Monmouthshire Merlin

CROMWELLIANA. (Continued from the Merlin of March 19th.) CHAP. II. The following hero of the song—an historical character I —represented the sentiments of a large portion o e j Welsh peasantry of the Cromwellian era. We pnn the song for the first time DAFYDD RHYS, Glan Dulas, yr hen deymgarwr enwog yM amttr Olifer Cromwel. Ar lao yr afon Dulas, Yn nyffryn hardd Trefdeyrn, Preawyliai gwladwr gonest, Un aiddgar dros ei dejrrn Yn erbyn rhwysg y Senedd, A'r cam mewn llan allys, Yn ngWeithdy'r cryd a'r efail, Taraonai Dafydd Rhys. Ar lawer hirnos auaf, Ar ga.dair dderw lin, Yn nghwmni'r gwas, a'r deiliad, A'r teulu wrth y t&n Dros bawl ei anwyl frenhin, A threfn mewn llan a llys, Gan guro braich ei gadair, Areithiai Dafydd Rhys. Yn Nghymru, gwlad y cenin, Teyrngarwch ydoedd fawr, Yr amser enbyd hwnw, Yn bur fel ydyw'n awr; Meithrinid ef yn mhobman, Mewn bwthyn fel mewn llys, Ond coron yr ardaloedd Oedd annedd Dafydd Rhys. Ar daith i frair a marchnad, Ac hefyd yn y dref, Yn erbyn gwyr y Senedd, Fe godai'n groch ei lef Gwrandawyr feddai'r wala, 01 bigion llan a llys, Drwy wlad y De'r oedd synnu, Am ddoniau Dafydd Rhys. Ei gefryl pan yn teithio, Gyfarchai'n well pob dyn, Arosai'n ol arferiad Bob tro o hono'i hun Ac yntau y teyrngarwr, Faint byanag fyddti'i fryl, mwyn oollfarno Cromwel. Arosai Dafydd Rhys. Ar hy,1 y ffyrdd cynhalid Frawdlysoedd pWYBig iawn, Ac yn ei hareitbyddiaeth Caed llawer iawn o ddawn Ond byth nid oerhl gwahaniaeth, Rhwng reithwyr yn y llys, Cydunent i'r llytbyren A'r barnwr Dafydd Rhys. Yu achos dwys ei frenhin, Fe deimla megis tad, Fel mynydd ar ei feddwl, Oedd cyflwr trist ei wlad Fel hyr. wrth eu hamddiffyn, Nid dya:; o uchel lys, Ond rhaiadr mawr naturiol, Oedd araeth Dafydd Rhys. Pan oedd yr erledigaeth, A'r Ficer* hoff ei blwy Blodeuodd ei rinweddau, Bryd hyny lawer mwy; Ei dy, ei dan, ei alwar, A phob petli yn ddirus, 0 galon i'w gysnro, Cyfranllai Dafydd llhvs. Pan ydoedd y Cromweliad, I.I oreulon erch, lleoed;l m wyaf derch, Caent enwau fel eliyllon, A nodded lawer is, A melldith idd ei ddilyn, Bob dydd gan Dafydd Rhys. Rhyw foreu gyda'r wa wrddydd, Llywelyn Llwyd, Peubanc, Ar ben y dderwen obry, Ganfyddai heinif langc A'i law yn nytb y gigfran, Dychweloedd gyda brys, Oud erbyn sylwi arno, Pwy oedd oud Dafydd Rhys. Cyn nos daeth milwyr Cromwel, Yn fleiddgar ar eu tro, Yspeilianc aur ac atian, 0 bob man drwy y fro Cynnysgiaeth ar gynnysgiaeth, O'r bwtbyu tel o'r llys, Ond darn ni cha'dd y chwiwgwn, Yn annedd Dafydd Rhys. Ariandy tra diogel, Oedd gan y gwladwr glan, Nid mewn rbyw gastell cadarn, Ond fry yn nyth y fran Gofyuodd un cymmydog, Ei rheswm yn ddilys, Dros ro'i ei alwar yno, Attebodd Dafydd Rhys: Pe'd ar y llawr dodaswn Fy nghod mewn nnrhyw dwll, Nifuasai man yn ddiogel, Rhag llygaid plant y pwll; 0 Ittwr maent hwy yn derbyn, En dysg, eu hawl, a'u gwys, A'r cyfan berthyn iddynt," Hyfdraethai Dafydd Rhys. Wrth siarad a'r gyfeillion, Addawai amser gwell, Gan brofi ag arwyddion Nad ydoedd ddim yn mhell; Ond 11 iwer blwyddyn lithrodd Er drwg i lan a llys, Cyn gweled y cyfl twniad— Tristhau oedd Dafydd Rhys. Gan gymmaint ei deyrngarwch, A'i bryder amser niaith, A gweled afly wodraeth, A phob ysgeler waith A beunydd. fel yn ffynnu, Ei rwysg mewn llan a liya, Gan effaith ddwys y cyfan, Clafychodd Dafydd Rhys. Rhyw ddydd o Gastellnewydd, Cymmydog gartref ddaeth, Cyn myn'd i'w dy ei hunain, Troi at Glan Ddulais wnaeth Gan gymmaint oedd ei bryder, Brasgamai gyda brys, I draethu newydd diddan A archwaith Dafydd Rhys. Mae mab ein anwyl frenin, O fewn ein Hynys Wen, A choron ei hynafiad, Yn gyfiawn ar ei ben Wei," ebe'r hen deyrngarwr, Cawn drefn mewn llan a Ilya," Cyn traethsn gair ychwanesr, Bu farw Dafydd Rhys! The clergyman herein referred to. was the Thomas Thomas, D.D., the vicar of Penbiyn (16401' near Newcastle-Emlyn. His biography woaldconfiS much towards the history of the Cromwellian e a in Wales. We can here only put down some landmarks, and show him at some curvings in his journey of life He was the son of Mr. John Thomas, a linendraper in the clty of Bristol, who lived in a house of his own, on tbe bridge, in the said town, where this-afterwards-bishop was born on Thursday, February 2, 1613, and baptized in St Nicholas Church, in that city on the Friday following. Me" went to S». John sCollege. Oxford in the sixteenth year of his age, in Michaelmas term 1629; from hence he removed to Jesus College, where he took degreeof B. A., 1632, and soou at'ter wns chosen Fellow of the College, and aPPointed tutor bv tbe principal. Here, according to the fashion of the times be studied much school philosophy »nd divittit_ nTMtnmisin" with his own hand all the works of Aristotle l.Ts degree of M A., February 12, 1634; was or<ia;nft?°i .pnI, bv John Bancroft, bishop of Oxford at ChrUt Church, June 4, 1637, and priest in the ganshire, and chapiain 0{ Northumberland, who presented him <Q the vica 0f Laugharn, with the rectory of Lansedurnen, anuexed Here religiously performed every duty „f a parish- • gt| esteeming his employment not a trade, but a trust till about the year 1644, a party of the Parliament horse oame to Laugharn, and enquired whether that Popish priest Mr. Thomas, was still there, and whether he oontinued reading the liturgy, and praying for the queen &ud one of them adding, that he should go to church n«xt Sandav and if ilr, Thomas persevered in praying for that drab of tbe t i0- J" :••• iii'' Viilj >. at? T_ nlbvlon, he would certainly pistol him. Upon Whore of ii 7 frien(js earnestly pressed him to absent f^18 but he refused, thinking it would be a neglect of himseii, gooner began the service, than the soldiers 1 'VA themselves in the next pew to him, and when ho placed qneen, one of them snatched the book out nf his hand, and tbrew it at his head, saying, What do vou mean by praying for a whore and a rogue?" The 'acher bore it with patience and composure. When this happened, he was about 33 years old. Soon after, the parliament committee deprived him of the living of Laugharn and though a principal member of that body had been his pupil and particular friend, yet he refused to shew him any favour, saying, "If he was his father he would do him no service, unless he would take the covenant." From this time to the Restoration, )1r Thomas endured great hardships, being a sufferer to the amount of above fifteen hundred pounds, and for the com- mon support of his family obliged to teach a private school in the country; and though. his friends often made him liberal presents, yet his wife and numerous family were frequently in want of common necessaries. At the Resto- ration, Mr. Thomas was reinstated in his living, and bv the king's letters patent made chanter of St. David's. IQ the year 1700, he was promoted to the see of St. David's and held the deanery of Worcester in commendam. He was very acceptabie to the gentry and clergy of that dio. cese; he had been bred up among them, spake their lan- guage, and bad been a fellow-sufferer with many of them in the late troublesome times his behaviour confirmed their expectations, his generous temper agreed with theirs, but his chief concern was not so much to please their humours as to correct their morals, and save their souls, to promote true piety and goodness, and to sow the seeds of holiness among them; he began to repair the palaces at Breck- nock and Abergwilly he preached frequently in several parts of his diocese in the language of the country, and was very instrumental in promoting the translation of the Bible into Welsh he endeavoured all he could to remove the cathedral service from St. David's to Carmarthen. Having been Bishop of St. David's six years, he was translated to the see of Worcester, in the place of Bishop Fleetwood. In the year 1657, when the king made his progress through part of England, the bishop sent his servant to Bath to invite his Majesty to his palace at Worcester, where he had the honour of entertaining him on the 23rd day of August, the eve of St Bartholomew. He met him at the gate of his palace, attended by his clergy, and in a short Latin speech welcomed him to the city. His Majesty walked upon a large piece of broad- cloth, of the manufacture of the city, all strewed with flowers, which reached from the palace gate to the stairs leading up to the great hall; as he went aloug, he said, My lord, this looks like Whitehall." Having refreshed himself after his journey, he went to see the cathedral, the dean attending his Majesty to the college gate, from whence he went to see the curiosities of the town, and among the rest, was shown where the battle was fought between Oliver and his royal brother, who from thence made a narrow escape; his Majesty being forced to alight from his horse to get into Sid bury gate, and a cry being made for a borse to remount the king, one Mr.Wm. Bagnal, who then lived in Sidbury, turned out his horse ready saddled, upon which his Majesty fled through St. Martin's gate and so to Boscobel, to a daughter of this Mr. Bag. nal. Dr. Thomas, when dean of Worcester, married his eldest son. ^be next morning, being the feast of St. Bartholomew, ne king went to hear mass at the Popish chapel, at- tended by the mayor and aldermen, whom, when they came to the gate of the chapel, his Majesty asked, if they would not go in with him to which the mayor, with a becoming spirit, replied, I think we have attended your Majesty too fat already." This worthy magistrate, who preferred his religion and duty to his country, to every other consideration, should have his name recorded in letters of gold. Upon this answer being made by the mayor, the king went into the Popish chapel, and the mayor, with all the Protestants who attended him, went to the College church, where, when divine service was ended, the bishop waited on his Majesty till dinner came in, and the meat being set on the table, he offered to say grace upon which the king was pleased to say he would spare him that trouble, for he had a chaplain of his own, upon which the good old man withdrew, not without te.alra in his eyes. i 4i«d in ill* «»<l aiwowljBf bis own appointment, lies buried at the north-eaat corner of the cloisters of Worcester cathedral, at the bottom of the steps as you enter the south door, being used to say that the church was for the living, and not for the dead. The above Dafydd could also rhyme, and tradition attributes to his muse the following compliments :— c, Pe cawn i'r Pencrynion Rhwng ceulan ag afon, Ac yn fy llaw goedffon olinon ar li, Mi a gurwn ya gethin Yn nghweryl fy Mrenin, Mi au gyrwn yn fyddin i foddi. Pe cawn i'r Pencryniaid Ar ben gori wared, Er g waned a hened wyf heno A phastwn du'r ddrainen (Rwy'n ddeuddeg a tbrugain) Chwi'm gwelech yn llawen yn llowio. Am cryman am wddw Cromwel, Yn chrogbreniw ddiben ddel." Dydd blin, dydd celhin, dydd cas,-dydd diriaid, Dydd dori pen SIARLAS Dydd du oer lwm, dydddi ras, Oera diwyrnod i'r dcyrnas." (To be Continued.)

BURGLARS DISTURBED.-At the Worship-street Po'ice Court, Charles Pearson, a powerful young fellow' was charged with being concerned with a number of others in burglariously breaking and entering a dwell- ing-house. The case possessed some ludicrous incidents. Mr. Henry Croney is a photographic artist in Anne's- place, Hackney-road, and came home the preceding afternoon so much the worse for what he had taken, as Mrs. Croney said, that he went to bed at 6 o'clock. She herself did not do so till just before 11, when she fast- ened up the place all but their bedroom shutters, which she thought it unnecessary to do, as the sash itself was well secured. She was restless, and could not sleep till just before 4, when, while dozing off, she heard two knocks at the street door, but thought nothing of them, as it is not an uncommon thing in that neighbourhood for people to mistake others' houses for their own. In a minute or so afterwards, however, she was alarmed at seeing the bedroom shutters gradually open and dis- tinctly counted five men's heads and faces staring in through the window. Two of them tried to force up the window, but could not, and the shutters were then closed, followed by a pause, and the next moment the sound of a key was heard in the street-door lock, fol- lowed by three heavy, dull blows, at the door, which gave way, and the men were then evidently in the house, the box of the lock having been forced off and dropped inside. She immediately roused up Mr. Croney, who sprang out of bed, grasped the poker, ran to the head of the stairs, and, calling out, 11 If you want me, here I am," saw five men before him, all in a cluster, among whom he did not at all hesitate to precipitate himself, and made such excellent use of the poker that four or five good heavy blows from it cleared the house of the thieves, who took to their heels down the street. It was a very wet night, and Mr. Croney was in his shirt only, but down the street he set off after them, shouting Stop thief!" very lustily and, this being rather inconvenient to the pursued, they suddenly stopped at the end of the street, turned upon him, knocked him down, and kicked him so viciously that he was still suffering acutely from their rough attentions while giving his evidence. The men then dispersed and ran, but Mr. Croney was soon up and after them again, and continued the chase for 60 yards further, when he saw the prisoner caught and pulled up both by a constable and a private person to- gether, and he then made the best of his way back to his house, completely knocked up and drenched to the skin. On searching the prisoner a skeleton key was found in his pocket, which, although it would not turn the bolt, was a very near fit for the prosecutor's lock. The prisoner said it was all quite true; he was one of the men, and should like the case dealt with now but Mr. Hammill said he should certainly not do so with a case like his, and told him he must go for trial. buiciDE IN FRANCE.—A suicide, committed under singular circumstances, took place on Tuesday in the Rue dcg Acacias, at Ternes. A speculator at the Bourse, known by the title of Count de Ch-, put an end to his existence at the very moment when some friends whom he had invited to visit him, reached the house. M. Paul —, architect, was the first to arrive, when he found a card stuck against the door, on which was written, I am at the calé." He descended the staircase, but had scarcely reached the bottom when he heard the report of fr ,mTmf ?. 1U3mediately returned, thinking it came tWW o'T 8 apart,uom< wben he found the key in the door, and on enter.ng, found the Count lying on the ground with half his head blown off. He had f.equently otlaie remarked to l,u f„ell(ja thftt hia affair8qat thJ Bourse were going on badly, and that he should soon put aa end to his annoyances.

Persons who order street musicians to move away must show reasonable cause," One of a German band was brought up at :Mar) JeboDe Police Court charged with refusing 10 cease playing before a particular house. The magistrate decided that as neither illness in the house nor any other reasonable cause had been assigned for ordering the band away, he mast dismiss the case.

(!ohuu u. MANURE.—The proportional advantage which exists between the fertiliser and the produce becomes so mani- fest to the practical farmer, that he cannot hope to reap a profitable crop without the indispensable assistance of manure, natural or artificial. As the attention of the agriculturist has been turned to the cultivation of larger breadths of turnips and mangolds, he must now look to other sources than tha foldyard for a supply. Besides the quantity which the stock converts into manure, his business will be shortly to calculate how much the character of his farm and the circumstances of the times will allow him to spend in imported manures. If his farm be adapted to the growth of turnips, to be consumed on the land by sheep, the marketable value at present of that animal affords encouragement for multi- plying its species, and therefore in providing for its wants when neither grass nor clover will vegetate; while, on the other hand, if he farms stiff clay, he may. by the aid of draining and good cultivation, succeed to a greater extent in growing turnips and mangolds than his former system of fallowing has allowed him. If the quantity of the farmyard manure were sufficiently large, both turnips and mangolds could be produced by it of the first quality but as the turnip crops require more foldyard manure than can be made, it will be found to answer the best to apply the farmyard dung in such a proportion as will cover the whole area intended for the above crops; and according to the weight of it applied per acre let your outlay in artificial manures be regu- lated. If it be at the rate of seven or nine tons an acre, au additional application of guano or superphosphate must be added to secure an average crop the rate of the former may be 3 cwt. and of the latter 8 owt. per acre The mode of applying the guano or superphosphate varies according to the custom of sowing in the district. If the turnips are grown on ridges, the artificial manures are put on broadcast, and covered in with the foMyard manure but if sown on the fiat surface, they are mixed with cold ashes and drilled in at the same time as I he seed is sown. We hive found by experience that the most satisfactory results have followed the use of a combination of the foldyard inanurr and superphosphate of lime, or guano. With respect to the comparative value of the two latter as ferlilisers. it will be found that they vary on farms of different soils and climates In an experiment conducted on a farm of soil of a black loam, and dry, with northern exposure, we have from half an acre manured with 2cwt. of guano, at 24s., 9 tons 2cwt. 3at. of Swedes; and from half an acre manured with superphosphate of lime there were 9 tons 0cwi. 5st. In another experiment we have guano far outstripping superphosphate in its fertilising properties. Guano used for an acre at the rate of about JM 8s. 6d per acre, produced 24 tons 8cwt. I qr. 81b. of turnips; superphosphate at the same rate of expense, and on the same quantity of land, produced 21 tons 13cwt. The difference in this instance was 2 tons 15cwt. lqr. 81b. in favour of guano. On examining other recorded results of experiments on the relative effects of the above manures, we have guano yielding 17 tons, and the superphosphates 21 and 22 tons. To explain the cause or causes of such discrepancy between the results of these experiments we must be in possession of facts respectiog the previous treatment of the soil, the course of rotation and the climate—circumstances attending the cultivation of the soil of this sea girt island by no means uniform and beneficial in their operation. Bat as a standard tertiliser we recognise in the Koidyard manure that prin- ciple of equalisation of fertilising properties for green crops which renders its presence in connection with guano or superphosphate of so much importance. There is, in the two last-mentioned manures, a preponderating ingredient, which, according to that principle which pervades the destribution of the fertilisiug elements in the farmy&rd manure, will be productive of favourable results when mixed. In superphosphate we have the bones in most ca.;es entirely dissolved, or converted when dry into a powder; in this case the preponderating element will be a phosphate in this state there cannot be any kind of manure so adapted to the nourishment of the young turnip as superphosphate but we may overdo the process of reducing the boues into powder, ipot ntar/ns?Vr!eUftrst glT^e^orT-fie'turnip's growth'. Overfeeding will create disease, and to obviate this the farmyard manure should always be used with it; and when used alone the bones should not be so reduced by the acid as to dissolve all the phosphate. Bulbs will be formed rapidly from food which beeomes so freely assimilated to the nature of the .plant; but that these will be healthy bulbs is by no means likely. Up to a certain point they have existed on the preponderating element, which, when consumed, leaves ihem in an un- healthy condition, aud an easy prey to the attacks of frost, after which they yield to decay. In preparing bones for turnips or mangold the farmer should consider that if he applies too large a quantity of the dissolving liquid he is likely to supply the young plant with too much food of a stimulating nature; and which, iu the absence of foldyard manure to draw support from after its effects are no longer perceptible, will do harm. The season has now arrived when the attention of the farmer will be directed to the consideration of the amount of additional fertilising agency he will require besides his foldyard manure. The manner in which farmers have been served in former years will be the best criterion wheieby to judge of the respectability of the parties they deal with. field. INJURIOUS EFEKCT OF HEDGEROW TIMBER.—Mr. Jackson, in a paper read recently to the Winfirth farmers Club, Dorsetshire, mentioned the following facts bearing on this subject :-He says—We measured the distance injured by oue ash tree. To the best of my recollection the damage extended 25 yards from the trunk. A friend, on hearing the topic of this evening's discussion, was kind enough to measure the damage caused by three trees on his farm during the late harvest, and found that one oak, girthing 68 inches, injured (he crop from 13 to 14 yards from the trunk—probable age of the tree from 160 to 180 years, value from 40s. to 50s.; one elm, age and value much the same, injuring the crop fifteen yards from the trunk one small ash, value from i2s to 15s., extent of the damage about the same as the oak. The crop was barley, something like five quarters to the acre, but not more than one third of this under the trees and t IUS by putting the value of damage at only 4s. per tree for 100 years, and saying nothing of the first 50 or 60, it would amount to JC20 and the value of the trees noi more than 50s. making a loss of 917 10s. for each tree." This is no doubt an extreme illustration of the evil complained of. GARDEN OPERATIONS. FLOWER GAKDEX AND ^SHRUBBERIES.—With bright sunshine and drying winds iL uiay soon require the ut- most care to save recently transplanted evergreens of large size, and no mere surface watering will be of any service, i he ground about the roots as well as the ball should be thoroughly soaked. After applying the water and allowing the surface to become moderately firm stir it slightly with a blunt fork, which will prevent its cracking, and will also allow the free action of the son and air to warm the soil and encourage the production of roots. Surface dress with fine soil, and water newly laid turf wherever it is observed to be suffering from the effects of the weathqr. Take advantage of the present state of the ground to stir the surface soil of shrubbery and herb borders, to prevent the growth of weeds, and give the whole a fresh and clean appearance. no not neglect to put in plenty of mignonette, and if not already done hardy annuals should be sown without lurther loss of time, except in cases where they are not wanted to bloom before autumn. HARDT FRUIT AND KITCHEN GARDEN.—Get in the main crop of carrots the first fine day when the ground is in good working order. Blanch seakale in the open ground by placing inverted flower-pots over the crowns I and covering these with light soil or any material which will effectually excluda light. Prick out on a slight hotbed cauliflower plants raised in heat. The gentle bottom-heat will greatly assist in pushing them along without their being weakly and drawn, as is the case when they are grown under glass. Aiso prick out celery on a gentle bottom-heat, and protect it with a frame or hand-glasses till it has become well established, and sow seed for the main crop. Attend to providing suc- cessioll crops of spinach, and keep the surface soil regularly stirred among growing crops also do not forget small salad, as radishes, &c., and sow sweet herbs for transplanting. COTTAGERS' GARDBN. — In all neatly kept small gardens the usual spring work should be by this-time completed Seeds of some-the more showy annuals should be sown for autumn blooming. Herbaceous plants may be divided and replanted; many of the strong growing ones might be taken up and divided every year but almost all Alpines suffer from this treatment. They should therefore, be left undistnrbed. Plants in frames, if any, will now require attention. Give air freely; but shut up early, in order that a genial temperature may be kept up during the night without fire-heat. Pelargoniums, if any, should occasionally receive a gentle shower over head from a fiue-rosed watering pot. Little attentions of that kind keep them clean and healthy.-Gardmen' Chrowcle.

The annual service for the repose of the soul of the Empress Josephine was celebrated on Friday week, at eleven o'clock, in the church of Rueil. near Paris, were her remains are interred.

reside'T? ScienCE.-M Smrne, a medical m«a life in"aai>?^lendeques (Pas-de-Calais), has just lost hie turned his ai,nC • y manner* He had some time past Ssey ,^eh7 Particularly to the treatment of and on the efficacyP^bIw,hed aPamPhlet onthat disease, days ago he was called01™ "j"* CQrf few- attacked, but his specific §Ir 0 ♦ course to the operation of tral g, lneffect"a1' be_had re- Aided with the necessary probe °' b*lng pro- recourse to a fragment of a hollow o. operation, he had which, on being placed in the opening, t?/ lndlf. rubber, and would not allow the passage of theme dlste»ded, Sturne, in order to counteract that inconvenieWi18' his mouth to the end of the pr be, and by suction rPAace^ the mucus from the throat of the patient, who, howelld died in a short time after. This devotedness of M. Sturne cost him his life, for some of the macus having got into his throat inoculated him as it were with the disease and, in Bpite of every assistance afforded by his medical colleagues, he expired shortly after. SUBSTITUTE FOR TOBACco.-The Jamaica papers speak loudly of the excellence of Allspice or Pimento as a smoking material superior to tobacco in every respect. Any person, says a correspondent of tho Colonial Stan- dard, who knows anything of the fragrance of a pimento walk when in full blow may fGl-m some idea of it by a pipe charged and lighted with the dried berry simply crushed in coarse bits. Another says that it cannot be well smoked in short pipes, but with the long cherry stick of a meerschaum he experienced « a treat Wnd anything he had known in the use of tobacco-" The same writer adds that already the coolies and native abuurers are bringing pimento into use in the place of tobacco and he can see no reason not to prefer it. °P ftLE8-S,r Younge, Garter lung of Aims, and his assistants, have just been to indsor, and placed in the Cnapel Royal of St. George, over the stall of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales as Knight of the Garter, the banner, sword, crest, and other insignia of that noble order. The following is now the arrangement over the stalls at the west entranco of the chapel:— The Sovereign. The Prince of Wales. The Prince Consort. The King of Hanover. The Dake of Cambridge. The King of the Belgians. iNo alteration has been made in the arrangement of the stalls of the other knights. On a beautifully engraved plate, surmounted by the arms of his Royal Highness, is the following inscription Du tifc* haut, titns puis- sant, et trfes lllustre Prince, Albert Edouard Prtuee do Galles, Due de Saxe, Due de Cornwall, et de Rothesay, Comte de Chester, Carrick et Dub:in, Baron de Eenfrew et Seigneur des Isles, Grande Maitre d'Ecosse, Colonel aux Armees de la Reine, Chevalier du trds noble Ordre de la Jarretidre. Dispense des ceremonies d'installation par des jtatentes dat6es du ixme jour de Novembre, MDCCM.VUI." COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS.—The competitive system for the Indian Artillery and Engineers will, we under- stand, take effect from the begining of next year, which will allow the old system fairly to work itself out before the new one commences. Under the new system, cadets entering the sentor department, after successful compe- tition, will remain at the college one year, at the end of whicn they will be ex.mined and posted according to merit to the engIneers and artillery. The engineers, we are informed, will then go to Chatham as commissioned officers for one year, and the artillery cadets, in the same position, to Woolwich for six months. To lessen the expenses of education, and to extend thereby the area of competition, it is proposed, we believe, to give every engineer and artillery cadet jElOO. after passing his two terms at Addiscombe. The competitive examination, it may be iteniioned, will be in mathematics, including the higher branches ot statics, dvnami.es, and hydrostatics, AU f; ther brguiaes of study, y anguage iialn, I rature, -an tangullg-- history of France, language and history of ludia, M. periuiental sciences, drawing (military and civil), the use of astronomical and surveying liislruments. The test is to be by marks—mathematics, in which examination is compulsory, having a much higher number than any. ANOTHER DUEL.— fhe Algiers journals state that in that city, a ie.v days ago, a duel with pistols took place between M. de Fonvielle, gerant of the Algerie NouveUe, and Captain Fourchault, ot the staff, but without any serious consequences. The cause of the duel was this. A commission waa some time back formed for organisiug a grand cavalcade for the benefit of the poor, in which the officers of the garrison and some young men of the city were to take part, and the butchers of Algiers on their part proposed also to have a cavalcade. The Algerie Kouvelle published an article on the subject, in which some remarks on the commission were considered offensive. Certain of the gentlemen of the commission, of whom Captain Fourchault was one, called on the editor of the journal, to request a retractation of those remarks, but he declined to make it, as M. Fonvielle, who had written the article, accepted the responsibility of it. On that, Captain Fourchault applied insulting epithets to him, and sai.t that the journal was constantly at'acking the army. This produced some altercation, and a hostile meeting took place as stated above. PERILOUS ACCIDENT TO A CALIFORNIA;* BisHop. The New York Protestant Churchman publishes a letter from Bishop Kip ((,f the U. S. Episcopal Church), dated ban Francisco, Dec. 14, 1858" "I had (he says) a narrow escape last week. I was a few miles from the city on horseback, when, crossing a high bridge without side-railing, ay horse stepped on a loose plank, became frightened, recoiled to the edge, reared up, and fell back- wards over the side. We fell twelve feet before we struck the water, when, being under, and he on his back, in his struggles to turn, the wonder is I was not kicked to death. The water not being more than four feet deep, as the tide was nearly out, I extricated myself as soon as he turned, and got out; a man caught him as Le landed, and dripping wet as I was, after a snort time, I rode home. He struck me, I think, once in my side, as I suffered from it for a few days; but though two hours in my wet clothes, at the close of a December day, I did not even take cold.Dr. Kip has numeious frimds in this country, having visited it tihortiy before his conse- cration. ELECTION RUMOURS.—Election rumours are plentiful. Mr. Wigram, it is stated, is to retire from the repre- sentation of the University of Cambridge; and Mr. Beresford Hope and Mr. Selwyn, Q.C., are in the Sold, candidates for the seat. Sir Edward Lytton is not again to oontest Hertfordshire, so it is "generally understood." Sir Henry Meux will not stand again. There will, therefore, be two seats to fight for. Mr. Abel Smith is to be the Conservative champion, and the Hoo. Robert Grosvenor, son of Lord Ebury, the Liberal. Mr. Walter, it is stated, will quit Nottingham to stand for Berkshire in the event of a dissolution. Mr. Robert Palmer retires into private life. Sir Maurice Berkeley has agreed to stand for Gloucester, but he will not undergo a personal canvass "after what has passed between the electors and himself." Some months ago the Univers published a most circum- stautial description of an atrocious crime committed by some Jews of Foxshani, in Wallachia. They had seized on a Christian Jad and had subjected him to the most *nartyr°0,n- before putting him to death. The W ailachian authorities consequently appointed a mixed commission of delegates from the different consulates to investigate the matter, which has published a report which proves the assertion of the Univers to be false trom beginning to end. A bitter quarrel of two years duration, between the Council and the Governor of Natal, has come to a crisis. The Council refused to PdSS the Estimates, and was dis- solved. The Governor is accused of beiug to lenient to the natives, and the colonists are charged with being tyrannical. Oiviug to the illness of the younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Laytou, they will reside at Florence for a time. Their eldest son resides in town during the season but the absence of his parents will doubtless postpone his marriage with a noble and wealthy heiress. The spasms of the Bourse, the agitation of "Ltocka" every where, in obedience to the ruirour of the day, as peaceable or warlike, have not appmently affected the violin market, since the Gazette Mnsicate of this week announces that Straduarius has lately changed hauds (when we are not told) for the sum of only 15,000 francs ( £ 600.) A Mr. Milbonrne has been holding a series of re- vival services" in the NVesleyan Reformers' Cnapel, Doocaster. According to the Dojicaster Gaz.tte, two women have been so alarmed by the fervour of his ex- hortations that they ha, e gone mad. Both be "om 11 have been placed in the Wakefield Lunatic Asyl.tuj. It appears thaj the good people of Bristol expended their enthusiasm on a waiter, and not on a real N sapaii- tan exile.

THE WORLD'S INHV&*f WAYS' of flowers, CBOWN me with my cro*ff Faded roses evfr^r ?^Briah'd bowers, Piaok'd in thoae lo»f overrun_ By the nightg*^t Fit for brows 1»»* T.;„ my golden cup, Fill me,^ bi'ack wine to the brim! avij^tbin me, while I sup, All the fires, long quenched and dim, Flare, one moment up. I will sing you a last song, I will pledge you a last health Here's to Weakness seeming strong! Here's to Want that follows Wealth Here's to Right gone wrong Carse me now the Oppressor's rod, And the meanness of the weak; And the fool that apes the nod And the world at bide and seek With the wrath of God. Dreams of man's unvalued good, By mankind's unholy means! m i Curse the people in their mud ■u.! And the wicked Kings and Queens, BH>' Lying by the Rood. Hp !• Fill! to every plague and first, Lore, that breeds its own decay i jUl Rotten, ere the blossom burst. ,||ij ■1 Next, the friend that slinks a y, ayr' -■ When you need him wors B 0 the world's inhumau ways » An^the'roward, Ia^S6 1 Cursed be the heritage CoOl the sins we have not sinn d Carsed be this boasting age, s > And the blind that lead the blind O'er its creaking stage! '» O the vice within the blood, i And the sin within the sense! And the fallen angelhood, With its yearnings, too immense To be understood! j Curse the hound with beaten hide, When he turns and licks the hand jlj Curse this woman at my side! If And the memory of the land ) Where my first love died. | OWEN MBRBDITH.

LITERARY, MUSICAL, AND DRAMATIC GOSSIP. The Critic reiterates its assertion as to the authorship of the Vestiges of Creation," despite the denial of the North British Daily Mail Notwithstanding this very strong and confident assertion on Mr. Nichol's part, we adhere to our statement. Secrets of this kind have been kept by authors, even from their most intimate friends; and although we are not yet authorised to state the pre- cise grounds upon which we attribute the authorship to Dr. George Combe, we may go so far as to say that we have done so on the authority of a witness whose name in the world of science is inferior to none. As, however, Mr. Nicbol seems to hint that he is in possession of the secret, perhaps be will have no objection to inform us to whom, in his judgment, we ought to attribute the authorship ?" Mr. Chorley, the biographer of Mrs. Hemans, and one of the principal critics of the Athenaum, &c.-who, by the way, under the nom deplume of Paul Bell, contributed to Douglas Jerrold's Illuminated and Shilling Magazines -we hear, has in the press a novel, and main purpose of which is to expose the domestic wrongs of women in the higher classes. We understand that a claim is to be made on behalf of the representatives of Mr. Douglas Jerrold upon Mr. E. T. Smith, with regard to the operetta of H Black-eyed Susan," now being performed at Drury-lane Theatre. Rather an odd story comes to us fresh from Paris. An amateur of the violoncello once played before Rossini with such fire and soul, that the great maestro, in the middle of the performance, rushed at the player, and rapturously kissed him on the forehead. "SlOce that time, says the triumphant scraper of cat-gut to a friend, "I have never washed that spot." The mystery is solved why the artistes are many of them so dirty-they have been kissed by Rossini. The Pyne and Harrison company was first formed in 1854, the projectors sailing for America in the month of August that year. After successfully performing in all the great cities of the United States, they returned to Eugland in May, 1857, having paid€uring their trip up- wards of £ 40,000 in salaries and expenses. In Septem- ber the same year, the Pyne and Harrison company opened at the Lyceum, and there produced the "Rose of Castille which ran fifty successive nights. In Sep- tember, 1858, they opened at Drury-Lane, and closed in December. Encouraged by the substantial support tneir enterprise had gained for them from all quarters, they next ventured on a still bolder siep, and opened the Royal English Opera, Covent Garden, December the 22nd, 1858, for a season of seventy-five nights, ending March the 19th, .1859. The great feature of this undertaking was the production of Balfe's opera of "Satanella," which proved brilliant success, and ran fifty-eight nights. The impression it produced in the highest circles may be understood from the ciroumstance that her Majesty visited the theatre twice in one week to see it, in conjunction with the pantomime, which ran twelve weeks. The arduous nature of the exertions of the principal vocalists will be surmised from the fact that Mies Louisa Pyne will, at the end of this season, have sung in opera 145 nights, and at two concerts, by Royal command, at Windsor Castle; and Mr. Harrison, 151 nights. The Pyne and Harrison company are engaged to perform in Dublin, Glasgow, Birmingham, Liverpool, Hull, York, Edinburgh, and Manchester during the recess, and to produce "Satanella," "Martha," "Rose of Castille," &c., &c., with band, chorus, full company, and every- thing complete. During the whole of these seasons at the Lyceum, Drury-lane, and Covent Garden, the stage management has been entrusted to the skilful direction of Mr. Edward Stirling, whilst the arrangements of the au- dience portion of the theatre have been chiefly superin- tended by Mr. Edward Murray. The excellence ot tbe instrumental department has been duo to Mr. Alfred I Mellon Mr. Harrison invites native artistes ai>4 com- I »4>oa<ira to unite with him ia.-satoUU»h»<ME-.Engliahi j Oi«r» poriBaoently. The mommott »iti ra-opm on tin Jtat "of Ootobef. Two American journalists are in London, and are being feted in literary society. One is Colonel Fuller, formerly editor of the New. York Mirror, and now con- nected with the New York Herald, and New Orleans Picayune. He is dining everywhere, and, it is under- stood, photographing everybody, and sending off his sketches to the Yankee papers. The other is a Mr. Evans, also connected with the Boston press, but who has come over here as the accredited agent of certain New York, Boston, and Philadelphia publishers, with a view to induce Mr. Charles Dickens, under promise of a fabulous sum, to go to America for a year and give his readings. It is doubtful if Mr. Dickens will leave home. He has plenty on his hands just now. Another pamphleteer appears under the colours, The Napoleonian Policy in Italy." This performance is marked by the same sentiment of undying hostility and petty jealousy of England which has been the prevailing characteristic of all its predecessors, with the sole exception of M. de la Guerronidre. An Italian Opera, unknown in England, will shortly, we are told, be produced in Dublin, none other than the Macbeth" of Signor Verdi, with Madame Viardot as Lady Macbeth. Madame Grisi and Signor Marioare going to sing in Dublin in the same company-of course before their own Opera season commences. Madame Thillon is in London ready to sing. Madame Faure remains the French Opera over. Madame Novello is coming in May.—Athenaeum. Upwards of thirty essays have been sent in competi- tion for the prize of fifty guineas offered by the pro- prietor of the Dublin University Magazine" for the best essay on The Position which the Government of India ought fit present to assume towards Christian Missions." A traveller in Norway gives an account of the north ernmost paper in the woild, the Tromsoe Times. It is printed at Tromsoe, a little island village of about 4,000 inhabitants, un the coast of Norway, at three degrees within the Polar circle. The summer sun kindly looks in at midnight to see that the forms are properly set up. Another volume from the indefatigable pen of the late Hugh Miller is in the press. It is entitled a Sketch Book of Popular Geology," being a series ot lectures delivered before the Philosophical Institution of Edinburgh. The work is edited by Mr. Miller's widow, who prefixes an introductory preface, giving a resume of the progress of geological science within the last two years. DRTJRY-LANB.—The programme issued by the lessee of Drury-lane Theatre for his second season of Italian opera is of a varied and attractive character. As it is now pretty sure that Her Majesty's Theatre will not be open to the public this year—at all events, not under the direction of Mr. Lumley—some of the most noted singers of the day have been thrown on the market, from among whom it must be generally allowed (Mademoiselle Picco- lomini being on the opposite sbores of the Atlantic) Mr. E. T. Smith has selected the two very best,—viz., Mademoiselle Tietjens (or Titiens), the dramatic soprano, and Signor Giuglini, the tenor. Add to these Signor Graziani, the favourite barytone, from the Royal Italian Opera, Covent-garden, whose obligations to the establish- ment under notice have been ratified in a letter signed by himself (which has gone the round of the papers), and Signor Badiali, the bass, who produced last season so good an impression in every part he essayed, with the single exception of Don Giovanni, and we have already a tolerably strong quartet of principles-two of them Mademoiselle Tieijens and Signor Badiaii, being as capable in a histrionic as in a vocal sense. What fre- quenter of the Italian Opera has not expressed a wish to hear Mongini Elvira BrambillaP-Enrichetta Weisser? I -Guarducc1 r Well, in the prospectus of Mr. Smith we find the names of every one of these artists, combined with others too numerous to mention. Among the operas to be produced—besides those attempted last year, which it is unnecessary to enumerate—are signor Verdi's Macbeth, the same composer's Vtpres Siciliennes, Guillaume Tell, Martha, la Gazza Ladra, Le Nozze di ligaro, and Gluck's Armida. It was announced by Mr. Hariison and Miss Pyne at the close of the English opera season on Saturday, that a new opera by Mr. V. Wallace, composer of Maritana, has been accepted and will be produced next season, which commences in October. The managers state that they are also in treaty with other English composers.