The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

THE HONORABLE AND LOYAL SOCIETY OF ANCIENT BRITONS, (From our own Correspondent.) The 122tid Anniversary Festival of the above So- ciety was celebrated in the Freemason's Hall, London, on St. David's Day, Tuesday, the 1st March. His Grace the Duke of Newcastle was President of the day, and was supported on the right by the Bishops of Exeter and St. Asaph, the Honorable L'oyd Mostyn, Mr Bailey, M.P. Col. Powell, M.P. Col. Parry Jones, M.P. &c. &c.; and on the Jeft by the Bishop of Llandaff, Lords Kenyon and Clive, the Right Hon. C. W. W.,Wytln, Mr G. R. Trevor, M.P. and others. Dr. Griffiths, the Chanlain to the Insti- tution, occupied the Vice-chair. The Noble President and his supporters arrived at a few minutes after six o'clock, when a most respectable company, consisting of upwards of 200, sat down to a most excellent dinner. The cloth having been withdrawn, Non Nobis 1. amine" was sung in splendid style by Messrs Bellamy, Col Iyer, Fitzwilliam, Parry, and Parry, jun. Tile ISoBLE CHAIRMAN (whose coat was adorned with a splendid representation of the distinctive Welsh badge) rose and said—-Gentlemen, I have always un- derstood the Welsh to be true, faithful, and loyal to their Sovereign. (Cheers.) I am about to propose fhe health of our Most Gracious King, (cheers,) and in doing so, the grateful task is imposed on me of 1. .LL I ir I- stating tnat I uaa the honor of receiving from his Majesty, for the use of the Charity, 100 guineas. (Loud cheering.) The toast was drunk with three times three. Air, by the professional gentlemen, "God save the King," with applause. His GRACE again rose and said-Gentlemen, putting aside fill other considerations, I am sure I have only to mention the name of our Gracious Queen (cheers) to excite your warmest feeling. (Cheers.) I see I was not mistaken, and therefore will say no more than that her Majesty has been graciously pleased to trans- mit to me her subscription oft25. (Cheers.) Drunk with three times three, and applause for some time. Air, "Our King and Queen." (Great applause.) The NOBLE CHAIRMAN I arise, gentlemen, to propose the health of the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria. (Cheering for some minutes.) Gentlemen, I do not think it at all strange, but it is very gratifying, to witness such a demonstration of feeling towards our future Queen. (Cheers.) I have to announce that I have had transmitted to me £50 as the donation of the Royal Mother and Daughter. (Ciieers.) The toast was drunk amidst thunders of applause, which was kept up for several minutes. Air, "A Grand Druidical Chorus, on thp hmdinc of the Romans in Britain." ° The rest of the Royal Family" was then drunk with applause. His GRACE Gentlemen, neither in ancient or modern times has there been any people more de- servedly distinguished than the Welsh. (Cheers.) None have ever contributed more to the honor of the' country than the Cambrians. I now give you the Army and avy," to the success of which tiiev have so nobly contributed. (Cheers.) Drunk with ap- plause. Air, Band, Rule Britannia." His GRACE again rose—Before proposing the next toast he trusted they would allow him to allude to what was a special characteristic of the Welsh viz. a strong love of country, a nationalitv-thev were, perhaps, synonimous terms; but there existed A strong feehug in the breast of every Welshman towards the Principality. (Cheers.) It was that feelin<- which induced them to do many deeds of patriotism, and to endeavour to preserve their native character and in- stitutions. It was that feeling which had induced the founders to found the Charity for the support of which they had then met (cheers) to celebrate, for the 122nd time, and in which every one must take a high interest. Such being the case, he would appeal to those feelings by proposing for a t!D:LSt, The Principality of Wales." iii-titik with tliree tiinestlirce and great ipplatise. Air by Mr Parry jun. The Maid of Llangollen." Sung in most beautiful style, encored and most Joudly applauded. The band struck up a march, and the children of the Welsh Charity School were introduced and marched round the room by the Stewards. There were 150 bovs and 50 girls. Their clean, neat appearance and modest behaviour elicited much applause. A selec- tion of them was made to the number of about 20, who were drawn up on the platform, where they sung the following ode, which was written for the occasion, by Mrs. Cornwall B. Wilson, in very excellent time and tune. Adapted to a Welsh Air, The Exile of Cambria," by Mr Parry. Pis "iir festival (hy; and, around your gay board, Once more we assemble, our thanks to record As yon cheer with your presence, and fostering care, Those scions of Cambria vouv'e snatch'd frotri despair. GIRLiI Utlinngh 'nd 1 this scene of winch Welshmen are proud, One mournful regret must our happiness cioud:• Yet the lcar, that best speaks how each heari is bereft, ar I I Shall to gratitude turn, for the friends who are left. BOYS. To the land of our fathers a strange-.r has cone t in its rock-girdled valleys has chosen his home; And amid her true friends deigns this day to appear, To prove that her child ren to him are most dear. ALL. Thus while the cup circle*, 'mid sympathies bland, That unite mirth and mercy, in heart and in hand, Our voices shall bless the kind PATRON who throws The sh icld of his hounty 't, iy-t us and our woes The NOBLE CHAIRMAN said he felt shame for not attending the examination of the schools that day- it was his own loss, for he was sure he would have been highly gratified, especially after the scene which had just taken place. Every one must feel a very deep interest in what they had seen. Hetter ex- amples of female neatness, or manly deportment in boys, he had never seen. (Cheers.) Itwasasuretc-st that the school was conducted in the best possible manner, and oil the surest principles, and it was evident that great care was taken of the children. He was quite sure that every one present would drink with warmth and good feeling, Prosperity to the Welsh Charity School." Drunk with three times three and great applause. The NOBLE DLKE said Wales had produced many eminent and distinguished men, but not one more so than the gentleman whose health be was about to pro- pose. There was not any gentleman now alive more beloved or more honoured than he was. lie was, nn- fortunately, not then present; but only a severe infir- mity of health had prevented him from presenting himself bodily in the place where his heart was. He felt much, but he wanted words to exprecs his feelings —he would, then, at once give them the health of their distinguished countryman, Sir W m. Watkins Wynn. (Cneers.) Sir William had been president of, and a large contributor to, the schools for a period of 27 years -from the feeling he saw displayed, he need scarcely ask them to drink the toast standing, and with the honours. (Immense cheering.) Drunk with all the honours, "and a little more." Mr C. W. W. WYNN begged leave most heartily to thankthem, in his brothers name, for the warm and kind manner in which they had testified their feelings towards him. They had shewn that those feelings were as warm in his absence as in his presence. Tnougli labouring under bodi'.y infirmity, that would not have been sufficient to have induecd Sir William to deny himself the pleasure and gratification of being present had itnotbeenforaseveredomesticalffiction, he would most certainly have meet his fellow country- men and friends. Their Noble President had alluded to the feelings of loyalty to the Sovereign, which had always been the striking characteristic of Welshmen. (Cheers.) They, as Welshmen, had those feelings strong everywhere, but more especially in that So- ciety, which was instituted at the accession of the House of Urunswick to the throne of these realms. (Loud cheers.) It was founded on the accession of the present family, who had always shown to it the greatest liberality and kindness. They had shewn much warmth of feeling at the name of their country- man, his brother, sure he was they would shew no less warmth of feeling in welcoming anioivst them their Noble President, who for the first timAook his seat as a Welshman—(loud cheers)—and who wished to endear himself to Welshmen by entertaining to- wards, them feelings of the utmost liberality and kindness. (Cheers.) Lord CLIVE said, in consequence of what had just fallen from his Right Hon. Frieiid, lie beg-ged leave to propose to them the health of their Noble President. (Loud cheering.) lie knew no man more worthy of becoming a member of their Society, and he spoke with no slight knowledge of the Noble Duke. Eight and thirty years ago he had been honored with his acquain- tance at Eton School, when neither of tiieni were much Jarger than the interesting boys who had been before (Cheers.) Hcwasproudthathcwas enabled to honor the Noble lJuke atvliis advanced period of life. (Cheers.) Their country had not received a greater honor, in the accession of any one than in that of the Noble Duke at the head of the table, who would be in heart a true Welshman. (Cheers.) lie coiigrittulated the Society on having- now one true Briton more (great cheering), and he hoped he would long continue to rtfford it his fostering SUpport and protection. He was certain that if any one then present were only to go into the neighbour- •I'ding to the lamented death of La.Uy Harriett diiams Wynn. who was a most excellent friend to this charity t Uis Grace the Duke of Newcastle is now the pos- session of Havod (meaning the summer-place), the splendid tr.ausion and romantic domains of the late T. hncs, E-q. In the neighhourhood of the Devil's Bridge, Cardiganshire. Some idea of the extent of the planta- tions may be formed when we learn, that, from 1795 to lbOl, there were no less than two millions and sixty-five thousand trees planted. hood of Havod they would find that the Noble Duke was loved, and regarded as a native by those whom his kindness had melted. He had much pleasure in proposing The health of the Noble President of the day." (Drunk with all the honors and much applause.) The NOBLE CHAIRMAN regretted that he was to- tally unable to express the feelings which pressed upon him, in consequence of the kind manner in wiliell his health had been proposed by his Noble Friend, and the enthusiastic manner in which the company had received it. He would take the opportunity of thank- ing his Noble Friend for the kind allusions he had made to former days, and also for his testimony to the exertions he (the Duke) was making at Havod. He could not in adequate language express the feelings of regard he entertained towards Wales. (Loud cheers) Un former occasions, he bad resisted the solicitations made to him to take the Chair, not from any want of interest in the Charity, but because he would have been an unknown stranger and might have been called an intruder, and because he felt that he had done nothing to secure their good opinion. He did not mean to say that he had yet done much to deserve that, but he had served a sort of apprenticeship and shortly would be a good workman, (cheers,) and future acts would prove that he was as much inter- ested in the welfare of the Principality, and entertained as strong feelings in its favour as any native born. (Loud cheers.) He felt it difficult to express his feelings; but he had laid his whole mind towards bettering and improving the condition of the countr" -n -OJ and its poorer inhabitants. That part of the country had been most shamefully neglected by this country, and it was high time that something was done. If others would not do so, he would himself set an example, which, if followed, would lead to great improvement. There was great room for improve- ment in the condition of the poorer classes of their countrymen, and he hoped he would yet; see them, in his days, raised far above their present condition. (Cheers.) He had already met with many obstis, but they bad been overcome-he might meet with many more, but he promised them be would not be easily overcome. He was but a stranger, but he hoped he bad said enough to interest every one in the object he had in view and he trusted they would endeavour all in their power to raise their fellow- countrymen to a better condition than they were in at present. He was most thankful for their kindness, and he fondly hoped it would not be diminished when they met again; for he would not desist from doing all in his power to merit a continuance of it. (Cheers.) He drunk all their healths with the utmost cordiality. Mr H. B. Richards, of Carmarthen, a pupil of the Royal Academy of. Music, played the favourite Air of Merch Megan" with fine execution. He was much applauded. The NOBLE DUKE said he made an omission in his last address. He bad intended to allude to the state of the Church in Wales. He was of opinion that it would be a very great improvement, and would prove a vast benefit to the country, if the Patrons of Livings within the Principality were to insist upon full resi- dence. (Loud cheers.) A resident Clergyman in every parish would prove a greatblessing to the country (Cheers.) Non-residence seemed to him to be a great and crying evil. Whenever he had an opportunity, be would do all in his power to carry his plan into full effect, lie had taken the opportunity of stating his sentiments when he was about to propose the health of one of the bright luminaries of the Church the more especially too, as the toast did not require one word from him. He proposed, "Thanks to the Bishop of Exeter, for his sermon that morning." Drunk with all the honours. The BISIIOP of EXETER most heartily returned thanks to his Grace, for the extremely handsome man- ner in which his health had been proposed, and his most warm acknowledgments to the company for the flattering manner in whicn they had received the toast. Though no Welshman, he trusted he would be allowed to visit that room on future occasions, though he was not there in an official capacity. (Loud cheers.) He would net then detain them but he trusted they would allow him to thank them again, and he would in return drink, "May you enjoy the annual festivi- ties of tf is day." (Loud cheering). HIS GltACE then said, he was sure that from the good feeing to religion which he knew Welshmen to P°r?eSM' tlle-v woulcl with pleasure join him in drinking J he health of the other Bishops present." Drunk amidst very loud applause. The BISHOP of LLANDAFF said, the pleasing task of returning thanks had always fallen on him on these occasions, and therefore he wonld not repeat the so often told tale further than sincerely, in his own name, and on behalf of his brother of St. Asaph, to thank them for such an honor, and assuring them that their attachment to the best interests of the Principality. In consequence of what had fallen from the Noble Duke who presided, many might suppose it was intended as a sort of reflection. The DUKE disclaimed any such intention. Tiie BISHOP OF LLANDAFF was quite aware that there was no such intention on the part of his Grace but to some it might appear so, and therefore he would take the opportunity of saying that, in his own and in his brother's Diocese, there was scarcely a parish without a resident Clergyman. (Cheers-) He was of opinion that residence war for the interest of the Churfch, and, wherever it was priicti,-able, he insisted upon it. They had also done all in their power to do away with the grievance of pluralities. (Cheers.) Many of those present were not much in the habit of visiting the Principality when they did so, or were they to make onquiry of their friends on the subject, they would find that of late years much good had been done there in that way. (Cheers.) The BISHOP OF SR. ASAPH had a very few words to add to wh..t had falleu from his Rev. Brother. Last year he had attended the examination of the school, and was much gratified. They had all seen the air of health, of happiuess and of intelligence when in the rotim-tilat was a gratifying sight; but he was much pleased with the insight he obtained of the systen of education provi led for them. He had frequently attended such examinations, but never at one which was so badly attended in fact there were only six persons present. He knew that most of those present were much engaged in btisiiieag but if the day of examination was well known, some part of their families might attend. They would be highly gratified, and it was a great incentive to the children. Next time he visited he hoped to meet many more of those whom he hoped he might be allowed to call his countrymen. (Loud cheering.) The glee of the Church and King" then followed, and elicited immense applause. The three. Bishops then retired. The NOBLE CHAIRMAN said, he had then to propose the health of a very worthy Member for South Wales. All who knew him would drink his health with much pleasure. He had to propose, The health ofSir Charles Moigan." Drunk with three times three, Mr MORGAN (his son) returned thanks. Mr WOOD (son of the Treasurer) then read the list of subscriptions, amongst which were-the King, £105; the Queen, i'25 their noval Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria, 150 the Duke of New- c,,slic, XIOO Sir W. W. Wynn, [50; Mr C. W. Wynn, £ '10 10s., Sir H. Wynn, £ '5 j Lord Clive, £ '52 10s.; Sir C..Morgan, £ '50 j Mr Morgan, £ '50 Lord Ken^oti, £ '26 5s.; the Marquis of Anglcsea, £ '26 5s.; Col. Wood, E,21 Mr ft. Wood, £ 10; Mr G. K. Trevor, £ 20, the Bishop ot St. Asaph, £ 10 10> the Bishop of Pangor, £ 10 10s. F. F. Lewis, Esq. £ '26 5s.; Mr Joseph Bailey, £ 26 5s, &c, &c. The subscriptions and collection altogether ainotitited to fl.040 14s. All these announcements ex- cited great cheering, The NoBLt CHAIRMAN said, he considered himself unfortunate, as there were so many of their officers absent on his first serving. He begged to propoie, -6 Col. Wood, the Treasurer," of whose company they were deprived from the effects of an accident. Drunk with applause. Mr WOOD returned thanks for his father, who was necessarily absent in consequence of an accident lie met when last in Wales. He trusted the Meeting would bear with him for a few moments, while he gave a short history of the Society's affairs since 103!. when his father was appointed Treasurer. At 'hat time there were onl) 85 hoys and 35 girls in the school, and the Society was in debt. His father at once sold out stock to the amount of f2,000, and paid off all debts—he reduced the expenditure, and now in 1835, there were 100 boys and 50 girls ill the school, the 1.2 000 stock had been replaced and more added to it. (Cheers.) If they were supported as they had been that night, the charity wctujd become more useful still. The favourite Air of "St- David's Day' was then sung by Mr Fitzwilliam, who was encored. A new verse was introduced, written expressly for the occasion by Mr John Parry. As it was cminently successful and appropriate we insert it. It stands as the last verse but one. Of warlike days I'll sing no more, But turn to those of peace, For they our commerce will restore And charity increase. All, all around this festive board Deserve the world's applause, For here the Commons and the Lords Unite in one good cause. It was received with great approbation. The NOBtE DUKE prop(,s ed the health of the "Vice Presidents of the day, which was drunk with all the honors. MrFRANKLAND LEWIS, expressed his gratitude for the unlooked-for honour they had done him in drinking his health As Vice-President of the day, he could not Y, but recollect that nearly 30 years had passed by since he had served that office and on comparing his impressions on the past and the present occasion, he could not help calling to mind that the antient German nations were represented to have <deliberated en all matters first in their cups, and ag^in when they were sober. It was an analogous test that he applied to his own feelings, and he could say that, whether in the fervor of youth or in the approaching languor of age, his heart was filled equally with affection for his nativo land. He had listened with delight to the expressions of their newly adopted country- man-the Noble Duke in the chair, and he was sure there was no one present who did not echo back, with cordial sympathy, the wishes he had so strongly ex pressed for the improvement ^of the Principality.— Amongst those whom he had the honour to address, there, were many whose time and thoughts and exertions were occupied in the busy efforts of this money making Metropolis, But, in their momenta of ease aDd leisure, he was sure that they felt as he did, that the greatest of pleasures was to breathe the pure air of their own ru'ed mountainous land, and to apply all the means and exertion they could spare to its ornament and advance as --as, under any circumstance, a great satisfaction to have in the chanty which they were met to support, so appropriate an object of their natural benevolence; for as the children walked by he could not help feeling-that though, out of those who were present, all were able maintain a prosperous position, apart from the land of -their birth. Still that there must be numbers of their poorer countrymen who, tempted by the hope of profitable employment, resorted to London whose efforts might be unavailing—and whose children in any anforseen misfortune or difficulty, had lost the assistance of friends and relatives which they could have fallen back upon in their own homes—under such circumstan- ces all those who had the means were particularly called upon to exert themselves. The Institution was admi. rably contrived to supply the deficiency, and as far as possible to remedy the evil, which he was sure must be one of no unfrequent occurrence and he had pleasure in publicly avowing that he should think himself guilty of a dereliction of duty if he failed to attend these anni- versary meetings whenever it might be in his power to do so. The healths of The Stewards," It The Ladies," Dr Griffiths, the Chaplain of the Institution," and Of Lord Kenyon," were drunk with great applause. After which the NOBLE CHAIRMAN proposed the health of Lord Clive." y V Lord CLIVE thanked them for the truly Welsh man- ner in which they had toasted him. (Laughter.) He assured them that the more thev saw nf ih„ ¿'VUIC Chairman the better they would like him, and he waa certain the more the-Noble Duke knew of Welshmen, he would cherish them more. (Cheers.) The NOBLE DUKE said he was informed the Medical Officers Rave their attendance gratuitously. He proposed their healths in bumbers. Drunk with all the honours. Ihe NOBLE DUKE then proposed, Prosperity to the Charity," which being drunk most rapturously, he left the Chair and departed, accompanied by all who were at the upper table, amidst loud cheers. The Chair was then takeu by Mr Hewitt, and the con- viviality was kept up till a late hour.

A Correspondent informs us that he has seen, at a jeweller's shop, in London, our national emblem, the leek, beautifully formed in silver, pearls, and green foil, for the use of their Majesties on St. David s 81 +J' *• r w,th pleasure of this mark of Royal attention to the feelings of their Cambrian subjects and trust the example may be more universally fol- lowed than it has hitherto been by our nobility and gentry who can boast descent from, or consanguinity with, the true British Stock. consanguinity The MONMOUTHSHIRE HOUNDS will meet on I uesday March 8th at the Graig. Friday. llth at Crowfield* At half-past ten o'clock, each day. More than 30.000 bushels of grain have been shipped off from Haverfordwest for the supply of tho English markets during the last fortnight. The storehouses on the Quay are now full, in readiness to be sent off the next spring tides.-W clshman. PEMBROKE DOCK-Preparations are making for (launching the Harlequin, 16 gun brig, from the Qoyal Dock Yard, which is expected to take place in the course of the month of March. The Dido, an- other vessel of the same class, is in a state of great forwardness.-I bid. The Quarterly Journal of Agriculture which has now arrived at the character of the standard work on agriculture in the kingdom, and which richly deserves the high distinction among its contempora- ries, can be at all times recommended as a souurl adviser of judicious practice, and occasionally as in the present number, as a vehicle of topics oil gcnerat interest 111 connexion with agriculture. A retmsnect of the rustic labours of the late Sir John Sinclair cannot fail to exhibit this patriot in a favourable life Hi "hi' T1 t'!c,meed of Praise be withheld from the Hi bland and Agricultural Society, for their judi- cious efforts to collect into one focus the Geological knowledge of Scotland, which has hitherto lain scat- tered in obscurity.

kyit Before J. B. BIIUCE and W. THOMAS; Esqrs.) MARCH 4.—Tnoinas L'ovd was fined 5s. and costs for assau.ting Elizabeth Davies. Titnot.iy I'beophilus, David Edwards, and William Llewelyn, beer-jouse keepers, Aberdare, were tined 40s. each for keeping tneir bouses open on the morn- ing of Sunday last. Elias David, and Morgan Morgan, beer-house keepers, were warmed as to future regularity, and the casts of Thonns Williams, of lleol y felill, was postponed for further enquiry. Mary Morgan, widow, and William Addison, were discharged their houses being old licenses, and saving no persons during tue hours of divine service.

MomnoutiWtre. THE LATE BISHOP OK DURHAM The Right Reverend Wiiliatn Van Mildert, D.O., Count Palatine and Custos Rotulortim of t te Princi- palitv of Durham, was the son of a merchant of Dutch extraction, and born in London about the year 17^5. After receiving his education at Merchant Tailors' Schoo', he was removed to Queen's College, Oxford, where, in 17S7, he took the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and in 1790 that of Master of Arts. Soon after he had been ordained he became Rector of St. Marv- le-Bow In 1S04 lie delivered the Hod lean Lectures; which about two years afterwards he published, under tiie title of li The Progress of Infidelity." The ortho- doxy and learning which he displayed in this production procured him the preachersiiip at Lincoln's Inn, a sure stepping-stone to a bishoprick, with a living in Surrey, and the Regius Professorship at Oxford. In IS 13 he accumulated the degrees of B.D .and D.D., and about the same time obtained a Canonry of Christdmrch. In the following year he preached the Bampton Lec- tures,which he published in 1S1;>, under tiie title of An Inquiry into the General Principles of Ser pture Interpretation." In 1820 he was promoted to the Deanery of St. Paul's, and at the'satne time to the See of from w/iicit, in. 18-26, he was translated to that of Durham. lie was a profound s(-Iiol;tr, -,k good preacher, and a most ortnodox divine. He was greatly esteemed in private life for his amiable man- ners. Besides the w»rks already enumerated, Dr. Van Mildert published" A Sermon on tne Assassina- tion of Spencer Perceval," A Cnarge to the Clergy of Llandaff," and "TheSubstanceof a Speech delivered in 1825, on the removal of the Disabilities of the Roman Catholics." (From the Durham Advertiser.) As a theological writer, the latc Bishop of Dutham stands in the first class. I I is Boyle's Lectures are an excellent performance. They contain an his- torical view of the rise and progress of ilititIL-litv, witli a refutation of its principles and reasonings. In this work the bishop has displayed a vast cxtent of reading, and a singular judgment in the combinatiou, arrange- ment, and application of his materials. It wou!d be difficult to find a book of so learned a character, which is at the same time so well adapted for general use. j I he style is lively, perspicuous, and correct and the » hole work adapted in an eminent degree to defence and confirmation of the Gospel." His Bampton Lectures, as might be expected, are more of professional cast. The subject of them is all inquiry into the general principles of Scripture inter- pretation. This book ought to be in the hands of every one whose duty it is to expound tile word of God. His Life of lVatcrland is a model for compositors of that kind. Perhaps it might not be easy to find a work precisely of the same character. It is remark- able tcjat it was reserved for the Oxford Professoi to collect and arrange the works of that most eminent to Cambridge divine. Dr. Waterland died in the year 1740, and for 80 vears after his death no attempt was made to publish a complete edition of his works. At length in the year 1823 Bishop Van Mildert supp.ied this defect. ltt- i)ut forth an edition ot Waterland, in ten volumes, from the Oxford press, and he ren- dered his labour complete by prefixing a 'terly Review of the Life and Writings of the Author." To t.ie student in theology this book is .dispensable. It fills up a chasm in the history of the Church ol England. It s:,o,vs the of the I r.nitartan controversy from the death ol Bishop Bull, l70y, to the period of Waterland's death; and it will be found to guide the student with safety and delight through some of tiie most intricate departments of theological inquiry. It is indeed the prodnction of a master; solid, luminous, and comprehensive, of equal value to the ecclesiastical historian and to the diviuc. The two volumes of sermons preached at Lincoln's- inn,and published in 1831, are pernaps more gene- rally known in this diocese than the rest o," the Bishop's works. It can hardly be necessary to point out their excellence. The first six discourses, the 1 nth, Ilth, and l'2t;i, of the same volume: and the 11th, 12th, and 13tn of the second volume, are as fine specimens of sermons for a learned audience as tne English language can supply. There is also a single sermon, not included in these volumes, which is a composition of the higuest order, both in point of argument and style. It was preached at Bow Church, in the vear IS22, before the Society for the Propa- gation of the, ,opel in Foreign Parts. Anotaer short, but beautiful discourse, preacued in our dral at the Summer Assizes ol 1834, will be fresh in the memory of ail our readers. As a speaker in Parliament tne late Bishop deserves attention. Abstaining entirely from general politics, he was always ready lor debate when the credit or iu- terest of the church of England was at stake. In these efforts he was remarkably successlul. lie thoroughly understood the character and feeling of tai; House of Lords; and the uuaiiected refinement o his mind and manners was exactly suited to tneir taste, Tne. consequence was, that every word lie uttered was received with deference aiul attention. Those who most strenuous y opposed his arguments, revered his integrity add talent. All parties treated him with respect. On one occasion,when his voice was accidentlv more feeble than usual, the leading mem- bers of the House crowded round him, white he warned them, solemnly and firiiny, against disturbing those bulwarks which lie, deemed essential to the preservation of the church. His style, whether in speaking or writing, was like bis character, remarkable for its simplicity. There was no laboured ornament; no rhetorical display; nothing which carried with it tne ail of affectation or preference. His taste was classical, his conceptions clear, and all his propositions were stated iu language which it was scarcely possible to misapprehend. To his unbounded caaritv, public and private, every corner of his diocese will hear its testimony. The university, established in this city, could hardiy have been formed without his munificent support. His private charities were supplied with promptitude and delicacy. Wnat he gave, he gave quickly; and his right hand knew not what his left hand did. Even those who were most in his confidence were continually surprised by discoveaing some lresli act of his bene ficence; and many of those acts, we believe, will not be known till tney receive their final "reeompenee at the resurrection of the just.' On the whole, it is very difficult to speak justly of this eminent person without seeming to incur the charge of flattery. The difficulty too is increased in this place, because the clergy and inhabitants of this diocese have seen the Bishop only in his decliuing years, and have consequently not had so fair an opportunity of estimating his real character. Those who did know him, really and intimatelv, will concur in the truth of all that has been here advanced. Not a word of flattery will they detect in this public tri- bute of affection. Our departed bishop was a man of no ordinary mould. Ilis understanding was vigorous and comprehensive, his learning accurate and deep, his apprehension quick, his temper highly sensitive, but generous, kind, and forgiving in the last degree. Perhaps no man overlived who could dismiss an angry emotion more readily from his mind. To forgive in- juiies was the habit of Iiis life; to resent them he was never known. In conversation he was lively and instructive, and not unfrequently playful; but, whenever graver mat- ters were introduced, his mind always rose in propor- tion to the subject, and he poured forth his store of knowledge and his manly sentiments with dignity and animation. Tlw bishop enjoyed at different periods of his life the confidence and esteem of some of the most dis- tinguished persons of his time, especially in the cleri- cal and legal professions. 1 |t. bad a laudable ambition to acquire the good opinion of good men, and he succeeded; but of popularity, in the common mean- ing of the word, lie was totally regardless. No hope of reward, no fear of censure, could ever induce him to deviate from that course wnieh he conceived it his dutv to maintain. Butafter all, the grand element of this fine charac- ter was a deep, habitual, and pervading sense of re- ligion. Tijis was the founùation-stone of the whole fabric; on no other principle, indeed, coukl such a ciiaracter have been formed. The labour of his life and the faculties bf his mind were steadily directed to the maintenance and vindication of Christian truth. •' This way he drew all his cares and studies." Thither all nis aspirations tended. lie has now" finished his course." It may be added, we hope, without pre- sumption, "he has kept th faith." i lenceforlh, as we devoutly believe, there is laid up for him a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righte- ous judge, shall give him at the last day." We hear there is but too much foundation for the report that Dr. Herbert Marsh, Bishop of Peterborough, is so dangerously ill that his life is despaired of,—Mvrtuny Payer,

iSiecoiisixtre. -♦ BRECON CONSERVATIVE SOCIETY. (From a Correspondent.) The new Conservative Club, at Brecon, dined toge- ther at tne George Inn, in that town, on the 1st of March, (St. David's Day.) ALDERMAV CnuRCH in the Chair, in the unavoid- able absence of t:ie Recorder, II uaH BOLD, Esq. The Meeting was highly respectable and numer- ous. After the usual loyal toasts, the Chairman drew the attention of the Meeting to the objects of the Society, in a very excellent speech, and then pro- posed, Prosperity to the Club," which was received with acclamation. Soon afterwards, the Chairman proposed the health of "John Jones, gsq." wiio had been that day elected as One of the assessors for the borougii, with three times three. In turning thanks—Mr Jones assured the Meet- ing that he had entreated those Burgesses who had nominated him, not to him, as it must be mani- fest to them that as tiie Radical party had chosen to adopt the extraordinary course they had done with respect to this election—it could not be pleasant to him to undertake the office. Still as he had been elected, and as it appeared to be the anxious wish of the Meeting tnat he should undertake the office, he would do so, tnougn reluctantly, being always anxious to contribute his humble services for the benefit of the town. During ins speech, Mr J ones described in a very humorous manner the three alternatives given to him under the Municipal Bill, to avoid the office. In the course of tlle evening, several other excel- lent speeches were delivered, but we cannot avoid noticing that ot John Powell, Esq., as evincing great ability, when he detailed the local working of the Municipal Bill in this town, under tiie influence of the partv who were now in power. The spirit sijewn at this Meeting proved, to de- monstration, that thougii the Conservative party had made a mistake in not canvassing for the Municipal appointments this year, their power and influence will on future occasions overcome the movements of their Poiiti al opponents. The ball a' the Castle otel. for the benefit of the Brecon Infirmary, was well attended, and went off with great eel ft t. THE ixu.viNEY IHON OIIKS. — A wealthy Company in London have purchased this valuable mineral property, and the shares will be £50 each, capital D £ 500,000. We observe the Lord Mayor, (Copeland) Aldermen Thompson, Pirie, &c. &c. among tile wealthv directors whose names have been published. Ihe scholars of the Collegiate School of Win- chester have subscribed for the purpose of presenting their head master, the Rev. Dr. D. Williams, LL.D., with a magnificent piece of plate, as a testimony of their gratitude and esteem. It consists of a splendid candelabrum of massive silver, containing branches for nine lights. Tiie pedestal is triangular. On one compartment is the inscription in Latin on the second is beautiful chased in has relief Telemachus ptesentiug offerings to Minerva, as the patroness of learning; and oil the third is emblazoned the corpo- rate arms of the ancient city of .Winchester. The execution of this splendid work has been confided to Messrs. Storr and Mortimer, of Hond-street, who have done it ample justice. It has been sent to Win- chester, and will very shortly be formally presented to the learned Doctor. cure sorry to learn that the venerable and learned Bishop of Salisbury, Dr. Burgess, is so ill that little nope is entertained of his recovery.—Morning Paper. i he jiishop of Elv, Dr Sparkes, is, we un- derstand, in a dangerous statp.-Ibid. ¡;¡n:co,\ FAIH, March 2—Altho i^b there vv-is but a small show of cattle, an evident advance in the market was observed.— Barrens and steers were in demand, and went off briskly. A great many fat cattle were likewise sold and upon the whole, it was considered a good fair. Good draught horses met a ready sale, and obtained higher prices than was expected. Hops appear steady. At the pig market to-day little business was done. Fat sheep are in demand.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, FEB.24.-A meeting of Doctors and Masters was held to-day, which was attended much more numerously than on the previous occasion and in which it was unauimollS¡!v ,J Viee-Chancellor should be petitioned to c.11. Con! vocation, for the purpose of addressing the Arch- bishops and Bishops, and requesting them to accept in future the telitimonials of the Margaret Professor, instead of those of the Regius Proressorof Divillity. Jpn nWO-U» of ,c,ou,rae> effectually silence Dr Hamp- den, as it would leave him without auditors Fur- ther measures are also designed.-[The Margaret Professor is Dr Godfrey Faussett, who married the eldest daughter of the late Thomas Bridgell, Esq. formerly of the Kymin. Glamorgansh r J.] OXFORD, Feb. 27.-This day, at an adjourned meeting of Doctors and Masters, it was stated by the Chairman (the Rev. Vaughan Thomas, B.D. of Corpus), that the Vice Chancellor had received the resolutions of the members of Convocation with fn» i!1?* and his intention of bring- ing them before the Heads of Houses at their meeting on Monday next. Thus things remain for H^arTnt' -,S Positively that several Heads have received letters from Ministers who are endeavouring to quash the proceedings.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES. London, Friday, February 26, 183Q. INSOLVENT William Bull, Wilsted Street chandler. Somcrs To*n> corn wir « • iCY SUPERSEDED. William Croston,iun.Toxteth Pai-t i- i BANKRUPTS L,VerP°o1' Painter. James Coltman, Wellclose Square p„- c- S G.„™ i„ ,h= E.„ „i„, Tuesday's Gazette). Regent Street, bookseller. William r&tchell and Samuel Clarke, Great Eastch..™ hemp and flax dealers. heaP> John Goudie, Liverpool, merchant. J'<hn Syinmons, Haverfordwest, draper co™S,s!nd J°hn SchoIcfiela' Mirfi'eld, Yorkshire, 1! London, Tuesday, March 1 DECLARATIONS OF IYSOLVEN-V With Will liien factor (partner Willi™, VV ,,1' of the same p'a<'c)- Williams, Bow Church Yard, linen factor „ BANKRUPTS. ja 2 Ut| Skinner Street, Snow Hill, tobacconist. Cochrane, Waterloo Place, bookseller. John B1-lirJeW J?meson' Bermondsey Wall, rope maker, •i inn nriddon, Liverpool, corn merchant. Edward Davies, Salford, Lancashire, victualler Thomas Floyd, Birmingham, victualler buteher.61 LuSC0'nbe' JUn" BroailhetaPston1 Devonshire, J ibil Mottershead, Liverpool, shipwright. Andrew and John Plank, Canterbury "wo'olstaplers. Henry Rigmaiden, Liverpool, wlflc' and spirit merchant. Benjamin Spalding Woodbr.dge,Suffolk,linen draper. Thornay Walsh, Bath, linen draper. William Ward, Mashorough, Yorkshire, publican.

BIRTHS. On Thursday the 25th ult. the lady of J. Lee Lee Eso M.P. of a son and heir. On the 25th ult. Mrs Gregory, of Bedford Square, of a son. MARitlED. On the 24th ult. by the Hon. and Rev Henry Yorke Robert C. L. Bevan, Esq. eldest son of David Kevan* fcsq, of Brlmont, Herts, to the Lady Agneta Yorke sister to the Earl of Hardwicke. On the 25th ult., at Bath Wick Church, by the Rev. Francis Smith, the Rev. Reginald Smith, Rector of West Stafford, Dorset, and son of Sir John Wyldbore Smith, Bart., of The Down House, to Emily Genevieve, youngest daughter of the late Henry Hanson Simpson, Esq., of Camden-Placo, Bath. DIED. At Leamington, Caroline Louisa, 5th daughter of the late Joseph Snow, Esq. of Banbury, and sister of Joseph. Snow, Esq. late of Lincolns luii Fields. On the 4th ult. at Naples, aged 59, Sir Wm. Gell, the celebrated Archæological writer. On the 23d January last. Robert, son of the Rev G. M. Maber, M-A, Rector of Merthyr Tydvil. He, with the Captain and eight of the crew, perished in the wreck of the Hardings, off Whitehaven, whose bodies were after- wards found and buried in Trinity Church Yard, in that town. On the 20th ult. at Abcrdedw in the county of Brecon the Rev. Charles John Bird, M.A. Curate of that parish. Last week, at Michaelston Super Ely, in his 100 year William Pranch, Farmer. He enjoyed the use of all c 'Ise of all his faculties, excepting sight, till within a short time of his death. At Cardiff, on Sunday last, Mr. John Thaekwell ium- aged 43 years. On Monday last at Heathfield Lod*e f no,, c in the 70th year of his age, Adiuta'nt[ n late of the 1st Royal Veteran Battalion Crooks> At Pinner Grove, in the 81 <i r t Milman, relict of the late Sir R a^e' At Cardiff, on Wedn.sdav 1o? u"' Bart" age, Hannah Jenkins, wife of I l' Te v year °^h.cr above place. For tht» 1 Jenkins, Printer, of the of the Baptist denomir^ lXyTS,'shJC WaS a n,ember her profession; uj i' "VC? an °j;nament to tabernacle, ,he f uV 486 frT her earthly regions of HeaL 'H «»°ved to the blissful loss to her v, u death will prove an irreparable lamented ^usband a»d two young children, and will be hnnrt K MANY friends, not only in the neighbour, hp t.t"roughout the Principality. Her remains wiU deposited in the burying ground at Hengoed, oa Monday next. On Sunday last at Monmouth, after a long and painful illness, in the 66th year of her age, Elizabeth, wife of Mr J, Furney, hatter.

that ihe prisoner broke info the house, I, d, a dwelling house, and that the prisoner •tit 6 'nl° 11 a '«?'onious intention. To con- ahllHe a burglary, it was no necessary that people ShOtild h:\ve barred their doors and windows, &e.; if a l',ey were closed in the ordinary manner,and "any person threw up the sash of a window that «. but not barred, it was force sufficient :o C0JJ«"u.e a burglary. 'e Jury returned a verdict of (iuilty. is Lordship directed sentence of Death to b •ent'r'*e(*' ^nt ,nt'matec' to l^e prisoner that the e°ce would be commuted for 'hat of transpor- 4L|nn'°r life. His Lordship commented, in a very Offe an<^ 'ee'm5 manner, upon the nature of the jn.nce °f which the prisoner had been found guilty, fit i ^°n necessity of inflicting severe punishme- Jj0|n syi'h Cases, as persons who went only into the jj. e m the night to comniii robberies, were, upon ng resisted. often in bleed to commit murder, in r t" escape detection, or from a determination Perpetrate the offence which they had designed S' illd,arah Jamel. an old woman, stated to be 63, was of 'or K'ealiii$r a quantity of coal, the property »al ^0' Morris, Bart, about ten pounds weighi, i,?0"e penny. r Vaujihan VVill'Hims conducted the prosecution. 'W ev'^e,,c wasT^dry brief. The prisoner said for |S'le a tP,arre' xv''h ol,e of the witnesses •om P'°secuto' (S"" John Morris), and thai he had 'll-i|| towaids her. The Jury returned a Verdict of Not Guilty. pr 18 Lordship observed to the prisoner that he l^e8u'"ed that the Jury discredited ihe evidence of xv'esses 'or lS*lr J°'in Morris; with that lie nothing to do. He would only advise her (ihe It!iOllt>,) to be careful for the future. a Catherine Dobey, Susanna Jlc.idam, and Aler- lte. ?!" Mildrum, -«eie placed at the bar, indicted for "Ig,iiiieteeii sovereigns, and two half sovereigns, I" property of Mary Slokes. he prosecutrix did not appear, and the prisoners 'e acqnine(jt for wa)ll evidence. 4)ls ls Lordship said that .Mary Stokes would have to Iq r "°t appeari-ijf, and advised t'ue prisoners very cautious lor the futime. of hlary Williams was indicted for uttering a piece counterfeit coin to John Jenkins, all ironmonger, rdltr, purporting to be a crowlI piece. Uj0 ,chard Lewis—is shopman to Uli Jenkins, iron- in °f Cardiff'. Beiweeu six and seven o'clock prjs e eveninuf ot the day named in the indictment, ltt)j-0ne''came into the shop, and asked for a boy's pr; e' Witness showed her one, price sixpence. PUr#0"er 8a'd, 'hat would do. She took out her n(jii?.e a,,d turned out a half'sovereign and a five l0S piece. She put the half sovereign back into 11/ PUrtoe, ithd pushed the five shilliug piece to wit- tho sounded the five shilling pieef, Wj. 1 'l sounded good, and gave her the change. t>t|4 "e8.8 Put ,he ^ve shilling piece into the till with t„ ,r B,'ver. There was no other five shilling piece e hI!. Witness went into the workshop, leaving <»u .V!" glies, a boy, in the shop. His master came ,0 him. Gave him ttic five shilling piece, which PursT*8 gave to the constable. It was a leather ) with asteel clasp., Witness saw the purse Th '>e^ore Mr Guest, die Magistrate. Prisoner, on being asked if she had any Olii 4tiolis to put to the witiies-, said that he had de- led at the prison that he could not say that she the persoti whogave him the five shilling piece. lhe ,e w''«ess, ou being asked if that were true, by »l,e ,udge, said that he did not know her then, as it \v. not her bonnet or shawl on. He now thought b^li* lhe prisoner, to the best of his belief, but his pg Was not so strong as to enable him to swear ^^en ^e prisoner put on her bonnet ^Oulri '°r '° 'OL>^ at 'ler' l',e" to n<>t be positive. The witness did not appear al all clear as to the prisoner's identity. fr0, ez Hu ghes proved that no one went to the till J, 11 the (title the last witness left the shop, till Mr j '"s, his master, went to it. ."Jenkins—Went info the shop on the ddy in To i.0n' a"^ found a bad crown-piece in the till, 'o Lewis Gave it to him. tit n reply to the prisoner, the witness stated that t'll was left unlocked. "Zubetil Wt'lIingfoll-ls a milliner, living at p4jp '• Prisoner came into iier shop to purchase a »»i, 0 children's socks. She chose a pair. She g«ve 3 it alf-crowti. Witiiess -ave her 2s. li,.i. ill e. Prisoner said she thought she had a six- ,lice, hut had not would witness have the good- ^iLt0 5iv.eher change? Mr Hopkins came in. ltj|hj"es8 had the half-crown in her hand. Air Hop- tijjj Wei>t out, and soon afterwards caiue back, and ^ifk-i'la' Pr'sol,er was custody. Witness went •u "°pkins to gaol. Saw ihe prisoner, who made **Ue'"Pt ^ke the bad half-crown from witness. Prlft'^88 ,fccog"ised her instantly. Is quite sure "Pr is the same person. 'he .8 Du uglas Donovan, shopman lo Mr Bird, t»ias "j'tioner, cf Cardiff—Saw the prisoner in his 8'loP 0,1 ''ie 23rd ot January. Prisoner J)i^ 1 sotnethiny:. Witness does not know what. Sq serve her. Prisoner tendered to witness YVj,elhi,,g like a five->liiilii'g-picce in payment. «oh"eSs bit it. The metal was soft. Returned it {i-4 0r- Pri-oner paid him with a hall-sovereign. C.he, change. Cannot say w hether he gave her »olleS|*Peiifes iii change or not. Is quite sure pri- j)1" thesame person. Evans—ls constable at Cardiff. Appre- bro^^e prisoner on the 23d January. Found a n leather purse with a steel clasp, a three- sovereign and some coppers. tw0 recollect if she bait any silver. She had "Hi -r ° soc'ts 'or children. Had half a crown fr0 j*Vss Wellington, and a five shilling piece a Ichard Lewis. y 'he prisoner—Does not recollect that he prj^ ^e'0r the Magistrate that he found on the hmj- ner a purse, a half soveteign, 2s. and three Vt?ence- Beina pressed by the Judge, who said ''On 'e ',a<^ so sworn for he had it in the deposi- 1'i,e l.he witness said he thought he did say so. u ^r'Soiier produced the money herse f. was a knife on the pri- Vr "ot a boy's knife, or a new one cr ICIiiiel Nlarks, a si versit)itli, said the half- q%vtl *oru a"t' C'own pieces were counterfeit, and not a farthing ^lie e '°cks were produced. Miss Wellington said •p^°"ld not swear to them. MiSs^Pr'soner said she did buy a pair of locks of Grijjj fcllington. She had received lSs. 6d. at the b"d n, III Cai-diffi the half-crown might have been "as never in Jenkins's shop. They 'hpyS several persons against her in Cardiff, but ^is<|U'^ not 'den,'fy her. lordship summed up, and observed that it 'lie ln Cessary to prove the guilty knowledge for Sunt' innocent person was open to suspicion ^rc: a jng bad money and ignorantly offering it TV | tion' &c-tfec' *e°On,i Ury returned a verdict of Guilty on the lint. '"tad KI"^S'1'P' 'n Pass'nS sentence, observed that to j? ^een lound guilty of uttering coin, knowing ,rlal counterfeit. She had had a patient w" l'te conclusion to which the Jury had ^°Urt B# an'elligent one. The sentence of the Jear as» 'hat the prisoner be imprisoned one ^°frpo.- kept lo hard labour, in fite House of tlon, Swansea. • fo)1 tif0?'6"4 Dal ton, 12 years of age, was indicted some articlas of wearing apparel, the Mary Btickland, and also some wearing r>l^e Property oi George Thomas. I • Miir R°ve cpifducted the case for the prosecution. 1,1 ,c^'an^ proved that she hung the articles ~(t0" °uf to dry, and that they were taken M P<i* es> vv'fe of a pawnbroker, proied that of°"er came '"her husband's shop to pledge ||je 'e articles, Witness questioned her. Slie ''ties e^"Sow" and apron belonged to her mother. *h* S'le susPt*ttel' 'hey had been lost, and t^et, 6 ",us' detain tier, us she had notice to that » "ani ,ess ^ut for an officer. Prisoner said |VaS Ma,y Thomas. She was given in cus- Tl,e l'le articles were given to a policeman, ''fifri 'L'r Produced the articles whith were ..T| This was the case for the crown. ld Hot ,r.lf"ne,r> '1l her defence, merely said that she His L Uke "'e things. She had no witnesses. e,l'i"nefl0"iship summed up very briefly, and the jury i A,r Htahverdict of G,iii'y- ert Jones said, there w as a second pro- ''il'rofiJ .Ut» >v''h his Lordship's sanction, he would a The in it. Cc°unt lrec°'"r'iend»'JHhe prisoner to mercy, on Hi. her years. ,sh'P ve'"y feelingly and impressively ad- S P'80"eri ul|d sentenced her to (j months Ujj,1* kep,'6'1'' 'e House of Correction, Cardiff, 'tary to hard labour, and the last 3 days to be ti ^'1/ u th*' AS,ir V' ^ar'es-—This case was put off to ihe 0,1 I)ayrnant of the costs of the day by 'riig i>ii| b.h her affa,nst Rlizab'ith flees, for the mur- ^he e "e {fraud jury returned a true Jolt $°Uceuhtient of her birth. '•'ere Mury Ann Smith, and Mary Thomp- Iti,^1" for h 'lv'C,,e^» 'he former foi uttering, and the "'eir possession,counterfeit coin, f!r Lva,r ''to be l'ase: lj 'c''ard X^PPeart'd to prosecute. caias, landlord of a public-house at I °vea that the prisoner, John bmith, cam* illlo hi", hou.e UII 1.I,I"d.1' f<» I ;,1., a.ul 10 kc' >V i the tile, followed hy the two women. Joho s.nith uttered t'ie half-crow », in pavnm i; for s-irn beer and said he had taken i! a ->u lic-tiou«e, in Cardiff, The prisoner, Joh i Smith, was searched. Some money WHS fonii't upon It.:n, but it was ;ill good. Wit-iess lo. k t e bad haif- ci*otii) aii(I t)iatkt-,l ii., The tW() 'lIIa'e !Jt"i"ollet-S were found at the L,,til) ikii-I Fiji, I)u,lli(.-Ilous(. t hey were i ik 'n up stairs, and witness told them he suspected they had money ahont them. They said they were willing to be Mir., Thompson made a motion a* if she wished to con- conceal something in her clothe^ Site two ha'f-crowna awav, and a piece of old ratr she threw under the bed. When she s'ood up another bad half-crown fell from her. They were takeii to Mr Homfray, a Magistrate. Searched John Smith again by the orders o( the Magistrate, and the temale prisoners. Nothing was lonlld. At the Lamb and Flag Mary Ann Smith handed to witness 36s. 6d. At iai (alher's house Mary Aon Smith lianded to him a bag containing bad half- crowns. Miry Ann Smiih said she had never seen John Smith. The prisoner Alary Ann Smith cross-examined the witness with extreme volubility. Her object seemed to be to fix thJ point that al! the money taken from her was good, and that the half-crowns Wi re changed by the witness. Elizabeth Thomas, wife of Kiehard Thomas, proved that the prisoner came to the house and offered a half-crown which she did not tike, and she give it to her hOsbaud. He g-ave another. Diniel Philips had them both. Michael Mirks, a silversmith, proved (he lia'f- crown and all the silver in the bag were bad, and of no value. The shillings were a:1 dilled 1817 the half-crowns all 1819, and appeared to lie made from the same die but one half-crown found oil John Smith, which was dated 1817, and the half- crown found upon Mary Ann Smith ful y corres- pond with that stated to have been f.iund ou John Smith. Tile prisoners titittle tit) deteiiee, exccptill Mary Ali,, Stilith, wtio repented what "heh.ld bef'JI'" ..aid. There was ,o character. Alter hearllg his Lordship's observations on the evidence, the Jury retllrned a verdict ofGuiltJ. Seiitellce-oiie Y('al*'s iniliri,(,iin)eiit itt the H,juse of Correction, Cardiff, with hard labour. Elizubeth Ree-3 was then indicted for concealing the birth ot hei chilj^ at L an.iilo Talybont, in this county. Mr W. James appeared on the part of the prose- cution, and C'illed Elizabeth Matthews, who stated, that prisoner was ill her service in July last, tlud had been so for '20 months. Belore July, had thought there was something peculiar ab >ut the prisoner—thought she s,,llieltlilil, was larger, and that she was pregnant. Witness asked the prisoner if itwere so. Sometimes prisoner said at other times she denied it. 0:1 the 19th of July, witness went into the prisoner's bed- chamber, and saw blood ou the clothes. Prisoner was in bed. Witness said she thought p risoner had had a miscarriage or a child. Prisoner said nothing. Witness told her husband, and searched on the bedraolll floor, and under the bpd. Found a child, iu a petticoat, under the side of lire hed. Cross-examined by AI|. Herbert Jones-TI.e pri- soner had borne a good character, and conducted herself with piopiie.y and decency, and, as far as she could say, with good t'eeiiiiw and liunallitv. Witness "never saw her i„ tvvo tempers." On the Saturday before her confinement, witness taxed tfit* prisoner with being in lhe fiUlli|y Wily Prisoner said she was not; but she did not deny and persit ill. it. The prisoupr cried. The liannel petticoat in which the child was belonged to witness. Witness cannot swear tliat the side of the bed was over it or not. She wa then so terrified that she cannot now sveak- that any thing was overitb sides the petticoat. liel ieves the prisoner was about 19 years of uge. Believes there was some one paying his addresses to her. Prisoner went to bed earlier than usual saying she was not well It was because the prisoner said she was not well that witness went upstairs. Witness never saw any baby linen, but there might have been some Prisoner never showed her any. Wit- never asked her. Prisoner's wages "ere £;3 1.4s. a-year. Thomas Mathews was called up stairs by his wife, on the ntglit of the 17th of July. Heard his wife say there was a child but did not see it, till lie saw ttie doctor exautitie it. Prisoner's father went for the doctor. Mrs Walters, midwife, and Ii snrgeon were called, the latter of whom deposed that he belived the child was born at its full time. It was not uncommon even for married women to miscalculate the timeal which their* children, particularly the first, would be born. Mr. H erbert Jones then proceeded to address the jury, ob,ening" that as this ease was one of mis- demeanour, the law allowed him to do so. Dariusr the course of his address which was ing-cninus and marked with much feeling for the unhappy girl, the learned counsel was much affected. His Lordship summed up in a very impartial manner, and the Jury after some deliberation re- turned a verdict of Not Gu lty. The prisoner was then arraigned upon the coroner's warrant lor the murder of her bastard child. The Jury instantly returned a verdict of Not Guilty. His Lordship said it was a very proper verdict in both cases; but cautioned the prisoner as to her future behaviour. Better order was maintained in the Court to-day (Thursday); but, unfortunately, the authorities seemed to have gone from one extreme to the other. The witnesses in the respective causes for trj ,| were refused entrance, and the Court were, in conse- quence, obliged lo wait. Those who attended on the part of the pre-s, in one instance, shared the same fate, and t!»e refusal was attended with un- necessary rudeness on the part ot the javelin men. Surely some distinction may be made between the very lowest orde s, who only desire to enter a Court of Justice to idle away time, and to disturb its of, Iii, proceedings, alld those who have a duty to perform there. #1'#1' In the House of Lords on t'ttesday, Lord Ellenborough presented Petitions against the Probate Clause in tile Ecdesiastieal Courts Bill, from Here- ford, Carmarthen, &c.—and tile Bishop of Llandaff 41;111101 petitions, to the same effect, from (.Llaii- dalf, Card ill", and Pontypool- HYMUM IN GO\VI-:K-LAND- less than three marriages are on the tapis in Gowcr-land—one, bet ween the fashionable son of a late actIve Monmouthshire Magistrate, and the very accomplished daughter of a wealthy County Member; another between the only son of an aboriginal Swansea family, and the heautifu I daughter of a late Ironmaster; and the third- not being so matured as tile two former, we leave our readers to guess the most suitiiiale affiance. The Great Western Itailway shares are at 23 premium, and steadily advancing. DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT ABEKDAKE.— On Monday morning last, two men, Daniel Williams and James ltees,wcrc instantaneously killed by an ex- plosion of foul air in Mr Crawshay's pit, at the east end of Hirwain Common. One of these (Daniel Williams) was solely ciiiployed in going down the pit every morning before the colliers, to ascertain the state of tile air-oit was his sole occupation—and yet he risked going on this occasion, without the safety lamp, and has paid the sad forfeit of his neglect! leaving a wife and two children. The other, waS an elderly man. The body of Daniel Williams was forced a con- siderable distance by the violence of the explosion, amongst the o:d workings, and was with difficulty found. Since writing the above, we have found that Daniel Thomas (not Daniel Wil Iiiiiis) bad tile safety lamp with him as usual. The other man was Edmund Jones, a native of Macnen, who was brought alive out of the pit, but only survived a quarter of an hour. He Ili-li left tiiigli broken: and several holes on his head. Daniel Thomas was married to a daughter of the late Lewis Thomas, boat-owner. The other was unmarried. FATAL (.»CCURUENCE. In our paper of the 6th instant, we noticed a "disgraceful affray" which took place in the Back-lane, in this town, between a mason, named John Da vies, and another man, whereby. Da vies received a blow with a stone on his forehead, whicu literally smashed it ill, -itid that the unfortunate indi- vidual was then in a very dangerous state. The poor fellow lingered until Saturday last, when death put a period to his sufferings. --On Monday, an inquest was held on the body before Charles Collins, Esq. and a respectable Jury; when it appeared that on the evening of Tuesday, the ad instant, t e wife of the deceased and a man named Henry Jones (a sailor) were quarrelling)' the deceased coming up at the time, he struck Jones. A fi^t ensued between the two men, but the deceased being the strongest, the other began throwing stones at him, wnieh were returned by the deceased, and they continued at this foolish and dangerous practice for some time, wnen one of the stones met the forehead of the deceased, and fractured his skull. After the examination of several witnesses and a patient investigation by the Coroner and Jury, a verdict of Manslaughter was returned against Henry Jones, who has absconded. -Cambrian.