The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

NOTICES, &c. A CARD. JAMES MILLS, Piano Forte Maker, Tuner, and Repairer, FHON. AEJIE) S@EIS, <8s§& MAKERS TO HER MAJESTY. 21, WILLIAM STREET, HAMPSTEAD ROAD LONDON, BEGS most respectfully to return his grateful thanks to the Nobility, Gentry, and Inhabitants of CARDIFF, MERTHYR, COWBRIDGE, and their vicinity, for the liberal encouragement with which they have honoured him, and to inform them that he is now making his usual Half-yearly Tour, and has brought with him some of his splendid toned 65 Octave Cottage Piano Fortes, warranted of the best Material and Workmanship, not to be surpassed by any Manufacturer, which he offers at remarkably low prices. N.B. J. M. has also a large assortment of new and ap- proved Music, in great variety. INSTRUMENTS BOUGHT, SOLD, EXCHANGED, OR LENT ON HIRE. All Orders, addressed to the Guardian Office, Cardiff; or, the Bush Inn, Merthyr; will be carefully attended to. J. Mills's visits to this County are in JANUARY and JULY. References from some of the most respectable families in the County can be given. W & 3SJ T mID), A RESPECTABLE YOUTH, as an APPRENTICE to the LINEN AND WOOLLEN DRAPERY TRADE. One who can speak the Welsh Language would be preferred. Apply to W. Thomas, 20, Duke-street, Cardiff. JAMES WARD, CABINET-MAKER, UPHOLSTERER, &c., HIGH-STREET, CARDIFF, BEGS most respectfully to thank the Nobility, Gentry, and inhabitants of CARDIFF and its Vicinity, for the very liberal support he has received since his commencement in Business and to inform them, that he has now a well- assorted Stock of CABINET GOODS, consisting of Loo, Occasional, Card, Work, Dining, Pembroke, and other Tables; Cheffonieres, Sideboards, Wardrobes; Mahogany, Rosewood, and other Chairs; Sofas, Couches, and Easy Chairs; Four-post Tent and French Bedsteads; Fringes, Floor Cloth, Beds, Mattresses, &c. An Assortment of Chimney, Swing, and other Looking Glasses. Also, a great variety of Fancy Goods, such as Ladies' and Gentlemen's Rosewood and Mahogany Dressing Cases, Writing Desks, Work Boxes, Tea Caddies, &c. J. W. begs to call particular attention to his Stock of PAPER HANGINGS, which he has just received, of the Newest Patterns, and which he is able to offer at very reduced Prices. Bed-room and Passage Papers, from id. to 3d. per yard Drawing, Dining, and Sitting-room Paper, from Id. to Is. per ditto. NOTICE. Qv zf2 QW BOOT MAKER, No. 2, SMITH STREET, CARDIFF, BEGS respectfully to return thanks to the Nobility and Gentry of CARDIFF, and its vicinity, and to the le Public generally, for the liberal patronage and support he has been hitherto favoured with; and in consequence of a report that he has openeJ tke Shop in Angel-street, lately occupied by Mr. Ward, begs to inform them, that he carries on the Business in Smith-street as heretofore, where he solicits a continuance of future favours and assures them, that he has no interest, or is in any way connected with the Business opened by a person of the same name in Angel- street. Cardiff, February 8, 1843. Spoliation of the Welsh Church. THE Committee appointed by the London Cymreigyddion Society, for the purpose of co-operating with the Com- mittees in the Principality, to petition against the suppression of one of the North Wales Sees, will be happy to forward Petitions, gratuitously, to Parishes desirous of obtaining the same, upon application to that effect to either of the Secretaries. W. JONES, 11, Parliament-street. W. THOMAS, 30, King-square. Cowbridge Turnpike Trust. NOTICE IS HERBY GIVEN, TFT Ct the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the TRUSTEES of this District will be held at the BEAR INN, in the Town of COWBRIDGE, on TUESDAY, the Seventh day of MARCH next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, in pursuance of an Act passed in the Third and Fourth Years of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled An Act requiring the Annual Statement of Trustees or Commissioners of Turnpike Roads, to be transmitted to the Secretary of State, and afterwards laid before Pailiament." WILLIAM EDMONDES, Cowbridge, ) Clerk to the Trustees. February 7, 1843. f MACKWORTH ARMS INN, SWANSEA. MRS. JONES respectfully informs the Gentlemen who purpose honouring the High-Sheriff with their Com- pany, that the ORDINARY will take place at the above Inn, on WEDNESDAY, the 22nd day of FEBRUARY, 1843. Gentlemen are particularly requested to provide them- selves with Tickets, or communicate their intention of doing so at their earliest convenience. Tickets 10s. 6d. each to be had at the Mackworth Arms, and at the Cambrian office. Dinner will be on the Table at Three o'clock precisely. LETTINGS, SALES, &c. BIUIHMD TUMPIRE TRUST. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT the TOLLS arising and payable at the several Toll Gates in this District Will be Let by Auction, (Unless in the mean time an offer by Private Contract be accepted, of' which due notice will be given,) at the WYNDHAM ARMS INN, in the Town of BRIDGEND, in the County of GLAMORGAN, on SATURDAY, the 18th day of MARCH next, between the hours of 12 o'clock at Noon and three o'clock in the Afternoon of that day, to the best Bidder, on his producing sufficient Sureties for the Payment of the Money Monthly, for the term of One Year, or such other term as the Trustees shall then determine upon, to commence from 12 o'clock at night of the 21st day of March next, which Tolls produced last year the clear sum of £ 1(580, and will be put up, either together, or in separate Lots, and at such sum or sums as the said Trustees shall then determine upon. WILLIAM MORGAN, Clerk to the Trustees of the said District. Bridgend, Feb. 11, 1843. TO BE LET, ON THE FIRST OF MAY. A GOOD FAMILY HOUSE, in CROCKHEBBTOWN, situated in the main thoroughfare, the residence of LEWIS REECE, ESQ.; comprising Dining-room, Breakfast Parlour, Housekeeper's-room, good Kitchens, Cellar, &c., with Pleasure-ground behind. On the Second Floor- Drawing-room, and Three Bed-rooms. On the Third Floor —Five Bed-rooms. Rent, JE45 per Annum. Also, a HOUSE AND SHOP, situated in Broad-street, near the Cardiff Arms Hotel, which may be entered into immediately. For particulars, apply to W. Harris, Cardiff, Upholsterer if by letter, post-paid. GLAMORGANSHIRE. 1000 Shares, of f25 each, in the Cambrian Iron and Spelter Co.; 5 Deeds Pole for £ 2000 in the Swansea Harbour Trust,for Sale. Mr. M. WHIITTINGTON having had the honour to 11 receive instructions from the DIRECTORS OF THE CAMBRIAN IRON AND SPILTER Co., Will offer for Sale by Auction, On TUESDA Y, the 21st February, inst., At the Castle Inn, in the Town of Neath, AT TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON, Subject to such Conditions of Sale as shall then be produced,— ONE THOUSAND SHARES, of £ 25 each, in the CAMBRIAN IRON AND SPELTER COMPANY, whose Works are situate at MASTEG, GLAMORGANSHIRE, and whereon a sum of E20. 9s. lOd. per Share has been paid. The Reversionary Interest in FIVE DEEDS POLE of the Cmmissioners of the HARBOUR TRUST OF SWANSEA for the sum of TWO THOUSAND POUNDS, payable at the Death of a Lady now in her 70th year. The above Property will be Sold in two or more lots, as may be determined on at the time of Sale. Further particulars may be had on application to Messrs. Tilson and Squance, Solicitors, Coleman-itreet, London; or of the Auctioneer, Post Office, Neath. February, 1843. DUKE STREET, CARDIFF. Extensive Sale of [Grocery, Household Furniture, Fixtures Utensils, Pony, and other Effects, for the Benefit of the Creditors. MESSRS. BRADLEY, BARNARD, AND Co., ARE INSTRUCTED TO SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION, ON THE PREMISES, On TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and THURSDAY, the 21st, 22nd, and 23rd days of FEBRUARY, 1843, THE whole of the Valuable STOCK-IN-TRADE, SHOP FIXTURES, and UTENSILS, Handsome HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, PONY, and other Effects, of MR. GEORGE GOWER, GROCER AND TEA DEALER, DUKE-STREET, CARDIFF. The Stock consists of a general assortment of Grocery and Provisions. The Furniture and Fixtures are of the best description. There will be nofreserve. The Sale to commence each Morning at Ten o'clock precisely. THE SCHOONER CARDIFF PACKET, UJL — E V AN S, MASTER, US 14 (Dw 11@.A\.ill)ll (G}, AT COTTON'S WHARF, TOOLEY STREET, LONDON, For Cardiff, Newport, Merthyr, Abergavenrty, Brecon, Monmouth, Pontypool, Cowbridge, Bridgend and places adjacent, AND WILL POSITIVELY SAIL On TUESDAY, MARCH 7th, IS43. For Freight, &c., apply to the Master on Board Mr. R Burton, jun., Newport Mr. Thomas Richards, Aber- gavenny Messrs. Prosser and Price, Brecon; Mr. Scovell the Wharfinger, London or to Mr. J. G. Bird, Agent to the Cardiff, Newport, and London Shipping Company, at Cardiff. The GLAMORGAN, D. JONES, Master, will leave Cotton's Wharf for the above named Ports, on WEDNESDAY NEXT, the 18th instant. London, February 14th, 1843. THE MARQUIS OF DOUGLAS AND THE PRINCESS MARY OF BADEN. -The nuptials of the noble heir of the dukedom of Hamilton and the fair and accomplished Princess Mary, daughter of the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, are to be solemnised on Saturday next, the 18th inst. The Earl of Dunmore, cousin of the noble Marquis, and several members of the ducal family, departed at the close of the past week for Germany, to be present at the festivities precedent to the solemnity.

CAERPHILLY SAVINGS' BANK. GENERAL STATEMENT. DR. THE TRUSTEES OF THE SAVINGS' BANK ESTABLISHED AT CAERPHILLY. CR. s. d. s. d. To balance due on the 20th November, 1841, By sum* paid to depositors, including interest.. 846 2 8 including interest 5908 16 8 Salaries 25 0 0 To sums received of depositors within the year I Sundries 0 15 4 ending 20th November, 1841 1337 11 7 Balance on the General Account invested with To interest, receipt B, dated 20th Novem- the Commissioners for the Reduction of ber, 1841 110 8 4 the National Debt, including interest 20th To interest ditto, dated 21st November, 1842.. 118 13 9 November, 1842 6356 3 3 Ditto in the hands of the Actuary 47 9 1 Ditto in the hands of Towgood and Company, Treasurers. 200 0 0 £ 7475 10 4 JE747510 4 No. of jE. s. d. Depositors. The balance due on the 20th November, 1842 6603 12 4 — X. s. d. 48 Whose respective balances on the 20th November, 1842, including interest, did not exceed £ 20 each 377 1 5 49 Ditto were above JE:20 and not exceeding JE50 ditto 1497 3 11 20 Ditto were above £ 50 and not exceeding LIOO ditto. 1366 10 10 1 Ditto was above £ 100 and not exceeding 1: 150 ditto. 103 6 0 2 Ditto were above E150 and not exceeding JE200 ditto 337 19 7 16 Friendly Societies 2902 18 9 136 Total number of accounts 6585 0 6 Surplus £181110 Witness our hands, this 26th day of Dec., 1842. EVAN EVANS, Actuary. GEO. WILLIAMS, ) T WATKIN WATKINS, J iruslees-

CHILD MURDER.—AS Mr. Thomas, of Berthlwyd Fach, I in the parish of Llanvigan, Breconshire, last week, was going over his fields, his attention was drawn to his sheep dog, which was busily engaged, as it appeared, in devouring the remains of a child. Mr. Thomas, as soon as he could, took away the mangled remains, consisting chiefly of the skull bones only, the rest of the body having been devoured. The child had evidently been born alive, from the circum- stance of all the necessary clothes being there, which, with what remained of the body, were preserved by Mr. Thomas, to await the result of an inquest. The inquest was held at the Aber, before Henry Maybery, Esq., when unfortunately thejre transpired nothing which could lead to the detection of the unnatural perpetrator. T. Batt, Esq., made a post mortem examination upon what was produced at the inquest, and gave it as the unqualified opinion of his mind that the child had been born alive. The jury returned a verdiet of Found dead cause of death to the jurors unknown." MORE SHIPWRECKS OFF TYN E.MOUTH-C&STLE. -Although but a few days have elapsed since the melancholy wrecks of the Percy and Isabella, both brigs, which occurred on the rocks underneath Tynemouth-castle, at the north of the harbour leading to Shields, it is with regret we have to announce the loss of two other vessels near the same illfated spot. About 11 o'clock on Tuesday night last, the men on duty at the lighthouse were alarmed by observing blue light fired at the entrance of harbour, which were soon ascertained to proceed from a vessel in distress. The crew attached to the life-boat were instantly summoned, but before there was sufficient time to launch the boat, the vessel, which proved to be the Emily, from Copenhagen for Newcastle for coals, had struck upon the Black Middens. Those belonging to her instantly took to the rigging, where they remained until taken off by they life-boat, which shortly came up, and all gained the beach in perfect safety amidst the cheering of those assembled on shore. Before daybreak the following morifl!i £ ()yvessel had gone to pieces, and not a fng^ggnt oOg^rrtwlrwas to be seen. rtf r— &•••/•• 1 71 THE COURT.-Prince Albert having to attend officially as Lord Warden of the Stannaries and Steward of the Duchy of Cornwall, at the Duchy of Cornwall-office, Somerset-house, on Friday next, Her Majesty contemplates leaving the Castle on the same day for Buckingham Palace, and accompanying his Royal Highness in a special train from Slough to the Paddington terminus of the Great Western Railway but in the event of Her Majesty determining upon prolonging her stay at the Castle beyond that (and nothing, at present, has been definitively decided upon), his Royal Highness will re- turn to Windsor the same afternoon. THE LATE SIR CHRISTOPHER BETHEL CODRINGTON.— The mortal remains of this esteemed baronet were interred on Saturday morning, shortly before 9 o'clock, in the family- vault in Dodington Church, Gloucestershire. The Duke of Beaufort and the Marquis of Worcester came over to Dod- ington Castle to attend the funeral, which was quite private, Sir W. C. Codrington, M.P., Mr. Henry Peyton, son-in- law of the deceased baronet, and the immediate family con nexions, alone being present at the obsequies. A CLERGYMAN SHOT BY HIS SON-IN-LAW.-It is our painful duty to record that the Rev. Mr. Reynett, officiating minister at Norton, residing at Leigh, was shot in the neck on Saturday last, and that the act was perpetrated by the hands of his son-in-law. The unfortunate gentleman, we have been informed, did not live on very happy terms with his wife, who was mother of the young man by whom the shot was fired, and that some altercation was taking place between them at the time the melancholy event occurred. The ball was fired from a pistol, and has not yet been ex- tracted. The deposition of the rev. gentleman was taken on the following day, before one of our county magistrates, the result of which was the committal of the young man to Gloucester county gaol on the above charge. We under- stand Mr. Reynett lies in a very precarious state, and. that his dissolution is hourly expected. The parties were all inmates of the same house, but, owing to domestic affairs, lived very unhappily together.—Cheltenham Chronicle,

HIGH WATER AT CARDIFF. W FEBRUARY. J Morning.J Evening. | Sunday. 19 1 9 19 9 36 i Monday, 20 j 9 54 10 14 Tuesday, 21 J 10 35 11 1 ? Wednesday, 22 11 5 11 25 Thursday, 23 0 1 0 57 j Friday, 24 j 1 48 2 38 5 Saturday, 25 j 3 21 3 53 ~H IGhTw ATE rTAT ^brTS^LT^ (From Bunt's Tide Table.) J HIGH WATER. S Cumb. Bathust FEDRUARY. j Morn. | Even. Gates- Gates. Sunday 19 j 10 14 10 31 31 II I "20 8 Monday 20 10 49 j 11 9 5 29 2 I 17 11 Tuesday 21 j 11 30 11 56 j 26 2 14 11 Wednesday 22 J — — j 0 20 23 8 12 5 Thursday 23 0 -56 < I 52 21 S j 10 5 Friday, 24 { 2 43 3 33 21 3 10 0 Saturday.25 4 16 < 4 48 j 23 2 j 11 11 EQUATION OF THE TIDES. These Equations, applied to the above Table, will give the Approximate Timeil of High Water, at the following Places on the Coasts of.England and Wales. A. M. A. it. Aberystwith add 0 15 Liverpool add 4 0 Caernarvon add 1 45 Newport, Mon. sub 0 3 Cardigan Bar .sub 0 15 Portsmouth .add 4 2 Carmarthen Bay ..sub 1 5 Swansea Bar. sub I 6 Chepstow sub 0 13 Thames' Mouth sub 4 55 Sexagesima Sunday. Morning Hst. lesion. 3 chapter Genesis. 2nd Lesson. 2 chapter Luke. Evening 5 '9t Lesson. 6 chapter Genesis. > 7 I 2nd Lesson. 2 chapter Gal.

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. We have received several complaints from Subscribers for the non-delivery of their Papers they have beefc regularly. sent from this Office. Subscribers who do not recelvf their Papers are requested to write immediately, and tht cause of delay will be inquired into. We are not aware of the nature of the Communications? frola Cowbridge, therefore cannot insert it. The Caution in the Swansea Communication may be very, proper, but its insertion would not suit us. C' FABRICIUS'S" letter just reached us at the hour of publica- tion it will be inserted next week.

CARDIFF POLICE.—MONDAY. • [Before the Mayor.] James Crossicait was charged with being drunk and dip- orderly on Saturday night. As this practical hater of Tee- totalism exhibited some contrition for his offence, he was dischatged on a promise to leave the town. THURSDAY. Michael Sullivan was convicted in the penalty of 6d. and costs, for having, on Wednesday, cut down a piece of wood, value 6d., in the Old Man's Wood, at the back of the Castle. Michael Sullivan, in extenuation of his offence, said that he thought there was no harm in doing in Wales what he could have done in Ireland with impunity. Daniel Jones was charged by Mary Ann Hill with as- saulting her. The complainant, a few days ago, went to the house of Jones to claim a dog belonging to her. An altercation about the dog took place, when Jones, it ap- peared, held Mary Ann by the arms until his wife had pummelled her. in the melee, Mary Ann's cap, with some of the hair attached, came off. Much as Mary Ann was buffetted, she resisted the" rape of the lock," as much as the violence used to dissever it. Fined 5s. and costs, or in default, fourteen days' imprisonment. John Phillips was charged by John Owen with assaulting him. On the 26th January it appeared the defendant, ac- companied by his wife, went to Owen's house and demanded admission. They were accompanied by Policeman Davies. They demanded that the door should be opened, and that their daughter, who, it was charged, was in the house, should be given up. On a refusal to open the door, it was burst open by the defendant and his wife. On complainant's coming down stairs he was set upon by J. Phillips, who beat him violently, and knocked him down. The defendant in extenuation said that his daughter lay concealed from him in the house of complainant, and that his object was mereh to insist on her being given up to them. Fined 5s. and costs. THE GREAT WESTERN. —This far-famed vessel left Bristol for New York on Saturday last, at 2 p.m. In order to avoid the stormy latitudes at this season of the year, she will proceed on her voyage via Madeira. She takes out above fifty passengers, besides a general cargo of manufactured goods,

'r. THE Orientalism of Lord Ellenborough has involved him in no small amount of ridicule, and has exposed him to considerable censure from religious men of all parties. He has met with no favour from the Public Press, either at the seat of Government or at home. He has been pelted by the pitiless storms of ink and indignation, laughter and sarcasm—his proclamations have become the standing jest of Europe, Asia, and America, and all as it appears to us from the indulgence of a too florid style. To this, climate and success may have greatly contributed. He is fuddled with excess of oxygen, and giddy with the victories which his policy has won. Pollock, England, Nott, and Sale, initial the PENS, with which he perpetrates his Eastern Apologues, and he may be easily forgiven, we think, the indulgence of a few literary capricoles under such excitement. But we altogether reject the notion that his proclamation respect- ing the gates of Somnauth, is anything worse than a solecism in taste, and an insult to his mother tongue. We neither see in it an offence to the feelings of Christians in India, or a disposition to encourage the Idolatry of the Hindoo. We readily join in the laugh at his affectation, smile at his disjointed metaphors, and wish him a speedy return to the dignity of his office and the language of common sense; but to treat the affair as an insult to Christianity is a waste of indignation, in which we are not prepared to indulge. His Lordehip has reached the climax of absurdity when he proposes to restore the gates to a Temple which has no existence-but this very absurdity is an additional proof that he was uttering the language of idle declamation, or, in the Eastern vernacular, that it was all Cadub,"—which being interpreted is Your Excellency Lies,"—a form of speech which was applied by a native Prince to the hyperbolical compli- ments of an European functionary some years ago. We are thus led, we hope not unnaturally, to say a few words on the political necessity, so long as we wish to retain our Indian possessions, of conciliating the religious prejudices of its immense native population, debasing and erroneous though they be. Unlike all other religions that of the Hindoo mixes itself with all his pursuits, and, in the language of a profound thinker, extends its empire over the minutest actions of his life.—It is not merely a law for moral conduct and occasional worship, but dictates to a man his trade, his dress, his food, and his whole behaviour." This is strictly true—and out of some attempted unimportant alteration in the dress of the Sepoys, arose the Mutiny and Massacre at Vellore. To convert the Heathen is a duty, but not to attempt this conversion by any means and at any cost. Slow, solid, and temperate must be the introduction of Christianity into India-and we suspect the desired object would be attained sooner and better by the consistent character and conduct of professing Christians, than by the honest but mistaken zeal of ill-qualified and sectarian Mission- aries. If the question lay between the real conversion of the Hindoos to Christianity, and our Possession of India, we are bound to say-Let GOD'S Kingdom coine;-but we cannot consent to expose the best possessions of this Country to extreme danger by rash and violent experi- ments, even upon a foolish and barbarous superstition-, and unless it should please Providence to interfere by miracle we must proceed with due caution, where preju- dices are so strong, and where the lives of Forty Thousand. Europeans lie at the mercy of Sixty Millions of other subjects. The Christianity we would fain see in India is the vital Christianity of the heart-the quickening spirit, not the dead letter. To Him, with whom a thousand years are but as a day, we may commit this great cause, assured that when the fulness of time is come the Idols of the Hindoo will be shattered before the Ark. The stilted proclamation of Lord EUenborough will neither confirm Hindoo Superstition nor ought it to offend Christian feelings. The one will smile at an use- less present, given with such exaggerated compliments and absurd formalities-the other will but echo the wish that our Governor-General may shake off his mental ebriety, and speak the language of sense and sobèrnesi Had his Lordship addressed Mussulmans the head and front of his Proclamation would probably have been the ancient one, In the name of the Prophet, figs Some facetious gentlemen of the Press have expressed theifc. fears lest the noble Governor should have embraced the Hindoo faith. The only trace of such an apostacy that we have been able to discover, is the voluntary infliction of torments on himself. The piety of a Fakir may tie known by the number of nails he inserts into his centre of gravity-and we think his Lordship must have been aware when he indited this proclamation, that he was preparing a rod for his own back-an instrument of torture which nothing but the cuticle of a Rhinoceros could resist. Next to the absurdity of the document itself, is that of making it the subject of Parliamentary discussion-but here again poor Lord Ellenborough has doomed himself to the exconatIOn, of some extra nails, which Lord John Russell seems to have an especial pleasure in pointing and applying to His Excellency's most vulnerable part. Even Sir Robert Peel does not altogether object to witness a few twitches and wriggles of the Governor-General on his uneasy seat. WK are right glad to see the introduction*of the "Eccle- siastical Courts Bill" to the notice of the Legislature, and rejoiced to find it in such good hands-in the hands of a practical man, well acquainted with the workings of the old system, and master, ad unguem, of the details of what we hope to see the new. The evils of many of the old Eccle- siastical Courts, (for in justice we cannot include that of Llandaff,) have long cried aloud for reformation—and nothing but a tender regard for Institutions so venerable, and the desire to proceed with caution, can we imagine have retarded the hour of improvement, and stayed the hand of all necessary innovation. The worst enemies of Reform are those who see no good to be retained, and those who see no evil to be remedied—they each in their way do infinite mischief, and, by a strange perversion of cause and effect, they do each others work—the rash by alarming the genuine Reformer, and the over timid by exciting suspicions that there is more unsuundness than really exists. And thus the Reform of the Ecclesiastical Courts has been suspended for ten years-full Troy, weight With all our veneration for ancient Buildings, we have no respect foi Dirt and Cobwebs-no regard for the Owls' ancient solitary reign"—no sympathy for the Bats' vested or hereditary rights.—All unclean things that scream and nestle in and defile the Sanctuary we would put to flight. Prove the abuse and away with it. Excise the morbid excrescence. All we ask is a previous consultation of respectable Surgeons, and do not kill the patient to get rid of an imposthume. The Ecclesiastical Courts Bill, in the.hands of our respected Member Dr. Nicholl, will meet with the con- currence and support of men of all parties. There is, W have no doubt, a "fluttering" of the Volscians. Sjtf Robert Inglis, we perceive, hints a fault, and hesita|(^r dislike."—Colonel Sibthorpe is preparing for the rescue. There can be no doubt that the interests of a whole host of functionaries residing in Cathedral Cities are, or are supposed to be, threatened—and if the opposition to this Bill were narrowly watched, it will be found that the Members for Cities wherein lie the Episcopal Courts will be the most active. The attempt is a natural one. It is hard to surrender imaginary rights and reversionary interests, even for the public good. There will be many Convulsive efforts, many a spasm, and many a struggle. But the hour has struck,—and after perusing the lucid statement and the perspicuous reasoning of Dr. Nicholl, on obtaining leave of the House of Commons to intro- duce this Bill, no unprejudiced man can for a moment doubt that all which is proposed to be swept away. and all that is substituted, was demanded by the exigencies of the case. The principle of the measure is in accordance with the strong and striking language of Sir Mathew Hale,vho, speaking of the superstitious veneration of some persons for the Law, observes—" They tenaciously and "vigorously maintain these very forms, and proceedings, f and practices, which, though possibly at first they were "seasonable and useful, yet by the very change of mat- ters they become not only useless and impertinent, but burthensome and inconvenient, and prejudicial to the comrn-on justice ana common good of mankind; not considering that the forms and prescripts of Laws were "not introduced for their own takes, but for the use of -.Cc public justice, and therefore when they become insipid useless, impertinent, and possibly derogatory to the end- they may and must be removed." It is upon this principle that the Ancient Ecclesiastical Courts have become derogatory to the end, that a thorough Reformation of them has become necessary. The Bill introduced by the Judge Advocate is a sweeping one. It will be discussed, we hope, with the feelings and temper which become its importance, its aim and intent being the public good. IF the beautiful and touching Letter, appealing to the Public on behalf of the Shipwrecked Mariners' Benevolent Society, and inserted in the present and last week's Adver- tiser, have failed to awaken in the hearts of our readers the sentiments it was so well calculated to excite, nothing that we can urge will avail to so charitable a purpose. Our language is but the echo of that earnest and affecting appeal-but echoes may serve to keep alive sounds that else would, have faded on the ear, and been forgotten by the memory. We earnestly solicit our readers then to study that Letter, and when they have admired the almost scriptural. beauty of its style, let them obey the truly scriptural spirit of its injunctions. The most perfect of all Charitable Institutions, in a Country abounding in Charitable Institutions, are those for calamities against which no provision can be made. For sickness and old age prudence may in some degree provide-for many of the evils that flesh is heir to, a prospective alleviation may be prepared —but for sudden accidents or violent diseases what preparation can man make ? The morning may have been fair which ushers in the storm and tem- pest-the vessel is wrecked, some "strong swimmer in his agony" reaches the shore, half dead with exertion, cold, and fatigue—or within sight of the shore a whole crew is engulphed, and Widows and Orphans fill the air with their lamentations. If men are more slowly affected by what they hear than by what they see, still the eyes of many of our readers must have been of late faithful witnesses of the ravages of storm and wreck, and they should not only support the Institution for which our Correspondent so eloquently pleads, but excite others to the same labour of love. If there be any who feel disposed to give, and yet shrink from the trouble of ascertaining where their offerings can be made, we shall be ready to receive them and account for them to the proper quarter—[though it may be useful to announce that the Honorary Secretary for the Shipwrecked Mari- ners' Society in this place is Lieut. Dornford, R.N.] In conclusion we have reason to believe that the Letter to which we have so frequently referred, is by the same Philanthropist who, under the signature of NKPHALIAS, advocated the cause of Beiwfit Societies in the Advertiser r about a month ago. To name him more particularly would be to confer a publicity he little covets.- Where'er mankind and misery are found," there like the benevolent Howard, his ministrations follow. To that eloquent Letter we again direct the attention of our Readers. 41>## THE DUTY OF ALMS-GIVING. The proportion of Charity appointed by God Himself to his own people, for the relief of the Poor, was every year a thirtieth part of all their income, or a tenth part every third year. This was the Jews' proportion: he that came short of this was a breaker of the Law, and without repentance and resti- tution had no hopes of pardon. The Christian's proportion ought to be greater, as his hopes of reward will be greater. The Poor are, as it were, the receivers of the rights and dues belonging unto God we must have a care not to defraud them. The merits of the Poor are not to be the rule of our Charity God himself maketh the sun to shine upon the evil and the good. BISHOP WILSON.

GLAMORGANSHIRE AND MONMOUTHSHIRE DISPENSARY AND INFIRMARY. Abstract of House Surgeon's Report to the Weekly Board, for the week endinr Feb. 14. 1843. u /Remained by last Report Ill o | I Admitted since l j 12 .2} < Discharged 0 1 a ts I Cured r.nd Relieved 0 f 0 Died 0 j Remaining 12 u j Remained by last Report 86 ) 9 -js I Admitted since 15 j .2 < Discharged 3 fDied 1 [ 14 Cured and Relieved 10 Remaining 87 Medical Officers for the Week. Physician Dr. Moore Consulting Surgeon Mr. Reece Surgeon Mr. Lewis Visitors. The Rev. J. C. Campbell and Mr. Daw F. M. RUSSELL, House Surgeon. VALENTINE'S DAY.—Valentine's Day, or Old Candlemas Day, from Valentine, who was a Roman Bishop, and beheaded under the Emperor Valerianus, in the year 278. It was the common opinion, that on this day birds chose their nintes whence, probably, the custom of choosing Valentine's. There is an old distich, On Candlemas Day j, Every good Goose begins to lay." The author of this couplet had, probably, an eye to geese of afterti.mes. who hatch their miserable doggrel versus on this anniversary. The annual tribute to the blind little God- Cupid-was paid on Tuesday by the votive offerings of Ladies and Gentlemen who fancied themselves in love when they wrote about it. We forget how many thousand extra letters passed through our post-office on that and the follow- ing day, on the subject of bleeding hearts, broken vows, eternal fidelity of three weeks duration, and all that sort of thing. The postman might be seen trudging and sweating under the load of billet doux, and fuming and fretting his tool away in a vain endeavour to ascertain the whereabouts of the votaries to the saint. PIGEON SHOOTING.—The annual match at pigeon shoot- ing took place on Tuesday, at the Great Heath. The day was particularly favourable for the exhibition of the powers of single and double barrel guns. The slaughter of the in- nocents—the unsuspecting pigeons-was considerable. It was the grand accounting day for the poor-birds, each pre- sented his bill, which was settled by a discharge at foot. In the course of the day, the sport assumed a more miscel- laneous character, and upwards of 120 rabbits, like the pigeons, went the way of all flesh." In order to render them an easy prey to their remorseless assailants, and that their natural vivacity should be subdued, that number, we learn, were kept in close confinement for some days pre- vious. What a pity hard labour" was not added. A Swedish vessel of upwards of 700 tons was accomodated this week in the Bute Dock, an instance of the fine capabili- ties of this structure to answer all the purposes of its noble projector. TJIE WEATIIF.P,The adage that described February as fill-dyke," would appear, in the present instance, to have fallen into discredit; for, instead of the splash and mire in- cident to the copious rain, which might be naturally looked for, we have fine, frosty nights and days, though nipping cold yet relieved occasionally with brilliant sunshine. The severity of the season, notwithstanding, would suggest to the charitable and humane, that there is much wretchedness in the town, which, at this inclement season, in particular, calls for all possible mitigation. We beg to call attention to a letter in another column, signed A well wisher," on the subject of Local Charities. The severity of the weather just now gives the letter peculiar claims to public notice. gXfcDIFF STEEPLE CHASE.—THE DINNER. In the hurry incident to a second edition, in which we detailed the proceedings of the day's sport, a few inaccura- cies have crept in. Those principally related to the notice of the names of parties on the ground, which as giving sanction and eclat to an exhilirating amusement, it is cus- tomary to set down. We are not aware that on that occasion we omitted any particular feature in the chase, which, it is needless now to observe, afforded general satis- faction.. In alluding, however, to the subject again, we can hardly help adverting to a feat of horsemanship on the part of Duke of rare occurrence. He, it will be observed, was the winner of the second race. When within about a mile of the goal, he shook his rider off, just as he had cleaned a fence, The rider adroitly broke the fall, and contrived to come down sufficiently easy to re-mount again in less than a minute. This little episode would appear to have given man and horse "second wind," of which they liberally availed themselves and to the wonder and amaze- ment of everyone who witnessed the disaster he gained on Jack, to whom it gave a temporary advantage. Duke once more took the lead, when within less than a quarter of a mile of home," and amid the cheers of the spectators, dashed in, and won a race which, under the eircumstances, could hardly be expected. Duke "bore his honours meekly and the chagrin of his competitors was not a little enhanced by the circumstances under which he carried away the prize. The dinner which followed at the Angel Inn, and which, it is needless to say, in its way, afforded much entertainment, came off" in excellent style. There the victors in the chase fought their battles over again, And thrice they routed all their foes, And cut, and came again." whilst the vanquished consoled themselves with a fine dash at a Budain, and the excitement and break-neck possibilities of future steeple chases. No little zest was given to the hilarity of the evening by the peculiarities of the explanations," which some of the events of the day rendered necessary. These were given in in a style that would have done honour to any cloth—table cloth included-only that they savoured rather too much of the eleemosynary exactions of the beggar in Gil Bias." who asked for alms by presenting a carabine at* the head of the way-farer, and who, of course, with such a hint to come down handsomely, had no alternative but. to "stand And deliver." The" explanations, however, passed off, and with them the ill-humour of the evening; and if any strong language or feeling was elicited, which we are far from hinting was the case, it was only in a Pickwickian sense- nothing more, of course. "Parliamentary" or "Pickwick- ian" elplanations are admirable safety valves, and splenetic or highly susceptible gentlemen, particularly at a convivial entertainment, would do well to carry a pocket edition of such valves" about them, lest they should explode, and pistols for two" along with them. In the desultory conversation which ensued, considerable anxiety was shown by all parties to promote future gather- ings of that nature by supporting and giving facilities to future steeple-chases. The health of the stewards, and of the winners of the races, were severally given, and responded to with a vivacity, which, bodes well to the success of the exhilirating amuse- ment. The festivities of the evening were protracted to a late hour—or a very early hour next day; and due honours were liberally rendered to the excellent wine of the Angel. BURGLARY.—On Friday night the counting-house of lOaniel Hooper, situate on the wharf, by the canal side, was broken open by some vindictive miscreants, and failing to secure any booty, considerable injury was done to the pennies. These concerns are in a lonely isolated spot, and offer considerable facilities for the perpetration of any scheme 9f plunder. The parties, it appears, could not succeed in enecting an entrance in the rear, and got round to the front where they effected it. As no money or effects of any value were found, they wreaked a very impotent but contemptible revenge for the disappointment, by breaking the lids of the desks to pieces, and otherwise disfiguring the premises. Two telescopes and umbrella lay in the way of the burglars which they bore off. The police, it is needless to say, are on the alert to detect the miscreants, and from the well-tried vigilance and activity of our indefatigable Superintendent, Mr. Stockdale, in such cases, there is much reason to hope for the speedy apprehension of the burglais. The Farmers' Club will hold their monthly meeting to- morrow (Saturday). The subject is the management of Hedge Row Fences. A good attendance is anticipated, for the subject though thorny is far from being repulsive. By an advertisement in another column, it will be seen that the half-yearly meeting of the Taff Vale Railway is fixed for next Tuesday. J IRISHISM.—The last number of a little paper, called the bwansea Journal," contains a paragraph, headed A child burnt to death, at Pentrewith;" and after detailing the cir- cumstances of the fire, concludes—" The child, although very dreadfully injured, is likely to recover. THE WllONG Box.—At the Steeple Chase last week, a gentleman, a professional one too, and whose name is of more consequence to himself than to the very curious reader, lost a splendid gold snuff box. A fit of abstraction, it is thought, came over the gentleman or somebody near him, as he stood intently gazing at Ragged Jack. The gentleman was curiously attired, chained and ringed to the Up. nf hU fingers; and during the interest of the scene with Ragged Jack, he, the professional gent.—not Ragged Jack—was observed in a fit of exuberant good nature, or as some will have it, egregious vanity, showing about the box to such as choose to look at it. Between the heats, however, like many of his neighbours, he was put to a pinch from the coldness of the day. He indolently thrust his hand into his superb waistcoat pocket to take out his gold box, when, after a bootless search in that and his other pockets, he pulled out, not the box, but the hand that was vainly searching for it. The box was nobodf knew where!: and at the close of the day's sport, he more than suspected himself in the wrong box. A person has been taken up on suspicion at Merthyr. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—A practical and nearly fatal illus- tration of the baneful effects of intemperance was exhibited on Monday last, in Bristol, by William Wigan, one of the crew of The Air," cutting his throat. A few moments previous to the packets' leaving the port, Wigan went on shore having borrowed a razor belonging to one of his mess- mates. Not having made his appearance when the ropes were cast off, enquiry was made for him, and he was dis- covered in a public house adjacent with his throat cut. Remorse for the terrible deed, combined with acute pain in the operation would seem to have paralized his hand, for though a violent incision was made, yet, none of the main arteries were touched. He was forthwith removed to the hospital, and the wound dressed. The last accounts have left him doing pietty well. He was speechless, but still in a fair way of recovery. Wigan is but in the 25th year of his age, and of a lively disposition, and the wonder is that so young a person, without any apparent provocation, except the excitement of liquor, should attempt a deed which is in general the sad resource of older and broken hearted men. A few days previous to the act he had a slight tiff with a sister of his in Pill, in consequence of her ill-treatment of his mother. Better, however, to have cut the acquaintance of the undutiful vixen than his own throat. ANOTHER STEEPLE CHASE.—In consequence of the ina- bility of the umpires of the last chase to determine between the rival pretensions of Ragged Jack and Tartar for the prize, it was arranged on Friday evening, that the race was to be run over again by the same batch of horses, on the 28th March, in which those great rival quadrupeds are to be included. The lovers of this sport are promised a fine treat. Ragged Jack and Tartar, in particular, will, in the interim it is understood, undergo a rigorous training. A PICTURESQUE PIECE OF RUBBISH.—On Tuesday night, a gentleman whilst driving through Paradise Row, where beautiful and picturesque hills of rubbish diversify the mono- tony of the street, was, much against his inclination, regu- larly spilled out of his gig, the shafts of which, another instance of the charming inequality of Paradize Place, were broken. The beauty of the thing is, that these bumps of rubbish, from the genial soil on which they are planted, are likely to fulfil the Scriptural injunction M increase and multiply."