animals hardly at any price. In fat beef there, was a very sbortsupp?' that which was very good readi y  fetched 6d. per lb. but inferior qualities were much lower. There was a very iarge show of sheep, particularly of eni-es the sales being dull, and prices suffering a decline of from 3s. to U. a head from late rates; the general prices ranging -.n d tc) e c h t ?i,? a -1, r from 20s. to 28s. each,; and to fetch the 1a: r price onlv those of very superior quality w ts looked at. Fat sheep sold at, 6vres about r* 1. and a e: hers 6d. per lb. There was a large show of mci iciing some porkers and bacons of svpe- rior optalitv the top figure was Ss per «<*or<\ n.i we have heard of some beiLjj sold its low as 7s.— I