Papurau Newydd Cymru
Chwiliwch 15 miliwn o erthyglau papurau newydd Cymru
12 erthygl ar y dudalen hon
SWANSEA, FItlnAY, Nov. 20.
SWANSEA, FItlnAY, Nov. 20. — — NEWSPAPER STAMPS. 'Returns to an order of the House of Commons of the number of Stamps issued to each of the tinder mentioned Newspapers during each of the four years ending the 6th <J January, 5840. 18:5S. IS::HJ. TolaL ,13:50. 183?. • 1838. 1839. Tola!, OA-wait! AN of.SOO 89,000 92,500 99,0-0; 3^8,8-»> Carmarthen Journal .S4.750 4; J l8-.i9,000, 40,0.i0 liiO.'JbS Cava ir-. on herald .2-4,850 39,700 42,345, .^6,4^) 14->5 Metthv r Gu;rdian 42.000 6S ,475.48,01)0 40,CO;) 165,475 Monmouthshire Merlin 41,439.61.693'73,923 I0(».0fi;!j J.77.0GG M vottthsbire Beaoon — 37,000 84,500 Kortli Wales Chronicle 10,850 2^,83o :i0,5i)0; 24,000} 84.5b;! Si'nri.'iti 29,501) 4( ,950 3 i,50{) 35,000| 133.950 \eisl>:sian 33,815 5!7t.i 45,500 3G,9;)0| 107,49* A similar Return has been published of the number of Stomps turned j c i p,,bli,le,,[ lle 1).f,3 1,1 !o car/ a/ the above-named Papers j■ r the jirst six months til 1840; a,-d is asjollow. Jr.ii. Feb. 'Mar. vpril. iV<:i v. June. I ota!. CAMFi:;i-\N. 7:«;0 70<H> 70t> 709a — 14,009142.09!) C-rnar Journal 40.TO 4199 4000 4909 | 4000 4009! 24.10O Onrn»r. Herald MK» 4SC0 <5309 — 1.759 27,650 Mer'.h\ r Gu.■ rd. 140-J0 — ;i:c' — — 4000 23.000 o- Merlin — 10,000i :4.f?00 20,090 10.090 54,000 Mo: Beacon 25'J9 — 2i»00 2000 4500' 11 ,909 N V,Chronicle 1090 3900 — 2000 4000 2:100 12,000 Silurian — 3000 6900 3900 3000 15,000 Welshman — < 4990 | — I — i 4000 40!)0 12,'>,0.) -¡'? No question of domestic policy, can, at present, tin 1 in interest tli;f of vtctt-o or. \y<ir with PrniH'e. 'I he Cabinets of b:.th count: i-s, now that M. Tire is has retired fr.mi oil'ice, arpear !u!iy <iispose<l to pre- seri o the tranqni'lii v of r»r<ipe. hut a I;irpe j.ortion of the Paris nnd London press, are krumntto' to keep r.live hostile feelinus at.totig; the people, hy the grossest Misrepresentations of Lord P.xluiersion's last. note. These unprincipled newspapers, pretend to believe that the passion for war had been rapidly dying: away :R Franc: and wns t when his Lordship's letter to our A mbasr.ador at Paris u made its appearance. Upon reading it, say they, the i'urv anil violence of the war party was nc.atn revived, and if the disturbance of nil Christendom he not the consequence, il will at least require much time and pains to restore the public mind to its equilibrium. But wiio in fact are the oersons that sulfVr maiks of irritation against Lord Palmersfon to escape thorn ? Who but the journalists of the war pary, the old ene- mies of h's Lordship. of all Europe, and even of civi- lization itself? Did thev not keep up the war whoop as loi-o- as they were, able before the note of the British Minister appeared ? Did thev not pour forth a^aue-t him v.hole volleys of sneers and taunts, under the sup- position that he would not reply to M. TSr.ors's note of the 8'h of October ? And is it not manife st to all the i -,i i to ].,Is world thai they were equally prepared to revile his Lordship, whether he should speak or preserve silence? And what we say of the French journals is equally true of the 'J'imcs, and other journals of that class. It always irks them'ot;eco)t:el'cd!o niter anything, which they do not di em derogatory to the existing government, no member of which is more constantly the object of their vituperation than Lord Palir.erston. In the present case, however, it demands hut little in- to his Lordship. M. Thiers, in a series of diplomatic notes, had perseveringlv misrepresented the course of negociations pursued by Great Britain and her Allies, in reference to the affairs of Turkey. According to him, the views taken by France, were the wisest and most unobjectionable that could possibly have been imagined, while those of Great Britain, Austria, Russia, and Prussia, were absurd and vision- ary. Nor was this all For while M. Thiers, placed in ihe best light tlie designs of his own Cabinet, he purposely imparted an appearance of weakness and inconsistency to the proceedings of the Allies. Now, it unfertnnntely happens that M. Thiers is a man of some celebrity, how little soever he may deserve it, and his representations, therefore, if left wholly uncon- tradicted, might, in many quarters, have produced an injurious effect. On this account, it was incumbent on Lord Palmerston to reply to them, however little he might feel disposed to enter into a diplomatic contro- versy, and whatever iiis enemies may affect, to think, it is our firm conviction, that no impartial politician can peruse his terse, luminous, and most masterly notes, without acknowledging that he has triumphantly estab- lished all the points which, at the outset, he undertook to make oat. On most of these we have already offered some observations to our readers. Accordingly, we do not here design to open up again the discussion; but we shall content ourselves with alluding briefly to two or three poin's, which, being admitted, all the others may s'tfely be left to themseh es. First, then, it is demonstrated by the notes of Lord Palmerston that M. Thiers did not understand what all the rest of the world understood, by the integrity of the Ottoman empire Second, that it has all along been the aim of Great Britain to preserve bona fide the integrity of Turkey, and that the present operations in Syria have no other object. Third, that it was not the Allies who, in the course of the negotiation*, abandoned France, but France who voluntarily abondoned the Allies Fourth, that, consequently, no insult could possibly be intended to be offered to France, and therefore that if France should deem it advisable to have recourse to arms, it could only be in order to effect some secret purpose which neither her Ministers nor her journalists have yet thought proper to avow. Thus, if war should now take place, Great Britain must stand acquitted of all blame in the eyes of the whole world, which cannot fail to perceive that our government has conducted jiself from first to last with a candour and frankness, and a respect for neighbouring states, which canno: be too much extolled. That several opposition prints, taking their cue from the revolutionary journals of Paris, endeavour to disguise the true state of the case, is a lamentable fact, which only proves, however, to what unhappy lengths, men otherwise respectable, may he driven by party spirit. The affecting to believe, as some of them do, that the dispatch of Lord Granville was uncalled for, is a very miserable device. For if M. Thiers s note of the 8th of October was at all necessary, then the reply to it was equally so, more especially as the French ex-Minister had strenuously laboured to create false impressions by the artifices and studied ambiguity of his language. But the goal towards which the opposition journals are moving, is quite obvious. They desire to displace Lord Palmerston in order to set up the Duke of Wellington in his room, without considering the mental condition of his Grace, his physical weakness, or the historical circumstances which demonstrate his unfitness for the office they would force upon him. Nothing could be more hit miliating to this countrv than his Grace's Chinese policy, which, if persevered in, would have rendered us a mockery to the whole civiiized world. Nor was his Grace's intermeddling with Turkish affairs a jot more creditable to his character as a statesman. In truth, it onlv needs to point to the treaty of Unkiar Skeh-ssi to shew how little the Duke of Wellington understands the measure of respect due to Great Britain, or the place she ought to occupy amid the the civilized powers of the world. We have no desire to tarnish tile laureJs of a great man, more especially when that great man is far advanced in the vale of years; but we maintain that it is indecent, that it is even criminal, in the Tory journals, to thrust forward the Luke of Wellington in spite of all his political errors, as a person worthy to succeed the first diploma- tist in Europe. I' will be an linfortunate (hy for this country when she shall lose the services of Lord Palmerston.
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The Lord Bishop of St. David's passed through Swansea yesterday afternoon, for Singleton Abbey, the seat ot our esteemed Member, J. H. Vivian, Esq., where, we understand, his Lordship intends to sojourn for a few days. Oil Sunday morning last, sermon was preached in the Patish Church of Swansea, by the Rev. Wm. Hewson, D.D., Vicar, fioin Ecclesnistes, chap. 9, v. 10, its aid of the hinds of the Swansea Infirmary, when the sum of 381, 4s. Was collectpd. The Lord Bishop of St. David's has munificently subscribed the sum of 200Z. towards rebuilding the paiisli Church of Abergwilly, thus following exactly in the steps of his lamented predecessor. NEW MAYORS. A berystwith, R 0 Powell, Esq.; Brecon, Walter Mayberry, Etq.; Btistol, R. Phippen, Esq.;Carmart))en,T.T.Webb,Esq.
LOSS OF THE " CITTT OF B&XSTOZ."I…
LOSS OF THE CITTT OF B&XSTOZ." STEASIEE. In addition to the awful details of the loss of life and property by the late dreadful hurricanes, which are given in another column, we have the melancholy task of recording the entire loss, on our shores, on Wednesday even- in<r last, of the fine steam-vessel the City of Bristol, Stacey, 'commander, trading between Waterfurd and Bristol. The following particulars of this melancholy event may be relied on, having been communicated to n.s by a respectable person who visited the wreck yesterday. The vessel, he state, foundpred about six o'clock in ;lie af"tnnoo!1 off the sands at Llansrenr.itli, n?;;r the Holmes, in consequence, it is! thought, of the com-namler mi-taking the Worm's Head for | those daugprotis s-mds, the Helwirks, from Ihe appe-irance of the breakers; which, hy emh-avouring to sheer clear, he got on the Llan^enuilh sands, about, two miles from the Worm's Head, where she struck violently, anil almost hr- mediately foaniiered. There were twenty-nine persons on board, including seven passengets (four men, two I ndies, and a child), ad of whom, with the exception of two sea- men, were drowned. \} illiam Poole, one or the seamen saved, s.iy«, thdt when the vessel struck, he wis knocked overiio nd by a piece of the m ist, which fell on him, and which broke three of his ribs; in this crippled state he swam for a short distance, and got upon a piece of plank about six feet long, and which filiated him ashoie. Thomas Hatn'in, the carpenter, la-hed himself tl; t|,e wheel, and continued to hold on until the quarier-deck parted, hen he jumped into the water and swam ashore. He was nnt nlllch injured, I and was able to walk to a tartn House HamSiu savs that | he saw ten persons vva-hed overboard by a heavy sea at i once. Seventy-'wo pigs and four head of cattle swam ashore, and are at p: esent at the farm of CWII1 Ivy, belong- ing to Mr. Holland, the agent tor Lltnd's. The steamer is j gone ail to pit-ces. and the fragments are sea'.teied along the i shore. Tiie wind did not blow a g-de at the time (he ste.ime? st uck, bat tiie sea ran high and the night was verv dark. The cries of the unfoitanate persons were beard distinctly on shore, hnt it was utte ly impossible to render any assistance without a life-boat, but unfortunately theie is not one stationer) in the district. Four bodies have been picked ui», one a gentleman in a frock-coat, ami boots, with two sovereigns in his pocket; and 400 dead pigs and 18 horned cattle have drifted ashore. The Camden Society was established some years ago by several noblemen and gentlemen of literary taste5 | order to print interesting manuscripts; and subsequently (be Percy Club bad been formed for the same object, but i in a different branch of ancient relics. The N ou-li, never | backward to do honour to their country, hue recently fol- j lowed in the same laudable path, and have instituted the i Spalding Club, in which some of the hiuhest personages in j jejoice tliatotii, (,xiiiet);iz it"y has manifested its patriotic spi i> by the institution of the W elsh JY1.SS. Society, and tit I tlte IIlImtwr of its supporters • a re grad ually increasing. In onr advertising columns will be found the announcement of a translation of the Mwyrian Archaioiogv, a mosi important addition to Welsh literature. I hursday, the 12th insf.. being the dav appointed, in j the parish of Penally, near Tenby, for a public thanksgiving I for ihe late bountiful harvest, di'ine service was pe/foimed i in the church, which was most respectably altended by nearly all the fat mers of the pasish as well as many resi- j cents of the neighbouring town, and -a considerable number | ot the labou-inir classes. The morning prayers with ap- propriate psalms and lessons were read by the Rev. Henrv 1 Hughes, curate of Manmbier, after which the respected vicar of Penaliv, tiie Rev. John Hughes, preached an elo- quent i.nd impressive sermon Leveticns the 23d chapter,and [tart of the 29th veise, vv hen ye have gathered in the fruit of the Land, ye shall keep, a feast unto the Lord and the congregation departed, it is Imped, in many insf.-nees, with | feelings of gratitude, heightened bv the solemnit. es of the ieteresting serv ce in w hicli Ihey had been engaged. Sir Charles Morgan and Lord and Lady Rodney have arrived at Tredegar from Cheltenham. -i took L u:\cii. — An unusually interesting launch took place at Mr. Jenkins's ship-yard, Cardiff, on Thursday, the 12th I inst., w hen a fine t>i iganiine, destined for the Mediterranean trade, received her name from a young ladv of high rank and accomplishment, the daughter of Lord J inns Stuai t, | M.P. The young ladv performed the ceremony in person, j attended by her nobie parents and many of the elite of the i neighbourhood. The band of the Royal Glamorgan Mil it i a j was mllstered on the occasion, in full uniform, and plitne(i a of national tunes, with their accustomed spiiit. The weather proved remarkably favourable, and THE MAUY STUAHT went oil' the stocks in majestic style, the hand playing Rule Britannia, amidst prolonged and exulting cheers from the spectato s. We do lIot recollect ever wit- nessing a similar scene with anything approaching the same degree of interest, and this feeling appeared to pervade every group assembled 011 the occasion, but more especially those who had the uood fortune to be near the stand, where the fair bestovver of her distinguished name was The cynosure of neighbouring eyes." It was gratifying to observe how completely the elegant party there assembled entered into the spirit and enjov- j inent of the scene. In the evening a dinner was provided j by life ovvneis at the Angel Inn, to which they liberally iii. vited a large party of their friends, and which was honoured) by the presence of Lord James Stuart, M. P The ch iir ■ was ably filled by C. C. Williams, Esq., who proposed the various loyal and other appropriate toasts, in his 11811al happy manner. The provision and wines did great credit to Ili- and Mrs. Davis, the worihy host and hostess of tile Angel. The Mary Stuart is gone into dock to be copper- bottomed, and will, when fully rigged and cbmpleted, prove not unworthy of the distinguished nainV slje bears. Her figure-head is beautifully carved, and she is also richly or- j namented with the arms of Stuart and Crichton. IvofUSM.—On the 12th inst., the principal Lodge of the Female Ivorites' Unity, held at the C own Inn, Aber- avon, in this county, held a general meeting of the Order, pursuant to the notice given in the Cambrian of the 7th inst. j The Rev. D. Evans, of Neath, was unanimously called to the chair, when the following resolutions were read and passed First, that there w is no objection by any person present, nor by any ietierrron) other bulges, save one from the Bear Inn, Aberavon, without signature, against the said j Lodge to be the principal one of the Order; secondly, that | the said Lodge is to be called.from that day out Elen Codebo"- y Goron; thirdly, that the said Lodge will do its utmost en- deavours to keep the whole Lodges in unity, peace and concord. Afterwards they formed themselves into proces- sioll as follows; the Hev. Chairman and the founder of the cause (Mr. D. Jones) two abreast next a banner borne by a Brother, with the following insciiption, Cyfrinfa Elen Codebog, Aberafonthe chief President, President, and Vice-President, two abreast; Sister, two and two, with male Ivorites following the procession to the Tabernacle Meeting-house, where an exceHentseonon was preached by the worthy Chairman, from Heb. 12, 14 "Follow peace with all men." Atter divine service, they formed themselves again into procession as before, and walked through the principal streets of the town. After their retmn to rile lodge-room, they partook ot tea; and in the course of the evening some impre-sive speeches weie delivered, and the following toasts given The Queen—Prince Albert-Onr most worthy Sister, Ladv Charlotte Gnest-The Ladies of Glamorgan — GwladnsJ Lodge, Penydaren — Saint Da\id's Lodge, Carmarthen—with all the Lodges offfmaie and male Ivorites through Wales. THE TIUJE IVORITES.—This henevotentattd philan- thropic Order held its first quarterly meeting afier the division of the county into distr-.cts, at the Coach and Horses, in the Swansea distiict, on the 6th inst., when Mr. David' Lewis, ot Pontardulais, took fhe Chair, alld Mr. Howells, of Swansea, Vice Chair. After brielfy rematking with great effect on the object of the meeting, bv the Chairman, some ot the Brotherhood delivered most excellent addresses on the great utili'y ot the Order to Wales generally. After- wards the deputations of the different Lodges alternately produced the most gratifying intelligence of the wonderful and incredible progress of this new ly .formed society, there being not less than 16 Lodges appertaining to the Swansea district, containing above 700 members; between honorary members and the Aberavon district, nearly 400; from the other districts ill the county we have not obtained the re- port, but the Merthyr district is the largest in the numoerof its Lodges and members. The first Lodge in the connty and third in South Wales was opened so late as the 17th of September, 1838, consequently we see the wonderful spread of this infant society in so short a time, and it is not strange that every ieffective mind is so anions as to enquire what are the objects of this order? calculating, from its unparal- j leled progress,that the e must be some:: eat interest to the community connected with it, otherwise its progress would not have been so extensive. In order to satisfy the public j tltat rhere is no evil connected with the Order, we would briefly set down the objects of the society thus,—to provide such relief for its members as shall enable them, in time of sickness and old age, to escape the degradation of pauperism and beggary—to render every assistance in its po •• er nil !er pecnpiaiy difficulties resulting from aecidpnts fir losses-to encourage the Welsh language, and to promote Welsh lilera- tille, by delivering lectures and awarding prizes for the best essays on moral and physical subjects. Thence it is very lIIanifp"t IIt;1I Ihis Order is founded upon the most enlarged principles of humanity true philanihropy and true patriot- ism are its characteristics —if enj ins tfie very fulfilment of the law of heaven, the duty of man to man—it shuts without its confines all party questions in religion and politics; hut nevertheless the wo ship and service of God is enforced; and another distinguishing feature of True Ivoiism is loyalty to the Sovereign and to the Government, the Irghesj respect and attachment to the constitution and excellent establish- ments of our country. To mention the workings of the Order as a benefit, moral and social society, wOllld be too extensive for the limits of a newspaper, but enough has been said to induce eveiy true philanthropist among the higher class of the community to acknowledge Ihe propl iety of supporting the Order, and thereby to foster a spirit of independence among the lower class by their industry, to provide against the difficulties of life, by which means the poor rates would be greatlv reduced. Among the many re- solutions passed in the meeting, as the most appropriate to carry into effect the objects of the Older, one in particular the promoters of Welsh literature will be happy to avail themselves of, viz., that it was unanimously agreed to hold an annual anniversary in the distiict, towards awarding prizes for the best compositions on subjects worthy the at. lention of all, which will evade the stigmas cast or. the -o- cieties in general from the indiscretion of a few in selecting their subjects. The Town Council of Aberystwith have agreed to present a congratulatory address to the Bishop of St. David's, on his appointment to the diocese. The barque Port of Glasgow, of Poole. James Frost, master, artived at Quebec in forty six days from Bristol. Mr. John Williams, of the Maeslongh Arms and Bear Inn, Brecon, Registrar of Rirths and Deaths, has appointed his son, Mr. John D. Williams, to be Deputy Registrar, which appointment was duly approved of by the Board af Guardians at their meeting on Saturday last. <
THE LATE HURRICANE.
THE LATE HURRICANE. The high winds of Thursday, Friday, and Saturday last have, we regret to state, occasioned the loss of much life and property among the shipping of the country. On the Thames, both above and below London Bridge, innumerable instances of damage are reported. Several vessels broke away from their moorings, and many barges have been sunk. The following are among the most calamitous that have oc- curred — The brig Alert, of Sunderland, sailed from Hayle on the lilli inst., fatten with cop.ter ore and muudic, bound to Shields, and on Thursday night, the v\i«j<| blowing sfiong from the W.S.W., with a heavy sea, the vessel became leaky, so much so that the crew were continually pumping, and oil Friday morning, about eight a.m., the vessel sud- denly went down, the crew not having time to get the boats out, and were all, with t'ie exception of one, tin fort mutely drnwited; the name of the sur«i\or is John Winchester, who was taken np floating on one ot the deck planks shortly after the vessel foun lere.f, hy the smack Four Friends, of Fouc\,Capt. Vv in. Scantlebury, by whom he was treated wiio every kindness and humanity, and landed at the Mum- bles Oil Saiutdav. Flie names of the master and crew diowneo are fed'ows -J,•>•; Gregson, master, a native of Sunde: land The.. Allen, mate, of Swanage Francis Alien, second mate, of Dundee; iiichd. Grey, seaman, of Brilins;- ton; rt bo-.nas Arthur, seaman, of Fen y-sid e, Carmari lien- shire; Hugh M'Kon/ie, seaman, of Shetland; Alfred Fear, seaman, of Hayle, Cornwall; Thus. Brooks, apprentice, or Gloucester; Joseph, Bray, apprentice, of Ha vie and John 'Winchester, apprentice, of Shetland, the surv'ivor. between two and tiiree on Friday morning a vessel was observed at sea, oft tne harbour leading to Bidcford, Devon- sh;re, evidently making for that port. Siie turned out to be the ( <)lltn< laden with timber, from Prince Edward Island, On the vessel reaching a short distance from the mouth of the j harbour, tne captain perceived that, in consequence of the great stirjje, it was impossible to i nter. The vessel was put about to sea, and was scudding before the wind, when a vo lent sea struck her on the starboard quarter, carried away Iter bulwarks, and swept everything off the deck. SlIP had scarcely recovercfi the shock, « hen another sea, more violent, than the first, "truck her, which unshipped the rudder and did considerable damage. The crew having by this time lost ail of vessel, she was left to the mercy of the waves, and in about twenty minutes after she drove' on to the rocks under Biggy Point (an immense cliff), where she sub- sequently became a wreck, and went to pieces. The Coast Guard soon arrived on the sands near the spot, and, hy dis- charging blue l.ghts, attracted tho attention of others, who quickly came to their ass(s(-itv.-e. The crew, on the vessel striking, took to the rigging, an,1 they could be seen hy the •people on the sands supplicating help, hut unfortunately it was not in human power to save them, owing to the rocks being inaccessible. The whole of the poor fellows perished, exc' pt two seamen, who were washed asiiore about ten o'clock in the morning, and were found almost dead from exposure and exnanstinn. The vessel broke up about six o'clock, and during the whoie morning fragments ofthe wreck were washed ashore, and the rocks were covered with the cargo. One body was washed ashore at daybreak. There are eight lost. [On the night of the 16th ins! two beams, with part of the o.eck [Iro n the size of which appears to have been part of the wreck of a vessel about 100 to 159 tons) was washed on shore near Port Talbot. From this portion of the wreck being composed entirely of fir timLer, it is supposed to lie part of a North American built vessel, possibly the" Collina."] CAUDIFF, Nov. 16.—A vessel, bottom lip, apparently of about 200 tons, vvas passed 3d inst., in hit. 4, long. 31, by the hmuinus. Porrett, arrived here from Quebec; she also saw the 14estmnrland, of Dundee. 14th tilt., putting back to Quebec; the Abeona, from Newport, with loss of sails, bul- warks, &c., has put into Penarth Roads, with several other vessels. JluÆoRD, Nov. 16.—It is blowing a gale at south-west. A rived the I!urmtngo, Falconer, from Swansea, with cargo chitted, bound to Aberdeen Albeit, Gilbert, from Kenniare, for Swansea, with several tons of cargo thrown overboard. At Southampton, Portsmouth, and the adjacent coast, the waves rolled with tremendous impetuosity, and the lower part of the former town was flooded to the height of five feet causing great devastation to All the steamers from Cowes, Ryde, &c. weathered the storm bravely. One sailing barge near the eastern steps, having her hold open, received such floods of water as to sink, but with no loss of life The meadows were covered with water to an extent of 40 acres. All the Docks were flooded, and among the boatmen and craft the damage was immense. Numerous houses were unroofed, but no lives were lost. At Bursledon, the road was scarcely passable, the water being up to the horses backs, and so in the neighbourhood of Emsworth, Farnham, Portcbester, &c., where wreck and drowned animals met the eye everywhere. At Stokes Bay the scene was dreadful in the extreme—here a poor shepherd, having got to the highest part of a field, was seen by the agitated spectators at a distance to sink beneath the rising flood, and was drowned without its being possible to give him assistance. the rising flood, and was drowned without its being possible to give him assistance. At Brighton the hurricane raged with terrific violence, four coaibrins were driven on shore, and another at Porto- bello, but in all these cases the crews were saved by projec- tiles and rockets, thrown hy mortars, through the excrfions of Captain Marsh, of the Bearshide Coast Guard station, Lieute- nant Pratt, of the Brighton station, Lieutenant Prior, of the Greenway station, and Lieutenant Newnham, of the B:ack Roek stalion, who with all their men, were speedily on the spot, which was soon covered with thousands of spectators. A vessel laden with wine went down off Owers Lights near Bognor, crew saved. At Shields a sehooner was driven on the bar, and in less than the nbnitvtfs she was buried beneath the surf, with every human being oil At Snndei land, the Syria (a beautiful vessel of 210 tons bin then), which had only been launched the previous day, got jammed among the rocks, and a little farther off another bark ot similar dimensions, was buffetting the waves in a feeble effort to reach the pier. The crews had been oc- cupied in pumping the whole morning, and were now com- pletely exhausted. By twelve o'clock the sea rose to a tre- mendous height, and dashed with such vehemence towards the harbour, that the waves beat completely over the Nor- thern Lighthouse. Several of the tug-steamers endeavoured to put out," but were driven back again bv the violence of the tempest and the height and fury of the waves. The life-boat was manned with a daring and gallant crew, who, after a desparnte struggle, and eneounteiing many dif- ficulties,succeded in landing nine men (the whole of ihe c ew) from the Helen. Many attempts were then made to reach the Syria, which being a new vessel, was not consideied in much danger, and was deemed capable of weathering the gale, at least for some h uis longer. It was a melancholy sight to see the poor fellows who composed her crev cling- ing to the ropes as each wave swept over them in its fllry. An occasional shout as the life-boat neared them, and was often driven away hy the surge, proclaimed to those upon the beach the agonised feelings of the sufferers. One, more adventurous than the rest, leaped overboard, but was never seen to rise The other vessel had by this time gone to pieces; and various parts of a schooner, which had been discerned in the offing at an earlier hour, were washed with it to the shore. In the schooner all hands had perished. After the life-boat had apparently made its final effort t'oi the preservation of the Syria, she dipped into one of the mountainous waves wlicb were momentarily overwelming her, and when she righted not a soul was to be seen aboard — the ii) fttedcrew having all been washed off. In a short time, however, the lite-boat succeeded in bringing three of the crew to land, the lemaining four having met a watery grave. Manyot those on the beach now voluntarily offered toman the boat again; among the rest, on" of the gallant of- ficers ot the 88th. qua) ted here, insisted npolI another trial. protlering to be one ot the number himself; but it was deemed useless to make the attempt. Hie master of the Syria, Captain Minniken, was among the number drowned. One ot the men belonging to a light-boat was washed over- board by a wave, and lost, notwithstanding his companions did their utmost to save him. On Saturday morning the shore was strewed with remnants of wrecks. Thp hodies of those washed off the Syria have been found and the ves- sel itself is in a fair w ay of being saved from going to pieces. At Eastbourne, two brigs were wrecked the crew of one was saved, but of the other every soul 011 board found a watery grave. At Newhaven, Worthing, Rye, and other ptafes, nxmhers of "pssels were driven ashore, but happily no lives were lost. -Indeed almost every part of the coast is strewed with wrecks. The brig Triton, of Cardigan, David Rees, master, I ariived off Newport on Sunday se'nnight, from Quebec, Dound lor Cardigan, with timber for the owner, David Davies, Esq., and proceeded to anchor in Fishguard-roads having on boa id Capt. Crowder and 24 seamen, being part of the crew of the Chirk Castle, from Liverpool, bound for St. John's, N.B., the said vessel having sprung a leak and sunk at sea, about 159 miles east of the Banks of Newfound- land. The chief mate, second mate, steward, and six sea- men, were drowned by the swamping of the boats in endea- vouring to go on board the Tiiton, the searnnuing very high. The captain and crew wpre landed at Fishguard on Sunday, and were, by the agents of the Fishermen and Maimers' Benevolent Society at Fishguard and at Newport, forwarded on to Cardigan. They speak in the highest terms of the good conduct and humanity of Capt. Rees, his officers, and crew, for thei kindness and attention to tlieni when in dis- tress, and also for the g od usage they received on board the Triton during their passage to Fishguard Bay. J)\I\I"G l{nnnEHY. WITH V!IILE;\CE. -On \õ;¡tllrdav night, David Roberts, a quiet inoffensive character, attended his club at the White Lion Inn, Csk, and changed a 5/. note to pay his and his brother's contributions. Hewascloselyobserved by two suspicions characters in the club room, John Lewis, alias Jack the Nailor, and John Morgan, alias Jack the Ostler, old offenders, who, until that night, were members, expelled for non payment of their arrears on account (as they both subsequently expressed themselves) of the want of blunt. Roberts left the White Lion about eleven at night, followed imm diately by the prisoners having arrived at a litake, which is in a lonesome part of the road, about a mile from Usk, lie was attacked by Lewis the nailor, who was partly naked, who knocked him down, while the ostler rifled his pockets of gold and silver, to the amount of 4l lOs" a comb, the club rules, and 3lbs. of shot from a reticule which he had in Ips hand. Roberts was beaten anil his mouth stuffed with clay, while the pocket he was seen to put the change in was rifled of its contents. He ran back to Usk ami gave an alarm, when the prisoners were apprehended next morning, positively sworn to, and remanded for further examination. On Wed- nesday last the case was heard at the Usk House of Correction, before Henry Pocock and Thomas Reese, Esqrs., and the pri- soners were fully committed for trial at the sessions. ,\Jr. Cornelius Lvans, of Newport, the Welsh Walton, gives the following particnlars of a spawn of a salmon, taken from a fish exposed for sale at Newport market on Saturday week. Mr. E. found by computation, that in a quarter of an ounce weight of the spawn there were contained 73 globules; by which it would appear that the aggregate mass consisted of no less a number than 10,804 globules, each containing the germ of a future salmon. Taking the number as 10,000, allowing the odd 804 to go for loss, supposing each to have come to mature growth and perfection, and averaging 14lbs. each, we have the astounding amount of 62-L tons of salmon prematurely destroyed. INSOLVENT DEBTORS.—On the 12th inst., William John Law, Esq., one of her Majesty's Commissioners for the relief of Insolvent Debtors, on his circuit held a Court at the Guildhall in Cardiff, when the matters of the petitions and schedules of the ten following prisoners were heard, everyone of whom was adjudged entitled to his discharge, excepting Edmund Lewi." of Cardiff, hanllier, who was sentenced to complete, the term of nine nonths' imprison- merit from the rlclte of ids vesting order. The prisoners produced wpre Edmund Lewis, Andrew Griffiths, Thomas Hopkins, John Peters, Thomas Evans, Wm..lames..Joseph Davies, JVm. Stuart, John Godding, and Benjamin Thom is. A TO T\soi.vr.\T DFBTOUS.— At the Court House, oil f tiday last, Joseph Roberts, late of Abergavenny, spirit merchant, finding tint his petition (to he discharged under the Insolvent Debtor's Act) would be opposed, refused to be sworn, alleging that his schedule ICIIS full of inaccuracies and imperfections, such as he could not then effectually correct, hut would do so against the next ciice.it, whereupon the Commissioner discharge;! bis FPliri"l1. This is another instance of the great goo effected bv tiie !> is'ol Society of is the protection of t'rade ;:u-ail:!it frauds by bankrupts ami ins.dvent debtors, by whom tiie opposition was intended. Cor.S'rox''s A \'M — According to annual cus- tom, the different Biistol Societi- s which owe their existence to a laudable desire on the part of the to the memory of that true benefactor of Bristol — the revered Colston—assembled on Friday to celebrate the anniversary of his birth; and it. affords us unmixed gratification to be able to state th t the sni^eiijitions collected amounted, to not le^-s than 2393/. 14s. Ge/. From the report presented to these societies, it appeared that the chair v in the la*! year had apprenticed 21 boys, an ) relieved 346 lying-in women, in a hi it ion to 1551. 8s. 10 J. in the bankers' hands, to meet petitions issued, but not yet paid. -1 Ax OLD HOUSK-STKU.KK.— David Leyshon, a voting man, with only on" arm, has been examined at Merthyr on the charge of a black mare, the properly of Elisha Harry, farmer, at Canton, near Llandaff. The prisoner, though a young man, is an old hand, and contrived to make such good use of the hand he had left, that little could he left in his reach that he did not contrive to appropriate to himself. He !wt« hern in trouble" more than once, and is shrewdly suspected of having made the "grand tour" of her Majesty's Australasian dominions. Such is the celebrity be hasacquired in "conveyancing," that the mere fact of his being seen )n the neighbourhood the night. the mare was missed, awakened a suspicion against him as the flnef.—After the examination of witnesses, he w;;s committed for triaf. F'-CAPE AND VOLUNTARY SURRK\DKR OF AN VENT.—On Saturday evening last as ihe insolvent debtors were being removed from the Conrt to the Gaol at Won- inou.h, Mr. Smith, one of them (imprisoned at the suit of, the C'own), contrived to make his escape. Immediately after his absence was discovered, bills were issued offeiing a reward of 10f, for his apprehension, and persons were dis- patched in different directions to intercept the fugitive. On Sunday morning the insolvent sent his wife to the governor, with his compliments, siating that he had no intention of ah- senting himself for the night, and to acquaint him where h could he found. The governor of comse lost no time in a; fending npon Mr. Smith, who quietly resigned IJimself into his custody. An accident, by which the work* of the Great "r, tern Railway, near Hampton-row, are considerably damaged, occurred on Sunday, by an iir option of water at the side of the c mat, close to the operations. The removal of a great quantity of earth, for the purpose of carrying on the works, was partly the cause of the flow of the water; and a barge, heavily laden, passing bv, increased the pressure of the wate against the bank, and accele;ated the accident. It is stated that it will cost the contractors a large sum to rectify the mischief which has been done.-Bath and Cheltenham Gazette. In Bristol, about a fortnight since, a man named Stephen Browning, whilst labouiing under derangement, committed suicide bv cutting his throat. One of the ser- vants of a Mrs. Roach, in whose house the fatal act was committed, and who was the first to enter the room, has since died in consequence ofthe shock she received by wit- nessjng the dreadful spectacle; and the other servant is dangerously ill from the same cause. We have heard of rather a curious circumstance connected with that unfortunate woman, Mrs. Burdock. A sailor purchased an old looking-glass at a broker's sir p on Sa'nrday, and while carrying it home through Marvport- sti eet, it fell from his hand and was hroken, whell two papers were discovered between the glass and back board. Thev related to two houses in St. Paul's, belonging to the ill-fated old woman whom Mrs. Burdock poisoned, and are supposed to have been concealed there hy the bitter, to whom the glass belonged. — Bristol Times. Voters availing themselves of gratuitous Vaccination for their families, under the new Vaccination Act, invalidate their franchise.
THE LAUNCH,
THE LAUNCH, Nov. 12, IS40, Most respt ctfidly imrribed to Miss Stuart, of Cardiff Castle. No.ve r trer's sullen brow is gleamed with sun, And oy breezes borrowed from the Spring: The gathering crowds walk merrily, nor slion The mud that will to hoot and garment cling- On to the ship-vard all consenting run, Where rears her shapely hub von brigatine, Deslin"tl to bear the name of Scotland 's fairest Queen. Now, from a light skill', darling thro' the wave, Springs to the jo)otls strand, a bevy fair Of ladi. s, guarded by companions brave — A gallant group, and beautiful, IheJ are, As poet's pen or painter's brush might crave,— One for the ship's baptismal rile prepares, And Mary Stuart is the thrilling name she bears. All eves are on her, while her noble site V\ atr.hes, and olieers her timid gracefulness; And eager hopes surrounding hearts inspire As sturdy ship-wriglits to tlieii dutr press, W t li steady blows, th .it neither err nor tire, Smiting away the blocks beneath the kee) While ev'ry stroke our nerves, tense and excited, feel. At length the shout arises, O.T she goes That high -born maiden gives the ship her naiiie- Success to the MAR v STUART 1" soft I v flows First from her lips, then swe:ls in loud acclaim From mingling voices-, as the waters close Around the welcome stranger, floating free In her own element, where she would ever be. Now lulls th' obstreperous cry, and the eharm'd air Hrealhes with delicious music, as awav Pass the spectators but all hearts will bear This morning's memory 10 a distant day, And lordly halls with humble cabins share The prayer, that Heaven, 'mid storm and calm, will bless. The MARY STUART still with succour and success. LADY! who thus vour lovely name have twined, This dav. willi Cambria's oak of commerce may A hard unblained presume one wreath to bind Round your patriciiiu brow ? Yes, I will pray, 1 hat on Lite's voyage fav'ring wind Your sails may fit) and when the last gales meet yon, May Heaven's inviting coast rise gloriously to greet you. E. WARING.
NOMINATION OF SHERIFFS.1
NOMINATION OF SHERIFFS. 1 A list of Gentlemen qualified to serve the oiffce of Sheriff i for the several counties undermentioned, for the year, 1841 — Anglesey — Richard Trvgarn Orifliih. of Garreglvvyd, Esq John Sanderson, of Aberbraint, Es<j. Humphrey Herbert Jones, of Llvnon, Esq. Brecunshire—William Hibbs Bevnn. of Glannant. Esq. Howell Gwyn, of Abercrave, Esq.; Hoyvel Jones Williams, of Coily Mawr, Esq. Cardiganshire—Francis Thomas Gihb, of Hendrefelen, Esq.; David Davies. of Ciriiigaii, Esq. Fi-i-ticis David Saunders, of Ty nniawr, Esq. Carmarthenshire — John Wallers Philipps, of Aberglssnev, Esq. William Peel, of Taliaris, Esq.; George Bowen, of Castle Gorfod. Esq. Carnarvonshire— Owen Jones Nanney, of Gwvnfrvn, Esq. David White Griffith, of Hafodydd-Brition, Esq Edward Lloyd, of Tymawr-Llvsl'aen, Esq. Dell/ligltshire-Henry Eliis Bnntes, of Rosehill, near Wrexham, Esq. The Hon. t-idward Moslyri Lloyd Mostyn, of Bodidris, m' Esq.; Thomas Molvneiix Williams, of Penbedvv Hal I. Esq. Flintshire—Sir Wm. Lewis Salusbury Trelawnev, of Ledbrooke, Hart.. Thomas Williams, of Trebinih, near Moid, Esq.; Sir Thomas Slanley Massey Stanley, of Bart. ¡ Glamorganshire —Charles Pascoe Grenfell, of Maesteir Esa Augusta rercival Calland, of Forest, Esq.; Joseph Martin, of Yuistawe, Esq. I Herefordshire— Robert Line, of Rvelands, Esq. John Liley Seudamore, of Kent-church-park, Esq.; The Hon. Thomas H irlev Rodney, of Berrington, Esq. Merionethshire—John Williams, of Bron Eryri, Esq.; the Hon. Thomas Pryce Lloyd, of Mochras; Sir Wm. Wynn, of Ilen- dregwenllian, Kill. Montgomeryshire—Sir John Roger Kynaston, of Hardwick: John Vang ban, of Rhos Brvnbvva, Esq. Sir John Conroy, of Llanbrvnmair, Bart. Monmouthshire— Samuel Homfrav, of Bedweltv. Esq.; John Etheringt.in, Welch Rolls. or the Hendre, Esq. William Hunter Little, of Upper Pantv Goytre, Ksq Pembrokeshire — George Roch, of Butterhill, Esq.; John Allen Lloyd Philipps, of Dale Castle, Esq.; Wm. Charles. Allen Phillips, of St. Bride's, Esq. lliuliiiirshirr — Sir Wm. Sarsfield Bossiter Cockbtirn, of Dorenfon Barl. Thomas Locke Lewis, of the Knovvle, Esq.; The Hon. Randall Edward Plunkelt, of Beguihi v. Sh i oi)sh''i-e-'I'Iie Hon. Gustavus Frederick Hamilton, of Bur- warton Henrv Justice, of flinlock, Esq.; Sir Andrew Vincent Corbet, of Acton Rey nold, Bart. SWANSEA IN I- I IUI U V .—Abstract ofthe House Sin «'-o: s' Reportto the Weekly Board, from the 10th to the 16th of Novem- ber, 1840, inclusive: r Remaining by last Report 16 Indoor J Admitted since 0 — 16 I'rlliellts. J Discharged, cured and relieved.. 3 v Remaining -13 f Remained by last Report 230 Out door V^'b'dt'ed since 24—254 Patients ')ls('-harged,cured and reliered 3j) iDied 2—32 V Remaining 222 Med/cut Officers for the Week —Physician, Dr Bird. Surgeon, Mr. Bevan. The whole Committee. GLAMORGANSHIRE ,I> MONMOUTHSHIRE INFIRMARY AN!) DhI'E"SARY, CARDIFF.-Ah,tractof lIon,e Snr<eon's Re- port to the Weekly Board, Irom the 10th to the 17th of November, 1840, inclusive — Kemamed In last Report ][ In-door ^Admitted since 0 -11 Curvd, aii(I Relieved.. 2 Remaining g Remained bv last Report 161 0«/oor)^d'"itted since 25-186 Patients <D,ed » j Cured and relieved 12-15 f Remaining 171 Medical Officers fur the Week:—Physician, Dr. Moore Consulting Surgeon, Mr Reece. Surgeon, Mr D. W. Davis. Visitors: Rev. T. Stacey and Mr. Hainlen. Thomas Jacob, House Surgeon.
To the EDITOR of The CAMBRIAN.
To the EDITOR of The CAMBRIAN. Swansea, 18th November, 1840. SIR.-In your paper of the 14th instant, in a letter signed A Burgess of Swansea," on the subject of the Mayor's election for the ensuing year, the following paragraphs appear :— "When we consider the mischiefs this gentleman's predecessors in the chair have perpetrated, &c., I really think we have reason to congratulate ourselves on the result of the election. Mr. Mog- gridge is a gentleman wiio will attend to Ihe duties he has under- taken." I believe :\1r, Moggridge, as a private individual, to be a very I proper deposi orv for the onlv honour w\;icli it is in tile power ot j ttie Corporation to bestow; but the grounds upon which the se- Necitouoas made. h<is created surprise and dismay in the minds of many reflecting inhabitants of this town, ike." Now, Sir, "the ge.iileman who proposed Mr. Moggridge" did n»l suits that he .•!r..Mo'ggridge), was the most eligible per- son 10 fill th- office of Mayor, because he was closely connected with a gentleman of extensive influence" (see the reports of this meeting in the last numbers of tiie Cumbrian and. Welshman nsws- papers). This "because, printed in italics too, is lhe ricketty basement on which" A Bury ess of Swansea," has chosen to super, struct his high sounding phrases of extraordinary." I-Cot;sti- | tn'ienal, "monstrous," subservient," collision," intiu- ceees, anticipations," &c. &c\, words of high import in them- t s-lves, but when misapplied and fiaudulendy directed, they loose j their hoped-for effects, and jusilv expose the miserable ju.nbler of them to that obloquy which wilful misrepresentation merits and most commonly receives. Is A ii-irgess of Swansea" so little i.equainied with the pri:i- cipies of tri'th as not to know that its anlago ust, want of pria- ciP'e»,is Sllre (0 enguipb its author, when found out, in the vortex ot iniotny And is he so ignorant as not to know that the best interests ot a town and neighbourhood are more securely kept up an:{ promoted by a general blending of congenial and respectable influences, than by creating disunion or raising petty jealousies, liable 10 mar or distract the general interests ? Having, as I trust, dispelled that surprise and dismay" from the uiia.ts o: my rejecting towusme. which A Burgess oi K-.wr.iise,i iiiienc.ed to excite, I r, as ihe person so u.uquivecally ah tided to, to subscribe myself, Sir. lour obedient servant, DAVID SANDERS.
--.--| " MEASURE AND VALUE."
| MEASURE AND VALUE." To the EDITOR of Tne CAVAR!AN. SIR,— Havi-jg S-EN a letter firmi .4 Subscriber" in your last p.per on the subject ot ^lea.nrc mid ift.hie," and which Suiiscriher cans a "crafty sysh-iu, 1 have been induced to send you a few remarks How he call that « crafiy svs'.ein, which allows a a fair profit lor ids work, I cannot c'1n,:eive. It is really r.slonisliiii-r j how im.viiling people are to cl. !!t the same time to allow others the enjoy Plenl of the same priv iiege. He then quotes from a Loudon paper a case which was decided at the Court of King's Bench of an action brought by a carpenter named Lovelock, agamsl a pn a; i.-ail named King, for the b dance of an account, cstim.iiiiig his wot k by Measure and Value. &e. No-.v, sir, it liiu^t be evident to every one thai to demand Measure and Value lor work that had been contracted for, and for ahera- tions and additions for which a second ooniract was made, must | be unjust, a'id the jury did right in finding for the del'en- | oant, but at the same lime, it the man had done more work than j had been agre -d lor, it was but right that he should have received | Measure and Valu" for that work. I cannoi refrain froll) making a remark upon what lorfl Ten- derd<n stated, that a person who contracted for work of this description for a certain stipulated sum was not allowed to de- part Irom that cmiiiad on acconnt of any alteration. or additions alter-,vards matte, un'ess he told liis employer at the time lhat ihe expense would be increased Iherenv, and also told him what that I expense would be. N-nv, sir, il has fallen in my way to see i (wtio consider themselves very i-riporiaaij whj would I not be talked to in that way, who would coosid-'r themselves highly insulted, i!, w hen they wanted any alterations or additions made, the contractor were to tell them the expense would be in- cieased Inereby, tiiev would immediately sav, von imagine lhat I won t pav you you do the wo.k and leave lhat lo me;" but when bill h is neon taken in at the completion of the works they have not been found such ready JPi\1l1a,er." the cn was then tbe bill is extortionate, or some such like expressions; and I conceive that no man would like to do extra work without receiving a Siihicjejji remuneration for il, and indeed il would he the highest I pitch of injustice to expect that a man should he in ihe loss of his money because his employer would nut allow iinn to suv what Loid Tenderden said was necessary. Subscriber savs in the latter part of his letter, if I under- stand hiin right, lhat alterations and additions are "the device of designing impostors (ihe workmen I presume); but he vviil allovy me to tell him that they are eftener ihe lesu t of fickleness of mind in the employer, and the devise of persons wiio think that Ihey will have them done at the expense oi tiie coitrantor; an! it predisposed dishonesty" can be applied to aiiv one il is to such designing employers In conclusion, sir, allow me to sav, i' I shall not lie trespassing too much on your valuable columns, that every person's work, either carpenter, mason, or plasterer, ought to be done by Men- suie and V alue, a,:d I am persuaded that no right-minded man who wish d every man to receive a fair profit for his work would ohject to It, ami every person connected with building would then have employment, such as architects, measurers, and va- c. I am, Mr. Editor, yours, obediently, Swansea, Nov. !Sth, 1849. A CONSTANT READKR.
- CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS A…
CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS A HISTORY OF' SWANSEA. To the EDITOR of The CAMHRIAN. SIR,— MV letter of the 27th of October has received in i your last number the honour of a very courteous reply. As the reviewer, in assigning the date of the Swansea Charter of 1215. has acknowledged the error of a year, I lose no time in ttll' admitting on my own part the mistake of a day. To the reviewer I beg to say that I had not cut open page 58 of Sir H. Nicolas Chronology, aud will explain how the mistake was occasioned. My calculation was founded on the date of the agreement between King John and the Barons, which is said in the "Calendar of the Patent Hons" (p. 7. m. 23. Ill.) to have been tested at llunnemeade Friday," the 18th June, 17 John whereas its true date is Friday, the 19th of that month (as cited by Sir F. Palgrave, *• English Common Wealth." page 300). In tiie aine way, I w uld suggest, that there is an error in the date of the agreement tested by the king, in the same year, between Newbury and Abingdon, owing to his inability from illness to 1 11 reach Oxford, on Thursday, the 15th of July (" Patent Rolls," 1 < John, m. 19—79), whereas St Swithin comine-ced his in- fluence that year (if any), on a Wednesday, the 15th of July, 1215 In the note of Sir H. Nicolas, p. 3.6, on the regnal years of King John, there is a casual error-the thud year of that mo, narel:'s r'ig¡¡ beiilg twice callótd the first. Let us see whether the jeofails of tiie reviewer are as easily self corrected. With the laudable design of setting me right in my abridgment of a passage from Blount's "Killwiexicon," 2d edition 1G91, your corespondent, in the plural number, brings forward a citation from Blount's Tenures," which is quite ,mother book, and for my further conviction, refers also to Jacob's Law Die- tionary," copying" entire" into your columns the error which led Jacob to take the two strokes which stand for 2d., paid by the Censers, for eleven pence," in the usual progress of the mystery ofbookmaking. T.ius much sub-tit-*vusurc. If under the same ueau i iiiignt De inuuigeit wit > a remark, it would not be directed against these and other oversights, so trivial in them- selves, but against deficiency of insight into the institutions and customs of ancient time, a deficiency tor which in one who would "connect them with the present state and condition of society," amenity of style will seldom countervail. Let me further illus- trate my meaning. Making it nearly equivalent with a payer of "cert money," and "head silver," Blount elsewhere explains Chenser" io be (anno 27, h. 8, c. 7) such as paid tribute or cense, quit rent or chief rent, for so the French Ceusier signifies. To suppose that this had anything to do with" prohibition" will lead us quite astrav. It would appear from the earlier Aber- avon Charter' that this payment, siight as it was, introduced the "sojourner" and "conimoxant," now become" resiant," into valuable privileges. It probably gave the right of being tried by the Leet or Local Court,a right of Turbary—see Swansea Charter of 1305 and as the toft is mother of the field," it probably gave a share in the Foiklnnd, or common fields of the township. Here, notwithstanding my salutary dread of the coil, I am tempted to continue. In places where the lord, whether an individual or a corporation, had the dominion and the usufruct, and the tenants the usufruct alone, fealty, which was done as we have se-nby the Censers," must have been indispensable. True it is, that here in Wales, the land is, as probably at first, "TorCvfraith, the common land of the sept or tribe but bv the acceptance of Charters, implying a waiver of former right (except as to premises expressly warranted to the burgesses or grantees), a new and more exclusive tenure was intr >duced. On this snbject, your reviewer would probably refer us to the Statute of Merton," c. 4, and to what Sir Edward Coke says of the Lord's making a Feoff ment of certain acres, and the Feoffment being an approve- ment against himself, bv which the part so granted, is discharged of common also to the Statute of Westminster 2d, c. 46, 13 Ed w. 1, as to recovery according to the form of the oiiginal gr.iiit. It may explain the payment of "the annual penny by the Censer to the Lord," to observe, that as the Leet grew out of the Sheriff's Town (Coke on Magna Charta, c. 35). and a payment was made to that officer, this payment would be transferred, or at least a similar tallage would be paid, to the Local Court. The twopence were probably paid on admission and taking the oath of fe.dtv, and doing suit. It we suppose fealty not to be distinguished from homage, it would be rendered with the usual formulary by joining the hands together between those of the Lord or his Steward, in the way that we see the figures on ancient monuments represented, as if the\ were paying homage to God. This idem it v of homage and fealty may be questioned, because the Record, 17 Edw. 2d, directs that when the freeman or villein shall do fealty. he shall hold his right hand upon or above the book, the latter engaging to be justified bv his Lord," i. e. submit to his Courts" in body and goods." lloI/tCI.'71', on the other hand, strictly speaking, is not on oath—may not be done by the tenant for life, or copyholder (for the homage in a Court Baron is of the freeholders) and was ren- dered in adillerent posture and with a different form of words from fealty. Still, though paying scot and lot, the Censers" were not equally privileged with the Burgesses. Tlms, Evan Davitl, a Censor," who had been admitted wrongly to be Burgess of Neath, in 1521, was ordered by the Earl of Worcester, Sheriff and Chan- cellor of Glamorgan, to be disfranchised 1 now return to my imperfect list of the oversights of your Re- viewer. Although he pays very handsome compliment to" Vigil," yet, notwithstanding ilie warning in that writer's third letter, he [ mistakes ihe mother of William de Breos (see Pianta," page 25G) for his uife. Fvrmerty these reiations were considered incompatible. The learned Judge Doddridge has said, that Etymologies rightly used, do not only yield an argument of good consequence, but also afford much illustration and delighl." Their neglect, and the consequent misuse of terms, deprives us of both these advantages. Let me give an instance from your correspondent — The word" Chartularv" means an officer of the Romish Church who had the care of charters and public munimenis, answering, but with restricted powers, to the Chartophylax" of the Greek Church. It may also signify a Collection of tiecords Your Re- viewer applies this noun of multitude to a simile grant made by King John A. D. 1208. On the error of 206 years in the date of the mention of the Kilvey coalpits, as il has been candidly owned, I will not dwell, i I may be permitted, however, to decline making my own know- ledge tiie measure of that of others, so far as to sssert a total silence of all .documents on the subject till lhe year 1424-5. Sweeping assertions are indeed dangerous substitutes for philo- sophic generalization, and supply but inperfectly, the accurate diligence of antiquarian research. Il is not thus that Thirlwall and Arnold have brought ihe ordeal of consummate criticism to bear on the political and monumental antiquities of Greece and of Rome. In what manner the Red Earl of Gloucester, and his ward, De Bobun, of Hereford and Brecon, among the most powerful ofthe Lord Marchers, were quelled by Edward the 1st, their banners I lowered, and their levies disbanded, a little careful reading will readily shew. In vain they marshalled their hereditary bonds- men," except in weak and' turbulent reigns. And though the Welsh legislation of our ancestors advanced but slowly, as vour Reviewer complains, yet it must be remembered that there were many obstacles to be suimounted. They (our ancestors) had to contend with that Celtic system of community of lands, which, according to an able constitutional writer, I- annihilated all induce- ments to industry, destroyed the sources of iUdividu .l opulence, and exposed the nation at large, to all the evils of sloth and dis- union.' At a later period, the enactment of Henry the Eighth, which makes the use of the Welsh tongue incur a forfeiture of any office or fee in any of the king's dominions, and the provision 'that Justices of the Peace may exercise their office in Wales 'albeit not learned in the law," in iv tend to suggest the inference that former legislators were compelled to proceed in their career of improvement with cautious investigation, and with mature deliberation. I am, Sir, yours, &c. Nov. 17, 1840. PERVIGIL.
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hen Oliver Cromwell, accompanied by his secre- tary Thurlow, once went to dille with the Lo-d Mayor the populace lent the air with their■ congratulations, and the streets echoed wiih"Long live my Lord Protector I" lonr Highness," said the • eeretaiy, in y see by this that N-(-ti of God with yon." A- to God," observ.-u Ciumw'eU we not talk here about him. but for the p enlace, they would just b^- as noisy an perhaps moie tejeicodif yuii ..lid I were £ -,■;■« to be li.iti^
Family Notices
3XS,rH 'be wile of a poor weaver, named D sniel B .rker, ,:f ( cghii', ill t la,leu, ,'I twins. i lie mother is onlv nineteen v ears o! age, yet in ill! course oi ii'.ile more t..an tiiree \ea:s haspie- seiiicil her husband vv ith s"v HI ch. Id ren. 'AaazEa. On the 14th inst., at Si. Mary's Chinch, S.vatises. Mr. Robert Gd'c, chief mate ot ihe l-rig Tom C-inyle, of Lr.r.don, to.Miss ■ Sa> idi nliams, »d ihe Joimer place. On toe tvilli inst., at M. Ma.-y's Church. Swansea. Mr. David Rosser, bom and shcu maker, 10 JeHre, daughter or Mr lo'n }!2rr!t". all or Swansea. r,°n xhe !4ib hist., at Ebeiu zer Chape!. Ca-diiT ''present I bos. Hopkins, Registrar ), by the Rev W. J„mes, Mi. David Morgan, tanner, of Lulledarne, to Catin ri.se, dau-liicr of Air i Daviit Thomas, of Lanishen. 'be !4th iiist., at Aherdare Church, bv the '?- v T Thomas, Mr. Wm. Hodges, f.te of B::ib. now carpenter '.at Dv dry n ohiery, lo .Sarah Wa'lers, school mistress V-e-t! ire eldest daughter oi M;. Walters, of Plymouth Woiks, M,r:h-, r. t *yn 'J'.e Idllt 'sl Indepv mk-nt Chapel, Maesieg. by the ihy V eiorgari, nir. Mwrgau Lewis to Miss Hannah 11: h -j, bulb o: tiie above piace. U:: 'e 1-i'1 Lb-.ngoedniore Church, by tie R-m J R, T'a; ma.1 D a y ir s, o; Dyffvn Mil*; Liangv.cdnioie' to 3ijs> .ilarv W 111; r, i::s, o! the loan of' Cfrdi^aii. On Ihe 10sh ii.sf., at Bglwyseiw Church, Pembrokeshire by the Rev. D. f rot heme. Rv-ctor, .Mr. Tlios. Mf.thias, <.f LI am bed' neir Mathrv, to .Miss Davies, onlv daughter of the late Geor •« I.HI it-s, E>Q.. o Penycoed, near E'iwvfcrw. O.a the iitiiiasl., at Kensington, W. G. Clarkson, Ksq. (,f l)oc to is Commons. io Anne, widow of the late P. L,ewis 1^ ot Dowiiion-House, Radnorshire. „ Gil tile <)!b iusl., at St. Marv's Chinch, Moiimouih bv the Ivev. G. hobo-Is, Vicar, Mr. F. K. Taylor, son „( Mis.Ta'yior Mu:ino.v-street, and grandsm of ihe late General Kjusev to' 'Miss' Maicer, .laughter of R. H. Marcer, Esq., of (lie above town! On the lltti inst., ai Crickhowell. by the Rev.Tbos. Williams A .M., Mr. Henry Augustus Salmon, of B.istol, to Harriet Maria only daughter of John Harding, Esq., of S- eechley Ha'l Brecknockshire. Onthe l-.th inst., at St Vwndlos Church. Newport, by the Kev. A. A. Isaacson, Mr. Joint Toe.ibs, to Miss Sarah (/liver second daughter of Mr. George Oliver, printer and stationer of thai town. Oil the lith in>t., ot Risca Church, hy the Rev. n. Davies e.iary, eldest daughter of Charles Phillip*' Esq., ol Ri.-ca iiouse' to Mr. Win. Dullieh:, of the same place. On the 17th ins t., at Neath, Miss Margaret Beal, oirv da-e-h.cr 0i Mrs. Jai-e Real, Parade. Her sole dependence was npan |Jer savio: and, she died in hope of a jov fill resurrection. 111,1 ,insr-- flt Vt liudre, near Covvbridge, John Morgan fJg-ed 34, deeply regretted bj a numerous circle of relativesV d h'H'UfN. On the (ith inst., aged 29 rears, Elizabeth, eldest dae-hter <-<• Mr. Am. Gnfhihs. Old Greyhound, Llanellv. On the iih inst.,at his residence, Picton Terrace, Cat mart hen, after a shott i'.uess, aged o4, George Marson l-iuribatt, Es „f Newington, Surrey, detpiy lamented by-an affectionate wife a ui sincerely regretted by a large circle of trkmis. On Ihe 12th inst.in his 24ih year. Mr. John Bailey Morris onlv son of the Rev. E. Morris, Vicar of Llanelly. He was a member of the Odd Fedows Society, and was attended to his grave by a splendid procession of ihe Brothers, all neatly atti-vd in die costume ot ;heir order. „ °" l,h,e }1,h il,si-- »aed 85, deeply regretted, Philip Phillips, ^sq., vlarlvet street, Haverfordwest. He was a magistrate lor tne county ot Pembroke, a commissioner of li\e- a-fon- ofthe nio-t active managers of the saviugs bank in the above town. On the lttth inst., at Figure Four, near Aberv si with, Mr. John Owen, innkeeper, after a long illness. Oillhe 10dl JUSt. at Abe:ystwi;b, the Rev. William Evans, Baptist Minister ai that place- a w.rtliv man, respected by ail who knew hi in, and deserv edl v regretted. On the RV.h insi., a lar^e assemblage ol the respectable inhabitants of Aberystwith anc. its vicinity, comprising ail denominations and including se- veral Murs ers, met tor the purpose of payin. the psl sad tribute ot respect to tne memory of a Minister so universally esteemed ;;nd respected, and accompanying his remains to their last resting place. His coflin was borne from his late residence to tiieiChape! according to his request, by Ministers, and after ihe mocession' arrived at the Baptist Chapel, which was completely fined, and tiie congregation being sea ed. the Rev. Mr Saunders, Indeoen- dent Minister of Aberystwith, read a portion of Scripture'and afterwards pra.ed; and the Rev.-Wm. Jenkins, Doiace, preached from hie Revelation ol St. John, 14th chap,ter, 13sh verse. At the close of the scrinou the Rev, W. Roberts Peiiypark Car- digan, implored the divine blessi. g to attend ihe discourse de- livered lo the audience After the service, all that was mortal o' 'Ins pious and faithful Minister was deposited in a vault of the Chapel, where be was a Minister for twenty-two vears. On the I3th inst., at his lesideuce, the Barton, "Hereford ased oa, George Price, Esq a Capiain jn the Roval Naw, and one amongst the most distinguished ofheers in Ihe service". During tj.e last war his conduct was uol only eminently comi.icuous for the most daring bravery, tempered with lhat d'iscietion and skill which insured success in numerous dangerous and difficult ex- ploits. but also for the most gallant exertions in ihe cause of >««.*»» V. lionoar.il.le man, and highly respected and esteemed by all who knew him. In consequence of the wound. he bad received m toe service, he was justly rewarded b an appointment to the oul-pensinn of Greenwich Hospital aud a.so received a sword, value 50/ from tue Patriotic Society, for his gallant conduct. J' On the 13th inst., suddenly at his residence at Richmond, Sir W»i. Dundas Bart. Sir W illiam was previously in perfect health, .ind h.id transacted business in town only the day before his death He is succeeded in his title and estate bv his brother, L'e'it.-Col. James Fnhartoii Dundas. The iaie Ba'ronet was in the 6.5d year of his age. Lately, at Rome, the Princess Borghese, daughter or the Earl of Shrewsbury, who, belor- her marriage, was Lady Gwendoline Catherine Ta.bot. *1 he Pnncess was m her 23d y^ar, was mar- ried lo Ibe Prince of Sulinona, eldest son of the'Italian Prince Borghese, May the 11,h, 1S35, and in July of the presellt year presented linn wilb a son and heir to!hepri)tcipa!i)y,))dt;<.).i!t-!t On the 11th inst., W illiam Wallace Currie, Esq.> 0|- Liverpool. He vvas one ol the leading public characters ol the'place, and his death was awluliy sudden, having retired to ie.si in liis usual health un the prclious evening. Mr. Currie was the chairman of the finance committee of the town council, was tile first reform mayor ot Liverpool under ihe Municipal Act, and look a pron i- nent part in every measure calculated lo enhance the prosperity of his native town, or further the progress of the political prin- cipks lie professed.
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SHIP NEWS. SWANSEA.—Ariived, the William and Jane, Biri-ell, fiom Bristol; Taplow, Chalk, from London: and Friendship, i Guvier, from Watchet, with sundries. C'eics (larai ir„m' li Oiigii.il vith cattle; Stephen Wiuht, English, Imm Qa.-b, c. wilb wood Hiava, Brown, ti,,m Quebec, wind hotmd to Fori Tallin! Uobiiiscn* Kvertit, Irom Miramii-lii, vvnli limber, bound to Llanelly; A nes' Austin, from Bridgwater, willi biicks; Mary, Mori is, hoiu Ne'atli. \v nh copper. Aloifa. Francis, I nun Caiditf & Klizabetli & Marah, Johnson from Newport, Willi iron; Henrietta, Pour, from Beer haven Rambler' « all; & Thus. Lemon, Doolittle, fiom W'ickiovv; Catherine, i'ascoe • Meiei, Leine; & Kale, Richards, fmm Falmouth; Lavenia,'dn-w ell • t/omedian, Dark; and La ly ol lie Lake, Berry, Irom Plymouth; Sarah ll-xeri. Carrel, from Dunbar von Aticpui.uts, Spray Eliza Snrav* ra lipse, rtaiHto. and Brothers, Nance, fiom Havle; Eliza and Jane Joy, from Portreath Henry, Raine Union, Peiers anil Par. Ellery* t.o.n r ovvey, all with copper ore; Rebecca, Ensleway, from I.fracoinbe J"ruk, Laming, from Carmarthen; Duke of Gloucester, Solbe fioin Bristol; hbene/.er, Joy, irom Cork; Honor, Howe, Irom Appledore and bdWHid Jones, Du^hi, fiom Ress, wilh ballast. NriATH—fteared out. Ihe Morfa, Francis, tor Gloucester Betsey Lilly; ami Foninan Cnsttc, George, for Bristol: Mermaid, Edwards Aberystwith Richard, C .rlile & Albion. GiUtone, lor Exeter R*»e Williams; and Maria, Chard, for Cork Glory Smith, tor Che, Mow Philemon, Bradley, lor Youthal George, Johns, for Barn«up|e- f ir'sT'lve< ,l'r Dcean, Sir ibley and Jane, Quick* f"r SI. he.. PORT TALBOT. Coasters Entered Inwards, the Fame, Hunt, from lit trttzwnU r. Sailed, lire True Blue Prewitt, for R,,„en Oxwick, Bevan, for Oxwich; Perseverance, M'Ferlme; &. Sislers, Alexander, for Liverpool. CAKOIKK.— toreiyn hntered Inwards the U'.n, ihe Fourth Skirtinif /r»1' V, ''orrelt.im, Quebec, with Umber. Ditto Entered Outwards, the Lucie, lor Copenhagen; Betsey Stewart, LaiK'emari, lor Anister '.am Alon/o, for Hamburg; Buoy l.icht, & hil.ovv, Hsherick, l,.r Opoito. Ditto Cleared Outwards, the Jantina Ertgelina, Ebling, for Rotteidam • Beisey siewarl, Lanceman, tor Amsterdam; Vimarje, Williams, lor Opono; Camilla, Burl, lor Ancona Lady of the Isles, Walters; an't C In ion, Mines..n, for Lisbon, all with iron Coaster* Inward», tUe Elir.abclh, Fidrer; and Martha, Knor, from ale, lord Bariley, Harper; & Ulster. Denmarr, from Bellas.; Grace. M' W) I'll' enzanie William, I'earce, from vlillord; Jane and Mary, Washburn audi Blnclier, U'ashfietd, from Glo.ice-ti r; Robert, Ltanipitl, from Newport; Union, Fender, Irom Co. k Kitrv, Dyer. Irom Bridgwater; Pr irle, Rogers and CaMle, Jon. s, f,om Bristol all Willi sundries; Wellington, Davies, from St ajfoid, with limber; and I liomas, Ldward, from Gloucester, with iron and 13 in ballast and b willi non OJC. Ditto Outwards the Tino, Midler, from London; Friends, Davi, s • Bute, Wallers, and Amity, Lainb, Irom Bristol, wilh sundries; Jane* Jones, from onmadoc 'W illiain, liomas. from Bristol; KtiZabelh' a & Wilton, Wilson, fiom Belt st. will, iron; & 17 with coal NKM roitT. -Coaster Inwards, the Fanny. Jolui«; George, Tamplin • Swill, Richards Moderator, No. 1 Bristol Packet, Pre will; Moderator' No.g; l.edegar Johns; M ary, Gainey & Bristol Packet. Tivei s, ,o, Bri-rol Lulnej Trailer. Johns, Irom oiighal Margaret, Thomas, t,om Cork: Newport 1 racer, Jackson; and Cardiff Trader. Banell, Irom Gloucester, all vvnh sundries: Ft lends, De, b> Three Sisiers. M arshall- Spraycoirihe, Marsh Forhtude, Lewis; Thos. & Frances, Ree»; Eli/a' a J, hn Bvtkiri, Llewellyn: Lnanuniiv. Mri.lwii M 2. .1l1n Thomas; I'lios. & Ann, Jon. s Henry Billin Geor ee, Davis ,\L,rv' Stephens; John, S.nilh. Junes Murphy, Murphy Ht nun, EV.IMS Shannon, Do>le; James, Move; Emma, Stephens; Sarah, White* New House, artier; Swill. His-ox; Temperance, Llewellyn; John and Mary, W liv Hi) combe Providence. Patterson; Can Icon, Brwn.i- St Pierre, Herbert Rival, Cook; Sw.ti, Green; William, Bo'vvrn James, Morgan; Catherine, Evans; Eli/abelh, Jenkins; Catherine, Salt; "-in John. Stuiih. ^ufu"^rdat iheSwih, Richards; Moriprator,No. 1; Moderator, N". J; Moili'iditii No H d forav. ('amplni Tredegar, Johns; i>toI acket, livers Bnstol Packet, Thomas; Ma.v.Gainev; Glynllilou, nPS Henry, Jones Fanot, Ftinir; Mary, Thomas; Choice, Do.vnj Ctlhenne, hvans; Svvifi, Hiscox Atalenia. Owens Queen Adelaide, 1 ranees. Daniel, Elliott; Elephant, Litlledale William, Collins: George, Weeks; Mary & Mirgaiet, Jones; Alice. Hrnks; Union, Pavey; rdizaheth, Morgan William, Bowen; Call, e, i„e, Salt; Union, Evans I relli-siek, Andrews Excellent, llorrghlou Highland Chief, retgtison blr/abelh, Jenkins; I'na, Hughes; Wasp, Davis; Eleanor and Jitne,^ Evans. Emma, Pallister; Menlrnr, Lewis; Fanny, Johns; Koherl, Cla.npilt I hos. & Ann, Jones Harmony Chadiloek James, Ai<»rjfai); brit-nds, Williams; & John B\rkin, Lleweiljn. Foreign Entere Inwards, the Maria," Reed, from Wallace; Eliza, Corner; dill \i onk w ca i rnoni li, Horn ne. ft otn Quebec. Ditto Outit!ard, Ihe Due d'Otleans, Hoodless; & li/.aide, Symons, fin New Yo.k; Beisv S'evvart, Lanceman, for Schiedam Monarch, Hartuoll, lot Palmera; Sarah Maria Ann, Williams, lor Malla; Queen | Attelai le, H rant Is. lor Lisbon; Vansitlarl, Down, tor Dor(it Eii,,R, & St. Michael. Le Lea, for Rouen. it n I s I oi.. — ( natters Entered Outwrds, the Swansea Trader, Morris, for Swansea; Ann. Long, for Nearti; Ann & Sarah, Parr, for Poilh Cawle; Leech, Evans; and John, Harries, tor Havei lord west. COUNTRY MARKETS. SWANSKA — Wheal,7s. 8d. 10 8s. 4d. Barley, 4s. Od. 10 4s. Gd. Oats, 2s. 0d. to 2s 4d. per Imperial Bushel. Beef, 4M to 51d.; "eal, 72ld. to 8d.; Mullon,4d. lo5 £ d.; a2 Pork, 5jd. to fid. per lb. Salt Butter, lid per ib CAttD.FF.-Wheat. 21. 19s,8d; Barley. II. Ids.; Oats 11.4s.; Beans, 21. 5s. per Imperial quarter Hay, 61. per ton. COWBHIDUK.— Wheat, 10s. and 0s.. Barlev, 5s. Od. and 0s. 0d,; Oats, 3s. 6d. and 4s. Od. per Imperial Bushel; Beef, (id. andTd.; Mutton, 7d. and 8d. Lainb, 6 £ d. to7d.; Veal] lid. and Od.; Pork, Od. per lb. j Buller, 10 £ d and Is. 0d. Cheese, best), (id. and Od. Common ditto, O i. CARMARTHEN—Average Prices: Wheat, 7s. 7 £ d.; Barlev, 13*. 8 £ d.; Oats, 1s.9d., per Imperial Bushel. Cask Butter. lOJd.; Cheese, 5d. to 0d. perib.