The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

I'] -N G GLANCE AT THE REFORMED PA RLIAMEXT. With what jealous vigilance our laws have endeavoured to guard the liritish Partiatnent fro.n contempt is known to every one. The inference is that the evil thus anxiously averted is one cf the most serious nature. And such it is. VV hat loyalty, what confidence in the stability of pre' sent atfairs, what hope in the future can exist in the millions of men governed, if feeling only contempt and distrust toward those who govern? And without such confident hope, what spirit of enterprise, what mutual trust is to he exoected between men, what but despondence, discord, and dissolution of such society ? They must be indeed insane^ passengers who could, while sailing on perilous seas, go on calmly projecting their future plans j on arrival in port, if convinced that their crew were raw and futile, and the pilot incompetent. That reverence for the Representatives of a nation which is so essential to its good, is no iessjust and rational. livfry Member of the House is to be looked on as a trustee of the joint estate of the whole British people. Prcesidium et dulee decus meum is scarcely a hyperbolical mode of address from each British citizen to each member of the legislature. For seeing that those chosen men sit there for our salvation and the salvation of whatever is dear to us, what can be more reasonable than such regard and respect from the saved to the saviour? Supposing this respect destroyed, it can make little difference in the evil whether it be produced by the conduct of those within the walls of the House or withont-II any, the balance of mischief must preponderate on the side of the former case. In the one case the honourable House might "yet vindicate its honour, mi^ht rebut by proofs the grounds of the contempt, however widely sp.reajl the false impression; not so when the assembly itseli stands self-convicted of meriting that con- tempt. When an offender was brought to the bar of the House in former times, the salutary warning effect was not marred by any visible want in that assembly of the dignity said to be infringed, and requiring to be upheld by the terrors of its wrath. But tempora mutantur. Imagine an unlucky wight now hauled to that bar and brought upon his knees there for the high crime of contempt agaitist-%vhat? an assemblage of men hooting, baking, gabbling, braying, crowing like cocks, or snoring along t he benclies in short killing,in all contemptible modes, that ti -lie they are stealing from the period of rest, for the pretended purpose of deliberating on the fate of their country, while anxious millions are awaiting the result of that parturient crisis of the collective wisdom, the end of a Session. One could hardly avoid the recollection of the pom- pous bearing of Mister Merryman at a fair towards his man or fool on such an occasion-tile absurd self reverence of the one rebuking the fool's insolence-the arch mock reverence of the rebuked- where both cut ridiculous figures and are but engaged in stupid grimace alike. So degraded, so disgusting a spectacle for Europe is exhibit d according to even Radical report, by the Reformed-—the All-desired House—the Parliament after every Radical's own heart! —weeded of corruption to the last rotten borougli-consti- tuted, precisely as all Reformers assured us it must he constituted, if we would save the empire Certainly, if we review the sayings and doings (or no doings) of this Senate of promise, we must see abundant grounds to be grateful to that party which forced on us this pet Parliament of theirs, and now, with an inimitable ease of impudence, turn round to assure us that it has turned out the most indecent, the most vulgar, the most impotent, &c. &c. &c. of Parliaments in short, just what their Tory opponents contended it would be, under the extension of the elective franchise. The last Parliament voted itself a nuisance—demanding instant abolition—but that was pro forni(I-a technicality of VVhiggery yet it got the name of the suicide Parlia. ment. The present more than votes-demoistrate3 itself unworthy of respect, and may therefore justly dispute with the defunct that title. Let us, however, refrain from laughter at this seemingly unconscious surrender of the point, on the grand question of Radical Reform, by reformers themselves, and hope from it a speedy total recovery from the reform mania, which has for so long a period transfigured the English character, and convulsed the finest system of moral liberty the world ever saw. That those mighty promisers who would pledge themselves to everything and anything for the sake of a seat would enjoy it, when attained, as the sole object, and finish in yawning apathy a chase commenced in selfishness and vanity, was to be expected. That a lowered conitti. tuency would return a lowered class of representatives was equally to he looked for. Accordingly we have the flower of Spa Fields and Manchester mobs—the flower of the turf with all its profligacy, the flower of the very prize ring with all its beastliness of crime, cruelty, and folly we have I say, the men who their lives long represented only sedition, fraud, and blackguardism now exalted into representa- tives of what ought to be the collective wisdom, loyalty, honour,—respectability of all Mngland—law breakers and peace breakers and commandment breakers, sitting over our heads as our law makers, preservers of the countrys' peace, &c. A memorable instance of the wisdom of universal or de graded suffrages—of the species of rulers to be expected from ultra popular principles! The worthy and numerous electors of Pontefract, laying their hands on their pure patriot hearts when polling for a butcher, boxer &c. no doubt were conscious of the noblest motives and blessed themselves and Lord Grey, looking towards the disfran- chised of Old Sarum and all rotten places, that they were not If even as those sinners!" A system which has ex- cluded many a tried friend of rational freedom and ad- mitted many a fatal foe for it-which has shut the gate through which even a Canning and Burdett first entered the House, aud has set wide the door of that House to a Hunt, a Gullcy, and a Cobbett, bears on its very front in burning letters its self condemnation, happy were it, could we say, its death warrant. Pledges as part of that system stand prominent among the causes of a demoralised Par- liamenl. What English gentleman worthy of a place in our senate would stoop to enter a deliberative assembly bound not to deliberate? What'high spirited man of prin- ciple would promise to abdicate his high office of a think. ing (not mec auical) framer of laws even before entering on it, bribe y that seat which he goes to fill as a puppet, an, omati,)n, or slave of some small, perhaps stupid fraction of the llritis people, instead of an awfully impressed, anxiously reflecting thinker for the many ? Whimsical indeed is the ease with which this camel of corrupt influence iiath been swallowed by Reformers, who have been at the point of choaking these two years past with the comparative gnat of a nomination influence. Why, in the name of common sense, what is the differ- ence to the public good which party bribes, if there be bribery, the electors or elected? I can see no difference in the eVil to be apprehended from a member's voting under some previous bias, from some influence extrinsic to his secret heart and mind, whether the party thus usurping his throne of judgment be his Grace of Newcastle, or some squad of constituents, a mob of three and nine- penny voters, brothel keepers, ginshop owners, or what not, of Greenwich or Wapping, or the sinks of a most corrupte metropolis. But there is a difference, and in favour of the former. The nominee of a boroughmonger may aid in enacting a hundred good measures, quite inoffen- sive to hIS patron-he may even assert his free-agency, without any breach probably even of honour not so the nominee of a conceited factious body resolved to have a mouth piece, not a man-to barter for a hollow flatterer, an upright friend of themselves, as part of the whole community. This latter sits in the house-a perpetual impostor—a man seemingly seeking the best course, secretly pre-resolved, foresworn against all but one how- ever strong may be the new lights thrown on his views of the case, whatever his new convictions in consequence may be—there he sits, excluding the reality of a senator, with his senatorial effigy tied up, (for the sake of that seat) from the exercise of his own mind—a melancholy apostate to the political creed which the voice of conscience asserts within him against that of his tyrannical constituency A true patnot, who would disdain to avail himself of his country's infatuation, to gain a place, would as much shrink from her overtures while so evidently in a state of fury (causeless or not) as would a true lover recoil from the sudden blandishments of a delirious mistress. Will not the comparison seem juA to any one who recollects what this nation was so lately—sober-minded, reflecting, discreet, -and observes what she ill.. or was, under the Reform agi- tation? Can we then donbt at whose door to lay all the shame or all the glory of a metamorphosed Senate in England? of a republican vulgarity, for its old refined stateliness? a frightful levity of indifference to all but oratorical gas- conade, for that deep intensity of interest which imparted the true eloquence (that of a touched heart and mind) to its debates of old ? We owe this change, for good or evil, to the man or men who had the glorious daring to advise the Sovereign to visit with punishment—strike with silence —disperse °with disgrace—what we may truly call the Last Old English Paliz.e.t-for no other reason than that one half of the whole number did, after the most solemn, patient, painful, protracted, consideration ever given by any senate to a national measure, reject one of a confessed perilous nature—their offence being dissent from the will of a certain ministry, which has almost in. variably dissented from itself, before it could carry any one °f its own measures Let it not surprise any one that the democratic party is now the first to cry out against the house (as it is); tJla(; first fruit of that glorious outbreak of democracyj That it Partakes too much of that party's own character,-inel udes too many of their old pet cornpanions-is the very source of their disgust. However much they hated former parlia. ments that sate to confound anarchical efforts,still they res- pected. But seeing that their own old leaders dare not go their old theoretical lengths, now they actually have been hoisted into some power, they feel neither love, longer, nor respect. An honest Catholic peasant was the roost pious worshipper, that ever was, of a wooden Saint Nicholas that was an heirloom of his cottage. But the Saint having got burnt, by some sacrilegious or careless hand, and a new one being set up, the good man could not find in his heart, for the soul of him, any of his old reverence for his Reformed Saintship bran new!—The whole reason was, that he knew it was carved out of a piece of his own plumtree in the orchard. He knew tha' the other had been somebody's log, but to kneel to his own, that was too much. 'In like manner the mobility by no means relishes the apotheosis of one from their own ranks. Alas! for you, certificated Mr. Cobhett, you the Great Political Poly- gon! and for you, polished Mr H,lt!. for you also, never-to- be sufficiently prized Mr. Gully 'Tis in vain that the radical world acknowledges you for its own in vain that the People long since have dubbed you each the Man of the people—that it acquits you of the least taint of gentle blood" or gentle manners—that you may dare all England the(" Champion" at her head) to shew that you ever were the chosen triend of gentlemen, much less of any vile borough* inongering duke-that you ever stooped short, of your own accord, of the last aims of radicalism-your unnatural parent patroness disclaims you, hates you, despitefully uses you for that very affinity. In conclusion, and in parting from this first session of the first Reformed House, let us wish it heartily farewell, and hope that when it shall re- assemble, the Honourable House will cease to dishonour lUj!?«i]<A tpreserve outward decency.

CAPTAIN C. S. STUART. i From the Glasijow Courier.) An address from the member for Buteshire to his constituents, which appears in our co iiiiins to-day, announcing that he has resigned his seat in parlia- ment, must, we know, furnish matter of regret and surprise to many of our readers: but, when they peruse his reasons for taking this step, we are sure they will, like us, agree in appreciating the honour- able motives which dictated this line of conduct to him, as well as agree with us in thinking that in doing so he has acted with the straightforward in- tegrity and honour of a Tory and a gentleman. He has been unexpectedly called, in his own profession, to the discharge ofarduotis labours, which render it altogether incompatible for him to attend to his par- liarnehtary duties; and, rather than the latter should be neglected, though no fault of his, he has resigned into the hands of his constituents that honour which their confidence in his talents and political honesty so unanimously conferred upon him. This proceed- in» lsJ Ye say> n°ble, and such as we would have ex- pected trom a gentleman of Captain Stuart's lionour- able teeiings. At the very moment of his promotion, he resigns us seat, on finding that his professional duties will interfere with what he knows is due to his constituents, although, with the utmost propri- ety, he might have retained it till the next meeting of Parliament. Captain Stuart has, however, resigned, and our regret on that account would at this time be more bitter, did we not understand that the candidate who is to start for the representation of Buteshire is every way qualified to repair his loss. The candi- -e date, we believe, will be Sit William Rae, the late Lord Advocate, a near relative to the noble family of Bute, to whom every individual of sound con- stitutional feeling must wish triumphant success, From his known attachment to the island of Bute his formerly representing the county in Parliament, I and his polite and gentlemanly demeanour to all ranks, rendering him justly popular in Rothsay we should be surprised indeed if his claims upon the independent constituency of the country were not acknowledged in the most enthusiastic manner. REDUCED RATES OF ASSESSED TAXES. The following are the reductions made in the Act, 3d and 4th William IV cap. 39, to commence from the 5th April, 1833. Houses occupied for the joint purposes of residence and trade, including public-houses and beer-shops, one moiety of the inhabited house duty now charged thereon Per Annum. Houses rated at £ 10 per annum to be charged in future do.. £ 0 10 0 Do. LI) do.. 0 12 0 Do. 12 .do.. 0 14 0 Do. 13 .do.. 0 16 0 Do. 14 .do.. 0 18 0 Do. 15 do.. I o o Do. 16 do.. 1 2 0 Do. 17 .do.. 1 40 Do. 18 .do.. 1 60 The whole of the above have hitherto been charged eighteen pence in the pound. The following duties are repealed altogether :—Riders or travellers, clerks, book-keepers, or office-keepers, stewards, bailiffs, overseers or managers, or clerks acting under stewards, &c shopmen, warehousemen, porters, or lettermen grooms, stable boys, or helpers employed in livery stables or by horse dealers; postmasters, and persons licensed to let post-horses and carriages for hire or profit. Taxed carts are also repealed but the name of the owner must be painted thereon in black or white letters, an inch long at least, on a white or black ground. It is also necessary that shop- keepers, claiming a reduction of the house duty, should have their names conspicuously painted on or affixed to the fronts of their liouses.-Liver, Standard THE BULLION TRADE.—The gradual fall in the rates of the foreign exchanges, and the extensive exportations of the precious metals, has become the subject of some conversation in the monied and commercial classes. The following statement will show the extent to which the exportatious of specie have been carried:—Since the first of the present roonthi there have been entered at the Custom house "r shipment to the continent, very nearly 500,000 oz. S°ld and silver coin and bars. The entries for arTi ^ave been nearly 220,000 ounces of g°'d f .|Ver coin and bars; to Calais, 74,000 ounces of 81 C0'n anc' kars » t0 Rotterdam, 102,000 ounces 71 ftnn aQ(* s''ver co'a au(l bars > to St. Petersburgh, Mnnn'^11063 silv^i* coin and bars and to the 1 LN8; 30,000 ounces of silver coin. Of these there have already been actually sh'p- IOO snn *° ^ANIBURGH 10,500 ounces of gold coin 190)800 ounces of silver coin and bars and to F 47,000 ounces of silver coin an« othe«- amounts—(The Whigs told us the Country^1"01'0119 wou'^ no' cause *° 'eave ETATE OF FAIRLIE, BONHAM, AND CO.— meetmgofthe house of Farlie, Bonham, and Co., which recently suspended payment, took place on Thursday week, Sir Charles Forbes in the chair. From the stfltements then produced, it appeared that the total assets amounted to 1003 0001., of which were cou- nfzfr? <541,000/ leaving therefore a balance Ppi •ln £ °od or supposed-to-be-available assets, in A °f the firm> exclusive of bills returned to India, were stated at 863,000/ and the amount of rllht S? nL"6? at 181>000Z., making the total of the fin nrW rt 9° In the debts is included a sum of 60,0001. due from Messrs. Fairlis & Co. to the house of Ferguson & Co. of Calcutta, on a supposition that the bills will be honoured by the latter. It is Pro- posed to pay the creditors 124 percent, before Christ- i ?n,e debts, and a hope was ex- P 1 .a "meeting that 37i per cent, in addition, making in the whole 50 per cent, will ultimately be foith-coming, provided the bilis do not come back. J ;V°PiS? PRIEST.—The Derry Sentinel records the foliowing-.At the last Longford Assizes Patrick and John Culvery and Patrick Donaghoe were convicted of a rape. The revolting facts of the case were clearly proved; as it also was, that great cunning and contrivance were resorted to on the occasion; and that the victim of their atrocity was afterwards cruelly beaten. It farther appeared that the principal criminal perpetrated this crime, to be avenged of the woman, because she had given evi- dence as a witness against him upon a former occasion. These are the substantial facts of this horrible case. When the woman reached her own home such was her state (she was throwing up blood) that it was deemed right to send for the Priest. The woman stated on the table and upon oath that the Priest asked whether she knew any of the persons who abused her that she said she did; and his Reverence rejoined let that be between you and God Almighty. She refused to comply with the hint so significantly given, and his Rev- erence in turn refused to give her the rights of the Roman Catholic Church Sentence of death was passed on all three but they have since been res- pited It was difficult which most to admire-the Priest; or the government under which such offences are respited." BRISTOL AND LONDON RAILWAY We under- stand that the Prospectus of the intended rail road from hence to London, has been investigated with most scrutinizing attention by some of the principal capitalists of the metropolis, and that it has received their decided approbation: it is also highly approved of in the North, so that there is every probability that it will be carried into execution, even supposing, which we are very reluctant to do, that its proportion of shares, should not be taken by the citizens Bristol.—Bristol Journal. "Zens ot RUINS OF QUEEN SQUARE.—On Tuesday morn- ing as the workmen were clearing the foundation of one of the houses in Queen-square, they discovered the remains of another of the unfortunate rioters buried in the ruins. The head was perfect, but the lower limbs were nearly decomposed, the large bones being only apparent. The deceased had worn a dark coat with metal buttons, and a smock frock over the body was found in a wine cellar belon^ins- iA ih*. vaults of Messrs. Webb and Co.—Ibid. & MODE OF PRESERVING POTATOES.-Chance has led to the discovery of a method of preserving potatoes, which is both simple and attended with little or no expense. A housekeeper of Annaberg, in Saxony, had placed in his cellar a quantity of char- coal. Having removed it in autumn, without sweeping the dust which covered the ground, he caused a large quantity of potatoes to be luid on it. Towards the spring-, those roots were nre- served, had thrown out no shoots, and were as fresh and well-flavoured as ever.

FASHIONABLES, &c. PRELIMINARY MEETING OF THE PROPOSED 4 CARDIH- EISTEDDFOD dav h, >VC reti",S, !ield at Cardiff, on Thurs- the'Cha/l6 ReV*J- M- Traherne, in Previous to the commencement of the proceedings, with wir av 'i \° R,ev- Chairman a letter I!iohnl h,ad ?n honoured by her Royal the "ChTS 0f Ke,U> and the Rev. ness wa^an rca 'V110! meet,nB- IIer Royal High- JhSgraCIOI,8l: £ Pleased 'herein to say that she would have great pleasure in patronizing the pro- posed Eisteddfod, and that her Royal liithne J £ orespnt8 ^LCt°,"ia'-aSi WeU aS would be present at the 1'estival. The gentlemen present then formed themselves into a Managing Committee, with power to add to their numbers. WALTER COFFIN, Esq., in proposing that T. W. q' and the ReV' J- M- Tralierne be re- quested to act as Honorary Secretaries, said he was certain that it would be vain to seek for gentlemen who would act more efficiently, and he was sure they would confer great obligations on the meeting by consenting to act. Mr. BOOKER, in acknowledging the compliment paul to him by Mr. Coffin, regretted that it would not be in his power to accept the oflice to which he was so flatteringly invited, as circumstances would place it quite out of his power to give that full attention to it which the duties of the office undoubtedly required. He I herefore hoped he might be excused, and the name of some other gentleman substituted for his. The Rev. J, M. TRAHERNE having very kindly acceded to the wish of the meeting on the occasion, E. P. RICHARRS, Esq. rose and very handsomely stated that if Mr. Booker would comply with the very earnest wish of the meeting in this instance he (Mr. R.) would be happy, on all occasions, to render him assistance in the execution of the duty. -LTliis proposal was greeted with general ap- plause.] There being evidently a very warm desire on the part of the meeting to that effect, Mr. Booker then said, that in consequence of the kind offer of Mr. Richards, he would waive all objections, and give the best assistance he was able in furtherance of the Festival. The resolutions, for which see Adver- tisement, were then successively proposed and car- ried unanimously. The very cordial thanks of the meeting were then voted to the Rev. J. M. Traherne for his conduct in the Chair, and the meeting separated.

LITERA TURE. LETTERS FROM A FATHER TO HIS SON ON HIS ENTER- ING THE ARMY." By an Old O#icer.William Evans, Carmarthen Longman and Co. London. We have experienced much pleasure in the peru- sal of this compendious summary of the fruits of much military experience addressed to the youthful competitor for the honours of that dazzling but arduous profession. We have long considered a work of this description a great desideratum; for certainly, of all the instances in which the voice of prudence is called for to dispel the illusions of ima- gination, the warnings of high principle to avert the allurements of dissipation, the clear light of experi- ence to correct the delusions of enthusiasm, the case of the youthful soldier is that which we view with the most anxious interest. It is no slight addition to the pleasure with which we have read the pre- sent work that it is the production of our country- man, Captain French of Llanstephan and the man- ner in which he has executed the interesting duty that he has undertaken reflects high credit upon his military experience, his steady and honourable prin- ciples, and his talents in composition. LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK.—Great in- terest is excited both in the metropolis and in all parts of the country, by the formation of this im- portant institution. The high character of the noblemen and gentlemen by whom it is set on foot the magnitude .of the capital, and the powerful resources that it affords to extend the advantages of Banking into new channels of operation, in which they are now required, afford most favourable signs of its public utility and its future success. GENEROSITY OF THE KiNG.-Tiie many friends and acquaintances of old John Atiterisoti, the facetious aud withal hale-hearted falconer of Barochan, who may occasionally be seen passing along our streets, dressed in full hunting costume, with a couple of noble hawks perched upon his finger, and who cut such a conspicuous figure at the coronation banquet of George IV., will be glad to learn that, in reply to a graphic petition, the diction of the ancient sportsman himself, his Majesty, the other day, was graciously pleased to order the transmission of five lot. notes as a present to this representative of Scotland's primitive sportsmen. We understand the petition was pre- sented through the instrumentality of Mr. Wallace, of Kelly, who was also the means of remitting the happy answer; but who, on first receiving the application, was so struck with its uncouth aspect, that he sent it back, wishing it to be remodelled. But no the fal- coner was inexorable. He was sure, from what he knew of the late King, that, were his letter presented to his present Majesty, it would meet with a favour- able reception, and he was right. The original paper was sent back, laid before the King, and the result was as we havestated,-r,la,gow Courier. ABOLITION OF CHURCH FEEs.-Tlie oldest and most venerable cathedral in Ireland is that of Christ Church in Dublin, built by Sitrie, the Dane, and Donato the archbishop, in the year 1038. This ancient fabric had fallen into a state of great and dangerous dilapidation, but it has been recently re-edified with great beauty by the Dean and Chapter, out of their own funds, and without a farthing ex- pense to the public. It was opened last Sunday for public worship, and it was observed that its decora- tions were not the only improvement tkat had taken place. An inscription in large characters was set up in a conspicuous place, stating that no money is allowed to be taken by any attendant in this Cathe- dral. THE IMPROVEMENT MINISTRY.—Orders have this week been received from the Treasury for com- mencing immediately the rebuilding of the custom- house, in Queen-square. We trust the report is not true that the Government do not mean to avail them- selves of this opportunity of having the Customs and Excise-offices under the same roof. The Merchants and Traders of Bristol will surely not ba so supine as to let this occurrence pass by unattended to. It will be recollected that both buildings were destroyed by fire during the riots.-Bristol Journal. SHIPPING AND EMIGRANTS AT QUEBEC.— Comparative statement of arrivals, tonnage, and emigrants, for the last four years, compiled up to the 9th of July in each year, from the Quebec Exchange books:- Years. Vessels. Tonnage. Emigrants. 1829 306 99,961 G,528 isso 421 108,059 15,935 1831 497 ] 30,051 32,327 1832 544 146,112 33848 1833 473 122,827 12,989 EXTINGUISHING FIRE BY STEAM,—By several recent experiments it has been proved that fire may be extinguished by the admission of steam into the chamber in which the fire rages. As it is to be ap- prehended that steam will rarely be at hand in cases where fires occur, or even be attainable until the flames have done extensive mischief, we fear this discovery ,S partakes more of the ingenious than the useful, unless in manufactories,where large operations are conducted by steam. There is however another very valuable resource, that of throwing a quantity of sulphur on the flaming materials. PROOFS OF EXCITEMEST.-In the course of the discussion in the House of Lords on the Bank Charter, on Friday, Barl Grey defended the conduct of Lord Althorp throughout the negociation with the Bank. To call upon the House to wait for the opinion of the twelve Judges would be to defeat the bill for the present session so that if Lord YVynford's amendment were carried, he should feel himself called upon to move that the further proceed- ings of the Committee should be deferred till that day six months. The Duke of Cumberland begged leave to remind Earl Grey, that Lord YVynford's amelldmen,t was not for them to await the opinion of the Jndges-Iarl Grey If the illustrious Duke had taken the trouble to attend to what I did say, he would know that I did not say that the learned lord's amendment was for waiting till they had the opinion of the Judges before them. The Duke of Cumber- land—" With gre'at humility, I appeal to the House whether the noble Earl did not so mistake the tendency of my noble and learned friend's amendment; I am aware through mistake"—Earl Grey-ll No mistake at all! I never meant it, nor said it."

a II ■■'HWr I GLIP-ANINGS. CONCESSION TO POPULAR CLAMOUR.—We may as reasonably hope to slake a fever thirst by wine, as to appease popular clamour by concession. States- men, who make no distinction between a public opinion, the offspring of reason and ri^ht, born in lull time, and a clamour, the spurions abortion of treason and folly, destroy the rock upon which the government is based, and found it upon a bed of sand .—Gleanings from the Scrap Book. DIFFERENT WAYS OF DOING THE SAME THING.— Pray excuse me," said a well-dressed young man to a young lady in the second tier of boxes at the thea- tre, 1 wish to go up stairs and get some refreshment; don't leave your seat." A sailor, seated in the box, near his sweetheart, and disposed to do the same thing, rose and said, Hearkee, Moll, I'm going- aloft to wet my whistle; don't fall overboard while I'm goije.Anic)-ic,tit paper. ANECDOTE—'What are you doing there, Solomon ?" s.1id the patron of a Broad-river boat, a few evenings since, as he had made his cable fast to a tree for the night," I'm only jist drivin' a nail in the boat at the edge of the water, to see if the river will rise any afore moming.Amcrican papcr. RIDICULE.—The most refined of human feelinjjs 0 are the most exposed to, and the most liable to be affected by ridicule; as the finest edges are the easiest destroyed.—Gleanings from the Scrap Book. THE SHAH OF PERSIA'S PLATE.—The Shah of Persia possessed the most magnificient collection of plate in the world. It consists of upwards of 4,000 utensils of gold, most of which are set with pre- cious stones or pearls.. Among them are sets of spoons, vases, cups, jugs, basins, dishes, &c.; some of the cups are so heavy, that, when filled, they can- not be lifted with one hand. Perhaps the most re- markable portion of the collection is a set of spoons, each a foot long. The bowls of these spoons are of wrought gold, and the handles are richly set with rubies, aud terminated by large diamonds. The im- mense size of these spoons is occasioned by the Oriental custom of enting seated on the ground. EXTRAORDINARY DEFENCE —On Tuesday, a youth, named John Dovvnes, was charged at Queen- square, with stealing a pair of second hand trousers from the shop of Mr. Higinbotham, pawnbroker, in the New Cut, Lambeth. The case having been proved, the prisoner said, ,se qUite hiullocent your vortship. ] vas a valking along, and I sees these here trousers a hanging up, vich I vishes Pd never seed at all, and so I looks at 'em a aangling about like a chap at the front of the Old Bailey, when I'm blessed if they did'nt all of a suddeu drop naturally slap bang into my harms. I had no intentions what- somdever in stealing them ere things, not at all." Fully committed. FALL T OF SNONN'We fitid by the German papers that on the 4th instant a quantity of snow fell at llolhenberg, near Nuremberg-, and on the Gth, at Middleburg, in Holland. In the night of the 6th there was a sharp frost at Leonberg in Wurtemberg IMPORTANT TO HORSE STEALERS. JU the Birmingham Gazette of Monday last, the advertiser for a stolen horse adds a singular nota bene. "N. B. —Robert Beman having had another horse stolen very recently, inteuds having all his horses marked with the word 'stolen' ou the neck ot the animal and '/i. B.' on the rump. Should any person be scen'with a horse so marked, f. Beman will pay all reasonable expenses for detaining the horse and the person upon receiving information of the same." MAltCn OF INTFLLECT.Tust at the entrance of Love lane, near Penny's Library, at Gravesend is exhibited the following proof of the march of'in- tellect "-c( [lot water May B Had Hear For Tea Part yes at 3d. each." The following is to be eeen newly painted in larg-e letters, upon the front of the Haddington Alms Houses, ?a(|dington green.-— These Aim Houses where built, &c. An American having remarked that Mr. sh's book threw considerable light upon the man- ners ofthis country,a waggish Englishman immediately replied that, at any rate it was a rush-light. FOOLS AND TIIEIR MONEV, ,&C—Horace Wal- pole says that Lord Rockingham and Lord Orford once laid a bet of X500, between five turkeys and five geese, to run from Norwich to London. Dr. Franklin recommends a young man in the choice of a wife, to select a. buuch ffi'riosf as his reason, that when there are many daughters they improve each other, and from emulation acquire more accomplishments, and know more, and do more than a single child spoiled by parental fondness. Addison, after his marriage with the Countess of Warwick, lived at what is, now Holland House where it is said of him that, not being happy in his marriage, he lived principally the library, a Ion, room, at each end of which a bottle was placed, so that pacing the room backwards and forwards be might take a glass at each. » EXAMINATION OF AN IR,,SII SCHOOLMASTER.- Counsellor Schoales—" W hat are you, Sir?" M'Laugh- PI ex' i(at^herr (Laughter.)- IT y •SUPPO&e" M'L.—"I'll shew Docket^' Mr S drawinS a book <>«* "Hiis pocket. Mr. S.—. Never mind, but tell me how much whisky you have drank to-dav M'l -«V11 answer you as an Irishman; Pray, Sir'Mo Mr Schoales, < on yonr oath will ,ou Lswer me, and say Av'li n-U rf"^ ,ast (Great lkughterj » Tri Tr Schoales» I'll not differ with you. M Laughl.n, with considerable emphasis and seeming satisfaction, -You may differ from me, but are n°t speaking correctly in saving you won't differ wdhme. (Renewed laughter fhroughout the whole Court in jhMI the Jlu%e hearfil* joined } Schoales—" I will go back to the question." M'L interrupting him, "You may g0 forward to the ques- ion, li you are not correct in saying you will g0 back to it.' (Loud laughter.) All Irishman, on being asked, what did he come to England for? said, "Is it what I came hare for, you mane ? Arrah, by the powers you may be sure it was not for want, for I had plenty of that at home! When a magistrate of the sister kingdom was told that the qualification of the Irish constituency had been raised, he observed, Sure it's as asy to swear to ten pounds as to 40s." i A SMALL DISAPPOINTMENT.—At the church in St. Albans, on Sunday, a young couple were asked for the third time. When the clergyman arrived at that part of the cercmony-" If any of you know any just cause or impediment, &c. a woman—a native of the sistek-.island-jiimped up, and exclaimed, Och, sure and I do now; I forbid the banns in this church and all your other churches and chapels in England:" when being requested to assign her reason, in the vestry, she said: she was the mother of Mister O Deely; that she had a great objection to his being married at all to Miss Woodstock". She had prevented their marriage at Aylesbury il1,Bucks, from whence she had followed them and that he was not of age." On being satisfied that the ceremony would not take place, she left the church highly delighted at the result, with vehement threats against any clergyman who might dare to marry them. In the meantime the loving couple started off to London, where they had taken the precaution to publish the banns at the same time, in case of another disappointment; when they returned the next day, bound in the holy bonds of ma- trimony, much to the mortification ot the old woman, who had made a fruitless journey into the bargain.- The County Press. ANECDOTES OF THE DI CHESS OF BUCKINGHAM. —Horace VValpolc, in his letters, gives the following anecdotes of the Duchess of Buckingham, natural daughter of James rhe Duchess of Bucking- ham last week sent for Cori to pay him for her opera ticket he was not at home, but went an hour after- wards. She said, Did he treat her like a trades- woman she would teach him respect to women of her birth said he was iu league with Mr. Sheffield to abuse her, and bade him come the next morning at nine He came, and she bade him wait till eight at night, only sending him an omelet and a bottle of wine, and said, < As it was Friday, and he a Catholic, she supposed he did not eat meat.' At last she re- ceived him in all the form of a princess giving audience to an ambassador. Now,' she said, she had punished him.' "—Another anecdote of the same lady: Princess Buckingham is dead or dying. She sent for Mr. Antis, and settled the ceremonial of her burial. On Saturday she was so ill, that she feared dying before the pomp was come home; she said, I Why won't they send the canopy for me to see? Let them send it, though all the tassels are not finished. But yesterday was the greatest stroke of all! She made her ladies vow to her, that if she should lie senseless, they would not sit down in the room before she was dead.1

MMQFtF AT a MEETING held in the Town Hdll, CARDIFF, on THURSDAY, August 29, 1833, The Rev. J. MONTGOMERY TRAHERNE in the Chalf. I'UESENT. John Moggridge William Towgood Thomas \V. Booker Johu James Watkius Rev. James Evans David Evans Edward Nicholl Philip John John M. Richards Captain Morgan James Lewis Henry Morgan Captain Howells James Williams C. C. Wdliams Whitlock Nicholl E. P Richards Walter Coffin R. W. Williams WilJam Bird Rev. E. W. Richards Daniel Davies Jolm Bird Henry Sockett W. Head Deacon It was unanimously resolved. That the Gentlemen present, together with the following Noblemen and Gentlemen (who hav^ ilso expressed them- selves willing to promote the ohjecvitof this iMeetin") for"1, themselves'into a General Committee, with power°to to their number, and that three shall constitute a quorum Rt. Hon. Lord Dytievor I J. J Guest, M. P. Sir Charles Morgan Bart. Thomas Wood, At P. C. R. M.Talbot, M. P. Richard Morgan L. W. Dillwyn, M. P. J. a. Bruce ° John Nicholl, M. P. H. J. Grant, J. H. Vivian, M. P. Resolved,—That an Eisteddfod, or Congress of Bard and Minstrels, take place at Cardiff in the Autumn of 183-1 (the precise period to be hereafter fixed), for the purpose of promoting Welsh Literature. Poetry, and Music and for rescuing from oblivion valuable relics of ancient British lore calculated to throw light upou the early history of the Britons; and that the Meeting be called The Gwent and Dyfed Royal Eisteddfod and Musical Festival." Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria having been graciously pleased to honour the Festival with their special Patronage, Resolved,-That the thanks of this Meeting are eminently due to their Royal Highnesses. l:> That the cordial thanks of this Meeting he presented to the Most Noble the Marquess of Bute, for accepting the office of President, and for his liberal donation ofCIOO. That Messrs. Towgood and Co. be requested to act as treasurers, and be authorized to receive the subscriptions, &c- ThatT. W. Booker, Esq., and the Rev. J. M. Traherue, be requested to accept the office of Honorary Secretaries. That Mr. John Parry (Bardd Alaw) be appointed Con- ductor. rr That a Circular be forthwith printed, and sent to the nobility and gentry in Gwent aud Dyfed, soliciting their support and assistance by subscribing what they may feel disposed towards carrying the objects of the Festival iato effect JOHN MONTGOMERY TRAHERNE. Chairznan- SWANSEA. POST-OFFICE IMPROVEMENTS, AT a MEETING held on WEDNESDAY 28th X*. instant, at the Town Hall, SWANSEA, pursuant W Resolutions adopted at a previous Meeting, to devise mealls of expediting the conveyance of Letters between Load°a and Swansea, it was Resolved,-That it would be highly advantageous to the towns of Swansea aud Neath, and in general to the Western District of Glamorganshire, if a communication for the conveyance of Letters was opened between Swansea aD<* Merthyr. That a Committee be formed to confer with the General Post Office, and to request the attendance of Mr. Ridollt to consider the best mode of etfecting the desired object, and also of improving the communication by illail betwee Somth Wales and London, instead of crossing the incolr venient passage at the Black Rock, Resolved,-That the following Gentlemen be on thO Committee:— J. H. Vivian, M.P. J. Francis L. W Dilwyn M.P. j. Williams, Cambrian J. J Guest, M.P. VV. Jones, Chairman of l.E.lhomas, Portreeve Swansea Commercial S<* | H. J. Grant ciety I J.M. Vosf J. Rowland W. Stroud J. Ratidat Rees Williams J. Brough G. Halkct ° LOTJGrHOR COLLIERY, ) BURRY llIVER, THREE MILES FROM LLANELILY- | THE Proprietors of this Colliery are desirous informing consumers of coal and captains of vesse'8' | that the coal from this colliery, iong known by the naD>. of the Fiery Vein," is of a quality superior to most, I equal to any in the Principality It is peculiarly adap £ | for Gas Works, to the smelting of copper ore, for foundr' and smith s use, and from the binding nature of the I coal, well suited to household purposes. For the foregol I 1°- Pr°Pr'etc,r» confidently state it cannot | oualfi^an? ») e either for moderate pr'in/) I ?oni » T they therefore solicit a trial. Vessels of ,l0° p" and uPwar<ls are dispatched the following »df' Every encouragement is given to captains of vessels^ liberal freight, and gratuity •, aud this oollierv pos«es»eJ the advantage of a steam.tug, of 38-horse power, to 10 vessels up and down the river. Letters to be addressed to Messrs. Wilkinson and Co* J or to their agent, Mr. Henry Pengree, Loughor, Swansea. WANTED, A Respectable YOUTH, as an APPRENTICE the PRIN1ING BUSINESS. A premium will expected. Apply at the Office of the GAZETTE a GUARDIAN. High street, Merthyr Tydvil, August 2, 1833. Bridgend National School. MASTER WANTED, who has been a National School, and thoroughly understands Madras System. Respectable testimonials will be r quired. fied I A modera'e salary, with a house to live in. A Ølar man, and a Welshman, would be preferred. Application to be made at the Bridgend Savings I

AGRICULTURE, COMMERCE j AND LONDON MARKETS. j LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, t j AUGUST 20.—We had a fair supply of new oi this morning- from Essex, but a very little >r°e Suffolk; the finest rans, both of new and old, *eft f selected by the millers, and went off rather freely e y an advance of Is. per quarter •, but for such a9 ^c\6 I not in good condition the prices of last Monday.* [ with difficulty obtained. Fine fresh barley loter demand, and may be quoted at 2s. per dearer; and stale and inferior sorts were n, £ >r 0a demand, and obtained Is. per quarter more thtUl ter Monday last. White pease sold at Is. per quar dearer having but little in the market, and old be are Is. to 2s. dearer. s s s. s. „ 40 Wheat,Essex Red. 48 a 54 White? r!) Fine 55 a 57 Boilers g 38 Old — a — Beans, Small a 3i White 54 a 55 Ticks Fine 56 a 58 Harrow a Superfine 60 a 62 Oats, Feed }u a New — a— Fine 9 20 Rye 30 a 33 Poland ,„9«l Barley 26 a 31 Fine U Malt 55 a 58 Potatoe 3 Fine 58 a 60 Fine q s 'l' [ Peas,Hog 32 a 33 Bran (IS I Maple 33 a 35 Pollard, fine j PRICE OF HOPS IN LONDON, PEit CWT. £ t 1 New Pockets. £ a £ s New Bags. £ £ 5 J Farnham 6 0 a 8 10 Kent 3 o | Kent. 3 16 a C 0 East Kent 0 ".J I East Kent 0 a 6 Id Yearlings 2 J 1 f Sussex 3 15 a 5 0 Old Hops 0 10 Yearlings.. 2 12 a 4 0 LONDON COAL MARKET. August 23.—Price of Coal per ton at the of business—Adairs, 13s 9d—Beaumont, I lotte, 13s. 6d—Hebburn, 14s 6d—Holywell Orde's Redheugh, 12a 6d—Pontop Windsor, —Tanfield, 15s—West Hartley, 15-5d— 9d—Lambton Primrose, 15s—Dixon's Butte' ► 13s 6d—Hartley, 16s—Nevill's Llanelly, field, 14s6d—Wall's End—Bell and Brown, 1' 13,. 6d—Hartley, 16s-Nevi!l's Llanelly, 20 gd/ field, 14s6d—Wall's End—Bell and Brown, 1' Clark and Co. 13s 9d—Hilda, 14s 6d -Killing 14!5 I 14s 9d — Newmarch, 14s 6d~Northumberlandj gj Perkins, 14s 3d—Riddel's, 15s 9d—Walker, Braddyll's, 16s 6d—Hetton, 16s 6d—Lambtonj gjjij —Stewart's, lGs 3d—Gordon. 14s 9d—South P 15s—Tees, 15s 9d—Ships arrived, 55. 15s- Tees, 15s 9d-Ships arrived, 55. Aug. 26—Adairs, 13s 6d—Beaumont, lotte, 13s—Chester, 12s—East Percy, ^677fX)W^,l Low Main, 12s 6d—Felling' Main, 18 6d—" Ot^e* 14s 3d—Holywell. 14s 6d—Kenton West, Redheugh, 12s 6d—Picton Main, t12s 6""T 1&S"^ Windsor, 13s 3d—Shipcote, 12s 6d—'Tanfiel0' Townley, 13s 3d—West Hartley, 15s 6° I 14s 9d-Nevin's Llanelly, 20s—Wall's En<v a0d Brown, 14s to 14s 3d—Burraton, 14s—Heaton, 15s—Hilda, 14. 3d—Hotspur, Killingworth, 14s6d—Newmarch, 14s—^°r.5g 3^ land, 14. 6d—Perkins, 14s—Riddell's, Walker, 15s—Helton, 16s to 16s 3d—kyn0" ,y»r'j Lambton, 16s 9d—Russell's Hetton, l^s 16a to 16s 3d—Musgrave, 14s—South Durha» > Tees, 15. 3d.—Ships arrived, 98.

ot money. But, independently of this, these suits were injurious to the families of the clergy them- selves, in the money that must be taken from their pockets in the "way of costs. Besides, they gave rise among the people to a feeling that injusiice was attempted to be committed towards them and the consequence was, a loss of that spiritual in- fluence which the clergy ought always to possess. Mr. TOOKE thought the words of this Act would go farther than those who introduced it intended. Mr. SINCLAIR thought this a bill for the protec- tion of the Church, and not for its injury. He -should support the bill. Mr. LYNCH objected to the principle of inter- ference which this bill recognised, except in cases "of extreme necessity. He could not, however, shut his eyes to the extreme inconvenience of the present proceedings, and should therefore give his consent to the bill. Mr. AG LIOBY hoped that the house would adopt this measure, though it was not perhaps framed in the best possible manner. Mr. COBBETT said he had several petitions in favour of the measure. The feeling excited against the clergy by these actions was considerable. The 'bill would be rather a benefit than an iniurv to them. The bill was read a third time and passed. On the question that the amendments made by the Lords in the East India bill be then read a second time, Mr. C. FERGUSSON expressed his full approba- tion of the changes effected in that measure by the other house of parliament. Sir R. INGLIS likewise approved of these amend- ments, especially that which had reference to British courts of justice to be established in China. He censured in strong terms the proposed imposition of tonnage. After a few words from Mr. METHUEN, in answer to questions from Mr. Crawford, Lord ALTHORP said that certainly there was no intention of interfering with any trade excepting that which was carried on by British subjects. Mr. G. F. YOUNG proposed an amendment that the tonnage be reduced from 5s. to 2s. 6d. Lord ALTHORP could not agree to the proposed change from 5s. to 2s. 6d. The expenses of the con- sular establishments to which the proceeds of that revenue were to be applied, were still considerable. In reply to some questions put by Col. Evans and other members relative to foreign affairs, Lord PALMERSTON stated, that with respect to the state of affairs in the East, it was very true that the government had been informed that a treaty had been signed between the courls of Russia and Turkey but although they had heard of such a treaty, they had not as yet received any official in- timation of the fact. He was consequently unable to inform the house of the nature of its provisions. With regard to the enquiry, whether the inter- ference of Russia by marching her troops into Turkey had been wih the sanction of the government of this country and that ofFrance, or whether that step had been taken in opposition to their wishes, he would remark, that at that time the government of this country did not think it.necessary to offer any opposition to the step taken by Russia, because that power had communicated its intention of withdraw- ing its troops from Turkey as soon as they had ac- complished a specific object. That object had, it weild appear been effected, and he was bound to say that Russia had acted up to the spirit of the commu- nication by withdrawing her troops. Ool. EVANS expressed himself satisfied with the explanation. After some returns had been moved for, and notice given of motions in the next session, the house, on the motion of Lord Althorp, adjourned until twelve o'clock on Wednesday. I HOUSE OF LORDS, Aug. 26. The Tea Duties bill was passed. The Bank Char. ter bill was read a third time, the Duke of Welling- ton having repeated his objections to the measure. His Grace did no! submit any motion to the house. On the order of the day for the second reading of w V"18!1 Tithe S,ay of Suits bill being read, Lord yuM. and several other Noble Lords objected to u-fi u and ^or<^ Chancellor proposed that the should be withdrawn till the next session. This proposition, after some conversation, was adopted The Irish Clergy Relief bill passed through a committee, and the several clauses were agreed to the report to be taken into consideration on Tuesday. HOUSE OF LORDS, AUGUST 27. On the report of the Irish Tithe bill being brought up, Lord MELBOURNE moved the insertion of a clause enacting that "a tithe owner asking for relief should be bound to apply fGr relief of all his the "'hole Xe V.™ ?'T't' 2525ft bJ'hou„'a .MS ™ be.read„a thlrd time on Wednesday. mons' amliH n ♦ the Lord Chancellor, the Com- monbil?l I f t0 -he Chancery Offices Regula- to and thf^itoken into consideration and agreed to, and their lordships, having forwarded all the day a Sta^e> adj°uren<i until Wednes- HOUSE OF LORDS, AUGUST 28. 3rai r0y.aJ- assent was given by commission to several public and private bills. The several other jounied"°^reSSCd one stage, and their lordships ad- jouriied. HOUSE OF COMMONS, August 28. *JnVLLDds.' a7,endme»ts to the Tithe Composition ■Rom! r 1>■Charter act' the Tea Duties bill, the we^ agreXo! bi"' a"d Several other bilis T" ^TriVOOD in strong1 terms condemned the lialu Vi British government towards Spain, u|key, and Poland, and even Portugal, in eir oreign policy, and strongly urged the govern- ment not to suffer the Russians to retain a footing in Constantinople; sooner than allow that, he would eounnel instant war. f R1CE brouSht "P a corrected return of the issue ot newspaper stamps for the last year Adj.