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.NEWPORT CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.
.NEWPORT CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY. Beef 44d. to 5d, per lb. Porkers, 7s. 9d. to 8s. per score Mutton ..64d. to 6d. Bacon pigs, Os. to Os.Od. „ There was a more cheerful tone with sellers to-day, in con- sequence of a slight advance upon previous rates; and an impression being prevalent, that price* would rise still higher, and maintain the improvement for some timo. The supply, however, was short, which was one reason for the advance but the generality of beasts and sheep that changed hands, were in prime condition for the slmmble*. A few cows and calves were on offer; but there were no salel effected, ye believe. Porkers were tolerably numerous, and sold readily at a small advance though we did not see a bacon pig in the market. A few hories were offered, but those who were disposed to bny,would certainly prefer waiting for the sale of the noble animals which will come under the hammer of Mr. Partridge, auctioneer, on Wednesday next, than make their selection from those poor creatures we witnessed in the market. NEWPORT CORN, HAY, AND STRAW MARKETS. Barley, 26s. to 28s. per qr. I Oats, 16s. to 17s.6d. per qr I Wheat, 37s. to 40. I Hay, 60s. to GOs.Od.pr. ton Straw, 29s. to 30s. per ton. I At the last corn market, on Saturday, there was a tolerably active demand, and sellers soon disposed of thair lots, at about the prices quoted. THE WEATHER.—We have had more intensely-severe Weather during the early part of the week, than has been experienced for many winters; and we find that this has been the case throughout the country generally. Numerous accidents—mostly but slight-have occurred in Newport, where slides were made by young hopefuls" on the loot- paths and roads. The canals have been frozen over in manv parts, materially retarding the traffic and the keen north wind, blowing about clouds of dust and gravel, occasionally has dimmed the eyes, and caused smarting features. Thurs- day, however, was far less cold and its sun, which shone out brijrhtly. gave promise of milder skies, lhis verifies, so far, the prediction of Mr. Smith,of Cheltenham, a weather-wise" gentleman, who stated that after the 15th, and to the 19tli, the weather would be considerably milder, and the conclu- ding portion of his prediction for tho week runs thus: Near the 20th or 21st, falling weathor; 21st to 24th, frosty weathor prevails, and frosty to the end of the month." POST-OFFICE ALTERATIONS—Last Sunday, the new in- structions relative to Sunday duty at the post-office came into operation in Newport and elsewhere. The following is the official announcement of the alteration. "All Post-offices in England and Wales will be closed to the public on Sunday from 10 A.M. for the remainder of the day; except in those cases where the delivery commences between 9 and 10 A.M., when the office must continue open for one hour after the lettercarriers are despatched; and except, also, in those cases where the delivery commences later than 10 A M., when the office, having been closed at 10 A.M., must be re-opened for one hour after the dsepatch of tho lettercarriers. On and after the same date, no Inland letters will be received on the Sunday, except such as are prepaid by stamps or unpaid, for the deposit of which the letter-box will bo opened as usual throughout the day. Until the closing of the ofhcc at 10 A.M., or during the subsequent hour after the despatch of the letter- carriers, foreign letters may be prepaid post stamps may be obtained, and letters may be registered on payment of the usual registration fee; strangers, renters of private boxes, and those who reside beyond the limits ot the letter carriers de- liveries, may also, while the office is opened, obtain their let- ters at the office window. Except at the times mentioned, no letters or newspapers can be delivered from the office on tlio Sunday." FSARFUL DEATH. HORRIBLE IMPRECATIONS Ful- FILLED.-Thero is something so terribly startling in the following facts, and so fearfully exemplifying the grievous .in and extromo peril of blaspheming the name of the Eternal, that had we not made minute and eyeful mquirj, even among the very haunts of those living where the occurrenc took place, we should have behoved the ^ho e to bo ati exaggerated rumour of some ordinary and every-da? c»staity, rather than the awfully-true narrative of a drfia.lfuljudg ment. On the morning of Sutiuay last, a ,T!arl J was' residing in the Friars' Fields, named ^arah ilorgai wa observed with her infant m her arms near her own lio^, disputing with a woman named Elizabeth olan. q of a very violent character, so far as words went, shortly a wards ensued, and in reply to observation iat (j0d woman, Sarah Morgan exclaimed, that she hop Almighty would strike her blind, deaf, dumb, and stiff, it sho i; j nof revenge herself upon her iu a particular mani dAi f /lrprtlv she Staggered, let l.er child fall from her Almost -'n i n(j .yyould herself apparently, have fallen, arms to the grotina,anu j->tplv assisted her into the but that her neighbours ir" y ^ttunclanco, who, we house. Dr. Stack was promptly iu atiuww.. need scarcely remark, continued to render her everj assist ance which medical skill and humanity could sugRoal. Fro i the moment that sho was thus mysteriously stuokeu to tnc hour of her death, at half-past one o clock on Wef «c;^ morning, the only words she uttered, and just after si borne in, were, "Lord have mercy on my poor scut-have mercy on my children! and then her voice lailed her, ana «he became dumb; her senso of hearing was destroyed ner Jn»r eves became glassy and sightless and in about sixty hours from tbe moment in which she was struck down, death placed I ;« irv hand upon her, and she became a corpse. This fear- r i flvpnt has produced a painful sensation even among the K creatures of the locality in which it occurred for abando judgment like this falls among a people, how- -whenatcr reckless they may bo> Nature, and ti e ever imm^rri,anco, of a mother's teachings and prayers m influence, P yOUth and innocence, will produce feel- the b: £ "0^esponding with the circumstance which awakens them- —Oh! more than sottish, nreatures of a day, in daring mood, £ on Eternity s dread brink, T° _.}.pn,ive when, for aught we know SevPery first swoln surge shall sweep us in. infion let us change the picture, Rut, for conS° -Sure the last end 13 U peace How calm his exit! 0f the good £ »n I0StPm0re gently to the ground, Sight de^ talent yrinds expire so soft. Nor weary* v* g last, some alarm was occa- On Wednesday evenn g oftho chimmes of he FIR*? discovery ofa^;iliams and Co., opposite the sioned by 0f Messrs. .j extinguished—A similar hakinff fire ^ns s^cUUJ of a fire in one of the Westgate. The ia the discovo T Rodnoy.parado; but in tUt" l°" Society* drunk, an nfthe Tl» "A ■»$$ A"»for si*i butcher.at3id.pej, aud ]'« £ ewport. ^'Jno^ compote should have been contine Newport market this JHCR-SFFIS.«—* f t, ,ide of London- — — m THE UNION-IIOUSE CHILDREN.—^We are gratified to be able to record, that the children of the Newport Union-house have been the recipients of much pleasure during the few past days, having been invited to an annual festive treat by Sir^D.Mackworth, chairman of the Buard of Guardians, at his delightful mansion, where they were liberally supplied with food lor both their mental and physical desires; and having, also, been given the treat, by Mr. Ginnett, of a visit to the Circus, where the poor little creatures were highly delighted. THE CIRCUS.—During the week, the benefit" nights have attracted large houses, and the performances have been highly applauded. On Wednesday night, Mr. Guest, one of the clowns, reaped the benefits of public approval. His entertain- ment was of a varied kind,commencing with a "grand histori- cal pageant," entitled a summer morn of IGG0," and conclu- ding with tho marblo lover; or lovo in all corners"—a variety of intermediate performances affording complete satisfaction. A vast fund of wit and merriment, upon which Air. Guest drew largely, was expended in gratifying the crowded house which had been attracted to reward the exer- tions of the beneficiare to please. We understand that Mr. Hutchinson, the master of the ring, takos his benefit on Mon- day night; and should apprehend that as the entertainments are now drawing to a close, the house will then prove a bumper." It is stated that the benefit will be under distin- guished patronage, which the assiduous and careful attentions of Mr. Hutchinson, as manager of the establishment, well deserve. AN ERRONEOUS IMPRESSION.—A short time since, we stated that we had received a letter from Mr. Haynes," complaining of the violence done to his religious opinions by an attack on Catholicism made by a rev. gentleman at a public tea meeting; and the omission of tho Christian name Mai-tin," has given rise to the erroneous impression that Mr. Henry Haynes, Lloyd's surveyor for the ports of Cardiff and Newport, was the party complaining in the letter alluded to. This impression will now, perhaps, be removed. A GOOD TEST.—We find that the House of Refuge on Stow-hill, which at this season of the year had previously been crammed with the casual poor, is at present almost nightly without a male visitor. The reason assigned for this avoidance of a good shelter and a capital meal, is, that each man would have to break a certain quantity of stones, before departing, or being allowed to breakfast, on tho following morning. This is a good test of the kind to beggars who now go from town to town in search, not of work, but of an easy vagrant life and is some indication of the folly of pamper- ing such idle vagabonds from other parts, while hundreds of the poor of our own town would be thankful for the little assistance -which their more fortunate neighbours could bestow upon them. And while upon this subject, we cannot avoid stating, that we have heard of numerous instances, in which many of the charitable in Newport have been found dispensing in secret among the poor and the deserving, some portion of those gifts with which a bountiful Providence has blessed them. This is a commendablo kindness, at so incle- ment a season; and wo trust it will be extensively imitated in Newport. A CONSCIENTIOUS MAN.—A person in this town, who had recently forgotten to make some purchases on the Saturday, discovered her omission on the following morning, and found herself obliged to send to tho shop wnere she customarily dealt, to get supplied. The shopkeeper demurred slightly to going into his store on that sacred day but ultimately made up tho articles required, aud delivored them to tho messenger, but declined to receive payment. Of course, this was offered on Monday morning, but the conscientious shopkeeper refused the money, saying he would not take it, because his doing so would prove that ho had been dealing on the Sabbath; and he would therefore rather give the articles. Wo withhold his name, fearing that wero it published, too many would bo desirous of taking advantage of such scrupulous conduct and apparent generosity, and besiege his shop on Sundays with excuses that they had been too indolent, too neglectful, or too much perplexed, to purchase on tho Saturday night. WIIAT SHALL WE DO WITII OUKDEAD?—A correspond- ent, under the signature of Humanitas," whose letter appears in another column, has requested that we would publish the following paragraph from the Builder, with which, he says, ho fully agrees" We still do fear tho mighty prejudice of the peoplo in favour of the worm but an association just formed, for the solemn reinstitution of the funeral pyre, will at least keep the question alive, should it fail to do much more. In the meantime, might we further suggest, that until the public mind shall be somewhat familiarized with this great sanatory idea, tho difficulty may be less to reconcilo it to the practice of imbedding each corpse in a coffin filled up and compressed with quick lime. Such a practice would at first bo less repug- nant perhaps to public feeling, and we do bolievo, that were the Legislaturo at once to establish it as u law, the propriety of the practico would be silently, though it might be with a slgh, acceded to. The last ollico, previous to burial, and after the last lingering look had been taken, might be the formal sprinkling of the dead with the best of all earth for the accomplishment of so sacrod and efficient an end as this sum- mary return of dust to dust. VESSEL CAPSIZED.—On Saturday evening last, while a pilot was putting the schooner Eretika, of New-quay, y ales, Captain Joues, into berth at a whart near the dock, she caught the bank, and as the tide receded, fell over into the river, and filled. Fortunately, no lives were lost; but both topmasts and the fore-yard were broken, and a considerable amount of other damage was done. Capt. Gething, the harbour-master, with his assistants, attended very carlyon Sunday morning; but all endeavours to raise the vessel wero. unsuccessful, until Wednesday. '1 ho amount of damage,cost of of labour, &c., will no doubt be xl-ji), BENEVOLENCE Amongst the number of those who charitably consider the necessitous, this very cold weather, is Richard Seamark, Esq., of bt. Albans, who on W odnesdav last, distributed a quantity of coals to tho poor of the parish of Christchurch. FALSE ALARM OF Fike.—Last evening, about seven o'clock, a rumour that the Bridge Inn was in flames," and that Mr. and Mrs. Mau'e were perishing in the destroying; element." gained rapid currency through the streets; but the whole was the work, no doubt, of some malicious wag, for upon our reporter, with a number of other persons, rushing into the inn, to look for the tire, they only saw that which blazed on the' cheerful hearth, before which Mr. and Mrs. Maule were sitting, very unlike folks surrounded by the blazing, crashing, and cracking of a house in flames. Qas.—It is said that the intended reduction in the price of gas will be based on the scale of Birmingham prices, which commences at Gs. öd. per ihousaTid cubic feet, allowing dis- counts according to the annual consumption. It appears that the Birmingham gas works use Welsh coal, as well as that obtained in the neighbourhood, but are enahled to obtain better prices for their coke, say from 16s. to 21s. per ton. ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLMASTERS.—The second meeting of this association took place on Saturday last, in the National Schools, Commercial-street, Newport, when the Secretary entered into some further details of the objects and aims of the institution. It is intended to afford all those masters and mis- tresses who avail themselves of its advantages, an opportunity for preparing for the government examinations for eertifieatefi of merit, aud to this end, provide the necessary books of in- struction, as well at take the direction of their studies. ihat the association will become exceedingly useful, scarcely admits of a shadow of a doubt; and it is gratifying to lind that a very great number of school teachers, from all parts of the diocese, are expressing their eagerness to become members. A circular, soliciting donations and subscriptions in aid of the formation of a library for the general use of the society, has been forwarded to many influential gentlemen of the diocese, and it is hoped hat the appeal will not be made in vain.
OATHS-THE "HORRIFYING AVOWAL."
OATHS-THE "HORRIFYING AVOWAL." [TO THE EDITOR.] gIB)—More than a century since, in the case of Omichnnd v. Barker, several Hindoos, resident in the East Indies, and professing the Geutoo religion, having been examined on oath administered according to the ceremonies of that reli- gion' it became a question whether their evidence could be received in the Court of Chancery—one of the highest tri- bunals in this country. Lord Chief Justice Willes, in deli- vering the opinions of himself and several others of the most eminent judges of that day, namely, that the evidence of the Hindoos was legally receivable, among other things, said — I shall now proceed to explain the nature of an oath, which will I think, contribute very much towards the determina- tion of the general, all well as the present question. If an oath were merely a Christian institution, as baptism, the sacrament, and the like, I should be forced to admit that none but a Christian could, take an oath. But oaths wore insti- tuted long before Christianity—wore used for the same nurposes as now—were always held in the highest veneration, and are almost as old as the creation. (Jmsmentum nihil aliud est quam Deum in testum vocare and therefore no- thing but the beliof of a God, and that He will reward or punish us according ;to our deserts, is necessary to qualify a m T1 ie°ce^remony of swearing the Hindoos, consisted in their chine the foot of a Brahmin; or if the party swearing, were himself a priest, then the Brahmin's hand. More recentty, m the case of R. v. Morgan, a Mohammedan was admitted a witness, after he had been sworn on the Koran—the ceremony performed on the occasion, being thus ^Tli^book was produced. The witness first placed his • llt ],and flat upon it, put the other hand to his forehead, «nd brought the top of hig forehead down to the book, and i d it with bis head; he then looked for some timo upon L .n(1 on being asked what effect that ceremony was to pro- i e answered he was bound by it to speak the truth." Tn'another recent case, R. v. Entreman, the ovidence of a rl, „ witness was taken, after he had been sworn thus "On retting into the Witness box he knelt down, and a China "J having been placed in his hand, he struck it against brass rail in front of the box, aud broke it. The officer Swears the witnesses, then administered the oath in these words which were translated by the interpreter into the PLfn^eTanguage: C You shall tell the truth, and the whole the saucer is cracked; and if you do not tell the trath, tr!?0ulJbo cracked, like the saucer/ y0^ ^reatise on the Law of Evidence, lately published, con- ^rourts-'of justice are not schools of theology." The object of tho law in requiring an oath, is to get at t_nth relative to the matters in dispute, by obtaining a the CONSCIENCE of tho witness; and consequently, T nnrsou is admissible to give evidence, who believes in a TV^W' ilcing, tho avenger of falsohood and perjury amongst men consents to invoke, by some binding ceremony, tho "Station of that Power to the truth of his depositions. The object of an oath is not to pry into the speculative • nf tho witness, but to enable the tribunal to estimate his trustworthiness; in accordance with which, it is.fu ly established that ho cannot be questioned as to any particular r oninion nor even whether lie believes in the old or new testament. 'No question can be asked beyond whether he believes in a God, the avenger of falsehood, and can de- of swearing* binding on bis conscience. signate therefore that "while even a Hindoo, a Moham- ^t,SCnr a'c fuew i, entitled to respcotwd credit in our medan or a CIimc.se, w e jg jjo ^leans llcco.3sary, to say superio magistrate,in the exercise of his judicial SLtTons siould nXiiis court a school theology, nor exmess his own ideas of, much less censure, the Propriety of any particular religious opinion entertained by an individual who may happen to come before hiin as a witness. who Jn3Y happen to C01l10 before han as a witness. f /SMI1 ItttiTi'a1'refoSe lo the abo's subject, is IIOT» rtfc • probability Of.elber. a roppw Jl« torical facts and legal authority, must close the co.sc.]
THE WESTERN VALLEYS LINE STATION…
THE WESTERN VALLEYS LINE STATION AT ABEIIGWYDDON. [TO THE EDITOR ] SIR—Allow me, through the medium of yourinfluential and popular journal, to oL the following observatious to^t^ consideration of those interested m the matter. 1 ho one of the stations on the Monmouthshire Canal Company s Railway, is proposed to be at the Chapel-bridge, and Ts all b.dldings of the kind have for their object thecon veuience of tho public, as well as the °f 'the etors, it may not bo imprudent to express on tlio s 4., opinion of the inhabitants of Mynyddyslwyn. lh > bridge is about one mile below the rapidly-increasing Abergwyddon. A parish road crosses the railway at tne bridge, but its traffic may not be compared with t one that intersects tho line at Abergwyddon-the. propor^ being as one to fifty-two. The town likewise in t]ie towards the Chapel-bridge, but towards aiiotl «r p nccessary line,where is a very acute curve,which wiureim d for tho train to stop there whether the stu^ caunot see a» Abcrcarn, or at Abergwyddon. Therefore 1 j.bridge much as one circumstance to recomiuena h town as a fit site for a station About a mile fa of Abergwyddon branches out to meet b(J tho more gwyddou; and this, I should.P10.?"1"6' nway station. Here profitable and convenient local;ity lora r communi_ passes along the parish road, ;md adjacent hills cation botween Abergwyddon, the » d (jeHv<rr0es, on the one mMo, and ^fynyddys wyn Bryn, Pontllantraeth Blackwo^ &oi; coa, ifl comif,aeA Here the produce ot the Al^Kw.vHere is tho junction of the to the Railway Company l'n«- » chemical ^orks> with the tram-roads, Mo'Wng ^*>°t £ et%Minal and real station of the main line and hei the old style/' was strictly KT'1AT«ell Wing more convenient to the public, it located. -A ore profitable to the company to erect the wonid, Vi wiivddon tCn atAbercarn(theChapel-bridge); station atAberg»yddon,iooffrejglltagC, to and fr0( would because on cessation of motion would be avoided,—a drSS&S wiK » i. money," «.l™ hornma cauivalent to a considerable sum. iTrns't these remarks may induce the company to consider tbiSvoS. of th. public, .» to „ tl»t and tb..r own "• A"1 obedient w„ ta.16,1 M. PM.WTUW..
THE NEW HEALTH OF TOWNS ACT.
THE NEW HEALTH OF TOWNS ACT. [TO THE EDITOR.] mh nublic were induced to hope they would have SIR—The public were of lho Health of Towns heard something about tl PP f readers inform to Nfvport(eretInSic^an^y oj^ me why the government inspector when here, by >lr. C. Evans, on graveyards, by Mr. W. D- Evans, on the mortality, by Mr. S. English, on the general state of the town, <Stc-, &c-, were sufficient to point out the necessity for the act. More than this, there appears to be no local exertions made to re- medy the defects spoken of in these rcports-I allude chiefly, however, to the state of the graveyards. At the present time, also, when persons daily complain of being obliged to pay rates for lighting, paving, and improvements, they are not permitted to enjoy, and some municipal matters which require alteration might possibly be improved under tho de- t. sired act, it would be well that we should possess its powers as quickly as possible. Hoping we shall shortly receive some official information on the subject, I remain, &c., Newport, 17th January, 1850. ENQUIRER.
THE "TACT" AND "ZEAL" OF POLICEMEN.
THE "TACT" AND "ZEAL" OF POLICEMEN. [TO THE EDITOR.] SIR,-Onr police force are a set of brave fellows, and no one, I am sure, wishes to detract from their reputation, either as peace-makers amongst the lieges of our Sovereign Lady, or as detective officers; but I am sure the modest-minded men in the force do not thank any one for the quantity of pulling which is so often showered upon them, so injurious as it must prove to them, in many ways There has been too much exaggeration, not unmixed with untruth. I see by the last MERLIN, that officers Bath and Long received a reward for detecting, with skill, and tact, and all that, two smugglers of tobacco; and that Mr. English informed the watch com- mittee that tho two officers having suffered some maltreat- ment, and evinced courage and tact in securing the men, they had been rewarded with a gratuity of JE5 each Now, this statement of Mr. English, is not the fact. The officers re- ceived no maltreatment whatever; the smugglers were as quiet as Iambs, and were taken to the station-house without any difficulty. As to the courage" displayed^ in two stout officers like Bath and Long securing two diminutive sailors carrying a bag of tobacco—it is all nonsense; and then the "tact" displayed in accidentally meeting the men in the street, and asking them what they wero carrying in the bag Tact," forsooth ? The smuggling, it appears, escaped the vigilance of the Custom Houso officer on board tho men taking care to know that the officer was out of the way, when they landed the tobacco. It was a different thing, getting it landed, and bringing it up street; because, once overboard, the men did not expect to be met by inquiring policemen, and therefore were not so secret in their movements. The rewards paid to the officers, were no more than would have been paid to any other person who might have happened to stop the men. Thero was no extra gratuity for maltreatment, or for anything else. Tact," "coolness," and "detective ability," are of great importance in police officers; but as matters have latterly been overdone, you shall hear from me again, should I notice any further exaggeration. I am, sir, your most obedient servaut, Skinner street, Newport, Jan. 15. MERCATOR.
ABBBGAVENNTT.
ABBBGAVENNTT. MBSMKRISM.—Messrs. Jackson ^avey agai" ure on this science, which they so (tiithvisiasUcally up former gentleman enforcing its principles in a bn11 aat flow ot eloquence. This was followed by an animated, aij 1 m'»»» respects, very exciting discussion, in whichaleadi SB- man of Abergavenny took a prominent part. O-.ra^t will favour us with a report of the proceedings, which will, no doubt, be interesting, for our next number. BLAI.VA.~FAT PIG.— A fine young grunter, 14 months old, bred from a sow, formerly the property of Mr. Darnel James. Forge Hammer, gave its last squeel under the knife, at Illama, last week-the weight of which was 24 score and b lbs. h was fed by Mr. William Cadick, agent, Bhumi, who has long been celebrated for right good pigs.
CHEPSTOW.
CHEPSTOW. PETTY SESSIONS.-JANUARY 10. Before Capt. King, aud the Rev. Richard Williams. George Morgan, of Newclmrch, pleaded guilty to stealing underwood belonging to His Grace tho Duke of Beaufort, and -was committed to the Usk house of correction for 14 days,and to bo kept to hanllabour. Timothy Beams, of Chepstow, mason, was bound in reeog-. nizancos, himself in fiO.and two sureties mild each, to keep -ii-ds P.C. llirdeii. the pence tow, Daniel Herbert was fined Gd. and costs, for making "SO". awi obstructing the footway in the frout street at Chepifcm. Thp stewards of tho Pontysaison Cross friendly Society, appeared to answer a charge of not paying Edward ,iowell, one of the members, his superannuated allowanco of 4s. per week, which all members above the age ot | Complainant could not produce any certificate of his taptisn^ which was tile ground of the stewards retusa!1, g shown to tbo satisfaction of the court, that he had aj>p tho minister of the church in which bo was christened,wit out offert fa great portion of the parish register being miss g), and that be was above tho agerequired to sustain his claim, the stewards were ordered to pay him all arrears, and the costs of court.
BEGGING AT CHEPSTOW.
BEGGING AT CHEPSTOW. [TO THE EDITOR.] cjo May I trouble you with a few lines in reply to A Tof Truth," who has takon no small pains to decry my statements as to Bogging in Chepstow," dragging in texts of scriDture to prove -iiotiiiilg. To proceed seriatim :—I did not discommend carol-snigmg ffor nobody likes to hear a good Christmas carol better than mvself), but the practice of nightly knockmgs at the door for a week before, and a week after Christmas ovo. or It was not my wish to prevent the poor people ironi sooking something against a good time, but to disconrago idle w-omen, boys, and girls, who surround the houses, clamouring for gifts on St. Thomas's Pay a practice unknown to nio before I came to Chepstow.. I pass by the writers remarks on the missionary business, as having nothing to do with the texts of scripture. As to the clothing club, 'J tha wrUor had read without prejudice, he would have peiceived that I favoured that sort of begging at an inclement season. Lastly, I say, upon tho authority 0f several persons hero that the sexton begs for soni^tlnng at ChmtmL, tlr S "f&sssss. •& ;OT SSSIRSS om- •>- ie, '>■ W
fOJJBJouTH.
fOJJBJouTH. roal^to^he necesBhous°of'i -m8 ^nted a large supply of SUOnrl?onday^las^ "ownand neighbwriiw^.ra' off very satisfactory to"/) 7 SCVCI,ty' and ev<7t'uuK passed viaud, ™.„ ™d On \l„nj,Tw BANK FORUERY CASE. l ist, Henry N ew, charged with uttering several bv the bor«S UiP°n ossrs" bailey's Bank, was agaiu examined py nn, oorough magistrates. i TUr'h charge was made against the prisoner by Mr- y°lies, druggist and grocer, Ragland, who changed a note tor hin, on Saturdav preceding Christmas-day, aud P.>r°v<'d t0 be a forgery." f tl rn>z l'l,rf°rd; whose name the prisoner had freely used -it the shops where he had made his purchases, swore that He had not seen him on the day in question, and that he had not at> any time recommended him to any shop. Ivobert Wood stated that he saw the prisoner aud another man on tho day named, standing opposite the fountain Inn, and thinking W;ls Joy^ing for house, 'ie showed it to them- -y>w asked him to come and take something, which Li' not recognise the prisoner, but the latter asked hnn if ],;s nanH. was Wood, and he then remembered having known Id,), twelve years ago. Whilst taking a glass ot gin, the^ prisoner offered to give him a new hat, and pro- fessed to Jeavo the house for that purpose. Before doing so, ho said, l>y Uod,this bloody town will be on fire on Monday/' He said he had plenty of money, and he pulled one of Messrs. Dailev s notes from his pocket. Witness did not have the hat, nor had he seen the prisoner since; he was tipsy. Samuel Rowley doposed to having seen the prisoner at the Fountain luu. II() said lie had plenty of money, and pulled from his pocket some gold and silver. He threw an empty' purse on the fire, saying it had done its duty. He added, there would be Po." bloody stink in Monmouthshire before Monday- He said he had a dab of money in his pockets, and if 1 wanted £ 100, I ought to take him, for he would be worth that to mo before Wednesday. The prisoner was tipsy, aud tho witness thought the expressions were made in fun. William Anslcy stated that he had driven the prisoner from the fountain Inn, with his companion, on the day in question. The prisoner wanted to drivo the horse after they had gone some distance, and a squabble ensued, by which the phaiton was upset. The witness was very ill used by the two men. Mr. Joshua n liliams proved the notes taken by Mr. Jones to be forged; and the prisoner, who declined to make anv defence, was fally convicted to take his trial on the several charges preferred against him.
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poarsrapooxt. Wiior.BSAtK ROHEFRY.—On Friday last, Mr. Clarko, tho shopkeeper ot Cwmhrano, missed a quantity of tobacco out of a box received by Mr. L^vaii's boat, to whom he immediately gavo information. Mr. Bevan, oil hearing of the loss, forth- with gave information to the policc, and accompanied by P.O. Vincent, went to his boat, and id the cabin found 220 half-quarters of tobacco. The two boatmen were apprehended, and were committed on the following day by the ltcv. David 's. .Jones. COACH ACCIDENT.—On the 14th iust., as tho Swansea coach was passing through Pontymoilo, at nearly <t o'clock in the evening, and just as it was turning near the Hanbury Arms Inn, by somo accident it fell over on its side. Mr. John Jones, stone-cutter, of Pontnewynydd, fell under tho coach, and received very serious injuries, having five ribs broken and his collar-bone dislocated: ho still lies in a dangerous state. Mr. James Jones, tailor, of Pontypool, received a fracture of the collar-bone; however, ho was ablo to walk homo, and gave the first information in the town. Church, the coach- man, was also much hurt. Mr. Thomas Walker, of the Lion, on heariug of the accident, lost no time in ordering one of his carriages, and went to the assistance of tho sufferers. Tho coach was found to be injured, and on thc liorses being taken off, it was drawn up to the town by two meu and a boy. ACCIPKNT BY FIRE. -On the }ilth inst., about 8 o'clock, the stablo belonging to John Morgan, a haulier, residing near Cwmyniscoy, was found to be ou itr^, aud burned down. A portion of tho house also ignited, and much damago was done to the bedding aud furniture. Had it not been for the exer- tions used by some neighbours, several other houses would havo met with a similar fate, there being ouo adjoining made of wood, and tarred over.
TREDEG1R, ,
TREDEG1R, PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.—On luesday last, ns several men were engaged in sinking apit for the Tredegar Iron Company, a part of the machinery attached to the steam engine, gave way, and a large beam of considerable weight fell down the shaft, happily passing Mr. Richard (lough, contractor, then descending in the bucket, and falling between two men who were standing near each other at the bottom of the pit, With- out indicting the slightest injury. Ilad this mass of timber fallen upon either or all of the persons alluded to, they would bavo immediately become mangled corpses. The wife of one of the persons thus fortunately spared, having had a dream the night previously, in which she fancied she had seen her husband carried home with two heads, begged of him in the morning that he would not go to work, and cried bitterly on his leaving home.
TREDEGAR ANNUAL BACHELORS'…
TREDEGAR ANNUAL BACHELORS' BALL. The. balls got up by the gentlemen of this spirited neigh- bonrhood.may well be considered as exemplars of such enter- tainments and that which took placo on Tuesday evening last, was, by general consent, pronounced the best that has yet been given, whether in reference to the number invited- the completeness of tho arrangements-tho elegance and taste of tho assembly-room decorations-tho superiority ot the orchestra—or, above all, the desiro to render all present happy, evinced by tho untiring assiduities, and the polite attentions to all, of the stewards.James Beaumont ami George Homfray, Esqrs., whose wish to plcaso, kept the spirit ofthtt dance so buoyant, as to prolong its fascinations till nearly 1:1 o'clock on Wednesday morning.. About {» P.M., on Tuesday, the usually quiet, but rapidly-iu- crensingtown of Tredegar presented a vary bustling and ani- mated appearance; carriages arriving from all directions and setting down company at the principal hotels, whilo cavaliers well-coated against the cutting north-oast wind, sought the glowing scone of the reunion at the spacious room of the Town-hall, the iitting-up and decorations of which, reflect the greatest credit on Mr. George llomfray and the committee. At the top of the room, were the letters V. R." in jets of gas, and at either side a silk flag, one inscribed with a gallant benediction for the ladies, and the other, wishing that success to single gentlemen, which would change their condition; the walls presented fanciful and varied figures, composed of evergreens and artificial flowers; the floor was carefully bees-waxed for the occasion, and the chandeliers cast a bril- liant light over every part of the room. A bout nine o'clock, when a large proportion of the gay circle were assembled, and dancing commenced, the coupd ml was cheering, and truly beautiful, inducing a thought of the strong contrast between it and tho snow-clad mountains lately viewed by the visitor in journeying, this Russian January, to, the festive scene, which mocked the storm out of doors, i • ■> Where nature shuddered 'neath the wintry skies. The Ball was oponed by Samuel Homfray, Esq. and Mrs. Picard; the truly" popular Squire" enjoying the dance with his usual spirit, and pleased at the enjoyment of others; and rarely have the habitues of parties witnessed such enthusiasm. The intervals wcro but brief between the dances, which were thus set down on a printed card furnished to each guest: Country dance, polka, quadrille, polka, waltz, country dance, polka, waltz, quadrillo, Schottische, gallop, country dance, polka, waltz, quadrillo, polka. This programme was gone through several times duringtJio night, to the excellent music of Mr. George llomfray s I re- degar band, whose master, Mr. Sewell, has added, on this interesting occasion, considerably to his deserved estimation as a leader. Nothiug appeared wanting to give zest to the entertainment; courtesy, complacency, affability, and perfect cheerfulness, tho child of virtue, marked the conduct ot tae ladies; assiduous attention and the various graces of gallantry which make up what the French designate "lespetites mo- rales," that of the gontlemen. Mr. E. Sims catured for the supper very bountifully, ana with a variety of good things, to tempt the appetites of the company but the sapper-room was not sufficiently capacious for the display of his taste. A Christmas tree, copiously studded with bon bons, little tuf,ar cherubs, wedding rings,, and various productions of ingenuity, containing lf10'tOOIi suitable to the occasion, caused great mirth, and no small com- petition for the attainment of mementoes of the Iredegar bachelors' ball, as they were dispensed by Mr. Rowlands. The pleasures of the dance were resumed after supper, and did not terminate till nearly eight o'clock, winding up with that master-piece of the country dances of merry Old England, Sir Roger de Coverly," through the quaint figures and devious mazes of which the company glided, and bounded, and courtesied, and bowed, and ran, to Mr.Sewell s appropri- ately-descriptive music, with marvellous spirit and energy and then the party separated, with many tributes of well- deserved praise of the admirable servicesuf the stewards and, doubtless, slumbers soon lighted upou eyes that should ever be „ Unsullied with a tear. There were about 23,) present, from various parts of G went and Morganwg; amongst whoin we noticed the following ladies and gentlemen :— SINGLE LADIES. Mademoiselles Homfray, Stable, Jones, M. A. Jones (Ash Villa), Ellis, H. Ellis (Tredegarj, Price (Argoed), S. A. Fotbergill (Cefnwylad), Price (Brooori) Grifhtns (Brocon), Brewer (Newport), Davies and Road, (Merthyr), I hngworth (Tredegar), Morgan (Tredogar), Marsh (Blackwood) Morgan (Abergavenny), E, and F. koakhonse (Pontypool), Godfrev (Nantvglo), Workman, Thomas, and Williams (Iredegar), Sloper (Newbridge), Wells (Pontypool), Ed wards, (1 redegar), Baker, Mrs. Schmidt (Langstone), Mrs. Moore (Mamhilad), A and C. Powles (Monmouth). Grilhths (1 redegar), Griffiths (Varteg), Hawkins (Newport), Yoi-ath (Newport), Owen (Tredegar), Petherick, and AY lute (Ebbw Vale), Emmett (Bristol), Illinjyworth (Caerleon), Trotter, and Matthews (Govilon), Griffiths (Tredegar). MARKIED. Mr. and Mrs. Homfray, Tredegar • Mr». Stable, and Mrs. Picard, Tredegar; Messrs Thomas Ellis Richard Ion, and YV. Spooner, Tredegar; Mrs.T. Brewer, Coa brookvale Mr. and Mrs. Essex, Pontvpool; Mr. Roach, Merthyr; Mr, C. Hunter, Tredegar; Mr. and Mrs. Ilhngworth, Tredegar; Mrs. Marsh, Blackwood; Mr W-Davies, Blackwood; Messrs. D. Gwvnno, and Harris, Tredegar Mr. and Mrs. W Adams, Ebbw Vale • Messrs. Workman, Harrhy, and Marsden, ire- degar; Mr. and Mrs. YYrators, W oodfield Mr. Rees, Aberga- venny Mr. Crosswell, Tredegar Mr and Mrs. Sloper, New- bridge; Mr. and MrR. VV. Harris Tredegar; Mr and Mrs. Bow-man, Ebbw Vale; Mr. and Mrs Crowo, Tredegar Mr. and Mrs. Sergeant. Tredegar; Mr. James Parry IVedegar; Mr. and Mrs Walkingshaw,Abersychan; Mr J. P. dliauis, Tredegar, Messrs. Benson, and W ilson, Tredegar Mr. and Mrs. Stephens, Tredegar; Mr. and Mrs Swcdenbank, Tre- degar; Mr. and Mrs. Shaw, Tredegar, Messrs. Roberts, i re- degar Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins, Newport; Mrs. feewtdl, Ire- degar • Messrs. R. Jenkins, and Peaty, Iredegar; Mr. and Mrs. Morgan. UACllHI'OKS. Messrs. James Beaumont and George llomfray, stewards; A HVM lioinfray, Matthew Ion, John (*rifiiths, J. Spoon«r, Alfred Jones, and J. Fotbergill, committee A. Homlray, Richard Fotbergill, and YY'm- Campbell, 1 redegar (.jeorgo Couway, and E Dowhng, Newport; R. Ivobuy>, iredegar W li Brewer, Coalbrookvalo Mm. J ones, lraaegar, It. Rorlcn, Ebbw Vatc J. Bridgwater, and F.. Rowlands, Nanty- gIo; F Brewer, and J. Russell, Newport; Charles Campbell, Boaufort; E. Davies, Rres Davies, < ieorge Cullimoi-e, and H. Cuilimore, Tredegar; F. Edwards, Pontypool; i'. Davies, Merthvr- A. Williams, Beaufort; b. liimter, jun., Thomas Ellis iun, Thomas Griffiths, and Herbert Morgan Treuegar; Thomas Folton, aud Thomas Cooke, Blackwood; I'iiomas 0. Moreau Dr. Steel, YVm. Batt, F. Batt, and AVm. Morgan, Abereavennv; F. Beaumont. Abersychan; Beaumont, Newport; J Anthony, Tredegar; Rees, Newport; T. Rees Abcrdare; F. Lo Keusc, J. Thomas, and AVm. Hunter, Tredegar; J. Sloper, Newbridge; J. Phillpotts, —- and R. Kiohman, Newport; — Rcnahaw, —Caywood, and —Mitchell, Abersychan; — Pearce, Ilirwain; J. Meiwiaus, Aberdare; C Richards, Rhymnoy; Henry Evans, Criekhowel! — Simpson, Ebbw Vale; John Jones, and John Morgan, Trede- gar; — Ford, Pontypool; Robert Cullum, and R. Campbell, Nowport; — Griffiths, Brecon; D. Pryce, QnB.rrym.-iwr; — Frobert, Merthyr; — Whiteman, Nantyglo Thos. Williams, Snatehwood; John Evans, Tredegar; John Williams, and Evans, Brecon.
USK.
USK. USK FAIR CORRESPONDENCE, [TO TUB ewtou.] Stn,—So much has been said of late, both in the MERI.IN and other papers, about the new fair at Usk, that I hays taken the liberty of offering you a remark or ttvo on the subject. It has been said that that fair vr»* got up at a hole and corner meeting at the Itoyal Oak, and that it turned nut to be a mock fair all which I am credibly informed is grossly false. At that meeting every butcher in the town was present, including the Recorder's own brother-in-law, who is certainly the oldest butchcr, if not the oldest burgess in the place. All the licensed innkeepers, nS well as many of the trades- peoplc, gaye their willing consent to the change, anil all were unanimous, none leaving iu disgU8'i as was falsely statod. So much for the "hole and cornet nicetrnj," at the Royal Oalc. And as to its being a mock tair, I can aSSHre you that during the twenty-five years 1 have been in the habit of attend- ing at Usk, ne ver have I seen a better, rarely, indeed, 80 good, a show of fat stock as that exhibited at the- so-called mocl, fair -priceti were good, full a penny a pound higher than at the fair on the Monday following. In truth, no impartial person who saw that stock, but would agree that such stork, to be sold to an advantage, should be oilered Wfoie the Christmas market, lfow can (his be accomplished without either altering the fair day, or appointing another day, which might be called the great market before Christmas The tintca areifrently changed since the days of Jerikin Jones, who i* said to have gone down t<> the grav. Bomo B0 or 90 years ago. He kept a little public-house in Usk, u!u f,r what par- pose he got up this fair, whiehafterwards t00k his n.rne, it would, at this distance of time, be difficult; to say; perhaps to get together his friends to taste l is Christmas ale. Most assuredly, at that remote period, the supply o fat stock mu,t have been miserably small; yet it was. prooa )ly> quite large enough to meet the demand at that time, wluoh could not have J J I 1.1. of the town and the immediate extended beyond th .(.ndiiur even to Newport, and from neighbourhood; but now extenowg I thence to Abergavenny, including Pontypool, and tlie whole thence to Abergavenny, including Pontypool, and tlie whole before Christmas. Ihe stocK, tQWU k ,he invincible the first jjj, silver cup". a8 many iu number Evans, ot Llandowlais vith^ «»f i hi* neighbour, ,heT ""OVIUl-'I'dwrd! of Lewis Lewis. On tne otut j,:d>vards, of Llanarth; White House, with his "e;b>A pf lUglan Castle,-all not forgetting 0|her», w)io, 'tlio"Sh not ambitious of <»'» »»* "rK "■" "°"u ^"Ttr^i' TVCin 'tnlten up b, the It is to be hoped that tje that indefatigable "JR.O.»\ »>•»»"*R foremost, both in person and in pur.e, to forward tbe farmers cause Having made these few observations, 1 take the liberty of Presenting them to you for your consideration. Trusting that while they may tend to correct false state- ments they will, at the same time, irritate neither party, but reconcile both, and so bring about that accommodation which is so much sought after, both by farmers and butchers, I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, GEORGE KLBY, Wholesale and Retail Butcher, Abersychan. January 15th, lSoO. —♦
GLAMORGANSHIRE.
GLAMORGANSHIRE. CARDIFF. Robert Boteler, I>q., High Sheriff for Glamorganshire, has closed his shrievalty, as ho began and continued it, in eounty hospitality On the night of tho 10th inst, a great assemblage of the families in the neighbourhood of Llandougli Castle were invited to a ball and supper, which took place on a. large scale of liberality. v<r During this inclement season, the poor of Cardiff have not been forgotten, as under the supervision of the Rev. 1 homas Stncey, tickets have been issued for supplies of coals and other necessaries to a number of deserving objects On New Year's Pay, and the day following, Mr. Booker, of Velindre, made his annual distribution of one hundred tons of coal amongst the poor of the parislies ot AA hitec^iurch, Rl.adyr, andTentyrch; and at thesame fc)r~rTd'a tributed her annual presents of blankets and flannel, ine farmers of the neighbourhood kindly hauled the coal to the respective habitations of the poor recipients. POLICE-THUHSDAY.—David \Yrliliams, hobbler, was fined ;UU1 costs, for acting as pilot ou board the Ebenezer, of Bristol a ^hort time back. The result of this case has been looked for WWl interest by the licen.ed pilots at the Bute 1>0\ GOOD EX AMFLH.-TIW advocates of temperance recently held a meeting at the British School-room, which was nume- e, rously and respectably attended by females exclusively. Miss Vyrs presided: and after a few remarks onithe objects in- tended, introduced Mrs. Stamp, as the faithful exponent of all that is lovely and of good report, and the uiicompro- misintr supporter of temperance principles Mrs. Stamp cn tered at once into l.er subject with all the ardour and elo- quence of one determined by tho exercise of moral miU'ence weighty reason, to achieve her object, by banishing perniico'from tho land. Instances were given in such rfbetic laii" ua"-e of the evils of drunkenness, in the family and social cirAe that the audience wero bathed in tears and it was no until the more pleasant truths of temperance were advancod that tho ladies took courage, and vowed eternal ^nr''irc against the common enemy, seventy-one haviyg signed the at the close of the meeting. C VVTION —Tho public would do well to beware of a person who represents himself as a tutor out of minister of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland, M.A., <S:c. Ho has been soliciting contributions from varion'Xlity the town. He possesses the names of several ot the nobility, elorev and Dissonting ministers of Card ill and neighbour- hood" 111 the S camta Herald police report, it was stated that the Pcrso-i alluded to is a well-practised impostor; aud tho nblFc ire cautioned to beware, lest they should be imposed upon as it was probable he would ply his vocations again at rte expiration of his term of imprisonment. He is now at large,and we have since heard that he is soliciting subscriptions in tho neighbourhood of Cardiff.. e Am:iniAitn.—The sea colliers in the valley of Aberdar are out still. It is a thousand pities that masters and work- men should suffer so much the former losing the interest of their capital, and the latter even the common necessaries of life. THE WELSH CHURCH. [TO THE EDITOR.] Cjp — If you would allow the following (from the Sun) a space in your excellent and truly-liberal journal, you would greatly oblige, A CHURCHMAN. CjirJifl* JiiH' 18.>0. Iu the third of five speeches on Ecclesiastical Affairs,which have recently been published as a pamphlet by Mr. Horsman, he gives several tabular views which exhibit the injurious prevalence of episcopal appropriations, and the generally nesrlortod condition of such unhappy parishes. The Bishop of St. David's is set down there as the appro- "f tho 1'1..a.VV.Io Parishes of Tithes. Income. I.laiinrth with | I dangadoc Eawr 244) l/hlusantm^id > 121 m Chouse. H S '13 SP « S5 'S SO!=. Similar lists belong to the other three AVolsli lJisnoprKs. It in.ro-ii.ie for anyone deliberately to read over sHch -if non- particulars,without being impressed by the reflection it non residence is thus tolerated aud encouraged iu pai 'shes ^o pecu- iiarlv and immediately placed under episcopal care ow insincere must those injunctions and professions be, which verbally affect to reprehend its general prevalence. IMPORTANT MEETING OF RATE-PAYERS A public meeting of the rate-payers took plac^atthetown hall, on Friday last, for the purpose^f memorialisingithei Poor Law Commissioners, to withhold their oomplianoe w itli the memorial recently adopted by the Board of guardians, at a late meeting, with a view of separating the town from the country parishes of the union. The meeting, which was mo. respectably attended, was presided over by our worthy mayo who after stating the prominent objects whioh they wero me to discuss, called upon C. C. William., Esq., to move the farst "Mr'Siia.n. entered minutely into all the allegation, which the memorial of the board embruo d; and by a cletir and car ful analysis of the principal objections set up by the^uardiani of tlu rural pan.I.e., proved to the evident s.tisfact.on of he meeting, that the statistical portion of that memorial waTb^I la u cioue. 'He considered the movement to have arisen troin the great depression in the present state of HgncuUura ifla n». S E P. Richards, E,q„ then addressed the umial ability and contended that the law as it now stand*, mm be altered? before Cardiff can be separated Iron, the ru.al parishes of the Union. The learned[ geuUeinan the adversity of the farmers; but he vvoiild agk wIicU.er ti ey «iiH<>t('d alone ? Did not the commercial interests of the country «ulfer in the same proportion. After making soma very apposite'remarks on the admirable uianageuientoftheprejent nnion, and the inestimable a(lvRut8^e 0htaine<l by th< po^ people, in a moral point of view, Mr. Kiclmrds urged t,ir cessity of the Hoard of Ouardians carrying out to the utmost extent the system ol industrial schools; by that mean* th y would not fis "PO" tf'e paupers the badge of poverty asa matter of policy but the plan would prove a Br*at b°?'1 1-nniitrv at lartte. Mr. Richards abo adverted to the liea y expenses inclined by the union, in conscqueuce of the great influv of Irish who are continually landing on our slior VVouldU be fair that this expense should be borne b, Card ft alorn'^ were they t« suffer, and tl.. rural parishes to be exempt? lie theretore hoped that no separation wouidtakeplace 1 narties who originated that movement had neither vai,a grounds nor iustice on their Bid*. Mr. Uichards further hoped Unit tlie Poor-law Board »onld send down a commissioner, to ascertain the facis iu reference to the actual que-uion. He then seeonded the resolution proposed by Mr. \Vitliam* which was carried unanimously. Shards The Mavor sa d that he heartily COHCUrred with Mr,Richarda in the foriuinz of industrial schools,as givmg the children a kmd SKIndJI. and English feeling. When the quesuon «. bronfflit forward at a former meeting of the Board ot Guard Mr.Yacliell was sorry to find it was overthrown as oi|eofpuund. sliilliiiKS, and pence. YY'lth respect to the separation ol^the paupers, which must necessarily take place >f the nnmn wers fltviiled, and the arrangements which were establishet for the improvement of their moral a. well &A physical coniition, the very idea of separation appeared to him almost to amount to 9ilV n Eeece Esq., was then called upon to read the memorial w^clfha l beee'u d?a'wn up by him ^or.onMf of the rate pavets. Previously to the document being reaa. Mr. lleece said'that it appeared to him a \vatit0fcoui,|esva the late ineetiiu of the Board of Guardians, in not allowing the reasonable request that was made, to the effect ot postponing £ ™.Xn for «»«k. Mr. IU— n.«l. »«"«»■ on the expenses incurred by the union, in keeping up a^ county police Cardiff maintained its own police, aud consequently tb & £ »*.«« a«re«.eJ. ».(». » C.f lf The Iollowing memorial to the 1 oor-law Board was to the meetinir To the Poor-taw Commissioners for England and ai" The memorial of the R;ltc-payers of the town of Cardiff, in the county of Glamorgan, iD public meetiuj assemblsd, ^SHI WETII, v „ A That your memorialists having before them a copy o mortal addressed to tlie Poor-law Commissioners, bearing the common seal of the Guardian, of the C-tdiff Un.ofl-.r. uf opinion that maoy of U.e allegations therein contained arei based upon partial and fallacious data; and that lb.e »nf*ten",r duced ihetefVom are erroneous. Yi our memorialists do not con- deep sense of the necessity of separating the town of Cardiff; inasmuch a* the town »( Cardiff comprises a very large proportion of the ratepayers, who are unsaimoosly opposed to such separation. ■nd 12th Ymu memorialists consider that the 11th and i2ln. and and 13th Victn.ia were passed with a view lo relieve towns giiu'ilcd like Cardiff from the unfair burdens in coo«equence of the intfux of casual poor and Irish, who hs»« "o in ..ch »urioun<ling patishes, on account of the proximity o W" You'^memnrialists are convinccd that any separation ofths town of Cardiff from the rural parishes, would involv*^FUCII^ SI expenditure in the erection of buildings, and isi the of a separate staff and establishment, as would lend coos dwa bly to increase the pressure complained of by the agiicut parishes: wliilst, in your memonalisis belief, no moral n physic >1 advantage would aecrae to the parishes from such Se,t,aYonr memorialists beg to state their conviction, that in no union in the kingdom did there exist grester ncce"11' 'I; 'fh £ of Cardilf, for disttibutina; over a wide area ths tost ot reiiei o casual poor inhabiting but not settled in on.Jocahty, inasmuch a* the l.irge Irnde carried on bstween Cardiff and affVd* great facility for Ihe immigralion of irish, of the poo er classes, who come over in large numbers-the maJ.. IDllkwi Cardilf the home of their wives and families, whiht they ol-lain emplovment in the surrouuding country, as agricultural labourers; yet, in all coses of sickness they would but f wholesome provisions ol the 11th »nd 12th, and 12th aud 131 i Victoria, bec.iinf chaigesble to ihe town whilst the parishes winch had received ilie benefit of their laboui, would not have to contribute to their support in illness. It *u'd also remarked that in the year 1818, the period 10 which the » a- tistics in the memorial of the guardians refer, the influx of Irish into Cardiff was unprecedented. r f < It ippeirs In your memorialists, that the fact of casual poor being now a common charge, must induce greater vigilance in the administration of relief, as the interest of the guardians in huch relillfis itiersby extended to all cases arising in all panshes in tbe union, as wtill as it* thtir own. •* VVlnlst your memorialist* admit a corsidoiable increaw in the population of the town of Cardiff, they are josnfied in stating iliat a coircsponding increase has taken place iu many of* the other parishes in the union. It should also he stated that if the relative proportion of the population of the several parishes of the union has aimed since the foimaiiun of the union, so. on the oilier hand, have the avetages varied hy which all common charges of the union are calculated and that iu a manner very unfavourable to the town of Cardiff; for, in lUSli, thepioporuon which IllU ao-era^es of Cardiff bore to those of the union was as y to (j,4—whilst the prometit preportipn is as 1 to :1.6; thus, in- stead of ahoui 1-titli, as formerly, it has increased to a little more th»n l-3rd—whilst the population of Caidiff has notincieased in the same ratio. "With regard to the statistics contained in the memonaioi the guardians, it should be observed that in ihe number of ths inmates of itie workhouse asctihed to Cardiff. are included vagrants and wanderers, with their families, who leceired out one or two meals in the'house, and then left it, whilst the paupers from the country parishes, being chiefly permanent, were mAin- twined for the most part during the whole period over which lu-h statistics extend, • i Youi memorinlists therefore pray that th* Poor-law Commis- sioners will not causc any separation to be made of the parishes now forming the Caidiff Union. After Hie memorial had been read, Mr.'1 red wen proposed, and Captain Morgan seconded" That the memorial now read be presented to the Poor-law Hoard, by Lord J imes Stuart. T).- rf^olufion "itS carried bv acclamation t and a vote of thanks havinR been passed to the Mayor, for his able conduct in the chair, the meetmg separated.
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The office of Messrs. lia^shaw and Sons, solicitors, Man- chester, ws entered last week, during the night, and upwards of CSO. in gold and notes stolen from the safe. Suspicion having attached itself to a discharged copying clerk, named Hughes, he was apprehended, andf40. in gold found in his prmsessioh. The rest of the money was discovered consealed m a ditch on the Stretford road, where flughes confessed to bave hidden it. fJAj.VANi.ssr.—If any new remedy ean be considered free troin quackerv, that, remedy is galvanism, when applied Dy a scientific oper'ator. such u» Mr. Halse. Hi* (jreat successi in ohst note cuaeu of indigestion has obtained for him a distin- guished re|>„l(Uion Although his practice i9 at the preset f time \ery extensive, tlie astonishinif cures he is making have thfi effect of consideiablv increasini; it. Mr. liaise is not more celebru teU for hia cures than for hig candour to his pa- tients j for if lie acus there is no chance of success hi any cast/ lie tells the patient so at onev,—Bell's Weekly Messenger.
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"LABOUR" TAn extract from one of the publications of the National Cur- rency Reform A»sociation.]-Labour is the appointed destiny of man. To sustain physical existence lie must raise his own ZZ fabricate his own dwelling Had the material, on which indultry can exert itself been withheld by the Creator the con- don of the human race would be most pitiable and hopeless; but Infinite Power, directed by Infinite \Vi,dom, and prompted by Infinite Benevolence, has made a boundless provision for afl flis creatures. The three kingdoms of nature, teeming with ft 1 nf oninvmeiit are placed at our command. TheSr'face of the earth'is endowed with endless fertility the inesuriace o 10Ver be extinct; the mining dis- tric^ rte^n ™aud raineraIs- are inexhaustible. What sdeficen in one hemisphere, is rednndsnt another lie is denceni in u „n„iluT auxiliaries of transmarine inter- trade winds are t is t),e pilot of the navigator. More- course, while t g tiye f.,Culties which enable him over, man is gifte maieriais according to his neces- to mould and fashio triumphs of science are measured sitiee and desires and the tnumpiw w by the extent of our the precedinf{statement affirms, The argument I happiness of man have been' that all things needfu benevolence ot the Deity, abundantly bestowed on human enjoyment is labour, and that the sole com i 1 j lhe relation established Such, in its purity and simp Y> jar tbe susieuta- L.etween the Cieator and Hi# c e gut God has also en- tion of physical existence is uivolved- between good and evil- dowed man with reason Vt'Snet. co'Sucf under the in- with liberty of choice, to detcrj.mie l.» «son^ eK(?cute tlie fluence of motives—and wito r(.solve This constitutes determinations on which be m y BIUi punishment, him a responsible being, the si:ibjec: tJien mim and establishes his moral relations a^thor 0f hid abuses his reason or his liberty, he becomcs his own suffering.
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ANOTHER LKTTKK FROM SIR R. PE?^debve<i[k* from the Norwich Me,r» the following letter. adare»»ed by Peel to Mr. Georae Gower, of Smallburgh, in reply tion put by that gentleman on public grounds, in re e enc the aiiDlication of the tin per cent, set apart lo his tena y } iSlS'ht llon. Baronet: I will with pleasure answer the question which you put to me. My tenants quite l,nd"8' that the 20 per cent, of the current year s rent is to he a 'P1' in each case most beneficial to the farm. Draining, the^re moval of useless fences, and the preservation of manuie were named as entitled lo preference, from a conviction on ny p- that such Improvements, where required, are more for the real benefit of a tenant than any other. They have also the ad van- la..e of employing labour. There are cases oil this esta.e on which so far a J concerns draininar and fences, such improve- ments have been already made. In those cases the tenant: » equally to have the full benefit of .he 20 per cent aMownn e The first object for his interest shou.d he to y neainst waste ol that manure which is made upon the faun that beinir done, there will not be the slightest objection on my part to applv the ballance to the purchase of other manures.— f am, sir, your obedient servant, IVOBBHX PBKL. Drayton- "r'nTi or PnosKc.iiTioNS.—At the Devonconnly sessions, on Tuesday week, Mr, St. lilifont, late high sheriff of thccouniy brought undes the notice of the court the important subject of the great expense of prosecutions in cases of small offence. He said, whilst great attention was given to the cost of the conveyance and maintenance of prisoners, he leared that the cost of prosecu- tions was enormous. Perhaps the surveillance exelciseù in this particular was less from the ciicumsiance of the expense not coming direct from the county but he cosidered it was, nevei- thelcss ileir duty to see th a the expenses were not excessive, snd lie'had therefore to request that a detailed statement of the costs of prosecution in each case for the preceding session* and assizes should be made at each quaiter sessions. He whs almost afraid to say what the amount af prosseeutions in the most trifling cases were, but he believed in one case he saw that l ie costs of prosecuting a prisoner on a charge of stealing two-b.I iras no less than £ 14. The presentation of sach a ns he suggested might have the effect ot calling attention to this very impor'ant subject. Loid Kbr.ngton said the subject was indeed important, add could not be too prominently pressed upon the attention of the country. After a shoit discussion, the ii ot on wss agreed to. POETICAL PKETENT FROI A TBXHAHT TO HIS LAND- Mu Wednesday Mr. Arthur, oi the Black Lion Hate). « ioier sent off, in a"turnip grown on his farm, to J. S. Har- r r K.n' lilaise Castle, one hare, two golden plovers, two ♦'r-HV and tnree snipes. Mr Arthur isatennar.t of Mr v|Mr.fnr I aim the exiraordinary Christmas box was sent us a small ^.ot resrect to his worthy landlord. The turnip measured triouts or inches und it could be made to con- taiu much more were It more carefully scooped out. The tol. ,»..n8 mu SSTTrUp m.. Grown on your own estate. Containing its old frielid-a liare, With birds that met a similar fate; The Turnip once the Hare would eat, Alas! the tables now are turn'd. And puss's fortune changed, complete, For here she's in a Turnip urn'd. „ „ The sittings of the court of law in Hilary J.ORD I'BNJ 1. Jlr. Justice Patteson, on taking his Term opened on A- gell's J}ench, said it had been lully ex- seat in the Court woujti be present in court, and he pected that Lord ( j)(,nlllaIl )iad an attack of woulil have ten jj(j coaj(j jeave her ladyship. It iiiiess, and he ai" t() that Ludy Uenman was now was however, satis d fh(lt hj3 lordship might therefore be
A LUNATIC ASYLUM.
A LUNATIC ASYLUM. Cf(. rAnnrt of the county chaitman, on the private la the fif tj1(J C0Unty of Gloucester, the following lunatic r two cells and their solitary tenant, in description i» J near Bristol, on a recent visit tne tishponds s .ijA'm»l and damp yard, surrounded by build- On one s"'ey II are iwo strong rooms, with stone floors, ings and a o y eac|, hy # |aDtern light in the having a fiue ( a Sirong box tiedstcad and in the other ceiling. In it- ln t|)e seat, the only furniture in is a strong chair, wiiu » v ea- h.. a|)(] a qoarter that I have visiled, a human During t J up the wllo|e 0f every nipht in the first— being has be j last. By dav, a shirt reaching no the whole of jaoket. a pair of shoes, and fustian lower than DPn behind, complete his dress. His arms are trowsers en ire y pjpes, reaching below his hands, having placed 'V1 fh« end lo connect them they meet round his neck,Sand6are 1 l'ere ,ocked' A ,eather s,raP fasltD8 t )gelher ihe two elb ken out for exercise occasionally, Ihe d oo ^o f 1 h e" c el I S opened, when he is allowed ,o roll h.mself abrttonrt!seevIraTdvisits,he is generally seated upon the open oa^' we once found him standing, when, as he is not allowed f 1. l.k trousers had fallen, and he was naked from the IS •.h.iiM "l, ,li„ lo, „.».«! i" 1>» «»h. »■ occasion, luiind Inn. stretched as a relief on the stone floor, «ith « very short piece of old stair carpet alone under Thus cut off irom every enjoyment ot existence, almost from the use of all his senses, this wretched bem« exists, as a com- ment on the utterly disgraceful management of this asylum. Neither violent nor idiotic, showing sufficient 'nlelltgence m is countenance; he understands what lie is directed to do.and_is docile as a spaniel, though thus treated like the wild beascsof a m After m^ repealed remonstrances, Mr. Bompas at last procured idlhL Hanwell asylum; on ihe old dress and leathern pipes have been continuedI to «»e time-and wliyl Simply to save trouble to the attendant. Gloucester Journal
DOWNING-STRBET. JAN. 15.
DOWNING-STRBET. JAN. 15. The Queen lias been pleased to appoint Henry >amuel Chap- man and Sidney Stephen, Esqrs., to be Judges of the Supreme court of the colony of New Zealand. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Joseph Michael O'Neill, Esq., as .her Majesty's Advocate for the „„lnnv of Sierra Leone. Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Algernon Montagu, F'-a. to be Stipendiary Magistrate for her Majesty's settlements in the Falklai)ds Island,
PEPLORABLK IGNORANCE.
PEPLORABLK IGNORANCE. „ hoarins ol a police case a t the Mansion-house During i namcd George Ruby, who appeared to be last iveek, a )» wa8 ^eu pUt into tlie box, and the about 14 years t0 hiui. He looked quite astonished Testament,was ha BY()K> upon taking >o Well, do you know what you are Alderman "Vbat a oath is ? about 1 Do you know Boy No. p0 you know what a Testament is ? Alderman Humphny- Boy No. pal) ,.ou reaii i Alderman Humphrey. Hoy No. Do y0u ever say yoUr prayers? Alderman Humphrey* v Boy: No never. know what prayers are ? Alderman Humphrey- 1 Boy No. n v0U know what God isl Alderman Humphrey- Boy: No. r»0 you know what the Devil is? Alderman Humphrey- Devil, but 1 don't know him. Boy: No. I've heard o j,, yOU know my poor Alderman Humphrey fellow ? siveep the crossing. Boy I knows how t°^And ^.at's all 1 Alderman ^weeps the crossing. Boy :—I hat s all. ajj |,is experience he had never The Alderman said, t ia jorahle ignorance of the unfor« .net with anything li*e t le jj(.i t,f course, could not tunate child in the witness* «rho knew nothing whatever take the. evidence of •c«»tu,etb< of the obligation to tell the
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,i tiu, world, and we seek to main- We are at peace wi 0j alnity with the rest of mankind, tain our cherished re a Qf manjt^j^ >" Why, this All the ivoild, ),eS;t kind. and must have been is a legitimate liisn j purpose of catching the approved by tbe Cabinet fci Irish votes. ATARKKT JAN. 9, 1350.—The West-India BhisioIj vp«fprdav af,tr ''le Christmas tecess, sugar Market re-op 0j business has been crnclu- with a brisk appea j former rates shout 450 hhds at ttn sifld hi tlie chiefly Demeraras, from" aud cl,r>slali2ed 'f°ra l° per C4Vl"
Advertising
^.T^gTR'NUS DEIII I] ry, rREMA-1-L-RE u LI) AGL, ANI) MTOH-N.NS HUMAN LIFE, MOKE THAN DISEASES OF THE CHEST. PaoTCctED nr ROYAILETTEHS HER MAJESTY'S PATE W T. FURTJIFR PROOFS OF TilE WONDERFUL EFFECTS OF F ItOt'liR'S KOYAL UATK I'LASTliU. mHE best and cheapest romeily fur Coughs, Ajthi.ia Horirscoess, In- 1 dtaestion, P»lp;itation of the Heart, Croup lloopmn Coufjli. Sninal and Rheumatic Auctions of the JonUb, Chrome htrains, and diseases of the Cl.est, and hoc a! Pains. They are now in universal reauest having superseded the necessity for medicine, and reeoin- mended in manv eases by some of ihe roost eminent MediCii! Practi- tioners being fully established as an unfailing remedy. They aro com- posed ptincil)ally t, f British herbs, and Gums and Balsam* of the oriental world, where- "Shrubs yield balsam, and whore flowers and trees, Pistil some gonial balm for all disease." Sclectrd from Hundreds of Letters which the Proprietor has r ceived 22. Market-place, Hull, Anp. 26, 1849. To Mesus. Roper and Son.—Gentlemen,—I have the great pleasuse to inform you that your Royal Bath Plasters are found to be the beer external remedy ever yet discovered. When used with Roper's rilis Ihey prove a cure for Indigestion, Liver Complaints, and Diseases of the Chest. I enclose the following testimonial, and am, gentlemen yours truly, J. C. REINTlAHDT. 57 Market-place, Hull, Aug. 3, IS49. Dear Sir,-I feel it my duty to tell you of the wonderful benefit I received from vour Boyal Hath Piasters- For many years I have suffered dreadfully from asthma; the last winter I never sho"ld u have got over if I had not used that royal remed) Roper*, Planter. Th ) soothed mv pain and assisted my breathing even during '^severe winter months; but now I an., through their benign iniluence ^o p ratively well. Pray publish this for the l»enetit of others. 1 am, aear sirs, yours obediently, JOHN BROWNRIGG. Romarkabla Cure of Pain and Weakness in the Side, of Ten le Standing. May 7,1849. To Messrs. Roper and Son.-Gen,leme„ the purchasers ol your Royal Batih J IJ^S L ,ose the followinff re press tliemselvcs highly satisfied. I f Tllor(|un, near Eye- markable cure ;-Geor«:o. j t^c ^'e, for'the last ten having suffered from pain and ion of vour Plaster than years, has fouud more benefit by the a| p un(ier the treat from anything ever used before, althouK cousiders himself quite cC d°f r;"i'.UTiewi"l'o' Jppy to answer any person wishing to make'inquiries. Yours very respectfully, THOS. BARBER. john-strePt, Hull, Au^. 3, 1848. Gent.emen.-Mrs. Bates h,. user's Hoyal Bath Plaster., for Rheumatism in her hands, with E. BATES. E. BATES. T, .V t r, Fsa proprietor of tho 11 ilfs and GlauccUcr Daniel Brotherton, q^. n)VS{,|f derived benefit from the u-e of Standard, »r.lcs r)astcr, in a severe case of Aithma; and, from Roper ■ UOJM j surgeons was saying to me, I am convinced What one of the pi i I galc for them in t|,ls neighbourhood. there will he an Dated, Oct- «H, 1847. PLASTEIt. apl"'»r in l>[ 8rnund, in (tie ment stamp outiirfc ,in Ss further protection, each Plaster will be sign*^ tlie back, with the Proprietor's lac-simile, thus— PrepnTcdonly ROBT. ROl'KR & SON, chemist, Sheffield. Fullsize Is. I Jd.; Children, !>4d. each. ]\lay be had of juog{ Stationer# and Chemist! iu tbe Untied Kiugdom- Chexaett ill the Untied Kiugdom-
BUTE DOCKS, CARDIFF.
BUTE DOCKS, CARDIFF. Imports and Exports for the week ending Jan. 16. IMPORTS. January lOth.—VanaittMt, Southampton; Sarab, Dublin; Abeona Ross; Fame, Swansea; Joseph and Mary, Falmouth; William Fowey; Roebuck, Brothers, St. Stephens; Thomas and Maria, Eamont, Bristol; Vestal, Poasldoiw, Glouceiter. Stamford, Friends, William and Susan, Bridgwater; Trovi- dC"l th.1— Rapid," Waterford Boscippa, London; Heroine, SAlcombe Jane, Southampton Egide, William, Albion, Bristol; Lynx, Gloucester Napthali, Glamorgan Canal. 12th.—Euane, Rouen; Goito, Cork; Aspendus, lndustrla, Falmouth Venus, Penzance; Dependant, Bridgwater Daunt- less, Carmarthen. 14th!—Mendet, Ferrol; Richard and Jamea, Charlotte and Hannah, Fowey William, Falmouth; Hope, William, Bridg- —Anatole, Portriex; Argyle, Folmouth; Thomas and James," Bridgwater Success, Bristol. 16th— Eldon, Quebec; Ann, Plymouth; Dolphin, Thomaa and Ann, Trader, Dolphin, Bristol; Laas of Courtown, Royal Forrester. Bridgwater. The departures" are this week unavoidably omittea. GLAMORGANSHIRE CANAL. Import. and Exports for the week ending Jar. U. IMPORTS.. Newnham, Bullows, iron ore.—Enterpriae, Brutol, Ellen, Milford, ballast.—Aun, Bristol; Gleaner, Newport, sundries Thetis, Barrow, iron ore.-Carolinf, Aberthnw, lohn, Ma/y, Bristol, Ad.lphine, Bullow, light. Amtty, Castle, Elizabeth, Bristol Ann, Milford, sundries.—t «tne, nig non.—Alcotia, Brothers, Galley, Bullow, iron ore.—Firaro, Plymouth, ballast.—Rambler, Bullow, iron ore. Meri iyr- Packet, Brissol Martha, Gloucester Rebecca aud Alary, Newpo'it, sundries.—Celia, Bristol, ballast. EXPORTS. Marllia, Liverpool; Hannah, Messina Friends Bristol, iron. -Acorn, Nottingham, (jaHef Newnham, William, Bullow, Caroline, Abcrthaw, light.-James, Liverpool, iron.-E:Pter- prise, Bristol, coal.—Robert, Newport, potatoes.—David Bndg- water; Edw«d, Virginia, Nantes, coal.—Jane. Archibald, Pearl, Robert, Star, I.i»erpool; Ann, Bristol, iron. Jeune, Fanny, Nantes, John Biistol; Brothers. Bridgwater, coal.- Sisters. Bullo. liiht.-Trial, Orphans, Hope. Liverpool,iron. John, Lark. Bullow. light Haram, Venus, Bridgwater Celia, Penzance, coal—Galley, Rumble, Active, Bullow, iron ore.
THE RUSSIAN LOAN.
THE RUSSIAN LOAN. The fotlowing letter has been written by Nfr. Cobdoti, addi egged to the Secf-tary of the Peace Congress 103, Westhourne-ferrace, Monday eveoing, Jan. 14. My dear S<r —Another outrage is to be offered to the moral sense of the civilised world. It is said that a Russian loan is to be raised in the eity of London. The Cossack hordes have ful- filled their mission in Hungary witness her wasted fields, her smokinn villages, and her scanotdt flowing with the blood of her noblest patriots and now the savage instruments of all thie devastation and slaughter are clamorous for their wages. Englislunln-aye. the capitalists of London—are, it seem., te furnish The blood-mocey If so, for the credit of the age and the character of our Christian country. let an indicnant protest he heard in reprobation of this unholy and infamous transaction. The Peace Confess committee, to whom was entrusted the carrying out of the resolution passed at Pans, condemnatory of these loan., will, I hope. call a puhlic mewling io the Cu" at which I will most gladly attend. Let it beat iheearhestpo«iW. moment-Friday or Satuidsy at the latest. And believe «n« Peace Congress Committee. j At York the exhibition described in the following handbii has been crowded for some days "hihitmg, fora few davs only, in a shop opposite Mrs. I'earby, furrier, North etreet. York, the secret looking-glass, from Pans, ,n w men may see their future wives, and young women their future husbands. Open from 10 iu the morning, till 10 at night. Admission, one penny." The public would greatly facilitate the operations of the post- office. by writing compltte and legible addrtitettnd by having letter boxes, at the post office, and on their own doors.
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n —.11 Tri;Vin*jfr(i jfr THE MILITIA. It has been intimated, in some quarters, that there is an intention, on the part of the Government, to call out the militia, contemporaneously with, the reductions in the army. The rumour of a calling out of the militia, has been repeated for several years, and has proved to be un- founded but, taken in connection with an expected reduction in the army, it reaches the public car less questionably. To any such proposal, we hope a stre- nuous opposition will be made, on account of the unne- cessary hardship it will entail upon the industrious classes, who are liable to serve. Besides, to put forth a saving in the army, and then to incur a large expense for militia, will be, to some extent, but a shuffle of the cards; while it will substitute an inefficient for an efficient force. Anything but a volunteer body ought to be re- garded as a hardship; and a volunteer force will be far inferior to the regulars, in usefulness. i
THE BURDENS ON LAND.
THE BURDENS ON LAND. AMONG the sensible and temperate suggestions-divcsted of coarseness or unseemly vituperation to that estimable class of men, the British farmers-arc some contained in a pamphlet just published by Mr. Calvert, Q.C., a bar- rister of experience and standing. The evils he thinks of the present system of entail are so great that it be- comes absolutely absurd to set up as a counterbalance, the desirableness of keeping up large territorial proper- ties, aboriginal influences, &c. These things have their poetic beauty; and, more than that, they have their use- fulness; for, if they had Dot ministered to some of the wants of society, and had not, to some extent, arisen from natural causes, they would not have maintained such a duration as they have done. But it is a great error to seek to perpetuate such things by artificial means. They should be left to the agency of natural causes, which are sufficient to preserve them to quite as great an extent, as they are conducive to the public good. One strong proof that the present system, with respect to land, does not work well, is its condemnation by men of the most conservative tendencies, as well as by those of opposite politics, who see the evil of a blind adherence, merely for its antiquity, to what is practically mis- chievous. The very fact, again, that the great excuse usually put forward for landowners making no improve- ments, and doing nothing for the welfare of their tenantry and the poor--is that they are legally embarrassed, itseif shows the necessity of reform. Mr. Calvert says,— Let tenantry for life have general powers of sale and exchange, with a view to the consolidation of their estates. I need hardly say that, generally speaking, the property will be the most properly and prudently managed, if the whole of it lies together, subject to the master's eye." The advantage of such powers would be very great, even if the absolute alienation of any land but that for which other land is given in exchange, were not permitted. In many cases, however, the latter ought to be granted where debts are owing. On one disputed point, Mr. Calvert speaks explicitly—" Let there be a register of titles. I do not enter into the question how such a register ought to be formed. But it seems to me essen- tial, that, when land is proposed as the subject of security or sale, there should be some place at which a notice may be found of all the different claims which are to be con- sidered with reference to the title. Money is borrowed on mortgage security in Scotland, at a cheaper rate than in England you will, I believe, find that this difficulty is caused, in a great measure, by the safety of taking a title, guarded by an efficient system of registration." The feeling against the cost of publicity which this mea- sure involves, is verv strong, and it is very natural. Rut the question is, whither this inconvcnience is not neces- sary for the public good, and is not slight in comparison with the evil occasioned by the want of it. It may be argued by some that cases in which money is obtained on estates already mortgaged to their value, are few. But these is reason to believe that these cases arc not so rare as is inferred from their not coming before the public. And, besides the general feeling of insecurity which now ex- .ists, and the expense of searching for titles, there is the lower rate of interest obtained on landed security, than ought to be got for such valuable property. To this, Mr. Calvert refers in the above extract, and he also says —" Money is lent in the city for short periods, at two* or one and a half per cent. Money lent upon government security yields three per cent. With respect to land, unless the owner's word is accepted for the goodness of the title, loans for short periods cannot be effected, except at a ruinous cost; and in the mortgages which are effected, though they are exempt from the fluctuations which take place in the price of stocks, four per cent. is the common rato of interest." This is an anomalous state of things, and if Mr. D'lsraeli and some of those parties who are continually declaiming about the superiority and the wrongs of the landed interest, would set about delivering it from the burdens under which it labours, in this respect, they would be very much better employed than they are at present. Mr. Calvert makes another practical suggestion,—" Let all tenants for life have power of leasing at rack-rent for twenty years. Such a power is generally inserted in well drawn settlements." These recommendations, from such a quarter, deserve the attention of all persons interested in lauded property.
OUR OVER-CROWDED BURYING GROUNDS.
OUR OVER-CROWDED BURYING GROUNDS. [TO THE EDITOR.] SIR,—When, but a few months sincr, the destroying plague struck down hundreds of the population of Newport, there was a general cry that it was the dead that killed the living —that our burying-placcs were literally choked—that there was no room for the interment of the dead. Well: although meetings were held, and a commissioner made out his report, and wise meu, and doctors, and the public at largo protested that our Golgothas should be hermetically scaled up," and new burial places be provided away in the green and open country, nothing of the sort has been done and in a month or two, we shall anticipate a coming summer, and perhaps a return of the desolating scourgo of 1849, without our having done any more than INCHEASB the mouldering tenants of the long-since over-crowded burying-grounds. Surely, this is a most criminal apathy, and may shortly bring us its own fearful reward! Trusting these few words will attract the attention of those who can effect an immediato alteration of that which, beir g an evil last summer, must be doubly so next summer, anu hoping that action, and not mere talk, will characterise them in the future, I remain, sir, yours, &c., Newport, January 15,1850. II U MAN J T AS.
QUARTER SESSIONS.-PROPOSED…
QUARTER SESSIONS.-PROPOSED ALTERATIO N [TO THE EDITOR.] Sm,—The very excellent bar attending our Usk sessions will, no doubt, strongly object to a dis arrangement of tha present plan ot quarterly sessions, and, indeed, it is question- able whether they would attend (JVpry six woeks. Our sessions begin on Monday, and on that day there is no more than about an hour's sitting of the justices, to settlu the county business. On Tuesday, it is a wile of the court to begin with appeals, and these generally occupy nearly the whole of the day, during all which day two or three hundred witnesses are kept waiting, pent up in such convenient corners of tho Usk court as they can get squeezed into. Now, with all due deference to tho worthy chairman and the magis- trates, 1 would propose that the appeals be taken on the Monday, in addition to the county business, and that the trials of prisoners commence immediately on the grand jury returning a bill, on Tuesday morning By this plan, the ses- sions would bo lessened a day, and £7; or more, the actual cost of keeping tho attorneys and witnesses waiting, saved and if the trials proceeded immediately on Tuesday morning, the host of witnesses would be quickly drawn off from the over-crowded court.! An additional court might also be held, when the calendar was heavy, in the graud jury room, or some other convenient place. In other counties, two courts are frequently kept going,and all tho business is done comfort- bly iu two days. I recollect attending a sessions in the north, where a second court was held in the Methodist Chapel, the jury being enclosed in the singers' pew, and the chairman occupying the rostrum. Why on earth should our sessions last from Monday to tho midnight of Friday 1 Why, only for the want of a little management. There is no necessity what- ever for a six weeks' session, and the change must be well considered, before any attempt is made to etFect it. R. J. C. who wrote a long lotter in the last MERLIN, is all for a legal magistracy and the sound sense men, who it is generally found make much better magistrates, and administer more substantial justice than menbrought up to legal quibbling, are to be wiped out, or to play second fiddle to some legal gentleman, of "judicial power," moulded out of the county court scheme, but with very little experience of tho world and of human nature, so essential in a magistrate. R. J. C. theorises at great length I am not going to follow him; but I cannot help smiling at his publishing his bill of costs at the sessions lias R. J. C. forgotten that ho took a iccoud brief with him to the sessions, and got two guineas for that calie-the price he olfers through the MEltLIN to do it for, in his proposed courts of sessions at Newport ? Yours truly, LEX.
TOWN HALL—THURSDAY.
TOWN HALL—THURSDAY. Before T. B. Batchelor, Mayor, and Thomas Hughes, Esqry Mary Davies, of the King William IVth public house, was fined 10s. and lis. liJ. costa, for allowing beer to be consumed in herhouse at lIOOU, on Sunday, being about an hour before the time fixed by the new Act !or opening. Elisabeth Morgan, of the Court-y-Bella Tavern beerhouse, was fined 40; and costs, for not admitting Charles Wiles, a police officer, into her house. CRUELTY TO A CAT. David Wall, of Pillgwenlly, was charged with cruelty to a eat. Mr. John Parsons proved that he saw Wall briug a cat into a field at Pill; he threw a large sack over it, and then set a dog at it. and every time the cat tried to get from under the gacking. Wall again threw it over the poor animal, and urged on the dog, which worried it very much. Mr. Parson's in- terfered and put the poor creature outof pain.— Wall appeared to enjoy the sport and now produced a witness, not much better than himself.—Mr. Hughes commented on such cruelty, and said the next party charged with such an offence would most surely be committed to gaol for three months, without anv fine under the Duke of Beaufort's new cruelty act.—Wall was fined 20s. and 12s. (Jd. costs, which lie paid. Mr. Hughes thanked Mr. Parsons for bringing the case forward. IS USK PRISON ANY PUNISHMENT? John Croom, who had recently come out of Cardiff gaol, on Monday last was put up charged with purposely breaking a window in the presence of a police officer, to get into gaol.— He was directed out of town, and shown by a police officer the way but to-day he appeared, charged with begging, and as it seemed to be his determination to get into prison by some means, and in order to prevent more windows from being broken, he was sent to Usk for fourteen days, with a regret that there was no power to give him a sound whipping. FORGERY. Evan Rees, of the General Picton beerhouse Marshes-road, was charged with forging arequest forelevcnrshilJings upon Mr. John Stewart, grocer, High-street.—Wr. oollett for the pro- secution, and Mr. Phelps appeared for the P™oner. A pnvate of the 14th Hegt., named McCann. passed ott the request upon Mr. Stewart, tor which offence he wan commuted for trial about a week a«-o. Enquiries were made a.ter the party who wrote tfi<^request] McCann not appearing, to have written it himself —*P C Hopkins gained information, and went to the prisoner and asked him if he wrote the request which ho showed him Rees admitted he did so, and said iserg.. Peake, whose name w as forged in the request, ^^oiono This Peake now proved was 'lot ttlTu)e- ,a'ld that McCann was the party, uot I'eakc.—1 n«ew,dll ,oule little hesitation in committing Rees, as he app 0 ^ave been onlj the tool of McCam?, but after a deal of pro and con and lengthy legal Argument, he was bailed to &\n,wcr thi cornrnmcd «. POlbs. of coal, the property of Mr. the police officer that it was his fourth try at it that ni{,lit, and that he had been paid fourpence for each lot ot coal he had St Jeremiah Harrington, stopped by Superintendent HuxUblo, on the tram way, wheeling in a barrow three rwt- Of iron, was conunitt.d for trial for stealing the wheelbarrow ana the iron.
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pvan Paviea, Esq., M.A., delivered a lecture on Pneu- matics," at Brecon, last week. The audienco was respectable, though not numerous. Mr. J. Thomas's concert, at tho Town Hall, Brocon, ou the evening of the 10th iust., was very respectably attended, but not numerously. f GOSIINGS IN -NOVEMBER.—A correspondent writes of a circumstance considered to be very unusual-that of a brood of goslings having been hatched at the White Hart, Machen 11 the month of November last.
"'II.--Shipning Liitelllgence.
"'II Shipning Liitelllgence. NEWPORT. Imports and Exports tor the week ending Jtf 16. IMPORTS. ATTAS, Mtndus, Bristol, iron.—Brother, Tuiltn.r, Uriitol, iron.—Hope, Caiter, Porthc»«l, iroa- Jo»Df and Wary, Wilkins, Bridgwater, li»y.—Unanimity* W'iihyoombe, Bridgwater, flour.—Dtsher, Squirei, Bideford, oats. -Itenia Packet, Jonet. Carnafon, sUtM.—Dee, Keymn, Gloucener, flour. Induatry, Fryn, Gloucester, tin- boiei. Kitt, Long, Liliney, charcoal.-Wllliam, layler, Bridgwaier, St. Michael Revel, Pnrt-Labbe, potaloet. Triumph, riant, Bristol, iron. Fly, Tliomai, 61oucesteir plank. Castle, William*, Chepstow, cord wood.- Hobert, Jonet,Cardiff", potatoes. ICtigeuia, Codet, N aotes, fjour. Lord Nelsou, Fenure Port Labbe, potatoes Patty, Couch, Fowty, iron ore. Agalue, Laasage, Nantes, flour —Joshua, Carroll, George, Southampton, iron ore, Louisa, ilillman, Glouceater, coal tar.-Ann and Susan, ttowen, Chepstoiv flour. Houae, Collins, Fowey, iron ore.- Thomas and Sarah, Lewis, Swanaea, iron. Brothers, White, Chepstow, timber. Matilda, Sandford, Bristol, flour. Foitituder Lewis, Bridgwaler, bnclr.i.-Hannah, Long, Brialo), lreestooe. Sally, Price. (Jlouceaier, rail way waggons. Sea, Flower, Watts, Gloucester, flour. Mary, VV ilka, Gloucester batDt. -William, NelwlI8, Gleucester, iron. — W illiam, Smith, Glou- cester, iron.—Economy, Hill, Glouceater, irou.-Siaters, Jones, Gloucester, iron.—Atnity, Herbert, Bridgwater, hay.-Robert, Davies, Aberdoftry, Dan, Witberidge, Barrow. iron ore. SXPORTS. Don Tiphin, Chavelon, Nantes, 90 tona Harria, Wellinpton, 361 tons rail iron.-—Chatham, Vinnis, New Orleans, 590 *on« rsilway iron.— tlarl, Lobbett, Carlha- ?enaf 150 tons coal. -Confidence, lho»M» CtnftrtttM, Cuba, 118 tons railway iron, 52 tone bar iron and sundry other goods. -Eliza Kincad. Wall, Barcelona, 429 tons coal.- I nfaticable, Chesauz, Hanrannnh, 371 tona coal. Palestine, Sommertoa, Virginia, 600 tons railway iron.-Eireo, Parcuricb, Havannau, 426 tons coal.—Mai, Serck, Havannah. 912 tona coal.- May, McWhirame, Seaman, Wilmington, 350 tons railway iron. Haidrlch, Leadetnan. Leghorn, 142 tona bar iron.— fc<lii»Detn, Welsh, St. Thomas, 182 tona coal. Thorney, Jonea. Bridg- water, graio.-Caroline, Roberts Fanny, Wheeler, Liverpool; Briton. Brew, Runcorn; Agnes, South; Amity, Borrowaale Rebecca, Morris; Oaprey, Jonea; Relative, Philllpl, Liver- pool, William and Elizabeth, Popham, Cork Gideon, Peake, London; Amity, Dusting, Cardiff; Ellen and Mary, Jenkins, Liverpool; Adamant, Tucker; Henriette, Scoble Henry, Lewis, Londou Thomas Tattersall, Caftrey, Liverpool; Lllan and Margaret, Erans, Cork; Aeron Maid, Williams Margaiet Pugh, Liverpool; Thomas and Sarah, Lewis, Swansea; Mar- gatet, Neil, Gfilway, iron and tin plates.
Family Notices
BIRTHS,MARRIAOE»,A DEA THI. BIRTHS. On Sunday last, at Newport, the wife of Mr. David Williams, ° E»< C«W, «:■ Jot. Wil- Vachall, of a Ion. '^On at the vicarage, Long Sutton, Someflet, £ ■ S:rr UR^R Vo.k.bir., th. Hon. Mrs. Vavasour, of a son. On the 12th instant, in Chapel-street, the wife of Lieutenant Colonel Vansittart, of a daughter. ntailM- On the 13th instant, at the Manor-house, I^chlade,, Glauee* tershire the lady of George Milward, Esq., of a daughter. On the 2nd instant, at Oxford, the lady of George Sludamor. Lechmere, Esq., of a son and heir. On the 4th instant, at Jubilee-place, Ashley-road, Bristol, the wife of Charles E. Coleman, Elq., paymaster, royal navy, of a ,Qn* MARRIAGES. On Sunday, the 6th instant, at Christchurch, by the Rev. Thomas Pope, Mr. John Jacobs, clerk, of the Old Steam Packet Company, to Miss Catherine Bryan, both of Newport. On the 7th instant, at Cheltenham, Mr. Walter Browning, to Miss Ann Stevens, both of Newport. On the 16th instant, at the Tabernacle Chapel, Newport, by the Rev. Thomas Gillman, Mr. William Dancey, High-street, Newport, to Miss Catherine Williams, of Maindee. On Thursday last, at St. Mary's Church, Monmouth, Mr. Charles Pittway to Miss Pritchwd. On the 6th instant, at Rhymney Church, Mr. Thomas Riohards to Miss Ann Timothy,- both of the parish of R L^atdr^at St David's, Brecon, Lewi* Watkins, Esq., to Mica Mary Walter, of Penyfather, Breconshire. On the 1st instant, at A veiling, W m. Henry Augustus Hart, Esq., of St. Kitts, to Emma Mary, youngest daughter of the la le Thomas Billings, Esq., of Cheltenham. on the 10th instant, at St. Mary's Church, Devon, Captain BLitsun, 4-5th Regiment, M.N.I., to Mary Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the Rev. Thomas Kitson, of Shiphay House, ill that county. On the 12th instant, D. H. Hanis, Esq., of Her Majesty's Customs, to Fanny, only daughter of William Howell, Esq., of Mecklenburgh-square. On the 12th instant, Mr. John Lovegrove, of 144, Ozfora- street, to Ann, second daughter of G. Bevan, Esq., of Clifton House, Brentford. DEATHS. On the 11th instant, George James Jones, aged three years and six months, son of Mr. W.Jones, Uskside Iroa Works, Newport.. On the 11th instant, at Cambria place, Newport, Mary Ann, relict of the late Thomas Jones Phillips, Esq. On the 14th instant, at Granville -street, Newport, Henrietta Rees, youngest daughter of Mr. Stephen Rees, tailor. On the 15th instvit, aged 16 months, Lucy, daughter of Mr. Taylor, draper, High-street, Newport.. On the 16th instant, at the Dock Tavern, Queea s-paraa«, Newport, Mr. James Morgan, aged 68 years. On the 9th instant, at Cardiff, Abigail, wife of, Mr. Charlet Waters, shipwright, of Chepstow, aged 37.. n, On the 10th instant, at Chepstow, Mr. Benjamin Bower, aSOi; the 4th instant, the infant daughter of Mr. Roberto, police constable, of Pontnewynydd. On the Sth instant, aged 11 months, John, son of Mr. a. Tavlor, ironmonger, &c., Pontypool. On ihe 14th instant, deeply regretted, Mr. Thomas Jone for many years a highly respected and esteemed inhabitant e Abbey Tintern, and father of Mr. William Jones, bootmaker, of Newport. His end was peace. On the 16th instant, the wife of Mr. William Price, carpenter, Over Monnow, Monmouth. On the 7th instant, suddenly, at his residence, Walwortli, London, cf a disease of the heart, Jamel Greellltreet, Esq., comptroller of state carriage duties, and late distributor of stamps for the county of Monmouth. On the 12th instant, at Swansea, after a ahort but palnro illness, Mary Ann, eldest daughter of W. lector of customs at that port; she was much and deserveoiy respected, and her demise is deeply lamented by her sorrowing relatives and friends. On the '3rd instant, at Tendorden, m Kent, deeply regtettea, Mr J. D. Beynon, aged 24. son of Mr. Beynon, of tliecustoma, London, and brother to Mrs. G. P. Ivey, of Swansea. On the 2nd instant, accidentally- drowned,deeply regretted by his family and friends, aged 95, Lewis Moss, youngest son of the late Mr. Danisl Christopher, Llatielly, Carmarthenshire, and relative of Mr. William Christopher, Bath buildings BrOn°the 4th instant, Lady Wynn, wife of Sir William Wyan, of Poulteney-street, Bath, and daughter of the late Col. Long, of Tubney Lodge, Berks. On the 6th instant, at HeathfieM, near Swansea, aged 79, Mrs. Jones, relict of Colonel William Iceland Jones, of OVeranda. "^On'the' JI th instant, at Elm Grove, Southsea, in his 56th year, deeply regretted by his family and friends, Robert Brymer Stanser, Esq., only surTiving son of the late Dr. R. Stanser, Bishop of Novia Scotia. On ihe 9th instant, at Llanrwst, Carnarvonshire, aged M, Mrs Ellen William! Edward Williame, her husband, a hale old man, aged 91, in his usual health, died at nine o'elock the same morning, of grief at the loss of his faithful old partner, they having lived as man and wife more than sixty years* On the 12th instant, at Douglas, Isle of Man, Mr. Alexander Macdonald, engineer of the Mona's Isle steamer, and the oldest engineer in the senice of the Isle of Man steam packet company. On the 13th instant, at the house of his niece, 13, Wash- ington-street, Everton, Mr. W. Brotherton, agedB5 years. On the 4th instant, at his residence, Penny well-road, Bristol, after a shnrt illness, deservedly lamented, aged 54, Mr. Chas. ^rwei pnuter, Castle-gr.en. tUe .Uth instant, at io, Spring Gardens, London, after a/n?i? *n ^8trc,!>ing illness, Elisa, the dearly beloved wife of Thomas Pritchard, Esq. "th instant, aged 79, at her residence, Winchmore- '»», Judith, relict of Henry Thomson, Esq., of Cheltenham. On the llth instant, at th« rectory, Withingtoa, Caroline, youngest daughter of the Hon. ana Rev. Gustavus Talbot, aRed three years. On the llth instant, at Brighton, the Rev. E. Bullock, rector of Hambltdon, Surrey, aged 76. On the llth instant, in London, William Alexander, youngest son of Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Fothergiu, •' Kingthorp, Yorkshire, aged 21. „ On the llth instant, at Dorking, aged 56, the Lady MarT youngest daughter of Williwn lltll ofRothes, On the llth instant, at the Royal Mews, Pimlico, Stephen Pearce. Esq., for nearly 49 years in the department ot tn. Master of the Horse. „ On the llth instant, at Woodside lodge, Westow-hill, Nor- wood, William Atkinson, K»q., many years one of the messen- gers of the Court of Bankruptcy. On the 12th instant, at Wtston lodge, Derbyshire, aged 49, the Hon. and Rev. Alfred Curzou, brother of Lord scarsdale, rector of Kedleston, in the above county, and Norton-by- Twycross, Leicesiersliire. On the 13th instant, at Bognor, Sussex, AJexaniU* Vyjlmo* Scomberg, Admiral o< the Blue, aged 70.