The Welshman

(FOB THE WELSHMAN.) WAR.—A RHAPSODY. I Suggested by the practice of ladies presenting the colours of regiments going foith to cover themselves with glory"—and blood (woman's included.) Mad treason against Nature, War! When Man goes over from his own "Weak side, to that gaunt conqueror, Death, Death the Great pale on his throne Of all this world, alone Man longs to look on mortal strife, To play with Pestilence and Death, As if he were the God of Life, Who couldf re-populate the earth, With men thinned by his maniac-mirth. Thinking the God of Vengeance sleeps, Or not a thunder in Heaven's Towers Remains,—the Angel" dead who keeps Stern record" of the blood he pours Incessantly since Abel died As if his blood from earth had cried, And God, his Father, heard in vain. Man springs (through ceaseless generations) A resurrectionary Cain Immortal, multiplied to Nations Not wandering, hated, the world wide, But lauded,—throned,—yea, deified, Upraised to side* the Saints his horrid Mark to. a glory turned, refulgent round his forehead! Wheniut one corse in earth descends, Men weep,—priests pray,-a deathbell tolls But when War's dreadful note" portends The parting of ten thousand souls, No sound funereal rolls; To War's vast bloody funeral Gay cavalcades of murderers press, Though blood-blood soon shall be on all Their hands and souls, meek churchmen bless Their standards- Woman gives her meeker Mind dallies with blood-guiltiness! Her white hand waves to the blood-seeker, Orphan and widow maker-less In hardness than forgetfulness Of heart; forgetful of the dead- The broken heart, the homeless head- The towns in ashes, her hand decks The gallant" scorner of her trembling sex Forgetful of her God-whose care Extends to each doomed head's last hair, Those heads which once some mother's breast On its white pillow lulled to rest; Of those lopped limbs, of which not one But had a mother once, to run- For the least wound, to staunch the blood- Now left to paint the "field of glory" with its flood. Duilth. Builth. D. "Lifted to side the gods. "-Bp- JoNso-q.

LITERARY NOTICES. Elachcood opens its number with an article crammed with statistics, (those things" made to delude mankind" as a recent wit has said). It is on the Commercial results of a war with Russia," which the writer deems would be far less dis- astrous than the Manchester party aver. Our total imports from Russia for 1852 amounted to less- than two millions sterling, he has ascertained; and Turkey as a consumer, is of far more service to the trade of this country than Russia. In 18.;53 our exports to Turkey amounted in Talue to 13,113,679, and to Russia, £ 1,454,771. Besides the essayist argues, our supplies from Russia need not be stopped unless we blockade her ports strictly, for they may reach us in neu- tral vessels. The writer shews pretty effectively that Russia is neither a large consumer nor a large source of supply for our wants, and that therefore the trade of the United King- dom cannot suffer to any great extent from a state of war. He will not, thererore, join in the lamentations and con- demnations which Cobden and the Manchester party indulge; nor will he condemn ministers for the steps they have taken. lie does, however, think them highly culpable for not earlier taking effective means to resist the Czar's aggressions. The article is well reasoned and earnest, and its assertions and facts deserve attention. The puppets of all nations," is a review of a curious French book, which gives the history of Marionettes. The Quiet Heart" is continued, and then we have some strictures on the proceedings of the National Gallery Commissioners under the title of "Chronological Curiosities what shall we collect." The other papers are political and in both cases full of high conservatism. They are "The Reform Bills of 1853 and 1854," "The Blue, Books and the Eastern Question," and The Cost of the Coalition Ministry." The Illustrated London Magazine for April has vastly im- proved cf late, and is now the most attractive of the Illus- trated periodicals. The woodcuts though numerous are good and are not mere pictures- but subordinate to, and illustrative of, the text, which is varied and well written. Tait's Edingburgh Magazine has two articles of immediate interest. "Recent Travels and Discoveries in Syria," and "The Crisis of the Nations." There are other attractive papers. Hogg's Instructor commences in this month's number a most attractive auto-biography entitled Winifred." A series of papers on Eastern Travel is also introduced-the one in the present number being on Greece." Chambers's Journal is fortunate in having so great a host as William Chambers. His Things as they are in Ameri- ca" are an admirable series of papers and should attract many new readers to the Journal. Eliza Cook's Journal contains an account of Bourcicault's lecture on "Literary Life in London." It contains some curious facts, among them the following THE ORIGIN OF PUNCH. I Funch was concocted in the dark back parlour of a public- house behind Drury-lane Theatre. The paper was otarted it struggled on for about a year, and was then sold for £100 to Messrs. Bradbury and Evans, the printers. In their hands it rose to eminence. All the wit in England hastened to their standard. It has had the honour of being expelled from several kingdoms on the continent of Europe. One night, at Lady Blessington's," said Mr. Bourcicault, "Lord Brougham told me that he would rather stand a six week's roasting in the House of Peers than a sigle scarifying joke in Funch, and this reminds us that Euneh for the month just passed is full of scarifying jokes." The Home Companion continues to improve and may take rank with the best of the useful and entertaining cheap monthlies. IJtC Library of Biblical Literature for the month (Free- man) contains The Plagues of Egypt,"—a nicely written essay. In Orr's Circk of the Sciences (part III) the whole of the branches already opened are pursued with skill and good taste. This should be a very popular and a very useful work to the age and its progress. Orr's Household Handbooks (No. 4) continues the subject of Household Medicine. No household should be without it. (Number 1 of the Handbooks did not reach us.) NEW BOOKS. r The Museum of Science and Art, edited by Dr. Lardner, London: Walton and Maberley, This is by far the most sensible, popular and complete guide to scientific knowledge which has fallen under our no- tice. The subjects treated in this volume are The planets- are they inliabited v" Weather Prognostics," "Popular Fallacies," Latitudes and Longitudes," Lunar Influen- ces," Meteoric Stones and Shooting Stars," "Railway Accidents," Light." A volume of 108 pages has been found ample to give as much as the majority will acquire to know on the several subjects. And the information is con- veyed in an untechnical form, and numerous illustrations help the writers. The Modern Mystery, or Table Rapping, its history, philo- sophy, and general attributes. By J. G. McWalter. Lon- don J. T. Shaw. The author believes in the existence of the phenomena of table-rapping, and its kinds called 'spiritual,' but we are clearly convinced that nothing supernatural really be- longs to them." Into the scientific qualities and character of this phenomena the author enquires at some length, and he adduces some singular statements—making his book both an amusing and a learned one.

PORTRAIT OF SIR CHARLES NAPIER. A farmer-looking man with a fat face, thick lips, and a tremendous nose covered with snuff; large ears like two flaps of a saddle, and like Uncle Ned' in lyric history, with no wool to speak of on the top of his head. although his phrenological developments display an extensive surface wheie the wool ought to grow, the head placed on the body of a stunted alderman, whose clothes appear to have been pitchforked on his back, with one shirt collar up and the other down, his waistcoat buttoned awry, and his shirt front sheared with snuff—and you have the portrait of Sir Charles Napier. ■WOMAN'S BEAUTY. It is not the smiles of a pretty face, nor the tint of her complexion, nor the beauty and symmetry of her person, nor the costly dress or decorations, that compose woman's lov<- hness. Nor is it the enchanting glance of her eye; with which she darts such lustre on tbe. man she deems worthy of her friendship, that constitutes her beauty. It is her pleasing deportment, her chaste conversation, the sensibility and purity of her thoughts, her affable and open disposition, her sympathy with those in adversity, her comforting and relieving the afflicted in distress, and, above all, the humble- I ncis of her soul, that constitute true lovelinessl THE EXGLISH 'WORKING MAN'S WIFE. His wife, on a moderate calculation, throws away one- third of her family's food. She has no culinary resources It never enters her head to turn every scrap of food, every bone within her reach, every scrap of bread, to palatable account. And thus the teaching of common things which has been lately talked of, should include, as a most impor- tant branch of popular education,, the economy of the kitch- en. To teach the young idea how to cook is to do a ureat social good, undoubtedly. There are more showy accom- plishments fair fingers may be seen to better advantage than when partially buried in a light crust, but the light crut ha something to do with the light heart, and the kitchen strongly influences the happiness of the parlour.— Dickens's Household Words. A MOTHER'S SOLILOQUY. I 'Tis mine. Bound to me by a tie that death cannot sever, that little heart shall never thrill with pleasure or throb with pain without a quick response from mine. I am the centre of its world its very life depends on my faithful care. It is my sweet duty to deck those dimpled limbs, to poise that tiny, trembling foot. Yet stay my duty ends not here, A soul looks forth from those blue eyes !-an undying spirit, that shall plume its wing for a ceaseless flight by my erring hand. The hot blood of anger may not poison the fount whence it draws its life, or the hasty word escape my lip in that pure presence. Wayward, passionate, impulsive, how shall I approach it but with a hush upon my spirit and a silent prayer ? 0 careless sentinel, slumber not at thy post of its trusting innocence! 0 reckless "sower of the seed," let not the tares spring up 0 unskilful helms- man how shalt thou pilot that little bark o'er life's tem- pestuous sea, safely to the eternal shore 1 "Tis ours!" A father bends proudly over that little cradle!" A fa-. ther's love-how strong, how true! But oh, not so tender as hers whose heart that babe hath lain beneath! Fit me for the holy trust, 0 Good Shepherd, or fold it early to thy --Irtrv- A REAL PHILANTHROPIST. I I see in this world two heaps-one of human happiness and the other of human misery. Now, if I can talo but the smallest bit from one heap. or add to the other, I carry a point. If, as I go home, a child droppeth a half-penny, and if by giving it to another I can wipe away its tears, I feel that I have done something. I should be glad, indeed, to do greater things; but I will not neglect this. Rev. John Newton. A PAPER DEVOURER. In the bank of England no fewer than sixty folio volumes, or ledgers, are daily filled with writing in keeping the ac- counts To produce these sixty volumes, the paper having been previously manufactured elsewhere, eight men, three steam presses, and two hand-presses, are continually kept going within the Bank In the copperplate printing de- partment twenty eight thousand bank-notes are thrown off daily and so accurately is the number indicated by machi- nery, that to purloin a single note without detection is an impossibility. EARTH'S EARLY INHABITANTS. It is strange that in a thin bed of fine clay, occurring be- tween two masses of sandstone, we should have convincing but unexpected evidence preserved concerning some of the earth's inhabitants at this early period. The ripple mark, the worm track, the scratehings of a small crab on the sand, and even the impression of the rain drop, so distinct as to indicate the direction of the wind at the time of the shower, these, and the footprints of the bird and the reptile, are all stereotyped, and offer an evidence which no argument can gainsay, no prejudice resist, concerning the natural history of a very ancient period of the earth's history. I AMERICAN STATESMEN. Daniel Webster was the son of a New Hampshire farmer in very moderate circumstances. Henry Clay, of a poor backwoods preacher. Martin Yan Buren was too poor in youth to obtain a tolerable education and it had been said of him in reproach that he sold cabbages around the village of Kinderhook. Andrew Jackson was an orphan at an early age, and was left penniless, with nothing but his own efforts to aid him. Governor Vauce, of Ohio, had been a plain far- mer through life, and entered that state as a pioneer with an axe on his shoulder and very little in his pocket. Joseph Ritner, formerly Governor of Pennsylvania, served his time with a farmer as a regular bound apprentice, after which time he for several years drove a waggon from Philadelphia to Pitsburg. ° I THE DANUBE. This may be called the prince of European rivers, as, with one exception- the Volga-it is the largest in Europe. Its length is between 1,500 and 1,700 miles, and carries off the waters of nearly 250,000 square miles of country. At about 100 miles from its source it begins to be navigable at Vienna it flows in a broad channel, and there forms an im- mense number of islands. Between Buda and Belgrade the Danube is so broad and deep, that men-of-war can navigate the stream, and here naval engagements have taken place between the Christians and the Turks. Between Giuergevo aud Rustchuk, on the opposite bank, it is two miles broad. At the fortress of New Orsova, near its entrance into Wal- lachia, is the Iron Gate, so called from the high and precipi- tous banks within which the stream is confined. Twenty miles lower down are the ruins of Trajan's Bridge. This was formerly a most magnificent structure. It was 60 feet broad, and contained 20 arches, of 170 feet span each, at a height of a 150 feet above the level of the stream. It was destroyed by Adrian, Trajan's successor, lest the barbarians in the north should, by means of it, facilitate their progress to the Roman provinces in the south of the stream. About 30 miles above Ismail, near the mouth of the Danube, was another bridge, over which Hystaspes pursued the flying Scythians, but all vestiges of this have also disappeared. The whole line of the Danube, from Servia to its mouth, now bristles with forts and fortresses, all of which have been recently put into a state of efficiency, while many new ones have beon added. THE ALAND ISLANDS. Le Dictionnaire Geographique describes Aland as a small archipelago, at the entrance of the gulf of Bothnia, consisting of one principal island, which gives name to the whole group, and a great number of smaller islands such as Eskeroe, Fogloe, Vordoe (the terminal oe means island) Lemland, &c. Some authorities state that as many as 80 of the island arc inhabited. The word Aland is written with a small circle over the first letter, and pronounced Oland, which signifies the land of rivers or waters." The principal island has its northern point intersected by the parallel of 60 deg. 15 min. N. latituoe; the meridian of 20 deg. passes through the island. It is very irregular in its shape, so that it is difficult to state its dimensions: the greatest length from north to south may be about 18 miles the greatest breadth from east to west about 14. Its coasts are deeply indented, and offer several ports, of which the best is Ytternas. The island is mountainous, and of calcareous structure, with some good quarries; it has also a few streams. The grains that suc- ceed best arc rye and barley, with a little wheat: the trees are pine, fir, ana beech, in sufficient quantity to furnish fuel for the inhabitants. There is also pasturage for cattle. The inhabitants, who are Swedes, are skilful seamen, and in a great measure employed in fishing and in catching sea fowl. They numbered upwards of 13,00), as far back as 1823. Aland is divided into five parishes. On a small island near Ekeroe, a telegraph is established. One advantage which arises to the Russians from the occupation of these islands, is the possession of forts which are less frozen during the winter season than others in the same latitude, owing to the strong current from the Gulf of Bothnia,lwhich tends to keep the sea open. This island is said once to haveJiad a king of its own. In the later times of the Swedish possession, it was included in the governmer.t of Abo and Biorneborg in Finland. It was finally ceded to Russia in 1809. The neighbourhood of Aland was the scene of the naval victory obtained by Peter I. over the Swedes in 1714, the first great event in the history of the Russian marine. The "Conversations Lexi- con" states that when. Aland was made over by Sweden to Russia, the government of the latter founded a city there, and fortified some ipotS. Several circumstances conspire to make the Aland isles the principal rendezvous of the Russian fleets, which ride there secure in fortified harbours. These circumstances are-the early breaking of the ice in spring; the lateness of the period till which the harbours and road- steads remain open and free from ice, on account of- the strong currents which cross there from the gulfs of Bothnia and Finland; the facility of observing the ships entering lake Malar [by which vessels may cross Sweden via lake Wener and tbe river Gotha to the Kattegat], and of watch- ing the Swedish coasting trade along the right coast of the Gulf of Bothnia, as well of protecting the Russian coasting trade on the left shore of the same gulf. Fullarton's "New Gazetteer of the World" states that this group, which is divided into three oblong clulers consisting of 60 inhabited iala.rA&, Apparently of granitic, forniailan, sumaouud" by 200 desert and stony islets, and havinjf-ettotal superficies of about 470 square miles. It is separated from the coast of Sweden by the Alandshaff, a channel 24 miles in breadth; and from Finland by the Wattuskiftet, which is fourteen miles across at its greatest width. The population, which according to recent writers numbers from 12,000 to 15,000, are chiefly em- ployed in fishing and in rearing cattle. The Alanders are daring seamen and expert fishermen. They are of Swedish origin, and speak the Swedish language. Each householder is his own carpenter, shoemaker, tailor, fisherman, baker, and miller. Some five leagues south of the Aland Isles is the Langskaro light, a fixed light, visible from the southern shore of Aland. Between this light and Aland there is deep water, varying from 40 to 90 fathoms. The Aland Isles are about 20 leagues north of the best channel into the Gulf of Finland. TRENCH WORKMEN. The French workmen speak in very good language, and are far better informed on history and politics than the ordinary bourgeoise. They read much, and know-not critically, yet in a very solid manner-all about the litera- ture of their country. But this comparison with the lower bourgeoisie that is, the shopkeeping class scarcely suggests the truth; for they, as a rule, read nothing but a single paper, and are perfectly destitute of information. A workman, on the contrary, of the better sort, has his mind full of acquired facts, sometimes oddly arranged, sometimes accompanied by strange theories but still there he is, a man who has studied what he has been instructed to call the fortunes of humanity"—that is, the history of France-who is perfectly familiar with the doings of the great Revolution- convinced of the sacred right of man to take charge of his own affairs if he pleases-able to give a reason for the faith that is in him-and sufficiently enthusiastic to be ready, at a moment's notice, to risk his life for the defence of his ideas. The existence of such a body of men in a country —though in the proportion of leaven to dough-is sufficient to account for revolution against all forms of despotism; and we may be quite sure that, unless the present Emperor succeed in totally destroying it, which is impossible, there is no chance of a new dynasty being founded in France. The manners of the ouvricrs I have no space to describe. In some respects they resemble those of the middle classes to a wonderful extent but they have many peculiarities. A considerable number are addicted to drinking, not only wine, but spirits; and are, consequently, disorderly and immoral. The practice of concubinage is very general but the work- men do not change about so much as the students,—whose maners they imitate to a certain extent,— and always marry their mistresses if they have children. An old carpenter, nearly eighty years of age, came to me not long ago, and told me he "-as "going to marry his wife,"—that is, the woman he had been living with for fifty-three years. I saw the good old lady a day or two afterwards, and she seemed quite proud to be a bride I should observe, that any one who ventures to visit the common places of resort of the workmen must arm himself with especial politeness. He will meet with nobody who does not expect to be called Monsieur or Madame. Don't shove a workman in the street, or expect him to stand out of the way, because you are well dressed. If you do, take the consequences. He is oppressed and annoyed by the Government, but- is proud for all that. It is well to mention that there is no limit to the price that a shopkeeper in France may charge for a broken window; and workmen are often thrown into prison for sheer accidents, being unable to make good the damage. The police seem to take a pride in vexing them. At pre- sent, no ouvricr can come from Lyons to Paris unless he can show that he has not only been engaged, but has seven pounds sterling in his possession A thousand circum- stances of this kind make this class exceedingly irritable. Thay are like SampooB -oKained ifl-the-teniple, and we must not be surprised if they now and then attempt to shake down the whole edifice of society.—Purple Tints of Earis. TABLE TURNING IN PARIS. A new impetus has been given to our fading belief in spirit-rappings, by the arrival of the most extraordinary medium the world has yet produced. This huitieme merveillc, as she is already designated, has just arrived from the pro- the native race Of the Country, ada. She ie a young girl of the native race of the country, who has been discovered by a Senor Ganges, and sent hither tor the study of his brother believers. She is about eighteen years of age, of highly- nervous temperament and delicate constitution. She had been brought up by her widowed mother in a cottage close beneath the walls of a Spanish convent, where she was allowed to share the charities of the monks; one of whom taking peculiar interest in her destitute position, taught her to read, and treated her with parental care. Two years ago, the good monk being at the point of death, sent for the girl to bid her farewell, and upon witnessing the sincerity of her grief, bade her be of good cheer, for though about to disap- pear out of her sight, he would never cease to be near her in spirit until she was suffered to join him in the happier world to which he was hurrying. After the death of the monk the girl was observed to change her mode of life, and from having been remarked as the gayest amongst the village maidens, became restless and morose, frequently passing whole nights in pacing up and down, and talking to some imaginary companion like one in a fit of insanity. Doctors from all parts of the province came to see her. She protested that nothing ailed her, but that she was troubled by the constant company of the monk, who had kept his word too faithfully, and never left her side. Amongst other persons who visited her was one Senor Gangos, who had been mucth in the United States, and was well acquainted with the whole art and mystery of spirit-rapping. He beheld in an instant the advantage of the high state of nervous excitement into which the girl had been thrown, and after a short space managed to bring the spirit under such control that its presence is made manifest to the consultant of the medium in a more palpable manner than any which have yet appeared. The medium when thrown into a state of somnambulism will command the monk to appear. Sand or flour is thrown upon the ground, and his footsteps become visible, as he moves hither and thither according to her bidding. The answers to questions put by the consultant are written with invisible fingers in the sand, and in short everything short of the visible and tangible person of the monk proves that he is amongst the company. General V-- had the honour of patronising the first exhibition on Tuesday week, at his house in the He St. Louis. The most unbelieving left the seance with a doubt, and that is coming nearer to conviction than they have jet arrived through any other medium. No -3 -11-

HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, APRIL 7. I The Earl of Aberdeen, replying to a question put to him by the Earl of Shaftesbury, announced that the 26th inst. had been appointed as a day of national humiliation and prayer in consequence of the declaration of war. Earl Grey then moved for the production of copies of cor- respondence relative to any additions made to the depart- ment of the Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, and also respecting any changes made in the transactions of business relating to the administration of the army. In doing so he drew attention to the present system of army administration. The Commander-in-Chief had no authority to do anything involving increased expenses without the consent of the other departments. The Secretary of War controlled the finance of the army, but could not interfere with the action of the Commander-in-Chief. The Master- General of the Ordnance also had a separate department, and supplied a part, but only a part, of the clothing to the army. The Commissariat was a branch of the Treasury. All these independent offices, with one exception-that for supply of provisions ivere under the control of the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Such was the theory, but for the last 40 years it had practically been set aside, and it was impossible that there could be that unity of purpose and vigour of management which were so indispensable in military affairs. In dealing with the mismanagement which had arisen under the present system, he only felt embar- rassed by the multitude of examples which existed thereof. He would select a few of the more striking cases. When he was Minister for War and the Colonies he caused an inquiry to be made into the medical department, and he found that in 20 years, in the island of Jamaica, 5,000 soldiers lives had been as much sacrificed as if they had been drawn out and shot upon the spot. In the West Indies generally the mor- tality had been reduced by one half. Salt provisions, he discovered, had been supplied to the troops for five days in the week, long after the medical officers had reported against it. This arose from the Commissariat belonging to another department, and he referred to the correspondence which had passed between him, when Colonial Minister, with the Treasury on the subject, as an illustration of the cumbrous and inconvenient mode in which military affairs were ad- ministered. All the time this was taking place they were feeding their convicts with the fresh provisions which they denied to the soldiers who guarded them but this was not the worst of it, for it turned out that the fresh provisions thus denied to the troops were actually cheaper than the salt. Any one who knew the extraordinary extent of the business of the Treasury must be aware that it was impos- sible for the higher officers to give such attention to details as would insure efficiency and economy of management: It was therefore left to the subordinates, who, deprived of stringent supervision, followed the usual routine of the de- partment. As to the housing of the troops, he referred to reports of medical officers, especially at Trinidad, the barracks of which were pronounced unfit for negro slaves; yet for 11 years they were allowed to remain getting worse and worse, but still constantly occupied, though entailing a heavy mor- tality. In 1825 soldiers were sent to Sierra Leone before the barracks intended for them had been completed, and by the end of the year two-thirds of them were in their graves. The cases which he had given were not insolated; they were examples and examples only of the present system of management. They had taken place when the Duke of Wellington was Commander-in-Chief, and when all the de- partments connected with the administration of military affairs were filled with men of European reputation as soldiers. He had no doubt that in all that related to the service there was a great absence of that energy which was requisite to the efficiency of the army. He attributed the early disasters and difficulties of former wars to similar causes. In the Duke of Wellihgton's despatches it was stated that our cavalry were glad when they could to throw away their own swords and take those of the enemy, from their superior quality and the successes of that great man, instead of disproving, only strengthened his argument. He quoted the opinion of the late Sir Willoughby Gordon, written at the time of the Peninsular war, and advising the concentration of the different departments under one princi- pal Secretary of State. His own official experience as to the Canadian insurrection and the Caffre war entirely con- firmed the necessity and propriety of doing so now. In war there was not time for the present cumbersome mode of con- ducting the public business, and promptitude was of the first consideration. A military assistant under-secretary had been appointed who might be very competent to fill the situation, but who could not, however able, obviate the evils of the existing system. It was the system which was to blame, and not the heads of departments. That remedies could be applied, any one of which would be a vast improve- ment upon what now prevailed, he felt not the slightest doubt. In his opinion, the same machinery should be adopted for administering the affairs of the army as at present existed injthe navy. Some people thought that an ad- ditional Secretary ofState should be appointed, but he thought it should be a Secretary at War. He had no doubt that the war would not go on many weeks without showing that a new arrangement was necessary. Already there were in- dications of this. It had reached his ears that a Highland regiment had been ordered to furnish 100 volunteers for the East; that the volunteers were readily forthcoming, and in three weeks afterwards this regiment, being itself ordered to the East, was compelled to make up the deficiencies thus created. He warned the Government against such unneces- sary changes of plans. The noble earl, in his concluding observations, contended that it was impossible to separate the civil and the military administration of the army. The Duke of Newcastle admitted the great experience of the noble lord on the subjects which he had discussed, nor did he attempt to maintain that the administration of the army was blameless, or required no change. The noble lord, however, had failed to show any abuses of recent date, calculated to bear out his case, and his statements went to show that in his own hands the system had been highly effective in the removal of then prevailing evils. The mor- tality at Jamaica took place at a time when medical science was not in so advanced a state as now, and when the con- struction of barracks in an unhealthy climate was not under- stood, or properly attended to. He denied that the reverses experienced during the last war had anything to do with the system of military administration, which, though theoreti- cally it might be objectionable, worked very well in practice. The duties of the Secretary at War, he contended, would be entirely frustrated if he was called upon, as the noble earl proposed, to discharge executive functions. The consolida- tion of the service would tend to destroy the office of Master-General of the Ordnance, thus creating the necessity for a new department of the navy. Four distinct plans had been proposed for the reorganization of the Ordnance by different committees and commissions that had sat upon the subject. Again, as to the Commissariat, the Duke of Wellington had expressed himself in the strongest terms in favour of its connexion with the Treasury; and from his experience he would look with much less confidence to the reiults Of the expedition now proceeding tti the East, if he had not the fallest confidence in the ability of the Com- missariat officers who accompanied it. He denied that there was any want of harmony in the communications between the different military departments. A time of pressure like the present was the best for testing the efficiency of the system. He believed that the expedition to Turkey was one of the greatest military undertakings that had ever been attempted. Yet never had a body of men been sent away from this country with greater despatch, in higher condition, or more carefully provided for. If errors had taken place, they were such as might arise under the most autocratic ad- ministration of army affairs. The system might not be theoretically perfect, but any attempt to modify it seriously at present would, in his opinion, lead to great confusion and uncertainty. The present practice was to settle the business in hand by peisonal communication, and only when a de- cision was arrived at to commit it to writing. By this arrangement the utmost despatch was secured. His grace quoted opinions expressed by Lord Grey two years ago, to the effect that, practically, the existing system would adjust itself to a state of war, notwithstanding its theoretical defects, and that to attempt to change it would provoke great discussion. Were such a change contemplated, he, for one, would be verry sorry to be responsible for the Con- sequences that might ensue. The alterations carried out in the administration of the Admiralty it was known could not have been carried out in a time of war without an entire dislocation of the service. On behalf of the Government, he did not deprecate improvement, but he did deprecate any attempt at the present moment to upset and remodel the existing system, or to dis- locate the joints of a machine which, if once thrown out of gear, could not readily- be replaced. Lord Hardinge, after some explanations on the subject of barrack accommodation for the troops abroad, expressed his opinion that the Secretary at War should not be called upon to discharge those duties whieh were now performed by the Colonial Minister. In the course of his two month's com- munication with the Duke of Newcastle regarding the de- spatch of the troops to the East, fewer orders, once given, had undergone subsequent alteration than he had ever known before. Lord Ellenborough was adverse to all Boards, as detracting from the sense of individual responsibility, but thought that as soon as possible after the recess the whole subject of the military and naval administration of the country should be taken into consideration. The only arrangement, in his opinion, that could secure vigour, despatch, and secrecy in the conduct of the present war was to make the Prime Mi- nister the War Minister also. Lord Panmur'e had long been of opinion that we ought to have a War Minister responsible for the general manage- ment of the departments, the business of which was now conducted independently; but so great a change could not be effected suddenly or rashly, and must be accomplished by degrees. He considered that the Commissariat should be under the control of the Secretary at War, for the Treasury un d er the control of the S(, had quite enough to do without it. The Duke of Wellington constantly complained that he was paralysed by the conduct of the authorities at home, and he (Lord Panmure) believed that nothing was more calculated to shake the confidence of a commander on active service as to the way in which mili- tary affairs were administered at home than the knowledge that the business was distributed among a number of sepa- rate departments. Earl Grey replied, and the motion having beeu agreed to, The Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill was read a third time MONDAY, APRIL 10. Lord Lyndhurst asked whether it was true that the Em- peror of Russia, in defiance of the practice pursued by all civilised States, had seized.the personal effects of Sir Hamilton i Seyfnour at St. Petersburg r The Marquis of Lansdowne, in the absence of Lord Claren- don, replied that the Government had no official information of the fact, though he believed it possible that Sir Hamilton Seymour might have received intimation that his property had been seized by the Emperor Nicholas. A discussion then arose as to the enormous expense attend- ing the printing and publication of the papers of the House, in the course of which Earl Granville intimated his intention of submitting a proposition on the subject to the House after the Easter recess.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, FRIDAY, APRIL 7. On the order for the second reading o.f the Oxford Uni- versity Bill. Sir W. Heathcote said his vote would not be entirely in accordance with the petition he had presented from the University against this bill, for he thought he should not be a good friend to the University if he shut his eyes to the great importance of solving the questions which must be consi- dered, and of intrusting the office to friendly hands and he was bound to say that the bill had been framed with no hostile feeling, and that he believed, considering who were to be the commissioners, it would be administered in a friend- ly spirit. His objections to the bill were not to its principle, but to what appeared to him to be erroneous applications of the principle; he was, therefore, bound to assent to the second reading, dealing with the objectionable portion in the committee. Mr. Byng, in a maiden speech of much lfuency and pro- mise, supported the bill, the main provisions of which he briefly reviewed. Sir J. Pakington had determined, he said, with Sir W. feathcote, not to resist the second reading of this bil), re- v)n his objections for the committee but he had ar- e4 at that conclusion with very considerable doubt and .imitation. The principle of the bill, instead of being simple sand iniform, was complicated and contradictory. From first to last it proceeded upon an unmerited, and therefore unjust, distrust of every University authority but its worst feature was its violation of the rights of property, by interfering with the dispositions made by founders of colleges. He put it to Lord John Russell whether it would not be better to frame the bill in a spirit of conciliation, that he might carry the Universty with him, instead of leading the majority to think that their feelings were outraged. Mr. Blacket referred to the condition in which Oxford had been found by the Royal Commissioners,—a condition, he said which no one could contemplate without shame and sor- row-mathematics and physical science, at a low ebb, and even the favoured study of theology, according to Dr. Pusey, defective. This state of things the commissioners had traced to the tutorial or collegiate system, and they recommended o a4ronw pstabiishment of vrofeasors-t. lecouxmeadation which had been adopted in the bill. He contended that upon various heads the Government had deliberately departed from, and in some run counter to, the recommendations of the com- missioners; that the bill would extend the theological ele- ment in Oxford, and that to continue that University as a nursery of clergymen was incompatible with that due de- velopment of its studies which would enable it to maintain its high station among the educational institutions of the wor ld. Mr. R. Phillimore defended the bill against the charge of invading the rights of property, arguing that the change of times and circumstances justified Parliament, while ad- hereing to the principles.o'f foundations and endowments, in varying their application. He replied to objections raised against other parts of the bill; he attached, he said, great importance to the establishment of private Halls, and declared his intention to support the attempt to obtain a modification of the bill in respect of public schools. Mr. Warner supported the bill, commenting upon the ab- surdity of supposing that the University would, or could, reform itself. Mr. Roundell Palmer enumerated some of the legal im- pediments to changes in the colleges, especially with re- ference to founders' kin, the whole system of which, he said, was a flagrant abuse, and often offered a violence to foun- ders' intentions. Then the question was whether these im- pediments could be remedied by giving enabling powers; but these would be nugatory in those colleges where the fellows were bound by oath not to use such powers, and generally it would be contrary to the policy of the law to give enabling powers to colleges; so that such powers would go too far and not far enough, and consequently the matter must be taken up by the Legislature. He then laid down the principles upon which, in his opinion, such interference should be founded, and was bound to say, he observed, that he recognized in this bill a sincere, cordial, and conserva- tive spirit. He threw out objections to some parts of the scheme, particularly to that which would divorce public schools from the colleges with which their foundations were connected, protesting against any attempt to destroy or im- pair the connexion, for example, between Winchester and New College. He touched lightly upon the provisions as to the tenure of fellowships and the residence of fellows, and as to the property clauses, and, in conclusion, tendered to the Government his cordial thanks for the spirit with which they had dealt with this important subject. Mr. Henley was convinced that the bill would have to be altered in what respected schools and localities, and he did not think the bill met the real wants of the University on the subject of the governing body. The preamble of the bill, he admitted, could not be found fault with, and, if the Government were honest, they ought to make the bill agree with its preamble; but he believed many of the clauses were contrary to the preamble. The establishing of private halls he believed to be a step towards the admission of Dissenters into the Universities. Mr. Goulburn intended to give his support to the second reading of this bill, considering the argument of Mr. Pal- mer to be unanswerable but there were, he said, three pro- visions in the bill which, if they should be introduced into any measure for regulating the University he represented, would impair its usefulness—namely, the establishment of private halls for members not belonging to any college, the mode in which scholarships and fellowships were to be ob- tained, and the limitation of the tenure of fellowships, which was too much abridged. Mr. Goulburn examined these pro- visions, pointing out their objectionable character with re- ference to the University of Cambridge, and expressing a hope that they would not be enforced upon that University. The Chancellor of the Exchequer agreed with Mr. Goul- burn that any legislation with respect to the two Universi- ties ought to have a careful regard to the distinctive cha- racter of each. Referring to the general tone of the de- bate, he was satisfied, he said, that there was every hope that this measure, with such amendments as the House might see fit to adopt, would pass into a law during the present session. He replied to some of the objections put forward. The measure, he admitted, was broad, but the object was that the interference should be once for all, and that there should not be a perpetual intermeddling. The plan of the Government as to University extension did not compete with any plan conducted in connexion with the colleges, but to give freeer expansion than the University could attain under the existing system. He defended the scheme of the new governing body, and the mode in which the principle of competition was introduced into the action of University discipline. It was an emancipating measure, and founded the government of the University upon the representative principle, thereby deepening the hold of Ox- ford upon the hearts and minds of the community. Mr. Walpole contended that the principle which Mr. Gladstone had ascribed to the bill was not in fact acted upon that this was not an emancipating, but a compulsory measure, unnecessary and uncalled for by the University or the public. He sketched out a plan which would, he said, avoid the faults of this measure, and be an enabling bill conferring on the colleges a general power of altering statutes, so as to adapt them to the circumstance of the times, with the consent of visitors, the commissioners, and the Crown. Lord J. Russel, in reply to Mr. Walpole, vindicated the general character of the measure. The bill was then read a second time. I MONDAY, APRIL 10. The House having resolved itself into a committee upon the remaining clauses of the Bribery, &c., Bill. Lord J. Russell said, he was ready to accede to the proposi- tion to refer this bill, the Controverted Elections, &c., Bill, and the Bribery Prevention Bill to a select committee. The House having resumed, the three bills were referred to a select committee. The House then went into committee upon the Colonial Clergy Disabilities Bill. The bill, consisting of only one clause, enacted an indemnity to the metropolitan of any province, or the bishop of any diocess in the colonies, with his clergy and the lay members of the church of England, attending meetings for regulating ec- clesiastical affairs. Mr. Dunlop moved to substitute for metropolitan of any province, or bishop of any diocess," the words bishops and "I"F being one of a series of amendments the object of which was to guard against giving indirectly a legisla- tive sanction to a preference to the Church of England in the colonies over any other religious denomination there. The debate upon this amendment extended, not only to the whole scope and principle of the bill, but to the essential character and status of the Church of England in the colonies. The Solicitor-General, who had charge of the bill, offered to modify the terms of the clause so as to obviate the objection of Mr. Dunlop; but the opponents of the amendment called for a division, and; ithe amendment was carried by 81 to ai. The *w«t aratodme&t' propose&by MA Dunlop was nega- tived, and certain amendments moved by the Solicitor-General were agreed to. The Chairman was then ordered to report progress, the re- mainder of the clause (after five hours' debate) being reserved for further discussion. Certain bills were advanced a stage. Mr. Spooner moved that the House do agree with the report of the Committee on the Ventilation of the House, recom- mending that various alterations should be made during the recess. He gave a description of the manner of manufactur- ing "fresh air" for the service of the chamber, which, he said, placed the life of every member in jeopardy. The alter- ations recommended by the committee had been suggested by Mr. G. Gurney, who had offered to put the ventilation into a complete and perfect state for 11,700. Sir W. Molesworth hoped the house would not hastily de- termine ta overthrow the whole existing system of ventilation for which so much expense had been incurred. After ex- plaining the changes proposed to be made by Mr. Gurney during the Easter recess, he added that that gentleman had informed him that, unless these changes were followed up by others, it would not be advisable to make them, He, how- ever, left the matter in the hands of the house. After a short discussion the motion was agreed to, and Sir W. Molesworth undertook that the alterations should be made. The House was counted out at 25 minutes past eleven o'clock.

REASON AND SENSIBILITY.—Sensibility is like the stars, that can lead one only when the sky is clear. Reason is the magnet needle which guides the ship when the stars are wrapped in darkness .-Iler(ler. A worthy divine having wearied the patience of a portion of his congregation by a somewhat lengthy sermon, and noticing persons stepping out of the church, very quietly sat down in the pulpit, saying, I will now await till the chaff is blown off." This made the people quiet. An archdeacon having recently written to the churchwar- den of a parish not far from Leicester, to say that he wished to look at the rent roll or terrier of the parish, the perplexed officer wrote in reply that his was the only terrier in the parish and, being a good rat-catcher he hoped the vener- able archdeacon would not take it from hiin.-Leicestei- Chronicle. A GOOD JUDGE.—"What a lovely woman!" was the ex- clamation of Lord Chancellor Eldon, upon passing a first- class beauty, when pacing up and down Westminster-hall, with his friend, the Master of the Rolls, previous to the open- ing of their respective courts. What an excellent judge said the lady to the friend who accompanied her, when her sensible ear caught the flattering decree of the Lord High Chancellor of England. The proprietor of a wood at Evreux, in France, set a trap to catch wolves, but caught a brace of lovers. The damsel trod on the trap while waiting for her sweetheart, and was caught by the leg when the gentleman arrived he endeavour- ed to release her, but was himself caught by the arm. For- tunately, the proprietor came up shortly after, and released the hapless couple. A little more animation, dear," whispered Lady to the gentle Susan, who was walking languidly through a quadrille. Do leave me to manage my own business, mamma," replied the provident nymph: I shall not dance my ringlets out of curls for a married man." "Of course not, my love; but I was not aware who your partner was. A tinpentff, ytfW htm our," exclaimed a sturdy beggar at a stage-coach in Ireland to a Scotchman, with fiery ring- lets, but who was quite insensible to the appeal: a fipenny, your hononr; a fipenny, or a penny, or a halfenny, please ye." Finding the Scot inexorable, the beggar altered his tone, and said Will your honour plase to lend me a lock of your hair to light my pipe with ? In our present prospects of protracted war, the following is interestingMost of our readers will not require to be told how the National Debt, which William III. left at X16,000,000 sterling, had, at the accession of William IV., reached the enormous amount of upwards of £ 800,000,000, the yearly charge on which for interest was double the amount of the original debt of the country. The fatal necessities of war had caused this aggravation of out ex- penditure. Of the L770,090 000 of stock created by loans between the.years 1794 and 1817, nearly the whole had been the consequences of the hostile attitude of France. In one single year-1814, in which our greatest efforts aainst Napoleon had been made—not less than £ 93, ,000,0„0.0 were thus added to the funded debt of the country in the two following years an equally gigantic amount was added. During the early years of national loans, 6 per cent. was the legal rate of interest, although, in fact, much more was frequently given. We read that in 1692 the Government offered 8 and 10 per cent. for a loan of CI,000,000, yet could obtain but three-fourths of the required. amount. During the reigns of Ann and George I. high rates of interest were given for the moneys required; and although such rates have long since ceased, a practice, amounting in effcct to the same thing, was very common during the late wars. It was a customary proceeding for the Government, which needed a loan of £ 10,000,000,to issue stock to the lenders for112,000,000 or X13,000,000, as an inducement for them to provide the money; hence, although 4 per cent. was the nominal interest allowed, it in fact amounted to 4.1 and sometimes to 5 per cent. on the sum actually raised. It is worthy of remem- brance, that in the year 1796, LISO,0013,000 sterling was subscribed in London by way of loan in 16 hours, with the view of enabling the Government to prosecute the war with republican France. ONE WIFE.— L' Union (French paper) states that when D'Entrecasteaux landed in one of the islands of Oceania, he found the inhabitants addicted to cannibalism, and that it appears, notwithstanding all the zeal of the French mission- aries, they have not yet succeeded in rooting out the habit effectually. One day, a savage upon whom the exhortations of a missionary had made an impression, came before him and expressed a desire to become a Christian. 11 But," said the missionary, you have two wives, and Christianity allows only one." On hearing this the neophyte retired. Some days after he returned, and then persisted in his laudable resolution. "Very well," said the missionary, but your two wives ?" I have only one," replied the savage. And the other i" "I have eaten her." .<

CARMARTHENSHIRE QUARTER SESSIONS. 1 In our last impression appeared the proceedings of this court on Thursday up to the period of our publication, we now give the trials of prisoners on Friday, when the court assem- bled at a quarter past ten o'clock on the morning. The magistrates present were—John Johnes, Esq., chairman, Sir J. Mansel, Bart., R. G. Thomas, Esq., and Capt. David Davies. The Grand Jury was composed of—Mr. Samuel Bartley, Lan, Llandefeilog, Mr. Isaac Evans, Golden Grove, Llan- arthney, Mr. Robert Stone, Trimsarran, Pembrcy, Mr. William Mackiernon, Pembrey, Mr. Alex. Davies, Pembrey, Mr. Octavus Williams, Glandaven, Llanelly, Mr. J. R. Williams, Danybank, Llanelly, Mr. Morgan Thomas, Mr. Daniel Evans, Cilgwynydd, Mr. H. T. Lewis, Kilsaint, Llanwinnio; Mr. G. Thomas, Parke, Henllanhamgoed; Mr. Samuel Thomas, Godredivi; Mr. John Rhyderch, Cwmlly- danissa; Mr. Thos. Morgan, Llwyncrwn Mr. Thos. Jones, Clyncoch; Mr. H. Malin, Abergwilly; Mr. H. Phillips, Blaenparsel. The usual preliminaries having been gone through, the chairman addressed the grand jury. He said he was happy to inform them that it was not necessary to detain them by any lengthened remarks on this occasion, for the very good reason, that the duties which they had to perform, so far as the calendar indicated, were of a light and easy character. There was only one prisoner whose 0 case would be brought before them for consideration, and it was for them to decide by the evidence whether there was sufficient proof of the alleged offence to lead them to suppose that it required fur- ther inquiry before a petty jury. The circumstances of the case were plain and called for no remarks from him, but should any difficulty arise, the court would willingly render all the assistance in their power. With regard to the state of the county, he learnt from the Chief Constable's report which was read in court yesterday, that crime was on the decrease, and it did not appear from the Assize calendar that there was any crime of great magnitude brought before the notice of the judge at the recent 0 general gaol delivery although there were a greater number of prisoners than usual. He would here state that the proximity of these sessions to the assizes was the principal reason of the paucity of criminals to-day. However, he could justly con- gratulate them on the state of the county, as the de- crease of crime was one means of ascertaining its general prosperity. With these few observations he should dismiss them to the performance of their duties. On the application of Mr. Ben. Jones, the By-laws of the Llanelly Railway Company were confirmed and allowed. William Jones, William Isaac, Margaret Isaac, Mary Tho- mas, Catherine. Jones, and liecs Jones, surrendered to take their trial, on an indictment for having, on the 13th of No- vember, 1853, at Bodist, in the parish of Bettws, rescued several cattle taken under a distress warrant by John Da- vies, a sheriff's officer. It will be recollected that a true bill was found against the prisoners at the January Quarter Sessions, and also against Isaac Isaac, who did not appear. Mr. Bowen was counsel for the prosecution; attorney, Mr. T. Parry, Carmarthen. The prisoners who surrendered were defended by Mr. George Thomas, Carmarthen. Mr. Thomas contended that as the bill was preferred against seven persons, the six who appeared could not be tried in the absence of Isaac Isaac. Mr. Bowen explained that the prosecutor had adopted every legal means to bring the prisoners to trial, and at the last sessions a bench warrant for their apprehension was issued, and Isaac Isaac would have been present to-day had his health permitted his removal, and in support of his statement he called P.C. Berry, who deposed that Isaac Isaac was confined to his bed with illness on the 4th of February and on the 6th of April. Mr. Thomas was of opinion that the prisoners could not be required to appear again in answer to the charge, as they were now present, and no complaint was preferred. Mr. Bowen said the prisoners were now in custody, and would remain in charge until the next session, to which he applied that the case might be adjourned. The Chairman recommended an arrangement between the parties, to which he doubted not the court would be agree- able if not, he should postpone the trial, and require the prisoners to enter into recognizances to appear at the next sessions. Mr. Thomas persisted in his objection, and requested the Chairman to make a note of it. The prisoners—those whom he appeared for—had surrendered in pursuance of their re- cognizances to take their trial, by which expense had been incurred. If any neglect had oceurred, it was attributable to the prosecutor. Mr. Bowen vindicated the conduct of the prosecutor, who, he maintained, had done all in his power to bring the accused to trial. The trial was then postponed, and the prisoners were li- berated on entering in their own recognizances to appear at the next quarter sessions at Llandilo. Thomas Daniel, aged 34, labourer, was indicted for stealing from the person of Win. Evans a half sovereign, five shillings, and a farthing, at Llandovery, on the 29th of March last. Mr. Bishop appeared for the prosecution; attorneys, Messrs. Morgan and Evans, Llandovery. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Bowen; attorney, Mr. R. A.. Thomas, Car- marthen. Mr. Bishop having stated the case, called the following witnesses:— William Evans, examined: I am landlord of the King's Head, Cayo. On the 29th of March I was at the White Hart Inn Llandovery. The prisoner, a servant girl, the landlord, landlady, and the landlord of the White Lion were there. I went to the White Lion afterwards, and the prisoner followed me. He was the only person there, except the landlord and his wife. I had somethill3 to drink at the White Hart, and took out my purse to pay for it. I had a quart of beer and some bread and cheese at the White Lion and paid for it in the presence of the prisoner. I lay on the settle, and the prisoner sat opposite. The landlord and landlady went out to put my horse up for the night, and I went to sleep. I had half a sovereign and five shillings, in one part of my purse, and two sovereigns in the other side. There were two farthings in my pocket. I awoke at 11 o'clock, and found that my purse had been put into my pocket differently to what I was accustomed to do, and 0:1 searching I found that the half-sovereign, five shillings, and one of the far- things had been stolen from me. I know the farthing. The one produced is that I lost. I told the prisoner that if he had my money there was a. farthing with it. lie said he had no farthing. I sent for the police. Cross-examined: You may have heard that I am a sad drunken fellow. I am not quarrelsome. I am not fond of knocking people's teeth out. I never broke a man's jaw. I am not under recognizances to keep the peace, nor have I ever been. I went to Llandovery at six o'clock. It was nine o'clock when I went to the White Hart. I was a lout the town, and in the Lamb, White Hart, and White Liou public houses. I drank about a shilling's worth of beer. I don't know how long I slept. My horse was not put up for the night because I was too drunk to go home. I do not go to Llandovery often, I live nine miles from the town. I put up at no particular public house. The other farthing is at home. I proùuce the purse. I reckoned my money when I paid for the bread and cheese. I discovered my loss between eleven and twelve o'clock. The landlord and I remained up all night. The prisoner said he had not taken the money. It was four o'clock in the morning when I sent for the policeman. During that time I drank no beer. I was sober. Daniel Jones, examined: I am landlord of the White Lion Llandovery. On the 29th of March, the prosecutor came to my house at 10 o'clock at night. There was no one there when he entered, but myself and my wife. I took the prose- cutor's pony to the stable, and when I returned, the prisoner was there. The prosecutor had some bread and cheese and beer. The prisoner drank some beer, and asked my wife if he could have a bed for the night. He said his money was all gone, and the 30s. he had when he left Dowlais were spent, and that when he obtained work at the mines near Handovery he would pay. He sat opposite the prosecutor, who was on the settle. The front door was shut. I went out to see to the pony, and my wife went to feed the pigs. No one could enter the house without my knowledge. On my return 1 heard the prisoner telling my wife that he would have another pint, as he had sixpence remaining. He gave a shilling, and paid for all he had called for. The prosecutor accused the prisoner of robbing him. We were at him for hours, trying to persuade him to confess. He denied having stolen the farthing. I went for the policeman, and was pre- sent when he searched the prisoner. There was on him 4s. a penny-half-penny, and a farthing. Cross-examined: The prisoner did not not refuse to pay. He denied having stolen the money. The prisoner remained in the house all the time. When the prosecutor was asleep, the prisoner proposed to go to bed. 1 did not tell him to wait awhile and the prisoner would awake, when they would have more beer. I drank a few tots" from a quart at the White Hart. The prosecutor paid for it. We did not go to bed. After daylight appeared we had a few glasses. We did not give the prisoner any. We were all sober. P.C. Quin, examined On the 29th of March I went to the White Lion. and the prosecutor told me that he had been robbed. In reply to a question from me the prissoner faid he had no money. On searcing him I found 4s., three half- pence, and a farthing. I produce the farthing. He said it did not belong to him, and that he did not know how it got into his pocket. Cross-examined: The prisoner denied having stolen the money. I apprehended him at daylight. The prisoner's statement before the magistrates was then put in and read. It was simply that he had money in his possession the same day at the house of Thomas Rees, the butcher. The prosecutor was recalled, and examined by the Chair- man. He said—I have a mark on the farthing. 'It is under the head and tail.' I have had it two years. Mr. Bowen, in addressing the jury, commented with much severity and considerable ingenuity upon the evidence, and expressed an assurance that they could, after deliberately considering the statement of the witnesses for the pro- secution, and hearing the evidence to character, have no doubt that the prisoner was placed at the bar by the drunken prosecutor on a base and groundless charge. He would not accuse the prosecutor of the grave offence of per- jury, but to his miud nothing was clearer than the fact that the money was lost in going from public house to public house in the company of people who frequent such placeB. No doubt the prosecutor lost his money, and suppose the conjecture to which he had given utterance was not reasonable, was it improbable that the money fell from the purse when opened at the White Hart to pay for the beer to which ho had treated the landlord of the White Lion ? They had seen the purse, and must have noticed the large holes in it, through which money might easily have dropped, and that, too, without the knowledge of a besotted man. Again, was it probable that the pri- soner. would have run the risk of abstracting a purse, and after removing the least valuable part of its contents^ put it back into the pocket, and then take an almost valuless farthing, for they would bear in mind that the farthings were not in the purse. Then the prosecutor, who had for some mysterious purpose carried about with him the two farthings during two years, had thought fit, no doubt for good reasons, to leave the fellow farthing at home. Where was the half-so- vereign found ? They had heard nothing about that. It was lost, and although the prisoner did not leave the room it was not found on him. Much stress had been laid on the pri- soner's assertion that he had no money to pay for his lodgings, but this story had been wrested for the purpose of bringing home the crime to the prisoner. But what did it °\Vhen the prisoner left Dowlais he had 30s., all of which he had spent but an amount sufficient for his pur- poses till he obtained work at the mines near Llandovery. It had been sworn that the prisoner was sober. Why then did he go to sleep ? and even then, if sober, he would be dis- turbed by any person putting a hand into his pocket. After further remarks, particularly on the efforts made to scare the prisoner into a confession of guilt, which he indignantly re- fused to do, although he would then have escaped the pain of a trial, which, however, would no doubt terminate in the ac- quittal of the prisoner and a vindication of his character by twelve of his countrymen. Several witnesses gave the prisoner a good character. The jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict o Guilty. The prisoner was sentenced to three months' imprison- ment. The Court then adjourned.

How TO CLARIFY WATER.—A correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald says—" At this place, both the water and the pasturage were bad the former, in fact, could hardly be used and this, we found, was a difficulty which attended us throughout the journey. Fortunately, however, we had provided ourselves with a very simple remedy, in the shape of a supply of alum. Even the muddiest water can be made clear as crystal by mixing with it a small portion of this mineral, pounded very fine-say a pennyweight to 'he bucket. In less than a minute after the alum is applied, all I the clay and other impurities held in solution coagulate and fall to the bottom, leaving the water above perfectly clear."

Lord Raglan and his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam- bridge left London on Monday night by the half-past i eight mail train for Dover en route for the East. Although the exact time of their departure had not been made public, up- wards of 300 persons, including many ladies, had assembled to see them off. The Royal carnage had been prepared for their reception, and as the train moved away from the plat- form they were loudly cheered. Lord Raglan was accom- panied to the station by the members of his family, who there took an affectionate farewell. The aides-de-camp, both of his Lordship and of his Royal Highness, travel with them. The Vivid conveys them across the Channel from Dover, and at Paris, on Wednesday, they will be present with the Emperor at a grand military review. Lord Raglan and tho Duke of Cambridge paid their respects to Her Majesty before leaving, and they also visited the Prime Minister in Downing- street. On Monday a vast quantity of tents and other requisites for the encampment of an army were taken out of the stores, in the Tower, and conveyed to the railway station, to be for- warded to Portsmouth for shipment to the Mediterranean. The officers of Ordnance have contracted for the supply of 1,000 tons of coal to be forwareed to Gallipoli for the use of the army.

'p" A Frenchman has written to say he has invented a re- medy for the 2 thake, which will allevi-8 all pain 4th- with. There are many men, especially at the outset of life, who in their too eager desire for the end, overlook the difficulties in the way there is another class, who see nothing else. The first class may sometimes fail; the latter rarely succeed. -8. T. Coleridge. To cure bronchitis: take honey in the comb, squeeze it out, and dilute it with a little water occassionally moisten- ing the lips and mouth with it. It has never been known to fail, in cases even where children had throats so swoollen as to be unable to swallow. On Sunday, when a minister of Uduy entered the kirk, he was no less surprised than indignant to find that daft Jamie Fleming had taken possession of the pulpit* Come doon' Jamie," said his reverence, Come ye up, sir," answered Jamie they're a stiffneckit and rebellious generation, sir, an' it '11 take us baith to manage them." PASTE THIS UP IN YOUR MIND.—Let you be ever so pure, you cannot associate with bad companions without falling into bad odour. Evil company is like tobacco-smoke —you cannot be long in its presence without carrying away a taint of it.—Eunch. SUPERFLUOUS SUGGESTION.—" Really, Mr. said a learned judge the other day, not less remarkable for the serenity of his temper and suavity of his manner, than for his clear intellect and legal acumen, "Really Mr. there is no need of a ghost to prove that." I was not going to call one, my lord," was the reply. His lordship bit his scornful lip. A German, in Cincinnati, has invented a powerful micros- cope, which has such an immense magnifying power that by it the dust which, by contact with the wings of a butterfly adheres to the finger, is shown to be a number of feathers, on which longitudinal and transverse lines may be discovered On a very minute particle of dust, from the wing of a midge, measuring only one five-hundredth of an inch in length, and one-thousandth of an inch in breadth, the number of scales is found to be 81,000, which gives the enormous sum of forty two thousand millions to one square inch. Topsy's OTHER NAME.—" Mother," asked a little girl while listening to the reading of JJnclc Tom's Cabin," why don't the book mention Topsy's last name I have tried to hear of it whenever it spoke of her, but it has not once spoke, it?" Why, she had no other name, child." "Yes, she had mother, and I know it." What was it ?" Why, Turvy-Topsy Turvy." You had better go to bed, my dear, said the mother. "You are as bad as your old grandmother, for she can't say bacon without beans, for the life of her." A physician in Texas has discovered a new remedy for those afflicted with that distressing complaint, the blues. He diets them upon a kind of soup prepared as follows Procure a lean pigeon, suspend it in the window in such a manner that the rays of the sun will strike it, causing the shadow of the pigeon to fall directly upon a pot of water in the room. While things are in this status, boil the shadow effectually, cause the patient to drink freely of this soup for several hours, and a cure will be effected." This is said to be in accordance with the homceopathetic method.—similia similibus curantur (like cures like). THE LATE JUDGE T ALFOUltD. -Some years since I ventured to request information as to the proper way of pronouncing the word Elia," from the talented and kind- hearted Judge Talfourd, whose days have just been brought to a close under such truly awful circumstances. The ready reply which he gave to an unknown inquirer, whilst it illus- trates the courtesy and cordiality of his character, may prove interesting to your readers. Temple, June 15, 1838.-Sir, -I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 11th, and to express my pleasure at finding that you sympathise with me in general admiration of the delightful person to whom it refers. All I know respecting the signa- ture of' Elia,' will be found at p. 65 of the second volume of Lamb's Letters. It was the real name of a coxcombical clerk thirty years dead, whom Lamb remembered at the I South Sea Rouse, and prefixed to his first essay (which was on the Old South Sea House') in the London Magazine. The editor afterwards used it to distinguish Lamb's articles. and he finally adopted it. The i is short (' Elia'). It is an Italian name.—I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient and faithful servant, T. N. TALFOUltD.FI-Ont Notes and Queries." CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN THE RUSSIAN ARMY.—The system of corporal punishment is onc utterly abominable. A court-martial may sentence a man to suffer 2,000 blows with a stick. The method of it is in this wise :—The prisoner is dressed in a pair of short drawers, boots, a leather stock, and bandages on his arms. A firelock is then tied to each arm. The battalion forms in double ranks, facing inwards, each soldier being armed with a stick. The fifes and drums play a slow march. Two non-commissioned officers, holding the fire-locks, lead the prisoner between the ranks, keeping step with the music, and preventing the prisoner by means of the fire-locks from marching quicker. The soldiers each deliver a blow, those on the right backhanded, those on the left forwards. As soon as he passed through the battalion, the surgeon feels his pulse, and pronounces whether he his ca- pable of undergoing the rest of his punishment. If he is not, he is sent to the hospital, and as soon as he has re- covered, he receives the balance of the account in a similar manner. This interference of the surgeon has only been adopted during the last ten years before that period the unfortunate patient was beaten until he fell he was then placed on aJ.ow wheeled cart, and drawn through the ranks in that manner. It frequently happened that it was a sense- less corpse which received a great part of the punishment.— Morning Chronicle Widdin Correspondent.

I SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. WEEIC I)AYS. — ——————————————————————————— ————— —————————— WEEK DAYS. ———— ———————————— SQUUNNDPAAYYS 6. WEEK DAYS. SUNDAYS. Exp. Mail. Exp. Mail I Mail. • Exp. i Mail. i Mail & f l!t& lst& 1st & 1st & 1,;t, 2d Ist, 23 Ist, 2d ? 1st & 1st 2d 1st, &lst.2dlst2d ?'lst2d lst2dlst2?1? &Ilst 2cl 2nd & 3rd 2 & 3ri & 3rd 2nd d & 3rd IClass. Class. Class. Dowx TRAINS. 1st', 3rd & 3rd 2nd f& '3od 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd & 3rd & 3rd & 3d 2nd 2nd UP TRAINS. 2nd & 3rd 2nd & 3d & 3rd Class. & 3rd &'3rd'&\rd''nrl ? DOWXTBAINS. C?ss. Class. Class. Class. Class. Class. Class. Class. Class. Class. Class. Class. Class. 2nd & 3rd 2nd & 3rd & 3rd 2nd ft 3rd & W &S?d! 9NFL I i d ?'?' A. M. A.M. A. M. A>M. AI M P. M. P. M. AM. A MI P.M. P. M A. M. A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. P. M. AM „ A- M- A.M. A.M. 6 50 9 45 10 15 4 50 8 55 2 0 StartIngfromHaverfordwest. 9 10 1 5 4 25 „ „ T „ Starting from Paddington •• V on P.M. P.M. A.M. 1,2,3. ° Cross Inn. 9 24 1 20 ? 7? ".? GIo'ster departure 6 45 9 25 3 l 1240 3 1.5 8 13 1 35 820 6 40 Narberth Road 94-5 1 40 2 «$*2 [ 705 fA Chepstow 7 48 10 42 420?25 4 37 9 13 2 55 7 30 9 35 • • 7 55 » Whitland 9 56 2 0 '? ?  8 18 11 17 5 2 150 515 9 37 3 30 8 8 10 13 8 33 St. Clears loll 2 15 I ? X o r Cardin- 842 1140 ?29 211 5 40 9 57 355 8 33 10 38 8 58 ? 090 Cardiff Arrival 10 13 111 Carmarthen 6 15 10 39 •••• 2 45 5 45 o ia o 55 6 on NCaerwdpiff ort 8 42 11 40 j7 j 14 3 8 7 19 10 57 5 13 10 8 12 13 10 33 S- » Ferry-Side 6 30 10 51 3 0 ?? 9?0 ? fi t4? Swansea ..Departure 8 0 10 55 7 50 3 25 8 5 5 45 1050 12 47 7 0 ts » Kidwelly 6 49 11 0 312 6 10 8? 922 ? ?7 S%vansea Departure 8 0 10 5,5 8 30 3 45 8 35 11 20 7 30 ? Pembrey. 65511 9 3 25 ? "S -? ? fi %? Loughor 8 27 11 30 7 21 Llanelly 8 35 11 40 8 40 3 50 8 44 6 20 11 29 739 J g LlaneUy 7 6 11 20 336 6'30 8? ?47 ? 72? Pembrey. 8 4.5 11 51 8 61 3 58 855 11 40  7 n 30 3 45 .7 ? i*. ?55 ? 72? 12 5 9 5 4 8 9 8 6 40 115  ? g?? .Arrival 7 45 11 40 4 15 7 0 9 29 1JM ? 7 55 Kidwelly 8 57 125 9 17 4 16 9 20 12 5 15 S Swansea Departure 7 0 7 55 11 45 12 45 4 20 7 5 50 1 k 3 8 0 ]Fcrry,Side 9 7 12 17 9 32 435 9 35 7 0 12 20 9 30 830 Neath Departure 7 17 8 30 12 2 1 10 4 45 723 9?5 135 ? 825 C-.trii-,art l ien 9 22 12 35 St ?le"s 9 45 12 58 4 53 9 53 858 » Cardiff 8 25.10 10 1 4 2 45 6 27 8 35 10 56 3 3 10 6 Wlufiand 10 5 1 18 5 6 10 lQ 9 lo » Newport 8 48 10 38 1 25 3 12 6 56 I 9 15 11 25 326 10 35 >N7 arb[ erth Eoad 10 25 138 5 25 10 2o 9 30 Chepsto?v 920 ?ll 15 1 50 3 55 753 6 950 12 5 410 11 15 (For Tenby and Pembroke.) Glo'ster Arrival 10 26 12 29 2 30 5 5 8 43 U 0 1 19 5 IS ?For Tenby an d Pembroke. ) 10 45 950 Cheltenl,.?tn 5 1&2 9 5 1 39 Cross Inn 10 47 20 545 10 4a L 9 5™ 0 •• Cheltecr-.?. 5 1&2 9 5 139 1 Haverfordwst. 11 2 215 6 0 8 30 11 0 10 5 1 addington..3 15 5 5 6 0 10 .30 I 4 15 100 1

CARMARTHEN CORN RETURNS. WEEK ENDING, APRIL 8, 18.54. Total Quantities. Wheat, 6 quarters, 5 bushels. barley, quarters, bushel; oats, 94 quarters 0 bushels. Averageper Quarter.—Wheat, 71s. lid.; barley, —s. -d. oats, 24s. 5d. CARMARTHEN.—Beef, (per lb.) 5d. to Sd; Mutton, 7d. to Veal,4d. to6d.Lamb,9d. perlb.Fresh butter, (24oz.) Is. 7d. Salt, Wid. to —d.; Chickens 2s. 6d. to 3s. Od. per couple; eggs 9 for 4d.; cheese 34s. to 35s. per cwt.; potatoes, 7s. 6d. per cwt. LONDON MARKETS, MONDAY, APRIL 10. MARK LANE.-The supply of Wheat from Essex and Kent to this morning B market was small, and could only be dis- posed of at a decline of 2s. to 3s. per quarter from our quotations of Monday last. The attendance included a few country buyers; this imparted rather a firmer tone to holders, and caused the business to be more restricted than would other- wise have been the case. The sales effected of foreign were 2s. to 3s. per quarter below the prices of this day se'nnight. Barley and peas are unaltered in value. Beans are rather cheaper. Oats sell slowly at a decline of 6d. per quarter. Thera is rather more doing in barrel flour, at Is. below last Monday's prices. LONDON AVERAGES. £ 8. d. £ g, d. Wheat. 1528qrs. 3 16 0 Rye 15 qrs. 2 6 2 Barley.1927 1 1 18 7 151 1 Beans. 682 2 1 4 Oats 2967 1 8 5 Peas 248 2 4 11 AVERAGE PRICE OF SIX WEEKS. Week ending APRIL I.- Imperial General Weekly Average.—Wheat, 75s. Od.; Barley, 37s. Sd.; Oats, 26s. lOde lye, 538. Id.; Beans, 44s. 3d.; Peas, 45s. 7d. QUANTITY OF FOREIGN GRAIN ENTERED FREE FOR HOMK CONSUMPTION DURING THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 8. Wheat, Foreign qrs. 34957 Beans qrs. 1560 Barley. 2428 Peas. 17 Oats 8028 1 Flour cwt. 48129 PRICES OF BUTTER, CHEESE HAMS, &c. Butter per cwt. s. d. Cheese, per cwt. s d F?esland 110toll2 Cheshire. 67 80     64 72  116 Single do. 60 70 S 82 SR.™••• 11 Cork 98 104 I?rish. 70 78 JVmenck 86 96 Bacon Wiltshire 62 64 Shgo. 96 104 Waterford. 59 61 BARK AND OTHER TANNING MATERIALS. Per load of 45 cwt. English, Tree E1200to £ 14 0 0 Coppice £ 13 0 0 f 0 0 Mimosa. per ton £ 9 0 0 £ 11 10 0 Valonia *13 0 0 ;6 S 0X The prices of Wheaten Bread in the MetrnnnKs 1™ t 10 £ d. to Ild. and Household do., 8d. to lOd. per 41bs. ba? PROVISION.-1rish butter was in fair demand for anything passably good, which found buyers at about previous rates, ?ut the secondary and inferior kinds were difficult to move S reasonable prices. Foreign was again cleared at from 80s. to n4tTsi For PIrri-Tsh bacon there was a steady but limited inquiry t ^enean stdes and middies,. at no change in value.  were saleable at last quotations. Lard was more St m, at a decline of 2s. Hops. There is less activity in the market. Prices for inferior and middling qualities, both of Kent and Sussex, have declined 2s. to 3s., and bags seem to be quite overlooked. First-class Gouldings and fine new Kents and Sussex remain as before, with a short supply on offer. £ s. £ s. Mid and East Kents. 6 10 to 12 0 Weald of Kents 6 0 to 70 Sussex Pockets 5 12 to 6 10 SEED.—The demand for cloverseed. &c mnHn„M W •' checed.to some extent by want of rain. Fine qualities of all descriptions maintain their value, but for  parcels of  seed, prices are now somew'? ?? irr?egula?r. ?imQ trefoil continues very scarce. TALLOW.-Our ?T? t very dull, and prices still con-  still   delIvery, 68s. 3d, per ?-0?  65s. net cash. WOOL.-The quantity of English wool on sale has increased to some extent. For all kinds the demand has become or ceedingly heavy, and to effect large sales, lower rates must submittea to. wever, the feeling generally is favourablo towards future value. S){lTHFIELD.-Th show of foreign   to-day was very moderate the time of yea? r c?o?°?I"?d, a?nd i.n but mid- dlmg condItIon. Fro our °w:n  dling condition. np?mo'rn? were JoW w extensive. Their general &quality?, th?ouo1h?'????? last. Notwithstanding that the attendance of buySTJS large, and that the weather was favourable forsiS?? the beef trade ruled inactive at the decline repSed?h? se nmght. The top price for beef was 4s. 2d. per 8lbs. Th? arrivals from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire  to 2,950 Scots shorthorns; from other paSs S England, 800 of various breeds; and from Scotland, 680 horned and polled Scots. There was a slight falling off in the supply of sheep, compared with Monday last. All breeds were in steady request, at full prices. The \???Tt °? the wool, sold at 5s., out of the wool, 4s?d. per 81bs Lamb« were in moderate supply and brisk in iry, ? h gher S? viz., from 5s. 4d. to 7s. per Slbs. We had a good Tof calves, the value of which had an upward tendency. Pigs moved off slowly, at late rates. 81b% to  tIM.-COafS1j and inferior beasts. 3q s. Pw Od. to 3s. 2d. second quality do. 3s. 4d. to 3s 6d. prime large oxen 3s. 8d. to 3s. lOd. prime Scots, &c. 4s. Od. to 4s. 2d. coarse and inferior sheep, 3s. 6d to 3s. 8d second quality do. 3s. lOd. to 4s. 4d. prime coarse woolled sheep, 4s. 6d. to 4s. 8d. prime South Downs 4s lOd to os. Od., Lambs 5s. 4d. to 7s. Od., large coarse calves, 4s. Gd. to 5s. 2d. prime small ditto, 5s. 4d. to 5s. 8d lare bogs, 3s. Od. to 4s. 2d. neat smaU porkers, X 4d ?to 4s. 3d. Beasts, ?. Sheep, 23,610, Calves, 130, Pigs, 310. HIDE AND SKIN MARKETS. "'d. a. d. Market Hides, 56 to 64 lbs "o ? r??' ??'? ??' Do. 64 72 lbs 02! 30 Do. 72 80 lbs .03 0 *U Do. 80 88 lbs 0 3* o | Do. 88 96 lbs 0 34 04 Horse Hides .00 66 ^h" Calf Skins, light 20 "Rfl Polled Sheep.. 6 6 8 0 Kell ts 5 6 6 3 METALS. £ s. d. s d ENGLISH IRON, Renned. 0 0 0 Bars at Cardif fand Grain. 614 o Newport. 8 10 0 Fine Grain 7 g 0 Rails (Wales) 8 10 0 Ditto bars 7 6 0 Staffordshire 8 10 0 Do. granulated 7 7 0 FOREIGN STEEL. FOREIGN TIN. Swedish keg. 1600Banca, in bond600 Do. Faggot 0 0 0 Straits 5 15 0 ENGLISH COPPER. TIN PLATES. Sheets, sheathilnbg 0 10 m Charcoal per box 1 14 0 and bolts per lb' IC Charcoal per box1140 Toughcake 107 10 0 200 Coke per box ..176 Tile 107 10 0 do" 113 6 Old copper per ??- "°' 1 13 6 pound 0 0 0 ZINC. ENGLISH LEAD. In Sheets 30 0 0 Pig per ton 23 0 0 FORIGN IRON. a. Sheet 24 0 0 Swedish 12 0 0 ENGLISH TIN. Russian CCND 17 0 0 Block per cwt .6100Ind. Ch. Pigs in Bar 6 11 0 London. 600 Terms, a, 2? per cent dis; b, 3 ditto; c, nett; d, 12 per cent. dis.; e, 2 2d? itto; y; 1? ditto. Delivered in Liverpool 10s. per ton less. Cold blast,fo.b. in Wales. I Discount for cash in 14 days, 5 per cent.

I WEEKLY CALENDAR. THE :MOON'S CHANGES.—Last quarter, April 20th, 46 mi- nutes before I morn. HIGH WATER AT THE FOLLOWING PLACES. FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. Carmar- Cardigan I Tenby ™AV 7st.- DAYS. then Bar. aud and s- LlancUy. Bristol. Milford. Wl H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. Saturday, April 15 7 22 8 12 8 42 6 57 Sunday, .17 7 59 8 49 9 19 7 34 Monday .18 8 3919 19 9 59 8 14 Tuesday .19 9 20 10 10 ?10 40 8 55 Wednesday .2010 11 11 1 )11 31 9 46 Thursday .2111 10 112 0 !l2 30 10 45 Friday 22 12 28 1 18 1 48 12 3 LONDON GAZETTE. BANKRUPTS. (Friday, April 7.) G. Battock, apo- thecary, Brighton.—C. Button, manufacturing chemist, Hol- born Bars.—T. Flintoff, commission agent, Newcastle-upon- Tyne.—D. F. Ford, draper, Grosyenor-place, Commercial Road, East.—J. Cummery, druggist and grocer, Kidder- minster.—G. Jarrett, builder, Wickhara Welford.A. B. Lee, jeweller, Castle Square, Brigliton.-W. M. Peniston, railway contractor, Yeominster.—S. Sharp, and W. L. Middleton, printers, Leeds.—I. Tipple, tailor, Norwich.—A. Vickera, cotton-spinner, Disley, Cheshire. — T. N. Vospcr, draper, Launceston. W. Robinson, cotton-broker, Liverpool. BA.NKIUJI'TS-—(Tuesday, April i.)—Henry Jesse, corn factor, Basingstoke.-Thomai Bishop and William Bishop, builders, White Lion-street, Bishopsgate.—B. A. Burton and H. M- Burton, engineers, Holland-street, Southwark.—C. J. Matthews, manager of Lyceum Theatre.—W. J. Ward, inn- keeper, Folkstone.-E. Biven, watchmaker, King Wi!liam- street.—W. E. Brooking, coal merchant, St. Stephens, by Saltash. Cornwall.—J. Schofield and R. Schofield, cotton spinners, Rochdale.—A. Guy, lamp manufacturer, Clerken- well.