The Pembrokeshire Herald and General Advertiser

TALLOW MARKET.-MoNDAY, Jan. 10. Our market his become firmer, and prices" to-day. are Is. 6d. per cwt. higher than on this day se'nnight. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at 46s. 9d.; and for delivery during the next three months, 47s. per cwt. Town tallow 4tfs. per cwt. net cash; rough fat, 2s. 7d. per tilbs.

HOP INTELLIGENCE.—MONDAY, Jan. 10. Per cwt. Sussex pockets ..95s. to 105s. Weald of Kent 90s. to I05s. Mid. and East ditto 95s. to 1,50s. Farnhams s< to a,

SEED MARKET. Linseed (per qr.) sowing 54sto58s Linseed Cakes (per ton) £ 8 0 to £ 9 10 Trefoil (per cwt.) 26s. 30a.

HAY MARKETS.—FRIDAY, Jan.7. At per load of 36 trusses. bmithfield.Cumberland.Whitechapei Meadow Hay 55s to 82s 58s to 84s 56s to 82s Clover Hay 75s 100s 75s 98s 75s J™" Striiw .26s 32s 27s 34s 26s 32* MANURES. Jan. 7. Uuano, Peruvian per ton £9 5 0 „ In quantities under õ tons" 9 10 0 Nitrate Soda n 17 0 0 Nitrate Potash or Saltpetre „ 28 0 0 Salt >. 15 0 Bones, J inch per qr. 015 0 „ Dust „ 0170 Rape Cakes per ton 5 10 0 Linseed Cakes „ —— — TIMBER, Jan. 3. I:, II. d £ s. Baltic Timber per load of 50 cubic teet. 3 7 6 to 4 0 0 Yw. Deals per standard hundred 11 50 16 0 c) Deck Deals, per 40 feet 3 inches 0 15 0.. 1 4 O Pipe Staves, per mille.140 0 0 ..165 0 0 Lathwood per fm. of 6 fset 900 10 10 0 Red Pine Timber, per load 3100 4 0 ft Yw. ditto 3 0 0 4 0 0 Birch ditto 250 3 10 0 Elm ditto. 2t0 0 4 0 0 Oak ditto. 310 0 4 10 0 BARK. Per load of 45 cwt. English, Treev £ 11 0 0 to 14 0 0 Coppice. 13 0 0 15 0 0 Mimosa per ton 9 0 0 10 0 0 Valonia per ton 14 0 0 16 0 0

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Indigestion and industry are two things seldom found united. Those who have become addicted to evil habits mus conquer them IIØ they can; and they must be conquered4 or they will conquer us, and destroy our peace ana hap-, piness. And those who have not yet yielded to bad habits, must be on their guard lest they unexpectedly be assaulted and subdued. Lonk not mournfully into the past—it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present—it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart. Poets seldom make good astronomers. They so love women, they cannot see the other heavenly bodies. The character of the young men of a commuity depends much on thar of the young women. It the latter are cul- tivated, intelligent, and accomplished, the young men will feel the requirement that they themselves should be up- right, and gentlemanly, and refined but if their female friends are frivolous and silly, the young men will be found dissipated and worthless. But remember, always, that a sister is the best guardian of a brother's integrity. She s the surest inculcator of faith in female purity and worth. As a daughter, she is the true light of home. The pride of the father oftenest centres in his sons, but his affection is expended on his daughters. She should, therefore, be the sun and centre of all. Man is a dupeable animal. Quacks in medicine, quacks in religion, and quacks in politics, know this, and act upon the knowledge. There is scarcely any one who may not, like a trout, be taken by tickling.—Southey. A blacksmith brought up his son, to whom he was very severe, to his trade. One day the old man was trying to harden a cold chisel, which he had made of foreign steel, but he could not succeed. Horsewhip it father," ex- claimed the young one, if that will not harden it I don't know what will." If Georgiana, do you know that young fellow in the op. [>osite house!"—"No, ma, I never spoke to him in my ife he is merely a finger acquaintance, that's all."—" A what 1—finger acquaintance! What sort of acquaintance is that?"—"Oh, we only talk to each other with our fingers across the street—nothing more!" ENEMIES.—A man wot caant see a folt in his bairns, let em hev ivver sa menny.—A womman wot weant let hur dowter wesh up t'pots, or dust t'chairs an tables, but duz it hursen, for fear on it hurtin hur.—A man wot alahs biz bairns to be his maister.—A womman wot furnishes hu. son we brass, an puts t'key at street door so az he can cum in late at neets, unknown to. hiz father.—Pognoor Olmenack. The Gentile and Heithen cometh, and saith, I would be a Christian, but I know not to whom I should join myself, there is so much strife, and dissensions, and trou- ble among you; every one IdYS, I speak the truth.' "— Chrysostom. He that has acquired learning and has not practised what he has learnt, is like a man who ploughs but sows no seed. Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add horns. An appeal to the feelings.—Treading on a person's corns. Papa t Tell me the best way of converting a glass of Jelly into a jelly glaaa.-Litt16 Girl: Why, by eating the Jelly to be sure. John's wife and John were teU-a-tete; she witty was, industrous he; says John, I've earned the bread we've ate i" u and I," says she, have urned the tea." How TO PROLONG LIFE.—Notwithstanding the troubles of this world, observes the Temperance Chronicle, most men desire to live as long as possible in it. Suitable care can do much to accomplish this. Early rising many hours every dsy in the open air rooms weU ventilated by day and by night; plain and nutritious food; a moderate share wt exercise, both for mind and body a diligent and upright attention to business, but without anxiety; a cheerful temper, a calm resignation to the will of the bupreme Beiag, and a constant endeavour to do good to our fellow men, will have a wonderful influence in pre- serving health and prolonging life. Nothing happens to men by chance; but all the good that can be acquired is attached to a wise regulation of their conduct. A MATRIMONII. HINT.—We remember somewhere to have read the story of a youth who hesitating in his choicei between two young ladies, by both of whom he n*8!. WM brought to a decision by means of a rose, t happened one day, as the three were walking in the garden, that one of the girls in attempting to pluck a new- blown rose, wounded her finger with a thorn. It bled K a?flyinK the petals of a white rose to the ? I!? .5. 8m,1,n«' 1 am » second Venus; I have djed the white rose red." At the moment they heard a sreeam; and. feanng the other lady, who loitered behind, had met with an accident, hastened back to assist her The fair one's scream had been called forth by no worse an accident than had befallen her companion. She had angrily thrown away the offending flower, and made so pertinacious and fretful lamentation over her wounded fin- ger that the youth, after a little reflection, resolved on a speedy union with the least handsome, but more amiable of the two friends. Happy would it be for many a kind hearted woman did she know by what seeming trifles the affection of those whom she loves may be confimed or alienated for ever. BACHELOR'S SOLILOQUY.—Bless me I'm thirty-nine to-day; six-feet in my stockings, black eyes, curly hair, tall and straight as a cedar of Lebanon, and still a bachelor! Well, it's an independent life at least—no it isn't either! Here's these new gloves of mine full of little rips, string off one of my most faultless dickeys, nice silk hankerchief in my drawer wants hemming, top button off the waistband of my pants—what's to be done ? How provoking it is to see those married people; looking so self-satisfied and con- sequential, at the bead of their families, as if they had done the State a great service. Why. as to children, they are as plenty as flies in August, and about as troublesome, every alley, and court, and garret, are swarming with 'em; they're no rarity, and any poor miserable wretch can get a wife enough ot them, too, such as they are. It's enough to scare a man to death, to think how much it costs to keep one. Young folks have to begin now where their fathers and mothers left off. Silks nnd satins, ribbons and velvets, feathers and Bowers, cuff-points and bracelets, gimcracks, and fol-de-rols and there's no help for it in my case, for if I married a woman I loved, and the dear little thing should ask me for my scalp, I should give it to her, I know I should. Then, there's the carpets, and mir- rors, and sofas, and ottomans, and damask curtains, and pictures, and crockery, and (you must look at the subject in all its bearings) little {ackets, and frocks, and wooden horses, and dolls, and pop-guns, and gingerbread; don't believe I can do it, by Jupiter! But, then, here I sit, with the toe of my best boot kicking the grate, for the want of something to do; it's coming awful cold, dreary weather, long evenings—can't go to concerts for ever, and when I do my room looks so much the gloomier when I come back; and it would be cosy to have a nice little wife to chat and laugh with. I've tried to think of something else, but I can't; if I look in the fire, I am sure to see a pair of, bright eyes; even the shadows on the wall take fiery] shapes; I'm on the brink of ruin-I feel it; 1 shall read my doom in the marriage listlbefore long-I know I shall. THRBE CHANCES FOR A WIFE.—I once courted a gal by the name of Deb Hawkins. I made up to get married. Well, while we was going up to the deacon'6, I stepped my foot into a mud puddle, and spattered the mud all over Deb's new gown, made out of her grandmother's chintz petticoat. When we got to the deacon's I asked Deb if she would take me for her lawful wedded husband ?— No," says the, f shan't do no such tiling."—" What on airth is the reason Why," says she, I have taken a misliking to you,"—Well it was all up with me then, but gave her a string of beads, a few kisses, some other notions, and made it up with her; so we went up to the deacon's a second time, I was determined to come up to her this time, so when the deacon asked mo it I should take her for my lawfully wedded wife, says I, No, I shan t do no such thing.—"Why," says Deb, "what on airth is the matter?"—" Why," says I, I've taken a misliking to you now." Well there it was all up again, but I gave her a new apron, and a few other little trinkets, and we went up again to get married. We expectpd then that we should be tied so fast that all nature could'nt separate us, and when we asked the deacon if he would'nt marry us, he said, "No, I shan't do no such thing."—"Why, what on airth is the reason?" says we.—" Why," says he, I ve taken a misliking to both on you." Deb hurst out cryin the deacon burst outicoldin', and I burst out lau^hin ,_and tich a set of reg'lar bursters you never did see.— Traits of Americah Humour. MERCANTILE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. What is double entry f-Charging the same thing twice. What is sing'e entry?—Charging a man with goods, but not crediting the caah he pays for them. What is book-keeping t-forgetting to return borrowed volume*. What is a ledger?—A counting-house ccmpanion upon which people often spend their entire fortune. What is an inland draft ?—An easterly wind. What is a foreign draft?—A glass of togjiac. What is a promissory note ?—Acceptance of an invita- rion, What is a negotiable note ?-Don*t Jtnow-IIPyer could make one.

CARMARTHENSHIRE QUARTER SESSIONS, 1 These Sessions commenced on Thursday at Llandilo. The court should have been opened at eleven o'clock, but considfTdbte delay occurred in consequence of the non- arrival of D. Push, Esq., who for so many years hai ably filled the Chair, but who, at the last Sessions, in con- sequence of the conlratemps between the learned gentleman and Earl Cawdor, resigned that important post. After a conference in an adjoining room, the magistrates re-entered the court and proceeded with the transaction of the county business. There were present the Right Hon. Earl Cawdor, Ri^ht Hon. Lord Dynevor, Viscount Emlyn, M.P., Sir John Mansel, Bart., J. L. Price, Esq., R. G. Thomas, Esq.. R. J. Nevill, Esq J. L. Thomas, Esq., Charles Morgan, Esq W. Peel, Esq.. J. W. Phillips, Esq., E. Jones, Esq.. John Jones, Esq., W. du Buisson, Esq., R. G. Thomas, junior, Esq., and G. B. Jones, Esq. Earl Cawdor said that he believed it was well known that the late Chairman of the Quarter Sessions for this County had declined to act any longer in that capacity, at which circumstance he could only express his own regret. That being the case, however, it became the duty of the magistrates to select one of their body to fulfil the duties of that onerous situation. He was quite sure that he should be joined by every one present, in the expression of his conviction that no person was more calculated to occupy that post property, as no one had more satisfactorily dis- played his ability in conducting that portion of the business of the County which had fallen to his share for many years past, than hIs noble friend near him—Lord Dynevor. He wished that he would permanently undertake the responsi- bility of office, as he would, by accepting it, confer a great benefit upon the whole County. Having conferred, how- ever, with his brother magistrates, and finding no person prepared to act as Chairman, he would venture in this emergency to ask the assistance of his noble friend to take the Chair on this occasion at least. It he did so he was sure such a step would meet the approbation of the entire County and that all of them would be much benefitted by his acquiescence. Lord Dynevor wished it was in his power to undertake permanently the high office which his noble friend wished him to fill. The noble earl, who had been in communication upon the subject with him and other friends, had been anxious that he should accept the office. He thought how- ever that they were disposed to take too favourable a view of his capabilities; but if he felt he could perform the du- ties to the benefit and advantage of the County he would do so. Inasmuch, though, as he had not had a legal educa- tion. and had other avocations to follow in connection with the County which would render his acceptance of the chair- manship exceedingly inconvenient,—feeling, also, that he ought not to require a deputy to perform the duty for him at any period of the year, he must decline the intended honour. He felt likewise that he could not undertake to study all the Acts of Parliament making changes in the law which were constantly passed every Session, and he felt he should better discharge his duty to the County by declining to accept that office at the hands of the magis- tracy. As far as the duties of the present Session were concerned he would cheerfully undertake them, as he owed a duty to the County at large, which should impel him to place himself entirely in their hands. He would say in conclusion that if he himself were satisfied that he could perform the duties of their permanent Chairman efficiently, he would not hesitate; but just in the degree that he felt he owed everything to the County which it could demand of him, in the same proportion was he convinced that he was not competent to discharge the duties of the office of Chairman, and he felt bound huuibly, but most gratefully, to decline the proposition. Lord Dynevor having assumed the Chairman's seat, the business was at once proceeded with. Mi. Penson reported as to the damage done to the tenant ot the Cilicwm Mill by the recent accident from a severe flood, and as to how far the County was to be held respon- sible. His report stated that two years ago a portion of rock was cut away in order to render the course of the river more direct towards the arch of the bridge, but he did not believe the stable would have escaped if the bridge had not been carried away. He had thus stated the facts, but he left the law ot the case to the Bench. Mr. John Jones had always thought that a small wier would have been better than cutting away the rock. The Clerk of the Peace said that the flood in qu^on was caused by a waterspout up in the hills above, ;11 swept all before it in the valley. Mr. Penson said that the building would have been car- ried away if there had been no bridge at all. He thought the injury was not caused by the cutting away of the rock. Mr. E. Jones asked if the man occupying the mill was present, but was informed that he was very ill, but his wife was in attendance. In answer to Mr. John Jones, Mr. Penson said that there had been a bank to protect the mill. fhe Clerk of the Peace observed that there also used to be wiers to protect the bank. Mr. J. Lloyd Price asked it that bank had been washed away. N The Clerk of the Peace replied in the affirmative. Mr. Price observed that that was clearly done by the diversion of the course of the river. Mr. Penson remarked that the flood in question was inch an one that no bank could have withstood it, even if the bridge was not there. In answer to the Chairman, the Clerk of the Peace said that he had never seen any claim for compensation. Mr. E. Jones had heard that as much as jgJO was to be claimed from the County. Mr. Campbell Davys was to have attended to speak upon this subject, but he was un fortunately very ill. The wife of William Williams, the occupier of the mill in question, was then called forward, and stated that her husband was too unwell to attend. Mr. Lloyd Price moved that the building which had been damaged should be replaced at the expense of the County, and that the magistrates of the neighbouring district should superintend its erection. Mr. Pensoq said that the building had already been re- paired. Mrs. Williams, (in answer to the Chairman,) said it had cost jCt for labour, exclusive of lime, stones, and haulage. Eventually, Mr. Penson stated that he did not th nk £6 would be too much to pay the party, and that sum was ac- cordingly ordered to be paid. The reception of the Report of the Committee appointed to treat witb>ihe Clerk of the Peace for his payment by salary in tieaof fees was the next object before the Court. but, in consequence of Mr. Nevifl's absence, it was post- poned for a short time. When Mr. Nevill came into court, he observed that the appointment of the Committee in question was, no doubt, in the recollection of every gentleman present, so that all he had to do was to put in the Report of the Committee, which was unanimously agreed to about six weeks ago. The Clerk of the Peace read the Report, which stated that in the opinion of the Committee £350 a year was a fair and proper sum to be given as a salary to the Clerk of the Peace, for all business transacted by him for the Coun- ty, and disbursements, exclusive of fees on prosecutions, costs in actions connected with the County, stamps, fees to counsel, and fees from the rural police. Mr. Nevill explained that the practice formerly was to pay the Clerk of the Peace by salary until recently, and when the present Clerk of the Peace came into otfice it was considered that payment by salary was not a legal mode, although it was adopted in the Welsh counties. Two years ago, however, an Act was passed which gave the County Eower to alter the mode of payment, and to substitute a sa- iry for fees. Those gentlemen who had attended to the financial affairs of the County, had been aware of the ob- jectionable nature of the mode of paying by fees, and the Committee had all agreed that a salary was preferable, also agreeing, after going through the bills for many previous years, that £3.50 was a preper sum. The Report was then received and adopted, being ordered to be submitted to the Secretary of State for his approval. After a brief conversation, it was agreed that the new ar- rangement should come into operation from the commence- ment of the present year. The Visiting Justicesof the Gaol and House of Correction were re-appointed. The quarterly rate of baggage was signed and ordered Th tr"8raiued to the Secretary at War. J ne Reports of the Inspectors of Weights and Measures were then read and ordered to be filed. ?§,ort °f the Visiting Justices that the Gaol and „ Correction were in a good state of repair was read tinfk ° t'le Governor of the Gaol's usual cer- not beei Rei ved 6ffeCt' Ga0' Surgeon's Report bad j\e'^°n'8 Report, as bridge master, was next read. It stated that not so much damage had been done by the recent floods as might have been anticipated. At Cothy Bridge part of the new weir was destroyed, which would have to be replaced at the expense of the contractor The east abutment, however, might be injured, and he asked a vote ot £.,0 to provide against the contingency. For the repair of Rhydcynyryn bridge he also asked a grant. Forch- dynog bridge would likewise require a small outlay; Twrch Kilsan, and Ltangwiii bridges, also required reparation, at various amounts. The Report was immediately adopted, and the necessary sums voted. Mr. Lloyd Price observed that there was a large crack in Rhydgoch bridge, which he had remarked the day before, and Mr. Penson had better attend to it. Mr. Penson had seen the bridge a short time before, but not so recently as Mr. Price. He would however promptly attend to the matter. Mr. John Jones asked if it was true that Mr. Penson had given notices to determine the contracts for repairing the roads over County Bridges, when in many cases the con- j tracts were taken for seven years. Mr. Peoson had done so in obedience to the order of the Court. On this very point he had taken Mr. Nevill's opi- nion (that gentleman having made the motion that the contracts should be transferred from the County to the District Board), and had offered the man in the Llandovery District, to^whom Mr. Jones referred, the option of discon- tinuing his contract or transferring it. The Clerk of the Peace said it was clearly at the man's option '9 give up his contract or not. Mr. John Jones observed that under the faith of seven years' contract, the man had laid out a deal of money, and it was a hardship that hit should be compelled to abandon his ctaim. The contract, too, was not legal, as it was not in writing. Mr. Nevill said that if the contract was a valid one, the party was entitled to call upon the County to stand by it, and even if it were not valid and the man had done his work efficiently, there could be no doubt that the District Board would give him the preference. The conversion on this point then dropped. The bills approved of by the Finance Committee, fifty-I one in number, were then formally passed. A county Rate of one penny in the pound was ordered, and also It Police Rate of a halfpenny in the pound. The Chief Constable's Reports having been read, the ba- lance of £ 46 5s. 9d., due to the Police Rate, was ordered to be paid to that official. The Chairman read an application from Philip Philipps, contractor for supplying the County Gaol with coal, pray- ing that, in consequence of the advance in the price of coal, his contract might he made 12. a ton instead of 8s. 3d., the price at which he contracted. The Hon. Chairman re- marked th.it it the coal had fallen in price to 5s. or 6s. per ton he doubted if the County NOllld have heard about it. In answer to the Court, Mr. Steplvens, the Governor of the Gaol, stared that Philipps was an exceedingly poor man, and that since the rise in the prjye of coal (here had been the greatest difficulty in obtaining coaJ, and there was not at present three days' consumption in the Gaol, He had no doubt Philipps would be glad te give up his contract, which terminated in April next. In answer to Mr. NevilJ, Mr. Stephens said that hard coal was considered not only cheapest, but safest. It was ordered that the matter be referred to tht- Visiting Justices, who m'ftht terminate the contract, if they pleased. A letter from Mr. George Davies, of Pibwr Wen, was read complaining of the State of the approaches to Pibwr bridge, which were frequently flooded by the tide to the depth of one or two feet, and rendered impassable. The Surveyor was ordered to examine the locality, and report the remedy for the evil complained of, giving at the line time an estimate of the expense, The County Treasurer wished to know whether he should or not publish an annual abstract of his accounts in con- f°r^uityo7,t,h ^eLAciof Parliament passed last Session. The Clerk of the Pedce said that at present the accounts were published in full, and if they advertised the abstract it would surely not he necessary to publish the full account-' The Chairman did not see what they could do otherwise than comply with the Act. The Treasurer said that he had not received a form from the Secretary of State previous to the October Quarter Sessions, or the abstract would have been published within the year, as required by the Act. Henceforth be would be bound to publish it. Mr. R. G Thomas thought they had better publish the abstract in the papers, and distribute the books of the ac counts as heretofore, but it would not be necessary to put peared"8 ngmar°,e m ,he papers which h»d hitherto ap- The Treasurer said that the question was whether he should publish the last year's abstract now, or wait till next autumn before he complied with the Act, Earl Cawdor thought the Treasurer ought to do his dutv in the best way he could. o n s uu y ,n »rv,i?;i!lh0maS S?id il \n 'Want question as to whether the accounts were in future to be nuhliohed in the newspapers in full. puonsneci in The Chairman said that that was quite a different Ques- tion, but the form of the abstract was not such as would permit him to know the true state of affairs in th* rn..nt» \t.had evidently been drawn up in the Secretary of State's office without their thinking that the six counties of South W.l„ sub,«t to road r.» f,„m Xh otZ part, of the kingdom were exempt. The abstract, whether nub- lished or not (and he was rather anxious that W .i i i? published) must be audited and had better be referred to the justices at the adjourned Sessions. reterred to This was agreed to, and the court then adjourned. (Continued in our second page.)

CARDIGANSHIRE QUARTER SESSIONS. The business of the sessions commenced at 11 „>-t' i at the County Court House, Aber"yrnn on T„ i ,k' 4th inst., before C. E. FitzvJilliamsf eTo ch^rmtnV> tern.); T. H. Winwood, Esq. Tyglyn^vronrr^^ Plrilipp., Esq., Esq., MWc.pKT™Sr J. B. Jordan. Esq. Pigeonsford, J. Boultbee F<n r' Longcroft, Esq., Llanina, Major Lewis r q'' A' Lewis Gwynne, Esq., High Sheriff, Captain W; r'i The following gentlemen composed tho r Hem. Wm. T,o.dr,K?KS'L7- mer, foreman, Daniel Morgan, Berthewonir, V„ nam'Wernfefllg* VST* ^>3% fain, Gwnnos-issa.Ebenezer Wifis, Penally Ginnws" issa, farmer, Evan Hughes, Wern-felen, Cwmuchdawdd" farmer, Charles Jones, Maesel wad i 7, Forister Sibbuld, DolyrychinT CwmSiSlT r' J°hn Isaac Davies. Penlan, CwmuchcUwdd f«rrT w tr Davies, Trebanne, Cellan, farmer H n1"' ^llh?,m Esgeringlai, Ll.nwnen, fa™ 8peS^TppS,fre^• D",d HiSh.s, oMIfK sr your consideration at these Se„i„M T have' read over the depositions carefully anH ,V f appear any case of difficulty, and if'von hir"6 i°eS dence given in the depositions you wdl nrohahl0 A a CV1" bills; if on the contrary you do not belie.o ,ru.e will be your duty to ignore the bill I hirlt"68^3' m you that it is no p irt of your duty to'trv th» k merely to inquire if there is prima fln o lsoners> but would lead you to believe that a dpiiT u ev|deju:ef which It is scarcely requisite that I should o^' f convict. allowing yourselves to be influenced hw^nHr<r y°U a*a'n9t or affection towards any of the prisoner^ ,vo"r'.ma,lc*» you have taken precludes the supnogitio'n of L ° At the last quarter sessions the fearned Vh 3 Ca?e" then presided, called your attention tn c i"1*" r Parliament that had been passed at »H ,vera' ° £ Parliament. Another sesJn ^pJ,^ ,a8! less,on of beee held, but no new law passed onlv sS» s.'n.ce ters with which quarter sessions hn»« chan.f?e of Mmis- I have no further observations to k"? J?,ngoto feel obliged by your returning a bill as soon •wil1 in order that business may bf pS^dStf conve™»', Mr Lascelles moved the Conr> .l Peace be instructed to tax the costs of th<. h n r i ^the Clerk of Adpar Eadyn for the expenses of making out Ii registry of voters. expenses of making out a The Court replied that the sun.i.;n. r> n decided this disputed question bv mlin H 1na"y pocket only were to be paid and that • 'hat costs out of one parish being united^ a' boroiS 2?™ °K mT tha" in each parish shall be ascertained number of voters tion be defrayed out of the poo*rate0fp!!ph exacl ,propor- David Owen a sailor, Ear',hi having stolen a bar of iron, value 2« "fM r r? in Cardigan the propetty °f Wm. Humphrey™ Quay' Mr Lascelles appeared for th» by Mr R. D. Jenkins, attorney. prosecutlon» instructed From the evidence adduced if ■»„ J of iron had been shipped at Bristol a,1u.an,'ty last, consigned to Mrs James which ?arah»0ct- discharged on the Cardigan O r y arnved» and was Joseph Lewis met prisoner No!^ber, P.C. questioning him as to how he hp? 8 lron' ant' on he had had it for two years Z?™ >)osse^<} it said him into custody, and on taking I' uPon.-w,J,ch he took (in ironmonger), Mr Llovd in" V\r k'°yd's shop, belonged to Mrs James. The nri°rm t'le 'ron upon for his defence, repeated^ hp116:' Up0J' "lied the police on his sppXnsion Thi°-y H V°'d l° soner guilty, Upon which snnth 1 '°un(* l^e Prl" him, that on the 18th of Ocober Iff/#6,7'd3 agal"St convicted at Aberystwyth of» £ l ,hf.Prlsoner Wi4S Guilty, and was sentenced to sevenTe-,? M P'eaded John Graham, a miner ,ran8P°rtatl°n- stealing a pair of boots at C»1 ?Ullt? ,0.a cl,ar«eu °[ Llanbadarn-fawr, the propert^j3?^Z*' v tlie P\nsh of peared that the prisoner took aL t? ^van8- aP* panion and left his own of muehT i boots_of a en- trusted the prisoner was net lestva'ue- T,he Court hoping he would take caution from £ tluef> ancI sentenced him to one month'- present position, of Correction. ° raPrisonment in the House Counsel for the pro8ecution, Mr Bowen attorney, Mr Willoughby Mitler;, John Matthew JonetJ, labourer, aged 22, and Owen the property of Owen Davies at • s'era',nS a cow, the 13th of December last. TIIP • Penshyn, on charged with receiving thesam»t • Pr.lsoner was also stolen. g Same knowing it to have been Mr Jas. Bowen appeared for „ Mr T. Davies, Cardigan. For 1 Proa,,cution attorney, attorneys, Messrs George, Cardigan Lascelles The prosecutor had a cow r i mon on the 13th of December U« g ? lLUngemg Com: five o'clock he missed her, havinL *1 betw,een four and that morning. The younger nrf. at e,even 0 clock the elder from his yZh) on'T' (wh° haS ,ived whh was seen driving a cow on V- ev!n,.n8 ,n tion from the prosecutor's house »^°i m .'M £ 'rec" America. On the 22nd of the L 18 .ca,led N.0^th police-officer to the elder defending ? Llechryd. He saw both prisoners ^k' ed Penl ?" evening he found his cow there j w r Ut t1ree 'jV a cow. which he said he had fetched f,' «he?e«J,ni mon, but it was not bis. He saw ?• m Llangerrig Com- the farm house, which neither of the prisoners called his attention to. In a smart pris.on"8 cal,edi"s Lascelles, prosecutor said Owen *f»eXam,lnat,ion him that they had driven a strandn 8 daughter toi(! into the road from off their premheT throu8h the woods David Nathan deposed that he liv«« IL l a met the younger prisoner between thr^ Aberporth; and on the 13th ult., about seven milel f! l^r o clot1^ accosted him by asking him '• ih Cardigan, and genteel young gentleman, it is ton ?re you 8oing ?oa be out ?'• He was going toward* a gent|eman to Rachael Davies examined bv Yf, RPro8ecutor'8 house, lives at Ffynnongros, near Llanffin^; P* staled 'hut she the younger prisoner with a cow which °h the^3kh had a little way off. wlUch he said he bad Benjamin Owen deposed that h» m u soner on the lt3h of December •t,he y™nKerprl- ofthe direct road from his prew,n ^an<? a ha,f T answer totyuestions, he told him h« I? j 'u e ''P"86- In fair and not on the direct road. at L,aaWnen William Williams saw prisoner n„ ,i and told him he was out of the L J roa<i w,th a c.ow: the waters were out, but thev t0 which he replied P.C. Thomas Davies took the or^ • the charge, and the elder prisoner 'nt° CUSt?dJ-°n neighbourly. If he had impound?^ C0mes.01Fb""g owner to some expense, he shnt.u u e cow ancl pa putition. "aVe escaped the im- Several other witnesses were e*w j r tion, whose evidence wa« very Ded for the Prosecu" and after a strong appeal on u !l«.t0 ^at now given, Mr Lascelles, and a perttnem rent k the Prisone/s prosecution, the Chairman summed B°Ten ir with great care, and the jury Pkat 8reat lenKtb an(l guilty, who was sentenced to s»v» he y°u"Ker Pnso.ner and acquitted the elder on a char?. ?ear* «"™P°rtat'on> lstter prisoner leaving the court L° recem.n £ °".the custody on a warrant for a similar AWas tf,ken ,nt0 Pembroke. charge in the county ol Sarah Griffiths, a farmer's wife r. ■ stolen a shawl, value 14s and an u arged.with havin& Sgl28-hC Pr°Per,y °f'Mr WilhUVeorglTaptlot Mr Lascelles appeared fur iK« Messrs Geor»» nnd • prosecution; attornies, ^inwS^de^Tel^ V '°nS shop ot Mr William Geo"!8 !'M th" 1™ We,° Sttb /October! and S.S± shawls, declined purchasing anv 1? u + i shawls, declined plJrchasing any. From what to,¡¡k place, the prisoner, who had left the shop, was desired to return, tab* a .ht.ni t 0,i re"er,tering it, a witness saw her A f. fr,°m ■?ruiernei1th her cloak and throw it an !Th« counter—it proved to be the larger one missing, and tne small one was found upon her The case appeared very clear, and the jury found her guilty with a recommendation to mercy which the prose- cutor Jfetned tn, and the Chairman in passing sentence, remarked that it was not the easy circumstances of the pri- soner that weighed with the court, but from the situation LW.aS.;epTeud t0 tliem she.was 'n. induced them to hope tha he slight sentence of one month's imprisonment would have a salutary effect. WEDNESDAY. The Court assembled by adjournment from seven o'clock last night to this day at hall-past ten. David Davies, blacksmith, was arraigned for stealing from William Davies, in the patisli of Llanfihangel Ystrad, on the 14th of November last, a flannel shirt of the value of 4s. 6d. Prisoner pleaded guilty, and W3S sentenced to one month's imprisonment in the house of correction. This ended the criminal business of the session. The Chairman said there was to have been an appeal heard to-day, in reference to which he had received an im- proper letter. He desired that the public should know that it was wrong, in his judicial character, tint any com- munication should be made to him, and that the parties who had been guilty of this illegal act had rendered them- telves amenable to law. COUNTY BUSINESS. A letter wqs read from the Lords of the Treasury, objecting to the expenses charged by the gaoler for the conveyance of convicts to Millbank prison. Expenses (or seven days were charged, which they considered too long a period to be occupied in the journey, and had, therefore, disallowed the item. There were other charges to which they demurred. The gaoler in return to the bench said that he was fre- quently detained two whole (lays at Millbank, on accouni of the large number of convicts who arrived and were ex- aaMtied before tijobi; in his custody, In future the tim*. required would be much shorter owing to the extension of the railway to Carmarthen. The gaoler was directed to inform the Clerk of the Peace how his time wis occupied in the last three jouniej's, that he may communicate with the Governor of Millbank on the delay occasioned at that prison. Mr Philipps said that the Finance Conimitee were of opinion that the gaoler ought not be occupied more than three days in the journey to London with convicts. They objected to a charge of 3s. 6d. a-day for the attendance of the gaoler at Cardigan Hall with insolvent debtors. They also recommended that the gaoler should no longer be paid 10s. a day for his attendance ilt the Quarter Sessions at Aberayron, but 5s., which they considered quite suffi- cient. These suggestions of the Finance Committee were ap- proved of and confirmed. The reports of the different officials were then read and filed. Mr Penson presented a report on the state of Kenarth Bridge, as instructed last QiNrter Sessions. His plans pointed out the necessity of widening the roadway thirteen feet, and to take off an angle. In reply to Capt. Philipps, Mr Penson said the alteration could be done for less than £36. Notice of motion was then given for next session. The report of the conimitrtee for superintending the lock- up-house at Newcastle, stated rhat the building was in a forward state of progtess. Thirty pounds was the amount to be contributed by Cardiganshire and the remainder by Carmarthenshire, and when fully completed, seven-eighths of the expense would be defrayed by the latter county. Mr Evans presented an acccountof jg62 damages sus- tained, and materials taken from the quarry for the building ot Llaethllw bridge. On the opinion of Mr Penson being given to the Court, £ 10 was ordered tctbe paid in full of all demands, thyemaining portion being the debt of the contractors and not of the county. Mr Wigley informed the Bench that by a recent Act it was necessary that an abstract of every years accounts ending the 20th of September, should be forwarded to the Clerks of the Boards of Guardians in the county and other persons, and that it should also appear in the local papers the first or second week in January. The bills were then reatl and passed. A rate of one farthing in the pound was ordered for county purposes, and a rate of one halfpenny in the pound was ordered for the purpose of the police force. Mr Penson was directed to repair the approaches to the bridges on the Talsarn road, and to report at the next sessions. The Chairman wished to call the attention of the Bench to the subject of vagrancy. There were two classes—the English and Irish tramps, and Welsh poor. He had brought the question of the latter class before the Board of Guardians, who experienced considerable diffieulty in deal- ilia with them. He should recommend that the other class should be treated in accordance with the Vagrancy Act. If they were convicted and sent to gaol they could be transferred to their own country, and by that means the county would rid itself of them. He should like to know the opinion of the justices on this point. Captain Freeman said that there was a difficulty in the case of vagrants. The magistrates hesitated to convict, as in most cases the vagrants travelled in companies, and then if the man were convicted, his family became chargeable to the parish .in which the offence was committed. Mr Philipps remarked that it was an invariable rale to co.nmit all able-bodied vagrants who had no children. Captain Gwyn thought that every magistrate should exercise his own discretion, without binding himself. Captain Freeman observed that three-fourths of the tramps which were apprehended were discharged. The Chairman then brought forward the motion of which he gave notice at the last sessions, that counsel shall have exclusive audience in the practice in that court. The learned gentleman said that when he was called to the bar, no attorney was permitted to address the court, and quoted cases from Comynfs digest. Title maintenance, Hawkins Pleas of the Crown, c. 8:i, s. 127. Doe. dem. Bennett v Hala, 15 Queen's Bench Reports. 171 and 19 Law Journal, new series, Queen's Bench 353, 13, Law Review for 122, from which it appeared quite evident that the practice of attorneys acting in Court was of modern date and contrary to law, if any barristers were present. The resolution was agreed to unanimously. At the last Sessions Dr Llewellyn gave notice of his in- tention to move for the erection of a lock-up-house at Tre- garon, but as he was not present the motion was postponed until next Sessions. John Boultbee, Esq., in the absence of the Dean of St. David's, moved for the sum of £5 to be expended on New Inn lock-up-house. Agreed to. J. B. Jordan, Esq., was elected a member of the County Roads Board, in the place ot the late John Hughes, Esq., Alltllwyd. Previous to the discharge of the petit juries, the Chair- man passed a well merited tribute of approval of the intel- ligence they had displayed, and the correctness of the ver- dicts they had returned. The business of the Court terminated about 12 o'clock.

THE FaUlTS OF A HALF CENTURY.—Fifty years ago steam-bon:s were unknown—now there are 3,000 aSoat on American waters alone. In 1800 there was not a single railway in the world-now there are 10,000 miles in the United States, and about 22,000 in America and England. Hall a century ago it took some weeks to convey news from Washington to New Orleans. Fifty years ago the most rapid printing-press was worked by hand-power— now 6team prints 20,000 papers an hour on a single press. Now is a great fellow, but will be much bigger half a cen- tury hence.—Philadelphia Ledger. THE CAPITAL OF JAPAN.—They showed us a plan of the capital, and told us that a man could not walk in one day from one end of it to the other. When we made in- quiries respecting its population, we were informed that it contained upwards of 10,000,000 of inhabitants. Our Japanese friends were very angry when we expressed doubts of this fact, and the next day a paper came from an official person who had been employed by the police in Yeddo. This paper stated that the city of Yeddo has in its principal streets 280,000 houses, and in each of them there live from thirty to forty people. Supposing there were only thirty, the number of inhabitants must amount to 8,000,000. If to these be added the inhabitants of the small houses and huts, persons who live in the open air, the imperial guard, the guard of the princes in the capital, their suites, &c., the number of inhabitants must exceed 10,000,000. In confirmation ot their statements the Japanese mentioned that Yeddo alone contained 36,000 blind people. To this we could say nothing, neither allow- ing the Japanese to be in the right nor contradicting their Assertion. These data may, however, be very correct, for according to theptaD of the-city, and considering the nar- rowness of the streets, Yeddo may be computed fountain 10,000,000 ot people.—Captain Goloumin. A WORD TO YOUNG MEN.—" Wishing and sighing imagining and dreaming of greatness." said William Wirt will not make you great." But cannot a young man command his energies? Read Foster on "Decision of Character." That book will tell you what it is in your power to accomplish; you must gird up yonr loins, and go to work with all the indomitable energy of Hannibal scaling the Alps. It is your duty to make the most of time, talents, and opportunities Alfred, King ot Eng- land, though he performed more business than any one of his subjects, foiyid time to study. Frederick the Great, with an empiri/at his direction, in the midst of war and on the eve of battle, found time to revel in the charms of phi- losophy, and feast on the luxuries of science. Napoleon, with Europe at his disposal, with kings in his ante-cham- ber, and at the head of thousands of men whose destinies were suspended on his arbitrary pleasure, found time to converse with books. And young men who are confined to business even to twelve hours a day, may take an hour and a half of what is left for study, and which will amount to two months in the course of a year. SURRENDER OF A MURDERER.—At Staleybridge, near Manchester, a man named Robert Thornley, a muffin and crumpet-dealer, has delivered himself up to the police ,as having been implicated in a murder which took place in 1849. He states that the murder was that of James Brooks, of Godley, near Hyde. At that time, he says, he had an improper intimacy with Brooke's wife, and that she asked him if he could not get some kind of herbs which would be a slow poison. He recommended laudanum, which having no effect, arsenic was mixed up in a pudding and given to Brooks, who died in consequence, and was buried in the usual order of events. Thornely then mar- ried Brook's widow, and has lived with her up to eighteen months ago, when they quarrelled, and he expresses his determination now to bring her to iustice. The case is undergoing investigation. SALE OF AN ISLAND.—At a public sale in Edinburgh, a few weeks ggo, the island of Eday, Orkney, was knocked down to an Englishman, a Mr Hebden, for £ I8,000-the upset price.—John o'Groat Journal. MURDER AT CARDIFF.—A shocking murder has been perpetrated at Cardiff. As a policeman was going his rounds on the Taff Vale Railway, near the Cardiff Docks, he heard cries of murder," and proceeding to the spot found an Irishman, n<uned Timothy Harrington, lying on the ground, and vomitting blood. He called assistance from a schooner near, and had the man conveyed to the local infirmary, where he died next morning from the effects of wonnds which he had received in the stomach from some sharp instrument; It was with difficulty that any statement could be obtained from the deceased before his death, but he was understood to say that the injuries were inflicted by two Greek sailors. An inquest has been opened, and adjourned tor the present. Two men, named Gabriel Gibson, a Swede, and Richard Morris, alias Kennan, an Irishman, both seamen, are in custody. A re- ward of £50 has been offered by the Government for infor- mation which may lead to the conviction ot the murderers, to which sum iElO is added by the local authorities. SHIRT MAKINO.—We have received a letter from a shirt-maker employed at a large establishment at the east end of the metropolis, complaining ot the low rate of wages given to females in the branch business. The best hands, who.work trom early morn till late at night, seldom realise more than 6s, week, and a few not half as much! The prices paid for shirts vary from] lrl., 3!d., 4d., 5d 6d up to Is. 4d. Striped shirts, full fronts, stitched collars. shoutdet-atraps, wristbands, six button-holes, all well made and subjected to the most scrupulous examination, and turned out of hand at 3!J. each, the seamstress finding thread Complaint is usually met in this significant way It you don t like to work at the price, there are plenty of others who will." Sixpence a day is the general aver se earned by shirt-makers, when they are employed. Who AA,?>FWC|" r J' Y°M,S women are eager to get out to Australia, in order to avert the horrors of starvation ? The nUti.ic0KPOfruHood's, Song ofthe Sllirt is paillflJlly realised in tins brief but touching statement.—Family Herald. TL^HPV(IE,LE?HTP" LINES OF THE WORLD UP TO 1853.- • 7 of ,e'egraphic communication, completed and in operation throughout the world at the beginning of the froTIl! yeatr' may be es,imated. as far as can be gathered no nearly 4,000 miles in Great Britain, of which initrinScourL^fre mider*rDUnd. w''h about 400 or 500 Ireland and as i°"S,rUC"°n • En«la"d' Scotland, and were 20W0 milest^ore P^cted. In America there wfth 10 000 mor^in n ^rap fCOmPleted and °P«ation, ,u,t commerced h^'0"!8 °f ?°"StniCtion- llus*ia has Id. V U « er 8ystem of telegraph' between St be constructed in l^dla* The°°„'„K» t V that w,II soon present themselves on a telegraphic Tay°of the world will be Australia, Africa, and China. i H?,?,EST>Y REWAKDKD.-On Monday last a cornoral of the oOth Regiment on his way to the railway station picked up a cheque for on a Bolton bank. He followed the gentleman to^hom he fancied it might belong, as he had wen him pull some papers from his pocket (though tie did not see any drop), and when on the platform he accosted him. and inquired il he hid lost anything No was the reply, which was repeated when the query was put as to a note or bank cheque being missing. He how ever, pressed him to make a search, when, to his amaze- ment, he missed the order for £ 60. The soldier returned it, and the owner naturally felt gratified at the cheque being restored, and at once offered to the honest soldier his thanks! Preston Chronicle, A TAILOR'S PROGRESS AT THE DIGGINGS. We make the following extracts from the letter of a Chelmsford tailor who emigrated to Australia, and whose accounts of life and labour at Melbourne and the gold fields are published in the Essex Herald. After recounting his own unsuccessful efforts to make a fortune at Forest Creek and Eagle Hawk Gully, where he found it all hard work and no returns, while others pocketed their hundred a week, the tailor says: —"Trade down here is uncommonly brisk, and all mechanics are getting first-rate wages. I am at my own trade again, working for the same master as when last here, and, being a quiet sort of fellow, and wishing me to call again when I came to Melbourne, I did so and glad enough he was to see me. I intend stopping down here till about September or October, when I intend tryiijg my luck again at the diggings, as I am determinedsto have the money it has cost me back again. I thought at one time I would never go gold- digging, but, when you hear of persons up a week or two making their hundreds, it so unsettles one that it is almost impossible to keep away. The amount of gold brought down every week is very great, and at this time there are about 90,000 ounces at the com- missary's, waiting to be sent down to Melbourne. As might be supposed, among the thousands that are at the diggings, the state of morals is very low; gambling is carried on to a great extent in some parts. Eagle Hawk Gully was the worst place I had been to in the diggings; there were some ot the greatest villains there that the colony could produce, and I make no doubt that wnen the emigration sets in from home and other parts, it will be every bit as bad as California. The rate of wages paid here isvas follows:—dress and frock coat, AI 16s., and with silk sides creased,48. extra; shooting coat, 8s.; double breasted vest' sewn on lappels, 13s.; single breasted roll collar, 10s trousers. 12s with cash pocket only, 10s.; breeches, 15s.; and all extra work and repairing paid for at the rate of Is. per hour. I have no doubt that these prices will surprise you, but I understand that in a week or two the prices will again be raised to Is. 6d. per hour There is no mistake but what the new aristocracy gold- diggers are rare boys to patronise trade; so soon as they come from the diggings they must have a new rig out, and, as to the price, that is no object. The price of a suit ot clothes is about £9 or £10, that is of a medium quality—about the quality you would make at home from £4 or £5; in tact, everything is double the price. Wellington boots are £3 10s. per pair; Blucher! £1 10s.; that is, colonial-made. Rents are exceedingly high, and cottages such as yours out here would fetch £100 a-year each at the least; and a house and shop like yours in a business would be worth t500 or £ 600 a-year, and then they would not et it you more than six months at a time, and most likely have three months in advance. I am paying 25s. per week board and lodging. From what we can hear from home the excitement there is very great numbers that come out will find themselves wofullv disappointed! and then the style of living in a new clime is so vastly different to what we get at home and, again, many of'them think that if they can get over here they can go and pick it up at pleasure, not thinking that it requires some JElO or M20 to get an outfit, and other expenses in getting up, and as the diggings extend it will be still more so but, after all, it persons are mad for coming, the best thing is for them to come, but they must rough it, and make up their minds to some hard woi k. TIDINGS FOR PRINTERS.—A letter has been re- w*"iams> of the firm of Messrs. Williams and Co., letterpress printer, Rain ford-gar- dens, from his brother a young man, a journeymen printer, who left Liverpool some time ago for Mel- bourne, Australia His statements offer great induce- ment for many of the bretheren of his craft" to follow him out. He obtained employment immediately on arriving at the rate of £6 per week a sum which en- ables a compositor-the increased expenses of living there to those in England taken into account—to lay by weekly, fully the amount of the whole wages re- ceived at home, namely, 30s., and to live much more comfortably into the bargain. Mr. Williams states that the average piece prices," including all sorts," is 2s. 6d. per thousand, which is some five times in ex- cess of the sum paid by the mother country. He sends word home, too, that a friend of his, Mr. Mitchell, who went out also from Liverpool, is conductor of or over- seer in the "Melbourne Morning Advertiser office, and that he gets f8 per week It would seem that there is a great scarcity of printers in Australia, and that this, for many years, must necessarily be the case, arising from the rapid advancement of the colony, in- creased by the inducements held out to youn" and "De"cumJ)e^d men to seek golden fortunes at the diggings. The above are by no means isolated in- 8<anCes Pnnte,r8 placing themselves in comparative affluence by emigrating to Australia there are seve- ral others of persons who have gone from Liverpool; and this statement of facts strongly forces itselffor the consideration of the general body of the trade, whe- ther relief would not more readily and permanently be afforded to their depressed condition (by reason of a surplus labour market) by means of emigration, ra- ther than by the ineffectual methods at present adopt- ed to accomplish this object. THE COMMUTATION OF KIRWAN'S SENTENCE.- It is now generally believed that Kirwan's sentence has been commuted to transportation for life. The Daily Express says We are unable to divine the principle on which the prorogative of the Crown has been exercised, for the act of commutation treats the prisoner as innocent and guilty at the same time. A free pardon would be intelligible and the parties who have interested themselves so much on Kirwan's be- half, on the assumption of his innocence, will only have done half their work until a free pardon is granted." CHARGE OF ANOTHER MURDER AGAINST KIR- WAN,—On Wednesday week, the Magistrates of the head office of police were engaged in investigating a charge of murder brought against the convict Kirwan tby the wife of an artist, named Bower, whom she al. leges Kirwan murdered. At this stage of the inquiry more cannot be said on the subject. I MURDER IN MAYO.—A few days ago -an inquest was held at Laughnaho, in the county ot Mayo, on the body of Thomas M'Nicholas. It appeared by the evi- dence that the deceased, with some friends, were re- turning from a funeral—a solemn ceremonial in that part of the country very frequently converted into a meeting for the exhibition of the most revengeful pas- sions-and having adjourned to a public house in Bohola where they had some whiskey, they were as- sailed by a party of five men in the house, who had just arrived from England, and who were much intoxi- cated. In the melee the unfortunate deceased was struck with a pitchfork and killed. A verdict of" Wil- fui murdei was returned against one of the parties, named Cenny, and of being accessories before the fact against the remainder. MURDEROUS OUTRAGE.—APPREHENSION OF THR PARTIES. — On Wednesday week a miller, named M'Neille, in the employment of Messrs. Swain and Holton, was attacked on the bridge of Annagh, by two men, who knocked him down and beat him most cruelly. M'Neille cried for mercy, and implored the ruffians to spare his life, whereupon one of them raised him up and swore him to leave his employment and never enter the mill again. Having taken the oath, he was again set upon and beaten until he was sense- less and left for dead upon the road. The unhappy man's life, however has been saved. Two men, named White and Keegan, have been arrested, and identi- fied by M'Neille as the guilty parties. THE MORMONS.—A correspondent of the Milwaukie News, writing on the subject of the Mormons, says- A man having a right to as many wives as he can find and support,. taking a fancy, goes to a justice, and swears he is able to support her, & the marriage come3 off with due ceremony and so it goes on as he grows richer without, limit. A Mormon moving into the valley, gives one tenth of his property yearly, what- ever it may be. The city contains a population of 6,000 souls, and in the whole valley. there are pro- bably 15.000, which will be largely increased this sea- son," Another account informs us that the following missionaries have just been appointed :—'• To England 37, Ireland 2, Wales 3, France 1, Germany 4, capital of Prussia 2, Norway 2, Denmark I, Gibralter 2, Hin- dostan 9. Siam 2, China 3, Cape of Good Hope 3, Nova Scotia and British provinces 4, West Indies 4, British Guiana 2, Texas 3, New Orleans 1, St. Louis 1, Iowa 1. Washington city I, Australia, 9, Sandwich Islands 9." These missionaries go out to make con- < verts to the faith, and to gather them into the Salt Lake Valley. Still another letter thus describes the residence of'the Mormon governor:—" The residence of Governor Brigham Young would be called a splendid lesidence in any place in the States, as would also the court-house be considered an elegant building. The former is finished on the outside with white lime, that gives it a beautiful colour, while the architecture is after the most approved modern style. It is on the north side of the city, near the Temple Block, and has a commanding view of the whole city before the eminence upon which it stands. His yards, outbuild- ings, trees, and shrubbery all show that the governor of the territory and the president of the Mormon churches preparing himself a permanent place to en- joy for ever what he fancies to be the divine pleasure of Omnipotence. He is a man of about 46 years of age, low in stature, thick set, light brown hair, light complexion, with an active temperament and consi- derable talents." ¡ DARING ROBBERY.—On Monday evening a daring robbery was perpetrated at the house ot Mr. Quirk, at Bromborough. Mr. Quirk is a retired gentleman, living with his wife and family at a house on the road between the above-named village and Bromborough Railway Station, which is rather lonely situated. Between seven and eight o'clock, as the milkman went into tne house with his milk cans, he was followed by two men, who immediately seized him and secured him, and also the other servants (all females), swearing that the first person who gave any alarm they would blow their brains out. The two men were dressed with slops, and had black crape masks over their faces, one being armed with a blunderbus, and the other with a brace of pistols. They also said that there were four others outside within call, who would come to their assistance in an instant if any alarm was given. The villains then went into the parlour, where Mr. Quirk was sitting reading, and demanded his watch and all the plate and money in the house, one of them presenting the blunderbus at his head, and threatening to blow his brains out if he dared to refuse. They then cleared the sideboard of all the plate on it. One of the men then went up stairs, whilst the other stood guard at the bottom. Qn coming down stairs the men de.iberately packed up their plunder in the cloth which covered the dining-room table, and walked away. Previous to leaving the house, they told the inmates that any one who went out of doors within half-an-hot'r, or followed them out, would be shot. The value of the property carried away exceeds, we under- stand, jtlijO,—Liverpool Courier,

--¡; THE LONDON MARKETS. FROM THE "MARK LANE EXPRESS." < MONDAY, JANUARY 10. At this morning's market there was rather more wheat exhibited on the Essex and Kent stands than we have had ot late. 1 he weather being very wet the condition was wretchedly bad, and the sale was consequently difficult, lieally fine dry qualities were readily placed at rates fully equal to those of Monday last, but a large portion of the inferior and til-condition samples remained unsold, though freely offered at late prices. Foreign wheat was in fair re- quest, and though the operations were not particularly exuyisiy^, prices were the turn in favour of the seller. Very fulr terms were demanded for floating cargoes, as well as for wheat deliverable free on board at Baltic and Black Sea ports in spring. Flour did not meet with much atten- tion, but neither home nor foreign manufactured could be bought cheaper than on this day se'nnigbt. There was very little English barley fresh up, and the finer kinds were inquired for by the maltster. For selected sample. an advance of Is. per qr. was obtained, and other descrip- tions sold fully as well as on Monday last. Foreign barley for grinding was in fair request, and its previous value was well maintained. Malt moved off at rates quite equal to those previously current. The arrivals of oats were trifling in the extreme, and the large dealers being unwilling to buy with the market in so bare a state, the transactions were confined to a narrow circle; the business done was, however, at terms which hardly could have been realised this day week. Beans were saleable at about former rates, and peas likewise maintained their previous value. We heard of no sales of Indian corn. Shillings per WHEAT, Essex and Kent, white, new.. 44to48 fineupto53 ^!»° old.. 45 53 60 i<!tto ditto red, new.. 43 4tt „ 47 ivtt0 ditto old.. 43 49 V* Norfolk, Lincoln, & Yorksh.,red, new 43 48 53 £ l- di."o new.. 38 45 47 Pftt0 ditto white, new — — „ — Ditto ditto old.. — — — BARLEY, malting, new 90 QN Chevalier i0 ft Distilling Grinding 26 28 MALT, Essex, Norfolk, & Suffolk, new 54' 55 extra 58 dltt0 old 52 54 56 Kingston, Ware, & icwi. made, new 59 60 63 Ditto Aitt4 old 57 59 61 OATS, English feed, new 17 90 R''e 22 f°W,di; 20 22 extra 24 Scotch teed 22 24 fine 25 Ditto potato 23 25 fine 27 Irish feed, white IS 20 fine 22 D.tto.biack. 17 18 fine 20 RYE .28 30 old 28 30 BEANS, Mazagan 33 34 „ 34 35 £ lcks 34 36 „ 36 38 £ arrow 35 37 „ 37 39 p„P,ge01?.* 40 „ 40 44 Pe.^s'white boilers 40 37 40 ^aPle 33 36 „ 33 36 31 33 „ 33 35 1 LOUR, town made (per sack 280 lbs).. 41 46 Country marks. 4/1 Norfolk and Suffolk, ex-ship 34 37 FOREIGN GRAIN. WHEAT Dantzic,mixed47TO48high mixedSO 52ex»ra58 3 | Malting 1 FLOUR, French, per sackV.V.V.V.V 36 '*38 fine 38 42 American, sour per barrel. 23 25 sweet 26 29

IMPERIAL AVERAGES FOR LAST SIX WEEKS \tru S. d. s. d "heat 42 3 Rye 28 7 Barley 30 1 Beans 85 2 Oats 18 6 Peas 32 5

BREAD. The prices of wneaten bread in the metropolis are from 7d to 7jd; and household ditto, 5d. to 6id. per 4lbs. loaf.

POTATO. SOUTHWARK, WATERSIDB, Jan. 10. limit'wf °Ur- report the arrivals coastwise have been ,°w1'ng to cor»,r»ry winds; but the supply from and fnroi'irn ^en 8reate!j *ban_sny week during the season, and foreign sorts are lower in price. The following are this day's quotations »uuwuij{ ud York Regents 80s. to 1300 Lincolnshire 70s. t0 100s. Scotch ditto 80s. to 100s. 3 Do. reds and cups 70s. to 80s. ST French. 70s. to 85s. I ? Dutch 60s. to -s. J

BUTTER, BACON & II\MS.—MONDAY, Jan. 10. We experienced a good inquiry for Irish butter during the past week, and the sales effected were generally at an advance of 2s. to 4s. per cwt., the latter on Limericks and moderate priced descriptions. Foreign advanced 4s. per cwt. There was also a good demand tor bacon, and an im- provement of 2s. realised. Some sales were effected of prime Waterfords on board at 54s. for present, and 55s. for deferred shipment. We quote landed rates from 50s. to 56s. Lard in good demand, and bladdered Is. to 2s. dearer. We do not note any change in Engtish butter trade, but the increased scarcity of good parcels in Dorset butter lowers the scale of prices. Foreign butter tops us altoge- ther in price. Dorset, fine weekly 90s. to 96s. per cv Ditto middling. 80s. to 86s. „ Fresh. 9s. to 13s. Od. per. doz. lbs.

SMITHFIELD MARKET.—MONDAY, Jan. 10. To-day's market was very moderately supplied with fo- reign stock and the arrivals of home fed beasts were on a comparatively limited scale j whilst their general quality was interior. The attendance of butchers being tolerably extensive, the beef trade, notwithstanding the prevailing mild weather, ruled somewhat active, at, in most instances, an advance in the currencies paid on Monday last of2d. per Sibs., at which amount ot improvement a good clearance was effected. The pnmest Scots sold readily, at from 4s. to 4s. 2d. per 8Jbs. jtrom Lincolnshire# Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire we received about 1,000 shorthorns S from Norlolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, 1,200 Scots, shorthorns, &c.; and, from Scotland, 684 horned and polled Scots, chiefly per railway. The numbers of sheep were by no means extensive. All breeds-the general con- dition of which was good-sold freely, at fully last Monday" currency. The best qualities ot old Downs readily produced 5s. per Stbs. Calves-were in moderate supply, and steady inquiry, at the extreme rates of Friday fait. The be«t qualities of veal were worth 4s. 6d. per 81bs. Prime small porkers moved off freely, at full qootatious but large bogs were neglected. Per 8 lbs. to sink the offal. I *»' tnssr-n* il t o. o Prime Scots, &c. 3 10 4 2 Large Calves 3 0 4 0 Coarse and infe- Prime small do 4 2 4 6 riorSheep 3 8 3 10 Large Hogs 2 10 3 6 2nd quality, do 4 04 4 Small porkers.. 3 8 3 10 suckling Calves 19s. to 24s.; and Quarter-old Store Pius 19s. to 23s. each.