Papurau Newydd Cymru
Chwiliwch 15 miliwn o erthyglau papurau newydd Cymru
9 erthygl ar y dudalen hon
^~^IKTLOGEN'S REPORT.
^IKTLOGEN'S REPORT. To the Editor of the Cardiff and Mertkyr Guardian. gIK J have just been shown a Welsh translation of part of the evidence of the Rev. J. Griffith (vicar of Aberdare) and Mr. Booker, in answer to queries from the Education Commissioner. I immediately turued to that part of it "here Mr. Booker's famous expression chaste but confiding" appears. r f The translation is announced to be the performance ot Mr. Price, a Baptist preacher at Aberdare; but if every portion of it is as incorrectly rendered as the above cele- brated passage, it is far from being a faithful translation. Mr. Price renders those words Yn bur, ond yn. hyderus. This certainly does not convey the true meaning of the English phrase-hyderus is very far wide of it—and dlwalr is "chaste." which is not well translated by pur. Hyderus is bold or confided, not confiding," and surely this was not Mr. Booker's meaning. Mr. Price will, perhaps, remem- ber the words-" Awn yn hyderus" (" Let us come boldly"). I advise Mr. Price to study the Welsh language more efficaciously than he appears to have hitherto done—his neighbour the vicar would, I am persuaded, gladly assist him: and if he desires to improve himself by practice in the art of translation, let me recommend him to give us in the GUARDIAN a faithful one ot the letter of Brutus to David llhvs Stephens 1 am, Mr. Editor, yaurs sincerely. March 16, 1848. FAIR PLAY. EDUCATION IN WALES. TO JELINGElt C. SYMONS, ESQ. 1\['( DEAR SIR,-Much as [ differ from some of the conclusions to which you were led, in the course of your inquiry into the "State of Education in Wales," it is impossible to withhold an expression of admiration for the ability and fairness which cha- racterise vour report as a whole. You must not be surprised if. at first, we are a little excited. The time cannot be very dis- tant when your labours will be better appreciated amon; us. I For the present, however, I must assume the office of censor, fl On page 264 you teli us—" During the progress and reign of Rebeccaism, the Haul was the only one of the Welsh magazines ■ that openly denounced its promoters and abettors." Tiiig, I ■ assure, is far from correct. In the Biwyyiwr alone, I find eleven H articles on the subject; and I have no doubt most, if not all the others, were equally decided, though, unfortunately, have no means at hand to prove it. An explanation is, therefore, que to the editors for the wrong (however unintentional) you havefi done them. Believe me, whatever the defects or errors of the Welsh press, civil disaffection does not rank among its sins. There is one other point on which. if you please, J should like to touch. It is said, I know not on what authority, that you suppressed the evidence of a good many dissenting minis- ters, who were opposed to the acceptance of aid from govern- ment. Allow me, therefore, to ask, did you keep back any such evidence? And if so, what were your reasons for doing it ? Excuse the freedom of these questions, as it is of the utmost importance that we should clearly understand the position we occupy. In great haste, and with every sentiment of respect and es- teem, I have the honour to subscribe myself. My dear Sir, yours very faithfully, Brecon College, Feb. 17th, 1848. H. GRIFFITHS.
THE MINERAL BASIN OF SOUTH…
THE MINERAL BASIN OF SOUTH WALES. An interesting treatise on the coal and ironstone field of South Wales hasjust been published by Mr. Frederick Moses, mineral surveyor, of Neath, dedicated to landed proprietors, ironmasters, and others interested. He has treated it in a manner which shows him to have well considered the pecu- liar locality, the dip, various faults, &c. Geologists have always represented this mass of mineral wealth as divided into two elongated curvilinear troughs, with a ridge be- tween, known as the anticlinal axis, understood by miners as the saddle-back; the author dissents from this opinion, and, during his experience, he has always found it more approximating the angular form, as in the following dia- gram :— He then proceeds to describe the various strata and coal and iron measures extending from Pontypool on the east, passing through Risca and Pentyrch on the Taff, north of Bridgend and Pyle, passing under the waters of Swansea Bay appearing again between Swansea and the Mumbles, crossing the peninsula of Gower to St. Bride's Bay; here it turns to the north through the Gwendraeth Valley, Sir- howy, Nantyglo, on to P«ntypool. It is estimated at 700,000 acres in area, with a thickness of coal of So ft., ana ironstone IS ft. A cubic yard of coal is estimated to weigh a ton, and a cubic yard of ironstone about 35 cwts. The old red sandstone is deemed the base of this grand superstruc- ture, and varies much in appearance, and contains the remains of fishes and fossils. The next in the ascending scale is the carboniferous, or mountain, limestone, used in the smelting of iron, of which 1 ton is used to make a ton of iron; it is of a compact structure, varying from bluish- black to a light gray colour, and fossil marine animals are lavishly imbedded in it. Above this is the millstone grit, or plum-pudding stone, composed of quartz, pebbles, &c., of various colours, and the lower part agglutinated by a calcareous argillaceous deposit; above this, again, is the farewell rock, and on which reposes the whole series of the coal measures, consisting of the lower, or ironstone, the Pennant, and the red ash measures. He then describes the Dudley coal-field, the Appalachian in North America, the Edinburgh, and the Duh^tfow, in Ireland, showing the nature of their several faults. In a description of the pas- sage of bituminous coal into anthracite, he says—" The change from bituminous to anthracite was caused from im- mense pressure acting from above, underneath, and laterally, at one and the same time; this must, of necessity, have given rise to friction, which in its turn set the internal ele- ments-probably electricity—in operation on the mass, forcing the bitumen or volatile matter in a state of gas through its pores, overcoming every resisting opponent in its course. Indeed, the greater the resistance, the more fierce became the agent, which increased in proportion to the accumulation of pressure and friction, leaving only be- hind it the traces of a once primeval bituminous existence in the tarry lustre of the anthracite. It is also known that in every fault, and on nearly every crop of coal and iron- stone in the basin, there is found, what miners term, burnt ground, showing an appearance of having been subjected to the all but spent influence of some powerful internal ele- ment, and as we proceed upwards, the coal becomes more bituminous-thus showing that it had been deprived of its bitumen, in proportion to the pressure exerted on it." The pamphlet forms an interesting geological essay. THE IRON TRADE. Most of the works, where suspension did not arise from pecuniary embarrassments, are now again in partial opera- tion but in several instances furnaces have been blown in, and the make of iron increased, under a premature expect- ation that railway and other orders would by this time be freely forthcoming. Such hopes have not been realized, and indeed they seem to have had no better foundation than flimsy predictions put forth by writers who trusted to the halcyon results of free-trade policy. The prevalent feeling of all parties seem to be a want of confidence, and desire to con- vert into cash, as if some convulsion were dreaded from the great and increasing number of bands out of employ. Hence the trade still remains in a languishing condition, more especially where the principal dependencies are upon foreign connections, a large portion of such specifications being continually countermanded or indefinitely suspended; and no purchases are now made except for the absolute re- quirements of daily consumption. Until the prevailing Continental excitement is allayed, and the security of our widely extended mercantile interests shall have been demonstrated, we shall progress but slowly towards reviving prosperity; yet the traces of the storm we have endured, although sufficiently calamitous, are not in- compatible with the future well-being of the trade. The make of Staffordshire iron has been reduced nearly one- half-trading without capital has been diminished—pro- duction without prospect of consumption has been checked —the infatuation of making sales at a ruinous loss, for the mere sake of doing business, has been met by a lesson that will not soon be forgotten-and various additional erections at an outlay repeatedly deprecated by us, aienow aban- doned. Under such circumstances, when confidence shall be re-established we may look forward to a revival of trade based upon a more equalized rate of production and demand, less ruinous competition, and better-secured credit. Extreme opinions are cherished as to the result of the approaching Quarterly meetings. Those who hold stocks still fondly cling to the day-dream of "a further advance," while to some a considerable reduction both in iron and wages appear more probable. Circumstances present such a daily varying aspect, that, for our. own part, we do not feel justified in expressing more than a hope that both will be disappointed, and that a sufficient steadiness will prevail to •ecure unaltered rates. It is confidently stated that an importation of nearly four hundred bars of railway iron has taken place by a vessel arrived from New York. This is one of several arrivals 01 the kind which have recently taken place from the United States.—Gazette,
THE COMMISSIONERS' REPORTS.
THE COMMISSIONERS' REPORTS. PUBLIC MEETING AT ABERGWYDDON. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] On Friday last, the 17th instant, a large public meeting of the inhabitants of the parishes of Mynyddislwyn and Llanhiddel, in the county of Monmouth, was held at the Market-hall, Abergwyddon, for the purpose of pro- nouncing opinions on the Reports of the Commissioners of Inquiry into the State of Education in Wales." A platform had been erected inside the hall, the front of which is open, and the speakers were thus enabled to address the audience, which was too large to be contained in any building in the village. Notwithstanding the un- favourable state of the weather, there could be no less than 1500 persons present throughout the proceedings, which lasted for five hours* Many hundreds were com- pelled to leave on account of their distance from the speakers, which prevented their hearing. On the plat- form we observed, David Phillips, Esq., and D. Phillips, jun., Esq., Llanhiddel-house; W. Llewelyn, Esq., Aber- carne; G. Robathan, Esq., surgeon, Risca; Messrs. E. Rogers, E. George, Abercarne; Jones, Llanover; D. Jones, Tredegar; T. S. Williams, Blackwood; and the Rev. Evan Jones, Tredegar; the Revs. W. Evans, Newbridge; T. Evans, Argoed; William Roberts, Blaina; Robert Thomas, Hanover Edmund Jo ties, Blackwood; Wm. Thomas, Newport; H.Dauiel, Cefn y Crib; Moses Ellis, Mynyddislwyn; Thos. Thomas, tutor of the Baptist College, Pontypool; Wm. Roberts, Tabor; E. C. J ellkiusl Salem; J. Rowe, Risca and T. fl Thomas, Maeshaleg, 9 At two o'clock, the hour appointed for the meeting,8 Mr, Ebeneaer Rogers moved, and Mr. Thomas, Maes-ji haleg, seconded, that David Fhillips, Esq., Llanhiddel 9 ilouse, should take the chair. This being carried, Mr. 8 Phillips briefly opened the proceedings by stating the P object of the meeting, and called upon David Phillips, H jun., Esq., Llanhiddel, to move the first resolution.—(Seel, advertisement.) ja D. Phillips, jun., Esq., rose and said that the subject they had S! met to consider, though one which had been the cause of widely-spread evil, dill not require a.iy complicated train of reasoning to be intelligible to his hearers. He believed there were few persons who were not by this time well aware thatw the Government, misled by the calumnious misrepresentations H of a certain Mr. Williams, once of Coventry, now, happily for \Vales, no longer in Parliament (hear hear). as to the morals mil education of the Cymry,—and also by their own desire to Blind a plea to meddle with religion and education,—had been uiduced in the last Parliament to appoint three Englishmen, of the names of Symons, Johnson, & Lingen, as Commissioners to 9 come into Wales and make a report of the state and educations of the Welsh people. That these mel1 had executed their com- ■ mission in a disgraceful manner, had been pretty well proved at ffl those meetings which had taken piace and that the evidenced ,'iven was in main false or exaggerated and, in many instances, H when they have received favourable testimony, it was suppressed •iltogether; but the commissioners had carefully collected and g published everything they could obtain from the most iricuni- 3s petent Churchmen or Dissenters that had a tendency to vilify S their character, and had wilfully withheld many depositions in ■ favour of the Welsh nation, made by competent persons, and had carefully avoided all inquiries of individuals whom they B thought likely to testify to their merits or virtues, but whose g liigh position would render it impossible to venture at suppres- g sion without a certainty of exposure. It was enough for him n to give this general sketch of the conduct of the commissioners 9 in the two parishes, which contaiued about 7000 inhabitants, and where there were elevendissentiug chapels and two churches. rho dissenting congregations amounted tu about 4000, and the Sunday-schools bdonging to them cOlltaineLl auout 10:.10. What was the course pursued by the commissioner in this dis- trict ? Had he obtained the evidence of Sir B. Hall, a resident landlord, who could testify to the conduct and character of hundreds of his Welsh tenantry, and a man who had never been known to make the least difference in his treatment oC church- men or dissenters (hear, hear), and who Inust be consiLlered as conversant with the morals of his countrymen, having not only always lived in their neighbourhood, but had invariably em- ployed them in preference to others in every department of trust in his household and about his estates ? Yet Sir B. Hail's evidence is not to be found in the Blue Books. His land-agent, Mr. Llewelyn, though a Welshman of probity, residiag ia the midst of them, had never seen or heard of Commissioner Sy mons' being in the parish until his Reports were published; nor was Mr. Kogers, the Welsh manager of the Abergwyddon collieries, applied to for any information yet Mr. Rogers had 300 or 400 Welshmen under him, and knew much of their character but the truth was that Mr. Rogers knew much in their favour, and S that would not suit the object of the Blue Books. But the B Messrs. Hughes were applied to, and they had an acquaintance with their own congregations, who averaged about 5j yet the whole character of the natives of these parishes rested oil their tender mercy, and it was well known that they held dissenters in abhorrence, though the dissenters of these parishes were in the proportion of about 130to 1 churchman. The Kev. J.Hughes forgets that there was a school in the parish besides his own. The Rev. John Davies knew more about the state of Llanhilleth than Mr. Hughes did, but his evidence is not to be found any- where in the report. The very replies given by Mr. Hughes prove how incompetent he was to give evidence. In his answer to question 4th, he speaks of the people as having abundant means of religious i'1struction," aud in his answer to question 5th, he states that they" have a disposition to deceive, to act disingenuously alld even dishonestly." Now what is the remedy he proposes for thi3 state of things ? In his reply to question 6th, we have it-" Education would decidedly improve the peo- ple, by infusing into the mass a higher tone of morality, and better principles of honesty." As the people have abundant means of religious instruction, the rev. gentleman must mean secular education in his last reply, but how in the world can | people be moralised by secular meaus if the Bible fail to do so ? I Mr. Hughes complains that the people are dissatisfied with the ecclesiastical laws and those relating to the poor." Why, it is really wonderful that the people are dissatisfied with laws which put such amiable and kind men as Mr Hughes in authority over tl1em! They must be very ignorant indeed (cheers). He also states that the people are deplorably ignorant of all knowledge of a secular nature. This L must deny. I was brought up in that parish. Of my school fellows eight have become shop- keepers, and one a Baptist minister, without scarcely any scholastic advantages but what they had in their native parish. The rector also thinks that education would" soften sectarian and political prejudices." This certainly comes with much grace from the rev. gentleman, if we are to consider his deposi- tions as exponents of his way of softening prejudices. In his reply to question 10, he says he 0, does not insist on the chil dren's attendance at church, provided they go to some other place of Christian worship." Insist, indeed! Is the Rev. James Hughes in a condition to insist? It is somewhat strange to hear a man talking about insisting upon children attending church, when out of a population of TOO scarcely 30 attend his minis- try. And yet in the face of this he does not insist'. No truly, when we hear him speak thus we may ask in whose hands is the power ? If this style of priestly arrogance is to be conti- nued much longer we must diligently watch into whose hands we trust our religious liberty, or we 3hall have to look out for another Reformation (cheers). Mr. James Hughes complains that the coal-proprietors of the parish are non-residents. Granted that they are so, does that make them less able to sup- port education in the parish ? Certainly not; the least we could expect from men who derive their incomes from this pa- rish and spend their money elsewhere would be a contribution in support of a school. He goes on to say in this locality there is not one proprietor resident; not one gentleman of wealth and education to support a public object such as a school. Now, gentlemen, is not this too bad ? It is not for me to stand here and eulogise my own family. You know my the parish (no, no). Our family has resided there for ages, and honoured father, and can judge if Mr. Hughes has done justice to have never been backward in promoting the welfare of the people. In the year 1844, this very Rev. James Hughes came to my father to ask for land to build a church school upon. The deed is now in my possession in which the land is conveyed to the Revds. James Hughes, Thomas Davies, and Isaac Hughes, for a nominal consideration. It is a great deal too bad that we should be vilified by clergymen, whom we are compelled to support, whose doctrines we do not believe, and whose minis- try we never attend. All that we care about them is that they mind their own business, so that we may mind ours. The account given of the colliers by the rev. gentleman is most dis- paraging. He says that they are composed of those dis- charged by their employers at other works. Such is not the case; many of the men employed in the parish have never worked in any other collieries and need not be ashamed to han- dle a mandril with any man. He also considers that they are inferior in moral habits and temporal condition to the general run of colliers." Either Mr. Hughes knows nothing of the colliers of Llanhiddell, or he hides all their good qualities pur- | posely. He talks about their moral habits. 1 wish he could J attend some of our prayer meetings he would find that one of their moral habits is to approach the throne of grace in no for- mal manner, but with the propriety and sincerity that would do eredit to some who wish to appear as being more learned. He speaks of children being unable to go to school for want of shoes. I believe there is not in the parish one collier's child who is shoe- less. Children formerly were sent shoeless to school, and if they are now kept at home for this reason, it shows a greater want ot disposition than of ability. Notwithstanding the disparaging views Mr. Hughes has of the Welsh in regard to honesty, the Welshman is famed for his honesty throughout the world. I have travelled much in America of late years and have every- where found the honesty of the Welsh acknowledged (applause)- In the banks of Utica I found two Welshmen in situations of trust and confidence, and they well sustain the fame of their country. Mr. Hughes states that there are eight public houses in the parish. This is not correct, there are but seven. Six of these are built by the thoroughfare that passes through the parish, and are not so much for the use of the inhabitants; and the seventh is by the Church, and cannot be possibly intended for the use of Dissenters. Who- ever knew of a Church without a public house near it ? The rev. gentleman finds a great difficulty to admit that the people can be moral without secular knowledge. Their igno- rance in this he ascribes to the want of day-schools in the prin- cipality, which were no where to be seen in Wales until of late years." I do not exactly know what he means by late years." I was in a day-school in the parish 25 years ago. But with all their religious knowledge," he considers them inferior to the English in principle, honesty, and sincerity." I will leave you to judge how true and how consistent is all this. We are not, however, compelled to take the evidence of Mr. Hughes we can appeal to other witnesses. Mr. Phillips here read an extract from the admirable lecture of the Itev. Henry Richard, in regard to the comparative statistics of crime in England and Wales,—the proportion of bibles to the inhabitants in the two countries, which is much in favour of Wales,—and the average contributions to the Bible Society, from which it appeared that Wales contributes proportionably twice as much as England. He closed his powerful speech by wishing Oes y byd i'r iaith Gymraig," and sat down amidst loud applause. The Rev. Thomas Thomas, theological tutor at the Baptist College, Pontypool, seconded the resolution in a speech of great length, of which the following is a mere outline:—That he had had had opportunities to observe the characters of Welsh and English, and that he had no hesitation whatever in ascribing the superiority to the Welsh, though many of his dearest friends were English. He objected to all indiscriminate censures, and had, therefore, carefully read the report of Mr. Symons in order to see if he could agree with him on any points. Having done so, he found that he agreed with him in admitting the existence of much ignorance in reference to religion and secular subjects, — that the great masters or employers were guilty of the most culpable neglect of the claims, rights and comforts of the working men, in not providing suitable accommodation and con. velllenCles for public decency 1U connectlOn wIth their houses; in withholding facilities for mental and moral improvement by means of the free action of the people, by the subtraction 01 a portion of the men's wages in the shape of stoppage money and compulsory subscriptions for various purposes,—by the com- pulsion and extortionate charges of the companies' shops—by the supporting of truck Churches, truck schools, and truck dia pensaries. He also agreed with him, that many of the people were much to blame for their intemperance, improvidence, un- chastity, and neglect of the means of knowledge and religion. He would further confess to some faults not enumerated by the commissioners, such as giving a confiding reception in our houses and schools to tmaHsaiouw and inspectors/ as if they R were honourable men,—giving voles at elections to State Churchmen, and State Educationists, who crush us with taxes to support a swarm of government teachers iu schools. Churches, Colleges, and sending our children to Church schools to be drilled into Church boys and Church girls. He hoped these faults would be committed no more. Having done with the confessional, he was bound to state, that he disagreed with Mr. Symons on very important matters. He could not agree with Mr. Symons when that gentleman disagreed with himself. Mr Thomas quoted numerous instances from the report, of what he maintained to be palpable contradictions. They are to be found in pp. 303, 397, 394, 398 of the octavo edition. He earn- estly protested against Mr. Symons's exaggerated descriptions and over-coloured pictures of the depravity & vices of the people. He also differed with him as to the character of the authorities on which he relied, and on which he had founded his estimate of the Welsh character, they being clergymen. Churchmen, degraded ex-ministers, and a few respectable Dissenters favourable to government aid. 1\1r. Thomas objected to the character of the questions given to be answered by the selected witnesses, as 9 being adapted and apparently designed to elicit only the un- favourable traits in the character and condition of the people. I No questions werc asked as to the progress of the people in H knowledge and morality during the last fifty years. He also H animadverted on Mr. Symons's illogical habit of generalizing ■ from insufficient data, and grounding general conclusions from ■ particular facts. The speaker referred to this point at great 9 length, exposing its unfairness, and sbo\villg how it would ope- K rate if applied to some districts in Englaud, such as Tipton, ■ London. and esppcLlllr to the late rioH in the English tOWIH. H lie also strongly disapproved of the different terms in whieh H the commissioner spoke of the labours of clergymen and Dis- 8 senting ministers, as if the latter were not actuated in their B labours by love to God and men like the former. Mr. Thomas w concluded his speech by combating Mr. Symou's views, in re- s] gard to the cause of crime, which he (Mr. T.) maintained was 19 depravity and not ignorance. Secular educatiou would not re- jfi move the evil. Many of the secondary causes of crime were ■ patronised by government; such as the excise and game laws, taxes on knowledge, excessive taxation, and the quartering of ■ soldiers in towns, &c. As Mr. Symons mistook the nature of the H disease, he was to be regarded as a mere educational quack, and H his nostrums were to be refused. Mr. Thomas sat down amidst H loud cheers. n The Rev. W. Thomas, of Newport (formerly of Llanhiddel), M Baptist minister,supported the resolution in Welsh. Restated ■ i that he knew these two parishes intimately for the last forty I years. At that period there were only two chapels in them 9 and the morals of all, the clergy as well as the people, H were very much improved. He could recollect the time when the clergyman in the parish of Llanhiddel had no one 9 to attend Church. The little morality and religion which B existed was then found among DUsenteis. The examples Kg which the clergymen furnished the people were dreadful, H I hi, being the case, he considered the attacks made on the H morality and religion of the present age as highly unwar- ■ rantable (applause). H The resolution was carried unanimously. H The second resolution was proposed by the Rev. W. Evans, H Baptist minister, Beulah, Newbridge, who addressed the meeting in Welsh, & travelled much over the same ground as n Mr. Phillips had done before iu English. The evidence of the ra Rev. James Hughes was examined sentence by sentence, & itx fl incorrectness fully proved. In regard to the charge of im- providence against the working classes, the speaker stated H that he had made a careful inquiry into the number of cot- ■ tages built during the last 50 years on leasehold and free- hold grounds in the parish of Mynyddislwyn, and had found ■ theui to be 363 in number. He further remarked that there D were twenty-four benefit societies in the same parish, whose H annual receipts, as far as he could ascertain, amounted toi nearly JL1500. These facts, he contended, furnished a com- ■ plete refutation of the inaccurate statements of Mr. Hughes He then referred to the Reports generally, and concluded by expressing his belief that their false accusations would be swept away by the truth against the world" (loud applause). Mr. Evan Jones, of Tredegar, seconded the adoption of the resolution and spoke as follows:—"Mr. Chairman, friends, and countrymen, ( deem it no small honour to appear before a meeting of my countrymen on an occasion like the present. We are assembled together to defend our charac- ters as men and christians, and to roll back the reproach which has been most undeservedly and most wantonly heaped upon us. Self-defence is the first law of nature, B and never were people more justified in obeying its demands B than are the Welsh at present. To our statesmen we have scarcely givel1 any trouble within the memory of man. fl Our loyalty has been always proverbial, and our obedience B to the laws Has been universally acknowledged. Yet in spite of all our good qualities we are not liked by the En- B glish government, we are an abomination to Englidl bishops B and to an English church. We are a nation of Dissenters which subjects us to the heavy displeasure of those who have not genius enough to acquire our language, though they reap the fiat of the land. We have sinned in bidding adieu to the National Church. Our transgression has been that we have erected 2200 chapels, and provided about 300 additional stations to preach the gospel and administer spiritual instruction, at a cost of at least one million pounds sterling, during the last one hundred years! We have fallen from grace on account of our maintaining our own religious institutions at a cost of £132,000 annually. It is a cardinal sin that we have among us about 1800 religious ministers. It is quite horrible to the religion-by-proxy-men, fig that our sabbath-schools number some 206,072 attendants, H according to the commissioners' own showing. It is a mortal crime that three of our denominationll support six colleges. All this must be equally displeasing to Church and Government. These, my countrymen, are potent ele- ments of freedom. Read your Bibles, attend your Sunday- schools, support your own educational institutions,—do this ( say, and Govemment will soon find that the grievous in- justice of sending among you English officials to administer law and Gospel, cannot be much longer perpetuated. Assure as there is freedom on earth, a strict adherence to the word of God will lead every nation to the enjoyment of its bless- ings. Now governments are not over liberal-popular free- ■ dom and ministerial jobbing are never on very intimate H terms, hence the "powers that be" are often disposed to teach the people just what they please and no more. It is I probable that our own government is anxious to commence B operations in this particular undertaking. Wales has been selected as an eligible spot to try a few experiments. Eng- land would not do. That country has its daily press, its active politicians and powerful advocates of popular free- dom, It is a land somewhat unfavourable for the trial of a great despotic experiment. But it was thought the honest Welshman had never been taught to speak, read, or write. I presume they imagined that we could not read their inten- tions, apeak against their proceedings, expose their manoeuvres in writing. The good geutlemen are disap- pointed. The Blue Books have been issued and we know their contents, these meetings, and the columns of the Mer- lin, Cardiff and Mertkyr Guardian, Carnarvon Herald, and Principality, prove that we can both speak and write. 1 ad- mit that we do battle against fearful odds-the Commis- missioners are against us—a few misguided men among our own nation are against us—the Church is against us-and the Ministry is against us. But let us not tremble-on our side stands the irresistible might of truth. If our aristo- cracy has deserted the people, if the powers that be" are leagued together for our destruction, never mind—let us thank God and take courage— The might with the right And the truth shall be, And come what may to stand in the way That day the world shall see." Falsehood is not immortal,—a lie will not live for ever. Truth is strong and must prevail, and, as a necessary conse- quence the machinations of our opponents must ultimately perish. At present I am not going to address you at any length, on account of the number of eminent speakers who wiU yet address you. I understand that the men in these works, in order to shew their sense of the wrong done them by these reports, went to work at one o'clock in the morning, that their em ployers should not suffer any inconvenience from their being present here. I wonder in how many districts in England the colliers would do the same ? The resolu- tion which I have to second affirms that the Reports are not worthy of credit. I most cordially sympathize in this sen- timent, and after the specimens which we have had of the manner in which Mr. Symons has dealt with these parishes, I do not think you will find it difficult to unite with myself in this estimate of the report,—the Reports are not worthy of credit. The learned Commissioners have erred in their selection of witnesses, and I fear their error was quite wilful. At Cardiff, Mr. Lingen went to Mr. Millea, a Roman Catholic priest, whose position necessarily excluded him from having intimate intercourse with the people. The Reverends William Jones, Lewis Powell, Evau Morgan, and David Jones and other men of vast experience were passed by unheeded. At Aberdare he procured the evidence of Mr. John Griffith, the vicar, who had not resided a whole month in the parish, and did not visit ministers of nearly 35 years standing in the place. At Carmarthen, he sought the Rev. D. Lloyd, a Unitarian, and advocate of govern- ment education; all other ministers being excluded. There are in Carmarthenshire many ministers quite as competent to give evidence as Dr. Davies, of Ffrwd-y-fal; perhaps, that gentleman was selected on account of his having moved the summer before a resolution in favour of government aid at the Conference of the Brecon Normal School. Then look again at Mr. Symon's conduct. At Brynmawr on the borders of this county he obtained the evidence of Mr. Kershaw, a draper, and a Mr. Morris. Of Mr. Morris I have no knowledge, but I believe both gentlemen are Church- men. Why did he not apply for the evidence of the Kev. D. Stephenson, who has been connected with one of the most splendid triumphs of voluntaryism in Wales? Did he seek the evidence of Mr. John Jones, the eminent merchant in the place? Was there any application made to Mr. Daniel Seys Lewis, one of the most competent men in the county ? At Newport, why was J. Corsbie, Esq., not consulted 1 The same conduct was pursued everywhere in this neighbour. hood mv respected friends, Mr. Jones, of Blackwood, Mr. Ellis, of Mynyddislwyn, Mr. Evans, of Beulah, were passed by to make room for the Rev. James Hughes. The ques- tions which were proposed by Mr. Symons, to clergymen and others, were not given to W. Llewellyn, Edq., in this neighbourhood, nor to Mr. E. Rogers, nor to Mr. Thomas, at Pontypool, nor to Mr. Roberts, at Blaenan, nor to Mr. Phillips, of Hauhiddel ? Was this fair and impartial ? It was the very reverse of everything fair and honourable. The columns of the public press for this and next week will explain what I had to do with Mr. Symons in this matter. I think the learned gentleman will find out that he has reckoned without his host. I am also fully persuaded that in a short time I shall be able to prove that the conclusions to which the learned Commis- sioners have come are quite at variance with the evidence of the mass of the most respectable and competent witnesses which they consulted. From their own reports, the strong- est.case in favour of Welsh morality may be gathered. Making exceptions where partial complaints of drunken- ness and unchastity were made, I am quite convinced that a proper analysis of the evidence will prove a triumphant refutation of the rash, ungrounded, and fallacious conclu- sions of the Commissioners. fellow-countrymen, is a I great national struggle. Beware ot Government interfe- rence; touch the money, and your indepen- dence and liberty gone. The world will have yet to blese the efforts of Welsh Nonconformists it you manfully strug- gle for your language, nationality, and religion. Seek in9truc- tion and self-improvement,—work nobly tor the hononr of your noble country.—care not for the calumnies heaped upon you, but disprove them by your good conduct,—labour pet- severingly for the diffusion ot education and intelligence,— protest boldly and resolutely against the great wrong ilone you,—repel the incursious of the sly despotism which seeks to bind you in chains: do this* and the nations will rise and call you blessed. William Llewellyn, Esq., in supporting the second resolution spoke as follows If t allowed the present opportunity to pass without expressing my sense of the grievous wrong that has been done the Welshmen of this district, by the report of Mr Symons, one of the Commissioners of Education, I should feel that I had not done my duty to my neighbours and country- men. The district to which his enquiries were more particu- larly confined included all the iron and coal works in Mon- mouthshire, and, of course, this and the adjoining parishes formed part of it. Mr, Tbpmas has nljeady comjmuucate4 to tion and self-improvement,—work nobly tor the hononr of your noble country.—care not for the calumnies heaped upon you, but disprove them by your good conduct,—labour pet- severingly for the diffusion ot education and intelligence,— protest boldly and resolutely against the great wrong ilone you,—repel the incursious of the sly despotism which seeks to bind you in chains: do this, and the nations will rise and call you blessed. William Llewellyn, Esq., in supporting the second resolution spoke as follows :—" If t allowed the present opportunity to pass without expressing my sense of the grievous wrong that has been done the Welshmen of this district, by the report of Mr Symons, one of the Commissioners of Education, I should feel that I had not done my duty to my neighbours and country- men. The district to which his enquiries were more particu- larly confined included all the iron and coal works in Mon- mouthshire, and, of course, this and the adjoining parishes formed part of U. Mr, Thomas has nljeady communicated to you the terms in which Mr. Symons describes the moral and personal habits of the people of this district; but as it would be well to impress it on your minds, I will just read a few short extracts :—He says Evil in every shape is rampant." De- moralization is every where dominant. Good influences powerless." That the people "drink to brutal excess." Have no modesty or truth." Their bodies and habits dirty, that the whole district, with the exception of Newport, teems with crime and all the slatternly accompaniments of animal power and moral disorder, with scarcely a ray of mental or spiritual intelligence." Now can there be a more ill-fouuded or cruel charge than this 1 Does it not contain a foul and most unjust stigma on our manners and character (cries of yes, yes). Did this report circulate amongst ourselves only, we should laugh at being so grossly caricatured. The opinions ill it are of that extreme kind and so opposed to facts, of which we have all a knowledge, that with us it carries with itself its own refuta- tion; but we must recollect that it is now circulating amongst those who are strangers to us, who know us not, nor yet our language, and that their opinions of us will be formed from what they read in the Blue hooks. It is, therefore, the duty of every man who has not forgotten his attachment to his native land, to come forward and hurl back, indignantly, the foul re- proach which is now attempted to be cast upon our native land. I have lived in this parish for the last seventeen years, in con- stant intercourse with all classes in it, and I have no hesitation iu saying that the people here are quiet, industrious, and orderly and, I am sure, for morality and honesty they will bcar the strictest comparison with the people of the most favoured tlis- trict of the like extent and population in the United Kingdom nor would it surpriso me if they were found superior and bore away the palm. 1 have looked through the report which refers to our district, (I mean the district of Abercarne, Llanhilleth, &c.) with some attention, but cannot find any informalÏon there respecting the moral state of the people of this parish, an,1 yet, notwithstanding the absence of all evidence 011 the subject, Mr, Symoas does not hesitate to place this parish (a parish contain- ing nearly six thousand inhabitants) under the ban of his cen- sure, and to point to us as being plunged in vice and misery, or if you like it-infamy (groans), vo to say the least of it, the commissioner has come tu the most hasty and unfair conclusions — to conclusions certainly not warranted by the evidence before 3 him. In the evidellce as to the schools here, a mistake has fl been made; but this 1 merely møntiol1 to shew the undue hlt.8te 1 of the enquiry. The whole report bears about it the evident marks of haste and that absence of cool aud diligont enquiry befitting the high importance of the subject. It appears as if the commissioner came here determined to find 1"ault, and to illvolve us all iu one sweeping, wholesale, condemnation. From my long residence here, anù my acquaintance with the people, '11so from the posiliol1 which 1 have the honour to holel under. Sir Benjamin Hall, the largest landowner by far here, it might have been expected that Mr. Symons, or some of his as-a sistauts, would have called upon me fur information. HOlv- H ever, they did no such thing. I never saw or heard of them 9 when they were in this neighbourhood, and the fact of their having been here came to my knowledge only about a Illonth ago.fl Now, all this seems most extraordinary; and the only conclu- a "iou 1 call come to is, that 1 was inteuliounlly avoided-that here was no wish to rcceive my evidence (hear, hear), ifl can only tell you that had he come to me my evidence would H havt. been of such a nature that it wOl1ld have beeu impossi-l ole for him to have included the peopl" of this parish in his H black catalogue (cries of—" We know it"). He a>tributes dj the Chartist iusurrection, that took place some years hack, to the lawless habits of the Welsh people,-and their isolation 9 from the English, by reason of their language, —this we all know is not the fact ("' No, no") We weil know that Chartism is a plant of English .growth-that ail the Chartist societies here were orgallisel1 by Englishmen-that eruissaries frolU Birmingham, Manchester, and other large English towns were sent here to iuuoculate the people of this district with Chartist fIl incip!es. vVe have not forgotten Henry Vincent," nor the course of agitation winch he pursued for mouths in this coun- try, previous to the outbreak. We know well that the leaders tn that insurrection were Englishmen, with one or two exceptions* the other leaders were Welsh, perhaps, by birth and parentage but they were alieni n thoftght and feeling, and one ot them in- famous for the grossness oi bis infidelity, and for his admira- tion of Tom l'aiiie's most irreligious work. If government are so anxious to patronise us—if they seek to make us objects of their tender solicitude (laughter), tetthem have the grace to send down amongst us parties who will represent us as we really are—with iairness and impartiality. All we ask for is a clear stage and no favour (hear, hear;; give us that and W8" shall have nothing to be much ashamed of (cheers), I am far from objecting to the introduction of measures for promoting the education of the people—because I fully believe it will conduce 10 their cOlufort an(1 advantage; but, whatever be tbe scheme of education, it should bo of such a nature as will interpose no check to the free intercourse and to the good understanding which now exists between Dissenting ministers and their numerous congregations. I feel that we owe IUl1ch fl to the exertions of the Dissenters in this country. [ look M upon them as haviug been for years past, the great moral fl guides and teachers of the people here—and I feel that Go- Kg vernment should treat them in any educational measures with fl great consideration and respect (hear, hear). I am a Church- ja man, but that does not prevent me from appreciating the ex- fl ertions which have been made by the Dissenters to civilize and elevate the people of this country, nor from acknow- ledging the great success which has hitherto crowned their efforts (loud cheers). These are my honest sentiments, and I leave them for your consideration (loud applause). The resolution was put to the meeting and carried unani- mously. The Rev. Edm. Jones, of Blackwood( Baptist), proposed the 3rd resolution, in a speech full of genuine Welsh eloquence, of which the following is a literal translation Much has been said about that Symons; I never saw him, and I do not care if I do. It seenH he has been in this parish and in page 290 of his report he says, that dis-ent has a strong hold on the affections of the people; and he admitted else- where that knowledge is to be found more among Dissen- ters than Churchmen. I agree with him on that point; but the great fault of his description of this country is, that he wants the English Government to believe that the state of things in this neighbourhood is owing to the small S number of clergy and he would have them believe it 1 would be much better if there were five or six more in each S parish. He complains they have very many men of talent 1 to oppose, but unless those five or six would be much more efficieut than those we have at present, matters would be- come worse instead of better. I have done with him he has passed through this parish like an English snail, without leaving any serious track behind him. But there is a Welsh snail, who has left behind him a vast deal of slime. I am rather sorry we must acknowledge Mr. Hughes as a Welsh- man. You have already heard different statements he has made regarding your morals. Now, in addition to this, he has come to our own language, he is quite as bad as the Pope's curse, which curses the skin and hair and everything that belongs to a man so the Rev. James Hughes curses every thing that belongs to the Welsh language. He says that nothing has appealed in it, either in prose or in poetry, g worthy of being read. Now, did you ever hear of such a statement? Has he ever read the Essay of Jones on the Mind, and the Essay of Ellis Evans on the Sunday-schools, 1 or the immortal Essays of Christmas Evans — in which every word would form a ship-load for an Englishman, and i every sentence enough of matter to form a volume ? Has H he ever read the Essay of Mr. Williams, of Carnarvon, on Poetry, and other prose works, too numerous to name? Did he ever read the poetical works of Dewi Wyn, and our numerous poets ? He has said some bad things in regard |j to our language, and describes it as a nuisance he speaks m of it as if it was a dreadful pestilence. Now, if such is the case, there are two things connected with it which have never occurred in connexion with any other pestilence. In 8 the first place, I never heard of any one dying of it. 2nd. It has never been removed; a pestilence is not suffered to remain long in the same country; it is soon removed. But the Welsh language stands immovable through the lapse oi ages. Although Mr. H. considers it as a pestilence, I con- sider it would be a great sin in any Clergyman to pray for its removal. It is generally admitted that religion is very powerful in Wales. Such being the case, how can the Rev. J. Hughes assert that the Welsh language is an obstacle to the progress of religion ? We are the sons of Gomer, the original proprietor of this land. Our progenitor was in so much favour with God, that he gave him England, France, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, for his inheritance, and which he possessed till the Saxon came to rob him of it. Now it is very strange that if God thought the Welsh language an obstacle to religion that he made such large presents to our progenitor. Our brethren are still freeholders of this land and have been so for ages. Their characters stood highl among the nations of the earth. Hywel Dda was a king, | and a wise legislator; and Ivor Hael was a man of wisdom and power. We have still our brethren sitting on the magisterial benches to commit the English to the prisons and gaols. Some of our brethren are M. P. s and if God thinks of our language as the Rev. James Hughes does, I do not think we should be so highly favoured. The Rev. Moses Ellis, Mynyddislwyn (Independent), se- conded the 3rd resolution, and, after a few remarks, spoke as follows:—I will divide the resolution into four parts, and proceed to notice each separately. First-" That this meet- ing considers the direct interference of Government in the education of the people as on infringement upon the prin- ciples of British liberty." Such interference atms to make a transfer of that power and authority wbich the people are invested with, to the hands of a certain class. The constitu- ion, as it now stands, has this power distributed so that our constitution is neither monarchial, aristocratical, nor democratical, but a combination of all these ditferent ele- ments each of these powers have their ditferent province; but Governmeut interference, as exhibited in tiie Minutes of Council, seeks to converge this distributive power to one certain focus, by placing it in the hand of the individual who stands at the head of the council; and, consequently, it is an infringement upon the principles of British liberty. Such interference will hinder that free and full toleration granted for every one to adopt the most efficient means of training the mind in the way he deems most proper, which liberty cannot be enjoyed unto its fullest extent under Go- vernment interference; and hereby we arrive at the con- clusion—Secondly—" That Government interference in the education of the people is an infringement upon the princi- ples of British liberty;—asserts the rights of the Welsh people to preserve, to cherish, and enjoy those modes of worship which their consciences approve." It is well known what are those modes which are approved by a large major- ity of the Welsh and it was on this account that the com- missioners were sent to ransack our country, and to make out a case that would finally prevent the Welsh to preserve, to cherish, and enjoy such endeared privileges. When the council had been completely beaten from the ground by facts and figures, they managed to take another course, by raising clamours against the morals and habits of the peo- ple, in order to prove that the modes adopted by the Welsh were so inefficient, that sooner the better they should be laid aside, and the means prescribed by the State to be en- forced in their stead. Hut the Welsh too well understand the State nostrums, and will not accept of them, but will maintain their undeniable rights to preserve, cherish, and enjoy such modes as appear to them in accordance with the Holy Scriptures—as are most beneficial for their spiritual improvement—and such as are highly endeared to them, as being by their ancestors transmitted to them as a sacred trust at the expense of their blood and life. Thirdly— Those methods of education which have already succeeded in making the large majority good men and loyal subjects." Were we to glance at the history of our nation and country when destitute of these methods of education which have been mostly given by the Noncomformist, we caunot fail perceiving the success which have attended such methods. In those times of darkness and demoralisation, we find no complaints brought agaimt us—no public denouncement made of our ignorance and immorality; but when these methods of instructions became perceptible in their effects, in enlightening the people and reforming their manners, behold a cry has arisen in the land, that we, as a nation, are fast sinking into barbarity. According to the creed of these libellers the only way to raise fair Cambria from her state of deep degradation ,Jwould be to have our language ex- punged, our chapels clossd, and our religious instructors banished and imprisoned as in days of yore. But, notwith- standing all that has been said agaiust our methods, under God they have succeeded in making wicked men good men, peaceable and loyal subjects in her Majesty's dominion. The tree must be judged by its fruit. Let tbe methods be viewed by the mighty effects which they have produced in the state of society and on the temporal condition and eter- nal destinies of our fellow-countrymen. Therefore, Non- conformity is not such an Upas tree as the authors of the Blue Books would have the Parliament men to believe for it is impossible that an evil tree should bear good fruit, no more than a good tree should bring forth evil fruit. In the present day we have not, as in olden times, Sabbith footballs, no moriis-dances after Divine service, no cock- fightings on the tombstones, no frightful scenes in every cross-way, as we used to have during the time of the Book of Sports and unchecked influence of clerical intolerance. Fourthly—"Those customs and habits which they derive from their ancestors, and that sacred and beloved language, H whose energetic power has impressed, and is now imptessing H upon the great majority of this country's population, truths ■ which at once affect the heart and ennoble the understand-fl iog." Jam not aware of any customs and habits that be IOUK to the Welsh as a nation, which are disgraceful to them. H Have not every nation their customs and habits ? Have not B the English their customs & habits ? Have not every nation H a right to enjoy them ? Our custom and habit on Sabbath- gj days is to attend Sabbath-schools, and not frequent taverns and public-houses. Our custom and habit is to attend prayer-meetings on week nights,and not theatros and bills, jg Our custom and habit is to bow to our Maker, and never & cast a sneer and a scorn at such as study to serve God and ■ honour his law. Such blessed habits and eu-toms, why JJ should they be cast aside and forsaken? Not until the gentlemen of the commission can show us a more excellent 38 way. And why should they raise such a storm of indigna- tion against our sacred and beloved language? Of this I am at a loss to conjecture, unless it has proved such a mighty 9 and a powerful orgau to communicate those (orms of truths H which is not very palatable to State religionists. The lan- guage of the country is the same as the religion of the ja country. And what would they have it to be ? It has im- B pressed and iø now ÎIupreuinK upon the grellt majority of S this country's pnpulatioll truths which they would tie glad to S have tham concealed from the people. It tells in words which « cannot be mistaken, that Christ's kingdom is not of this If world-that there should be no cempromise with Cæsar and SB God in matters of religion—and that we are to stand foist in jfl that liberty wherewith Christ has made us free. Did it n ever enter the brains of any man, besides the gentlemen of I the cloth and the Blue Books, that there was anything in our fl pure and unadulterated language as did tend to corrupt the nation, and prove al 8n impediment in the reformation of their Such nonsensical insinuations serve al mirrors to show that they aim at the overthrow of something greater and more important than the language. The hidden powers and melodious sound of our language is a secret quite unknown to the Enclish. The eloquence of the Welsh speaker will set the world on fire whilst the Englishman is lighting his match. Its burning word'* C4n penetrate the heart, and its lucid derivation can ennoble the understanding. Thus it will evidently appear that thi betrayers of our lan- guage are the betrayers of our religion, and the betrayers B of our religion will become the betrayers of our liv«?s. 9 should circumstances prove favourable. Wales was never conquered, neither shall Welsh become extinct; but we shall stand pledged that our beautiful language shall prove the preservative of our religion, and our religion the pre- servative of our morals, and our morals an,1 religion render us objects of esteem and respect to all the nations of the world. At the close of this excellent address the resolution was carried unanimously. G. Robathan, Esq surgeon, Risca, briefly moved the fourth resolution, and expressed his full concurrence in all the resolutions adopted by the meeting. The motion was seconded by Mr. E Rogers, and carried unanimously. The Chairman having left the chair, it was taken by Mr. Evan Jones, Tredegar, wheu the Rev. W. Roberts, Tabor, oroposed the cordial thanks of the meeting to David Phillips, Esq., for his abie conduct in the chair, which, being secouded, was carried by acclamation. Three hearty cheers being given for the continuance of the Welsh lan- guage, the meeting, which was of a most orderly character throughout, was dissolved, when the people dispersed in a few minutes.
LONDON MARKETS.
LONDON MARKETS. COKS KXCHANGB. MONDAY. This morning there was but a short arrival of wheat fresh up to market, and of spring corn also the supply was much less than in the few past weeks; altogether the Ifeglish stands were very bare of samples, and the trade commenced with higher rates heing demanded for all grain. For the fiuest ruus of wheat, both Ls<ex and Kentish, Is. to 2s. more money was given, and other kinds brought also firm prices, meeting likewise a better sale. Fine barley was Is. dearer, and other kinds were steady. The demand for oats has not been large, at the currency of Friday. For beans and peas of nearly every variety there has been very little trace, and white pea* are again h. to 2s. lower. In flour there is aochange in value, with a small sale for barrelled. Tares have met a fair de- mand, but at less money for foreign. In seeds theie is DO change in value, with a restricted sale on account of the weather. CUKKfiNT PRICESof GRAIV St FLOUU in MA UK LANK s. s. I s. s.. Wheat, English 50 53 Grey Pease 80 3'J Ditto, old 50 62 j Old Beans 34 30 Rye, 28 321 Tick Beaus 40 4'I Barley 27 SO Oats (Potatoes) li *25 Malt 51 51 Ditto (Feed) 19 .d :IS White Peas (boilers) 32 .36 Flour 42 46 SEEDS, &c. Clover, red, 38s. to 54s.; white 46s. to 56s. per cwt. Itapeseed, JM8 to £ 31 per last. Linseed, crushing, 44s. to 48s. sawing 56s. to 60s. per qr. Canary seed, 68s. t* 70s. per quarter. I r Mustard, white, 6s. to 9s.; brown 8s. to 10s. per bushel. Tares, Spring, tis. to 9s. per bashel. |Trefoil, 14s. to 21s. per cwt.; cow grass, 38s. to 63s. Cake linseed, per 1,000, £ 13 IOi. to tl3 Ids. I AGGREGATE AVERAGE of the Six Weeks which regulate the Duty. Wheat õOs. 7d., Barley 31 s. I oi. I Oats 20s. 7d., Rye 3ls.6d. Heans 37s. 6d. I Peas 4ls. 9d.
TO THE BEVEREND H. GRIFFITHS,…
TO THE BEVEREND H. GRIFFITHS, PRINCIPAL OF THE INDEPENDENT COLLEGE, BRECON. MY DBAR SIA,—1 reply with pleasure to the questions you have put to me. Allow me to express the satisfaction I feel in the testimony of men like yourself, Mr. Charles, of Trevecca, and many others of the most eminent and patriotic of your countrymen, to the fairness o.f my report, as a whole. The excited feeling to which JOU allude is less intense, and confined to a smaller number of persons, than I expected. The character of the facts disclosed must necessarily give rise to paialul feelings. The wounded pride of men, defective in moral discipline, but partaking of the .ótrdent nationality and generous impulses of the Welsh character, would naturally express itsetfin the language of resentment. I am not surprised that it has done so. I foresaw that an honest discharge of the trust committed to me must have this result. Less fidelity would have ensured greater popularity. Had I failed to tind capacities for improvement, I might justi- fiably have veiled faults it were hopeless to reform, and cruelty expose. Far otherwise was the case. In the minds of the people I found talents of the highest promise,—in their hearts germs of the noblest impulses. What, then, was the course Which friendship to Wales demanded? Was it to screen the Canker which preys upon the moral vigour of the land, and which owes its power to a treacherous disregard of its existence by those who are bound to assail it ? Was it for me to add smother to the sins of neglect of which my country is already so deeply guilty towards yours ? Surely not. I think I acted a part worthier of Wales in believing that she could well afford to look her failings in the face that she was heart-whole enough to bear the probing of her wounds to make the cure complete. 1 believe the result will amply vindicate my d,yment. The conclusions to which I was led in my inquiry are those, and none other, to which the evidence irresistibly led me. The testimony of Welshmen, such as I selected for the purpose, respecting their fellow-countrymen, left no alternative to one whose observations confirmed most ef these statements. In one instance, with regard to the virtues of the Welsh people, I ex- ceeded the evidence: in regard to their defects, my conclusions fall short of it. I would especially instance the charge of un- chastity made by deponents (alike dissenters and churchmen), and to which I expressly abstained from assenting, simply sta- ting that if" these statements were so, the evil was vast-a conclusion from which few men will differ. In the towns, you will find that the dissenting deponents selected by me generally exceed the churchmen, though they necessarily fell short of the latter in the villages where the cler- gyman was often the only accessible person from whom I could derive written evidence. That I suppressed the testimony of many dissenting ministers is untrue. I caunot remember in my 8 district one dissenter whose evidence I withheld, but I remem- 9 'ber one whose evidence I thrice requested, and failed to obtain. 1 I mean the Rev. Evan Jones. of Tredegar, whose memory is so g strongly defective that he charges me with suppressing his evi-1 dence, though I have his notes, in reply to my repeated re- quests, in vain, to be favoured with it! My anxiety to have it S arose chiefly from his having expressed to me, in person, his I strong aversion to government aid, and other matters, which, for the sake of impartiality, I desired to give. What passed in conversation with my informants, I, of course, in no case deemed evidence, or reported as such. This will give you some notion of the means whereby it is sought to disparage the fairness of the reports. Quite as many of the clergy deem my report par- tial to dissenters, as there are dissenting ministers who think it partial to the church. May I not argue that the truth in this, as in most cases, lies between the two extremes, and that I have hit it too nearly to please either ? I am not guilty of the alleged bias in the account of the Welsh periodicals. I should be very sorry to wroug them. I was guilty alone of omitting to place Mr. Rees's name, of Llandovery, at the foot of it; he was the author, and be permits me to say so. j I am now busily engaged in furthering the religious and in- dustrial education of a class, whose destitution gives them the first claim on my care and sympathy and I have neither time nor inclination to regard the enmity which usually besets those who assail habits of ignorance, and assert the rights of human g intelligence. The favour of man is a small matter in the estimate of those who seek sincerely to advance great Christian interests. As a matter of personal feeling, I should assuredly leave my late report to that ample vindication which public judgment will eventually afford. But I take a warm interest in the moral welfare of Wales. I regard it as the cradle of our Christianity, and the earliest seat of our civilization. As an empire, 1 see within it the dormant elements of its ancient great- ness. Centuries of neglect have rendered it what it is. We have roamed over the world in search of objects for our gigantic philanthropy, overlooking the heart of our home empire! Wales has too long been an alien from the political sympathy of England. Our inquiry was the first exception to that habitual indifference. It opened the only road to effectual regeneration —a full disclosure of the evils to be remedied. I am anxious that the obvious benefits derivable to your country from this well-meant effort should be amply realized and infinite honour is due to those who, like yourself, are nobly and generously striving to remove the darkness and amend the defects which we have been the means of developing. I trust that your example will be vigorously followed. It were a wiser and a worthier policy for Wales than to rail at truths you can- not gainsay, and to mislead popular energy from the fruitful work of improvement into the vortex of angry and barren re- sentment. I am, my dear sir, with sincere respect, Faithfully yours. London, Feb. 21st, 1848. JELINGER C. SYMONS. TO JELINGER C. SYMONS, ESQ. DEAR Sm,-The correspondence between yourself and the Rev. Henry Griffiths, tutor of the Independent College, Brecon, m. regard to your false statements concerning the Welsh periodicals, and your suppression of the evidence of Dissenters opposed to the acceptance of Government grants, demands from me, on personal and public grounds, a few remarks in reply. 1 have no apology to offer for the ne- cessity (thus imposed upon me by your own act") of contra- dicting your assertions. I shall have to make some dis- closures of the mode in which you conducted the inquiry, and of the reasons which induce Mr. Henry Griffiths to run so zealously to yourrescue. The boldness with which you proclaim my defective memory, does not require any con- firmation on my part. I will just show what I remember. ] proceed, then, in the first place, to dispose of the per- sonal charge which you prefer against me. I have publicly stated, on more than one occasion, that you had suppressed My evidence. In reply to this statement you write as fol- lows M That I suppressed the evidence of Dissenters is untrue. I cannot remember in my district one Dissenter, whose evidence I withheld, but I remember one whose evi- dence I thrice requested, and failed to obtain. I mean the He v. Evan Jones, of Tredegar, whose memory is so strongly defective, that be charges me with suppressing his evidence, though I have his notes, in reply to my requests, in vain, to 1e favoured with it! My anxiety to have it arose chiefly from his having expressed to me, in person, his strong aversion to government aid, and other matters, which, for the sake of impartiality, I desired to give. What passed in conversation with my informants, I. of course, in no case deemed evidence, or reported as such. This will give jou some notion of the means whereby it is sought to disparage the fairness of the reports." Such, then, is your defence, iUteply to which I must assure you that your own memory is "thongly defective." You did not thrice request me to furnish you with written evidence; you did twice: and I will just atate under what circumstances. In reply to your first appli- cation, I wrote to ask by what time you wished to have my papers, as I was at the time far from home, and in a very delicate state of health. Many weeks afterwards when your troubles at the Stroud election were over, you wrote again, and sent the syllabus of a paper which would have taken meat least six weeks to collect the information you required, and to write it; but no intimation was given of the time in which you expected me to reply. This last communication reached me on the 20th of August, just twelve days before thff date of your Report on Monmouthshire. At that time, I had only just returned home, after a long absence, and was much engaged with other matters, and could not imme- diately attend to your wishes. As soon <UI 1 possibly could, I visited two iron works in this county for the purpose of collecting information, and sought evidence from other places. Soon after I had commenced writing, I understood that the reports were about being published, which led me to relinquish the task. I am happy, however, to inform you that what I failed to prepare lor the reports will assist me in proving the gross inaccuracy of those memorable pro- ductions. If you were very anxious to obtain written evi- dence from me, the least you could have done was to inform me of the time by which you wished it to be ready. With this plain statement of facts, I leave the public to decide how much blame rests upon me for not having furnished you with written evidence. But, Sir, I gave you evidence, and that evidence, in all that was favourable to the people, you have suppressed. It is unworthy of you to evade the truth by stating that what passed in conversation you did not consider as evidence. 1 will prove that you did so, and that the statements of your letter to Mr. Griffiths are at variance with your own admis- sions at other times. I will prove this from your own report. Jo p. 272,1 find the following words; fll am beuud to taj MilHMIIMMIliI l—l—Mi »»■'■■ »—■ that the Rev Mr. Thomas, the principal of the Baptist Col- Ice at Pontvpool; the Rev. Evan Jones, of Tredegar; the Rev. Mr. Bright, of Newport; W. W. Phillips, Esq., of Pontvmoiie. and other Dissenters of influence, who ex- pressed in no measured terms their disapproval of the minutes of the council, gave me very valuable assistance in the prosecution of my labours, which I am desirous of ac- knowledging with thank- Now, Sir, perhaps a barrister may argue that valuable assistance" is not evidence," and, therefore, that the above extract does not decide the question; but this line of argument you have close yourself. In vour first letter to the Venerable Archdeacon Williams, you make the following statement: "In the district to which your letter refers, my informants' as to the general character of education and morals among you, as my report shows, were the Lord-Lieutenant, Mr. Harley, Dr. Phillips, Mr. W. W. Phillips, of Pontypool; the Hev. Messrs. Davies, of Trevethin; Jones, of Panteague; Hughes, of Llanhilleth aud Mynyddislwyn; Morgan, of Machen; Phillips, of Pont- newydd; Morgan, of Nantyglo; Bluett, of Abersychan Rees, of C wmcelyn, all beneficed clergymen; the Rev. Evan Jones, of Tredegar, several schoolmasters, and some others." —MERLIN, Jan. 22, 1848. This extract, Sir, puts it beyond your power to state that I gave you no evidence, and your report conclusively proves that that evidence was suppressed. If I was one of your in- formants, I must have given you information, and probably no one beside yourself would ever think of denying that information is evidence. You know, and I knqw, that my information" had ietererce to the efforts of the people to educate themselves—to the vast number of sober, moral, and religious men among the working classes; but this information" was not at all favourable to the case you were bent upon making out, and was therefore suppressed. | And yet you turn round very coolly, and charge me with having a very defective memory, because I did not furnish B a! you with written evidence In addition to th:s effrontery,1 you hffve also the temerity to state, What passpd in con-il versation with my informants, I, of course, in no ca-e deemed evidence, or reported as such." This is very cool and decided, and must be joyous news to Mr. H. GrifHths but let us turn to your report, and see if it is correct. In p. 79, we find the following note This information was not taken down at the time in writing, but was given to me by Colonel Powell in answer to my questions.—J. C. S." The point is then settled. In the columns of the Guardian you endeavour to prove that information is not evidence; in Y(Jlfr fepprt we have a plain proof that you did not think 0 so when corapiling that production. In $hp Quiirdiiw you denv that you ever reported conversations as evidence in your report, we have your own words in proof that you did so. As you have reported Col. Powell's information as evidence, what prevented you to do the same with my information ? It would be well, Sir, if your statements were a little more circumspect and truthful. Again, in p. 137, you report a part of a conversation be. tween yourself and the Rev.T, Price, Cwmdu (which, by the way, that reverend and learned gentleman denies); iu p. 138, you say that the people of Beaufort "were repre. sented to you as a dissolute Godless community." Here, certainly, you do not favour us with the name of your infor- mant and perhaps it is well for him you have been so reserved. In p. 151, we have conversational information <nven you by the Rev. Mr. Richards, at Aberystwyth, reported. In p. 164, a conversation is reported between yourself and the Vicar of Llanfihangel-genau'r-glyn. In p. 170, the Rev. Mr. Morgan, and Mr. Rowland, Llanych- haiarn, are similarly honoured; and in p. 171. we find that you have actually reported the conversational remarks of a Mrs. Jenkins In pp. 173 and 178, we have the information given you by a Mr. Stead, farmer, in the paiish of Llanvareth. Yet, in the face of all these instances, you tell us that in no case were conversations reported as evidence! Unfortunately for yourself, your own testimony proves the recklessness with which you assert, and most emphatically pronounces your condemnation So far. then, as I am concerned, I du not think you will again venture to allude to my defective memory, without being strongly reminded that my infirmity is shared by yourself. I cannot help smiling at the complacency with which you regard Mr. Griffiths's approval of your report. We cannot believe you to be a competent judge of the eminence and patriotism of our countrymen. We have reason to suspect that in your opinion eminence is synonymous with contempt of Welsh customs aud Welsh i nstitutes and that patriotism in your estimation is tantamount to an ardent desire for the destruction of the Welsh language. We know Mr. Griffiths better than you, and understand how to gauge his admira- tion. We have watched his mean, unmanly, and Jesuitical intrigues, to connect the present Normal School with Government. We appreciate his anxiety for a new Normal School at Brecon, and hope that if you get him one there, you will be grateful enough to recommend him as principal. The day when the Welsh people will acknow- ledge him as one of the most eminent and patriotic of their countrymen, will dawn precisely the same moment as the day they will "admire'' the "ability and fairness of your report." Clear your mind of cant on the subject; seek not to inflict upon us a still greater wrong than you have already done, by leading the Ministry and the English public to believe that your labours are appreciated and valued by the majority of the Welsh people. Read the accounts of our meetings, turn the pages of our periodicals, listen to the universal shout of execration against yourself and colleagues, which arises from every corner of the land learn from these and similar manifestations, the estimation in which you are J held, and give no heed to the sycophantic fawnings of Mr. Henry Griffiths, and the insignificant clique to which he belongs. You affect to despise the deep-rooted agitation which prevails in the country, and seem to challenge its a power. Very well, Sir, do so. Circulate the reports far and wide: when they appear in Welsh, send them to the homes of our peasantry, proclaim on house tops the abominable evidence you have collected, and then, if not before, I will promise you agitation to your heart's content. At present I will not enlarge, but in my next letter I will examine the description given of Monmouthshire, in your report. I remain, dear Sir, yours very faithfully, Tredegar. EVAN JONES.
STATE OF THINGS IN FRANCE.
STATE OF THINGS IN FRANCE. The people reigns at Paris. It was not till just now that its success was complete. As late as Thursday week the bourgeoisie remained in the field and divided the victory. It is the moral of the Ten Years' History, tint, when the working people had driven out the elder Bourbon, their employers and paymasters stepped in and reaped the fruits of the victory, which they secured by the establishment of a bourgeoisie King. Since that, so runs the theory, enormous corruption, consummate eraft, a vast army and fortifications have protected, not merely Louis Philippe and his family in the Tuileries, but proprietors, bankers, merchants, manu- facturers, and shopkeepers in the monopolies created by wealth, position, and power. The ouvriers had overturned a tyrannical throue, but remained under the more grinding fl and universal oppression of a tyrannical class. So ran the fl theory of M. Louis Blanc. Last month this neglect was fl redressed. As the ouvriers had fought in July for the fl bourgeoisie, they resolved in February that the bourgeoisie fl should fight for the ouvriers. Accordingly, they were put in S the forefront of the multitude. A row of uniforms pro- fl tected the dark mass of blouses. Whenever the troops of fl the line threatened a charge they found a row of National fl Guards prepared to stand the brunt of the bullet or the steel, fl Though not very hearty or active, the National Guard did I the duty of a breastwork. They were the living barricades fl of Paris, The troops were baffled and unnerved by con- fl fronting armed, but inaggressive citizens. Thus the people a triumphed, and on the eventful 24th carried the constitu- S tion. Since then the confederate classes, the multitude and the select, have had another question to settle. The mul- titude were resolved, this time, "not to be disappointed of their rights." Thus ensued a bloodless warfare,—a battle of clubs, ami speeches, and placards, and demonstrations, which hu just terminated in favour of the people, or the populace, as it is called on this side the Channel. For three weeks the quarrel had been coming to a head. It was the oM quarrel between those who have money aod those who have none; between capital and bare hands; between the owners of houses, shops, manufactories, ma- chines, material, credit, position, education, and mastery, on a the one baud, and the possessors of strength or manual a skill, on the other. In this instance both parties were armed in the streets, full of expectation, and fresh from a 4 victory. One thing told in favour of the many. On the 9 eventful 24th they had, throughout the day, capped the acts 1 of the more respectable few. To the latter belonged th& Ministry of Thiers and Odillon Barrot, the abdication, aud Ij the Regency,—to the former, the Royal flight, the expulsion I of the Regent aud the Count de Paris from the Chamber of Deputies, aod the proclamation of a Provisional Committee 1 and of a Republic. The harvest was chaff, and the gleaning J was wheat. This turned the results. Forthwith twenty fl battalions of blouses were added to the National Guard. 3 Day after day came out edicts strengthening the hands ofl the many against the few, the million agaiust the hundred § thousand; so much wages, so much leisure, and the like. The constitution of the Constituent Assembly to meet next 1 month threatened to throw the power still more into the 1 hands of the mi1sses, and favour the. operation of popular 8 clubs. M. Ledru Rollin's circular directed the agents aud | resources of "untimited power" to the universal exclusion 3 of moderate men, that is, of the bourgeoisie. It ia possible that menaced, despised, and insulted class, would still have waited its day, but there came out an order which touched | it to the quick. The Grenadier and Light Infantry com- panies of the Legion, which are more select and aristocratic I than the rest. were deprived of their old pnwe-r of electing I their officers, and fused with the main body tor that purpose. M They were thus separated from their old officers and old g associations, and rendered liable to receive Btrangers, die-S tated by the mass of the Legion. Agajast this their pride b and their interest revolted. 1 Ou Thursday week these slighted companies presented S themselves at the Hotel de Ville, and for-hour* endeavoured 9 to induce the Government to withdraw the levelling decree. Being steadfastly refused, the deputation announced, either in sudden pet or by deliberate design, that, whereas they had come unarmed this day, they would come with their arms the next. This rash menace was addressed to persons some of whom had very effectual means of reply. It had scarcely been uttered, when forty young men were on their way to the faubourgs to raise the people. All night long the Clubs were listening to furious harangues, or plans of next day's campaign. There. w¿u even a talk of barricades. Early in the morning the- same dense masses which had 9 appeared on the 24th canM pooring from the turbulent east. 9 By nool) at least seventy thousand ouvriers occupied the ap- fl proaches to the Hotel de Ville. The National Guard, re- fl buffed the previous day, made their appearance. Thirteen fl thousand of them came up in arms, and found themselves fl uuable to penetrate the compact mass of the people. For fl hours the two parties looked at one another. The National fl Guard, or rather the Compagnies d'Elite, of whom the de- monstration chiefly consisted, at length conceived their po- 1^ sition to be neither safe nor respectable, and slowly withdrew U amidst the insults and jeers of the people. Such was this I battle of classes. It was decided without a blow, but not the less a battle. The most brilliant and decisive victories in the field are sometimes the quiet result of masterly dis- positions. An army finds itself surrounded or outnumbered by a rapid concentration of the enemy. The people of Paris may say, Veni, vidi, met. Yesterday's demonstra- tion," says the National of Saturday, "ought to open the eyes of those who shut them systematically against tbe light. It is now understood that to again call in question the Republican form of government would be to give the signal of a civil war. The manifestation vf March l?th ought to be marked down in the annals of the Republic. It takes its veritable character from the sentiment which prevailed amongst the immense majority of those who took part in it." It is uoc for us to question the right or neces- sity of this display, however much we may lament that 13,000 moderate men were worsted in the tearful parade. They drew it on themselves. Their appeal to numbers and arms justly called forth the like from the people. They had their innings on Thursday next day it was the turn of the people to score. When the people were thus in position, and overpowering by their very look the National Guard, they addressed the Provisional Government in the manner suited to that mo- ment of victory. A deputation entered the Hotel de, Ville, and, expressly on the streugth of the "peaceful manifesta- don" they were making in defence of themselves and the Government," demanded the removal of the troops of the line, some of whom had quietly returned to the city, the post- ponement to April 5 of the elections of the National Guard, & the postponement to May 31 of the elections of the National Assembly. It was only by dint of all the rhetoric and rea- son tbe Government could muster to its aid, that they werejn dismissed with a satisfactory answer to only one of their fl three demands,—that of which the unfortunate National I Guards were the subject. More time is allowed for the popular canvass and the displacement of the existing officers of the offeuding companies. But the deputation representing seventy thousand men within sight and hearing were slow to depart with only this instalment of their de- mands. The people expect something better than words," one of them said even to Louis Blanc; "they desire a definite reply. Take what time you please to deliberate, but we will not leave without a reply to communicate to the people." The long interview at length over, and the depu- tation dismissed by the potent eloquence of Lamartine, thefl members of the Provisional Government were obliged to appear before the Hotel de Ville and address the assembled mvriads. Spare our time and strength," was the lan<'ua«'e 9 of these men to the people throughout the long interview 9 "allow us to deliberate; respect your own appoint- gments confide tn those you have chosen; remember that you have made us the Government of France as well as of J Paris." They must indeed have abdicated their post had they surrendered all these points at once to the demands 01 the people. Here, then, we see iu a drama of one day and one scene the people constituting itself the army and the Government of France. In one chaotic mass are merged all the functions of the State, and, indeed, of society. Quosque tandem ? | How far will this go? How long cau this army be main- tained ? It lives by levying black mail on the nation, and will last only as long as tbere is ought to be extorted or J confiscated. The direct taxes are to be raised 45 per cent., though to the further discouragement of trade and manu- facture, already struck with their death-blow. Who will carry on any business or profession, any husbandry or eraft, in this reign of terror, it he can transfer his means to a safer shore ? Well did M. Louis Blanc deecribe the state of his "country in a sentence addresed to the committee of ouvriers at the Luxembourg on Friday, and intended to be read and digested by ail whom it might concern :—" The peril would he great for the holders of capital and the instruments of labour if they refused the concessions which the natural pro- gress of ideas, and the great act of ernancipatitm just aetom- jilished, commanded." Times.
FRIDAY'S LONDON GAZBTTIi —…
FRIDAY'S LONDON GAZBTTIi — BANKRUPTS. John Worsley, cotton spinner, Preston. Robert Webster, tinenirapr, Preston. Aaron Woolf, fnrnitare broker. New road. Brighton. Lenox Nuihall Phillips, victualler, Limehouse. Charics Walker, maltster, Birmingham. Samuel Ashbnry, tile manufacturer, Handford, Staffordshire. John Emery, taiior, Lichfield. Joseph Henry Hurley, draper, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, (ieorge Damsell, grocer, Lydbrook, (Jloucesrershire. < hutnas Lurway, licensed victualler, Clifton, Bristol. John Howes, ale dealer, Liverpool. Charles Kent, draper, Aslnon, Derbyshire. Ihoinas Butter worth, woollen manufacturer, Rochdale, LSR- cashire. Sainnel Treacher, farmer. High Wycombe. Ihlton Martindale, warehau*cman, Siar court. Bread-street Henry Procker, licensed victualler, New-street, Horsleydnwn. Joseph Phillip Shaw, upholsterer, Mortimer-street, Cavendish square. Edward Henry Browne, brickmaker, Peekham Ry., James Knights, licensed victualler, Quay-street, Ipswich. William Ker, cabinet maker, Toi ten haul court road. James Welsh, Braadock, brick and tile maker, Silverton, Devon. James Taylor, clothier, Kind's mills, Aldmonbarv, York. George Alletson, jun., and Jeiin Wilkinson IV.ol*, Calder dye works, Wakefield. William Robinson, pnbtiean, Tuxford, Nott!j>«m. Isaac Liudo Mocatta, commission merchant. Liverpool. Kobcrt Cubhins, builder, Tranuiere, Bebbington, Cheshire. Jeremiah John Sullivan, ship owner, Winsford, Chester. TUESDAY'S LOVDON G AZK TTE.—BANKRUPTS. I William Anderson, Chestcr-le-sireet, Dnrhain, draper. Andrew Baldwin, balstrode-street. Mary-le-boue, licensed victualler. John Cole G willitn, Bishops Front*, Herefordshire, cattle- dealer. William HarUag, Stobhouse, Durham, shipowner. John llnxstable, Prorne Selwood, Somersetshire, silversmith. Joseph Isaac Isaacson, I.iverpool, merchant. David Le Boutillier, Oorihumberland-pl.. Commercial-rd. lienjamiu M'Cliesh Chiees St Johw Boyd, Bow Churchyard, Oily, silk mauufacturors. Willum Pickup, Blackburn, Lancashire, briekmaker. Edward Koberts, Denbigh, currier. Richard Smith, Haxeuden, Lancashire, & Milton Smith, Manchester, calico printers. James Smith, Macclesfield, railway contractor. John Straker, Jarrow. Darham, briekmaker. James Wallbaak, Stockport, currier. C. Corbatt Wilson, Daventry, Northamptonshire. scrivener. Charles Thomas Wood, Drury-lane, licensed victualler.
SMITHFIELD. MONDAT.
SMITHFIELD. MONDAT. The arrivals of Foreign cattle and sheep into the port of London during the past week have comprised 84 oxen, 17:1 cows, 200 calves, and 720 sheep, making a total of (,129iiead> a number singularly small for tbe time ot year but the ther during the past has been boisterous, to which circumstance may be attributed the limited supply. The following state' ment of the imports of live stock trom the Continent inW England during the present year is taken from an offiçia" source, corrected np to last Saturday week: Oxen,Cow», & Calv*s hileep, rig-, London ..from Jan. 1 to Mar. 11, 1848 3,631 10,914 IS Liverpi>ol ..from Jan. I to Mar. 11, 184;$— — Hull from Jan. 1 to Mar. II, 1848 256 319- Southampton from Jan. 1 to Mar. 11, IS 48 89 — Yarmouth ..from Jan. 1 to Mar. 11, 1848 315 GJ Total 4,321 11,403 2* ■ fie supply of meat was generally moderate to-day at Smith' tield, but owing to tbe unfavourable state of the weather the butchers bought sparingly, and the consequence was an exces* of supply over demand, productive of a decline of about 2d' I per stone for beef and mutton. The number of beasts on offer was about 3,200 head, fur which there was a slow inquiry at rather depressed quotations. Prime Scots were not saleable above 4s. 6d. per stone, inferior beef went at from 4e. per Sib*. Tbe supply of mutton consisted, according to tbe number c>. pens bespoken and for which toll was paid, of 16,500 head ol sheep of average quality. The demand was languid, and I lie: trade consequently heavy. Prime Downs went at 5s. 6d. aild' balf-breds at 5s. Polled sheep were currently quoted at S*' 6d. per stone. The veal trade was far from being active, bliP: 5 110 change occurred in prices, the quotations of tLe day beigir- 4s. to 5s. per 81b. No alteration occurred either in the IHacfJ | of pork, but the inquiry was languid. Sluall delicate povkef* I 4s. 8d. per stone. | w.. Statement of Prices and Number of Cattle at Market. •Beet ..4s. Ud., 4s. 4d., 4s. 6d. Beasts. 3.20V Mutton 4s. 6d.,5«. 0d., 5s. 6J. I Sheep 16,501' Veal 4s. 0d., 5s. Od. j Calve I'Ji Pork 4s. 0d., 4s. 8d. I Pigs 280 HAY and STRAW, per Load of 36 Trasses. Hay, £ 3 0s. Od. to £ 3 10s. Od. | Clover, £ 4 0s.(XI. to £ 415s. 0^ Straw, £ 1 0s. Od. to £ 1 8s. 0d.
I -THE METAL TRADE.
I THE METAL TRADE. £ s. d. X s. d. IRON—Bar Wales .per ton 0 0 0— 7 5 0 „ London. 0 0 0— 8 5 0' Nail rods oo o- 9 5 0, Hoop(Staf. 0 0 0-10 0 el Sheet „ Ù 0 0-110 O. Bars 0 0 0- 9 10 of Welsh cold-blast foundry pig.. 4 0 u- 4 10 Cl Scotch pig, Clyde.•••• 2 4 0— a 6 tt Rails, average. •••• 0 0 0— 7 10 0 Chairs « 0 0—5 <M 0 Russian, CCND 0 0 0-17 1W 0 1)81 O 0 0- 0 0 Ot „ Gourietl. 0 0 0— O 0 0' Archangel 0 0 0-13 0 0' Swedish, on the spot. 0 0 0-11 10 O. „ Steel, fagt u 0 0—16 0 0» „ kegs. 13 10 0-14 0 Ui COFPBK—Tile. 0 0 0—87 10 0» Tough cake 0 0 0- 88 10 ? Best selected. 0 0 0—91 10 0 Ordinary sheets .lb. 0 0 O-U 010 bottoms 0 0 0— 0 tl 11 YELLOW MBTALSHBAXHINO 0 0 0- 0 0 8J TIN-Com. blocks .Cwt. 0 0 0— 3 19 0 11 bars. 0 0 0- 4 0 0 Refined 00 U-4 30 Straitil. 3 16 0— 3 17 0 Banca. 0 0 0— 4 4 0 TIN PLATM—Ch.,IC.box. 1 7 0— 1 9 0' „ I 13 0- 1 15 0' Coke, IC 1 4 6- 1 5 01 „ IX 1 10 6—1 11 01 LSAo-Sheet .ton 0 0 0—18 5 C* Pi-j, refined 0 0 0-18 10 0* common. 17 5 0—17 Spanish,in bd. 0 0 0 17 0 0 Red. 0 0 0-19 10 0 Dry White Q 0 0—24 0 0 Shot ( Patent) 00 0 -20 ID 0 SPHLTBB.—(Cake) 0 0 U-IG 0 0 .1 lor arrival.00 U-16 5 0 Z iNa -(Sheet) export 0 II 0-260 0 QUICKSILVER 0 0 0— 0 4 6 REFINBD MBTAL .ton 0 0 0— 0 0 0-, SATURDAY, MARCll 25, 1848. Published by the sole Proprietor, HENRY WEBBS*, his residence Charles-street, in the Parish of Sai^1 Johu the Baptist, in the Town of Cardiff and Vouiity of Glamorgan, and Printed by hiin at his. Genef8' Printing Orfice in Duke-street, in the said Parish 01 Saint John, in the Towll and County aforesaid. Advertisements and Orders received by the following Agents LONDON Mr. Barker, 33, Fleet-street; M agsrs. Newto" and Co., 5, Warwick-square; Mr. G., Reynell, 4:tr Chancery-lane; Mr. Deacon, 3, Walb,rook, near tpe Mansion-house; Mr. Joseph Thoma- 1, Finch-lane' Coruhill; Mr. Hammond, 27, Lom bard-street; >Jr' C. Barker, 12, Bircliin-lane \V. Dawson and Sol'' 74, Caunon-street, City. LOCAL AGENTS 74, Caunon-street, City. LOCAL AGENTS ABBRDARE Mr. Thos. Evans, Schoolmastef ABEBAVON Mr. Ui jhard Davis, Stationer BRECON Mr. John Evan (Jlerk of Peace Otiice BKIDGEND Mr. W. Leyshon, Stamp Office CRICKIIOWELL Mr. Tl iOS, Williams, BookselK* MERTHYR MI. H. W. White, Station"1" NEWBRIDGE M f. C. Bassett, Chemist, 8rP NEWPORT..Mr. M. Evans, Stationer, and Mr. W. 1" Kelly, Stationer NEATH Mr. W. P. Reeg SWANSEA Mr. E. Giiffiths, Printer, High.stree' rAiBACH Mr. James Bird, Cwm Avon WorILO I And by all Postmasters and Clerks on the Koad. This paper is regularly tiled in Loudon at Lloyd" Coffee-house City.———PeePs Cotfee-house, Pleet-fctreet» -The Chapter Cotfo&thio-ufte, St. Paul'—Pcacoo'^ Coffee-house, Walbrook.