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Wellington Independent, Volume II, Issue 92, 29 August 1846, Page 3

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A subscription has been commenced for the purpose of erecting a monument to the memory of iSrr Thomas Powell Buxton, Bart, in Westminster Abbey ; to he placed with those to the memory of Wilberforce, Mr. Granville Sharp, an d "Mr. Zachviry Macau lay, as recording his labours in conjunction with those distinguished individuals. The American ship Mexican has arrived at Gloucester, with a cargo of wheat from New York, it being the first.direct import which we have had from the United States since ilvs city became a port.

AH the' military barracks in England are being replenished with fresh stores. At Weedp.n, the great central depot, for 7 of aims are about to be planted, and every magazine filled with powder, cartridge, and ball—Birmingham Pilot.

A young buck of the soap-lock order, who wore an unshaven face, because, as he said, it looked "foreign," lately accosted a Yankee at one of our hotels as follows :— '* I say, fellow, some individuals think 1 am 4'Frenchman, and some take me for an Etalyine—now, what do you think lam -f" "Why, I think you nre a fool," replied Jonathan. The number of cattle and sheep annually sold a 4 Smit! fi--]d has been doubled within the last century, whilst the weight has also more than doubled in that interval. Some idea of the immense amount of employment afforded (by. railway business) to attornies' clerks and writers, and the demand for them, may b e formed from the fact, that during the last fourteen days a provincial attorney had in his employ in London 113 writers, some of whom he had to fee very highly; and so eagerly were they sought after, that if he chanced to turn his back for ten minutes he was sure to find several of his clerks btibed to go elsewhere.—Morning Chronicle. A recommendation, i t is said at the clubs, is forthwith to be made to the committee supervising the erection of the new Houses of Parliament, to have a red and a white light exhibited on the top of the Victoria Tower, during the hours of the Bitting of the Houses: the red to indicate the sitting of the Lords, the white that of the Commons. Public Works in Ireland. — Yesterday an interesting return in reference to the several member* now before Parliament for the improvement of Ireland, was issued in the shape of a statement (obtained on the motion of Mr. Hamilton, the member for the University of Dublin) of the loans and grants to each county in Ireland by the Commissioners of Public Woks- The total amount of loans sanctioned was £1,051,525 Bs. 9d.; the total issues were £997,755 155.; the total sura paid as interest, £178,238 155.; the total repayments on .account of principal, £557,521 Is.; and the total balances of principal remaining due in December lasj; amounted to £411,397 15s. The purposes" for which the loans were made are set fotth ; they were for turnpike roads, railways, harbours, canals, bridges, mines, wide street commissioners, ecclesiastical commissioners, drainage commissioners, Roman Catholic chapels, and to private individuals. The second branch states the several grants made ia each county in Ireland, showing whit.sums in case,of such grants were required to be expended by the county or by individuals in consequence or as a condition of Euch grants up to and ending the 31st of December last. Th e re i» no abs'ract given of the mass of figures in this branch of the return.—Tim'ps, February 25.

Love of Country.—The affections which bind a man to the place of his bir h are essential in his nature, and follow the same law as that which go. ve'rns every'innate feeling. They are implanted in his bosom along with life, and are modifi d by every circumstance which he encounters from the bfgin. ling to the end of his existence. The sentiment which, in the breast of any one man, is an instinctive fondness for the spot where he drew his early breath, becomes, by the progress of mankind and the formation of society, a more enlarged feeling and expands into the noble passion of patriotism, The love of country, the love of the village where we were born, of the fields which we first pressed with our tender footsteps, of the hillock which we fiii't climbed,- are the same nffic ion j only the latter belongs to cash °f us sepautcly : the first can be known but by men

united Into m*n*n. U is f , npon rVflry atU vantage which a nation is suppose-l to posses, and i« merged by ev«ry improvement which it is supposed to receive.

UiBruL W Bs 8 .-.Tt must he a gMS at satisfaction • t the close of life, to bo able to lookback on the years which are p„ se d, and to feel ihat y v have lived, not f)r yourselves alone, but ilmt you have been useful to other*. You may be assur. d, also, t hat the same feeling is a sou cc of comf .rt ana happiness at any period of life. There is nothing in this world so good as urefill new. It binds your fellowcreatur a to you, and you t. them : U tends to the improvement of your own character, and it gives you a real importance in society,; much bejond what any artificial stition can bestow.

Not long since there might be seen in the window of a dirty little shop in an obscure part of London this announcement:—« Goods removed, messages taken, carpets beat, and poetry composed on any subject. i

Provide for Om> Age —It is not well that a man should always labour. His temporal as well as spiritual interests demand a cessation in Jecliae of life. Some > cars of quiet and nfloction is neces. eary after a life of iulustry and ac'iviiy. There is more to concern him in life than incessant occupation, and its product-wealth. He who has been a slave all bi« days to one monotonous mechanical result, can hardly be fit for anoher world. The release from toil in old age most men have the prospective pleasure of; and in the reality, it is as pleasing as it is useful und salutary to the mind. Such advantages, however, can only be gained by prudence in economy in youth ; we must save, like the ant, before we can hope to kave any rest in the winter of our days. Thinking.—Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge ; it is thinking makes what we read ours. We are of the ruminating kind, and it is not enough to cram ourselves with a great load of collections; unless we chew them over again, they will not give us strength and nourishment.— Locke. A Ghost Story.—Two young men, Count de Brech.enstein and Baron de' Lieftern, had lived at Pes'h, of late years, on terms of intimacy. The Co.int, a courageous youth, laid a wager that the Baron could not terrify him, whatever stratagem he might devise to test his bravery. About a month afterwards, the Baron hid himself at night under the bed of his friend, first taking the precaution to draw thf bullets from a brace of pistols wjiich,always hung within reai h. In the deal of the night, the Bar»n came forth, wearing a white shee<, and a mask like a skull. Then, illuminating the room, he awoke the sleeper. The Count exclaimed, " Be off! and leave me." The speotre stood unmoved. The Count snatched a pistol, and fired. The spectre assumed an attitude of contempt, and rolled back one of the bullets on the bed. This was too much for the Count; he fell backward, and expired. The Baron is in custody, and will shortly be tried. Bold as a Lion."—A Southern Adonis, no way eelebrat d for his personal attractions, on completing a somewhat protracted toilet one morning, turned to his servant and inquired—'« How do 1 look, Csesar? ' " 'Plendid, massa, 'plendid," was ebony's delightful answer. JDo you think I'll do, Cse.<ar ?" giving him a piece -of silver. "Guy, massa nebber see you look so fierce, in all my life ; you look jis' as bold as a lion.'* "VVhy, what do you know abou a lion ? yon never saw one, Cse-ar," "eb ber see a lion, massa ! Guy 1 see mas-a Peyton's Jim ride one obnr to de mill ebery day." •' No you fool, that's a donkey," •« Can't help dat, massa—you look jis like him '.', Markets on an extensive scale are" proposed to be built in Manchester, fry the. Corporation, who have purchased the manorial rights and properties.

A " High Chinge," similar to those at London, Liverpool, and Manchester, has lately been erected, at Bristol, which has heretofore been deficient of this convenience for merchants and manufacturers.

Cardinal Zacchia, who was raised to the cardinalite only last year, died at Rome on the 28th November, after a very sjiort illness".

A few days ago, the labourers employed in the gravel pit between Bedford and Bromhant, discovered tix Roman urns entire, together with some fragments. Mr. James Knight, secretary to the Royal Southern 'Yacht Club, proposes a magnificent review of all the Yacht Clubs in the Kingdom to tiike place before her Majesty, off the Isle of Wight, in the yachting months of 1846. State of Trade —Manchester —The appearance of the market continues to improve. Although no great amount of business has been done in goods, the market isfirmer, and, in someca«es, a slight advance has boon ob'aiued.