The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

<Blainovgtm0fuce. Mr Wyndham Lewis, the Conservative represen- tative of Maidstone, has sent £300, and his lady has sent £300, as a Christmas present to the poor and necessitous inhabitants of the town.-Keniisli Gazette. The Rev. David Morgan, Curate of Llancarvan, has been presented by the Lord Chancellor, to the Vicarage of that parish: and the Rev. Evan Thomas, late Rector of Kilybebill, has been presented by the Earl of Jersey, to the Perpetual Curacy of Briton- ferry both vacant by the decease of the Rev. Edward Thomas. The Lord Chancellor has also appointed the Rev. William Thomas, Curate of Llandough, near Cowbridge, to the Rectory of Kilybebill, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Evan Thomas. We rejoice in recording the promotion of three most amiable and worthy Ministers. As zealous friends to the best interests of the work- men, we beg to call their earnest attention, as well as that of the public, to the Mechanics' Institution at Newbridge," the particulars of which will be found in our advertising columns. From press of business, we have only time to recommend it to the most favourable consideration of the workman's friend it is a subject in which we deeply sympathize, and shall have a few observations to make on the probable effects of it, in the next, or a very early publication. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT, LONDON.-Thursday, John Minter Hart, described as a solicitor, was indicted for forging and counterfeiting a bill of ex- change for -P500, with intent to defraud the Rev. Charles Herbert Jenner, of Wenvoe, Glamorganshire. Evidence similar to that given in our last was sone into. Mr Hume, the chemist, who had tried an experi- ment on the bill, was positive that an acid had been Used on the corner of it. Mr Curwood, for the prisoner, took two objections to the indictment. He contended that as the paper bore only the mere acceptance when it was first uttered, the indictment for uttering a "bill of ex- change" could not be sustained, and the Judge con- curred in this view, as the document was not then a perfect instrument. Mr Curwood next contended, that as Mr Jenner had given the prisoner an authority to draw for money, there was no forgery, but that it was merely a fraud on his employer, when the prisoner exceeded the sum. Mr Justice Littledale said he should have the opinion of the Judges on this latter point; but in the meantime directed the facts to go to the Jury.—Mr Clarkson referred for the meaning, of the term forgery to East's Pleas of the Crown," and submitted* that in this instance it was applying a true signature to a false deed or instrument, which, according to the authority, quoted, was deemed a forgery.—After considerable discussion, the Court said they would reserve the points for the consider- ation of the Judges. Mr Justice Littledale summed up. The questions be left for the consideration of the Jury were, first, as to the fact of Mr Jenner limiting the authority to have the bill filled up for £ 200, for if he did so confine it, it was his (Justice Littledale's) opinion that it was a false making of an instrument, and as such a forgery and secondly, whether or not the bill was drawn for X500, with an intention to defraud. The Jury, without any hesitation, found the pri- soner Guilty. NEATH PETTY SESSIONS, Dec. 16.-(Before H. J. Grant, F. Frederics and Howell Gwyn, Esqrs.) Thos, Griffiths, of tiie parish of Cadoxton juxta Nea'h, was fined ifl, including costs, for violently assaulting Evan Jenkins.—Wm. Richard, of the parish of Llangavelach, labourer, was convicted in the sum of .£2 9s., including costs, for using certain wires for the purpose of taking and killing game, &< John Williams, of the parish of Cadoxton juxta Neath, for assaulting David Jones,. was fined 10s. including costs. ,,#

FUNERALS. We were much delighted, a short time ago, at the extraordinary respect paid to the last remains of a fellow creature, at the church of Cadoxton juxta Neath. The procession was numerous beyond any- thing we had ever seen, and reached, with little inter- mission, from the church-yard gate to the Neath turnpike gate. We asked whose funeral it was, supposing it had been one of superior note, but found it to be that of a poor workman of the Abbey Works, to whom this extraordinary and afflicting tribute had been paid. On our return home, we accidentally Stumbled on the following remarks on funerals in other countries, from the pen of the elegant historian -of the Waldenses:- England sdew to be the only country, where the remains of the dead are consigned to their last home with becoming decency and feeling. In Popish coun- tries upon the continent, those who loved the deceased most dearly in life, are the first to abandon his remains. They confide to strangers the entire care of the funeral, :and hired followers, or confraternities, who take upon themeelvei this duty, are left to see it discharged. The consequence is, that nothing can be more thoroughly disgusting than a funeral ceremony. At ifirst the, body is fantastically decorated, and dressed, :and placed upon a gorgeous bier; in this state it is borne through the streets, with the head nodding to the motion of the bearers, in hideous inanity. A frightful-looking procession of men, covered from head to foot by a/ drops worn only upon these occa- sions, accompanies L, bier. Each member of the •fraternity, who loo^as^e like a demon, guarding his iprey, than a humate^ourner over the dead, walks 'With a torch, or tapeJ his hand, with a peaked cap upon his head, cover* his whole face, and provided 'With two eye-holes, that he may see his way. A few Priests'march before, yelling out a death-chaunt with indifference that is even more offensive than its dis- leoi-d. The procession arrives at the place of burial, which in cities, is generally a vault within the church, while without the walls is a succession of caverns, each of which is appropriated to its particular day ot the year; and in this vault or cavern the dead are de- posited, not with decorum and tenderness, but in a way that shews all the previous ceremonies of deco- ration and attendance to have been but mockery. The body is cast naked into the charnel-house, and tumbled among the deceased of the day with total disregard to decency. I looked into one of these horri- ble caverns at Naples, and saw men, women, and chil- dren, young and old, heaped together, and upon one another, in one shocking mass of corruption." LIST OF BISHOPS OF LLANDAFF FROM THE RESTORATION TO THE PRESENT TIME. Consec. 1. Hugh Lloyd 1660. 2. Francis Davies. 1667. 3. William Lloyd 1675. 4. William Beaw 1679. 5. John Tyler 1707. 6. RobertClavering 1724. 7. John Harris. 1729. S. Mathias Mawson 1738. 9- John Gilbert 1740. 10. Edmund Cresset. 1749. 11. Richard Newcombe 1755. 12 John tiwer I76I. 13. Jonathan Shipley 1769 14. Shute Barrington 1769. 15. Richard Watson 1782. 16. Herbert Marsh 1816. 17. William Van Mildert 1819. 18. Charles R. Sumner 1826. 19. Edward Copleiton 1828. St David's in our next. ,# The hull of the Intrepid, whose loss we recorded last week, was thrown up, on Saturday last, on the beach under Dunraven Castle, not irreparable, until the ferocious inhabitants of the neighbouring villages fell upon her with savage glee, and with hatchets, ripped her up and robbed her of every thing valuable, with the exception of five casks of palm oil, which the "Preventive Officers from Porth Cawl arrived in time to save. We regret to state that the farmers were the leaders of the ruffians, who even sent down their carts to carry off the booty and such is the de- moralized state of Society in the neighbourhood, that the lawless band almost defy the authorities, and the poor shipwrecked sailor is obliged to submit to his fate, and be plundered of every thing he once pos- sessed. ACCUMULATED AFFLICTION.-On Sunday last, Mr D. Davies, of Llantwit, (the sad bereavement in whose family was recorded in our last paper) lost another child, aged five years! Out of eight children only three remain. The whole neighbourhood deeply sympathize in his heavy calamity. THE LANBLETHIAN HOUNDS WILL MEET, Monday, Dec. 26th Black Hall. Wednesday, 28th Landow. tfriday, 30th Ystradowen. At half past tgn. COMMITTED TO CARDIFF GAOL AND HOUSE OF CORRECTION.—December 12, 1836, David Harris, by C. C. Williams, Esq. and T. Stacey, Clerk, for un- lawfully assaulting Thomas Matthews, of Cardiff. Two calendar months, or pay tl 15s.—December 20tb, William Wakefield, by Walter Coffin, Esq., charged with having feloniously stolen one coat, one waistcoat, and one pair of shoes, of the goods and chattels of Thomas Jones, of Bridgend. .ø"'o#

MERTHYR. (RON TRADE,-In this and the last week 22 furnaces have been blown out in the iron works of this district. The number of workmen thrown out of employ will be much less than is generally imagined, as all the miners, and far the greater number of colliers have abundant employment. The actual discharge will consist only of the founders, fillers, a few cokers, and barrow loaders, who will probably find employ in other branches. MERTHYR CHRISTMAS.-If the Carmarthenshire people have any turkies left, we can only say that it is a plentiful country for those birds —the streets of Merthyr have been actually thronged with men and women, evidently from that region, with baskets crammed with Christmas Turkies, fat, middling, and lean, which were sold about 5d. per lb. We believe that every liver in Merthyr will have a Turkey's gizzard on Sunday next. The shew of beef is not so good as in former years. The best in the market is a Hereford Ox, fattened by Mr Mey- rick, and sold to Thomas Williams, butcher. Daniel Jenkin has some good Castle Martin cattle. Our neighbour, Mr Lewis, is, we hear reserving his best for later iu the season. There are about 60 cattle of all sizes, and about 500 sheep, hanging up in the market. On Sunday last, a very liberal collection was made at Merthyr Church, towards the Fund for Building and Enlarging Churches and Chapels, after a sermon preached on the occasion. A HIST TO HfGH-STREET.- In the Court of Com- mon Pleas, on Monday, a person named Wright re- covered £100 damages for injuries which he sustained from a fall through a cover into a cellar along a pave- ment, which had been incautiously left opeti.-Giou- cester Chronicle. On Wednesday last a young man who had lately been a servant at the Black Lion, Aberdare, was nearly crushed to death, by a fall of rubbish in the Cwm Level, near the Abernant Works. He was carried home on a plank by the colliers, but we are glad to hear he is likely to recover. DREADFUL ACCIDENT.-Yesterdiv evening, about five o'clock, as the Dowlais locomotive engine was going down with a load of iron, a poor old woman, the wife of Thomas Thomas, a cinder wheeler at the Plymouth Works, was accidentally run over by it, near the Court House, and was mangled in the most shocking manner. She was literally cut in half, and was found in that state by some persons who were passing. Her mangled remains are put up in a sheet, and the Coroner has been sent for. TO THE EDITOR OF THE GAZETTR AND GUARDIAN. SIR,-I observed in one of your contemporaries, a notice by a correspondent, of a subject which deserves the warmest co-operation of every one who is solici- tous for the amelioration and improvement of his fellow-creatures; and from the warm zeal and charac- teristic energy with which the GUARDIAN has advo- cated measures having a tendency to improve the moral and social condition of the working classes, I calculate upon your cordial support on the present occasion. The letter I allude to was on the subject of esta- blishing in Merthyr a Literary Institution" for the benefit of the working classes. When it is considered that such institutions exist in almost every manufac- turing district, and in many towns of far less com-^ mercial importance than Merthyr, a feeling of sur- prise and wonder is created that nothing of the kind has yet been attempted here. The great advantage which the Ironmasters of the district would derive from having in their employ men possessed of a general Knowledge of the principles of Mechanics, and other sciences which are brought into operation to economize human labour, have to all appearance 'been hitherto unappreciated or unheeded. It is true that the Honorable Member for Merthyr, and some others, are very liberal in supporting schools for the education of children in reading, writing, and arith- metic; but this is only the first step; reading and writing are merely the tools, —the means by which the treasures of knowledge are to be obtained—the spec- tacles to assist the obscure vision in disrerning its object; if they stop here, they place the cup of Tantalus to the lip,-they excite a thirst for know- ledge which the limited means and few resources of the labouring poor, are unable to quench. The boy who has in these schools been taught to read and to write, when the more active duties of life doom him to hard labour and daily toil, for the want of an insti- tution like this to stimulate him to further exertions, almost totally forgets what he has before acquired. Besides having schools for children, our present la- mentable state of ignorance calls loudly for a school for men; a social school, where all may meet for their mutual improvement. And why is it that we are ignorant ? Is it that the workmen of Merthyr have less talent to learn, or less capacity to retain, than any of their similarly stationed brethren in England ? Certainly not. "Conjure them" and you will find that "Brutus will start a spirit as soon as CEesar;" give them but the means to cultivate their talents; encourage them to proceed in the "delightful task," and you will find that the precious ore, now buried beneath the grossest ignorance, will amply repay the labour bestowed in extracting it. I fear I should be trespassing at too great a length on your columns, were I to detail all the advantages derivable from such an institution, I will, therefore, merely add, that in reverting to the origin of such establishments it will always be found that they were first commenced by persons who were in wealthier circumstances than the working classes; and I cannot for a moment pay the respectable inhabitants of Merthyr so bad a compliment as to think that trade so entirelv engrosses their attention as to render them indifferent to the mental and moral improvement of their poorer brethren; and it is greatly to be hoped that although the spirit of inquiry is slow in its de- veiopement, that we arc now 011 the "road to im- provement." The obtaining a Representative for Merthyr, and the establishment of a Newspaper, were two remarkable eras in our progress. And now having had gaslights, and awaiting the completion of a new Market-place, let us join in our exertions to kindle that mental flame, which in its enjoyment, will prove both the food and the feast of the mind." I am, Sir, Your constant reader, Merthyr, Dec. 22. CHOTAHOWEE. "#4'###1'##

MERTHYR POLICE. [Before WILLIAM THOMAS, ESQ.] DEC. 22.—-Richard Taylor, was committed for trial at the next Quarter Sessions, charged with stealing 7 brass pins, the property of the Dowlais Iron Com- pany. Samuel Beynon was committed, for want of sureties to keep the peace towards his father, Rees Beynon, of Cyfarthfa.

DOWLAIS BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. We strongly recommend to the best patronage of the public, the excellent Institution to which the following well drawn report alludes, (for a list of sub- scribers to which, see our advertising columns) and more particularly, because its advantages are so im- partially dispensed the motto of the Society being, Tros, Tyriusque mihi nullo discrimine habetur." EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT. This Society not being designed for the relief of general indigence, or parochial poor, but for rare infir- mities and unforeseen calamities, the Committee flatter themselves that they have paid more than ordinary at- tention to the selection of proper objects, regarding neither nation, sect, nor party. By patient enquiry and investigation, they have made themselves acquain e i with the most appalling misery many of the cases FI" sented to their view bv their visitors, were in the highest degree objects of charity, nor could they for a moment resist the claims. so imperatively made upon them. "Since the establishment of the Society, Two Hun- dred Cases have been relieved; and the Committee are not aware that they have in one single instance betrayed their trust; neither have they been, to the best of t >e r knowledge, in any shape or form, the dupes of impos- ture and. in making tliis assertion, they have no wish to attach to themselves infallibility of discernment no do they mean to insinuate that they have in every in- stance regarded the ipse dixit of the visitor, as a guide for cliarity on the contrary, when a doubtful case was presented at either of their meetings, such a case was set aside for further examination; and the Committee being for the most part men of long standing and expe rience in the place, were of course better able to judge of the circumstances of individuals, than strangers, who could have but little, or no opportunity of knowing the characters of those persons who applied for relief, or whose indiscriminate distribution of the Charity would, we doubt not, be pernicious in its effects." The Dowlais Boys' School passed their annual examination 011 Friday last, the 15th instant. The examiners were the Rev. E. Jenkins, the School Committee, &c. The course of instruction pursued at this school, is the prescribed forms of the Madras system; but, owing to the liberal support given to the institution by the Dowlais Iron Co., pupils acquire here more general knowledge than at National Schools in general. Several young men, who have received their education at this establishment, are now filling situations of trust and importance.

ittomnouthSfure. The contemplated marriage between C. W. Codring- ton, Esq., M.P and Lady Georgiana Somerset, second daughter of the Duke of Beaufort, will be solemnised on Tuesday next, at Badminton. Mr. Codrington arrived in Park-lane, on Monday, from Doddington- park, and left for Gloucestershire again on Wednesday last. At the Bristol Agricultural Society, on the 15th inst., the Committee reported that his Grace the Duke of Beaufort had consented to be the Patron, and Sir John Smyth, Bart. the Vice-Patron of that Society. SEVERN PASSAGE.—We understand that the project of establishing steam-bridges at the Severn Passages is given up as impracticable. The obstacles are the rocky ground, which would soon destroy the chain cables, the strong current dontinually running, and the insufficient depth of water at low tide.—Gloucester Chronicle. CASTLETOW.- The first anniversary of the Cam- brian Society was held at the Coach and Horses, Castletown, on Thursday last, Mr L1. Jenkins, of Cardiff, in the Chair. The Judges were the Rev. E. Jones, and Mr William Jones, of Caerphilly. The first prize, Hanes bywyd Ifor Hael, was adjudged to Mr H. Evans, Angel Street, Cardiff, and we under- stand that the Essay contained a well-written account of the ancient family of Tredegar. The next prize, six stanzas on Winter, was gained by Mr W. Williams, of Marshfield, who also gained a prize for an Essay on Memory. The prize for six stanzas on Agriculture was adjudged to Mr D. James, of Marshfield.- We cannot pass, without notice, the well chosen prize to the best reader of the Sunday School children under 14 years of age." An excellent dinner was provided by the worthy landlord, and a respectable subscription raised for the ensuing year. A Monmouthshire correspondent writes us that a very numerous meeting of freeholders, and persons interested in the preservation of the public peace, was lately held in the parish of Mynyddyslwyn, for the purpose of petitioning the Lord Lieutenant to appoint two magistrates for that part of the hundred of Gwent- loog, comprising the lower portion of the parish of Bedwellty.and the parishes of Mynyddyslwyn and Bed- was. Mr Davies, ofTy Isha, Bedwas, and Mr Davies, of Penyvan, Mynyddyslwyn, were considered by the meeting as fit and proper persons to fill that respon- sible situation; and q, deputation, consisting of the clergymen of the two parishos, and five among the most substantial inhabitants, waited on the Lord Lieutenant on the 13th instant, at Pontypool Park, where they were most courteously rrccivcll, -m/l hospitably entertained. Tue Lord Lieutenant pro- mised to give his best consideration to the desired object. It must have been gratifying to every one still retaining respect for the character of the English country gentleman, to witness the enthusiasm with which the toasts proposed by Mr Blewitt, at the Tredegar Cattle Siiow dinner, were received by the numerous and truly respectable company there assem- bled. As long as unaffected worth, sterling integrity, and the possession of every domestic virtue, furnish claims to public estimation, so long will such men as Mr Leigh and Mr Morgan, of Ruperra, command the respect of every honourable member of society. They are as good specimens as can be furnished of the Whig and the Conservative gentleman. At a meeting of the Newport Town Council, held on the 13th instant, it was determined, that if any member of the council absented himself for three successive meetings, and not give a satisfactory reason, he should be requested to resign. Mr Edward Lewis Davies, of Bedwas, was or- dained, on Sutidaylast, at Christ Church, Oxford, by the Lord Bishop of that Diocese, on the title of his scholarship at Jesus College. Monmouthshire has the honour of setting the oak- mistletoe controversy to re t. The sceptics, on this point, have had ocular proof of the existence of this plant on the oak tree; one at Mrs. Bird's, Goitrey, near Usk; one, in the parish of Wonastow, near Monmouth; and a third in the parish ofLlanarth. PONTYPOOL POLICE, DEC. 16.—(Before Capel Hanbury Leigh, Esq.)—John Clapton appeared for resisting John Jordan, police officer, of the parish of Trevethin, in the execution of his duty. Discharged on paying costs. Francis Morgan more, for being drunk iu the town of Pontypool. Discharged on pay ing costs. Dec. 17th.—(Before James Hutit, Esq.) Thomas Jenkins appeared, on a summons, for refus- ing to pay amount of wages due to Tnomas Lewis. Ordered to pay the amount of £ l and costs. -James Mc Donald appeared, for being drunk in the town of Pontypool. Convicted in Is. and costs. PETTY SESSIONS.—At a Petty Sessions, held at the New Inn, in the parish of Panteague, on Wednesday, the 21st of Pec., before Capel Hanbury Leigh and John Hamman Pritchard. Esqrs.—William Morgan and John Morgan, appeared, upon a warrant, for violently assaulting and resisting John Roberts, police officer, in the execution of his duty, in the town of Pontypsol. Both pleaded guilty to the information, and were convicted in 5s. each and costs. Henry Crutchly, a beer house keeper, at Abersychan, ap- e, peared to answer an information laid against him, for keeping his house open for the sale of beer, after ten o'clock at night. Pleaded guilty to the information, and was convicted in 40s. James Sheppard was fined 5s. and costs, for assaulting and resisting John Jordan, police officer, in the execution of his duty, at Aber sychan. Francis Cprbet appeared for refusing to pay amount of wages due to Thomas Newman. Ordered to pay £ 5 10s. and costs. Richard Warlock, of Abersychan, appeared for refusing to pay amount of wages due to James Pratten. Ordered to pay 6s. and costs.-Joseph Williams, of the Varteg, appeared for refusing to pay amount of wages due to Roger Griffiths. Ordered to pay 9s. Id. and costs. Thomas Protheroe, on a charge laid against him for misconduct, and a misdemeanor in his master's service, in the parish of Panteague, by breaking the cog wheel of a clay mill: Ordered that dfl should be deducted out of his wages. -Jolin Charles appeared to answer the complaint of William Wood, acting overseer of the poor of the parish of Trevethin, for running away and leaving his wife and children charge- able to the parish of Trevethin. Committed to the House of Correction, at Usk, for one month, hard labour. Order given on William Price, of the Goytrey, for X4, wages due to William Newman, and costs, not having appeared in pursuance of the sum- mons served on him.

THE DUKE OF NOKFOLK'S SALE.—The an- nualsale of the Duke of Norfolk's fat Devon oxen and Down sheep on Monday se'nnight was numerously attended by the agricultural gentlemen and dealers of the neighbourhood, and also by Mr Hancock, of Park-street, London, who purchased three oxen, calculated to weigh 212 stone, for ifi'IOO 10s.; Mr Cook, of Livermere, gave ^80 for two at about 160 stone; Mr I Clark, of Bury, gave £ 40, and Mr F. Nunn, of Bury, gave £ 88 10s. for two of about 80 stone; Mr Allen, of Halstead, and Mr Gocher, of Bury, bought two beautiful heifers of about 100 stone at iC55 10s. A pair of remarkably fine Down wethers were sold to Mr Cottingham, of Ixworth, for £9 14s.; and none sold for less than £3 each. The beautiful symmetry, quantity, and quality of these animals excited general admiration. MR MORGAN'S HOUNDS WILL MJ;ET ON Monday Dec. 26th, at E)bw Bridge. Wednesday 28th, at Lanarthon. Friday 30th, at -redegar. At eleven o'clock each diy, THE MONMOUTHSHIRE HOUNDS WlLLMEET ON Monday, 26th Souttwbll Arnis. Thursday, 29th Trotiiey Bridge. Saturday, 31st Crovifield. At half past ten o'clock exii day.

BRECON, Saturdayr Dec. 24, 1836. That a form of religion acknowledged by the Laws is the safest and best method of preserving the purity of the Christian faith, is avowedly confessed by the most enlightened portion of our countrymen; by the well-educated Disspnter as well as by the Churchman -and, simply"becausc it is free from those various and fanatic changes which endanger the safety of all non-responsible religious societies. When we daily see the most absurd creeds delivered to the pubJic-new sects springing up professing doctrines as ridiculous as they are various, can the sober minded Christian, the decent Dissenter, be too thankful that he is protected by the sheltering iEgis of the Government under which he lives! What followed the destruction of the Established Religion in a neighbouring country (erroneous as were its doc- trines) t Did the voluntary principle answer in that unhappy kingdom? Did the unrestrained flock of Christ form themselves into religious communities, and worship their Creator in purer forms of faith! No, -their release from government controul was the signal for the unlicensed reign of blasphemy, licen- tiousness, cruelty, aud oppression, such as never before alflicted (and God grant it may never again so afflict) a Christian nation. They degenerated into brutes; and the Citizen of Reason," like his prototype Lycaon— Nunc quoque sanguine gaudet: In villos abeunt vestes, in crura lacerti Fit lupus.eadeti violentia vultu: eaden feritatis imago. It is childish to say it would not be so with us? What is there in our composition so superior to that of the people we allude to, as to ensure us from the awful miseries which they wilfully invited ? Would it not be the too natural consequence that, the shield being withdrawn, the excited passions of the multi tude would revel uncontrouled the worst feelings of our corrupt nature would predominate, and the im- patient worshipper, and rash reformer, would be among the first to cry out for the return of those days, when e-very man "sat under his own vine and figtree," and when Judah and Israel dwelt safely 1"

The Silurian, a second oracle of Delphos, has, with the Judgment of Solomon," furnished its readers with a Dramatis Persona3 of South Wales Members, predicting, in appropriate language, the fate which is to befall each of them at the next Election. We, of Brecon, are to bid farewell to both our Members—to be relieved from "the evils that we have!"—Our readers are aware that one of these Members (Mr Morgan) received his notice to quit, and was consi- dered a "going," if not a "gone" Member, at Mr Thomas Price's dinner.—The Gallant Colonel could hardly have been prepared to receive his discharge so soon after-but so it is- iSWetn quis dieere falsum Audeat?" We would only bargain for one thing with the Oracle; and that is, that under the improved system of Breconshire representation, the Farmer may hang up his side of Beef, or flitch of Bacon in his kitchen without its being thought too good for him, and without having his rent raised because he had something in his house to cat! There is not a Freeholder or a Farmer in the County of Brecon, who does not fully under- stand our meaning. THE WELSH MAIL.-O" the 15th inst. a deputation from Bristol waited on Colonel Maberly, the Secretary to the General Post Office, with a memorial that three hour" should he allowed in Bristol, hptWPPD flu* arrival of the Welsh maii and the departure of the London mail. The Secretary admitted the hardship of the case as regarded Bristol, but said it was im- possible to make the alteration required by, the depu- tation, consistently with the general interests of other places, more particularly as alterations were contem- plated, and in progress, as would allow of only 12 hours for the voyage between Waterford and Hobb's ^Point, and the departure of the mail from thence to Bristol, was intended to be fixed at two o'clock A.M., instead of one, as at present. On the following day Lord Duncannon, Mr Labouchere and Mr Louis said, that on the recovery of the Postmaster General, they should recommend an immediate alteration, that the Welsh Mail may arrive in Bristol about 5 o'clock, P.M., and that the letters should be delivered at the Post Office window imme- diately after its arrival, notwithstanding an extra expense would be incurred thereby. '#'##

SO THE EDITOR OF THE GAZETTE AND GUARDIAN, SIR,-I should deem it a great favour, if you would be pleased to insert the following lines in your valu- able Journal, being an inscription on a gravestone in Vaynor Curchyard, in the county of Brecon, on the remains of Rees Howel, stone-cutter, and Margaret his wife: he was a native of the above place. 0 I am, Sir, v Your constant reader, Merthyr Tydvil, 7th Dec. 1836. Z.

UNDERNEATH LIE THE REMAINS OF REES HOWELL, OF THIS PARISH, (STONE CUTTER,) Who Died, August 22nd, 1817, Aged 73." "Though born in hu m ble life, without education, this man acquired extensive knowledge in Astronomy, Poetry, Mathematics, and Natural Philosophy: unas- suming in manners, inactive indisposition, his talents were known only to a few admirers of native genius, who have placed this tribute to his memory. Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air.' "GRAY. No] ing a gwewyr angau, I ddryllio fy mhriddellan Rhwng awyr, daear, dw'r a th&n, Ymranna'n fan ronynau. REES HOWEL." Here, also, lie the remains of Margaret, wife of the above-named Rees Howel; who died January 4th, 1814, aged 63 years." VICE CHANCELLOR'S COURT.-DEc. 21. LEWISV, JO-ZES.-CO-ZTENIPT OF COURT.—Mr Knight moved for an order calling upon seven individuals, males and females, to shew cause why they should not be committed to the Fieet for contempt. The affiv davits stated the defendant Jones was in contempt for not putting in an answer to a bill filed against him. An attachment accordingly issued against him, which was forwarded to the sheriff of Carmarthen to execute. The sheriff directed his officer to take the defendant into custody, which he accordingly did, and was cen- veying him to the gaol at Carmarthen, when be (defendant) shortly before they reached that place effected his escape. It was afterwards ascertained that the defendant had returned to his home at St. Clears, and was secreted between the ceiling and the roof of the house; accordingly, several officers were ordered to proceed there and arrest him, which they accordingly did; but, no sooner did they make their appearance outside of the door, than several men and women (parties against whom this application was made) rushed upon the officers, beat them in a most unmerciful manner, and so severely injured them that, to escape with their lives, they were obliged to allow the prisoner to escape. The learned counsel said, that this was such an out. rageous violation and contempt of the authority of the Court, that no doubt could exist in his Honour's mind as to granting the order prayed for. The Vice Chancellor directed an order calling on the defendants to show cause why they should not be committed for contempt, and appointed the second day in term for hearing the case.

ABOLITION OF IMPOSTS AT THE CUSTOM HOUSE. —A paragraph has gone the round of the daily press stating a memorial was about to be presented to the Lords of the i reasury praying the abolition of the impost of Is. upon every entry passed inwards. Another memorial since the one beforenamed was set on foot has been drawn up, praying, besides the abo- lition of the Is. upon every entry passed inwiftds, that of the impost of 2s. for every entry of British goods- exported, and 2s. 6d. tor every entry of foreign goods for exportation. This latter memorial has already tl great numbfer of signatures, and sets forth ia forcible language the justness of the petition.

THE MAN MICAH AND THE CHILDREN OF DAN. » TO THE EDITOR OF THE GAZETTE AND GUARDIAN. SIR,—I am glad to see that the unchristian spirit displayed by the meeting assembled, under the auspices of the Rev. Micah Thomas, at Abergavenny, has caIJed forth other pens, besides my own, in behalf of a cause, which I believe from my heart, to be of vital importance to the whole nation, into whatever sections of-religious denomination we may be divided. The sentiments of Christianus, whose letter you thought worthy of being transferred to your own columns, are those of a moderate, charitable, and dispassionate observer. They cannot give offence to any man, or set of men, except to those who seek occasion of offence. I trust they will have many readers; and to you, Sir, the members of the Esta- blished Church arc particularly indebted, for aiding the circulation of them, although they were not addressed originally to yourself. If, in my own communications, I appear to be ac- I tuated by a quicker sense of injury, and to retort with more of acrimony than suits the tone of Chris. tianus, your readers will, I hope, give me credit for an equally tolerant disposition towards all those who think charitably and talk decently. But a blustering Baptist is not entitled to more ceremony than a bloated pluralist, and has no right to complain if an appeal is made to the public against the coarse invec- tive of his unprovoked harangue: But it is not his speech only-every speaker of the motley synod seemed to be animated by one common feeling of anger, hatred, pride, disdain—every senti- ment, in short, most at variance with the proper cha- racter of a Christian assembly. The meeting also is said to have been a crowded one. I never saw the Baptist Chapel, at Abergavenny, nor have I had any report of its dimensions. But that may be a point of little consequence. I remember to have read of one crowded meeting, far exceeding in numbers the capacity of the Council-hall, but the mal- contents in that case, possessed the property of con- tracting and dilating their figures, and adapting them- selves, however great the multitude, to the size of the place of meeting. The tone of their oratory too, although professedly Religious Dissenters, was not very unlike what the I columns of the Merlin report of this wrathful convocation. The President indeed was rather more moderate than his modern imitator. It was the second speaker who broke out My sentence is for open war, and when be "ended frowning," another took up the argument much in the same strain. But the President laid the matter very fairly before his Peers. With this advantage then To union, and firm faith, and firm accord. More than can be in heaven, we now return To claim our just inheritance of old, Surer to prosper than prosperity Could have assured us; arid by what best wav, Whether of open war, or covert guile, We now debate who can advise, may speak. The subsequent speakers differ a little as to the most advisable mode of proceeding; but they all agree most cordially in pronouncing their case to be one of flagrant injustice, as calculated to rouse every latent spark of resistance; and, under various forms of speech, they hurl defiance against their oppressors, and ring the changes upon scorn, and disdain, and pusilla- nimous submission, aud the rights and dignity of their nature. The record of these debates is accessible to all your readers. Perhaps it is already familiar to most of them. I will for the present recommend, not only the members of the Church, but the partizans of the Abergavenny chieftains, themselves, to peruse with a candid and meek temper, the document to which I refer; and then to compare the spirit which breathes through this "Mirror of Parliament," with that which every page of the Four Gospels will present to his mind. This employment will, perhaps, prepare them for receiving my next communication with some degree of favour. I am, Sir, yours, &c. A TRUE ISRAELITE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE GAZETTE & GUARDIAN. SIR,-Should the following couplet be deemed worthy of your notice, as a solution of the late Mr Canning's very clever enigma, inserted in your excel- lent Guardian of the 4th instant, its insertion in your next will be deemed a favour by, Sir, your constant reader, CLKRICA. The bitter cares fif love's distress Are turned to swttt bv one caress."

TO THE EDITOR OF THE GAZETTE & GUARDIAN, SIR,-Since my last letter, I have bad full proof of three genuine Oak mistletoes (including that mentioned by your correspondent W. D. near Usk), and am re- joiced that the plant held in such generation by our British forefathers, has not been sought for in vain by their descendants. Your obedient servant, Dec. 20, 1836. DODONEUS. I =-

TO THE EDITOR OF THE GAZETTE & GUARDIAN. Sm,-Not being so erudite as your correspondent Dodoneus" in discoursing upon plants, and having little leisure time to devote at present in ascertaining the peculiar distinction between the Viscum and the Loranthus Europeus, it would appear on my part ridiculous to take up the argument otherwise than as a casual observer of the plant in question, and to maintain that that growing upon Mrs Bird's oak tree is of the precise species formerly venerated by tfie British Druids. But still, though I confess mvse'f diffident in haz- arding a dogmatical assertion to corroborate an opinion expressed in your GUARDIAN of the 26th of November, I must confess that the last letter of Dodoneus, far from shaking my belief of the plant in question being the true mistletoe, considerably strengthens it were the same only tested by the authorities your correspondent makes allusion to, and particularly as they are borne out to an astonishing degree even by the small white berries growing upon both. I have now by me a sprig of each plant, torn from its respective parent tree, and, although mv friend, who has brought me the same, did not cut either of them with a golden knife, nor observed any of those ceremonies at their extraction, which were performed by the Druids, on such occasions, he docs not hesitate to maintain that the virtues of both, as their appear- ance testify, are precisely the same. For my own part, the only difference I can perceive between the plant growing on the oak and the apple tree, is this, that the leaves of the former specimen I have by me are somewhat narrower and longer than the latter, and when growing, the plant droops, which the other does not; hence, I imagine, (unless there be other distinctions which my eyes cannot penetrate) those apparent anoint] ics donot, of themselves, afford us sufficient reason to alter the name. It appears doubtful which of the two plants, the Viscum or the Loranthus Europeus, was venerated by the Druids; therefore, I should incline in belief with those who argue in favour of the former, because the latter plant, by some authors, is said to grow exclu- sively upon the oak, and the former is acknowledged by many to grow both upon the oak and the apple tree. I cannot find by the works your able correspondent cites, that their evidence militates, in the slightest degree, against the common belief on this subject, though the oak tree mistletoe may be rarer seen than the other; for, as Dodoneus observes, Warner, in his Plantae Woodfordiensis, even mentions oak trees on which it grows, if I recollect rightly his quotation; and also Deering, in his Catalogus Stirpium, affirming that—"The mistletoe of the oak is recorded best;" which authorities I consider greatly to the point at present, in as much as their decision is in unison with my own sense. I am, Sir, Your most obedient servant, W. u. Usk, Dec. 15, 1836.

R ON PREACHING.-I would observe, said an able and pious writer, that a desire to flock to sermons is no proof that the religious mind of the people is in a healthy state. Where preaching is unduly exalted above the other ordinances of the Church, the danger will always be, that the preacher, desirous of filling his Church, will accommodate himself to the popular feeling, instead of seeking to direct it. I once heard a rqspectable Clergyman apologizing for preaching in a manner which his better taste condemned, because, if he did not, his people would go elsewhere: hereby doing away with one of the great purposes of an Establishment, which is, so to provide for the Clergy that they shall be independent of the people, and thus preach what is true whether it be popular or not. If anything further were necessary to shew that a preaching age is not necessarily an age of unsophisti- cated religion, I might refer to the period of our Great Rsbellion. At that time, when, under the mask of religious zeal, every excess was committed, the universal practice was, preaching long and ardent dis- courses; and extravagant heat and enthusiasm super- seded that genuine and consistent piety which is alone the fruit of the spirit.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE GAZETTE & GUARDIAN Sin,-Your zeal in behalf of Welsh Literature, entitles you to the warmest thanks of every enlightened son of Cambria. It will never now be known what ancient literature has been annihilated—even some of the classics we possess had a very narrow escape and though tiie ignorance and barbarism which once des- troyed Roman manuscripts no longer exist, yet the "moth and the rust" still corrupt all the treasures of earth, and i{J»ecomes us to do our best in this our day, if we would avoid the repronches of posterity. It may interest some of your readers, who may not have access to the volume in which they are recorded, to be told of the hair breadth" escapes from destruction, of some of the most precious of ancient manuscripts. The most valuable copy of Tacitus was discovered in a Monastery at Westphalia, and to this copy we, owe our most valu- able edition of this historian; and the original man- uscript of Justinian's Code was accidentally discovered by the Pisans, when they took a city in Calabria. Sotue manuscripts have been rescued in their last agonies. The works of Agobart were found in the house of a bookbinder, at Lyons, who was using the parchment in his trade. A decade of Livy was found by a man of letters on the parch- mentflf his battledore he hastened to retrieve the rest, but he arrived too late. Sir Robert Cotton, one day at his Tailor's, discovered that the man was holding in his hand, ready to cut up for measures, an original Magna,Charta, with all its appendages of seals and signatures. Cardinal Granvelle carefully pre- served all his letters; he left behind him several chests filled with a prodigious quantity in different languages, commented, noted, and under-lined by his own hand they were left at his death to the mercy of the rain and the rats. Five or six of these chests the stewards sold to the grocers, a discovery was made oftheir value, and eighty thick folios were rescued- Among these original letters were some by all the crowned heads of Europe. A valuable Secrct History, by Sir George Mackenzie, was rescued from a grocer. The vast collection of State Papers of Thurlo s, the secretary of Cromwell, accidentally fell out of the false ceiling of Chambers, 1n Lincoln's Inn; and, at a recent sale of lumber at Leeds Castle, in Kent, a most interesting collection of papers, of the same period, were sold for a trifle, as waste paper. Mr D'Israeli, from whose ineresting volume the fore- going anecdotes are taken, discovered a considerable portion of Lady Mary Wortley Montague's letters in the hands of an attorney. Happily for the Ancient Welsh Manuscripts their whereabouts" is better known; but it is not impro- bable that industry and research will bring many treasures to light. It is only by the joint efforts of the many that this work can be commenced, much more carried on to a successful result. The national honour is involved in the question; and I trust you will not suffer the subject to languish for want of a weekly iteration of its importance in the ears of Welshmen. I am, Sir, your obedient servant,

CHURCH RATES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STANDARD. Sir,—You and some of your contemporaries have lately paid much attention to the now agitated ques- tion of Church Rates. You have argued the ques- tion ably, and, to those who could or would under- stand and appreciate your arguments, convincingly; but, Sir, you have not touched upon, because you did not perceive, probably, the real practical hinge upon which, in the estimation of political Dissenters, the whole question turns. I have been behind the scenes, and having been thoroughly disgusted by the worldly-mindedness, low cunning, cant, and affecta- tion, jealousy of the ascendancy of the clergy, and deeply-rooted hatred of the Church, which I have over and over again been witness to, have separated myself from such associates. I will not, however, inflict a wound on the feelings of any individual con- nected with such persons by personal disclosures but I am surely justified in lifting the veil, which, on this subject, I see so generally assumed for most nefarious purposes. Knowing what I do know, it is not easy to discuss with common patience the fulsome pretext, that they object to church rates from a principle of conscience and therefore must equally object to any substitution for them from the public money. This Mr Wilks tells you. One of the seven notable demands which he means to make next session is, that Dissenters shall been tirely relieved from any payment on account of church- rates, either directly or indirectly; and yet another is, that they shall have the free use of the church- yards to bury, and for their ministers to officiate in! But one word as to this pretence of conscience. Does conscience dictate the evasiolltOf a portion of the pay- ment stipulated for in any fair contract "keening Udl.A ilL p"¡'" ut' ioU" ;¡. \'l any man DUJ or rent a farm, or a house, without taking into ac- count the annual out-goings to which he will be liable ? —and was not the charge for church-rates one of these on which he reckoned, and for which, either in deduc- tion from rent or purchase-money, he received a pro- portionate abatement ? Is it, forsooth, a matter of conscience for such a man to rid himself of a charge which, in fact, is no burden at all, inasmuch as he has bad it duly allowed for? If it were merely a con scientious scruple he would still pay it, but seek, per- haps, to have it differently applied. But this is mere trifling. They laugh in their sleeves when they see their dupes gulled by such pal- pable sophistries. I will tell you, Sir, what is their real object and motive. They know well, that if they can succeed in their present enterprise (and they feel persuaded that the present ministry will not venture to deny them anything), they know that if they can succeed in obtaining the aboli- tion of church-rates, without any equivalent from the public money, that that abolition will at once most extensively and most powerfully act as a bonus on Dissent. If the expense of keeping in repair ancient, decayed, extensive, and highly-embellished structures, such as many of our churehes are, he thrown wholly on Churchmen, and if it be sufficient for any man to say, in bar of any demand, "Oh! I am a Dissenter," why. then, there are thousands, and tens of thousands, who will avail themselves of this plea; and as the 0 number of Churchmen may diminish, and the burden of those who remaiu firm continue to increase, they may safely calculate on continually increasing deser- tion to the ranks of Bissent; espe. ially if, according to Mr Wilks's modest proposal, they are still to have the use of the burial grounds, the bells, the church clocks, and, I suppose, to retain the property in their seats in the Church, and to keep them locked, as so many Dissenters shamefully do. Be assured, Sir, that this, and nothing but this, is their real object. They calculate largely on the cupidity of the farming class especially. I was once present in a company of Dissenters, when one of the party, a minister, was just about to set off for a village in the neigh- bourhood, where they had lately opened a meet- ing It was said to him, Don't rail against the Church, for, as yet, you will find the prejudices of the' farmers strong on that subject; but when you have an opportunity, speai against tithes—there you will be sure to have them with you-and so an open- ing may be made." This is a specimen of the tactics of the leaders of the party-as a party. There are, among the Dissenters, thousands of well-meaning men who are led away by the delusions practised on them. And such persons will hardly believe, perhaps will stoutly denyf that" such things are;" but if any of these scheming political persons, who are now affect- ing to take the lead in the body, and are among the first to raise this outcry-if any such-of many of whom I could give the names and histories-will ven- ture to deny what I have thus most positively asserted, I will not, at present, make any other reply than that which Dr. Johnson was accustomed to make under similar circumstances, "He lies, and he knows that be lies." I have been induced thus to tell you the truth, by the disgust which I have long felt, and have at length avowed. I never was a party to such schemes, and I am now happy to be their DETECTOR.

OXFORD HONOURS.—Three gentlemen of this University, have hId the distinguished honour of gaining DoUBLE FIRST classes, at the Michaelmas term, just closed. Their names arc:- Mr. Adams, of Merton College, Mr. Kensington, of Trinity College, Mr. Wickeus, of Balliol College. Mr. Johnson, Michell Fellow of Queen's College, had the extraordinary merit of being private tutor to all of them. A brother of Mr. Adams, (a member of Christ Church College) gained a double first last year. MALIBRAN.—The remains of the unfortunate Malibran, after a lapse of 11 weeks-chiefly occupied by the proceedings in the Consistorial Court, alto- gether unprecedented in modern times—are at length to be disinterred and removed to Belgium. The arrival of Madame Garcia, the deceased's mother, on Thursday week, and her earnest application to the appellant and the parties who have thought and acted with him in this extraordinary manner, are the causes of this abandonment of all further opposition.— Manchester Guardian. We earnestly recommend our friends of Newport, Cardiff, Neath, Swansea, and other places connected with Shipping, to that admirably con ducted Journal, The Shipping Gazette, which fur- nishes a daily report of the arrivals and departures of vessels from every port in the kingdom. From opportunities we have bad of examining it, we have found it most correct; and its general information is admirably chosen and judiciously arranged.

FAILURE OF Til K~ATrTACK ON (OX-~ ,N C (j 7, ST ANT INE. The bulletin of Marshal Clausel, published in our last, tinder tbe head Latest Intelligence, termi- nated with the word "but:"—-The following is the continuation of the dispatch:- I caused a brisk cannonade to be directed on the second day against the gate of C'antara. It was cpntinuea on the third day. and the gate was beaten down, but-badly. My wish was, to quarter some sappers there, and afterwards some Grenadier com- panies, in order to effect an entrance into the town bll t t 4e attempt failed of success. The only re source which then remained for us was to retire as we bad no provisions, The half of our subsis- tence for 15days had been nearly buried in the mite at Mansoure, and had been abandoned or plundered by the soldiers intrusted with the duty of defending it. About eight o'clock in the morning of the 21th we quitted our positions at Mansoure, at the dis- tance of 750 feet from the place, and also our posi- tion at Oondiat Atia, at the gate of the south, where -the vanguard was stationed. We were at first followed by some hundred men from the place. Horsemen advanced upon us from every direction, but their nurwber which at first might have been nearly 2000, diminished on the following days, and we saw no more of them on the fourth day at Rach- el-Aba, where, according to many, we were to meet with certain death. Our retreat was effected in good order, and the soldiers (Interrupted by hazy weather.) The following is the termination of the report of Marshal Clausel, stuqk up at-the Bourse:- "The soldiers, althoughsick,behavedextremely well. We bring back all our artillery, all our caissons, and I leave a strong garrison composed of natives at Guelma, which is a stronger post than Constantine itself. Our Arabs see with pleasure this arrangement. We thus raiseone power against another, and, according to the disposition of men's minds, I am inclined to believe that the power of Achmet will give way before that of our Dey. Perhaps by this means we shall not need to under- take a new expedition to render ourselves masters of the city of Constantinp, which is finer, larger, and moie important than either Bona, Algiers, or Oran. His Royal Highness the Duke de Nemours took a part in all the fatigues and perils of the army. His Royal Highness continues to enjoy perfect health." The Courier Francais says—"The lamentable intelligence from our army of expedition in Africa has excited a deep sensation among the deputies now in Paris, all of whom concur in reproaching ministers with the impediments and delays with which they met the pressing remonstrances of Marshal Clausel, when, at the close of September, he dispatched his aide-de-camp, M. de. Ranee, to France. The disaster is universally attributed to the members of the Cabinet and if any judgment may be founded on the language of even the most moderate of the deputies of the centre, the ques- tion of Algiers is likely, at the opening of the session, to become a source of as much embarrass- ment to the ministry as the Spanish question."

RAILWAY MEINIORANDA. (From the Railway MayazineJ. NORTHERN AND EASTERN RAILWAY.-We under- stand that the directors of the Northern and Eastern Railway Company have determined on commencing their line from London, and bringing mile after mile, as completed, into immediate operation, by which means the share-holders will receive a dividend on the capital expended before another call is made. The operations are to commence at Kingsland; and this trunk line to Cambridge will ultimately extend in a direct course, and with very easy gradients, through Lincoln to York, to the very centre of Scotland. The distance by this railway between London and York will be twenty-four miles shorter than by the London and Birmingham. AYLESBultY RAILROAD.^—A satisfactory nrratige- ment has taken place between the above and the Cheltenham and Oxford Company, the substance of which is, that the latter company have agreed to bring their line through Aylesbury to Tring. RAILROADS IN BELGIUM-Thc works of the iron railroad proceed with activity. The solicitude of the r. Government in this great enterprise, coincides with the opinion of the public, who see, in the execution of these works, a new source of prosperity and national glory.

THE LATE MR WOOD, OF (JTLOUCESTER.- In the Prerogative Court onThursday, the case of Alderman Wood and others, against Goodlake, Helps, and others, came on for hearing. The suit has reference to the will of the late James Wood, Esq., the rich banker of Gloucester, who died on the 20th of April, at the age of So years. The question came ou ccfricerning the admission of (in allegation propounding a codicil, which, it will be remembered. was sent thn Thomas Helps, Esq., at Balham Hill. The contents of this codicil are as follows:— In a codicil to my will I give to the Corporation of Gloucester the sum of 140,000/ and in this I now give 60,0001. more to my executors for the same pur- poses as I have before mentioned. I also give to my friends—Mr. Phillpotts, the sum of 50,0001.; Mr. E. Council, 10,0001; Mr. Thomas Helps, of Ciie.,ipside, 80,0001.; Mrs. Eliza Goodlake and Mr. Thomas Wood, of Smith-street, Chelsea, each 20,0;)0Z.; Samuel Wood, of Cleveland-street, Mile-end, 14.000Z; and this gentleman's family, 6XXMW. I confirm also my other bequests which I have made, and give tho rest to my executors for their own interests. JAMES WOOD." "Gloucester City Old Bank, July, 1835. It will be thus seen that this codicil materially affects the interests of Mr Helps, on whose behalf the alle- gation Was now offered. The property of the de- ceased, which was of the greatest extent, amounted in real property, to ^10,000 per annum, and in personal to upwards of £ 1,000,000. The suit is very heavy and of immense length, and there are no less than five parties to be heard. It is ordered to stand over till the first Session in next term. (From our Milford Correspondent, Dec. 22.) The Mary Jane, Cheris, from Newport, bound to Plymouth, lost her boat at 4 A.M., on the 13th instant, off the Smalls. The Chase, Riche, from Liverpool, bound to Ha- vannah, put in here with loss of main boom. The Jaw, Hughes, from Cardiff, bound to Wex- ford, put in here with loss of bulwarks. The brig Lady Kenmare, James, from Lydney, bound to Cork, with coal, which arrived here in a leaky state last week, is now being discharged, in order to undergo the necessary repairs. The Thames (steamer), Captain Donnon, from Dublin, bound to London, sailed hence on Sunday last, having completed the repairs which had been rendered necessary, in consequence of the damage sustained by her engine during the late gales. The sloop Surprise, Evans, from Waterford, bound to Falmouth, with oats and flour, has had her cargo re-shipped, which had been recently discharged, in consequence of the grain overheating. The weather has been more moderate during the last few days. Wind light and variable, with fog. Several vessels run out to sea yesterday afternoon and this morning.

BIRTHS. Lately, the lady of the Rev James Francis, Minister of St. Paul's, Newport, of a son. In Belgrave Square, on the 15th instant, the lady of John Nicholl, Esq,, M.P., of a son. At Stackpole Coort, on the 13th instant, the Countess Cawdor, of a still-born child. On Sunday last, at Glyn Celin, Breconshire, the lady of the Rev. Charles Griffiths, of a daughter. On the 14th inst. at Llanstinan, the lady of Lieut. Colonel Owen, i\J,P., of a daughter. MAURIED. Dec. 15, at Easton, the seat of Sir M. Cholmeley, Bart., by the Rev. Andrew Corbett, Rector of Benne. worth, T. G. Corbett, Esq., of Elshani Hall, M.P. for the Northern Division of Lincolnshire, to Lady Mary Noel Beauclerk, sister of his Grace the Duke of St. Albat a. On the 13th instant, at Bolton Percy, the Rev. Thomas Egerton, Rector of Donaington, third son of Wilbraham Egerton, of Tatton Park, Cheshire, Esquire, to Charlotte Catherine, second daughter of Sir William Milner, of Nun Appleton, in the county of York, Baronet. On the 15th instant, at Llandudwen, Carnarvonshire, Thomas Tatton Knntton, Esq., of Uphill Lodge, Somer- setshire, to Eliza Maria, eldest daughter ofcol. Sir Love Jones Parry, K.G.H., M.P., of Madryn, near Pwllheli. On the 20th inst, at Marylebone, William, eldest son of Matthew Needham, Esq., of Linton Firs, Nottingham- shire, to Camilla, second daughter of S. Bosanquet, Esq., of Dingestow Court, Monmouthshire. On the 10th instant, at St. George's Church, Hanover Square, London, by the Lord Bishop of London, Captain the Hon. Charles James Fox Stanley, Grenadier Guards, third son of the Earl of Derby, to Frances Augusta, daughter of Lieutenant General Sir Henry Campbell. DIED Lately, at Bristol, on his way into Staffordshire, Mr Turner, for many years a dealer in china in this town. Dec. 14, after a short illness, at his house in London, Mr William Pine, aged 68, formerly proprietor and publisher of the Bristol Gazette. On the 6th instant, aged 69, after a protracted and pain- ful illness, the Itev. Robert Symonds, Rector of Hinton Waldrist, in the couuty of Berks, and fourth son of T. Symonds Powell, Esq., formerly of Pengcthly, Hereford- shire. Dec. 17, at West Cowes, Isle of Wight, aged 29, the Lady Jemima Isabella Wykeham Martin, wife of Charles Wvkeham Martin, Esq., and only daughter of the Earl of Cornwallis, On the 16th inst., at Taibach, aged 22, Sarah, the beloved wife of Capt. William Jenkin, of the schooner Brothers. ;j