The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

CUSTOM-HOUSE PROSEC Of ION.—SWANSEA. Tuts KING t. ILLTED Mov.f.i.l, A FRENCH CAP- TAIN, JR. WILLIAM PAULEY AND MB. SIL- VANUS FAOIiEY, JUN. At a Pett), Sessions, ljU at tlie Town Hall, on v Tuesday last, the following charges, which occupied r nearly the whole day, were brought forward by r>. Davles, Esq. Collected, and Mr. Thomas Stephen Todd, the Comptroller of the Port of Swnnspa, by order of his Majesty's Cosmnissioners of the Board 1 41 ■of Customs. ou separate informations. » ». Thouias Thomas, Eiq., solicitor, fctlfcnded on be- of Messrs W. and i>, Padley. i Thfinas- Wili Lams, Off.ufcr of Excise, was first *> < HO Mr. Todd, on th, part of the prosecution, 1 that ou the 30th of^Stpt. last, he re- u cask of spirits wos in the ny's warehouse, on the Quay, of sen. is the agent, Hew{i.Ued ::i Consequence, Who told him '.nmediate,admittance into the .rdiagly sent his son William tie it of the name of Diin- conifce, vv tr, ne lIpJoy of Mr. Padley J !5? xa? swa afterwards dis- fPO_e^,) b»t i\. itijle to obtain the koy door m?o i»r^^ • i I'&diey < desired that the ;n<rjv (■■ open, and tfc« lot k was accord- envat- il rt's' 2 on going into the warehouse found j found a *r«t pc-rinitted aad adiireused Fadlev \un *CQr*im5'sm i ^sked Mr, in «;asle I atid t^nnd U to be „ ,u, I ,e where the cask was found to be a public ware- e, for the reception of all kinds oi goods from steam-packet, open to public inspection has i goods warehoused there, the cask was after- ds found to contain 48 gallons of brandy, 15,3 .er proof; Duncombe was the person whom he ,pMcd to have the care of the warehouse heard .Mr. P. sen. give directions to his son to fetch the key from Duncombe, which he refused to give, as was admitted by him in his examination. Mr. Williams was asked by Mr. Todd, the Comp- troller, the name of the party who gave him the infor- mation, but which he declined to answer, observing that he was not at liberty to do so. WUliam Duncombe, late clerk to Mr. Padley, was next called by Mr. Todd on the part of the Crown. He described himself a builder, and stated that on the jQih September last he was applied to by Mr. William I Padley for the key of the warehouse, which he refused to give; knew he was then about to be dismissed i from -NI r. P.'s employ; knew there was a cask of I brandy in the further corner of the warehouse, about i 40 cr 50 gallons, and on being requested by Mr. Todd to state how it came there, he gave the following ac- count :—That on the evening of the 22d of August last, he observed a French vessel, a sloop called the St. Jean, laying near to Mr. Padley's quay, saw the cask in question carried from the veassel was re. I quested by Mr. W. Padley to put it into the warehouse, who stated that it had been bought by his brother Sylvanus; knows it to be the same cask as was landed from the St. Jean and placed it in the ware- house; had since been discharged from his situation tcd succeeded by Mr. Lumsden; is not on the best rJljg with the Padloys, there were hostile feelings at t time between him and the Padleys; did not to best if his knowledge tell Mr. Brittan, Mr. Biggs, i, is the plumber, that he would ruin the Padleys, ing them as poor as himself; might have said hey had behaved so ill to him he had the ad. .?ef them did not tell Mr. Brittan that he there was no devil or hell, or any future ex. ciag further examined by Mr. Todd, he stated lordi, and two of his crew, rolled the cask ,te warehouse; Mr. W. Padley was present at ae, and gave directions to have the cask put ie warehouse. Mr. W. Padley told him he had d it for his brother Sylvanus; that, in a day or forwards, Mr. W. Padley came to him and at ajar, a funnel, and a gimblet, and drew off of the contents of the cask into the jar. Mr. y bored the hole in the head of the cask, and he coQibe) bored the vent-hole; they tasted it; Mr. ij gave him some in a bottle (about a pint) to -home with him; was sure it was brandy; it was !olour of sherry had the custody of the key of ftirehouse from the time the qask was put in till *8 taken away; never asked Mr. Morris, of the «T»-psoket, to purchase some smuggled brandy. :T6u. Rev. Dr. Hewson asked the witness if he tie in the New Testament and that there was future punishment for those who swore falsely ? to I witi,* he replied, yes he was also asked if he went to a iplace pf worship ? to which he replied, some- Umes i. Morell being then in custody (having made a £ pyacs since the 2*2d of August last) was identified iss the person who assisted in rolling the cask wish ♦ of his crew out of the vessel. MrTCoohrane was then sworn to interpret English i U: £ E> iy-et oh, and French into English, and the evi- j deuce.vtsm then carefully read over and explained to j fchea he most positively denied all knowledge ] oi fhetransaction. The aWve facts having been so positively sworn to ( by the hist witness, and Morell not offering any evidence to contradict the proof, the Magistrates were imperatively called on to convict him in the penalty oi ,iGt1! in default of payment, committed him to .priscut/ Vre understand the conviction to be under | She of 3 and 4 William IV. cap. 53, which pnilK^a. the line on all parties aiding, assisting, or d in the unshipping, &c. of smuggled J goodsAmendment of the Law," Whig fashion.) i I' PaK«5» MEETING AT MERTHYR.—On Thurs- day last, "sTi pursuance of notice given in the usual I Riitsner, a meeting was held at the vestry room, for J the purpose of fixing a rate for the relief of the poor fo!, e ensuing qurrter. The meeting was respectably very ouniei-ously attended. As it will be tie- ee>sary, in consequence of several accounts and other j claiti.a en ihe parish, which properly belong to pre- t visas m arters, being now brought forward, to impose f"»«sitt £ ;;ibly higher rate than the inhabitants I perhaps anticipated, it was resolved by the gentlemen oi- the motion of Mr. Oakey, that the meet- | ifig be a4jowrt»ed till Thursday next, and that notice | be given inviting then a full attendance! The s.se of the meeting was that this course would afford the. feir&t opportunity to the inhabitants of under- standing cause of the increased rate. | -MRR RTTYR POLICE—^OCT. 22, Philip Lewis was | firs*'<2 -ii'S, >>fore 1. B. Bruce aud Wm. Thomas-, Esqrs. for di lvin-r without reins, on Monday the 14th, and 10s, far having Do descriptive board on his cart.

V BRECONSHIRE. [ Sir C»ai ies Morgan, Bart, and bis family, the [ fku»iiy ,-f R. jjeiTa, and Lord Rodney, left Brecon on [ T*i<" J ^snigbt. The poor of Brecon on this, as on !a j'sions, have experienced the munificence r- i.y Baronet^ who has also liberally sub- scnueti i'iv-^rds the rebuilding of a new Welsh Bap-, iitft iu Brecon. The inhabitants of Hay, to te&iify tb< pxpect aud regard for Sir Charles and his iIOn, fh Istfc^ member tor the borough of Brecon, escortfii tucm through that town with a band of music. Wt aire bappy taj find that the Brecknock Infirmary is <^kely to We soon open'tfd. At a meeting of tl.u Subc- ribers Jfeld last week., at which Col. I Wood, M.P. fir the *bunty presided, it was resolved {bat the tu- "ngV^ould be completed forthwith; ARRSBGETACNT* >re at the same time made to open the Infirmary for reception jpf patients about the ARRSBGETACNT* .fe at the same time made to open the Infirmary for reception pf patients about the beginning As the delay has hitherto I been occastoa^bj^i deficiency of funds, George P. Walking. F, 4b his usual benevolence sent an ofer throngii the liuin of Mr. Church, of adding oOi. to hiwalrpytfV-nificent donation—at the same time the worthy -man,(who is always alive to the best interests of tte'^ unty), Mr. Williams of Penpont and other Gentlevieii expressed a wish of adding to I their original subscriptions, but this liberal feeling t was not acceded td" the meeting from a confident hope that an appe^^jlthe benevolenec of'th^Hgin. dividuals conneet^^feth the county, who rhKBot hitherto snbscribe^^mpld be the means of ohlq^ktg tht* r.ecee«ary aid. Treji unnecessary to point out the advan;ages of such f( institution as Infirmary, or its inestimable a^t itages in afto|j^fe1 an asy- lum, the st local radical advice, Wgkc-ines, and all requisite remedieS^ifor that distresse^^ortion of our felhm creatin-esalwho, in covaml; on with their more affluent brethren, e liable to all the casualties as wei! as diseases incidfe| to our natures, but ag- gravated Jp the former qMheir poverty aud severe privations, la another <w^tnn is a list of additional subscribers. "ffc

GLANBRAN.-We understand that Glanbran Park has been purchased by Lewis Lloyd, Esq. for 101,0001. J J MILFORD—-MISSIONARY MEETINGS.—On Mon- day and Tuesday evenings last, the Missionary Meet- ings connected with the Wesleyan and Independent persuasions in this town, were numerously and res- pectably attended. The worthy Chairman, R. Mathias, Esq. pointed out in a very impressive speech the benefits resulting from Missions generally; and several very interesting anecdotes, calculated to excite a favourable impression on the minds of the congre- gation, were related by the Rev. J. Ray, Missionary from the East Indies, and who has been resident there upwards of twenty years. The usual resolutions having been moved and seconded by the Rev. Messrs. Warlow, Randerson, Blackett, Thomas, &c.,a vote of thanks to the worthy Chairman for his ab!e conduct therein, was put and carried unanimously; and the meeting separated highly pleased with the proceedings of the evening. The collections amounted to con- siderably more than those of the former year. MILFORD.-The brig Emma, Harris, from Mes- sina, bound to Liverpool, laden with brimstone and pumice-stone, put in here Tuesday morning, having carried away her main mast, bowsprit, long boat, and starboard bulwarks. The Ann and Mary, Lloyd, from St. John's, N. B. arrived here yestesday, for orders, spoke the Isabella, from Bristol, out 20^.ys. MAIL COACH ACCIDENT.—As the Milford and Gloucester Mail was going on Tuesday morning last out of Liaudilo, it met a timber carriage which was on the wrong side of the road, and the horses becoming restive, the coach struck against the carriage, and precipitated Mr. W. Beynon, the coachman from his seat, who feU between the- leaders, by which one of his legs was fractured and otherwise much injured; but, we are happy add, that he is in a fair way of recovery. Great blame is attached to the driver of the carriage, who was fast asleep on the load of timber at the time of the accident, and. did not hear the ap- proach of the coach, although the guard blew his horn repeatedly. A windmill on an improved plan has been erected at the village of Wick, near Cowbridge, by Evan Christopher, of Cowbridge, Mason, for Mr. Samuel Thomas, of the former place, maltster. The mill shifts its sails to the wind as occasion requires, and also reeves and unreeves them without assistance, and works three pairs of stones. It is considered by persons of superior judgment to be a piece of excellent workmanship. Height of the mill, 60ft. diameter at the base, 24ft at the top, 14ft. No plumb-line or trowel was used.- Carmarthen Journal. Mr. Tracey, Llaiidilo, lost a rick of hay lately by fire —His landlord, Earl Caw dor, with a generosity worthy of every praise, when be learnt Mr. T.'s mis- fortune, presented him with another rick of the value of 1201. to repair the loss he had sustained by the ac- cidetit.-Ibid. A few days ago, the boy who rides post between Builth and Rhayader, found his horse faU under him and ultimately the beast fell. The conduct of the boy deserves great praise. Aware of the responsibility attached to his services, he seized the bag of letters, set off on foot at full speed, and arrived at Builth in due tiiiie.-Ibid. FATAL ACCIDENT.—ON Saturday evening last, as Orithth James, of Lumgunnock parish, younger brother of Mr. David James, stone-mason, was return- ing home from this town, with a cart load of coal, and going down the Monument hill, his horses suddenly took fright and started off at a gallop towards the Royal Oak Gate, when poor Jame, who was riding on the shaft, jumped off to stop his horses, but unfor- tunately the reins tripped him down, aud the cart, j wheel went over his breast, and after lingering in great pain four hours, he expired An inquest was held on the following Monday, before Aaron Timmins, Esq. Mayor and Coroner, and a respectable Jury, when the above facts were elicited, and a verdict accordingly ret ul"Ued.-J bid.

t ( < L t'i r tnued I aW to I d Fund ^gtival i'» 4r eolnmo I f hesSjftg of JOte oftmr 1 drelj^ioas of the ColUgSa'e •» the Committee Xnnte. at the "oivef two j of moni t, ill i 'e tc ■ILP ..wq i f :.]M .t{ 'rn •fciorgaa, by, J.I t of'bastardy in the Ptrrr fl,, by tii* j rV?^r«t^e sg keep the i •eflyjket ifi-hj j E^q. c!i.;rgcd"'a £ .j if Met tbjVTvrisi;, j kit., r &ig&jCterk, for h & of! .C!:lp:e4) >.ie | >il?€ l:< .raiy.th- ,«1 .sr.tscf ,h^, .« ] e Ukoly !& elticieut sup- j i»i>pre*frrtc-»t :( rR cou-l j hopes thin thick,:] thifj fctlC'h !iO* 5 .» will j I-.oadoii,: S&titN 'rsningi i ike oureUymti'i iiu tare of. a j lercouiso' that bids fair to of more j in that tarried on in any part of th> S und. Let our reader? cast f^u e."fJ ip, and look at the k»po>i»fei j ail roads v. draw together. Ijet i-nu J e dense population aad Ttit w:wer;4 v^ihh 1 Vales, the cloths of w:r own county, »hc | ures end trade of Birmingham awl aU- j -v country, a rapid cofii«mnkatk-» utth Ii»«dos j ..a the one hand, ai:d with all the Scuth of rretwl zoa the otW: and a canal which wfH ter as to « huge storehouse, all the foVei»n i required hy these various interests, -Atsrf it mu$jY'<?c | think, be self-tvideirt, that Ciio^cestcr, <he pi sot J upon which ait this, trade end commerce, foreign ipd j domestic, n»a>t turn, will at once take thft loaj \-f; every port iu the West of ErtgJand. We tr«n t%e-j J merchants of Gloucester, the clothiers nnvl short; I 1 interested In the prosperity of oar county nud chy, | f will give fht-ir assistance by becoming shurtfho'u- | sad by all other means in their power, to the- l completion of Cumbrian mid London Railway, atj.n vcrti.ed !It another' cojumn of our yaper, #ad of it --« Bristol cud JLoador. Railway with which it Is neetcd. s A eom^posde&t suggests to the Managers of the i new Gloueesterd Loudon Railway, the idea 1)) making a braneVi rpad either ft-em' tTk. mwtc-!i. or Meriliyr to Hrecdff. where it would kin the Linicttin railway, anS from Brtetin through Llandovery at;o i Llaiidilo to Carmarthen, by which meaas the agrie«S-1 tural and ttiinera! productioDB of the western counties j • of South Wales, might be conveyed at a trrfliag cx- j pc&se, to markets *here tSey would find s resdy aa^e. |

NF:A TH PETTY SESSIONS, i Willkttn Phillip, labourer, was convicted before H. f I J. Grast and F. Fredrkks, Eaqra. on the 18th issf. | f°t' sn "aproveked essav.H upon Margaret !xwis,* a l .S it quiet and civil woman, acdone of the tramping carriers j 4 between Neath and Swansea. 1* appeared that while 7%the complaioan* was aboui delivering her errands iu j <he town, »he tuet by the Defendant, who struck I }>ev violently on her neck, withour the least prova t rioa » bat ever. > i The -lefendant being called upon for his defence. at!e;npied to j-islify his conduct on account of h.s Wing drunk, bat the Magistrates thinking this but a pbôt.j)I. an he "Ii> uearly iu that state I ■while offering it as an apology, he was £ ae<J ia She -auin'f one pouia d and mstr.; and, :u default of pay- mefit, scat to the House of Correction for one mouth. „Oe the same day, Mary &irauel, wife ot* Thomas j aaaiael, ewtlwainer, was convirted in the sum of six aaaiael, ewtlwainer, was convirted in the sum of six t?!;i{iiijjf5, iaetudiiso: costs, ti)J. an assault ou Mary Powell, wile of James Powell, blacksmiih, all of this II town. ——

j MONMOUTHSHIRE. -,NA-ilONAL SCHOOL.-On Thursday fce Ilth io^t; was held the first general meeting of the patrons ar-1 friendg of the National School -at Caerleon. j I It was ijunjerously attended by the principal geutry and d'drgy and neighbourhood and by most of ;he ^habitants cf the place. The Lord psip of '-Janaaff preached from Epbes. vi. 4. a powei'V. Fci: MORP vigorous in its arguments and per- suasive iw its appeals, the effect of which was perceived in Ü,(; very handsome collection at the door of 181. ies Tv. coicj^fiy then proceeded to the school room wtoere tbvJ children were examined. The school ap- s peut cd rather to disadvantage, as it had not recovered V-r* or efficiency since the harvest. During of a brief statement of the affairs of the t that from want of funds to coca- r pi. ^Witvgs, the committee were in debt to >i• EL -itoluntar)- effort was made by the ,■> P' l'sons present, which immediately pro- < S;K'. *•»-nms since received from friends unavoid- i ab4v ¡S"t. a further donation of 121. 5s. thus making [ ¡" sum of 311. Is. All present appeared h"- :^ed, and the day will long be remembered > _by all the true friends of the best in. i*m* v> riwog generation, i [ —A fine Brig, of abo\it 120 tons burthen, WBS t#aMc!;cd on Tuesday last, at Monmouth. She is j the ?!<•? £ » of Mr.:Swit't, and named the Lucy.

I On Monday last a s&jhian, belonging to the j smack Swift, Atkin, from Bristol, bound to Jjverpool, j received a tremendous blontf on the head, from the gib *heei, while making th& fearbour, In consequence of ,1 heavy sea striking tl^ gib, and which was so i sadden that the sail was corrtplfcfely rent in twain, and • the man l-tid senseless on thd de.ck with I'.is head and j face lacerated iu most shoeing manner. Surgical assistance having been soon'After procured fro^ the j shore, wounds were spe^nly dressed, and the j most »:i!igah)e hopes arc entettaSaed of his recovery. Î

FAIRS IN NUVEMBLU. Glamorganshlre-Aberavon, Tuesday the' 12th; Aberdare, Wednesday the 13th; Caerphilly, Saturday the 16th; Bridgend. Monday the 18th; Merthyr Tydfil, Monday the 18th; Capel-j-creinaut, Wednesday the 20th; Wain, Wednesday the 20th Gorsynon, Monday the 25th; Car- diff. Saturday the 30th. Alonmouthshire-Chepstow, Friday the 13t; Newport, Wednesday the 6th; Newport, Monday, the l&h Mon- mouth, Friday the 22d; Pontypool, Monday the 25th; Chepstow, Monday the 25th; Castletown. Tuesday the 26th. J Breconshire.-Taigarth, Saturday the 2d; Trncastle, Weduesday the 13th; Pontneddfcchan, Thursday the Uth. Herefo,.dshire.Leintwardine. Wednesday the 6th Leo- minster, Friday the 8th; Huntingdon, Wednesday the 13th. Dorstone, Monday the 18th; Pembridge, Friday the 22d. Gioucestershi-re.-Cirercester, Friday the 8th; Lidney Friday the 8th; Bisley, Tuesday the 12th; Blakeney. Tuesday the 12th; Fairford, Tuesday the 12ih; Little Dean, Tuesday the 26th; Gloucester, Thursday the 28th.

FoRGERY.-Philip Harvey, tried on Saturday last on a charge of forging and uttering several bills of exchange, with intent to defraud Messrs. Under- wood, and Messrs. Gurney, pleaded guilty. It was supposed that he hoped by this course to induce those gentlemen to intercede for him; but they abstained from doing so. It was said that, on the examination of the premises of this man, forged bills were found sufficient to paper a room. CHOLERA.—The London Medical Society have been occupied during three sittings in the discussion of a theory stated by Dr. Tytler, and supported by strong facts, tending to connect the origin of the modern cholera with the consumption of some delete- rious rice, the growth of the year 1817. INCENDlARISM.- We are sorry to perceive that several fires have occurred in various parts of the country during the week, supposed to have been oc- casion d by incendiaries. DREADFUL MURDER.—On Wednesday night last a party of armed men attacked the house of a man of the name of Ryan, who lived at the Mile Tree, out- side Thurles; and having entered, deliberately murdered Ryan, who was lyiug ill of a fever. This dreadful murder, which was effected with stones, was the consequence of a dispute about ground.- Clonviel Herald. Loss OF THE EARL OF WEMYSS SMACK.—This melancholy event has given rise to a lengthened inquiry which has terminated in an accusation against Mr. Joseph Newman Reeve of felony, in plundering the bodies of the unfortunate ladies drowned in the wreck of the Earl Wemyss. It appears that Reeve busied himself with the dead bodies, and depriving some of them of whatever property remained with them, consoled himself with the gain He has since been committed to Norwich Castle on a second charge of felony connected with the above disastrous wreck, on the application of the Rev. Mr. Holloway (who has exerted himself in the most praiseworthy manner). Warrants have been issued against several other par- ties for alleged robberies. It is said that the captain, while the bodies of the unfortunate persons were still warm, and life might perhaps have been restored, quietly sat down to breakfast! Upon thejearrings being totn from the ears of one of the ladies, blood flowed 1 and no means were taken for her recovery! Loss OF THE SHIP ESSEX BY FIRE.-This vessel left the city of New Orleans on the 24th of July, and sailed from the bar on the 28th, bound for Liverpool. On the 12th of August, at 8 p.m. the master, Nathaniel Vaughan, died, after an illness of three days, of the yellow fever. At the same time a cabin passenger, Mr. Hobson, civil engineer, was lying helpless and speechless in his cot, having been ill fourteen days. On the following1 day, at 30 minutes past 3 a.m. being then hi lat. 29. 45. N. and long. 75. 35 W. a smoke was discovered coming from the afterhold. All hands were immediately called, and commenced heaving water down through the loop- holes of the hatchway, but the smoke increased so fast that the hatchway was covered again with the tarpaulin. Both quarter boats were quickly lowered, and a jfctle water with some bread, were put into them: but there was no time to save any thing of vatue-not even the shIp s papers. After several fruitless attempts to do so the flames began to burst through the coat of the mainmast, and instantly com- municated with the rigging, when the mast and its rigging became one splendid ptllar of fire. Part of the crew then got i»to the skiff and droPPed astern, and the whole of the bands 21 in number, got into the boats. Iu about ten minutes the mainmast fell; the flames then buret through the cabin windows, and the fore and mizen masts fell in succession. The crew congratulated themselv^ upon their narrow escape, and at once a"f61t Prayer to the Almighty for this signa, *»'««» destruction. At five a.m. they pulled aivay in hOP- of fMug in with some vessei. At seven a.m. they descried a sail I bearing about W.N W. and immediately Pulled towards her. At eleven am they were take* on board, and she proved to be the American trig Har- vest, Captain Lawton, from New York, bound to Matanzos. They were received on board, and treated with the greatest humanity.

To THE EDITOR. OF THE GAZETTE AND GUARDIAN. SIR,-I was much delighted with reading the fol- lowing very elegant Latin Epistle in the Antiquarian Repertory. It is upon Evan Rice, Huntsman to Sir Thomas Mansel of Margam, and was written either by Bishop Atterbury, or Dr. Friend, the Master of Westminster School, about the year 1700.-Perhaps some of your Correspondents would send you a trans- lation in English or Welch verse. Your obedient servant, VENATOR. Vos qlti colitis Hubertum Inter Divos jam repertum, Cornu, quod concedens fatis, Reliquit vobis, insonatis. Lætos solvite canores In singultus et dolores Namquis non tristi sonet ore Conclaniato venatore ? Aut ubi dolor justus, nisi Ad tumulum Evani Risi? Hie per abrupta et per plana, Nee pede tarclo, nec spe vana Canibus ettelis egit Omne quod in sylvis degit. Hie evolavit mane puro Cervis ocyor ac Euro Nrenatitis intentus rebus. Turn cum mediusardet Phce bus, Indefessus adhuc quando Idem occidit, venaudo. At vos venatum, illo duce, Non surgetis alia luce, Nam mors, mortaliumVena- tor, Qui ferina ntinquam satur, Ciirsuin praevertit btimanuni, Proh dolor rapuit Evauurn. Nee meridies, nec Aurora Vobis reddent ejus ora: Restat illi nobis flenda Nox perpetuo dormienda, Fioivit muita laude motuui In ejus situ large notum, Reliquit equos, cornu, canes. Tandem quiescant ejus Manes. Evan Risi Thomas Mansel servi fidelis Dominus benevolens Posuit.

ON SINGING AND PRAYING AT CHURCH. It would much add to the solemnity and edification of public worship, if a more becoming attention were paid to the posture in which these Sacred duties of devotion should be performed. The Church has in all ages appointed the reverent practice of STANDING in singing praises to,God. When Hymns or Psalms are repeated or sung to his praise and glory, we stand up, not only to signify, but to excite the eleva- tion of our minds at that time. If our souls be really lifted up in the praises of God, our bodies will naturally lift up themselves in this holy service. That this method is prescribed by the Church of England, when the Psalms are read, is well known it may not have been so well considered, that the practice of the parish Church, founded on the autho- rity of Inspiration, was no less particular. We read 2 Chron. vii. 6. And the Priests waited on their offices the Levites also with instruments of music of the Lord, which David the King had made to praise the Lord, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their Ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel,ytood." So Nehemiah, ix. 5. Then the Levites, Joshua and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, STAND up, and bless the Lord your God for ever and ever; and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise." Again, when the Angels are said to sing praises to God, as in the visions of Isaiah vi. 2, 3, and St. John, Rev. vii. 9, 10.; they are represented as STANDING. "Is.-ln ttle year that King Uzziali died, I saw also the Low-dsittinq upon a Throne high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. Above it STOOD the Seraphims &c.-and one cried unto another, I Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Hosts the whole earth is full of his glory,—and Rev. I beheld, and lo a great multi- tude which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and. tongues, STOOD upon the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes and palms in their hands, and cried with a loud voice, saying, salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne and unto the Lamb." And again, Rev. xv. 2, S, 4," I saw them that had gotten the victory over the beast, &c. &c. STAND on the sea of glass, having the harps ot God. And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, great and marvellous are thy, works, Lord God Almighty," &c. &c. Basil, one of the Fathers who lived in the 4th century, describing the practice of the Church in his time, says, The people rising from Prayer, STAND up to sing Psalms," as we STAND UP with reverence in conformity to the Rub and praise God when the Psalms are read, so shoulu we also do when they are sung. We have observed the practice to be decent in itself, to be founded on principles of religion, on the examples of the Saints in Heaven, on the custom of the ancient Church on the directions of our own, and more than all, on the word of Inspiration. We trust that the indolent and irreverent posture of SITTING during this animating service will be heard of no more. But though we raise ourselves in singing praises unto God, in prayer we fall down before him. 0 come let us worship and fall down, and KNEEL before the Lord our Maker." Whatever be. that posture of body most indicative of supplication, of reverence and humility, to that will the devout worshipper doubtless have recourse, to testify his own sense of unworthiness, and his profound awe of the Divine Majesty. In this also, as in respect to singing, the Scripture abounds with examples to direct our prac- tice. In the 22nd Psalm and 30th v. it is said, All they that go down to the dust shall kneel before Him,"—again, Psalm 72, 9, They that dwell in the wilderness shall KNEEL before Him,"—and v. 11, all things shall fall down before him." It is ob- servable also from the circumstance of the KNEES being employed in Divine worship, the true worship- pers themselves are called by this name 1. Kings, xix. 18, Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the KNEES which have not bowed unto Baal." la I. Kings viii. 54, we read, that the mag- nificent prayer offered by Solomon at the Dedication of the Temple was offered on his knees, for it is said, When Solomon tiad made an end of praying he arose from KNEELING on his KNEES." So 2. Chron. vi. 13, referring to the same consecration, we read that he "KNEELED down upon his KNEES before all the congregation of Israel." The prophet Elijah, I. Kings, xviii. 42, "cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his KNEES," which interpreted by James v. 17, 18, will appear to have been his attitude in prayer. Ezra ix. 5. At the evening sacrifice I fell upon my knees and spread out my hands unto the Lord my God, and said 0 my God." So-Daniel vi. 10. KNEELED upon his KNEES, three times a day and prayed." When St. Paul took leave of the pious disciples that accompanied him to the ship, we do not read of their sitting, or even standing while offering up petitions unto God, but they KNEELED down on the shore and prayed," with no other cushion, as the excellent Bishop Beveridge remarked, than stones or sand. Again, when the Apostle prayed for his Ephesian converts, he says, Eph. iii. 14, For this cause I BOW MY knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ." We read in Isaiah xlv. 23. 1 have sworn by myself (saith the Lord) that unto me every KNEE shall bow," or as St. Paul quotes it, Rom. xiv. 11. As I live, saith the Lord, every KNEE shall bow to me again, St. Paul, Phil. ii. 10. At the name of Jesus every KNEE shall bow of things in heaven and things in earth and things under the earth." If it be our duty to be fol- lowers of Paul even as he was of Christ, let us also see how plainly this duty is enforced by the practice of our blessed Lord and Saviour: Luke xxii. we find that at the Mount of Olives, v. 41. he "KNEELED down and prayed." Whoever shall carefully con- sider what has been said without prejudice, cannot but confess that KNEELING is the tit posture for prayer-that it is recommended to us by Reason, by decency, by Apostolical practice, by Divine autho- rity, that our Church could not do otherwise than enjoin it—and that in enjoining it, she but consulted the edification of the people, and but accommodated the weakness and unworthiness of those to the awful Majesty and power of God.

ABSENTEES.—According' to the record kept at thQ English Embassy Office in Paris, the number of English passports daily signed there was 60 during the last four months. This is at the average of 1,800 per month.

A CURIOUS POLITICAL DISCLOSURE. The Rev. Mr. M'Donnell, editor of that redoubtable periodical, the HonLan Catholic Magazine, has blabbed out a secret which should be generally known. In accounting for, boasting of, and explaining his distinguished and exemplary public proceedings at vestries, Newhall-hill meetings, and the board of the Birmingham Political Council, he observes in the leading article af the last August number as fot lows "But it was in what is usually styled the crisia of the Month of May, 1832, that the usefulness of the political body to which allusion is made, was most clearly and strikingly manifested. At that time the Ministers them- selves solicited the support of one of those mighty assemblies, which, at the voice of that body, occasionally met. This is. indeed, often denied, but is true; and as the facts have not appeared in print, it may be well to record them. At a dinner-party at Mr. Attwood's, at which the Earl of Radnor was present, the propriety of holding one of these great meetings was discussed, the object being to petition the House of Lords to pass the Reform Bill, which it was generally supposed they were inclined to reject a second time. At this party, Lord Radnor recommended that the meeting should be held. Mr. Parkes was opposed to it On the next day, a committee of the Political Council met, in pursuance of a previous resolution, to consider the same question, when Mr. Parkes presented himself to the com- mittee, and stated that he held in his hand a letter from a near connexion of a member of the Government, intimately acquainted with the feelings and opinions of the Ministry. This letter strenuously urged that a great public meetiug should be held in Birmingham,for the purpose above stated. Mr. Parkes was reluctant to show the letter to the committee but requested that two persons might be appointed to whom be might show it. Messrs. Attwood and Scholefield were selected for this purpose. They retired with Mr. Parkes, and, returning, stated to the committee, that the letter was of the character described by him. It was resolved ac- cordingly, that a great meetiug should take place on Monday, May 7. That meeting, therefore, was held at the request of the Ministers, who wanted support." The above statement wants no comment: only it is difficult to say which preponderates-the ingratitude of Mr. M'Donnell in disclosing the Secret of that Protestant Ministry, which has done so much to for- ward his and his party's views iu undermining the Protestant religion; or the reckless spirit of those men, who, to preserve what they called in their days of humility baubles and gewgaws of office, appealed through their agents to the worst passions of the mobility, and drove the country to almost the very verge of civil war.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, OCTOBER 17. In a Convocation holden this day the Rev. George Riggs, M.A. on the old foundation of Queen's College, was nomi- nated and admitted- Pro-Proctor of the University, in the room of the Rev. Thomas Pearson, M.A. and Fellow of Queen's, resigned. In a Congregation, holden the same day, the following degrees were conferred:- Bachelor in Divinity.-Rev. James Peterson Chambers, Fellow of Magdalen. Masters of Art,Rev. Henry George Watkins, Worces- ter, Grand Compounder; Hev. George Win. Kershaw, Worcester; Rev. George Kcnnard, St. Alban Hall Rev. James Nash, Trinity; John Ellison Bates, Student of Christ Church. Bachelors of A rts.-John B.Bond, University; Francis P. G. Dinely, Worcester; Rev. Richard Gordon Bedford, Queen's; Thomas Briscoe, Scholar of Jesus; Edward Mey- rick and 'Rhouias Harding Newman, Demies of Magdalen Alexander Cameron and William Anthony Glynn, Magda- len Hall. CAMBRIDGE, OCTOBER 18. On Saturday last the following Gentlemen were appointed the Caput for the year ensuing:—The Vice-Chaucellor; G. Thackeray, D.D. Provostof King's College—Divinity W. Frere, D.C.L. Master of Downing Goilege-Law Corn- wallis Hewett, M.D. Downing College-Physic; Francis William Lodington, B.D. Clare Hall-Sen. Non-Regent; George Phillips, M.A. Queen's College, Sen. Regent. At a Congregation on Wednesday last the degree of Mas- ter of Arts was conferred upon the Rev. Robert Boustead, St. John's College, and that of Bachelor of Arts upon Mr. Robert Monteith, Trinity. At the same Congregation the Rev. Professor Henslow, M.A. of St. John's College, and the Reverend Samuel Fennell, B.D. Queen's College, were appointed Pro-Proc- tors. On Wednesday last the Seatonian Prize (for the best pOfAt on St. Paul at Philippi") was awarded to the Rev. T.-E. Hankinson, M.A. of Corpus Christi College. Preferments.-Rev. H. Howarth, M.A. Fellow of St. John's College, to the Rectory of Mepcrshall, Bedford.- Rev. T. L. Clarkson, of Christ's College, to the Rectory of Beycon, Suffolk.-Rev. G. U. Porter, B.A. of Caius Col. ¡t. 1> 1i,'I_J c..a.11- n_ ..1:1 •eje, iu UU; licuurji oi mancsiuru, O\UIUUl.neV. n. u, Tate, M.A. of Trinity College, to the Second Mastership of Oakham endowed Grammar Seliool.-Rev. T. Byrth, M.A. of Latchford, in Cheshire, to the Perpetual Curacy of East Stonehouse.-Rev. P. Horden, M.A. Keeper of the Cheetham Library, to the Incumbency of Chorlton-cum- Hardy.-Itev. R. Webster, M.A. to the Vicarage of Stran- ton, near Hartlepool.

A SERIO COMIC SWEEP. Thursday one of the honourable company of "sweeps" having taken "taken an enemy iuto bis mouth to steal away his brain," ascended one of the low houses in Justice-street, and scrambled away un till he got upon the top of an old chimney, where he could both see and be seen to considerable advantage. He now began to dance and cut capers, to the great amusement of a considerable crowd assembled to wit- ness his performance. In a short time he began to strip himself of his upper garments, and at last ap- peared more than half naked. In this state be con. tinued nearly two hours, haranguing the people in imitation of the cholera doctor, and playing all sorts of fantastic tricks, till at last he betook himself to a more serious employment. He unloosed several bricks of the chimney, and dropped them down the various vents, to the great annoyance of the ind welters, and the damage of sundry pieces of crockery. Several towri-serjeants and day-patrol having by this time ar- rived, things began to wear a rather alarming aspect, as he proceeded to throw pieces of lime and brick upon the crowd collected in the street, which by this time was immense. A consultation was immediately held how he should be got down. One man proposed to 84Pd for slaters. Several other plans were proposed and at last the Sheriff, who had arrived, suggested that the water works" should be allowed to play upon him till compelled to come down. A body of mcn were despatched for one of the fire-engines. During these proceedings, however, three fellows, (one of them dumb) undertook to bring him down and they ascended in various directions. The sweep stood eying them one after the other, with a large brick in his hand ready to throw at the one who should first approach. However the party were firm, and ad- vanced slowly and cautiously, till at last the "dummy" made a spring, aud seizing the brick, which be immediately threw away, grappled with his opponent amidst the cheers of the multitude. The other two came to his assistance and one of the most astonishing scenes occurred perhaps ever witnessed in Aberdeen. Here were four men standing on the top of a very narrow chimney, about 40 feet high, and three of them engaged in a desperate struggle with one who was careless of his own life, and utterly re- gardless of that of others. The struggle was for some time very doubtfut; and the drink with which the sweep was inspired seemed to redouble his strength, for at one time he had almost shaken himself free of all his opponents, and nearly precipitated them upon the street below. At last they succeeded in getting him from the roof of the house; and after many blows, kicks, and bruises, a rope was put round his waist, and he was lowered to one of the windows, through which he was taken into the house, and after- wards carried to the police office, amidst the shoutiugs of thousands. -Aberdeen Herald.

GOLD MINES IN MALABAR.-An article in the Mechanics Magazine states that extensive gold mines have been discovered in the neighbourhood of the Ghauts. At Caupool, in the Nelieniboor Valley, mines from 10 to 50 feet deep have been discovered, which appear to have been worked for at least a century. The deeper the mines are the greater is the quantity of gold, the fineuess of which varies between 7,5 and 99,22, thus approaching very nearly to perfect purity. The natives have for some lime worked these mines, but in a very rude and inefficient manner, by which they have been disabled from penetrating deeply. FRAUDULENT ADVERTISING BILL BROKERS.— We are glad to find that the law is sufficiently strong to punish a description of swindlers which is too common in the metropolis. We mean fellows who, under pretence of assisting heirs to estates with money upon their acceptances, contrive to get pos- session of them, turn them into cash, and thence convert the produce to their own uses, leaving the unfortunate gull to his remedy, which hitherto has been either the payment: of the acceptances, or in- definite imprisonment in the^Bench or the Fleet. At length one of these harpies, of the name of Henry Palmer, not a holy one,is caught in the meshes of the law. Palmer was convicted on Tuesday of feloniously receiving ten bills of eptchange of 500f. each, accepted by Francis Dugdalet Astley, Esq. Astley, we re- collect, used formerly to he an excellent jocky at the theatre over the water, but thig Astley was doomed to bejoekied, and the fellow who run him so hard will have the felicily of massing the water for fourteen years. As tin; jockies -ty, this will be a cross, indeed, and a pilgTimuge iyhicl) PnWoers very seldom take.

POETRY. To H. R. H. PRINCE GEORGE op CUMBERLAND, On his Departure from England. Go, royal sufferer, quit a clime Whose sun all vainly poors its light; < Yet love it in thy darkest time, And let it live in memory's sight. Ob love its hills, and vales. and sky, Its faces ever kind and true; They should be dearest to thine eye, They were the last that cheer'd its view. Go—and Heaven bless a mother's prayer, And glad an injured father's heart: To them the sunniest day is drear, Wherein those orbs can bear no part. ¡' In sleep's illusions oft, I ween, Thou seest that joyless mother still, i And for a moment earth looks green, { As when thou knew'st not pain or ill. | Oh! coulo'st thou always dream like this I But peace!—such themes we now forego— [ When Heav'n restores thee waking bliss, | Then may the poet paint thy wo I EXTRACT FROM A SONG ON MISNOMERS, By James Smith, the Author of" Rejected Addreues." Men once were surnamed from their shape or estate (You all may from history worm it), There was Lewis the bulky, and Henry the Great, John Lackland, and Peter the Hei mit. But now when the door-plates of Misters and dames Are read, each so constantly varies Fiom the owner's tTade, figure, and calling, surnames Seem given by the rule of contraries, Mr. Box, though provoked, never doubles his 6st, Mr. Burns in his grate has no fuel Mr. Playfair won't catch me at hazard or whist, Mr. Coward was wing'd in a duel. Mr. Wise is a dunce, Mr. King is a Whig, Mr. Coffin's uncommonly sprightly, And huge Mr. Little broke down in a gig While driving fat Mrs. Golightly." ° Put away Chronology—" a FIG for your DATES" as a punster would say, and see what a pretty con- fusion the world would be in, about the heroes and sages of antiquity by reference to THE DOOR-PLATES OF MISTERS AND DAMES" in the metropolis, now or very lately. For instance-Mars is a leather-dresser in Snow- fields--Bacchus, a manufacturer of decanters and wine-glasses in Thames-street-Homer, a coal-mer- chant at Paddington—Caesar, a grocer and tea-dealer in Cripplegate—Alexander makes trumpets near Leadenhall-Regul us is a toyman in Newport-street Longacre—Nero keeps an hotel at the West End of the fown-Cato, the elder, makes meat-safes and wire cages on Holborn Hill-and Patience having left the neighbourhood of the Monument (where, we presume, he used to sit smiling at grief") is esta- blished as an architect in Wormwood-street!

SCRIPTURE ILLUSTRA TIONS.-No. 16. JAMES iv. 10—"Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up." The cultivation of that honour which cometh from God, the Christian finds the most effectual means of bringing his mind into a proper temper in what re- gards the love of human approbation. Christian! wouldst thou indeed reduce this affection under just controul ?—-Sursum corda! Rise on the wings of contemplation, until the praises and the censures of men die away upon the ear, and the still small voice of conscience is no longer drowned by the din of this nether world. Here the sight is apt to be occupied with worldly objects, and the hearing to be engrossed with earthly sounds; but there thou shalt come within the view of that transplendent aud incorrupiible crown which is held forth to thine acceptance in the realms of light, and thine ear shall be regaled with heavenly melody Here we dwell in a variable at- mosphere,—the prospect is at one time darkened by the gloom of disgrace, and at another the eye is dazzled by the gleamings of glory; but thou hast now ascended above this inconstant region. No storms agitate, no clouds obscure the air; the lightnings play and the thunders roll beneath thee. WtLBERFORCE.

SHIP NEWS. NEWPORT. ARRIVED.-The Little John, Hays, the Diligence, Griffiths, the Fo)., Walker, the William Brown, Sutton, the Nancy Brown, Brown, with cattle, sheep and pigs; the Martha, Evans, and the {Richard and Jane, Pearce, with iron ore the Brothers, Towelis, the Findlay, Gray, and the Unanimity, Rollins, with flour; the Moderator, Johns, the Mary, Coombs, the Bristol Packet, Scott, the George, Johns, the Caerleon, Saer, the Ann, Brown, the Tredegar, Harwood, with Sundries. OUTWARDS.—The William, Thomas, the Fame, Green- fell, the Eliza, Ellis, the Jane, Owens, the Rapid, Roberts, the Catherine, Evans, the William, Clampit, the Prince Regent, Roach, the Jane, Pritchard, the Friends, Mllatosli, the Duporth, Pethick,the Cleveland, Williams, the Charles, Stow, and the Fame, Williams, with iron and tin plates; the Moderator, Johns, the Mary, Coombs, the Bristol Packet, Scott, the George, Johns, the Caerleon, Saer, the Ann, Brown, the Tredegar, Harwood, with sundries. SWANSEA. ARRIVED.—The Britannia,Rees, fromst, John's, N.B. with timber, the Hope, Beer, from Waterford, with Hour; the Jane and Margaret, Cassell, from Padstow, with malt the Nightingale, Brooks, from Gloucester, with fruit; the Gleaner, Evans, from Milford, with bricks; 6 with copper ore, 4 with sundries, and 15 in ballast. MILFORD. ARRIVED.—The Dasher, Jenkins, from Locher for Newry; the Lily, James, from Newry for Swansea; the Maria, Jones, from Neath for Aberystwith; the Olive Branch, Peters, from Swansea, the Princess Royal, Jen- kins, from Dunmore, the Charlotte, Avinette, from Ma- laga, and the Ann and Mary, Lloyd, from St. John's, N.B. for Milford; the Ant, Evans. from Cardiff, the Berwick- on Tweed, Miers, from Quebec, the Eliza, Davis, from Charleston, and the Swift, Atkin, from Bristol, for Liver- pool; the Elizabeth, Griffiths, from Liverpool, and the Cornic, Matthews, from Swansea for Waterford; the Mary, Davies, from Waterford for Portsmouth; the Ninus, Reed, from Liverpool, for Lisbon; the Paragon, Saint, from St. Ubis, for Dublin the Magdalene, Leach, from Liverpool for Rochester; the Endeavour, Edwards, from Bannow for Gloucester; the Effort, Dollin, from Newcastle for Malta. SAl LED.-the Pursuit, Clum, from Milford for Liverpool; the Express, steamer, Ellis. from Bristol for Dublin; the Speedwell, Davis, from Wicklow for Swansea; the Gnat, Codd, from Wexford for London.

BIRTHS. On the 20th inst. at Wenvoe Castle, the lady of Robert Francis Jenner, Esq. of son. On the 17th instant, at Plaesnewydd, the lady of J. M- Richards, Esq. of a son. On the 15th instant, at Killabebyll Place, Glamorgan- shire, the lady of F. E. Leach, Esq. of a daughter. Saturday week, at Carmarthen. Mrs. Williams, wife of Mr. D. Williams, spirit-dealer of a daughter. MARRIED. At Cardiff, on Monday, the 14th inst., Mr. John Stephen- son, of Beverley, Yorkshire, to Miss Davies, daughter of Mr. Joseph Davies, of the former place. On the 15th instant, at St. Mary's Church, Swansea, by the Rev. W. Hewson, D.D. Vicar, the Rev. J. J. Owen, late of Stepney College, London, to Sarah, youngest daughter of Air. D. Davies, of Brecon. DIED. On Monday night, Mrs. Elizabeth Williams, wife of Mr. William Williams, Pant, in her 34th year. At Penlanole, Radnorshire, on the 15th instant, Helen, the beloved wife of the Rev. William Thomas, and only daughter of Daniel Reid, Esq. of that place. Her life was marked by every Christian virtue and integrity, and in death she lookeu for salvation through the alone nier.ts of her blessed Redeemer. On the 13th instant, at Swansea, after a lingering and painful illness, aged 27, Mary Withy, eldest daughter of Capt. John Turner, R.N. Tuesday week, Mr. Spencer Musson, landlord of the Three Compasses Inn, Carmarthen, much lamented by his family and numerous friends. Mr. David Jones, of Lantwit-Major, in his 66th year. On Wednesday se'nnight, at the very advanced age of 93, Mrs. Walter, widow of the late Mr. John Walter, tanner, of Liandilo-Talybont. in the county of Glamorgan. She was a worthy and consistent member of the C'alvinistic Methodist connexion for upwards of 70 years. On the 9th instant, in St. James's-street, Taunton, Joseph Whidney, Esq. It. N. projector and superintendent of the Breakwater, Plymouth, aged 78. The deceased sailed round the world in the Discovery, Capt. Vancouver, in 1791. MfiRTHYR TYDVIL Printed and Published by WILLIAM IKIALLALILU, at the Office, High Street, where Orders, Advertisements, Communications, &c, are requested to be addressed.