The Welshman

PUBLIC WALKS AND GARDENS. A neighbouring journal is nothing if not political." It could not record the munificent donation of Sir Robert Peel to the fund for providing public parks and gardens in Manchester, without observing—"Let the political opponents of the right honourable baronet, who boast aloud of their regard and sympathy for the people, go and do likewise." Sir Robert Peel cannot do a generous action, but Toryism and the Tory party must book it to their credit in the political ledger! The Spectator speaking in a more enlarged and kindly spirit, refers as follows to the Premier's graceful gift:— As might have been expected from the popular sympa- thies and appreciation of the innocent amenities of life, not only of himself but of his whole kith and kin, Mr. Mark Phillip, Member for Manchester, was among the first to open his purse liberally to promote so important an object; and Sir Benjamin Heywood, of course, kept pace with him. Sir Robert Peel was applied to: and his contribution was munificent, and gracefully offered. Considering Manchester to be the metropolis of a dis- trict to the industry of which I and my family are under very deep obligations," is the premier s proem and the conclusion is, Set me down for a thousand pounds." Lord Francis Egerton, on subscribing the same amount, observed that he was "in arrears to the inhabitants of the town, and was only paying an instalment." This manner of giving doubles the value of the gift. Lord Francis Egerton and Sir Robert Peel, in recognising what they owe to the industry of Manchester, have spoken the simple truth but to remember it and utter it at the right moment shows the wise and liberal spirit-the high mind, that gratifies those they are assisting even more by recognizing their claims than by the assistance actually given. The admission that the park to be purchased and laid out for the use of Manchester by those and other subscriptions is their just right, no eleemosynary grant, will immeasurably increase the gratification of the people in using it, and correspondingly their kindly feelings towards the subscribers. It is by words and deeds such as these that society is cemented. Words and deeds like these are in a Christian society the substitute for the religious rites with which the classical nations would have inaugurated such a field. The work in Manchester is begun with a high spirit-quodfelíxfaustumquø sit. This is well and truly spoken. There is no paltry manoeuvring, here, to bolster-up Dissent and Liberalism by the munificence of Mr. Mark Philips and Sir Benjamin Heywood, or the Church and Conservatism by the liberality of Sir Robert Peel and Lord Francis Egerton. Tricks like these are left to men who cannot see, or will not recognize, the existence of any merit or virtue beyond the pale of their own persuasion or party.— Gateshead Observer.

SUPPLY OF WATER. [From the Jlorning Advertiser.] The inquiries of the Health of Towns" Commission have led to the conclusion that, in order to remove those causes by which. the public health is materially impaired, it is necessary not only to establish well- formed main drains, but also to secure a system of house-drainage and cleansing aided by the introduction of better supplies of water into the houses." The medical witnesses have adduced numerous cases in which the main-drains or sewers were tolerably well-formed and house-drains attached, but where, from the want of properly directed supplies of water, both house-drains and sewers only acted as extended cesspools. If is evident that nothing effectual will be done to. wards promoting the salubrity of large towns unless means can be adopted to secure a constant and ample supply of pure water. It appears from the inquiries that have recently been made as to the supply of water hi fifty large towns in England, that only in six instances could the arrangements and the supplies be deemed in any sense good; while in thirteen they appear to be indifferent, and in thirty-one so deficient as to be pronounced bad." The present arrangements for the supply of. water to the poor especially are quite inadequate to the purposes of cleanliness and health. In most cases those supplies are obtained only by going out of the house to common stand pipes or tanks. In some cases they are dependent on the rain water they may chance to collect, or on what can be pumped from spring or soakage wells. Even where the water is sup- plied in the common method, being laid on, and sent in two or three times a week, it is frequently the case that the sediment collected in butts and tanks is the cause of polluting the water so as to render it unfit for use. There is very serious evil connected with obtaining rupplies of water for domestic use mentioned by the En- gineer of the Southwark Water Company. Within a few days we have had an instance at Bat- tersea of the permeation of the cesspools in six new houses. They were supplied with water from springs sunk to the same level as the cesspools. As the springs were lowered by the consumption of the water, it was found, to the surprise of the inhabitants, instead of coming up clearer, it was more discoloured-by the equalisation of the water levels. One of the inhabitants, a baker, who drew harder than the rest, applied to the Company to lay on the water, giving me to understand that the people began to complain of the quality of his bread, the cause of which he could not make out, except it arose from the quality of the water, which somehow or other was very bad. All his neighbours, who drew from the same spring, complained that the water was very bad. The cause was; on examination, undoubted. Ancient and celebrated springs are now being discontinued throughout the district; wells which were much fre- quen ted are now gradually being abandoned by the inha- bitants the pumps remain, and are used by the poor who pass by, and who do not know their reputation people have imagined that it is the gas which has polluted the water, but it is the cesspools that are now being sunk so much lower than formerly, partly that the water in the cesspools may not be higher than the level of the springs, and partly for the economy of cleansing. Instead of having a waggon load of liquid refuse to remove, they have now only a cart load of the solid refuse to convey away. In the village I have men- tioned there are no gas pipes." These facts, we say, ought to be universally known, as they must convince every one who becomes acquainted with them that in such a place as London, except in a few favoured localities, the use of water from wells is attended with much danger, and may in many cases be the cause 6f serious illness. The public have heard a good deal lately concerning the injurious effects of crowded grave-yards and vaults on the- health of the neighbourhoods in which they exist. It appears from the report to which we refer, that there is another very material respect in which they operate injuriously. The report speaks of the pollution of wells, and the increased offensiveness of emanations from sewers, caused by the infiltration of water passing through contiguous grave-yards."

TENURE OF PROPERTY.—All real property is held- and it is generally pretty tightly held, by those who possess it. This tenacity of property is such that the thing holden is called a tenement, the holder a te- nant, and the mode of holding a tenure. There is another mode of holding, called holding hard, which is frequently used in conveyancing—by the cad of the omnibus. CHINESE PROVE RBe;Whoever borrows to build, builds to sell. Love is all eyes, without one good one, We never laugh so loud or so long as when we would hide our grief. The true way of enriching our- selves is by cutting off our wan1& There are no faults truly fatal but those we will neither acknowledge nor repair.-What is a fool who has made his for- tune ? A pig which is embarrassed by his fat. We should do quickly that which does not press, in Older to do alowly that which does press.

I RELIGIOUS AND CLERICAL TOPICS. OXFORD.—The following circular has been sent to the members of Convocation •— Members of Convocation are informed, that it liii, been ascertained to-day that supporters of Dr. Symons have been summoned to appear in Covocation on Tues- day, the 8th of October. As this may be considered sufficient authority for asserting that to be the day fixed for the nomination, it is earnestly requested that those who disapprove of Dr. Symons's admission to the office of Vice-chancellor will be in Oxford before 12 o'clock on that day. If any further change be made, the earliest possible notice will be given." There is a series of articles now in course of publica- tion by the philosophical yet fervent Nonconformist, entitled Ethics of Nonconformity. No. 4 of the series appeared on Wednesday week; we copy from it and ap- prove the first paragraph, the applicability of which ex- tends a great way beyond the immediate purpose for which it was written When the Founder of Chris- tianity introduced into the world that dispensation which we regard as the only embodiment of spiritual truth, he clearly foresaw, and as distinctly foretold, the commotions which it would everywhere excite. Pros- pectively alluding to these, he declared that he was come to earth, not to bring peace, but 'a sword.' His words have been verified. His true followers have been everywhere spoken against,' and described as men who turn the world upside down.' The real leaven' is sure to excite fermentation—and the sub- jects of truth must lay their account to be evermore at war. We cannot but think this view of things is, in the prssent day, almost wholly lost sight of. Woe unto you when all men speak well of you,' is one of those comminations, it would seem, whose force has been impaired by age. In the moral, as well as in the social world, these are 'the piping times of peace.' According to the theory which is especially popular with dissenters, we are to be witnesses only when men will I bear'-when they forbear' we are enjoined to be silent. The doctrine is a remarkably comfortable one—one by the aid of which we may contrive to get through the world without the disagreeable necessity of having the countenance ploughed up with wrinkles. To be reputed as a man of moderation, singularly discreet, amiable, and courteous-to be well spoken of by all parties, in return for a word of commendation judiciously administered to all-to be known for earnest attach- ment to nothing, save to that kind of neutrality which shrinks from the ill-will of any-to be quiet when action would expose to reproach, and active when ac- tivity would secure general praise-to speak nothing which by possibility may give offence—to do nothing which might create an unpleasant stir-to tread the very ground with the measured step of affected meekness, and smile upon everything, and shake hands with everybody, and utter every sentence in a tone of fond endearment and familiarity—all this may suit some men's natural tastes, but we are apt to suspect that this is not precisely the vocation nor the bearing of the betrothed to truth." THE BRITISH ANTI-STATE-CHURCII ASSOCIATION.— At the recent Annual Assembly of the Wesleyan Me- thodist Association, held in Manchester, the following resolution was adopted :—" This assembly believing it is of very great importance to the purity and extension of the kingdom of Christ, that the alliance subsisting between Christian churches and civil governments should be dissolved, it therefore most earnestly desires success to all Christian and lawful means employed for liberating state-established churches from the degrada- tion, bondage, and corruption, necessarily resulting from their union with, and dependence upon, the sup- port of earthly governments; and therefore most heartily wishes success to the operations of The British Anti- state-church Association.' CHURCH ACCOMMODATION.—About a fortnight ago there was a meeting which consisted of subscribers to the Ripon Society for promoting the Increase of Church accommodation, and the Ripon Diocesan Board of Edu- cation at which Lord Wharncliffe made a long state- ment in explanation of the purposes and mode of ad- ministering the Parliamentary grant for education; as it had been misrepresented. He pointed out the neces- sity of ascertaining that the grant is really devoted to its proper objects for which purpose Inspectors have been appointed over the schools of the National Society as well as others; but the Government have not the smallest wish to oust the clergy from the charge of edu- cating their flocks. The Dissenters pay taxes, and have a right to share in the Parliamentary grant. The British and Foreign Society, however, conceived the idea that a School Inspector desired to disparage their method of education and they asked, as security against undue meddling, that they might take thpir portion of the grant on the understanding that they might return the money should an Inspector be ap- pointed in whom they could not place confidence r The Education Committee of the Privy Council assented to that as just; but from [no desire to show peculiar favour to the Society. The yearly rent is at present E40,000; but he was satisfied that if the system worked well the amount would be increased. STATISTICS OF THE NONCONFORMISTS OF ENG- LAND AND WALES FOR 1844.—From the Annual Re- port of the Home Missionary society:— A h Communicants, A th Sunda,' A th 'r Teac h ers. ut ontles. ^in SocTcyAuthorities. S?X. A??"??- ?-?- Authorities. or in Society. Wesleyan Methodists. Minutes of 100th Annual Conference, 1844 331,024 Supposed to be at least* 180,000 Supposed to be at least.. 10,000 New Connexion .Minutes of 48th Annual Conference, 1814 15,812 Same Minutes. :H,9: Same Minutes 6,046 Association Minutes of 8th Annual Conference, 1844 22,000 Same Minutes. 42,107 Same Minutes 6,336 Primitive Methodists. Minutes of 25th Annual Conference, 1841.. 88,405 Same Minutes 73,771 Same Minutes 14,975 Baptists Congregational Magazine, Congregational 131,372 Union Reportt. 140,000 Union Report 18,000 Independents. Calendar, and other sources 200,000 Supposed to be at least* 170,000 Supposed to be at least 18,000 Calvinistic Methodists, Wales, &c Webli Methodist Diary. 59,358 W. M. Diary 1071,252 ] included in number t i of children. Stnaller Denommations. Supposed to be. 52,029 Supposed to be 23,56o Supposed to 4,000 900,000 768,128 86,3.56 It is generally admitted by those who understand the subject of Dissenting i. Statistics, that it is a moderate calculation tocount four persons for every one communicant. This would make the number for the congregations 3,600,000 Added to which, there should be the Sunday scholars, 768,628 5,268,628 or about one-third of the population of England and Wales. Population of England in 1841, being 14,995,508 of Wales in 1841 911,321 E15,906,829 No specific information can be obtained from any printed document or verbal statement. The same remark applies to the Independents. t. The Union Report gives 90,963 children for 1,939 churches. For 633 churches which have sent no returns, the additional 49,000 are allowed. THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY held his visitation (of which a rather long account was published last week in the Welshman) at Maidstone. Archdeacon Lyall and more than a hundred clergymen were present; and among the lay auditors was Mr. A. B. Hope, M. P. In the course of his charge, the Archbishop more than once alluded, with mixed apprehension and hope, to the present position of the Church and its dissensions, ex- horting the clergy to harmony, but not mentioning the Tractarian schisms by name. In the evening, he dined with his clergy at the Star Hotel. LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY. The fifttieth anniversary of the London Missionary Society was celebrated on Wednesday, at Exeter Hall, by a numerous public meeting. Sir Culling Eardley Smith took the chair, and enlarged upon the efforts made by the Pope and his emissaries to counteract the Society in diffusing the pure gospel throughout the world, and especially in Polynesia- Popery was still the same superstitious, persecuting, Anti-Bible system which it ever had been. In proof of its wretched superstition, shameful impositions, and miserable cupidity, he need only state, that in 1812 the Pope had received upwards of EIO,000 from the King of Naples to make a certain woman a saint. Some priests in Italy were exhibiting a letter which they said had been written by the Devil in Messina. The priests pre- tended to have a letter which they said was written by the Virgin Mary in Paradise, accepting the patronage of t.iat city. The rope had recently received an enormous sum ot money to say a single mass for the soul of an English Catholic. A physician had been imprisoned in Rome for recommending his patients not to fast; and •ertain students had been similarly punished for having Protestant books in their possession. The Rev. Dr. Leifchild reviewed the progress of our Society— The dozen missionaries which it had at first sent out had been multiplied to four hundred, and with native teachers to seven hundred. It had eighty-five stations :n the world, each station having several outposts; it had caused to be translated and published sixteen ver- sions of the Scriptures in the various languages of the ,.arth; since its establishment the Society had expended more than a million-and-a-half of money in furthering its mighty object; and they might fairly conclude that more than a million of individuals had been taught the Christian faith by the efforts of the Society. The affair of Tahiti was plentifully alluded to. Let- ters were read from the missionaries in the island to M. Bruat, as Governor, offering their mediation between the French and the Natives, in order to prevent blood- shed. Alluding to attacks on the Society and its mis- sionaries, Dr. Leifchild said, that when the time came for the calumniated persons to speak out and tell the whole of what they could reveal, he was certain that the public would be satisfied with their proceedings. He believed that the Directors meant to continue their ap- peals to the public, in order that Government might not be permitted to go to sleep upon the matter. Several resolutions were passed unanimously. One was to this effect- That this meeting bows before the righteous though mysterious providence of God, which has permitted the power of persecution and oppression to fall upon the Christians of Madagascar and Tahiti; and humbly acknowledges that the imperfections and evils of the best services offered to His sacred cause might justly provoke His holy chastisements. Towards its suffering Christian brethren in those islands the meeting cherishes the most affectionate sympathy and prayerful solicitude; and in relation to Tahiti, it cannot withhold the expression of its severest reprobation at the perfidy and cruelty per- petrated by the agents of France on the defenceless Queen and her oppressed people." [The resolution went on to urge upon the Directors steps for the Queen's complete deliverance from oppressio..f Another resolution began thus, and proceeded in a similar strain-" That this meeting, in commencing the fiftieth year in the history of the London Missionary Society, h .mbly presents its grateful praise to God for the decisive and abundant proofs of his favour with which he has vouchsafed, during that period, to crown its varied interests and operations." A third warmly acknowledged the services of Sir Culling Smith, as Chair- man, and as Treasurer of the Society. The Oxford Tractarians are moving heaven and earth to present the election of Dr. Symons to the vice-chan- cellorship of the university. The doctor ought to have the office 11 in due course of rotation," and the Church and State Gazette styles the opposition to his elec- tion an "impudent opposition." Our contemporary adds May the present contentions be not the forerunners of great evils Fuller remarks, that Oxford contests were generally the indexes to a volume of national animosities. "There were shrewd bickerfngs (says he) between the southern and northern men in'the university, not long before the bloody wars of the barons did begin. And the like happened twice under Richard II., before the fights betwixt Lancaster and York." The Tractarians have such faith in traditions, that we recommend this circumstance to their serious consideration. The journal above mentioned states that a party of gentlemen in the diocese of Exeter, entertaining Low Church principles, have determined upon opening a church in that city which shall be entirely independent, so far as all matters of discipline at least are concerned, of the bishop." The clergymen who are to officiate, and who must be supposed to have seceded from the Church, although they still hold their preferments, are the Rev. H. B. Bulteel, late fellow and tutor of Exeter College Oxford; the Rev. James Shore, of Bridge- town and the Rev. W. Cowie. They have issued a lengthened address, from which the following is an extract:— It has long been felt, by many who are attached to the Protestant Church as well as to the Episcopal order scrupulously administered, that for the preservation and increase of evangelical religion in these days of revived superstition and arrogant assumption, it is highly de- sirable to attempt the formation of an Episcopal Church, distinct from the Established Church, on a sufficiently comprehensive basis to effect the union of general be- lievers in Christ, who may not object to Episcopal discipline, though otherwise differing on other important points." -The Rev. F. Close, of Cheltenham, has denounced the intended Gloucester musical festival, which is under the patronage of the bishop, as immoralind profane. The letters which appeared in the Times purporting to come from officers in her Majesty's service, and impu- ting incompetency and cowardice to the French navy, have led to an investigation on board the Warspite. The result is, that the naval critic is neither more nor less than the CHAPLAIN !-Emanuel Lousada, Esq., of the Peak, Devonshire, and one of the deputy-lieute- nants for the county, has qualified as a county magis- trate and Benjamin Cohen, Esq., of Richmond, has also been placed upon the commission ef the pwe.- (Voice of Jacob.)* The great body of the Hebrew persuasion in London is at the present time much agi- tated in consequence of the approaching election to the office of chief rabbi of England, which has been for some time vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. Solomon Herschell.

CONTINENTAL TARIFFS.—We learn from the Man- heim Gazette, that the reduction of the duties on sugar and coffee imported by the Danube "has been produc- tive of the best results. The custom receipts this year are double what they were in the corresponding months of 1843. ALLEGED RELIEF IN CASES OF ASTHMA.—Get some blotting paper, and soak it well in a strong solution. of saltpetre. Take it out and dry it. On going to bed light it, and lay it upon a plate in your lodging-rqom. By .doing so, persons, no matter however badly amicted with asthma, will find that they can sleep as well al- most as ever they did in their lives.-NowsPaPer Pa- ragraph. A NOBLE REPLY.—It is related of the celebrated Jonn Howe, chaplain to Oliver Cromwell, that being often applied to for protection by men of all parties, in those eventful times, he never refused assistance to any worthy person, whatever his religious views until one day Cromwell said to him, Mr. Howe, you have asked favours for everybody except yourself: pray when does your turn come?" "My turn, my Lord Protector,' said Howe, is always come when I can serve another." — Waterston. A FRIEND IN NEED.—The Venerable Archdeacon Musgrave was at Halifax a week or two ago, conse- crating a stand of new colours," presented by certain ladies to the Second Regiment of West Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry," profanely called "Noodles." The modest dignitary said that he was afraid," at first, he should be at a loss for a form of prayer," and that, in the absence of all experience, he might be left to act simply on his own sense or impression of things, as to the religious observances proper to an act of conse- cration." But the archdeacon was favoured with a friend in need." To use his own words, "He had been relieved from his apprehension by a communica- tion from the War Office, and had received from the Horse Guards a brief and appropriate form of prayer, sanctioned by high authority, and admitting of easy adaptation to the immediate occasion of their meeting!" WHIGS AND TORIES.—The word" Tory" is derived from the Irish toruighim-~la pursue for plunder. The first Tories were Irish outlaws, such as we should now call Whiteboys or Ribbonmen. The term appears to have been first imported from Ireland during the civil wars of Charles the First, when it was applied to the Cavaliers subsequently to all the adherents of the House of Stuart. The word Whig" is an ancient Scotch term, signifying sour whey-a nickname first given to the Convenanters, and afterwards to their political friends. At the Hanoverian accession there were three parties in the country:—Catholics, friendly -to James, and hence called Jacobites 1 Protestants friendly to the House of Stuart, offensively called Tories; and Protestants opposed to the House of Stuart, and favourable to the popular rights which James had violated; these were called, in retaliation, by their opponents, Whigs. The latter of course came into power upon the landing of the Prince of Orange but the Whigs were not an anti-church party-they were partly borne into office by the bishops whom James had sent to the Tower. The revolution of 1688 was an anti- Catholic, and to a great extent an anti-sectarian move- ment. The most unpopular act of James, in resisting which the bishops took the lead, was his declaration in favour of liberty of conscience; his object being to free the Catholics from the civil disabiltties under which they laboured. To effect this, it was of course necessary to proclaim a general indulgence for Dissent, although there could be no doubt of his disposition to crush the Dissenters, if his own party had prevailed. The Whigs restored the Test Acts to put down popery; and the Tories would have done the same. Sectarianism had nothing to do with Whig or Tory distinctions. It arose out of the spirit of free inquiry and earnestness in religion, which were the characteristics of the age- influences strong enongh to govern State policy, rather than to be controlled by it. The political system which followed the accession of the House of Hanover was the result, not of Whiggism, but of a natural and un- avoidable compromising between the antagonistic principles of parliament and prerogative; and it is trifling with history to throw the blame of commercial restraint" upon the Whigs. Legislative interference with freedom of industry is of the earliest antiquity. The first protective corn-Jjuv was passed in 1463. This was the 3 Edward IV., c. 2, prohibiting the importa- tation of wheat when the price did not exceed 6s. 8d. per quarter. In subsequent reigns laws were passed to make food cheap, by levying duties upon the exporta- tion of corn :—a popular object: out only" commercial restraint" in another form. At the revolution of 1688 these duties A'ere changed by William into bounties upon exportation, to make wheat dear. But this was not Whig-craft, but King-craft, for its object was to conciliate the great landowners, who continued secretly opposed to the new dyna.ty.- Weltminster Review, I Septtmbw, 1844.

MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. I At a Quarterly General Court of Proprietors of East India-Stock, last week, the resolution passed at a previous General Court for granting an annuity ofEI,000 to Major-General Sir William Nott was affirmed.- The price of wheat at Mark Lane is now 38s. to 54s. per quarter; and bread has consequently fallen in price, being from 5d. to 7d. the four-pound loaf. A requisition, bearing the names of Mr. Cotton, the Governor of the Bank of England, and of the leading firms of the Metropolis, is about to be presented to the Lord Mayor, for a public meeting to promote the establishment of Baths and WaSh-houses for the Poor. It is proposed to establish baths, coupled with wash-houses for clothes, on such a scale as to place the comforts of cleanliness within the reach of all. -Sir John Ramsden has left E20,000 towards im proving the town of Huddersfield. The fares on the London and Birmingham Railway have been reduced to 27s., 18s., and 9s. 5d. (a penny per mile). By the train which carries first-class passengers only, the fare will be 30s.-A fellow, in London, has been defrauding the. druggists, by ordering pills, and paying for them in counterfeit crowns. [The money and the medicine were probably of much the same intrinsic value.] Mr. Barry, one of the clowns at Astley's Theatre, performed a range voyage on the Thames, from Vauxhall to Westminster Bridge, on Tuesday a washing-tub was his boat, and he was drawn by four geese. He landed in safety.- Since the commencement of the present century, upwards of a thousand ships belonging to the British navy are said to have been more or less damaged by lightning. -A chapter of the order of the Garter will be held at Windsor Castle on the 11th of October, for the election of two knights. The King of the French, it is expected, will, as an European Sovereign, be elected an honorary knight of the order during his sojourn in this country. -An order of her Majesty in council, published in the Gazette of the 20th inst., exempts all vessels of less burthen than fifteen tons from payment of tolls to the corporation of the Trinity House of Deptford Stroud. -The working classes of Paisley have resolved upon establishing public baths.—»—O'Connell has caused the bed on which he slept during his incarceration to be removed to Merrion-square, declaring that he would keep it as a memorial for his children.-The Siecle announces the approaching visit of Lord Pa? merston to the King of the French. Great news," exclaims that journal.-A severe storm of thunder, accompanied with hail, has visited Marseilles, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Bayonne, and several other places in the South of France, where it has done immense damage to the vintage. Government will form a police establish- ment at Hong-Kong, and a superintendent and inspec- tors will be immediately sent out. The salary of the superintendent to be E500 per annum. The appoint- ment has been given to Mr. Charles May, son of the chief superintendent of police.-At Brussels, on the 24th, a funeral service was performed in the Church of St. Gudule, in memory of the citizens who fell in defence of the national independence.-The German papers announce the accession of Bohemia to the German Customs' Union for a period limited to five years, and attach great importance to the event, as completing the Zollverein on the east. Louis Philippe, who is expected in this country about the 9th of October, will be the first French Sovereign who has visited England in peace.-The workmen of the Royal Mint are busily at work in striking off a considerable quantity of new sovereigns and half sovereigns on account of the Bank of England. The amount of bullion at present in the Bank is E15,197,000 sterling. A large quantity of gold coinage has also been struck for Government during the last fortnight for the payment of the Army and Navy. The Phoenix Fire-Office of London has contributed £ 200 towards the subscription for public walks and parks in Manchester. It is very commonly rumoured in the city that it is the intention of Government to exclude from the Court and from the Ministerial parties all the foreign Ministers or Charges d'Affaires, whose Governments have not faithfully fulfilled their engagements with their creditors in this country.-Mr. O'Connell, accompanied by his son John, left Dublin on Thursday, for Derry- name. We have learned, from a quarter likely to be well informed, that Sir Robert Peel meditates a decided legislative measure in regard to the system of tenure of land in Ireland. The exact nature of his project has not transpired; and certainly it must be admitted, the question is one beset with difficulties. But that some change is meditated, the communication made to us places beyond doubt.-Dublin Evening Post. Sir Robert Sal; was entertained by the Mayor and Corporation of Liverpool, at a magnificent banquet in the Town-hall, on Thursday night.-Two more incen- diary fires are reported in Suffolk at one of these the farm was fired in three places at once.-A powder- mill at Sedgwick, near Kendal, exploded last week, and a workman was blown to pieces.-A portion of the Middlesbrough branch of the Stockton and Darlington Railway has been on fire but the traffic on it has been prosecuted as usual. A large quantity of small coal had been used in forming an embankment at the end of the bridge over the Tees this has ignited; and great quantities of water have been thrown on it to extinguish it, in vain. Mr. George Sidingham, a miller at Datchet, near Windsor, was killed on Tuesday morning, by olWol the afN tJI hiagull striking him on the temple. A $ell-ringer at Newingtou Church, near Sandgate, Kent, has been killed by the bell he was pulling; it turned over, and drew him up to the ceiling of the belfry, where his head struck with such violence that he died in half-an-liour. John Teesdale, a man of robust constitution, has been killed at HestBallk, in Lan- cashire, by eating of the berries of the deadly nightshade.

INSTRUCT YOUR FARMERS.—We have ever been of opinion that the cultivation of the mind was the surest, and would eventually prove the shortest, road to agri- cultural improvement. Various attempts have been made to establish agricultural schools and colleges, but as yet none have been brought into active operation. Our favourite scheme has been that of getting the mas- ters of schools, in which the sons of farmers arc now educated, to make the elements of those sciences which are connected with agriculture a part of their system of education; and we now assert that if they do not do so, they will speedily meet a competition which will materially affect their occupation." We are glad to find that this idea has been taken up in Scotland. We have no doubt of its spreading.-llark Lane Express. GLOUCESTER MUSICAL FESTIVAL.—This festival commenced on Tuesday week. The fittings-up were the same as those of 1841. The nave of the noble edifice was entirely devoted to the purposes of the festival. The attendance was much better that that of previous years on the first day of the festival; but, as regards persons of mark and likelihood," there was a great falling off. Very few of the higher order of the clergy were present. The Dean was in attendance, but he was almost alone. The service opened with Handel's overture to Esther. The Te Deum composed in celebration of the battle of Dettingen followed, the choruses of which were given in a highly effective manner. Dr. Boyce's celebrated anthem, Blessed is he," was given immediately before the sermon, preached by the Rev. F. T. J. Bayley. The collection made at the close, in behalf of the chari- table fund, amounted to JE163 18s. 4d. In 1841 the sum was £ 130 12s. 4d. SHEEP AND CATTLE BOILING.—Mr. King's establish- ment at Maitland (Australia) is now in full operation, about 14 tons of tallow from a herd of bullocks having been obtained. There are three large boilers, each of which will contain three large bullocks, or about 100 sheep, so that a very large quantity of tallow will be made every week. If there is a full supply of cattle and sheep, about 25 tons of tallow will be produced every week. Being in a large town like Maitland, there is a market for the hind-quarters of the bullocks, which con- tain the least fat, but have the best joints of meat, and are therefore preferred by the retail butchers. Mr. King is making preparations for adding a steam apparatus to his establishment, when he will be able, should it be required, to melt double the quantity of cattle he can at present. A good bullock wll at the present prices pro- duce nearly twice as much when melted into tallow, as if brought to Sydney and sold to the butchers. We think the melting question is now about to have a fair trial, and we have no doubt /that 9100,000 worth of tallow will be exported from t1)is colony, between the 1st of April, 1844, and the 31st of March, 1845 and unless sheep should rise to a high price, which is by no means probable, we have no doubt that henceforth we shall have an unusual export of tallow to quite that amount. -Simmond's Colonial Magazine, August, 1844. WHIG GRATITUDE.—Nor were there wanting those who saw in the treatment of Plunket by the (Melbourne) Whigs that characteristic indifference to old and faith- ful servants which may with too much justice be imputed to the Whigs. The greatest statesman their party ever had was never admitted to the Cabinet; and when he was compelled by his principles to sever him- self from the Foxites, with what venom and slander was the reputation of Burke assailed Against Sheridan's admission to the Cabinet the Whig pride revolted, though his claims were generously urged by Charles Fox. In 1812, the most flattering proposals were made to Mackintosh by Mr. Perceval. But in 1827, when the Whigs had the power of nominating four members to the Cabinet, great was the surprise of George Canning at finding that the name of Mackintosh was not among those presented to him. In 1830, the Whigs could find no other way of honouring such a man as Mackintosh than by presenting him with a Com- missionership, which he had refused twenty years before! Such was the manner in which they requited the services of a valuable life, given to their cause by one of the profoundest intellects and most benignant natures that ever shed lustre on a party. Thus, too, an Attorney-Generalship was generously (!) offered in 1830 to the man who had actually dragged the Whig party up the hill, and tugged it over its difficulties. Thus, too, the long and faithful services of Henry Parnell were disregarded and passed over, and others with not half of his abilities promoted over his head. And thus Plunket, in advanced life but in full possession of his powers, was hustled off the bench in order to make room for the illustrious Lord Campbell.-Ireland and its Rulers. SPIRITED DIALOGUE.—Mat, I want another porter. —What ales the one you have, Dick ?—He's dead.— Gone to his bier, eh ?—Hang you Dick, your wits al- ways a broad-cider.-Philadell)hia Times.

CARING FOR THE POOR I The pity and indignation which have been raised throughout England by the death and agony of the labourer Shaw, is so great, the dennciation of the rule that sanctioned those sufferings is so irresistible, and the verdict so just, that little remains for any one to add in the shape of reflections. No tale of woe ever more truly told itself. The imagination can hardly keep pace with the six weeks' martyrdom of that poor labourer. There is no parallel to it but in the prison of Northleach, where four men in the prime of manhood died of the prison discipline, as this man died of the Poor Law enactment. Not the greatest writer could describe the anguish, the needless anguish, endured by the wife, the sister, the mother-in-law of that victim, Shaw nor could we suffer a recital of the hunger and putrefaction, ,which at length, but all too slowly, released the husband from his penalty. Luke's iron crown and Damien's bed of steel" were more merciful, as they were brief in their torment. Where was the chaplain of the Eton workhouse during these 40 days that it took Shaw to die ? Where was he when the mother, wife, and sister were brutally denied, surlily admitted, and searched for the little pro- vision they brought their famishing relation ? Did this divine stand at the bed-head of the sufferer, his prayer book in his hand, and see and acquiesce in these unchristian prohibitions ? or was he at Paris or in Wales ? We find no mention of him. He is not called to sustain the very questionable assertions of the matron, nor the unimpeachable testimony of the women. It may be, that he duly discharged his sacred function, but if so, he must have acquiesced in their exclusion- at least he did not remonstrate against a regulation opposed to mercy, reason, and Christianity. He may, possibly, have been ill and hindered. The clergy have generally withstood the severities of this law. Women are said to be angels in sickness, and truly this labourer's wife was to him a ministering one, for no insult, no prohibition, could exclude-no poison, no exhalation deter-when all fled the loathsome couch, when the rule itself became cancelled, when putrefaction had taken place, then did this excellent wife cling to her husband, and was then for the first time freely admitted to him. The angel of death found her closing his agonized eyeballs. Yet will she remain unrewarded, as far as this world goes, for no guardian and no com- missioner will see in her a subject of commiseration. On the contrary, she is not unlikely to become herself an inmate of this union, and may possibly expiate in it the public services that she has rendered.—Extract from a letter in the Times of last Monday.

GENERAL POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT. I Fraser's political article this month is as usual tem- perately as well as ably written. But it would really seem that the writer's judgment halted between two opposite opinions for he appears to be doubtful whether he ought to praise or blame Ministers for the conduct they pursued during the last session of Parliament, he insists on the expediency of the Premier's putting a final stop to the conciliation-system, as regards Ireland. Let him only appear to waver," says our monthly Contemporary, let him take but one step further in the way of conciliation, towards those whom no conces- sions will mollify, nor any reasoning convince, and there is an end to his Government at once, perhaps to the monarchy." On the contrary, there is an end to Sir R. Peel's Government if he does not attempt to conciliate Ireland, for recent experience must have convinced him, as it has convinced many other Conservatives, that a coercive system of policy will never be productive of any other result than that of increasing the exasperation, already quite bitter enough, in the sister country, and placing additional power in the hands of the repeal agi- tators. Fraser next proceeds to eulogise the honesty of Government, and instances Lord Lyndhurst and Sir James Graham as patrons of spotless integrity.

ALLEGED AMUSEMENTS OF ROYALTY. I In a letter lately inserted in a morning paper, from Blair Athol, is the following passage On Wednesday afternoon his Royal Highness Prince Albert had a wild stag brought into the Home Park im- mediately behind the Castle, and shot it for the amuse- ment of the Queen, who was looking out of one of the back windows. The stag had, on two previous nights, disturbed the inmates of the Castle by its cries." It would be a libel to suppose that such a story could be true of any female, but that it can be asserted of her' Majesty, whose amiability and humanity are proverbial, that a wild stag was caught for the express purpose of placing it in a situation for her to see Prince Albert shoot it from her window, is so monstrous that it carries its own refutation with it. What! the most beautiful and interesting animal in the creation, so remarkable for its sensibility as to be known to shed tears when separated from the herd to which it is attached, and whose cries, assuredly uttered on that account, had avowedly disturbed the inmates of the Castle for two previous nights, to be shot in cold blood, without even the enthusiasm of the chase to justify it, for the amuse- ment of the Queen J

THE NEWPORT OR WELSH CHARTISTS. I We see by the Gateshead Observer (in which paper however the proceedings are not reported) that there has been a public meeting which was convened by Sir John Fife, Mayor of Newcastle, in compliance with a requisition bearing 409 signatures, and that it was held in the Guildhall of that town, "to take into consider- ation the propriety of forwarding a memorial to her Majesty, praying her to take into her most gracious consideration the necessity of carrying out the law as defined by the House of Lords in the recent case of O'Connell and others, that no judgment shall be allowed to pass upon a British subject, until every form of defence laid down by the Constitution has been'com- plied with,' it being clear from that decision that Frost, Williams, Jones, and others, tried and convicted at the Monmouth assizes in 1839, have been so illegally, and without the means of defence guaranteed by the Con- stitution, nine out of the fifteen judges having declared that the act of parliament of Edward III. was not com- plied with, and the recent decision of the Lords being that every safeguard of the law must be complied with, before a British subject can be injured either in person or property."—The placard announcing the meeting ex- pressed an expectation that Sir John Fife would take the chair, and that Mr. T. Duncombe, M. P., and Mr. Charles Larkin, would take part in the proceedings. But none of these gentlemen attended the meeeting. The chair was taken by Mr. William Cook, of Gates- head and .the chief speakers were Mr. William Daniells, Mr. Cockburn, and Mr. James Sinclair. Resolutions, and a memorial to the Queen, in accordance with the requisition, weie moved and adopted.

The Globe reports a singular and rare, if not unique occurrence" in the aviary at Windsor: a Dorking fowl which has been placed with some fowls from Cochin China, has laid eggs with two distinct yolks in each. Mr. Walters, the superintendent of the aviary, placed one of these double-yolked eggs, with some others, to be hatched by the hen: in due time, two chickens issued from the egg,—one a cock of the pure Cochin-Chinese breed, the other a hen of the Dorking type. THE WHOLE NATION, NOT APART.—The Leading Journal, some weeks ago, in the course of some remarks, made the following just and spirited declaration: The Times is not the journal of the aristocracy; it is the journal of the people. We are content to leave the sphere of the superfine and the flights of elegance and polish to our more fashionable and aristocratically favoured contemporaries of the daily press, if we can only commend ourselves instead to the sterling sense and native hearty feeling of the English public and win the good opinion of persons who, though they are not dukes. are still worth pleasing-those whom the French journal calls I clowns,' and whom we call the people.' AGE OF OUR LINE-OF-BATTLE SHIPS.—It has been asserted that the ships of the line of the English navy are, for the most part, unfit for rough service, inasmuch as they are composed of old vessels which are kept water-tight and venerated on account of their service during the late war. Of the thirty sail of the line advanced ships" now ready for immediate service at the ports, one-half of them are not fifteen years old. The Neptune, 120, launched in 1832; the Waterloo, 120 launched in 1833; the Trafalgar, 120, launched in 1841 the Nile, 92, launched in 1839; the London, 92, launched in 1840 the Superb, 80, and the Cumberland, 70, launched in 1843 and the Boscawen, 70, launched in 1844, have never yet hoisted the pennant; nor has the Clarence, 84, another of the advanced ships. The Royal Adelaide, 104, has never been at sea; and of the remainder, the Rodney, 92, was launched in 1833 the Monarch, 84, was launched in 1832; the Vanguard, 80, was launched in 1835 the Superb, 80, was launched in 1842; and the Indus, 78, was launched in 1839. In fact, thirty sail of our noblest men-of-war, equal to any force that can be mustered by any naval power, have been launched since 1830. PUNCH'S PRECEPTS TO POLICEMEN.—Always come when you are called this is a rule too much neglected by some of you. Do your duty: England expects that of every man. But she does not expect you to do more. Bid the apple-woman, if obstructive, to move on: but go not out of your way to get into hers. Keep a sharp look-out for rogues and vagabonds; but apprehend not every poor-looking person you see for a beggar. Smite, but smite forbearingly, the young leaper of the street post r cuff, but not cuff with cruelty. Remember that the mice will disport themselves in the absence of Grimalkin; that the pickpocket is on the alert when the policeman's back is turned; and suffer not the siren voice of Susan at the area to beguile you from the beat of vigilance. Your deportment should inspire respect, and not excite ridicule. Strive, therefore, to know what to do with your hands at times when the collar of the evil-doer may not require their agency. Avoid the semi-military gait; walk perfectly, but not bolt upright. AbQve all things, when you happen to be on horseback, never allow your head to be turned by your uniform. Young officer, whoever you are, A or Z, accept these gentle hints from one who ranks among the chief friends of that peace of which you are constituted the guardians, namely—Punch. -• >. To THE ADVERTISERS OF CARDIGANSHIRE, PEM- BROKESHIRE AND CARMARTHENSHIRE.—In selecting the vehicle of their advertisements, the shrewd portion of the public prefer as a matter of course the paper of THE LARGEST CIRCULATION. Itstands to reason that to have an advertisement inserted in a Newspaper with a circulation of 2,000, must be worth more money to an advertiser than its insertion in a journal of 500. Even if his advertisement be inserted in a paper of 500 for eight weeks, it will not come before half so many people's eyes as if inserted once only in the paper of large circulation. THE HUMDRUM INTEREST.—With stupidity and a sound digestion a man may front much in this world. Phlegmatic John Bull, with plenty to eat and drink, listens with apathy to the Irish cry for repeal, the French cry for war, and the Whig cry for office. He appears to be insensible to the dangers that surround him, and for that very reason is more likely to fight his way through them than if he had been impressed with a nervous sense of their dangerous character. This vis inertiee is the rock upon which Sir Robert Peel plants his standard, well aware that in ordinary times the Humdrum Interest is more than a match for the Grumbling Interest, extensive though the latter be.- Atlas. PARTY ORATORS-BRUTALITY OF-SOLDIERS.-It is a curious fact, formerly stated in this magazine, that the private soldiers of England, though taken from the humblest classes of society, and few in number when compared with the hundreds of thousands forced by conscription into the ranks of continental armies, have yet surpassed all foreigners as much in letters as in arms. We have several highly interesting books of military adventure written by private soldiers, and con- veying vivid pictures of their habits, feelings, and opinions, as well as the dangers and terrible hardships to which they are exposed in the field. No work of this kind, deserving of notice, has been produced by either French or Germans, for the memoirs of the French Sergeant Guillemard is a poor and paltry fabrication and though the German have two works of military adventures edited by Goethe, even they were both written by soldiers who had served in the British army, and only convey to German readers pictures of English military life. This literary triumph of our countrymen is not indeed likely to silence the liberal and patriotic persons who so constantly tell us of the brutality of English soldiers, but, as an established fact, it may be successfully urged by the tmbiassed against the mere declamations of party orators.—Fraser's Magazine. FASHIONS FOR OCTOBER.—As the season advances, again are satins, velvets, and all the richer materials in demand; the new ones are most brilliant in colour, dis- playing the prismatic tints in all their beauty. Bishop's purple, Emerald green, brown, and gorge de calibri are the most in favour velvets embroidered in gold, Alge- riennes, Smyrna satins, and equally magnificent materials are talked of for dress; dentelles de velours, of extreme delicacy, but soft as lace, are made of every colour; the roseau de Venise with ground of gold or silver thread, and flours of chenille, with byrinthes gimp are all used to ornament dresses; whilst buttons, ribbon, and narrow velvet are in favour for a more simple toilette, for which redingotes are universally worn the corsages are long, almost always busque and very open, but not laced with chemisette a la vierge; the sleeves a la bonne soeur, are reduced in size; redingotes a l' Amazone are ornamented with chicorees, or gimp byrinthes, or dentelle zephyr. For evening dresses, clear muslin tarlatanes, bareges, and crape, and crape embroidered, are fashionable, with corsages a la Grecque, or pelerines drapees; young ladies adopt the corsage a la vierge, with chemisette. Deep flounces are. indis- pensable for bareges, they are also used for muslin festonnes, or edged with a lace, or three deep tucks divided by embroidery. Paletots are now quite necssary for travelling costumes, and are often made of cachemire slightly wadded and finished with a cordeliere; large shawls are also worn, rounded at the bottom, with hood and sleeves. Bonnets are but little ornamented at this season, and the form is small at the sides the winter bonnets in preparation are of a more open form a new capote, termed capote Hortense, is pretty, made of pink satin covered with black lace forming a veil, at the sides the trimming composed of coques of black velvet ribbon striped with pink, forming demi-couronne, terminating at the side in a ncend; it is also lined with pink satin. Velours d'Afrique, and velours epingle are materials now suitable. AN INTELLIGENT DOG.-On a certain Sunday, after church, a family were all assembled in the drawing-room, and every member of it, with one exception, occupied in reading. A Newfoundland dog, after making a recon- naissance of the party, proceeded of his own accord to the library, and, taking down a book from the shelves, returned and presented the individual with that conve- nient instrument for whiling away the long quarter of an hour before dinner !-Troy Whig. My heart's on the high road, my heart is not here. Perch'd with my coach, on a truck in the rear. No changing of horses, nor stopping to bait, My heart's on the high road-the railway I hate; Farewell to the highroad-its inns and its pikes, The coachman can't now get a drain when he likes And woman no longer adds grace to his box, But he sits %Il alone, like & thief in the stocks. We've arrived, ahd they now move my coach from its truck, For the road, and with me its a cross-road-worse luck. How I pant for the high-road no mortal can tell, 'Twas too lovely for me-farewell-oh-farewell The Branch Coachman. RAILWAY TRAVELLING.—The man who travels by a railroad sees nothing, learns nothing, and is nothing, from the commencement of his journey to its termina- tion. Speed saves, or, it may be said, annihilates time and distance, but at what cost? We. are not putting a money question. At what loss ? should be the word. He who reclines in a locomotive machine, going at the rate of 30 miles an hour, is as insensible to the beauties of the country he is passing through, to its legendary attractions, to the origin of its hamlets and its sacred temples, as is the engine itself. In such a traveller the poetic impulse must be chilled. If he be aged he must feel that old times have passed away; that father- land, dear to his early affections, does not exist on the line of railway; and that what he once saw with rapture and cherished in his memory, is now all blank, a long line of cold iron, burning cinders, dirty smoke, suffocat- ing vapour, and eternal dreariness. On the other hand, if the traveller be' young, he has little to regret, inas- much as he is deprived, by the modern process of flying over the land, of any opportunities of being conscious of what is worth being seen, studied, and admired in the rural retreats of England. This is a change which few people think of. It is all very well to take a steam flight from London to Liverpool or Manchester, from London to Bath, Bristol, and Exeter, or from London, or from any one place to any other, by steam power but It is quite another thing to consider of what vast advantages the rapid tourist is deprived, by not being enabled to see the beauties of the country, the gems of an old land, the hoary ruins, and the temples gray, and the historic spots, and the classic ground, and the once noble castle, and the dismantled abbey and monastery, and all that venerable time and tradition have sanctified in an ancient kingdom.-Liverpool..Ifail.

LONDON GAZETTE. I BANJrRUPTB.-( Friday, Sept. 27).-E. M'Laughlin, Long-lane, Bermondsey, glue merchant.—F. B. and W. Stacey, Lawrence-lane, Cheapside, warehousemen.—J. G. Webb, Rosamond-buildings, Islington, mineral water manufacturer.—T. Eldridge, Upper North place, Gray's Ini. Road, coachbuilder.—W. Williams and J. Sawtell, Newport, Monmouthshire, provision merchants.—J. Leybourn, Bradford, Yorkshire, cabinet-maker.—J. Lam- bert, New Elvet, Durham, grocer. BANKRUPTS.—(Tuesday, Oct. 1.)—-C. K. Nicholls, banker, Bridgeroad, Battersea.—H. Hayues, innkeeper, Scole, Norfolk.—R. Robinson, coal merchant, Strand.— E. Ashwell, butcher, North Walsham, Norfolk.—M. Maslin, coal-merchant, Croydon, Surrey.—J. T. Maund, laceman, Birmingham.—F. Deflinne, check manufac- turer, Manchester.—R. J. Webb, wine and spirit mer- chant, Bath.—Ross Watson and R. Morris, brokers, Liverpool. ?•

WEEKLY CALENDAR. THE Moo's CIIANGEs.-New Moon, on the 11th of October, at llh. 24m. after. The Moon rises, Oct, 5.- Ilh. 29m. A.M. Oct. 8. Ih. 50m.A.M. 6.- morn 9. 3h. 6m. 7 — Oh. 38..  10? 4h. 22m.- The Sun rises. I Clock before Sun. The Sun sets. Oct. 5. 6h. 9m. 11m. 39 sec. 5h. 27m. 9. 6h. 16m. 12m. 46 sec. 5h. 18m. Oct. 6.—Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity. Proper Lessons, Morning, Ezek. 20, Mark 9; Evening, Ezek. 24, 2 Cor. 5.——-Length of day, llh. 14m.; day's de- crease from the longest day, 5h. 20m.; day breaks, 4h. 17m.; twilight ends, 7h. 18m. Oct. 10 —Annual license to be taken out by bankers, or other persons issuing promissory notes for money payable to the bearer on demand, and allowed to be re- issued. Half-yearly dividend on various descriptions of Stock becomes due. TIDE TABLE. Hlcn WATER at BRISTOL, during the week. 1 th rs t '? \l'Orning Evening   czti- Gates. OCT. I H. M H. M. FT. INC. FT. INC. OCT. 5 1 1 47 o 0 8 9 Saturday. 5.11 47 — 20 0 8 9 Sunday.. 6! 0 36 1 27 19 8 8 5 Monday.. 712 23 2 59 21 6 10 3 Tuesday.. 8 3 42 4 11 24 4 13 1 Wednes.. 9 4 42 5 4 27 3 16 0 Thursday. 10 5 30 5 51 I 29 7 18 4 Friday. 11 6 17 6 39 | 31 6 1 20 3 EQUATION OF THE TIDEs.-Thcse equations, applied to the above table, will give the approximate times of HIGH WATER AT THE FOLLOWING PLACES:— H. M. H. M. Aberystwith add 01 1f5 5 1 Holyhead add 2 45 Carmarthen-bay..?. 1 5 Liverpool add 4 6 Cardigan-bar .sub. 0 15 Lundy Isle sub. 1 45 Cardiff-roads sub. 0 55 Milford Haven.M?. 1 30 Carnarvon add 1 45 Newport, Men.SM&. 0 30 I Chepstow.su.b. 01415 3 1 Swansea-bar sub. 1 15 Fishguard-bay.sub. 0 30 Thames' mouth..sub. 45 5

I AGRICULTURE, MARKETS, Ac. I (From the "Mark Lane.Express" of last Monday. WHEAT.—The gradual, though not important hsGr which has taken place in the value of Wheat sincc tW middle of the month, has received a check this weOU, At Liverpool, where, in addition to good supplies of Irish Wheat, rather large quatities of Floar hafC. recently been received from America, the trade has been more depressed than almost at any other market in the kingdom; still the rednction has not been considerable even there. On Tuesday, really good qualities, whether of native or foreign growth, commanded nearly previous rates; and though about 2d. per 701bs. less was taken for soft parcels of new Irish, this was mainly caused 111 the inferiority of the condition in which these came to hand. Later in the week increased difficulty waS eX- perienced in effecting sales of the latter description, nor were the best sorts in much request. A parcel o* 500 barrels Western Canal Flour, in bond, sold at 11 per barrel. At Bristol on Thursday, the amount of business done in Wheat was unimportant, but holder were not willing to accept lower terms, either for British or Foreign. At Birmingham, on the same day, the inquiry was tolerably active, and nearly the whole offer- ing met a steady sale at full prices. %ARLEYThe recent fall in the value has not yet bOd, much influence in lessening the supplies, and at most 01 the leading markets in the Barley growing distrittl rather more than sufficient has been brought forward W satisfy the demand. Having now,. however, arrivect&t, that period of the year, when the principal maltstetf usually commence working, we have a right to expect a more lively inquiry erelong and if the crop justsecutC? be in reality as In?ifferent as is reported, the present P°": sition of affairs might easily be reversed an 'I irnes 0 has hitherto been the case, of the supply exceedingly demand, it may yet become difficult to find a suf&cieat quantity of really good quality to satisfy the Wants of th? maltsters. OATS.—In the Oat trade no change has occurred at any of the principal provincial markets, but there ifl growing opinion that the yield of this article will pr6vlr short. FLOUR no change requiring notice has occurred. MALT has throughout the week been in very 8)0" request, but the previous value of the article has beeJI supported. 8. S. 8. ;S Wheat, Engl., red 40 to 48 Oats, Yorksh. feed 20 to u: White 46-54 Potatoe 23 2A- Old red 48—52 Y oughall Black.. 19-20, Do. white 52 — 56 Scotch feed 21 —■ Barley, Malting 34 — 37 Irish Galway. 19 —20 Chevalier ——«3S Dublin 19-20 Grinding 28 — 30 Londonderry M—21 Irish 26—28 Tares Winter 5s. 6d. 68. 0&' Bere 26 Rapeseed English 2J1.. Beans, Tick new.. 32 35 to 251. Os. per laSt. M Old Small 36-38 Cloverseed, red • ina Foreign.i. White, X. 46 -62 Peas, Boiling 36-38 French 46111 White 31 — 35 Linseed,Cakes 101.10s.to 1i Grey. 32-34 Foreign. 61.158.10 Maple 35-36 Flour, Town-made Malt, Brown 56-58 and best country Chevalier 60 marks Kingston & Ware. 60 Stockton 38- Suffolk & Norfolk 58 -60 Norf. & Suffolk.. 38- Rye, English. 30 36 1 Irish 40 LONDON AVERAGES. £ s. d. £ S. Wheat.. 4,905 qrs.2 7 1 Rye. 543 qrs.2 0 £ Wheat.. 4,905 qrs.1 2 17 6 I Peas 1,131 1 144 Barley.. 3,050 Beans.. 962 1 14 0 Oats 16,245 1 GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF CORN. Week ended Sept. 27.-Imperial-General Weekly Average,—Wheat, 45s. 3d; Barley, 35s. 6d; Oats,2Qf., 5d; Rye, 34s. 7d Beans, 37s. 3d; Peas, 33s. Id. Aggregate Average of six weeks which governs DtiIW4 —Wheat, 48s. 4d.; Barley, 35s. Od. Oats, 20s. 4d. Rye, 35s. 5d.; Beans, 36s. lid.; Peas, 33s. 9d. Duty on Foreign Corn.Wheat, 20s. Od; Batley, Od; Oats, 6s. Od; Rye, 7s. 6d; Beans, 6s. 6d; Yes& 9s. 6d.RJyLe, '7s. 6d' Beans, 6s. M; Fe? SMITHFIELD MARKET.. There was exhibited for sale on Monday last one ot the largest Bullock supplies almost ever recollected to, have been brought forward at this period of the year, 120g less than 1,900 short horns having been received froop the northern counties, with comparatively large arrive from other quarters. Notwithstanding, however, tbO extent of the supply, the increase of which has, tionably, been caused principally from the shortness winter keep, its general quality was tolerably g while very few instances of disease were noticed-amolum any breed. The attendance of both London and colint buyers was numerous, yet the Beef trade was in a very sluggish state. However, the primest Scots were d! posed of at 3s. lOd. per 8!bs., being 2d. under the tations obtained on Monday last. All other ki? ? Beasts, a clearance of which was not enectpfl,su? fully that amount of depression, with a very hea.vvs?? During the past week the imports of foreign stock '? been large, they having amounted to 80 Oxen ana "I;flvvs# together with 15 Sheep, in the port of London, Rotterdam; 12 Oxen and Cows at Hull, from S?_, burgh; and 4 Oxen at Southampton, from Sp?n- ???, supply here to-day was composed of 30 Dutch E -?s, ja the quality of which a slight improvement over prcn? s importations was noticed. The prices obtainedvar1^ frnm E18 to E19 each. From Lincolnshire, LelCCS e shire, and Northamptonshire, received 1,900 short-lioto; from Norfolk, Suffolk, Eawx, and Cambri""ihi??, 0 Scots and home-breds; from the western and mid1àÓø counties, 600 Herefords, Devons, ruuts, &c.; fr6o other parts of England, 400 of various breeds; fro Scotland, 200 horned and polled Scots and from re an 40 beasts. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. « s. d. s. d. 8. d- 8- 0. Coarse & Infe- d. s. d'l Prime coarse a rior Beasts.. 2 4 2 8 woolled Sheep 3. 6 t <* 2nd quality.do 2 10 3 4 Prime South- » Best large Ox. 3 4 3 6 I down do. 3 10 0 Prime Scots.. 3 8 3 10 I Coarse Calves 34310 Coarse & Infe- Small do. 4 0 ? rior Sheep.. 2 6 3 0 Large Hogs.. 3 0 3 6 2nd quality do 3 2 8 4 Small Porkers 3 8 Lambs 0s. Od. to 6s. Od. Suckling Calves, 18s. to 34s.; and quarter-old  Pigs, 16s. to 20s. each. Beasts, 3,956; Sheep and 36,230 Calves, 117 Pigs, 370. FRIDAY, Sept. 27.—Beasts, 694; Cows, 168; Shop and Lambs, 8,160; Calves, 250; Pigs, 330. A STATEMENT & COMPARISO N of the SUPPI{^ and PRICES of FAT STOCK, exhibited and SO SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET, on Monday, OQ1, 1843, and (this day) Monday, Sept. 30, 1844. Per 41bs. to sink the offals. 841 • Oct. 2, 1843. Sept 30, s. d. s. d. s. d.  Coarse & inferior Beasts. 2 6 to 3 0..2 4toZ ? | Second quality do. 30 3 4210 3 g Prime large Oxen. 3 6 3 8..3 4 ?.? Prime Scots, &c. 3 8 3 10380 Coarse & inferior Sheep.. 2 10 3 0263 Second quality do. 3 2 3 6323 Pr?!me coarse woolled do.. 3 8 3 10363ol Prime Southdown do 4 0 4 4 3 10 n Lambs 00 0 00000 Large coarse C4Ives. 3 6 4 034310 Prime small do. 3 8 4 6..4 0 4 4- Large Hogs 30 3 63036 Neat small Porkers 3 8 3 103s4 0, BUTTER, BACON, CHEESE, AND HAMS. Irish Butter, new, s s. Cheese, per cwt. S.or per ewt 78 Double Gloucester.. 60 66 Carlow, new Single ditto, éO fO Sligo Cheshire$ Banbridge Derby. 46 ø Cork, Ist. 76 Foreign ditto. 52 54 Waterford 74 Bacon, new English Butter, Middle 50 66 Dorset, per firkin.. 50 — Hams, Irish 56 l' Foreign Butter, cwt 96 I YWoersk tmoreland 7700 Prime Friesland. 96 — York 70. Do. Kiel 92 Fresh Butter, 14s. per PRICE OF TALLOW, &c. 1840. 1841. 1842. 1843. l84<'g Stock this day 22,930..21,601..24,322..25,310..21.? Price of Y.C.. 52s.3d..48s. Od..48s.3d..41s.6d..41s.?. to to to to to —s.0d..—s.Od. ,48s.fid. AlsM..41s-% Daliv.lastweek 2,236.. 2,209.. 2,566.. 2,387. 1,876- Do.fromlstJune24,383..27,712..23,179..23,968..21, Arriv.last week 1,422.. 1,873.. 7,672.. 0,465 *2,iV' Do.fromlstJune3l,837..31,185..28,251..302,79..2 » Price of Town. 56s.6d..50s.6d.53s.6d..44s.6d..448-011.

ADVERTISEMENTS AND ORDERS RECElV# BY THE FOLLOWING AGENTS tot, LONDON Mr. Barker, 33, Fleet-street,; Mr. R-Wiuto" 5, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street; Messrs Newton o, ?A Co., Warwick-square Mr. G. Reynell, 42, Chanced lane; Mr. Deacon, 3, Walbrook, near the T*IansiOtl?' House Mr. Hammond, 27, Lombard-street; W. 1)3 if, son and Son, 74, Cannon-street; Mr. C. Mitchell, n  Lion Court, Fleet-street;- ABERYSTWYTH .Mr. Jenkins, Printer, GreatD** Gate Street. ABERGAVENNY .Mr. C. R. Phillips, Auctioneer. BRECON .Mr. William Evans, Ship-strc BRIDGEND .Mr. David Jenkins. 6 BRISTOL Messrs. Philp&Evans,2gtClgLrt CARDIFF Mr. Bird, Post Office. CARDIGAN Mr. Isaac Thomas, Printer. 901" DUBLI-,I J. K. J ohnstone & Co., Edell ctlis HAVERFORDWEST ..Mr. T. Russell, 2, Victoria LLANDILO .Mr. Thomas James, Stationer. LLANDOVERY Mr. Morris, Spirit Merchant- LAMPr,Trlt .1\Ir. Rees, Druggist. LLANELLY .Mr. Gawler. MILFORD .Mr. Gwyther, Custom House- MERTHYR Mr. William Morris.. t PEMBROKE Mr. R. C. Treweeks, ChemlS SWANSEA .Mr. Grove, Stationer, WINA-S TENBY .Mr. Walkington, Chemist, at,. Miss Bourne, Library. And all Postmasters and Clerks of the roads. THIS PAPER IS REGULARLY FILED by all the above ??l'? and also in London, at Llovd's Coffee-House.-l C1J6 Coffee-House, No. 177, and 178, Flcet-street^^c Chapter Coffee-House, St. Paul's.-Deacon Is CO,i,eeI, House, Walbrook.—Jerusalem Conee-House,Co?? John Parsons, General Advertising Agent, 9, n$1"t. Maria Lane, Paternoster Row, and the Auetiol gart? f teh of Printed and Published in Guildhall Square, in the P f/ St. Peter, in the County of the Borough of Carmarthe the Proprietors, Charles WatUngWisbey of PicW11 Te l- and Joseph Spawforth of Union Street, Picton tfr_'?,"?_ Carmarthen aforesaid. FRIDAY, OCTOBER i, 1814.