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LIBERALITY. The Earl of Dartmouth has most liberally offered a piece of land near Hill Top, in the parish of West Bromwich, for the site of a new church,and also the sum of iel,200 towards the erection of the edifice, and £ 300 to be invested as a fund for keeping it in repair. His lordship's offer has been accepted, and a subscription has been entered into to carry this desirable object into effect. MURDER AT WCOLWICW-—A shocking occur- rence took place on Sunday morning last, in front of the Royal Artillery Barracks. Serjeaur-Maj >r Sheppard, of the 2d battalion of that corps, had just left some of the non.conialissiu,,ed officers in front of the stack of battalion officer", for the purpose of inspecting the men for guard mounting when one of the gunners intended for that duty followed him out to the parade and held some conversation with him, and upon the Sergeant-Major turning away, the gunner deliberately raised his musket to his shoul- der and shot him through the back, the ball coming out through his shoulder belt in front. The unfor- tunate man fell upon the parade bereft of life imme- diately, while the murderer threw the instrument of death upon the ground, and neitherattempted escape nor resistance, neither of which indeed would have availed, as the garrison was turning out for Church parade, it being about 20 minutes before 10 o'clock. Considerable consternation ensued, amidst which the lifeless corpse was carried into one of the neat-est barrack-rooms, and to give the tragic scene an addi- tional feature, one of the unfortunate deceased's sons (a non-commissioned officer) happened to belong to this room. There can be no doubt that the wretched man had fully made up his mind to the hor- rid deed from the circumstance of his taking out his piece loaded with ball cartridge, and from his re- marking when tiring upon the Queen's birthday that he should not load many more firelocks. Poor Shcp- pard has left a wife and family without a claim upon the service, with the exception of what the autho- rities may think proper to do for them.
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( GLAMORGANSHIRE AND MONMOUTHSHIRE INFIRMARY AND DISPENSARY, CAHDIFF. Abstract of House Surgeon's Report to the Week'jt Board, from Jlay 18/A, to May 27th, 1S39 w elusive. IN-DOOR PATIENTS—Remained by last Report, 12 j Admitted since, I -13 Discharged—Cured and Re., lievel, 1; For irregularity, or at their own desire, 0 Died, 0-1. Remaining, 12. OUT-DOOR PATIENTS —Remained by last Report, 87; Admitted since, 10 -106. Discharged Cur-d' and Relieved, I I For irregularity, or at their own' desire, 3; Died 0-1-1. Remaining, 92. Medical Officers for the Week. Physician, Dr. Moore,—Consulting Surgeon, Mr Recce,—Surgeon Mr Davis, —Visitors, Mr J J. Watkins and Mr4 Skyrme. THOMAS JACOB, House Surgeoll.. .#,I.ø,,# DINNER AT THE CARDIFF ARMS. —We learn that Mrs Barrett, of the Cardiff Arms Inn. Cardiff, is about to retire from the management of that highly respectable and comfortable house, and that "the. gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood are about to pay her a tribute of respect by dining together on the 18th inst., the anniversary of the. Battle of Waterloo, (sec advertisement.) From the respecta- bility of the list of gentlemen we know not a greater compliment that could have been paid Mrs Barrett, and cannot refiain from adding our hearty good wishes for the success of the dinner. A COMMERCIAL NEWS ROOM has just been com- menced at Cardiff, under the auspices of Mr W. Jones, and Mr W. Bird, and the paid up subscrip- tions for the your are already more than sufficient to cover the cost of five London daily papers, the lead- ing papers of Liverpool, Glasgow, and Bristol, as well as the local ones, circulating in this and tho adjoining counties. AT A CONGREO ATION held at Oxford, on the 22d of May, for granting degrees, the lollowing Clergy- men were admitted to the degree of Master of Arts: the Rev. J. Davies, the Rev. Edward VV. Davies" and the Rev. David Roberts; also Messrs H. Jones, and John W. Roberts: all of Jesus College. THE LATE EARL POWIS was remarkable for phy- sical vigour; and though he spent some years of his life in India (he was son of the celebrated Lord Clive), and indulged freely in a life of pleasure, he might have been seen, when almost eighty, digging in his garden at six o'clock in the morning, in his shirt sleeves. He married the only daughter and heiress of the former Earl Powis, who was descended from Lord Herbert of Cherbury- By his marriage settle- ment, a large portion of the Clive property wassettled on the second sou, Mr Robert Clive, while the Powis estates descended to the eldest, who resides at Powis Castle, in Montgomeryshire, one of the finest old mansions in the country. BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY.—Anni- versary meetings of Auxiliary Societies, will be held during the ensuing week, in the following order:- Merthyr, Tuesday, June 4; Dowlais, Wednesday June 5; Aberdare, Thursday, June 6; Newbridge! Friday, June 7. The meetings will commence each evening at half-past six o'clock. Thomas Sanger, Esq., will attend as a deputation from the Parent Society. We earnestly hope that the attendance will be good, and the collections liberal. LONG EV i,ry. is now living at Bedwas, in this county, a tinker, named Watkin Jones, who, although in his S9th year, daily follows his'useful occupation, mending tins and tea-kettles, for the pur- pose of furnishing his youthful wife with the means of feeding an increasing family of young children. He is the patriarch of a numerous and branching progeny; his great grand children are not few in number, and several of them are older than some of his own children. The inauguration of the monument of Schiller, Ilt Stuttgard. took place on the 6th instant with great pomp. In the morning a procession of 5,000 persons entered the square. The great officers of State, tho members of the two Chambers, the Foreign Ministers, and other high personages, were stationed in a gallery erected for the purpose, with Charles and Ernest Schiller, the sous of the poet, and M. de Gleichen, his son-in-law, in front. A deputation from the school in which Schiller received his education attended, and with it some of his old schoolfellows, and even one of his tutors. Colonel Rosch, now 90 years of age. The statue was uncovered amidst the entljusiaticlicclama- tions of all the spectators. The house in which Schiller lived when surgeon of a regiment was decora- ted with all appropriate inscription, and all the prin- cipal buildings of the town were adorned with flags. At the above interesting meeting the only Englishman present was illr J. Wyndham Bruce, of Glamorgan- shire, who has translated Schiller's Don Carlos he- was specially invited to attend by Schiller's son aii(I on his health being proposed, defended the memory of that ildmirable author from the unfounded attack- of Schlegel. MrJ. W.Bruce's remarks were heard with unbounded enthusiasm, and he received the thanks of all the great Liteiaires of Germany, who were assem- bled on the occasion. COMMITTED TO CARDIFF GAOL AND HOUSE OF CORRECT,°N._23rd May, 1839, Daniel Williams and Miles Morgan, by Wm. Thomas, Esq., eharg.d with feloniousiy stealing two hundred yards of rope, 01 the goods and chattels of Richard John Hill and another, at Lanvabon.-24th, John Powell, by Win. I homas, ksq., charged with feloniously stealing one waistcoat, one silk band kerchief, and a quantity of silver, (rf the monies, goods and chattels of Charles Ellis, at Gelligaer.— 27th, Mary Davies, by Win. Thomas, Rsq., charged with feloniously stunting one cloth petticoat, and other articles, of the goods and chattels of Thomas Williams, at Merthyr Tydvil. Samuel Marks, by C. C. Williams and H. O. Morgan, Esqrs., charged with having feloniously stolen one silver spoon, of the goods and chattels of Judith Marks, at Cardiff. —28th, Thomas Rees, bv Win. Thomas, Esq., charged with feloniously stealing one- coat and other articles, of the goods and chattels of John Davies, at Merthyr Tydvil. Edward: Edwards, by Wm. Thomas, Esq", charged with. feloniously stealing one coat and other articles, and a quantity of silver and copper, of the monies goods, and chattels of John Davies, at Dowlais. On Monday last, Thomas Edwards, who was con- victed, at the last Cowbridge Quarter Sessions, of breaking and entering a dwelling house, at Lisvane and stealing therein, and sentenced to ten years' transportation, was removed from our county gaol, to be put on board the Ganymede hulk, ;it -Woal- wich, pursuant to his sentence. STATE OF CARDIFF GAOL AND HOUSE os Con- SECTION, MAY 29, 1839:- For trial at Assize. g For trial at Sessions 11 Convicted felons 33 Summary Convictions la Debtors. Totat. 550 FEAST OF THE ODD-FELLOWS—This friendiV and benevolent socictv held a feast at Bruigend on Monday last. The day beiii, fine, numbers of specta- tors attended to witness the lively scene. After the usual preliminaries, the members proceeded in a respectable and orderly mannner, with their respec- tive hanuers to attend divine worship at Chapel, where an excellent sermon was delivered to them by the Rev. J. Harding, on the subject of charitable institutions. After their return to the Bear Inn, they were regaled with an clxcel lent dinner; the room was beautifully decorated, and the table was richly furnished with the choicest clelicicip-, u," the season, the whole reflected the greatest credit on the worthy host atICl and hostess, Mr and Mrs Evans. This society bars out all political discussions, their sole object is to assist each other in time of sickness distress, or any other real need. Alter the cloth was removed, a vote of thanks was proposed by Ol of the members to the Rev. J. Harding, lor his excellent disc,out se, which was most cordially agreed toby every member. The utmost harmony prevailed during the whote day. We understand that there were nearly: a hunwed members present on the occasion. ADAM S WEI,Sll '-At a meeting of antiquaries tc- eently held ih the neighbourhood of Swansea, wLt-re- every one present strove to trace his own pedigree to' periods of most remote antiquity; some went ever so' many generations beyond Noah, and will event golly go beyond the creation it is expected; others disoowered: themselves to be descendants of such nohte hcrofs,. (though never known in the annals of history) that the- deeds of a Caesar or an Alexander would not be worthy of record compared with theirs; whilst an individual' present gravely listened to all their tales, yet seemed anxiously awaiting all opportunity to bring forth some- gr ind idea of his own, which was soon granted him,, when he exclaimed in a dognaatic tone that Adarii spoke Welsh! and proceeded to substantiate bis as- sertion in the following interesting manner: — Wliem Adam returned from naming the animal creation, lie found upon the ground a snail, with its horns stretched, and asked his better half what should be the namo of that; Eve, on perceiving the horns, replied, "Cvrnig'' (horned), to which Adam momentarily acceded; but. 011 touching the sllaiJ to nalIle it, the liorns hence he called it Moel-wetyn, (afterwards without horns). Is not this a proof" positive that Adam was a. |' Welshman?''
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THE MISDEEDS OF THE MELBOURNE MINISTRY. We are not disposed to allow the Melbourne Min- istry to sneak again into office without reminding the country of the iniquities, follies, and corruption of that most conteraptible,and imbecile body. that most conteraptible,and imbecile body. We ask, who found Canada in peace, and produced a rebellion in it? The Melbourne Ministers. Who found trade flourishing, and left it flat? The Melbourne Ministers. Who entered office to pass IIIP appropriation clause, and then meanly nnd basely gave it up? The Melbourne Ministers. Who found the boundary question with America on the eve of settlement, and left it more hopelessly open 1 The Melbourne Ministers. Who found England quiet, and left it at the mercy ofthe Chartists? The Melbourne Ministers. Who sanctioned the Carlow job ? The Melbourne Ministers. Who entered into compact with O'Connell ? The Melbourne Ministers. Who increased public expenditure and the civil list? The Melbourne Ministers. Who truckled to Russia in the cases of Cracow and the Vixen? The Melbourne Ministers. Who promoted and fostered Popery ? The Melbourne Ministers. Who aimed I- t heavy blow and great discourage, ment at Protestantism in Ireland ?" The Melbourne Ministers. Who traded in jobs and commissions ? The Melbourne Ministers. Who lowered the Court in its popularity by base attempts to demoralize and degrade iL ? The Melbourne Ministers. Who gave place to D. W. Harvey and Sucil, and- offered a judgeship to O'Connell ? The Melbourne Ministers. Who interfered with the affairs of Spain, without any other effects than the disgrace of England, and the waste of her money ? The Melbourne Ministers. Who left commerce unprotected in Mexico ? The Melbourne Ministers. Who commenced a war in India, of which they are now afraid? The Melbourne Ministers. Who endeavoured to keep their places without earning tbeir pay ? Ti»e Melbourne Ministers. And beyond all these, to whom does Great Britain owe her present distracted and weakened position, the peril of her institutions, the decay of her foreign influence, the disgraceful condition of her navy. the insolent threats of an insurrection in Ireland, and the attempt to foist on her people an infidel system of education ? The Melbourne Ministers. We call on all men to remember these things. If the indignant spirit of Protestantism and of constitu- tional freedom do not now repress the ambitious pre- tensions of the pseudo Liberals, we shall despair of the empire. If the British people again consent to the yoke of the Whigs we shall for ever, and justly despise them. This, however, can never be. The knell of mock Reformers has rung; and now all that remains is to raise up the banner of the party before whose undaunted front the trembling Melbourne Min- istry has tied, and return only to receive their final doom.
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LiBEL.-In the Queen's Bench, Dublin, on Satur- day, the 18th instant, Mr Barrett, the editor of the Pilot, was sentenced to three month's imprisonment, nnd a fine of £ 20, for a libel arising out of a case in a which the police were concerned. REPRESENTATION OF LUDLOW.— At such a crisis we are sure our Conservative friends will be prompt to put forward a gentleman worthy of filling a seat so nobly occupied by Lord C ive, now called to the Upper House. We have heard some mention made of that excellent and amiable man, the loyal Conservative, J. Ackers, of Heath House, Esq.-Hereford County Press. RESIGNATION OF HIS SEAT FOR EDINBURGH BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JAMES ABERCROMBY,— At a meeting of the electors of Edinburgh in the Liberal interest, held at the Merchants' Hall, on Thursday, the 23d ult., a letter was read Irom the late Speaker of the, tioutie of Commons, announcing bis resignation of his seat for Edinburgh. The right hon. gelltleman, after stating that he ha,l taken the earliest opportunity of letting his late constituents know of his determination, proceeds thuiI The intention of the -legislature in passing the Reform Bill was to give real power to the people, and that; that power should be freely and honestly exercised. You have fulfilled the intentions of the legislature. You have regarded the elective franchise as a power that was to be used for the benefit of the public, and not for your private gain. If other constituencies had followed the same clear and honest course, it is probable that much of the present discontent, and many of the difficulties in which the country is involved, would have been avoided. The efficacy and virtue of the Reform Bill might then have been fairly tried. We should not then have tieeti large sums employed in undermining respect for public priuciple by seeking to seduce and corrupt a por- tion of that people which it was the desire of the legislature to raise and toelevate, by entrusting them with the elective franchise. We might then have seen a House of Commons returned by the free and unbiassed voice of the people, which would have given to that party in the state, which happened to be the object of their preference, such a majority as would have enabled them to have conducted the government with energy and effect." After reading this communication, it was proposed that Mr. Tho- mas Babington Macauley shouid be invited to become a candidate for the representation of the city, which, after some discussion, was adopted without a division. -Edinbitrgh Paper. SINGULAR FOSSIL PRODVCTION.-There is now in the possession of Mr B. Froggalt, miner, of Mat- lock Bath, a fossil specimen of a most extraordinary form. The general contour of the stone, or rather ttonea (for there appear to be two) although insepa- rably united, is that of a battle-axe or Indian toma- hawk. The greatest peculiarity of the fossil is, that the part resembling the head of the weapon, com- prised apparently of a dark-coloured limestone, passes through a cavity iu the shaft part (which is a light-coloured magnesian limestone), and is much larger on each side the orifice than the aperture it- self. It would seem, from this circumstance, that the head was originally the root of some plant, and that during its growth it had accidentally inserted itself in the orifice of the stone, and afterwards become petrified. It was found near the old Ecton mine, about twofeet from the surface.—Staffordthire Advertinr.
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. -0 FRANCE. The Paris journals of Friday se'nnight refer with much point to the manner in which the Imperial Crown Prince of Hussia has been feted in this country, and which they regard as a proof of the facility with which Great Bri- tain will have been duped by the Cabinet of St. Peters- burgh. They all anticipate, more or less positively, that Russia will crush England, and become despotic over Europe. The Gazette de France, in commenting on an article in the Journal rlfs Debats, (or, as it says, of M. St. Marc Girardin) on the affairs of the East, quotes from it this passage:—"If Wti-sia shall com- victorious on' of the contest with England, as she did in 1813 ont of that with France, her preponderance in Europe is (to ided Moreover, from that day we must bid adieu to the political I iberty of the various states of Europe." There is in the Voyages du Due de Raguse one profound word — profoundly Russian—which liberal Europe ought not to forget. The Duke speaks of the ascendancy of Russia over the Sultan, and concludes by saying there is no longer at Constantinople only a municipal Govern- ment." The Archhishop of Paris was indisposed, and unable to attend to his pontifical duties A prelate of a neigh- bouring diocese was to represent him on Saturday at the ordination of French and foreign clergymen. The faces of the pedestal of the obelisk in the Place de la Concorde, whicn look to vards the Chamber of Deputies and the church of the Madeleine, are to be engraved with reprpseotation, of the apparatus used ir: taking it down at Luxor, and in raising it where it now stands. The designs are taken from a work published by M. Lebas, the engineer, who brought the monument from Eoyptand erected it. The other two faces are to bear the following inscriptions Ludovicus Phillip- pus I.. Francorum Rex, ut antiquissimum artis Ægyp- tiacm opus, idemque recentis gloriae ad Nilum armis parta; insigne monumentum, Franciae ab ipsa Æypto donatum, posteritati prorosraret obeliscum die XXV. Aug. a MDCCCXXXII. Thebis Hecatompylisavectum naviq ad id. constructa, intra menses XIII in Gallium perductum, erigendum curavit d. XXV Octob. a ,\1DCCi-XXSVI, anno regni Septimo." 11 En presence du Roi Louis Fhillippe ser, cet obelisque. transporte de Lougsor en France, a ete dresse sur ce piedestal par M. Lebas ingenieur, aux applaudissemens d'un peuple immense, le XXV Octobre, M DCCCXXXVI." In addition to the metropolitan republican conspiracy, we find that the Legitimatists contemplated one in the south (totally unconnected with the former, as the Moni teur I'arisien avers) and respecting which we find in the papers before us the following particulars:- The authorities of Avignon having been apprised that there e isted in that city an armed secret society, the prefect of Vaticluse directed that search be made in several susoected houses, which led to its detection. It appe?rs from the evidence discovered, that the a so- ciation was composed of workmen, enrolled under the orders of young men belonging to the best families of the south, and who professed ultra-Legitimatist opinions. On the 17th a commissary of police (M. Lamv) entered a house, pointed out as the place in which the meetings of the society were usually held, and found 28 persons assembled in it. He seized various papers showing its military organization, lists of the members, and 76 cockades, green on one side and white on the other. The next day search was made in the houses of the individuals mentioned in those lists, and several in whose posses-ion arms and cartridges were discovered were arrested and committed to prison. The affair would be tried by the !oy»l Court of Nismes. The Xfessager states, that the conspiracy was discovered by an agent sent to the so;;th of I ranee by the central police of Paris. On receipt of this communication the Government ordered, by telegraph, searches to be made in Avignon, Carcassonne, and other towns. In. the first a quantity of arms and ammunition was found, and in Carcassonne a number of Individuals professing ultra-Legitimatist opinions were arrested. The police, however, have not been able to lay hold of the chief, of the plot, the ramification- of which are said to ex- tend to the capital. Domiciliary visits were made and repeated the next morning in several houses adjoining the Rue Neuve du Luxembourg, Paris, in which papers, arms, and some ammunition were seized. The pro- prietors happened to be absent, and could not be arrested It was reported on Friday evening thatM. Daguenet, a deputy, and Attorney-Gener;il of Nismes, had left for Avignon to investigate the affair. WAR IN THL: EAST. The Moniteur Parisien announces the occurrence of war in the East in the following term, Intelligence received from the east announces that hostilities have broken out in Syria between the Turkish and Egyptian armies." On Thursday evening, the 23rd, a report prevailed in Paris, which proves to have been correct, that Go- vernment had received from Alfyandriavi6 Marseilles, by telegraph, intelligence of this event. The news was not generally credited, however, but subsequent accounts received from Trieste on Friday confirmed it; aud in conseq:>ence the Minister of Marine moved in the Chamber of Deputies on Saturday for a grant of i0,000,000 francs, to take the precautionary steps this very grave occurrence called for. At the soiree of Earl Granville on Friday night, the matter was discussed bv all the public men present. Count Pahlen doubted that the affair had been serious or would bring about hostilities on a great scale, but the words of a diplomate, pronounced in such a place and under such circumstances, are not entitled to much consideration At the Chamber of Deputies it was re- garded as very grave indeed. Still there did not exist in quarters where its truth would make much impres- sion any very great degree of apprehension. The French funds declined under the influence of the intelligence in question but not to a considerablo- extent. THE HAGUE. MAY 23—The Royal Family is again plunged into affliction. His Highness Prince William, eldest son of Duke Bernhard, of Saxe Weimar, died yesterday morn- ing, after a few days' illness. INDIA. The Java papers from the 26th of December to the 13th of January have come to hand they contain a decree of the Governor-General of the 1st of January, which orders that no duties on importation and expor- tation shall be levied in the Lappong districts. The importation of foreign copper coin is prohibited The importa'ion of gunpowder, firearms, salt (not manufac- tured in Java), opium, and woollen and cotton manu- facturers from countries to the west of the Cape of Good Hope (unless provided with a certificate of their having been imported and re-exported in a port of Java, and that the duties are paid) is prohibited.
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IRELAND. On Monday and Tuesday, the 20th and 21st ult., Me O'Connell issued his edicts for the illumitation of thr city on the anniversary ot the Irish Rebellion, and up to the time in the afternoon of Wednesday, when the Con- servatives had made known their determination not to permit it, there was no change in his councils. The Lord Lieutenant did not interfere, the Lord Niayor did not interpose, and the magistrates, although they had several meetings, and had maiie arrangements for the preservation of the peace, did not make any puulic demonstration. The Commissioners of Police made uothing more than their usual preparations against riot and disorder. But it was intimated to Mr O Conne.il that he would be held liable for the consequences of his inflammatory project and the Dublin Evening Mail had spoken out, in unequi- vocal language, the determination of the loyal citizens, and then, late on Wednesday, hut not till then, it was found by the agitator expedient to retrace his steps, and, covering his retreat with the enclosures of a horse bazaar, he held (or he was said hy the Liberal morning papers of Thursday to have held) a convenient meeting of his convenient Precursors in a stable yard in Stephen's Green, and then and there to have concocted his counter decree, which, in the form of a proclamation, was issued on the following moruing, together with a report of the (!unglii!i meeting at Watts's. In this proclamation, as it might be expected, he was fain to eat his own words, swallow his own insolent vaunts, and, almost without a metaphor, to clan his tail between his leg and run away, like a well cudgelled mongrel, as fast as his feet could carry him.
1I.1t:fi TO LORD MELBOURNE.
1I.1t:fi TO LORD MELBOURNE. (From the Times.) My Lord,—The world is perplexed about your purposes; perhaps you share their embarrassment and anxiety. For my own part, I cannot forget that in politics, as well as in everything else, no-meaning puzzles more than wit," .and while some are giving you credit for an impending Michiavelian stroke of state, I should not be surprised if, after all, you have only turned a fresh go in the chapter of accidents. Yet are there rumours of great changes. Your followers bruit about a programme of liberal mea- sures." Your temporary secession from power they insinuate produced the most salutary effects upon your intellect and your temper. A momentary relief from the toils of state permitted profound reflections on the spirit of the age. You returned to Down- ing-street as Napoleon from Elba, ready to concede a constitution adapted to the necessities of the times. The rapacious appetite of the Republican for innova- tion is to be satiated by paying only a penny for his letters; the more moderate Radical professors satis- fied, by not paying a shilling for the registration of their votes. A penny and a shilling Whig ways and means to prevent revolutions and arrest the fall of monarchies But even this is not all. The Re- form Act is still to be final, but it is not to bo con- clusive. Nice distinction! There are to be consi- derable alterations, but then they are to be made in its spirit. More of the precious metal indeed is not to be introduced into circulation, but then the cur- rency is to be considerably increased by its debase- ment. Add to thi3, the strong, yet not astounding, conviction of,your colleagues of the necessity of edu cation,and the programme" is complete. Imaginary resources of beggared gamesters! It will not do, my Lord. These scrapings and cheeseparings of your famished larder will never serve a banquet. The primary and restless cause of all the embarrassment of your party, past and present, can never be removed or eradicated. I have traced its fatal birth, its indefatigable activity, and its inevitable consequences, in the letter which I addressed to the most distinguished of your colleagues. A" progres- sive" party is a party that must dash over the pre- cipice. But your Lordship is again in power. Your bankruptcy is superseded, though your credit is not restored. I admired the characteristic naivete, from one whom his experience should have made so close and callous, not without charm, with which you assured the House of Lords, that had your Lordship been in the situation of Sir Robert Peel, when re- cently summoned by his Sovereign, you would have acted very differently. I believe you. Enjoying such an opportunity, the leader of a party such as your Lordship heads would have seen only within his grasp power to which neither the essential strength of that party, nor his own reputation, legi timately entitled him. The temptation would have been too strong for nerves less flexible than those of the former Irish Secretary of the Duke of Wellington and however brief the lease of office, however de- grading the tprms by which it was secured, sinister the means by which it was maintained, and mischiev- ous the results which it entailed on the Crown and the country, it could bear no damage to a party in whose expiring condition even defeat might figure as an achievement, as proving their vitality. In the most ignominious discomfiture they must reap some profit; as bands of fugitive marauders can still sack villages and plunder peasants. But, my Lord, there may be statesmen and parties differently circumstanced. Let me consider the cha- racter arid position of a political leader whom, to use only the admissions of his adversaries, I may describe as a man unrivalled for Parliamentary talents, of un- iimpeached integrity, of unsullied personal conduct, of considerable knowledge, both scholastic aud civil, and of an estate ample and uiivt)euitiber(,d-(,iie of long official practice, of greater political experience; of that happy age when the vigour of manhood is not impaired, alld whell men have attained as much expe- rience as, without over-refining action, is compatible with practical wisdom; when an elevated and thought- ful ambition is, not eager, yet prepared for power, free from both the restlessness of youth and the dis content of declining age—epochs that alike deem life too short for delay. Add to this a temperament essentially national,and a habit of life pleasing to the manners and prejudices of his countrymen, with many of the virtues or the English character and some of its peculiarities; confident, rather than sanguine guided by principles, yet not despising expedients; fearful to commit himself, yet never shrinking from responsibi- lity; proud, yet free from vanity, and reserved rather from disposition than from an ungenerous prudence; most courageous when in peri!; most cautious in prosperity. It is difficult to estimate the character of our con- temporaries, but this I believe, though a slight. to be not .an incorrect, sketch of that of Sir Robert Peel —a statesman who is at the head of the most power- fill party that ever flourished in this country —that in opposition commands a large majority in one House of Parliament, equals the united factions in the other, and, by general consent, needs only a recurrence to the sense of the nation to overwhelm them. But moreover, and above all, a statesman who has watched and witnessed this mighty party congregate and expand under his advice and guidance, in an ill- favoured season of trial, turbulence, wd trouble, with small beginnings, forlorn hopes, extreme difficulties, struggling at the same time against popular preju. dice and courtly alienation. My Lord, such a man, and the leader of such men, must never obtain an entrance to the councils of his Sovereign-I %vill 'lot Say by artifice or intrigue— but in any other style or spirit than become an ele- vated character and a commanding position. His administration must never be one existing on suffer- by any branch of thu Leislature. He forfeits too great a station to accept power grudged and hampered by any estate of the realm. The essential strength of his party, the permanent character of the constitutional principles and material interests that 0 e, bind them together, his own vigorous time of life, authorize on his part patience and justify delay. He of all men must never deign to be a seeker. Time is one of his partizans. For two years Lord Melbourne submitted to be the Minister of his late S overcign's iiecessitv, iiot of his choice. Sir Robert Peel never will. There is the difference between you. A quarrel about a Lady of the Bedchamber! Pah! Your Lordship remembers the contemptuous exclamation of Mr Burke when, at tiie commence- ment of the great revolutionary struggle, the war was described by some superficial rhetorician as a waraboutthcopeningoftheSchcidt. Tnescournfu) image which i" that instance flashed from his indig- nant and irritated imagination would not be altogether out of keeping with that scene and santuary into which you have at length pursued the jaded destinies of your country. But L will not profane the mysteries of the Bona Dea. It is not want of ability, or lack of knowledge, or even deficiency of patriotism that disqualiifes i Lord Melbourne or a Lord John Russell from being Ministers of their country. Their difficulties, and they are insuperable, are inherent in the Whig party. It is a party that now is only a name. It has no principle of action, no essential quality of cohesion, too bond of union except traditionary exploits and hereditary connexions, both fast fleeting and fadillit I away before the course of time and the item and urgent pressure of reality. It was once a great and high spirited aristocratic confederacy it has its place, and will keep it, in our history, for its annals are illustrious, but the chapter of its fate is about to close; and with your Lordship and your colleague it rests whether its end shall be a revolutiollllry catas- trophe or a patriotic euthanasia May 25. LÆLIVS.
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THE AUCHTERAKDKR CASE.-This vital ques- tion has called forth all the eloquence and wisdom of those who may be considered the great lights of the church. Dr. Cook opened the debate by making a motion in accordance with the decision of the supreme civil cojrts. Often as we have listened with pleasure to this acute, logical, and justly eminent leader in the church, we never recollect him to have put forward his strength more signally than on the present occasion. He was followed by Dr Chalmers, who, in a speech of great brilliancy and force, moved a counter proposition, vindicating the authority of the church to regulate her own policy as regarded the test of induction. Dr. Muir succeeded, and moved a series of resolutions, some- thing of a medium character as regarded the two preceding motions, or rather attempting to combine, the objects of both. These resolutions differed from I t the motion of Dr Chalmers, in so far as they pro- posed to vest the governing check rather in the church than in the people. Again they were at variance with the sentiments of Dr. Cook in respect that the latter seemed inclined to fall back on the laws of the church anterior to the Veto Act of 1834, It is true that the motion of Dr. Cook included all addendum somewhat approximating, or rather arising out of the views expressed by Dr. Muir at the beginning of the week, when that rev. Doctor hinted the course he might pursue, but it was evident, from the tone of Dr. Cook's speech, that Dr. Muir inteuded to introduce the more decided reform. On the first division, 197 voted for the motion of Dr Chalmers, and 161 for the resolutions of Dr Muir—majority 36; on the second division, 204 supported the motion of Dr Chalmers, and 155 that of Dr Cook—majority for the motiou of Dr. Chalmers, 49.-Caledonian Mercury.
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:"í The new bishop of Peterborough, Dr. Davys was elected bishop at a chapter held at the Ca- thedral on Monday, the 20th ult., on the receipt of her Majesty's writ of conge d'elite. Lincoln Chronicle.
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TO CORRESPONDENTS. « The Llanelly Shipping arrived too late it should come to hand on Thursday. W. i.ees's letter is unavoidably postponed. Our poetical friends must exercise patience. We are ooliged for the communication from Anti Humbng; although we could not find room for his letter, he will see that we have briefly given its con- ten s. The advertisements from George Robins, Esq. arrived too late for insertion this week. ¡';RRA'IU'\I.-In the Advertisement of the Newton Not- tage Estate, in this day's paper, instead of Saturday the !I of July," read "Friday the 12th. and Saturday, the 13tfi of July. The notice came too late to make the alteration in tbe proper place.
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MERTHYR TYDVlTJ. AND BRECON,
MERTHYR TYDVlTJ. AND BRECON, Junel, 1S39. TO OUR FRIENDS AT CARDIFF AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD. We beg to assure our Readers, in the Cardiff Delivery, that our Parcel of Papers for that Distri t, on Saturday last, were sent as usual, and in good time, to the Merthyr Post Office, and placed on the counter there unfortunately it was not taken up with the other packages, and the mistake was not observed till too late to be rectified.
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The Petticoat Government does not seem to have gained much by the result of its recent intrigues; all the bragging and swaggering about the Queen's name acting like a talisman on the hearts of the people;" all the lying and slandering about the" attempts of the Tories to make her a prisoner in her own palace;" even O'CONNELL'S discovery of the Duke of WEL- LINGTON and Sir ROUEHT PEEL'S intention of employing people to poison her MAJESTY in order to make way for the King of HANOVEH have (strange as it may seem) failed in crush- ing the Tories;" on the contrary, the Tories seem to thrive upon it in a very unaccountable manner. A Majority of 18 votes in the House of Commons, and the support of the Ladies of the Bedchamber are the only means in the hands of the Whigs by which they can now do what three weeks ago tiiey declared they found it impossible to do, viz-, carry on the Government of the Country. That all the lies of all the Liberals have failed ill their object is now ap- parent they have not even (to use the words of Lord IELBDU¡{NE'S ?\epj¡('w and Private Secre- tary) "answered (lie purpose of the moment" A few hole and corner meetings have been held at Pot-houses, and a few Vestries and Reform Associations and Liberal Clubs have got up addresses so scantily signed that they have been almost ashamed to present them ;—but have the Liberals ventured upon a single County Meet- ing ? Has the Corporation even of Birmingham, or Manchester, or G'.asgovv, or any large town in the Kingdom addressed the Qlleen? Has any respectable Corporate Body of any descrip. tion done so? Do even the Mob inflict their applause upon her Is it not notorious that every day she is received by large assembled numbers of all classes with a cold and almost disrespectful indifference ? Is there not a general impression that the whole affair is a Court in- trigue with which the Country has no concern? Let the Liberals answer these questions if they call. What has happened at Court, it is quite ap- parent, can neither make Lord MELBOURNE, nor Lord JOHN RUSSELL, more fit to govern the country than they thought themselves three weeks ago nor can it alter the opinion of any single human being as to the fitness of the Duke of WELLINGTON and Sir ROBERT PEEL; both parties are just where they were; the division on the Speakership Inust make this clear to every one. What then will the Wiligs do ? Will they advance, retreat, or stick in the mud? If they advance, they don t gain a single vote in the House of Commons, and they lose the SUpport of some of the more moderate Whigs, who dread the Ballot :and Household Suffrage; if they retreat, the 10 or 12 Radicals, those art- ful dodgers," will agaj„? as they did before, "upset the coach. If they stick in the mud, they secure all the patronage, make sure of the votes of their more lukewarm and timid friends, enjoy the entree at the Palace, risk nothing, and take their chance of any good-luck which may be in store for them. We, therefore, think it most probable they will stick in the mud; humouring both parties when they are weak, and bullying both when thev feel strong play- ing off Tory against Radical, and Radical against 'lory; doing nothing decisively, but pretending that they are going to do everything; and, by dillt. of postponing" second readings," delaying "Reports," "not being prepared" with papers, &c. & will get through the Ses- sion somehow or other, and having once got rid of the Commons for the autumn, will enjoy themselves at their ease for a few more months upon sufferance." However, it is just possi- ble that O'CONNELL may choose to have a dis- solution, in order to "get up the steam" in Ireland:—Whatever he orders must of course (with a majority of 18) be done at once; but this will be a bold measure, of the result of which no Conservative can doubt. It will cause many wry faces in the rallks of the Liberals of all shades; some "mf" of iron mould" may rejoice in the chance of success, but iron and even brass itself has a very different appearance after being well beaten. —MM—
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The tourist in England cannot fail to be struck with one remarkable fdct. Turn whichever way he will, north, south, east, west, he cannol travel any considerable distance without no- ticing some new spire, pointing heavenwards,- some new edifice where man may worship his GOD after the purest and most scriptural man- ner which ever was, and perhaps which ever will be, devised on earth- It was alone a cheering sight some years since to notice the time-honoured churches of our forefathers; to see the provision made in cen- turies gone by, for the spiritual welfare of com- ing ages. Let us hope that their increase, in later years, is the best proof possible that they, were not raised to "an unknown God." Their numbers are however still far below the amount required by the present population. And this is evident from the single consideration that while in former days Churches were erected .Iii wheh woltld contain more than the whole popu- lation of any place, now we have not Chinch accommodation in some towns for even one tenth. There is. happ ly, good reason for hope that this state or things will not long continue. The large efforts which have been made during the last ten years we are willing to believe are but a pledge of future exertions. We encourage ourselves in this belief because we know of in Church built within the period we have named, which is not frequented regularly and statedly by a numerous congregation. Even in the older Churchcs also, the IIllInher of attentive listeners to the preaching of the gospel is far, very far, above "the average of former years. The Church of England, therefore, may posi lively be stated to have grown, and to he s'iil growing in the affections of the people. She has two increases to provide for ;-tlie iric,rt,,tst, of population, as well as an increase in the average of her members from among the entire community. Her foes may devise schemes of education which shall substitute a no-Bible sys- tem, or the Bible of ttif-, corrupt Church of Rome, for her own pure and unadulterated version of the Sacted Record: her foes,—her professedly Protestant foes. may ally themselves with those cold hearted" and false ltereties,-Soci with Papists, and Infidels, but the gates of hell shall not prevail against IIlr." We are sure it will gratify our readers, when we tell them that in Leeds, last week, in the midst of a Dissenting and Radical population, and after extraordinary and recent exertions in behalf of the Church, upwards of IIVO thousand pounds was raised by a Bazaar, in the course of three days. One half of this sum is required for the repairs of two Churches, which suffered materially by a storm last winter. Five hun- dred pounds will be employed to pay off a d..1)t on one ot the same Churches; and the re- mainder will be applied towards the erection of School-houses in connection with the Church one of which will be built in a form so as to be conveniently used as an episcopal chapel. To the !adies of our own neighbourhood,—we mean to the ladies of this and the surrounding counties, we say,-Go and do likewise Nor would we omit, at this eventful period. pressing upon the consideration of all electors this single but very important farl,-that to the Church of England as by law established, we owe, as a nation, all our greatness. When we cease to possess an established Protestant Reli- gion, we shall cease acting on principle; and a very short time will then suffice to place us amongst the most debased of nations that ever existed in the world. Let electors remember that it will not be sufficient merely to maintain the present position of the church; but that whatever can be done to lengthen her cords and to strengthen her stakes, is a duty required at their hands, and for the performance of which they must one day answer to their inexpressible weal or woe.
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The Wesley an. Methodists—a sincere, con- scientious, and enlightened body of Protestants, zealous in the faith, and indefatigable in all works of peace, charity, and piety—these trust- worthy sentinels and estimable brethren of the Protest nt Established Church have set to those who are more formally and strictly attendants on its service an example which, it is to be hoped mere shame, should higher motives he wanting, will induce every Proteslanf of the national church to follow, and to follow without a moment's delay. 80 Wesleyau ministers of one (the London) district only, at their nnllalllleeting a few days y ago, took into consideration the Ministerial scheme for discarding religion from the educa- tion of the poor, and came to some very striking and edifying resolutions on that vital subject They have declared the plan to be most objec- tionable and alarming,"especially that part of it which sanctions the introduction of Romish (or in other words spurious) versions of" the Scrip- tures into schools to be supported by the public money." They solemnly condemn "the training and "employment by the state of Romish (among "other) teachers," and the recognition by the Queen of England's Ministers of the corrupted Romish translations of the Holy Scriptures, as of equal authority with that authorized version which has so long obtained and pre- "serverl the suffrage and preference of almost every body of Protestant Christians among us, and is now, in fact, the great external link and "badge of English Protestant communion." There is no answering, there is i:0 meeting, there is, happily, no evading a just and indig- nant charge, like this.-Erelllng JMail.
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NATIONAL EDUCATION.—-BRISTOL, MAY 23.— We are happy to find that the Bristol Protestant Association has directed the public mind to the iniquit es of the system of national education about to be proposed to Parliament by the imbecile Ministers of the Cro-vn, and that the various parishes have bestirred themselves, and a petition against the grant has been most numerously signed in all of them. A petition lias been already numerously signed, and is in further course ot signature in the parish of St. Pancras, Middlesex, against the Minis- terial national education scheme. A petition has been numerously signed by the teachers of the Church of England Sunday School Society of the city of Worcester against the Minis- terial plan of national education. It is rumoured, that in addition to the place of Min ster of Public Instruction, to be created as a retaining fee for Lord Brougham, it has been in contemplation to revive an office which has not existed, we believe, since the exemplary times of Charles 11.—-na nely, that of mother of the maids, as an official retirement for the respectable elderly lady who now plays the part of Prime Minister, but that the project will probably be abandoned, the Foreign Secretary having also put in a claim tothe office, upon the, certainly unanswerable, grounds of being as big an old woman as the pet of the petticoats, for whom it was originally designed. The Lincoln Mercury represents that Sir Lytton Bulwer stated to a large meeting of the Liberals of that city, that Ministers, "to conci- liate the support of the people, have determined to concede the penny postage, to make the ballot an open question, to bring forward an extended sys- tem ot national education, to get rid of the rate- paying clauses of the Reform Bill, and to extend the suffrage by allowing voters for counties, and by creating a new class of freemen in cities and boroughs." The Kin r of the French has recently sent a present to the Marquis of 13ristol (between whom and his Majesty a long-standing friendship has existed), consisting of a variety of acorns, the pro- duce of the finest oaks in France. They have been planted with the greatest care on his lordship's estate, Ickworth Park, Suffolk. THE LATE INSURRECTION IN FRANCE. — Th° King of the French has granted from his privy purse 10,000 francs towards the immediate relief of the families of the national guards and soldiers wh° were killed or wounded on the 12th and 13th lilt., the Queen and the Duke of Orleans 4000 franc s each; and Madame Adelaide 2000 francs. We hear that her Majesty's powers of mi- rnickry are equal to those of the late celebrated Charles Matthews.—Morning Paper. A report prevails in the circles of the Palace that her Majesty "III iiiake a series of visits in the north of England, and probably extend the Royal tour to Scotland. The latter end of August is named as the period when the Court will leave town.—Morning Paper. Loy AL AD CONSTITUTIONAL CONSERVATISM.— The address from the Bristol Conservative meeting, presented bv the Duke of Beaufort and Mr P. IV. Miles, M.P., at the birth day drawing room, received in the short space of three daysG.OOO signatures of the most respectable merchants, bankers, &c., of Bristol. THE MARCHIONESS OF NOKMANBY.—This lady, a.fter the rupture with Sir Robert Peel, offered to resign her situation, the Queen would not then accept of her resignation. I: is well known that the Marquis of Normanbv is an accomplished actor, and a great admirer of Shakespear. We heard that he once enacted Silence, to Lord Melbourne's Cousin Shallow and it seems as if both had been so enamoured of their parts that they have never resigned them since. Be this as it may, we are credibly informed, that when Silence met his Cousin Shallow, in Downing Street, he greeted him (as the stage directions prescribe) in the well known cotiplet- Be merry, be merry, my wife has all. And women are shrews, both short and tall. T J 1- Mr Row I; rid Hili's plan of a penny pos'aje has been partially tried as an experiment in Glou- cestershire. The postage from Stroud to Nails- worth, which was formerly fourpence, has been reduced to one penny, and the consecitienc-e is that on an average there are forty letters between those places, where there was only one at the higher rate. COU:TESS of PnIBIWKE'S GR\O [iALL TO THE HERFDITARY GUANII DUKE OF RUSSIA AND PRINCE WM, OF TIIE NETHERLANDS. —We under- stand that, the temporary ball room, lined wiihscarlet and white,erected tor the occasion at her ladyship's family mansion in Grafton Street, by Mr Benjamin Hdgington, of No- 2, Duke street, Southward, was 50 feet long by SO feet wide. The effect when lighted up by iiiirro, was very brilliant. These temporary rooms are complete, and can be erected and removed without difficulty. THE MAILS —The procession of th? mail-coaches which took place annually on the Sovereign's birthday, forming, perhaps, the most gay and spirit-Stirring exhibition of the day, was dispensed with this year, for the first time vittiin lie memory of the exisiing generation. The omission is ac- counted for by the great diminution in their numbers, occasioned by the transmission of many of the mails by railroad, and the altered hours of conveyance, in consequence of which the evening display of the horsed coaches would have been exceedingly meagre compared with former years. Thousands of persons were disappointed who had stirred abroad in ex- pectation of witnessing the pleasing spectacle. MUNIFICENCE OF HER MAJESTY.—A few weeks ago, the residence of the Rev. Mr Furlong at War- field, Berks, was consumed by fire, and his school establishment entirely destroyed, The rev. gen- ileinan has been enithled to open another establish- ment for the reception of his pupils, within a short distance of his former residence. The rev. gentle- man received on Easter Snunay last the munificent sum of £ 1500, "as an Easter offering from hrs parishioners and surrounding friends," and to this amount her Majesty has added fifty guineas, with an expression of her deep sympathy for Mr Furlong and his family. The farmers of the neighbourhood have added a beautiful tea service, manufactured by Messrs. Storr and Mortimer, as a mark of their high estimation. MUNIFICENCE OFTHE GRAND DUKE ALEXANDER -IiiiinedialelY ut*tet' the ai-i-i-iil of ttie (-i'atid Duke in this country, a great number of petitions were presented from the poor Poles resident in London, who do not participate in the funds that have been raised for the benefit of their countrymen. As soon as these petitions were placed before the Grand Duke, he gave orders for a weekly pension of 12s. to be paid to each individual during his stay in England. The number of Poles who benefit by this noble act amounts to GOO. THE GRAND DUKE AT OXFORD.—This distin- guished person and the Prince of the Netherlands, attended by a numerous suite, arrived in four car- riages at the Angel Hotel, in Oxford, on Tuesday. Shortly after the arrival of their royal highnesses, they were waited on by the Vice-Chancellor, Proc- tors, and a deputation of the Heads of Houses, to greet them on their arrival. Immediately after his imperial highness Prince William Henry, and suite, sat down to a dejeuner a la fourckette, in the superb coffee-room. They were presented with degrees in the theatre of the University, which was filled with company. They visited all the Colleges, and re- turned to town about ten o'clock, Her Majesty has been graciously plensed to confer on the Rev. Mr Lacy, the rectory of All- hallows, vacant by the promotion of the Rev. Dr Davys to the see of Peterboi-oij;ti.- Sun(lay pa,,per. On Thursday ItHlrnillg ldsl, the Bishop of London, consecrated the new church, in the Ten- ter-ground, Whitechapel, being the ninth church completed tor consecration, entirely by, or with the aid of, the Metropolis Churches Fund and in the afternoon his Lordship presided at a public meet- ing in Crosby Hall, Bisliopsgate Street, to pro- mote subscriptions for building ten additional churches, schools, &c in the poor and populous parish of Bethnal-green. The livitg of Cottenham having become vacant by the demise of the Hev. Dr. Davy, the inhabitants of that parish have presented a memorial to the Archbishop of Canterbury on behalf of the Rev. A. Fitch, the present curate, praying his Grace not to remove him from that parish, where he has resided for the last seven years, and where he has effected a great ilioral improvement, both as regards the increase in the number of worshippers ill the church, and the flourishing state Ot' iiie school in connexion with it. The memorial had the signa- tures of 47') of the inhabitants of the parish, hesides the two Dissenting ministers. — CambridgeChronicle. AN ENGLISH CLERGYMAN,—There is no.cha- racter more to be respected and valued than that of an Eng ish clergyman. Yet, in the present day, by the ignorant and unthinking, his services are considered useless, and at times intrusive. It is to be expected that, among so large a body of men many are to be found who by no means exhibit the character of what a clergyman ought to be; but taking that body as a hol, it i" generally acknow: leded, oven by our bitterest enemies, that no other olass of men can surpass or equal the clergy in the purity of their livqs, in emulation, ill learning, in doing good, and ill a fervent desire to extend the kingdom of God upon earth. A cle,-g,man i-t a public characters whether his ministrations be marked in the putpit, or in his parochial duties, there is the same evidence of the one great object he has in view, the same desire to bring about much good, and the same disinterested labour and love, which belong to no other mm, whatsoever may be his calling. When a man enters the church, his work is generally confined to s une village curacy, beyond which he has oftentimes no hope; with this scanty pittance, we see him comparatively happy amid his professional duties: he feeds upon the consolation he administers to others, he i", nourished by the b ead that daily comes from heaven, which enables him to impart the same blessing to his poorer brethren. What other man could endure his life? With habits, with ideas, with occupa- tions, far superior to I he majority of the parishioners he is transplanted from his college or his home to take up his abode in a strange land, oftentimes among an ignorant and overbearing set of people, hostile to the Establishment, opposed to all the good he is desirous to effect, and at variance among themselves. Yet he is contented; he is satisfied with his condition, becau-e he is labouring as his Master laboured before him; he is imparting good to his fellow.men, and lie is spirimalizing his flock upon the earth, that they may be found within the pale of the Christian Church in heaven.—-Church of England Quarterly Review. HER MAJESTY'S BIRTH DAY.—-On Thursday, the day appointed for the celebration of her Majesty's birth day, the morning was ushered in with merry peals from the bells of the metropolitan churches, and other demonstrations of loyalty. Atone o'clock the Park and Tower guns were fired. in the evening, the great officers of state and the household, gave grand dinners in honour of the day. The public offices, clubs, and the houses of her Majesty's tradesmen, were illuminated. The regiments of the horse and foot guards were inspected in the morning in St. James's Park, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Wellington, Lord Hill, and a numerous staff t getieril It was expected that her Majesty, the Grand Duke Alexander of Russia, and Prince Henry of the Netherlands would have been present at the inspection of the troops, but the dense crowd which had assembled were doomed to a disappointment. The Qlleen and the illutrious foreigners were not present. The troops went through their various evolutions with great inintite- uess and precision. The Queen held a Drawing Room in the afternoon at St. James's Palace; the drawing-room was the flllIest that has been given this season. Mr Joseph Bailey, jnn., \1 p ? at the Levee, presented an Address from the inhabitants of the parish of Aberystruth, Monmouthshire, expressive of their disapprobation of the proceedings of the Chartists; of loyalty towards her Majesty's Royal person, and of attachment to the institutions of the country. The Queen gave a State Ball in the evening at Buckingham Palaoe. On Friday, her Majesty the Queen Dowager and suite arrived in 'hreo carriages, at half-past four o'clock in the afternoon, at Mar'.borough House, from Portsmouth- Her Majesty was attended by the Countess of Sheffield, Lady in Waiting; the Hon. Miss Hudson and the Hon. Miss Mitchell, Maids of Miss Hudson and the Hon. Miss Mitchell, Maids of Honour in Waiting; Earl Howe, Earl and Countess Denbigh, the Kev. J- It. Wood, the Hon. Captain Curzon, and Sir D. Davies. The Queen, attended by IIIP Honourahle Miss Pitf, the Baroness Lehzen, and Lord Alfred Paget, visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager, on Friday afternoon, at Ilarlborougil house. Lady Charles Somerset, sister to Earl Poulett, has accepted the appointment of Bedchamber Woman in the establishment of her Majesty the Queen Dowager. There is a s'ory very current of a lady of hih rank throwing herself at the feet of a great per- sonage, and suing in forma pauperis not to be re- moved.-Illorning I-leraid. I