The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

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BENJAMIN HOBDAY OST respectfully begs leave to return his sincere 1. thanks to the Merchants and Factors of Birmingham, Liverpool, and B and also to the Wholesale and "Retail Dealers throughout Wales and the adjoining Eng- lish counties, for the very liberal encouragement and ppo.-t so lonsr experienced by him in the manufacture of hi. much admired PASTE AND LIQUID BLACKING, &c. aid embraces the; present opportunity of reromm-onding his Sous, H. N. and I C. HOBD AY. of Swansea, to the notice of his numerous friouds for a continuance of their future favours, haifcg pledged themselves to use every exertion to inerit their kind upport. C. HOBDAY REG most respectfully to inform the numerous I Friends of their Path er, in Wales, and the adjoining I li h c(litilties. Wholcsalealld KetailDealers, tb"'t t'nev have been inrlIÎ""i. from the verv great demand for PA STB and IAQu4;" BLACKING. K HEL BALLS, &c., hitherto manufactured by their Father, Bei.ja::iin Hobday. at Birmingham, to OPEN AN EXTENSIVE ESTABLISHMENT AT SWANSEA, in the [nanuftirture of the same articles, and presume to hope, from their experience in the above business, and a determination to give the utmost satisfaction, to merit a continuance of the very liberal patronage so long expe- rienced by their Father. Orders executed, on the shortest notice, at the Manufac tory. No 2, Oxford Street, Swansea. HOBDAY's MATCHLESS POLISHING PASTE, JAPAN INK, &e.&c. GLAMORGANSHIRE. AT the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace of our Sovereign Lord the King, held at the town of Cardiff, in and for the said county, on Tuesday, the First day of January, in the Third Year of the Keien of our Sovereign Lord William the Fourth, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kill. Defender of the Faith ;-hefore JOBS NICHOLL, JOSIAH JOHN GUEST, Esquires, and other their Asso- ciates, His Majesty's Justices assigned to keep the Peace in the aid countv and also to hear and determine divers Felonies, Trespasses, and other Offenccs done and com- niittcd in the said county. The statement of Morgan Popkin Trahcrne, Richard Frai:klen and John Wifck fiennett, Esquires, and John Harding and Robert Knight. Clerks, five of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace, acting in and for the county of Glf- inoigan, for annexing the several parishes, tithings townships, and places hereinafter mentioned, that is to say, Euctinv, Landevodnck, Lamiow, Langan. Monknash, Saint Mary Hi 1, Saint Donatt's, Marcrovs, Merthyr mawr, Colv,instone W ck, Saint Andrews Minor, Saint Brides Major, Laugeinor, and Ynisawdre, and which are situated in the Hundred of Ogrmore, iu the said county, to the Hundred of Newcastle, in the said county, having, in pursuance of Notice for that purpose given in three succes- give numbers of the Canibrian weekly newspaper, usually published and circulated within this county, under the directions of the Act of 9 George IV, c 43, intituled An Act for the better regulation of Divisions in the COllntie" of I'tigland and Wales," been taken into consideration al the above Sessions. Ordered—That the said Statement he adopted, and that the said parishes, lithings.townships and places, of Ewenny, Landevoduck, Lanuow, Langan, Monknash, Saint Mary Hill, Saint Donatts, Marcross, Merthyv ma*r, Col winstonc, Wick, Saint Andrews Minor, Saint Biides Major, Lan- geinor, and Ynisawdre, do constitute and form part and parcel of the Hundred of Newcastle, in the said county; and that this order do take effect from the First day 01 I'eiiruiiry next. By the Court, WOOD, Clerk of the Peace. Office of the Court for Relief of Insolver, t's Debtors No. 33, Lincoln's Inn Fields. XiETlTION of Insolvent Debtor to be heard at the f* next Adjourned General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, to be holden at Brecon, in and for the County of Brecon, on the Eleventh day of February 1333, at the hour of Ten in the morning precisely. CHARLES MARTIN, late of the Three CociLs Inn, in in the parish of Aberllunvey, in the County of Brecon, Innkeeper and Farmer, a prisoner in the Gaol of Brecon in the County of Brecon. TOMES, 50, Lincoln's Inn Fields, For JONES, Brecon. BRECOiNSHIRE. go be .Ion, b laublicnurtiott, At the Casile Inn.Neath. On WEDNESDAY the 23rd of January, 1833. between the hours of one and three in the Afternoon, subject to such conditions as shall he then produced. THE REVERSION IN FEE, expectant on the death of a Lady of the age oi 86 years, or thereabouts, of and in an undivided moietv of all that Messuage Farm and Lands called KILHEPSTE which includes the DINAS ROCK. Th Dinas Rock abounds with valuable Limestone and Fire clay, which have been worked with great success for upwards of twenty years. The estates situate at the head of the Neath Valley in the parish of Penderrin in the County of firecon and is now let exclusive of the Lime- stone. and Fire clay, to John Morgan at the annual rent of £ ao. For particulars apply to Mr. 1. B. MORGAN, Solicitor, Cowhridge, or Mr. WILLIAM LLEWELLYN, Solicitor, Neath. if by letter post paid ) CARDIGANSHIRE AND PEMBROKESHIRE. HIGHLY VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE TO be olb b!2 Auction, By order of the Assignees of Messrs. Walters, Jones, & Co At the Angel Inn, in the Town of CARDIGAN, on SATURDAY, the 9th day of February, 1833. at three o'clock in the Afternoon. stfbject to such conditions as shall he then and there produced, rpHE following- highly valuable and desirable A FREEHOLD ESTATES, iu the undermentioned Lots:— CARDIGANSHIRE. Lot 1. All that capital Mansion House, with the Green House, Pinery, Hot Houses, Stables, and Walled Garden thereunto belonging,called the Castle Green, situate in the town of Cardigan, lately in the occupation of A t-tiitirjoties. Ksq.,the proprietor. The Mansion comprises dining and drawing rooms, each twenty seven feet long by eighteen feet broad, and eleven feet high, breakfast room and littidv, six best bed rooms, besides servants bed rooms, a bath room and dressing room attached, with excellent out offices, pleasure grounds, and garden adjoining. The situation of the mansion is very picturesque, bounded oil some parts by the Iui'f of the ancient Castle of Cardigan, commanding a fin.1e' (If the river Tivy, which runs within a short distance of the pleasure grounds. The neighbourhood is highly respectable, and the property alto- gether forms such an eligible opportunity for investment, its is seldom presented to the notice of the public. Lot 2. All that Messuage or Dwelling House, situate in the town of Cardigan, now used as the Custom House, and let for 21 years, at the annual rent of 201. Lot 3. All that Messuage or Dwelling House and Pre mises. pleasantly situated on the banks of the Tivy, in the town of Cardigan, and now in the occupation of Mr. Noot 4tt the low yearly rent of 241. Lot 4. All that Cottage, with the Smith's Shop, and piece of Waste Land, lying under the Castle Wall, situate >n the town of Cardigan, and now rented at the sum of bi annually. Lot All that Dwelling House and large Room, fitted ■*ip as a Billiard Room, now untenanted. PEMBROKESHIRE. Lot 6. All that Messuage, Farm, and Lands, called Penlan, and five Fields adjoining, and a Cottage and Gar- den, called Whitland, all situate in the parish ol Morlgrove, It, the County of Pembroke containing 70 acres, 3 roods, ;6 poles, of arable, meadow, and pasture land, now rcnted by Mr. Still, under a lease for two lives, at the low yearly rent of 43l. 10s. 6d. For further particulars apply (if by letter post-paid) to Messrs. Crowdcr and Maynard, Solicitors. Mansion House 1lace, London Messrs. Jones ind Jeffries, Solicitors, .('<\rmal'lhen; Alr. OliNTr Lloyd, Solicitor, Cardigan; and Yaiig^nh a'ad Be van,'Solicitors, Brecon. ( }!c y,- MONMOUTHSHIRE > A T the General Quarter Sessions, To WIT. > /V of the Peace, holden at the Town Hall, in the town of Usk, in and for the said county, on Monday the Se- cond day of January, in the Second year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord, William the Fourth, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King. Defender of the Faith, and ill the year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Two, before Granville. Charles Henry Somerset, commonly called Lord Granville Charles Henry Somerset, (Chairman) Benjamin Hall, Richard Blakemore, John Hamman Pritchard, John Jenkins, Thomas Fothergill, Ferdinand Hanbury Williams, Esqrs. and others, their fellows, Justices of our said Sovereign Lord, the King, assigned to keep the peace in the said county, and also to hear and determine divers felonies, trespasses, and mis. çr:¡-non; in the ,;<1¡-I county, coin. mitted and done. It was Ordered—-Tliat, from and after the time at which this order shall take eflcct, the several divisions of the said county, heretofore accustomed for the holding of Special Sessions of Justices of the Peace, shall be abandoned, and shall he deemed and taken no longer to exist, save and except as hereinafter may be expressed, or implied, to the contraiy thereof. • And tt was Onlered- That, from and after the time at which this order shall take cfiftct, the said county, for the holding of Special Sessions, and for the transaction and determination of all such mattprs and things, as by Law now are, or hereafter may be, required to be, or which now u-ually are transacted and determined within the division within which the same shall have arisen, or the parties, therein concerned, inhabit or exercise :heir trade and calling, and by or before one, two. or more Justices of the Peace, dwelling, or usually acting within the same, shall be deemed, and taken to be, and shall be divider into twelve several divisions, and that the said several divisions shall be respectively known, and called by the oauies following, (to wit): The Division of Abergavenny. The Division of Bedwelty. The Division of Chepstow. The Division of Christchurch. The Divisiou of Caerleon. The Division of Monmouth. The Division of Newport. The Division of Pontypool. The Division of Raglan. The Division of Skenfrith. The Division of Trelleck. The Division of Usk. And it was further Ordered That. from and after the time at which this order shall take effect, the said several divisions of the said. county shall be respectively deetued and taken, to extend over, and shall respectively comprise the several parishes, townships, hamlets, and places, hereinaf:er more particularly expressed and directed to be comprised within the same, that is to say,—And it was further Ordered,—That the division of Abergavenny shall comprise The parish of Abergavenny, including the hamlets of Hard wick and 1.10) ndee. The parish of Aberystruth. The parish of Cwniyoy, higher. The parish of Cwniyoy, lower. The parish of Lanvihaiigel Crucorney, including the hamlet of PenbiddJe. The parish of Lanthewy Rytherech. The parish of Lauvetherine. The parish of Langatt' ck L;ngoed. The parish of Laovaply. The parish of Ldnwenarth, ultra. The parish of Laliwcnarth, citra. The parish of Landilo Pertholey, ritra. The pari;h of Landilo Pertholuy, ultra. The. parish of Lanthewy akirriii. The parish of Langattock, nigh Usk. The parish of Lanfoist. The parish of Lansaintfraed. The parish of Lanvinangcl, nigh Usk. The parish of Old Castle. That the diviioa of Bedwelty shall comprise- The parish of Bed was higher and lower. The parish of Bedwelty, including the hamlets of Ishiaurcoed, Mamhole, and Ychlaurcoed. The parish of Monyddusllovne, including the hamlets of Ctaurplwydd, Monydd, Maen. and Penmacn. That the Division of Chepstow shall comprise— The parish of Caerwent, including the hamlet ol Crick The parish of Coldicot. The parish of Chepstow, including the hamlet of Hard- wick. The extra parochial place called HowíÜ. The parish of Itton. The parish of Kilgwrwg. The parish of Lauvaer Discoed, including the hamlet of Dinhain. The parish of Mathern. The p irish of Monnton. The par;sli of Newchurch east. I The parish of Newchurch west. The parish of Penterry. The parish of Portskewett. The parish of Saint Pierre, including the hamlet of Runstone. The parish of Shirenewton. The village of Shirenewton. The parish of Saiut Arvans, including the hamlet of Portcasseg. The parish of Chapel Hill, including Tintern Abbey. The parish of Tintern Parva. That the Division of Christcburch shall comprise— The parish of Bisnton. The parish of Christcburch, inclnding the village of Caerleon. The parish of Gohlcliff. The parish of Iiton. The parish of Kemeyg Inferior. The parish of Langstone with Lanbedcr. The parish of Lanmarliu, including the hamlet of Landevaud. Tiie parish of Lanvaches. The parish of Lanvihangel nigh Rogiet. The parish of Lanwrrn. The parish of Magor. The. Parish of Nash. The parish of Penhow. The parish of Red wick. The parish of Rogiet. The parish ot Saint Brides, Nithtrweut, including the hamlet of Landevenny. The parish of Uady. The parish of Wilcrick. The parish of Whitsou. That the Divisiou of Caerleon shall comprise- The township of Caerleon. The parish of Landegveth. The parish of Langattock, nigh Caerleon. The parish of Langibhy. The parish of Lanhennock. The parish of Lanthewy vach. The parish of Lanvihangel Lantaruam. The parish of Lauvreihva upper. The parish of Lanvrechva lower. The parish of Malpas. The parish of Tredunnock. That the Division of Monmouth shall comprise- The pansii of Dixton. The parish of Monmouth. The parish of Hockficld. Tiie parish of Mitchell Troy. The parish of Welsh Bicknor. The parish of Wonastow. That the Division of Newport shall comprise- The parish of Bctrws. The parish of Cocdkernew. The parish of Basaleg, including the hamlets of Dullrvn anti Grai. The parish of Henllis. The parish of Machen. The parish of Marshfield. The parish of M ichaelstone-y-vedw. The parish of Peterstoue. Tiie parish of Rogers;on«. Tiie p irish of Risca. The parish of liiiiiiiicy- The parish of Saint Biides. The paiish of Saint Mellons. The parish of Saint Woolos, including the township of Newport. That the Division of Poutypool shall comprise— The parish of Goytre. The parish of Lanelicn. The parish of Lanvair Kilgedtn. The parish of Lahi leth. The parish of Lanover, higher The parish of Lanover, lower The parish of Lanvihangel, Poutymoyle The parish of Matnhilad The parish of Trevcthin of Ilauteague. j That the Division of Raglan shall comprise— | 1 he parish of Bettws Newvdd The parish of Bryngwin The parish of Dingestow The extra parochial place called Treworgan The parish of I.anarth, including the homiet ofclytha. The parishof fanletinv. The parish of Penrose. The parish of Penyclwdd. The parish of. Raglan, The parish of Trega^e. That the Division oHSltghfrith shall comprioe- The parish of GrosllJont. The parish of Lansrattock vibon avel. The parish of Lantillio Crcsserinv, upper and lower. 1 The parish of Laiiviliangel:y«susrn-lewern.. The parish of Langna. 1 The parish of Manghans, 1 iie parish of Skenfriih. That the Division of Trelleck shall comprise— The'parish of Cwmcarvan. The parish of L-indogo, "H The aariih of rlmT"n. The parish of Laikishen. The parish of Lansoy. The parish of Lanvihangel Torymynyad. The parish of Penalt. The parish of Trelleck, including thehamletof Trelleck Grange. The township of Trelleck Town. The parish of Woolvesnewton. That the Division of Usk shall comprise— The parish of Gwevnesney. The parish of Ketncys Commander. The parish of Lanbaddock. The parish of Langeview. The parish of Langwm Isba. The parish of Lang win Ucha. The parish of Lanllowell. The parish of Lantrissent. I The hamlet of Monkshood. The parish of Trnstrey. The parish of Usk, including the hamlets of Gwehcllog and Glascoed. And it was further Ordered,—That this present order shall be taken and deemed to revoke and repeal any former order or orders made in this behalf to all intents anil purposes, as if such order or orders had never been made. Aud it was further Ordered, subject nevertheless to any order or orders in the mean time to be be made to the contrary hereof, or of any part of this order in anywise and subject also to any alterations which may be made pursuant to the Statute in that case made and provided in the particulars of this present order or in the time of its enrollment, That this order shall be enrolled at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, which shall be holden in and for the said county in the first week aftsr the 28th Day of December, in the year of our Lor.d 1832. And, at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace holden at the Town Hall in the. said town of Usk, in and for the said county, on Monday the 31st day of December, in tiie third yeAr of the reign aforesaid, and in the year of our Lord 1832, before the said Lord Gianville Charles Henry Somerset, Chairman, William AddalIls Willjalll. Benja. min Hall, Ferdinand Hanbury Williams, Digby Mackworih, John Hamman Pritchard, James Thomas, William Hollis, Esquires, and others, their fellow Justices of our said Sovereign Lord the King, assigned to keep the Peace in the said county, and also to hear and determine divers felonies, trespasses, and misdemeanours in the said county committed and done. It appearing to the Court there holden that all Petitions against the order above written have been determined, and that such amendments have been made therein as have appeared necessary or proper,-It was Ordered that the said order above written shall take effect from and after the 1st day of March, in the year of our Lord 1833. A nd it was further Ordered-That this present order shall be deemed and taken to be part of the said original order above written, to all intents and purposes, as if the same had been originally comprised in the same order. f By tbc Court, JONES, Clerk of the Peace. SWANSEA BAY. TO BE LET, and Entered upon 25th Ifarch nexi. Tl^HAT commodious DWELLING-HOUSE, called L TH fSTLEBOON, situate on the Hill near the village of the Mumbles, in the parish of Oystermouth, in the county of Glamorgan, commanding a most beautiful View of the Bay of Swansea, Oystermou h Castle, &c. There is good bathing within a short distance. A good Garilen attached to the House. This House is well calcu. lated for a Boarding and Lodging House. Apply to Mr. T. TIIOMAS, Solicitor, Swansea. DR. DiYTf.S VEGETABLE ANTIBILIOUS PILI.S, For Bilious Complaints, Indigestion, Head-ache, 4-c. rj^HE well known celebrity of the late Dr. Date, I ot Bristol, and his very extensive practice for nearly half a century, render it wholly unnecessary to publish any eulogy to illustrate his great abilities, but merely to state the astonishing sale the above Medicine experienced under his practice proving, in hundreds of instances, its benign aud salutary effects, particularly in the most obstinate 3e Bilious Cases and obstructions of the Stomach and Bowels, therefore it is needless to say more, than to inform the public the above Pills continue to be prepared by his suc- cessor, with scrupulous accuracy and purity. These Pills, in addition to the above complaints, are also justly cele- brated for removing Giddiness in the Head, loss of Appe, tite, Obstinate and Habitual Costiveness, Flatulency Cramp in the Stomach, &c. They are peculiarly mild in their action, and being Entirely Vegetable, do not require confinement during their use. The Uivcrsal Meoicine," so industriously puffed off tc the public, may be superseded, in very many cases, by the use of these Pills. It is not necessasy to take twelve, fifteen, or twenty" of these Pills for a dose two oi three' in ordinary cases, will be found sufficient- The following are a few among the numerous cases attested to the astonishing efficacy of these Pills :— Cure of severe pain in the Stomach, attended with Head- ache, 'c" of several yeors' standing Sir, I, Blackfriars, St. James's, Aug, 12, 18*0. I consider it my duty to inform you my Wife had "been for several years labouring under severe pains in the Stomach, Head-ache, Loss of Appetite, attended with "real depression of spirits, during which time she had the advice of several of the faculty, but did not receive any lasting benefit from the medicines prescribed. A friend recom mended her to try "Date's Aperient Antibilious Piils j' she took one box, from which she found some relief, aftei continuing the use of them a considerable time she was perfectly cured of her complaints. You are at liberty to make this as public as you can for the good of others. I am, Sir, your's, &c., JAMES JOHNS. Another Cure of Pain in the Stomach, of eight yeari standing, mith violent Sick Headache, Lou of Appetite and Crump in the Stomach. Sir, Hope square. Clifton, January 14, 1832. It is with great pleasure I inform you of the most asto nishing cure which I have received from taking only tW( boxes of Date's Antibilious Pills." I had been dreadfully afflicted for nearly eight yeaas with Loss of Appetite violent Sick Head-aches, and Pains in my Stomach, whict at times were so severe as to oblige me to sit up in the bet at night, and was frequently deprived of sleep but I an happy in stating the wonderful effects which these Pill: have had in removing the above alarming complaints. now eat and sleep well, and my health is again established which were effected by the use of these valuable Pills, i have recommended them to all my friends, and many havi received benefit, aud pronounce them a most SAFE ani MILD MEOICINE. I wish the public may take the advaa tage of this statement. CELI A H1NTON. Cure of a. severe Bilious Complaint, Water on the Stomach Loss of Appetite, tyc. Sir, Montague-street, Bristol, October 13, 1832. Having been for a considerable time afflicted with i severe BTHOUS Complaint, attended with Head-ache, Pain and sickness, with watel on the Stomach, Loss of Appetite &c., and not receiving any benclit from the Medicine which I took, I was recommended to try" Date's Vegetahl. Antibilious Pills," which have, by taking one box only entirely cured me of the above distressing complaints, now enjoy as good health a< ever l did, which I attribute to those valuable Pills. I feel it my duty to give thi public testimony for the benefit of those who may b afflicted in the same way. I have recommended them t, several d my friends, who have also derived equal benefi from taking them. You are at liberty to make this pubii in any wav you may think proper To Mr. J. D. Slade. WILLIAM PANES, Broker. Prepared only and sold Wholesale an t Retail by J D Slade,'druggist (Sticces,or to the late Dr. Date), St. James' Barton, Bristol in Boxes at Thirteen Pence Halfpenny and Two Shillings and Nine pence each, and by Barel. & Sons. Farringdon Street, and Sutton &Co., Bow Churcl Yard London; Jenkins Druggist, is appointed Agen for Merthyr, and may be had of the following Carinai then, Evans, Cardiff, Vachell; Chepstow, Morgan; Cow bridge, Lister, Kidwelly, Evans; Liaudilo, Harris & Co. Miltord. Sais; Monmouth, Da«e Neath. Hayward Swansea, Lifit, i and by Medicine Venders generally. I ANECDOTES OF THOMAS A P IFA N A P RIIYS, (Commonly called Tw M IFAN P- P VS) THE CELEBRATED WELSH POET AND REPUTED PROPHET. (From the Cambrian Quart-Irly, for January, 1833.) [The Editors are indebted to an intelligent gentleman of South Wales,* for the following; very singular and curi- ous paper, and while they acknowledge t li. obligation, they beg to add that they express no opinion as to thn applieabiiityof the prophetic divinations, to the events conoled with them, by their correspondent. He was the son ofleuan ap Rhys, ofH!a"nCyn!)AM, in the parish of Llunharan, and was born ther._>; soon afterwards his father went to Pen Hydd, iu the parish of Margain, where he lived for some years; this son Thomas was admitted a monk in M irj;am Abbey, (it appears, from the most authentic account, that a monk could not, as a novice, be admitted before he attained the full asje of twenty-five years.) The term of the novitiate, if I well rz?;netiiber, .vaK one year, at the e:id of-which the person thus under p. obatiou was either to leave the monastery or submit to the requi- sites of the order, the vow of celibacy, &c. It may be fairly supposed that Tom Ifan Piys remained no longer than thia term of one year iu the monastery, for we fttid that he was expelled, and, as he says in one of his poems, for telling the truth; he was ac- cused of Lollardism, this was the term applied to the doctrines of W'ickliffs followers, who were called Lollards. It appears that he was confined for his heresy in Kenfig Casf'e, from whence he addresses a petition in verse to Sir Matthew Cradock, of Swansea, re- questing that he would procure his liberation. This poem is extant, amongst a great number besides, of poetical pieces by him on various subjects; chiefly religious and moral, with a few on lighter subjects he appears to have beea a man of great piety and of rigid mora's. After his liberation from Kenfigg, he went to his father who had then removed to IIerlhvr Cynon, iu the county of Brecon how long he remained there is not known; but some years after it appears that he lived on a small farm, in the parish of Llangynwyd, und married, himself ail old man, to a young wife. This we find from a poem of his which he wro-c to solicit a cymmorth (relief) of wheat to sow his grounds from the fanners or the va'c, having been urged to do so l,y his young wife; he gives an account of the several parishes he rambled through on this occasion, and says, that English w,the general language of the inhabitants of Wick, but does not observe the same thins; of Lantwit, which he visited, or of any place'in the vale; no bad argument in favour of what is traditionally said in Lantwit, that it was in the time of Queen Elizabeth that a numberof Flemings settled there, and with them introduced the English lan- guage. About the year 1600, or thence to 1610, he appears to have earned his livelihood by threshing, and dwel- ling at Tythegston, where most probably he died about the year 1617, at the very great age of one hun- dred and forty-three, for amongst his poems we and the following account of his age :— Un Mil, chwech cant yn gywraiti A phedair blwydd yn gyfaiu JDechreu Tonor, cyirif Ug Wyf Gant a deg ar hugain. One hundred and thirty years old in 1634, and he ap- pears to have lived thirteen years afterwards. He pretended to be a prophet, and wrote and uttered many things in the mystical lauguage and style of prophecy. Most of those tilings are obviously appli- cable to the events of that age wherein he lived, and especially to the reformation from popery, the final events of which could easily have been foreseen by any one possessed of strong natural sagacity, without any other gift of prophecy there are a few, however, of a more unaccountable cast, and the following taken from a MS. written in the time of Elizabeth, is rather singular, and may possibly induce some to take it into consideration how far human sagacity may be able to penetrate into remote futurity it is as follows THUS IN ENGLISH. ] Pan ddaw'r Pedwerydd 1 When the fourth comes, 2 Or unenw bcdydd 2 Of the same baptismal name 3 Yn lie gwasgarydd 3Succcedingintheroomof the scatterer 4 Prydain gerrenydd 4 Of the friends of Britain, 5 Pan fydd ag nis tydd 5 When he shall be, aud not be, 6 Yn frenin efrydd 6 A crippled King. 7 Cynuwrf a ddyfydd 7 Commotions will arise(ap- pear) 8 A byd aflonydd 8 And a perturbed world. 9 Gwelir lorfeydd^ 9 Multitudes will be seen lOOrmorbwygryod 10 From one sea to the other, U A lief lliosydd U And the cries of multi. ] tudes 12 Yng nglyw gwlad beu- 12 Daily resounding the ears nydd of the country 13 Gwlad .Fframc dychyu- 13 The country of France in nllydd alliance 14 A liawcr gwledydd 14 With many other coun- tries, 15 Fal llewod yn rhydd 15 Like lions let loose 16 Hyd tawr daierydd 16 Over the whole earth 17 Ag yciiydig ftydd I 17 And hut little faith, 18 A chynnwrf gwledydd 18 And the tumult of coun- tries (agitation) 19 A bach y cywilydd 19 And the shame little to A mawr gormesydd 20 And the oppressor great '21 A phob angrcfydd 21 And every irrelinion 22 Yn dacr wynebydd 22 Exhibiting an audacious j front 23 Ag ychydig ffydd 23 And but little faith, 25 A chynMnell aerydd 24 Aiid iliefomeritingof wars 26 A thresi anhywydd 25 And ignorant regulations 27 Yn yr hoi I wiedydd 26 In a I countries, j 28 A Uawer treisydd 27 And many a tyrant 2.0 Ni cbred ei fedydd 28 Not believing his baptism 30 A byd heb grefydd 29 And a worid without reli. giou, 31 A gwrth ladd dofydd 30 And rebellion against the Almighty. 32 A gwywedig gwydd 31 And the trees withering • 33 A thror'r afonydd 32 And rivers turned out of their courses, 34 Twf rliyfedd newydd 33 Strange and new growth 35 Y11 ainbor meysydd 34 In the grass of the tields. 36 A syrthiaw coedydd 35 And the trees falling, 37 A Deri gelltydd 36 The oaks of the high ac. clivities • The name of Mr. Edward Williams is so well known to all who are interested in Welsh literature aud antiquities, that I shall offer no apology for occupying a few of your pages, in introducing to your notice a manuscript of his in my pos- > se-siou, which I believe has never been brought before the r public. It contains a biographical sketch of a inSkn, in great repute in Glamorganshire, as a prophet, and concludes » with a copy of an ancient Welsh manuscript (rendered into i English by Mr. Edward Williams) purporting to be a pre- diction by the subject of the memoir. < The modern manuscript, with the copy of the ancient t olle, (I must use repetition to avoid ambiguity,) have fallen » into my hands as the representative of a gentleman to whom t it was given to Mr. Edward Williams himself, and who e has, on an envelope, added the following remarks of his 1 own (viz.) Prophecy of Thomas ap Ifan ap Rhys, copied by Mr. Edward Williams, from a manuscript given to him by Mr. > L-, of P-. This manuscript has the appearance of being very old. The writing is not that of the above-named Ihomas, but of another peisou, who lived about or ne.,r his time, » wh se name is subscribed, and who says it is the prophecy of Thornas ap lfan ap Rhys. s This writer seems to have lived in the reign of King e James the First." » Also follows I If T. HaD Prhys died about the year 1617 (as supposed e by Edward W illiams), and was one hundred and forty-three s years 011 whtn he died, he must have beeu born about the e year 1474, in the thirteenth year of Edward the Fourth." o What has become of this ancient manuscript 1 know not. t It probably remained in the possession of Mr. Edward c WillIams till his death. I have suppressed the names of the gentlemen above alluded to, but 1 will furnish you with them as well as • with my own name and address, so that whoever may he s desirous of investigating this interesting subject, may have the me.ins of satisfying his curiosity. I shall content my- y self for the present with observing that they were persons ti of undoubted respectability. it Having been favoured by a friend with some ingenious remarks upon this and other predictions of lwmlfan Prhys, with an attempt to apply them to recent events of the world, I cannot refrain from requesting you to giva them A40 place in your valuable Magazine. December 1, 1832. 138 A, Gestwpg niypydl 37 And the lowering of moan tains 39 Hyd le gwastodydd 38 To the levci of even plains, 40 Ucheihau dolydd 39 Tiie lifting up of the vales 41 jCynghlawr a glaunydd 40 To an equal surface with I the'Jiills, 2 Cadarn yn Nebydd 41 'file Krighty become no- body, 43 A was vn droedrydd 42 The weak with feet at liberty,. -14 A gwaithgwybodydd 43 And tioh operations of knowi-cigjj 45 Yn h*nl yspleonydd 44 laike the splendour of the Surj 46 Dwy flvnedd y sydd 43 Two years there are 47 I aros lliiydd 46 To wait for tiie assembler 1 armies, 48 A thrm Dineaydd 47 And to convert cities*" 49 Yn ran Pentrefydd 44-4 Into small villages, 50 Llyfuhau llawr iilfytd 49 JV. level the face of the esvth, 5t A'r gwaith a dder'ydd 50 Aad the work will btrdone.' 52 Dllw ai uertl. livjvoo Cüd ^v, u| twile iu all his power, 53 Ag ef a orfydd 52 And he will overcome. I Thomas ab ifitn ab Rhys at cant. Note [by Mr. E. WILLIAMS 1 The lines arc erroneously numbered in the Welsh, from 25 (which should have been 24; to the end, one too much each line thia being remembered, the Welsh and English lines may be easily compared. [TilliS far i\1r, E, \V1I.LIAfS.J The testimony of so celebrated an antiquary as Mr. Edward W illiams, to the authenticity of this very ex- traordinary prediction, and that there were others of "an unaccountable cast," is a very valuable document, more especially as the desire he evinces as a philoso- pher, to attribute them to mere human powers, renders his failure to accouut for them on those grounds the more remarkable: that a man by mere human powers should be able to predict events to take place not only in his own days, but at different intervals from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century, appears to be abso- lutely impossible. That such fulfilment of local and family predictions took place even in the lai;t ge;ieia- tion. We have had indubitable testimony of most re- Bpt ctable persons, some of whom cre nearly related to the author of these remarks. It would occupy too much space hereto particularise these minor predictions, nor is it necessary to do so, their object having been already attained. They have maintained the credit of the prophet during suc- ceeding generations, and have caused the preservation of this most important prediction. We have seen upon the authority of Mr. E. Williams, that the early predictions were directed towards the support ofprotestant principles, the object of the last is a confirmation of the Christian religion it.elf. Having made these few general remarks, let us proceed to point to the application of the prophecy. I To this end the translation of Mr. Edward Williams is here repeated 1 When the fourth comes, 1, 2, 3, 4 The friends of BrL 2 Of the same baptismal tain in the time of Twm lfan name, Prya> were the Protestants 3 Succeeding in the room of-France (the Huguenots) of the scatterer supported by Queen Eiiza- 4 Of the friends of Britain, beth. The •• room," or place of their scatterer was the throne of France. The four that sat upon that throne of the same name, after the time of the prophet were four Louis's, the last of whom was Louis XVlth. 5 When he shall be, and 5 6 A nominal King, but a not be, real prisoner,the powerheiug 6 A crippled King, usurped by the national as- sembly. 7Comniotioiis will arise 7, 0, Notoriously true. (appear) B And a perturbed world. 9 Multitudes will be seen 9,10 Possibly navigation and 10 From one sea to tlie other, commerce are here meant, which were wonderfully in- creased towards the close of the eighteenth century, from what thry were in the tif- teenth. I 11 And the cries of multi- 11. 12 But the word "MMM tudes tudes." which in the llih 12 DLily resounding in tlle, line is again used, is not in- ears of the country. applicable to the people of France themselves, having been previously applied to them, as the writer con- ceives, in Scripture Prophe- cies, a dissertation upon which it is not intended to enter upon here. See it also applied to them by one of liieii own nation in the note upon the last line. 13 The country of France in 13, 14, 15, 16 The slightest alliance attention to the history of 14 With many other coun- revolutionary France suffi- tries, ciemly proves tiiis- 15 Like lions let loose I 16 Over the whole earth. 17 And but little fauh. 17 Faith decreasing and in- fidelity rearing itself, even in England, but in France more especially. 18 And the tumult of coun 19,20,21,22 See French tries (agitation) History. 19 And the shame little 20 And the oppressor- great, 21 And every irrcligion 22 Exhibiting an audacious front, 23 And but liitlo faith. 23 The same thing repeated to call the attention to the great national defection. 24 And the fomenting of 24 Too obvious to need il- war* lustration. 25 And ignorant regulations. 2[," Ignorant," that is con- trary to irue wisdom which is described by Solomon as founded on 11 the fear of the Lord." In this sense, oil their regulations were" ig- norant," but especia ly those whici. were levelled at the destruction of all religion, of which the abolition of the Sabbath was a striking in- stance. 26 In all countries. 2tj Great part of Christendom was infected with French principles. 27 And many a tvrant 27, '28 The heads of the suc- 28 Not believing hisbaptism. cessive parlies who domi- neered over revolutionary France. 29 And a world without re- 29, ciOEmphatical repetition. iigion, 30 And rebellion against the Aliniglity. 131 And trees withering 31 Trces.Thf! gentry. 32 And rivers turned out of 32 The whole system of things their courses. changed. 33 Strange and new growth 33, 34 The canaille getting 34 In the grass of the fields, into power. 35 And the trees falling, 35 The gentry who were seen withering now fall. 36 The oaks of the high ac- 36 The noblesse. clivities, 37 And the lowering of 37 Even sovereign states de- mountains atroyed 38 To the level of even 38 And formed intoRepublics plains. 39 The lifting up of the vales 39, 40, 41, 42 The same 40 To an equal surface with meaning as before, in other the bills words to make it more 41 The mighty become no- wriking. body, 42 The weak with fett at liberty, 43 And the operations of 43, 44 The arts and sciences knowledge improving rapiuly and as- 44 Like the splendour of the tonishingly. sun. 46 Two years there are 45 From 1812 to J814. 4ti To wail for the assenu 46 The Emperor Alexander. bier of armies, 47 And to convert cities 47,4S Literally accomp] islied 48 Into small villages, im Russia by extcusrve conflagrations. 49 To level the face of the 49 To throw down assumed earth. dominion. 11 Oppressor." This word, used instead of the obvious term 11 Oppression, is remarkable, being met ill prophetic writings of scripture, which, in their secondary autl inysti- cal sense, are thought to apply to the same traiu of events. i. -[ED. GAZETTE AND GUARDIAN.) "jl'< 50 And tho work will be 50 The restoration of the, doue. former order of things. 51 God will-come in all his 51,52 God will come power 52 And He will overcome. i This agrees with the description given us in the fiftieth Psalm of the phrase to come, where Asaph; says, t. Our God shall come, and shall not keep t/ilenct. a fire shall devour before him, and it shall bo wry tempestuous round about him. He shall call to thl. heavens from above, and to the earth, that-.he way judge hia people. Gather my saints together unto me, those who have made a covenant with me bv .sacrifice. I Such was the coming of Christ at the Destructiun of Jecusaltlm. He did nllt keep silence, the spreading of^the Gospel followed the metaphorical fire and tempest. He ca'led to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he might judge Iris people, and gather his saints together unto hitn, "agreeably to tilt" description of the coming in the 35th ofisaiah, where it it said, God will cowte with wnffeance aud a reeom- I pense. So at the conclusion of the revolutionary war, hr came with Vengeance and a recompen.-e; vengeance on those who had crucified and put him to all open shame, and a recompense to those who had 'kq,t covenant with him. Fire, both literal and metaphorical devoured before him, and it was very tempestuous round about him. He called to the heavens apd the earih (to men. of high and of low degree) at that tirnr when he judged his people, gathering his "taints together to hlln, (those who had continued ia hit covenant). He did not keep" silence;" The increased preaching of the Gospel followed. "And he will overcome." That God fought for hi* "saints" and reserved Jo himself the victory must be known to all who are in any degree acquainted with the horrors oflhe RIIsian campaign of 1S12, in which the greater part of Napoleou's grand army, consisting of 680,000 men and 176,851) horses, and composed 01 a great many different nations, v" the country of fiance beIng in alliance with many other countries," lines 13, 14,) miserably perished from fire, and cold and hunger. This" multitude of me II," (lines 9-11: eler formidable to the enemy, were only overcome by the elements." A lively and touching picture of that terrible overthrow is given by >1. Labaume, an officer in that very army, in his narration of that cam- paign, who ascribes its disastrous results to the vengeance of an offended God. His work is full of most striking passages, of which some idea may be conceived from the following extracts.—[Our space will not allow us to insert the original text, but we add the transition, for the accuracy of. which we vouch.-ED. G. and G.] I recount wliat.1 have actually seen: a witness to tlrle of the greatest disasters which ever afflicted a powerful nation. 0 0 0 0 Reduced, like all my companion's in arms, to struggle against the most urgent necessities, benumbed with coid, tormented by hunger, a prey to every spccies of suffering, uncertain as the sun arose each day whether I should behold his rays when setting, doubting every even- ing whether I should ever see the Lrorrow all my senti- ments appeared to be concentrated in the desire of living f.) preserve the memory of what I saw animated by this- inexpressible desire, I every night, seated before a miserable fire, the atmosphere at a temperature of from 20°- to 22" below freezing point, surrounded by the dead aud the dyiug. retrace the events of the day. The same kuife which had served me to cut off a piece of Tiorse flesh for nourishment, was employed in making pens of crow-quilts'; a little, gunpowder, mixed with some melted snow, in the hollow of my hand, served me for ink'and inkstand. Hn;ng ineessantly before my eyes the sight of that crrwd of warriors, who 1-ad foe, t; inise. ably e)l.,HtiJ.4 in distant deserts, I was supported only by the idea r.f payinz a tribute of homage to their constancy,—to a courage. which had never failed, and, finally to exploits which were so much the more heroic, as that they were lost to their country, aud in appearance, to glory. Happy shall I be if I have been able to prove, by this important narration, that, surrounded by so many disasteis, our brlLve countrymen always acted in a manner worthy OI. themselves,—that they have never fallen short of their", ancient renown, and that, ever redoubtable to the enemy, they were overcome by the elements alone." Preface, pp. i. et seq." Aerain, in the body of the work, What a frightful picture was presented to me by that- multitude oi men, overwhelmed by every species of misery, and occupying a marsh! A multitude which, two moriitm. previously, h.-id covered, in triumph, half the surface of the, most, xtensive of empirea. Our soldiers, pale, cast down, dying with hunger and cold, having to protect them trow, the rigours of the season. nothing but the rags of their cloaks, or sheep skins, partly destroyed by fire, groaning* crowded along the bank of that unfortunate river."

CIVIL LIBERTY. Civil liberty, in its highest sense, is a species of freedom, which few but the subjects of a British Government possess it is a liberty, however, which the great bulk of Englishmen enjoy, without knowing its value. It is a subject that they are ever studying, yet never able to come at the knowledge of the truth, and a blesing which they will never duly appreciate until some violent convulsion of the state shall have wrested it from them. In the present day there exists the most dangeious and mischievous abuse uf civil liberty that has ever been practised; I mean the misuse of the term itself It is a kind of beau ideal; which, having never been submitted to the eye, leaven the imagination to deck out the figures according to its own humour and caprice. It is thus that the term liberty is employed to express a something which is never defined. It is a kind of magical dress, which fits every person, and is suitable to every occasion. it is Uf-ed by every party, who, however differing in other respects, agree in paying their homage to this invisible object of their adoration. Every candidate for popular lavour takes it for his motto; whatever other emblem may adorn his waving flag. Whether it be the Kiug, the Constitution, or the Rights of the People, libei-ty i., sure to blazon there in golden and capital letters. The true lover of his country prized the treasure dearer than life itself; while each factioua demagogue has it for ever in his mouth, und the men- tion of it in his harangue seldom fails to call forth expressions of applause from his eager and deluded audience. The consequence has been such as might have been expected by \nany. From the frequent mention of the word, the great body of the English people are led to imagine, that liberty is a blessing which they do not enjoy; that their rulers, from interested motives have withheld it from them, ajitt that any measures are justifiable, however violent, which will recover to them the possesion of a i-iglit of which they deem they have been unjustly de- frauded and thus it is that, unhappily, they lend themselves as tools in the hands of designing men, who ill fact have any thing in view but the rights and liberties of the people, whom they are deluding ouly for sinister purposes of their own. A. B.

CORPOKATE MEATINGS—We are told by out- oi the Suuday prints, that "the Corporafion.of London had a meating last week!" Whether this felicitous misprint was accidental, or designed by some chuck- ling wag of a compositor, it is difficult to decide; inferring analogically from past events, however, by which meet ngs invariab'y termiuate in meativgs, we are disposed strongly to recommend the new ortho graphy lor special adoptun by the Corporation of London, as indicative of the two-fold purpose uni lortnly implied by their summonses of convocation.— Tut1\ Magazine. WONDERS OF NATVRE.- There were lately dug up at Mussil 011, Starke county, state of Ohio, two lar^e tusks, measuring eich nine feet six inches in leugth, and eight inches in diaiu-'ter! The weight of one was as much. as two men could litt. The outt>i<He covering was as firm aud as hard as ivory, but the inner parts were considerably decayed. They were found in a swamp, about two feet below the sui thoe of the ground, and were similar to those found some time ago at Bone Lick, in Kentucky the size of which animal, from the bones fouud, was at lea^t sixty feet in length, and twcut.w., feet in height, alLi twelve acros-i the liip- Etch tooth found weighed elek an pouuds. This animal as much surpasses lbu moujoiutli as the eiepbaut does the ax.