The Welshman

UNHAPPY THOUGHTS. I Oh, for some potent antidote, To drown the misery of thought! To bury in oblivion's night The past, for eve-r from my sight; To lull the aching thoughts to rest, That rallkle, rankle, in my breast; Those antious cares that gnaw my braid, Reproaching thou hastlixed in Tain." Awen! thou solace of my heart, Chief comforter of care thou art, For wounded pride and mental grief, Thou can'st and wilt grant me relief; And all neglects may'st thou forgive, And 111 be constant while I live. Pleasure nor wealth can ne'er decoy, My heart from thee, my chiefest joy. Oh teach me to despise the world, (And let it from my heart be hurled), Let highest aspirations rise, Let my soul soar towards the skies- Teach me to comfort man, my brother, Join hand in hand with one another,- Let none live to himself alone, Let other's wrongs absorb my own Thus I shall dissipate my sorrow, And be a better man to morrow.

WELSH POETRY AND WELSH POETS. I Senseless alliteration strung, Like beads of various hues, Too full of sound but little sense, Thus hops the poe t's muse. Of inspiration he has none, Art sways his brain,—his pen, To get the links to fit his aim, He chirps just like a wren. Like eagles soaring to the sun, The true bard mounts on high, Tied down by cynghaneddic rules, The Cymro cannot fly. Ah why not shake the shackles off! Break through art's cruel fetters, Let nature inspiration give, No more string words and letters. It:" Oes y byd i'r iaith Cymraeg" Be your desire, endow it, With noble thoughts and sentiments, Your country too-avow it. Then will the world respect the bard, Give Wales its homage due, Let all aid progress—liberty, Sing of the good-the true. Let flattering sycophants pursue Their theme, ancestral pride, Can twenty aps" the present screen ? Degeneracy hide. The hobbling beetle, dark and small, May boast his pedigree, His ancestor was in Noah's ark," See, he surpasseth thee. Civilisation's mighty arm,* Weak man attempts to stay, Proud of his acres ap" must needs, Obstruct the giant's way. Poets! such wrongs should move your pens, Your country to protect, And liberty is far above The quarrels of each sect. London. CYMRO. The Rail.—The landlords have at last seen the folly of such a proceeding.

LITERARY NOTICES. WELSH SKETCHES; SECOND SERIES, by the Author of Proposals for Christian Union." —London, James Dar- ling, 81, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields. We had opportunity to speak in the very highest terms of the First Series of this excellent work, but its merits are very far transcended by this second effort. We assigned on a previous occasion a high place in Cambrian literature to this studied and well digested compilation of facts in con- nexion with the history of the principality, and it is grati- fying to find that our praise has been well-merited, and that the author's second attempt has even excelled his first. The volume before us comprises curious facts in connexion with Wales, from the times of the Lords Marchers in the reign of Henry II. to the death of King Edward the Second, snr- named Edward of Carnarvon. We have only space for two extracts, which will sufficiently give a taste" of our author's "quality." THE CONDITION OP WALES TX THB TIME OF LLEWELLYN AP OBYFrrDD I lWe can scarcely better employ the interval snatched from civil discords and foreign wars than in a brief survey of the resources of Wales at this period, its agriculture and trade. Anglesey, insular, and, from the time of the frftel mas- sacre of the Druids, stripped of its noble forests, was a suitable and comparatively safe spot for the growth. of corn which was cultivated to so great an extent as to provide in a. great measure for the wants of North iwalea, after having met the consumption of the islander. Wheat was little grown, oata were the chief grain, next to that barley. In North Wales the proportion which arable land bore to pas- ture and woodland was extremely small. When we call to mind that this country was the theatre of the great struggles for the liberty and independence of the Cymry, that it was continually exposed to the surprises and ravages of war, we shall not wonder that a moveable was preferred to an immo- veable property, and that the inhabitants chose to invest their means in flocks and herds, which might be driven away to secure retreats, at a moment's notice, rather than its the fruits of the earth, which require the seed time, and then the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear, before they reach maturity. In South Wales, the land, on the whele, was more fertile, and the country less disturbed. I do not mean to say that the arts of civilisation are an adequate re- compense for the loss of liberty; that is far from ray opinion. Still it must be admitted that the Norman invaders intro- duced valuable improvements. Town* grew Iq) under their castle walls, to which they granted charters for the encou- ragement of trade and commerce. They made the cultiva- tion of the soil a great point, and to their fastJdiattir jnthitn, which rejected the homely oat-cake, is due the increased breadth of wheat sown in those fertile vales which they had so unjustly appropriated. Sir Robert Pitx-Haminons farm- buildiogs are especially mentioned. In one of his lordships he had a large grange or house of husbandrie, with lands to the same belonging, that served him for the provision of eorne to his house." South Wales had also her rich pas- tures, and could boast her flocks and herds. To Rhys ap Arthfael, a Welsh improver, the Vale of Glamorgan owes its fertility. 11 He obliged every person occupying lands in the valley to sow one half annually with com, and every person occupying land in the mountainous districts to sow one-fourth annually with corn; and enacting that all lands which neither were sown with corn nor grased with cattle should be forfeited to the king, except woods and forests* whose limits were ascertained by the laws. Such was the abundance of corn and cattle produced in consequence of it, in the course of a few years that it obtained for Glamorgan- shire the title of Lady of all Countries.' The breed of horses was not much encouraged. Oxen were employed in agricultural labour; either their ploughs were very heavy or the farmers were very careful of their beasts, as Giraldus informs us that they seldom yoked less than four beasts to a plough. The Welsh soldiers—every citixen was trained to arms—fought for the most part on foot. Llywelyn ap Jor- werth presented to King John, in 1212, as a forced contribu- tion, only forty horses to twenty thousand head of cattle. Among the hard conditions which Henry III. exacted from Owen and Llywelyn, we nnd that these princes were to serve in Wales and in the Marches with twenty-four horse to one thousand foot. The race of strong, shaggy little ponies, from time immemorial, peopled the Welsh hills, and were in most request. i. he mineral treasures of Wales were known to the Ro- mans, who worked the silver, lead, iron, and copper mines. In the wars which followed the dissolution of the Roman empire in Britain, it is supposed that the occupation of a miner ceased; and it is a question whether, till the middle of the thirteenth century, it was revived to any material extent. In Brecknockshire, and in other parts of South Wales, ves- tiges of ancient iron-works, on a very rude scale, have been discovered at the beginning of the present century, in heaps of cinders containing a large proportion of unreduced, iron. It has been thought probable that in early days a farmer or two, and their servants, assisted perhaps by some itinerant of this branch of metallurgy, made, as occasion required, a few pieces of iron for their own or their neighbour's use. When more iron was wanted, some other spot was- thought more convenient for obtaining the fuel and ore. The apparatus was at the most a hammer, an anvil, and perhaps a pair or two of portable bellows implements about as simple, as those used at the d. wngs. Pennant notices the high prices of arms in the fifteenth century, tending to prove the absence of native hardware manufactures. A two- handed sword was valued at ten shillings, the price of a cow. a one-handed sword at six shillings and eightpence, sugges- tive of a sharp blade a steel buckler at two shiUiugs; a bow, home made, sixteen pence and an arrow, sixpence." The Welsh landlords were really the lords of the land and all upon it. Tenants of two classes, freeholders and vassals the freeholders were qualified to take public offi- ces, have seats in courts of jastietf and in the)ational assem- blies, and to sit above the other tenants in the Gerseddau. The vassals were divided into free nativos and serfs: the former might buy, sell, and go where they liked the latter could do nothing as they liked, but only what their masters bade them. If an estate was sold they went with it, as part of the live stock. A mechanic or artisan who had served his apprenticeship became a free man in virtue of his craft; he could travel anywhere, and have admission everywhere. A just honour put on skilled labour, to which, however, no one could turn his hand without the permission of his lord. Rents were paid in money and in kind cash payments, how- ever, were few and far between some paid in work and la- bour, as in keeping watch about the palace or castle of their lord, or in cultivating the corn lands, for the support of the lord's household, or in repairs-the repairs of the mill espe- cially Dome had (and it was not the most disagreeable function) to perform the offices of the larder and kitchen. When the lord travelled, and the Welsh princes and barons were often on the move, the tenants of each manor had to support part of the train. The maintenance of the lord's grooms and horses fell upon one, of entertaining the steward upon another, of providing for the falconer and his hawks upon another, and so on." To those inflexible colonists who have handed down to I their descendants, even to the present day, their reserved and exclusive habits., the Flemish emigrants, Wales has some- thing to be thankful for. They were the architects of the time, and built cottages as well as castles. Tourists of fifty y ears ago speak of their handiworks as still subsisting in Glamor- ganshire spacious, convenient stone buildings, the Norman arch marking the age in which they were erected. Ln al- lusion to the very superior workmanship of the ancient builders, thereJs a whimsical prophetit proverb in use among the Welsh, thatr the masons are to grow worse, and carpen- ters better, to.the end of the world. The Flemish also pro- moted horticulture Sir Roger Berkerolles employed Fle- mings to plant and cultiviate two fair orchards of all sorts of fruits-and apples,' which were so celebrated as to supply the royal table and gardens. Henry I. was pressed to go and see them, but declined, saying that he was afraid some devil of a Welsh lord would tempt his men to eat of them,'which if they had done, considering that the ground on which the trees grew was Welsh ground, would have been nothing worse than giving of their own. These gardens were deemed so valuable as to have two castles built to protect them, East Orchard and West Orchard Castles. Giraldus Cambrensw, speaking of Harerford and Rhos, aires the Fle- mish the following character, which has stuck by them The inhabitants of this province derived their origin from Flanders, and were sent by King Henry I. to inhabit these districts. A people brave and robast &people', I say well versed in commerce and woollen manufactories; a people anxious to seek gain by sea or land, in defiance of fatigue and danger; a hardy race, equally fitted for the plough or the sword; a people brave and and happy, if Wales (as it ought to have been) had been dear to its sovereign, and had not so frequently experienced the vindictive resentment and ill-treatment of its g overnors. THB TOMB OF HOWELL T PWJOVLAO lIt BIURR PBTE:a', t- CHURCH, CARMARTHEN. F Upon the birth of his son, Edward I., u & politic mfcrk of confidence, entrusted the royal infant to a Welsh norse. Her name escapes me. ThatoC Edward of Caernarvon's fos- ter-brother was Howell, Pulau. He was brought up at court, made much of, and received the honour of knighthood. What he was most remarkable for W88 his extraordinary -¡.' muscular strength. It is said, though rather hard to believe, that he could straighten horse-shoes with his hands hence his appellation, y Pedoulau," of the horse-shoes." A fine tomb to his memory, with his effigy in the usual old Ca- tholic attitude of prayer, holding in his clenched hands a large horse-shoe as if in the act of straightening it, was to be seen in St. Peter's Church, Carmarthen, down to 1790. It went the way of most tombs. The contractor for the repairs of the church had to find materials for the cornice work. Clap- ping his eyes on Howell's sepulchre, the bright thought oc- cured to him that the stone of which it was built, fine gyp- sum, pulverised, would make excellent plaster. No sooner said than done; nor was the work of destruction arrested by some one who had a soul above plaster till nearly the whole moqument had been used up." The Westminster and Foreign Quarterly Review, for Oc- tober, has a calm and temperate exposition of the present states of the Oxford student, and on examination of the Reort of the Oxford Commission, in an article on the sub. jectjof University Reform. The simple recommendation of the Commissioners to allow students to board and lodge themselves, is regarded as a sensible one and the writer urgos the necessity of abolition of the huge sinecures which infest the seats of learning. In an article on Dr. Whewell's works the whole range of moral philosophy is passed in re- view; and "Plants and Botanists" are the text of another delightful paper. Our Colonial Empire" follows, and then a sensible essay on The Philosophy of Style." Those who would study and know the force of words and the desirability of a careful arrangement of them with a view to expression, should read this article. The writer has a great and, we think, reasonable preference for Saxon over Latin-English. and of the force and power of metaphor and simile, he is a stern upholder. The Poetry of the Anti-jacobin," "Goethe as a man of science," and The Duke of Wellington," are other topics handled, and in a paper on The Profession of Literature" Mr. Jerdan's wail of discontent is shewn to be ill-placed, and Mr. Jerdan's illiterateness is exposed un- flinchingly. The usual summaries of the Contemporary Literature of England, America, and the Continent bring up this excellent number of a vastly improved review. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, for October, has a singular but powerful article, entitled Are there not great Boasters among us ?" The writer makes a running fire at those whom he deems pretenders of all ranks and profes- sions-tho Wocer, the agitator, the writer for the public press, who asks for education, because the more readers the more buyers of newspapers," and the milkman who puffs "genuinel cream," and yet draws upon" the. blue cow." Still, further are we told. I HOW MR. BULL 18 CHEATED. I Good Mr. Bull, that you are cheated in many ways, you too well know but you do not know at all the extent of the frauds practised upon yon. I will say nothing just now about how you have been gulled by your own peculiar ser- vants, nor of the canisters (supposed to be-meat) which you have been compelled to sink in the salt sea, without hope of making them salt provisions but I will remind you that the coat you wear is devils-dust-your gilk handkerchief is more than half cotton—your cotton shirt is thickened with flour to make it appear (that is, before you have bought it, and bad it washed) substantial and strong. The Cayenne pepper you doze yourself with, for the good of your health, is red lead and mercury. The milk you fancy you take-it is to be hope4 in no great quantities—though Homer says of milk- consumers that they are the longest lived, and most just of men, and your getting so little of the genuine, may have something to do with a few things not quite on the side of honesty in your doings-well, I assert this imaginarv milk is a manufacture which altogether slanders the cow, made up of borse's brains, collected from knackers, or at best chalk and lime-water! You have been labouring under bronchitis, your physician has ordered a mustard plaster-it was a caput mortuum on your chest—it would not rise. Shop after shop did you send to; they had all of them, they insisted upon it, the genuine article; yet, it did not rise. The Durham mustard, like a certain Durham, was a mere sham you found it all turmeric with something more deleterious. You were obliged to give up your tea, it was so scarce to be had you took to coffee, as you thought, hut you consumed chicory. If you do not look a little into these thingp, it will be the worse for you. You know yon begin to feel your constitu- tion giving way-to be quite in a ticklish condition. You may fall sick-your medicine will be poison. Ten to one but you may die for lack of remedy, or for taking it: and should it so happen that you die, it is very true you will not have to make a wry face at yor unduertaker's bill." The continued papers in Blackwood are Katie Stew- art," and My Novel," and there are, besides some poetical "DayDreams," a humorous Journey to Madeira," and a paper on that never ending topic, the departed Dook, as the cockneys render the word Duke. NAPOLEON THE LITTLE, by Victor Hugo —London, Vizetelly aid Co., 13.), Fleet Street. This is a most extra- ordinary production,—both for the boldness of the attack upon the Prince President, as well as for the wild imagery of the language, and the sweeping nature of the sarcasms it contains. It has created great excitement in the literary cir- cles and must have a damaging effect upon Louis Napoleon's popularity. It will doubtless be read by all. The Dublin University Magazine opens, as usual, with its seasonal article; and "a Basket of autumnal fruit," quite sus- tains the previous reputation which has been earned for the Dublin by the spring blossoms and summer flowers. The picture gallery contains a sketchy memoir of James Sheridan Knowles, and beside the half-dozen continued papers, tales, &c., we hare some capital reviews, and a Wellington" paper. Tail's Eiiinburgh Magazine, for October, describes the Games of the Ancients," and utters the complaint of a strange character," who supposes he was born to set the world an example." Several political and literary articles of merit are also contained in the number. Chamber's Journal, among its variety of forty or more articles preserves the delightful resume of Things talked of in London." Hogg's Instructor has a very good biographical sketch and a still better etching of Sir Robert Peel. Messrs. Tatfa's Edition of Captain Cook's voyages has reached the fourth part, which contains, besides a hot of woodcuts, an excellent illustrated map of Nevr Zealand. Part 8 of the Crystal Palace desonbed and illustrated froin the same enterprising house, contains Jonr engravings of sculpture, and one [folio size] view of the main avenue looking west. The letter press is ample, impartial in tone, and lucid in style. TMBiographical Magazine still; improves it is more sound, more correct, and more comprehensive than we were able to say at first. In the present part the life of Neander is concluded, and the new biojlrllphies are of Mirabeau, John Sterling, and the Duke of Wellington. Wonderful Things and Familiar Things are cheap monthlies, and contain at least a large mass of information. The ?Mfo<co?e, for October (No. 1), is intended to rerea! (at a very cheap rate) the revelations which science can find under the microsope. As a source of scientific recreation for youth, it seems to be well designed. Punch finds in Sanitary Reform relief for political dull- ness, and Uncle Tom's Cabin ample source of amusement.

THE VAST SCALE OF OUR RAILWAY SYSTEM. Apart from its higher developments, a very few gross facts will show the position of the railway system in our country. It appears that up to the end of 1850 railway companies had raised a sum equal to 240J millions sterling, and retained powers to raise a further sum of 12,21 millions. In June, 1851, the number of persons employed on railways open for traffic was 63,500, and on those in course of construction 43,000. In the United Kingdon, 8.5; milliolls of persons travelled by railways in 1851, and paid eight millions sterling for doing so; white, for the transport of goods, seven other millions were paid, according to the official report of Captain Simmons, recently published. Look, too, at the Railway Clearing House, which may be described as representing all the railways in account with any individual line, and which has become a matter of enormous magnitude, with a business of the most elaborate character. About fifty companies are associated in this system, of which the public know nothing, though they owe to it facilities of the greatest value and importance. The increasing amount and difficulty of the business transacted here, in settling the proportions to be paid and received by different lines in respect of travellers and goods pssing over more than one, will ultimately lead to amalga- mation in one shape or another, even if other circumstances did not tend the same way. The public will have to protect themselves when this approaches. The companies, if they are wise, will make the present despotism so light that it may not be felt. Should they pursue an opposite policy, we may prognosticate, without fear of failure, the ultimate as- sumption of all the lines by the State.— The Builder. ¡ ITALIAN PALACES. If they were arranged and kept up, indeed, with anything of English propriety, consistency, order, or cleanliness, many of them would be noble habitations but, in the best of them, you see a barrenness, a neglect, an all-prevailing look of niisery-deifciencies everywhere,land contemptible meanness adhering to Kluping magnificence. But nothing is so offen- sive as the dirt. Among all the palaces, there is no such thing as a palace of cleanliness. You see (and that is not the worst), you smell abominable dunghills, heaped up against the walls of splendid palaces, and foul heaps of ordure and rubbish defiling their columned courts. You ascend noble marble staircases, whose costly materials are invisible beneath the accumulated filth that covers them; and you are sickened with the noxious odours that assail you at every turn. You pass through long suites of ghastly rooms, with a few crazy old tables and chairs thinly scattered through them, and behold around you nothing but gloom and discomfort. The custom of abandoning the ground floor for menial purposes, except when used for shops-which is almost universal throughout Italy-and covering its win- dows, both for security and economy, with a strong iron gntewithout any glass behind it, contributes to give the houses and palaces a wretched and dungeon-like appearance. It is not an:uncommon thing for an Italian nobleman to go up into the- attics of his own palace himself, aiid to let the principal/oqms to lodgers. Proud as he is, he thinks this no degradation though Tie Would spurn the idea of allowing hia sons to follow any profession, save that of arms or of the church. He would sooner see them dependants, flatterers, eaves-droppers, spies, gamblers, cavalieri serventi, polite rogues of any kind, or even beggars, than honest merchants, lawyers, or physicians.-Rome in the Nineteenth Century: Bohn's illustrated Library. INTERESTING ECHOES. In the cathedral of Girgenti, in Sicily, the slightest whisper i is borne with perfect distinctness from the great western door to the high altar, a distance of 250 feet. By a most unlucky coincidence, the precise focus of divergence at the I former station was chosen for the confessional. Secrets neTer intended for the public thus became known, to the dismay of the confessor and the scandal of the people by the resort of the curious to the opposite point (which seems to o l nt (which seems to have been discovered accidentally); till at length, one listen- er having had his curiosity somewhat over-gratified by hearing his wife's avowal of her own infidelity, this tell-tale peculiarity became known, and the confessional was removed. Beneath the suspension-bridge across the Menai Strait, in Wales, close to one of the main piers, is a remarkably fine echo. The sound of a blow on the pier with a hammer is returned in succession from each of the cross beams which support the roadway, and from the opposite pier, at a dis- tance of 576 feet; and in addition to this, the sound is many times repeated between the water and the roadway. The effect is a series of sounds, which may be thus described;—The first return is sharp and strong from the road way overhead; the rattling which succeeds dies rapidly away, but the single repercussion from the opposite pier is very strong, and is succeeded by a faint palpitation, repeating the sound at the rate of twenty-eight times in five seconds, and which, therefore, corresponds to a distance of 180 feet, or very nearly the double interval from the roadway .to the water. Thus it appears that in the repercussion between the water and the roadway, that from the latter only affects the ear, the line drawn from the auditor to the water being too oblique for the sound to diverge sufficiently in that direction Ano- ther peculiarity deserves especial notice, namely, that the echo from the opposite pier is best heard when the auditor stands precisely opposite to the middle of the breadth of the pier, and strikes just on that point. As it deviates to one or the other side, the return is proportionably fainter, and is scarcely heard by him when his station is a little beyond the extreme edge of the pier, though another person sta- tioned on the same side of the water, and an equal distance from the central point, to as to have the pier between them, bean it weU. RAILWAY OFFICIALS. I Here and there we fall in with a polite station keeper or obliging porter; but, as a whole, the officials on most of our railways are a set of the most supercilious, upsetting puppies that ever wore pens behind their ears, or cords across their shoulders. Each man of them seems to walk about in all the importance of representing, in his own single person, the millions that compose the stock or debt of his company. Instead of looking on themselves as the servants of the public, they evidently think the public ought to:cringe and bow to them. Since' the old days of aristocratic banking, when the teller used to shovel over his money to his cus- tomer with an air of disdain equal to what might beexhibited by a proud fellow throwing a shilling to an importunate beggar, there has been no such mighty an official known as a railway clerk. There he stands, performing the mechanical task of tearing off bits of yellow or blue paper, stamping them,:and counting in the whites" and browns" .with as great an:air of self-importance as if he had:planned a thou- sand miles of the railway, raised the capital, finished all the contracts, and now conducted the whole business. If you put a question to him-even when helhas:apparently nothing to do-he will hardly vouchsafe an answer andtif the does, it is either sharply and ill-naturedly, or more likely in an under, grumbling, indistinct tone, which leaves you about as wise as you were before. The porters evidently take the cue from the clerks. It is their duty, at most stations, to carry in or out passengers' luggage, but they contrive to do wonderfully little in that way; and as to answering ques- tions, their unvarying formula is Don't know." We have seen at the Edinburgh station this don't know" put in practice, not merely to gratify the love of giving a saucy an- swer, but literally to bamboozle strangers, and relieve the superior officials from a difficulty, by letting an insufficient train depart with only a small portion of the passengers to whom tickets had been granted. Which is the train ?" "Don't know." "Will there be one soon?" "Think there will." Two minutes after to the same worthy, Is the train ready yet?" "She is just gone." "Gone! Where did she go from ?" Yonder;" and you see the smoke from a locomotive stealing away with a few carriages that had been smuggled beyond the end of the platform, and into which a few of the thoroughly initiated have found their way. You ask indignantly for the manager. He was here a minute ago." You ask, Where is he now ?" and get for answer the everlasting Don't know." After tiring yourself out in putting similar queries and receiving the same answers, you return, with a crowd more, to the gentleman" from whom you took your ticket, and, when you can get at him, you are drily informed that, if you will leave the ticket and your address, your money will be returned to you We do not mean to aver that the sort of animal we have described as railway clerk or porter is universal, but it is certainly to be found in great abundance on almost every line in the kingdom. Possibly the vastness of the concerns with which they are connected may help to turn the heads of the youths who are stuck up behind the counters.-Aberdeen Herald. THE LATTER DAYS OF DR. MIGIIN. I The brightest periods of Maginn's life were now passed- manhood, glorious manhood, youth's glowing dreamland had been fair and brilliant, but the misused gift of genius proved a deep curse. He became irregular and careless, and lost his engagement on the Standard and though still a favourite contributor to Blackwood and to Fraser, and likewise a writer in the John Bull, the Age, and a now forgotten, but able paper, the True Sun, he was in constant difficulties, beset by duns, and was frequently arrested. He wrote in sponging houses, and from his hiding places, miserable garrets in obscure streets. He now turned for comfort and inspiration to that foul fiend, brandy, which has been the cause of misery and death to so many men of genius. We regret the errors of Addison and Steele, we sigh at the recollection of poor Moreland, the painter, work- ing at his last picture, with a brush in one hand and a glass of brandy in the other, for he had then arrived at that terrible condition in which reason could visit him only through intoxication, and Maginn, although not so fallen as this, sunk deeply. The weary hours of lonely watching brought no resource, but that which copious daughts of the liquid could supply. Health was fading away, the brightest years of life were passed for ever, and as the dim future lowered, he gazed upon it under the influence of that demon which enthralled the brilliant souls of Addison, of Sheridan, of Charles Lamb, and which sent the once stalwart form of Theodore Hook, a miserable, wretched skeleton to the grave. Maginn, we know, felt his position. He was neglected by his party-he was forgotten by many of his former friends. Whilst in this state Maginn commenced the construction and composition of his novel, John Manesty, the Liverpool Merchant." He died before the task was completed, and the work was published, after his death, in two volumes, the conclusion having been written by an old and steady friend. At the close of the year 1840, the doctor issued a prospectus for the republication of his works in weekly numbers, at three-pence each, to be called Magazine Miscellanies, by Doctor Maginn." A few numbers appeared, but the specu- lation proved a failure. He was now sinking slowly he had been discharged from prison, having gone through the ordeal of the Insolvent Court, and his soe-mean of support depended on the success of his Homeric Ballads," in Fraser, which had been re-opened to him since Mr. Fraser's death, and on his small stipend from The Aye. Although deserted by many who should have gathered around him, his best friend was the late Sir Robert Peel, who had been for years, to Blackwood, and to all its contributors, like him that Bore the pelting scorn of half an age The very butt of slander, and the blot For every dart that malice ever shot." In Maginn's declining health Sir Robert sent him by a friend, from whom we have the fact, the sum ofElOO, and just before his death a second sum of the like amount was forwarded through the same person. Thus Peel's purse relieved the last, and saddest wants of William Maginn, as it afterwards cheered the deepest sorrows of Benjamin Haydoii.-Irish Quarterly Review. THE NEPHEW OF THE EMPEROR. Victor Hugo's magnificent diatribe, recently published, entitled Napoleon the Little," contains the following severe description of the French President: And this man is the nephew of the Emperor. For that matter, this nephew is not proud he accommodates himself, with great facility* to the fate of his adventures; adapts himself, without a grimace, to the most degrading turns of fortune. Place him in London, and let it be his interest to please the Eng- lish government, he would without hesitation, in the very hand which now seeks to seize the sceptre of Charlemagne grasp the truncheon of a policeman. If I were not Napoleon, I would be Vidocq. And here thought pauses And such is the man by whom France is governed governed, do I say? possessed in full sovereignty! And every monient, and every day, in his decrees, in his messages, in his harangues, in all these unprecedented imbecilities, which he parades in the Moniteur, this emigrant, so ignorant of France, gives lessons to France; and this knave tells France that he has saved her! Saved her! From whom ? From herself. Before he came, Providence did nothing but absurdities; God waited for him to put everything in order. At length he came. For the last thirty-six years poor France had been afflicted with all sorts of pernicious things: that sonority," the tribune that hubbub, the press that inso- lence, though, that crying abuse, liberty he came, he-and for the tribune, he substituted the senate for the press, the censure; for thought, imbecility and impertinence; for liberty, the sabre; and by the sabre, the censure, the imbe- cile impertinence, and the senate, France is saved Saved! Bravo! and from whom, I ask again ? from herself? For what was France before, if you please? A horde of pillagers, robbers, Jack Cades, assassins, demagogues! It was neces- sary to put a straightwaistcoat on this licentious lunatic, this France, and M. Bonaparte Louis, was the man especially called to do it. Now France is in prison, on diet, wholesome bread and water, bound hand and foot, properly humiliated, and under safeguard; be perfectly easy, every body Maitre Bonaparte, resident gendarme at the Elysee, answers for her to Europe; he has taken the thing into his own hands; this miserable France is in her straight-waistcoat, and if she stirs!—Ah! what spectacle is this? What dream is this? What night-mare is this ? On the one hand, a nation, first among nations, and on the other, a man, lastamonsj men- yet see what that man does to that nation! What! he tramples her under foot, he laughs at her to her face, he flouts her, he leaves her, he repudiatei her, he insults her, he scoffs at her! What! he says there is only I! What! in this land of France where no man's ear may be boxed with impunity, the whole people is-to be kicked, and no word said! Oh abominable shame Each time that M. Bona- parte spits, every one must needs wipe his face! And can this last ? And do you tell me it will last ? No! No! No! By all the blood we have in our veins, no! this shall not last. Were it to last, it must be that there is no God in heaven or no longer a France on earth.

MRS. BEAKEY'S TABLE (AND CHAIR) TALK. Well, my love, Charles thought that as I had vowed I would never marry into furnished lodgings, we had better wait until he had saved money enough to furnish a house comfortably. I was sillier then than I am now, and I thought his wanting to postpone our marriage- didn't look much like love, so I sulked. He was sillier then than he is now, and minded a woman's sulks. He furnished a house completely from top to bottom, from an advertising ware- house, and the whole bill came to JE29 lis. 3id. We mar- ried and took possession. Here is my diary of the week, love 1 preserve it for any of my young friends who are in a hurry to marry. MONDAY.—Charles, while shaviug, rested his left hand heavily on the dressing-table. It smashed under his hand, he cut himself severely, and it was a mercy he did'nt have his dear nose off. I flew to the drawers for something to stop the bleeding, and the keys broke or the locks wouldn't work, and we had to open the drawers with the shovel. The hay, with which the easy chair was stuffed, smelt so disagreeably that we were obliged to send it out of the room, and, as Ann was carrying it, the chair came in halves, the back and halves falling away from the seat. TUESDAY.—The frame of the looking-glass gave way the glass fell out, and smashed the beautiful little French clock dear uncle Brooks gave us. WEDNESDAY.—I had a headache, so Charles wheeled the sofa near the fire for me. Doing so, two of the legs came off. He propped it up with books, but by-and-by I heard a sort of frizzling; it was the glue, which the fire was frying. Hastily removing the sofa, we divided it between us Charles fell down with the eud, and I got the back on my poor toes. THURSDAY.—The dining-room table suddenly parted in the middle. The lamp fell on Charles's head (making him swear sadly), and I received a lovely goose and all the gravy into the lap of my new satin dross. That night, the screws of the bed slipped in the rotten wood, and one side gave way. We came to the floor; I was sadly bruised, and Charles hurt his head, and used very strong language against the adver- tising wretehes. FRIDAY.—One of the brackets of the curtain-rod broke, the curtains, rings and all, came on mamma's head, crush- ing her new bonnet. Getting on a footstool to dust a pic- ture, the stool broke, and I fell against the picture, breaking the glass, and cutting my forehead. The pole of a music desk came out of the stand, the candles fell and greased the carpet (which was actually beginning to lose its colour already), and the book smashed Charles's violoncello. N.B.—Not so sorry about this last. SATVRDAY.-Moved into furnished lodgings, where we stayed until we could afford to deal with a respectable up- holsterer. What things increase the more you contract them ? Debts Trust not those who when alone in your room will turn over your papers. A poor actor, with a book under his arm, was entering a pawnbroker's office, when he encountered a friend, who inquired what he was going to do. "Only going to spout Shakspere," was the reply. "DiEU ET Mox DRorr.It was the parole of the day, given by Richard J. of England to his army at the battle of Gisors, in France. In this battle the French were defeated, and, in remembrance of this signal victory, he made it. the motto of the Royal Arms of England, and it has ever since been retained. Lablache was, originally, a double-bass player, and by the accident of a celebrated singer's sudden indisposition was induced to attempt a character. Of course his success rendered his return the orchestra unadvisable. When Weber first heard him sing, he said, alluding to his immense power, c. Mein Go tt he is a double-bass still CHESTER GARRISON.—On Monday last the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers and the detachment of Royal Artillery, now stationed at Chester Castle, were inspected by Lieutenant- General Earl Cathcart. The officers appeared in the mourn- ing prescribed by a general order to be worn in the army for the Duke of Wellington, and the colours of the 23rd were hung with black crape from the pikes. The band did not play. At the close of the inspection, Earl Cathcart ex- pressed to Colonel Torrens his warm commendation of the soldier-like appearance and effective discipline of the troops. -StaffotWMire Adverheor.

MR. LINDSAY, THE LATE CANDIDATE FOR THE I MONMOUTH BOROUGHS. On Thursday afternoon the first of a line of splendid iron ships, intended for the Australian emigration trade, was launched from the building yard of Messrs. Coutts and Parkinson, at Wellington, near Hull. The vessel, which is 1,100 tons burden, and fitted up with all the latest improvements, was "christened" the W.S. Lindsay," after the eminent London shipowner of that name, to whom she belongs. There was a great concourse of persons drawn together on the occasion. A dinner took place on board after the launch in the spa- cious drawingroom. Mr. Lindsay presided, having around him Mrs, Chisholm, the philanthropic promoter of emigration, Captain Dundas, Mr. James Morrison, of London, the Mayor of Gateshead, Mr. Hutt, M P., and another influential gentleman. Sir John Fife and the Mayors of Tynemouth and South Shields filled the vice-chairs. Nearly 400 ladies and gentlemen sat down to dinner. After-the usual loyal toasts had been drank, Mr.Hutt, M.P.. in a highly eulogistic address, proposed the health of Mr. Lindsay. He observed that it was not in his power to antici- pate the success of the ship just launched, but the qualities which her construction had called forth were those which would always command a certain portion of success, by de- serving it; for there they recognized that practical good sense, enduring fortitude, and indomitable will which ren- dered our lost Wellington a pattern of British character and the master-spirit of his age. (Cheers.) These were qualities which did not possess the show and glitter so popular with some nations on the continent; but these were the qualities which established commerce, founded colonies, upheld the fate of empires, and settled the destinies of man/ (Cheers.) Believing as he did that their honoured host united in a remarkable degree those lofty and eminent qualities, and united with them a spirit of princely munificence and hos- pitality, he called upon them to join him in drinking Mr. Lindsay's health. (Tremendous applause.) Mr. W. S. Lindsay on rising was very warmly cheered, as he was also repeatedly in the course of his very interesting speech. After thanking them for the kindly manner in which his health had been proposed and received, he observ- ed that he would only say one word about himself. The hon. member for Gateshead had alluded to what he had done; j he had done nothing more than was open to any man. He started life a poor, friendless, orphan boy, and struck out for himself a simple course—to work, work, work his maxim being the scriptural one, of doing to others as he would they should do unto him. These had been his mottoes, adherence to them had placed him where he then was, and he should give them to his son. (Applause.) He would now make a few remarks on a subject in which they were all deeply in- terested. far the safety of these realms depended upon her maritime force, and it was from the mercantile marine that the navy must draw its supplies in the hour of emergency and need. The prosperity, therefore, of our shipping became a matter of national concern. He was aware there would be, in that room as elsewhere, a difference of opinion as to the best mode of maintaining the mercantile marine efficient- ly. He would, however, give them his opinion honestly as a plain man of business, and, if that opinion should be different from theirs, he was sure they would not be offended with him for expressing it. He, for once, conscientiously believed that the true way of maintaining its efficiency was free and unfettered trade.. (Cheers.) So believing, he would say to those who dissented from him, "Abandon the phan- tom protection-it is a delusion, a fallacy;" the more he thought on the subject the more he was convinced that this was the fact. When he considered the resources of Eng- land, and the skill, industry, and energy of Englishmen, he asked himself, what had we to fear from any nation on the face of the earth, only give us free and unfettered trade ? [Applause.] He was aware that some said the laws of Oliver Cromwell had made us what we were, but this was not so the resources of the country, the energy of our fore- fathers, the position of England as an island of the sea, were the cause then, as now, of our prosperity, and restrictive laws only retarded our commercial advancement. Many of them would remember that when Lord Wallace and Mr. Huskisson first introduced liberal measures so far as they regarded navigation, thousands predicted ruin to the mer- cantile navy; but what was the consequence ? From 1820 to 182-5 (that being the year when Huskisson's free trade measures commenced) British shipping rose only 6, while foreign rose 17 per cent. inwards and outwards, and in the five years that followed, instead of a broom being at the masthead of every British ship, British shipping had increa- sed 17, while foreign had only increased 12 per cent. He would take another era. During the time when the great statesman who had now gone to the home of his fathers was in office, in 1840, he extended the liberal measures of Hus- kisson, and abolished the duties on many articles which had paid little more than the cost of their collection-and what were the results ? In the five years that followed, British shipping increased 37 per cent., while foreign only increased 15 per cent. These were facts which they could neither gainsay nor overthrow. Let them take another period of still more recent date. They could not yet tell what the effect of the total repeal of the navigation laws would b?, but one thing was clear-if they went to the banks or tllt- Wear they would find the shipbuilders more actively and busily employed than ever, large ships being now built- ships better fitted for the open competition of the sea—th?n were built before. He had heard it said that these vessels were built on speculation, but he did not believe such stories; and, even if this were the fact, it would make no difference, for he understood nearly all the vessels were soH. This con- vinced him that instead of the repeal of the navigation laws having done injury to the British shipbuilders and ship- owners, it had done them a great deal of good, by teaching them to depend on themselves instead of clinging to the back of the chair of protection. (Applause.) He was opposed to the manner in which those laws were repealed. He thought the late Administration did not use sufficient energy in inducing other countries to give us advantages in return, and had thereby allowed a clever and 'cute people, the Americans, to steal a march upon us. He had, however, since learned that for 15 years our Governments had been privately in negotiation with those of other nations to induce them to open their ports to our ships, provided we did so to theirs, without effect. At length, the late Government determined that, if other nations would do nothing for us, we ought to do something for ourselves, and he was now convinced that they arrived at a sound conclusion. At one time he desired reciprocity, but he was now satisfied that legislation could not be based upon that principle. He addmitted the hardship of existing facts. For instance, as the head of a large ship-broker firm, he one day chartered two ships from Calcutta, one an inferior French vessel, and the other a high-classed British ship—the first received jEo. 10s., the latter E3. 1.5s. per ton. But why was this ? While the French ship could freely enter British ports, the English vessels could not enter any port in France without a dif- ferential duty being charged far more than the difference in the fright.. This appeared a great hardship, but who paid the difference of freight? The French people on the articles of consumption; it was therefore a question for them rather than us; and he trusted their eyes would soon be opened to the injustice and impolicy of maintaining differential duties. But, if this were not so, was England to follow the beggarly policy of France and Spain ? If those countries would not adopt our policy were we to return to theirs—a policy which had brought anarchy to their throne, ruin to their merchants, and destruction to their trade ? The eyes of Holland had already been opened, and she was following to a large extent our example; and they might depend upon it, that in time other nations would see it to be their interest to follow in their footsteps. (Cheers.) He trusted therefore that the shipowners would banish from their minds all ideas of protection and reciprocity (which was but protection in another shape, and under another name), and. makinz the best use of their energies, advantatrps  and resources, he knew that the flag of England—that flag which had braved a thousand years the battle and the breeze, and which everywhere had been the harbinger of peace, Christianity, and civilization—would never be furled. (Cheers.) Let them, as it became them as Englishmen, move onwards, removing those clogs which pressed un- fairly and injuriously on their industry and skill. There were many things which might be borne in the days when they leant upon the State for protection, which, now that they were left to the free competition of the world, should be removed. He had felt this; and, as most of them were aware, he desired to enter the House of Commons in order that he might do what in him lay to remove the burdens which pressed upon the shipowners of England. He was sorry to say he found the ordeal necessary for him to pass through to enter the Senate. of his country such as he would not undergo. He had occasion the other day to ask a plain man, but a great man-one who would have honoured them with his presence that day had not unavoidable engagements prevented him—he had asked-him who was to take the learl of the shipping interest in the House of Commotis ? That gentleman was none other than the man of unadorned eloquenee,-Itichard oDden. (Cheers.) He would read them part of a note which he had received from Mr. Cobden, because that gave him reason to hope that he would look after the interests of the shipowner. [Mr. Lindsay read portions of the letter, in the course of which Mr. Cobden said As respects the removal of all restrictions and exclusive burdens from the shIpowners, nobody will more heartily co-operate for that end than myself, but to give a chance for the co-operation of Free Traders they must cease to invite us to listen to bleatings after protection."] It would occupy too much of time were he to enter upon the burdens which ought to be removed. (Hear.) On this point he was not satisfied with the conduct of the late Administration, who ought to have accom- panied the repeal of the navigation laws by a removal of those fetters on their energy, and by a simplification of the maritime code: so that, instead of having 14 acts to guide the shipowners, they might have had one act, level to the meanest comprehension. There remained, however, various matters to which it was the duty of the present Government to attend; such as the system of consulage abroad, the Trinity-house, and the Dover and Ramsgate dues. And now that the great General who held the office of Warden of the Cinque Ports had gone to his rest, he could not help expres- sing his surprise that Lord Derby, the First Minister of the Crown, who had always said that he felt for the shipowners, and desired to see their burdens removed, should have step- ped into one of those burdens himself, and appointed himself to this sinecure of E3,000 a-year, the revenue for the main- tenance of which was drawn from the pockets of the ship- own- of England. (Hear, hear.) It would have better become him, considering the professions he had made, if, instead of accepting that office, he had abolished it. (Cheers.) He would only add one word, and it should be connected with iron shipping. They were aware that 20 years ago some persons would not believe that iron would swim, and it was a long time before steamboats were built of iron now there were scarcely any of wood. He believed that in five or six years there would be very few ships built of wood, and what a marked superiority that would give them over the nation which most interfered with them as competitors! America laboured hard to maintain the supremacy of the seas, but we had now a material for building ships which America did not possess, and for which she would have to come to us. This would open her eyes to the impolicy of maintaining a duty of 30 per cent. on manufactured iron, for the freight and charges alone would be quite sufficient to operate as a protection to the British shipowner. (Hear, hear. ) The Chairman then proceeded to give the health of Mrs. Chisholm, whose name, he said, was known and respected throughout the world, and whose anxiety to promote the im. provement of ships destined to convey emigrants to the country of her adoption had led her to come from London at. this inclement season. After speaking of her intelligence and philanthropy, he adverted to a suspicion which had been expressed by some as to the true nature of her mission, aris- ing from the circumstance that she was a Roman Catholic, and mentioned that about two months ago, while at Graves- end, he saw the Bethel flag flying at the head of a ship chartered by Mrs. Chisholm, and found that service in accordance with the rites of the church of England was being conducted on board. On inquiry he ascertained that only 7 per cent. of the crew and passengers were Roman Catholics. (Hear, hear.) This was perhaps the best answer which could be given to the taunts of bigotry which had been made against that good and excellent lady. The toast was drunk with the usual honours. Mrs. Chisholm then rose, and after the cheering with which she was greeted had subsided, said, the honour they had done her in drinking her health demanded some return, and, having no one present who could undertake the duty, she was under the pleasing although trying necessity of dis- charging it herself. Beautiful as had been the sight which they had that day witnessed with so much delight and plea- sure, to her there was something connected with it of a much more important character—something which she had been thinking of and longing for during many years, and which she could hardly now imagine was a reality. Many of them were probably aware that for thirteen years she had been engaged in looking after emigrants. Large funds had been raised in the Australian colony for emigration purposes, but the constant complaint there was, The emigrants who arrive are not the class of people whom we require and she felt assured they never would obtain the right class until they had better ships to convey them, and a better class of men engaged in emigration. (Applause.) The evils which had crept into emigration were of such a serious character that it would be utterly impossible for a lady to bring them before the public; but, having seen them, she could only hope, by directing the attention of good people to the fright- ful evils which had prevailed, she might in time be able to bring to bear their influence in the removal of the depravity which she had been compelled to witness. (Hear, hear.) As the chairman had said, she had laboured under some dis- advantage from the circumstance of being a Catholic but, while this had been a trying difficulty, it had, perhaps, also been a blessing to her. It had made her cautious and if on some occasions of that kind the favour which she had receiv- ed might fill her with vanity, a little thorn of persecution. kept down her pride. (Applause.) Several other toasts were drunk, and the proceedings closed with a ball.

ENGLAND AND ROME. (From The Times.) It is somewhat remarkable that the first attempt to renew and to improve our diplomatic relations with Rome should proceed from the very men whose injudicious alteration of the bill for that purpose converted it into a stumbling-block and a nullity: and we learn with some surprise that a Mi- nistry which lays claim to high Protestant principles and character should have authorized a measure which is so liable to be misconstructed by the Papal Court. Without pretend- ing to be in the secret of Sir Henry Bulwer's late excursion to Rome, at a season when nobody who can help it approaches that city, and even the Pope retires to the Alban hills, we suspect that the account of this mission which has appeared in some foreign journals is not far wide of the truth, and that an attempt has been made, by order of the British Govern- ment, to place our relations with the Romish See on a better footing-an attempt in which even Sir Henry Bulwer's well- known abilities have not been successful. It ought to have been foreseen that the Cabinet of the Vatican would only regard this conciliatory step as a sign of weakness or a recantation of those sentiments which strongly animate the great majo- rity of the British nation. It is strange that within two years of the appearance of the Papal bull dividing England into new dioceses by foreign authority, and appointing the delegates of a foreign Power to the government of these ec- clesiastical divisions, an English Minister should have made its appearance at Rome unsolicited, uninvited, and with no previous explanation or withdrawal of a measure which had been universally regarded and denounced in this country as an outrage on the Sovereign and the nation which that Mi- nister represents. What can be thought by the Cardinal Secretary of State of the real disposition of the British Go- vernment towards the Papal See, when he finds that, for the first time since the mission of Lord Castlemaine under James II., he has a British Envoy Plenipotentiary to a neighbouring Court awaiting an audience in his antecham- ber ? Instead of the dignified coolness and unbending de- meanour which the late acts of the Papal Government to- wards this country ought to have imposed on our Ministers, they appear in an attitude which the arrogance of Rome will readily convert into that of a courtier and a suppliant. The Court of Rome resembles nothing so much as one of of those Asiatic durbars with which we are accustomed to deal in a very different manner in our Eastern possessions. It is inflated with an extravagant conception of its own dignity, surrounded by monuments of former grandeur, and deceived by its own impenetrable ignorance. While it owes its miserable and dependent existence to the presence of an army, it expects all mankind to approach the seat of its mysterious power in a posture of humility and it mistakes the common lan- guage of courtesy and respect for an expression of awe and obedience. The only art practised in it with success is that of incessant intrigue the only power before which it quails is that of vigorous action, stern independence, and a manly contempt of its own artifices and if the Minister of a Pro- testant Crown is to appear in Rome at all, we are satisfied that he will hardly obtain the recognition of his just rights unless he be instructed to speak in the tone of a Government prepared to enforce them. The time is, as we well remember, not very far distant when we saw reason to hope, in common with the Ministers and Legislature of this country, that a more conciliatory policy towards the Romish See would not be without a bene- ficial effect on our relations with the Papal States, and with the Roman Catholic subjects of the Crown. We still think that if at that time—namely, in 1846 and 1817—this policy had judiciously been acted upon, and if the Diplomatic Re- lations Bill had not been rendered abortive by Lord Eglin- ton's absurd and mischievous amendment, it would have been possible to avoid much of the evil which has since oc- curred. The policy of the British Government towards the Irish people, and in the matter of Irish education, would have been less misrepresented the influence of fanatics and rebels would not have been left uncontroverted Lord Minto's roving mission would not have been associated with the re- volutionary outbreak that followed it and the Pope would have been told at a proper time that Dr. Wiseman and John of Tuam were blowing the embers of a deadly quarrel to gratify their passions and their ambition at the cost of reli- gion and tolerance. Such hopes might be entertained—such results might perhaps have been secured-at the commence- ment of the reign of Pius IX., or at least it seemed to be so but, in common with many other aspirations of that sanguine period, they have now utterly vanished. In place of a wise and tolerant Pontiff, we have to deal with a bigot, bewildered by the dangers he has encountered, and circumscribed by the humiliating position in which he is placed. We find at Rome a Government not only not prepared to meet us half way in the measures which a more enlightened and liberal policy would suggest, but closely allied to the most arbitrary Powers, favouring the most odious forms of superstition, en- couraging its pretensions to spiritual omnipotence in pro- portion to the depth of its temporal abasement. From such a Power we are satisfied that nothing is to be obtained for the causa of justice, freedom, or humanity and we serve those sacred objects far more by standing aloof alto. gether in the light of our independence than by attempting to throw a beam across that abyss of oppression and corrup- tion. It is not the fault of Protestant Powers, or of the policy of any Protestant State, if th ise pacific and harmonious rela- tions which seemed at one time possible between the two great divisions of the Christian Church have given way to more unfriendly and acrimonious sentiments. But in every part of Europe the Catholics have turned the liberty they enjoyed into a weapon of offence against their neighbours, and of attack on the civil power to which they owed alle- giance. In every part of Europe pretensions have been re- vived on the part of the Romish Church which were supposed to have been finally annihilated tw,) centuries ago and al- though these ultramontane principles have manifested them- selves in Ireland, and even in England, in the forms which the free institutions of this country tolerate that is, with more uncontrolled violence than elsewhere-yet the same movement may be traced in every part of the world with the same revolting consequences. To treat with Rome under such circumstances and condi- tions is only to pay what she will regard as homage to the ascendancy we repudiate and deny. If we have reason to complain, of her interference with the political and social state of the Queen's dominions by the agency of her indefa- tigable priestoood, it is to our own institutions, to our own laws, to our power, and to our faith that we must alone look for redress. Against our church, our liberties, and our inde- pendence the Church of Rome will probably not cease to do its worst, as it has done in former ages, with unremitting hos- tility, though, thank God with indifferent success. But to treat with such a Power at this very time, when she has thrown aside disguise and openly preaches treason under every form, setting up the spurious allegiance of the con- science to her mandates against the allegiance due to the law and to public duty, is a blunder and a weakness which we should hardly have supposed that even Lord Derby's Fo- reign Secretary would have committed. The result of such a mission appears to have been commensurate to the sagacity of the conception. A few civil speeches were exchanged be tween Sir Henry Bulwer and Cardinal Antonelli, and the British Envoy probably brought away with him nothing but the conviction that in the present state of the Papal Govern- ment it is idle to sacrifice the dignity of this country by an attempt to conciliate a Power irreconcileably hostile to our dearest rights and our most sacred institutions. It would have been more creditable to the British Government if no such overture had been made.

THE COMMAND OF THE BRITISH ARMY. [From the Atlas.\ The harvest of Patronage which has been thrown into the hands of Ministers by the death of Wellington has been reaped and carried. The Duke of Wellington was a great pluralist. There has now been a shower of places and per- quisites, and they have been quickly disposed of. It is not of much consequence perhaps to the nation whe- ther this man or that is Governor of the Tower, or Colonel of the Foot Guards; but the command of the British army is a solid fact, and the nation would not have been contented to see it merge into a mere title. That there was some danger of this is not to be denied. There was precedent, at all events, for the appointment of the Duke of Cambridge, who has devoted hImself zealously to his profession, and is said to be a good soldier. It was, indeed, asserted at one time that the appointment would be popular in the army, in- asmuch as that there was a sort of prescriptive right in roy- alty to such an honour; that princes of the blood, when available, had always been so distinguished; and that the arrangement was of a nature to constitute a closet connexion of a more personal character, between the Sovereign and the army. But although these considerations may not have been wholly inoperative, we cannot doubt that the great bulk of the working army rejoice in the appointment rather of a gallant veteran than of an accomplished prince. Indeed, it would be an insult to the army to suppose that the appointment of such a man as Lord Hardinge to the chief command can be otherwise than extremely acceptable to all branches of the service. Of course, in all such cases individual partialities prevent an entire unanimity of feeling, if not of opinion; but we belive that no other appointment under existing circumstances, would have called forth so few expressions of dissent. And whilst such is the feeling within the army, we believe it may confidently be added that without but one feeling is ever expressed-a feeling of genuine satisfaction that the chief command of the British army is in the hands of so distinguished a soldier, so able an administrator, so worthy a man as Lord Har-dinge. The more closely we come to consider the appointment, the more unexceptionable it appears. Lord Hardinge's claims were based—not upon past services alone-not upon present capacity alone-but upon a rare union of both. His services range over a wider space of time than those, perhaps, of any of his contemporaries and yet he is younger than most, if not than all, the distinguished generals of the age. They who know that he held the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel at Albuera, and of Brigadier-General at Ligny-m; 'ddle-aged men who bear in mind the significant fact that Henry Hardinge had taken his place among the foremost soldiers of the age, be- fore they were born into the world-are apt to think of him as an old man. But in stirring times reputations ripen apace. And Henry Hardinge was not a man to throw away his oppor- tunities. He had earned for himself, high military distinc- tion-a name that must live for ever in the history of Enrope -at an age when, in these times, men think themselves for- tunate if they have obtained their company. In years, as in powers, in habits, in feelings—everything—Lord Hardinge is one of the youngest of our great Peninsular heroes. This, in itself, is no small matter. He began his military career early and he closed it late, He has more recent services too, to boast of than any of those other distinguished officers whose names were put in competition with his —he crowned his great martial exploits only a few years ago on the bloody battle-fields of the Sutlej. His laurels, therefore, are still fresh. Of all the men who were spoken of for the command of the army, Lord Hardinge is the only one who has recently shown on the field of battle how the energies of his youth still survive within him, and how good a soldierhe is. But in these times of peace it is necessary that the Com- mander-in-Chief should be not merely a good soldier. Lord Hardinge is an excellent administrator. He has great expe- rience and remarkable capacity as a man of business. He has held office as Secretary-at-War—as Master-General of the Ordnance. He is thoroughly acquainted with all the details of the administrative business of the army. He has quick- ness and perseverance too. He is a man of high principle and of a kindly nature-very courteous and accessible-with an excellent memory; no small advantage in one who has so much to do with personalities as the oflicer in chief command of the Forces. In his hands we may be certain that the office will be anything but a mere name. The business of the Horse-Guards will be done by Lord Hardinge. The Secretary will be the Secretary—"only this and nothing more. There is one more remark which we would make. The continued existence of the present Ministry is, at least, un- certain. It is hardly in the nature of things that the Derbys and Disraelis should remain long at the helm. The com- mand of the army is a ministerial appointment, and a new Minister may appoint a new man to the presidency of the Horse Guards. Frequent changes in the military de- partment are extremely prejudicial to the service; and we cannot, therefore, but regard it as a fortunate cir- cumstance that the choice has fallen upon one, so moderate a a politician and so respected by all parties, that a change of Ministry is little likely to involve a change in the adminis- tration of the Horse Guards. In the event of the formation of a Graham Cabinet, Lord Hardinge would be again asso- ciated with his more immediate political friends, and, if the Whigs return to office, the extreme age of the Marquis of Anglesea would preclude them from appointing the only one of their old military partisans, who has any particular claim to their gratitude, and whom they would much desire to promote. Indeed, we cannot contemplate the formation of any probable Ministry, in connexion with which Lord Har- dinge might not continue to serve the country without com- promising himself or embarrassing his colleagues.

I FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. I FRANCE. I The following despatches have been published by the I French Lovernment:- MONTPELLIrlt, Oct. 2, 9 a.m.—The Prince has quitted Montpellier to proceed to Narbonne. The same enthusiasm follows him everywhere. One cry alone, Vice V Einpei-e ur follows him." "PEZENAS, Oct. 2, 9 p.m.—The Prince arrived at Pezenas, at a quarter past twelve. The enthusiasm was extraordinary. He was received with cries of Vive I'Empereur I Vive Napoleon Ill.' BEZIERS, Oct. 2, 3 p.m.—The Prince entered Beziers amidst the warmest acclamations. His Highness alighted and passed in front of the assembled deputations. The enthusiasm reached the highest point. The cry of Vive I'Empereur'' was raised by 40,000 voices." NARBONNE, Oct. 2, 10 p.m.-His Highness has entered Narbonne. The same acclamations which followed him through his journey were raised here with the same en- thusiasm. The health of the Prince is excellent." 11101 P.M. "His Highness has just quitted the ball under a shower of bouquets. He was much affected with his reception. "OCTOBER 3, 10 A.M. "The President has heard mass at the Cathedral, where the crowd was immense. All hearts and voices were raised for the Prince on his quitting for Carcassonne." The Marquis de Dammartin, Mayor of Uzes, in the Gard, was assassinated on the 20th. A shot from a musket was fired at him on leaving his house at an early hour of the morning. Neither the cause of the crime nor the perpe- trator of it is known. GERMANY. I Drunkenness is the greatest vice of the lower classes of Germany. There are annually 40,000 deaths from delirium tremens in the Zollverein alone 360,000,000 quarts of brandy are sold and consumed, and in Hesse one-half the grain pro- duced is used for distillation. In consequence of many of the clergy in Prussia and other persons holding functions not compatible with indulgence in field sports, the Saxon Minister of Justice and Religious Affairs has issued a rescript, whereby all authorities whom it may concern are forbidden to issue game certificates to "members of the Church, candidates (in theology), and school teachers," and to prevent, in so far as maybe possible, all such persons from taking part in field sports. The King of Prussia has ordered that the Prussian army shall go into mourning for three days for the Duke of Wel- lington, as field-marshal in that army, and as colonel of the 28th Regiment of Infantry. General Haynau has been summoned to Vienna by order of the Emperor; his Majesty considering that the demon- strations which his presence has excited in certain places are calculated to compromise the honour of the Austrian uniform. TURKEY. The Sultan is so seriously indisposed, and gradually get- ting worse, that the eventualities of his death are publicly canvassed at Constantinople. THE IONIAN ISLANDS. Some privates of two regiments, the 30th and 41st, having planned that they would mutiny and strike their officers, so that they might be transported, and so get a free passage to the gold diggings in California, General Conyers thought it desirable to make an example of one out of the eight con- demned, and allow the full sentence of death to take its force, less the crime, by its success, should be rather encouraged than checked. He was consequently shot in the Fort of Vido, on Monday, the 13th inst. A company from each regiment attended. The man marched on to the ground, following his coffin, and the chap- lain reading the burial service. Twelve men were told off from the 49th Regiment, and they had to select a musket each from a stack of twelve, ten of which were only loaded with ball, so that no man could be certain if he were the exe- cutioner. The sentence of the court-martial was read over to the man. He then knelt down only eight paces in front of his twelve comrades, threw open his jacket; the words, "ready, present, fire," were given, and he fell dead, with one ball through his head and others in the chest. Much inter- est had been exerted for him, as, although only a private, his father is a captain in the army, and many petitions were sent to the general, but he returned them all with a simple nota- tion, mistaken humanity." I INDIA. We (the Times) have received our letters and papers by the Marseilles route, dated Bombay, September 1 — The Burmali reinforcements were all on their way to Madras and Calcutta for embarkation, and transports were being hired for their conveyance to Rangoon and Maulmain. Emigration from Bombay to Australia was about to commence. Upwards of 150 soldiers are said to have ap- plied for their discharge from Her Majesty's 86th to proceed to the diggings.' A riot occurred in the city of Benares on the evening of the 2nd of August. The magistrate was pelted with stones and brickbats, as were also the General and several officers and other Europeans who had to cross the bridge. A couple of companies of the 33d Native Infantry and a detachment of the 11th irregular cavalry were speedily on the spot. The affair was a bloodless one. The army which will be assembled in Pegu in the month of November will consist of more than 20,000 men—that is, six regiments of European foot, 12 regiments of native in- fantry, and a full complement of artillery, as well as sappers and miners. « GOVERNMENT COMMISSION RESPECTING CATHEDRAL CHAPTERS.—We hear it is the intention of the Government to issue a Commission to enquire into the condition of the Cathedral Chapters. We should be the last to gainsay the necessity of stringent enquiry and sweeping reform, as re- gards those bodies but such a measure ought to emanate from the Church itself, and not from Downing-street. Con- vocation is bound to take the matter up, and the Government ought to allow Convocation so to do. Such a Commission as is proposed, would, we fear, be not unlikely to issue in a result not dissimilar to that of Lord Blandford's unfortunate Bill of last session. — Morning Chronicle. THE IRON TRADE.—The usual preliminary meeting of the iron-masters of the district, previous to quarter day, was held in Wolverhampton on Thursday. Prior to the meeting, some diversity of opinion prevailed as to the policy of making a further advance in the price, some firms thinking a reso- lution confirming the recent advance of JE1 per ton, would meet the exigencies of the trade. The attendance at the meeting was numerous; and after some discussion it was resolved, that an advance of another El per ton should be declared. This rise is equivalent to an increase of £.50 per cent. on bars, compared with the prices prevailing three months since. Circulars announcing the advancejhave been issued by the principal firms in the trade. The present prices of iron, therefore, range as under :—Bars, £ 3 per ton hoops £8 10s. sheets, singles, E9 rail rods, long weight, ES pig iron, from f3 15s. to E4 10s. Tin plates have also par- ticipated in the advance, and are 2s. per box dearer. Orders for iron and for manufactured goods are stated to have been given out very extensively during the last few days and from present appearances, the increase in the price of iron appears likely to be sustained for some time. THE PALETOT.—Eugene Guinot devoted a part of his last "Review of Paris" to the memory of the Count d'Orsay. The following is a curious anecdote translated from it, de- scriptive of the origin of the paletot One day the Count d'Orsay, whose distinction, elegance, and wit, proclaimed him the leader of English fashion, returning from a steeple- chase mounted on a race-horse, and followed by a jockey, was surprised by the rain (an accident very common in the English climate), and against which he had nothing to guard him. The king of fashion was menaced with the danger of taking cold, when he perceived a sailor clothed in a large coat of coarse blue cloth, which enveloped him comfortablv from the chin to the middle of the legs. 'Oh, my friend said the Count d'Orsay, stopping his horse, will you go into this public-house and drink my health until the rain has passed over ?' With pleasure,' replied the sailor. I Well, take off your coat, sell it to me you will not want it while drinking, and you can Uuv anotner aiter tIle ram nas passeu over.' 'Willingly, my lord.' The sailor took off his coat, and the count gave him ten guineas, put the coat on over his hunting coat, and returned into London in this dress. During the interval the rain had ceased, and the sun shone forth: it was the hour of walking in Hyde Park. The Count d'Orsay went thither, and appeared in the middle of that elegant crowd with the sailor's coat instead of an over- coat. It is original! charming! delightful!' said the dandies. The next day all the fashionables in London had coats to match, and the paletot was invented the paletot which has been round the world, and yet flourishes, after ten years' fashion. Such was its origin." EMIGRATION FROM LIVERPOOL.—The number of ships despatched by the Government officials during the month was 62, containing in all 23,210 passengers, including 1,770 emigrants, principally Scotch, from the depot at Birkenhead, all of whom are bound for Australia. Of these the Ann Thompson took 250 the Allison, 330 the James Brown, 490 and the Shackamaxon, 700. The last-named two are American vessels, of a superior class, and contain excellent arrangements for the comfort of the emigrants. Previoupiy to the passengers leaving the depot on Saturday night week they were addressed in an impressive manner by the sur- geon, who was greeted with three hearty cheers at the con- clusion of his remarks. The same token of good feeling was manifested towards the emigration officers, and Mr. and Mrs. Smith, the superintendent and matron of the depot. Four other vessels are to leave Birkenhead during the pre- sent month, the Beejapore, the Priscilla, the Thames, and the Arabine. The Beejapore, which is the largest vessel ever despatched to the antipodes, is now alongside the depot, waiting for her passengers. She will carry about 750 adults, equal to about 920 souls, exclusive of officers and crew. The following vessels have also been despatched to the Australian colonies by their owners or their agents, and, of course, are not included in the Government list :-The Alciope, Minnesota, Lucipara, Sewell, Mercurius, Cleopatra (s'eamship), Sarah Sands (mail screw-steamer), Woodstock, Ben Nevis, and Catharine Mitchell. Among those which have been or will be despatched in the course of the present month are—the Lady Ebrington, Birman, Security, Con- stance, Anna Paulowna, General List, Lucia Maria, John Knox, South Sea, Edmund, Northumberland, Baltimore, Anne Elise, Athlone, Albatross, Lady Russell, &c. To give our readers an idea of the creature comforts provided for the emigrants during the voyage, we give a list of principal stores on board the ship Constance, which sailed on Satur- day morning, with 695 passengers, for Port Phillip :—bread, 2,5001b. flour, 18,9001b.; peas, G,7001b.; oatmeal, 6,8501b. rice, 3,8001b. beef, 7,G001b.; pork, 10,3001b.; preserved meats, 8,1501b currants, 4501b.; raisins, 3,8001b. suet, 2,0001b. sugar, 6,8501b. treacle, 3 5001b. tea, 5001b. coffee, 9601b. butter and cheese, 3,5001b. preserved raw potatoes, SOOlb.; and 50,000 gallons of water. In addition to which is a large supply of medical comforts," such as arrowroot, sago, &c. For strength, beauty of model, and general finish, the Constance has not been surpassed by any vessel that has sailed hence for the colonies, she was built by Messrs. W. and R. Wright, of St. John's, for Mr. James Beazley, and is commanded by Captain M. M. Millward. We understand that Captain Patey, the principal emigration officer of this port, has recently returned from the metropolis and that he is of opinion that the majority of the Liverpool ships are far superior to those of other ports for second and third-class passengers, being generally larger, and having greater height between decks, and consequently possessing better ventilation. The parochial authorities of Liverpool are using exertions to obtain a voluntary rate for the pur- pose of aiding deserving paupers to emigrate to the antipodes. They have recently availed themselves of the balance of an old voluntary rate for this purpose. On Thursday they suc- ceeded in sendinglaway 20 hearty young girls, by the Cathe- rinl- Alitchell. Before the vessel left the river ten of them had been engaged as servants by families on board. HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS HAVE CURED A DESPERATE WOUND IN THE LEG.—Patrick Leinster, re- siding near Carrick-on-Shannon, injured his leg about two years ago with a plough, which caused a most formidable wound, which spread over the leg to a most alarming extent, so that he could not put his foot to the ground, and, in despite of all his efforts and the various remedies he used, it would not heal. In this very bad state he applied some of Holloway's Ointment. to it, and regularly took the Pills this treatment had such an effect on the wound that in little more than a month his leg was perfectly cured. ♦

CARMARTHEN CORN RETURNS. Week ending Oct. 2, 1852. Total Quantities. Wheat, 65 quarters, 1 bushels barley 21 quarters, 3 bushels; oats, 252 quarters 4 bushels. I Average per Qual.ter-Wheat, 40s. 2d.; barley, 27s. 9d. oats, 14s. ad. CARMARTHEN.—Beef, (per lb.) 4d. to 5d.; Mutton; 5d. to 6d.; Lamb 5d. per lb. Veal, 3d. to 5d, Fresh butter, (24oz.) Is 2d.; Salt do., 8d. to Od. Chickens Is. 8d. to 2s. 2d. per couple Geese 3s. to 48. each eggs (per doz.) 6d.; cheese, 14s. to 15s. Od. per cwt.; potatoes, 101b. for 6d.

LONDON MARKETS. MONDAY, SEPr. 20. MARK-LANE.-The supply of English Wheat by land- carnage samples to this morning's market was small; the condition of the Essex was fair, but much of the Kent bad. The former met a quick sale, at an advance of Is. per qr., whilst the latter was taken slowly at the rates of last week. Foreign was inquired after, but only a moderate retail business resulted, in which our quotations are fully sup- ported. Flour met a fair inquiry at late prices. The Barley trade is firm at the rates of this day week. Beans are Is. per qr. dearer. White Peas are very scarce, and prices continue to advance. Maple and grey are Is. per qr. cheaper. Oats bring 6d. to Is. per qr. more money. LONDON AVERAGES. ? s. d. I £ „ j Wheat. 6171qrs. 2 2 4 Rye 151 ars 1 12 6 Barley. 1036 1 10 0 Beans 226 1 13 10 Barley 1301376 9 0 1 119 0 2 0 1 Peas 243 1M 7 AVERAGE PRICE OF SIX WEEKS. Week ending SRPTENIBER 25-Imperial-General Weekly, Average.—Wheat, 39s. 6d.; Barley, 27s. 5d.; Oats. 17s. lld. Rye, 31s. Od.; Beans, 33s. 10d.; Peas, 29s. 10d. QUANTITY OF FOREIGN GRAIN ENTERED FREE FOR HOME CONSUMPTION DURING THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 2. Wheat, Foreign qrs. 8119 Beans qrs. 505 Barley 551 Peas I' 204 Oats .52746 I Flour Cwt. 8379 BREAD.-The prices of wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from 69. to Hd. and Household do. 6d. to 6d. per 41bs. loaf. PROVISION.—The'dealings in Irish Butter were on a mo- derate scale on board and landed. The deliveries from the wharves were very large, and the appearances promisine Prices current :-Carlow, 76s. to 86s.; Clonmel and Carrick, 80s. to 84s.; Water ford, 70s.:to 80s. Of Bacon the supplies were limited. Prices Xshade lower. Irish 54s to 60s. TALLOW.—Our market still continues excited, and prices are again on the advance. To-day P.Y.C. on the spo? selling at 40s. 9d. to 41s. 6d. per cwt. Higher ratS are demanded for forward delivery. Town Tallow 41s. per cwt. net cash. R011gh Fat, 28. 3d. per SIbs. SEED.—Holders of Cloverseed manifested increased firm- ness, and for Trefoil full terms were asked. In other kinds of seeds we have no change of consequence to notice. Ca- naryseedwas held firmly, and Caraway was again the turn dearer. There was rather more Hempseed offering, and this article was decidedly easier to buy. Winter Tares were plen- tiful, and offered freely at 5s. per bushel. BARK. Per load of 45 cwt. English, Tree ;Cll 0 0 to £ 14 10 0 Coppice. JE13 0 0 — £ 15 0 0 Mimosa per ton £ 9 0 0 — £ 10 0 0 Valonia E 14 0 0 — £ 16 0 0 LIVERPOOL. (Ditty Free). Quercitron, £8 6s. to t9 6s.; Dutch Oak, per ton, El to E5; German, JE3 10s. to E6. S.NFITH ]FIELD. -From our own grazing districts the arrivals of Beasts were considerably less than on Monday last nevertheless, they were seasonably large, at least two-thirds of them being beneath the middle quality there was a deci- ded improvement in the demand for the best breeds at an advance in the quotations of fully 2d. per 81h. wh?tt?n value of other kinds of beasts had an upward tendency A few very superior Scots realized 4s. per 81bs.; but the ?ener? top figure for beef was 3s. lOd. per 81bs. The arrive from Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire, amount ed to 2,250 shorthorns from other parts of England we received 400 shorthorns, Herefords, runts, &c. and from Scotland 40 horned and polled Scots. The supply of Sheep, having exhibited a great falling off, the Mutton trade ruled firm, at an improvement in value of 2d. per Sibs., and a good clearance was effected. The primest old Downs realized 4s. 6d. per SIbs. Prime small Calves were scarce, and quite as dear. Otherwise, the Veal trade was in a sluggish state. The top figure for Veal was 4s. per Slbs. We had a moderate inquiry for Pigs, and late rates were well sup ported Per 81bs. to sink the offaL-Coarse and inferior beasts 2s. 2d. to 2s. 4d. second quality do. 2s. 6d. to 3s Od. prime large oxen 3s. 2d. to 3s. 6d. prime Scots, &c. 3s. 8d. to 3s. lOd. coarse and inferior sheep, 3s 2d to 3s. 6d second quality do. 3s. 8d. to 3s. 10d. prime coarse woolled sheep 4s. Od. to 4s. 2d., prime South Downs. 4s. 4d. to 4s. 6d., large coarse calves, 2s. lOd. to 3s 6d prime small ditto 3s. 8d. to 4s. Od., large hogs 2s. lOd. to 3s. 6d., neat small porkers 3s. 8d. to 3s. 10d., Beasts' 5225, Sheep, 25,640, Calves 303, Pigs, 180. METALS. E s. d. d. ENGLISH IRON. a. Patent shot 21 0 0 Bars at Cardiff and FOREIGN LEAD. h. Newport 5 5 0 Spanish, in bond.16 0 0 FOREIGN STEEL. C. ENGLISH TIN i. Swedish keg. 15 5 0 Block per cwt 4 7 n Do. faggot 15 0 0 Bar 4 8 0 ENGLISH COPPER, d. Refined. 0 0 0 Sheets, sheathing FOREIGN TIN. k. & bolts per lb.. 0 0 lli Banca, in bond 4 4 0 Tonghcake 10210 0 Straits. 4 3 0 Tile 102 10 0 TIN PL.ILTES. Old copper e. per IC Coke per box. 1 2 6 pound 0 0 104 IC Charcoal 1 8 0 FOREIGN COPPER IX do. 1 14 0 South American, in SPELTER m. bond. E 0 0 0 Plates Warehoused ENGLISH LEAD. g. per ton 14 5 0 Pig per ton .17 0 0 Do. to arrive .14 5 0 Sheet ..17 10 0 ZINC. n. Red lead 19 10 0 English sheet 20 0 0 White ditto 25 0 0 Quicksilver, o. <JP'lb0 3 p t Dis. for cash in 14 days, 10 per cent. TERMS :-a Six months, or 21 per cent, dis.; c. rcent 6 months, or 3 per cent. dis.; e, 6 months, or 24 rr cent dis.; ditto; g, ditto; h, ditto; i, ditto; k, et cas 1, 6 months, or 3 per cent dis; m, net cash ti'' months or li per cent. dis.; o, ditto, li dis. I Cold-blast, free on board in Wales

WEEKLY CALENDAR. THE MOON'S CHANGES.—New Moon. ^ednesday, Oct. 13, at 14m. past 7 morn. HIGH WATER AT THE PILLOWING PLACES. FOR THE EN^I>r<> WEEK. Carm Cardigan Tenby Aberyst- DAY? thenJar- S"' ?? ??. Lb-??y. Bristol. Milford. with. SEPT. ?.f. M. H. M. H. M. ??M* Saturday.. Oct. 1 1 41 3 12 1 57 3 42 Sunday, 013 9 4 32 3 17 5 2 Sunday, 4 16 5 1 3 46 5 31 Monday, 191;4 5 3 5 48 4 33 6 18 Tuesday, 13?5 47 6 32 5 17 7 2 Thursday 146 29 j 7 14 5 5) 7 44 Friday 15i 7 10 I 7 55 6 40 8 2? SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. UP TRAINS.—WEEK DAYS. ) Sundays.   s" 3 3; >8 S s I Starting from J° ?J ?5  ? ? ?J "55 .,aõ c) õi-' ?_ ??_? ? ? n o 'E Iaa.. mm. a. rii. a. Tn. p. m. Swansea 6 0 8 30 11 45 1 30 4 26 7 5 i 15 Pš "7) 8 Neath 62. 855? 2 155 ? 7?3 ? 8 25 Cardiff 8 (i 10 14 1 4 3 15 6? 835 3 3 10? 5a 7,1 Newport 8 35 }0 45 1 25 3 45 6 56 9 15 3 26 10 35 ? ?'epstow 9 ?5 11 15 1 55 4 20 7 36 9 50 4 10 H 15 102 Gloucester. 10 35 1? 25 2 30 5 30 11 40 5 25 1 & 2 216 Paddington.. 3 0 5 0 525to 15 4 15 10 0 1 DOWN TRAINS.—WEEK DAYS. I Sunday. ?? S :2 a -n 1^3 I I Z- a -?S ? ts 3 ?3 "3U -a ? Starting from <gS ? 0 ] -g SJ   S A ? J;-¡-ü  <? s ?s ?s S*a 2" -s M a. m. 9 45-10 15, oI p. m. a. m. p. m. Paddington a. m. 9 45,10 15 12 30 1? 30 2 0 114 Gloucester 9 15 12 30 3 0 5 20 5 20 6 40 141 ?i Chepstow 7 0 10 25 1 51 4106 3150?763150 ,190 315 0 7 50 !58? Newport. 7 45 10 55 1 35 4 40 7 15 7 15 )0 15 8 35 170?ardiBr. 8 10 11 18 1 55 5 5 1 41 7 41 j 10 40 9 0 208 Neath 9 45 12 45 255 6 32 916 9 1?12 15)0 35 216 Swansea. 10 15 115 3 15 ? 7 0 9 45 | 945?24511 5 The Mail train runs on Sundays at the same times as on each day during the week. Greenwich time is kept at all the Stations on this Railway which is 12 minutes earlier than Newport and Cardiff time and 15 minutes before Swansea.

LONDON GAZETTE. 1 BANKRUPTS.—(Friday, Sept. I.j-R. Pitt, East Dony- land ship-owner, builder, and licensed victualler.— W. Pros- ser, Shoieditch, Middlesex, draper.—T. W. Sharland, Liver- pool, tea-broker. E. T. Bradshaw, Manchester, timber- rperchant. BANKRUPTS.—(Tuesday, Oct. 5.)-J. August, and Wm. August, builders, Norwich.- J. Morewood, merchant, Flud- yer-street, Westminster-street, and Basford-terrace, Liver- pool-road.-J. Marlow, iron founder, Glebeland Works, Walsall, Staffordshire.-J. Guest, victualler, Burslem, Staf- fordshire.—J. B. Boone, woollen-draper, Burslem, Stafford- shire.-G. Rowell, jun., painter, Carlisle.