The Welshman

I .omt Nt\Dø. I Mr Haywood, the expelled Orangeman, has ptib- lisbt4. another- letter in reply to the contradiction iftiven by the Morning Post, upon the authprity of Colonel Fairman, to some statement. ih his fifst, in the course of which, he says, there were three mote brethren present when" the reritaj tfas. made, and it can be verified on oath." We hope an opportunity will be afforded those individuals of Egging upon oath" all that they know of the The Government should not hesitate to take it up. If a conspiracy ever existed to depose King William, and alter the suc- cession, it may still exist, and the traitor, if there be one, should be dragged before the world, unmasked and punished. Lord Kenyon has addressed a let- ter to a provincial paper respecting this ugly affair, in the course of which he says, I will not conde- scend to notice such a calumny by any observation of my own." The charge being High Treason, his Lordship's display of dignity is sheer bombast. His Lordship may be quite guiltless of the charge, but he is unwie in thus evdaing the question. A Lord is as fallible a personage as a scavenger, and quite as accountable for his conduct to society. THE PARLIAMENT.—GENERAL ELECTION.— The Tories for some time have been predicting a dis- soltition,not that they desire a dissolution, which to them would be ruin but because by insinuating that such is the intention of Government, to vex and if possible injure the present Liberal Members. Now we have reason to know that Government do not in- tend to dissolve Parliament. We have reason to know that there is no necessity for such a measure. We have reason to know that many Members hither- to lukewarm Ministerialists, or moderate Tories, have sent in their intended adhesion to Lord Melbourne's Government. Knowing these things, we can say to the Reformers, there is no occasion for a dissolution. The Ministry is safe, even with a Tory concocted Par- liament.-Lincoln Gazette. The intelligence of the sudden demise of Mr. Al- derman Thorp, of Aldg-ate Ward, a gentleman highly and deservedly- esteemed by his fellow-citizens for his public and private conduct, has excited a great. sensation in the city. The circumstances attendant on this melancholy event have not reached us. He was a liberal supporter of many charitable and other institutions, and the poor have lost a great benefac- tor. A number of gentlemen waited upon Mr. Sheriff Salomons yesterday morning, to request his iTRgrxpiAaipa,tp nominate him for t-lie vacant gown.— The sheriff observed that he had not entertained the slightest notion of being honoured by an invita- tion of the kind, but if it were the wish of the inhabitants of the ward that he should represent them, he would use his utmost exertions to perform the duties of the office to the satisfaction of his fel- low-citizens. A requisition will be presented to the Sheriff on Monday next. The Lord Mayor and Aldermen we understand, one and all, expressed a cordial wish to receive among them a gentleman so admirably qualified to raise the credit of that part of the Corporation, of which he will, no doubt, be a mernber.-Obserrer. A violent thunder-storm visited Ulverstone on Tuesday the 27th instant, at two o'clock, A. M., to the great consternation of the inhabitants, many of whom it awakened out of a sound sleep, and others were an- ticipating snow rather than the explosion of sulph- ureous vapours, accompained with loud and long peals of ccncussive and reverberative thunder rolling in awful grandeur over their lieads.-fvhitehaven Her- ald. The Walshall church-rate has been postponed for nine months, after a scrutiny, by a majority of three. A mushroom was plucked from a meadow in Moor Farm, near Taunton, which measured in circumfer- ence one yard, and weighed 2^1bs I—Bath Herald. Our scientific neighbour, A. Crosse, Esq., nar- rowly escaped a terrible death yesterday week. He was out shooting with Mr. W. Beadon, on Broom- field hill, when an ox, driven by a man from Stock- land, Dorset, and which appeared in an infuriated state, rushed towards Mr. Beadon, who presented his gun at the animal, upon which it turned round, and ran furiously towards Mr. Crosse, who stood firmly presenting his gun in the direction of the creature's head. Unwilling to injure it, and conceiving it likely that the ox would retreat, Mr. Crosse refrained from firing, and the animal rushed upon him with fury, knocked him down, and thrust his horns on his body, one of which passed under the sleeve of his shooting jacket, which was completely ripped up, and the other was prevented from inflicting a wound, which most probably would have proved fatal, but for the providential position of the metal button of his trousers, which received the point of the horn. The beast did not repeat his attack, but darted off into the thicket, pursued by the drover.- Taunto?z Courier. The Guernsey Comet of Thursday says, We have now in our possession a potato which was dug from the estate of Frederick Mansell, Esq., at the Vauxbellets, weighing three pounds and three-quar- ters It appears perfectly sound and good." Have you seen the Comet ?" asked a friend of ours, of a fellow passenger on the Brighton Tally- ho, the other day. No, Sir, I really haven't." Do you know if it has past its perehilium ?" No, Sir it don't go that way now it goes through Dunstable." Court Journal. FANCY WEAVING.—A splendid table-cloth, re- presenting a portion of the railway, with carriages, & is now in the loom at Tonge, near Middleton. The drawing is almost as accurate as if pencilled; I the colours are extremely brilliant and distinct, and, the portion of work already executed presents a pano- ramic view of the scene. The jacquard with which it is being woven, the design, and the workmanship, are all executed by Lancashire artisans.—Manches- ter Chronicle. ENGLISH IRON RAILS IN FRANCE.—The Temps says, that it has reason to believe, that during the next Session the Minister of Commerce intends to bring in a Bill, authorising the importation, free of duty, of one-half of the rails necessary for forming the projected iron rail-roads. The privilege in favour of foreign iron, the Temps considers, will be by no means injurious to the iron-masters of France, as their works are insufficient for supplying the present ordinary demand. POTATOES.—Kidney potatoes planted whole, it has been discovered by H. Hollist, Esq., F.H.S., seldom produce more than one shoot: he suspects this may be the case also with round potatoes and if so, it is a strong argument against planting whole potatoes instead of sets.- Gardener's Magazine. A discovery of great historical importance lias been made at Oporto. The nine books of The His- tory of Phoenicia," by Philos de Byblos, have been found in the Convent Santa Maria de Merenhao. This work, of which one hook only had been pre- served in the Prcsparatio Evaagelica" of Eusebius, it now complete. LOVE GIFTS.:—A complaint was made by a young woman against a young man atGuildhall, Exeter, for detaining a watch, which excited muchf amusement. It appeared that they had once been lovers, during which the young woman placed a watch in her swain's hands, she said,as a loan,but he insisted as a gift, and he, in his turn, complimented her with a bryoch. Ultimately, however, Cupid took leave without Intro- ducing Hymen but the lady, having since fftund another helpmate, demanded that the watch should be restored to her. Strange as it may appear., the Bench, at the recommendation of the law officer of the Court, had recourse to an old treatise called the "Woman's Lawier," to settle the knotty point. The passage read created much merriment. The purport of it was, that gifts during a courtship had a tacit condition annexed to them, that if marriage did not ensue the gifts were to be returned, subject to this pithy proviso, that if the gentleman had a kiss for his gifts he could only claim to have half of them return- ed, but that the law was more indulgent to the lady, who was permitted,, without any condition, to have [ back all she gave. Upon this the.Bench reconomend- feiilhe watch to be returned, which, after some httle hesitation, was complied with the lady having also cojpplied/vith the law by giving half the value of the hrd6cl1. A R;oRMEDítAXE.-A theatrical lady, ceté.1Írà. ted for everything but continence, *at length resomul to marry and Reform. Her conduct was duly can- vassed in the dressing-rooms of the theatres. I am told," cried oae, that she opftfessed to her liege lord all her amoura." What%"ptoof of courage exclaimed one lady, "What an extraordinary in- stance of candour said another. And what an amazing instance of memory!" cried the third.— Observer. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE.—A calamitious fire broke out on Wednesday morning at the power-loom spinning and weaving mills of Messrs. Bowers and Co., at Levenshulm, near Man- shester. Just before breakfast time, William Worth, the superintendent of gas, was seening rushing from the premises completely enveloped in flames, his clothes, which were saturated with oil, having be- come ignited by the rush of flame consequent upon the recharging of the gas retort. The flames com- municated from him to the combustibles around him, and thence to a wooden shed above, and their rapid progress extended in the space of ten minutes to the top of the building, which is five stories in height, having fourteen windows in length, and constituting an elevation of sixty, and an extent of forty yards. The scene which ensued is beyond description, and had "not the doors at the time been thrown open for the departure of the hands for breakfast, many mnst have lost their lives. One poor girl, named Whitaker, sprang, in the terror of the first alarm, from the top story. She was taken up in a most deplorable state, but scill with life. Her back was miserably crushed, and she was otherwise much injured. In the distrac- tion which prevailed, the st Ii s being on fire, ropes were attached to the lead pipes, and the terrified crowds that pressed for deliverance, male and female, were one by one received by their friends below. The flames were ultimately extinguished, but the da- mage done is estimated at 25,0001. Th man Worth, who was almost burnt to a cinder,- lived till the next morning. A fireman and a man named Thompson were severely injured. When Incledon retured from America, he met his old friend Pope, and after «iaU>al congnituhitKKis, the latter exclaimed. Well, Charles, and how do they feed?" Immortally," replied Charles, the very poetry of eating and drinking, my dear Pope, in all things but one,—by Heaven they take no oil with their salads!" No oil to their salads reite- rated the horror-stricken tragedian, Why did we make peace with them ?" Sir John Ross has presented to the British Asso- ciation a printed workr called the Universal Sea Lan. guage. It forms a complete system of communica- tions between the crews of ships of different nations, without any knowledge of each other's language. The inventor is a Capt. Rhode, of the Danish Navy, who presented it to Sir John Ross in 1834. Sir John having submitted it in M.S. to his Majesty, King William was pleased to express his approbation of it, and directed him to transmit it to the Admiralty. The Board having reported favourably of it, sub- scribed for the usual number of copies, and their ex- ample has been followed by the Hon. East India Company, the Committee of Lloyd's, Corporation of the Trinity Honse, &c. The English edition is now in progress. The French edition, which is also a translation from the original Danish, has been al- ready printed, the Government having sunscribed for 200 copies. The German and Spanish translations are soon to follow. ROASTED APPLES.—In The Original Mr. Walker g ives the following mode of roasting apples, as making a rich dish of rather an insipid one Select the largest apples; scoop the core without cutting through, fiill the hollow with butter and fiine soft sugar; let them roast in a slow oven, and serve them up with the syrup." EXTERMINATING SYSTEM IN THE COUNTY OF CA RLOW .-Six-and thirty Catholic families, compri- sing upwards of 200 persons, have been driven by Lord Beresford, during the last week, off his estate, in Clonegah, for no other reason but because they were Roman Catholics they had no vote, so there. fore could not have sinned politically against his Lordship by opposing his nominee. They have been turned out, however, and their places, as we under- stand, are to be supplied by a colony of Protestants —such as Slygutf-where we may expect to hear of victims being immolated to satiate Conservative ven- geance whenever an occasion offers. Hitherto the barbarous system of unhousirfg men, women, and children, in the most inclement seasons, was confined to the Beresfords, the Bruens, the Newtons, and Alexanders; but that the name of Latouche should be disgraced by any approximation to a community of feeling or an association with such men, is what the people of the county of Carlow were not prepa- red to witness. Yet, to the eternal disgrace of that once liberal name, must we record an act of a simi- lar character, though not as extensive, as that per- petrated by Lord Beresford on the people of Clona- gah. The townlands of Ballywilliamrow is the pro- perty of Lieutenant Colonel Robert Latouche, the once popular representative of the county of Carlow. By the dropping of a life, some time back, the leases on that part of his estate terminated, and the tenants, anxious to be continued in their holdings, sent imme- diately proposals to the agent-first paying up their rents, and offering such a price for the land as by industry and attention they considered they could pay for it. Their tenders were not accepted, and the tenants, conceiving that the fault might have been with the agent, resolved on throwing themselves on the clemency of their landlord. They accordingly got up a memorial to Col. Latouche, backed by a certificate of character from the respectable persons in their neighbourhood as to their habits of industry, &c., respectfully praying him not to turn them and their helpless families to the road, but to give them their holdings upon whatever terms he would be pleased to impose on them. The prayer of the me- morial was not, however, attended to, and tht: conse- quence was. that eight or nine industrious men, with their families, amounting to upwards of forty indi- viduals, have been driven from their homes, and their land given to two Protestants—Wm. Evans, jun., and James Feltus. We shall close this melancholy tale without further comment, satisfied that the reci- tal must strike the heart of every man in whose breast there is a particle of humanity, with pity, for ihe sufferings of so many fellow- creatures. The fol- lowing are the names of Col. Latouche's ejected Ca- tholic tenants:—Philip Hanlon, wife and three children; John Byrne, wife and two children; George Evans, wife and four children: Thomas Byrne, wife and five children Garrett Doyle, wife and three children Matthew Byrne, wife and two children Richard Evans, wife and two children.— Leinster Indeptndent. A curious circumstance occurred at Chichester in the evening of Sunday se'nnight. Many persons are in the habit of coming from various par ishes in the neighbourhood, to attend public worship at the Pro- vidence Chapel, in the West-lane and it so happened that on the evening above mentioned, in consequence of the inclemency of the weather, as many as four 01 five-and-twenty were compelled to remain all night in Chichester. Some were accommodated with beds in the house attached to the chapel, occupied by the officiating Minister; the rest took shelter in the chapel.-Bi-ighto)t Gazette. GAMEKEEPER MUIIDERED.—A resolute and cold- blooded murder was perpetrated in this county on Wednesday evening. As William Corfield, game- keeper to M. G. Henson, Esq., of Lutwvche Hall, was going his rounds about five o'clock in the evening, he heard the report of a gun in a coppice, and he went into the wood in search of the person there is a path (or "Rack" as the witnesses term it) up the middle of the coppice, and another Rack" about half-way up which runs along the side of the cover. Corfield had scarcely gone a hundred yards up the W004, when just as he came opposite the entrance of the other Rack," he was fired upon by some person concealed in a bush within two or three yards of him, and the poor fellow received the contents of the gun in his left breast, and fell. TheviUaih immediately ran back along the Rack;" and it appears that Corfield nevei had sight of him. Corfield got up, and was able to walk back out of the wood, and across one field and about half-way across another but be appears to have rested several- times, from the traces of Mood in several places. In the second field, how- ever, he found himself sinking, an I cried murder" several times. His voice was heard. The wounded man was lifted up, and they endeavoured to carry hintto the Hill-top House but he begged to be put dowp again, and in a few minutes he was a corpse. On -the next day information was given to Mr. Downes, the Coroner, who immediately repaired to the spot, and a most respectable jury being assem- bled, an inquest was held on the body, which was adjourned to nine o'clock on Saturday, and the Co- roner and jury continued sitting examining witnesses till five o'clock in the even ing. The Coroner having cha:ged the jury, they unanimously, and after a few minutes' consideration, returned a verdict of" Wil- ful Murder against John Thomas, the younger, a millwright, living at Ilughley." The keeper had no gun or any weapon of defence with him and, it appears had no conflict whatever with the villain who shot him. The perpetrator, therefore, must have de- liberated waited for him in ambush, and fired when within a very few yards of him the shot had all en- tered in the s pace of a man's hand. The victim has left a widow and two small children to deplore his untimely end.-Shi,etvsbury Chronicle. AFFECTING INCIDENT.—When the George the Fourth convict ship was lost last April, near Van Di- enaian's Land, the wife of a soldier of the 50th Regi- ment displayed feelings of the most courageous and amiable description. This poor woman had recently be confined and when the vessel was wrecked, shei saved her babe, and also the infant of another wcrtnan, who was unfortunately drowned. She con- trived to secure herself in the fore-chains and althfl' thefsea ran mountains high, with frost and rain, this poor creature was exposed for forty-eight hours to t^weather, with two babes sucking at her breast, ariif a cMld of two years old held between her knees ari; after all her troubles they were^providentiallv fe&rd. Dr. Wyse, the superintendent," states that it I was a most affecting sight and Governor Arthur, immediately he was informed of it, visited the poor woman, provided her with food and raiment, besides a present of a f 10 note for tile great courage she had manifested. MARCH OF ECONOMY.—A person residing in Deal, who for some time had been troubled with a tooth- ache, resolved to get rid of his tormentors by a whole- sale ejectment, and aecol dingl y consulted a surgeon, gravely enquiring the charge of extraction per dozen. The doctor -amused by the oddity of the question, treated the -iifftir as a joke, but observed that the charge for a single tooth would be a shilling, but for taking out a dozen only ten shillings. Aye, that will do, said our economist, you may proceed to work, and take out a quarter of a dozen. The order was accordingly executed, the half-crown paid, and the patient departed, delighted in his turn with screwing the doctor.-Kent Ilerald. CARLOW ELECTION.—It is clear to us, and must be so, we suppose, to every unprejudiced reader, that Mr. Raphael, with even: disposition imaginable, has totally failed. By his own showing the money which he placed at the disposal of Mr. O'Connell has been accounted for every farthing. Why, even the printing necessary for such a contest must come to four or five hundred pounds. Our account, for instance, which was immediately settled, waJ, nearly thirty pounds of this nioney.-liablin Evening Post. The municipal elections engross the attention of th(- citizens of Kilmarnock, to the exclusion of almost every other topic.—Ayr Observer. GLASGOW MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.—-Out Munipical elections took place on Tuesday, and the result was in every instance what had been predicted. In every distnct there was a close run either upon political or religious grounds but it was in the third and fifth wards where the contests were keenest and the issue most doubtful, as the state of poll proved at its close. In both districts, however, it has, politically speak- ing, been a drawn battle-the successful candidates for each being Whig and Tory. Out of the whole eleven returns, it appears that the Tories have only been successful in two.-Scots Times. PAISI -EY MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.—According to the Chronicle, this election is the most complete tri- umph for the reformers of Paisley of any that has taken place since the Burg Reform Act came into operation. Out of the whole of the gentlemen re- turned, Mr. Farquharson is the only one who holds Conservative principles. The whole of the others are sound Radical Rel orrners.- Scots Times. CHURCH RATES.—A few weeks back, several Dis- senters, by refusing to pay their church rates, had their effects distrained but the churchwardens, after having applied to every respectable appraiser in the town to effect this, in vain, were absolutely reduced to the necessity of employing an obscure, dirty woiking agent for that purpose. Having accomplished that, another difficulty arose who was to sell? for the per- sonage above alluded to had no licence, and in this instance, not only were the auctioneers applied to without success, but others at Dartford, and the time allowed between the seizure and the sale actually ex- pired, before any one was found to sell and the goods were returned to the parties from whom they were seized. Very strong excitement prevails in the parish, as it is expec ted that several will be distrained upon during the week.-Keitt Herald. An awful hurricane of wind, which has had no pa- rallel in this quarter for a number of years, accompa- nied by a very heavy rain, was experienced here (Montrose) on Monday last. A great number of houses, both in the town and neighbour hood, were either partially 01 wholly unroofed by the tornado. The large iron rod on the top of the steeple supporting the wtathercock, was unloosed from its socket, and was seen vibrating in every direction. A part of the leaden roof of St. John's Church was torn up, and nearly carried away. Every mansion in the neigh- bourhood has to a greater or less extent, been denuded of the trees by which it was sheltered or ornamented. But the most iamentable circumstance that has occur- red in the vicinity is one by which a large family has been deprived of their head and protector, and his master of an industrious, faithful servant. The gardener of Frederick Grant, Esq. of Mount Cyrus, John Officer, whose cottage has been partially unroof- ed, was, with some of his neighbours, in the act of laying a weighty gate over the thatch, with a view of preventing further injury to it, when the tempest over- turned the gate upon the unfortunate man, and, strik- ing him upon a vital part, killed him instantaneously. -Edi,ibist-gh Courant. AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH.—Mr. James Richmond, a general factor, residing at Wolvethampton, left home in perfect health and spirits, for the purpose of transacting business in Birmingham, where he arrived about twelve o'clock. In about half an hour after- wards he called at the warehouse of Messrs. Fiddian, Brothers, merchants, in Broad-street, and afterashoit conversation with Mr Fiddian, sen., left for the pur- pose of procuring a stamp to negociate the business respecting which he had called. In a few minutes he returned, and appeared in a great heat. He then sat down, took out the stamp, stood up again, and handed it to Mr. Fiddian, exclaiming at the same moment, "Oh! what a strange pain in my heart." Mr. Fiddian left for the purpose of getting some bran- dy, but before he could return from the adjoining room, Mr. Fiddian, sen., perceived him reeling, and presently went over and took him in his arms, when he calmly turned round, smiled as it were, and in- stantly expired, standing, without uttering asv lable, or indicating the least internal struggle. Life war totally extinct and all assistance unavailing. DREADFUL EXPLOSION.-We have to record a disastrous occurrence at Tipton, from an explosion of gas in the Majors Colliery. The accident happened on Monday. How it originated we have not learned, nor the extent of the calamity, as several bodies yet remain in the pit. Upwards of 20 were more or less injured, of whom at least a third are dead. The fate of ohe poor fellow was melancholy indeed. He had courageousty ventured down to aid his companions, and had succeeded in getting three bodies out of the pit, but on descending a fourth time it is supposed he was avel come by the noxious vapours, and perished. He has left a wife and seven children. Most of the sufferers have left wives and families.- lyolverhampton Chronicle.

Yartrttro. I REFINEMENT.'—A Bath manufacturer of water-closets calls himself a hydraulic conveyancer. In France, the soldiers call with a word of contempt, pequin, all those who are not soldiers. A high officer, still living, had been invited to a dinner-party at Talley- rand's. lie kept the party waiting for taluwst half-an- hour; at last he came, and excused himself by saying that he had been detained so long by a pequin. Talleyrand asked the meaning of the word. "We call thos e pequin," said the other who are not military." "Ah," answered the diplomatist, and we, in lilie manner, call those mi- litary who are not civil." Frederick the Great was the declared enemy of new fashions and showy attire. lie was much vexed to ob- serve the admiration which the laced hats and enormous bags of the French Ambassador, Count Von Rottenburg, allit ii is suite, excited at Court. In order to prevent the adoption of this fashion by the imitative citizens of Ber- lin, the King, at a grand review on Whit Tuesday, 1719, caused all the executioners of the army, who lie under the same stigma as public flayers and executioners, to be dressed in this new French mode, exaggerating the brims of the hat to the dimensions of pent-houses, and the bag- to enormous sacks of hair. The King further commands ed that all persons who should be declared infamous should for the future have their quue cut off and wear the hair-b; gs and costume of the executioners.-Foreign Quarterly. BREAD THE STAFF OF LIFE.—"Stopping at a place for breakfast in Savoy," says Ilae Wilson, in his Travels in Italy and France, a curious specimen of the fashion of the country presented itself. We were startled by seeing a tall fellow enter the room with a bundle of rods on his shoulder, which he flung down upon the table. We stared at him for an explanation of this seemingly uncourtejus conduct, not exactly knowing whether it was himself or we who were to make use of them nor was it without some trouble that we made out what we had mistaken for sticks was bread, rolled oat very thin and long before it is baked. The length of each piece was about four feet. We were amused at discovering that bread is thus literally made the 'staff of life;' so, taking up our staves in one hand and our cups in the other, we commenced our repast in merry mood, and, as we thought, in most singular fashion." MIDDLESEX SEssrONS. On Friday, Christopher Tucker, an Herculean Irishman, was indicted for assault- ing Catherine Hickey.—The prosecutrix, also a native of the Emerald Isle," on the wrong side of 50, who ex- hibited the embellishments of red hair, and elbows to match, began her story by saying she was the mother of six children, and 12 gi-an(I-ciiiittren.-('Iiairman Never mind that tell us what the defendant did to you.-Pro- secutrix: Faith and I'll do that same, with the blessing of God. Was'nt I coniin' out o' me own house, when he knocked me down and bate me till I was kilt? (laugh- fer.)- nidn 't he take a way my carrakter, and thecarrak- ter of me dauter ? What was it I was savin* to him ? Only jist a bit of a caution to keep his dirty tongue to himself the baste (laughter.) An what's that he said to me? I'm an honest woman yer wortchips, and couldn't repate his blackguard words, but he tuk up his fist out of his pockets and give me a dreadful whack over mee head, and I fell down in the mud. Ocli says I, pick me up, for I'm quite kilt, and with that, jist as I recovered meeself on mee legs again, he gave me another blow like a giant, and whew! I went round and round like a hurdygurdy, till I could'nt tell where I was standin', and I seed every thing about me jist the same as if I'd eyes in the back o' mee head (laughter.)—A witness for the defence stated that Mrs. Hickey called the defendant a murderer, and spat in his face.—Prosecutrix it's the only manes of defence for an unprotected fayiiiale.-I)e,- fendant: the divil a bit o' truth can ye spake ye can't. She ran against mee elbow and blacked her eye, and how could I help it?-The Jury pronounced the defendant Guilty, and the Court sentenced him to pay a fine of lit., with leave to speak ti) tiie prosecutrix.- e endatit paid over 30s. to the pi-osecutrix, declaring ilie would have taken double the bateing at half the price, and was then discharged. JOHNSON ON THE DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE.— How false," said he, is all this, to say that in an- cient times learning was not a disgrace to a peer, as it is now! In ancient times a peer was as ignorant as any one else. He would have been ang. y to have it thought lie could write his name. Men in ancient times dared to stand forth with a degree of ignorance with which no- body would now dare to stand forth. I am always angry when I hear ancient times praised at the expense of mo- dern times. There is now a great deal more learning in the world than there was formerly for it is universally diffused. You have, perhaps, no man who knows so much Greek and Latin as Bentley; no man who knows so much mathematics as Newton but you may have many more men who know Greek and Latin, and who know math ein aties.Bipsm,eil's Life of Johnson. A MONKEY AND CRows.-A monkey was kept chain- ed to a pole, and having been much annoyed by the visits of crows who used to come and steal his food, he resolved to take revenge, which he did after an inge- nious fashion of his own :-One morning, when his tor- mentors had been particularly troublesome, he appeared as if seriously indisposed he closed his eyes, drooped his head, and exhibited various other symptoms of severe suffering. No sooner were his ordinary rations placed at the foot of the bamboo than the crows, watching their opportunity, descended in great numbers, and, according to their usual practice, began to demolish his provisions. The monkey now began to slide down the pole by slow degrees, as if the effort were painful to him, and as if so overcome by inflisposition that his remaining strength was scarcely equal to such exertion. When he reached the ground he rolled about for some time, seemingly in great agony, until he found himself close by the vessel employed to contain his food, which the crows had by this time well nigh devoured. There was still, however, some remaining, which a solitary bird, emboldened by the apparent indisposition of the monkey, advanced to seize. The wilv creature was at this time lying in a state of apparent insensibility at the foot of the Dole, and close by the pan. The moment the crow stretched out its head, and ere it could secure a mouth- ful of the interdicted food, the watchful avenger seized the depredator bv the neck with the rapidity of thought, and secured it from doing further mischief. He now began to chatter and grin with every expression of gra- tified triumph, while the crows flew around, cawing in boisterous chime, as if deprecating the chastisement about to be inflicted upon their captive companion. The monkey continued for awhile to chatter and grin in triumphant mockery of their distress; he then delibe- rately placed the captive crow between his knees, and began to pluck it with the most humourous gravity. W hen he had completely stripped it, except the large feathers in the pinions and tail, he flung it into the air as high as his strenelh would permit, and, after flapping its wings for a few seconds, it fell on the ground with a stunning shock. The other crows, which had been for- tunate enough to escape a similar castigation, now sur- rounded it, and immediately pecked it to death. The expression of joy on the animal's countenance was alto- getber indescribable; and he had no sooner seen this ample retribution dealt to the purloiner of his re- past, than he ascended the bamboo to enjoy a quiet repose. The next time his food was brought, not a sin- gle crow approached it. and I dare say that henceforward he was never again molested by those voracious intru- ders. The scene was, in truth, well worth witnessing.— Oriental Annual foe 1836. A distinguished German Entomologist has calci 1 ited that a single square inch of the wing of a peacock-but- terfly, as seen through a powerful microscope, contains no less than 10,735 scales. AN INDIAN'S REPLY TO 1 CNALLENGE.-T have two objections to this duel affair; the one is, lest I should liiii-t voti; and the other is, let you should hurt me. I do not see what good it would do me to put a bullet through any part (though even the least dangerous part) of your body. I could not make use of you when dead for any ordinary purpose but I could of a rabbit, or a turkey. As to myself, I think it more sensible to avoid than to place myself in the way of anything harmful. I am under great apprehension you might hit me. That oeinfc the case, I think it more advisable to stay at a dis- tance. If you want to try your pistols, take some object- a tree, or anything else about by dimensions if you hit that, send me word, and I stiall acknowledge that, if I had been in the same place, you might have hit me. How TO DISMISS AN AtoIESCE.-A manager of a small theatre, not far from the banks of the Liffey, per- ceiving, shortly before the curtain drew up, that the audience consisted of only three persons, found himself under the necessity of putting off the performance to the fallowing day^ so, advancing to the front of the stage with a theatrical air— Lndic* tysd Gentlemen," said Mr. O'Higgins, for that was his name, I perceive there is Hubotty here—I am forced, therefore, with the greatest regret, to send yoii,-ali be;.ie; 'it being understood that the entertainments by the bill will not take place to-night; hoover, 1-have t-he honour, Gcutlrtnen and Ladies, to appft»e you that tlw-ferformanmufghie evening will take place tomorrow." DREAMS.—It appears hy the following extract that .'A dreams have still DO small influence in Egyptian society: —" When the plague was at its height, a Mahometan merchant dreamt that eleven persons would die of the plague in his house. When he awoke he remembered his dream, and there being exactly eleven persons in hit house, himself included, he became very uneasy. This alarm increased, when on the following day his wife, two female slaves, and three children died; but he be- came quite certain that his death was at hand, when on the fourth his two remaining children, a man-servant, and an old man-servant, sank into the grave. He ac- cordingly made his preparations to pass into eternity, re- lated his dream to some of his friends, and begged them to make inquiry every morning, and in case he should he dead, have him buried with all the usual ceremonies. A cunning thiel who heard of the circumstance, took ad- vantage of the merchant's fright, to open the door in the night, and when the terrified man called out Who's there?' to answer, I am the angel of death in order, while the merchant hid himself under the bed-clothes, and was quite beside himself, to pack up what effects he fou::d iu the house, and carry them away. Unluckily, he was himself seized with the plague, and died on the stairs. The merchant, however, did not venture even for many hours to put his head from under the bed- clothes, iill at length his friends having heard from him what had happened, found the effects, recognised the thief, discovered the truth, and confirmed the strange accomplishment of the dream. The merchant was then as sure of his life as he was before of his death and be was not mistaken, for he himself relates this anecdote, which his friends and neighbours declare to be a fact." A SECRET O? PARLIAMENTARY SUCCESS.—Mr. Wile berforce's extreme benevolence contributed largely to his success. I have beard him say, that it was one of his rules, on the slave question especially, never to pro- voke an adversary—to allow him fully sincerity and pa- rity of motive—to abstain from irritating expressions— to avoid even such political attacks as would indispose his opponents for his great cause. In fact, the benignity, the gentleness, the kind-heartedness of the man, dis- armed the bitterest foes. Not only on this question did he restrain himself, but generally. Once he had been called during a whole debate, by a considerable speaker of the Opposition, the religious Member," in a kind of scorn. The impropriety had been checked by the inter- ference of the House. Mr. Wilberforce told me after- wards, that he was much inclined to have retorted by calling his opponent the irreligious Member," but that he refrained, as it would have been a returning of evil for evil.—Christian Keepsakit. ———————»^

Uoitbon luaricto. CORA EXCH.1.\GE, MONDAY, .Vor 9. The following are the prices per Imp. Qr. s. s. a. t. Wheat, Essex Red, 32 to 30 Peas, Boilers 37 to 88 Fine 183! New Sup,erfine Beaits, sinall. M'hite 33-34 Old Fine 31 — 35 Ticks. Superfine Old ——— Foreign free. I Fine harrow. — — — Rve 30-31 Oats, feed 21-23 Barley 26-27 Pine Fine 30-32 Poland. ti Malt 48 — 56 Fine Fine New. 59 — 60 Potatoe 26 — 28 Peas, (irey, Neiv. 32-35 Fine Jlaple 32 34 Bran.. per quarter 9 10 White 33 — 36 Pollard, fine.. do. 14 H O PS. Kent Pockets per cwt 31. 36. 4f. 01. 0*. 01. Sussex Pockets 3 0 -3 10 0 0 Essex Pockets 0 0 -0 0-0 8 Farriliaiii, Fine 0, 0 -0 0-0 0 Seconds 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 Kent Bags 0 0 0 0-0 0 Old Hops 0 0—0 0—0 0 HAY AND STRAW, per load of 36 trusses. SMITHFIELD. S. S. PORTMAN MARKET. S. S. Hay 65 to 81 CJm"er. 90 05 Inferior 60 — 80 Hay 65 to 84 I(K)- 110 New ¡Inferior. — Straw 36 — 40 Straw 36 — 40 New OIL. Fish Oil 2V2 gals. per tun.—Seed do 236 gals. per tun. O?EEXLA?D.?.t. £ ■ s. ■ £ • ?C. ?. Whale.32 0 to 0 0 Linseed. 2 1 to 0 0 Seal 30 0 — 0 0 Rape 2 12 — 0 0 Sperm.71 0 0 0 1 Ca.UipoU. 61 0 0 0 TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per Cwt. s. d. 6. 4. Town Tallow 46 6 Greave" 14 0 Yellow lttissia 45 6 Yellow Soap. 0 0 Ieltin Stuff. 32 0 Mottled ditto. 0 0 Rough ditto 21 0 1 Curd ditto. 0 0

SMITHFIELD MARKET. (To sink the offal, per stone of 8 ft.) Mondav. s. d. s. d. I Cattle at Market this day. Beef 1 10 a 3 2 Beasts 3,510 Mutton 2 2 a 3 8 Sheep .27,150 Veal 3 0 a 4 8 Caln>s 390 Pork. 3 6 a 4 6 440

BRISTOL MARKET. SUGAR. s. s. COFFEE. s. a. Muse, very Brown Finp,amaica. 86 96 (per cwt) 59to60 Very fine 95^100 ——— Dry Brown 61 62 RUM. Middling.. 63 64 Jamaica (per gal.) 2 6 3 8 ——— Good ditto. 64 65 Demerara strong 2 4 2 8 ——— (tood. 66 67 Leeward Isle 23 25 ——— Fine. 67 68 LOGWOOD. X. a. X. s. Molasses 24 25 J aiiiaica(,F.toii) 5 10 5 15 COFFEE. St. Domingo.. 6 0 6 5 Jamaica,triage 45 50 Campeachy 7 5 8 0 Ordinary 53 60 Fustic,Jamaica 6 10 6 15 Good ditto. 62 66 Cuba 7 10 8 0 Fine ditto. 70 74 OIL. Iidllling. 75 80 Gallipoli(^tun)54 0 56 6 Good ditto 80 85 Sicily 48 0 52 0 Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending Oct. 13, 3[js. 8d. per cwt. LEATHER. d. d. d. d. BestSaddlers'Hidesl3to 15 Calf Skint. 13 to 14 Shaved ditto. 13 16 BestPattemSkins 21 ti Shoe Hides. 12 13 Calf Skins, Irish.. 13 18 liorse Hides 15 17 Foreign Kips. 11 12 Spanish ditto. 17 21 ForeignShoulders 8 11 tiorse Butts. 11 12 Dress. HideShould.10 15

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