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GL£ANI;:V S. TilE WELsii.-Tiie S-,ix -S, by tilic Pi-it-tiiis -Li)(1, it)( Welsh, and their country, WeishUind, meant and intended no other thing than to call them Guides which having in their language, time out of mind, so continued, is an evident sign that the Hritains were originally a people of the Gauies which the Saxons, according to tueir manner or speech, instead ofcaiiing lSa Jízh called SMALLISH, and by abbreviation W'AIXH or WELSH. In the ancient Teutonick, it is very often found that many names which the French began with G, the Germans began witii IT", as Ward lor Gai'd, Wartlain, (Warden) for Guardian; Warre (War) for Guerre; and Edward, our famous Prince of W ales, the French authors call Prince de GauMes.— the, above is taken (for the benefit of our English readers) from Verstegan, I(>7*3. Hie origin of the word Bacon may be traced to the feeding of swine by the nuts of the Bucon or Beechen tree such only as were so fattened were called Bacon and Buckingham.ire is so named from the abundance of Buken, or, as we now call them, Beechen Trees.— Berkshire, for its Beorken or Bin-bin Trees. ENIC.MV. Totum pone, lfuit Caput aufer. splendet in arinis Caudam tolievolat: viscera tolle, dolet. THE WEDDINC. RING.—"The custom of putting the ring on the fourth finger of the left hand, has been handed down to the present age from a very early period, the left hand being preferable to the right, in that it is ever Jess employed; for the same reason was the fourth finger chosen, which is not only less used than either of the rest, but is more capable of pre- serving the ring from bruises, having this one quality peculiar to itself, that it cannot be extended but in company with some other finger Some of the ancients were of opinion that it was so worn, because to that finger only came an artery from the heart; but modern anatomy clearly demonstrates the absurdity of such tiotioii.British Apollo. ORIGIN OF EATING GOOSE ON MICHAELMAS DAY.- Queen Elizabeth, oil her way to Tilbury Fort, on the 20th of September, 1589, dined at the ancient seat of Sir Neville Umfreville, near that place, and as British Bess had much rather dine off a high seasoned and substantial dish than a simple fricasee or ragout, the Knight thought proper to provide a brace of fine geese to suit the palate of his Royal guest. After the Queen had dined heartily she asked lor a half-pint bumper of burgundy, and drank Destruction to the Spanish armada." She had but that moment returned the glass to the Knight who had done the honors of the table, when the news came (as if the Queen had been possessed with the spirit of prophecy) that the Spanish fleet had been destroyed by a storm. She immediately took another bumper, in order to digest the geese and good news, and was so much pleased with the event that every year after on that day she had the above excellent dish served up. The Court made it a custom, and the people the fashion ever since. THE BOWSTRING—.The Turkish bowstring, which is amazingly strong, is formed of untwisted silk, generally white, bound together at intervals by threads of a different colour. At either end is a large loop at- tached to the centre portion of the cord by a very curious and intricate knot; the executioners slip their hands through this, and, having passed the string once round the victim's neck, who is placed on his knees, they draw it in opposite directions with all their force, and thus produce death by strangulation. Since the gradual decline of archery among the Turks, the bowstring has also been falling into disuse for the original cause of its being adopted as an instru- ment of criminal punishment, was the readiness with which it could be procured, when every man carried at his shoulder the weapon of which it formed a part. Aiddjo's Constantinople. OLD NEWSPAPERS.—Many people take newspapers, but few preserve them, yet the most interesting reading imaginable is a file of old .newspapers. It brings up the very age, with all its bustle and every- day affairs, and marks its genius and its spirit more than the most laboured description of the historian. Who can take a paper dated half a century ago with- out the thought that almost every name there printed is now cut upon a tombstone at the head of an epitaph! The doctor (quack or regular) that there advertised his medicines and their cures has followed the sable train of his patients the merchant, his ships —could get no security on his life; and the actor, n who could make others laugh or weep, can now only furnish a scull for his successors in Hamlet. It is easy to preserve newspapers, and they will repay the trouble; for like that of wine, their value increases with their years, and old files have sointimes been sold at prices too startling to mention.—Monthly Ma- gazine. PROSCRIBED PAPERS DURING THE CIVIL WARS.— The following curious passage is taken from a news- paper called The Man in the Moon, published by the Royalists, in 1649, dated July 4, No. 17. Every pains were taken to suppress it by Cromwell's party, but without effect, and the venders of it were severely punished-.—>' A hot combat lately happened at the Salutation lavern, in H olburne, where some of the Commonwealth vermin, called soldiers, had seized an amazonian virago, named Mrs Strosse, upon a sus- pidon of being a loyalist and selling The Man in the iloon, but she, by applying beaten pepper to their eyes, disarmed them, and (with their own swordes) forced them to aske her forgiveness, anddown on their Mary bones, and pledge a health to the King, and confusion to their masters, and so honourably dis- missed them. adds the loval news writer, for 20,000 such gallant spirits, to pepper the rogues, when you see that one woman can beat two or three." How curious it is, that as the land animals of tro- pical climes are more ferocious than those of tem- perate regions; so are the monsters of tropical seas. See the peering lounging shark!—he will follow your ship for hours: perhaps he has once tasted human flesh, and he never forgets'' the precious feed. This was once partially exemplified in one caught on a former voyage. He was a tremendous fellow, and followed the ship with the greatest vigour. He was so voracious, that nothing escaped him, and when ihagged on board and opened, the button of a sailor's jacket, and other indigestible substances, were found in his horrid maw. Nothing gives the men more pleasure than to catch one of these" sea lawyers," and when once on deck, what with hatchets and hand- spikes, lie soon gives his last stretch. Ah, (says the tar) Mr Lawyer, you were rather hungry this morning, but you caught a piece of cold iron instead of the leg of a man; how do you like that ? (giving him a smash on the head)—What, do you grunt? then we will nick your tail, and see how you like that." The strength of these creatures on the deck is astonishing, and until Jack has given his favourite chop on the tail it is dangerous to go near them. Their tenacity of life also is very great, for I have seen the heart throb long after the creature was dead. When caught on the hook, it makes the most desperate efforts to escape; it plunges down; then rises; throws itself on its back, or its beam ends; then backs water with its fills; and yet, should it get off, it will, in a short time take the same hook! As the New Zealander loves to eat a little of the dead foe, so the sailor delights in eating a part of the" sea-lawyer.Sel: also the swor(I-fisil !-Wliat a terrific creature is this! He has a large projecting beak, from three to four feet long, having the edge dentated with large teeth like a saw. He is said to be the king of the sea, for, such is his strength and speed, nothing can resist him. lie makes one of the seven of the shark genus. The spermaceti whale too, is principally found in tropical seas, and he is more fierce than any of his tribe. He will attack boats, and even ships; for it is not long since the Essex whaler had her sides stove in by one of those creatures. It is a noble and yet fearful sight to see one of those monsters sweeping- like a meteor through the flood. I remember one calm day when in a rather high southern latitude, two of these moving mountains of flesh and blood came darting alongside our gallant bark. They viewed our coppered sides, and then dashed a-head and sur- veyed the bows then they slackened sail, and dropped astern; and such appeared to be their gratification, thev remained longer in our company than we de- sired. To see them swimming, plunging, rolling, and sporting like trout in a summer's stream, was exciting indeed. There was so much majesty in their sweep, and yet such grace and ease, we said "The hand that made them is Divine.—(Correspondent of the Watch- man. THE lVHlG KNIOHTS.—The following passage is copied from an exceedingly curious and scarce collec- tion of broadsides, printed in 1681, the gift of Geo. the Third to the British Museum. It is headed,— "The Hue Hue and Cry after ye Duke of 1\1-, Lord G-y, and Sir Tho. A g."—"Oves! Five hundred pounds for a Whig Knight—the head of the rabble, the defender of the factions—assertor of our liberties, and supporter of our True Blue Protestant interest. 'Tis but a small sum for so wise a head- piece, but a great deal more than some of their heads are worth. Five hundred pounds!—Hy! Jowler! there Rookwood, let loose the monkey, with his chain of pockets, and the elephant with his castle of pam- phlets. Flee, Towzer, and bring him baek! Roar out, Bull !-Ile-llow, Baxter, lift up thy voice like a trumpet. The Patriots and Horsemen of Israel—the men mighty in battle are fallen; the heads of thy people are dropping oil; and I fear, for all their deep projects and mysterious cabals, they will prove them themselves but blockheads at last." To what politi- cal personages of the present day will this apply { TO THK$, ()F rjii,, in Sir—What a striking analogy their cxi^jyl ductofthe Big Beggarin inantlEarl has sailed north, towards the -oal of ry did th:- latter, which proved the pr(,(,Llrsory A downfall. The self-dubbed-and-in-ovcrj .|( to-be-admired King of Ireland, fancies e It otli* li(Pi't;i (,'OLI?iti-yilieii io -Il:lt ttllle but as "every dog has his day," s0 ,n,$ great Danship, have his fling. Althoug'^jt paid by our delectable Administration^ prove in the onset that the wuistle is A day of reckoning will come to the JI when woe be to them! The great and P1 ^\l of England will not much longer submit^: vernmeiit of an individual whose nrro.V ceeded only by his impudence. KveH"' which has immemorial constitution for i's. to be swept away by the tail of this noranceand bigotry. Firm and undoiibt1- fixed and unshaken tachinent toconstituf jfJ dear to every E.^ashman and Christiano purchased with the sacred blood of mrtyrSI, be the peculiar objects of his detestation a f d renee. At a time when the energy of ('Vl'\I' subject to his King is required, HE attemptS f J the passions of the mobocracy against a who have ever proved themselves to Ln faithful subjects. No doubt can exist aS dividuals to whom I allude. The prince jfW in his late tirade of abuse against the Society 10 ol fellows, has beeu pleased to assimilate the fit 0 lowest state of degradation. But arc they mentioned in the same breath with ruffians hi delighteth to honor? Patrick's-dubs, break-o'-dav-boys, ribbon-men, wretches w pable of every crime, sacrilege, attd Ransack the volume of history for proofs W volting- cruelties and outrages perpetrated bf monsters, and they w 11 be found more atr()( ;I, any recorded in all its blood-stained pageS; the patron of those dares to malign the publ'f ter of a society whose fundamental princlP loyalty, order, and charity towards all men- A Actuated by disinterested motives. I suined to call the attention of my coulitrylo this glaring inconsistency, in the conduct « whose pretended object is liberty, but design is to inflict upon Britons the slaveO^ O'Connell despotism, under which the Cabinet is already reduced; trusting that will exercise their ancient discrimination, vvbev apealed to by their King, and will stand bf f Sovereign and complete tireir Emitneipatloll tyrants, whose power is already tottering- I remain, Sir, Yours trulv, n0 SCRUTATOR Merthyr, September 29th, 1833.
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AT A MEETING OF THE SUBSCIZIBERS TO THE U fo 6untT flOr tttnÏ)í1îtø TO THE REGISTRATION OF VOTERS IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND CONSERVATIVE CAUSE, In the County of Glamorgan, HELD AT BRIDGEND, ON MONDAY, SEPT. 28th, 1835. HENRY JOHN GRANT, ESQ. In the Chan'. f R. GRANT having laid before the Meeting a list of the Subscribers and the Amount subscribed to -iVS the Registration Fund, and having explained the steps taken T > XT REGISTRATION OF Till; F.LFCTOHS IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND CONSl™> A I l\& It was moved by the Honorable W. B GREY, seconded by NASH V. E. VALGIIAN, Esq., and carried unanimously:— That the cordial Thanks of this Meeting are due to Mr GRANT for the indefatigable pains and labour bestowed by him in promoting the Constitutional and Conservative Interests of this County. It was moved by RICHARD HILL, Esq., seconded by R. O. Jones, Esq., and carried unanimously That the Professional Gentlemen, who have been retained to superintend the tteg.strat.on m the respective Hundreds.be directed to attend before the Revising Barristers, at their different CoiuU to be holden throughout the County, to support such notices of objections as have been served with their know edge and direction, and to resist all objections which are threatened to the Votes of Electors supposed to be friendly to the Conservative Cause. It was moved by THOMAS W. BOOKER, Esq., seconded by the Honorable W. B. GREY, and resolved unanimously That it is the opinion of this Meeting that it is highly necessary and expedient to form a Constitutional or Conservative Society, or Association, in this County; and that the following declaration to this effect be forthwith I made, to which the signatures of all persons, approving thereof, are hereby invited; and that the following Rules for the Establishment and Government of the intended Association be adopted bji this Meeting:— [Q)[Lüli"nD W e. whose names are hereunto subscribed, do hereby declare it to be our opinion that it is expedient that an Association, to be called the GLAMORGANSHIRE CONSTITUTIONAL AND CONSERVATIVE SOCIETY, be forthwith established, for the purpose of encouraging the diffusion of Constitutional and Conservative principles for the defence of our Established Constitution in Church and State, for upholding the honor and dignity of the Crown and the free exercise of the privilege and independence of both Houses of Parliament. UTTUG. 1st.—That this Association shall be called the GLAMORGANSHIRE CONSTITUTIONAL AND CONSERVATIVE SOC I rTY. bat it shall consist of a President, Vice-Presidents, Committee, Treasurer, Secretary, and Members. Tbat all persons who shall subscribe 5s. annually, or give a donation of £ 1, or upwards, at one time, shall be « i Members of this Society.. That all persons who shall subscribe £ 1 annually, or give a donation of £ 5 at one time, shall be Governors of the Society, and eligible to be elected Members of the Committee. ° Committee—not e>.ceeding twenty-four in number, of whom five shall form a quorum s a e annua y elected to transact the business of the Society; and that the Vice-Presidents, Treasurers, and Secretary, be R.V. EX"°FFIC'O Members of the Committee.. c ,«• -I,_U 1 such number of District or Sub-Committees shall be appointed as the Committee of Management shall sce fit; which District-Committees shall he required to report their proceedings, from time to time, to the Committee of Management. — 7th.—That the Funds of the Society shall be applied under the special controul and direction of the C .mmittee of Management, and to such objects only as shall be sanctioned by them. The specific objects of this Society being the diffusion and maintenance of Constitutional and Conservative principles throughout the county. Stb.-That an Annual Meeting of the Society shall be held at such time as the Committee may determine, when a report of the proceedings of the preceding year shall be submitted, together with a statement of the accounts, and Committee and Officers, for the ensuing year, shall be elected. 9th.—That no new Rule, or any alteration of an existing Rule, shall be made, except at a General Meeting of the Society and that no such new Rule or alteration shall be proposed at any General Meeting, unless a notice in writing, containing a copy of the intended new Rule or alteration, and signed by not less than five Member", shall have been given to the Secretary one month previous to such Meeting. That the persons here present enrol themselves a Society, to be governed by the Rules now read H. J. GRANT, CHAIRMAN, W. B. GRF.V H. T. LEE. DAVID HOI "KINS. H. A. BRUCE RICHARD HILL. DAVID GRIFFUHS. THOS. W. HOOKER HENRY LOFTCS RE \DE, J. B. BRt CR. JOHN ELRiNGTON. ROBERT OLIVEH JONES. JAMES COLES. R. H. JENKINS. ROBERT KNTOHT. J. DORNEY HA..DING. GEOaGE TRAIIERNE. GEORGE THOMAS. EDW.V.iD H. LEE, NASH V. EDWARDS VATGIIAN. Moved by Colonel ELRINGTON, seconded by EDWARD II. LEE, Esq. and resolved unanimously That all persons desirous of being enrolled Members of this Society be requested to signify their wishes to the Chairman of this Meeting, Henry John Grant, Esq. the Gnoll, Neath. Moved by the Rev. ROBERT KNIGHT, seconded by JOHN D. HARDING, Esq. and resolved unanimously lhat tins Meeting do adjourn to Monday, 23rd November next, to be then holden at Bridgend, at Twelve o Clock, when the Professional Gentlemen are requested to attend, and to produce Lists of the Voters as revised and settled in their respective districts; when, also, the Committee of Management, and Officers and District Committees will be appointed, and such other General business transacted as to the Meeting may seem fit. Moved bv Rev. JAMES COLES, seconded by Captain READE, resolved unanimously That the proceedings of this Meeting be printed for general circulation, and that they be advertised tour times in the Merthyr Guardian and Cambrian, and twice in the Standard and Times Newspapers.. H. J. GRAXT, Chairman. The Chairman having left the Chair, and the Honorable W. B. Grey having taken it- It was moved by RICHARD llu.L, Esq. seconded by THOMAS W. BOOKER Esq. and resolved unanimously :— That the cordial Thanks of this Meetine be eiven to the Chairman, for his zealous, able, and independent conduct in the Chair. 6 W. B. GREY. fhocitts f01: jPvJsmottmjs CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE. ~j\T INUTES and RESOLUTIONS of the ANNIVERSARY MEETING of the DISTRICT COMMITTEE, for that part of the DIOCESE OF LLANDAFF si.uate ia the County of Glamorgan, at CO\YURIUGEi the 6th day of October, 1335. The Right Honorable Sir JOHN NICHOLL in the Chair. A l«U?rfrooi Mr Triage, Accountant to the Parent Society, was read, acknowledging the receipt of a Copy of the J mutes of this Committee, at their Anniversary Meetine on the 30th of September. 1831 also another etter rom Tvr n=~e Wiis read, acknowledging the receipt of £ 240, viz. £ 194 14s 5|d for Books; £ 36 17s "i'v' i Terences between Members' reduccd and the cost prices of Books to Non-Members; and £ 8 S>s e ^inscriptions. h I!'6 Account with the District Committee, from September 1, 1834, to September 1, 1835, as y ie Rev. Ihomas Lewis, was read, and appeared as follows Dr. £ a. ins. Or- kept. 30 To Balance, as per last year's ac- 'Jan. 24 By Remitted to Messrs. Rivington s ico- COUnt 2 8?: Amount of their Bill forStationery Ja- had bv late Treasurer in the of C„n,clion ia c.ri-,a years 1S"27—28—29 „ „ Chu.-ch .7 5 Tl By Ditto to ditto for Stationery since SepM To Amount of Sub'scripti'o'ns for'th'e had 315 T )'car 153 8 0 31 By Remittance to Parent Society for 4 (°n 'no,,nt of Books sold Books c*Vv*ir 36 17 6A at Cardiff 6 5 By Ditto,Amount of Differences. Cowbrid^e 19 7 3 By Remittance to Mr Parker for Rr'dgend 20 4 11J Books from Committee of General g Margam 32 1 3 Literature Neath 112 2 By Bankers' Commission on above Merthyr 47 5 7 Remittances By Paid for Copying Minutes and Accounts of last year „ i n By Paid Cowbridge Hall Keeper. 0 •> By Rents of Depots 11 By Mr Bird's Bill for Printing Mi- nutes and Blank R ceipts 2 8 y By Carpenter's Bill for Shelves and x Boxes 2 ll 10 By Paid for freight S » By Carriage, Porterage fic Package.. • By Postages 2 H J By Bill for Stationery 17 i By.Rivingtons' Bill for Slates. 012 0 By Subscriptions advanced, not re- coverable 1 L-i- Total Disbursements 296 10 3 Balance in hand 316 14 1613 4 31 £ 613 4 Stimniar,, of Books sold- School Books, Tracts and Cards distributed -nRlish and Welsh Bibles 446 gratuitously at iJitto Iestaments 757 Cardiff 2351 '.1.0 Common Prayers 684 Cowbridge nogiott 1 estamcnts 82 Bridgend 316 JJitto Common Prayers 22 Margam 536 £ s,afe,rs, 8 Neath School Jooks and Tracts 3402 Merthyr Total Sold 540 1 3403 The total number of Books sold and distributed gratuitously, from September 1, 1834, to September 1,1835, was 8804. The number of Books sold and given by the Committee, since its Establishment in 1814, has been Bibles 6,427 ^estaments, including Duoglotts 12,785 Common Prayers, including ditto 13,126 Psalters 1,648 School Books and Tracts 91,167 Grand Total 125,10S That^th TRAHERVE, seconded by the Rev. H. H. KNIGHT, and resolved unanimously :— re annnir,.6 A r V" lomas Lewis and the Rev. John Powell, Auditors of Accounts to the Committee for the last, be ]\I current, year. TimVh Chancellor KNIGHT, seconded by the Rev. J. TIARDIXG, and resolved unanimously :— of Rev. H p0m,as Stacey be appointed Manager of the Cardiff Depot and Collector of Subscriptions, instead Movtd dVlam' ^as ^ett E^ie Diocese. hat the s'Ch^CV' ^°HN ^'luams, seconded bv the Rev. Chancellor KNIGHT, and resolved unanimously also that the A Scrl^Uons be paid over to the Treasurer, annually, by the Collectors, in the tirst week in September ofter payment Cfnunts at a" the Depots be closed, annually, on the first d*y of September, and that the Balance, after that date exi>enses> together with the Delivery-books, be transmitted to the Treasurer, within seven days That the THANK ^V' Warding, seconded bv the Rev. JOHN WILLIAMS, and resolved unanimously :— Committee, bcinJti the Mecting be given to the'itev. H. E. Graham, for a remittance in aid of the Funds of the Moved b° araount of a Collection after a Sermon preacheii by him in Cardiff Church. That the s^eciaM'f ^AtRMAX) seconded by the Rev. Dr. WILLIAMS, and resolved unanimously :— C mmit'ep, for his vaf0 11 'S ^eelir|g be given to the Rev. Hugh Williams, Secretary and Treasurer to the mutee to their prese. t r services, and especially for his good management in brin^inc the Funds of the Com- Moved by SE Ct0rystate- That the Thanks of thf^VLRY' seconcled by the Rev. THOMAS EDMONDES, and resolved unanimously:— ecTetaries, and to the RpSv be given lo the Rev. John Harding, and the Rev. John Williams, Assistant r»ght, the Rev. H. ij k; Graham, the Rev. J. Powel, the Rev. Thomas Hancorne, the Rev. Chancellor arihug. the Rev. Evjn TI 1 ev. John Joues, the Rev. Richard Prichard, the Rev. R. T. Tyler, iheRev.J. their important services l0n)as' and the Rev. David Jones, Managers of Depots and Collectors of Subscriptions, That the Thanks of^^ the° ^N'k HT' secondt'd by the Rev. Dr. WILLIAMS, and resolved unanimously:— ourse delivered before the Commit! ^ev* Kdnjondesf for his excellent and appropriate Moved by the Rev. Cbancell K: J. NICHOLL, Chairman. and ior his luTcn °\ this M«euns be^thcRev. Dr. WILLIAMS, and resolved unanimously :— conu»ct ia it. S De loba ttlcholl for kindly aUeudiug and taking the Cha.r thU day, HUGH WILLIAMS, Secretary and Treasurer. W@ITilllE For Promoting Christian Knowledge, AND FOR THE Propagation of tiir IN FOREIGN PARTS. THE ANNIVERSARY MEETING 0F the MON- MOUTHSHIRE BRANCHES of the Diocesan Com- mittees of the above Societies, will he held in the NATIONAL SCHOOL ROOM, at CHEPSTOW, on THURSDAY, the 29 h Day of OCTOBER. Divine Service will commence at Eleven o'clock, in the Parish Church of Chepstow, and a SERMON will he Preach-d BY THE REV. JOHN" IRVING. M.A. Vicar of Lluntrissent. THE RIGHT REV,. RI:ND THE LORD BISHOP OF tHE DIOCESE, has signified his inieution of presiding at the Aleetinf, and will take the Chair at One o'Clock. ° J. ASH P. GARB, ) Ti.'OS. WILLIAMS, Secretaries. Usk Catle, September 30 h, 1835. TO PAEFINTS AND GUARDIANS A MEDICAL GENTLEMAN, practising the Three Branches of the Profession, in a populous City, where the Schools are recognised hv the College of Surgeon?, WISHES TO TAKE A RESPECTABLE YOUTH into his Family as a Pupil, wh o*e comforts and mo als will be strictly attended to. Premium, 150 Guineas. Apply to J. Shepard, Esq. Solicitor, Usk. All letters to be post paid. rpHE UNDERSIGNED PROPRIETORS of IRON ( WORKS and COLLIERIES, and others, con- nected with the TRADE of MERTHYR TIDVIL, re- quest the ATTENDANCE of all Persons interested in the Mineral and other property of the valleys of the Taff, Rhondda, Cynon, Bargoed, and other adjacent places, and in the Trade of the town of Merthyr Tidvil, and Port of Cardiff, at the CASTLE INN, MERTHYR TIDVIL, on MON DAY, the 12th instant, at One o'Clock, to take into consideration the present inadequate state of the com- munication between the said places and the said port of Cardiff, and the propriety of adopting measures for the improvement of such communication. ROBERT BEAUMONT, WALTER COFFIN, J. J. GUEST, T. 11. GUEST. ITICIT \RD HILL. D. W. J VMES, WILLIAM JONES. NOTICE. THE CREDITORS OF JOHN WOOD, late of the Town of CA !DIFF, in the County of Glamor- gan. BANKER, DE \LER, and CIIAPM N, against whom a Commission of Bankruptcy was issued in the month of September, 1823, ARE REQUESTED TO MEET THE ASSIGNEES of the Estate and Effects of the said Bankrupt, at the ANGKL INN, in the Town of CARDIFF aforesaid, on MONDAY, the Sixteenth day of NOVEM- BER. next, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon to receive the Report of the said Assignee, to receive the Bills of Costa and Accounts, delivered by Messrs Bassett, and to make such Order as may then he thought tit for the Settlement thereof; as also for the Sale of such parts of the said Bankrupt's Estate as now remain unsold, and for other general purposes. Dated Third day of Ocfober, 1835. WITNESS, DAVID HOPKINS THOMAS 1JALTON, GRIFFITH LLOYD. Attorney, Cardiff. NOTICE. I^HE DEBTORS TO THE ESTATE OF WIL- LIAM MORGAN, GROCER AND SHOPKEEPER, late of HIGH STREET, MERTHYR TYDFIL, are here- by requested to take notice, that L NLKSS lHt> KES- PECTIVE AMOUNTS, DUE FROM THEM to the said Estate, BE PAID into my Office, on or before MONDAV the 19th day of OCTOBER instant, Law Proceedings will be commenced against each defaulter for the recovery thereof, without further notice. And all debtors to the said Estate are hereby further required to take notice, that if they pay the debts, due from them to the said Estate, or any part thereof, to any other person than to me, the undersigned, they will be called upon for pay- ment of the same over again. D. KAYES, Solicitor to the Assignees. Merthyr Tydfil, 6th Oct., 1S35. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, TBAT THE PART- NERSHIP. lately sub.isting RYDER WAKEMAN & RICHARD WOODI HORPb, of the town of CRICKHOWELL, in the County ot Brecon, Surgeons, Apothecaries, and Accoucheurs, was THIS DAY DISSOLVED, by 11111111al consent. All persons who stand indebted to the late firm of Wakeman and Woodthorpe," are requested forthwith to pay the amount of their respective debts to the said Mr Wakeman, by whom alone the Practice will in future be carried on and who will also pay all Debts con- tracted by him on account of the said Partnership. 25th July, 1835. Mr Wakeman has a vacancy for a young Gentleman as an Articled Pupil. MONMOUTH RACES L "jfIBJrnJ}i rnÆ\[n WILL TAKE PLACE ON TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY next, October 13 and 14. THERE will be a BALL at the BFAI'FORT ARMS, on the First night •, an ORDINARY, the First day, at the K I N(;'S HEAD; and the Second day, at the BEAUFORT ARMS. ( JOHN F. VUJGIIAV, Stewards, JOHN E. W. ROLLS. THE SCHOONER H. FAIRCLOUGH, MASTER, Is now Loading at COTTON'S WHARF, Too!ey Street London, For Cardiff, Newport, Merthyr, A bergavenny, Brecon, Monmouth, Pontypool, Cowbridge, Bridgendt and places adjacent, Aud will positively sail on TUESDAY, the 27th of OCTOBER, 1835. For Freight, &c. apply to the Master, on Board; Mr R. B urtnii,.i tin -Ne %port MrThomas Richards,Abergavenny, Messrs Winstone, Prosscr, and CII. Brecon Mr Smith, the Wharfinger) London or to Mr Fairclougb, Agent to the Cardiff and London Shipping Company, at Cardiff. LONDON, OCTOBER 9, IS35. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES. London, Friday, October 2, 1835. r u x • RANKRUPTS. Joseph Nightingale, Oxford Street, victualler. Samuel Gartley Goldeu Lane, St. Lukes, licensed vic- tualler. Robert Taylerson, South Shields, Durham, shipowner. Thomas Tempest, Leeds, grocer. William Finney, jun., Stoke upon Trent, Staffordshire, grocer. Henry Curzon Allport, Lansdowne Place, and Bread Street Hill, commission agent. London, Tuesday, Oct. 6. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, SEPT. 25 The K ng has been pleased to appoint George Houlton. Esq., Ens g of His Majesty's Guard of Yeomen of the Guard, in me room of William Conyngham Buiton, Esq. resigned. o RANKRUPTS. Rest Fenner and Stephen Hobson, London Street, Fenchurch Street, corn factorr. John Shayler, Blackmail Street, Southwark, draper. Richard Woods, Cambridge, builder. Thomas J'jylor, Steeple Aslitoii, Wiltshire,idealer. ill.am H histon, Birmingham, smelter. Thomas Hanesworth, sheffield, hatter. A HINT TO THE AGRICULTURAL PEASANTRY AD- VANTAGE OF DRINKING WATER. It is a great mistake to think that beer is necessary for a hard-working man. At the tune I write, there are a set of men employed in draining, by task work, iu Richmond Park, who are patterns of English labourers. Hard as they work from morning till night, and in all wea- thers, they seldom drink any beer. They boil a large kettle of coffee in their little bivouac, in the park, and drink it hot at their meals. This costs them but little but they do as hard a day's work upon it "as any labourers in England, and have continued to do so for three years past, under all the disadvantages arising from wet and cold to which a drainer is subject. A proof of this may be found in Captain Ross's recent voyage to the Arctic regions. He says, that on a journey attended with great difficulty and hardsmp, he was the only one of the party whose eyes were not inflamed, and he was the only one who did not drink grog. He was also the oldest person amongst them and, for the same reason, he bore fati^ue better t mn any of them. He adds, that he who will make the experiment on two equal boats' crews, rowing in a heavy sea, will soon be cot ivinced that the water drinkers will far outdo the others. >o better testi- mony to this is required than the exp<->rlC'|(:e of the men who work at the iron foundries. lat is t ie hardest work which falls to man J. do the labourers iu this department »a J cannot perform it if they drink even < and sole beverage during all the hours 01 heavy labour is water.—Jesse's Gleaning**
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C'OV Lit DA LE. W e dnre say tint our readers will tli-iiik us for an account of Miles Coverdale, the translator of the first complete version of the English Bible. We find it in a very interesting collection oftracts called Tcr- CClltaryTracts, being published to conwneniorate the completion of the third centenary from the print ing of the English Bible: — "Miles Coverdale was a native of Yorkshire, uhere he was born in 1487. In earlv life he was a zealous Papist, and became an Augustine monk. He entered into orders in lol4, but continued in the monastery of the Augustines at Cambridge, of which Dr. Barnes, afterwards martyr, was prior. About lo;26, the doc- trines of the Relorination began to influence manvat Cambridge. Serious persons resorted together lor conference sake, and attended the sermons of such preachers as were inclined to the Piotestant faith. Their meetings for edification were chiefly at a house called the White Horse, which was consequently nick- named "Germany' by their enemies, in allusion to the German Relorination. This house was conve- nient for the private access of students from several of the colleges. Coverdale and his superior, Dr. Barnes, were amongst the earliest who threw oil- the errors of Popery. From the recantation of Thomas Toplev, a Iriar, at Stoke Clare, in Suffolk, we find. Coverdale at Bumstead, in Essex, in 1528, where he declared openly against the mass, tue worship of images, and private confession, lie maintained that contrition for sin, between God and a man's own con- science, was enough, without confession to a priest. Tiiis was in conversation. Topley also states, that by Coverdale's preaching, his mind was drawn from the Romish doctrine of the sacrament. lie-also had heard Coverdale preach against images. Fox, the curate of Bumstead, seems to have been intimate with Cover- dale, and to have held simi'ar views. Coverdale appears very soon to have devoted himself to the important work of translating the Scriptures into the English language. He was on the Continent in 1530, where he had gone to escape the persecution then commenced. While tti(,rt,, lie assisted Tindal in his translation of the Pentateuch after the first copy had been lost. He continued to take part in the biblical labours of that reformer, and though Tindal fell a victim to the malice of his enemies, Coverdale pursued these studies till 1535, when the first complete translation of the English Bible appeared. It seems to have been printed at Zurich. By residing on the Continent, he was enabled to carry it through the press without interruption. He also had the assistance of the Lutheran divines, many of whom were well skilled in Hebrew, as well as tiie German translation. These helps he acknow- ledges in his preface, which is given in the following pages. Coverdale's version was dedicated to Henry VIII., and allowed by royal authority. The interest Cranmer took in these labours was very great, and has been related in all the accounts of his life. On the last page of this first edition of the English Bible is the following imprint:—'Prynted in the yeare of our Lord, M.D.XXXV., and fynished the fourth day of October.' "Lewis noties a passage in the dedication to King Henry VIll., which is varied iu different copies ol this edition, and from which it appears that a part of it at least was not sent forth till the middle of the year following. Lewis also states, Soon after the finishing of this Bible, were published by Lord Crom- well, Keeper of the Privy Seal, and Vicegerent to the King for and concerning all his jurisdictions ecclesias- tical within his realm, Injunctions to the clergy, by the authorite of the King's highnesse,' the seventh o"f which was as follows -That every person (parson) or proprietary of any parish churche within this real me, shall on this side the feast of St. Peter ad vincula, (August I,) nexte comming, prouide a boke of the whole Bible, both in Laten and also in English, and lay the same, in the quire for cverye man that will to lokeand reade thereon. And shall discourage no man from the reading any parte of the Bible, either in Latin or English, but rather comfort, exhort, and admonish every man to read the same as the very word of God, and the spiritual foode of manne's soul", whereby they may the better knowe their duties to God, to their soueraigne lord the King, and their neighbour; ever gentilly and charitably exhorting them, that, using a sober and a modest behavioure in the reading and inquisition of the true sense of the same, they doo in no wise stifly or eagerly contend or stryve one with another aboute the same, but referre the declaration of those places that be in controversie to the judgmente of them that be better learned.' Lewis adds, I l'ilis seems a confirmation of Coverdale's Bible being licensed by the King, since by this injunc- tion it is ordered to be had in churches, and there read by any that would, there being no other Bible in English at that time than this.' Fulk relates from Coverdale's own statement that Henry VIII. gave this translation to some of the bishops to peruse, who alleged there were faults therein, but admitted that no heresies were maintained. I I'tliere be no heresies,' said the King, 'let it go abroad among the people.' "In 1538, Coverdale was employed in France in superintending another edition of the English Scrip- tures, then printing at Paris, on account of the skill of the workmen, and the superiority of their materials. The attention of the Papists, however, was attracted to the work, and the lieutenant-crimiuel' was or- dered to seize the edition, consisting of 2,500 copies. The greater part were burned; some copies, however, escaped which had been so'd to a haberdasher. The types and workmen were then removed to London, and, in 153!), Crannier's, or tile great ttihl(- peared with the advantage of larther corrections from Coverdale. They were much assisted in these labours by the protection of Cromwell against the opposition of the prelates to the English translation of the Bible. "Coverdale maintained his ground during the checkered proceedings of the latter years of Henry VIII., and hesitated not to defend the memory of his former prior and friend, Dr. Barnes. He was almoner to Queen Catharine Parr, and assisted in the transla- tion of the paraphrase of Erasmus, carried forward under her influence. He wrote a preface to the Epis- tle to the Romans. "c preadled at the funeral of his pious Queen, in 1548, when he warned the people that the offerings then made were for the benefit of the poor and the honor of the not any- thing to ptofit the dead. He was also chaplain to King Edward VI. "In August, 1551, Coverdale was nominated to the see of Exeter, in the place of Veysey, a decided Ro- manist; to this he was presented on account of his knowledge of the Scriptures, and his unblemished character, lie had previously attended the King's commissioners, who were sent to quiet the distur- bances in the west of England, and he preached the public thanksgiving sermon on that occasion. He was then appointed coadjutor to the bishop, an office not uncommon in those days. At the intercession of Cranmer the payment of first fruits was remitted on account of his poverty. "V eysey also had much in- jured the revenues of the see. Coverdale exerted himself to promote the Re- formed religion in his diocess. His conduct was most exemplary. Like a true primitive bishop, he was a constant preacher, and much given to hospitality. He was sober and temperate in all things, holy and blameless, friendly to good men, liberal to the poor, courteous to all, void of pride, clothed with humility, abhorring covetousness and every vice. His house was like a little church, in which was exercised all virtue and godliness. He sufferred no one to abide under his roof who could not give some satisfactory account of his faith and hope, and whose life did not correspond with his profession. He preached con- stantly on Sundays, and lectured during the week in the churches of Exeter, but notwithstanding his charity, humility, and hospitality, the Papists strongly opposed his labours. "Immediately after Queen Mary came to the throne, Coverdale was deprived and imprisoned. He was confined with the other leading reformers, and signed with them the confession of faitn. During his imprisonment he wrote An Exhortation to the Cross, which is noticed by Strype. He therein says, Pray for us, for, God willing, we will not leave you; we will go before you. You shall see in us that we preached no lies, nor tales of tubs, but even the true word of God, for which we, by God's grace, and help of your prayers, will willingly and joyfully give our blood to be shed for confirmation of the same. "He exhorts the professors of the Gospel to be steadfast in their course. Like God s children let us go on forward apace; the wind is on our back. Hoist up the sails, lift up your hearts and hands unto God in prayer; and keep your anchor of faith to cast in time on the rock of God's word, and on his mercy in Christ, and I warrant you., I Ie also wrote a confu- tation of a sermon preached at Paul s-cross by Dr. Weston, in which that bigotted Romanist had called for people to pray for souls departed, who were neither in heaven nor hell, but in a place not yet suffi- ciently purged to come to heaven, in order that they might be relieved by the devout prayers of the con- gregation.' It was intended that he should suffer martyrdom, but he had become related by marriage to the <:haplaiii of the King of Denmark, who interfered in his behalf. His release being procured with some difficulty, not till 12 months after the first applwatlOn, and on condition of his leaving the kingdom, Coverdale went to Denmark, where the King wished him to remain, but this he declined, being unable to preach in that language. He then proceeded to Geneva, where he occupied himself partlyin preacliingand partly as a teacher. But labours connected with the English Queen Mary endeavoured to evade compliance with this request of the King of Denmark, by alleging that Coverdale was iu prison for a debt due to her by reason of his bishopric The King availed himself of this to urge his release as the more reasonable, inasmuch as he had cleared his accounts." Scriptures again claimed his attention: witll tile assistance of several follow exiles he set forth the English Bible, usually called the Geneva Ni-itil brief explanatory notes. His coadjutors in this work are said to have been Gilby, Goodman, Whittiugham, Cole, and Sampson, to whom some had Knox, Botl- leigh, and Pulfain. This verson is in some respects superior to our present translation; it passed through above 30 editionsduring the reign ol'Queen Elizabeth, nrtsUvsetforthbvtht-royatpriuters. It was sanc- tioned' by Archbishop Parker and Bishop Grindal, and continued to be very generally used in families during a great part of the 17th century. The first edition of the New Testament, Iwinted ill 1557, was the car: ipst j English translation in wnich the verse.* were numbered. On the accession of Queen Elizabeth Coverdale returned from the Continent. Experience had tended to make him anxious for a more thorough reformation from Popery titan was agreeable to many leading characters in Church and State at that period. lie, therefore, with Fox, Jewell, and others, regretted much the futile efforts made to conciliate the Papists, and was in consequence ranked among the moderate Non-conformists; thus for some time preferment was not offered to him. Coverdale's advanced age also unfitted him for resuming episcopal duties, but he preached repeatedly at Paul's-cross. Grindal being much attached to him, was uneasy at this neglect of one who, as he expressed it, 'was in Christ before them all, and now was left without support. The bishopric of Landaff appears to have been offered to Coverdale in consequence of this interference, but his age and infirmities, with the reasons above-mentioned, decided him against accepting it. Grindal then pre- sented him to the rectory of St. Magnus, London- bridge this his poverty prevented him from entering upon till the first fruits were forgiven. He wrote to Archbishop Parker, in January 1564, requesting him to favour his suit to the Queen for this benefit, urging the destitute condition in which he had been since his bishopric was violently taken from him. In affecting terms he notices that he was not likely long to enjoy this benefice, going upon my grave as they say, and not likely to live a year.' Soon after he wrote to Cecil for his interest to the same effect, adding, that if now poor old Miles might tilllS be provided for, he should think this enough,' to be as good as a feast. The Queen granted Coverdale's request. He lived till February, 1568. A short time before his death he resigned the Jiving, probably on the above account, but was allowed to continue officiating. His last hous were happy, and he departed at the age of 81. He was buried in the church of St. Bartholomew bv the Exchange, his remains being attended to the grave by a numerous and sorrowing concourse of citizens. "The writings of Coverdale are principally his ver- sions of the Scriptures, and translations of several tracts of Bullinger and other German reformers; among these a spiritual and precious Pearl,' by Wor- merius, is the most valuable. He also wrote a few English tracts. The preceding brief account of the first English translatorof the whole Bible will interest all who duly consider the vast results which have pro- ceeded from this labour, as a means for good, during the 300 years which have now elapsed since the com- pletion of the work, and that not only to England but to the world at Jalge.
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THE CHURCH COMMISSION. The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of St. Asaph have expressed their determination not to fill up two sinecure Rertories, now vacant in the diocese of St. Asaph, until the Ecclesiastical Commis- sioners have reported upon that important branch of their inquiry. J_he following are the official letters of Mr Murray, informing the Commissioners of this determination of the Right Rev. Prelates:— "CHURCH COMMISSION. 13, Great George-street, Sept. 18. I have this day received a letter from the Bishop of St. Asaph, intimating that the sinecure Rectory of Llanbrynmaur, in that diocese, and in his Lordship's patronage, has become vacant, and that it is not his intention to collate a successor until the Commis- sioners shall have made their next report. -I ]lave the honor to be, your obedient faithful servant, C. H. MURRAY, Secretary. "CHURCH COMMISSION". 13, Great. George-street, Sept. 19. I have this day received a communication from his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, that the sinecure Rectory of Kilkcn, in the diocese of St. Asaph, belonging to his Grace's option for this turn, is vacant and that it is his Grace's intention not to collate to this preferment till the determination of the Commissioners shall be known.—I have the honor to be, your faithful and obedient servant, C. H. MURRAY, Secretary."
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CKLKBRATION OF THE HEFORMATION.- Ys- terday being the tricentenary celebration of the Reformation, as dated from the publication by Royal Authority of the first English translation of the whole Bible by Myles Coverdale, the cle gy of the established church availed themselves in the London pulpits of the opportunity of impressing upon their congregations the importance of that event, and the necessity of vigilance at the pre- sent moment on the part of all Protestants to withstand the insidious efforts of those persons who are labouring to render that great emancipa- tion from ignorance and idolatry of no effect, and to re-establish the detestable superstitions ot Popery. In Westminster Abbey a most impressive discourse was delivered by the Rev. Mr Lupton. At the Chapel Royal the Rev. Dr. Bowles preached on the same subject. At the new St. Pancras Church, Euston-square, the Rev. Dr. Moore, the rector, made a very eloquent address to a more than usually numerous audience. In the Chapel of Ease to St. Pancras, in Regent-square, a^er" mon to the same effect was delivered by the Rev. Mr Gleadall. At St. Martin's-in-the-Fields the Rev. Mr Dukenfield, the Vicar, descanted with great eloquence on the blessings of the Reforma- tion, and at St. James's a sermon in reference to the same subject was delivered. Indeed, the sub- ject seems, very much to the credit of the clergy of the church of England, and very much to the edification of their parishioners, to have been almost universally taken up and universally anti- cipated.—Times, Monday KEEPING FAITH WITH HEP.ETIC.S.-TI)e Popisli doctrine on this head is very clearly expounded by that able Sovereign Charles V. of Spain. Speaking of the heretics in 0 Spain, his Majesty observed, If they do not condemn them to the fire, they will com- mit a great fault, as I did in permitting Luther to live. Though I spared him solely on the ground of the safe conduct I had sent him, and the promise I made at a time when I expected to suppress the heretics by other means, I confess nevertheless that I did wrong in this, because I was not bound to keep mv promise to that heretic, as he had otiended a mas- ter greater than I, even God himself. I was at liberty then, yea, I ought, to have forgotten my word, and avenged the injury he had done to God. If he had injured me only, I should have kept my promise faithful; but, in consequence of my not hav- ing taken his life, heresy continued to make progress, whereas his death, I am persuaded, would have stifled it in its birth."—Sandoral's Carlos V. p. 289 (as quoted by M'Crie.) Colonel Kemyss. of the 40th regiment, was remarkable for the studied pomposity of his diction.— One day, observing that a careless man in the ranks had a particularly dirty face, which appeared not to have been washed for a twelvemonth, lie was exceed- ingly indignant at so gross a violation of military pro- priety." "Take him." said he to the corporal, who was an Irishman. take the man, and lave him in the waters of the Guadiana." After some time the cor- poral returned. "What have you done with the man I sent with you ?" inquired the colonel. Up flew the corporal's right hand across the peak of the cap- Sure an't plaise y'r hoiinur, and did'nt y'r honnur tell me to lave him in the river ? and sure enough I left him in the river, and there he is now, according to y'r honour's orders." The bystanders, and even the colonel himself, could hardly repress a smile at the facetious mistake of the honest corporal, who looked innocence itself, and wondered what there could be to laugh at. In Jersey, within the memory of man, the corn was never harvested in better condition, and but very rarely so good as this year. On all the best and most highly cultivated land, an unprecedented quan- tity of straw must be beat over to produce a bushel of wheat. We are aware there are some exceptions as to yield, owing to a cold bad soil, or to bad management, in either case causing the crop to be too weak to be lodged in those cases a fair quantity may be produced from a given portion, of straw, and of good quality; but this forms the exception, and not the rule. The worst farmers will this season be able to produce by far the heaviest and best samples of wheat—perhaps the aggregate produce may not prove below an average; yet we are not to expect anything like the product of the last two years— especially the crop of 1833, or, if we do, we shall certainly be disappointed. As it respects the former of these years, we will venture to say that so great a bulk of flour was never produced in England in any one year since the creation as that of 1S33 this may be deemed a bold assertion, but we are confident it can be proved.—Jersey Argus. TITHES IN TIPPEKAUY.— Lord Stanley has re- turned from a visit to his estates inTipperary, where a formidable resistance to the payment of tithes to the Rev. Mr Coote had been organised. It is stated that is Lordship has taken up the subject warmly, and has expressed his determination to have the claims of the incumbent duly satisfied.
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ACCOUNT OF F1ESCHI. 0 i (From the Insidaire Erancais de Bastia, Corsiclt the 16th instant.) I The register of the birth of Fiescbi, after search, has been found. It appears that the re?M* of the municipality, about the period of the Fiescbi, are lost; in consequenee of which the rei; kept by the curate of Murato were resorted which the followihg was found:— Jf "In the year 1790, on Friday, the 13th of ber, I baptised a boy, born of the legitimate ni^ of Louis and Marie Lucie de Pomenti, to whi^ they gave the name of Joseph. "LUCCIARDI, Car**J Fieschi had two brothers; one Thomas, sur"* j# Mistone, was killed in the battle of Wagram- J, courage there is spoken of in high terms. The S Antoine, dumb from his birth, is residing Murato, where he is respected for his superior and his attention to his aged mother. When the m of tile event of the 28th of July arrived at 51* his neighbours endeavoured to make him compre jfljl the sad part his brother had taken in the cve" drama on the Boulevards du Temple, and the responsibility which hung over his head. lie 109 pressed great regret when the whole case was known to him, and particularly for the persons were so promiscuously sacrificed by the effects o' A infernal machine. As until the register of his 1 was found, nothing was known as to where he ''■f | fram or where he was born, he was denominate 1 "Abettacci," a term often applied by the ,01 bitants of Murato to persons who keep up n0 i nexion with their friends and relatives. It .y, J proved that Fieschi had not any real P1"0^ of I Persons in Bastia who do not maintain a houS1, have not some small property nro treated hy ttlC ^0 habitants witli great contempt. Fieschi was I"1 throughout Corsica by the nickname ofPettiscbC"
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Wednesday se'nnight the estate of Knock Kirkcudbright, was sold at Edinburgh, to the &r Selkirk, for £ 28,550.—Scotch Paper. It is Prince Constantine Lieven who degraded from his rank in the army, and banished, 'I' having deserted to the Poles, while occupying WArs3 I —Morning Paper. RELICS OF THE PROTECTORATE.—Some ancient relics were discovered a few days ago bottom of a hill near Bristol. A pit was dug the site whrt-e, in 1645, was erected Prior's Hill which was one of the tortifiea tions raised against1 Protector's army, under Fairfax, who was the" sieging Bristol. A number of bullets were fajjJ I and several small measures, which are supposed nave been used for tiie purpose of charging with a particular quantity of shot. The relics stated to have excited considerable competition Bristol. THE POST OFFICE.-Applieation having bcoo made to the Earl of Lichfield, Postmaster Generll to know whether letters can be forwarded by stelll, vessels to ports in Ireland on the same terms those now transmitted by steam ships to Scolla0 | the following answer was received:— j G 'iieral Post Oliice, Sept. 24, j Sir, —I have leceived the commands of my Lord Postmaster General, to acknowledge the receipt of I letter of the 23d inst and to acqm-i it you that may be sent hy private ships to aud f oin Great Brit*1 and Ireland, and are liable to a sea postage of eightpe11^' over and above any inland rate, the previous of which is optional with the sender. I am, Sir, your obedient humble servant, I F. FREELING, Secretary-' A letter from Talcahuana (Chili) dated the 20th of May, contains the following An event, to as unfortunate as extraordinary, has plunged U3 1\1 b consternation. A most fearful vibration of the earthi has ingulfed under our eyes almost the whole of tl town, and a part of the inhabitants. The sea, in tbL4 terrible moment, rose 24 toises in height." A GALLANT Fox CHASF.On Friday 1:te the Glansevin hounds unkennelled a fine old dog fo near the house, when he made off for the Kilg^y" plantations, and on by the village of Mothvey to Vanfaeh, when the dogs came to a check, which soon recovered. The hounds were laid 011 close the brush in high style, when the fox was repeatedly tallied he then tried for the open country, for L-or Camden's coverts, but being hardly pressed he WIf obliged to change his course, and took to the valley. and from there tried to make for a strong earth caUëd Craigyrwyddon, where he was again foiled, and ran back to the valley in view of the sportsmen. fie then tried Mountfrey mountain, near Llandovery* but failing in his attempt, he ran the high road fot three miles, where he was lost for a few minutes; however, by a skilful cast, he was recovered, a made again for the road passing over a stone bridgo near the Village of Troedyrhiw, to a farm house called Garnfady, where he endeavoured to secrete the garden, and from thence through the rick-yard into the barn, where he was run into, after a brilii-tilt chase of upwards of three liours.-Carnia-rthen Jour nal, Oct. 2. BORROWING.—"Mymarin wants to know if your marm will lend my marm your marm's pickaxe to make our hog a hencoop ?" Oh, certainly; and when you go home, just ask your mother if she'll kind enough to lend us a keg of that firkin of butter she bought to-day, that's a nice little man; and just clean us a mess of them pouts and eels that youf father caught this afternoon, and bring them doWf with t;»e butter, my dear, and I'll certainly give yott the first bright cent that I find in the ashes." I gu6Sf, on the whole," said tilei v, we shan't want that pickaxe of yourn."—Dedkurj Patriot ( American paper.) TURKISH WIT.—Nass-red-dvn, the Turkish ESOP, wishing to propitiate the conquering Tnmarlane, prO" posed,to carry him some fruit. Ilold," said Ie, "two heads are better than one; I will ask my wifo whether I had better carry quinces or figs." His wiA" replied, Quinces will please him best, because thef are larger and finer." However useful the Ildviceo others may be," rejoined Nass-red-dyn, it is never well to follow that of a woman; I am determined to take figs." When he arrived in the camp, amused himself by throwing the figs at his bald head* At every blow Nass-red-dvn exclaimed, "God b" praised." Tamerlane inquired what he meant. ".1 am thanking God that I did not follow my wifes advice," replied Nass-red-dyn, "for if I had brought Quinces instead of figs, I should certainly have broken head." Pt)mpLii.-Tlie world may soon expect a more elaborate and accurate nccount of the remaius ot POlllpeii than any which has hitherto appealed, a* the French Government has now an architect taking plans and drawings of every street of the unveiled city, which are to be engraved, accompanied by suit- able letter press.Ilanx Sun.