el)tt Country.

The Earl of Durham dined with the electors of Gateshead on Wed- nesday week. A portion of the inhabitants, of whom Mr. Charles Attwood, President of the Northern Political Union, was the most conspicuous, were apprehensive that the dinner, which was intended to be a mark of respect to Lord Durham personally, should be considered as a te: ti.nony of their approbation of the conduct of Ministers; and therefore held a meeting on the day of the dinner, and prepared an ad- dress to Lord Durham, requesting him to declare his opinion of the ceinduct of the Government. This address Mr. Attwood endeavoured to present to his Lordship as he entered the inn ; but the latter declined receiving it ; observing to Mr. Attwood, that " be was surprised his sense of propriety did not dictate to him the necessity of apprizing hint that an address had been voted, in order that he might state when and where he would receive it ; and that, engaged as he then was, it was not in his power to receive it that night, nor would he do so." Mr. Attwood followed his Lordship into the dinner-room ; but, after an- other ineffectual attempt to gain his attention, left the inn, and proceeded to harangue the crowd out of doors. The company, which consisted of one hundred and forty gentlemen—. the greatest number the room would accommodate, and to which the tickets were limited—then sat down to dinner. Mr. Cuthbert Rippon, one of the Members for Gateshead, was in the chair. Among those present were Sir H. Williamson, Mr. H. Lambton, Mr. Hutt, Mr. Ingham, Mr. W. H. Ord, Dr. Headlam, and Mr. J. W. Williamson. After the health of the King, the Royal Family, and other usual toasts had been drunk, Mr. Rippon proposed that of Lord Durham. After alluding to his conduct when representative of the county, his constant advocacy of Reform, and particularly to his exertions in behalf of the claims of Gateshead to separate representation, Mr. Rippon said—

If ever there was a time, in the annals of this or any other country, when it

especially behoved independent men to rally round those who served them—if ever it was necessary to show that the feelings of the people of England were not carried away by any wild or revolutionary mania, but were merely centred by those who would give them good gavel nment, arid advocate those principles which were just and right—it was the present. It was with great satisfaction, therefore, that he saw SO many respectable, independent, and intelligent gentle- men assembled, to pay a tribute of respect to one to whom no language of his. could ilt; justice.

Lord Durham, in returning thanks, adverted briefly to the interrup- tion be had received from Mr. Attwood on his entrance to the inn, and then proceeded as follows.

"As this is the first occasion on which I have met any of my countrymen assembled together since 1 left office, allow me to make some allusion to what has Mien from my honourable friend. He has stated to you, that he presumed, from my attachment to the cause of Reform, I had a great deal to do with the passing of the Reform Bill. I will affect no mystery before you ; I do not see why [should. I will not conceal from you, that immediately after the forma- tion of the Government, Earl Grey did intrust to me, personally, the prepara- tion of that measure. (Loud and continued cheers.) I was assisted by the advice of three of my collleagues,—Lord John Russell, Sir James Graham, and Lord Duncannon ; and with their cooperation the first Reform Bill mei sub- mitted to the Cabinet and to the Sovereign. Of that measure I shall say no more, than that if it was not entirely perfect : it was, at the same time, free irom many of those imperfections which attended the passing of the second Reform Bill, and which, from accidental circumstances, it was impossible to guard against. I allude, in particular, to the 501. tenants clause ; which was forced Upon the supporters of the bill by the then Tory House of Commons, and after- wards inserted in the second measure, although contrary to the principles on which the first was framed—or, at least, upon which I framed it—namely, that independence should be the security for a vote, and that no matter how small the property was, provided the voter could exercise an independent suffrage, he should be entitled to vote for his repret,intative. (Loud applause.) It is need- less for me to tell you, that circumstances, to which I cannot and dare not fur- ther allude, prevented my attending in spy place in Parliament during the dis- cussion of the first measure, and from having any thing to do with the forma- tion of the second."

When the second bill came before the House of Lords, he supported it with all his ability, as a great renovation of the constitution, though aware of all its imperfections.

"1 know that much remains to be done—many imperfections to be remedied-- especially with regard to rating. If we find that the non-payment of rates should tend to disqualify those who have the right of voting, that part of the measure should be altered and amended. Also with regard to registration and the expense of elections, those are points which require to be reconsidered, and with respect to which you have nothing to do but to instruct your representa- tives to attend to them, and they must be carried. (Cheers.) And here allow me to observe, that in these days we must not blame individuals, or Ministers, if they have not carried the pnnciples of that bill into execution. The power rests with yourselves now to instruct your representatives to carry any measure upon which you, the respectability and intelligence of the country, have set your hearts; and they will be inevitably carried."

He paid a high compliment to Earl Grey ; to whom he ascribed all the merit of having carried through the bill. In allusion to a remark of Mr. Rippon, that the present state of affairs was of a very serious description, he said- " I believe and admit that a spirit of restless discontent is abroad, whielt requires great prudence, great skill,. great discretion and statesmanship, to allay ; but my opinion is, that the best mode of allaying it—and the only mode of allaying it—is for the Crown and the Government to go cordially along with the People. (Loud and continued cheers.) I know of nothing that the intelligence of the country—and when I speak of the People, I speak not of any thing but the intelligence and education not the property, but the intelli- geuce and education of die country—I say "know of nothing which the intelli- gence of the country has set its heart upon, and which it ought to possess, that it-will not eventually-obtain. (I'Irrcrr.i -I • therefore Nay, it is the duty of a statesman, to examine the objects the people have in view, and what they are th.termined to tbtain ; and when he is satisfied of their jusl'ice he should nt:t wait to •be forced into the adoption of such hwasnres; shoultl not do it Non t•xpeditiney or compulsion, but giant i freely awl cordially ; for, believe tee, the liism granted upon compulsion, levever the object may ha obtained, k,ii its gi ace, iteiliieiy often all its v • :s to t:A that the cause of hi ; reeignetion of office was ill sedtli; mid reed a heter tu Eerl Grey tills wasçc1 as the tel reeson for it—not, as we supposed at the time, merely tile osten- dile one. In couelm,ion, he observed- ulay nail-in, that never, either in the or the Cabinet, have I compro- ruised one single ptineiple 1 ever avowed ; /lot I Ii.. ye always endeavoured, tiaougli good report mid i•vil report, to carry into efi,et those principles which I have considered necessary for the happinesS of the country, and from which no oney object of ambition evertlid or ever shall induce Ind to swerve. And now haviug said thus much—having, in return far the marks of respect and affection which you have been pleased to bestow upon me, treated you with the utmost candour, and laid before you every circumstance connected with my public con- duct, as I felt bound to do—for when a man stands },fore those who are as-. sembled to do honour to his public character, he is bound to take care that no eseninstanee upon which any doubt could remain should he left unexrilained-_ affi. ming that the views with which I became a Minister were to maintain the hoiseir and security of the Crown and promots the advantage and happiness of she.people, which was ever my hwariahle line of conduct while I was in office-- which I only left because I was incapacitated by the hand of Providence and the !gate of my health from longer discharging my duties—I will only add, that being now blessed with a comparative return to health if I ant fulther spared in its world, I shall continue as before humbly but zealously to devote myself to the service of my country." (Mat cheering.)

The healths of the Chairman, Sir H. Williamson, Mr. Hutt, Mr. ingham, and other gentlemen, were then given ; and the meeting sepa- red before twelve o'clock.

'The Durham Advertiser, which Lord Durham has publicly directed Vs solicitor to prosecute for libel, has Fublished the following recanta- tion of the libel in question. " we understand his LonIsliip's letter to allude to a paragraph whi,-.11 appeared in our Cnit011115 un the 4th instant, staling that, in consequence It tin. Earl loving met with ,Anise annoyance in the illak• of Philadelphia, he hall titre:celled, awl sub- *fluently given orders, that ' that village slit/tail be swept nom the face of the earth.' It must, we think, he evident to every one who iris „l.i n /lei subject the least emisideration that the editor of a newspaper, however cant ions he iv -iv he, cannot at all ti,..es avoid misinformation. As regards ourselves, we tit) 011r !;:•st to gliard against it, thstunding which we do, like the ;:;etterality of our einite,poralies, sometimes find swirsa?ves wiring% We believe we leive been led into an .9.1,1. vii. Ii reFp••et to the para- graph in question, which reaelwd as from a gentler that forlode is to doubt of its ae- ri!tavy, and gave 'us eOldidellee in its truth; we eonsi ii ed that the pad v front tir'•,,t,l ionamatiou prose' II 1.saS more likely to mooed lit.,,, iiv e phi 'its to a leee:ta Which might be cousidered to telt to the iii,ulvailtage or Lord I lutluna. Th"/ a report corresponding w it, I bat which we published, in allusion, however, to the .411:w: tin Wapping instead or poil.kiphia, was in circulatiou at Cliemter•le-Sirei•t and 1;e141lhourhuod is most certain, and it is not denied, even by his liordship's kkai the fyirt,er village is to he pulled less it, though the einise or its imendea rea,oval is not ;tilmitted tube that which we (it' 'it, A tier the no, de Earl's unqualified tuultra- dir,1 ion Iii our paragraph we are tu believe that ii is te,t true, mid we thierellae me,: express out regret that it should have been admitted into our columns; our most i,,tet desire beilig to exclude front t item every statem,mt trlaeli is not based on 3.11'. Hill, tlie member for Hull, visited his et:;1:,!ents last week. I "e e;•rived iit I lull on the Tuesday evinilne ; i/111! ilotice having :liven of his intention, there was a furgc at tile itum to

meet him. lit. was greeted with :loud and heart:- eh• ; which were

fait' giv at air. Hill's reqe.s.,t, for his absent c.•:eeeiie, Mr. ilutt.

then addressed the assembly at length.

Vim Will rmsillect that the teldress whichI prin!;,,I, nil w He's tny frien.ls ltii .1 Lefewe 1 same:Liming you oil tie, rest occasion. 1,1111110 t.: stints, or S0111e. thing tiLt, theiti —that I Was erupinion diat constituents ought :;L:les to have the power of' recalling that great trust wide!' they have put ioto II La of their repre- sentatives ; that I was or opieion, that that power ought to be isumiii..1 to no times irnit no seasons; that it ought not to It, merely septennial, not merely triennial, not merely annual ; but it at any time the cenaitecias beileve that I hey 11ve 1.1eated a man whom subsequent experience shows to be undeserving of their ciiiiiiili•nisi—inasratich as in all minor points, whenever I trust a man to be nly agent for any smaller and less important puritose. I can at any time recall the power which I at into his h•thits, it *mild he unreasonable, if' I lost your contidetwe, that you should not love the means enrolling the power -entrusted to me. I always said that I should. Im reedy to give up to your hands, by my fair concession, that power; and t beretore, at the first moment in which it was possible for me, with dime re.ard to very urgent duties, to present my- self before you alter the expiration of the first session of Parliament in wh.ch 1 have been your represeutative—here I am."

He entered into a review of the events which preceded the passing of the Reform Act; and into an explanation of the reasons for the different votes which he had given in Parliament,-,-especially referring to his exertions in favour of Corporation Reform, and his presentation of-the petition against the Merchant Tailors' Compaily. In allusion to the personal consequences to himself of his independent conduct on this question, he observed—, "I was not wrong in the expectation I hail formed that great personal hostility would he raised against me in being the instrument of placing that petition in the House of Commons. The Master of that Company is it Member of the House; and, in a speech not more distinguished for talent than tom' great personal hostility to myself, lie, backed by Tories of tile House, came down a few days afterwards and moved to rescind the motion which had been-referred to the Corporation Commissioners. On that occasion 1, defended. myself as well.as I could. We had a dehate.on it : the Tory members at that appeared certain of carrying their point, but it was not nutlendoist in the Flouse of gotrinions mail it hail been thoroughly debated. It endeil by the honourable mover withdrawing his motion, be not daring to come to a division. In consequence of the stet, I have been beaten for the office of Common Sergeant : but I should be ashamed ofmyself if for one moment the most transient feeling of regret had ever crested 'my mind st the ti011eSe I took. I believe the course has done much good. These compa- nies arc now under the claws of the Corporation Commissioners, aul. we shall lay the foundation for a.complete reform of all minor corporations wherever they may be found. And it may happen in this distant part of the country, where you hardly consider any ebrperation but that at your own doors, your efforts to reforni the abuses under whieh ytiw suffer at hull, shall have liceu the means of reforming the abuses in the city of London. I mention that to show that no effort is lost, If we do good in a Sitittlicircle, somehow Or other the eirde expands till it embraces -a much larger circumference than we could have foreseen or imagist:a." to a person w kimw ii oat touch iespectitil by )-our,,elves), that an Irish Member who spoke with gr .at c!1 eNery part iii t ,a! 1, I . and Noted against t-i••y chin.,. et' it, went to MI,' ,:;; ■ete atom or timt bill, or it will be impossible •••.• ;•• • • !:.• • iu .1,1 ' said they, this nom you Ole speak and vol • • • • - !•• t V. : •.1, •it nee,,,airy. because if I delft come into Pa r • • . i :,.• ••111,r, Chat 1 don't eltoo-e. (Cries of ' •• I 1,,,•••: :•.111 I dU it.? That is a Iv • a gt.:.:0 For rvery one how; lad if every olio i r.I,• . it hold iiji his haud iti• it, 1 weetil tilt do it. The is not my own I 1:.• • ;44,1 it to in.., I have ' Mark. I'll keep no „ifri, secret as this ; 1'11 publish it to tb ii.•rld.' Bet ir I trim? the ',lumber, I put It into the power of the individual who made :MA declaration to know the gentleman who :old C" The Menemy knows Iiirrt equally by means of Mr. lin.r.'s allusion. The public interest rerptir,•s that the name should be dischiFed, in order that the unworthy Mem. her may be on nasketl, n tut punished for his disgracentl venduct. Unless the name is published, the stet y cannot be reeeiveil as if will be liable to the suspicion that Minister; themselves invented it.—Speetraora

Mr. Hill adverted to several other subjects of interest—the impress. fluent of seamen, the resistance to the Assessed Taxes, the education of the people, law reform, the ballot, &c. ; on all of which his opinions seemed to give great satisfaction to his constituents. On the next evening (Wednesday), he again addressed them, and appears to have very fully performed the task- which lie had imposed upon himself... thatof giving a distinct and perfectly correct account of his stewardship. On Monday last, a meeting was held for the purpose of considering the state of the Altinicipal Corporations of Hull, and making prepara- tions to aid the Commissioners at the expected visit to that town. This meeting was also attended by Mr. Hill, who made a long explanatory speech on the subject.

On the evening of Wednesday week, Earl Grey gave a ball to his domestics, and their friends and acquaint:int:es, at Howick Hall, amounting to nearly two hundred. Dancing tommenced about nine o'clock, and was kept up with great spirit until live o'clock in the morning, when the company separated highly gratified. In the course of the evening, the noble Earl and his amiable Countess, Viscount and . Viscountess Howick, the Honourable Colonel end John Grey, Lady

Georgiana Grey, Sir fienly and Lady Grey of Falloden, the Honour- able Mr., Mrs., and Miss Ponsonby, Lord Russell, and the Honourable H. T. Liddell, honoured the company with their presence; and part of them joined in the dance. It was held in the great entrance-hall; and refreshments were served up to the company in the true style of old English hospitality.—Nezecasde Chronicle.

A public meeting of the inhabitants of Reading was held in the Hall, on Monday week, to petition the Chancellor a the Exchequer for re- lief from the additional surcharge on the Ielialiited House-duty laid on

the town. The Mayor took the chair, and the meeting was most respectably attended. A committee of ten was appointed to draw up

a memorial, which has been signed by the Mayor, the Rector, and nearly all the rated inhabitants, male and female. The publicans feel the greatest hardship in this case, owing.to the additional surcharges, by which some of them will have their licences increased two, four, or six guineas—Reading Mercury.

At a meeting of the Committee, lield on Monday week in the city of Yo..k, it was the unaidnions opirien of those present that the erection and maintenance of an asylum for the blind W0111(1 be the Iteust Mode of pernetuating the memory of the virtues end talents of' the late Mr. Wilberforce.— Shellield Courant.

A remoestrance has been merle to Lord Melbourne by one of the Members of Greenwich, upon the subject of the transmission of con-

victs to Woolwich by the stage-coaches whiell run between Greenwich and London. In reply, Lord .Melbourne states that the arrangements for the removal of convicts lie solely with the Sheriff and Magistrates of the county.— Greenwich Gazette.

A meeting was held on Monday week, at the Windsor Castle, New Snenton, Nottinghamshire, for the purpose of establishing a society, whose primary object should be to acquire and diffuse information illus- trative of the effect of the Corn-laws, and to enlighten the public on this vital subject in all its bearing!, so as to oblige those who advocate the cause of dear bread to relinquish their selfish views for the public good. The meeting was highly respectable. Mr. Oliver Moor was called to the chair ; and expluined the objects of the society, and the advantages it would produce, by leading to the formation of similar in- stitutions in other places, and insuring cooperation. Other speakers delivered their sentiments on the subject, all concurring as to the para- mount importance of the measure, and the necessity of acting with

promptitude and vigour in the MISC. It was unanimously resolved to form themselves into a society, to be called " Anti-corn Law Society, for the purpose of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge on the sub- ject." It was resolved that the society meet monthly.—Nottingham Review.

Opposition to Church-rates is extending to every part of the kingdom. At a late meeting of inhabitants of Helston, it was proposed to make a rate of fourpence in the pound, for the service of the church. The

Dissenters present said, that as there was every reason to believe the Legislature would free them from this unjust tax, in the next session of

Parliament, they thought that no more shoirld be raised by a rate than was necessary for three months ; at the end of which time a new rate could be made, if no change took place in the state of the law, in the mean time. This proposition not being acceded to, it was then

moved, that as it -was unjust to tax Dissenters for the expense incurred in places- of Worship which they did not attend, no rate for that purpose

should be raised. The Mayor, who presided, refused to put this motion, which he said was illegal; when it was moved as an amendment on the original proposition for a fourpenny rate, that the rate be made for one

penny in' the- pound ; which was carried by a large majority. Had the opposition for refusing a rate been carried; the Churchwardens would have been -empowered- to make a rate themselves ; but by reducing the rate, -or .bradjourning to a distant day, this -is avoided.—.Devonport Ittdependent. -..."(-TheloONrates at Malmesbury have been nearly done away with, by making small allotments of land to the poor: there is one farmer in the Wish Who-sates 100/. per -anima 'by the reduction. There was a large tract of -cOninten- land in the neighboUrheiod belonging It> the borough ; the overseers applied to Parliament, And obtained a bill which enabled them to Allotit zn small portions' to those who, required- parochial aid;

and the consequence is, that those who m ere paupers are now stnall limners, and are doing well irs such.

The influenve of the Trades' Union is decidedly on the ,.vane in Birmingham and its neie 111,011111(ml Notivitlistinuling threets and inti- midations Offcred to both Ina -ter and ;nee, Air. Barnett, the builder- \VII0 is the principal ohject of " Union" attack—has been enabled

th primere a eoinplement workinen. In the course of the last

AVeYk, " " was despatched to Tettenhall, authorized by the Union in Birmingham to conunand an immediate cessation from work by the men employed by Mr. Barrett on a building in that village, under threats of certain pains and penalties. It is satisfactory to state, beef:rase it exhibits the returning good sense of the workmen, that the " deputy " was completely defeated in his object. The men set at nought his threats. It may be well to observe, by way of caution, that in case of any violence being shown to the men who are fearlessly pur- suing their employment, the Magistrates of Birmingham are determined to carry into effect the utmost rigours of the law. We have heard that 'C belonging to the Union are observed early in the morning perambulating the pavement opposite a certain building in New Street, for the purpose of intimidating the workmen employed in the altem- tions.—Birmingharn Advertiser.

There were only forty-Hine peracms assembled at the political dinner last week, at Wickham, to celebrate the rethrn of Viscount Palmerston and Sir George Staunton for the Southern division of the county of Hants. The entertainment had been fur some time in contemplation. Lord Palmerston was not present.

Such has been the effect produced by the Municipal Commission at Coveetry, that the members of the Corporation of that city have given up their annual dinner, which, for five hundred years, has been pro- verbial thr its constitutional attractions. It appears that Mr. It. K. Rotherham. the late Mayor, a Tay par excellence, has not been re- elected, according to the good old friendly way of doing thing-, but Hint Mr. flawkes, xvho has been a reformer of Corporation abuses, has been appointed.—Birminykarn Journal.

Lord Brougham arrived at Claremont, on a visit to Hr. Benjamin Heywood, on Tuesday week ; and on Wednesday morning, a party, in which were included a number of the most respectable and scientific of Our tow:oilmen, met him there at breakfast. His Lordship afterwards Caine to town, and in company with Mr. Heywood, Sir Thomas Birch, Mr. George William Wood, Dr. Dalton, Lieutenant-Colonel Shaw, and other gentlemen visited the silk-mill of Mr. Vernon Hoyle, the spin- ning and power-loom mill of the Oxfoed Road Twist Company, and the works of Messrs. Sharp, Roberts, and Co. Thence the party pro- ceeded to the Mechanics' Institution, Cooper Street, the Royal Insti- tion, the Literary and Philosophical Society's Rooms in George Street, and the Union Club House, in Mosley Street. Lord Brougham appeared in very good health and spirits, and eNoressed himself much gratified and surpri,ed with the establiehments lie visited. His Lordship, ac- companied by Lady Broughoin's ilat0;:t•r, Miss Spalding, and hy his -own daughter, the flonouraiAe liss left alnnehesm. nt three o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, an)il, t the cheers of the ruide, who, to the number of several Ii iii v.-ere in fr:,nt of the Royal Hotel; and would dine at Chatsworth the eveiiing.— Manellieter Guardian.

The farmers Dairford, Gloucesterehire, have determined, at a vestry meeting, not to give more than is. per week to their labourers who have families, and 4s. to the single men ; which is 2s. per week lower than last winter. [If these are the wages to be given, we pre- sume the Gloucestershire farmers intend to "work the parsons," through the poor-rates, in fine style.] A letter appeared in the Times, about a fortnight since, giving an account of an attack mado by the cadets of Sandhurst College out the passengers of a Southampton coach. Sir Charles Paget has thought fit to draw up a statement of the conduct of the "gentlemen cadets." It seems that these "gentlemen cadets" were irritated by the conduct of ".some blackguards in the crowd," who refused to take off their hats when " God save the King" was played, on the occasion of the King's visit to the College. In order, therefore, to prove their superiority to " blackguards," The gentlemen cadets knocked the hats off some of these persons, who be- longed to Bagshot ; and afterwards learning that they threatened vengeance, went over there to give them a meeting. Whilst about fifty of the gentlemen -cadets were on their way to that town, the Independent coach from South:imp- ton passed. Three of the vounggentlemen attempted to get up behind; which the passer:get s resisted, as there was no room; and the coachman, unfortunately, . in the heat of the moment, struck at them with his whip. This, in the state of -excitement to which the gentlemen cadets bad been mused by the mported 'threat; of the Bagshot people, was sufficient to produce a row. They very im- properly, when the coach stopped to change horses at Bagshot, impeded it from proceeding on its jouruey for a few minutes: people came to the assistance of the coachman, and a general affray took place. But the whole busiuess has. -been very much exaggerated, for it could not altogether have lasted a quarter of an hour ; no bones were broken, though a few heads were; and the most serious elrprge—that a woman was struck—is completely disproved by her own voluntary ch.position before the Magistrates, that the blow was intended for a mar. near her, and hit her only by accident.

The gentlemen cadets compromised the affair at last by paying 51. for every broken bead, and the same sum to the coachman.

The subscriptions for the reconstruction of the Brighton chain pier already amount to upwards of 1,000/. Captain Brown, the con- structor of the pier, estimates the damage at 2,000/.

The suspension bridge across the Avon at St. Vincent's Rock, Bristol, has been commenced. When completed, it will form one of the most curious works of its kind in Europe.

Mr. Lewis Lloyd, of the firm of Jones, Lloyd, and Co., bankers, 'London, is the purchaser of the Gladbrane estate, county of Carmarthen, for 101,000/. (including the timber). We are glad to find that this valuable estate has fallen into the bands of -a-native of the county, of Liberal principles.— Weidman.

It is•said that the Reverend the Earl of Guilford has refused to renew the lease of sinme property in Romney Marsh. The title demanded by the Archbishop is 10,000/. Has the Earl himself any hope of becoming

Arehbithop?.—Kent Herald. . .

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On Friday, upwards of 480 persons came into Brialiton trom Lon- don by stage-coaches only. Oil Saturday, the arrivals \\*ETV nearly-as many. There are, including the mail, twenty-seven coach ee tt hich leave Brighton for the Aletropolis daily, and itS Collie down.—

Briphion Guardian.

The crops of apples, which are now being gathered, will prove as heavy as ever recollected ; 1111(1 not only is the produce :Annul:int, but the 'fruit is remarkably sound and healthy. Au immense qualititymf ; good eider will, therefore, be made this year. —Herijimd Journal. Iron, which some time since might have been purchased for 41. Ws. • a ton, ilow sells at Newport and Cardiff for 71.—Hereford Journal.

The great activity which has prevailed in Leeds and neighbourhood during the present year, in almost every branch of manufactures, has had a most beneficial effect in reducing the applications for parochial relief at our Workhouse Board. Twelve months ago, it was necessary to lay a rate of 2s. in the pound on buildings and 3s. on land : in May last, the rate was reduced to Is. Sr/. on buildings and 2s. fid. on land; and we hear, with the highest satisfaction, that the Workhouse Com- mittee have determined to lay the November rate at Is. 4d. in the pound on buildings and 2s. on land.—Leeds Mercury. Preparations are making in the neighbourhood of Leeds, amongst the overlookers and others in factories, to petition the next Parliament for an eleven hours bill; that is, to begin work at six in the morning, and cud at six in the evening, taking twenty minutes for breakfast and forty minutes for dinner. —Doncaster Gazette.

Distressing reports have been in circulation respecting the death, by drowning, of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Edward Miles, of the 89th Regi- ment; which regiment left Plymouth for Cork about seven weeks since. We have not been able to trace the reports to any authentic source of information ; and we sincerely hope they may turn out to be altogether unfounded. We have made inquiries in such quarters as were likely to be put in possession of the facts of the case ; the result of which is, that we have deemed it prudent to suppress the various rumours afloat. Afterall that we have heard, we think it right to state, that there is no reason to suppose that Sir Edward Miles was Ott board the vessel when the accident happened. It is, however, confidently stated, that the band of the 89th accompanied a party of pleasure from Cork Harbour, and that the whole perished. We are also informed that no officer was on board.—Deconport Telegraph.

The working colliers in the neighbourhood of Dudley, Oldham, and Tipton, have been in a state of insubordination during tile past week. They are endeavouring to compel their employers to shorten their hours °nebula. A considerable military force is placed at the disposal of the Magistrates iii the districts above- mentioned.

The Wasp sloop of war, Commander Burney, put in at Portsmouth a few days since, havieg been compelled to deviate from her destina- tion, front the extraordinary violence of the cholera which broke out in her shortly after she left Spithead. She has sustained only four deaths, hut seventy of her crew have been in their hammocks from this pesti- lence. She has, of ceurse, received every essistanee from Admiral Parker's fleet, and her sick are fast recoverieg without any new cases. As soon as she is got to rights again (havii,17 ken in a great deal of very heavy weather), she will proceed to th reluda. She has been re- leased from qua.rantine.—Humphiic Tekgraph.

On Aiunday week, the Courier steamer, Bann London to Yarmouth, arrived in the Loads, and attempted to make die harbour; but for want of sufficient wider upon the bar, struck. The linen.drapers, who had large stocks on board, suffer severely. Several hogsheads of sugar, boxes of candles, &c., are entirely spoiled. The packet was insured for 1,5110/., by no means proportionate to the injuries she has received, to ascertain the full extent of which examinations are now in progress. An old man, the cook, was drowned in attempting to swim ashore with his money (in copper) about his neek.—Norwich Gazette.

A gentleman in an inland county has made, and is still making, the experiment of letting small portions of land to boys, the sons of poor but industrious people. They are taught how to dig, plant, amid war all kind of vegetables usually grown in gardens: they pay a small rent, and the residue is their own. This, of course, materially assists their parents, and at the same time enables them to obtain clothing, &c.— The ground is cultivated chiefly at odd hours, in the morning and even- ing; and two advantages are thus obtained—the boys obtain a know- ledge of gardening, and they me kept from mischief. The experiment has succeeded to affiniration.—Brivkton Gazette.