The Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette

MERTHYR AND NEIGHBOURHOOD. On Monday the 7th instant, the Loyal Alfred's Lady Lodge met at their lodge-room, at the Morlais Castle Inn to celebrate their anniversary. The room was very tastefully decorated. Upwards of a hundred members assembled who proceeded in procession to Church. After Divine service, they again formed, and proceeded throughvariousstrects. In the afternoon they partook of a capital dinner in their lodge-room, which was pro- vided by their esteemed hostess, Mrs. Gay, in her usual excellent and liberal style. The remainder of the day was spent in uninterrupted harmony and social inter- course. ABERDARE RAILWAY.—Last week there was added to the stock of this railway, a beautifully made, and most powerful six-wheeled-engine, by the Messrs. Hawthorn, of N ewcastle-upon- Tyne; and which has the latest im- provements. Its dimensions, &c., are as follows:- Cylinders 16 inches, with a two-feet stroke; diameter of wheels 4ft. Gin. It has a fine six-wheeled-tender. The engine and tender left Cardiff by the Taff Vale Railway, for the Aberdare line, on the morning of Tuesday week. This is the largest locomotive in this district of the king- dom; and is capable of drawing a very heavy load. It has been named the" Aberaman," from a village of that name in the Aberdare valley. Engiu'e and tender weigh 24 tons. On Monday evening, Sept. 14, atZoar Chapel, the Rev. W. Stokes, deputation from the London Peace Society, delivered a very powerful Lecture on the impolicy and sinfulness of WAit. The place of meeting being a reli- gious place of worship, he commenced by reading part of the 3 chap, of the 1 Epis. of John, and prayer. After introducing the subject by stating that the intelligence of the times had come to the conclusion that all war was wrong, and that all government disputes could be settled by arbitration or a third party—in proof of which he said the King of Prussia, some time ago, had settled a dispute between the English merchants and the Ameri- cans ;—another case was settled between the English merchants and Sardinians by the King of the French to the satisfaction of both parties ;—another dispute had been amicably settled between the American merchants and the French by his late Majesty William the Fourth and if differences could be settled on a small scale, why not be done between nation and nation, and man and man, all the world over"? The lecturer went on to say, that war was allowable under the Jewish dispensation, as it was the direct command of the Most High for trans- gressions. Alexander, Cæsar, and others, might be par- doned for engaging in war, as they had no better light before them; but we, Christians, are tivingunderanew dispensation, and having the New Testament before us, should set our faces against war in all its forms. He concluded an eloquent appeal, and said he would reserve his principal arguments for his next lecture, which was delivered at High-street Chapel on Tuesday evening. THE ENGLISH WESLEYANS had a tea-party at their School-rooms on Monday evening, which was attended by from 400 to 500 persons. As is generally the case on such occasions at Merthyr, the tea and cake were most excellent. Several addresses were delivered at the close of the proceedings. ASSESSED TAXES, The meeting of appeal was held at the Angel Inn on Moudayhist. Several succeeded in having their dogs, horses, &c., which had been drowned or sold, cancelled others were too late to be attended to, and will have the gratification ('1) of payin" for ano- ther year. UNCERTAINTY OF HUMAN LIFE—-A young woman from Llandovery, who came lately to Coed-y-cymmer, went up on Saturday to the Frood, (a distance of only about a mile) she was taken unwell there, conveyed to Coed-y-cymmer in a cart, and by Sunday evening she was a corpse! The members of the Independent Benefit Society, held at the Nelson, (Mrs. Sleight's) Penydarran, celebrated their Anniversary on Monday last. Having met to trans- act the usual business on such occasions, they proceeded to attend Divine Worship at Zion Chapel, where Mr. Jones, the minister, delivered a highly appropriate dis- course. The members then, to the number of upwards of 1(50 persons, perambulated the town, and returned to the sumptuous dinner prepared in Mrs. Sleight's usual good style, with which they were highly pleased, and departed for their respective homes in good time. FATAL ACCIDENT—As Wm. Davies and J. Edwards, colliers, were descending in an iron bucket on Friday morning, the engineer mistook the signal given to him, and heaved them above the sheave, whereby they sustained considerable injury. We have heard that Davies's inju- ries have proved fatal. THE IRON WORKS.—-The water is scanty, and had it not been for the engines, &c., erected for the purpose of supplying water in such cases, many of the forges and mills would have been stopped. FLOUR.—Notwithstanding the vast quantity received weekly from America, it is advancing in price, owing, it is supposed, to the potatoe blight. The principles of Free-Trade have not yet had the effect of rendering things cheaper or better. MERTHYR PETTY SESSIONS. FRIDAY, September 11.—[Before J. Wilson, Esq.] Wiliiam Powell, mason, of Dowlais, was charged hy James Wiltshire and Jamis Havard, masons, with refusing to ray the former 14" 4d., and the latter 30, amount dim for wages. Ordered to pay the sum demanded and expenses. MONDAY, Sept. 14.—[Held before J. Wilson, and W. Meyrick, Esqrs.] Anthony James, Thomas Chilton, and John Jones, were charged by Robert Thomas, Pentrebacb, with all assault on his person 01} the 8ih inst., hv carrying him on a preti (wooden horse). Fined 2s. 6d each and expenses. David, Morgan, railman, was ehargrd by P.C. Burrett, with obstructing him in the execution of bis duly on Saturday night. Fined IOs. James Thornton, who had been given in charge bv his father for being drunk and incapable of taking care of himself, &c., on Saturday night, was brought forward, but, as bis father declined lO appear against him, he wall discharged. A notorious bnlly" named John Wilde, was charged by P.C. Stirling, with rescuing a prisoner from his, cuslody,ou Sunday night. The constable sworn, said that information had been given him by a sailor, that he had been robbed of a waistcoat by one of the" ladies," whom he look in custody, and when about to convey her to the station, the prisoner and about loC) of the Poutstorehouse inhabitants surrouuded him and the prisoner dragged the girl away from him and she escaped. Wild also swore that he would kick his g —s oat. Superintendent Wrenn stated that he went to the "Cottars" in a short time after, and saw the prisoner standing before his door with a mason's hammer in his hand sweating that he would knock out the brains of the first policeman that came near him the Superintendent, however, with Ids usual forti- tude, and regardless of his threats, took him into custody. Fined lOs, John Phillips was charged by A"nn Llewellyn, with assault- ing her ou the 7th inst. Discharged. WEDNESDAY. [Before J. Wilson and W. Thomas, Esqrs.] A person was brought forward, charged by W. Thomas, Ksq., with being drunk and insntuntiypushitigagarttst a lady, who walked up the street in company with his wor- ship; but as his worsh p did not wish to press the charge, he was cautioned and discharged. John Jones and Lewis Recs were charged by P.C.Johnson with being drunk and disorderly, and with assaulting him in the execution of his duty on the preceding evening. Fined 10s. and expenses, or one mouth's imprisonment. Superintendent Wrenn said that there was scarcely any disturbance in which these two were not present. James Prothero and Daniel Davies, beer-house keepers, were charged by Superintendent Wrenn with keeping their houses open after 11 o'clock on Saturday night last. Mr. Thomas said that the beer-house kept by the former was one of the hcst regulated in Meithyr. Davies diJ Jut appear. They were fined Is. each and expenses. David Jones and Wm. Richards, beer-ho'ise keepers, were charged by Superintendent Wrenn with keeping their houses open on Sunday before one o'clock. Fined 10s. each & costs. Jane Davies was charged by Ann Joties with assaulting her by throwing a handful of sand in her face. Defendant said that complainant charged her with starving her child, which the magistrates considered a sufficient provocation, aud the case was dismissed.

BRIDGEND PETTY SESSIONS.—[Held at the Town- Hall on Saturday, the 12th of September, before M. P. Traherne, Esq., and the Rev. H. L. Blosse.]—EMM David, of Aberkenfig, was charged with an assault upon John Robert, of Llangewydd. The case was dismissed. -Thomas Llewellyn, of Maesteg, was charged by Her- bert Harris with non-payment of wages. The complain- ant proved an agreement with the defendant, by which he was to receive 13s. 6d. a-week, and service for twenty weeks and four days; that he had received of defendant various sums of money, and that there was a balance of Li 18s. due to him, and the defendant was ordered to pay that amount, and 7s. 4d. costs. Mr. Rees Jenkins appeared for the defendant.—Frederick Clouder and Geo. Clouder were chaiged by Jenkin John, of Bettws, with having assaulted him. Complainant said:- I am a farmer, and live at Bettws; the defendants live in a house built on one of my fields; I seized a horse of the defendants' for trespassing on my land, and I put a halter on his head, and proceeded with him to the pound the two defendants came after me, and when they came up to me they went one on each side of the horse, and they took the halter off his head I then caught hold of the horse by his nose and mane; they had with them a large savage dog, and whilst we were struggling for the horse one of the defendants hissed the dog at me, but I kept him off with my arm; I fell down in the struggle, and while on the ground the horse trod on my leg, until I was unable to move; when I got up Frederick put his fist fclose by my face, but my son then came up. Thomas John, son of the complainant, corroborated his father's testimony, and the defendants were convicted and fine(i-F. Clouder in the penalty of £ 1 lUs., and 7s. 5d. costs and Geo. Clouder in JE1, and 7s. 5d. costs. Paid. MAESTEG.—On Wednesday last, an inquest was held at this place, before Alexander Cuthbertson, Esq., Coro- ner, on view of the body of Christopher John, who was a haulier in the service of the Llynvi Iron Company. It appeared that deceased was on Monday engaged in draw- ing trams which were loaded with "black band, and by some uuexplained means lost his footing, fell down, and the trams passed over the lower part of his abdomen. He was immediately taken home, where he expired in the course of two hours. Verdict—" Accidental Death. ( PORTH CA.WL.-An inquest was held at the Ship Inn, Porth Cawl, on Friday last, the lIlh inst., before Alex- ander Cuthbertson, Esq., Coroner, on view of the body of David Brown, a native of Scotland, belonging to the schooner Phoenix, of Southampton—Mansfield, master- who was drowned on the 9th inst. under these circum- stances :—Deceased, the master, aud another seamau went out in a boat to about half a mile from the harbour, in order to weigh anchor, and when so engaged a wave came—struck the boat, which it upset, and the three men were precipitated into the water. Deceased was drowned his companions saved themselves by swimming ashore. Verdict-" Accidentally Drowned." SUDDEN DEATH AT CADOXTON, NEAR NEATH On Saturday evening last an /ihquest was held at the Green I Dragon public-house, Cadoxton, kept by Mr. William Griiiith, before Alexander Cuthbertson, Esq., coroner, I oil view of the body of Margaret Moses, aged 01 years, who was found dead in her house on Friday evening. Mr. D. W. Yigurs said he saw deceased on the public road at about ten o'clock a.m., Friday, at which time she j appeared to him to be in good health. Another witness who was examined proved finding the body on the bed in her house. Deceased was an old woman known as Ulakws Sam and was often engaged in selling sand. During the last twenty years she lived in the house, it is believed, that no one saw her door open neither was she seen cleaning it. Verdict-" Died by the Visitation of God. NEATH FAIR, on Saturday last, was one of the largest recollected to have taken place here during the last thirty years. The supply of horses, cattle, lambs, & was plentiful, and they met with a ready sale at high prices. The fair was also more numerously attended by the in- habitants of the surrounding districts than upon any pre- vious occasion within the memory of the oldest inhabi- tant." On Monday last, an inquest was held at the King's Head public-house, Neath, before Alexander Cuthbert- son, Esq., Coroner, on view of the body of Jennette Priest, aged 82 years, who was accidentally knocked down by a horse at the fair on Saturday, and, from the injuries received, shortly afterwards expired. Verdict accordingly. I NEATH PETTY SESSIONS,—FmnAY.—Before Griffith Llewellyn, Esq. and Robert Lindsay, Esq. — The investi- gation of a charge made by Samuel Sims, overseer of Coedfrank, against his brother officer, for embezzlement to the extent of JE36 16s., was adjourned for a week. George Tennant, Esq., barrister-at-law, appeared for the defence.-Daniel Daniel was charged by P.C. John Price, Pontardawe, with having been drunk; and was fined 5s.-David Thomas, Cwmnedd, was charged by George Sims with non-payment of wages, amounting to £5. Ordered to pay.-Hopkin Williams and Abel Williams, of Cwm Amnion, were charged with having assaulted Margaret Williams. Case dismissed, as it ap- peared to have been "a regular row." — Hopkin Williams was again charged with having assaulted Sarah Thomas. Case dismissed.—On the information of P.S. Jones, David Price was fined 5s. for drunkenness.—Anne Wit- liams, landlady of the Harp beer-house, Skewen, was convicted in the penalty of £1 for drawing beer during the bouts of Divine service on the previous Sunday. — Thomas Leyshon, laibaeh, was ordered to contribute the sum of 2s. 6d. per week towards the maintenance of his illegitimate child, —-Mai-y Morris, of the same place, being the mother. SWANSEA SAVINGS BANK, SEPTEMBER 12, 1840.—De- posits received, £ 300 Os. 0d.; ditto paid, 1:211 Us. lid.; notices to withdraw, £ 122 12s. 6.1. Manager, Mr. Martin Bevan. It is a very singular coincidence that the fractions of pounds received, not only made up complete pounds but complete hundreds. INCENDIARISM. —On Wednesday last, at about two o'clock, two fine ricks of hay, were discovered to be on fire and burning rapidly in a field near Heathfield, Swansea. Prompt assistance was instantly rendered by all at hand -and, among others, the soldiers from the barracks ran in a body in order to assist, but their efforts proved of no material service as they had mistaken the cause of the fire, supposing that it originated within the ricks but a gentleman who has lately returned from Australia, where he held a high official appointment, sprang forward and directed the soldiers to knock off the burning portions of the hay, and to tread out the fire. The course suggested by him was followed, and the fire was thereby extinguished. A considerable portion of the hay has been saved. It seems that there can be no doubt but that it was caused by human agency. The loss to Mr. Dyke, the owner of the hay, will probably amount to about filty pounds. SWANSEA.—ANNUAL LICENSING DA ï. The general annual meeting of the Justices of the Peace actin"- in and for the county of Glamorgan, and for the town and Franchise of Swansea, f0l- the purpose of renewing transferring, and granting lieenses to publicans within the Borough, took place oti Tuesday week, at the Town Hall. The following Magistrates appeared on the Bench C. H. Smith, Esq., Mayor, T. E. Thomas, Ksq., L. LI. Dillwyn, Esq., Evan Morgan, Esq., W. Martin, Esq., and the Rev. Samuel Davies. As soon as the chairman took his seat, there was a general buzz of expectation, and many a poor knight of the spigot, who had suffered the pains and the penalties of the law for breaches of the multifarious requirements of his license cast anxious and fearful glances at the bench. On each name been called, the police were questioned as to the character of the house. An expression of blame from them insured to the unfortunate publican a severe reprimand or the suspension and refusal of his license. There were eleven applications for new licenses, four only of which were granted; and the number of re- newals granted for the town and franchise of Swansea amounted to 225. The number of houses refused was nine. The bench rose at 5 o'clock, the meeting being adjourned till the 15th instant. 3 SWANSEA.-On Wednesday evening, 9th instant, the Rev. Chas. Kavanagh, Catholic priest, at Swansea, deli- vered at the Royal Institution a lecture on "Education." He divided the subject under three principal heads, viz., necessary, useful, and ornamental education. The first made up of reading, writing, and arithmetic; the second of history, geography, &c.; and the third of music, drawing, &c. He then shewed how such knowledge should be imparted, and that rough means were seldom of utility at school, though sometimes they might be of avail when checking absolute immorality, & that generally in those cases kindness has a better efiect; that instruction relative to religious creeds did not belong to the school- master. He humourously stated that schools often faii chiefly owing to the defect of the masters who are fre- quently such as can earn a maintenance in no other way! sometimes persons having lost a leg or an arm, a broken down exciseman, or a mechanic too lazy to work attempts to keep a school; and to obtain pupii8 tllkfeS them at a very low charge; and often in these cases they get no payment at all, for hopes of payment for schooling gene- rally runs low in proportion to the charge. The counte- nance of the lecturer was benign, his language throughout very agreeable and plain, so that his lecture was instructive and well received. COPPER ORES SOLD AT SWANSEA, SEPTEMBER 16th, 1846. Cohre .» 822 twenty-one cwts.. £ 902G 14 0 Chili 460 do 9842 7 0 Santiago 391 do. 6778 9 6 Bearhaven do 2450 10 6 Ballymurtagh ll° 485 14 0 Australia 138 do 2551 1 6 Tigrony 116 ll° 443 15 6 Cronebane 10 do ;3ü 5 0 Knockmahon H- (1° 506 16 0 Kuw-aw 68 do 7y0 10 0 Sydney 40 do 405 0 0 Holyford 33 do 677 0 0 Cuba 12 do 181 10 0 2709 £ 34175 6 6 Average produce, 17| percent.; average price, £ 12 12 3 per 21 cwt-; copper, 477 tons 4 cwt. 1

EDUCATION IN "WALES.—No. III. BY CAMBRO SACERDOS. "Oes y ByJ iV laith Gymraeg."—GAMMER GUETON. GLAMORGANSHIRE. We now come to Glamorganshire. Our information, respecting the present state of this County, must be derived from another, and a less circumstantial source, than that of the School Inspector's. We allude to Mr. Tremenheere s Report for 1846, under the provisions of the Act 5 & G Vic., c. 99, to inquire into the state of the population in the mining districts. Though Mr. Tremenheere's Report does not enter so much into detail, yet one thing is satis- factory, both Mr. T.'s and the Inspectors' Reports issue from the same origin, possess the same authority, and are printed by the same dictum, Her Majesty's command." Consequently, the information of the one is as authentic, as that of the other—in a word, they are both BLUE BOOKS. That portion of Mr. Tremenheere's Report, affecting South Wales, is divided into two parts. One he calls the Hill districts." This reaches from Aberdare to Pont- ypool, and comprises a population of 140,000. The other includes Cwm Avon, Llynvi, Maesteg, and the works in the Vale." We shall first speak of the Upper and the more im- portant division. Taking a general view of the subject, as presented by the learned Commissioner, we are forcibly struck with three great and important features of corruption, and its causes, as prevalent in these Hills. I. First; the mode of paying the workmen by Con- tractors. II. Second great drunkenness and gross sensuality. III. Third; Ignorance, dirt, and bigotry. With regard to the first of these, it appears that most of the large works pay their men by Contractors. Each Contractor employs from 10 to 100 men. At one of the largest works there are 30 Contractors, and the sum paid weekly cannot be far short of £ 2000. The sums due to the men are paid to each Contractor in gross at the office of the company. The men are then assembled by these Contractors in the most convenient places, generally public-houses. But it is satisfactory to find, that the pro- prietors and managers of some of the works prevent this (assembly in the public-house; by giving their Contract- ors a sufficient quantity of gold and silver, and providing aproperphcetupaythem. "Inthegreatmajorityof cases," however continues Mr. Tremenheere, "these aids are not given, and consequently the injurious practice is continued of adjourning to a public-house, where change is provided, and the accommodation paidfor by a certain per centage spent in drink. This of course usually leads to much more, and must powerfully encourage the already excessive tendency of the population of these hills to habits of sensuality." After alluding to the penalties imposed by the Act in consequence ot this system, and a determination to carry them out, it is satisfactory to read "That the change in the anode of payment will no longer be a matter of cltoice. I took care to inform the managers of all the works, and I requested them to apprise their Contractors, that steps would be forthwith taken to enforce the penalties of the Act against those who should continue to disregard it." So far, so good. This evil is we trust at an end. At the same time it is difficult not to observe here with the learned Commissioner, how Remarkable it is, that the proprietors of these great works whose interests are apt to be most injuriously affected by the drunken habits of their men should not have shown an active desire to avail themselves of this among other means of leading to their improvement," But, as the poet said formerly of Gold, so may it be said now of Iron Ferri vesana Cupido Railways are wanted poor men's morals, poor men's habits, must be the senseless sleeper on which to lay them down. A fair day's wages for a fair day's work, is it is to be feared, too often the only recognisable relation between Master and Man. Alluding to his Report to the Committee of Council after the outbreak of 1839, Mr. T. gives a gloomy and a fearful picture of the most abandoned depravity. How much better it is now, those only can judge who live in these districts. Then the country "exhibited a people immersed in habits of sensuality and improvidenct.>, earning very high wages, wasting nearly one week out of five ill idleness and drunkenness"—" a verysmati proportion of the adults of either sex able either to read or write, & neglectin" the means of Education for their children except what was scantily and imperfectly given at Sunday Schools. Overcrowded houses, or the dirt and discomfort around them, or both, had contributed to destroy the decencies of domestic life, and to drive old and young to the beer- shops and public-houses, which offered their temptation at every step. Vast populations were left without any adequate means of moral and religious superintendance and control, and without opportunities of any effectual education for their children. Little had been done at the period in question, either by the proprietors of the works or by the landholders deriving large revenues from their mineral property, to supply these manifest defi- ciencies." This was the state of the country after the outbreak of 1839. What it is now the following extracts will shew — What has since been done, though full of hope, is too recent to have yet produced much effect; therefore, while it is right to acknowledge the existence among this population of many, and it is believed an increasing number of persons, correct and estimable in their mode of life, still, that drunkenness and other vices of deep and reckless sensuality, are widely spread among the mass from Aberdare to Pontypool, is lamentably notorious, is deplored by the ministers of religion, acknowledged by the persons in authority about the works, testified by the magistrates, and by the masters, who suffer iti many ways from the consequences, and, as far as I could learn DENIED BY NO ONE." The next extract speaks more powerfully than all the books ever printed of the absolute necessity of something to be done in the way of Education — The long period of low wages, from the outbreak till about a year and a half ago, during which they suffered much privation, has not taught them self-command. With prosperity and high wages every sensual excess and self- indulgence returned, involving the greater part of the young, as well as the adults, of both sexes." Au Iron Master, and one connected with the works in this county for a period of 50 years, observed to the wri- ter of these papers, not many weeks ago, that he could not undeistaud what had come across the men, they were so independent, so impertinent, and so absolutely self- willed, that it was quite a nuisance to have anything to do with them:-their wages, he said, are higher than they have ever been;—they have in their power the means of every comfort, and yet they are never contented. I observed a similar temper previous to the outbreaks of '35 and '33, and my belief is that something of the kind is about to occur again. To prove how true all this is, a reference need only be made to the police reports published in the different pro- vincial papers—or a more convincing way would be a week's residence, or an evening walk in one of our great "Cottage Towns." Here you will see public-houses crowded to the very threshold curses and blasphemies emitted every moment out of them drunkenness and imbecility joined together, and rolling about the different streets; women, with children in their arms, shrieking and yelling, now at their drunken husbands, and aeain at one another: and all looking like so many she-demons permitted to wander, for a season, on this side of Ache- ron, for the express purpose of gaining proselytes to their master, the God and the King of Hell. This is the present state of the Iron districts, DENY IT WHO CAN. But in all cases of this kind it is better that AUTHORITY only should speak — "It is desirable," says Mr. Tremenheere, "to direct especial attention to the fact of the great and general increase of Intemperance since the return of high wages and prosperity in the Autumn of 1844. The fact is noto- rious throughout the whole district comprising a popula- tion of at least 140,000 souls. At all the works it was stated to me that, although the wages of colliers ranged from fl Is. to 25s. per week, and the earnings of the men employed about the furnaces and rolling mills from £2 to £4 per week, with a corresponding high rate in every ether species of employment, the great majority of the workpeople, men, WOMEN and BOYS, spent the whole of their earnings within the week, principally in eating and drinking, and were often in debt besides." In the neighbourhood of the different London Cab Stands, before gin shops, in the ancient Rookery of St. Giles', and the several Metropolitan back slums, it wa,s, and is still, no very rare thing to see drunken and besot- ted WOMEN, but it appears that we must go to Wales to see drunken and besotted" bo) s." And, indeed, how true all this is. Children in these districts are no longer Children. They are MEN, possessing all the vices, the independence, and the prerogatives of men. There is no difference, further than, that their vices appear in a more < unnatural, and a more revolting form. As soon as a 1 child is ten years old, he gets attached to some work, he earns his 7 or 8 shillings a-week. When his daily work is over, he joins his juvenile fellow workmen at some limekiln or some other convenient haunt, the parapet of a bridge or anything else. Here these youngsters smoke. [ When their pipe is done they adjourn to the public-house. f Thus they go on, until a rupture or something of the j kind takes place between themselves and their parents. ( This rupture induces the child to feel more than ever his independence. He earns 7s. a-week. He quits his fa- 1 ther's roof. He pays a shilling or so for his lodging else- s where. From that very moment, free from parental control, uninfluenced by auy education, unconscious of any relation, social or filial, this "child" with his seven shillings a-week is let loose upon society, and becomes in reality a very demon in human form. These are the boys," the eating and drinking" boys, alluded to by Mr. Tremenh<*sre. And how many of these boys" exist in the Iron districts it is truly painful to consider. i But to return to the Commissioner, who gives us the view in which the Sabbath is kept in these districts: "Oil Sunday nights, as at other convenient times, the public-houses are generally full. Among the Statements" j made to me on this subject were the following:—The Rev. T. Davies, incumbent of Pontypool, informed me that he estimated that on Sunday evenings there were now { from 1200 to 1500 people in the public-houses and beer- uhops of his parish, contaitwng ft population of 7000." In addition, we could tell Mr. T. Davies of a parish in this county of 10,000 people, where fully two thirds of the inhabitants spend not only their Sunday evenings, but every evening in public-houses. And here Mr. Tremen- heere bears us out:— "As beer-houses, &c., abound among all the adjoining masses of population, it would appear that not far shoil of the entire adult working population frequent those places on Sunday evenings." If ever there was a country notorious for cant, hvpo- cnsy, and bigotry, that country is the principality of Wales. Ihere is nothing more common than to iiear well meaning, but seldom well informed, good people talk of "the powerful religious feelings of the Welsh It is all, they say, the fault of the Clergy, the lukewarm- ness of the Church, that Dissent prevails so much in Wales. Whatever may be the faults of the Clergy, or the lukewarmness of the Church, we shall not heie stop to enquire. But we tell those very good people to exa- mine a little first before they find fault. Let them look into the Rebecca Reports, Mr. Allen's Reports, or even our own Report of Radnorshire. And, as it is the essence of impartial Judges to examine everything before thev condemn, let them examine, too, the baptismal and the registrar's books of the different districts, they will then find the morality, the extreme morality "of this religious this evangelical feeling of the Welsh." It is a religion ■ but it is the religion of the cnawd, the flesh and the Devil. Listen to the evidence of one of their own preachers, a highly respectable man," as Mr. Tremen- heere calls him,—aud who doubts it, many of them are "respectable"—but many of them, too, are Priests of Baal as well:— "The people," says lie, "began to drink away all their earnings as soon as the good times returned. 1 have laboured among them many years, and I am sorry to say I see no improvement in their habits in this re- spect, and but little, if any, in their general morals. Teetotalism has declined"—what a pity! we shall again have the rivers overflowing their banks, and sloe leaves will be a drug in the market: see—for every twenty whom I induced to join it a lew years ago, I have not now five who have remained." This is indeed but a gloomy prospect for those who have lafel out their money in pumps, pledges, and tea- pots. • But casting all levity aside, the following is really a most deplorable account of any society, much more so of any Christian society whose "fine religious feelings," too, are the objects of so much admiration. The same Dissenting Minister says:— My Chapel is attended by at least 400 people every Sunday evening, and it is shocking to think, after so many years of my ministry, that IMMEDIATELY after the service is over, they ALL flock to the beer-shops and public-houses! It any one be curious to know the result of the visit to the public-houses after Divine service, we beg to in- form him, that he may get the necessary information at the oIice of the Registrar for births," on any day from 9 in the morning to 6 in the evening: or, if he be not a perambulating sort of an Enquirer, and does not object to a little trouble, he may get it in the Reports presented to Parliament by the Commissioners appointed to enquire into the causes of the Rebecca riots, where the fine religious feeling," and its consequent, illegitimacy, is treated at full length. There he will find, shocking to saj, Elders sons, and Elders themselves deeply immersed in "the oldest sin." When we were at Ystradmeuric we remember a degree of ingenuity, and a knowledge of Scripture not often equalled, triumphantly displayed by a celebrated Elder in order to get out of a difficulty occasioned by a frailty of this kind. Rhysin y Siop was Elder of Pont Aberberwm. After the fashion of that'eountry, Rhysin, like the rest, would go "a bundling" as soon as the "Seiet Brivat" was over. The usual results of bundling fol- lowed as a matter of course. Rhysin and Lydia were both of them members of the Seit Brivat." The awful evening of examination arrived. Rhysin was questioned before the whole Conclave. Rhysin answered humblv and penitently: "Yn wir, peth whantol iawn ydyw Cnawd; ag hynny ddywedai'r 'Sgrythyr hefyd 'Yr Ysbryd yn ddiau oedd yn barod'—i* beidio, *'eithr y cnawd oedd yn wan." Anglice: "Indeed, very tempt- ing is the Flesh and so says the Scripture The Spirit indeed was willing'—to forbear, • but the Flesh was weak' and would not."—Whereupon several old women immediately cried out" Gogoniant, Gogoniant! Glory, Glory!—Amen and Amen!" Now the result was this: Rhysin was a man of sub- stance; he paid his five shillings towards Meeting ex- penses quarterly and most regularly: he was, too, a man of great unction and full of grace. He made Lydia an honest woman nothing more was said about it: he always continued an Elder, and is, we believe, now, or, at at all events, was very lately, an Elder still, powerful in prayer and mighty in drink. But let us return to the Dissenting Minister's own evidence. By it we find that this good man—by the word good" we mean it in its proper sense for, if we mistake not, we know the man, and that he is, too, like muny of his Dissenting brethren, a most excellent man, and a labourer worthy of a better field. We say this emphatically: and we beg to observe here, that in what- ever manner we may treat our subject, we war not with individuals, but with principles. We say it without re- serve, aud we say it gladly, we know many most estimable and most exemplary Dissenting Preachers —men who would do honour to any Church—and, it is to be hoped, now, that real Christian Union is beginning to be better understood, that the day is not far distant, when we shall see them do honour even to the Established Church. Well, then, by the evidence alluded to, we find this exemplary and eloquent man preaching every Sunday evening to 400 or 500 people. The result of this elo- quence is that, according to his own words, immediately the service is over, they ALL flock to the beer-shops and public-houses." Pray, let every reader, male and female, rough and gentle, mark those words, they ALL flock to the public- houses"—Elders, Deacons, and Probationists, "all" go to the public-houses. In the course of these papers we hive been already obliged to ask "What is Christianity?' We may now well ask "What is Dissent?" We ask too—and we ask it revetently, we ask it seriously- What is PREACHING' And while we do ask it, we beg to call the attention of our Cleneal brethren in the Hills" to consider seriously the enquiry, What is Preaching?" The question had never need to be asked of any Dissenting Minister more neeessitously than we now ask it of them. No Dissenting Minister, too, can give them more effectually and more painfully the answer, and the result, than the Minister whose words we have just quoted. "Preaching" is, without question, "an ordinance of God," as old Hooker says:—but so is "praying" and many other things be- sides praying with the heart and with the understand- ing" also, not "praying"—after the fashion practised and countenanced by them—"with the heart ONLY without any one jot of understanding." If this principle were true, the select company of Bedlam or St. Luke's, might as well offer up prayers on behalf of the human race to-morrow, as is daily done by the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's. This, however, is a question too important to be discussed at the close of a paper. We shall advert to it again. In the mean while we refer them to the forernentioned results, which cannot but convince them that if St. Paul himself were to preach, these men would not repent." We mean of course "preach and pray" after the fashion which is in them, and their igno- rant, supercilious, hypocritical disciples. We advance nothing which we cannot prove, and when the time comes will prove and when this is done we will then leave it to our readers to judge whether the practice alluded to, will not eventually introduce into the Church, a schism far more pernicious in its results, and more pain- to common sense, than Dissent in its worst and most aggravated forms. What is intimated here is very pro- bably not exactly understood by many, even of the Clergy, but our "brethren in the Hilis" understand it perfectly, and when the proper time comes, we shall take care that it be understood generally. The Church in Wales is but an Integral of the Church elsewhere, and if corrupt prac- tices have crept in tu any corner, however remote, it is necessary that those practices be made known, or, it is possible, that, in the end, the whole body of the Church may suffer. And that they are not known, where, it is most necessary they should be known, we are ready to certify. But, as we have already said, before these papers are done, we shall resume this subject at full leugth. To proceed. With regard to intemperance Mr. Tre- menheere observes:- The general state of things seems to be summed up in the expression frequently used in answer to my en- quiries on this point the more wages they get, the more they spend in drink:' and, unhappily, it is also added, the less they spend on the Education of their children.' "fis truly painful—indeed it is awful to think, that the more prosperous a body of men are, the more ignorant, and the more sensual they become: the less chance, too, is there of educating their unhappy offspring: For," adds the learned Commissioner,— Notwithstanding their own ample earnings the mo- ment there is the least demand for their children's labour, they take them from School at the earliest age they can earn anything, whereas when employment is slack they are content they should be left at School, pro- rided it costs them little." No wonder, Dr. Hook, in his extraordinary and power- ful pamphlet, suggested the idea of actually kidnapping children, to educate them in spite of their parents. Dl". Hook is a practical man he has handled and dealt with luman souls in their worst aud basest form, it is not surprising therefore that he should have abandoned the iimsy cobwebs of sectarianism, and startle the world out nf its musty maxims, and its stale, rotten propriety. We are no admirers of Dr. Hook, or his system either, but .ve do admire the man who will speak fearlessly, aud sacrifice largely—as he unquestionable has done—to re- iiedy if possible the existing state of things. So far we ulmire Dr. Hook, but no further. One more painful extract and we have done. This Jxtract we strongly recommend to our female readers, l'hey have it in their power to do much. Missionary boxes are mostly filled by their means: when they read this, let them remember, that their Missionary aid might, and ought to be exerted much more beneficially at home, than help to fill the too often, rotten, and bottomless :otlcrs of Exeter Hall:— Females," says Mr. T., "in many cases frequent the public-houses and beer-shops with the men or, it they remain at home, they often send their daughters for spirits Again With the participation of the female part of he population in these demoralizing habits the prospect )f amendment in this particular seems remote." (To be continued,)

C W M AVOX WORKS. To the Editor of the Cardif fand Merthyr Guardian. SIR,—In consequence of your appeal to me in re- ferenceto a letter from the Rev. Wm. Thomas, Incumbent of this parish, which appeared in your paper of the 12th T feel myself compelled to make a few observations thereon. I will reply to each charge in his letter, seriatim — 1st. The Church was repair d, &c. by the proprietors of these works it matters not whether Mr. Vigurs or the present Company were the proprietors. I believe much was done by Mr. Yigurs. 2nd. The present Parsonage was built under the Gil- bert Act, and not hy the Company: here an error has crept into the report; but a house was expressly built for the Clergyman by Mr. Yigurs, and was occupied by one of the Curates, rent free, for some years. On the present incumbent's return to the parish, in 1S42, it was certainly not offered to him fot reasons whichfneed not explain but subsequently, the house first built for his Curate was oc- cupied by him rent free, and afterwards two others, until his own was ready. The Company have for years given coal to the Clergyman, free of expense, but no minute of Mr. Vigurs' appears in any ledger in the Company's office, ordering coal to be supplied Mr. Thomas, "gratis," Mr. Thomas's Curates always received a donation from the Company as an acknowledgment for their services in the schools. &c.; but for the same reason, that a house was not provided for the Incumbent, the donation was not continued to him. We have three schools in this parish belonging to the Company: an Infant School, and Boys' and Girls' School, separate; and on the other side of the river, in I the parish of Margam, there are three moie also on the Company's property. Mr. Thomas charges the Commis- sioner with a gross untruth" ou this head, and states thai there is but one school! The Rev. Gentleman has not thought proper at any time to extend his "daily visititigs" to those departments of the establishment. 3rd!y. We have a Singing School here. Whether il is conducted now on Hullah's system or Davies's system I know not; but this I do know, which probably the Rev. Gentleman does not, that a class meets once a week to practice singing, 4th. We likewise have a band of music here. The players belong to these and Messrs. Llewellyn's works. 5th. The fines in the works have never been at any time relinquished since Mr. Gilbertson retired. I shall make no further remarks on Mr. Thomas's in- temperate attack, but leave your readers to judge with what justice it has been made. And am, Sir, your obedient servant, JOSHUA WILLIAMS. Cwm Avon, September loth, 1S46.

NEWPORT.—REMOVAL or TROOPS—The town of Newport presented this week a very animated and bust- ling appearance consequent upon the removal of de- tachments of the 37th Regiment, who proceeded by their admirable band, marched down to the dock, and em- barked on board a steamer. The officers and staff of Head Quarters" are to leave on Saturday. They are to be replaced by companies of the 87th Regiment—Roval Irish Fusiliers—parties of which gallant regiment have already arrived. The principal officers are expected this day (Friday). The 37th Regiment proceed to Chatham en route to Ceylon. CONVERSION FROM ROMANISM.—An esteemed corres- pondent, whose letter is dated "Newport, Sept. 15th," thus writes to us A very pleasing and interesting. ceremony took place at Saint Paul's Church, in this town, on Sunday last, upon the occasion of the public announcement of the conversion of a Sergeant of the 37th Regiment to Protestantism, from the errors and. superstitions of the Church of Rome. Upon the day in question, the individual above referred to, publicly avowed his recantation. His regiment, which has been stationed here for some time, will leave shortly. He had previously attended, upon many occasions, the ministry of the respected Incumbent of Saint Paul's—the Rev. Henry Wybrow—and had also had several conversations with that reverend gentleman in private upon the step he intended taking. He now states the act of recantation was his own free act—fully of his own accord, and the result of his unbiased judgment; that since he had read the bible—conscientiously pondered upon its contents- taken IT as his only guide, he felt it to be impossible any longer to hold, believe, or profess the gross errors and vulgar superstitions promulgated as the pure gospel," —"the true faith"—by the emissaries of Rome. He had had, previous to taking the step under remark, several interviews with the priest; and, we understand, that as soon as he (the priest) was made aware of the circumstance that the sergeant had been for upwards of twelvemonths in the habit of searching the scriptures" for the words of Eternal Life, he declined entering into any argument with him relative to the points in dispute, between Protestants and Papists! The ceremony on Sunday was short, but impressive. The sergeant stood at the rails of the Communion Table, whilst the minister put to him the usual questions and then offered up a. prayer. The Rev. H. Wybrow afterwards preached a most eloquent and forcible sermon, dwellmgemphatically upon those portions of Holy W rit, which, in our eyes, are totally at variance with the assumptions, superstitions, and traditions of the Churcli of Rome. He also detailed the circumstances which led to, and attended the conver- sion of the sergeant. His text was Matthew, fith chap., part of 23rd versr-" If, therefore, the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!" We cannot convey any adequate notion to the minds of our readers of the interest which all present seemed to take ia the proceedings. They will be long remembered here; and that the course pursuedby this "soldier of Christ" may ue the means of inducing others, who still remain in what we mustterm—but we hope without offence to any-bpcluuded ignorance, to search the scripture*" is the earnest prayer of many humble, but sincere members, of the Protestant Church,—of THE CIIURCII as it existed previous to the introduction of those errors which we, in common with all Protestants, must regret to find still existing- in what is termed the Church of Rome.

CROWDED ROOMS.—In an article entitled, "Unhealth- iness of Towns," given in "The Church-Warder and Domestic Magazine" for this month, the appalling effects of over-crowding dwelling-houses and workshops are fearfully illustrated by a reference to the state of tilings in the metropolis and many of our large provincial towns. We give a short extract, as it may prove useful: — He (the workman) spends the livelong day, some twelve hours or so, at the least, in some unwholsome shop, workshop, or factory, so constructed as to exclude every breath of fresh air, heated by a stove, lighted by gas, and crowded to excess, —a tailor's workshop, or a printing office, for instance—and he. poor wretch. fails into a lingering consumption, the chronic plague of grown-up men and women, not, as some would have it, the disease of England, but the disease of England's shops, and workshops, and factories,—the disease produced by the slow poison of foul air, the disease of the clerk, the com- positor, the drapers'assistant, aud poor needlewoman. Well, this insidious stealthy plague seizes on him, weakens him, flattering him at the same time with treacherous hopes, and bUUJing him up with expectations never to be fulfilled. See what a brave battle the poor fellow fights with the treacherous foe; how he works and toils, and strives in spite of failing- strength, and growing suffering. But he succumbs at la«t, and then for weeks, and months, aye, sometimes for years, he is dvill" daily." It appears from a statement in Dr. Andrew Combe's book, on "The Principles of Physiology," that in one individual 24 hogsheads of blood are acted upon by f)7 hogsheads of air in 24 hour's, and that in the course of this action the air loses 328; ounces, or about IIJ hogs- heads of oxygen, and is further deteriorated by the addi- tion of a corresponding bulk of carbonic acid given out by the lungs. In other words, 21 persons inhale 57 hogsheads ofair, and deteriorate its composition to the extent just stated, in one hoar. So that, wlhTe a hundred people are shut up for an hour in one room. in attending alectureorasermon, for example—thej breathe in that time upwards of 228 hogsheads of air, consume 45 hogs- heads, of its oxygen, and vitiate it by the addition of a proportionate bulk of carbonic acid, besides the watery vapourwhichisalsothrowaout: Hence the lansrour, exhaustion, and head-aches which ensue in churches, theatres, aud ball-rooms, are just so many warnings that the lungs are insufficiently supplied with oxygen to de- carbonise the blood passing through them, and that the system is suffering the penalty.

BIRTHS. Sept. 14, the wife of Mr. Lockhart Hannah, Crockherbtown, Cardiff, of a daughter. Sept. 8, the wife of Mr. W. Ace, cooper, Vale of Neath Brewery, uf a sun, Sept. /5, Mrs. 11. C. S'ade, of Mamdee, near Newport, of a son, Sept. (, Mrs. Jenkins, Penydarran Lodge, Merthyr, of a daughter. Sept. 10, at Chew Magna, Somersetshire, the wife of the ncv. E. A. Ommanney, of a daughter. Sept. ll, ill Cumberland Place, London, the Lady Georgiana Gordon Rebow. of a son and heir. Sept. 5, at Gay-street, liath, the lady of the Rev. E. O. Trevelyan, of a daughter. Sept. G, at Stanton, the lady of the Rev. < (7. Cotes, of a son. Sept. 7, in rulteney -street, Bath, the lady of the Hev. H. E. Cruttwell, uCa son. MARRIAGES. Sept. 8, at St. Peter's Church, Carmarthen, by the Venerable Archdeacon Bevan, Capt. Gerard Wardlaw, 73d Regiment, Aide de Camp to Colonel Love, C.B., second-ton of Lieut.-General Wardlaw, to Elizabeth Jane, e!de«t daughter of Major Bowen Sept. 9, at Rock Kerry, Cheshire, hy the Rev. T Redhead A.M., the Rev. George J. Ford, A.M.. eldest son of G. S. Ford' Esq., Brunswick Square, Brighton, to K nily Maria dau-hter of the late F. Bramah, Esq., Belgravo House, Pimlico, London. DEATHS. Sept. 10, aged 82 years, Mrs. Anne Staopy. Guildhall Square. Carmarthen, to the deep regret of a numerous circle of relatives qualities 5' U)Ured a,,d reverL,d ^r for her many amiable Sept. <3 5 months, Arabella, daughter cf Mr. Wm. Wilson, painter, St. Mary.street. Sept. 12, at Liverpool, of typhus fever, aged 24 years. Caroline, wife of Mr..lames Shearer, o-: Thurso, North Britain, eldest daughter of Mr..Tames Mallett, Cambridge, Gloucester- shire, and niece to Mrs Mallett, Cambrian Hotel, Cardiff. '"T*" 1:1, ^i'hains, the oldy surviving daughter of the- late Mr Williams, of the Rising Sun, Mei thyr. Sept. 8, at Ystradgunlais, near Neath, Samuel, the youngest, son of Mr. John Phillips, coal agent. Sept. 10, Clara Liix.). Champuey, infant daughter of Mr. John Powles, draper, Monmouth. Sept. 7, at Slough Farm. Caerwent, Monmouthshire, Mr. William Drew, aged 46 years. Sept. 7, in his 50th year, Mr. Woodroffet, of Huntficld House, Chepstow, much respected. Sept. I J, in Portland Place, the Right Reverend William. Lord Bishop of St. Asaph, in the 77th ye ar of his age. Lately, at Amiens, in Prance, after four days' illness, Mary Seymour, the beloved daughter of Mr. 1'ox, late engine driver on the TaffVaJe Kailsvayj aged 4 ye inj and C months. Sept. 8, Mr. James Russell, of the, Biauch Bank of England, Birmingham, aged veary

We are much pleased to have to state, that a young townswoman—Miss Maitha Evans, daughter of Mr. William Evans, schoolmaster,—who is at present, and has been for a considerable time a pupil at Saint Orner's, France, has, at a public examination of the pupils of that well-known establishment, gained several of the principal prizes, namely,—in Italian, drawing, fancy needle-work, &c. A copy of the annual printed circular has been sent to us, from which we derive the foregoing information. We congratulate her friends on the suc- cessful and gratifying results which have attended her studies. POST-OFFICE MONET 0 RDERS. The following notice respecting Money Orders has lately been issued, by com- mand of the Postmaster-General Great inconvenience having been produced, owing to the neglect of parties who obtain or receive money orders, in not attending strictly to the regulations laid down for their guidance, the public are requested, when applying for payment of money orders to comply strictly with the rule laid down in the money order itself, and when obtaining money orders to take care that the full christian names and surnames of the persons in whose favour the money orders are obtained, as well as their own, together with their address arid occupation, are properly given, and that the names are correctly spelt, as should these precautions not be complied with, payment of the money order, when it is presented, must be refused." HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—Information reached us last week that one of the clerks, or collectors, employed by Mr. Joseph Price. Neath Abbey, the proprietor of the i Prince of Wales, steamer, had been waylaid, beaten, and robbed, near Saint Mary's Church. From motives of rr idence we did not give additional publicity to the rfport; but as we see that a reward is this day advertised in our columns, in order to induce parties to come for- ward and give such information as will lead to the con- viction of the daring ruffians engaged in this outrage, we may now state the facts as they have been communi- ca'ed to us. Briefly, then, they are as follows :-On the night of Saturday, the 5th instant, Robert Austin (the man in question) at about half-past nine, proceeded from Bute-street in the direction of the docks. He had previously called at a public-house, kept by Mr. Platt, where (lie says) he expected to meet a friend, but whom he did not meet; and had afterwards seen one of the borough police, with whom be exchanged a few words. Several persons concur in saying that he was quite sober, both previous to and after the robbery. When he had reached about half way between Bute-street and the Taff Vale Terminus, "just by a large pool of water," he perceived several men advancing to meet him. He moved aside iti order that they might pass by; but four of the number accosted him-obstructetl his progress- and asked him for money. Being frightened, he gave them a shilling. They then attacked him—struck him down—kicked him, and finally threw him over a wooden rail into a ditch. One of his knees was severely injured by a kick. He believes two of the men stood looking-on. The men who attacked him robbed him of three or four pounds. He, during the scuffle, put his hand ioto his pocket—grasped several shillings which lie put into one of his boots. He reached home in a state of great ex- haustion, bearing marks of violence on his person. Superintendent Stockdale has been in communication with Mr. Price on the subject, who came purposely from Neath Abbey to investigate the matter, and has taken such steps for the detection of the perpetrators of this alarming outrage as his great experience and ingenuity suggested, which he confidently trusts will prove success- ful. CRICKET. — The Amateurs of C'ardiff versus The Car- diff Club. On Wednesday last the return match between these parties took place. The day was beautifully fine, and the ground in good order but in the attendance of players, especially on the part of the club, there was a marked, and rather a discreditable, falling off. It will be observed, by comparing our account of last week's match with this, that on both sides several new names appear. As far as the Amateurs are concerned, we believe that those of their party who engaged in the game last week, and were absent from the return match, may plead either illness, the death of a relative, or circumstances which rendered their attendance a matter of considerable diffi- culty; but for the club's absentees we do not feel our- selves in a position to offer the slightest apology. The following is a copy of the score: AMATEURS. First Innings. Second Innings. Rede b. Stockdale 3 b. Off leg b. Worthington 3 F. Langley c. Matthews 0 b. Hodge. 0 John-b, Worthington. 0 c. Matthews. r) J. ltussell b. Stockdale I run out b. Worthington.. 5 A. L. Jenner b. Stockdale. 3 b. Stockdale 5 Holiier b. Stockdale 0 b.- Stockdale 0 Ainsley b. Stockdale 4 b. Worthington 9 Paine c. Stockdale b. do 0 c. Matthews b. Stockdale 0 Stuart b. Worthington I c. Smith b Hodge. 4 Doriiford not out 0 Not out 1 Williams b. Worthington. 0 b.Hudge. 0 Byes 4; no balls Z 6 Byes. 4 Total. 18 Total 36 Add first innings 18 Total made by Amateurs 54 THE CLUB. First Innings. Second Innings. F. Russell b. J Russell 4 c. Ainsley b. Rede, 3 C.Davidb.Rede. 0 b. J. Russell 0 Worthington b. J. ltussell. 6 b. Rede I Pride b. Rede. 3 b.Rcdf. 0 Hodge b. Rede 1 c. Ilollier b. Rede.^j^, 18 Stockdale c. Ilollier b. ltede.. I c. Stuart b. Rede.flHk Smith b- Rede. 1 b. J. Russell JWK' 6 Copeland not out 2 not out I Matthews b. Rede. 5 b. J. Russell. 3 Lowder b. J. Russell 1 b. J. Russell. 6 Walters b. J. Russell 0 b. Rede. 0 Byes 5 wide I. 6' Byes 13 Total. 3(1 Total CO Add first innings. 30 Total 90 From whichdeduct. 54 Maioritv in favour of club 36 Thus have the club bten again successful. We have not room to enter into any lengthened notice of this match, or to remark upon the manner in which the various players acquitted themselves, and must therefore refer our readers to the statement of the results produced, ftom which they may draw their own conclusions. The bowling on both sides was very creditable. Several of the players are of acknowledged ability, and require no eulogy at our hands; while others are beginners—novices in the noble game—and it wou'ld be unfair and most un- generous on our part to dishearten them by criticising their efforts in behalf of their respective parties. This season, as far as the members of the Cardiff club are concerned, has now closed let us hope that when "the merrie month of May" arrives, we may have the pleasure of seeing a gallant party in the field, fully prepared, and determined to engage with spirit in this exhilarating and amusing game.