The Welshman

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. I nOSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY, APRIL 12. The house met at 4 jo'clock. On Lord J. Rusje'.l moving the order of the day for into committee .of supply. Sir I-t. Douglas-called the attention cf the house to the cases of medical officers, ^surgeons, and paymasters of TCgirneuti. who had not been included in the warrant Nsupd in July 184S, with a view of obtaining for them 11.:1 improved retiring allowance. He had made the same appeal to the house in April 1846, and he now complained that, though his appeal had then received unanimous approbation and support, it had not been fully carried into effect. He admitted that the retiring allowances to the officers whose claims he was advoca- ting, had been increased from 12s. 6d. to 15s. a day; but he maintained that they ought to be increased to I83. a day, and entered into many military details in proof of that proposition. He particularly insisted on the claims of the medical officers -to improved retire- ment, and complained that under the present system they cliing to the service long after their advanced age warned them to withdraw. Mr. Fox Maule observed that his predecessor in office had extended in 1846, so far as they could prudently he extended, the benefit of these retiring allowances. He therefore looked with very considerable diffidence upon the present application to take into consideration the two distinct questions which Sir II. Douglas had just raised. As the warrant settling the allowances to the retiring Paymasters has been issued so lately as HHG, he was very unwilling to disturb it and a very strong case indeed must be made ont before he could be induced to depart from the policy so recently adopted. The claims of the surgeons certainly appeared stronger than those of the paymasters but as the demands on the public finances must be regarded as well as the claims of meritorious officers, he considered that it was expedient to leave both to the decision of the Executive Government for the less the house interfered in matters of this kind the better would it be for the public. He was far from wishing to put an extinguisher upon the question which had just been raised on the other hand he did not wish to hold out promises which might not ultimately be realized still he thought that he might state generally that the just claims of ail classes of officers would not be 'neglected by Her Majesty's Government. After a few words from Mr. Hume and Colonel I Lindsay the order of the day was then read. On the motion that the Speaker leave the chair, Sir De Lacy Evans moved that an humble address be pre- sented to Her Majesty, praying that she would be graciously pleased to direct an impartial inquiry into 11 different subjects of military grievance, which he subsequently detailed to the house, with a view to their correction, if such should be found beneficial." He then proceeded to complain of the ration-stoppages in the colonies, whereby the Government derived a profit at the expense of the soldier and of the arrange- ment respecting the liquor rations in Australia, which had led to a mutiny among the troops quartered there. He also noticed the difference in the allowances granted for the wholesome maintenance of troops on a line of ir>«reh in England, Ireland, and Scotland respectively, and pressed upon the Government the propriety of assimilating them in the three countiies. He also de- nounced the deception practised on the former pensioners of the army, owing to their having been induced to agree to an inadequate commutation of their pensions offered by a warrant issued from the War-office in 1832, and contended that they were entitled to the restoration of taeir pensions and to all the arrears accruing upon I them since 1833, amounting in each case to a sum of 9200. He then cftlled attention to the indecent and scandalous state of the barracks throughout the country, insisting that the accommodation within them was not adequate for the maintenance of the health of the troops —even of those privileged troops who were generally quartered in the metropolis. The dwelling of the soldier was an important element in his comfort and well-being, and ought not to be neglected; and yet in this metropolis 20 men were accustomed to eat, sleep, and live, in barrack rooms 32 feet long by 23 broad. He next adverted to the claims of the old Peninsular officers, who had sold their commissions, to the medal which was now going to be granted for the different campaigns in Spain. Those officers had earned that medal while they were in the army, and ought not to be deprived of it because they had left it. He next advocated the claims of the retired officers of the line, who had reluctantly accepted the retired pay offered by the warrant of 1840, to the benefit of the last brevet, and showed that this favour, to which they were entitled, would cost the country nothing. He also Asked why it was that General officers of the Engineers, Artillery, and of the East India Company's army, who had distinguished themselves by their ability and con- duct, should be deemed ineligible for appointments on the General Staff in any part of the world where their services might be available. He then dwelt upon the inconsistency and injustice, both as respected indivi- duals and the public, of the warrant of the 1st of May last, regulating the pay of the higher class of officers, and showed, that whilst it admitted some as eligible to the allowance attached to their rank without the least proof being required of meritorious conduct in peace or waT, it precluded others whose conspicuous and useful exertions before the enemy on many occasions had been repeatedly recognized by their commanders and the Government. He also complained that that warrant bad been kept secret in the War-office for two years a f ter it had received Her Nla4 after it had received Her Majesty's signature, when it ought to have been published in the Gazette, or to have been laid on the table of the house immediately after- wards. He mentioned that among the 29 officers on whom this warrant had inflicted great injury, were nine officers who had earned the distinction of the Commandership of the Bath, and another who had been one of the most able advocates of free trade, Colonel Peyronnet Thompson, to whose exertions the present Government was much indebted for their recovery of office. He then referred to the unsatisfactory system pursued of late years in respect to the Military College of Sandhurst, the only source of professional education provided by the British Government for its officers, and observed that he would have entered more at length into that subject, if Sir H. Douglas, whose exertions as governor of that institution were above all praise, had not given notice that he would bring forward a motion sipon it. Having expressed his hope that in future no officer would be admitted into our army without some preliminary examination into his education and attain- ments, he impressed on the house the necessity of its making increased military preparations to meet the change which had been produced of late years in our position with respect to the other nations of the world by steam navigation. He concluded by quoting some fcitracts from Dr. Smith's Wealth of Nations, to show that the army ought not to be considered as a "non- productive body," as it was the guardian of that tran- quility and civilization which were so necessary to the existence of commercial grandeur. Mr. Fox Maule having observed, that in the whole course of his multifarious remarks Sir De Lacy Evans had not dropped a single hint as to the mode in which he would administer the army, in case his motion were agreed to, proceeded to reply, point by point, to the speech of hjs gallant friend. He declared his convir- tion that the Treasury regulation respecting ration- stoppages in the colonies was not a fair and equitable arrangement between the soldier and the Government, and stated that some amendment of it had been for some time past. and was still under the consideration of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The liquor rations had been done away with in all our colonies save Australia. A penny a-day had been granted to the soldier in lieu of them and he had not heard that this commutation had given any dissatisfaction, except in the case to which Sir De Lacy Evans had aiiuded, and which he ought to have concealed, for the credit of the army. He then explained the mode of billeting the troops on the line of march in England, Scotland, and Jreiand; and justified the practice sanctioned by the 72nd clause of the Mutiny Act. He admitted that the commutation of pensions accomplished under the authority of the War-office in 1832, had been an unfor- tunate transaction to the former pensioners of the army but he denied that it had been either delusive or fraudulent on the part of the Government. He ex- plained to the house the circumstances under which a small military colony had just been sent out to New Zealand, and anticipated advantage from that experiment of military emigration, both to the colo- nists themselves and to the empire at large. Replying to Sir De Lacy Eians's remarks on the scantiness of our barrack accommodation, lie reminded the house of the efforts which had already been made to improve it. We were on the eve of new times, so far as regarded the arn,.y. It would cost a large sum to extend barrack accommodation, even in our rural districts. But there were cases in which that accommodation could not be extended at all; for instance, in garrison towns, the great object was to hare the greatest number of men in the smallest space. Still that was no reason for not improving our present system, and everything which could be done for the increased comfort of the soldier ought to be adopted. He next assured Sir De Lacy Evans and the house that tljPre was no intention to withhold from the old Peninsular officers, who had sold their commissions, the medal to be granted for warlike achievements in Spain. He frankly stated that, in his opinion, those retired oiffcers of the line who had accepted the retired pay offered by the warrant of 1840 had not any claim at all to be included in the last brevet. He denied that general officers of the engineers and artillery were ineligible to situations on the staff and to colonial appointments and contended that, as the officers of the East India Company's army belonged to a different ser- vice, it would be productive of great jealousy and irre- gularity to promote them in a service in which they had not filled the inferior grades. Referring to the warrant of the 1st of May last, regulating the pay of the higher class of ofifcers, he defended, not only that warrant, but also the system of promotion connected with it, now enforced at the Horse Guards. No one regretted more than he did that, by some inadvertency, Colonei Peyronnet Thompson had not been promoted on a late occasion but, by the same inadvertency, the brother of the noble lord behind him had also suffered, and no one could attribute it either to prejudice against his gallant friend or to partiality in favour of another. The system of education recently pursued at the Military College at Sandhurst opened too wide a field for him to enter upon en the present occasion and in the present thin state ot tin? house Int he would avail himself of the present opportunity to state, that the attention of the Govern- aji-nt bad btsen turned to the education of the ollicers of our army. It would be an act of self-stultification on the part af any Government to educate the men of the army, and to leave its officers uneducated for nothing I would produce greater contempt for the officers of the I army than for the men to discover that they knew more than their superiors. Lord J. Russell and the Duke of Wellington had been in communication on this subject, and some test of his acquirements would in future be required from every officer when he joined the army, and a higher test subsequently, when he gained each step of his promotion. In conclusion, he stated, that the at- tention of the Government was turned to the improve- ment of our defences at home, and to the protection of our great interests abroad; and implored the house, until some defect was shown in its proceedings, to place in the administration that confldence which its past measures with respect to the army fully justified. Colonel Lindsay drew a very striking picture of the inconvenience and suffering sustained by our soldiers in the different barracks of this country, and especially by such of them as were married. Mr. Hume justified the remarks which he had made last session on the impolicy of the last brevet. He thought that very little benefit would be derived from this discussion, inasmuch as it included too much; every one of the 11 resolutions was in itself sufficient for a single night's debate. He considered that the d.inger to our national interests, which Sir De Lacy Evans anticipated from the changes occasioned by steam navigation, was quite chimerical. After a few words from Mr. Williams in condemna- tion of the excessive expenses of our military establish- ments, the discussion on this subject dropped. Captain Pechell made some observations on the em- ployment of 34 of our ships of war on the west coast of Africa, for the purpose of putting down the African slave trade. He wished to know whether they had been successful in the object for which they were employed ? He also wished to know whether any statement had been received at the Admiralty of the difficulties ac- cruing from the joint capture of slave ships by vessels belonging to the combined squadrons of England, France, and America ? He then complained of the enormous bills made out by the agents of the Admiralty Courts in Africa against the officers and men of our squadron, whenever they procured the condemnation of a captured slave ship, and called upon the Secretary of the Admiralty to protect our sailors from such barefaced robbery. Mr. Ward observed, that no complaint had reached the Admiralty of any difficulties arising on the coast of Africa from the joint capture of slave ships. No such captures had taken place, for the three, squadrons occu- pied different stations on the coast. As yet, not one complaint of extortion in the. Admiralty Courts had reached the Admiralty and he assured Captain Pechell, that as soon as any complaint of that kind came before it in a tangible shape, it should be examined into and redressed. Every effort should be made to secure to our officers and men on the African station the full re- muneration to which they were entitled for their services. In conclusion, he informed the house, that it was intended to relieve the ships on that station every 18 months, and that two years would be the maximum of their services in future. The Speaker then left the chair, and the house went into a Committee of Supply. In the committee the remaining navy estimates under- went discussion and were subsequently agreed to. The house then resumed, and the report was ordered to be received to-morrow. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned. TUESDAY, APRIL 13. Lord Morpeth moved a resolution, that no private bill relating to town improvements, or to public cemeteries or to sewerage, be further proceeded with before the 1st of May, which was agreed to. Lord John Manners gave notice that on the 27th instant, he would bring the condition of Greece before the house. Mr. T. Duncombe gave notice that, on the proposal for the Education vote in the miscellaneous estimates, he would move that previous to any sums being voted to carry into effect the Education scheme proposed by the government, a select committee be appointed to inquire into the expediency and justice of that scheme, and the probable annual cost it would occasion and to report whether the regulations contemplated would not confer undue influence on the Crown, and invade the constitutional functions of Parliament, as well as the civil and religious rights of the people. The report of the Committee of Supply was received. The Exchequer Biils bill ( £ 18,310,700) was com- mitted. The report of the Prisons (Ireland) bill was received. The Fever (Ireland) bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. F. Maule gave notice that it was his intention to divide the Army Service bill into two parts, so as to separate the question of limited service from that re- lating to the Chelsea pensioners. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, The Speaker took the chair shortly after twelve o'clock. Mr. Christopher gave notice that he would, when the Agricultural tenant-right bill came up before the house, move that it be read a second time that day six months. On the motion that the Speaker do leave the chair that the house might go into committee on the Roman Catholic Relief Bill, Sir R. Inglis said that when he considered that the second reading of the bill had been carried by a majority of three only, he hoped the house would not consider him offering a factious opposition if he intended to take the sense of the hoti-e on the subject. After a length- ened and argumentative address against the measure, he moved that the bill go into committee that day six months. Mr. Law seconded the motion. The Earl of Arundel supported the bill, declaring his belief that the Church of Rome would stand in its strength when the Church of England and Protestantism were extinct. The bill was opposed by Mr. Plumptre, Mr. Spooner, Mr. Finch, Mr. Ne-degate, Mr. Goulburn, and Mr. Estcourt, but was strenuously supported by Lord Harry Vane, Mr. Shiel, Lord John Manners, Sir John East- hope, Mr. J. Collett, and Mr. Watson. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the house divided, when there appeared—For the amend- ment, 158 against it, 119. Majority against the bill, 39. The bill is consequently lost, The house then adjuurned.

No unprejudiced mind can look back at the expose of the produce of theational Revenue for the quarter ending on the 5th instant, without indulging a feeling of pride in belonging to a nation which, in a season when sore distress had fallen upon millions of its mem- bers—distress which had severely taxed the means of the richer orders—shows such unequivocal symptoms of healthy vigour in almost every department of its com- merce -and industry, its permanent and floating wealth. On the year this expose exhibits an increase of EI,538,168, and on the quarter of £403,632, and most satisfactory is it to know that this increase is detived from those sources of the national revenue which are wont to be considered as the barometer of the condition of the industrial portion of the population, namely the Customs and Excise. Not the least gratifying feature of the array of figures and of facts which this important statement places before the public is the growing prosperity of the Post Office. Complicated as must needs be the machinery of such a gigantic establishment, under the able ma- nagement of its first chief directors, among whom we are able to number Mr. Rowland Hill, that machinery is being daily rendered more simple, and more efficiently useful. At the present moment the correspondence which it is the means of circulating, not orkly through this great empire, but throughout the habitable globe, is four times as large as that which it distributed only nine years ago and although a letter, not exceeding one half ounce weight, may be thus forwarded to any locality in the United Kingdom for the sum of one penny, it yields a clear annual revenue of £ 820,000. Can any nation in the world boast of possessing a similar institution which can stand a comparison with this ? Even Brother Jonathan, whose Go-a-head ten- dencies he is so anxious to blazon, is fairly out-matched by the Britishers, as he is pleased to term us, in regard to the celerity, cheapness, and efficiency of our Post Office Establishment. To the Ministry of the day-that of Lord Melbourne —which had the enlightenment to perceive the vast amount of benefit which the nation would derive from the economical and greatly altered system that Mr. 11. Hill laid before the public, and the courage to en- counter the opposition which a reform of such a nature was sure to meet with in a quarter in which loss of revenue and new facilities for the spread of knowledge were not likely to be popular, the people of this country owe a debt of gratitude. The idea has often occurred to us that the Bill which so greatly reduced Postal Tariff, and so beneficially modified and simplified the whole of the Post Office machinery, was the first great step which our Legisla- ture took in the march of Free Trade. It was indeed a step in the right direction, for it conferred a valu- able boon oa the million a boon of which they were universally so sensible that thousands of poor men and women felt that life had a new charm for them when the means of conversing, through the medium of the pen, with those who, though in distant lands, were dear to them, were placed within their reach.

We have to record the fall of two Ministries over which true patriotism will feel but little disposed to drop a regretful tear. Of late years the collective in- fluence of the French Court and Government—and be it known, Louis Philippe is de facto his own Prime Minister—has been unsparingly used to undermine and neutralize that of this country both at Madrid and Athens. John Bull has long been noted for his plain, bold, straightforwardness, while Monsieur has some reasou to claim notoriety for that obsequious pliancy and cunning of which diplomacy frequently displays but too much, and for which the intricate mazes of state policy through which it has to thread its tortuous way affords it but too many facilities. Ever since the fall of Espartero in Spain—and that fall was mainly occasioned by French intrigue-France iiiiay be said to have directed the councils of the Es- curial. The Afrancesado party in Spain-that is a clique of persons who, both male and female, were the creatures of M. Guizot and his royal master-have sur- rounded the young Queen ever since the period when the patriotic conqueror of Don Carlos had just suc- ceeded in giving stability to her throne and not till the policy which they induced her to pursue had once more jeopardized her possession of that throne was she able to muster resolution to free herself from their con- trol, and to summon to her councils men in whose in- tegrity and talent true Spaniards can confide. But the hour at length has come. The Queen Mother had discernment enough to perceive the symp- toms of an approaching storm, and conscious that from the populace of Spain she had but little of favour or even of forbearance to expect, wisely quitted a country which her crimes have polluted, her avarice impover- ished, and her intrigues have reduced to a state of anarchy. Mr. Bulwer, the British Ambassador at the court of Madrid, has once more succeeded in making the Queen fully sensible that it is her interest, and also that of the country of which she is the sovereign, to stand well with an old and faithfjl ally which often, in Spain's sorest straits, has thrown over her the shield of its protection. When Narvaez was Prime Minister year, in order to gratify Queen Christina and the Afrancesado party, he saw meet to dismiss Pacheco from all his offices, because, while his talents were -known to be of a commanding order, he would not stoop to become the mere tool of a base faction and Pacheco is now the chief adviser of his sovereign I Olozago has long been distinguished for high mental attainments, great oratorical powers, and a firm ad, herence to constitutional freedom. The French party could not bribe him, they dared not venture on his de- struction, and therefore they compelled the young Queen to banish him. When the last election of the Cortes (the Spanish House of Commons) took place, Olozago, though an exile, was returned one of its mem- bers but he was driven back to France when he crossed the frontier for the purpose of taking his place. It appears, however, that his talents and his worth were appreciated in the palace as well as in the senate, and his sovereign, of her own free will, has seen meet to restore him to his country. That a full am- nesty will be accorded to Espartero is not only uni- versally believed, but a well accredited rumour assigns to him either a place in the Cabinet, or the post of am- bassador at the British Court. These are wonderful changes, and all of them bode well for the best interests of the Spanish nation. It will now be for Lord Palmerston and Mr. Bulwer to watch well the future progress of things in that country. The French party, though beaten for the present, are not rooted out. Christina, though in Paris, can still use her gold to ferment disturbances in Madrid. That her machinations may be baffled, that sound wisdom may direct the councils of Isabella, and that peace and prosperity may smile upon and bless the Peninsula must be the sincere wish of every good man. We have left ourselves but little room to speak of the change which has happened in Greece, nor if we had. are we enabled to speak with precision. The CoLctti Ministry is said to have fallen, and its fall was anxiously wished for by all those Greeks in I whose breasts patriotism has a resting-place. The head of that Government, and from whom it took its j name, has long been viewed in HELLAS (Greece) as the rutre tool of the Freryh ambassador, to gratify whom he lately persuaded King Otho to offer a gross insult to the Representative of the Sublime Porte. That by a large number of his countryn.en he hils long been detested on account of his hauteur and tyranny is well known. That such men arc often chosen to be the principal ad visers of moaarchs is a fact which all history abundantly shows how it should be so it falleth not within our province at present to attempt to explain. Meantime, it is the special interest of this country that Greece should speedily take that place among the powers of Europe, which a bad administration has hi- therto prevented her from taking. But for the aid which Britons lent her in her struggles to attain inde- pendence, it is doubtful whether she had not at this hour been a province of Tut key and she owes us a large sum of money in the shape of a loan, which British liberality advanced to her when she was pen- niless. Her traffic at this moment is very inconsider- able, and yet her natural resources are such as place her on a footing with any portion of Southern Europe. Let us hope that the successors of the Coletti cabinet will not suffer themselves to be made the subservient creatures of any foreign power, but, with honest hearts, set themselves to repair the mischief which bad go- vernment has already brought upon their country. France, as well as this country, has good reason to look with a watchful and jealous eye on the untiring efforts of Russia to aggrandize her power and influence at the expense of Turkey, and on the wish which she cherishes of one day being able to transfer the chief seat of her empire from the frozen banks of the Neva to the genial shores of the Bosphorus or in other words, to make Constantinople instead of St. Peters- burgh her capital; it is therefore the common interest of both to promote to that utmost of their power the onward prosperity of Greece and earnestly do we wish that, from henceforth, the only rivalry which their respective ministers at Athens may display may be in trying which shall do most to raise the land of Homer, Themistocles, Demosthenes, and Thucydides to a high place among the nations of Europe.

The present state of affairs in that important Colony which occupies the southern part of Africa, and is usually called the Cape of Gaod Hope-though, perhaps, Caffraria is more properly its true designation-is far from satisfactory. The country, which is of a vast extent, presents a frontier of many hundreds of miles in length, within which, that is, towards the heart of the continent, dwell, or rather roam, a number of native or aboriginal tribes, the whole of which may be considered as in a savage state. These people are variously designated Boschmen (i. e.. dwellers in a bush) Caifres, Kaffirs, and Krooinen and the British and Dutch settlers are not unnaturally viewed by them as interlopers, who have dispossessed them of a large portion of their right- ful inheritance; they therefore think it but a just re- taliation to attack them whenever they can safely do so, to burn down their dwellings and stores, and to drive off their live stock. For many years every farmer who lived on or near the frontier was wont to view himself in much the same light as did the Lowlanders of Scot- land, in the days when the Highland clans, who were the remains of the aborigines of the country, thought they had a right to despoil those who refused to pay the tax of black mail. But at last the hardy natives, most of whom lead a nomadic life, encouraged by their success in dri'insr off the hordes and flocks and herds of the colonists, and by the impunity with which most of their forays were attended, ventured upon open warfare; and although they received a s-vere check a short time before Lord Glenelg quitted the Foreign Office, within the last two years their attacks upon the Whites, or the Boers as they are provincially termed, have given more than sufficient employment to the colonial militia, and to all the regular troops that the Governor had at his dis- posal. During Yhist latter period, the sufferings and losses of the colonists have been grievous in the ex- treme. Many of them have been killed by the savages, and thousands of them have been rendered utterly des- titute by the low of the whole of their property, in- cluding their farming establishments. To bring these rude and ruthless children of the desert to a fair upstand fight, or to render them amena- ble to the rules of what Europeans are pleased to term civilized warfare, are things not to be expected. Their inroads and onslaughts are made chiefly by night; and having secured the booty which is the main object of their predatory incursions, they immediately retreat to the fastnesses—the impenetrable ravines and mountain gorges which are so characteristic of the whole of South Africa, whither if our gallant troops attempt to follow them, they are sure to fight at a disadvantage, and are often shot down by unseen foes. It appears that the conduct of the Governor, Sir Pe- regrine Maitland, has not been marked by all that promptitude and energy, and that he has not exhibited those mental resources, which the situation he occupied required. The appointment, therefore, of such a man as Sir H. Pottinger to the Government of Caffraria at such an emergency must give great satisfaction to every man to whom the honour and well-being of his country and her dependencies are dear. All who have any recollection of the manner in which Sir Henry acquitted himself bring the Celestials to their senses, and in definitively arranging our future relations with that people, will hail his appointment to his present situation as a good omen for the speedy establishment of peace, good order, and prosperity in the colony of the Cape.

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. -J'V' ->>0/ -J'# C A RI ART I-I ENS H I It E. BENEVOLENCE.—It gives us much pleasure to an- nounce that the Lord Bishop of St. David's has, with his usual generosity, given within the last few days, the handsome sum of E20 for distribution among the poorer classes of the parish of Abergwilly. We are also gra- tified to learn, that the owners and occupiers of land in I the same parish, have resolved to hold a meetin g on the 20th instant, for the purpose of taking into consideration the best methods to be adopted to alleviate the present alarming distress of the poor consequent on the unusually high prices of corn and other provisions, and also to assist them to procure pntatoe and other seeds for this spring. It is to, be hoped that the inhabitants of other parishes-will also, at this critical titlie, devise some means to promote the present and future welfare of their poorer neighbours. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY.—A lengthened report of a special general meeting of the shareholders in this company, held last week in the metropolis, appears in our fourth page, and will be read with considerable in- terest by all persons who have at heart the successful promotion of this great national undertaking. It will be seen that several important questions were put to the Directors by a Mr. Sampson, and much useful and important information elicited. The immense advan- tage which must ultimately accrue to the shareholders by the judicious means adopted by the Directors to secure a permanent interest in the Waterford, Wex- ford, Wicklow, and Dublin Railway, and the Cork and Waterford Railway, are thoroughly obvious, and when the fact is borne in mind that there is not, as was clearly s.tatcd by Mr. C. Russell, a shadow of increased liability to the South Wales Company, but what ad- ditional liability there may be will be borne by the Great Western Company the arrangement cannot but he considered as peculiarly beneficial to the share- holders. CARMARTHEN LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITU- TION .-On Tuesday evening last, a general quarterly meeting of the members of the above Institute, was held in the reading room. The Rev. David Lloyd, M.A., one of the vice presidents, having taken the chair, the secretary proceeded to read the quarterly report, by which it appeared that the affairs of the Institution were in a most prosperous condition. It was, upon the motion of Dr. Davison, unanimously adopted. The meeting was adjourned until next Tuesday vfreek, to receive the report of a sub-committee appointed to revise the ex- isting rules of the Institution previous to their being legalized. We believe that an interesting lecture on the character of Oliver Cromwell, will he delivered by Mr. Smith, on Tuc»da» evening ne&.t, at the Towu Hall.

CARMARTHEN TOWN COUNCIL. I I A meeting of the municipal representatives was held on Tuesday last, at which William Morris, Esq., presided in the absence of the Mayor. There were present:— Aldermen Webb, C. Jones, and W. G. Thomas, Council- lors G. Davies, C. Brigstocke, Job Jones, J. Morse, H. Norton, J. Lewis, D. Evans, T. Richards, and Evan Evans. It was announced, that the lease of the Lamb public house which had been originally granted by the Corpo- ration to Mr. John Thomas, carpenter, and by him transferred to Mr. D. R. Parry, Llwyndwyfilltir, had expired. Mr. John Lewis asked upon whom the repairs fell. The Chairman read the lease, by which it appeared that the tenant covenanted to keep the premises well and sufficiently in repair and to make all needful re- paration." Mr. Morse observed that Mrs. Jones, the present oc- cupant of the Lamb at a rent of C20 per annum, was de- sirous of continuing her holding at the same rent. The Chairman said it would be desirable that Mr. Collard should survey the building and report as to the requisite repairs. rL Mr. Collard accordingly proceeded to the Lamb public house and upon his return informed the Council that the house had been used tolerably well, but that some new I timbers were required in the roof Alderman Webb stated that Mrs. Jones pays at pre- sent f20 a year to the Corporation, and the profit derived from the lease by Mr. Parry was £6 a year, the rent of a house adjoining the Lamb. Mrs. Jones was willing to continue her holding as at present. Mr. C. Brigstocke said that as it was public property he was of opinion the Lamb should be let by public auction. The Chairman agreed with Mr. Brigstocke entirely. Alderman W. G. Thomas said it would be unfair to let the house to another person during its occupation by the present tenant, who might thus be ejected. He thought Mrs. Jones ought to have the first offer.at a just valuation of the fair rental, and that afterwards it should be offered for competition. The Chairman observed that Mrs. Jones was not the tenant of the Corporation. Perhaps the better plan would be to direct Mr. Collard to bring an estimate of the repairs and a valuation of the rent of the premises before the next meeting, and to defer the consideration of the matter until that time. After some further discussion this plan was adopted, with the distinct understanding- that Mrs. Jones was to have the first offer of the tenancy of the house. A bill from Hugh James, smith, for the repairs and alteration of one of the fire engines, amounting to JE19 19s. was next read by the Chairman, who observed that the original estimate was E14 14s., but there was an additional sum of five guineas for extra work. Alderman Webb said that James had performed his contract and had put the engine in excellent condition. Mr. Collard said that the engine threw a stream of water over the Foundry stack of chimneys. The charges in the bill were reasonable. Hugh James said the reason that there was a charge for extra work was that' there were new wheels required the old ones being rotten, which he did not ascertain until he had taken the tires off. The other engine was nearly useless, the only good parts of it being the two brass chambers, which were of the value of 1:8. He would make a new engine for E85. The discussion of the question whether a new engine should be obtained or not was ordered to stand over for the present, the Council being in the expectation that aid will be extended from the vaiious Insurance Com- panies having agents in the town. Mr. Collard reported that the hose of the fire-engines were in a rotten and mildewed state in consequence of their being kept in an improper place. Mr. Morse said that a great deal depended upon the place where the engines were kept. An application was read from James Delahoye, late the the parade keeper, requiring payment for seven brooms and complaining that no notice had been given to him to give up the keys of the parade gates—in fact claiming compensation for the loss of his situation. Upon reference it was found that an order was entered upon the book some months before the 2.)th of March discharging him from that date and thus giving him timely notice of the intention to abolish the situation held by him. The brooms, however, were ordered to be paid for. A bill from the smiths who had cleaned out the water pipes leading from King-street to Quay-street was next read. It had been signed out of Council by the Mayor, Messrs. David Evans and Evan Evans, but upon being presented to the Town Clerk, he refused to sign it, stat- ing that an order had been entered on the-book only a few meetings back, that all bills must be sighed in Council only. The Chairman expressed his surprise that any Coun- cilIors should have signed a bill out of Council in the face of the order 01. the minute book. The bill was directed to stand over till the usual quarterly meeting on the 9th of May. Mr. C. Btigstoeke called attention to the fact that as the lease of florsemead had expired, two of the largest Corporation meadows were untenanted. He had men- tinned the subject at the hist meeting and had advised that advertisements should be issued for tenants but the subject was ordered to stand over to this meeting in order that they might have the Town Clerk's advice. As however that official was still absent, he was of opinion it would be b< tter at once to advertise the lands to be let. The Chairman entertained a similar opinion and the lands were ordered to be advertised accordingly. A letter from Messrs. Chilton and Ackland was read which stated that. the copies of the old Charters of the Borough would be forwarded in about a week. The election of boys to fill up the two vacancies which had occurred in Sir Thomas Powell's School was nex t proceeded with. There were 6 candidates for the vacancies; viz:—a son of Mrs. Owen, Queen-street, a son of Mrs. James Leonard; a son of Mr. Lockyer; a son of Mr. James Lloyd, Cross, a son of Mr. David Jones, tailor, Lammas-street, and a son of Mrs. Leach. After considerable discussion the sons of Mrs. Owen and Mrs. Leonard were elected by a large majority, on the propo- sition of Mr. Morse, seconded respectively by Alderman C. Jones, and Mr. H. Norton. Mr. C. Brigstocke enquired whether the Counsel's opinion which the Town Clerk had been directed by the Council to take as to the liability of the corporation to the repairs of the houses comprising Sir Thomas Powell's charity had yet been obtained. Mr. Jonah Thomas, who attended as deputy for the Town Clerk, answered in the negative. Mr. C. Brigstocke said that at the time the order was made there was a distinct understanding that the opinion was to be taken immediately, and it was very unsatis- factory that it had not been done. lie also wished to know what reason there was for keeping secret from the Council the opinion that had been taken respecting the election of Councillors for the Western Ward which took place in November last. If it was requisite to obtain a mandamus for a fresh election, the sooner it was done the better, but he could not conceive any reason why the Council should be kept in ignorance upon the subject. The Chairman concurred with Mr. Brigstocke in thinking that no reason existed why the Council should not be put in possession of the opinion which had been taken with respect to the eligibility or otherwise of the elected Councillors to serve, and presumed there would be no objection to produce it to the next meeting, but in Mr Lewis Morris's absence, of course Mr. Jonah Thomas could not take upon himself to produce it It would be as well perhaps to take the wish of the council upon the subject. Mr. Morse thought that in the absence of the Town Clerk the subject had better be postponedluntil his return. Mr. Brigstocke was not desirous of pressing the matter, but certainly thought it strange that no infor- mation had been aiforded with respect to the election for the Western Ward, although it had been asked for meeting after meeting. The Chairman thought the opinion ought to be pro- duced. Mr. Job Jones remarked that the Town Clerk had been absent from their meetings for a long time. Mr. Morse said that his absence was unavoidable. The Chairman said it would be desirable to have the question finally disposed of at the next meeting, and re- quested Mr. Jonah Thomas to acquaint the Town Clerk of the wishes of the meeting. In answer to a query from Mr. H. Norton, the Chair- man stated that the consent of the County Magistrates had been obtained to have an opening into the roof of the Town Hall from the County House, preparatory to fixing up the new Town Clock. He wished to know, however, what was the objection to attaching the striking power to the Clock, and characterised it as a gross absurdity to erect a Town Clock without a striking power. He thought that when the new Clock wa" erected, it would be advisable that all the Town Clocks should be regu- lated by the same person. A short conversation ensued, in which it was elicited that the addition of the striking power would cost power would cost £42 10s., and eventually it was resolved to make the Clock perfect by adding the striking power, and strict, orders were given that a good bell should be procured. Alderman C. Jones stated several complaints against the conduct of the under-tenant of the wool-room, but was referred by the Chairman to the paid inspector of the market, whose province it was to afford redress, Mr. W. Morris, collector, stated that it would be in the recollection of the Council that he had been ap- pointed to collect the proceeds of the sale of the materials of the old Cross. He had applied to Mr. W. Moss for his account E26 19s., hut was told bv him that 6 month's credit was allowed. That 6 months expired last week and he had that morning applied for payment, but was toid that he had already been answered. Every other purchase -,it the sale had been paid for. The Treasurer was ordered to enforce payment forthwith. The Chairman asked whether the Watch Committee had any report tn present with respect to the appoint- ment of the Police Inspector. Alderman Webb announced th n Serjeant George had been promoted to the vacancy at the same salary which had been paid to Inspector Young. The Chairman did not find fault with the appoint- ment but thought the salary far too much. The reason why f:so a year was given was that an able and experi- enced officer might be obtained, but the sudden raising of George's salary from 15s. a week to jESO a year was an egregious absurdity He thought jEt a week amply sufficient. M' George Davies said that the Inspectorship was a responsible office and the party appointed should be well paid. Mr. D. Evans enquired how it was that a stranger was worth gSi) a year while a Carmarthen man was only worth £ 1 per week. Mr. Morse said that George himself had not anticipated so lare a salary as Young received. He should vote for a less s-,ilarv tli a ri C,90. Mr. C. Brigstocke said that their best safeguard was to pay their head police officer well, and thus give him a standing above the other constables. Mr. George Davies said the situation was in every respect the same as when Young and Westlake filled it, and he thought George deserved the same salary that they received. Upon referring to the Municipal Reform Act it ap- peared that any salary appointed by the Watch Commit- tee must receive the sanction of the Council, and upon learning this, the Chairman moved that the Inspector's salary be in future 1:1 a week this proposition however j found no seconder. Mr. Norton proposed that JE60 a year be given and this was ultimately carried by a majority of one. George was then called in and informed of the decision of the Council, when he expressed his intention to ac. cept the situation at the salary proposed. Several remarks were made by the Chairman upon the conduct of the Mayor in fixing a day for the Watch Committee meeting and then, 3 days before, suddenly calling a meeting and appointing the Inspector at once. This proceeding he characterised as unfair, since he knew of several eligible candidates who were thus deprived of their chance. The Mayor shortly after entered the room and ex- plained that he had made no memorandum of the day on which it was proposed the Watch Committee should meet, and thus the mistake arose. Mr. Brigstocke trusted that in future all salaries would be fixed before appointing any person to fill a vacant situation, for it certainly appeared to him that the had stultified the Watch Committee by not adopting this plan. Mr. Norton and Mr. W. G. Thomas concurred in this suggestion. Mr. Job Jones said that the time was at hand when the Quay and Crane dues were usually let, but he would advise that instead of letting them now, the present renters should be allowed to hold them until the 29th of September, as by this means all the Corporation lettings would terminate at the end of the financial year and thus materially simplify the accounts. I Alderman Webb and Mr. Norton agreed that the plan was highly desirable and a resolution to that effect was entered on the'book. Mr. Walter Lloyd, Borough Treasurer, attended the Council for the purpose of explaining the present state of the finances of the Borough. The Corporation had already overdrawn their account EIIOO or E1200, and he would advise them to liquidate that debt before incurring fresh responsibilities. He had only received E500 of the year's rate, and there remained E1500 uncollected. Even if this sum was in hand, there would be only JE300 to carry them through the year, and out of that amount the pay of the police and the various Corporate officers must be deducted. The second instalment of the rate was due the 25th of last month, and Morris the col- lector had not yet paid it into the Bank, although repeatedly requested by him (Mr. Lloyd) to do so. Morris, upon being told of Mr. Lloyd's complaint, said that it was true the sum of E500 had become due the 25th of last month, but it had not been paid in in con- sequence of an extraordinarily heavy call having been made for the poor rate, caused by the number of paupers which had been thrown on this parish by the late Settle- ment Act. The usual call was IC700, but last quarter it had been jElOOO. There was now 9400 in the bank, and the remainder should be paid in on Saturday. He wished to state that" he had experienced great incon- venience from rot being able to get magistrates to act when he required summonses to be issued. He had frequently been put off for a mouth at a time from this cause. He was ordered to pay the money to the Treasurer on Saturday. The meeting then separated. WATCH COMMITTER.—A meeting was held imme- diately after the breaking up of the Council, at which P.C. Frederick Rees, (who received an extremely hiO"h character) was appointed Serjeant in the room of Serjeant George, who had been appointed Inspector, and John Davies, late of the London police, was appointed to fill the vacancy thus occasioned.

The conclusion of our Report of the Carmarthenshire Quarter Sessions will be found in the fourth page of this day's impression. PARISti OF ST. PETFR.-The followinz are the newly elected Guardians for this parish, Rev. D. A. Williams, Alderman Webb, Messrs. Geo. Davies, and John Howells; Mr. C. Brigstocke having resigned pre- vious to the scrutiny of the voting papers, stating that it would be out of his power to serve if elected. On Friday last, W. Simons and John Lewis Philipps, Esqrs., were re-elected Churchwardens of the district of St. David's, in this town. The recent cleansing of the water pipes appeared to have been much needed, for many of them had become so choked up with hardened mud that they required boring before they became perviable to the water, which ought to flow freely through them. While taking up the pipes the workmen discovered two large brass water cocks which had long lain hidden from the light of day, and which will become useful in some other part of the town. COUNTY RATES, &c.-The following extract from a Return made to Parliament in July last upon the motion of Mr. Newdegate will be read with interest. It will be seen that the financial condition of this county is extremely gratifying, for we find that in the year 1827, 20 years ago, the expenditure for this County was-for Highway Rates, E5,997 for County Rates, E3,017 Expended in Relief of the Poor, County Rate, &c., Z36,321 making a total of £ 45,335, and being at the rate of 3s. 3 £ d. in the pound, upon the county assess- ment of £ 277,455. In the year 1843, (which the return given below refers to) the expenditure did not exceed £ 15,000, leaving an obviously immense difference in the expences of the county, and fully beating out Mr. Saunders a assertion at the last Quarter Sessions that the County Stock was never less burdened than an present. 1 Amount ot all Sums, other than those for the Relief of Amount of all Rates, Other than Poor Rates, levied for the Year 1843. I the Poor, expended in the Year 1816, out of the Poor Rates. COUKTIEH. Hi.rhwi' COUNTIES. Church fligliway Constables' Rural Police All other y County Hate. Registration AU other T I vR> at. es. Rates live Rate. Rate. Rates. Registration All other Total. WA?Ea. £ s. d. £ a. rf. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ 8. d £ 8. ?. £ 8. ?. 9 ?. d. ? t. ? An?esey 215 7 94 1718 5 5? 12 1 0 3 14 5? 127 0 9\ 2076 9 61 1105 3 1} 30 7 7?4 17 7? 1890 8 3 Brecon 920 8 8 2316 6 4 8 1 10 20 5 0 32M 110 2811 410? 8? 1 10 331 18 9? :226 õ G Crudi?an 626 t3 Of 2390 17 2? 7 11 6 ??4 12 0 52 8 0} 3132 1 8? 2247 9 3 29 HI 0 335 12 9? 2613 1 1 Carmarthen*. 94113 n 5183 17 94 9 6 6 810 6 7J 476 15 3 7421 19 3J 5819 19 1 68 6 11 514 17 2J 6433 3 22 CarnaHon. 3U 6 104 2141 9 3 f 16 16 9. 110 15 8 2583 8 7 1987 5 101 49 5 7 748 14 1 2785 56 Di-nt)ig.h 825 5 101 2078 14 4i 32 14 2 770 11 4* 163 18 0 3871 3 9! 2048 1 8 38 9 7 492 10 11 2579 14 2 Flint 689 6 54 1160 14 8J 15 19 5 23 5 7 4 15 10 1894 2 Oj 1545 6 2 21 2 1 204 19 3 1771 7 6 Glamorgan 1430 5 64 4991 4 5 11 10 0 1557 16 1$218 10 74 8209 6 84 3980 11 4 48 15 6 420 13 104 4150 0 8 r Merioneth.. 460 11 H 505 2 4! oil 0 113 9 6 108414 0 1170 15 0 23 18 6 316 18 8 1511 12 2 Montgomery. 593 1 11J 1298 2 74 23 19 7 318 6 0 624 15 114 2858 6 14 i 4318 12 6 59 4 0 4 5 6 41.4783 2 101 Pembroke. 972 0 23 4860 3 94 16 16 44 181 4 8 6030 5 1 3182 7 OJ 58 17 6 454 1 7 6 3690 2 5 Radnor. 612 13 0* 1374 16 54 0 15 0 8 0 0 1996 4 5Jj 1872 18 10 9 16 f5 204 3 tl 20S6 19 3 j | Total 8601 13 8 30019 14 10j 161 3 2 j 3546 12 11 2093 19 3f 44423 3 1? 3->090 6 37327 2 8j I [By a singular circumstance the parish of Llane'ly, one of the most important in this county, appears to have been entirely omitted from this Parliamentary return.] LLANDIT.OFAWIJ, UJIIOX.—The following gentlemen have been elected' guardians for the under-mentioned parishes without opposition .—Bettws, Thomas Jones, Gelly; Brechfa, no nomination Llandebre, William Rees, Giyntayfawr, and William Harries, Tyrisaf; Llan- fihanyeUAberbythich, John Thomas. Caelliver; Llanji- hanyel-CUfargen, John Evans, Cilddery Llangathen, William Morgan, Dryshvyn Ucha, and David Lewis, Groncjar East; Lhwsaioel, David Thomas, Tynycwm, and Lewis Lewis, Ynis; Talley, Thomas Griffith, Ffoes- ywhied, and James Thomas, Blaenug. In the other parishes a contest took place, and the number of votes for each candidate was as follows: Llandilofawr, *John Lewis, Lhvynyfeiwen, 527; *Edward Cheuey Hughes, Pomprenareth, 247; Francis Thomas, Tv- gwynne, 222; John Jones, Bryncoch, 180; Morgan Morgan, Pistiilgwyn, 169 Morgan Davies, Cwmivor, Isaac Thomas, Bank, 112; David Prothero, Wernwgan, 93; Evan Llewellyn, Tregynllatb, 93; Henry Thomas, Frood, 76; John Puntan, Cefnceilog, 76; Daniel Jones, Nantvffyn, 68; David Williams, Langwm, 65; David Peter, Troedyrhiw, 61 Zachariah Williams, Wernfawr, 39; Edward Williams, Closesjlas, 32. Llandyfeisant, *W. Williams, Newfoundland, 24; John Davies, Ffoesddu, 2; Edw. Mathias, Glanyrafon, I. Llaneqicad, James Rees, Penygarn, 135; *Wm. Davies, Cilardde, 82; Thos. Morgan AviiIiiii-is inforgaii's Cottage, 75; Evan Davies, Llwyngwyn, 72; John Prosser, Yniswen, 33 Richard Thomas, VV aungranod, 32. Llanfynydd, *David Harris, Abeisannan, 142;. John Philipps, Brynyberllan, 81; John Davies, Gothulan, 80.—[Those marked with an as- terisk were declared to have been elected.] A meeting of the guardians of the Llandilofawr Union was held on Saturday last. when J. Lewis, Esq., of Bryneithin, was unanimously re-elected chairman, and John Lewis Tho- mas. Esquire, of Caeglas, and Mr. John Lewis, of Llwyn- yfedwen, were re-elected vice-chairman of the board for the next twelve months. The thanks of the board were also voted to the above-named gentlemen for the atten- tion they have on all occasions paid to the interest of the union. LLANDILO BRIDGE.—The following impromptu jeii d esprit was composed by a learned barrister in Court, at the last Quarter Sessions, after the lengthened discussion relative to the New Bridge at Llandilo:- Llandilo Bridge! That Bridge of Sighs;" Is now the plague of all the Quorum 'Tis no offence unto the wise To call it now "Pontl Asinorum I CARMARTHEN UNION.—The first meeting of the New Board of Guardians, was held on Monday last. Capt. David Davies was unanimously re-elected Chair- man of the Board for the ensuing year and the Rer. D. A. Williams and E. U. Stacey, Esq., were- unani- mously re-elected Vice-chairman. The minutes of the pievious meeting were read and confirmed, and the usual routine business transacted. CARMARTHUNSHIRE INFIRMARY.—A meeting of the subscribers to the projected Infirmary for this County and Borough, was held in the Shire-hall, on Friday last, pursuant to advertisement, Sir John Mansel, Bart., in the chair. The meeting was respectably but scantily attended. Col. Trevor said that although the meeting was small he would state what steps he would venture to recommend for present adoption, and he should have less scruple in d jing so, because most of the gentlemen to whom he was addressing himself had been connected more or less with the origination of the pro- jected Infirmary subscription. He intended to propose that a committee should be formed to draw up rules and regulations for the Infirmary, and to report to a meeting which will be held about Whitsuntide, and which he (Col. Trevor) expected to be able to attend. Before he named the Committee he would state the prosperous condition in which the funds at present stood. Tie sum of E3270 had been subscribed towards the ouilding and endowment fund, inclusive of the subscriptions which had been handed over from the Barrack subscrip- tion, and there was also a sum of L493 guaranteed by annual subscriptions. He must say that sanguinc, as he had been at the commencement of the subscription in July last, that the Institution would become a pros- perous one, he was not prepared on the whole for seeing so large a sum subscribed as was at present the case. In addition to the E493 he had mentioned, there ivas another sum which he apprehended would be available, which was the rent the government were willing to pay for the use of the existing Barracks, which had been erected by voluntary subscription. The government were inclined to have a new and more commodious Barracks erected near the town, and directions had been given to purchase the land necessary for that purpose. They had in the meantime agreed to pay 5 per cent. on the outlay for the use of the present Barracks, and 5 per cent. on the cost of the land. Some discussion, however, was still in progress with respect to the period from which the payment of tbe rent should commence, but the Government offered to pay from July the 1st, 1845, the period when they say the Barracks were sufficiently advanced as to allow of occupation by the troops. Thus there would remain to be drawn the sum of E164 per annum from Government, out of which five per cent, on the cost of the land, amounting to E60, would go to the County, to whom the land belonged, while the remain- ing E101 would go to the Barrack fund in the first in-Y stance, and from thence be handed over to the Infirmary so soon as operations should commence. They could thus reckon upon £100 a year more than the 1:493 he had specified, until the New Barracks should be com- pleted. He hoped those gentlemen who had already given up their Barrack subscription, would also give up this interest upon their money He felt no doubt upon the subject himself, but a circular had better be sent round asking the question. W. Morris, Esq., said that it ought to be taken as a matter of course. Col. Trevor continued: -There was one object to which he would specially call the attention of the committee, he alluded to the expediency of establishing some kind of temporary Infirmary until the opening of the New Barracks. There were several reasons which should urge them to adopt this course, and amongst the first was the wish that all the subscribers must feel to extend the benefit of this Institution to the public as speedily as possible. (Cheers.) It was undoubtedly of great importance that a temporary Infirmary should he opened as soon as practicable, otherwise the subscribers might complain that their money had been drawn from them without any equi- valent having been offered. For arranging this and other matters and for drawing up the rules and regula- tions of the Institution, he begged to propose the fol- lowing committee :—Sir John Mansel, Bart., W. Morris, Esq., Daniel Prytherch, Esq., the Rev. D. A. Williams, the Secretary T. C. Morris, Esq., and the medical gen- tlemen who had proffered their services in aid of the Infirmary. He (Col. Trevor) had been deputed by the Welsh Education Committee of the National Society, to request the Lord Bishop of St. David's, to lay the foundation-stone of the Normal Schools about to be built in this town, and purposed waiting upon His Lordship that evening to ascertain His Lordship's wishes upon the subject. He believed that the founda- tion stone would be laid in Whitsun week, and as he had been much pressed upon the subject, he purposed being in attendance. The report of the Committee could be laid before a meeting to be held in that week, and as he would suggest that no persons should be allowed to take part in the discussion at that meeting, unless he had previously paid up his subscription, it would be advisable to issue a circular calling for all subscriptions to be paid up forthwith, and giving fortnight's notice of the meeting. It would above all things be most important that the Committee should come to an arrangement so that the poor should have the benefit of the Institution as soon as possible, and that the project should be continually kept before the public. W. Morris, Esq., said that he acted as Secretary in the unavoidable absence of his brother, and had taken notes of the principal points to be laid before the j Committee, which would meet and make the necessary arrangements forthwith. Thanks having been voted to the Cnairman, the proceedings of the meeting ter- minated. THE CONTEMPI.ATKN MONUMENT TO THE I.ÀTS GKNUKAL No I-T.-At thf close of the meeting held on Friday last respecting the C,lrmlrth"ns,!irp Infl. ;"ary. Mr. Longmore, Hon Secretary to the N >.t Morim-vii* Committee apologised to Col. Trevor for referring to the subject, but requested that, (as no formal meeting hall been called and as most of the gentlemen orrsent wef* subscribers to the Nott Monttin"ir.) 'he g.ilUrit Colonel would furnish the meeting »i h such dt u.iis as hf 0'- sessed relative to the piog ess ;iii,! j»res>-n» s- project. Col. Trevor in rcl,lv sa-ri t>>at although tll" matter was entirely in the haTlà of tr" ■ London ";0111' mittee, and no meeting upon the subject could he h,IJ in Carmarthen, unless they previously dispossessed 'U' Loudon Committee of their power, yet he had no < jec' tion to state for the information of the mi ting hov* affairs at present stood. They were all aware that he (Col. Irevor) had been directed to make enquiries whether any assistance to the fund could he obtained from a similar subscription, which had been raised i" India. He had theiefore written for infoi tnation 01. the subject, and the result Mas that he h..d n reived a 1,.t;er from Col. Scott, stating that it Wa impossible to renth'^ assistance as their own funds we-e short. Thev h-id been thus compelled to fhll back on their own resources which he learnt now amounted to LIIOO. Under these circumstances the Committee had made communications with several artists of celebrity with a view to asceitaiu their estimates of statues executed either in bronze, Sicilian marble or Portland stone. The Committee were of opinion that as the statue was to be erected in the open air, it would be advisable that it should be con- structed of bronze and placed upon a granite pedestal, if the funds would admit. One of the tenders sent in vag within the limits of the subscription, but all the others were infinitely beyond it, Mr. Weekes's being the highest. Before any definite arrangement was deter- mined upon, it was deemed expedient to try othet sources for an increase of the funds, and it waS suggested that if a portion or the whole of the bronze, I' in the shape of old gun metal, could be obtained fro'" j the East India Company or the Government, the cost of i the statue would be iiiatei-iaily decreased. Accordingly application had been made by Mr. David Morris to the Hast India Company, as the gallant general's services were more especially in connection with that Compan>'» but no answer had as yet been received, and the matter therefore reted in an uncertain state. Until, however, an answer was rfcehed from the East India Company? no application would be made to the Government, as in the event of the Company's reply being favourable, they could then go to Government with high hopes of sun ess and represent to them that the Committee had a limited sum of money placed at their disposal., and they wished to be placed in such a s ituation as not to be tied dowG by reason of their poverty to select any inferior work of art. Mr. Bailey had sent in a model, while Mr. Ed«ai'd Davies and Mr. Joseph were at work on others. When these were sent in, it would be the duty of the Committee í to select the figure tiiey deemed most desiiable, arid the work would then progress as speedily as practicable but in the present state of affairs, it was impossible Lh¡lt any idea of the peiioi when the statue would be erected could be given. It was the earnest wish of the Coin- mittee, particularly his noble friend Lord Ellenborougb that the statue should be erected as soon as possible, and they were all equally anxious to obtain a bronx* statue upon a granite pedestal. Mr. Longmore ex- pressed his satisfaction at the statement which had been made by the gallant Colonel, and believed the sub- scribers and the public also would be gratified to hear how the affair stood at present. The meeting then separated. LLANBOIDY PETTY SESSIONS.—Present, the Rev- John Evans, T. Powell, and R. P. Beynon, Esqrs.- John Williams, of Gtev Orchard, in the narish of Kiffig, Farmer, and Ann James, his servant, were charged with stealing cabbage plants from one Benjamin Richards, a farmer. The case excited considerable interest from the circumstance of defendant WilliatO being a most respectable farmer. It appeared from th- evidence that complainant held a farm near to that of I defendant Williams, and each grew a large quantity of I plants for sale. In consequence of complainant having missed a quantity of his plants from a field, he oØ the night of the 12th ult., put a policeman and some of his servants to watch. About 10 o'clock, defellcUntS were seen to come into his field having a large winnow- ing sheet with them they began to pull the plants alld put them into the sheet, but were immediately pursued, and the woman was taken into custody, but Willianl$ escaped. The woman upon being taken, said her mastet asked her to go with him and get a few plants froto complainant's field, that he was going to Tenby market on the following day to sell some of his plants, which were very small, and he wished to get a few large one5 to put round his own. Williams was identified b1 several of the witnesses, as being the person who was with the girl in the field taking the plants, and tbe ¡ defendants were each fined £1 and costs. Elizabeth Thomas v. William Evans. This was an applicatioll to recover certain premises under the Small Tenement j Act. Case dismissed. The justices being of I)pinJP that the Small Debts Act had taken away their jurisdiC* tion in such cases. Overseers of the poor and pa'1"™ constables for the Llanboidy division for the pree?" I year were appointed, and after disposing of se" 1| other caaee of minor importance, the court adj4D-Ntntld,