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fixmih Cljat. AN attorney, says Sterne, is to a barrister what an apothecary i? to a physician; with this difference however, that your lawyer does not deal in scruples. AT Arbroath, a short time since, a disorderly Emeralder faithfully promised the magistrates that if they would let him off he wouldn't be five minutes in the town after he was out of it!" So you would not take me to be twenty!" said a young lady to her partner, while dancing the Polka, a few evenings ago; what would you take me for, then For better, for worse replied he. A You-NG gentleman of seventeen, or thereabouts, having made proposals to a lady who had the advantage of him, slightly in years and greatly in discretion, was wisely and wittily referred by her to the 2nd Samuel, chap x. verse 5. POLITICAL ECONOMY.—" Will you never learn, my dear, the difference between real and exchangeable value!" The ques- tion was put to a husband who had been lucky enough to be tied to a political economist in petticoats. Oh, yes, my dear, I thiuk I begin to see it." "Indeed?'' responded the lady. Yes," replicated the husband for instance, my dear, I know your deep learning and all your other virtues. That's your real value. But I know, also, that none of my married friends would swap wives with me :-that's vour exchangeable -"Value." PROFESSIONAL CHAT.—"Wot, Charley, my rum 'un," said a street vocalist to a friend in a smoek frmk and woollen night- cap whom he had just met, "wot do you mean by that ere dress? You h:lVen't-no, it can't lJe-I ain't a going to think so meanly of you— you haven'ttook to work surely?" Work!" said the friend, evidently stung to the soul by the base insinu- ation, "Do you take me for a hass?. No, sir, I have not took to work, neither is my intentions sieh." Then wot's that 'ere short smock frock and nightcap for ?" Wot for! Why to excite sympathy, as they calls it. I'm a doing the Uemjlish operative turned out of Frame dodge. And its one as pays uncommon well I assure you. 11 A CIIANCE NOT OFTEN MET NVi,rii.-A young Gentleman, of an active, enterprising disposition, is anxious to join a spirited companion, with £ 500,—or £ 1,000 would be better. It is his desire to proceed instantly to California, where a certain fortune awaits them both. The young gentleman has no means of his own, but he would be too happy to repay any sum, how- ever large, that was advanced to him, out of the very first proceeds lie clears oil the Continent of Gold." The youn«- gentleman is lively, cheerful, full of anecdote, can sing a good song, knows the most. entertaining tricks at cards, whistles, fights, shoots, swims, all to perfection, and engages to make himself generally useful and agreeable. He has also the quickest eye for money, and can tell a piece of gold the moment y lie sees it. Address to Jeremy D-del-r, Esq., Swindal Chambers, Cheapside. References of the greatest respectability required, but no prenuum.-Puncll. OBTUSENESS.^—In the course of a mining case, tried by NA r. Justice Erie at Lancashire assizes, a number of old and not very brilliant witnesses were examined to prove the extent and mode of working a mine. The following dialogue took place between one of them and Mr. James, the barrister engaged for the prisoner :—Mr. James Now, you say you worked at the NVitness: "Ees, sir." Mr. James: How did you work ? Witness Why it war worked oo/p and down, you know—this way, that way, t'other way, foot-ridden way—dang it, every way" (loud laughter). Mr. James I must confess I don't understand you." Witness: "I think I spoke plain enuf" (loud laughter). Mr. James: "No doubt you did, but the stupidity is on my side, not on yours." Witness: That's it. You are quoit stupid '(roars of laughter). You canna' onderstand English" (continued laughter). The Judge; "If we had been in the habit of working in mines, doubtless your language would be perfectly intelligible, but as it is we cannot understand you." Witness Well, I conna' spake ony plainer. Dang me if ever I seed such a stupid people since I left P. t. WIIIPPritq-!N OF THE HOUSE OF C Weekly News gives the following description of Lord Marcus Hill and Mr. Tuffiiell :-I I Lord Marcus Hill is short—nearly as short as Lord John Russell; Mr. Tuffnell, again, soars above the ordinary stature. Otherwise, however, they work well to each other's hand. The one is nimble and the other strong. The first will leave the house in search of absentees, while the second will plant himself in a position favourable for preventing the exit of members. When a push comes, both will leave°the House and the rapidity with which members will enter under the impelling influence of the united whips," is really astonishing."

Diraife. — A CABINET COUNCIL was held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign Office. The council sat two hours and a half. SIR EDJIUND LYONS, lately minister at Athens will, we be- lieve, be appointed British Minister in Switzerland.— Times. LORD BLOOMFIELD, the British Minister at the Court of St. Petersburgh, has arrived in London, from Russia, on leave. GORHAM V. THE BISHOP OF EXETER.—This case has been argued in the Arches' Court this week, and stands adjourned for judgment. THE NATIONAL SOCIE-TY.-T-ler Majesty the Queen Dowager has presented the sum of £ 200 towards the general funds of the National Society, and £50 towards the Welsh fund. PORTSMOUTH ELECTION.—This election took place on Tues- day. Sir F. Baring was re-elected without opposition. LEOMINSTER ELECTION.—Mr. Frederick Peel, brother of Sir Robert Peel, was returned without opposition. SIR C. NAPIER.—Vvre hear that Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Napier, the hero of Scinde, is likely to go out imme- diately to India as Coiiimander-in-cliief.-B)-itisli Ariity Dis- patch. MAURITIUS.—We have the satisfaction of announcing the appointment of G. W. Anderson, Esq., of the civil service of India, to the office of the Governor of the Mauritius.— Chronicle. CELEBRATION OF THE REPEAL OF THE CORN- L.I.WS.-D es ides the banquet at Manchester, a number of demonstrations have taken place in honour of the event at the surrounding large towns.. HULL ELECTION.—Mr. Baines will be re-elected—without a contest—all parties agreeing that it would be impossible for the town to be better represented in the House of Commons I than by our late learned recorder-Hull Advertiser. THE BORDER COUNTRY.—The various farms re-let during the winter have, notwithstanding the low prices of produce, in every instance brought higher rent's. This has held true as to farms of £100 to £3,000 of yearly rent.-N01:th British Mail. THE MARQUESS OF LANSDOWNE, LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL, gave a grand dinner on Saturday at Lansdowne house. The roll of sheriffs for the present year was settled at the meeting previous to its being submitted to her Majesty in Council. HONESTY.—Mr. Patrick Gardner, grocer, Dundee, has re- ceived an anonymous letter, enclosing ;E5, and stating that it came from a person who had injured him seven years ago. EXPENSE OF COUNTY PROSECUTIONS.—It recently transpired at a magistrates' meeting, at Kendal, that the cost to the county of the case of stealing a fishing-rod at Ambleside, was £32. HYDROPHOBIA.—A little boy has died from hydrophobia, at Jesmond, near Newcastle, a month after having been bitten in the nose and cheek by a dog. FIRES IN LO.NDO-Ir.-Froni five on Friday evening until nearly eleven at night, the engines and firemen were kept in continued movement through the streets of London, there being three extensive fires. GUIZOT'S BOOK, published in Paris for three francs, is re- printed by tens of thousands in Belgium, for fifty centimes, i. e., half a franc; and Macaulay's magnificent History, published in London for 32s., is to be brought out in Paris for 5s. and 6s. ROYAL ACADEMY.—Monday the 9th, and Tuesday the 10th of April are, we understand, the days appointed by the Royal Academy for the reception of pictures and other works of art intended for the exhibition.—Athetueum. INCREASE OF LETTERS TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE POST- OFFICE.—An estimate (given in the Daily News) drawn from Parliamentary returns gives the number of chargeable post letters in 1839 as 76 millions in 1848 as 329 millions. In 1839 there were 6-k millions of franked letters transmitted through the post-offices. UNNATURAL LITIGATION.—A case occurred the other day in the Court of Common Pleas, reported as The Dean and Chap- ter of Ely versus Cash." We never heard of a Dean and Chapter having any objection to Cash before. This law-suit can only be a lovers' quarrel.—Jerrold's News. CLEVER MARKSMEN.—The Berlin correspondent of the Times relates that a party of peasants lately marked a covey of par- tridges, cautiously surrounded it, and when the birds rose, fired a vollev in various directions with so bad an aim, that seven of the "men fell wounded, while of the partridges not one was touched. JENNY LIND'S HUSBAND.—The Gateshead Observer says:- Jenny Lind, we have (our own) authority for stating, intends to commence an action for I breach of promise' against the newspapers, a husband having been promised her ever since she came to England, and yet she remains a spinster." MH. FEARGUS O'CONNOR writes in the Northern Star:- Now, then, Jet me ask you-at the commencement of this year, 1849,-how long these things are to continue? how long am I to be the pay-master of the National Land Company, and of the Chartists of the empire? I tell you I cannot stand it, and I will ilOtstand it." CHURCH AND STATE DISCIPLINE.—It is asserted in the Church and State Gazette that Bishop Trower, a Scotch Epis- copal Tractarian Bishop, has excommunicated the Duke of Argyle and Lord and Lady Blantyre for attending the minis- trations at Glasgow of the Rev. W. Miles, an English ordained clergyman. KEEPING A LOOll.-It has been remarked that the Peel party had no dinner meeting, or other meeting, preparatory to the opening of the session, and none of the more prominent mem- bers of that party took any part in the debate in either House. From this it is inferred that the Peelites are waiting to join the Ministry at the first convenient opportunity.-Standal'd. THE WINDSOR THEATRICALS.—Her Majesty has presented to Mr. Charles Kean, through the hands of the Hon. Colonel Phipps, a splendid diamond ring, and has expressed to him in person her approbation of his professional exertions, as well as of the complete success that has attended his direction of the late Windsor Castle theatricals. THE HOME-OFFICE.—Mr. Noble, one of the senior clerks in the Home Office, has retired after a service of fifty-three years. Mr. Walpole and Mr. Mills, we hear, will follow his example. The usual promotions by seniority will take place in the office. but the vacancies created will not lead to any new appointment by which a reduction and saving will be thus accomplished.— Observer. WEST RIDING DINNER TO lIR. COBDEN.-Several gentle- men from Leeds, Bradford, and Sheffield, had an interview at Manchester, on Thursday, with Mr. Cobden, the member for the West Riding, when the hon. gentleman accepted an invita- tion to a public dinner from his constituents, to take place as soon as the arrangements can be made. It is probable that the entertainment will be given at Leeds, and within two or three weeks.-Leecls Mercury, SOUTH DEVON ELTSCTION.—This election will be fixed for the 13th of February, we understand. Sir Ralph Lopes will be proposed. We do not hear that any opposition is likely to arise, as, since Mr. Kekewich has been withdrawn from the field, the endowment party have not had the courage to present an- other man.— Western Times. A FURTHER CALL UPON JENNY BENEVOLENCE.—A correspondent wishes us to suggest the propriety of originating a memorial in Barnsly to Mdlle. Jenny Lind, soliciting her to give her gratuitous services at an oratorio in St. Mary's church, on behalf of the distressed widows and orphans left by the late melancholy catastrophe at Darley Main Colliery. If the sub- ject were properly taken up by the gentry of the neighbour- hood, we doubt not the services of the benevolent Miss Lind might be obtained.—Leeds Mercury. A QUESTION FOR THE CURIOUS.—How ma-ny such men as the Vicar of Nevin, the M. U. of Coed-duon, the youngster of Llangattog, Criekho well,—the students who have lately left Bristol and Brecon Colleges to join the Church by law esta- blished—would balance one Baptist Noel in the scale of pub- lic opinion ? ANOTTIElt.-If presidents of Dissentiijg colleges should hap- pen to feel a wee bit of attachment to the interference of Govern- ment with the people's mind, how many per cent of the stu- dents will be likely to desert the ranks of Dissent for those of the establishment?—Correspondent. WHAT'S TRUMPS ?—SPADES.— c. g.—An enterprising indi- vidual sent out 1,200 spades to the new El Dorado in Califor- nia, and netted £ 4,000 by the spc,.c.-Live)Tool Mercury. EMANCIPATION OF FOltTy SLAVES.—The Cincinnati Gazette states, that the will of the late General James Taylor, of New- port, in this state, has been set aside, agreeably to the wish of the heirs and legatees, and an equitable division of the im- mense estate left by the general has been made, to the satisfac- tion of all parties. About forty slaves belonged to the estate and the heirs, without a dissenting voice, determined to give and the heirs, without a dissenting voice, determined to give all of them their freedom, and to make liberal provision for the support of the old and the young, who are unable to support themselves.—Louisville Examiner. COOL TRICK.—At the Hulme Cavalry Barracks, Manchester, on Saturday, a valuable horse belonging to one of the officers (a charger worth at least E200 or 1;250), was stolen from the stable. A man entered the barrack-yard in the garb of an officer's servant, and going ts the stable deliberately brought out the horse, in presence of many of the troopers, arid mount- ing it, rode out at the. gate unchallenged by the sentry, and unsuspected by any one to be ether than: what he seemed. 'He got clear off with the s\ .1, and lleithçrqZ thorn have, yet been traced. .V '?'' ■■

THE REV. H. J. BUNN AND ABERGAVENNY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRINCIPALITY. MR. EDITOR,—The Rev. Mr. Bunn, in his reply to Mr. Davies, contained in your last (Jan. 26), says, "I certainly did succeed in preventing Mr. Miall and his companion from disturbing, &c." Will you allow me a niche in your next impression, to assure the rev. gent. his assumption is quite un- founded ? The unenviable notoriety attached to preventing Mr. Miall, &c. does not in the remotest degree belong to him. It was not within the compass of Mr. B.'s very circumscribed influence to p-revent Mr. Miall advocating Anti-State Church principles in this town. The pre-oeeupation of the ground by the Cymreigyddion Society was the primary reason of Mr. Miall's passing through without lecturing. The weight of Mr. Bunn's opposition was not for a moment cast into the balance neither do we look forward with any very great horror to the herculean opposition threatened by the rev. gent. in time to come but when the deputation will again visit the Princi- pality, the Dissenters of Abergavenny will prove to demon- stration that the Rev. H. J. Bunn is not their leader on ques- tions of civil and religious liberty. Some months before Mr. Miall visited the Principality, it was determined to have him here; and when Mr. Bunn was applied to for his cooperation, it was more out of compliment, and to prevent future captious- ness, than out of respect to his opinion, or with any intention to be influenced by his decision. It is certainly very extraordinary that any man having pre- tensions to even a superficial knowledge of the questions of the clay, or possessing ordinary powers of discrimination, should think of placing such an one as Mr. Miall in the cate gory in which he figures in Mr. Bunn's last. Why, sir, even men whose minds were maddened in the tenth century—who revel in the antiquated and exploded system of Toryism—ram- paijt champions of Church and Queen, during the progress of Mr. Miall's late tour were compelled, by the power of truth and the evidence of their own senses, to award him their meed of praise as a most gentlemanly person, who lectured in a Christian-like spirit. It remained for a Dissenting minister, and that om of his own persuasion, to denounce him as an agent whose design was to disturb the good understanding and Christian feeling;" and who attempts to disseminate "envy, hatred, malice, and all uncharitableness" towards the Establishment! Of a truth, Mr. Bunn's "perfect hatred to the Anti-State-Church Society" must have sadly dimmed his perceptive faculties, or he never would have registered the fact of his knowing so very little either of Mr. Miall, or of his mission, as to give him such a classification. One word with Mr. Bunn with regard to the boy's British School. Mr. B., in his first reply to Mr. Davies, adduces as an argument for keeping out Messrs Evans and Davies, the weak- ness of Dissent in the town, and the consequent impractica- bility of its supporting its own, and contributing to the Normal School; and by way of fortifying this position, lie cays, the committee have been obliged to make repeated appeals to the town for support," Dissent itself being too weak to sustain the burden. Now I would respectfully remind Mr. Bunn, that, whatever may be the constitution of the girl's school, the boy's is not a Dissenters' school. It was established for the sole pur- pose of imparting iustruction to the sons of operatives, irre- spective and independent of their religious feelings and predilec- tions; and in keeping with this fundamental principle, Church- men and Dissenters, Jews and Gentiles, are upon its committee. The basis being so catholic, it was thought but reasonable, as the school was for the benefit of the town, the town should be appealed to for its support; and under the impression that the school was a town, and not a Dissenting institution, the appeal has been liberally responded to and I do enter my most emphatic protest against any attempt to shake the liberal foun- dation upon which it was raised. I apprehend, but few in Abergavenny care one straw whether Mr. B. likes to be "thought a Dissenter" or not,; and sure am I, were he to repudiate the profession and practice of Dissent, Dissent would lose nothing by the transfer of his talents to that Establishment which manifests such Christian feeling to all without its conservated pale. I am, yours. Abergavenny, Jan. 30, 1849. J. W. CONWAY.

LOVE-LANE, OR "EAST-STREET," CARDIFF, AND A STREET COMMISSIONER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRINCIPAL TY. SIR,—On looking over your report of the meeting of the Street Commissioners, held at the Town-hall, on Monday last, Iliad allusions made by one of its members to buildings about to.be erected on ground near Love-lane; but as he has not adhered to truth in his statement, I beg the favour of your giving this publicity. When I leased the ground in question, it was at a high rental, and the party letting considered he had done a very good thing." I distinctly and repeatedly told him, prior to the execution of the lease, that I would not be confined to any de- finite plan of using the ground to which he smiiingiy replied, the property will be yours, and as long as I get my ground- rent, that is all I care for." The ground has been kept comparatively idle for nearly two years, and the increased demand for building-ground has enhanced its value so perhaps the party feels now, if he could only get it in his possession, he could make even a better bar- gain by it. Is this the first time he has tried to move a public body, to forward his own private ends ? As he has such a horror of filth, I wonder his sensitive nature can endure the lane behind Nelson-terrace, Love-lane, as it now is, and the noxious exhalations arising from his row of stables, situated in the densely populated neighbourhood at the back of Charles-street! Love-lane evidently is now in a most undesirable state; but ere six months will have elapsed, it will be termed "East- street," and will present a very different appearance. Regretting that I am forced to trouble you by inserting the above, I am, sir, your obedient servant, Penarth, Feb. 5, 1849. H. II. PARRY.

[ADVERTISEMENT.] LEASE, 990 Years; with land tax redeemed. Eligible BUILDING GROUND TO LET, in EAST PARADE. For particulars, apply to H. 1-1. PARRY. STATE EDUCATION.—MESSRS. "D. G., AND "E WILLIAMS."

TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRINCIPALITY. SIR,—I send you a few words in answer to Mr. D. G.'s last letter. I will endeavour to avoid "bitterness of spirt" and the "Hand of Joab." (How many Joabs are there People very often insinuate of others what they know to be true of them- selves. i am requested oy my Inena to point out t!ie inconsistency of the two following statements :—"I am not a State educa- tionist." We are justified in procuring aid from the Govern- ment for the education of the poor." Well, I admit there is a difficulty in showing the inconsistency of these two statements but it is the difficulty of proving the splendour of the sun, or y the bqauties of the rose;—the string is so perfectly apparent that it" is difficult to make it more so. Let us just^look upon the last again We are justified in procuring aid from Govern- ment for the education of the poor." I hold this statement to be equivalent to saying, I am a State educationist. This, Mr. Editor, I believe you will admit (and so must my friend of Ireiiwid), is by no means stretching the sense of the words. Now let us put the two statements together once more. "I am not a State educationist' "I am a State educationist Perhaps Mr. G. himself will now be able to see his inconsistency and I would here ask, whom are we to believe,—Mr. D. G., or himself? I am requested to give my opinion of a Poor-law. But my opinion of a Poor-law has nothing to do with the discussion of this question. The subject of discussion is Mr. Griffitlis's con- sistency in availing himself of a law which he publicly pro- clams to be wrong in principle, and wnicli he looks upon as "a bad thing after its enactment as well as before." The question which occurs to mind is this IIow far are we to pro- ceed in availing ourselves of laws forced upon us contrary to ceed in availing ourselves of laws forced upon us contrary to our own wishes and principles t" Are we to allow Govern- ment to go on as far as it pleases in this path, or is there a boundary upon which we must stand and tell Government they shall not proceed further? Mr. Griffiths already pom s out two laws (the Education and Poor-law) which he positively condemns as wrong in principle, but yet avails himself of them. Then, I would ask, will he add a third, and, a fourth, and a fif th ? Has he a boundary iheel for himself, or would he wish Dissenters to be deluged with laws which they conscientiously conderyu } The wisest mode" certainly would be to destroy the bird in the egg. If Dissenters go on availing themselves of laws after their enactment, which they strenuously opposed i before their enactment, we know not to what a state our country may be reduced. Government will certainly get bold upon Dissenters, and pass any laws they please. Dissenters must rise up as one man and say, Hitherto shalt thou come, and no further." Griffiths s of religious principles and po'itkal Are titer no principles in politics ? lie looks iipon the poor and education laws as political subjects, and. his con- duct respecting them as being good" or bad policy, not involv- ing a violation of any religious principle. Certainly a viola- tion of a political principle is not a violation of a.religious principle this is very plain, and I should think it was scarcely necessary to give the public such information; yet it is the violation of a principle in favour of a policy, and this is elevat- ing po icy above principle, and making a political principle of so little weight, that under certain circumstances it may be violated, a proceeding scarcely creditable in a staunch reformer of the stamp I always took my friend Mr. Griffiths to be. It is not necessary to press this point, Mr. Griffiths himself admits that it involves a query. But was it necessary so carefully to draw a line of demarca- tion between religious principles and political subjects ? The politics of a Christian nation, and especially a nation having a Church establishment, must of necessity be intermixed to some degree with the religious principles of the nation. Political principles and religious principles are not allied to each other; they must run into each other, at least in the present state of the country. It is well known that many eminent Dissenting ministers, who have of late years been charged with m.eddling too much with politics, have defended themselves on this ground. They have said that politics have intermeddled with religious movements and religious principles,—that they found it their duty to interfere. We observe this now in ul adjoin- ing county, and we have been told, so I believe, more than once by some of our worthy and respected ministers at hcnne. It therefore seems strange to me that Mr. Gritnths is s.a parti- cular in drawing this line of demarcation, and in pointing out a political principle as being of so little weight that, under certain circumstances, it may be violated, wh perhaps that political principle may be nearly related to religion itself. As to my holding any office under the poor-law, or in con- nexion with assessed taxes, or any other law respecting foreign goods, which I might be opposed to in principle, I beg to say, that whether I would accept any office or not, my conduct would be no excuse for Mr. Griffiths or any one else to act con- trary to their own convictions. Every man ought' to be guided by his own principles without questioning what might be the conduct of other individuals in any given case. In -the above remarks I have endeavoured to keep myself to the subject of discussion, and hope that I have been successful. 1 have not the least objection to go more fully into the matter if ltlr Griffiths has any wish to do so. I remain, sir, vours respectfully, St. David's. EBENEZER WILLIAMS..

NORMAL COLLEGE FOR WALES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRINCIPALITY. SIR,—Seeing that Mr. Buckland's letter appeared in your paper of last week I trust you will permit the following to appear in your next. Calmly reflecting on every step I have taken in relation to the Normal College for Wales, I confess myself at a loss to under- stand why one of its Secretaries has taken upon himself to place my name in tlte same category-as Mr. Aubrey's, whosa conduct he publicly impugned in terms I wish not to repeat. That lies between those two gentlemen. My consistency is attacked. Consistency in error is no virtue but as to my sincere desire to assist in almost every local effort for the advancement of mind, and for such improvements and progress in the place of my nativity as may continue to justify its position as the metropolis of Wales—I ask those who know me best whether I have not in these cases been uniformly con- sistent P A Churchman myself, it has been my endeavour to' look u-wa the establishment of schools and the erection of religious edifice* with the eye of'a citizen: and by respecting the conscientious opi- nion of others, I have had the honour and the pleasure of co- operating for the common good with those who differ fro:n myself It is therefore with surprise that, unoffending, lfbel myself attacked, and by one, too, who adopts for his motto the voluntary principle! As regards the Normal College for Wales, I was of the deputa- tion at Llandovery-on its Committee and Sub-Committee en- deavoured, to the best of my ability, to forward .tS scribed, and paid the moiety asked of that ubcrj ption- was re- appointed of the Committee on the 19th of September but find- ing the name of an objectionable person placed thereon (for reasons I gave confidently to Mr. Buckland), I withdrew on the lOih of October, with the understanding that I might be proposed agaiu next year.. The day following I received a highly complimentary letter from the Committee and Mr. Buckland and that my reason for this temporary secession wassatisfactory. is best proved by my having been appointed, a mouth afterwards, one Of the trustees of the I nsti ulion. From our intercourse on such matters Mr. Buckland must know that I can, without scruple or difficulty, wish success to the Educational Instutions, on Church principles, at Carmarthen anil Llandovery—to the Normal College, on the Denominational scheme at Swansea—or to the secular establishment now pro- posed by Mr. Williams, regretting only that, in person and pocket, my ability is not so large as my desire to serve Institu- tions of such vast importance to Wales. This explanatory reply has extended to a greater length than I could have wished but it is easier to pen a short attack against character than itis to givea brief yet satisfactoty reply thereto. I remain, sir, yoursobediently, GEO. GHANT FRANCIS. Burrows Lodge, Feb. 1st, 1849.

TO GEORGE G. FRANCIS, ESQ., F.S.A., &c, My DEAlt kIB" By your letter of the 1st, addressed to the Editor of the Cambrian, I regret to pefceive the simple an- nouncement contained in my six lines should have'Created the feeling you express. It surely ought not to have done so for you must be quite sensible that your apparent position before the public as a member of two distinct committees, one of them promoting education by combining religious with secular in- struction, (which feature was so ably pourtrayed in the emble- matic device presented by you to the Normal College for Wales,) and the other excluding even the Holy Scriptures, would have presented in itself the anomaly whose removal was my sole object. Your appointment on the committee of the z Normal College," and your exertions in promoting its objects were previously known to all its friends and supporters,-your resignation only to yourself aud its members. Be assured," my dear sir, nothing was more remote from my intentions than to charge you with inconistency my letter does not admit of such construction, it defends you from this charge which was made by individuals at the public iiieetiii,, who were hot apprised that you had retired from the "Normal College" committee long before any indications appeared of Mr. Wiliiams' system being introduced into Wales. It was a matter of deep regret to the committee that vour valuable services were withdrawn on the grounds which at the time you confidentially assigned to me, and which were exclu- sively of the personal nature referred to in your letter of the Lt instant.. There is not an individual in Swansea, who more highly appreciates your constant and unremitting exertions, or vour consistency in them than myself; and it anhrds me much pleasure to have this opportunity furnished of subjoining the resolution to which you refer, and which had, and still- ltn8, n;v most hearty concurrence. Your nomination-as trustee on vour retirement from this committee was at my suggestion, and I cordially agree in the last four paragraphs of your letter, with the exception of a single passage in the former of them, viz. "I find myself attacked." I also entirely sympathise with you in a wish that each of us possessed means commensurate with our desires, to promote the solid aud best interests'- of the in- habitants of the principality. I am, my dear sir, very truly yours, JAS. INI. Swansea, February 2nd, 1849. ( COP Y.J Committee Meeting, Oct, 11, 1848. The Secretary having read a letter fro:n Mr. Francis,,declining to act as a member of the Coiiinlittee,- ltesol yed That this meeting expresses its sincere thanks to G. G. Franej Esq., F.S,A., for his past and efficient service.* as a member of the committee of t.C College tor Wales," as -well as its. deep regret at his declining to a^t lbr the eusuiag year."

(^WIRINGS. ■— + GOODNESS OF HEART is man's best treasure, his brightest honour and noblest acquisition. It is that ray of the Divinity which dignifies humanity. THERE is this difference between happiness and wisdom he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest, is generally just the reverse. WIIES I see leaves drop from their trees in the beginning of autumn, just such, think I, is the friendship of the. wold. Whilst the sap of maintenance lasts my friends swarm in abundance, but in the winter of my need they leave me naked. Warwick. THE weakest living creature, by concentrating his powers on a single object, can accomplish something: the strongest, by dispersing his over many, may fail to accomplish anything. The drop, by continued falling, bores its passage through the hardest rock,—the hasty torrent rushes over it with hideous uproar, and leaves no trace behind. THE VALUE OF JOKES.-As gold becomes refined by passing through the ordeal of fire, so truth is the purer for being tested by the furnace of fun; for jokes are to facts what melting pots are to metal. The utterer of a good joke is a useful member of society; but the maker of a bad one is a more despicable character than the veriest coiner by profession. A good joker transports his hearers but a bad joker should be transported himself. No appraiser can estimate the value of a juke; for good jokes are valuable beyond estimation. Fun may be fetched from afar but a good joke should never be far-fetched. No joke but a bad one can be miserable; for a joke to be good it must be happy. A joke from a gentleman is an act of charity an uncharitable joke is an ungentlemanly act.—Handbook of Joking. M-Tlti-.Nloxy.. -CoTinul)ial happiness is a thing of too fine a texture to be handled roughly. It is a plant that will not even bear the touch of unkindness a delicate liower, which indiffer- ence will chill, and suspicion blast. It must he watered with a shower of tender affection, expanded with a glow of attention, and guarded by the impregnable barrier of unshaken confi- dence. Thus nurtured, it will bloom in every season of life, and sweeten even the loneliness of declining years.

THE It E P 0 It T SON EDUCATION. TO THE EDITOR 0;1 TIIE rRIKCIPAHTy. SIR,—The Commissioners' Ileports have been translated into Welsh, and on reading the statement I made to Mr. Svmous I find that the translator has made two important mistakes in what I stated. First, A juryman once asked me the nature of an action in which he had given his verdict." In ihe transla- tion it will be understood as if the question had been oiven before the trial took place, which would be but fair and proper provided the juryman thought he should be empannclled to try the issue. Secondly, "I believe there is not a Mingle Welsh weekly newspaper published in Wales," the translator savg th-it taere is not one ■weekly newspaper published in* Wales What an absurdity I read several weekly newspapers pUJ- lishcd. in W ales constantly, i 1 a a I a chance of correcting t e errors I complain of before publication I would not trout ley ,11 with this explanation, it is, however, too late, and I have' aLl alternative left but to call attention to the mistakes refencd to, as I tInt the tranlatiol1 ill be