The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

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GLAMORGANSHIRE. PETITIONS FROM C.LAM.ORGAN.-Orl, Monday the (ah instant a petition from the Chancellor and Clergy of the Diocesa of Llaudaff against the Irish tijulell Temporalities Bill, was presented to the House of Commons by John Nicholl, Esq. iNi. P., who took the opportunity of stating to the House the object of the petition, and the number and rcspect- ability of the names attached to it. The hon. member presented also a petition from the same body, in favour of a more devout observance of the Sabbath; and one against the demoralizing beer bill, and moved that it should be referred to the committee on beer houses. We have reason to suppose that both these petitions will be printed. The hon. gentleman also presented petitions from the rate payers of the central districts of county of Glamorgan against the vemoval of the Assizes from Cardiff to Swansea; and from lJantrisscnt for the abolition of slavery. Mr. Talbot presented five petitions from parishes in the county of Glamorgan, for the abolition of slavery; from Bridgend against the beer bill and from the same place against the removal of the Assizes from Cardiff to Swansea. CHARGE TO THE CLERGY.—IN consequence of th-2 unanimous and earnest wish expressed by the whole body of the Clergy of the Dioeess of Llandaff, we understand that the Chancellor designs to publish the Charge which he delivered to the several Dean- to eries. COMMITMENTS TO CAUDIFF GAOL AND HOUSE OF CORRECTION.—May 6, 1833, Edward Evans, by T. n. ilous, Esq. and llic Rev. E. AV. Richards. Clerk for having refused to find sufficient sureties, to be bound with him in a recognizance to keep the peace towards our Lord the King and all his liege people. Conviction: May 8, Lewis Lewis, by T. W. Booker, Esq. and the ReV T. Stacey, Clerk, charged in a mat- ter of bastardy, in the parish of Eglivy silaii, three months bard labour. lEE¡¡ HOtJ:;f;S.J.4t the Petty Sessions, held at Caerphilly on the 9th instant, before the Rev. Thomas Stncey, Clerk, and Thon as W. Booker, Esq John Howell, of the White Lion public house, in the town of Caerphilly, was convicted in the mitigated penalty of thirty shillings, for keeping a disorderly house, and permitting persons of notoriously bad character to assemble there. CowrminoE FAIR—At this fair, on Saturday last, there was a numerous attendance of buyers the show of stock was small, but the sales were brisk, and at good prices. SWANSEA.— At a petty sessions held on Tuesday last, David Morris, a cartman was fined 20s. for entering the field of Calvert Richard Jones, Eq. of I-leathfield, and carrying away the soil thereof, (after repeated warnings from the agent of Mr. Jones) and disposing of the same to the inhabitants of the town. Margaret Evans was fined 10-v. Gel. for assaulting alary Morse with a stone, whereby she was near losing part of her nose. Some mitigating circum- stances appeared, and as the accused was subject to violent fits, and far advanced in pregnancy, the magis- trates did not inflict the utmost penalty. Wm. Ilees, a mason, was fined 53, for getting drunk and swearing on the Saùbath day. We understand the magistrates are determined in future to punish such offences, and and have instructed the constables accordingly. A coach has commenced running from the Mack- worth Arms, to the Mumbles; and will continue to do so during the season. MERTHYR.—ADVANCE PI WAGES.-It is with feelings of unfeigned pleasure, with a gratification which it rarely indeed falls to our lot to enjoy, that we announce that the improving prospects of the iron trade have begun to shed their advantages over that industrious and meritorious body, the labouring classes of Merthyr. That truly respectable firm, the Pea-y-darran Company, the head of which stands h Mr. Alderman Thompson, this week gave notice to the workmen in their employ, that tfter the next pay J day the wages would be advanced to the point at which they stood pi ior to the last reduction; an ad- vance equal to about 10 per cent. In the race of liberality, in which the Pen-y-darran Company thus take the lead, we are convinced that the geiiel-osity of the other gentlemen in the same branch of business will make then) emulous not to be left behind. We confidently anticipate that the improvement which now happily attaches to the iron trade, and, we fear, to that trade alone, will speedily extend its benign influence over the cottage and the frugal board of t?ie iudustrious labourer. We entertain this hope the more confidently, not only from a knowledge of the sincere desire of the gentlemen at the head of the trade to produce this result, but from a knowledge atso of the severe privations which, during the de- p,ession of the trade, the working classes suffered, and of their exemplary conduct under those priva- tions.. THE IRON TRAi)r.IVe rejoice to learn that the demand continues steady, and that Uie old stocks are gradually melting away. The price of bar-iron at Cardiff has not however yet reached 61., a result which the miners and colliers are praying for as sincerely as the masters. COPPER COIN.-The inhabitants of Merthyr are much incommoded by the scarcity of copper coin, of which we believe there is in Bristol a superabundance. An exchange between the two places for about two or three hundred pounds worth would be desirable. SCOTCH BULLS—We are sorry to hear that a gang of ruffians, many of them with their faces blacked, came from the Monmouthshire side, and committed sever^l^jross outrages on the dwelling houses of some workiueu of the Bute Iron Works, at midnight on Thursday the 2nd inst. in their way they smashed ♦ very window of the Rumney turnpike house, and broke the clock of the gate-keeper, a poor paralysed and inoffensive man. Attacks of this sort have been repeated at various intervals for the last two or three years, by lawless ruffians calling themselves cc Scotch cattle." In the present instance the supposed object was to intimidate some colliers who had not given notice to raise their wages; and threateningl letters were dropped. A most minute and laborious investi- gation of all the circumstances has been made by J. B. Bruce, A. Hill, and Wm. Thomas, Esqrs. and it is ex- pected that the ringleadeis will not long escape detection. William Howel, one of the men whose windows were broken and furniture damaged, has been apprehended on suspicion of being concerned, but has been admitted to bail. Special constables have been sworn in for the parishes of Gelligaer, Glamorganshire, Bedwelty, Monmouthshire, and Llangunnider, Bi cconshiie, as the three counties meet together close to the Rumney works. These villains assemble themselves byTfre sound of a horn, and their approach to a dwelling bouse preceded by an imitation of the bellowing of cattle. We understand it is the intention of government to offer a reward for the apprehension of the ringleaders. In the mean N time several spirited individual^ are on the alert, and if these I. Bulls of Basan make another irruption, we would advise them to carry hides that are shot-proof. One poor fellow, whose house had been entered the preceding night, had s6 vivid a recollection of the visit of these cloven-footed ruffians, that he told the magistrates that he had nearly fainted on heariug the lowing of a calf on h:s road to Merthyr. PETITION AGAINST TAXES.—On Monday evening, in consequence of notice given about balf all hour before by the bellman, a large meeting was collected in the long- room at the back of the Bush Inn, Merthyr. The meeting-was addressed at great length in the Welsh language, principally by members of the late Political Union, and a petition was adopted, convey- ing strong censure on ministers for not repealing the malt tax and the house and window taxes and some rather strong censures was expressed against Mr. Guest for supporting ministers in this instance. It was determined that the petition be entrusted to Mr. Cobbett for presentation. We doubt not that our worthy representative will be able to convince his constituents, and the friends, and late correspondents ,of Lords Grey, Althorp, Russell, &c.of the propriety of his vote on this occasion. GLAMORGANSHIRE AGRICULTURAL REPORT. ^lle co'^ weather,"with frosty nights, of April, rv»j.i»fcecked the progress of vegetation, On the first and J: -s; second of this month the heavy rains thoroughly, | soaked the ground; since this we have had remarkably fine warm weather, altogether most genial for vegeta- tion, which now makes rapid progress, and the whole country presents a rich and luxuriant appearance. The quantity of grass is yet not great, and, being of recent growth, cattle are not altogether out at pasture. Clover is a good plant, and, when preserved in spring, will produce early hay. Barley sowing is only just completed this operation is rather later than usual the cold state of the soil at the commencement of the past month having- produced only a slow vegetation, the seed sown early remained long under ground be- fore it made its appearance, but the bcneficiai influence of the present fine weather is producing a rapid im- provement. The young wheat is also fast changing colour from a brown to a deep gre^n. The heavy and rather unkind state of the land until within these few davs, has been till favcui-iible for getting the mangel I land into good tilth for the seed, and they are not yet ail p'atited The cultivation of this useful root is still gcuhlg. more general; for late spring food, it is in- valuable when the turnips are either rotted by the frost, or running into seed. By analysis,the nutritive matter contained in an acre of mangel is found to be double that of an acre of common turnips, both bearing average crops, and the latter taken before winter when it, full perfection; but from experience we believe that in the spring an acre of mangel is more valuable than three of turnips. The drawbacks to its excellence are, the exhaustion of the soil on which it is produced, and the necessity of early sawing, there- fore as a fallow crop it will never supersede the com- mon turnip, which will bear sowing as late as the middle, or even the latter end of July, thus affording ample time to fallow the laud propeily The corn market is extremely dull, at ruinous low prices. The favourable prospect for grass has pro- duced a better demand for stock at some of our late fairs. Wre here beg to notice a most injurious custom in this county, of dividing some of our fairs for two days, when the small amount of business transacted is not sufficient for oue day; those who reside at a dis- tance are generally at a toss on which Jay to attend, and cannot afford to spend both days. The fairs at Lantrissent and Caerphilly in particular, have been greatly injured, and are almost dwindling away, we believe, from thU foonsh practice which can only be kept up by the mistaken notion of the publicans and shopkeepers, that they are benefited by the measure

MONMOUTHSHIRE. NEWPORT.—An account of the Coal and Iron shipped for the last twelve months at Newport, as published tby the Canal Company.—For the quarter enditil,- Tons Tons June 30, 1832 Coal 12-2,134 Iron 29,017 S,pt. 30 138,447 26,845 Dec. 31 134,240 27,765 Mar. 31, 1833 93,6-'7 29,202 I it. Tons 488,448 Tons 112,829 i CIIFPSTOW '-L(tittic,'t of the Couyo.— A fine brj". 25J tons burthen, was launched from Mr. J. Davis's yard, on Saturday last, called lie Congo, the pro- perty of Messrs. King, of Bristol, to be used in tha African trade. His Grace the Duk? of Beaufort has been pleased to appoint Mr John Evans, ofcllepstow, to be his Grace's Coroner for the Manor ami Liberty of Chepstow, vacant by the death of James Evans, Esq Messrs. Jones and Roberts, timber merchants, of this town, have engaged in the business of ship- building; and intend immediately to lay down two vessels of 300 tons each. The dry-dock has also been thoroughly cleaned out, and is now fit for the recep- tion of vessels wanting i-opaii, so that we may anticipate a little stir in the business of this port, the prospects of which have so long been clouded.

BRECONSHIRE. The inhabitants of Brecon were highly gratified at hearing on Tuesday last, that the Rev. Mr, Bevan, late Curate of St. John's and St. Mary's, and since called, as we noticed a few weeks ago, to the vicarage of Carmarthen, had been by the Right Revd. the Bishop of the Diocese appointed Archdeacon of St. David, with a prebendal stall in the Collegiate Church of Brecon. BRECON FAIR—There-was a goo:! supply or cattle at Brecon Fair on Saturday and Monday last the business was brisk, and the prices, without being high, were satisfactory.

We are happy to being able to iuform our readers that our worthy county memVii-r, the Hon. Col. Trevor, voted in favour of Mr. Attwood's amendment of his motion for an enquiry into the distresses of the cotiziti-y and also paired off in favour of the Marquis of Chandos' motion, That in any reduction of taxation which may be con sidered expedient, it is necessary that the interests of the agricultural polition of the community should be duly con- sidered and on Sir W. Ingilby's motion for a reduction of the. duty upon malt, the Hon. Colonel proved himself a friend to his country, being one of the triumphant majority against Ministers, who, now they are in office, only proposed a few paltry reductions, which would not affect or improve the condition of the generality of the kingdom. Carmarthen Journal. A SINGULAR CASE.—On the 25th of April a suck- ling calf, the property of Mr. Davies, of Pencoed, in the parish of Egl wyswrw, in the country of Pembroke, appeared sickly recourse was had to palliatives, and amongst other things a small quantity of antimony was administered on the 27th a snake, two 3reet long, was voided part of which had actually commenced the process of being digested, and the poor caif is at present likely to lip well.— Ibid. We arc sorry to observe that the influenza has lately been very prevalent in this town, and there are but very few families whose members have not been more or less attacked with this complaint; the weather has been particularly changeable, and very moist for the season, accompanied by high winds from the north and south west. -lbid. The bill now before Parliament for rendering more effectual, in certain cases, the office of Justice of the Peace," empowers one justice to give repossession of de- serted premises to the landlord. Heretofore the process required the attendance of two justices, which often occa- sioned much delay and inconvenience.-Hereford Journal, At the audit held on Tuesday at Stoke House, ten per cent, was, returned to the tenants on their respective rents, by desire of Edward Thomas Foley, Esq. M P. an act of generous kindness, which was deeply felt and grate- fullyacknowledgcd -Ibid. p The polling for the election of a Member for West Worcestershire will take place on Monday and Tnesday next. The friends of the candidates, Captain Winnington and Mr. pakmgton, Seem equally confident of success. Ibid. THE BO.LITIONIST-Otl Monday se'nnight, a tailorof this city was summoned before the Magistrates for employing his appreiltice, an unhealthy looking lad, beyond the usual hours of the trade. It appeared that the appren tice was kept continually at the board from seven o'clock in the morning till tcn at night, with the exception of one hour's absence to dinner his breakfast and tea being taken .)n the work-board that he was also frequently detained till eleven and twelve o'clock at night, and upon one occa- sion until two in the morning. The Magistrates commented severely upon the cruelty of the above conduct towards the apprentice. The master acknowledged that he had recently signed a petition in favour of the immediate and uncondi- tional abolition of Negro Slavery! !The apprentice was directed in future to attend during reasonable and appointed hours.-Bitth Herald. THE PATRIOT OF WESTMINSTER—It is a curious fact, anti strongly iadicntive of the way in which affairs are conducted in the Reformed Parliament, that Sir Francis BiiTdett, who voted against Mr. Attwood's motion on the Cuivency question, had previously offered to Jecond it. SUICIDE NEAR "AI-PAS.—On Wednesday week an inquest was held at Malpas, on the body of a female named Theiwall, w'ho downed herself on the previous day in a pit in that neighbourhood. The deceased formerly lived near the spot where she terminated her existence. and was so unfortunate as to become enciente by the person with whom she resided. -She afterwards removed to Bangor, at which place intelligence arrived, about a fort- night since, that the father of her child was married from that moment she determined to destroy herself, and made no secret of her intention. On Tuesday week, she travelled ei-lit miles for that purpose, having resolved to end her miserable existence oil the estate where her sor- rows were occasioned, and deliberately hung her bonnet and cloak in a tree overhanging the pit into which she afterwards threw herself. When found she was quite dead. Verdict—'Temporary Derangement.—Chester Courant After the division on Sir William Ingleby's motion, I-ord Aitliorp said, that the government were certainly placed in a state of considerable embarrassment. This reminds ns of an anecdote of Lord A ~y> which occurred about five and twenty years ago. His Lordship was supposed to have lost some twenty thousand pounds at Watier's club, and on his first appearance in the field after- wards in Leicestershire, a friend said to him, I fear my I Lord you have been hit hard lately in London."—" Oh no," replied his lorbship, only a little crippled." It has been remarked, that the fifty-six individuals who signed the declaration of American independence, have all died within fifty six years after the signature of that act; that all the Presidents of the United States have died at the age of fifty six; and that the Union wRS well nigh being dissolved fifty six years after its foundation, through the dispute respecting Suuth Carohna and the tariff.

A-\Mi'ERSARY MEETING of the IIOJ.YIVEI.L CAMBRIAN LIT ERA R Y SOVIET Y. | On Tuesday last this Society held its Anniversary. when several of the members dined at the Eagle and Child, the house of Mr. Humphreys Owen W.Jones, Esq. St. A-apil, presided. After dinner the company retired to the room where the society holds its literary meetings. It was elegantly decorated for this occa- sion with evergreens, and ilia Society's iligs bearing the Society's motto,, &e. Two small medals were also suspended over the president's chair (being the prizes ottered lor literary competition), one bearing a profile of our gracious Sovereign, and the other Goliah's head held by David. Several of the me mbert; and bards who had not attended the dinner were admitted by tickets into this room. The chairman having takco his seat and opened the proceedings, several of the bards addressed the meeting with stanzas written for the occasion, among which the following written by Mr. W Edwards, Bardd.Sceifiog, caused considerable mirth. Dull hoew gvfarfod Ilawen,-i ganu I Heb gynnwys cynfigen, Na sain yn whs is iawn nen Ffraeo 'n Nhy Humphrey Owen. eaf orchwd nos fercher—y delyn A holl deulu mwnder ^id y>tod i fod yn fer I ganu hyd ddydd Gwener. Cy\vir enwog gywreinwuith—o ganu Yn geinwych ddilediaith Oh mynwn hyn am unwaith, IIlynwn hyn er mwyn ein hiaith. Cadeirydd aMydd ryfeddol,— Wtlym Sion, Wel urae serch di-ddarfod: Jitirdd y glyn bar tlda i glod, D.yn'hwylus dan ei waelpd. The next business of the evening was the awarding of the prizes to the authors of the best stanzas on "Our gracious Sovereign William IV. and '< The fall of Guliuh." There were several excellent pro- ductions on each of the above subjects. The president, and Mr. Davies, Bardd, Nantglyn, decided on their respective merits, in the announcement of which, the former gentleman delivered a very long and eloquent speech, but as he spoke in the Welsh language we cannot adequately do him justice by a translation. He was followed by Bardd Nantghjn, in a short and eloquent addwss. The prize was awarded to Mr. Wto. Edwards, ofSceifiog, for the best stanzas on our gracious Sovereign, and Mr. Thomas Ellis, of Caer- wys, succeeded on The Fall of Goliah." Each was invested with a medal. Pennillion singing with the harp then commenced, which was carried on for a considerable time with great spit zt. The successful candidate for the prize was Mr. Richard Owens. The company enjoyed themselves during the evening in other literary discussions, and in drinking several appropriate toasts, and they separated at a late hour n unity and brotherly love.-Chester Couraitt

ATKINS'S ELEPHANT.—Mr. Atkins exhibited his I menagerie at Mansfield on Saturday and Monday. On the latter day it was discovered that his welLkuowu large elephant, which is universally admired for his docility and intelligence, was incapable of travelling, and that to give him a chance of recovery, an immediate removal to a place of quietness was necessary. lie was accordingly taken to a very commodous barn. On inquiry, we learn that he has what is called the foot-rot; he is incapable of standing, and appears to sutler intense pain. His position is changcd Ly means of pullies; aad the quickness he displays in adapting himself, as much as he can, to give aid to the machinery by which he is removed, excites great astonish- ment. Oar readers will not be surprised at his having the foot-rot, when they are informed that he has been con- fined in caravans for 20 years, without ever setting his foot on terra firma. By the death of this noble animal (and we think he will not leave Mansfield till he has thrown off this mortal coil ") Mr. Atkini will sustain a. loss of about I ,Ooi)l.-IYottinylimn Journal. NEW PRINTING MACHINE.—Mr. J. Kitchen of the Newcastle Journal, has invented a printing press, which bids fair to revolutionize this department of the arts It bears. no analogy, even in appearance, to any machine for the purpose hitherto known. The form can be fixed in its place in a single moiriont, and will, when adjusted, remain stationary until the work is finished. Complete facilities are given for regulating the power, and quantity of ink, and for overlaying or obtaining register. The same machine will be equally applicable for the smallest job er the largest sheet; it will be perfectly under control, and only requires one man during the process of printing or, where great speed is required, and the work is heavy. a man and a riy-boy, whilst it can be sold for the same price as the common press. Mr. Kitchen is now engaged in the application to his invention of a clock-work move- ment, so that the machine may keep a register of its own work, and thin act as a check upon waste of paper and idleness in the absence of the employer or overseer. EASY MODE OF FINF: EDGING RAzons.-On the rough side of a strap of leather, or on the undressed calf skin binding of a book, rub a piece of tin, or a coasmon pewter spoon for half a minute, or till the leather becomes glossy with the metal. If the razor be passed over this leather about half a dozen tiroes, it will acquire a finer edge than by aoy other method.—Mechanics' Magasine. Dr. Young, once walking in a garden with some very agreeable ladies, received a message that a friend wished to speak wirh him. Being unwilling to leave the company he was then in, he desired the messenger to say that lie was engaged. The ladies insisted that be should go tO| his fiiend. As the gallant still refused to go, the ladies, in a playful manner, and with gentle force, pushed 111m out at the garden gate, declaring he should not remain there, to keep his friend waiting. Upon this he turnpd found, and laying his hand on his breast pronounccd the rollowing lines, extempore:— Thus Adam looked when from the garden driven And thus disputed orders sent from heaven. Like him I g0, but yet to go am loth— Like him I go, for Angels drove us both. Hard was his fate but mine still more unkind, His Ere went with him but mine stays behind." A GENUINE TORY—Sir E. Eardly Wilmot, Bart. M.P. has transmitted a donation of 1001. towards the relief of the distressed weavers in the neighbourhood of toleshill, near Coventry, by which liberal contribution assistance, principally in articles of wearing appSrcl, sheets, blankets, &c. has been afforded to upwards of 350 families- THE I'KUITA OF WHIG GOVERNMENT.—■Mon- tego Bay. The Blanche, with Lord Mulgrave on board, arrived here this morning, between ten and eleven. IIis lordship was received by Dr. Gordon and Mr. Miller, the autocrat of Trelawny, and by a crowd of negroes, who followed him through the streets yelling, and making n very great noise, but not one gentleman of the placa was there on the wharf to welcome his arrival in the ancient town of Montego Bay. What a falling off is here !-Th.e rebel, Mudie, was executed on Saturday last. He met his fate firmly, and refused to make any disclosure publicly. On Friday he sent for a woman of the name of M'Kenzie., and admitted that he murdered a sailor during the rebel- lion that he was advised by the Baptists to murder all the j which he would have done, as they told him he tvat free\^famaica Covrant.—[If it be true, that "History is philosophy teaching by example," we have some philosophy to teach us what sort of respect is to be got by Whig government to the representative of the King-what sort of happiness is to be showered down, by Whig Emancipauitn upon the negro people.] THE SCHOOLMASTER'B PROGRESS.—A boy was lately asked who killed Abel ? He promptly replied, Gen. Jackson.— This equals the catehetical exhibition of a lad once living in the wildest region of the Green Mountains — Into what state did the fall bring mankind asked the tcacher. With a most rueful expression of countenance, the urchin brawled out—" Varmount!"—American Paper. DOUBT FULBENEVOLENCE.—The influx of Bavarian broomdrs, 1, buy a broom," into England this year has been greater than in any preceding one-iio less than seven b tin- dred and fifty men, women, and children, have disembarked at Dover; besides one hundred and forty itinerant Italian minstrels, image carvers, &c. As the whole of these people may be considered beggars, is it not wrong that the masters of the steamers should bring them from France to England at the very low rate of fare of two and three shillings per head, when other passengers pay 10s. 6d. each ? and is it not absurd for Englishmen to support them by buying their breoms—while thcre are Knglish paupers to be employed and paid by the householders in England. 'MOSAIC WOBK- IPE slab upon which the Mosaic is laid is generally formed of travertine stones connected by iron cramps. Upon the surface of this a mastic is gradually spread as the progress of the work requires it, forming the adhesive ground or bed on which the Mosaic is laid. This mastic is composed of lime, made from marble and finely levigated travertine stone mixed to the consistence of a strong paste with linseed oil. Into this paste are fixed the smalts, of which the Mosaic picture is formed. They are a species of opaque vitrified glass, and composed of a variety of minerals and materials, coloured for the most part with different nietalic oxides. Of these no less than 1700 different shades are in use they are manufactured in Rome, in the form of long slender rtrd-s, like wires, of different degrees of thickness, and are cut I into pieces of the requisite sizes from the smallet pin's point to an inch. 1 he only manufactory of this art now existing is at Rome, that at Milan, founded by the French, having been abandoned by the Austrian Government. There are Florentine Mosaics, but they differ from that described, and braT no resemblance to the Mosaic from paintings. Although there IS hut one government establish- ment for this art at Rome, there are numerous artisans who have manufactories for snuff boxes, rings, necklaces, brooches, earrings &c. Oriental shell are also converted into beautiful cameos by these Roman artists, the white surface being cut away. from the deeper coloured internal par! of the shell, forming figures in minute basso relievo. The shells used are chiefly brought from the Levant. IMPORTS FROM I"RANCE--()n Wednesday week at Dover, among other importations from France, were a dromedary, two bears, and several n:onktys-with their leaders.

CXIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, April 30.—In a full convocation liolden tlii, day petitions to both Houses of Parliament against A Bill to alter aud amend the Laws relating to the Temporalities of the Church in Ireland," were unanimously agreed to. MAY 2.—This day the following degrees were conferred Bachelor in Divin-ity.-Rev. Arthur Bennett Alcsham, Fellow of Corpus. Bachelor in Medicine (with licence to practice.)—Robert Bentley Todd, Pembroke. °f Arts.-Rev. Charles Vint, Magdalen Hall William Palmer, Fellow of Magdalen Rev. James Stevens, &t. John's. Bachelors of Arts-Edward Henry Blyth, Queen's; Henry M. B. Barnes, Oriel; John Whitehead Peard, Exeter; Henry John Maddock, Scholar of Worcester. CAMBRlnG i;, May 3.-Yestertlay, Jas. Dal ziel Simpson, I Esq; B.A. of Sidney Sussex College, was elected Mathe- matical Lecturer of that society. » S. G. Fawcett, Esq. B.A. of Magdalene College, has been elected a Feilow of that socicty. There will be a congregation on Tuesday next, the 7th instant, at eleven o'clock, at which petitions to the two Houses of Parliament will he proposed to the senate against 'r to alter and amend the Laws relating to the Temporalities of the Chinch in Ireland." R. Whiston, B A. and Scholar of 'Trinity College, has been appointed Head Master of the Rochester and Chatham classical and mathematical school. Rev. T. Mills, M.A. one of the Minor Canons of Peter- borough cathcdta), to the Rectory of NorthborouITh North ampfonshire. Rev. G. A. Whitaker. B.A. to the Vicarage of Mendham, m the counties of Suffolk and Norfojk. Rev. fl. Parsons, M.A. to the Perpetual Curacy of Upton St. Leonard's, Gloucester.

TO Tif I' EDITOR OF THE GAZETTE AND GUARDIAN. S I R,-Having waited until pur Reforming Ministry had developed their. plan of Church improvement before I addressed you, or rather before I resumed my correspon- dence, it is with something of congratulation that'I speak of the light hand with which the threat of the Premier has oeen executed. A commutation of tithes—and the regula- tion of pluralities; if the Reformers will end here. we may well forgive their interference; but we look at their pro. ceedings towards the Irish Church, and have but little confidence in their tender mercies. Their dealings however with either Church, we suspect, will beadjollTIJcd sine die: the position of the great Incapables becoming daily rrrore perilous, and the stability of their administration more questionable. They have raised spirits, who are become their masters. tliey have waked the demon,-and he will not be laid. It was passing strange, that the real object of the Whigs in proposing and carrying the Reform Jiill was never broadly set forward in the House of Commons, and the (selfishness of the whole proceeding fully exposed. After more than half a century of exclusion from power and place, they suddenly found themselves, by the indis- cretion of the Duke of Wellington, failed to oiffce, and they immediately devised a scheme by which they hoped to make that possession perpetual. lhey introduced their bill, agitated the country from centre to extremity, dis- solved the Parliament at the very height of their ferment, and secured a very large and pledged majority^ Long was their project resisted by the hereditary branch of the']'enis. lature, and it was only the prospect of a great national convulsion, that urged the Peers to withdraw their oppo- sition. The bill "passed, and a Reformed Parliament assembled, and the bubble has burst—burst in a way that was forespen by every man that was not blinded hy passion and prejudice. It is a fact not more new in Parliamentary tactics than creditable to the Tories, that they have exhi. bited the reverse of a factious opposit ion, le; them alone, they appear to have said, and they will destroy tiiem- selves-" give them rope enough" the proverb is somewhat musty—never was incapacity more manifest never patience more exemplary the chef d'eeuvre of fiscai ahsllrdity was the budget. Where, cry the tax-ridden, is your relief? Tiles, and soap, and advertisements, says the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The division on the malt tax was a disgrace to the Administration as men of bllsiness, and the method by which their blunder Was rectitied struck at the root of all confidence in the decisions of Parliament. It is notorious that they obtained their majority, not in approbation of the celebrated "resolution," but because one fourth of the seats of the members would have been endangered by the resignation of the present Adminstration. The question was not, shall the public burthens be relieved ? but, shall we retain our seats? Oh, this Reform Bill has covered a multitude of sins already; how long it will stand between those who devised it and public indignation, time is rapidly showing. Yes, the bubble has burst, all the good that was promised has turned out a dream; all the evil that was predicted is receiving rapid accomplishment. Agitation is now the watchword, and it is an ominous sound in the cars of those who know what it has already effected it is now ringing the knell of Lord Grey's Administration it has encouraged Radicalism into open rebellion. There is nothing between this country and revolution, but the sound of Conservative spirit, which, insulted as it has been and reviled as it still is, has genrqsity enough toforgive its injuries, and to stand between the incapacity of the Whigs and the madness of the people, not with the sordid hope of place, but the patriotic temper of moderators. If Radical heat can be checked it is only this way that its temperature call be reduced, and Radical moisture, with its high pressure, can only this way be saved from explosion. We are glad to see the Conservative spirit is spreading far and wide men look back, and are ashamed of the folly into which they have been duped, and mourn the delusion by which they have been led astray. It is not that we care to see the lories in place, their post of honour is now between an incapable government and its enraged dupes. The conduct Of Sir Robert Peel in these trying times is precisely what might have been expected from a statesman and a man of honour. His moderation has made him an object of sus- picion to the more violent men of his own party, but we cannot see aught in his public conduct that is not consistent with the soundest wisdom and the most disinterested patriotism. There is health enough, there is soundness sufficient in the country, to save it from the ruin that threatens it: but there must be a more decided manifesta- tion of the prevailing feeling. Let us not stop to enquire who is,the incendiary, but apply our first energies to stop the progress of the flame. Let us, as Christians and as patriots, hold fast by our Church which, however de- Pnved of her temporalities, will be spiritually the same and Cling to our institutions, which, however threatened, however in the guardianship of the feeble and the incompetent, are still untarnished in their lustre, and still worthy of defence. PORTlUS.

THE BIBLE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE GAZETTE AND GUARDIAN. SIR,—I am aware that the columns of a newspaper are n°t the fittest place for polemical discussion or religi°us criticism, and I am unwilling to make an approach even to convert your's into an arena for either. But we live in a Christian country, and, heaven be praised the great mass of our population profess, and I trust and believe, practice, Christian principles; and, therefore, viewing yon as a guardian of public morals, and of civil and religious liberty, whenever eit-her are assailed within the sphere ot m.V knowledge and your usefulness, I shall not hesitate to lift my warning voice through the medium of your high- principled journal. I am induced to do so now in consequence of an anony- mous pamphlet recently published at Cardiff, the authorship of which public rumour variously ascribes to various individuals, all of the highest respectability, but whose politics are identified with those of the party now holding ascendancy in the State, and whose professed religion is of that, sect which denies the Divinity of our blessed Saviour. Of its origin from some such source the pamphlet itself bears ample internal evidence and with some it may not be matter of much surprise that a stream issuing from such a fountain should be of a foaming, noisy, and turbid cha- racter—struggling in its floundering current to tear up by the roots those venerable institutions in Church and State which, planted by the fostering care of our forefathers, have" grown with the growth, and strengthened with the strength," of the country, and under whose benign shade and influence, those who have gone down the stream of time before us, and whose memories have our kindest filial remembrance, lived in happiness, and died in peace. It is not, however, the attack, unmeasured though it be, which this pamphlet containl upon our venerable Church Establishment, that I purpose here to combat forturiitely the attack itself is of far too laboured, ponderous, and unwieldy a nature,-the arguments (if arguments they can to, be called, which are so loosely strung together) are of too unconnected a kind; and although Truth -1., it be truth —" is Truth by wHomsoever it be spoken, yet, in the present instance, there is so much of error, so much per- version, so many false deductions from arbitrary assumed premises, that the pamphlet in question is little likely to acquire much general reading or celebrity- I shall, there- fore, at present at least, not even open its pages, but confine myself solely to its title-page, at which I feel no alarm for the public odium which it points at our Established Church but I do feel the most unaffected horror at an epithet applied, not to our Establishment and her Hierarchy, but to that imperishable rock, on which not she alone, but every other denomination of Christian worshippers ground their faith, and build their hope,—and which is here rashly, ignorantly, or I will charitably hope, st,^ma- tised as our present DISHON-EST versionoj the new 1 esta- Yes: such on the very title-page of this palpably Uni- tarian production, as on the very threshold of < ocimanism, is the unhallowed attempt made to knock t »e very "crutch from under the arm of impotency and age, and to vilify as spurious, aye, even as dishonest," that authorised and received version of the Holy Scriptures, wnic i has stood the ground and pillar, not of our faith aJone> hut of that of the thousands of our non conforming and dissenting fellow-christians, who, however they may stray from the discipline of the Church of England, are umted with her in the faith and hope derived from the New 1 estwnent. What must these, in common with ourselves of the national Church, teel at such an epithet applied to such a Book! Let us not, however, he led away by our feelings, but rather, under this wanton attack upon our Bibles, to strengthen and confirm our faith," let us contemplate the following authorities in its favour !—authorities, opposed to which what can Infidelity or Unitarianism adduce that is. comparable ? There never was found," said the great Lord Chan- cellor BACON, in any age of the world, either philoso- pher, or sect, or law, or discipline, which did so highly exalt the public good as the Christian Faith." There is no Book," said Lord Chief Justice HALE to his children," like the Bible, for excellent learning, wis- dom, and use. It is want of understanding in them wllO think and speak otherwise. By frequent reading it with due observation, it will make you wise for this world, and for that which is to come." Let us exhort you," said Sir JOHN FARDLI-'Y Wlt-NIOT to his son', to read with the greatest attention 'both the Old and New Testaments. You will find your mind ex- tremely becalmed by so doing, and every tumultuous passion bridled by that firm belief in a resurrection, which is So evidently impressed upon mankind by Christianity." "There are no songs" said MILTON, "comparable to the songs of Zion; no orations equal to those of the Prophets and no politics like those 'which the Scriptures teach." Had Cicero lived, said AQDISON, to see all that the Gospel has brought to light, how would lie, who so fondly hoped for immortality, have lavished out all the force of eloquence in those noblest of contemplations, the Resur rection, and the Judgment that will follow it How had his breast glowed with pleasure, wheh the whole compass of futurity, revealed in the Scriptures, lay open to his view How would he have entered, with the force of lightning, into the affections of his hearers, upon the glorious themes which are contained in those piges." In his own Bible thus wrote the learned Sir WILLIAM JONES I have regularly and attentively perused these Holy Scriptures; and am of opinion that this Volume (independently of its divine origin) contains more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, more pure morality, more important history, and finer strains of poetry and eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in •whatever age or language they may have l;.een.wdtten." In his last moments, when his penitence was as great,(1S had previously been hisv infidelity and his vices, Lord ROCHESTER, laying his hand on his Bible, exclaimed, A h here is true philosophy* Here is wisdom that speaks to the heart. A bad life is the only graadobjectioa to this I nook." There is no s-,iiti the learned SEt DEN." upon which we can rest in a dying moment but the Bible." The Bible is a matchless Vollitne," sai,l the-learned BOYLE «« it is impossible we can study it too much, or esteem it too highly." rt is," said the profound LOCKE," all pure, all sincere, nothing too much, nothing wanting. Therein are contained the words of Eternal Life. It has God for its author, Salvation for its end, and Truth, without any Error, for its iiatlet- Young man," said the learned Dr. JOHNSON, in his last illness, to a gentleman who set by his bedside," attend to the advice of one who has possessed some degree of fame in the world, and who will shortly appear before his Makei1: —Read the 13iblc every day of your life. These are the deliberate and disinterested opinions of eminently great and celebrated men,—of men whose pro found learning enabled them to read their Bibles and Testaments in the languages in which they were first written, and to compare our translations with their divine originals:—their opinions were given upon the fullest consideration some of them on the bed of death, when disguise is least likely to take place and be it observed, these are all the opinions of LAYMEN, whose honourable host might easily he enlarged by such distinguished cha- racters as Grotius, West, Lyttelton, Bryant, Beattic, Cum- berland—Laymen also: and from that profession, whose provinco it is to act as conservators of Divine Truth, the sacred witnesses in behalf of the Bible might be multiplied a hundred fold. To the flippant sarcasms of unbelievers it needs only to oppose, with dispassionate minds, the authorities here produced, and concerning the result I have little apprehension. Here, Sir, for the present at least, I will close my observations, conceiving that a work, bearing such a title- page, merits no further notice and, that this defensive advocacy may not be imputed to the interested zeal of a Parson," I beg to add that I also am May 5, 1833. 0 A LAYMAN.

FOR THE MERTHYR GUARDIAN. THE REVOLUTIONARY PRESS AND ITS READERS. ( No. 3. ) OUR LAWLESS LAWGIVERS, THE POLITICAL UNIONS. ( Concluded from our last.) But let all better regulated minds no more forget their all-envied constitution than their God. As^or those demagogues who sedulously clamour against it—those bad men who slander it by tongue or by pen—those miscreants who, by word or deed, go about to undermine it-it is but honest truth to say they deserve no more regard than the baying of the wolf against the maon-the crying of a senseless beast against,a glorious body, of a nature unknown to him, beautiful, beneficent, and blessed, and which at that very moment is lighting him in pursuit of his prey, thus preserving him alive. If then there be any truth or force in this appeal on behalf of onr constitution, it follows that this -new fangled reference of all questions by a portioft of the Press, to a new power, under the epithet People has neither force, truth, nor common sense. As an English citizen living (as yet) under the government bequeathed me by my for< £ fathers, and secured to me by their blood, I say, I know no such political party at all, as "The People." The three estates constitute the nation. All else is the multi- tude—the many-headed monster which never yet living legislators dreamed of rendering absolute, except ours of this present enlightened age. That multitude having, as in every civil state, delegated its collective right of acting to a certain few, must not-cannot--resitme its power over that civilized state, at pleasure. Duty, expediency, com- mon sense, our whole salvation, as a commonwealth, clearly forbid such monstrous resumption. We know the reply that suggests itself to this demand for the submission of the physical to the executive power. What? if the estates, or one of them, abuse their trust, must millions of freemen remain passive bondsmen to their own com- J„ I no.t1 resis,ance in such event a virtue ?'* This sounds plausibly, seems triumphant, and is—mere hollow f°ii-{'-s]t.r^' "ranting that in the nature of things and a lbilitjr of man, possible contingencies may and do exist which might render even virtuous a whole nation's rising en masse to overthrow its own most glorious labour of ages, and make experfment (the terrible one) of an anarchy,pro tempore at least-what then? Does it follow from the possibility of such a casualty, that the right of ^,e.s?r' 'f1 50 desperate a remedy is lodged for ever in the ■ -judging multitude? A general defending a capital is jus ihed in firing the suburbs, nay, the city, as in the case of i oscow, as the last means of dislodging an invading nemy; but what false and preposterous deduction would It be from such a principle, that a full right of incendiarism, at option, existed in that general or in every citizen As preposterous seems the assumption of a perpetual right in w'flT cocrcc ant' nullify their own executive, at > because some event, some time may render necessary so icmendous a breach of the social compact and tho I",Itionf)l peace I It has been pretended over and over, that by the revolu- lon ot 1G;8 the principle of such popular interference was recognised as lawfully inherent in the British nation. ie pietext seeins to have been even allowed to be valid by some constitutional orators, Surely none was ever moie lirisy. First, there was no change in the government, the c n^iige was of the royal person and the succession only. Secondly, tli e crisis, the call for a terrible effort, was one of rare contingencies just now allowed as possi ble, and which, like pestilence or earthquake, set aside for a time all the calculations, all the systems of men for their own welfare. A terrible alternative was forced all at once on millions of freeborn men by one—a bigot, and (let not pity belie history) a bloody one—of renouncing their God, or IJJm-of their own pure faith to be saved but by resistance, or an old, hated, wicked, fiery, bloody imposture, which had bowed England into a province of Rome, which England had forsworn for a century and a half! The awful question, whether shall schedule A be debated before schedule B, or the con'rary, will not (juitve rank- with this alternative in interest or necessity of civil war). And lastly, it was no popular resolution at all. Neither time allowed, nor means were adopted, to qollect the sense of the people at large. Seven hundred was the number that acted for the seven millions. No matter whether or no the change, when made, proved agreeable to the mass, the chango was none of tiiciri, but that majoity's whicii cast the die. No sooner was the name of William sub- stituted for that of James, in a proclamation, than hanging, drawing, and all the penalties of treason put a reto, at once, on the People's free agency in king-making. Such was this often vaunted precedent of a people s resistance, in England so shallow is the sophistry which would establish it as a precedent of right. of a perpetual lawful- ness to rebel under every pretended grievance. The Egyptians of old made their judges and lawgivers swear not to obey or be influenced by themselves—as the iiltiliitude-aiid were deemed wise and patriotic therein. Read and be abashed ye modern wise men of England Nil tain inestimable cstquain animi Multitudinis''—" Si quando turpe nun sit," says Cicero, ego hoc judico, tatnen nan esse non turpe, quum id amultitudine landatur.'1 Such was this wise and great man s opinion of The People! If such be the actual multitude, what must be those masses—that fermenting scum of the general mass, cast up bv its agitation—alias, the Unions ? What are they individually/' Men venal and ignorant. Query. If one barber be not a desirable prime minister or minister's adviser and dictator, will one hundred barbers become such ? The Radical Press answers. Yes! What does common sense answer? Let us hear Elian on the matter Ai q,tidquam stultius, quam» quos singulos contemnas, eos aliquid putare esse universos r What can be more stupid than to imagine that what you find despicable singly, can ever be anything but despicable when united ?" With which apposite verdict of an ancient ou the claims to our reverence of these lawless lawgivers, and those previous of other great ancients on the character of the Sovereign People," I conclude this my feeble pleading for King, Lords, and Commons—against brute force, mob law, and unions. Builth. D. .V f..

BIRTH. I ON THE 26TH ULT. AT MILFORD, THE LADY OF G. L. ELLIOTT* | ESQ. OF THE BOMBAY CIVIL SERVICE, OF A DAUGHTER. I MARRIED. | ON THURSDAY WEEK, AT LUGWARDINE, — HUTCHINS, LV>1* I SOLICITOR, TO MISS FREEMAN, YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF MI"8, I FREEMAN, OF THAT PLACE. AT PRESTEIGN, MR. WM. CAULDICOTT; OF WEGNELL MILL* I Sarah, eldest daughter of Mr. Thomas Rogers, of Wegnell I Farm, near Presteign. On the 2d instant, at Marcle Church, by the Rev. MY. On the 2d instant, at Marcle Church, by the Rev. Mr. Money, Mr. Thomas Morgan, of the Tump, near Monmouth, to Miss Watkins, of the Bounce, Herefordshire. DIED. At Llwydcoed, Abrrdare, on Thursdav last, the 9th inst. after a long and painful illness which he bore with Christian fortitude, in his 60th year, George Scale, Esq. one of THE proprietors of the Aberdarc Iron Works. He was a tender and affectionate parent, a warm and sincere friend; 110 considerate and benevolent master; and will long ba remembered by his surviving friends with feelings of affcC" tionate regret. At Maesvryddid, Monmouthshire, on the 9th instant, at an advanced age, Mrs. Davies, of Garth, Mferthyr Tydvil- ON THURSDAY, AT SWANSEA, BARBARA, ELDEST DAUGHTER | J. L. POPKIN, ESQ. SOLICITOR, OF THAT PLACE. I ON THE 3D INSTANT, OF A DECLINE, IN THE 20TH YEAR OF HER AGE, MISS ANN MORGAN, DAUGHTER OF MR. JOHN MORGAN, I PLYMOUTH, NEAR MERTHYR. ON MONDAY LAST, JAMES, THE SON OF MR. JAMES DOWLE» OF CHEPSTOW, SPIRIT MERCHANT. I On Monday last, at the advanced age of 7.5, much respected,after a long protracted illness borne with Christian patience and resignation, Mr. Walter Winston, many year*. | Clerk of tha parish of St. John the Evangelist, Brecon.. ON SUNDAY LAST, AT HEREFORD, MUCH AND DESERVEDLY 1 LAMENTED, ELIZABETH, WIFE OF MR. THOMAS PRICE, OF EWITH" INGTON, IN THAT COUNTY. I ON FRIDAY SE'NNIGHT, AT HEREFORD, IN THE 70TH YEAR | her age, Mrs. Thomas, relict of the late Mr. R. THOMAS* OF THAT CITY. HER DEATH WILL BE SEVERELY FELT, AND SHE LONG BE REGRETTED, BY ALL WHO KNEW HER. ON TUESDAY, AGED 60, MR. JOHN WATKINS, MALTSTER, °' I MONMOUTH. I ON THE 10TH INST. IN THE 39TH YEAR OF HER AGE, HANNAH I WIFE OF MR. WM. GRIFFITHS, OF MONMOUTH. I Yesterday week, aged 32, Harriet, wife of Thos. AveS, I of Monmouth. The poor woman had been very ill for some time, and her child, aged about two years, had ALS1' been unwell. Friday morning, soon after day-break. S'LC discovered that the infant was dead the afflicted mother uttered a faint shriek, sunk back in the bed, and, after is I few hours, she also became a corpse, leaving a husban few hours, she also became a corpse, leaving a husban and child fit objects for the commiseration of a HUMAN" and benevolent public. F On Wednesday last, at the Burcott, in the parish 0 Holmer, Thomas Powell, aged 72 for3'2 years thefaithf" servant of Mr. James Bennett, who, during that period* never knew him to be intoxicated, idle, or to utter a flise. hood! On the25th ult. in p, rttnan street, London, the DowagER Lady Sommers. fI On the 26th ult. at Discoyd, near Presteign, Mr. Eva Edwards, aged 88, and clerk of that parish 39 years. On the 17th lilt, at the Hundred House Inn, Llansa'0 fread, Radnorshire, MR. James Lloyd, for many >'EAR clerk to the Magistrates of the hundred of Cbllwyn.. Lately at Darren Fellen,. Clydach, L'.anelly, Susanna Davies, aged 103. On the 22d ult. at Fairy Hill, in this county, after severe and short illness of thirty hours, Ann Shaftsbury. the wife of the Rev. Samuel Phillips, Rector of Puddingto"' Devon, and Vicar of Llanddewi, Glamorgan, eldest daug»L of the late Francis Horsley, Esq Little Hallingburv, ESSE*^ and neice to the learned Dr. Horsley, formerly Bishop 0 St. Asaph. The mild dignity of her manners, the ACTLJ(> benevolence of her character, and her firm adherence the doctrines of the Reformation, combined in such BE* I tiful harmony, as to shed a lustre even on the sphere h which she moved as the wife of a Minister of Christ. J principles which influenced her conduct during life, CNAB'E^ I her to bear the pains of the last hour with EXEMPLI; I fortitude and Christian resignation, and, raising her | the fear of dissolution, taught her to anchor her soul on RI' | who has deprived death of his sting, and the grave of 1 victory.. »H« I On Wednesday week, of a rapid consumption, in_'1 I 21st year of his age, William, only son of Mr. Will'* Thomas, painter, &c. of Swansea. On the 3d instant, at Swans; aged 35, Mr. Thorn" Baugh, shipping agent to the Lairdore Colliery Co. on Sir In his 57th year, Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Hn\. Hotham, K. C. B., Commander in Chief of the Squadron in the Mediterranean, formerly a Lord of t Admiralty.. of In London, on the 5th inst. Herbert, youngest son the Hon Robert and Lady Harriet Clive. il» May 4, the Countess de Grey, at her residence St. James's square. On the 3d instant, at the house of her son-in-law, J. Lewis, diaper, Carmarthen, in the 79th year of ber 8; Mrs. Evans, widow of the late Mr. David Evans, of Ccopers' Arms, in Lammas street. -Her demise wil1 long regretted by her family and friends. Her Chris"" a faith supported her through a long and painful illness, her end was peace. [In our obituary of last week was inserted the DEMISE the Rev. William Thorpe at Bristol. WE are find, in the respectable print from which we extracted statement, a notice saying that it is wholly erroneous.]^ statement, a notice saying that it is wholly erroneous.] MERTHYR TYDVIL Printed and Published e WILLIAM MADAHKt), at the Office, High Stfee where Orders, Advertisements, Communications) arc requested to be addressed.

KNIGHTII00D.-The ceremonies at the creation of r a knight have been various; the principal were a box on the ear, and a stroke with A sword on the shoulder. John of Salisbury tel's us the blow with the nala4 fist was in use among the ancient Normans; by this it wa's that William J the Conqueror conferred the honour of knighthood on his I son Henry. It was afterwards changed into a blow with I the flat of the sword on the shoulder of tlie knight. Charles I V. is said to have made five hundred knights in a single day on which account, therefore, new orders of knighthood J were instituted, in order to distinguish the more deserving I from the crowd.—Mirror, I