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OLAMORGANSHIKK AND MONMOUTHSHIUB INFTKMAKV AND DISPENSARY. I "•tract of Home Surgeon's [teport to the Weekly Board for the Week ending Oct. 5, 1853- 5 Remained by last Report 20 t 24 •§ q Admitted since 4> •1 -S < Discharged Oi Q I Cured and Relieved 0/ 0 V Died. 0 Remaining 2i £ Remained by last Report 524 ( Admitted since 321 -S < Discharged 0, o a! I Cured and Relieved 2ci 2C Died Ol Remaining ——530 p Medical O&ccrs for the ensuing \>>ek. *;n>sici;in .V, Dr. Vachell. ~on*ultiajj Surgeon Mr. Lewis. ^rjffon Dr. ISdwatdi. "i«itora Aies«r«. Wttmlip »ncj Aiatthewi, 1f4Lf. tiums Suv^eup.

INQUESTS, Held before R. Lewis Reece, Esq., Coroner. FATAL ACCIDENW. On Monday evening last, an inquiry was held at the Old Town Hall, relative to the circumstances under which Richard Cronui, of No. 4, Union Buddings, Hayes, came by hi* death, and which will be found detaileu in the fol- lowing evidence:— .J<rem<ah S<ifr\der-<. of Little Frederick-street, deposed that on the previous Tuesday, between one and two o'clock, the deceased, Thomai Sinale, and himself, were occupied in bringing a French barque into the Bute Docks from the basin. They went on board the vessel in the morning, but as it rained very heavily they were desired to go down into the hold for shelter. They did so, and remained there two or th'l'e hour-, when the mate called them on deck, the mode of communication with which and the hold was by means of a post about fourteen feet high, with notches in it to place the hands aud leet upon, In consequence of the rain, the post wa< very slippery. Deceased went up first, and had nearly reached the top with his bauds, when his feet slipped, and he fell back into the hold, his head reach- ing the bottom first. The CORONER remarked that that was a singular mode of going up and down. Was there no tadder ? Some of the Juiy explained that the plan described by the witness was tint uenerally adopted, with tue addition, however, sometimes, ot rope* to lay hold OP. The COKONEB thought there should lia-e been ropes in this iii-tince. The wttnu-s continued — Smale, who had been lying down 'tween decks, immediately came down to the asdistauce of the deceased, whom they raised up, as he was unable to move, and placed on a cask in a silting position. The poor fellow could not speak, and cast up the contents of his stomach three times; and as he was quite helpless, witness laid him down on some rope yarn; he then A eiit on deck to his work. Deceased remained in the bold about a quarter of an hour, but no doctor was sent for he then re- gained the deck of the vessel without any assistance, got on shore, and was helped home by a man named Mahouy. He was unable to speak, and looked very ill, In answer to questions by the Coroner, witness further stated that de- ceased had, with the other men, drank a wine glass of brandy at breakfast time, another in the course of the mom- ing, and, with his dinner, about a quart of cider. It did not seem to have produced any effect upon him, except that he "as in a pretty good humour." Thotna" Smale. of Bute-street, labourer, examined He was Dot at all affected by what he had drank, nor did he see that it had any effect upon the deceased. The post was very dangerous to climb with nailed shoes on he had often slipped himself. A witness, named Sullivan, a member of the same club as deceased, deposed that he went to the deceased's house about half-past six on the evening of the accident to inquire after him, when he was told that Mr. Wallace had been there, and that deceased had taken some medicine which that izen- tleman had prescribed lor him. Next morning, about half- past nine, he again called. He foun I deceased qu te help- less, and Catherine Jones bathing his temples wi'h vinegar and water. The medicine he had taken had operated on him. Witness did not stop upstairs long, and, when he came down, found some of the members of the club there, whoappeared lobedissatisfied'Miat'Mr. Wallace had not been there before that time in the morning. They flQid tbey would "pnd for Mr. Reece if Mr. Wultace d'd nor arrive IIe- tween then and two o'clock. Mr, Wallace came about three o'clock, but in the meantime Mr. Reece had bcell sent for, aud,having ex;¡minc¡1 the deceased, ordered him some cu- tor oil, with the npolicatiou of six leeches and a mustard poultice. Mr. "r aliace left" ¡I hout prescribing for the de- ceased on hearing that Mr. Keece had been called in. Mrs. DrWcoil, the landlady of the deceased, afterwards told Mr. Reece that he was a little better, and that gentleman pro. mised to call again on Thursday as he did not attend, how- ever, Mrs. Drisc!)11 called on him, but he said he could not come, He was sent for three times altogether, and did not attend. He wa, also met in Bute-street by a boy. and re- quested 10 come, but siid he had not time. On Thursday and Friday no medical man saw the deceased, and on Satur- day Mr. Paine was in attendance, and bled him. De- cea-ed, howev.'r, died that night. The COKONKR remarked that, apparently great neglect had been d sprayed towards the deceased. If the Jury took a serious view of the Cdse, and wished it, he would procure the attendance of Mr. Keece, who might, perhaps, be a!)le to explain the matter to them. He (the Corouer), however, left it 10 the Jury tu say. The Jury generally expressed an opinion that deceased had been neglected but" as the, e was no doubt as to the cause of death, considered theatteuùal:ce of Mr. lieece was notofmuchconstquence. A verdict was then returned of Died in consequence of injuries received by a fall." AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH. An inquest was held on Wednesday last, at the same place as the above, on the body of Ann Moore, aged 58. wife of John Moore, joiner, St. John-street. Ou the pre- vious day. she took her meals, appeared in as goo 1 health and retired to re-t, as usual. On Wednesday mcrning she rose in her accustomed health, and breakfasted »b 'ut e'iijht o'clock. Her husband left the house, and was conversing with a trieud a few yards off, when, on looking round, he sa £ her fall from the doorway into the street. She was imme- diately con vejed into the house and Mr. Paine directly nent for. but life was qu:te extinct.—The deceased h id walked down to the docks the previous day, hut did not complain of any fatigue. She was subject occas;or1'llly to palpihtion of the heart. Verdict—"Died by the Visitation of God." DESERTION OF A CHILD UNDER SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES. The slime afternoon, at the same place as the preceding inquest was held, the jury proceeded to inquire ioto the death of an infant, whose toother had absconded. Sophia Terrel, wife of John Terrel, living next door to the Bunch of Grapes, in the Hayes, gave eviliellce to thc following e/fed :-About seven weeks since, a woman, who gave her uame aM Mary Williams, came tj her house, Bnd rented It room, for \IIIhich she paid Is, 9rl a week, A fortnight since, the woman was confined of a male child. being attended in her continement by a midwife, named Burke, as well as by witness. She dry-nursed the child from tile period of itd birth, assigning 88 her reason, thllt the half-pay of her husband, who was a seaman, h id beeu stopped, and that she should be obliged to put the child out to nurMe, while she went 10 senice to maintain it and her- self. She did not, however, appear to be in want of money, as she changed two sovereigns duriugthe lime she was in the house. She kept herself very retired, and her visrors, Who werecouuiry people, generally came hy night. Last MOII- day week witness went into Mary Williams's room with some cieau clothes for the child, which was then about nine days old, and noticed that it was falling away very much, and mentioned the circumstance to its mother. W 11 ne,B did not see the infant anain, till last Monday morning, on whieb day she went into the room, d5 there had been a woman sleeping with Mary Williams for the two previous nights, and she wished to se" who it was. The woman, however, remained with her back to witness, and she could not observe her features. Witness asked to see the ciiild, which was shown to her, when she immeniitely exclaimed that it was starvtd. She told a neighbour, Mrs. Mortimer, concerning the child, who said she would tell the police and lIext 1J}(\I'lIh: Ser- geant Kollins came to the house. About an hour after the sergeant left, the relieving officer, Mr. John, arrived, who, on his departure, promised to send Mr. Pdiue, On Tue- day (the previous) night, witne-s went into Mary Wi- liams's room; the child was 00 her Ian by the fire, aud she was fee ling it with milk. That morning (Wednesda y) Mte. Davidson, whu lives in the house, opposire the roorn occu- pied by Mary Williams, came down stairs, exclaiming that the woman was gone, and that she had taken all she had with her. Witness entered the room, but was afraid 10 touch the bed. She called her husband, who cjme up, drew dUWfJ rhe clothes, and fOllfJd the child quite dead. James Da-idson deposed that he saw hi< wife bolt the door of fhc house the previous night about half-past ten Yesterday he went to Mr. Paine for some medicine for the child, as she could obtain uo oue to send, although sUe of- fered sixpence to any one that would go, but that gentle- man was nor. at hOlne. Witness heard the child c.yin^ last night, about half past eight o'clock, and cale.i to Mary Williams, hut received no answer. He looked into the room, aud from the position of the bed-dol he" thought the woman was asleep. The bed.c:othes were only up round the neck of the child. Mr. Paine said that t he previous afternoon, ahout between two and three o'clock, bV direction of the relieving officer, he visited Mary Will ainH. He questi nied her as to the manner in which she had been bringing up her infant. She said she was bringing it up by hand, at the same time giving the same reason 1Li she had before assigned to Mrj. Terrel She said she had given the child bread or biscuit, soaked in water, with a little sugar, and that, three or four days before, the ii.fsiithad pined away. Mr. Paine told litr he thought that was in consequence of thc want of proper food. He ordered her to give it a little milk and water, and, if it appeared in pain, to send to him for some medicine. His impression, however, when he saw the infant, was that it waq in a sinking state, and that nothing could be done but keeping it wa-111 and administering nourishing things. He did not think there had been auv wilful neglect, as the food the woman pio'essed to haiegiven to the child was 111 consequence of ail opinion generally prevailing that cow's inillv was too strong for new;y born infaut>. She did not complain of the want of means. Witness did not think she had maltreated the child, furaicr than by ignorantiy with- holding the proper ti^o I. I'he COKONEB said the child must have died af-erbdf- past eii>ht o'clock, in the ev niug, aud it was very prob.tule that the woman left the house directly l.Ie was extinct, having, no doubt, been frightened by the visit of Mr. Paine and the unkind remaps of her, neighbour. As the surgeon had said she had given herintant biscuit and water and sugar, in accordance with the prejudice generally ex- i-ting against cow's aiiik hut a* so >n, as she bee une aware of the fast that it was good for the child siu administered it. She had offered sixpence, too, to any one who would go to Mr. P,tine's for some OIedöCW". So that they saw enough to have acquitted her altogether, had '-(IC not left the place, which was the only thing that told linst her. The only que-tion—aud he (t ie Coroner) was afrai" it could not be accitiately whether stie left the house before < r after the death of the child, as It the former were the case the matter would assume a much IIIOre serious aspect. Before he charged them with regard to ioe verdici, he thought they ougltt to consider the question. He should like to have till llle next day to reflect upon the ca*e. Nobody, he was Sllre, would wish crirne 10 e cape uud, on the other hand, no one would wish to injure a poor, de- fenceless woman knowingly. The inquest was aicoruing adjourned till the next even- ing; the Coroner g'v-og directions for Mrs. Ten el's husband, who left the house first in the morning, to be in attendance. The inquest was resumed on Thursday. — .Mr. Paine, surgeon, who again attended, attributed the cause of death as before, to "the mother's ignorance how to dry nurse and feed the child, and, in the absence of suckling it, not giving it suiffciently nourishing food." James :Motfatl (a lad) was examined, with llie view of ascertaining whether he knew when the mother of the child abandoned her charge, but he could not say any- thing upon the subject calculated to clear up matters. The jury returned their verdict to the effect that the child died from improper treatment, but considered the conduct of the mother was not criminal, but rather the re. suit of ignorance ana inability. ANOTHER. CASE OF SUDDEN DEATH. On Thursday evening, at the conclusion of the fore- going case, an inquest was held before R. L. Reece, Esq., on view of the body of Mary Berkeley, wife of Andrew Berkeley, hobbling pilot and green grocer, Caroline-street, Cardiff. The deceased was in her 47th year; and from the evidence of her daughter, Mary Ann Berkeley, it ap- peared that deceased had complained of head ache all day 011 Wednesday. At about eleven on Wednesday night while she and deceased were sitting opposite to each other, the latter fell with her head on her daughter's lap. She did not speak nor groan; but in a few moments her spirit took its everlasting flight. Witness proceeded, —I went for Mr. Wallace, surgeon, and told him the state my mother was in—that I "believed she was dying. He said he was going to Newtown-that there was a wo- man very ill there, and he would not come to my mother. He would have to go through Caroiine-sireet to go to Newtown. He refused to come, saying he would not come. We went 10 Mr. Reece's, but he was not at home. In about twenty minutes my father went to Mr. Wallace. Andrew Berkeley: I tried all mv endeavours to get him to come, but he would not he'said he was going to put a woman to bed. I was talking to him about a couple of minutes. He went back into the house. I begged of him to come, as he might walk the distance in leos than three minutes. The Jury said that in their opinion the deceased had fallen down dead in a fit—dying by the visitation of God. SUDDEN DEATH OF AN INFANT. An inquest was held on Tuesday last at St. Pagans on the body of a newly born infaut-the illegitimate child of a young woman. It appeared to have been a very sickly child from birth. The mother was engaged in providing her brother in law's dinner having half an hour previously placed the child in bed not worse, ap- parently, than usual. On revisiting it she discovered it was llead-she was much alarmed and called her next door neighbour. Evidence was given tending to prove the mother had taken every C'lre of it; but as she wished to return to her place (being a servant girl) she had dry nursed it. Mr. Paine, surgeon, by ditecUou of the Coroner examined the body, aud stated it was apparently a weakly child, and as the mother bad not suckled it probably the food was not sufficiently nourishing for it • a weakly child deprived of its natural food wanted more thau usual care to reu it, A verdict in accpidauce wiib that qpiniuu wasj given.

BRIDGEND MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. The anniversary of this institution was celebrated in the Town-hall, Bridgend, on the evening of Tuesday last -the chair being taken by the President, WYNDHAM HARDING, Esq., F.R.S. The proceedings had evidently excited much attention, as the spacious hall was densely crowded with a most respectable assemblage, comprising the families of the leading gentry, clergy, and principal tradesmen of the town and neighbourhood. Among the company we observed the Countess of Dunravea, and party, from Dunraven Castle, Rev. Robert Knight, Rev. John Harding and Mrs. Harding, Sir John Dorney Harding and Lady Harding, Mrs. Wyndham Harding, John P. Traherne, Esq., Mrs. Traherne, Cefn Ydfa, and Miss Richards, the Misses Traherne, Coytrahen, Rev. H. L. Blosse and Mrs. Blosse, T. W. Booker, Esq., jun., John Booker, Esq., and the Misses Booker, Velindra, Mrs. and Miss Napier, Rev. Samuel Jones, Rev. Richard Morgan, John Randall, Esq., Henry John Randall, Esq.. William Lewis, Esq., Rev. Edward Roberts and Mrs. Roberts, S. Cox, Esq., and Mrs. Cox, Dr. Lewis, Maesteg, Dr. Leahy, Dr. Williams, Charles Drummond, Esq., Rev. David Edwards, Mr. Daniel Lewellin, Mr. and Mrs. Bryant, Mr. and Mrs. Edwards. Mr. and Mrs. Price, Mr. and Mrs. Stockwood, Mr. Popkin and family, Mr. Robert Evans, &c., &c. The hall was very nicely decorated with a profusion of laurel, flowers, &c., (contributed principally by Captain Napier and Mr. Hardiug)—the whole forming a pleasing spectacle, much pains having been expended in the getting up" of the scene by Mr. John David, Secretary, Mr. i utte, and numerous assistants. The inscription- Welcome to the President, Wyndham Harding, Esq. Which met the eye on entering, met the sympathies of all present, as the disinterested efforts which this gifted gentleman has made to promote the objects of the insti. tution are highly appreciated in Bridgeud. Over the President's seat was the loyal sentiment- "GOD SAVB THE QUEEN," With, on the right, Prince Albert,and, on the left, —" The Prince of Wales," thereby familiarizing the minds of the youth who were present with the names of the highest personages in the realm, and (by placing those names in the most honorable positions in the meeting) insensibly inculcating principles of loyaity and respect for the institutions of our country. Various religious and moral sentiments were scattered over the walls. Soon after seven o'clock the PRESIDENT took his seat amid prolonged cheering; and immediately rose and said,—Ladies and Geutlemen,- W e shall commence this evening, as I trust we shall end, with harmony. We shall have the pleasure of hearing a national Welsh air, with a chorus, by the choir of Maesteg. We believe the tune selected was the Inspired Bard j" the singers were loudly applauded. The SECRETARY then read the following report for the year, with the subjoined statement of aceouuts: — REPORT. The-Committee of the Br.id.:ehd Mtchanlct* Institution. in presenting their fourth annual report, hare much p'ea- lIure in congratulating its patrons and members 011 the im- proved condition of tbe funds of ihe'Institution. "It will be neen, on refeience to the treasurer's report, that the income for the year ending 30th Sept. is X72 and after the disbursements of the jear, the balance in tia id is £ 23; againat which the Institution is under liabilities of about JEI7. "Three names have been added to the list of patrons since the last report; viz.. The Dowager Countess of Dun- raven, W. Watson, Esq., Brynfeg, and Charles Drummond, Esq.. Broadlands. "The Committee have to state that they have fitted up two glass cases in the reading room and ttiey will, in a few days, be prepared with a catalogue of the books, for the use of the members. Arrangements have also been completed for lighting the room with gas, which it is expected will be a saving of expense, aud will add much to the convenience ot the members. The Committee regret to state that they have not been able to avail themselves of the services of lecturers, during the past year, to the extent they could have wished.-one lecture oniy having been delivered, by the Rev, Mr. Evan", of Swansea, on the subject of the Crusades. But being about (through the kind and successful exertions of our Presi- dent) entering into arrangements with the Society of Arts, the Cornmiit. hope 1.0011 to be euabled to announce a selÍes ofusefu) and instructive lectures tiuriug (heeosuingwiater. 1 he Committee regret to state that the class ut persons, fur whose benefit chiefly the institution was formed, do not appear to have sufficiently appreciated the benefits offered to them. Hut believing that the advantages offered by this Institution to the neighbourhood require only to be better understood in order to be more fully ai>preciaied, the Com- mittee are desirous of availing themselves oi this oppor- tunity to state some of those advantages. The subscription is merely nominal-only three-halfpence per week, or (in. per auuum. For that trifling sum access may be had to the Library, Wllich consists of nearly 500 volume* on Science, History, Biography, Natural History, and miscellaneous subjects. The Reading Room is gupplied daily with the Time, Morning Herald and the Express; and weekly, wit!) the Illustrated London A-ewi, Examiner, Punch, Critic, CAR- DIFF AND MERTHYR GUARDIAN, Cambrian, and Swansea Herald, besides several monthly periodical*. The Com- mittee having eugaged a Librarian, books may be ex- changed daily between the hours of 11 and 12 A.M., and 8 aud 9 P.M. The Committee would, therefore, earnestly impress on the working men of the town and neighbourhood the im- portance and advautages of being members; andsincerety trust that many present, to whom the objects of the institu- tion are not fully known, may shortly enrol their names as members. '• The Committee strongly recommend, and confidently trust to see carried out, ari effective system of Class Instruc- tion during the ensuing session, oil the subjects of Gram- mar, Arithmetic, Mensuration, Drawing, &c., for which purpose all adjoining room in the Town Hall is about being engaged. The still greater advantages to be derive ) from the con- nection of the institution with the Society of Arts, have been already adverted to. "JOHN DAVID, Secretary. CASH ACCOUNT. -Es.d. Balance, 30th September, 1851 1 18 4i Patrons' Subscriptions 16 16 o' iliettit)ers' (litto 30 3 0 Worttiiiy Herald, sold 2 2 0 Old Newspapers, ditto 0 15 0 Profits of Anniversary Meeting, 1851 ti 18 1 Collection on account of L brary Im;.rove- men,s 12 10 6 Prize given by A. J. Williams, 1852 1 1 0 X72 3 UJ Disburiements 48 15 91 Balance, 1852 E23 8 2 T. G. SMI TH, Treasurer. D. LEWELLIN, Auditor. The PRESIDENT said there were four competitors for the first prize- for the best performance of Welsh airs, with variations, oil the single harp." In the absence of Mr. W. P. Williams, of Swansea, a lady undertook the duties of adjudicator.—The President (in proceeding) said he had heard Mr. Chdtterton, the well-known harpist—probably the most celebrated harpist in England — give a lecture on "the Harp;" and took occasion to ask him whether he had seen Welsh harping, and what he thought of it. He said he had seen a great deal of it, and had found the Welsh infinitely morecapableof appreciating harp-music than the English. H e also found that the na ive performers ot South Wales hud attained considerable profi- ciency. p Welsh harp had but one row of st rings; and bv having the triple stringed harpa bold attempt was made to 0 cure the natural defect of a single string and if a performer could get at them—and it would take a very clever fellow to acoteve the feat-much of the inconvenience of a single string would be obviated. Welsh harpers played on the triple stringed instrument with success The competitors were, Mr. Evans, of Cardiff, Mr. Williams of nridgend. Master Llewellyn Thomas, and Miss Catherine Ihomas— bo:h also of Bridgend. In introducing the third plner to the company the I resident alluded to the musical talent which had been con- spicuously displaced in members of the Thomas family. An objection tal,eii by one of the competitors to the harp used by Mr. Lvans, inasmuch as it was a pedal harp; but as he did not use the pedals the objection was overruled. Mr. Lvans, who won the first prize at New- port Eisteddfod last week, was unsuccessful upon this occasion, as the patm of merit was awarded to Mr. Wil. liams. The audience received the decision with much cheering. lh'1 PRESIDENT ^id that no one competed for the prize he had olfereo tor mathematics — a branch of study which he pursued in Bridgend under the excellent super- vision of the Rev. John Jones, oue of the vice-presidents of the institution, It was we 1 kao.vn that there were mati) persons in B:'idgend who were perfectly competent to compete for the priise; and alter adverting to the use- fulness of mathematical acquirements, he said the prize should be continued next year in the hope that it would be competed for. The prize would be a book,—"such a book as any mathematician would bo proud to havr." The prize given for arithmetic, by the llev. H. L. Blosse,—who (the President said) is a c:1pital arithme- tician allll an excellent accountant—wsB won by Wiilia Francis, son of Thymus Francis, shoemaker, formerly of Oldcasile, Bridgend. This youth had proved himself to be most expert at figures. The PltESIDENT then read Mr. Henry Austin Bruce's adjudication on the essays—" On the best and cheapest means of Providing Rational Amusements for the Work- ing Classes in towns and populous distiicts." The priz" (uiven by Mr. Bruce) was awarded to "Cambro Briton," who proved to be Mr. David Howell, of Bryncwttin,—a successful competitor at meetings of this nature. In rema; king upon this prize, the PIlESIDEJliT said that the adjudicator (Mr. H. A. Bruce) was liis early friend, who was well-known as one who took a great interest in the welfare of working-men, who was, more so than any man he knew, self-educated, and who constantly thought, and wished, that other men should be as well educated as their circumstances would allow. The Maesteg choir, and the Merthyrmawr choir, then competed for the next prize, which was to be awarded "to the Choir who should best sing a niece from Handel, Haydn, or Purcett." Mr. E. Davies, of Swansea, was theadjudieator. Both choirs selected—"Worthy the Lamb"—from Handel's 11 Messiah." The Maesteg vocalists were awarded the prize by Mr. Davies, who addressed some very pertinent observations (in English and Welsh) to the assembly, from which the amateurs who heard them will, doubtless, derive benefit. The PRESIDENT said that twenty years ago Maesteg had very little music, except the music of the river and the ringing of the hammer: it was a source of great satisfaction to find that Music was included among the other arts cultivated iu that mineral aud manufacturing neigh- bourhood. He did not know that Merthyrmawr eon- tained such a population as its choir presented, as h.: could remember but little that it had besides the numerous rabbits in the sand hill*.—A graceful tribute was then paid to the late Sir John Nicholl, whose memory all ill the place respect. In conclusion, the President hoped the Merthyrmawr choir would match themselves against the Maesteg choir till they beat them (laughter and cheers). This concluded the first part. An interval of ten minutes then took place, which was devoted to refresh- ments. SECOND PART. The PRESIDENT adverted to the great combined meet- ing, in London, of representatives of Mechanics' Institu- tions, in all parts of the country, at which he attended on behalf of this society. The "meeting was held shortly after the Great Exhibition was closed. Lord Carlisle was chairman. There were about two hundred representatives present from institutions having the same objects in view as this had; and the remarks which were made by the various speakers were highly to the point and remarkably well said. The ne- cessity of a higher and wider knowledge of contemporary proceedings was shewn, and as one mode of diffusing information, the employment of good lecturers was recommended, who would afford useful and agreeable instruction in a popular form,-scientific lectures being illustrated by experiments, which were justly considered an important feature in instructive discourses of this nature. Those lecturers, who would be selected from properly qualified persons, would go all over the country; and it was esseutial that they should be within the reach of every institution, for which purpose (with otheis) the union of institutions wae urged, by which means the terms would be almost costless; the public would thereby have a much better chance of hearing good lecturers, with proper apparatus for illustration.— i'he Piesident passed on to matteis of general interest, first mentioning the enormous quantities of gold that had been discovered in California and Australia. (julu was by a poet termed A yellow biade but men of business aud men iti tradt: f-tiiid it a highly convenient instrument, »nd were not in th<? least; afraid of it ibujjbter). 1\ might be a yellow bla ie; but tiie more of it we handle with proper discretion the better would it be for us (laughter). Thevastiuiluxof the precious metals into this commercial country seemed to be working well, nnd to be producing the great object which all Governments were glad to find-a rise in wages (hear, hear). Labour was now in great demand, and, as a natural consequence, its price was high. The demand would, however, be still higher and the price greater j from which circum- stance, in some practical remarks of an instructive nature, the President inferred a speedy emancipation of ruralists who have been (in Ireland and elsewhere) earning very low wages. The discovery of gold in such quantities was an extraordinary event iu the history of the world, and especially in our domestic history; and must be highly interesting to the working classes. He was very glad to hear that emigration was not unknown here. Talking even of emigration awoke people's faculties—de\eloped their energies; and intelligent, enterprising, steady men had now a field of industry before them in which they might prosecute their fortune with favourable chances of suc- cess. The Great Exhibition of t851 showed how desir- able and how necessary it was for a man to become acquainted with what transpires io other countries. What we are doing here, many persons may be doing much better in other countries and in other ways. And the Great Exhibition was important inasmuch as it dis- closed to us the state of trade, ait, aud manufactures in distant lands: that was a great practical good. It showed us, what we did not expect to see, that in the eastern parts of the world, in all objects of beauty-such as shawls, dresses, jewels-their taste is superior to anything in Europe. Why it is so is another question but so it is. The best thing we can do is to study to copy, and finally to excel them. Our artists were engaged in im- proving the designs and patterns of fabrics. Government had set up a department, called" The Department of Practical Art;" and that department will have schools all over the country—in many large towns and some smaller ones-to give the people au opportunity of learning the best mode of drawing and modelling, by which the taste of working men would be improved, and those engaged in such employment as the ornamental iron work of Coalbrook Dale would be materially benefitted. It was possible now, in all corporate towns, to levy a rate for a library for working men, and for a museum-the rate- payers consenting, of course so that the industrial classes might have free access to books, which are expensive things, too often only found in the hands of rich people. In Manchester, the greatest seat of industry in this coun- try, there is a free library; and now, instead of the old disputes on politics, there is a general recognition of the success of modern legislation. The old institutions of the country are now mended every day-even the Court of Chancery had felt the influence of the times. The Pre- sident was an advocate for free discussion. Whatever good there is in politics, we should extract it for tbe benefit of the great mass of the people. Altogether, he thought the condition of the country was very prosperous. OGMORE CASTLE. -A prize was offered by Sir J. D. Harding, for a History of Oginore, Castle." The PRESIDENT said that the Bridgend people had a great many old castles in the neighbourhood, and nobody could tell them anything about them further than that they were old castles and the consequence was that this prize was offered for the best essay with reference to one of the ruined fortresses of the district. The President alluded to Ogmore Fair; aud we understood hi in to say it was the origin of the Great Market in Bristol but the writer of the successful essay had not alluded to Ogmore Fair: that was a question of itself; but the writer had put together a great deal of curious information respecting Ogmore Castle, and had well earned the prize awarded to him. The successful competitor was Mr. Evan Davies, a com- positor in Mr. Leyshon's printing establishment, Bridgeud. Sir J. D. Hardiug was the adjudicator. We were next favoured with Music. Mr. Williams, harpist, accompanied Mr. William Richaids, of Coity, who sung "The Harp of the Hi! At this stage of the proceedings the writer of the second best paper oil the subject named by Mr. H. A. Bruce, was awarded a second prize. The successful competitor was a nephew of Mr. Wjlkes, Bridgend. His name did not transpire. Mr. Thomas Morgan, of Maesteg, sung Mary Dear," in English and Welsh, accompanied 011 the harp. The PRESIDENT urged upon the attention of the audience the necessity of forming evening classes. Hitherto there had been no room, in connexion with the institution, in which classes might assemble; but that want had been supplied, and it was most iraportaut that classes should be formed without further delay. He called upou- Mr. WILLIAMS, of Neath, who has been intimately ac- quainted with the mo le of management followed with reference to the Neath Mechanics' Institution. From him we learn that classes are c-irried on at Neath, but that in that to .n, as in other places, the great attraction is the reading room. Some of the members have been taught to solve problems in Algebra, as high as Quadratics, with much facility. Mr. Williams did not estimate the services ot public lecturers very highly -that is, he was of opinion that local lecturers would prove as useful as anv sent forth, at a heavy expense, by the Society of Arts, and he thought the society must rely on local lecturers, some of whom had done as much good as if five guineas had been paid for a lecture. Laying out the funds of the in- stitution in Fublic lectures was wasting their pecuniary resources. A good library was in his opinion a great ad- vantage; but lectures he considered of but little use. Three years ago he had a correspondence with a Liverpool Institution, as to whether it was desirable to enter into a combination whereby to procure the services of lecturers at a cheaper rate than they could otherwise be obtained the reply by no means recommended him to do anything of the kind, and they were encouraged to rely on their ownresourcesfortectures. Mr. Williams concluded by recommending the formation of classes. The PRESIDENT said that in a short time a public meeting would be held, at which the successful essays would be read. PRIZES FOR NEXT YEAR. The following list was read by the President — 1. By the Hev. John Harding,—to the person who shall pass the best examination in the parsing and paraphrasing of English sentences. For example,—a selection from Milton would be given to be transformed into plain prose, to see if it were rightly understood. Parsing exercises would take place as well. 2. By the Rev. John Jones,—a book worth 10s., for the best translation into English of selections from popu- lar Welsh authors. The President said that although Brirlgend was a Welsh town, and the members of the Institution mostly Welsh, Wel-h books were not found in the library. At his suggestion, therefore, his brother—Sir John Harding — would present them some good Welsh books (applause). 3. By Mrs. Wyndham Hardin?,—a prize of four guineas to the Choir who shall b?st sing, in parts, a sacred piece, the composition and words to be Welsh, the singers to be limited to the County of Glamorgan. 4. The PRESIDENT said that the Countess of Dunraven had, with her usual kindness and liberality, given a prize of five guineas to the Choir who should best sing, in parts, a sacred piece —the words to be Welsh. The best Welsh musician now living, and the frienll of Lady Dun- raven, namely, Miss Jane Williams, of Aberpergwm, would be the judge (applause.) The Maesteg and Old Castle Glee Singers then com- peted for a prize: the former sang "Hail Smiling Atom,"and were successful. The Old Castle choir sling "Hark the Laik" — a selection which the adjudicator (Mr. Davies) deemed an unfortunate one for them, as it required the upper part to be taken by treble voices, with which our Bridgend friends were not provided. The first prize for recitation was awarded to William Francis, and the second prize to a little boy named Reu- be,, Lott, who recited a selection from Shak"pere -com- mencing with, "Reason thus wiih Lile," &c.—before trie company, with marked propriety. The PRESIDENT intimated that Lady Harding was so well pleased with what she had witnessed there that evening that her prize would be continued next year (applause). The Essay sent in by Mr. David Howeil, of Bryn- cwttin,— "On the necessity aud advantages of a safe and lucrative mode of investment for the Working Classes" — wa3 declared to be the best by the adjudicator, Mr. T. G. Smith and Mi. Howell will have the prize. This concluded the business of the evening. Mr. W. LEWELLIN, in a neat speech, moved a vote of thanks to the President, which was carried by accla- mation. The PRESIDENT having briefly acknowledged the com- pliment, called upon the company to give three chgers for Lady Duiiriiveii, -a tequest which was most enthu- siastically responded to, as this excellent lady lives iu the hearts and affections of all by whom she is surrounded. Dr. LEWIS, of Maesteg, proposed three cheers for Sir John Haaiing-a gentleman who was not only a credit to Biidgend but to the County of Glamorgan. The company gave three hearty *>uuds of applause. The whole concluded with the Natioual Anthem by the company generally. [We have no room to give a more detailed account of these interesting proceedings,—in fact, our report is but an outline of the various speeches, &c., which engaged the attention of the company. Everything passed off ex- cee lingly well. The committee and secretary had, very considerately, made proper accommodation ,-or the re- presentatives of the public press, for which (as there was only one reporter present—" our own") we tender our best acknowledgments.]

A GRAND GATHERING OF FREEMASONS took place at Neath on Friday last, in obedience to the call of the Deputy Grand Master, G. G. BIRD, Esq., M.D., who conducted the daj's proceedings with complete success. The Rev. Brother Thomas L. Griffith, of Cardiff, was in- vested with the badge and office of the Provincial Grand Chaplain by the D.P.G.M., and afterwards preached be- fore the Brethren, in Neath Church, frolll the 4th chapter of the First Epistle of St. John, verse 21. At the universal request of the Brethren, the sermon is to be printed. The day passed otf admirably PRESENTATION OF A SILVER CUP TO AN EMPLOVER Last week the workmen ill tbe Penclawdd Colliery pre- sented to Mr. Duakiu, the manager of the works, a very elegant silver cup in testimony of his kiuduess and solicitude for tueir welfare during the period of bis con. nexiou with them —now extendiiig over some six or seven years. Mr. Dunkin, on receiving the cup from the workmen who waited upon uim, expressed in feeling terms his appreciation of the value of this testimony to the good feeling which had so long subsisted between him and those who had been in his employment. Weare glad to have an opportunity of recording a fact, which, as indi- cative of the feeling prevailing between master and man, is reflective of hnnllur alike on the employer and employed. The fo.lowing is a copy of the inscription executed with great artistic taste 011 the cup: "Presented to ROBERT DUNKIN, ESQ., by the Workmen employed iu the Pen- clawdd Golliery, as a tribute of their respect and gratitude for his uniform kiuduess and courtesy during the seven vears ot his management of the Works.—August 5th 1852."

The following extract is from the Exeter Gazette of August, 1842. It will give the reader some idea of the beneficial effects of Galvanism, and also of the complete command obtained over its power:—"The power of electricity, and of its more intense form—Galvanism—iu the alleviation of huniau suffering, under diseases which medicine has failed to reach, has been admitted by the faculty, and demonstrated by the experience of many years. The process employed is tree from the suspicion of empiricism, or the charge ot quackery, inasmuch as it is one of Nature's own most recondite and powerful agents; and the cures it has effected in particular diseases have established the fact of its beneficial influence in certain cases. Mr. Halse has been particularly successful in his treatment of diseases of long standing by Medical Galvan- ism, andthonghweare not surprised at the curative results of the application of this wondrous agent in certain dis- eases, we feel that Mr. Halse's success det.erves to be made generally known. He operates with the galvanic appara- tus; but for medical purposes he can divest the surprising 8"ent-whieh, to the uninformed, is so tcrrihlc--of the powers which it can, for experimental purposes, be made to assume; so that its curative influence only uiay retained, and a child may receive it vi iihout inconvenience. Mr, Halse has lately, we h'ar, been curing sciatica oi some years' standing, and is fatuous for his cures of rheu- matic diseaa-s- Thr effects he produces are certainly very surprising, aoti paiieuw will do weil to cuosult Uitn on 1 heir cowpljiinu."—(Sve ..Mul.)

THE NEW CONVOCATION. To assemble Friday, November 12th. DIOCESE OF LLANOAFF. Upper House—Bishop of Lland iff. Lower Humse Dean, Very Rev. W. D.Conyheare; Archdeacon of LU11- daff, Venerable T. Williams; Archdeacon of Monmouth, Venerable W. Crawley Proctor for the Chapter, Ilev. W. Powell (Abergavenny) Proctors for the Clergy, Rev. C. A. Williams (Usk), Rev. John Harding. DIOCtSB OF ST, DAVID's. Upper House—Bishop of St. David's. Loiver House — Dean, Very llev. L. Lewellin, D.C.L. Archdeacon of St. David's, Venerable T. Beavan; Archdeacon of Bre- con, Venerable It. Davies; Archdeacon of Cariigan, Venerable J. Williams; Archdeacon of Carmarthen, Venerable Dr. Venables Proctor for the Chapter, Rev. E. Melville; Proctors for the Clergy, Rev. W. H. Cox, Rev. E. B. Squire (Swansea).

SALE OF EARL TALBOT'S GLAMORGAN- SHIRE ESTATES. Wednesday last being the day appointed for the sale by auction, at the Cardiff Arms Hotel. Cardiff, of the Glamor- ganshire estates of this nobleman-who still retains among his titles that of Baron of HENSOL. in this county a very influential and numerous gathering took place. Mr. THOMAS WATKINS was the auctioneer. MR. DAVID, of Fairwater, agent to E-rl TALBOT, was present, as was also Mr. TOPIIAM, his lordship's solicitor. The conditions of sale (which were most voluminous) having been read,- Mr WATKINS addressed the company to the following eff ct:— Gentlemen,—It will, perhaps, save time if, instead of remarking separately on each lot an it is put up, I make at once the few brief observations it may be necessaiy to offer in reference to the extensive and valuable property we are now met to dispose of, consisting of about 1,300 acres of rich arable, meadow, and pasture land, divided into numerous lots, forming in themselves compact and eligible freehold estates, well provided with suitable homesteads and farm buildings, possessing valuable quarries of lime. paving, and building stone, and most advantageously situated in the centre, and partly within the vale, of the flourishing and rapidly increasing county of Glamorgan. The Estates lie within a short distauce of the South Wales Railway, and are intersected by capital roads, affording an easy transit to the market towns of Cardiff, Cowbridge, and Newbridge—where agricultural produce meers with a ready sale, and commands the hiahest priees. It is our intention to olfer the first fifteen lots in the tirst place as one lot, and, if not disposed of in this way, to put up the several sub- divisions separately, the whole combined forming a COITI- pact estate of about 380 acree, lying iu and around the ancient town of Llantrissant, presenting numerous eligible building site«, and offering great attractions to a resident proprietor in its facility of access, the salubrity of the situa- tion, the picturesque beauty of the scenery, and the excel- lence of the rural sports which it affords. The land is rich and productive, and capable of being made still more so by the introduction ot the modern improvements in cul- tivation; its luxuriant pastures and excellent crops of tur- nips bear strong testimony to the character of the soil. The whole of the land in the parish of Lantrisseui lies within the mineral basin, and there can be 110 douot that the celebrated Lantwit coal, so extensively worked in the immediate neighbourhood, runs under a considerable por- tion of the e-tate. The projected railway of the Rhondda aud Eiv Valleys is intended to pass through the property, and wiieu carried out, as it eventually must be, the valuable minerals to which I refer will be opened, and it requises no vivid imagination to foresee the time when much of the land we are about tJ sell will become the scene of the miner's busy labour, and its surface covered with colliery boildings.aod ali adjuncts of houses, population, and railways How difficult, gentlemen, to es'imafe the value of this estate when the prospect thus faintly sketched shall be filled up and realized. A panic lately prevailed, that land was to become valueless, and landlords to be ruined but this illusion has passed away, and most writers and thinkers on the subject concur in the opinion that, however much the relative value of other commodities may be effected by fiscal or commercial changes, either at pre-ent in operation or only "looming in the distance," the price of land must necessarily continue to increase in a ratio cor- responding with the growth of the population and the in- crease of weal'h in this kingdom. The influx of gold, too, whilst it m'lst eventually diminish iucomes derived from funded property, can but tend to augment the price and value of land, for the purciiase of which the present time would certainly appear to be peculiarly favouiable, before that increase in price, which may be fairly anticipated, actually takes place, and affording even now a better return for capital as a mere investment than can be obtained fro n Government security's whilst co:isois are at their present high ra e besides which, the possession of land imnarts to its o vner a status and position j 0 tile county which no other description of property cau confer. Having made these few remarks, to which I des; rt, til it you should attach such weight only as they may fairiy be worth, and that you will allow that weight to influence your biddings, I will now proceed to the more immediate business of the day by requesting you to favour me with an offei for the first lot. The biddings in a few instances were sustained with spirit, and the lots knocked down at high figures, but the great bulk of the property was bought 111 by the vendors. The attendance, as above intimated, was excellent, and from what transpired in the saleroom we conclude that the success of the sale caused by 811 impression that i.r.ise amongst intending purchasers, after the first lots had been disposed of, that the reserve prices were considerably above the real value of the property; and this, as well as the disappointment c-usedby the unexpected reseiva ion of the minerals, evidently discouraged parties, and damped the spirit of the proceedings. l> The estates are in the parishes of Llantrissant, Pendoylan and Welsh S'int D.>naU«.

^NEIGHBOURHOOD LIBERALITY. On the day of the opening of the New Church, Aberdare, the Dowlais teachers and singers, nearly 60 in number, were gratuitously entertained to dinner and tea by Mr. Lewis Richards, of the Grey- hound Inn, Aberdare. FATAL ACCIDENT.— A very serious accident took place at one of the Dowiais balance pits in consequence if a faulty rope, the carriage conveying men to their work on Saturday morning was precipitated to the bot- tom, and three men were killed 011 the spot. These men were, John Davies, aged 29 Jacob Griffiths, aged 3t; and Humphrey Edmunds, aged 24. ANOTHER ACCIDENT.—The same day, another distres- sing accident took place on the works belonging to the Vale of Neath Railway-in Ribsons' contract. A temporary bridge had been thrown over the Glamorgan- shire Canal, many months, ago; and up to Saturday last it had proved efficient. When first erected one rub- bish wairgon only was suffered to cross at a time but emboldened by degrees, the persons engaged thereat, got into the habit of leaving three or four carriages 011 the centre of the bridge. On Saturday five carriages were left to stand there j this was too much, the bridge gave wav and carriages, meu aud horses, were precipitated to the caual beneath. Io this way one boy aged 18 was killed, and two men were so seriously hurt as to be unlikelv to recover. An inquest was heiri upon the boy on Tuesday, before Mr. Overton at the Angel Inn the jury viewed toe scene of the accident and the body of the deceased boy and then adjourned to Tuesday next. THE CETHEN RAILWAY. —Mr. Crawshaj has recently constructed a short r ilway of three miles in length, ill order to convey coal from Cethen to the Cyfartha Works it) -the engineer being Mr. William Williams, and the line was opeued on Ftiday list in the presence of a con- course of people. The event was signalized by the firin" ofcannon; the Cyfartha Band were also in attendance^ and Mr. R. T. Crawshav came to honour the ceremony with his presence. The line appears to have been well constructed and the trial flip was most satisfactory. PEKJURY. —In attending the Police Courts, particularly at Merthyr, we have ofteu be.-a horrified at the barefaced manner ia which this crime is corumit ted: to such an extent, indeed is it practised, thai it is irnnossihle for the administrators of the law, in numerous iustauces to arrive at anything like the truth and many cases are 'dismissed it. consequence. This crime, as was remarked by a Learned Judge, iu passing seateuce in a recent case at Monmouth, saps the fouiidaiion ot society;" and we have wondered that prosecutions for this offence have not beeu more frequent but we are met by the answer that it is a charge of ali others the most <litfjCult t0 prove — swearing a mere lie, in (lie present 8Ute of the law, in a court of justice, Dot being sufficient to constitute the ollence unless it is material to the question at issue. Superintendent \Vrenn has made a charge of perjury ag'iiost a man, who lias been committed |or tiiai at the assizes ou what appears clear testimony but as that will have to be decided bv a jury of his countrymen, we shall say no more than express a hope that, this case way operate as a warnitig to tho3« who are called upon in a solemn manner to give testimony which affects the liberty, property, and, perhaps, lives of their fellow-creatures. We are happy to report 'hat tl. inhabitants of It, Troedyvhiw intend preseotiog the Hev. Wru. Evans with a of regard lor his valuable service nnd indefatigable exertious during the short period of his miiiisir) amongst them. Towarus the above-mentioned oijject a large sum of money has been already collected, aud those who have not yet subscribed will we have no doubt, liberally do Ho. The Rev. Gentleman has been lately promoted to ttif- curktcy of Llanbadarn-fawr, Aberystwitli; but, previous to his leaving, he promised to be present on the day the new church at Trodvrhiw will be opeued for divine service, when, we understand, an opportunity will he taken to present him with the intended testimonial, and when lull particulars shall appear in our columns. BOARD OF GUARDIANS—SATURDAY. A few incidents which took place (luriiiir the sitting will afford legitimate interest. Some of our readers may have known old Evati Emmanuel, the carpenter, a tall raw-boned man, bearing natal evidence of his devotion to Sir John Barleycorn, but also a man entertaining strange notions, and addicted to the formatii n of many well meant projects. Ut, late years, his thuughts Ind been wholly occupied with the ventilation of mines and he professed himself to have devised and matured a pro- ject for that purpose; but what his plan was, was only revealed to the late Rev.. Mr. Carroll, who, always more charitable than critical, used to give it the benefit of his commendation. When last we saw him, he was full of golden expectations, to be realised by this project; but, alas, it transpired at the Board on Saturday, that EIII- manuel was a pauper, aud a lunatic, aud so violent as to endanger the lives of those about him Such is the mutability of ho man affairs. The state of some of the orphan children of the parish also came under consideration and as the actions of the board upon the subject were marked by a judicious and en- lightened spirit, we 'publish the report iu full. Guardians present:—Mr. D. W. James, Chairman Mr. Thomas Williams, Mr. Lewis Lewis, Mr. Rice Lewis, Mr. Bethuel Wiliams, (Aberdare), Mr. John Evans, Mr. George Mar- tin, Mr. John Richards, Mr. Watkins, and Mr. Phillip Phillips. The Chairman, knowing the interest taken :n the subject by Mr. H. A. Bruce, wrote to inform him of the case, and he was promptly in attendance. Mr. Roger Williams, the relieving officer, was also caiied in. Two little girls were then brought up, the one nine years old and the other twelve, and named respectively Elizabeth and Mary Lewis. The youngest was a very pretty blue eyed little girl, clean, well clad, and appa- rently in perfect health. The oldest shone to less advan- tage, being thin, dirty, and unhealthy. The Chairman Gentlemen, this case is like too many others that come before us, and is entitled to our serious consideration. They have frequently come before us for relief, and their case, was nearly passing again, without being noticed but on enquiry it has just been found that we are actually paying money, for keeping them, to one of the most abandoned characters in "the Cellars." Mr. Bruce: How is that possible after all that has been said against the practice, at this board? The Chairman: That, Mr. Roger Williams will have to answer. How is this, Mr. Williams? '%It. Ruirer %N' illiatils 'I'i Mi. Roger Williams There are only two of these chil- dren in The Cellars the eldest is with her uncle, at Ynysgau. Their parents died of cholera. The Chairman What is the name of the woman who has the youngest child 1 H as she not a nickname 1 Mr. Williams: She is nicknamed "Pegiry Poll." The Chairman: Is she not a woman of bad cliaracterl Mr. Williams She has been but 1 have not heard any evil report ofheriatety. Mr. Bruce: Do not you suppose that it is wrong to send children to that place. You cannot but witness the ba i resulis. Is it not a part of Merthyr where 110 child should be sent or suffeied to go 1 Mr. Williams: It is so, and i at one time thought of taking the child aiva). Mr. Thomas Williams; It were better to give more for keeping them to detent people. 1 11<1 "ci, it were better to give any price than them brought up in this way. The Chairman Why did you alter that thought Mr, Wiiliftta*! tteii^vitijj o(TL'er; Because I deemed the m&tVer h*ii I been taken out of my hands, as the childreu are brought before the board every week. The Chairman The object of bringing them up regu- larly, is to avoid making a permanent order, and to see whether they would be removed from Merthyr. Mr. Bruce to the youngest, girl: What is your name' Elizabeth Lewis,- What is the name of the woman you live with? My mother, sir? She is not your mother. No, sir, her right name is Margaret Peregrine.—Is she the wi J of the man sent tojllil1 Yes. Mr. Bruce here explained that he had committed Pere- grine and five others for obstructing the police in the dis- charge of their duties; and Peregrine had been overheard to say, he had once imposed upon the good nature of Mr. Bruce Pryce by representing himself to have been a dis- tressed collier from Aberdare. Mr. Bruce Does Margaret Peregrine work at the works at all! No, sir. — Is there anybody else in the housed Yes, there is another woman lodging there.— Any relation of Margaret Peregriod No, sir.—Can you do any work 1 No, sir.-Do you go to school Yes, sir. — Whereto? To the Free School, George Town. Mr. Bruce: Well gentlemen, she looks as if the people were kind to her; but we must have her away from that place. At this stage, Mr. John Evans, of Dowlais, entered the room, and the Chairman explained to him the business then in hand. Mr. Bruce: Are there any more orphan children in China ? Relieving Officer; Yes, several. Ti,e Clerk: There are eight or nine there now. Mr. Bruce They ought all of them to be removed. Mr. John Evans: I have always thought so. It is a disgrace to us to permit the orphan children to be brought up there. Mr. Bruce said he would move a resolution to have them all taken from there. Mr. Lewis Lewis All the females ought certainly to be removed. Mr. John Evans Yes. Both males and females. Mr. Bruce also enquired whether the "river side," where the oldest uirl lived with her uncle Morgan Mur- j gan, a pauper, was not a disreputable locality, and was answered in the affirmative. He then moved the follow- ing resolution. That all pauper children, male or female, now placed with residents in the Cellars, or other disreputable quar- ters of Merthyr, be immediately removed thence, and that none be henceforth sent there. And that the. Re- lieving Officer be strongly admonished not to lodge such pauper children with persons of bad, or doubtful cha- racter." This was seconded by Mr. John Evans, and carried without dissent. Mr. Bruce: I hope, Mr. Williams tint by this day week you wiii be able to report that this resolution has been carried into eifect. The Board does not treat the matter as a money question; and no necessary exp rise wiii be spared, so that the children are placcd with per. sons of gnu,1 character. Nir. Williams promised to do so. As respects the charge againsi him, the relievinir offieer appears to have had a felicitous reply in the peisonai ap- pearance of the youngest orphan. S;ie was a very pretty little g-irl, luoking quite clean and healthy; and her prompt, replies to Mr. Bruce showed her to have been very intelligent. She had evidently been well treated, and from the naive way in which the child called the woman her mother, it became clear that the little damsel had some affection for her nurse. Though nursed in the centre of moral pollution, she yet appeared both physi- cally and intellectually superior to her elder sister alld we trust that her future nurse will combine equal kiuduess withabettertnoratch-iracter.

PILOTAGE OF THE BRISTOL CHANNEL. On Monday a meeting was held at the Town Hall, Newport, for the purpose of taking into consideration the question of the pilotage of the litistol Channel. Mr. Craw- shay Bailey, M.P., presided, and there were present. Mr. Collin, M.P.for the Cardiff boroughs, Mr. Price, M.P.for Gloucester, and several other influential gentlemen. The meeting arose out of a pieliminat y one which had been held about a fortnight previously. It appears that the Trinity Board had sent a circular letter to the various ports under their control, respecting the reduction of the rates of pilotage, to which various channel ports replied that un- less the pilotage of the Channel was thrown open and the monopoly of the forty-six Bristol pilots done away with, no leduetioa could take place. The CHAIRMAN s • id they had met to consider a great grievance connected with the different ports in the Severn—namely, that the Bristol pilots should have the monopoly of the Severn. In the year 1851 they had sailing from Newport 4b7 vessels under 300 tons. Now, for these, the Bristol pilots were allowed to take £10 16s. each; this, on 487 vessels, amounted to £ 5,259; and there were 238 vessels above 300 tons which had left Newport. On these thej had a claim of £ 12 18s. each, which amounted to £ 3,070, aud the two together came to He understood there was a new pilot bill coming before the House of Commons, and it would be their duty to watch that thoroughly, aud "tot this clause altered if they could, taking it away from the Bristol people and giving it to the dilferent ports. Mr. STUUGE, of Gloucester, remarked that the chair- man had only taken the maximum rates of pilotage the charges were—under 100 tons, £ .3. 3s. under :200 tons, jC-t. 4s. under 300 tons, jCj JS. and 300 tons and upwards, E6. 6.1. Mr. COFFIN, M.P., observed that masters of vessels com- ing along the English shore coulll come into Newport and Cardiff without any pilots at all. 1 he consideration now was how was the evil to be got rid of. If a general act was brought forward regulating the pilotage of the whole of the kingdom, they might get a clause inserted into that act; but ifno such act was contemplated it would be better for the ports of Swansea, Newport, aud Cardiff to unite and bring in a hiti themselves (hear, hear). To effect this the required notices ought to be immediatelv seen to. It would only he attended with a small expense. Mr. LATCH reminded the meeting, in speaking of former attempts of the kind which had failed, that the Bristol corporation were very powerful, and no doubt they would protect their rights. Mr. WEDB, a large shipowmer, addressed the meeting at considerable length and urged the necessity of their nt once adopting steps to abolish the monopoly of tne Bristol pilot. It was a tax of 9d. to Is. a ton on all ships coming to this and all other ports in the channel, and lie need not tell the shipowners in the present state of competition this would induce ships to go to Bristol which would otherwise come there. It was well knoivu that a large quantity of coal and iron was shipped at Bristol which went frcm Newport, Cardiff, Swansea, and Clu- ster. As to the expense of contesting it, let them make a proportional rate 011 the expoits and imports of the various ports in Ihe channel, and the tiling would easily be done. He for one was not to be intimidated by tiie wealth of the Bristol corporation. Again, strangers driven into the channel by stress of weather were natu- rally induced by the pilots to go to Bristol for repairs, wheieas otherwise the;, might cotne to Newport or Cardiff. They had failed before because Newport, Cardiff, and Gloucester were then iu their infancy. They had no foreign trade. Mr. DAVIS, Mayor of Newport, suggested that it would he desirable for the committee to ascertain in what way the money couid be obtained. They had no power of in) posing a rate; the thing must be done by voluntary >«ubscri|itiori. Mr. I'lUCti, M.P., said it was desirable that they should adopt some uniform course of action He thought it would be premature for the different, poi ts to brinit this matter before Pai liament, unless they first ascert lined whether they could throw this burden ou the Trinity 3oard. Mr. STURGE considered that every mercantile man was interested in getting rid of what he considered to be an odious mouopoly (cheers). As regarded the corporation of Bristol, the charges, as stated, were most enormous. Heavy vessels did not suffer so much as the humble French vessels comiug to Swansea, Newport, and Caidifl" with flour and other goods. They paid more than Is. per too. and owing to the different rates of pilotage from different points, they were accustomed to hug the coast to elude these pilots, as far as they could, much to the danger of the cargo and titeirtivea. The monopoly was granted at a time when there was no foreign trade, or next io no foreign trade, from any other port in the channel but Bristol. The present Govern- ment would go to some length.* to bid for popular favour and therefore now was a favourable opportunity, which they must not let slip. The charges on account of the Bristol monopoly, they would agree with him, were made (In a scale of two or three times more than the ser- vices rendered the parties entitled to. Mr. HELLICAU, merchant, as one of the port-masters of the Society of Merchant Venturers of Bristol, did not think that body would oppose a well digested and well regulated system of channel pilotage, and he therefore suggested the ptoptietyofthen- being asked toco-operate with them. Mr. LYNE, R.N., also concurred in the desirability of the Bristol merchants bein_- consulted. They could op- pose them very seriously if they wished to do so. Alter a very lengthened further discussion, it was ul- timately agreed upon that the chairman should address a letter 10 the Government with a view to ascertain whe- ther they would bring forward a bill regulating tbe general pilotage of the kingdom. A resolution was also passed for the formation of co-operative committees in the various ports of the channel aboveu irned. Memorials to the J riuity Board were numerously signed in favour of the objects of the meetiug.

If to those wbo remove the greatest atuouut of human mlcay and promote in the greatest degree the sum of human happiness, the inchest meed of praise and gratitude is due, it would be h ard to point to tmy man so eminently deserving of that meed as Mr. Du Barry, tbe discoverer of the new celebrated REVALENTA AKABICA FOùU. The good elfected by others, whether patriots, politicians, or what not, may be problematical, may be probable it is at all events, matter of hypothesis. Ttie good done by Mr. Du Barry is tangible, undoubted, unquestioned, aad unques- tionable. Also of FIFTY THOUSAND of his coutitrylien- men of title and rank, and men ot lowliness aud obscurity men of, Icarlling and men of simplicity ministers ot the gospel ami men of the camp and the armament: have, in their several styles and forms, forwarded to bim their ardent expressions of thankfulness for rescue from pain and In the following disorders, the efficacy of this Food has b en found unvarying aud unrivaiied :—dys. pepsia (indigestion), constipation, functional irregularity, obstructions, acidity, cramps, spasuis, fits, heartburn, diarrhoea, nervousness, biliousness, affections of the liver and kidueys.fl itulcncy, distention, palpitation of tue heart, nervous headache, de d'ness, noises in tiie head and ears, giddiness, paios between tiie shoulders and in almost every part of the body, chronic imflaui nation and ulceration of the stomach, eiupiimison the sklu, scurvy, fever, scrolula, impurities, poverty of blood, consumption ^if not beyond human aid), dropsy, rheumatism, gout, influenza, grippe, nausea and vomiting during pregnancy, after eating, or at sea, low spirits, spleen, general debility, paralysis, cough, asthma, tightness across the chest, phlegm, inquietude, sleeplessness, involuutary blushing, tremors, dislike to society, unfitness for study, delusions, loss ot memory, vertigo, blood to the head, exhaustions, u e- lancholy, groundless fear, indecision, wretchedness, thoughts of self-destruction, See. We shall not here refer individually to any of the cases of cure, but merely observe that the aggregate results, certified and avouched, contain the most extensive, authentic, and convincing body of evi- dence ever presented to the world upon any subject what- ever. Nothing in the medical annals of ancient or modern times approaches it in completeness, whilst its grand distinguishing mark is, that the entire is susceptible of such easy application, and perfectly estiblishes Mr. Du Barry's title to be considered (io the Jauuu ane of several of hit; correspondents) the greatest living benefactor of his race." For further particulars we refer our readers to Messrs. Du Barry's advertiaemeut in our to-day's column's. i- —^

HIGH WATER AT CARDIFF. OCTOBER. J Morning. Evenin ■. Sunday 10. 2 41 3 27 Monday 11 j 4 9 f 4 47 Tuesday 13 ..j & 16 } 0 41 Wednesday 3 J ti 3 6 26 Thursday, 14 6 47 J 7 8 Friday. 15 ..j 7 29 7 4t4 Friday. 15 ..j 7 29 7 4t4 lli s .i ? 11,) | & I To the Editor of the Cardial and hie.rthyr (iunrdm:. SIR, -Permit me through the medium of your pajerto draw the attention of the magistrates and police of tins • • neighbourhood to a most dangerous r.uisance, too fre- quently allowed to exist in our public roads and thoroughfates, namely, the 'camps' of Gipsies, and the waggons or other ve:es of traieli.oc r.liars, such as may now be sren on the 1 ui npikc-road between Mnen. ds O'teh and Crwjsbychan farm, m tiie vicinity uf Jour town whereby a most serious accident might have occurred to a female relative of miite and a little bov, who were riding by yesterday evening the horse took fright at the unwieldy sight, and were I not near at the time to firmly grasp his head, the consequence might have proved fatal both to the young woman and child. Your obedient servant, Vine Cottage, Wauntreoda, ELL EYAXS. Oct., 4, 1852. [Our Correspondent, in some paragraphs for which we have no room, expressly states he does not wish to reflect upon ANY of the authorities.—ED.] To the Editor of the Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian. SIR, In common with many of your readers I was much shocked, and not a little mortified, at the article in your last number on the immoral state of this town, and I wish from my heart I could deny the truth of it. A new feature was added in your last police report, in ad- dition to the robberies by prostitutes, and the murderous assaults hy their male confederates —viz., the prevalence of Sunday poaching —three men (a hobbler, a sawyer, and a labourer), all in full work and receiving high wages' wantonly desecrating the Sabbath, nnd returning with sporting dogs aud their pockets stulfed «itii hares just as the inhabitants were going to their respective places of worship! 1 am often oblige 1 to go towards the docks and can assert that I always feel thankful when I can get over the canal bridge without being insulted ule last time I passed that way, a respectable farmer (¡he guardian of a parish) was passing with his daughter and one of those ruffians who infest that bridje threw a lighted pipe into his aig. A shop-boy of Mr. White's, carrjing some aitic'es along the street, had his hat snatched off his head, and has ne\er s"en it since. These are common occurrences in streets leading from the old town to the docks, and demand increased vigilance on the pait of the police. I am not one of those who think that, wherever an outrage is committed the police are in fault; but if the present number are unable to ke p the town in better order, more should be employed for it is no exaggeration to say, that it is scarcely safe by day, and very dang.-rous by night, for any respectable inhabitant of the town to t:'a- verse the streets in the vicinity of Whitmore-lane aud the Hayes. I beg to offer jou my sincere thanks for calling attention to this important subj^f;, however degrading such a stale of things may be to the town,and remain Your obedi.-it servant. A LIATEPAYER. To the Editor of the Cardif fand MerPtjr Guardian. Sin,—I was much gratified with the characteristic and manly candour of Mr. Fratiklen (hitherto an index- ible, not to say a bi^otted, Protectionist) in his speech at the agricultural meeting at Cowbridge on the 28th ult., when he stated thai, with the exception of the very low price of wheat, fanners had at present little to com- plain of." The fair at Cowbridge, on the very next dav, fully illustrated the truth of Mr. Franklen's observation —every description of stock was in brisk demand evcy thing was sold at remunerating (some stock, such as lambs, suckling colts, store cattle, &c., at remarkably high) prices. The fair at Cardiff, on the Monday in the preceding week (the 20,h September) was equally brisk and encou- raging. Let those, then, who gain nothing bv their wheat, gradually lessen their arable land, and breed more stock. I am able fully to confirm the statement of Mr. Knight, at the same meeting, as to the quality of conti- nental beef, mutton, and pork. le!,iii kitic" were fat representatives of the great rrinjonty of French, German, and Spanish oxen the sheep long-legged and long-eared, fed on the sour grass under avenues of trees and the narrow guage" pigs (panicular.y the French) indescribable,—in fact, like anv thing but pit's. The teeth of the inhabitants of Cardiff will have good cause to rue the importations of the aged and sea-sick draught oxen, which were made there la«t spring from Santander and Corunna, and will long remember the indigestible quality of their India-rubber ligaments! Let us then all set our shoulders to the wheel. Let the landlords encou- rage their tenants by substantial and permanent improve- ments -by draining, and competent farm-buildings. Let the tenant grow more turnips, and take more pains in improving his stock above all, let the word" despair," so unworthy a British heart, be abolished from the far- mer's vocabulary; and it will not require the second sight of a "Peter Bo(t" to see the life-boat of agricultu- ral prosperity, 110; only looming in the distance," but entering the harbour. Your obedient servant, A CONSERVATIVE FREE-TRADER.

ORIGINAL CHARADES. (No. 8.) Oh sorely vexed—oh greatly tri,j! Where shall thy bruised spirit hide, Where stay thy ruined mind ? My URSI miy speak long hours of thought, Till reeled the madden'd brain to find Escape, my SECOND brought. Yes, Comfort came-she put aside Her eye of scorn, her lip ot pi ule, Patience and meekness now her brow impeatl'd* Within my peaceful WHOLE: She soon forgot a cold and faithless world. And found the calm which satisfied her soul. —— SOLUTION OF CHAKAUE No. T. Tom teased his DOG, and by his MA. was scolded; Iu a bluff LawJtr next — we see ulJtuldpd- DOG-V A.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AM) DBA I'll s. BIRTHS. Sept. 23, Mrs. W. P. James, Cardiff, of a daughter. Sept. 29, in Eaton-terrace, Lady Elizabeth Romillv, of a Sept. 30, at Langley Park, Buck?, the Marchioness of Chandos, of a daughter. Oct. I, at Hither-green, Lewisham, the Hon. Mrs. Itice, of :A S,)[). Spring Uice, of a son. Oct. 2, at Scethrog-'iouse, Brecon, tl.e wife of W. W. Manning, Esq., barrister-a;-law, of a daughter. Oct. 3, at Bridgend, Mrs. W. Lewellin, of a daughter. Sept. 20, at the Parsonage, ;St. Daviu's, the wife of the Rev. Richard Kiltin, of a daughter. Sept. Presr.eign, Radnorshire, the wife of Thos. Austen, Esq of a daughter. May B, at Port Adelaide, South Australia, the wife of Mr. Edward William*, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. Sept. 30, at St. James's Churrh, bv special license, by the Hon. and Rev. Win. Scoti, Col. Henry Ait. heson Hankey, of the Kind's Dragoon Gturds, >o the Lady Emily Georgian* Arabella, widow of the 1-i'e Reehard Pennefather, Esq., and sister of the Eai 1 of Gleiigall and of the late L.niy Charlotte Talbot. Sept..W, at hames Dittoo, by the Hon. and Rev. Frank Sugden, Capt. Frederic D: Cleveland, Royal Artillery, to the Hon. Sophia Sugden, d.iu >iuer of the lliitht Hon. the Lord Chancellor. Sept. 3U, at the parish Church of Bosbnry, b-l' the Lord Bishop of St. Asaph, Robert Bask-rwlh» Ricliaros My- nors, eldest son of Peter Ricksrds Myuors, Esq., of Treago, Herefordshire, and Eveucovd, R&dno:shire to Ellen Gray, oniy chiid of the Rev. Edward Higgins, of Bosbury-hou^e, in the county of Hereford. Sept. 14, at New London, James Francis Morgan, Esq., barrister-ai-law, Lincoln's-inn, eldest 8,1!1 of the late Francis Morgan, Esq., of Catberingion-house, Horndean, io Anna, oniy daughter of Wm. Morgan, Esq., of New London, U.S. Oct. 5, at Meifoid, Suffolk, by the Kev. H_y. Almack, D.D., Michael Henry Williams, Esq., of Tredrea, near Truro, son of Michael Williams, Esq., of Sr-orripr house Cornwall, to Catherine Ann, daughter of Richard Almack, Esq., of Meifoid. Oct. 4, at Aberdare Church, by tho Rev. H. Richards curate, Mr. Hees Davies, to Miss Dinau Ho.veils, both of Aberaman. Oct. 2, at Lantwit Church, near Neath, by the Rev. J. B. Price, curate, Mr. Wm. Matthe.vs, of the parish of Loughor, to Miss Catherine Bowen, of the parish of Lantwit. Oct. 2, at Neath Church, by the Rev. J. B. Pric", curate, Mr. John Shelley, of the parish of Laleston, to Miss Mary Gregory, of Neath parish. Oct. 2, at Neath Church, by the Rev. J. n. Price, curate, Mr. David Rees, to Miss Mary Jones, both of Neath parish. Sept. 28, at the Registrar's Office, Mr. Joseph Diviss, painter, of this town, to Miss Caroline Chappie, late of Gloucester. DEATHS. Oct. G, at Erwood Hall, titeconshire, aged G3 years, Richard Fothergill, Esq, magistrate of the County of Monmouth, a gentleman deservedly esteemed and univer- sally regretted by all who knew him, for his moral worth andsterttng rectitude. H is loss will be deeply felt in Tre- degar and its vicinity, where he has resided for upwards of forty years. Oct. 2, at Cardiff, aged 08, Mr. W. Griffiths, hatter. Sept. 30, at Tuam, Ireland, aged 36. Mr. Wm. Lewis, officer of excise, on'y son of Mr. Wm Lewis, of Caeileou. Sept. 26, at Penshurst, Lieut.-Col. Streatiieid, late of the (jrenadier Guards. Sept. 23, at Tyneholm-house, E 1st Lothian, Captain Thomas Gordon, late 74th Regiment, son of the late General Gordon Cuming-Skene, of Pttlurg and Dyce, N.B. Sept. 26, at London, the Hon. Efeanora Grant Mac Do wall, widow of William Grant MacDovvall, Esq., of Arndilly, Banffshire, N.B., and sister to Licuteuant- General the Lord Saltoun. Lately, General Hastings Fraser, C.B., Colonel of the 61st Regiment, age i 81. I,ately, aged 75, Lieutenant-Geueral Sir John Rose, K.C.B., Bengal Army. Sept. 17, at Kaimes House, N.B. Major McAlister, late of the 13th Light Dragoons. Sept. 25, at Shipton-under- Wychwood, the Rev. Robert Phiilimore, Vicar of that place, and Rector of Slapton, ill the County of Buckingham, ayed GS. Oct. 1, at Clifton Hall, Notts, Sir Juckes Clifton, Eart. Sept. 11, at the residence of her brother, Mr. David Davis, jun., of Mill-street, A bard are, Margaret, the beloved wife of the ltev. Mr. Ilutcheson, and daughter of Mr. David Davis, of Blaengwawr, aged 28 years. Sept. 25, Thomas, son of the above-named Mr. Hutcheson, aged three months. Oct. 2, at the residence of Mr. Joseph, Miil-street, Aberdare, Catherine, the youngest daughter of Mr David Davis, Blaengwawr. Sepi. '25, at Aberdare, aged 67 years, Mr. Evan Griffiths, one of the oldest inhabitants, and deservedly oLe of the most popular in that place. He hall kept olle of the principal shops there — at one time the only one—for about half a century, and was of so benevolent and charitable a disposition that it is said he never took lez,tI proceedings against any of his debtors. When the Yale of Neath Railway was opened to Aoerdare, Evan Grilii:hs was selected by his fellow-parishioners to present the address to Lord Villiers and tiie directors. His cheerlul and good-humoured countenance wiii long be remem- bered by his numerous friends and neighbours. Sept. 20, at Fair Oak Cottage, Caerleon-road Mr. Samuel Etheridge. Aug. 4. at Masulipatam, aged 37, after a few days' illness, while engaged in the magnetic survey of lo 'i Charles Morgan Elliot, F.R.S., Brevet Captain in' i "e Madras Engmeeis, lin.i son of the late John of Pimhco-lodge, Westminster. The premat ire' de.th of this most zealous oliicer wiii be loi;c tcie'-d h. -II who knew him. 0 C^ "'1 Sept. 28, in London, Rear-Admiral YVdiiatn Fisher, aged 71. Oct. 1, at Pjt-house, of an apoplectic seizure, in his 83th year John Beneti, Esq., late M.P.for the Southern •WiMSlOU ol tlie Couufy of uts. Oct. 3, at his father's house, Llangadock, Carmarthen- shire. Mr. Morgan Thomas, of Uosport, universal.v he- loved ana deeply regretted. "ft. 5, ill ice, the Eul So Biers, in lots uu,,i y ut hi*

^'8 roannerg and acknowledged the goodness of his I h-4' ''ve<^ as one w^° knew responsibilities of station, and, though not in affluent circumstances, ht§ a)8 Were passed in the kindliest offices of Christian wardsliip, and with much benevolence to the poor. Ii)' descant Sir DIGBY MACXWORTH would have been the owner of the hue Guoll Estate, in this county, but that his uncle, Sir ROBERT MACKWORTH, who died Aidless, left it by will to his widow, who afterwards "•"H-ied Mr. CAPEL HANBIIRY LEIGH, Lord-Lieutenant of ^ontnouthsliire. By that Lady some valuable pro- was restored to the late Sir DiGBY, but the demesne, dutiful residence, with the principal portion of the 'a 'j 11)11 property, were purchased about half & century go, by the late HENRY GRANT, Esq., of Portman luare. Sir OIGDY MACKWORTH was twice married. 18 first wife was the daughter of a French officer, e»eral RICUEPANSB hi» second, a grand-daughter of tOe late Sir HUUACE MANN. By each he had a family %b° survive him. 8 Oue uuedote of Sir DIGBY, whilst a boy at Westminster b ,°°'. is worth preservation and record. We have eard it florn the lips of a school-fellow. He made a Abb^ ^at he would spend a night alone in Westminster j0 He was accordingly locked in. In the morn- He l6 W&8 ^outu' 'n a 8tate °f great nervous agitation. Uot) Seen a "8,)ee,e^ ghost!" This, on invesfiga- lur"ed out to be a new funereal statue,—of the m eJ1Ce of which he was unconscious It had been ^j(| 'here since his lait visit,—he was familiar enough 'rue ONES- D,GBY MACKWOBTH had the Bold n,cla' which good soldiers are made, and if the •elf 6,1 °I,P°rtunity had been afforded him, he had him- en h6t,oorl a statue in white marble in the place which eo ^lnes 'he brave, had arrested the gaze of admiring fSln'"J'men, and pointed to emulous youth the path to ej.. e" As it is, we place him amongst the Christian 'Ms* W'10 knew no fear but the fear to sin, and in t, r<-8pect he may be honourably mentioned in the same J) w*'b HAMPDEN and Colonel GARDINER, whose °lsm was sanctified by religion.