The Cambrian

SWANSEA, Friday, August 17. II. SHIP, NEWS. Au.Ri.VEi), Aug. 10, the Providence, Thomas, from St. Ives, with clay Prin- cess Royal, James, from 'l&ridgewater John and Matilda, Curtis, from Padstow Diligence, Penhorwood, from Appledore; Nightingale, Parsons, ironi' Ihdeiord J:ohn, Lowther Charles,-Doble; and Joseph, Clark, from. St. -Ives, in ballast.—11, Brothers, Ayfi and Jleurv, Gluish, from St. Ives, with copper ore Eliza, Hilman,from Waterford Rising Sun, Manry, from' D m i u Watennouth, Cvii- liffe, from lifracombe; Unaniuntv, Bushiu, from Mine- head Mary and Betty, S i id t from Penzance and r Resolution,' Roberts, -from St I t in ballast.—14 and 15, Three Brothers, Farr, from Cardni, with iron; Wilson, Davison, .from St. Ives, with euppi.1 ore; Unity, English, from Dublin; and Grace an I i i. Morgan, from iislt- guard,-in ballast.—Id. Ne 1 \pcdition,-lJa.wkiiis, -from Bristol, with sundries ProviJeiiijt;, Jones, from- Chester, with bricks; Elizabeth and Mary. Roach; Jane, Demp- sey, and Success, Donovan, froru"Kinsale; Sprightly, Ni- chols, from Appledore; New Blessing, Tedball, IVoiii H'el- ford; Dasher, Williams, from Bideiord Friends,.Uuk- table, from Falmouth; Susan, Johns; and Betsy, Johns, -from Fowey, in ballast. Cleared out, the Duke of Ar.gyle, Hellier, for Jersey; Friends, Tregarthin, for Scitly Margaret, Kenedv and Providence, Owen, for Wexford; Royal Recovery, Car- mont; SaHy, Thomas; Union, Griniths; and Fanny Ann, Wade, for 'Waterford William and Mary, Brokelishire; Union, Burt; Francis, Steer; and Boscastle, Atwill. for Padstow; Fair Trader, -Iteed, for Mjnehead'; Hope, Yeb, for Plymouth ;-Fortitude, Vivian; Recovery, Pawscin; Ann, Ball; Friendship, Hoskin; Good Intent, Evans; all,, William, Croker, for St. Ives Rachaet, Stafford, for Penzance; Valentine, Hill; aiid Watennouth, Cutlilfc, for lifracombe; Amlwch, Owens, for Amlwch; John, TiO.vther; Swallow, Trick; Supply, AViiiimns; lloebuck, Waters; Nightingale, Vine; a«fC Peace, Pill, for'Bide-' lord, all with coal or culm, r Loughor.— Arrived, the Polly, Cook, from Portreath, witn copper ore for Penclawdd; Boston, Beavau; and i Expedition, Morgan, from Milford and Ann and Teresa, 1 Collins, from Newnhain, in ballast. C, -Sailed, the Ann and Teresa, with copper, for Newnhain; Portland, Davies and Pilgrim, Julian, for Amlwch and Stag, Jenkins, for Wexford.. jSleuth.—Arrived, the Sea-Flower, Davis; Eleanor and Catherine, Owen; Maria, Rces; Lovely, Davies; and Venus, Williams, from Wicklow; Betsy, Fishley, from Truro; Pomona, Bowden, from Portreath; and Clulo, -Rice, from Hayle, all with copper ore. ,< Carmarthen.—Arrived, lbe Emlvn, Morris, from Bristol, with stitidries Roberts, from Chester, with bricks and Maria, -Thomas, from Llanelly, with coals. Cleared out, the John" and Mary; Storks, from Bristol, with sundries; Welcome, Davies, for ditto, with corn; and Maria, Thomas, for Llanelly, with bricks, &c, Llanelly— Arrived, the Betty, Roberts; Nelly and Mary, W-illiams: Beginning, Francis Tivy, Richards ori -Card Endeavour, Thomas; and Swallow", Lewis, from Cardigan Ann, Harvey, from Falmouth Kitty, Wilis, from Dart- mouth and Nancy, Grifnths,'from Wexford, all m ballast. Cleared out, the A'^ity, Phillips, for Waterford, with barK Happy Return" Hall, for Pemb'-oke True Briton, Phillips; Peggy, Davies; Queen Charlotte, Jones; and Bee, Davies, for Cardigan, with coals. Bristol.—Arrived,' the Flora, Baker; Vulcan, Baker; Charlotte, Sale; Nile, Marychurch; Ann, Honey will; Jane, Harvey; Minerva, Gardner; Westbury, Sime; Al- bion* Powell; Hercules, Powell; Zephyr, Passinore TreJawny, Tilly Friendship, Thomas ;,Diana, Ronaldson Ocean, .tolly and Jarrett, Thorn, fubra Jamaica.; Young Peguy, Dolbel, fr6in Jersey Northumberland,—•— from Riga and Betsy, Lloyd, from Tenby. Entered o'uf, the Trial, Morris, for.. Neath; Unity, Geprge, lor Carmarthen; and Haverfordwest, Jackson, for Ha* erlordvyest. Falmouth.-—Arrived, the. William and Mary, Eastaway Peggy, Darracott; and Times, Melhuisli, from Swansea. Sailed, the Speedwell cutter, Hopkins andTwo.Friends, Coopet.forMuford. ■ Truro.—Arrived, the Union, Robarts; and Harriet and Ann, Wilk'ins,"from Swansea, with coals., "Fowey.-—Arrived, the Speculation, Grenfell, from Lla- nelly; Charlestown.—-Arrived, the Hope, Allen, from Swansea. Padstow.Arrived, the Mary, Gould, from Neath John and Matilda, Tonkin Prince Edward, ,CoIe; Brothers, Gard and Maria, Richards^ all from Swapsea. Liverpool.Arrived-, the Industry, Kemiiure,. from Car- diff, with iron Lvelv, Pugh, from Aherystwith, with vvheat and oat^; ;and Jane,-Davies,-from Chepstow," with elmtimbcr. C.m'k —Arrived),j the Mary Ann. Cotton- apd South- ampton, Wright, from Swansea Summer, Thoma.s, from Cardiff Jane, .Phillips, ,0"f' Carmarthen, with coals and it Victory, Evaiis, of and from Pembroke, with rock salt. Arrived at Siomsca, Lord and 'Lady Lilford, Lord: Clinton, Sir Robert'Saiusbury and family," Mr» and Mrs. Harding, Miss Northcote, Capti Spearman, Mr. -Clove-; land, Mrs. Thoma.s and family, two .Misses "Vise, two- Misses Willet, llev. I "Mr. Silip'iev,, I Cator, Rev. Mr.-Blackhata, &c.; &c, Lord Landaff.arrived .here this morning from Tenby,, and ahcr breakfaSting the Mackworth Arms, proceeded: on for Landaff. The Mary, Phillips, from Newport, bound to Cork, put in here on Saturday, by stress ot wea- ther, witli lossof aiicl--iol- &c. • The Mines Iwyal, SiJJcock, for Portsmouth and Neath, was to,sail tho latter end of last week from Loriclon. The Commission of-Assize for Glamorganshire' was opened at Cardiff on Saturday last; before the Hon. George Hardinge and Abel Mersey, Esq. and after. opening the Court with the usual for- malities on Monclay, Mr. Justice Hardinge de- livered the ibilowiug imprc-aive Charge to the' Grand Jury: Gentlemen, of the Grand Jury, "I The feelings of the heart are often too, proud for their interpreter-expression fades before them;-—and those feelings are mine. But there is a language af gratitudewhich may be felt, and may be understood, though not imparted by words.—It is the imitation of those who com- mend;—who are beloved as friends, but revered as guides, and as prompters to that spirit of honour, which is their own habit and their own character. Another vear of suspense, and of'mystei'y has fumlopul this Island,—The menaced Invader of it (like Death in. the words of tlTe poet) shuk&rhk dart," but keeps it in his hand.—What gives birth to this del'ay in the distempered visions of his mind, (likeihose of the tent in Bosworth-jield) the caprice of such frantic ambition can alone explain to the world:—but whatever it is, we are no dupes to its craft: ;T.Ie has- made Soldier* of us 'all, and he shall take the fort, if he can find one of the sentinels asleep, "In the mean time every new day opens a new leaf in the savage and gloomy yolume of his cha- I, racter:—Without calling names, i| is enough to say, i that-it is no British Plant;—that it is rot to our soil—that we have i-io tasle for a self-interes-ted. ambitidn—that we have no obstinate relish for the security Of rights—and that we are prejudiced ad- vocates for the balance of power in a limited Go- vernment. t "Amongst a thousand crimes, which theSe few months have attested, there is one so prominent and glaring, that as long as we have breath it never can be forgiven by us,-though a foreigner, and of the enemy's land, is its victim, I mean the base and cruel murder of an illustrious and promising Youth -by a coward as well as a tyrant, tor no crime, but that he was the last hope of a race, consecrated by genuine heroism-—cut off as the living honour of a name, whose genius rebuked that of his murderer: -But posterity will sustain and keep alive the con- trast; for if the Pope—that, solemn Prostitute ot servility and cowardice—transferred his diadem to the Imperial Tyrant at Paris—if all the Kings of the earth knelt before him, except our own, the wreathes of that Hero, whose descendant he has murdered, will eternally be withheld from his name. Simplicity of good faith—an elevated sense of ho- nour—and generous ieelings are indissoluble attri- Bute's of heruigln--which not a single moment of his life has enabled him to attain'or to enjoy. I have heard this Adventurer called Great," but have spurned the counterie.it and have despised the herald. There is not a country gentleman who hears me- there is not a peasant, the selt-inlisted champion of his liberties—who is not more dignified and will not make a figure, more elevated in after-ages than such a Demi-god as this, with all his flatteries and blasphemies round him. Shall he be called Great for whom the Poet of Nature seems to have drawn this Portrait of a Tyrant— Fie,hts ni sweet, oblivious antidote, To cleanse the bosom from that perilous stuff That weighs upon the heart— Some think he's mad; others, that lesser hate him, "Do call it valiant Fury, hut for certain He cannot buckle his "distempered cause To belt of any rule," • • May it soon be added with a reference to him, as it was by the Poet ofAIacbcth- « He's ripe for shaking, and the Powers ahove Put on their.instrumonts." In the mean time proud indeed is the moral Contrast (and proud for us) between his Continent and our Island.. France was never so dissolute, or so turbulent in depravity of manners. "Never in our Island was the beauty of social order so pre-eminent as at this hour. It has been, however, the humane and the well- timed policy of the Legislature to redouble its guards against all tyranny at homey and there is no such tyrant as the victim of his own cruel passions. I have in my hand a Law quite new to us here: Not above a single year has followed its enactment: It has been, as yet (thank Heaven) a dead letter in this county, but I have two reasons for the wish to circulate the awful penalties ol it, here and at this period.—First, because in the neighbouring county we have tried a man for a capital offence, intro- duced by that statute; and in the next place, because in this county we have observed more instances of tumult than upon the rest of the circuit; not in a degree to be named with aspenty-;when the opu- lence of the inhabitants, the population of the districts, and the army of labourers can pass in re- view before us but still in a degree so prevalent that mercy cannot be too zealous to admonish those turbulent spirits in time. "By this (new) Law, if a man attempts to shoot at his neighbour under circumstances, which if he killed him would constitute murder, the attempt alone is a capital onence. By the same Law, if a man shall cut and stab so that if he killed, it would be murder, the wound, thus inflicted, though it should not be fatal to life, is imputed as a capital felony, At the head of the Calendar there is an assault upon an excise officer,1—These are generally des- perate cases, and the assailants are in the habit of being armed.—Let them read this Act,' and shud- der at the consequences This new Law, which is known by the name of A(,ty is, accuselci by superficial men, as intemperately severe, but nothing is more unlike the genius and the obiect of its policy,, than such a description: the genius of it -is mercy,.and the benevolent object is to guard the peaceful against the turbulent, • "I lament that I cannot (as I did last year) give you joy of a Calendar which is a perfect blank. \Ve have three capital- feLonies. Two &re of the same description) that Of steal- ing cattle; You will give the minutest and the most jea- lous attention to the identity of the animal found and lost. You will examine critically the circumstances of the fact imputed as felonious; and this I mention the. rather, because upon the face of the, commit- ment one offence of the two bear-s the aspect of misdemeanour in taking- back the offender's own cattle from the hands of the Law;—you will also mark the nature of the possession, so as to discover,' how far there is privity of knowledge, traced home, to the party accused. The. other crime is that of stealing notes from, a house.—The value of these notes makes ita-capital felony to have stolen them from the house but you will not-find die-bill true in that extent unless you can, trace the offender's access to thediouse, by the circumstance of the fact,—.Ifttt should happen, for' example, that such notes were tound upon the ac- eused^a-ft/oev w-ould be constituted, unless that possession: could.be explained'as innocent and le- gal, but it would not be a capital felony till evidence appeared which proved the offender's theft of the notes. (rem the hOllse. Ti-ieste. are the merciful, cautions (of criminal jus- tice) which discriminate the humanity. of British Law from that of all other natiohs. upon earth.- Juries (that heaven-born institution) are the guar- dian angels of this precious deposit in their hands but the shield, and those who bear it, are envied, are hated, and are doomed by the Invader at hand they are favourite objects "of his malevolent hos- -tility. Let us die before we surrender them There were five prisoners for trial: "William Ed- wards, for stealing a cow, received sentence of death r\j.>rgan Morgan, for stealing three deal boards; and Jolin Meredith, for stealing a blanket,, were ordered to be imprisoned for three; months, David Phillip, charged with, manslaughter, was acquitted: and j\o bill was found against Mary Morgan, alias Williams, alias LeySon, charged with stealing a 51. note. Carmarthen Assizes, this week, proved maiden, there not being a single prisoner for trial, a eircum- stance highly honourable to that respectable COUll-: ty and borough, nor was there much business at NiÛ P., C", icV ilte Gwynne, John Holford, John Thomas, V aughanHorton, John Howell, David Wil] iams, ml vv dliun Davys, Esqrs. are appointed Deputy Lir nU i>ants of the county of Carmarthen, i s honias ilird, Esq. is chosen Mayor of Hereford for the p letting year. Ft i^ i '-ingular circumstance, that in the popu- lous'ti, not Bideford, Devon-shire, there has not been a burial or wedding for a period of nearly iive weeks past. The third battalion of Cra*n?rth ens hire rclun- teers-was inspected at on Friday iast, by Col. Stewart, from whom thisnne corps received the gratifying-compliment of b'vhig .now arrived at the highest perfectiun m nulltai-y discipline. Wednesday last- the Loyal Carnarvon and Ban- gor volunteers, amounting to 450 men, assembled in the Park of Vaenol, (the seat of their Colonel, T. Assheton Smith, .Esq. whose lady had lately presen- ted them with an elegant pair of colours) for the purpose of being inspected by "Lieutenant .Colonel Knight, for the first time since their return from permanent duty. After performing- all the ma- noeuvres of a review, with a precision that drew forth the most flattering marks of approbation from the inspecting officer, the corps was most hospi- tably entertained by their worthy. commander with plenty of beef and ale, in tents provided for the occasion; and the officers, accompanied by Lord Viscount Bulkeley, the Lord Bishop of Ban- gor, Sir Thos. Clarges, Colonel Knight, and a num- ber of other very respectable gentlemen, were treat- ed with an excellent cold collation, and a profusion of wines, in the magnificent tent in which the Earl of Utbridge entertained the Royal Family at Wey- mouth; The battalion afterwards separated in perfect good order, and marched to their respec- tive towns. A laughable circumstance lately occurred on the march home from permanent duty of a most re- spectable volunteer infantry corps hi an adjoining county': four of the privates apprehending that a journey of nearly 30 miles on foot would prove fa- tiguing, hired a, coach for their own conveyance, and followed the corps. Overtaking it on a part of the road where such a vehicle is seldom seen, the curiosity of the troops was excited to discover who the carriage contained; when, after some peeping through, the windows, they recognised their tender- footed comrades. The doors were immediately opened, and it was insisted they should alight and join their companies: this being refused, a scuffle ensued, and the commanding ollicer being made acquainted with the circumstance, it was agreed that the horses should be taken off, and placed in front of the column, leaving the coach in the rear, which was accordingly done; and after much mirth and several jokes at their expence, they were con- strained by this expedient to fall into their respec- tive situations. Thursday the Lord Bishop of Bristol held his primary visitation at the cathedral of that city, which was very numerously attended by the clergy of the diocese. A most excellent and appropriate discourse was delivered by the Rev. Mr. Charlton, of Olveston. In the course of an admirable charge from the Bishop, his Lordship gave his decided '71 opinion against the clergy taking the command of, or enrolling themselves in, volunteer corps; warmly urging, that in the case of actual invasion, nume- rous would be the duties they would have to per- form in their respective parishes, distinct from a soldier. He recommended his clergy to impress most earnestly upon their hearers, the probability that the enemy would yet attempt the invasion of this country, though it had been so long delayed, and that therefore our spirit and preparations should admit of no relaxation. His Lordship also made many judicious remarks on the advantages of residence, a strict attention to propriety in the clerical dress, and many other interesting topics.- The cathedral was remarkably c.-owded en the oc- casion. The safe arrival of the Leeward Island and J a- maica fleets at Bristol, has occasioned the greatest joy to the merchants there. Their cargoes are ve- ry valuable, and we understand the value of the import of one West-India house alone amounts to upwards of 80,0001. Wednesday. morning se'imight, about three o'clock, during-a heavy gale ofwmd, the Nevis,one of the West-India fleet, belonging to Bristol, just arrived in King-Road, was drivenYrom her moor- ings, and'forced to the opposite shore of the Chan- nel, where she narrowly escaped being stranded on coast a part of-the_coast. which must have precluded the possibility of saving either the ship or cargo. Most 11 zll providentially, at a moment when she was perfectly unmanageable, from the violence of the gale and the rapidity of the tide, (being the heighth of the t 1 <:0 h spring,) she took the ground on a fine sandy beach at the mouth of the river Wye and, at the return of-the tide, was got oft", and regained her former 7 b moorings in King-Road, without sustaining any da- mage.—-When the circumstance was first made known in Bristol, a premium of 80l. per cent. was offered, and refused, as an insurance against the loss likely to accrue. Hereford Races, last week, afforded the best sport that has beeii witnessed for several years past, as each day's plate was well contested. The 5Ql. for all aces on Wednesday, was run for by Lord Sackvitle's b. li. Whirligig 1 1 Mr. Kellerman's c.,f. Mary 2 Q Mr. Coilins's Whiskey ■ • • 3 3 Two to one on Mary, who was the favourite. Thursday's plate' of 501. for three and four- years-old, was strongly contested by Mr. Barnard's Gypsey 0 3 1 1 Mr. Kejlerman's gr. -f. 0 1 g 2 Mr. Philipps's c. h. Wheatear ..323 dr. Excellent running—the first a dead heat be- tween Gypsey and the gr £ y filly.—In the second- heat the contest was between the grey filly and Wheatear, till they came near the starting post, when Gypsey shot; a-head, and won by only half a neck.—The third was also a close contest between the grey filly and Gypsey.—Four to one on Wheat- ear, which was before running the favourite. The city plate of 501. on Friday, was run for by Lord Sackvitle's Whirligig 11 I Sir. Barnard's Gypsey t 2 I Mr. Collins's Whiskey was entered, but did not .run.—Two and three to one on Whirligig. • Edn-i., Pate shall, Es q* of Alansmoor, was elected Steward for next year. Saturday night last a poor man unfortunately fell into a metal pit at Toxali Copper Work's, near this town and though taken uut immediatejv, was so dreadfully scalded as to occasion his death early on the following morning. Tuesday evening 'last, William Holland, a boy about fifteen years of age, being left alone in a ves- sel on our river, in attempting to draw up a bucket of water to extinguish the fire on deck, lost his ba- lance, fell overboard, und was drowned. The body of a boy was taken out of the sea, on Sunday, along-side a vessel at the Mumbles', from which it is supposed he had accidentally fallen a short time before. Saturday last, a boy belonging to the brig Mary, lying at our pier, was very badly scalded in at- tempting to throw overboard a kettle of pitch which had boiled over, and endangered the safety of the vessel.—He is now, however, in a fair way of recovery. Caution.—Several persons have experienced se- vere falls in this town, occasioned bv the careless throwing, of pea and bean shells in to the streets: a i practice so extremely reprehensible and dangerous, we trust, will not be repeated, A person in this'town recently put nineteen eggs under a hen, eighteen of which were hatched the other appearing cold, was supposed to be addled, and left in the nest; but another hen afterwards sat on it, and last week produced a chick: what is considered more extraordinary is. that the latter was consigned by 'its'-pareto the of the..for- j mer ]\ei3,hy yrhich ir w adopted, and appears to are affection v-*ith her ovvn brood. As-we predicted, it-is" new discovered that the crops of grai.), though peFhaps not so abundant as last year, are likely to produce a fair average sup- ply III the principal districts- m England the bligh ts and mildew, not being so prevalent as ha:s 'been stated by some agricultural reporters. Carmarthen fair, on Monday, exhibited a great shew of cattle, the sale of which, was rather tiltH, but such as met with buyers fetched a fair price. Good horses were scarce and dear. The pig fair, on -a ic- Tuesday, was well supplied, though not so nume- rousiy as we rccoiiect to have seen, and many were sold at good prices. There was a good shew of cattle and horses at Swansea, iair on Wednesday, but so dull a sale has not been known for many years, very few indeed having found purchasers. At Shrewsbury fair on Monday, wool sold briskly, at advanced prices cattle were heavy in sale, and somewhat lower pigs and sheep nearly as at last fair: of good horses the shew was not large, and they were sold at high prices. Bacon from 5?d to 6d. per lb. Cheese from 55s. to 70s. per cwt. Copper Ores sold at Truro on Thursday the 9th inst. Mines. Tons. Purchasers. at per Ton. ,;to s. d. Wheal Fortune 136 Cliead. O. Williams & P. Grenfell 6 0 0 ditto 3 36 English Co. 4 9 0 ditto 107 "ditto 9 9 0 ditto 94 Chead. O. Williams & P. Grenfell 4 16 6 ditto SSMInesRoyal. 9 3 6 ditto 59 Birmingham Co. 6 8 0 Wheal Virgin 110 Brass Wire Co. 7 lc2 6 ditto 92 ditto 8 17 6 ditto 90 ditto 8 17 6 ditto 63 Chead. 0. Williams & P. Grenfell 8 5 0 ditto 47 Birmingham Co. 5 13 6 Wheal Maid 83 ditto 7 2 6 West Wh. Virgin 51 Chead. O. Williams & P. Grenfell 8 12 0 Tons 1178 Standard 134—6. At tha Penzance tin coinage for the last quarter, the number of blocks amounted to 2455, which with those al- ready noted at Truro, makes the whole of the quarter's coinage for Cornwall, 465.5 blocks of common tin, and 875 of grain ditto. Total 6530.