The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

PftOROGA TIONof PARLIAMENT ^is Majesty left St. James's Palace at half- | Jjast one o'clock on Thursday, and proceeded to & ^0use of Lords, ^r the purpose of proroguing arliament. arliament. 1 -1 t, | ^is Majesty ascended the throne-a few minutes I ^fter two o'clock, when, the House of Commo ns .been summoned, the Royal assent was -1 to the Bank Charter and some other Bills. is Majesty was pleased to deliver a most gra- tis speech, of which the following is a copy :— THE KING'S SPEECH. I My Lords andGentlcmen, | In opening the present parliament I stated that I ttever at any time had subjects of greater interest land magnitude called for your attention. The manner in which you have discharged the duties I then committed to you now demands my warmest Iacknowledgment, and enables me to close a session n°t more remarkable for its extraordinary duration, I than for the patient and persevering industry which you have displayed in many laborious inquiries, and | ,a perfecting the various legislative measures which I have been brought under your consideration. I I continue to receive from my allies, and from all the foreign powers, assurances of their friendly ) disposition. | f regret that I cannot yet announce to you the I COnclusion of a definitive arrangement between I Holland and Belgium. But the convention which, | conjunction with the King of the French, I con- I eluded in May last with the King of the Netherlands, ^events a renewal of hostilities in the Low Couti- ts, and thus affords afresh security for the general Continuance of peace. "Events which have lately taken place in Portu- gal have induced me to renew my diplomatic re- gions with that kingdom, and I have accredited a Minister to the Court of her Most Faithful Majesty at Lisbon. You may rest assured that I look with ) the greatest anxiety to the moment when the Por- 6 tuSuese Monarchy, so long united with this country, by the ties of alliance and the closest bonds of in- vest. may be restored to a state of peace'and regain lts former prosperity. The hostilities which had disturbed the peace of Turkey have been terminated, and you may be as- J sured that my attention will be carefully directed to atly events which may affect the present state or the J ^ture independence of that empire. "An investigation carefully prosecuted during the J last session has enabled you to renew the Charter of t the Bank of England, on terms which appear to be well calculated to sustain public credit, and to | Secure the usefulness of that important establish- I ment. I The laborious inquiries carried on by eom- "littees of both houses of parliament for several Successive sessions have also enabled you to bring the affairs of the East India Company to a satis- factory adjustment. I have the more confidnt ex- fetation that the system of government thus estab- fished will prove to have been wisely framed for the IIllProvement and happiness of the natives of India Whilst, by the opening of the China trade, a new field s been afforded for the activity and enterprise of itish commerce. The state of slavery in my colonial possessions has necessarily occupied a portion of your time and YOUr attention commensurate with the magnitude difficulty of the subject. Whilst your deli- orations have been guided by the paramount (lonsiderations of justice and humanity, the in- vests of the colonial proprietors have not been Overlooked. I trust that the future proceedings of the Assemblies, and the conduct of all classes in my colonies, may be such as to give full effect to the benevolent intentions of the legislature, and to Satisfy the just expectations of my people. I observe with satisfaction that the amendment of the law has continued to occupy your attention, and that several important measures have been *^°pted, by some of which the titles to property ave been rendered more secure, and the conv^y- .ance of it more easy; whilst by others the pro- edingii in the courts of law and equity have been ^ade more expeditious and less costly. The Esta- "shment of the Court of Privy Council is another improvement, which, while it materially assists St Iitors at home, will, I trust, afford substantial re- lef to those in my foreign possessions. You may rest assured that there is no part of YOur labours which I regard with a deeper interest than that which tends, by well considered amend- ments of the law, to make justice easily accessible to all my subjects. With this view I have caused a commission 0 be issued for digesting into one body the enact- 7ents of the criminal law, and for enquiring how fat and by what means a similar process may be fended to the other branches of our jurisprudence. have also directed commissions to be issued for estimating the state of the municipal corporations roughout the united kingdom. The result of eir enquiries will enable you to mature those eans which may seem best fitted to place the in- nat government of corporate cities and towns th°,Q 3 S0^ foundation, in respect of their finances, e,r judicature, and their police. In the mean- e> two important acts have been passed for giving ^stitutions, upon sound principles, to the Royal n.d Parliamentary Boroughs of Scotland. Your tention will, therefore, be called to the ex- iin- Cncy of extending similar advantages to the n.lncorporated towns in England, which have now Quired the right of returning members to par- 'ament. It waF^"j,h the greatest pain that I felt myself OI11 pelIet.o call upon you for additional powers to .^ntr°l and punish the disturbers of the public peace n freland. This call was answered, as I confidentlv P^cted, by your loyalty and firmnens. I have not und it necessary, except in a very limited degree, the powers thus confided to me, and I have now e satisfaction of informing you that the spirit of "Ordination and violence which had prevailed to farming an extent, has been in a great measure uUQued. # I look forward with anxiety to the time when the but necessity of continuing this measure of great unavoidable severity may cease and I have Stven y assent with unqualified satisfaction to the Us salutary and remedial measures which, pf0'n^ t*le course of the present session, have been Posed to me for my acceptance. TK <J4t;0 G ac* which in pursuance of my recommen- ^ou have passed with respect to the tempo- les the branch of the United Church which is established in lrelaud, and for the immediate and total abolition of vestry assessments, and the acts for the better regulation of juries, both as to their civil and criminal functions, afford the best proofs that full reliance maybe placed on the parliament of the United Kingdom for the introduction of such bene- ficial improvements as may ensure the welfare of all classes of my subjects and thus effectually cement that legislative union, which, with your support, it is my determination to maintain inviolate. Gentlemen of the House of Commons, I thank you for the supplies which you have granted for the service of the year. The estimates proposed to you by my direction were considerably lower than those of former sessionsJ and you have wisely applied the savings which have thus been effected to a diminution of the public burthens. In this course of judicious economy, combined with a due regard to the exigencies of the State, I am per- suaded that you will persevere, and thus confirm the title which you have acquired to general confidence, as the faithful guardians of the honour of tli eCrown and of the true interests of the people. My Lords and Gentlemen, In returning to your respective:counties you will carry with you the gratifying reflection that your la- bours have been assiduously employed, for the benefit of your fellow-subjects. During the recess your attention will be equally directed to the same im- portant object. And in this useful and honourable discharge both of your public and private duties, under the blessings ofDivine Providence, I con- fidenttly rely for the encouragement and* support of my people in that love of liberty and order, that spirit of industry and obedienee] to"! the' laws, and that moral worth which ..constitueitlite safety and happiness of nations."

PROJECTED RAILROAD FROiJf MERTHYR TO LONDON. 0. We communis-ated in our last number intelli- gence relative to this very important object, which came to our hands at a late period of the week, and we have since made such enquiries upon the subject as we were able to do, for the farther information of our readers. We have received consequently two letters, one from the gentlemen who first communicated the intelligence to ns; and another from the gentleman in whose comprehensive mind the idea first originated, and to whose arduous and persevering exertions in pursuit of this valuable object, we consider the whole of the landed, mining, and mercantile in- terests, and indeed all the inhabitants whatever, of the southern part of the principality to be deeply indebted. Of these letters we will lay before our readers verbatim those passages which refer to the object in view. The first letter says— We have seen the line of the proposed Road from London to Milford the distance we believe about two hundred and eighty miles. The line of road laid down is from London to Stroud, from thence to Gloucester, Monmouth, Usk, Abergavenny, Pont-y- pool, Newport, Caerphili, Merthyr, Cardiff, Neath, Swansea, to Milford. The present calculation of the expense, from Merthyr to London (one hundred and seveuty-six miles) is under two millions; and the whole line three millions, or less. One half-penny per ton per mile for the conveyance of goods is calculated to be sufficient to make the undertaking pay, as a pe- cuniary investment. The mail might be conveyed on this line from Swansea to London in thirteen hours. The whole line of road, or ground, will be forty feet wide; from London to Usk, or thereabouts-four lines, or roads, are proposed, and two roads from thence to Milford." The gentleman who first conceived the idea of this grand and comprehensive undertaking, and who has devoted himself to it with that persever- ing energy which is the father of success in all great designs, writes as follow!}:— It appears that Ihe first object contemplated by the enterprizing surveyor who is now exploring his way through the maze of mountains was a LEVEL LINE; and this, by a perseverance almost unparal- leled, he has discovered; for in the whole distance between London and Swansea, the rise and fall will not exceed one in two hundred, and this he has ac cotnplished without a sacrifice of money or extension of line. It is proposed that on the line from London to Gloucester there shall be four roads; and for the sake of economy, three roads from Gloucester to Usk and two roads from Usk, to join the Merthyr tram road, near Troad y rhyw, by Pontypool, Crum- lyn, Panllwyn, Penallta and Caioch Mill, with a branch to take Cynon Valley. This will be accom- plished with a rise andfall NOT EXCEEDING ONE IN A HUNDRED. The line from Ush to Swansea, will take in that beautiful country, by way of Newport, Cardiff", Llan- daff, Llanharrau, Ewenni, Newton, and Britton Ferry to Swansea; from whence, by way of Llaustephan, (where there will be a short tunnel, and a bridge across the Towy River) the line will terminate at Milford." He concludes hy recommending a public meet- ing to consider means of promoting the object. Upon this important and most desirable object we abstain for the present from offering any opi- nion, because we are sensible that we possess not that accurate and detailed knowledge of the lo- calities and,traffic of the different districts,which alone could justify us in offering any suggestions. But the subject is one of that obvious and exten- sive importance, that we consider it incumbent on us to bring it before the notice of our readers, in the hopes of receiving communieations relative to it from those who are competent judges.

DUBLIN COIIMISSION. (From the Dublin Evening Mail.) The Commission was opened at the Sessions House on Saturday before Mr. Justice Moor. MURDER OF NATHANIEL SNEYD, ESQ. A short time after witnesses had been sworn and sent before the grand jury, true bills were returned from the city against John Mason for the wilful mur- der of Nathaniel Sneyd, Esq. John Mason was then called to the bar to be ar- raigned. The indictment was read, charging him with the wilful murder of Mr. Sneyd, and he was called upon to plead. Mason, in a very peremptory manner, replied Guilty." Mason's counsel, Mr. Holmes and Mr. Hamilton, requested of the Court not to receive this plea. Judge Moore said the Court could not receive it that day, but would permit it to stand over until Monday, when the prisonerwould be again arraigned. Mason was then removed, and the Court shortly after arose.

CAUTION.—A person signing himself Thomas Bennett has written several letters to merchants in Bristol, requesting to know the character, &c., of one Stephenson, who, the writer of the letter says, refers to them for his qualifications as a Clerk. No such person as Thomas Bennett is known at the house in London from which he dates his letter; and it is suspected that the object of the writer is merely to obtain the signatures of the firms to whom he writes. THE GERMAN WOOL FAIRS.-Tile result of the German wool fairs has proved more advantageous to the growers than could have been anticipated, though it was generally expected that prices would be considerably higher than last year. The first fairs, viz. lireslaw, &c., were comparatively the cheapest, but the more it was manifested decidedly that the actual want of wool did rather surmount the quantity produced, prices went higher, so that at the last fairs, a rise of 30 to 40 per cent. on last year's prices took place. This present moment there is scarcely anything left in the first hand, and even the stock in the hands of the dealers is much smaller than we recol- lect having seen at any former period. In fact the flower of the wool has already found its way either to the hands of our manufacturers, or is gone to the English market, so that very little good wool can be further expected from this quarter. The consumption of wool in Germany and the Netherlands has increased amazingly, and we safely say, that at the very utmost, only one fourth of the wool produced in Germany is exported to England. The Ger- man manufacturers go on very briskly, the number of looms increases daily, and if they continue to proceed so for a few yeers, they will be able to consume the whole produce of German wool, without being obliged to have recourse to the English market. The manufacture of woollen yarn had been qnite neglected, but within the last few years it has been very much cultivated, and has made such a rapid progress that there are now worsted yarn spinners in Germany, who consume 30 to 40,000 cwt. a a year; combing wool is, therefore, very much looked after, and there will be a deficiency in the quantity im- ported into England. Things have changed now, and instead, as at former times, of the English being the rulers at the German wool fairs, the German and Belgian manufacturers are predominant, and pick the flower of the wool, as they are able to afford higher prices than English buyers.—Letter from Leipsic.

GAZ. ii I TE «.$• GUAttJJlAN versus VA.dliiil^j^. We have been amused and surprised equally by the following vagary in the last number of our gener- ally quiet and inoffensive neighbour, the Cambrian. "NEWSPAPER STAMPS." By the following extracts from the Parliamentary Return, just printed by order of the House of Commons, of the number of Stamps issued by the Stamp Office to the Provincial Newspapers, in the year endin? the 1st of April, our readers will see that the Ci>culation of The Cambrian' exceeds double the number of any one of its contemporaries in W„1pk ■ The CaLbrian published 60.100 Welchman 29,900 Carmarthen Journal • • 25.900 Carnarvon Herald • • 19.000 North Wales Chronicle ■ 17,500 Merthyr Guardian • • 10,500 Uur intelligent readers will readily discover a cause for triumph to the upholders of liberal opinions and iti. dependent principles in the striking fact that the circulation of t The Cambrian' is 60,100, while that of the three Tory, alias 'Conservative' Welsh Newspapers, amounts, unitedly, Y. to only 53,900, shewing a balance in favour of The Cam- brian' of 6,200, for which we gratefully thank our friends and the friends of constitutional liberty. H The advantages arising to Advertisers from the extensive Circulation of, The Cambrian' need not be pointed out to the commonest observer." It will be observed how generously we have dealt with the old lady of Swansea, by inserting the Puff, and the whole Puff. Now for a word or two there. upon. In order that our readers may understand how far the comparative circulation of the two papers is to he inferred from the Stamp Office return, it may be pro- per to observe, that all Country Papers are furnished with their stamps and paper by the wholesale station- ers or agents, one of whom will deal, probably with a dvzell different Journals, and take out the quantity he requires for the whole in the name of some three or four only. Such a course saves trouble, and he is neither expected nor obliged to adopt any other. Our mode is so far different from that generally pursued, that in lieu of dealing- with stationers or other traders, we pay ihj, stamps j)") ompt in London, and thusecono- mize the 20 per cent. discount, which Newspapers taking credit are obliged to allow to the trade. These being the facts, we shall not stop to enquire whether the stationer supplying the "Cambrian," may not have placed to the credit of that paper the amount of stamps actually belonging to the account of other parties. It may be so, but that is no concern of ours, and we freely give it the fullbenefit of all the cir- culation of which it boasts. But we may be allowed to exhibit the ingenuous conduct of our Contemporary with respect to ourselves in its proper colours. The number of stamps consumed by the GAZETTE and GUARDIAN, denoting, as our readers are aware, the circulation, is stated, without comment or explan- ation, of which we do not complain, in the return at—10,500. But the" Cambrian" seizes hold of this, nay reasons amt calculates upon it, as the circulation and stamps of a whole year. It is prominently and exultingly put forward to throw the superior connex- ion of that paper into bolder relief, by the impudent assumption that the "Cambrian" publishes a number equal to that of three other, as it is termed, Conserva- tive papers, which is cunningly attributed to the triumph of liberal opinions-God save the mark —and, by deduction logical enough, to no merit, real or apparent, in the Journal itself. L Now the Editor of that paper (we shall not mince the matter) must have been perfectly aware, that in comparing his with the circulation of the three papers referred to, he was wantonly stating a gross falsehood and in reasoning upon the 10,500 stamps of the GAZETTE and GUARDIAN as the consumption of the whole year, he was insinuating a most contemptible admixture of lying and equivocation. In the same paragraph we thus have the assertio falsi with the "suggestio blsi," and if the man be ignorant of it, we now acquaint him, that both in logic and in morals the lie insinuated is counted ellually scandalous and unjustifiable, and much more base and contemptible than the lie direct. The facts are these, of which, to his bitter regret, no one is better cognizant than'the Editor of the Cambrian himself. The GAZETTE and GUARDIAN commenced on the 17th of November, 1832, and the Stamp Office account is made up to the 1st of April, so that it was little more than four months old at the time that it has pleased the Cambrian" to attribute a year's circulation to it. Now at that rate of stamps for the period of four months and a half, the consumption and circulation of the GAZETTE and GUARDIAN would actually amount to TWENTY NINE THOUSAND for the twelve months. Contrast this with our Contempo- rary's trumpery attempt to deceive the public and to injure us. Having' exposed the paltry artifice, we might safely rest content that the public will do us justice but having been thus compelled, however reluctantly' to speak ot ourselves, we may be excused fop r adding a litte wormwood to the gall with which our neighbour has been some time afflicted. We had no desire to depreciate his property, or injure him in his callIng-It was too much like breaking a fly upon a wheel for the generosity of our temperl; for we love only to grapple with equals or superiors, besides our habitual respect for the sex to which our antiquated sister of Swansea clearly belongs. In self defence therefore, we are under the necessity of publishing that the GAZETTE and GUARDIAN has regularly and in an unprecedented manner, gone on increasino- in circulation since its commencement; that it now circulates more extensively than any other news- paper published in the three counties of Glamorgan, Monmouth, and Brecon that it has accomplished all this in the short space of NINE MONTHS, and in the face of that unfortunate spinster, the "Cambrian" now in the TIIIRTIETU YEAR of her age. These are astounding facts, but what is more, We are prepared to put them to undeniable pi,oof-let the public judge between us and our antagonist. We propose to the Editor of the "Cambrian" then, that we will pay him one pound per number increase in his circulation since the announcement of the GAZETTE AND GUARDIAN, upon the simple con- ditions, 1st, that he covenant to make us the like paymeut f one pound per number on our increase of circulation in that time and, 2dly, that he will accept our challenge for fifty or one hundred pounds of our circulation at the present moment against his—the amount to be distributed among the poor, and the charitable Institutions of the three counties, at the option of the winuer. Referees of course to be mutually agreed upon with power to examine books and verify the actual consumption of stamps by each paper. This is our answer to the insolent and ridiculous vaunt of the Ctinbi-:an," we pause for a reply. In the meantime, as a matter of justice to ourselves, a copy of this day's GAZETTE and GUARDIAN will be forwarded gratuitously to every advertiser in last week's Cambrian whose address is to be found. They may have read the foolish li bel-ttiey will have the exposure of it.

AMERICAN MANNERS,—When you enter an American house, either in quality of casual visitor, or invited guest, the servant never thinks of ushering you to the company; on the contrary, he immediately disappears, leaving you to explore your way, iu a na- vigation of which you know nothing, or to amuse yourself in the passage by counting the hat-pegs and umbrellas. In a straugc house one cannot take the liberty of brawling for assistance, arid the choice only remains of opening doors on speculation, with the imminent risk of intruding on the bed-room of some young lady, or of cutting the Gordian knot by es- caping through the only one you know any thing about. I confess that the first time I found myself in this unpleasant predicament, the latter expedient was the one I adopted, though I fear not without offence to an excellent family, who, having learned the fact of my admission, could not be supposed to understand the motive of my precipitate retreat.— Men and Manners in America. FAILURES IN TIIE LACE TRADE—There have, during the last few days. been several stoppages in connexion with the lace trade in this town, which have caused considerable excitement. In one case, where the party had incurred debts to the amount of several thousands, he had absconded, but we hear was arrested ii, London, on Wednesday. Numerous remarkable disclosures are expected to be made in more cases than one.—Nottingham Review. INCENDIARISM.—At Gloucester Assizes, Tlio- mas Gaskins and Charlotte Long were capitally convicted of setting fire to ricks lof hay, and left for execution.

"=-82 i jmaBUHJU»J J JLONJJON MONEY lIL1i(KH'l'. CITY, THURSDAY, FOUR O'CLOCK. There is little doing in the Consol Market this mornin"- and the quotation for the Account is 88. There has been considerable fluctuation in the Portuguese Scrip, which is quoted at 21,1 22, and has been as low as 21 Nothing of material importance is doing in the Northern Bonds. Dutch are 49j J Belgian are 94 £ 5; and Russian 105& 6; Spani-h Strck is 22/ 23, and Brazilian 67;16BJ There is nothing to notice in any other security. ENGLISH STOCKS.—-BankStock,212; India ditto 243i- 3 percent. Consols, 83J Ditto Reduced, 96^ pe'r cen,v! ditto, 3 ditto New, 95J; 4 per cent. 104 India Bonds, 27s—s pr.; Exchequer B¡.\s, lOOt. -s pr.; Consols for Account, 88 J. FOREIGN.—Belgian 5 per cent. 95; Brazilian 5 Der cent. 68; Chilian 6 per cent. 26 j Colomb. 6 per cent 25- Danish 3 per cent. 74j; Dutch 5 per cent. 9Qi ditto 21 per cent. 49J; French 3 per cent. 76f. 50 c. ;4Greok 4J Mexican 6 per cent. 41 Portuguese 5 per Ct. 89; ditto Scrip, 23;} pr.; Russian 5 per cent. 105 ditto ( Met.) 100 Spanish 5 per cent. (1822) 23j.

NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. s We regret that the account of the Swansea and Neath Hor. ticultural Show arrived too late for insertion this week but it will appear in our next. The directions respecting the advertisement," Hilston House unfortunately did not arrive till that part of our paper had been printed but they will be attended to in our next. In consequence of his Majesty's Speech, which occupies a large space, arriving late, we are obliged to postpone to our next several articles which are now in f!lpe.

MERTHYR 7 YIJVIL, SATURDAY, Aug. 31, 1633, — I For the information of the public at large of I the three counties, who hear so little, and care still less, about the welfare of our ancient sister of Swansea, but who must naturally be anxious as to the result of our gentle message to her a fortnight ago, we have the melancholy news to communicate that the poor old lady has suddenly been deprived of the faculty of speech. Reports are various as to the proximate cause of this visitation; some of our correspondents from that town attributing it to the discovery too abruptly announced in our columns other age and declining circulation others ascribing it to the sudden accumulation of" envy, hatred, and all unchari- tableness" generated by the publication (not the knowledge, for that she knew before) of the far and wide spreading of that GAZETTE and GUARDIAN, now, by way of eminence, styled among the people the JOURNAL OF THE THREE COUNTIES. Far be it from us rudely rto invade the repose or further drag from obscurity a decayed spinster, now in the sear and yellow leaf;" for to do so would be the more unmanly of its, seeing that through our instrumentality she is for ever dis- abled from pursuing that avocation of slander and falsehood which, in ladies of a certain age and infirmities, habituated perhaps also to the occa- sional use of strong waters, is accounted for by some thinkers as an innate and irresistible pro- pensity. Even should this relic of a bye-gone age again recover the use of speech, and venture to open her mouth, it will be found that we have completely extracted the remains of whatever fangs she once possessed. Our operation, we presume to say it without any view to rivalship, could not have been performed more decisively by, and would even have done honour to, the talents of Mr. WHITE, the skilful dentist of Car- diff, himself. In the mean time, we have conceived it to be due to ourselves to reprint the article containing our reply and challenge to the Cambrian to shew circulation with the GAZETTE and GUARDIAN —it will be found elsewhere, and is WORTHY THE ATTENTION OF ADVERTISERS as well as the Pub- lie at large. Let no one condemn the chastise- ment as too severe, for the aggression was wanton, unprovoked and calumnious, all aggra- vated by wilful and notorious falsehood. The miserable authors of it, too, boast of "liberal opinions," and their ascendancy as evidenced in the prosperity of the Cambrian." The honour- able supporters of opinions of any shade must shrink from the slightest contact with a Journal which has been the common hack of all sorts of principles to the ntter abandonment of all principle. Our own course has been honest, independent and straight-forward. We have fixed rules of action and conscientious convictions; we have avowed them with pride we have supported them as best we were able; and we appeal to the three Counties, as well as to our immediate neighbours, whether we have ever turned aside from our path in deference or fear of either high or low, rich or poor. It has been our misfortune occasionally to displease, some- times to enrage, those among whom and for whom we write, by the boldness with which—" Y Gwir yn erbyn y byd"—we have spoken the truth against the world but we have the consolation t, to know that our plainness of speech, however it might at the moment have offended, has in the end never failed to gain us an accession of friends in the very persons of those whose prejudices we have combatted. We have in consequence, and gratefully we acknowledge it, as substantial reason t, to be satisfied with the success of our labours as any paper of our standing in Great Britain, and we greatly doubt if there be more than one that could on equal terms show with us—and that one the" Newcastle Journal." With respect to our neighbour of Swansea, the GAZETTE and GUARDIAN is as superior in circulation, both as to amount and quality, to the Cambrian," as good men and true must always be superior to renegades and apostates, in the eyes of people of whatever class of opinions. Had our challenge been accepted, the old lady would have had to pay us on the difference of circulation in our favour, since the commence- ment, as nearly as we can judge, about TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND (POUNDS, rather more we guess than the fee simple of the 11 Cambriaii" would fetch. Add to this sum a corresponding allow- ance for the depreciated number of its sale for the same period and the amount would be swelled to FORTY THOUSAND POUNDS. It was our intention, had the event taken place, to have divided the TWENTY FIVE THOU- SAND POUNDS among our neighbours and sup- porters in the following proportions:— To the Eisteddfod at Cardif f. 1000 For the poor and public works of the county of Glamorgan • • • 7^00 For the poor and public works ot the county of Monmouth 7000 For the poor and public works of the county of Brecon 7000 For the improvement of the High Street, Ntertliyr 1000 For the great Iron Railroad from Merthyr to London, with branches to Cardiff, &c. 2000 Total.. X25,000 All which splendid intentions are rendered abor- tive by the knowing obstinacy of the old dame of Swansea. < I8UIMWUI -l. a it .m imaw. 1 Of the many important events~oT7lu;~present times, there is perhaps none in which the future prosperity of the country is more involved than in the decision of the Committee lately sitting' on the Shipping, Commerce, Manufactures, &c. of the United Kingdom. This Committee appears to have been very fairly selected from gentlemen distinguished for the attention they have paid to commercial questions, but holding, upon that important subject, contrary opinions. After a full examination of the evidence adduced, Mr. POULETT THOMSON moved a resolution de- claratory of the increasing, prosperity of the country; which was negatived as contrary to evidence. He then twice renewed his endea- vour, slightly varying the form, but retaining the substance, of his first resolution and was each time outvoted, the third time by a larger ma. jority than in the two former. We attach importance to this decision of the Committee, principally because" it at lenofh admits that the condition of the people of Eng- land is such as calls for some legislative enquiry, some legislative remedial measures. We have uniformly contended that the regulations which have of late years been adopted by the legisla- ture with respect to trade have been conceived in erroneous principles: that they have been practically of evil effect; and that they must continue to be so as long as they are part and parcel of the Jaw. A numerous, honourable, and intelligent pornon of the House of Com- mons have, year after year, endeavoured to esta- blish these truths; but have been uniformly met by Vice President (then being) of the Board of Trade, who has set aside the important part of the question in a very singular manner. The Right Honourable Gentleman has on these occasions brought forward some documents bearing on the subject; but has never brought forward the whole; and, reasoning upon the part that he has made public, has raised some theoretical infe- rences which have led many members to suppose especially when it was so asserted by that officer of the State who had the best means of judging, that the new plans worked well, and that there was no ground for enquiry into the condition of the people. In establishing this conclusion, he has also been powerfully assisted by other members, whose views or opinions we think it unnecessary (o discuss. The result of the late investigation has now so completely contradicted this opinion, that we cannot believe but that the attention of Parliament must in the next Session be directed to the subject. The fatal error, which has created so much mischief on all classes of the people of England, is that modern notion, that trade is valuable, not as the means of subsistence of about 19 in 20 of the people of the Kingdom, but merely as the means of rendering the conveniences of life ac- cessible on easy terms. Nothing is more clear than that the price of every thing is that which goes, as the reward of their labour, into the pockets of the producers of the thing, The modern system, in making the conveniences of life cheap, has diminished the reward of human labour; but as the price of food, in which the reward of human labour is mostly spent, does not fall with the price of labour, every step in this modern system of rendering the conveniences of life cheap, has been, in the advancement of human happiness, for one step forward, three or four steps backwards. Notwithstanding the glar- ing miseries which this practice has brought upon the people, we have been year after year proceed- ing farther in it: and the fallacy, which has led to alMhis misery, has been, year after year, sink- ing with deeper impression into the minds of those who entertained it. We conceive, however, that now, the attention of the legislature of the country will be perforce attracted to the subject; and if the object steadily held in view be that of rendering all British resources available solely to the interests of British trade, we may justly expect an immediate and progressive improve- ment. To shut out the cruel and unjust compe- tition, of the industry of foreigners who exclude British productions, is one great and obvious remedy. In the cultivation of waste lands, both in Great Britain and Ireland, we have a resource for a large and permanent increase of/demaud for the industry of all classes of the people. It is true that this latter measure cannot be effected but by an extension of the currency (we mean that which is serviceable as wages) beyond what a currency of the precious metals can ever afford to us but it is equally true that there is no shadow of reason why country bankers should not be allowed, within certain limits as to amount, to issue £ l notes, for which they should deposit security. If these measures of improvement were once adopted, we should in very few years find that increase in the produce of indirect taxes which would admit of affording a great relief in taxation and the language of distress would then no longer be heard, but either in the den of idle- ness, or from those individual casies, wh no public measures can prevent or anticipate. A meeting was held on Wednesday last at Swansea, to take into consideration a very im- portant improvement which has been suggested in the delivery of letters between L^idon and this ipart of the Principality. By the proposed plan? if it should be brought to bear, a great public advantage will accrue to Swansea and all the in- termediate tow as far as London; and Merthyr will derive a very important accommodation, of which it stands much in need. It has been re- marked that the usual rate of mail travelling is now ten miles an hour; and that if this rate were effected on the Gloucester read, the London letters would reach Abergavenny shortly after 11 in the morning. Supposing the mail which at present runs between that place and Mcr to leave Abergavenny at half-past 11, it would arrive here at two. By the mail dining at Merthyr, and then proceedillgo Neath and Swansea the trade of Merthy.r,:instead of being, as it now is, obstructed by Post-Office arrange- ments to a degree hardly credible, would fnjoy a considerable share of the facilities to which it is justly entitled. It would then be possible, with good dispatch, to open and send the London letters of the previous evening, and forward any com- hiunication required by them immediately to Neath or Swansea by which an order which left London on Monday evening, and required a conimunidHtion with either of those places, would reach Ne^h about six, and Swansea about seven, on the evening of Tuesday. At present the Lon- don communication would not reach Merthyr till about that time, and the letter from Merthyr can- | not, by any lawful means, reach either of the other places till just o' llour later on the YVcd- nesday evening. t At the meeting at Swansea for the attainment of this object, it was unanimously agreed that it was one which would be highly advantageous to the towns of Swansea and Neath, and it was resolved, that a committee, consisting of fifteen gentlemen, among whom are the names of our honourable member, Mr. GGEST, Mr. VIVIAN, M. P. and Mr. DILLWVN, Nf. P. be formed, to communicate with the Post-Office on the subject, and to request the assistance of Mr. KIDOUT to consider the best mode of effecting the desired object. A meeting for the same purpose will be held on Tuesday, at the Castle Inn, in Merthyr; and we understand that it will be attended by several gentlemen of great influence in the county, who are not inhabitants of this neigh- bourhood, but who are desirous of co-operating in promoting the object. We feel confident that although our Swansea friends, to their honour, have taken the lead in bestirring themselves on this occasion, we, of Merthyr, will not be the last in exertions to carry it into effect.

King Louis Philippe is much perplexed bv the symptoms of increasing interest with which his loving subjects direct their views towards the exiled family at Prague; and he finds the cham- ber of deputies utterly untractabie, but dares not dissolve it for fear of meeting a worse. He has abandoned the "detached forts," but is increasing -the barracks in Paris. Don Pedro is cultivating the affections of the people in Lisbon by persecuting his enemies with all his might. By accounts from Lisbon to the IGtlt, and from Oporto to the 22d, we learn that Villa F!or was then at Villa Franca, eighteen miles north of Lisbon on the Coimbra road, with 4,000 men, a force evidently unequal to cope with Bourmont, who was stated to be then at Coimbra. A truce is said to have been made on the 16th between the beseigers and the beseiged in Oporto after this on the 17th (if we may believe the accounts by the packet) General Saldanba unexpectedly attacked the beseigers and routed them with loss. On the 15th a decree ivae issued at Lisbon for the convocation of the Cortes to consider the question of the regency and of the marriage of her most faithful majesty." The German Papers to the 16th announce that the troubles in Landau are at an end. All the prisoners on trial for the affair at Hambach were acquitted. The proposed conference at Toplitz has commenced by an interview between the Em- peror of Austria and the King of Prussia. There appear from the Swiss papers to be reasonable hopes of a pacification being effected each party making concessions to arrive at a pacific result; which must be a great disappoint- ment to the authors of the disturbances. By New York papers to 24th July, we learn that the cholera is decreasing in its virulence. It is stated in Madras Papers to 31st March that his Majesty's ship the Harrier had captured a Dutch bark, the Batavia, on her passage to the West Indies, in consequence of some alleged in- formality in her papers. She was brought into Madras roads on the 23d of March. Madras Papers to the 31st of March report that a rumour was then current of a conspiracy being discovered at Poonah; that seven of the conspi- rators have bqpu arrested, and that some of the troops were concerned. The private letters from Jamaica comment in most bitter terms on the first Government plan of emancipation. A strong report was current in the City, founded on accounts as late as 7th of July, of an insurrection having broken out in tha island. By accounts from Jamaica to the 7th July the inhabitants were in great ferment about the plan of emancipation with only a loan of 15,000,000/ as compensation. Lord Mulgrave issued a longpro- clamation enjoining patience. By accounts to the 90. the proclamation appears to have had no effect in tranquillizing the negroes, who insist on nothing less than unconditional emancipation. A conspiracy to restore Don Pedro to the throne of Brazil has been detected and defeated. Another revolution has taken place in Mexico, by which Santa Anna is-Again restored to power. The General entered the city on the 16th of June, in the evening, and was received, according to these accounts, with universal joy. On the 18th of June he published a proclamation, declaring that though his administration should be mild, perfidy should not on that account escape punish- ment. Buenos Ayres papers to 31st May represent the republic in a state of tranquillity, but the government are busily employed in repressing the predatory incursions of the Indians. Advices have been received from the Republic of Chili down to the beginning of May. The dis- turbances had ceased, and the military force was to be reduced. By accounts from Mauritius, of the 5th May. it is stated that Mr. Jeremie reached the island on thft 29th of April. He was received every where with gloomy silence. Accounts from Swan River to 17th March re- present tjjfe Colony in a very flourishing state, with the pifomise of a most abundant harvest, but with a great scarcity of money. The usual dis- count on a loan is 25 per cent.

RECORDER'S REPORT—On Wednesday, the Re- corder made a report to his Majesty of the prisoners in Newgate, under sentence of death, convicted at the July and the late special sessions, viz. Joseph Saunder. son, 25, Michael Henley, 25, Thomas Smith, 20, Wil. liam Bitton,31, John Williams, 27, William Cook, 38, Richard Genlee, 30, and John Shaw, 32, for house- breaking John Slater, alias Walker, 23, and Richard Arthur, alias Simmons, 45, for burglary and Daniel Murphy, 27, and William Boyle, 22, for highway rob- bery all of whom his Majesty was graciously pleased to respite during his royal pleasure. HARVEST.—The Accounts of the harvest con- tinue generally favourable. IRON TRADE.—There is no advance in price nor decline iu demand. Married, at Longwood House, St. Helena, Captain H. Harris, commander of H. C. S. Lovsther Castle, to Henrietta, daughter of the late Captain Montgomerie, 57th Regiment. Married, on the 27th inst. by the Lord Bishop of Oxford, the Earl of Uxbridge, eldest son of the Marquess of Anglfttea, to Henrietta Maria, third daughter of the Right Hon. Sir Charles Bagot. Died, on the 26th instant, at Argyle House, the Countess of Aberdeen. By her first hushatid, her ladyship was mother to the present Marquess of Abercorn. Died, on the 22nd inst. at Ravensdale, in the county of Louth, Sir Harry Goodricke, Bart. of Ribstone, in Yorkshire. Sir Harry succeeded to the large estates of his uncle, Lord Clermont, and was supposed to be one of the richest men in the three kingdoms. The magnificence of his 'foxhunting equipments, stables, &c., will long bo remembered ill Yorkshire. His character as a liberal and benevolent landlord, procured him the greatest populaity in Ireland. At Aberavon, on Sunday last, after a long and seveer illuoss, aged 29 yeais, Anne, the wife of Mr. Thos. Jones, master of the sloop Star, of tkat port, whose premature death is deeply felt as an irreparable loss by her husband and five young children,